ResearchGateTitanium trisulfide (TiS3): A 2D semiconductor with quasi-1D optical and electronic properties
Scientific Reports 6 (2016).
J. O. Island, R. Biele, M. Barawi, J. M. Clamagirand, J. R. Ares, C. Sánchez, H. S. Van Der Zant, I. J. Ferrer, R. D'Agosta, and A. Castellanos-Gomez.
Journal DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/srep22214

We present characterizations of few-layer titanium trisulfide (TiS3) flakes which, due to their reduced in-plane structural symmetry, display strong anisotropy in their electrical and optical properties. Exfoliated few-layer flakes show marked anisotropy of their in-plane mobilities reaching ratios as high as 7.6 at low temperatures. Based on the preferential growth axis of TiS3 nanoribbons, we develop a simple method to identify the in-plane crystalline axes of exfoliated few-layer flakes through angle resolved polarization Raman spectroscopy. Optical transmission measurements show that TiS3 flakes display strong linear dichroism with a magnitude (transmission ratios up to 30) much greater than that observed for other anisotropic two-dimensional (2D) materials. Finally, we calculate the absorption and transmittance spectra of TiS3 in the random-phase-approximation (RPA) and find that the calculations are in qualitative agreement with the observed experimental optical transmittance.

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ResearchGateTitanium trisulfide (TiS3): A 2D semiconductor with quasi-1D optical and electronic properties
Scientific Reports 6 (2016).
J. O. Island, R. Biele, M. Barawi, J. M. Clamagirand, J. R. Ares, C. Sánchez, H. S. Van Der Zant, I. J. Ferrer, R. D'Agosta, and A. Castellanos-Gomez.
Journal DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/srep22214

We present characterizations of few-layer titanium trisulfide (TiS3) flakes which, due to their reduced in-plane structural symmetry, display strong anisotropy in their electrical and optical properties. Exfoliated few-layer flakes show marked anisotropy of their in-plane mobilities reaching ratios as high as 7.6 at low temperatures. Based on the preferential growth axis of TiS3 nanoribbons, we develop a simple method to identify the in-plane crystalline axes of exfoliated few-layer flakes through angle resolved polarization Raman spectroscopy. Optical transmission measurements show that TiS3 flakes display strong linear dichroism with a magnitude (transmission ratios up to 30) much greater than that observed for other anisotropic two-dimensional (2D) materials. Finally, we calculate the absorption and transmittance spectra of TiS3 in the random-phase-approximation (RPA) and find that the calculations are in qualitative agreement with the observed experimental optical transmittance.

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