Title
Study of vibrational properties of Bi2 − xMnxTe3 nanocrystals in host glass: Effect of xMn-concentration
Date Issued
01 January 2022
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Universidad Federal de Sao Paulo
Publisher(s)
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Abstract
The Raman and infrared (IR) active lattice vibrations of xMn-concentration Bi2 − xMnxTe3 nanocrystals (NCs) as a dopant in semiconductor Bi2Te3 nanocrystals grown in a host glass matrix, whose symmetries correspond to the (Formula presented.) space group, are investigated by Raman scattering. Transmission electron microscopy images confirm the formation of Bi2 − xMnxTe3 nanocrystals with an average size of around 5.4 nm. The observation of the six hyperfine structure lines in electron paramagnetic resonance spectra confirms the incorporation of Mn2+ ions in Bi2Te3 nanocrystals. The vibrational modes of quintuple layer (QL) of the diluted magnetic semiconductor Bi2 − xMnxTe3 nanocrystals are modified in relation to pure Bi2Te3 nanocrystals. The appearance of the (Formula presented.) (95.5 cm−1), (Formula presented.) (114 cm−1), and (Formula presented.) (103 cm−1) IR-active modes is mainly due to quantum size effects. Indeed, the redshifts of the (Formula presented.) (95.5 cm−1), (Formula presented.) (103 cm−1), (Formula presented.) (110 cm−1), (Formula presented.) (114 cm−1), and (Formula presented.) (141 cm−1) vibrational modes give strong indications of the substitutional and interstitial incorporation of Mn2+ in the Bi2Te3 crystalline structure. In addition, the Raman spectra show the formation of Bi2OTe2 semiconductor due to the appearance of the (123 cm−1) mode. The investigation of the Bi2 − xMnxTe3 nanocrystal has promising potential to design new devices with magnetic and optical properties adjusted according to the xMn-concentration.
Start page
95
End page
103
Volume
53
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Física de partículas, Campos de la Física
Electroquímica
DOI
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85115131733
Source
Journal of Raman Spectroscopy
ISSN of the container
03770486
Sponsor(s)
The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from the following Brazilian agencies: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPQ) for the financing of the MCT/CNPq (409359/2016‐5) and PDJ/CNPQ (151349/2020‐7) projects, Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Nível Superior (Capes), and Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (Fapemig) for the financing of the APQ‐00211‐17 and Rede Mineira de Química (CEX‐RED‐00010‐4) projects. We are also thankful for the use of facilities for the TEM measurements at the Laboratório Multiusuário de Microscopia de Alta Resolução (LabMic), at the Universidade Federal de Goiás and the Raman Spectroscopy at the Physics Institute of the Universidade Federal de Uberlândia.
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