The University of Texas at Dallas

Nano & Beyond Lab

2020

“Indocyanine green modified silica shells for colon cancer marking,” A. Badaracco, E. Ward, C. Barback, J. Yang, J. Wang, C. Huang, M.J. Kim, Q. Wang, S. Nam, J. Delon, S. Blair, W. Trogler, and A. Kummel, Appl. Surf. Sci. 499, 143885 (2020).

“Surface and Interfacial Study of Atomic Layer Deposited Al2O3 on MoTe2 and WTe2,” H. Zhu, R. Addou, Q. Wang, Y. Nie, KJ Cho, M.J. Kim and R.M. Wallace, Nanotechnology 31, 055704 (2020).

“Role of template layers for heteroepitaxial growth of lanthanum oxide on GaN(0001) via atomic layer deposition,” P. Chen, T. Hadamek, S. Kwon, A. Posadas, M.J. Kim, A. Demkov, and J. Ekerdt, J. Vac. Sci. Tech. A38, 012403 (2020).

“Interface tailoring and thermal conductivity enhancement in diamond particles reinforced metal matrix composites,” H. Zhang, X. Wang, J. Wang and M.J. Kim, in “Interfaces in Particle and Fibre Reinforced Composites,” Eds. K. Goh, A.K., R. de Silva and S. Thomas, Elsevier (2020).

“Epitaxial, electro-optically active barium titanate thin films on silicon by chemical solution deposition,” B. Edmondson, S. Kwon, C.H. Lam, J.E. Ortmann, A.A. Demkov, M.J. Kim and J.G. Ekerdt, J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 103, 1209-1218 (2020).

“Raman response and transport properties of tellurium atomic chains encapsulated in nanotubes,” J. Qin, P. Liao, M. Si, S. Gao, G. Qiu, J. Jian, Q. Wang, S. Zhang, S. Huang, A. Charnas, Y. Wang, M.J. Kim, W. Wu, X. Xu, H. Wang, L. Yang, Y. Yap and P.D. Ye, Nature Elect. 3, 141-147 (2020).

“The role of Cr interlayer in determining interfacial thermal conductance between Cu and diamond,” X. Liu, F. Sun, L. Wang, Z. Wu, X. Wang, J. Wang, M.J. Kim and H. Zhang, Appl. Surf. Sci. 515, 146046 (2020)

“Fabrication of Hexagonal Boron Nitride based 2-D Nanopore Sensor for the Assessment of Electro-Chemical Responsiveness of Human Serum Transferrin Protein”, J. Saharia, Y.M. Nuwan, D.Y. Bandara, J.S. Lee, Q. Wang, M.J. Kim, and Min Jun Kim, Electrophoresis 41, 630-637 (2020).

“Mo-interlayer-mediated thermal transport at Cu/diamond interface measured by time-domain thermoreflectance,” G. Chang, F. Sun, L. Wang, Y. Zhang, X. Wang, J. Wang, M.J. Kim and H. Zhang, Composites A. 135, 105921 (2020).

“Strong second harmonic generation in a tungsten bronze oxide by enhancing local structural distortion,” K. Lin, P. Gong, S. Chu, Q. Li, Z. Lin, H. Wu, Q. Wang, J. Wang, M.J. Kim, K. Kato, C-W Wang, X. Liu, Q. Huang, J. Chen, H. Zhu, J. Deng and X. Xing, J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 142, 7480-7486 (2020).

“Optimization of digital growth of thick N-polar InGaN by MOCVD,” S. Pasayat, C. Lund, Y. Tsukada, M. Catalano, L. Wang, M.J. Kim, S. Nakamura, S. Keller and U. Mishra, J. Elec. Mater. 49, 3450-3454 (2020).

“Controllable ferromagnetism in super-tetragonal PbTiO3 through strain engineering,” L. Zhang, D. Zheng, L. Fan, J. Wang, M.J. Kim, J. Wang, H. Wang, X. Xing, J. Tian, and J. Chen, Nano Lett. 20, 881-886 (2020).

“Template regeneration in galvanic replacement: A route to highly diverse hollow nanostructures,” Z. Gao, H. Ye, Q. Wang, M.J. Kim, D. Tang, Z. Xi, Z. Wei, S. Shao and X. Xia, ACS Nano 14, 791-801 (2020).

“Remote heteroepitaxy of GaN microrod heterostructures for deformable light-emitting diodes and wafer recycle,” J. Jeong, Q. Wang, J. Cha, D.K. Jin, D.H. Shin, S. Kwon, B.K. Kang, J.H. Jang, w.S. Yang, Y.S. Choi, J. Yoo, J.K. Kim, C.H. Lee, S.W. Lee, A. Zakhidov, S. Hong, M.J. Kim, Y.J. Hong, Sci. Adv. 6, eaaz5180 (2020). – featured by Chosun Biz, IT Biznews, etc.

“Composition and annealing effects on the liniear electro-optic response of solution-deposited barium strontium titanate,” B.I. Edmondson, S. Kwon, J. Ortmann, A. Demkov, M.J. Kim, and J.G. Ekerdt, J. Amer. Ceram. Soc., 103, 5706-5720 (2020).

“Parallel nanoimprint forming of one-dimensional chiral semiconductor for strain-engineered optical properties,” Y. Wang, S. Jin, Q. Wang, M. Wu, S. Yao, P. Liao, M.J. Kim, G. Chang and W. Wu, Nano Micro Lett. 12, 160 (2020).

