Publications
(X Our group members, #Co-first authors, *Corresponding author)
Book/Book chapter
1. Fangyuan Zheng, Lok Wing Wong, Thuc Hue Ly, Jiong Zhao. Book chapter "A Novel Class of Two-Dimensional Materials: Transition Metal Dichalcogenides", 21st Century Nanoscience A Handbook Low-Dimentional Materials and Morphologies. https://www.routledge.com/21st-Century-Nanoscience-A-Handbook-Low-Dimensional-Materials-and-Morphologies/Sattler/p/book/9780815355281
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Patents
Substrate having a wrinkle pattern of single layer rhenium disulfide nanoflakes and method for producing the same.
A method for transferring contamination free 2D materials from growth substrates to target substrates.
A method for direct formation of origami 3D graphene on copper foil using chemical vapor deposition.
Method for the production of metal -organic framework coated light emitted diode.
A cleaning method for 2D materials and substrates.
A method for increase lubrication in high humid and low temperature by confined two-dimensional ice layer and molybdenum disulfides.
A method for direct synthesis superhydrophilic carbon nitrides on different substrates using chemical vapor deposition and their applications.
Defect-rich MoS2 monolayer, method for producing the same and uses thereof.
Methods of producing single-layer transition metal selenide.
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Publications (refereed journal)
2024
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54. Shaoqiang Su, Jiong Zhao*, Thuc Hue Ly* Small Methods xx, xxx (2024). Scanning Probe Microscopies for Characterizations of Two-Dimensional Materials.
53. Wenqian Shen#, Qiang Fu#, Chi Shing Tsang#, Lok Wing Wong, Xiaodong Zheng, Jiong Zhao*, Thuc Hue Ly* Facet-Junction Induced Strong Metal Support Interaction for Enhanced Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. Advanced Functional Materials xx, xxx (2024) Facet‐Junction Induced Strong Metal Support Interaction for Enhanced Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution Reaction - Shen - Advanced Functional Materials - Wiley Online Library
52. Haijun Liu, Jiong Zhao*, Thuc Hue Ly* Clean Transfer of Two-Dimensional Materials: A comprehensive Review. ACS Nano xx, xxx (2024). https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://pubs.acs.org/articlesonrequest/AOR-MXMIKXYJHSPRGZKWB4IT__;!!KjDnqvtInNPT!nLLhRGsu1wfxwE98d6rvbSJogyvuDRRDXWSpB1fGcIT4H6mzZSbCj_ukBT4VWNmkYu2EBYzj_nLZ2xQKbDEHk_C8$
51. Lok Wing Wong#, Ke Yang #, Wei Han, Xiaodong Zheng, Hok Yin Wong, Chi Shing Tsang, Chun-Sing Lee, Shu Ping Lau, Thuc Hue Ly*, Ming Yang,* & Jiong Zhao*, Deciphering the Ultra-High Plasticity in Metal Monochalcogenides. Nature Materials 18, 196–204 (2024) Deciphering the ultra-high plasticity in metal monochalcogenides | Nature Materials https://rdcu.be/dvqxY
2023
50. Qiang Fu#, Lok Wing Wong#, Fangyuan Zheng, Xiaodong Zheng, Chi Shing Tsang, Ka Hei Lai, Wenqian Shen, Thuc Hue Ly*, Qingming Deng*, Jiong Zhao* . Unraveling and Leveraging in situ Surface Amorphization for Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in Alkaline Media. Nature Communications 14, 6462 (2023) Unraveling and leveraging in situ surface amorphization for enhanced hydrogen evolution reaction in alkaline media | Nature Communications
49. Ping Man#, Lingli Huang#, Jiong Zhao*, Thuc Hue Ly*. Ferroic Phases in Two-dimensional Materials. Chemical Reviews 123(18), 10990–11046 (2023) Ferroic Phases in Two-Dimensional Materials | Chemical Reviews (acs.org)
48. Ping Man, Shan Jiang, Ka Ho Leung, Ka Hei Lai, Zhiqiang Guang, Honglin Chen, Lingli Huang, Tianren Chen, Shan Gao, Yung-Kang Peng, Chun-Sing Lee, Qingming Deng*, Jiong Zhao*, Thuc Hue Ly*. Salt-induced high-density vacancy-rich two-dimensional MoS2 for efficient hydrogen evolution. Advanced Materials 36, 17, 2304808 (2023) Salt‐Induced High‐Density Vacancy‐Rich Two‐Dimensional MoS2 for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution - Man - Advanced Materials - Wiley Online Library
