| Zugriffsnummer | 41848 |
| Dokumenttyp | Zeitschriftenartikel |
| Peer Review | mit Peer Review |
| Sprache | Englisch |
| Titel | Quasi-1D TiS3 nanoribbons: mechanical exfoliation and thickness-dependent Raman Spectroscopy |
| Autor(in); Institution |
Lipatov, Alexey; Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, UNITED STATES
Loes, Michael J.; Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, UNITED STATES
Lu, Haidong; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, UNITED STATES
Dai, Jun; Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, UNITED STATES
Patoka, Piotr; Physical Chemistry, Institut für Chemie und Biochemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, GERMANY
Vorobeva, Natalila S.; Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, UNITED STATES
Muratov, Dmitry S.; Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, UNITED STATES
Ulrich, Georg; 7.1, Radiometrie mit Synchrotronstrahlung, PTB-Berlin
Kästner, Bernd; 7.1, Radiometrie mit Synchrotronstrahlung, PTB-Berlin
Hoehl, Arne; 7.1, Radiometrie mit Synchrotronstrahlung, PTB-Berlin
Ulm, Gerhard; 7.1, Radiometrie mit Synchrotronstrahlung, PTB-Berlin
Zeng, Xiao Cheng; Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, UNITED STATES
Rühl, Eckart; Physical Chemistry, Institut für Chemie und Biochemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, GERMANY
Gruverman, Alexei; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, UNITED STATES
Dowben, Peter A.; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, UNITED STATES
Sinitskii, Alexander; Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, UNITED STATES
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| Quelle/Jahr | ACS Nano: 12 (2018), 12, 12713 - 12720 |
| ISSN | 1936-086X (PRINT) ; 1936-0851 (ONLINE) |
| DOI | |
| Verlag | Washington, DC: ACS Publications |
| Freie Schlagworte | mechanical exfoliation ; quasi-one-dimensional materials ; Raman spectroscopy ; scanning near-field optical microscopy ; transition metal trichalcogenides |
| Zusammenfassung | Quasi-one-dimensional (quasi-1D) materials enjoy growing interest due to their unusual physical properties and promise for miniature electronic devices. However, the mechanical exfoliation of quasi-1D materials into thin flakes and nanoribbons received considerably less attention from researchers than the exfoliation of conventional layered crystals. In this study, we investigated the micromechanical exfoliation of representative quasi-1D crystals, TiS3 whiskers, and demonstrate that they typically split into narrow nanoribbons with very smooth, straight edges and clear signatures of 1D TiS3 chains. Theoretical calculations show that the energies required for breaking weak interactions between the two-dimensional (2D) layers and between 1D chains within the layers are comparable and, in turn, are considerably lower than those required for breaking the covalent bonds within the chains. We also emulated macroscopic exfoliation experiments on the nanoscale by applying a local shear force to TiS3 crystals in different crystallographic directions using a tip of an atomic force microscopy (AFM) probe. In the AFM experiments, it was possible to slide the 2D TiS3 layers relative to each other as well as to remove selected 1D chains from the layers. We systematically studied the exfoliated TiS3 crystals by Raman spectroscopy and identified the Raman peaks whose spectral positions were most dependent on the crystals’ thickness. These results could be used to distinguish between TiS3 crystals with thickness ranging from one to about seven monolayers. The conclusions established in this study for the exfoliated TiS3 crystals can be extended to a variety of transition metal trichalcogenide materials as well as other quasi-1D crystals. The possibility of exfoliation of TiS3 into narrow (few-nm wide) crystals with smooth edges could be important for the future realization of miniature device channels with reduced edge scattering of charge carriers. |
| Themenbereich der Metrologie | Photometrie und Radiometrie |
Zitierung
Lipatov, A., Loes, M. J., Lu, H., Dai, J., Patoka, P., Vorobeva, N. S., Muratov, D. S., Ulrich, G., Kästner, B., Hoehl, A., Ulm, G., Zeng, X. C., Rühl, E., Gruverman, A., Dowben, P. A., & Sinitskii, A. (2018). Quasi-1D TiS3 nanoribbons: mechanical exfoliation and thickness-dependent Raman Spectroscopy. ACS Nano, 12(12), 12713–12720. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.8b07703