“Atomically controlled tunable doping in high performance WSe2 devices,” C-S. Peng, T. Hung, Ava Khosravi, R. Addou, Q. Wang, M.J. Kim, R.M. Wallace and Z. Chen, Adv. Electr. Mater. 6, 1901304 (2020).

“Strain-engineered anisotropic optical and electrical properties in 2D chiral-chain tellurium,” Y. Wang, S. Yao, P. Liao, S. Jin, Q. Wang, M.J. Kim, G. Cheng and W. Wu, Adv. Mater. 32, 2002342 (2020).

“Aqueous synthesis of Pd-M (M=Pd, Pt, and Au) decahedra with concave facets for catalytic applications,” H. Huang, R. Chen, M. Liu, J. Wang, M.J. Kim, Z. Ye and Y. Xia, Top. Catal. 63, 664-672 (2020).

“Atomic layer deposition of layered boron nitride for large-area 2D electronics,” J. Lee, A. Ravichandran, J. Mohan, L. Cheng, A. Lucero, H. Zhu, Z. Che, M. Catalano, M.J. Kim, R.M. Wallace, A. Venugopal, W. Choi, L. Colombo and J. Kim, ACS Appl. Mater. Inter. 12, 36688-36694 (2020).

“Novel polymorphic phase of BaCu2As2: impact of flux for new phase formation in crystal growth,” H. Wu, S. Li, Z. Wu, X. Wang, G. Ofenstein, S. Kwon, M.J. Kim, C-W Chu and B. Lv, Cryst. Growth Des. 20, 5922-5930 (2020).

“Graphene intaglio pattern for selective-area remote epitaxy of ZnO microrod arrays,” J. Jeong, D. Jin, J. Cha, B. Kang, Q. Wang, S. Lee, V. Mikhailovskii, V. Neplokh, N. Amandor-Mendez, M. Txherncheva, W. Yang, J. Yoo, M.J. Kim, S. Hong and Y.J. Hong, ACS App. Mater. Inter. 3, 8920-8930 (2020).

“Modification of the electronic transport in atomically thin WSe2 by oxidation,” Y. Lin, B. Bersch, R. Addou, K. Xu, Q. Wang, C. Smyth, B. Jariwala, R.C. Walker, S. Fullerton-Shirey, M.J. Kim, R.M. Wallace and J.A. Robinson, Adv. Mater. Inter. 7, 2000422 (2020).

2019

“Scalable nanomanufacturing and assembly of chiral-chain piezoelectric tellurium nanowires for wearable self-powered cardiovascular monitoring”, Y. Wang, R. Wang, S. Wan, Q. Wang, M.J. Kim, D. Ding and W. Wu, Nano Futures 3, 011001 (2019)

“Interfacial structure evolution and thermal conductivity of Cu-Zr/diamond composites prepared by gas pressure infiltration,” L. Wang, J. Li, G. Bai, N. Li, X. Wang, H. Zhang, J. Wang, and M.J. Kim, J. Alloys Comp. 781, 800-809 (2019).

“Deformation behavior of nanocrystalline and ultrafine-grained CoCr CuFe Ni high-entropy alloys,” S. Nam, J. Hwang, J. Jeon, J. Park, M.J. Kim, D. Bae, J. Kim and H.J. Choi, J. Mater. Res. 34, 720-731 (2019).

“Monolithic Integration of Transition Metal Oxide Multiple Quantum Wells on Silicon (001),” J. Ortmann, S. Kwon, A. Posadas, M.J. Kim, and A. Demkov, J. Appl. Phys. 125, 155302 (2019).

“Engineering the Pd-WSe2 interface chemistry for field effect transistors with high-performance hole contacts”, C. Smyth, L. Walsh, P. Bolshakov-Barrrett, M. Catalano, R. Addou, L. Wang, S. McDonnell, J. Kim, M.J. Kim, C.D. Young, C.L. Hinkle and R.M. Wallace, ACS Appl. Nano. Mater. 2, 75-88 (2019).

“Engineering high-k/SiGe interface with ALD oxide for selective GeOx reduction,” M. Kavrik, P. Ercius, J. Cheung, K. Tang, Q. Wang, B. Fruhberger, M.J. Kim, Y. Taur, P.C. Mclntyre and A.C. Kummel, ACS Appl. Mater. Inter. 11, 15111-15121 (2019).

“Stiffness measurement of nanosized liposomes using solid-state nanopore sensor with automated recapturing platform,” J.S. Lee, J. Saharia, Y.M. Nuwan, D.Y. Bandera, B. Karawdeniya, G. Goyal, A. Darvish, Q. Wang, M.J. Kim and M. Kim, Electrophoresis 40, 1337-1344 (2019). – featured on the cover

“Stable and active oxidation catalysis by cooperative lattice oxygen redox on SmMn2O5 mullite surface,” Y. Zheng, S. Thampy, N. Ashburn, S. Dillon, L. Wang, Y. Jangjou, K. Tan, F. Kong, Y. Nie, M.J. Kim, W.S. Epling, Y.J. Chabal, J.W. Hsu, K.J. Cho, J. Am. Chem. Soc.141, 10722-10728 (2019).

Regulated interfacial thermal conductance between Cu and diamond by TiC interlayer for thermal management applications,” G. Chang, F. Sun, L. Wang, Z. Che, X. Wang, Xitao, J. Wang, M.J. Kim, and H. Zhang, ACS Appl. Mater. Inter11, 26507-26517 (2019).

