• 文献标题:   Quantifying the local mechanical properties of twisted double bilayer graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   CANETTA A, GONZALEZMUNOZ S, NGUYEN VH, AGARWAL K, DE PICQUENDAELE PD, HONG YZ, MOHAPATRA S, WATANABE K, TANIGUCHI T, NYSTEN B, HACKENS B, RIBEIROPALAU R, CHARLIER JC, KOLOSOV OV, SPIECE J, GEHRING P
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  • 出版物名称:   NANOSCALE
  • ISSN:   2040-3364 EI 2040-3372
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  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1039/d3nr00388d EA MAR 2023
  • 出版年:   2023

▎ 摘  要

Nanomechanical measurements of minimally twisted van der Waals materials remained elusive despite their fundamental importance for device realisation. Here, we use Ultrasonic Force Microscopy (UFM) to locally quantify the variation of out-of-plane Young's modulus in minimally twisted double bilayer graphene (TDBG). We reveal a softening of the Young's modulus by 7% and 17% along single and double domain walls, respectively. Our experimental results are confirmed by force-field relaxation models. This study highlights the strong tunability of nanomechanical properties in engineered twisted materials, and paves the way for future applications of designer 2D nanomechanical systems.