Mechanical Properties of 2D LiInP2Se6: Implication for Semiconductor Applications

Kim, Doyun; Qian, Eric K.; Chica, Daniel G.; Chiang, Yu-Hsiang; Kanatzidis, Mercouri G.; Tu, Qing

doi:10.1021/acsanm.3c00455

Title: Mechanical Properties of 2D LiInP₂Se₆: Implication for Semiconductor Applications

Journal Article · 09 May 2023 · ACS Applied Nano Materials

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.3c00455 · OSTI ID:1991952

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Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (United States)
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (United States)

Metal phosphorus trichalcogenides (MPTCs) are emerging 2D semiconductor materials with unique functional properties that set them apart from other 2D systems. Despite the importance of their mechanical properties for improving the semiconductor device’s durability and performance, as well as for utilizing strain effects to customize material properties and create new functionality, our current understanding of MPTCs’ mechanical behavior is lacking and lags behind our knowledge of their other properties. Here, we use LiInP₂Se₆ as a model example of MPTCs and report the first experimental measurements of the elastic and plastic (fracture) properties along both in-plane and out-of-plane directions by atomic force microscopy and nanoindentation. Being a 2D material that is entirely inorganic, LiInP₂Se₆ surprisingly exhibits mechanical properties that resemble those of hybrid organic–inorganic materials rather than pure inorganic 2D materials. It has a soft crystal structure with low elastic moduli, a low difference in in-plane vs out-of-plane mechanical properties, and a combination of elastic and plastic characteristics of hybrid organic–inorganic materials. Furthermore, our work provides the mechanical information critically needed to mitigate and/or harness the strain effects in LiInP₂Se₆-based semiconductor devices and sheds light on the mechanical behaviors of MPTCs with indispensable insights.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)

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

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0019446

OSTI ID:: 1991952

Journal Information:: ACS Applied Nano Materials, Vol. 6, Issue 10; ISSN 2574-0970

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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