“MoS2 for enhanced electrical performance of ultrathin copper films,” T. Shen, D. Valencia, Q. Wang, K. Wang, M. Povoloskyi, M.J. Kim, G. Klimeck, Z. Chen, and J. Appenzeller, ACS Appl. Mater. Inter11, 28345-28351 (2019).

“Engineering the Interface Chemistry for Scandium Electron Contacts in WSe2 Transistors and Diodes,” C. Smyth, L. Walsh, B. Pavel, M. Catalano, M. Schmidt, S. Brendan, A. Rafik, L. Wang, J. Kim, M.J. Kim, C. Young, C. Hinkle, and R.M. Wallace, 2D Materials 6, 045020 (2019).

“High stability of ultra-small and isolated gold nanoparticles in metal-organic framework materials,” J. Cure, E. Mattson, H. Assi, K. Cocq, S. Jensen, J.-F. Veyan, K. Tan, M. Catalano, S. Kwon, S.Yuan, L. Feng, P. Zhang, H. Wang, J. Li, M.J. Kim, H.-C. Zhou, T. Thonhauser and Y.J. Chabal, J. Mater. Chem. A7, 17536-17546 (2019).

“InAs/AlGaAs quantum dots grown by a novel molecular beam epitaxy multistip design for intermediate band solar cells: physical insight in structure, composition, strain and optical properties”, A. Taurino, M. Catalano, M.J. Kim, V. Tasco, I. Tarantini, A. Passaseo, A. Creti and M. Lomascolo, Cryst. Eng. Comm. 21, 4644-4652 (2019).

“Stabilization of a monolayer tellurene phase at CdTe interfaces,” T. Paulasuskas, F.G. Sen, C. Sun, P. Longo, C. Buurma, S. Sivananthan, M. Chan, M.J. Kim and R.F. Klie, Nanoscale 11, 14698-14706 (2019).

“Formation of graphene atop a Si adlayer on the C-face SiC,” J. Li, Q. Wang, G. He, M. Widom, L. Nemec, M.J. Kim, P. Rinke, M. Scheffler, V. Blum, and R.M. Feenstra, Phys. Rev. Mater3, 084006 (2019).

“Thickness and sphericity control of hard shells through iron doping: Low threshold ultrasound contrast agents,” C. Huang, J. Wang, J. Yang, J. Oviedo, S. Nam, W. Trogler, S. Blair, M.J. Kim and A.C. Kummel, Adv. Funct. Mater. 29, 1900893 (2019).

“Enhancing interconnect reliability/performance by converting tantalum to 2D layered tantalum sulfide at low-temperature,” Chun-Li Lo, M. Catalano, A. Khosravi, W. Ge, Y. Ji, D.Y. Zemlyanov, L. Wang, R. Addou, Y. Liu, R.M. Wallace, M.J. Kim, and Z. Chen, Adv. Mater. 31, 1902397 (2019).

“Interfacial products and thermal conductivity of diamond/Al composites reinforced with ZrC-coated diamond particles,” N. Li, L. Wang, J. Dai, X. Wang, J. Wang, M.J. Kim, and H. Zhang, Dia. Rel. Mater. 100, 107565 (2019).

“Delayed Photoluminescence and Modified Blinking Statistics in Alumina Encapsulated Zero-Dimensional Inorganic Perovskite Nanocrystals,” T. Guo, R. Bose, X. Zhou, Y. Garstein, H. Yang, S. Kwon, M.J. Kim, M. Lutfullin, L. Sinatra, I. Gereige, A. Al-Saggaf, O. Bakr, O. Mohammaed and A. Malko, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 10, 6780-6787 (2019).

“Spacing Dependent and Doping Independent Superconductivity in Intercalated 1T Two Dimensional SnSe2,” H. Wu, S. Li, M. Susner, S. Kwon, M.J. Kim, T. Haugan, and B. Lv, 2D Materials 6, 045048 (2019).

“Tailoring interface structure and enhancing thermal conductivity of Cu/diamond composites by alloying boron to the Cu matrix,” G. Bai, L. Wang, Y. Zhang, X. Wang, J. Wang, M.J. Kim, and H. Zhang, Mater. Charact. 152, 265-275 (2019).

“Tunable coefficient of thermal expansion of Cu-B/diamond composites prepared by gas pressure infiltration,” G. Bai, Y. Zhang, J. Dai, L. Wang, X. Wang, J. Wang, M.J. Kim, X. Chen and H. Zhang, J. Alloys Comp. 794, 473-481 (2019).

“Engineering multilayered nanocrystal solids with enhanced optical properties using metal oxides for photonic applications,” R. Bose, A. Dangerfield, S. Rupich, T. Guo. Y. Zheng, S. Kown, M.J. Kim, Y. Gartetien, A. Esteve, Y.J. Chabal and A.V. Malko, ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 1, 6782-6789 (2019).

2018

“MBE growth of 2H-MoTe2 and 1T’-MoTe2 on 3D substrates”, S, Vishwanath, A. Sundar, X. Liu, A. Azcatl, E. Lochocki, A. Woll, S. Ruvimov, W. Hwang, N. Lu, X. Peng, H-H. Lien, J. Weisenberger, S. McDonnell, M.J. Kim, M. Dobrowolska, J. Furdyna, K. Shen, R.M. Wallace, D. Jena and H. Xing, J. Crystal Growth 482, 61-69 (2018).

