Tuning the bandgap of exfoliated InSe nanosheets by quantum confinement.

Mudd, Garry W; Svatek, Simon A; Ren, Tianhang; Patanè, Amalia; Makarovsky, Oleg; Eaves, Laurence; Beton, Peter H; Kovalyuk, Zakhar D et al. · Adv Mater · 2013

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Strong quantization effects and tuneable near-infrared photoluminescence emission are reported in mechanically exfoliated crystals of γ-rhombohedral semiconducting InSe. The optical properties of InSe nanosheets differ qualitatively from those reported recently for exfoliated transition metal dichalcogenides and indicate a crossover from a direct to an indirect band gap semiconductor when the InSe flake thickness is reduced to a few nanometers.