Strain Engineering of Low‐Dimensional Materials for Emerging Quantum Phenomena and Functionalities
Abstract
Recent discoveries of exotic physical phenomena, such as unconventional superconductivity in magic‐angle twisted bilayer graphene, dissipationless Dirac fermions in topological insulators, and quantum spin liquids, have triggered tremendous interest in quantum materials. The macroscopic revelation of quantum mechanical effects in quantum materials is associated with strong electron–electron correlations in the lattice, particularly where materials have reduced dimensionality. Owing to the strong correlations and confined geometry, altering atomic spacing and crystal symmetry via strain has emerged as an effective and versatile pathway for perturbing the subtle equilibrium of quantum states. This review highlights recent advances in strain‐tunable quantum phenomena and functionalities, with particular focus on low‐dimensional quantum materials. Experimental strategies for strain engineering are first discussed in terms of heterogeneity and elastic reconfigurability of strain distribution. The nontrivial quantum properties of several strain‐quantum coupled platforms, including 2D van der Waals materials and heterostructures, topological insulators, superconducting oxides, and metal halide perovskites, are next outlined, with current challenges and future opportunities in quantum straintronics followed. Overall, strain engineering of quantum phenomena and functionalities is a rich field for fundamental research of many‐body interactions and holds substantial promise for next‐generation electronics capable of ultrafast, dissipationless, and secure information processing and communications.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Feb 10, 2022
- Source ID
- 10.1002/adma.202107362
Entities
People
- Ezekiel Y. Hsieh
- Hong‐gyu Park
- Ishrat Zarin
- Jae‐pil So
- Jin Myung Kim
- Kwang‐yong Jeong
- Md Farhadul Haque
- Shahriar Muhammad Nahid
- SungWoo Nam
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- Institute for Basic Science
- Jeju National University
- Korea University
- National Research Foundation of Korea
- National Science Foundation
- University of California
- University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign