Observation of the Specific Heat Jump in the Se-Substituted MoTe₂ Single Crystals

1T’-MoTe₂ has gained considerable attention owing to its topological character. This material undergoes spatial inversion symmetry at 300 K. A structural transition to the T_d phase, which is represented by a kink in the resistivity, was observed below 250 K without inversion symmetry along the c-axis, while superconductivity was observed at 0.1 K. Substitution of Se into this material suppressed the appearance of the kink structure and increased the superconducting transition temperature to 2 K, which is consistent with previously reported results on polycrystalline samples. However, a specific heat jump was observed in the obtained single crystals, which did not exhibit kink structures in their resistivity. The results suggest that the T_d structure was not suppressed entirely after Se substitution and that superconductivity was achieved without inversion symmetry.