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PHYSICAL REVIEW B
卷 90, 期 24, 页码 -出版社
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.90.245428
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- Singapore National Research Foundation (NRF) [NRF-RF2009-06]
- Ministry of Education (Singapore) via Tier 2 [MOE2012-T2-2-086]
- start-up support [M58113004]
- New Initiative Fund from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) [M58110100]
- Agency for Science, Technology, and Research (A*STAR) under the Institute of High Performance Computing Independent Investigatorship
- Singapore NRF under the NRF Fellowship [NRF-NRFF2013-07]
- Institute of High Performance Computing
Layered materials, such as graphite/graphene, boron nitride, transition metal dichalcogenides, represent materials in which reduced size, dimensionality, and symmetry play critical roles in their physical properties. Here, we report on a comprehensive investigation of the phonon properties in the topological insulator Bi2Te3 and Bi2Se3 two-dimensional (2D) crystals, with the combination of Raman spectroscopy, first-principles calculations, and group theory analysis. Low frequency (<30 cm (1)) interlayer vibrational modes are revealed in few-quintuple-layer (QL) Bi2Te3/Bi2Se3 2D crystals, which are absent in the bulk crystal as a result of different symmetries. The experimentally observed interlayer shear and breathing mode frequencies both show blueshifts, with decreasing thickness in few-QL Bi2Te3 (down to 2QL) and Bi2Se3 (down to 1QL), in agreement with first-principles calculations and a linear chain model, from which the interlayer coupling force constants can be estimated. Besides, an intense ultralow (<12 cm(-1)) frequency peak is observed in 2-4QL Bi2Te3, which is tentatively attributed to a substrate-induced interface mode supported by a linear chain model analysis. The high frequency Raman peaks exhibit frequency shifts and broadening from 3D to 2D as a result of the phonon confinement effect. Our studies shed light on a general understanding of the influence of dimensionality and crystal symmetry on the phonon properties in layered materials.
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