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Multiscale Nanotechnology Group

Properties, Interfaces, Dissipation, Sensing

Nanomaterials/NEMS – Properties, Interfaces, Dissipation, Sensing:

  • P. H. Jacobse, M. Sarker, A. Saxena, P. Zahl, Z. Wang, E. Berger, N. R. Aluru, A. Sinitskii, M. F. Crommie, “Tunable Magnetic Coupling in Graphene Nanoribbon Quantum Dots”, Small, Vol. 20, No. 30, Art. No. 2400473, July 2024. DOI: 10.1002/smll.202400473 (link)
  • M. Sarker, C. Dobner, P. Zahl, C. Fiankor, J. Zhang, A. Saxena, N. Aluru, A. Enders, A. Sinitskii, “Porous Nanographenes, Graphene Nanoribbons, and Nanoporous Graphene Selectively Synthesized from the Same Molecular Precursor”, Journal of the American Chemical Society,  Vol. 146, No. 21, pp. 14453-14467, May 2024. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c10842 (link)
  • G. Li, H. Wang, M. Loes, A. Saxena, J. Yin, M. Sarker, S. Choi, N. Aluru, J. W. Lyding, A. Sinitskii, G. Dong, “Hybrid Edge Results in Narrowed Band Gap: Bottom-up Liquid-Phase Synthesis of Bent N = 6/8 Armchair Graphene Nanoribbons”, ACS Nano, Vol. 18, No. 5, pp. 4297-4307, Feb 2024. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c09825 (link)
  • M. J. Coupin, Y. Wen, S. Lee, A. Saxena, C. Ophus, C. S. Allen, A. I. Kirkland, N. R. Aluru, G.-D. Lee, J. H. Warner, “Mapping Nanoscale Electrostatic Field Fluctuations around Graphene Dislocation Cores Using Four-Dimensional Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy (4D-STEM)”, Nano Letters, Vol. 23, No. 15, pp. 6807-6814, 2023. DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c00328 (link)
  • J. Martis, S. Susarla, A. Rayabharam, C. Su, T. Paule, P. Pelz, C. Huff, X. Xu, H. K. Li, M. Jaikissoon, V. Chen, E. Pop, K. Saraswat, A. Zettl, N. R. Aluru, R. Ramesh, P. Ercius, A. Majumdar, “Imaging the electron charge density in monolayer MoS2 at the Angstrom scale”, Nature Communications, Vol. 14, Art. No. 4363, 2023. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39304-9 (link)
  • A. Taqieddin, N. R. Aluru, “Electronic Structure and Transport in Graphene Nanoribbon Heterojunctions under Uniaxial Strain: Implications for Flexible Electronics”, ACS Applied Nano Materials, Vol. 4, No. 6, pp. 5816-5824, 2021. DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.1c00659 (link)
  • C. Cho, J. Wong, A. Taqieddin, S. Biswas, N. R. Aluru, S. W. Nam, H. A. Atwater, “Highly Strain-Tunable Interlayer Excitons in MoS2/WSe2 Heterobilayers”, Nano Letters, Vol. 21, No. 9, pp. 3956-3964, 2021. DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c00724 (link)
  • C. Cho, P. Kang, A. Taqieddin, Y. Jing, K. Yong, J. M. Kim, M. F. Haque, N. R. Aluru, S. W. Nam, “Strain-resilient electrical functionality in thin-film metal electrodes using two-dimensional interlayers”, Nature Electronics, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 126-133, 2021. DOI: 10.1038/s41928-021-00538-4
  • C. Choi, J. Leem, M. S. Kim, A. Taqieddin, C. Cho, K. W. Cho, G. J. Lee, H. Seung, H. J. Bae, Y. M. Song, T. Hyeon, N. R. Aluru, S. W. Nam, D.-H. Kim, “Curved neuromorphic image sensor array using a MoS2-organic heterostructure inspired by the human visual recognition system”, Nature Communications, Vol. 11, Art. No. 5934, 2020. 
