Changes in the Raman Spectrum of Monolayer Graphene under Compression/Stretching Strain in Graphene/Piezoelectric Crystal Structures

Abstract

Results from studying the effect of an applied electric voltage on the Raman spectrum of graphene deposited on a lithium niobate crystal substrate with a ferroelectric domain structure are presented. The use of the principal component method for data processing in combination with correlation analysis made it possible to reveal the contribution to the change in the spectra associated with the linear deformation of the substrate due to the inverse piezoelectric effect. An effect of the graphene coating peeling was found. Furthermore, bending deformations of the graphene coating associated with the presence of a relief on the substrate were found. An analysis of the change in the spectra of graphene under the application of an electric voltage made it possible to determine the height of this relief.

Keywords

• graphene
• LiNbO₃ domain structure
• PCA
• Raman spectroscopy