Phonon Softening and Direct to Indirect Bandgap Crossover in Strained Single Layer MoSe2

S. Horzum, H. Sahin, S. Cahangirov +4

Motivated by recent experimental observations of Tongay et al. [Tongay et al., Nano Letters, 12(11), 5576 (2012)] we show how the electronic properties and Raman characteristics of…