  • P. Snapp, M. Heiranian, M. T. Hwang, R. Bashir, N. R. Aluru, S. Nam, “Current understanding and emerging applications of 3D crumpling mediated 2D material-liquid interactions”, Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science, Vol. 24, No. 3, Art. No. 100836, 2020. DOI: 10.1016/j.cossms.2020.100836 
  • X. Liu, G. Li, A. Lipatov, T. Sun, M. Mehdi Pour, N. R. Aluru, J. W. Lyding, A. Sinitskii, “Chevron-type graphene nanoribbons with a reduced energy band gap: Solution synthesis, scanning tunneling microscopy and electrical characterization”, Nano Research, Vol. 13, No. 6, pp. 1713-1722, 2020. DOI: 10.1007/s12274-020-2797-6 
  • K. Yong, S. De, E. Y. Hsieh, J. Leem, N. R. Aluru, S. Nam, “Kirigami-inspired strain-insensitive sensors based on atomically-thin materials”, Materials Today, Vol. 34, pp. 58-65, 2020. DOI: 10.1016/j.mattod.2019.08.013
  • S. De and N. R. Aluru, “Anomalous scaling of flexural phonon damping in nanoresonators with confined fluid”, Microsystems & Nanoengineering, Vol. 5, Art. No. 2, 2019. DOI: 10.1038/s41378-018-0041-2 
  • Y. Zhang, M. Heiranian, B. Janicek, Z. Budrikis, S. Zapperi, P. Y. Huang, H. T. Johnson, N. R. Aluru, J. W. Lyding, and N. Mason, “Strain Modulation of Graphene by Nanoscale Substrate Curvatures: A Molecular View”, Nano Letters, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 2098-2104, 2018. DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b00273 
  • S. De and N. R. Aluru, “Energy dissipation in fluid coupled nanoresonators: The effect of phonon-fluid coupling”, ACS Nano, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 368-377, 2018. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b06469
  • Y. K. Lee, K. J. Yu, E. Song, A. Barati Farimani, F. Vitale, Z. Xie, Y. Yoon, Y. Kim, A. Richardson, H. Luan, Y. Wu, X. Xie, T. H. Lucas, K. Crawford, Y. Mei, X. Feng, Y. Huang, B. Litt, N. R. Aluru, L. Yin, and J. A. Rogers, “Dissolution of monocrystalline silicon nanomembranes and their use as encapsulation layers and electrical interfaces in water-soluble electronics”, ACS Nano, Vol. 11, No. 12, pp. 12562-12572, 2017. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b06697
  • J. H. Park, R. Murugesan, J. Lee and N. R. Aluru, “Anomalous characteristics of pore formation in Graphene induced by Si-nanoparticle bombardment”, MRS Communications, Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 840-847, 2017. DOI: 10.1557/mrc.2017.123 
  • M. Mehdi Pour, A. Lashkov, A. Radocea, X. Liu, T. Sun, A. Lipatov, R. A. Korlacki, M. Shekhirev, N. R. Aluru, J. W. Lyding, V. Sysoev and A. Sinitskii, “Laterally extended atomically precise graphene nanoribbons with improved electrical conductivity for efficient gas sensing”, Nature Communications, Vol. 8, Art. No. 820, 2017. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00692-4 
  • Y. Jing and N. R. Aluru, “Size effect on brittle and ductile fracture of two-dimensional interlinked carbon nanotube network”, Physica B: Condensed Matter, Vol. 520, pp. 82-88, 2017. DOI: 10.1016/j.physb.2017.06.026 
  • S. De, K. Kunal and N. R. Aluru, “Nonlinear intrinsic dissipation in single layer MoS2 resonators”, RSC Advances, Vol. 7, No. 11, pp. 6403-6410, 2017. 
  • A. Radocea, T. Sun, T. H. Vo, A. Sinitskii, N. R. Aluru and J. W. Lyding, “Solution-synthesized chevron graphene nanoribbons exfoliated onto H:Si(100)”, Nano Letters, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 170-178, 2017. 
  • A. Ashraf, Y. Wu, M. C. Wang, K. Yong, T. Sun, Y. Jing, R. T. Haasch, N. R. Aluru and S. Nam, “Doping-induced tunable wettability and adhesion of graphene”, Nano Letters, Vol. 16, No. 7, pp. 4708-4712, 2016. 
  • S. De, K. Kunal and N. R. Aluru, “Mixed role of surface on intrinsic losses in silicon nanostructures”, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 119, No. 11, Art. No. 114304, 2016. 
  • E. J. Olson, R. Ma, T. Sun, M. A. Ebrish, N. Haratipour, K. Min, N. R. Aluru and S. J. Koester, “Capacitive sensing of intercalated H2O molecules using graphene”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Vol. 7, No. 46, pp. 25804-25812, 2015.
