Observation of Low-Frequency Interlayer Breathing Modes in Few-Layer Black Phosphorus
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Ling, Xi; Liang, Liangbo; Huang, Shengxi; Puretzky, Alexander A.; Geohegan, David B.; Sumpter, Bobby G.; Kong, Jing; Meunier, Vincent; Dresselhaus, Mildred; ... Show more Show less
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Low-Frequency Interlayer Breathing Modes in Few-Layer Black Phosphorus
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As a new two-dimensional layered material, black phosphorus (BP) is a very promising material for nanoelectronics and optoelectronics. We use Raman spectroscopy and first-principles theory to characterize and understand the low-frequency (LF) interlayer breathing modes (<100 cm[superscript –1]) in few-layer BP for the first time. Using a laser polarization dependence study and group theory analysis, the breathing modes are assigned to A[subscript g] symmetry. Compared to the high-frequency (HF) Raman modes, the LF breathing modes are considerably more sensitive to interlayer coupling and, thus, their frequencies show a stronger dependence on the number of layers. Hence, they constitute an effective means to probe both the crystalline orientation and thickness of few-layer BP. Furthermore, the temperature dependence shows that in the temperature range −150 to 30 °C, the breathing modes have a weak anharmonic behavior, in contrast to the HF Raman modes that exhibit strong anharmonicity.
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2015-05Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of ElectronicsJournal
Nano Letters
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American Chemical Society (ACS)
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Ling, Xi, Liangbo Liang, Shengxi Huang, Alexander A. Puretzky, David B. Geohegan, Bobby G. Sumpter, Jing Kong, Vincent Meunier, and Mildred S. Dresselhaus. “Low-Frequency Interlayer Breathing Modes in Few-Layer Black Phosphorus.” Nano Lett. 15, no. 6 (June 10, 2015): 4080–4088.
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1530-6984
1530-6992