• 文献标题:   In Situ Strain Tuning in hBN-Encapsulated Graphene Electronic Devices
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WANG LJ, ZIHLMANN S, BAUMGARTNER A, OVERBECK J, WATANABE K, TANIGUCHI T, MAKK P, SCHONENBERGER C
  • 作者关键词:   hbnencapsulated graphene, strain engineering, vdw heterostructure, raman spectroscopy, pseudomagnetic field
  • 出版物名称:   NANO LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1530-6984 EI 1530-6992
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Basel
  • 被引频次:   10
  • DOI:   10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b01491
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

Using a simple setup to bend a flexible substrate, we demonstrate deterministic and reproducible in situ strain tuning of graphene electronic devices. Central to this method is the full hBN encapsulation of graphene, which preserves the exceptional quality of pristine graphene for transport experiments. In addition, the on-substrate approach allows one to exploit strain effects in the full range of possible sample geometries and at the same time guarantees that changes in the gate capacitance remain negligible during the deformation process. We use Raman spectroscopy to spatially map the strain magnitude in devices with two different geometries and demonstrate the possibility to engineer a strain gradient, which is relevant for accessing the valley degree of freedom with pseudomagnetic fields. Comparing the transport characteristics of a suspended device with those of an on-substrate device, we demonstrate that our new approach does not suffer from the ambiguities encountered in suspended devices.