  • A. Ashraf, Y. Wu, M. C. Wang, N. R. Aluru, S. A. Dastgheib, S. Nam, “Spectroscopic investigation of the wettability of multilayer graphene using highly ordered pyrolytic graphite as a model material”, Langmuir, Vol. 30, No. 43, pp. 12827-12836, 2014. 
  • K. Kunal and N. R. Aluru, “Intrinsic dissipation in a nano-mechanical resonator”, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 116, No. 9, Art. No. 094304, 2014. 
  • K. Min, A. Barati Farimani and N. R. Aluru, “Mechanical behavior of water filled C60”, Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 103, No. 26, Art. No. 263112, 2013. 
  • K. Kunal and N. R. Aluru, “Phonon mediated loss in a graphene nanoribbon”, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 114, No. 8, Art. No. 084302, 2013. 
  • K. Kunal and N. R. Aluru, “Intrinsic loss due to unstable modes in graphene”, Nanotechnology, Vol. 27, No. 24, Art. No. 275701, 2013.
  • C. Cheng, K. Y. Ng, N. R. Aluru and A. H. W. Ngan, “Simulation and experiment of substrate aluminum grain orientation dependent self-ordering in anodic porous alumina”, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 113, No. 20, Art. No. 204903, 2013.
  • B. Kumar, K. Min, M. Bashirzadeh, A. Barati Farimani, M.-H. Bae, D. Estrada, Y. D. Kim, P. Yassei, Y. D. Park, E. Pop, N. R. Aluru and A. Salehi-Khojin, “The role of external defects in chemical sensing of graphene field-effect transistors”, Nano Letters, Vol. 13, No. 5, pp. 1962-1968, 2013.
  • Y. Jing, L. Guo, Y. Sun, J. Shen and N. R. Aluru, “Mechanical properties of a silicon nanofilm covered with defective graphene”, Surface Science, Vol. 611, pp. 80-85, 2013. 
  • W. Ye, K. Min, P. M. Martin, A. Rockett, N. R. Aluru and J. W. Lyding, “Scanning tunneling spectroscopy and density functional calculation of silicon dangling bonds on the Si(100)-2×1:H surface”, Surface Science, Vol. 609, pp. 147-151, 2013. 
  • K. Kunal and N. R. Aluru, “Akhiezer damping in nanostructures”, Physical Review B, Vol. 84, No. 24, Art. No. 245450, 2011.
  • J. Park and N. R. Aluru, “Self-assembly of graphenes”, Surface Science, Vol. 605, No. 17-18, pp. 1616-1620, 2011. 
  • Y. Xu, K. T. He, S. W. Schmucker, Z. Guo, J. C. Koepke, J. D. Wood, J. W. Lyding, and N. R. Aluru, “Inducing Electronic Changes in Graphene through Silicon (100) Substrate Modification”, Nano Letters, Vol. 11, No. 7, pp. 2735-2742, 2011. 
  • Y. Jing and N. R. Aluru, “Atomistic simulations on the mechanical properties of a silicon nanofilm covered with graphene”, Computational Materials Science, Vol. 50, No. 10, pp. 3063-3066, 2011. 
  • K. Min and N. R. Aluru, “Mechanical properties of graphene under shear deformation”, Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 98, No. 1, Art. No. 013113, 2011. 
  • H. Zhao and N. R. Aluru, “Temperature and strain-rate dependent strength of graphene”, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 108, No. 6, Art. No. 064321, 2010.
  • H. Zhao, K. Min and N. R. Aluru, “Size and chirality dependent elastic properties of graphene nanoribbons under uniaxial tension”, Nano Letters, Vol. 9, No. 8, pp. 3012-3015, 2009.
  • H. Zhao and N. R. Aluru, “Size and surface orientation effects on thermal expansion coefficient of one-dimensional silicon nanostructures”, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 105, No. 10, Art. No. 104309, 2009.
  • H. Zhao and N. R. Aluru, “Molecular dynamics simulation of bulk silicon under strain”, Interaction and Multiscale Mechanics, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 303-315, 2008. 
  • K. Min. A. Barati Farimani and N. R. Aluru, “Mechanically modulated electronic properties of water-filled fullerenes”, MRS Communications, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 305-310, 2015.
  • L. Yin, A. Barati Farimani, K. Min, V. Nandigana, J. Lam. Y. K. Lee, N. R. Aluru and J. A. Rogers, “Silicon nanomembranes: Mechanisms for hydrolysis of silicon nanomembranes as used in bioresorbable electronics”, Advanced Materials, Vol. 27, No. 11, pp. 1857-1864, 2015.