“High thermal conductivity of Cu-B/diamond composites prepared by gas pressure infiltration”, G. Bai, N. Li, X. Wang, J. Wang, M.J. Kim and H. Zhang, J. Alloys Comp. 735, 1648-1653 (2018).

“The formation of atomic-level interfacial layer and its effect on thermal properties of W-coated diamond particle reinforced Al matrix composite”, H. Zhang, J. Wang, Q. Wang, M.J. Kim, L. Wang, Y. Zhang, J. Li, Z. Che and X. Wang, Comp. A. 107, 164-170 (2018).

“Pd-Ru bimetallic nanocrystals with a porous structure and their enhanced catalytic properties”, S. Wan, Q. Wang, H. Ye, M.J. Kim and X. Xia, Part. Part. Syst. Charact. 2018, 1700386 (2018).

“Structural effect of two-dimensional boron nitride nanosheets on strengthening and grain growth suppressing behaviors in Al-matrix nanocomposites”, S. Nam, K. Chang, W. Lee, M.J. Kim, H. Choi and J. Hwang, Sci. Reports 8, 1614 (2018).

“Metal-organic chemical vapor deposition of N-polar InN quantum dots and thin films on vicinal GaN”, C. Lund, M. Catalano, L. Wang, C. Wurm, T. Mates, M.J. Kim, S. Nakamura, S. DenBaars, U. Mishra and S. Keller, J. Appl. Phy. 123, 055702 (2018).

“Multiple consecutive recapture of rigid nanoparticles using a solid-state nanopore sensor”, J.S. Lee, B. Peng, A. Sabuncu, S. Nam, C. Ahn, M.J. Kim and M. Kim, Electrophoresis 39, 833-843 (2018). – featured on the cover!

“Combining Cr pre-coating and Cr alloying to improve the thermal conductivity of diamond particle reinforced Cu matrix composites”, L. Wang, J. Li, Z. Che, Y. Zhang, X. Wang, H. Zhang, J. Wang and M.J. Kim, J. Alloys Comp. 749, 1098-1105 (2018).

“Stable and low contact resistance electrical contacts for high temperature SiGe thermoelectric generators”, B. Zhang, T. Zheng, Q. Wang, Z. Guo, M.J. Kim, H.N. Alshareef and B.E. Gnade, Scripta Metall. 152, 36-39 (2018).

“Field-effect transistors made from solution-grown two-dimensional tellurene”, Y. Wang, G. Qiu, R. Wang, S. Huang, Q. Wang, Y. Liu, Y. Du, W. Goddard, M.J. Kim, X. Xu, P. Ye and W. Wu, Nature Electronics 1, 228-236 (2018)

“Fermi level control through native doping in the topological insulator Bi2Se3”, L. Walsh, A. Green, R. Addou, W. Nolting, A. Barton, T. Mowll, R. Yue, N. Lu, M.J. Kim, V. LaBella, C. Ventrice, W.G. Vandenberghe, R.M. Wallace, A. Diebold and C.L. Hinkle, ACS Nano 12, 6310–6318 (2018).

“Enhanced thermal conductivity in Cu/diamond composites by tailoring the thickness of interfacial TiC layer”, L. Wang, J. Li, M. Catalano, G. Bai, N. Li, X. Wang, H. Zhang, J.Wang and M.J. Kim, J. Comp. A 113, 76-82 (2018).

“Giant polarization in super tetragonal thin films through interphase strain”, L. Zhang, J.Chen, L. Fan, O. Dieguez, J. Cao, Z. Pan, Y. Wang, J. Wang, M.J. Kim, S. Deng, J. Wang, H. Wang, J. Deng, R. Yu, J. Scott and X. Xing, Science 361, 494-497 (2018).

“Atomic-resolution study of grain boundaries in CdTe using scanning transmission electron microscopy”, J. Guo, F. Sen, L. Wang, S. Nam, M.J. Kim, M. Chan and R. Klie, Micros. Microanal. 24 (S1), 102-103 (2018).

“Using virtual reality (VR) for real time tomography exploration of nanoparticles”, A. Klick, J. Brink and M.J. Kim, Micros. Microanal. 24 (S1), 590-591 (2018).

“A Method to Prepare TEM Specimens by Focused Ion Beam Milling for Cu/diamond Composites”, L. Wang, H. Zhang, X. Wang, J. Wang and M.J. Kim, Micros. Microanal. 24 (S1), 838-839 (2018).

“Probing nanoscale local lattice strains in semiconductor nanostructures and devices by transmission electron microscopy”, J. Wang, G. Lian and M.J. Kim, Micros. Microanal. 24 (S1), 972-973 (2018).

“Aluminum carbide hydrolysis induced degradation of thermal conductivity and tensile strength in diamond/aluminum composite”, Y. Lu, X. Wang, Y. Zhang, J. Wang, M.J. Kim and H. Zhang, J. Comp. Mater. 52, 2709-2717 (2018).

“High-mobility helical tellurium field effect transistors enabled by low-temperature, transfer-free direct growth”, G. Zhou, R. Addou, Q. Wang, S. Honari, C.R. Cormier, L. Cheng, R. Yue, C.M. Smyth, A. Laturia, J. Kim, W.G. Vandenberghe, M.J. Kim, R.M. Wallace and C.L. Hinkle, Adv. Mater. 30, 1803109 (2018).

