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List of Publications for June 2023 – November 2023

1. Nanomechanical properties of kidney stones, gallstones and oral stones compared with tap water scale by depth sensing indentation Nevárez- Rascón, A., Leal-Perez, J.E., Talamantes, R.P., Auciello, O., Hurtado-Macías, A. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials Volume 147November 2023 Article number 106131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2023.106131

2. Structural, nanomechanical, and piezoelectric properties of lead-free orthorhombic and tetragonal K0.35Na 0.65Nb0.97Sb0.03O3 piezo-ceramics. Leal-Perez, J.E., Florez-Valenzuela, J., Almaral-Sanchez, J.L., …Auciello, O., Hurtado-Macias, A. Physica B: Condensed Matter,  15 November 2023, 669, 415341. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2023.171420

3. Structural properties, bandgap, and complex dielectric function in Bi2Te3 thermoelectric by Valence Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy (VEELS) analysis. Resendiz-Hernandez, G., Leal-Perez, J.E., Herrera-Basurto, R., …Auciello, O., Hurtado-Macias, A. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 25 November 2023, 965, 171420. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2023.171420

4. Piezoelectric and nanomechanical properties of lead-free K0.1Na0.9Nb0.97Sb0.03O3 (KNNS) thin films grown by radio frequency sputtering. Leal-Perez, J.E., Flores-Valenzuela, J., Almaral-Sánchez, J.L., …Auciello, O., Hurtado-Macias, A. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, December 2023, 43(16), pp. 7431–7439.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2023.07.064

5. Two types of three-dimensional quantum Hall effects in multilayer WTe2 Zhang, Xurui; Lee, Yeonghun,; Kakani, Vivek; Yang, Kun; Cho, Kyeongjae; Shi, Xiaoyan, Physical Review B Open Access Volume 107, Issue 2415 June 2023. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.107.245410

6. Contact loss and its improvement at the interface between the cathode and solid electrolyte in all solid-state batteries based on multi-scale and multi-physics analysis. Hwang, Taesoon; Chung, Ingyun; Im, Sunyoung; Lee, Jonggeon; Cho, Maenghyo; Cho, Kyeongjae. Journal of Materials Chemistry A Volume 11, Issue 35, Pages 18790 – 1880026 July 2023. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3ta03344a

7. Suppressing Dendrite Growth and Side Reactions via Mechanically Robust Laponite-Based Electrolyte Membranes for Ultrastable Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries. Tian, Siyu; Hwang, Taesoon; Tian, Yafen; Zhou, Yue; Zhou, Long; Milazzo, Tye; Moon, Seunghyun; Malakpour Estalaki, Sina; Wu, Shiwen; Jian, Ruda; Balkus, Kenneth; Luo, Tengfei; Cho, Kyeongjae; Xiong, Guoping. ACS Nano Volume 17, Issue 15, Pages 14930 – 149428 August 2023. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.3c03500

8. A Low-Cost Quasi-Solid-State “Water-in-Swelling-Clay” Electrolyte Enabling Ultrastable Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries. Tian, Siyu; Hwang, Taesoon; Malakpour Estalaki, Sina; Tian, Yafen; Zhou, Long; Milazzo, Tye; Moon, Seunghyun; Wu, Shiwen; Jian, Ruda; Balkus, Kenneth; Luo, Tengfei; Cho, Kyeongjae.  Advanced Energy Materials Volume 13, Issue 3011 August 2023.  https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202300782

9. Density functional theory study on reaction mechanisms of Co(tbu2DAD)2 for area selective atomic layer deposition of Co films on metal surfaces. Ashburn, Nickolas; Lang, Xiuyao; Pandey, Sumeet; Wolf, Steven; Kramer, Steve; Smythe, John; Sandhu, Gurtej; Winter, Charles; Kummel, Andrew C.; Cho, Kyeongjae. Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films Volume 41, Issue 51 September 2023. https://doi.org/10.1116/6.0002840