47. Quoc Huy Thi, Jiong Zhao*, Thuc Hue Ly*. New Insights into the Interactions between Two-dimensional Ice and Two-dimensional Materials. Droplet 2, 4, e88 (2023) New insights into the interactions between two‐dimensional ice and two‐dimensional materials - Thi - Droplet - Wiley Online Library
46. Hok Yin Wong, Lok-Wing Wong, Chi Shing Tsang, Zhangyuan Yan, Xuming Zhang, Jiong Zhao*, Thuc Hue Ly*. Superhydrophobic Surface Designing for Efficient Atmospheric Water Harvesting Aided by Intelligent Computer Vision. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 15, 21, 25849–25859 (2023)
45. Quoc Huy Thi, Ping Man, Lingli Huang, Xin Chen, Jiong Zhao*, Thuc Hue Ly*. Superhydrophilic 2D Carbon Nitrides Prepared by Direct Chemical Vapor Deposition. Small Science 2200099 (2023)
44. Quoc Huy Thi, Ping Man, Haijun Liu, Lingli Huang, Xin Chen, Chun-Sing Lee, Jiong Zhao*, Qingming Deng*, Saeed Saba, Thuc Hue Ly*. Ultrahigh Lubricity between Two-Dimensional Ice and Two-Dimensional Atomic Layers. Nano Letters 23, 4, 1379–1385 (2023)
43. Haijun Liu#, Quoc Huy Thi#, Ping Man, Xin Chen, Tianren Chen, Lok Wing Wong, Shan Jiang, Lingli Huang, Tiefeng Yang, Ka Ho Leung, Tsz Tung Leung, Shan Gao, Honglin Chen, Chun-Sing Lee, Min Kan, Jiong Zhao*, Qingming Deng*, Thuc Hue Ly*Advanced Materials 35, 14, 2210503 (2023) Controlled Adhesion of Ice – Towards Ultra‐Clean 2D Materials - Liu - Advanced Materials - Wiley Online Library
(News report Using ice to make ultra-clean 2D materials - Advanced Science News
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/G_ysTjy9eAd6UkYBecQTnQ https://weibo.com/1738690784/MBEnLBxXa in Chinese)
42. Dengrong Sun, Lok Wing Wong, Hok Yin Wong, Ka Hei Lai, Lin Ye, Xinyao Xv, Thuc Hue Ly*, Qingming Deng*, Jiong Zhao*. Direct Visualization of Atomic Structure in Multivariate Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) for Guiding Electrocatalysts Design. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 62(4), e202216008 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202216008
41. Wei Han#, Xiaodong Zheng#, Ke Yang#, Chi Shing Tsang, Fangyuan Zheng, Lok Wing Wong, Ka Hei Lai, Tiefeng Yang, Qi Wei, Mingjie Li, Weng Fu Io, Feng Guo, Yuan Cai, Ning Wang, Jianhua Hao, Shu Ping Lau, Chun-Sing Lee, Thuc Hue Ly*, Ming Yang*, Jiong Zhao*. Phase-controllable large-area two-dimensional In2Se3 and ferroelectric heterophase junction. Nature Nanotechnology 18(1), 55–63 (2023) https://rdcu.be/c1tmK
(News report Nature Nanotechnology, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41565-022-01263-5
In brief article by Nature Review Materials, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41578-022-00524-y)
2022
40. Xiaodong Zheng#, Wei Han#, Ke Yang#, Lok Wing Wong, Chi Shing Tsang, Ka Hei Lai, Fangyuan Zheng, Tiefeng Yang, Shu Ping Lau, Thuc Hue Ly*, Ming Yang*, Jiong Zhao*. Phase and polarization modulation in two-dimensional In2Se3 via in situ transmission electron microscopy. Science Advances 8(42), eabo0773 (2022). https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abo0773
39. Fangyuan Zheng#, Deping Guo#, Lingli Huang#, Lok Wing Wong#, Xin Chen, Cong Wang, Yuan Cai, Ning Wang, Chun-Sing Lee, Shu Ping Lau, Thuc Hue Ly*, Wei Ji*, Jiong Zhao*. Sub-nanometre electron beam phase patterning in two-dimensional materials. Advanced Science 9(23), 2200702 (2022) DOI: 10.1002/advs.202200702
2021
38. Ping Man, David J. Srolovitz, Jiong Zhao, Thuc Hue Ly. Functional grain boundaries in two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides. Accounts of Chemical Research 54, 22, 4191–4202 (2021).
