First virtual Bilateral Conference on Functional Materials (BiC-FM)

Individual SWCNT Transistor with Photosensitive Planar Junction Induced by Two-Photon Oxidation

Emelianov A.V.¹, Nekrasov N.P.¹, Nevolin V.K.¹, Bobrinetskiy I.I.²

1 – National Research University of Electronic Technology, Zelenograd, Moscow, Russia

2 – BioSense Institute, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia

emmsowton@gmail.com

The fabrication of planar junctions in carbon nanomaterials is a promising way to increase the optical sensitivity of optoelectronic nanometer-scale devices in photonic connections, sensors, and photovoltaics [1]. Utilized a unique lithography approach based on direct femtosecond laser (fs-laser) processing [2], a fast and easy technique for modification of single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) optoelectronic properties through localized two-photon oxidation is developed. It results in a novel approach of quasi-metallic to semiconducting nanotubes conversion so that metal/semiconductor planar junction is formed via local laser patterning.

In this study, we demonstrate the application of newly developed technology based on two-photon oxidation of carbon nanostructures upon ultrafast laser pulses for bandgap engineering of individual SWCNT [3]. The array of field-effect transistors (FETs) with individual SWCNT channels on a 4-inch substrate was fabricated through a versatile chemical vapor deposition technique and directly placed on the substrate with desired density. Fs-laser processing was used to form a local planar junction in individual SWCNT under standard conditions.

The fabricated planar junction in FETs based on individual SWCNT drastically increases the photoresponse of such devices. The broadband photoresponsivity of the two-photon oxidized structures reaches the value of 2·10⁷ A W^-1 per single SWCNT at 1 V bias voltage. The SWCNT-based transistors with induced metal/semiconductor planar junction can be applied to detect extremely small light intensities with high spatial resolution in photovoltaics, integrated circuits, and telecommunication applications.

Acknowledgement.This work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation, grant № 19-19-00401.

References:

[1] M. Barkelid, V. Zwiller, Nat. Photonics2014, 8, 47.

[2] A. V. Emelianov, D. Kireev, A. Offenhäusser, N. Otero, P. M. Romero, I. I. Bobrinetskiy, ACS Photonics2018, 5, 3107.

[3] A.V. Emelianov, N. P. Nekrasov, M. V. Moskotin, G. E. Fedorov, N. Otero, P.M. Romero, V. K. Nevolin, B. I. Afinogenov, A. G. Nasibulin, I.I. Bobrinetskiy, ACS Nano (submitted).

Strategies to optimize the optoelectronic performance of patterned single-walled carbon nanotube layers

Mitin D.M.^1,2, Berdnikov Y.S.³, Vorobyev A.A.¹, Mozharov A.M.¹, Raudik S.A.^1,4,

Ilatovskii D.A.⁴, Nasibulin A.G.^4,5, Mukhin I.S.^1,3

1 – Saint Petersburg Academic University, St. Petersburg, Russia

2 – Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, St. Petersburg, Russia

3 – ITMO University, St. Petersburg, Russia

4 – Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia

5 – Aalto University, Espoo, Finland

mitindm@mail.ru

We report on the theoretical and experimental study of patterned layers of single-walled carbon nanotubes and suggest strategies aimed at the relief the trade-off between high transmittance and high conductivity of the nanotube-based transparent electrodes. We present the model to predict the characteristics of patterned films and demonstrate its consistency with the experimental observations. We extend these results to show that the best characteristics of patterned layers of single-walled carbon nanotubes can be achieved using the combination of films with low initial transmittance and high conductivity. That is the opposite to earlier reported approaches to improve the performance of nanotube-based electrodes. The proposed strategy allows the patterned layers of single-walled carbon nanotubes to outperform the widely used indium-tin-oxide electrodes on both flexible and rigid substrates.

Acknowledgement.This work was funded by RFBR, project number 19-38-60008.

Graphene for laser applications

E. D. Obraztsova^1,2*, A.V. Tausenev³, M.G. Rybin^1,2, Bykov A.Y. ⁴, Murzina T.V. ⁴,

Sorochenko V. R.¹, P.A. Obraztsov¹

¹A.M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, RAS, 38 Vavilov str., 119991, Moscow, Russia

elobr@kapella.gpi.ru

² Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 9 Institutskiy per., 141701 Dolgoprudny, Russia

³ OOO "Avesta Proekt", 108840 Troitsk, Russia

⁴ M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Physics Department, Moscow, Russia

elobr@kapella.gpi.ru

Graphene is a two-dimensional hexagonal carbon network with unique physical and chemical properties. This material can be efficiently used in optics. The working spectral range of graphene is very wide: from 0.4 mkm up to 12 mkm (at least). The optical absorption is 2.3 % (per 1 layer). This property opens a possibility to form the saturable absorbers for mid – IR lasers [1]. Due to a high optical non-linearity graphene can be used for frequency multiplication in lasers [2]. Compactness of graphene saturable absorber providing realization of stable self-starting mode-locking operation in a diode-pumped waveguide Nd: YAG laser delivering picoseconds pulses at the repetition rates up to 11.5 GHz with an average power of 12 mW at a central wavelength of 1064 nm [3].