10. Monte Carlo study of carrier transport in two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides: high-field characteristics and MOSFET simulation. Gopalan, S., Mansoori, S., Van de Put, M., Gaddemane, G., Fischetti, M. Journal of Computational Electronics, October 2023, 22(5), pp. 1240–1256 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10825-023-02071-3

11. The importance of the image forces and dielectric environment in modeling contacts to two-dimensional materials. Brahma, M., Van de Put, M.L., Chen, E., Fischetti, M.V., Vandenberghe, W.G. npj 2D Materials and Applications, December 2023, 7(1), 14. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41699-023-00372-6

12. Heterojunction Transistors Printed via Instantaneous Oxidation of Liquid Metals

13. Hamlin, A.B., Agnew, S.A., Bonner, J.C., Hsu, J.W.P., Scheideler, W.J.

14. Nano Letters, April 2023, 23(7), pp. 2544–2550. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c04555

15. The effect of solvent on determining highest occupied molecular orbital energies of semiconducting organic molecules: Insight from a combined computational approach

16. Kramer, A., Pachter, R., Hsu, J.W.P., Vandenberghe, W.G. Journal of Computational Chemistry, April 2023, 44(10), pp. 1064–1072. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcc.27065

17. Silver nanowire-indium zinc oxide composite flexible transparent conducting electrodes made by spin-coating and photonic curing. Piper, R.T., Xu, W., Hsu, J.W.P. MRS Advances, May 2023, 8(5), pp. 177–182. https://doi.org/10.1557/s43580-022-00478-x

18. Effects of Residual DMSO Adduct on Photonically Cured MAPbI3 Solar Cells

19. Xu, W., Bonner, J.C., Piper, R.T., Hsu, J.W.P. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, August 2023, 127(30), pp. 14933–14939. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c02422

20. Generation Memory Applications. Park, Hye Ryeon; Yoo, Jeong Gyu; Kang, Jong Mook; Cho, Min Kwan; Gong, Taeho; Park, Seongbin; Lee, Seungbin; Kim, Jin-HYun; Lee, Seojun; Choi, Rino; Kim, Harrison Sejoon; Jung, Yong Chan; Kim, Jiyoung; Kim, Si Joon. 7th IEEE Electron Devices Technology and Manufacturing Conference: Strengthen the Global Semiconductor Research Collaboration After the Covid-19 Pandemic, EDTM 20232023 7th IEEE Electron Devices Technology and Manufacturing Conference, EDTM 2023Seoul7 March 2023through 10 March 2023. https://doi.org/10.1109/EDTM55494.2023.10103015

21. Strategy for Low Temperature HZO Ferroelectric Capacitors for Back-End of Line Applications

22. Kim, J.-H., Lee, M., Lee, S., …Kim, S.J., Kim, J. 7th IEEE Electron Devices Technology and Manufacturing Conference: Strengthen the Global Semiconductor Research Collaboration After the Covid-19 Pandemic, EDTM 2023, 10 March, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1109/EDTM55494.2023.10103066

23. Atomic layer deposition and its derivatives for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) photoresist applications. Le, D.N., Park, T., Hwang, S.M., …Nam, C.-Y., Kim, J. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 1 June, 2023, 62(SG), SG0812. https://doi.org/10.35848/1347-4065/acce43

24. Toward Low-Thermal-Budget Hafnia-Based Ferroelectrics via Atomic Layer Deposition

25. Kim, J.-H., Onaya, T., Park, H.R., …Kim, S.J., Kim, J. ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.3c00733

26. Improvement of polarization switching in ferroelectric transistor by interface trap reduction for brain-inspired artificial synapses. Jin, D.-G., Kim, S.-G., Jeon, H., …Kim, J.-Y., Yu, H.-Y.

