Vibrational Properties of a Two-Dimensional Silica Kagome Lattice

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A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä

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2016-12-27

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en

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7
10929-10935

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ACS NANO, Volume 10, issue 12

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Kagome lattices are structures possessing fascinating magnetic and vibrational properties, but in spite of a large body of theoretical work, experimental realizations and investigations of their dynamics are scarce. Using a combination of Raman spectroscopy and density functional theory calculations, we study the vibrational properties of two-dimensional silica (2D-SiO2), which has a kagome lattice structure. We identify the signatures of crystalline and amorphous 2D-SiO2 structures in Raman spectra and show that, at finite temperatures, the stability of 2D-SiO2 lattice is strongly influenced by phonon-phonon interaction. Our results not only provide insights into the vibrational properties of 2D-SiO2 and kagome lattices in general but also suggest a quick nondestructive method to detect 2D-SiO2.

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2D materials, 2D silicon dioxide, anharmonicity, density functional theory, kagome, Raman spectroscopy

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Björkman, T, Skakalova, V, Kurasch, S, Kaiser, U, Meyer, J C, Smet, J H & Krasheninnikov, A V 2016, ' Vibrational Properties of a Two-Dimensional Silica Kagome Lattice ', ACS Nano, vol. 10, no. 12, pp. 10929-10935 . https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.6b05577