Nature Communications (Sep 2016)

Unusual lattice vibration characteristics in whiskers of the pseudo-one-dimensional titanium trisulfide TiS3

  • Kedi Wu,
  • Engin Torun,
  • Hasan Sahin,
  • Bin Chen,
  • Xi Fan,
  • Anupum Pant,
  • David Parsons Wright,
  • Toshihiro Aoki,
  • Francois M. Peeters,
  • Emmanuel Soignard,
  • Sefaattin Tongay

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12952
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Transition metal trichalcogenides are layered materials with strong in-plane anisotropy, and their vibrational characteristics remain largely unexplored. Here, the authors present high-pressure Raman studies to uncover unusual vibrational effects within this specific class of materials.