27. Materials Today Nano, June 2023, 22, 100320. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtnano.2023.100320

28. Vapor-Phase Infiltrated Organic–Inorganic Positive-Tone Hybrid Photoresist for Extreme UV Lithography. Subramanian, A., Tiwale, N., Lee, W.-I., …Kim, J., Nam, C.-Y. Advanced Materials Interfaces, October 2023, 10(28), 2300420. https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202300420

29. Effects of oxidant gas for atomic layer deposition on crystal structure and fatigue of ferroelectric HfxZr1−xO2 thin films. Onaya, T., Nabatame, T., Nagata, T., Kim, J., …Tsai, E.H.R., Kita, K. Solid-State Electronics, December 2023, 210, 108801. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sse.2023.108801

30. Highly Tunable Negative Differential Resistance Device Based on Insulator-to-Metal Phase Transition of Vanadium Dioxide. Kim, Jong-Hyun; Kim, Seung-Geun; Kim, Seung-Hwan; Han, Kyu-Hyun; Kim, Jiyoung; Yu, Hyun-Yong. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Volume 15, Issue 26, Pages 31608 – 316165 July 2023. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c03213

31. IoT-Enabled System for Detection, Monitoring, and Tracking of Nuclear Materials. Hernández-Gutiérrez, Carlos A. Delgado-del-Carpio, Marcelo; Zebadúa-Chavarría, Lizette A.; Hernández-de-León, Héctor R.; Escobar-Gómez, Elias N.; Quevedo-López, Manuel. Electronics (Switzerland)Open Access Volume 12, Issue 14July 2023 https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics12143042

32. Low temperature, highly stable ZnO thin-film transistors. Rodriguez-Davila, Rodolfo A.; Chapman, Richard A.; Shamsi, Zeshaan H.; Castillo S.J.; Young, Chadwin D.; Quevedo-Lopez, Manuel A. Microelectronic Engineering Volume 27915 July 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mee.2023.112063

33. Effect of lithium codoping on the structural, morphological and photocatalytic properties of Nd-doped ZnO. Ferreiro A.; Flores-Carrasco G.; Quevedo-López M.; Urbieta A.; Fernández P.; Rabanal M.E.  Ceramics International Volume 49, Issue 21, Pages 33513 – 335241 November 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2023.07.248

34. Influence of processing on the microstructural evolution and multiscale hardness in titanium carbonitrides (TiCN) produced via field assisted sintering technology. Wolfe, Douglas E.; DeSalle, Christopher M.; Ryan, Caillin J.; Slap Ikas, Robert E.; Sweny, Ryan T.; Crealese, Ryan J.; Kolonin, Petr A.; Stepanoff, Sergei P.; Haque, Aman; Divilov, Simon; Eckert, Hagen; Oses, Corey; Esters, Marco; Brenner, Donald W.; Fahrenholtz, William G.; Maria, Jon-Paul; Toher, Cormac; Zurek, Eva; Curtarolo, Stefano. Materialia Volume 27March 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtla.2023.101682

35. Algorithmic Optimization of Transistors Applied to Silicon LDMOS. Chuang, Ping-Ju; Saadat, Ali; Van De Put, Maarten L.; Edwards, Hal; Vandenberghe, William G.  IEEE Access Open Access Volume 11, Pages 64160 – 641692023. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3287204

36. Ultrascaled graphene-capped interconnects: a quantum mechanical study. Reyntjens, Peter; Van De Put, Maarten; Vandenberghe, William G.; Soree, Bart. 2023 IEEE International Interconnect Technology Conference and IEEE Materials for Advanced Metallization Conference, IITC/MAM 2023 – Proceedings 2023 2023 IEEE International Interconnect Technology Conference and IEEE Materials for Advanced Metallization Conference, IITC/MAM 2023Dresden22 May 2023through 25 May 2023. https://doi.org/10.1109/IITC/MAM57687.2023.10154656

37. Two-Dimensional Dielectrics for Future Electronics: Hexagonal Boron Nitride, Oxyhalides, Transition-Metal Nitride Halides, and Beyond. Vandenberghe, William G.; Rostami Osanloo, Mehrdad. ACS Applied Electronic Materials Volume 5, Issue 2, Pages 623 – 63128 February 2023. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.2c01435

