Directional Negative Thermal Expansion and Large Poisson Ratio in CH 3 NH 3 PbI 3 Perovskite Revealed by Strong Coherent Shear Phonon Generation
Despite the enormous amount of attention CH 3 NH 3 PbI 3 has received, we are still lacking an in-depth understanding of its basic properties. In particular, the directional mechanical and structural characteristics of this material have remained elusive. Here, we investigate these properties by monitoring the propagation of longitudinal and shear phonons following the absorption of a femtosecond
