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Straining Two Dimensional Materials

dc.creatorConley, Hiram Jacob
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-22T21:09:28Z
dc.date.available2015-06-06
dc.date.issued2014-12-08
dc.identifier.urihttps://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/etd-10042014-232926
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1803/14270
dc.description.abstractTwo dimensional materials are atomically or molecularly thin materials that extend macroscopically. By mechanically probing these two dimensional materials the mechanical, thermal, and optical nature of these materials are probed in this dissertation. The coefficient of thermal expansion of graphene is measured and shown to be negative, in agreement with predictions from soft condensed matter. Also the adhesion of graphene to a substrate is shown to be temperature dependent. Through strain engineering another two dimensional material, MoS2, it is shown that its band gap is strain dependent. Strain also transitions this material from a direct band gap to an indirect band gap material at strains of approximately 1.6%. Finally, graphene is shown to behave as a two dimensional entropic spring, with an in-plane stiffness as low as 50N/m.
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dc.subjectMoS2
dc.subjectin plane stiffness
dc.subjectTwo dimensional materials
dc.subjectGraphene
dc.titleStraining Two Dimensional Materials
dc.typedissertation
dc.contributor.committeeMemberJason Valentine
dc.contributor.committeeMemberSharon Weiss
dc.contributor.committeeMemberRichard Haglund
dc.contributor.committeeMemberSocrates Pantelides
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thesis.degree.namePHD
thesis.degree.leveldissertation
thesis.degree.disciplinePhysics
thesis.degree.grantorVanderbilt University
local.embargo.terms2015-06-06
local.embargo.lift2015-06-06
dc.contributor.committeeChairKirill Bolotin


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