Selected publications

Reviews, Perspectives and News&Views articles

An ultraminiaturized spectrometer. J Quereda, A Castellanos-Gomez. Science 378 (6617), 250-251 (2022)

Van der Waals heterostructures. A Castellanos-Gomez, X Duan, Z Fei, HR Gutierrez, Y Huang, X Huang, JQuereda, Q Qian, E Sutter, P Sutter. Nature Reviews Methods Primers 2 (1), 58 (2022)

Excitons surf the waves. J Quereda, A Castellanos-Gomez. Nature Photonics 16 (3), 179-180 (2022)

Engineering symmetry breaking in 2D layered materials. L Du, T Hasan, A Castellanos-Gomez, GB Liu, Y Yao, CN Lau, Z Sun. Nature Reviews Physics 3 (3), 193-206 (2021)

Naturally occurring van der Waals materials. R Frisenda, Y Niu, P Gant, M Muñoz, A Castellanos-Gomez. npj 2D Materials and Applications 4 (1), 38

Strain creates a trion factory. Riccardo Frisenda and Andres Castellanos-Gomez. Nature Photonics 14(5) 269-270 (2020) LINK 

Robotic assembly of artificial nanomaterials. Riccardo Frisenda and Andres Castellanos-Gomez. Nature Nanotechnology 13, 441–442 (2018) LINK

Atomically thin p-n junctions based on two-dimensional materials. R Frissenda, AJ Molina-Mendoza, T Mueller, A Castellanos-Gomez, HSJ van der Zant. Chemical Society Reviews 47 (9) 3339-3358(2018) PDF

Recent progress in the assembly of nanodevices and van der Waals heterostructures by deterministic placement of 2D materials. R Frisenda, E Navarro-Moratalla, P Gant, D Pérez De Lara, P Jarillo-Herrero, RV Gorbachev  & A Castellanos-Gomez. Chemical Society Reviews 47(1) 53-68 (2018) PDF

Molybdenum Oxides – From Fundamentals to Functionality. Isabela Alves de Castro, Robi Shankar Datta, Jian Zhen Ou, Andres Castellanos-Gomez, Sharath Sriram, Torben Daeneke & Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh. Advanced Materials 25(40) 1701619 (2017) LINK

Black phosphorus: a new bandgap tuning knob. Rafael Roldán & Andres Castellanos-Gomez. Nature Photonics 11, 407–409 (2017) PDF

Why all the fuss about 2D semiconductors? Andres Castellanos-Gomez. Nature Photonics 10, 202–204 (2016) PDF

Black phosphorus: narrow gap, wide applications. A. Castellanos-Gomez. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 6(21), 4280–4291 (2015) PDF

Strain engineering in semiconducting two-dimensional crystals. R. Roldán, A. Castellanos-Gomez, E. Cappelluti & F. Guinea.  Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 27(31) 313201 (2015) PDF

Photocurrent generation with two-dimensional van-der-Waals semiconductors . M. Buscema,. J.O. Island, D.J. Groenendijk, S.I. Blanter, G.A. Steele, H.S.J. van der Zant & A. Castellanos-Gomez. Chemical Society Reviews 44(11) 3691-3718 (2015) PDF

Mechanics of freely-suspended ultrathin layered materials. A. Castellanos-Gomez, V. Singh, H.S.J. van der Zant & G.A. Steele. Annalen der Physik 527(1-2) 27-44 (2015) PDF

Research articles

Low‐Cost and Biodegradable Thermoelectric Devices Based on van der Waals Semiconductors on Paper Substrates. G Ersu, C Munuera, FJ Mompean, D Vaquero, J Quereda, JE FS Rodrigues, JA Alonso, E Flores, JR Ares, IJ Ferrer, AM Al‐Enizi, A Nafady, S Kuriakose, JO Island, A Castellanos‐Gomez. Energy & Environmental Materials, e12488 (2023)

Combining freestanding ferroelectric perovskite oxides with two-dimensional semiconductors for high performance transistors. S Puebla, T Pucher, V Rouco, G Sanchez-Santolino, Y Xie, V Zamora, FA Cuellar, FJ Mompean, C Leon, JO Island, M Garcia-Hernandez, J Santamaria, C Munuera, A Castellanos-Gomez. Nano Letters 22 (18), 7457-7466 (2022)

Strongly Anisotropic Strain‐Tunability of Excitons in Exfoliated ZrSe3. H Li, G Sanchez‐Santolino, S Puebla, R Frisenda, AM Al‐Enizi, A Nafady, R D'Agosta, A Castellanos‐Gomez. Advanced Materials 34 (1), 2103571 (2022)

The role of traps in the photocurrent generation mechanism in thin InSe photodetectors. Qinghua Zhao, Wei Wang, Felix Carrascoso-Plana, Wanqi Jie, Tao Wang, Andres Castellanos-Gomez, Riccardo Frisenda. Materials Horizons 7 (1), 252-262 (2020) PDF 

Symmetry Breakdown in Franckeite: Spontaneous Strain, Rippling, and Interlayer Moiré. Riccardo Frisenda, Gabriel Sanchez-Santolino, Nikos Papadopoulos, Joanna Urban, Michal Baranowski, Alessandro Surrente, Duncan K Maude, Mar Garcia-Hernandez, Herre SJ van der Zant, Paulina Plochocka, Pablo San-Jose, Andres Castellanos-Gomez. Nano Letters 20 (2), 1141-1147 (2020) PDF 

