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Main Authors: Srivastava, Pawan Kumar, Khandelwal, Vedanki, Reddy, Ramesh, Tarafder, Kartick, Ghosh, Subhasis
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.17240
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author Srivastava, Pawan Kumar
Khandelwal, Vedanki
Reddy, Ramesh
Tarafder, Kartick
Ghosh, Subhasis
author_facet Srivastava, Pawan Kumar
Khandelwal, Vedanki
Reddy, Ramesh
Tarafder, Kartick
Ghosh, Subhasis
contents Here, we report on controlling strain in graphene by trapping molecules at the graphene-substrate interface, leveraging molecular dipole moments. Spectroscopic and transport measurements show that strain correlates with the dipole moments of trapped molecules, with a dipole range of 1.5 D to 4.9 D resulting in a 50-fold increase in strain and a substantial rise in the residual carrier density. This has been possible by charge transfer between graphene and trapped molecules, altering the C=C bond length, and causing biaxial strain. First-principles density functional theory calculations confirm a consistent dependence of bending height on molecular dipole moments.
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spellingShingle Graphene Straintronics by Molecular Trapping
Srivastava, Pawan Kumar
Khandelwal, Vedanki
Reddy, Ramesh
Tarafder, Kartick
Ghosh, Subhasis
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Applied Physics
Here, we report on controlling strain in graphene by trapping molecules at the graphene-substrate interface, leveraging molecular dipole moments. Spectroscopic and transport measurements show that strain correlates with the dipole moments of trapped molecules, with a dipole range of 1.5 D to 4.9 D resulting in a 50-fold increase in strain and a substantial rise in the residual carrier density. This has been possible by charge transfer between graphene and trapped molecules, altering the C=C bond length, and causing biaxial strain. First-principles density functional theory calculations confirm a consistent dependence of bending height on molecular dipole moments.
title Graphene Straintronics by Molecular Trapping
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Applied Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.17240