PUBLICATIONS

Recent Publications

1. Kastuar, Srihari M., and Chinedu E. Ekuma. "Large exciton binding energy in atomically thin Cs3Bi2I9− xClx halide perovskite." Computational Materials Science 253 (2025): 113827. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2025.113827 

2. Nwaogbo, Chidiebere, and Chinedu E. Ekuma. "Realizing intrinsic Chern half-metallicity and large anomalous Hall conductivity in 2D BaNiCl3." New Journal of Physics (2025). https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1367-2630/ae1f36

3. Iloanya, A.C., Kastuar, S.M., Jana, G. et al. Atomic-scale intercalation and defect engineering for enhanced magnetism and optoelectronic properties in atomically thin GeS. Sci Rep 15, 4546 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-88290-z 

4. Li, Yongtai, Gour Jana, and Chinedu E. Ekuma. "Rashba spin-orbit coupling and nonlocal correlations in disordered 2D systems." SciPost Physics 19, no. 5 (2025): 135. https://doi.org/10.21468/SciPostPhys.19.5.135 

5. Iloanya, A. C., Kastuar, S. M., Jana, G., & Ekuma, C. E. (2025). Atomic-scale intercalation and defect engineering for enhanced magnetism and optoelectronic properties in atomically thin GeS. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 4546. 

6. Nwaogbo, Chidiebere I., Anthony C. Iloanya, and Chinedu E. Ekuma. "High-throughput design of 2D Kagome metals: A multi-property study." Computational Materials Science 259 (2025): 114125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2025.114125 

7. Nwaogbo, Chidiebere I.,  Das, Sanjib K., . Ekuma,,  Chinedu E. Tunable topological phase in 2D ScV6Sn6 kagome material, Materials Today Physics, 7,2025,101780,2542-5293, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtphys.2025.101780.

8. Lian, T., Iloanya, A., Kastuar, S., Tayo, B.O. and Ekuma, C., 2024. p-Type Sensing of DNA Nucleobases Adsorbed on Graphene Nanoribbon. ACS omega, 10(1), pp.1094-1099. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0268105 

9. Kastuar, Srihari M., and Chinedu E. Ekuma. "Chemically tuned intermediate band states in atomically thin Cu x GeSe/SnS quantum material for photovoltaic applications." Science Advances 10.15 (2024): eadl6752.https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adl6752

10. Nwaogbo CI, Li Y, Kastuar SM, Ekuma CE. Investigating Doping‐Induced Transformations in Cubic ASnO3 (A= Ba, Ca, Sr): An Ab Initio Approach. physica status solidi (RRL)–Rapid Research Letters. 2025 Jun:2500044.  https://doi.org/10.1002/pssr.202500044 

11. Hart, J.B., Kastuar, S.M., Iloanya, A.C. and Ekuma, C.E., 2025. High-throughput discovery of topological and magnetic phases in Heuslerenes. APL Materials, 13(11). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0297707 

12. Lian, Tianhao, Anthony C. Iloanya, and Chinedu E. Ekuma. "Strain-tunable magnetism in hydrogen-functionalized WSe2 monolayer." Applied Physics Letters 126.16 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0269136 

13. Nwaogbo, Chidiebere I. and Ekuma, C.E., NESTOR: An Open-Source Computational Toolkit for Electronic Instabilities. Available at SSRN:http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5718304 

14. Lian, T., Iloanya, A. C., Kastuar, S. M., Jana, G., & Ekuma, C. E. (2025). Defect-induced bipolar magnetism in atomically thin GeS. Journal of Applied Physics, 137(23). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0268105 

15. Iloanya, A. C., & Ekuma, C. E. (2025). Influence of Li codoping on the stability of ferromagnetism in Co-doped ZnO. Chinese Journal of Physics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjph.2025.04.009 

16. Iloanya, Anthony Chidiebele, and C. E. Ekuma. "Tunable magnetic and optoelectronic properties of two-dimensional GeS via metallocene intercalation." Journal of Alloys and Compounds (2025): 185584. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2025.185584