Tip-induced local strain on MoS2/graphite detected by inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy

Ko, Wonhee; Hus, Saban M.; Li, Xufan; Berlijn, Tom; Nguyen, Giang D.; Xiao, Kai; Li, An-Ping

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.97.125401

Title: Tip-induced local strain on $Mo S_{2} / graphite$ detected by inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy

Journal Article · Fri Mar 02 00:00:00 EST 2018 · Physical Review B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.97.125401· OSTI ID:1426577

Ko, Wonhee ^[1]; Hus, Saban M. ^[1]; Li, Xufan ^[1]; Berlijn, Tom ^[2]; Nguyen, Giang D. ^[1]; Xiao, Kai ^[1]; Li, An-Ping ^[1]

Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Science (CNMS)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Science (CNMS); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Computational Sciences & Engineering Division

We report the detection of tip-induced local strain applied to the monolayer MoS₂ grown on a graphite substrate by scanning tunneling microscope. Monolayer MoS₂ behaves as both mechanical and tunneling barriers that prevent the tip from contacting the graphite while maintaining the tunneling current. Inelastic tunneling electron spectroscopy (IETS) is utilized to probe the phonon modes in graphite. As the tip pushes the sample, IETS reveals a continuous phonon softening in graphite, corroborated by a downward shift of the phonon energy as calculated by density-functional theory. Finally, our results demonstrate a way to apply local mechanical strain and simultaneously detect the induced change in phonon modes by unitizing IETS with two-dimensional materials as a tunneling barrier.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725; AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1426577

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1423502

Journal Information:: Physical Review B, Vol. 97, Issue 12; ISSN 2469-9950

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