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The lattice thermal conductivity ($\kappa$) of two ceramic materials, cerium dioxide (CeO$_2$) and magnesium oxide (MgO), is computed up to 1500 K using first principles and the phonon Boltzmann Transport Equation (PBTE) and compared to…
Epitaxial engineering of solid-state heterointerfaces is a leading avenue to realizing enhanced or novel electronic states of matter. As a recent example, bulk FeSe is an unconventional superconductor with a modest transition temperature…
We present a comprehensive computational study of the electronic, thermal, and thermoelectric (TE) properties of gallium nitride nanowires (NWs) over a wide range of thicknesses (3--9 nm), doping densities ($10^{18}$--$10^{20}$ cm$^{-3}$),…
The intrinsic channel properties of monolayer and multilayer graphene were systematically investigated as a function of layer number by the exclusion of contact resistance using four-probe measurements. We show that the continuous change in…
Ever since the high thermal conductivity in cubic boron arsenide (c-BAs) was predicted theoretically by Lindsay et. al in 2013, countless studies have zeroed in on this particular material. Most recently, c-BAs has been confirmed…
With the miniaturization and integration of nanoelectronic devices, efficient heat removal becomes a key factor affecting the reliable operation of the nanoelectronic device. With the high intrinsic thermal conductivity, good mechanical…
Engineering heterostructures with various types of quantum materials can provide an intriguing playground for studying exotic physics induced by the proximity effect. Here, we report the successful synthesis of iron-based superconductor…
The investigation of thermal properties of recently emerged two-dimensional (2D) materials is a necessary step towards fulfilling their potential applications in nano-electronics devices. In this study, the thermal conductivity of novel…
Single-layer FeSe films grown on (001) SrTiO3 substrates have shown a significant increase in superconducting transition temperature compared to bulk FeSe. Several mechanisms have been proposed to explain such enhancement, including…
Twisted bilayer graphene (tBLG) is two graphene layers placed on top of each other with a twist angle, making it has tunable thermal properties. In this paper, we report an analysis of thermal conductivity ($\kappa$), phonon density of…
We investigate the transport properties of double-gated bilayer graphene nanoribbons at room temperature. The devices were fabricated using conventional CMOS-compatible processes. By analyzing the dependence of the resistance at the charge…
Unconventional superconductivity in bilayer graphene has been reported for twist angles $\theta$ near the first magic angle and charged electrostatically with holes near half filling of the lower flat bands. A maximum superconducting…
Recently discovered double gamma/beta ({\gamma}/\b{eta}) polymorph Ga2O3 structures constitute a class of novel materials providing an option to modulate functional properties across interfaces without changing chemical compositions of…
We describe a method for scalable synthesis of epoxy composites with graphene and few-layer graphene fillers, and report on the electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding and thermal properties of such composites at elevated temperatures.…
NiO layers were grown on MgO(100), MgO(110), and MgO(111) substrates by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy under Ni-flux limited growth conditions. Single crystalline growth with a cube-on-cube epitaxial relationship was confirmed by…
We have fabricated a variety of novel molecular diodes based on self-assembled-monolayers (SAM) of solid-state mixture of molecular wires (1,4 benzene-dimethane-thiol), and molecular insulator spacers (1-pentanethiol) with different…
The structural, electronic, and dielectric (optical) properties of graphene-like 2D MgO monolayer have been explored through first-principles calculations under bi-axial tensile and compressive mechanical strain within a range of -10% to…
Recently, a new carbon-based two-dimensional (2D) material, so called "carbon Ene-yne" (CEY), was successfully synthesized. In this work, we examine electronic, optical and thermal properties of this novel material. We studied the…
Nanostructured composites and nanowire arrays of traditional thermoelectrics like Bi, Bi(1-x)Sb(x) and Bi(2)Te(3) have metallic Rashba surface spin-orbit bands featuring high mobilities rivaling that of the bulk for which topological…
Superconductivity in two-dimensional compounds is widely concerned, not only due to its application in constructing nano-superconducting devices, but also for the general scientific interests. Very recently, borophene (two-dimensional boron…