Environmental Effects in Mechanical Properties of Few-layer Black Phosphorus

Autor:	Moreno-Moreno, Miriam, Lopez-Polin, Guillermo, Castellanos-Gomez, Andres, Gomez-Navarro, Cristina, Gomez-Herrero, Julio
Rok vydání:	2016
Předmět:	Condensed Matter - Materials Science
Druh dokumentu:	Working Paper
DOI:	10.1088/2053-1583/3/3/031007
Popis:	We report on the mechanical properties of few-layer black phosphorus (BP) nanosheets, in high vacuum and as a function of time of exposure to atmospheric conditions [1]. BP flakes with thicknesses ranging from 4 to 30 nm suspended over circular holes are characterized by nanoindentations using an atomic force microscope tip. From measurements in high vacuum an elastic modulus of 46+/-10 GPa and breaking strength of 2.4+/-1 GPa are estimated. Both magnitudes are independent of the thickness of the flakes. Our results show that the exposure to air has substantial influence in the mechanical response of flakes thinner than 6 nm but small effects on thicker flakes. Comment: Main article: number of pages 10, number of figures 4 Supplementary information: number of pages 9, number of figures 8, 2D Materials 2016
Databáze:	arXiv
Externí odkaz:	http://arxiv.org/abs/1608.06855 Zobrazit plný text záznamu View this record from Arxiv