37. Tiefeng Yang, Lain-Jong Li, Jiong Zhao, Thuc Hue Ly. Precision chemistry in two-dimensional materials: adding, removing and replacing atoms at will. Accounts of Materials Research 2, 10, 863–868 (2021)
(News report https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/i42s8yrKmxq9SbzlHxWJ7w ; https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/m4FYAMJnSnbhfYsxIAmzB, https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/U1lXSVpd8gU7rARp4cZ2eA in Chinese)
36. Xin Chen#, Lok Wing Wong#, Lingli Huang, Fangyuan Zheng, Rui Huang, Shu Ping Lau, Chun-Sing Lee, Jiong Zhao, Qingming Deng, Thuc Hue Ly* Unveiling the critical intermediate stages during chemical vapor deposition of two-dimensional rhenium diselenide. Chemistry of Materials 33, 17, 7039–7046 (2021)
35. Lingli Huang#, Fangyuan Zheng#,Honglin Chen#, Quoc Huy Thi, Xin Chen, Haijun Liu, Chun-Sing Lee, Qingming Deng, Jiong Zhao, Thuc Hue Ly* Mechanical origin of martensite-like structures in two-dimensional ReS2. Communications Materials 2, 87 (2021). https://rdcu.be/cvVxT
34. Lingli Huang, Tiefeng Yang, Lok Wing Wong, Fangyuan Zheng, Xin Chen, Ka Hei Lai, Haijun Liu, Quoc Huy Thi, Dong Shen, Chun-Sing Lee, Qingming Deng, Jiong Zhao, Thuc Hue Ly* Redox photochemistry on van der Waals surfaces for reversible doping in two-dimensional materials. Advanced Functional Materials 31, 2009166 (2021), Redox Photochemistry on Van Der Waals Surfaces for Reversible Doping in 2D Materials - Huang - - Advanced Functional Materials - Wiley Online Library
33. Yun Song, Jun-Jie Zhang, Zhaohua Zhu, Xin Chen, Libei Huang, Jianjun Su, Zhengtao Xu, Thuc Hue Ly, Chun-Sing Lee, Boris I. Yakobson, Ben Zhong Tang, Ruquan Ye. Zwitterionic ultrathin covalent organic polymers for high performance electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 284,119750 (2021)
2020
32. Lingli Huang#, Fangyuan Zheng#, Qingming Deng#, Quoc Huy Thi#, Lok Wing Wong, Yuan Cai, Ning Wang, Chun-Sing Lee, Shu Ping Lau, Manish Chhowalla, Ju Li, Thuc Hue Ly*, Jiong Zhao. In situ scanning transmission electron microscopy observations of fracture at the atomic scale. Physical Review Letters 125, 246102 (2020)
(Featured in Physics, Editor's Suggestion Physics - Atomic Imaging of Cracks (aps.org))
31. Lingli Huang#, Fangyuan Zheng#, Qingming Deng#, Quoc Huy Thi#, Lok Wing Wong, Yuan Cai, Ning Wang, Chun-Sing Lee, Shu Ping Lau, Thuc Hue Ly*, Jiong Zhao. Anomalous fracture in two-dimensional rhenium disulfide Science Advances 6, 47, eabc2282 (2020) https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/47/eabc2282/tab-article-info
(News report in MaterialsViewsChina https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/0gZyKGAN-I7CLhfghJCEeA , in Chinese)
30. Quoc Huy Thi#, Lok Wing Wong#, Haijun Liu, Chun-Sing Lee, Jiong Zhao, Thuc Hue Ly*. Spontaneously ordered Hierarchical Two-Dimensional Wrinkle Patterns in Two-Dimensional Materials. Nano Letters 20, 11, 8420-8425 (2020) https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c03819
29. Fangyuan Zheng#, Lingli Huang#, Lok Wing Wong, Jin Han, Yuan Cai, Ning Wang, Qingming Deng, Thuc Hue Ly*, Jiong Zhao. The Mobile and Pinned Grain Boundaries in Two-Dimensional Monoclinic Rhenium Disulfide. Advanced Science 7, 2001742 (2020) http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/advs.202001742
(News report in MaterialsViewsChina https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/-pnaCYqsrcArATun_ffBVg, in Chinese )
28. Lok Wing Wong, Lingli Huang, Fangyuan Zheng, Quoc Huy Thi, Qingming Deng, Jiong Zhao, Thuc Hue Ly*. Site-specific electrical contacts with the two-dimensional materials. Nature Communications 11, 3982 (2020). https://rdcu.be/b58i7
27. Lingli Huang, Quoc Huy Thi, Fangyuan Zheng, Xin Chen, Yee Wa Chu, Chun-Sing Lee, Jiong Zhao, Thuc Hue Ly*. Catalyzed Kinetic Growth in Two-dimensional MoS2. JACS,142, 30, 13130-13135 (2020).
