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Laser Strain Engineering

Laser Strain Engineering

Laser Strain Engineering

Straining nanomaterials to break their lattice symmetry is perhaps the most efficient approach toward realizing bandgap tunability.  A modulated inhomogeneous local asymmetric elastic–plastic straining is reported that utilizes GPalevel laser shocking at a high strain rate (dε/dt) ≈ 106–107 s−1, with excellent formability, inducing tunable bandgaps in graphene, and nanoscale electro-optical property changes in many 2D materials and their heterostructures. 

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  10. Yixiu Wang, Shengyu Jin, Qingxiao Wang, Min Wu, Shukai Yao, Peilin Liao, Moon J. Kim, Gary J. Cheng, Wenzhuo Wu, "Parallel nanoimprint forming of one-dimensional chiral semiconductor for strain-engineered optical properties",  Nano-Micro Letters, (2020). DOI : 10.1007/s40820-020-00493-3

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