In this work we demonstrate the progress made for lasers of different wavelengths (from 1.5 to 10.5 mkm) with graphene saturable absorbers. The problems and possible further applications are discussed.

Acknowledgement. The work was supported by RSF project 20-42-080040.

References

V.R. Sorochenko, et al., Quant. Electron. 42 (2012)907.

A.Y. Bykov, et al., Phys. Rev. B 85 (2012) 121413(R).

P.A. Obraztsov, et al., Laser Physics 26 (2016) 084008.

M.V. Ponarina, et al., Quantum Electronics 49 (2019) 365.

Dr. Elena Obraztsova,

Head of Nanomaterials Spectroscopy Laboratory of

A.M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute of

Russian Academy of Sciences,

38 Vavilov street,

119991, Moscow, Russia

Ph.: +7(906)097 3331

FAX: +7(499) 135 3002

elobr@kapella.gpi.ru

Obraztsova Elena Dmitrievna was graduated from the Faculty of Physics of M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) in 1975. She got her PhD degree in MSU in 1990 with specialty 01.04.05 "Optics". Since1992 she works in the Department of light-induced surface phenomena of A.M, Prokhorov General Physics Institute of RAS (GPI RAS). Since 2002 she is a head of the newly created Nanomaterials spectroscopy laboratoriy in GPI RAS… Currently lab employs more than 20 people (10 full-time employees, 3 PhD students, 3 graduate students, the rest – students of the Physics department of MSU and Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology).

Scope of scientific interests of E.D. Obraztsova includes synthesis, optical spectroscopy (Raman scattering, optical absorption in a wide spectral range, photoluminescence spectroscopy, nonlinear optical spectroscopy) and applications of various low-dimensional materials (especially carbon materials: diamond, graphite, diamond-like amorphous materials, fullerenes, onion-like structures, one-, two- and multi-walled carbon nanotubes, carbon pods, carbon nanotubes, graphene and graphene nanoribbons). In recent years, a great progress has been made in the application of single-walled carbon nanotubes and graphene in vacuum electronics and nonlinear optics.

E.D. Obraztsova is a co-author of more than 300 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals. In the past 5 years, she has participated in many (more than 30) Russian and international scientific conferences and seminars with the invited talks. Her citation factor for her scientific papers (Hirsch factor) is 34. Under her supervising 13 PhD theses has been defended.

In 2018 E. D… Obraztsova won the grant for creation of a new Laboratory of nanocarbon materials in the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) in frame of the program of creating joint laboratories of MIPT and Russian Academy of Sciences (project “5- 100"). Since August 2018 she is a Head of this laboratory with 15 scientist staff (in parallel to her work in GPI RAS).

Obraztsova E.D. is a member of the program committees of international conferences and seminars (Annual International Euroconference “Electronic Properties of New Materials (IWEPNM)” (http://www.iwepnm.org) and “International Scientific Workshop on Photonics and Optoelectronics of Nanocarbon”, held every 2 years in Finland (http://www.npo.fi). She is a member of Editoral Board of international scientific journals: “Carbon”, “Nanomaterials”, “Laser Physics Letters”.

Functional Halide Perovskite Nanostructures

Makarov S.V.

ITMO University, Saint Petersburg, Russia

s.makarov@metalab.ifmo.ru

Nanophotonics and meta-optics based on optically resonant all-dielectric structures is a rapidly developing research area driven by its potential applications for low-loss efficient metadevices. Recently, the study of halide perovskites has attracted enormous attention due to their exceptional optical and electrical properties. As a result, this family of materials can provide a prospective platform for modern nanophotonics [1] and meta-optics [2], allowing us to overcome many obstacles associated with the use of conventional semiconductor materials. Here, we review the recent progress in the field of halide perovskite nanophotonics starting from single-particle light-emitting nanoantennas [3,4] and nanolasers [5] to the large-scale designs working for surface coloration, anti-reflection, and optical information encoding [6,7,8].