(Highlighted as Supplementary Cover, news report in XMOL https://www.x-mol.com/news/458448, in Chinese )
26. Fangyuan Zheng, Wai Chung Lam, Ka Hei Lai , Lingli Huang, Lok Wing Wong, Yisong Zhang, Zhangyuan Yan, Quoc Huy Thi, Chak Chung Sham, Thuc Hue Ly*, Jiong Zhao. Synchronized structure and surface tension measurement on individual secondary aerosol particles by low-voltage transmission electron microscopy. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 7, 8, 560-566 (2020).
25. Fangyuan Zheng#, Quoc Huy Thi#, Lok Wing Wong, Qingming Deng, Thuc Hue Ly*, Jiong Zhao. The Critical Stable Length in Wrinkles of Two-Dimensional Materials. ACS Nano 14, 2137-2144 (2020).
24. Ke Cao, Shizhe Feng, Ying Han, Libo Gao, Thuc Hue Ly, Zhiping Xu, Yang Lu. Elastic straining of free-standing monolayer graphene. Nature Communications 11, 284 (2020).
2019
23. Rujie Li, Libin Tang, Qing Zhao, Thuc Hue Ly, Kar Seng Teng, Yao Li, Yanbo Hu, Chang Shu, Shu Ping Lau. In2S3 quatum dots: Preparation, properties and optoelectronic applications. Nanoscale Research Letters 14 (161) (2019)
2018
22. Quoc Huy Thi, Hyun Kim, Jiong Zhao, Thuc Hue Ly*. Coating two-dimensional MoS2 with polymer creates a corrosive non-uniform interface. npj 2D Materials and Applications 2: 34 (2018)
21. Thuc Hue Ly*, Qingming Deng, Manh Ha Doan, Lain-Jong Li, Jiong Zhao. Facile Doping in Two-Dimensional Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides by UV Light. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 10(35), 29893–29901 (2018)
20. Ui Yeon Won#, Thuc Hue Ly#, Young Rae Kim, Won Tae Kang, Yong Seon Shin, Ki Young Lee, Jin Seong Heo, Kun Nyun Kim, Young Hee Lee, Woo Jong Yu. Very high open-circuit voltage in dual-gate graphene/silicon heterojunction solar cells. Nano Energy 53, 398-404 (2018).
19. Qingming Deng, Quoc Huy Thi, Jiong Zhao, Seok Jun Yoon, Huyn Kim, Guibin Chen, Thuc Hue Ly*. Impact of Polar Edge Terminations of the Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Monolayers during Vapor Growth. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 6, 3575-3581 (2018).
2017
18. Thuc Hue Ly*, Hyun Kim, Quoc Huy Thi, Shu Ping Lau, Jiong Zhao. Superior Dielectric Screening in two-dimensional MoS2 spirals. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 9, 37941-37946 (2017).
17. Thuc Hue Ly*, Seok Joon Yun, Quoc Huy Thi, Jiong Zhao. Edge delamination of monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides. ACS Nano 11, 7534-7541 (2017).
Before Joining CityU
16. Thuc Hue Ly, Jiong Zhao, Magdalena Ola Cichocka, Lain-Jong Li, and Young Hee Lee. Dynamical observations on the crack tip zone and stress corrosion of two-dimensional MoS2. Nature Communications 8, 14116 (2017).
15. Thuc Hue Ly, Jiong Zhao, Dong Hoon Keum, Qingming Deng, Zhiyang Yu, and Young Hee Lee. Hyperdislocations in van der Waals-layered materials. Nano Letters 16, 7807-7813 (2016).
14. Thuc Hue Ly, Jiong Zhao, Hyun Kim, Gang Hee Han, Honggi Nam, and Young Hee Lee. Vertically conductive MoS2 spiral pyramid. Advanced Materials 21, 7723-7728 (2016).
13. Thuc Hue Ly#, David J. Perello#, Jiong Zhao#, Qingming Deng, Hyun Kim, Gang Hee Han, Sang Hoon Chae, Hye Yun Jeong, and Young Hee Lee. Misorientation-angle-dependent electrical transport across molybdenum disulfide grain boundaries. Nature Communications 7, 10426 (2016).