38. One Atom Can Make All the Difference: Gas-Induced Phase Transformations in Diimidazole-Linked Diamondoid Coordination Networks. Koupepidou, Kyriaki; Nikolayenko, Varvara I.; Sensharma, Debobroto; Bezrukov, Andrey A.; Vandichel, Matthias; Nikkhah, Sousa Javan; Castell, Dominic C.; Oyekan, Kolade A.; Kumar, Naveen; Subanbekova, Aizhamal; Vandenberghe, William G.; Tan, Kui. Journal of the American Chemical Society Open Access Volume 145, Issue 18, Pages 10197 – 1020710 May 2023. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c01113

39. Au-MoS2 contacts : Quantum transport simulations useing a continuum description. Reyntjens, Peter D.; Van de Put, Maarten L.; Baikadi, Pranay; Kim, Raseong; Sorée, Bart; Vandenberghe, William G. Journal of Applied Physics Volume 134, Issue 97 September 2023. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0162241

40. Image-force barrier lowering of Schottky barriers in two-dimensional materials as a function of metal contact angle. of metal contact angle. Evans, Sarah R.; Deylgat, Emeric; Chen, Edward; Vandenberghe, William G. Physical Review Applied Open Access Volume 20, Issue 4 October 2023. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.20.044003

41. Lignin-based covalent adaptable network resins for digital light projection 3D printing. Johnson, Rebecca M.; Cortés-Guzmán, Karen P.; Perera, Sachini D.; Parikh, Ankit R.; Ganesh, Vijayalakshmi; Voit, Walter E. Journal of Polymer Science 2023. https://doi.org/10.1002/pol.20230026

42. Thermal annealing effects on the mechanical properties of bio-based 3D printed thermosets. Cortés-Guzmán, Karen P.; Parikh, Ankit R.; Sparacin, Marissa L.; Johnson, Rebecca M.; Adegoke, Lauren; Ecker, Melanie; Voit, Walter E.; Smaldone, Ronald A.  Polymer Chemistry Volume 14, Issue 22, Pages 2697 – 27074 May 2023. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3py00200d

43. Impact of Applied Voltage on Threshold Voltage Instability in Active Load Thin-Film a-IGZO Inverters. Garcia, Rodolfo; Rodriguez-Lopez, Ovidio; Rocha-Flores, Pedro E.; Mejia, Israel; Hernandez-Como, Norberto; Voit, Walter E.; Gutierrez-Heredia, Gerardo. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices Volume 70, Issue 8, Pages 4220 – 42241 August 2023.  https://doi.org/10.1109/TED.2023.3288074

44. Softening and flexible hybrid electronics integration for biomedical applications. Rocha-Flores, Pedro Emanuel; Guerrero, Edgar; Rodríguez-Lopez, Ovidio; Chitrakar, Chandani; Parikh, Ankit R.; Pancrazio, Joseph J.; Cogan, Stuart F.; Ecker, Melanie; Voit, Walter E. MRS Communications Volume 13, Issue 5, Pages 892 – 900October 2023.  https://doi.org/10.1557/s43579-023-00431-5

45. Impact of process anneals on high-k/β-Ga2O3interfaces and capacitance. Hawkins, Roberta; Wang, Xinglu; Moumen, Naim; Wallace, Robert M.; Young, Chadwin D.  Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films Volume 41, Issue 21 March 2023. https://doi.org/10.1116/6.0002264

46. Test Methodology Development for Investigating CeRAM at Elevated Temperatures. Gruszecki A.A.; Prasad R.; Suryavanshi S.V.; Yeric G.; Young C.D. IEEE International Conference on Microelectronic Test Structures Volume 2023-March2023, 35th International Conference on Microelectronic Test Structure, ICMTS 2023 Tokyo27 March 2023 through 30 March 2023. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMTS55420.2023.10094065

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