Raman Fingerprint of Pressure-Induced Phase Transitions in TiS3Nanoribbons: Implications for Thermal Measurements under Extreme Stress Conditions

Two-dimensional layered trichalcogenide materials have recently attracted the attention of the scientific community because of their robust mechanical and thermal properties and applications in opto- and nanoelectronics devices. We report the pressure dependence of out-of-plane Ag Raman modes in hig...

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Autores: Mishra, K.K., Ravindran, T. R., Island, Joshua O., Flores, Eduardo, Ares Fernández, José Ramón, Sánchez López, Carlos, Jiménez Ferrer, M. Isabel, Van der Zant, Herre S.J., Pawbake, Amit, Kanawade, R., Castellanos Gómez, Andrés, Late, Dattatray J.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:IAPH
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/709103
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/709103
https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.0c01583
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:TiS3
High Pressure
Raman spectroscopy
Phonons
2D semiconductors
Materiales / Ciencia de los Materiales
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Sumario:Two-dimensional layered trichalcogenide materials have recently attracted the attention of the scientific community because of their robust mechanical and thermal properties and applications in opto- and nanoelectronics devices. We report the pressure dependence of out-of-plane Ag Raman modes in high quality few-layer titanium trisulfide (TiS3) nanoribbons grown using a direct solid-gas reaction method and infer their cross-plane thermal expansion coefficient. Both mechanical stability and thermal properties of the TiS3 nanoribbons are elucidated by using phonon-spectrum analyses. Raman spectroscopic studies at high pressure (up to 34 GPa) using a diamond anvil cell identify four prominent Ag Raman bands; a band at 557 cm-1 softens under compression, and others at 175, 300, and 370 cm-1 show normal hardening. Anomalies in phonon mode frequencies and excessive broadening in line width of the soft phonon about 13 GPa are attributed to the possible onset of a reversible structural transition. A complete structural phase transition at 43 GPa is inferred from the Ag soft mode frequency (557 cm-1) versus pressure extrapolation curve, consistent with recently reported theoretical predictions. Using the experimental mode Grüneisen parameters γi of Raman modes, we estimated the cross-plane thermal expansion coefficient Cv of the TiS3 nanoribbons at ambient phase to be 1.321 × 10-6 K-1. The observed results are expected to be useful in calibration and performance of next-generation nanoelectronics and optical devices under extreme stress conditions