“Kinetic stability of bulk LiNiO2 and surface degradation by oxygen revolution in LiNiO2-based cathode materials”, F. Kong, L. Wang, C. Liang, Y. Zheng, S. Perananthan, R. Longo, J. Ferraris, M.J. Kim and K.J. Cho, Adv. Energy Mater. 2018, 1802586 (2018).

“Piezoelectric modulation of nonlinear optical response in BaTaO3 thin film”, K. Kormondy, Y. Cho, A. Posadas, L. Zheng, K. Lai, Q. Wang, M.J. Kim, Q. He, A. Borievich, M. Downer and A. Demkov, Appl. Phys. Lett. 113, 132902 (2018). – featured on the cover.

“Dislocation driven spiral and non-spiral growth in layered chalcogenides: morphology, mechanism, and mitigation,” Y.Nie, A. Barton, R. Addou, Y. Zheng, L. Walsh, S. Eichfeld, R. Yue, C. Comier, C. Zhang, Q. Wang, C. Liang, J. Robinson, M.J. Kim, W. Vanderberghe, L. Colombo, P. Cha, R.M. Wallace, C. Hinkle and K.J.Cho, Nanoscale 10, 15023-15034 (2018).

“Effect of Ti interlayer on interfacial thermal conductance between Cu and diamond,” G. Chang, F. Sun, J. Duan, Z. Che, X. Wang, J. Wang, M.J. Kim and H. Zhang, Acta Mater. 160, 235-246 (2018).

“Ultra-low defect density at sub-0.5 nm HfO2/SiGe interfaces via selective oxygen scavenging”, M.S. Kavrik, E. Thomson, E. Chagarov, K. Tang, S.T. Ueda, V. Hou, T. Aoki, M.J. Kim, B. Fruhberger, Y. Taur, P.C. McIntyre and A.C. Kummel, ACS Appl. Mater. Inter. 10, 30794-30802 (2018).

“Engineering multilayered nanocrystal solids with enhanced optical properties using metal oxides,” R. Bose, A. Dangerfield, S. Rupich, T. Guo, Y. Zheng, S. Kwon, M.J. Kim, Y. Garstein, A. Esteve, Y.J. Chabal and A.V. Malko, ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 1, 6782-6789 (2018).

“Multilayer island growth in layered chalcogenides: morphology, mechanism, and management,” Y. Nie, A. T. Barton, R. Addou, Y. Zheng, L. A. Walsh, S. M. Eichfeld, R. Yue, C. Cormier, C. Zhang, Q. Wang, C. Liang, J. A. Robinson, M.J. Kim, W. Vandenberghe, L. Colombo, P-R. Cha, R. M. Wallace, C. L. Hinkle, K. Cho, Nanoscale 10, 15023 (2018).

“Strengthening of Al0.15CoCrCuFeNiTix-C (x=0, 1, 2) high-entropy alloys by grain refinement and using nanoscale carbides via powder metallurgical route,” S. Nam, M.J. Kim, J. Hwang and H. Choi, J. Alloys Comp. 762, 29-37 (2018).

“Tailoring MWCNTs and b-cyclodextrin for sensitive detection of acetaminophen and estrogen,” A. Alam, Y. Qin, M. Catalano, L. Wang, M.J. Kim, M. Howlader, N. Hu and M. Deen, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 10, 21411-21427 (2018).

2017

“Contact resistance and stability study for Au, Ti, Hf and Ni contacts on thin-film Mg2Si,” B. Zhang, T. Zheng, Q. Wang, Y. Zhu, H.A. Alshareef, M.J, Kim and B.E. Gnade, J. Alloys Comp. 699, 1134-1139 (2017).

“Interfacial structure evolution of Ti-coated diamond particle reinforced Al matrix composite produced by gas pressure infiltration”, Z. Che, Q. Wang, Y. Zhang, J. Li, H. Zhang, X. Wang, J. Wang and M.J. Kim, Comp. B. 113, 285-290 (2017).

“Growth assessment of (002)-oriented AlN thin films on Ti bottom electrode deposited on silicon and kapton substrates”, M.A. Signore, A. Taurino, M. Catalano, M.J. Kim, Z. Che, F. Quaranta and P. Sichiliano, Mater. Design 119, 151-158 (2017).

“Tracing the coupled atomic shear and shuffle for a cubic to a hexagonal crystal transition”, H. Wang, S. He, K. Du, T. Li, E. Obbard, J. Hudspeth, J. Wang, Y. Wang, Y. Wang, F. Prima, N. Lu, M.J. Kim, J. Cairney and R. Wang, Scripta Mater. 133, 70-74 (2017).

“Compositionally graded InGaN layers grown on vicinal N-face GaN substrates by Plasma-Assisted Molecular Beam Epitaxy”,K. Hestroffer, C. Lund, O. Koksaldi, H. Li, G. Schmidt, M. Trippel, P. Veit, F. Bertram, N. Lu, Q. Wang, J. Christen, M.J. Kim, S. Keller and U. Mishra, J. Cryst. Growth 465, 55-59 (2017).

“New Mo6Te6 Sub-nanometer-diameter nanowire phase from 2H-MoTe2,” H. Zhu, Q. Wang, C. Zheng, K.J. Cho, R.M. Wallace and M.J. Kim, Adv. Mater. 29, 1606264 (2017).

“Solution synthesis of few-layer 2H MX2 (M=Mo, W; X=S, Se)”, D Barrera, Q. Wang, Y. Lee, L. Cheng, M.J. Kim, J. Kim and J. Hsu, J. Mater. Chem. C. 5, 2859-2864 (2017).

