Extracting the Infrared Permittivity of SiO<sub>2</sub> Substrates Locally by Near-Field Imaging of Phonon Polaritons in a van der Waals Crystal

Layered materials in which individual atomic layers are bonded by weak van der Waals forces (vdW materials) constitute one of the most prominent platforms for materials research. Particularly, polar vdW crystals, such as hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN), alpha-molybdenum trioxide (α-MoO<sub>3<...

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Main Authors: Patricia Aguilar-Merino, Gonzalo Álvarez-Pérez, Javier Taboada-Gutiérrez, Jiahua Duan, Iván Prieto, Luis Manuel Álvarez-Prado, Alexey Y. Nikitin, Javier Martín-Sánchez, Pablo Alonso-González
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-01-01
Series:Nanomaterials
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/11/1/120