PUBLICATIONS
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Preprints:
4. S. Niu, B. Zhao, E. Bianco, M. E. McConney, R. Haiges and J. Ravichandran* , “Crystal growth of perovskite chalcogenide BaZrS3 and its Ruddlesden-Popper phase Ba3Zr2S7”, under review [arXiv:1904.11523]
3. W. Li†, S. Niu†, B. Zhao, R. Haiges, J. Ravichandran* and A. Janotti* , “Band gap evolution in layered Ruddlesden−Popper perovskites”, under review [arXiv:1905.02598]
2. B. Sun†, S. Niu†, N Shulumba, K. L. Page, K. Mahalingam, J.M. Guerrero, B. Zhao, R. Haiges, M. Mecklenburg, B. C. Melot, Y. Jho, B. M. Howe, M. E. Manley* , J. Ravichandran* , A. J. Minnich* , “Ultralow and glass-like thermal conductivity of hexagonal perovskite chalcogenide single crystals”, under review
1. S. Niu, S Miller, J. M. Guerrero, B. Zhao, B. Melot, G. J. Snyder and J. Ravichandran* , “Thermoelectric properties of hexagonal perovskite chalcogenides with ultra-low thermal conductivities”, to be submitted
Peer Reviewed Journal Publications:
12. J. Wu, X. Cong, S. Niu, F. Liu, H. Zhao, Z. Du, J. Ravichandran*, P.-H. Tan* and H. Wang*, "Linear Dichroism Conversion in Quasi One-Dimensional Perovskite Chalcogenide", Advanced Materials, 2019 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201902118. [doi]
11. T. Orvis, M. Surendran, Y. Liu, S. Niu, S. Muramoto, A. J. Grutter, J. Ravichandran*, “Electron Doping BaZrO3 via Topochemical Reduction”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2019, 11, 21720. [doi]
10. S. Niu, J. M. Guerrero, Y. Zhou, K. Ye, B. Zhao, B. Melot and J. Ravichandran* , “Thermal stability study of transition metal perovskite sulfides” [Invited Paper], Journal of Materials Research 2018, 33, 4135. [doi]
9. Y. Liu, S. Niu, T. Orvis, H. Zhang, H. Wang, J. Ravichandran* , “Epitaxial growth and electrical properties of VO2 on [LaAlO3]0.3[Sr2AlTaO6]0.7 (111) substrate”, Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A 2018, 36, 061506. [doi]
8. S. Niu†, H. Zhao†, Y. Zhou, B. Zhao, H. Wang, J. Ravichandran* , “Mid-wave and long-wave IR linear dichroism in a hexagonal perovskite chalcogenide”, Chemistry of Materials 2018, 30, 4897. [doi]
7. S. Niu, D. Sarkar, K. Williams, Y. Zhou, Y. Li, E. Bianco, H. Huyan, S. B. Cronin, M. E. McConney, R. Haiges, R. Jaramillo, D. J. Singh, W. A. Tisdale, R. Kapadia, J. Ravichandran* , “Optimal bandgap in a 2D Ruddlesden-Popper perovskite chalcogenide for single-junction solar cells”, Chemistry of Materials 2018, 30, 4882. [doi]
6. S. Niu †, G. Joe†, H. Zhao†, Y. Zhou, T. Orvis, H. Huyan, J. Salman, K. Mahalingam, B. Urwin, J. Wu, Y. Liu, T. E. Tiwald, S. B. Cronin, B. M. Howe, M. Mecklenburg, R. Haiges, D. J. Singh, H. Wang* , M. A. Kats* , J. Ravichandran* , "Giant optical anisotropy in a quasi-one-dimensional crystal", Nature Photonics 2018, 12, 392. [Featured as the inside cover and in a Nature Photonics News & Views article, and reports in Phys.org, ECN, EurekAlert!, Materials Today, ScienceDaily, Laser Focus World, etc.] [doi]
5. D. Sarkar, W. Wang, M. Mecklenburg, A. J. Clough, M. Yeung, C. Ren, Q. Lin, L. Blankemeier, S. Niu, H. Zhao, H. Shi, H. Wang, S. B. Cronin, J. Ravichandran, M. Luhar, R. Kapadia* , “Confined liquid phase growth of crystalline compound semiconductors on any substrate”, ACS Nano 2018, 12, 5158. [doi]
4. K. Luo, S. Niu, D. Shah, A. Lonkar, Y. Liu, and J. Ravichandran* , “Prediction of perovskite and other ternary oxide multilayers as mirrors for soft X-rays”, Materials Research Bulletin, 2018, 98, 206. [doi]
3. Q. Lin, D. Sarkar, Y. Lin, M. Yeung, L. Blankemeier, J. Hazra, W. Wang, S. Niu, J. Ravichandran, Z. Fan, R. Kapadia* , “Scalable indium phosphide thin-film nanophotonics platform for photovoltaic and photoelectrochemical devices”, ACS Nano 2017, 11, 5113. [doi]
2. S. Niu, H. Huyan, Y. Liu, M. Yeung, K. Ye, L. Blankemeier, T. Orvis, D. Sarkar, D. J. Singh, R. Kapadia, and J. Ravichandran* , “Band-gap control via structural and chemical tuning of transition metal perovskite chalcogenides", Advanced Materials 2017, 29, 1604733. [Featured in Nanowerk, USCnews, Advanced Science News, Viterbi News, etc.] [doi]
1. S. Ghosh, S. Niu, M. Yankova, M. Mecklenburg, S. M. King, J. Ravichandran, R. K. Kalia, A. Nakano, P. Vashishta* , and P. Setlow* , "Analysis of killing of growing cells and dormant spores of Bacillus species by black silicon nanopillars", Scientific Reports 2017, 7, 295. [doi]