“Metal-organic-inorganic nanocomposites thermal interface materials with ultralow thermal resistance,” C. Yegin, N. Nagabandi, X. Feng, C. King, M. Catalano, J. Oh, A. Talib, S. Verkhoturov, A. Sokolov, M.J. Kim, K. Matin, S. Narumanchi and M. Akbulut, ACS Appl. Inter. Mater. 22, 10120-10127 (2017).

“WTe2 thin films grown by beam-interrupted molecular beam epitaxy”, L. Walsh, R. Yue, Q. Wang, A. Barton, C. Smyth, H. Zhu, R. Addou, J. Kim, L. Colombo, R.M. Wallace, M.J. Kim and C.L. Hinkle, 2D Mater. 4, 024044 (2017).

“Ultrathin, wafer-scale hexagonal boron nitride on dielectric surfaces by a diffusion and segregation mechanism,” S. Sonde, A. Dolocan, N. Lu, C. Corbet, M.J. Kim, E. Tutuc, S.K. Banerjee and L. Colombo, 2D Mater. 4, 025052 (2017).

“Indium segregation in N-polar InGaN quantum wells evidenced by energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and atom probe tomography”, B. Bonef, M. Catalano, C. Lund, Se. DenBaars, S. Nakamura, U. Mshra, M.J. Kim and S. Keller, Appl. Phys. Lett. 110, 143101 (2017).

“(101) and (002) oriented AlN thin films deposited by sputtering”, A. Taurino, M.A. Signore, M. Catalano and M.J. Kim, Mater. Lett. 200, 18-20 (2017).

“Metal-organic chemical vapor deposition of high quality, high indium composition N-polar InGaN layers for tunnel devices”, C. Lund, B. Romanczyk, M. Catalano, Q. Wang, W. Li, D. Digiovanni, M.J. Kim, P. Fay, S. Nakamura, S. DenBaars, U. Mishra and S. Keller, J. Appl. Phys. 121, 185707 (2017).

“Electrical Transport Characterization of Al and Sn Doped Mg2Si Thin Films”, B. Zhang, T. Zheng, C. Sun, Z. Guo, M.J. Kim, H. Alshareef, M. Quevedo and B. Gnade, J. Al. Comp. 720, 156-160 (2017).

“Coherent Interlayer Tunneling and Negative Differential Resistance with High Current Density in Double Bilayer Graphene – WSe2 Heterostructures”, G.W. Burg, N. Prasad, B. Fallahaza, A. Valsaraj, K. Kim, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, Q. Wang, M.J. Kim, L.F. Register and E. Tutuc, Nano Lett. 17, 3919-3925 (2017).

“Inter-level carrier dynamics and photocurrent generation in large band gap quantum dot solar cell by multistep growth”, V. Tasco, A. Creti, A. Taurino, A. Cola, M. Catalano, A. Salhi, Z. Che, M.J. Kim, M. Lomascolo and A. Passaseo, Solar En. Mater. Solar Cells 171, 142-147 (2017).

“Inverted OPVs with MoS2 hole transport layer deposited by spray coating”, D. Barrera, A. Jawaid, T.B. Daunis, L. Cheng, Q. Wang, Y-J Lee, M.J. Kim, J. Kim, R.A. Vaia and J.W. Hsu, Materials Today Energy 5, 107-111 (2017).

“Synthesis of highly conductive cobalt thin films by LCVD at atmospheric pressure”, K. Jeong, J. Lee, I. Byun, M. Seong, J. Park, J-H Kim, H.W. Kim, M.J. Kim and J. Lee, Mater. Sci. Semi. Process. 68, 245-251 (2017).

“High spatial resolution energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and atom probe tomography study of indium segregation in N-polar InGaN quantum wells”, M. Catalano, B. Bonef, C. Lund, U.K. Mishra, S. Keller and M.J. Kim, Micros. Microanal. 23 (S1), 1448-1449 (2017).

“Structural and chemical assessment of InAs/AlGaAs quantum dot structures for Enlarged Bandgap Intermediate Band solar cells”, M. Catalano, A. Taurino, M. Lomascolo, A. Creti, V. Tasco, A. Passaseo and M.J. Kim, Micros. Microanal. 23 (S1), 1478-1479 (2017).

“Structural switch of AlN sputtered thin films from (101) to (002) orientation, driven by the growth kinetics”, A. Taurino, M.A. Signore, M. Catalano and M.J. Kim, Micros. Microanal. 23 (S1), 1496-1497 (2017).

“In-situ heating study of 2H-MoTe2 to Mo6Te6 nanowire phase transition”, Q. Wang, H. Zhu, C. Zhang, R. Addou, K.J. Cho, R.M. Wallace and M.J. Kim, Micros. Microanal. 23 (S1), 1764-1765 (2017).

“Aberration-corrected STEM study of shape controlled metallic core-shell nanoparticles for catalytic applications”, J. Wang, N. Lu, Y. Xia and M.J. Kim, Micros. Microanal. 23 (S1), 1852-1853 (2017).

“Graphitization of diamond by means of UV-laser writing: A transmission electron microscopy study”, A. Taurino, M. Catalano, M. De Feudis, A.P. Caricato, M. Martino, Q. Wang and M.J. Kim, Micros. Microanal. 23 (S1), 2262-2263 (2017).

