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ArticleNano letters2023

Mid-Infrared Mapping of Four-Layer Graphene Polytypes Using Near-Field Microscopy.

Daniel Beitner, Shaked Amitay, Simon Salleh Atri, Andrew McEllistrim, Tom Coen, Vladimir I Fal'ko, Shachar Richter, Moshe Ben Shalom, Haim Suchowski

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Article in Nano letters, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Imaging Electric Polarization Switching in Multilayer Graphene.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  5. Detecting the Six Polytypes of Five-Layer Graphite.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Daniel BeitnerDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 69998, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-0709-069X
Shaked AmitaySchool of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel.
Simon Salleh AtriSchool of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel.
Andrew McEllistrimNational Graphene Institute, University of Manchester, Booth Street East, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-7843-9043
Tom CoenSchool of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel.
Vladimir I Fal'koNational Graphene Institute, University of Manchester, Booth Street East, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom.
Shachar RichterDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 69998, Israel.ORCID 0000-0003-1367-7267
Moshe Ben ShalomUniversity Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Tel Aviv University Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 69998, Israel.
Haim SuchowskiUniversity Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Tel Aviv University Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 69998, Israel.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mid-infrared (MIR) spectral region attracts attention for accurate chemical analysis using photonic devices. Few-layer graphene (FLG) polytypes are promising platforms, due to their broad absorption in this range and gate-tunable optical properties. Among these polytypes, the noncentrosymmetric ABCB/ACAB structure is particularly interesting, due to its intrinsic bandgap (8.8 meV) and internal polarization. In this study, we utilize scattering-scanning near-field microscopy to measure the optical response of all three tetralayer graphene polytypes in the 8.5-11.5 μm range. We employ a finite dipole model to compare these results to the calculated optical conductivity for each polytype obtained from a tight-binding model. Our findings reveal a significant discrepancy in the MIR optical conductivity response of graphene between the different polytypes than what the tight-binding model suggests. This observation implies an increased potential for utilizing the distinct tetralayer polytypes in photonic devices operating within the MIR range for chemical sensing and infrared imaging.

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BernalFew-layer grapheneMid-IR nano-imagingOptical conductivityRaman spectroscopyRhombohedralScanning near-field optical microscopyStacking order

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PMID38007708
PMCPMC10722527

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