Domain walls in correlated charge density wave compounds such as 1T-TaS2 can
have distinct localized states which govern physical properties and
functionalities of emerging quantum phases. However, detailed atomic and
electronic structures of domain walls have largely been elusive. We identify
using scanning tunneling microscope and density functional theory calculations
the atomic and electronic structures for a plethora of discommensuration domain
walls in 1T-TaS2 quenched metastably with nanoscale domain wall networks. The
domain walls exhibit various in-gap states within the Mott gap but metallic
states appear in only particular types of domain walls. A systematic
understanding of the domain-wall electronic property requests not only the
electron counting but also including various intertwined interactions such as
structural relaxation, electron correlation, and charge transfer. This work
guides the domain wall engineering of the functionality in correlated van der
Waals materials.Comment: 7 pages, 4 figure