12. Thuc Hue Ly, Ming-Hui Chiu, Ming-Yang Li, Jiong Zhao, David J. Perello, Magdalena Ola Cichocka, Hye Min Oh, Sang Hoon Chae, Hye Yun Jeong, Fei Yao, Lain-Jong Li, and Young Hee Lee. Observing grain boundaries in CVD-grown monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides. ACS Nano 8, 11401-11408 (2014).
11. Thuc Hue Ly, Dinh Loc Duong, Quang Huy Ta, Fei Yao, Quoc An Vu, Hye Yun Jeong, Sang Hoon Chae and Young Hee Lee. Nondestructive characterization of graphene defects. Advanced Functional Materials 23, 5183-5189 (2013).
10. Sang Hoon Chae, Woo Jong Yu, Jung Jun Bae, Dinh Loc Duong, David Perello, Hye Yun Jeong, Quang Huy Ta, Thuc Hue Ly, Quoc An Vu, Minhee Yun, Xiangfeng Duan, and Young Hee Lee. Transferred wrinkled Al2O3 for highly stretchable and transparent graphene–carbon nanotube transistors. Nature Materials 12, 403-409 (2013).
9. Jiong Zhao, Qingming Deng, Thuc Hue Ly, Gang Hee Han, Gorantla Sandeep, and Mark H Rummeli. Two-dimensional membrane as elastic shell with proof on the folds revealed by three-dimensional atomic mapping. Nature Communications 6, 8935 (2015).
8. Jiong Zhao, Honggi Nam, Thuc Hue Ly, Seok Jun Yun, Sera Kim, Suyeon Cho, Heejun Yang, and Young Hee Lee. Chain Vacancies in two-dimensional crystals. Small 13, 1601930 (2016).
7. Hyun Kim, Gang Hee Han, Seok Joon Yun, Jiong Zhao, Dong Hoon Keum, Hye Yun Jeong, Thuc Hue Ly, Young Jo Jin, Ji Hoon Park, Byoung Hee Moon, Sung Wng Kim, and Young Hee Lee. Role of alkali metal promoter in enhancing lateral growth of monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides. Nanotechnology ,2017.
6. Hye Yun Jeong, Un Jeong Kim, Hyun Kim, Gang Hee Han, Hyangsook Lee, Min Su Kim, Youngjo Jin, Thuc Hue Ly, Si Young Lee, Young-Geun Roh, Won-Jae Joo, Sung Woo Hwang, Yeonsang Park, and Young Hee Lee. Optical gain in MoS2 via Coupling with nanostructures substrate: Fabry-Perot interference and plasmonic excitation. ACS Nano 10, 8192-8198 (2016).
5. Sang Hoon Chae, Youngjo Jin, Tae Soo Kim, Dong Seob Chung, Hyunyeong Na, Honggi Nam, Hyun Kim, David J. Perello, Hye Yun Jeong, Thuc Hue Ly, and Young Hee Lee. Oxidation effect in octahedral hafnium disulfide thin film. ACS Nano 10, 1309-1316 (2016).
4. Hye Yun Jeong, Si Young Lee, Thuc Hue Ly, Gang Hee Han, Hyun Kim, Honggi Nam, Zhao Jiong, Bong Kyu Shin, Seok Joon Yun, Jaesu Kim, Un Jeong Kim, Sungwoo Hwang, and Young Hee Lee. Visualizing point defects in transition-metal dichalcogenides using optical microscopy. ACS Nano 10, 770-777 (2016).
3. Fei Yao, Bing Li, Kangpyo So, Jian Chang, Thuc Hue Ly, An Quoc Vu, Hyeona Mun, Costel Sorin Cojocaru, Hongyan Yue, Sishen Xie, and Young Hee Lee. A strategy to overcome the limits of carbon-based materials as lithium-ion battery anodes. Carbon 79, 563-571 (2014).
2. Hye Yun Jeong, Kang Pyo So, Jung Jun Bae, Sang Hoon Chae, Thuc Hue Ly, Tae Hyung Kim, Dong Hoon Keum, Chang Kee Kim, Jun Sik Hwang, Yoon Jeong Choi, and Young Hee Lee. Tailoring oxidation of Al particles morphologically controlled by carbon nanotubes. Energy 55, 1143-1151 (2013).
1. Chandan Biswas, Si Young Lee, Thuc Hue Ly, Arunabha Ghosh, Quoc Nguyen Dang, and Young Hee Lee. Chemically doped random network carbon nanotube p-n junction diode for rectifier. ACS Nano 5, 9817-9823 (2011).