“Using virtual reality (VR) for education in nanoscience”, A. Klick, S.E. Kim and M.J. Kim, Micros. Microanal. 23 (S1), 2302-2303 (2017).

“Harvesting electrical energy from carbon nanotube yarn twist”, S.H. Kim, C.S. Haines, N. Li, K.J. Kim, T.J. Mun, C. Choi, J. Di, Y.J. Oh, J.P. Oviedo, J. Bykova, S. Fang, N. Jiang, Z. Liu, R. Wang, P. Kumar, R. Qiao, S. Priya, K.J. Cho, M.J. Kim, M.S. Lucas, L.F. Crummy, B. Maruyama, D.Y. Lee, X. Depro. E. Gao, D. Albarq, R. Ovalle-Robles, S.J. Kim, R.H. Baughman, Science 357, 773-778 (2017).

“Low temperature 100°C atomic layer deposited ZrO2 for recessed gate GaN HEMTs on Si” Y.C. Byun, J.G. Lee, X. Meng, J. Lee. A. Lucero, S.J. Kim, C. Young, M.J. Kim and J. Kim, Appl. Phys. Lett. 111, 082905 (2017).

“Al2O3 on WSe2 by ozone based atomic layer deposition: nucleation and interface study”, A. Azcatl, Q. Wang, M.J. Kim and R.M. Wallace, APL Mater. 5, 086108 (2017).

“Nucleation and growth of WSe2: Enabling large grain transition metal dichalcogenides”, R. Yue, Y. Nie, L. Walsh, R. Addou, C. Liang, N. Lu, A. Barton, H. Zhu, Z. Che, D. Barrera, L. Cheng, P. Cha, M.J. Kim, J.P. Hsu, J. Kim, L. Colombo, Y. Chabal, R.M. Wallace, K.J. Cho and C.L. Hinkle, 2D Mater. 4, 045019 (2017).

“Hexagonal to monoclinic phase transformation in Eu2O3 thin films grown on GaN (0001)”, T. Hadamek, D. Shin, A. Posadas, A.A. Demkov, S. Kwon, Q. Wang and M.J. Kim, Appl. Phys. Lett. 111, 142901 (2017).

“Interface Chemistry of Contact Metals and Ferromagnets on the Topological Insulator Bi2Se3”, W. Lee, C. Smyth, A. Barton, Q. Wang, Z. Che, R. Yue, J. Kim, M.J. Kim, R.M. Wallace and C. Hinkle, J. Phys. Chem. C. 121, 23551-23563 (2017).

“Direct bonding of copper and liquid crystal polymer”, T. Redhwan, A. Alam, M. Catalano, L. Wang, M.J. Kim, Y. Haddara and M.R Howlader, Mater. Lett. 212, 214-217 (2017).

“Sub-10 nm tunable hybrid dielectric engineering on MoS2 for 2D materials based device”, L. Chang, J. Lee, H. Zhu, A. Ravichandran, Q. Wang, A. Lucero, M.J. Kim, R.M. Wallace, L. Colombo, and J. Kim, ACS Nano 11, 10243-10252 (2017).

“Defects and surface structural stability of MoTe2 under vacuum annealing”, H. Zhu, Q. Wang, L. Cheng, R. Addou, J. Kim, M.J. Kim and R.M. Wallace, ACS Nano 11, 11005-11014 (2017).

“Monolithic integration of c-type crystalline Erbium oxide on GaN (0001) by atomic layer deposition and its characterization”, P-Y Chen, A.B. Posadas, S. Kwon, Q. Wang, M.J. Kim, A.A. Demkov and J.G. Ekerdt, J. Appl. Phys. 122, 215302 (2017).

“Two-Dimensional h-BN and MoS2 as Diffusion Barriers for Ultra-Scaled Copper Interconnects”, C-L Lo, M. Catalano, K. Smithe, L. Wang, S. Zhang, E. Pop, M.J. Kim and Z. Chen, npj 2D Mater. Appl. 1, 42 (2017).

2016

“Nucleation and growth mechanisms of interfacial Al4C3 in Al/diamond composites formed by gas pressure infiltration,” Z. Che, Y Zhang, J. Li, H. Zhang, X. Wang, C. Sun, J. Wang and M.J. Kim, J. Alloy. Compd. 657, 81-89 (2016).

“Line-defect mediated formation of hole and Mo clusters in monolayer molybdenum disulfide,” G. Ryu, J. Lee, N.Y. Kim, Y. Lee, Y. Kim, M.J. Kim and Z.H. Lee, 2D Materials 3, 014002 (2016).

“Ru Nanoframes with an fcc Structure and Enhanced Catalytic Properties,” H. Ye, Q. Wang, M. Catalano, N. Lu, J. Vermeylen, M.J. Kim, Y. Liu, Y. Sun and X. Xia, Nano Lett. 16, 2812-2817 (2016).

“Formation of hexagonal boron nitride on graphene-covered copper surfaces,” D. Gopalan, S. De la Barrera, S. Shingra, J. Li, B. D’Urso, R. Feenstra, K. Zhang, N. Simonson, J.A. Robinson, Q. Wang, N. Lu and M.J. Kim, J. Mater. Res. 31, 945-958 (2016).

“Controllable growth of layered selenide and telluride heterostructures and superlattices using molecular beam epitaxy,” S. Vishwanath, X. Liu, S. Rouvimov, B. Leonardo, N. Lu, A. Angelica, K. Magno, R.M. Wallace, M.J. Kim, T. Idrobo, J. Carlos, J. Furdyan, D.J. Debdeep, and H. Xing, J. Mater. Res. 31, 900-910 (2016).