Acknowledgement.This work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation, grant 19-73-30023.

References:

[1] Makarov, S., Furasova, A., Tiguntseva, E., Hemmetter, A., Berestennikov, A., Pushkarev, A., Zakhidov, A. and Kivshar, Y., 2019. Halide‐Perovskite Resonant Nanophotonics. Advanced optical materials, 7(1), p.1800784.

[2] Berestennikov, A.S., Voroshilov, P.M., Makarov, S.V. and Kivshar, Y.S., 2019. Active meta-optics and nanophotonics with halide perovskites. Applied Physics Reviews, 6(3), p.031307.

[3] Tiguntseva, E.Y., Zograf, G.P., Komissarenko, F.E., Zuev, D.A., Zakhidov, A.A., Makarov, S.V. and Kivshar, Y.S., 2018. Light-emitting halide perovskite nanoantennas. Nano letters, 18(2), pp.1185–1190.

[4] Tiguntseva, E.Y., Baranov, D.G., Pushkarev, A.P., Munkhbat, B., Komissarenko, F., Franckevicius, M., Zakhidov, A.A., Shegai, T., Kivshar, Y.S. and Makarov, S.V., 2018. Tunable hybrid Fano resonances in halide perovskite nanoparticles. Nano letters, 18(9), pp.5522–5529.

[5] Tiguntseva, E., Koshelev, K., Furasova, A., Tonkaev, P., Mikhailovskii, V., Ushakova, E.V., Baranov, D.G., Shegai, T., Zakhidov, A.A., Kivshar, Y. and Makarov, S.V., 2020. Room-Temperature Lasing from Mie-Resonant Non-Plasmonic Nanoparticles. ACS Nano 13 (4), 4140–4147.

[6] Zhizhchenko, A., Syubaev, S., Berestennikov, A., Yulin, A.V., Porfirev, A., Pushkarev, A., Shishkin, I., Golokhvast, K., Bogdanov, A.A., Zakhidov, A.A. and Kuchmizhak, A.A., 2019. Single-mode lasing from imprinted halide-perovskite microdisks. ACS nano, 13(4), pp.4140–4147.

[7] Zhizhchenko, A.Y., Tonkaev, P., Gets, D., Larin, A., Zuev, D., Starikov, S., Pustovalov, E.V., Zakharenko, A.M., Kulinich, S.A., Juodkazis, S. and Kuchmizhak, A.A., 2020. Light‐Emitting Nanophotonic Designs Enabled by Ultrafast Laser Processing of Halide Perovskites. Small, 16(19), p.2000410.

[8] Trofimov, P., Pushkarev, A.P., Sinev, I.S., Fedorov, V.V., Bruyère, S., Bolshakov, A., Mukhin, I.S. and Makarov, S.V., 2020. Perovskite-Gallium Phosphide Platform for Reconfigurable Visible-Light Nanophotonic Chip. ACS nano, 14(7), pp.8126–8134.

Sergey Makarov received a Ph.D. degree in 2014 at the Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow, Russia), and Habilitated at the ITMO University (St. Petersburg, Russia). The topics of his research activity include nanophotonics, halide perovskites, laser-matter interaction, and nanotechnology.

Currently, he is Professor, Head of Laboratory of Hybrid Nanophotonics and Optoelectronics, as well as Director of Shared Research Facilities on Nanotechnology at the ITMO University. He was a long-term visiting research fellow at Australian National University, City University of New York, and Vienna Technological University. He was awarded by Presidential Award for Young Researchers, Medal of Russian Academy of Sciences for Young Researchers, Gold Medal of Alferov’s Foundation, Saint-Petersburg Government Award in the field of technology, and many others.

Referee in journals: Advanced Materials, Materials Today, ACS Nano, Nature Communications, Advanced Functional Materials, Nano Letters, Angewandte Chemie, etc. Referee for grant agencies Russian Science Foundation, Czech Science Foundation. Chair of Program Committee of International Conference “METANANO 2017”, permanent chair of School on Advanced Light-Emitting and Optical Materials (SLALOM), and co-organizer of special sessions in many conferences.