Revisiting the buckling metrology method to determine the Young’s modulus of 2D materials.  N. Iguiñiz, R. Frisenda, R. Bratschitsch & A. Castellanos-Gomez. Advanced Materials 31(10) 1807150 (2019) PDF

A strain tunable single-layer MoS2 photodetector.  Patricia Gant, Peng Huang, David Pérez de Lara, Dan Guo, Riccardo Frisenda, Andres Castellanos-Gomez. Materials Today 27, 8-13 (2019) PDF 

Franckeite as a naturally occurring van der Waals heterostructure. AJ Molina-Mendoza, E Giovanelli, WS Paz, MA Niño, JO Island, C Evangeli, L Aballe, M Foerster, HSJ van der Zant, G Rubio-Bollinger, N Agraït, JJ Palacios, EM Pérez & A Castellanos-Gomez. Nature Communications 8, 14409 (2017) PDF

Enhanced superconductivity in atomically-thin TaS2. Efrén Navarro-Moratalla, Joshua O. Island, Samuel Mañas-Valero, Elena PinillaCienfuegos, Andres Castellanos-Gomez, Jorge Quereda, Gabino Rubio-Bollinger, Luca Chirolli, Jose Angel Silva-Guillén, Nicolás Agraït, Gary A. Steele, Francisco Guinea, Herre S.J. van der Zant & Eugenio Coronado. Nature Communications 7, 11043 (2016) PDF

Strong modulation of optical properties in black phosphorus through strain-engineered rippling. J. Quereda, P. San-José, V. Parente,  L. Vaquero-Garzon, A.J. Molina-Mendoza, N. Agraït, G. Rubio-Bollinger, F. Guinea, R. Roldán & A. Castellanos-Gomez. Nano Letters 16(5), 2931-2937 (2016) PDF

Gate Controlled Photocurrent Generation Mechanisms in High-Gain In2Se3 Phototransistors. Joshua O. Island, Sofia I. Blanter, Michele Buscema, Herre S. J. van der Zant & Andres Castellanos-Gomez. Nano Letters 15(12), 7853–7858 (2015) PDF

TiS3 transistors with tailored morphology and electrical properties. J.O. Island, M. Barawi,  R. Biele, A. Almazán , J.M. Clamagirand, J.R. Ares, C. Sánchez, H.S.J. van der Zant, J.V. Álvarez, R. D’Agosta, I.J. Ferrer & A. Castellanos-Gomez. Advanced Materials 27(16) 2595–2601 (2015) PDF

Photovoltaic and photothermoelectric Effect in a Double-Gated WSe2 Device. Dirk J. Groenendijk, Michele Buscema, Gary A. Steele, Steefen Michaelis de Vasconcellos, Rudolf Bratschitsch, Herre S.J. van der Zant & Andres Castellanos-Gomez. Nano Letters 14(10) 5846–5852 (2014) PDF

Photovoltaic effect in few-layer black ​phosphorus PN junctions defined by local electrostatic gating. Michele Buscema, Dirk J. Groenendijk, Gary A. Steele, Herre S.J. van der Zant & Andres Castellanos-Gomez. Nature Communications 5 4651 (2014)  PDF

Optomechanical coupling between a graphene mechanical resonator and a superconducting microwave cavity. Vibhor Singh, Sal J. Bosman, Ben H. Schneider, Yaroslav M. Blanter, A. Castellanos-Gomez & Gary A. Steele. Nature Nanotechnology 9(10) 820–824  (2014)  PDF

Fast and broadband photoresponse of few-layer black phosphorus field-effect transistors. Michele Buscema, Dirk J. Groenendijk, Sofya I. Blanter, Gary A. Steele, Herre S. J. van der Zant & A. Castellanos-Gomez. Nano Letters  14(6) 3347–3352 (2014)  PDF

Local strain engineering in atomically thin MoS2. Andres Castellanos-Gomez, Rafa Roldán, Emmanuele Cappelluti, Michele Buscema, Francisco Guinea, Herre S.J. van der Zant & Gary A. Steele. Nano Letters 13(11) 5361–5366 (2013)  PDF

Large and Tunable Photothermoelectric Effect in Single-Layer MoS2. Michele Buscema, Maria Barkelid, Val Zwiller, Herre S.J. van der Zant, Gary A. Steele & Andres Castellanos-Gomez. Nano Letters 13(2) 358-363 (2013)  PDF

Single Layer MoS2 mechanical resonators. Andres Castellanos-Gomez, Ronald van Leeuwen, Michele Buscema, Herre S.J. van der Zant, Gary A. Steele & W.J. Venstra. Advanced Materials 25(46) 6719–6723 (2013)  PDF

Laser-thinning of MoS2: on demand generation of a single-layer semiconductor. Andres Castellanos-Gomez, Maria Barkelid, Stijn Goossens, Victor E. Calado, Herre S.J. van der Zant & Gary A. Steele. Nano Letters 12(6) 3187-3192 (2012)  PDF

Elastic Properties of Freely Suspended MoS2 Nanosheets. Andres Castellanos-Gomez, Menno Poot, Gary A. Steele, Herre S.J. van der Zant, Nicolás Agraït & Gabino Rubio-Bollinger. Advanced Materials 24(6) 772-775 (2012)  PDF

Electric field screening in atomically thin layers of MoS2: the role of interlayer coupling. Andres Castellanos-Gomez, Emmanuele Cappelluti, Rafa Roldán, Nicolás Agraït, Francisco Guinea & Gabino Rubio-Bollinger. Advanced Materials 25(6) 899-903 (2013)  PDF