Raman Spectra and Excitonic Effects of the Novel Ta2Ni3Te5 Monolayer

Alexandre C Dias, Raphael M Tromer, Humberto R Gutiérrez, Douglas S Galvão, Elie A Moujaes · 2024

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Alexandre Dias and four co-authors compute the light fingerprints of a new two-dimensional crystal before anyone grows it, in a 2024 paper. The monolayer, Ta2Ni3Te5, stacks tantalum, nickel, and tellurium in a fresh arrangement.

Calculations say the sheet is stable enough to exist free-standing. It is an indirect semiconductor, with a band gap that depends on the method, between 0.09 and 0.38 electron volts. Ten Raman and ten infrared vibration modes are predicted for common laser setups, a checklist for experimentalists. Nickel barely moves in the Raman modes; tantalum sits out most infrared ones. The sheet bends light unevenly by direction and reflects ultraviolet strongly. Exciton binding is a sturdy 287 milli-electron volts.

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CREATORAlexandre C Dias, Raphael M Tromer, Humberto R Gutiérrez, Douglas S Galvão, Elie A Moujaes
YEAR2024
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE25 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC11635507

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