Tailoring Phonon‐Driven Responses in α‐MoO3 through Isotopic Enrichment
Thiago S. Arnaud, Ryan W. Spangler, Johnathan D. Georgaras, Jonah B. Haber, Daniel Hirt, Maximilian Obst, Gonzalo Álvarez‐Pérez, Mackey Long III, Felix G. Kaps, Jakob Wetzel, Courtney Ragle, John E. Buchner, Youngji Kim, Aditha S. Senarath, Richarda Niemann, Mingze He, Giulia Carini, Unai Arregui‐Leon, Akash C. Behera, Ramachandra Bangari, Nihar Sahoo, Niels C. Brumby, J. Michael Klopf, Martin Wolf, Lukas M. Eng, Susanne C. Kehr, Thomas G. Folland, Alexander Paarmann, Patrick E. Hopkins, Felipe Jornada, Jon‐Paul Maria, Joshua D. Caldwell · 2026
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Thiago S Arnaud and co-authors tuned a crystal's heat and light behavior by swapping its atoms in a 2026 physics study. The crystal, alpha-MoO3, hosts special waves where light couples with lattice vibration, useful for tiny infrared devices. The team grew versions enriched with heavier molybdenum and oxygen isotopes. They measured how the swaps shifted the crystal's vibration tones and heat flow.
Heavier oxygen shifted the vibration tones about five percent toward lower frequencies. Heat flow along and across the layers was recorded for each version. Computer models matched the measurements and traced how vibrations scatter each other. Probing the coupled waves showed quality gains in some versions. Isotope tuning gives device makers a clean dial for setting infrared response without changing chemistry.
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| CREATOR | Thiago S. Arnaud, Ryan W. Spangler, Johnathan D. Georgaras, Jonah B. Haber, Daniel Hirt, Maximilian Obst, Gonzalo Álvarez‐Pérez, Mackey Long III, Felix G. Kaps, Jakob Wetzel, Courtney Ragle, John E. Buchner, Youngji Kim, Aditha S. Senarath, Richarda Niemann, Mingze He, Giulia Carini, Unai Arregui‐Leon, Akash C. Behera, Ramachandra Bangari, Nihar Sahoo, Niels C. Brumby, J. Michael Klopf, Martin Wolf, Lukas M. Eng, Susanne C. Kehr, Thomas G. Folland, Alexander Paarmann, Patrick E. Hopkins, Felipe Jornada, Jon‐Paul Maria, Joshua D. Caldwell |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 58169 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |