Modulation of the Superconducting Phase Transition in Multilayer 2H-NbSe2 Induced by Uniform Biaxial Compressive Strain
Strain is a powerful tool for tuning the properties of two-dimensional materials. Here, we investigated the effects of large, uniform biaxial compressive strain on the superconducting phase transition of multilayered 2H-NbSe2 flakes. We observed a consistent decrease in the critical temperature of N...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repositorio: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digital.csic.es:10261/383634 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/383634 https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85202790661 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | 2D materials biaxial compressive strain niobium diselenide phase transition strain engineering superconductivity |
| Sumario: | Strain is a powerful tool for tuning the properties of two-dimensional materials. Here, we investigated the effects of large, uniform biaxial compressive strain on the superconducting phase transition of multilayered 2H-NbSe2 flakes. We observed a consistent decrease in the critical temperature of NbSe2 flakes induced by the large thermal compression of a polymeric substrate (>1.2%) at cryogenic temperatures. For thin flakes (∼10 nm thick), a strong modulation of the critical temperature up to 1.5 K is observed, which monotonically decreases with increasing flake thickness. The effects of biaxial compressive strain remain significant even for relatively thick samples up to 80 nm thick, indicating efficient transfer of strain not only from the substrate to the flakes but also across several van der Waals layers. This work demonstrates that compressive strain induced from substrate thermal deformation can effectively tune phase transitions at low temperatures in 2D materials. |
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