“Atomic and Electronic Structures of WTe2 Probed by High Resolution Electron Microscopy and ab initio Calculations,” N. Lu, C. Zhang, C-H Lee, J. Oviedo, M. Nguyen, X. Peng, R.M. Wallace, T.E. Mallouk, J.A. Robinson, J. Wang, K.J. Cho and M.J. Kim, J. Phys. Chem. C. 120, 8364-8369 (2016).

“Synthesis of Pt−Ni Octahedra in continuous-flow droplet reactors for the scalable production of highly active catalysts toward oxygen reduction,” G. Niu, M. Zhou, X. Yang, J. Park, N. Lu, J. Wang, M.J. Kim, L. Wang and Y. Xia, Nano Lett. 16, 3850-3857 (2016).

“Atomic and electronic structure of lomer dislocations at CdTe bicrystal interface,” C. Sun, T. Paulauskas, F.G. Sen, G. Lian, J. Wang, C. Buurma, M. K.Y. Chan, R.F. Klie and M.J. Kim, Scientific Reports 6, 27009 (2016).

“Large area deposition of 2D MoS2 by pulsed laser deposition with in-situ thickness control,” M. Serna, S. Yoo, S. Moreno, Y. Xi, J. Oviedo, H. Choi, H. Alshareef, M.J. Kim, M. Minary-Jolandan and M. Quevedo-Lopez, ACS Nano 10, 6054-6061 (2016).

“Effect of diamond surface chemistry and structure on the interfacial microstructure and properties of Al/diamond composites,” Z. Che, J. Li, L. Wang, Y. Qi, Y. Zhang, H. Zhang, X. Wang, J. Wang and M.J. Kim, RSC Advances 6, 67252-67259 (2016).

“Simple specimen preparation method for in-situ heating experiments,” Q. Wang, J. Wang and M.J. Kim, Micros. Microanal. 22 (S3), 132-133 (2016).

“Atomistic study of model CdTe grain boundaries,” T. Paulauskas, F. Sen, C. Sun, E. Barnard, M.J. Kim, S. Sivalingham, M. Chan and R. Klie, Micros. Microanal. 22 (S3), 1398-1399 (2016).

“Pt−Ni Octahedral Nanocrystals as a Class of Highly Active Electrocatalysts Toward Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in an Alkaline Electrolyte,” R. Kavian, S. Choi, J. Park, T. Liu, H. Peng, N. Lu, J. Wang, M.J. Kim, Y. Xia and S.W. Lee, J. Mater. Chem. A. 4, 12392-12397 (2016).

“Covalent nitrogen doping and compressive strain in MoS2 by remote N2 plasma exposure,” A. Azcatl, X. Qin, A. Prakash, C. Zhang, L. Cheng, Q. Wang, N. Lu, M.J. Kim, J. Kim, K. Cho, R. Addou, C.L. Hinkle, J. Appenzeller and R.M. Wallace, Nano Lett. 16, 5437-5443 (2016).

“MoS2 transistors with 1-nanometer gate length,” S. Desai, S.R. Madhvapathy, A.B. Sachid, J.P. Llinas, Q. Wang, G.H. Ahn, G. Pitner, M.J. Kim, J. Bokor, C. Hu, H.-S. Wong and A. Javey, Science 354, 99-102 (2016)

“Bottom-Up Synthesis of Vertically Oriented Two-Dimensional Materials,” R.A. Vila, K. Momeni, Q. Wang, B.M. Bersch, N. Lu, M.J. Kim, L.Q. Chen and J.A. Robinson, 2D Mater. 3, 041003 (2016).

“Optimized thermal properties in diamond particles reinforced copper-titanium matrix composites produced by gas pressure infiltration,” J. Li, H. Zhang, L. Wang, Z. Che, Y. Zhang, J. Wang, M.J. Kim and X. Wang, Composites A 91, 189-194 (2016)

“Peroxidase-like properties of ruthenium nanoframes,” H. Ye, J. Mohar, Q. Wang, M. Catalano, M.J. Kim and X. Xia, Sci. Bulletin 61, 1739-1745 (2016) – featured as a cover paper.

“Atomic scale study of model CdTe grain boundaries,” T. Paulauskas, F. G. Sen, C. Sun, E. Barnard, M. Chan, M.J. Kim, S. Sivalingham, R. Klie, 43rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC) 43, 3664-3666 (2016).

“First principles modeling of grain boundaries in CdTe,” F.G. Sen, C. Buurma, T. Paulauskas, C. Sun, M.J. Kim, S. Sivananthan, R.F. Klie and K.Y. Chan, IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC) 43, 3374-3377 (2016).

“Tailoring renal clearance and tumor targeting of ultasmall metal nanoparticles with particle density”, S. Tang, C. Peng, J. Xu, B. Du, Q. Wang, R. Vinlunan, M. Yu, M.J. Kim and J. Zheng, Angewandte Chemie 55, 16039-16043 (2016)

“Characterization and metrology for graphene materials, structures, and devices,” L. Colombo, A. Diebold, C. Casiraghi, M.J. Kim, R.M. Wallace, A. Venugopal, in “Metrology and Diagnostic Techniques for Nanoelectronics,” Eds. Z. Ma and D. Seiler, Pan Stanford (2016).