Nanophotonic molecular engineering of functional quantum dots and biomedical structures

B.H. Bairamov^1,2, V.V. Toporov¹, F. B. Bayramov², E.D. Poloskin, and H. Lipsanen³

¹Ioffe Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 194021 Saint-Petersburg, Russia

²Alferov Federal State Budgetary Institution of Higher Education and Science Saint Petersburg National Research Academic University of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 194021 Saint-Petersburg, Russia

³Aalto University, Department of Micro- and Nanosciencies, Micronova, P.O.Box 13500, FI-00076, Aalto, Finland

bairamov@mail.ioffe.ru

Exploiting strong-light matter interactions at the nanometer scale are increasingly important for modern emerging fields of nanophotonics and nanophononics. Fundamental research issues in a topical area of engneered nanostructure materials science having technological relevance will be addressed.

We present several novel phenomena observed in an all-optical non-destructive and ultra-sensitive study of a high spectral resolution inelastic light scattering measurements in doped semiconductors, a wide range of nanostructures (NSs) – quantum dots (QDs) and nanowires (NWs), biomedical structures (proteins, DNAs) as well as semiconductor QDs functionalized by DNAs. Biomedical researches have become one of the most promising applications of the NSs.

It is shown that for the most effective study of the novel fundamental crystalline and electronic properties of the NSs with multiple electronic and vibrational states created in the NSs with the well controllable and dynamically selected radiative and non-radiative transitions using different energy transfer pathways can be tailored by manipulating the geometry and size of the NSs for the suitable excitation laser light parameters selected.

The developed approaches combined with the strong quantum confinement effects observed by us in the semiconductor NSs allowed to find unprecedented multiple resonance energy transfer pathways in the study of the artificial complex mixtures of the QDs dots functionalized by the DNAs. In this case, a selective light scattering enhancement by the single molecule of the DNA is discovered. Semiconductor QDs functionalized by the biomedical structures with unique light-matter interaction properties have turn out to be are one of a particularly important class of novel materials for molecular engineering. It is established that the QDs iself can be used at the nanoscale as a flexible quantum interface allowing to improve sufficiently bimolecular recognition. Based on these results, the obtained new knowledge of organic-inorganic nanostructures can help for to develop practical approaches to tailor many interesting innovative nano-optoelectronic capabilities in a broader perspective for future applications.

1. F. B. Bayramov, A. L. Chernev, V. V. Toporov, E. D. Poloskin, М. V. Dubina, C. Sprung, E. Lahderanta, A. Lashkul, H. Lipsanen, B. H. Bairamov, “Functuanalization of Semiconductor Quantum Dots nc-Si/SiO2 by oligonucleotides”, Semicond.48 (11) 1485–1489 2014.

2. F. B. Bayramov, E. D. Poloskin, A. A. Kornev, A. L. Chernev, V. V. Toporov, М.V. Dubina, E. Lahderanta, A. Lashkul, H. Lipsanen, B. H.Bairamov, “Observation of High Spectral Resolution Raman Light Scattering from oligonucleotides”, JETP Letts. 99 (7) 373–377 (2014).

Dimensional confinement and waveguide effect of Dyakonov surface waves in twisted confined media

D. A. Chermoshentsev^1,2,3, E. V. Anikin¹, S. A. Dyakov¹, N. A. Gippius¹

1 – Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia

2 – Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (SU), Moscow Region, Dolgoprudny, Russia

3 – Russian Quantum Center, Moscow, Russia

dmitry.chermoshentsev@skoltech.ru

We theoretically study Dyakonov surface waveguide modes that propagate along the planar strip interfacial waveguide between two uniaxial dielectrics. We demonstrate that due to the one-dimensional electromagnetic confinement, Dyakonov surface waveguide modes can propagate in the directions that are forbidden for the classical Dyakonov surface waves at the infinite interface. We show that this situation is similar to a waveguide effect and formulate the resonance conditions at which Dyakonov surface waveguide modes exist. We demonstrate that the propagation of such modes without losses is possible. We also consider a case of two-dimensional confinement, where the interface between two anisotropic dielectrics is bounded in both orthogonal directions. We show that such a structure supports Dyakonov surface cavity modes. Analytical results are confirmed by comparing with full-wave solutions of Maxwell's equations. We believe that our work paves the way towards new insights in the field of surface waves in anisotropic media.

Acknowledgement.This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Grant № 18-29-20032)

References:

[1] D’yakonov, M. I. (1988). New type of electromagnetic wave propagating at an interface. Sov Phys JETP, 67(April), 714–716.

