Hierarchical Coherent Phonons in a Superatomic Semiconductor

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Veröffentlicht in:Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.). - 1998. - 31(2019), 36 vom: 15. Sept., Seite e1903209
1. Verfasser: Lee, Kihong (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Maehrlein, Sebastian F, Zhong, Xinjue, Meggiolaro, Daniele, Russell, Jake C, Reed, Douglas A, Choi, Bonnie, De Angelis, Filippo, Roy, Xavier, Zhu, Xiaoyang
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2019
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Schlagworte:Journal Article 2D materials coherent phonons hierarchical structures superatomic semiconductors ultrafast spectroscopy
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Zusammenfassung:© 2019 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
The coupling of phonons to electrons and other phonons plays a defining role in material properties, such as charge and energy transport, light emission, and superconductivity. In atomic solids, phonons are delocalized over the 3D lattice, in contrast to molecular solids where localized vibrations dominate. Here, a hierarchical semiconductor that expands the phonon space by combining localized 0D modes with delocalized 2D and 3D modes is described. This material consists of superatomic building blocks (Re6 Se8 ) covalently linked into 2D sheets that are stacked into a layered van der Waals lattice. Using transient reflectance spectroscopy, three types of coherent phonons are identified: localized 0D breathing modes of isolated superatom, 2D synchronized twisting of superatoms in layers, and 3D acoustic interlayer deformation. These phonons are coupled to the electronic degrees of freedom to varying extents. The presence of local phonon modes in an extended crystal opens the door to controlling material properties from hierarchical phonon engineering
Beschreibung:Date Revised 30.09.2020
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE
ISSN:1521-4095
DOI:10.1002/adma.201903209