Elastic properties of few unit cell thick superconducting crystals of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+delta

Sahu, Sudhir Kumar and Jangade, Digambar and Thamizhavel, Arumugam and Deshmukh, Mandar M and Singh, Vibhor (2019) Elastic properties of few unit cell thick superconducting crystals of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+delta. In: APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 115 (14).

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Abstract

We present systematic measurements of the mechanical properties of few unit cell (UC) thick exfoliated crystals of a high-T-c cuprate superconductor Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+delta. We determine the elastic properties of these crystals by deformation using an atomic force microscope at room temperature. With the spatial measurements of local compliance and their detailed modeling, we independently determine the Young's modulus of rigidity and the prestress. The Young's modulus of rigidity is found to be in the range of 22 GPa-30 GPa for flakes with a thickness from similar to 5 UC to 18 UC. The prestress spreads over the range of 5 MPa-46 MPa, indicating a run-to-run variation during the exfoliation process. The determination of Young's modulus of rigidity for thin flakes is further verified from the recently reported buckling technique.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
Publisher:	AMER INST PHYSICS
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to AMER INST PHYSICS
Keywords:	GRAPHENE; TRANSITION; ANOMALIES; MOS2
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Physics
Date Deposited:	17 Dec 2019 10:28
Last Modified:	17 Dec 2019 10:28
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/63851

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