Revealing local structural properties of an atomically thin MoSe surface using optical microscopy.

Beilstein J Nanotechnol

Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 15, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.

Published: July 2022

Using a triangular molybdenum diselenide (MoSe) flake as surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) platform, we demonstrate the dependency of the Raman enhancement on laser beam polarization and local structure using copper phthalocyanine (CuPc) as probe. Second harmonic generation (SHG) and photoluminescence spectroscopy and microscopy are used to reveal the structural irregularities of the MoSe flake. The Raman enhancement in the focus of an azimuthally polarized beam, which possesses exclusively an in-plane electric field component is stronger than the enhancement by a focused radially polarized beam, where the out-of-plane electric field component dominates. This phenomenon indicates that the face-on oriented CuPc molecules strongly interact with the MoSe flake via charge transfer and dipole-dipole interaction. Furthermore, the Raman scattering maps on the irregular MoSe surface show a distinct correlation with the SHG and photoluminescence optical images, indicating the relationship between local structure and optical properties of the MoSe flake. These results contribute to understand the impacts of local structural properties on the Raman enhancement at the surface of the 2D transition-metal dichalcogenide.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9263549PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.13.49DOI Listing

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