Ultralow-frequency collective compression mode and strong interlayer coupling in multilayer black phosphorus
Abstract
The recent renaissance of black phosphorus (BP) as a two-dimensional (2D) layered material has generated tremendous interest, but its unique structural characters underlying many of its outstanding properties still need elucidation. Here we report Raman measurements that reveal an ultralow-frequency collective compression mode (CCM) in BP, which is unprecedented among similar 2D layered materials. This novel CCM indicates an unusually strong interlayer coupling, and this result is quantitatively supported by a phonon frequency analysis and first-principles calculations. Moreover, the CCM and another branch of low-frequency Raman modes shift sensitively with changing number of layers, allowing an accurate determination of the thickness up to tens of atomic layers, which is considerably higher than previously achieved by using high-frequency Raman modes. Lastly, these findings offer fundamental insights and practical tools for further exploration of BP as a highly promising new 2D semiconductor.
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- Renmin Univ. of China, Beijing (People's Republic of China)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences, Anhui (People's Republic of China)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences, Anhui (People's Republic of China); Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing (People's Republic of China)
- Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV (United States)
- Renmin Univ. of China, Beijing (People's Republic of China); Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., Shanghai (People's Republic of China); Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing (People's Republic of China)
- Renmin Univ. of China, Beijing (People's Republic of China); Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing (People's Republic of China)
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- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1332451
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1239620
- Grant/Contract Number:
- NA0001982
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 116; Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
Citation Formats
Dong, Shan, Zhang, Anmin, Liu, Kai, Ji, Jianting, Ye, Y. G., Luo, X. G., Chen, X. H., Ma, Xiaoli, Jie, Yinghao, Chen, Changfeng, Wang, Xiaoqun, and Zhang, Qingming. Ultralow-frequency collective compression mode and strong interlayer coupling in multilayer black phosphorus. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.087401.
Dong, Shan, Zhang, Anmin, Liu, Kai, Ji, Jianting, Ye, Y. G., Luo, X. G., Chen, X. H., Ma, Xiaoli, Jie, Yinghao, Chen, Changfeng, Wang, Xiaoqun, & Zhang, Qingming. Ultralow-frequency collective compression mode and strong interlayer coupling in multilayer black phosphorus. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.087401
Dong, Shan, Zhang, Anmin, Liu, Kai, Ji, Jianting, Ye, Y. G., Luo, X. G., Chen, X. H., Ma, Xiaoli, Jie, Yinghao, Chen, Changfeng, Wang, Xiaoqun, and Zhang, Qingming. Fri .
"Ultralow-frequency collective compression mode and strong interlayer coupling in multilayer black phosphorus". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.087401. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1332451.
@article{osti_1332451,
title = {Ultralow-frequency collective compression mode and strong interlayer coupling in multilayer black phosphorus},
author = {Dong, Shan and Zhang, Anmin and Liu, Kai and Ji, Jianting and Ye, Y. G. and Luo, X. G. and Chen, X. H. and Ma, Xiaoli and Jie, Yinghao and Chen, Changfeng and Wang, Xiaoqun and Zhang, Qingming},
abstractNote = {The recent renaissance of black phosphorus (BP) as a two-dimensional (2D) layered material has generated tremendous interest, but its unique structural characters underlying many of its outstanding properties still need elucidation. Here we report Raman measurements that reveal an ultralow-frequency collective compression mode (CCM) in BP, which is unprecedented among similar 2D layered materials. This novel CCM indicates an unusually strong interlayer coupling, and this result is quantitatively supported by a phonon frequency analysis and first-principles calculations. Moreover, the CCM and another branch of low-frequency Raman modes shift sensitively with changing number of layers, allowing an accurate determination of the thickness up to tens of atomic layers, which is considerably higher than previously achieved by using high-frequency Raman modes. Lastly, these findings offer fundamental insights and practical tools for further exploration of BP as a highly promising new 2D semiconductor.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.087401},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 8,
volume = 116,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Feb 26 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Fri Feb 26 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}
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