Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) is widely used as a protective layer for few-atom-thick crystals and heterostructures (HSs), and it hosts quantum emitters working up to room temperature. In both instances, strain is expected to play an important role, either as an unavoidable presence in the HS fabrication or as a tool to tune the quantum emitter electronic properties. Addressing the role of strain and exploiting its tuning potentiality require the development of efficient methods to control it and of reliable tools to quantify it. Here we present a technique based on hydrogen irradiation to induce the formation of wrinkles and bubbles in hBN, resulting in remarkably high strains of ∼2%. By combining infrared (IR) near-field scanning optical microscopy and micro-Raman measurements with numerical calculations, we characterize the response to strain for both IR-active and Raman-active modes, revealing the potential of the vibrational properties of hBN as highly sensitive strain probes.

Vibrational Properties in Highly Strained Hexagonal Boron Nitride Bubbles / Blundo, E.; Surrente, A.; Spirito, D.; Pettinari, G.; Yildirim, T.; Chavarin, C. A.; Baldassarre, L.; Felici, M.; Polimeni, A.. - In: NANO LETTERS. - ISSN 1530-6984. - 22:4(2022), pp. 1525-1533. [10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c04197]

Vibrational Properties in Highly Strained Hexagonal Boron Nitride Bubbles

Blundo E.;Surrente A.;Baldassarre L.;Felici M.;Polimeni A.
2022

Abstract

Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) is widely used as a protective layer for few-atom-thick crystals and heterostructures (HSs), and it hosts quantum emitters working up to room temperature. In both instances, strain is expected to play an important role, either as an unavoidable presence in the HS fabrication or as a tool to tune the quantum emitter electronic properties. Addressing the role of strain and exploiting its tuning potentiality require the development of efficient methods to control it and of reliable tools to quantify it. Here we present a technique based on hydrogen irradiation to induce the formation of wrinkles and bubbles in hBN, resulting in remarkably high strains of ∼2%. By combining infrared (IR) near-field scanning optical microscopy and micro-Raman measurements with numerical calculations, we characterize the response to strain for both IR-active and Raman-active modes, revealing the potential of the vibrational properties of hBN as highly sensitive strain probes.
2022
2D materials; hBN; nano-IR; phonons; Raman; strain
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Vibrational Properties in Highly Strained Hexagonal Boron Nitride Bubbles / Blundo, E.; Surrente, A.; Spirito, D.; Pettinari, G.; Yildirim, T.; Chavarin, C. A.; Baldassarre, L.; Felici, M.; Polimeni, A.. - In: NANO LETTERS. - ISSN 1530-6984. - 22:4(2022), pp. 1525-1533. [10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c04197]
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