[2] Chermoshentsev, D. A., Anikin, E. V., Dyakov, S. A., & Gippius, N. A. (2020). Dimensional quantization and waveguide effect of Dyakonov surface waves in twisted confined media. http://arxiv.org/abs/2008.05034

[3] Anikin, E. V., Chermoshentsev, D. A., Dyakov, S. A., & Gippius, N. A. (2020). Dyakonov-like waveguide modes in an interfacial strip waveguide. http://arxiv.org/abs/2007.15953

Macro-, Micro- and Nano-Roughness of Carbon-Based Interface with the Living Cells: Towards a Versatile Bio-Sensing Platform

Lena Golubewa ^1,2, Hamza Rehman ³, Tatsiana Kulahava ^2,4, Renata Karpicz ¹, Marian Baah ³, Tommy Kaplas ³, Ali Shah ⁵, Sergei Malykhin ^3,6,7, Alexander Obraztsov ^3,7,

Danielis Rutkauskas ¹, Marija Jankunec ⁸, Ieva Matulaitienė ¹, Algirdas Selskis ¹,

Andrei Denisov ^4,9, Yuri Svirko ³ and Polina Kuzhir^2,3,*

¹ Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Sauletekio Ave. 3, LT-10257 Vilnius, Lithuania; lena.golubewa@ftmc.lt (L.G.); renata.karpicz@ftmc.lt (R.K.); danielis@ar.fi.lt (D.R.); ieva.matulaitiene@ftmc.lt (I.M.); algirdas.selskis@ftmc.lt (A.S.)

² Institute for Nuclear Problems, Belarusian State University, Bobruiskaya 11, 220030 Minsk, Belarus; tatyana_kulagova@tut.by

³ Institute of Photonics, University of Eastern Finland, Yliopistokatu 2, FI-80100 Joensuu, Finland; hamzarehman241@gmail.com (H.R.); marian.baah@uef.fi (M.B.), tommi.kaplas@gmail.com (T.K.); sermal92@mail.ru (S.M.); alexander.obraztsov@uef.fi (A.O.); yuri.svirko@uef.fi (Y.S.)

⁴ Department of Biophysics, Belarusian State University, Nezavisimosti ave. 4, 220030 Minsk, Belarus; an.denisov@gmail.com

⁵ Department of Micro and Nanosciences, Aalto University, Espoo, P.O. Box 13500, FI-00076, Finland; ali.shah07@outlook.com

⁶ Division of Solid State Physics, Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskiy Prospekt 53, 119991 Moscow, Russia

⁷ Department of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie gory 12-, 119991 Moscow, Russia

⁸ Institute of Biochemistry, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Sauletekio av. 7, LT-10257, Vilnius, Lithuania; marija.jankunec@gmc.vu.lt

⁹ Institute of Physiology of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus, 28 Akademichnaya Str., Minsk BY-220072, Belarus

*polina.kuzhir@uef.fi

Integration of living cells with nonbiological surfaces (substrates) of sensors, scaffolds, and implants implies severe restrictions on the interface quality and properties, which broadly cover all elements of the interaction between the living and artificial systems (materials, surface modifications, drug-eluting coatings, etc). Substrate materials must support cellular viability, preserve sterility, and at the same time allow real-time analysis and control of cellular activity. We have compared new substrates based on graphene and pyrolytic carbon (PyC) for the cultivation of living cells. These are PyC films of nanometer thickness deposited on SiO₂ and black silicon and graphene nanowall films composed of graphene flakes oriented perpendicular to the Si substrate. The structure, morphology, and interface properties of these substrates are analyzed in terms of their biocompatibility. The PyC demonstrates interface biocompatibility, promising for controlling cell proliferation and directional intercellular contact formation while as-grown graphene walls possess high hydrophobicity and poor biocompatibility. By performing experiments with C6 glioma cells we discovered that PyC is a cell-friendly coating that can be used without poly-L-lysine or other biopolymers for controlling cell adhesion. Thus, the opportunity to easily control the physical/chemical properties and nanotopography makes the PyC films a perfect candidate for the development of biosensors and 3D bioscaffolds.

Polina Kuzhir, PhD, senior researcher and a Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow (H2020-MSCA-IF-2018, TURANDOT, 836816) in the Institute of Photonics, University of eastern Finland. She got her PhD in Theoretical physics in 1996 from the Inst. of Physics, Belarus Academy of Science, Minsk, Belarus. She is internationally recognized expert in the field of graphene/2D materials, theoretical and experimental photonics. Her research focuses on theory and experimental validation of 2D materials-based passive and active devices, including detectors, filters, shields, polarizers, collimators and emitters. She has published 288 peer-reviewed papers with 11535 citations and h-factor of 50 (Scopus 08/06/2020). Dr. Kuzhir is Associate Editor at Microelectronics Reliability, Elsevier, member of International Editorial Boards of IOP and MDPI journals.