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Local Strain Engineering in Atomically Thin MoS2

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Andrés Castellanos-Gómez *
R
Roldan, Rafael
E
E. Cappelluti
M
Michele Buscema
F
F. Guinea
H
Herre S. J. van der Zant
G
Gary A. Steele
DOI:10.1021/nl402875mdelete
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Abstract

Abstract

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Controlling the bandstructure through local-strain engineering is an exciting avenue for tailoring optoelectronic properties of materials at the nanoscale. Atomically thin materials are particularly well-suited for this purpose because they can withstand extreme nonhomogeneous deformations before rupture. Here, we study the effect of large localized strain in the electronic bandstructure of atomically thin MoS2. Using photoluminescence imaging, we observe a strain-induced reduction of the direct bandgap and funneling of photogenerated excitons toward regions of higher strain. To understand these results, we develop a nonuniform tight-binding model to calculate the electronic properties of MoS2 nanolayers with complex and realistic local strain geometries, finding good agreement with our experimental results.
Keywords:
Molybdenum disulfide nanosheets
atomically thin crystal
strain engineering
exciton trapping
funnel effect
band structure

Journal

Nano Letters cover
Nano Letters
IF:
9.1
Papers:
2.7W
Citations:
16.5W

Organization

D
Delft University of Technology
Scholars:
2.6W
Papers: 2.5W
Citations: 3.8W
C
consejo superior de investigaciones cientificas (csic)
Scholars:
8.8W
Papers: 8.5W
Citations: 125
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