"A Raman scattering and photoluminescence in singleand few-layered WS2 films " Impartido por: Humberto Rodríguez Gutiérrez Department of Physics & Astronomy University of Louisville, KY Día: Martes, 11 de Marzo de 2014 Hora: 12:00 horas Lugar: Sala Polivalente del Departamento de Física Aplicada Facultad de Ciencias, Fase II (2ª Pta.) ABSTRACT Individual monolayers of metal dichalcogenides are atomically thin two-dimensional crystals with attractive physical properties different from their bulk layered counterpart. The spotlight of this presentation will be the optical behavior of WS2 monolayers with triangular morphologies. The Raman response as well as the photoluminescence (PL) as a function of the number of SW-S layers will be discussed. The PL of layered WS2 becomes weaker with the increase of SW-S layers number due to a transition from direct (in a monolayer) to indirect band gap (in multilayers). The edges of WS2 monolayers exhibit PL signals with extraordinary intensity, around 25 times stronger than the platelets center. The structure and composition of the platelet edges appear to be critical for the PL enhancement effect. Raman scattering from single- and few-layered WS2 was also studied as a function of the number of S-W-S layers and the excitation laser wavelength in the visible range (488, 514 and 647 nm). For the three excitation wavelengths used in this study, the frequency of the A1g(Γ) phonon mode monotonically decreases with the number of layers, while the E12g(Γ) frequency increases. For single-layer WS2, 514.5 nm excitation induces a second-order Raman resonance for the longitudinal acoustic mode at the M point. This resonance, arises do to a coupling between the electronic band structure and lattice vibrations, an effect not previously seen in any single-layered metal dichalcogenide. Tuning the excitation wavelength this mechanism may be applicable in characterizing the structural, electronic and vibrational properties of other layered systems. ORGANIZA: Departamento de Física Aplicada Vicerrectorado de Extensión Universitaria