Peer-reviewed Papers

37. D. T. Ho*, U. Schwingenschlögl*, Shape Memory Graphene with Ultrahigh Specific Energy Dissipation, Advanced Science 12, e08910, 2025. [link]

36. A. Jangir, D. T. Ho, U. Schwingenschlögl, Control of the Phase Distribution in TMDs by Strain Engineering and Kirigami Techniques, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 16, 811-817 (2025) [link]

35. A. Jangir, D. T. Ho, U. Schwingenschlögl, Origin and enhancement of the piezoelectricity in monolayer group IV monochalcogenides under strain and in the presence of vacancies, Materials Advances 6, 196-200 (2025) [link]

34. M.-Q. Doan, V.-L. Nguyen, V.-T. Le, D. T. Ho, D. T. H. Hue, V.-H. Dinh & L. V. Lich, Enhanced Energy Absorption and Unusual Mechanical Behaviors of Continuously Graded Diamond-Shellular Nanostructures, Metals and Materials International 31 1526–1540 (2025). [link]

33.  C. T. Nguyen, D. T. Ho, S. Y. Kim, Coalescence-enhanced melting in the incipient stage of surface melting, Computational Materials Science 242,  113092 (2024). [link]

32. C. T. Nguyen, D. T. Ho, S. Y. Kim, Calculation of Melting Temperature Using Nonequilibrium Thermodynamic Integration Methods, Advanced Theory and Simulations 7, 2300588 (2024). [link]

31. C. T. Nguyen, D. T. Ho, S. Y. Kim, An Enhanced Sampling Approach for Computing the Free Energy of Solid Surface and Solid–Liquid Interface, Advanced Theory and Simulation 7, 2300538 (2024) [link]

30. A. S. Voronin, D. T. Ho, Udo Schwingenschlögl, Functionalized Carbon Honeycomb Membranes for Reverse Osmosis Water Desalination, Advanced Materials and Interfaces 10, 2300250 (2023). [link]

29. D. T. Ho, T. P. N. Nguyen, A. Jangir, U. Schwingenschlögl, Graphene foam membranes with tunable pore size for next-generation reverse osmosis water desalination, Nanoscale Horizons 8, 1082-1089 (2023). [link]

28. V. H. Ho, D. T. Ho, W. H. Shin, S. Y. Kim, Auxeticity of monolayer, few-layer, vdW heterostructure and ribbon penta-graphene, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 25, 4528-4541 (2023). [link]

27. Z. Zhao, J. Lai, D. T. Ho, Yongjiu Lei, Jian Yin, Long Chen, Udo Schwingenschlögl, and Husam N. Alshareef, A novel “water-in-ionic liquid” electrolyte for Zn metal batteries, ACS Energy Letters 8, 608–618 (2023) [link] 

26. A. Jangir, D. T. Ho, U. Schwingenschlögl, Tuneable Poisson’s ratio of monolayer GeS and Ge2SSe, Extreme Mechanics Letters 56, 101838 (2022). [link]

25. A. Jangir, D. T. Ho, U. Schwingenschlögl, Comment on “Electrical Switch of Poisson’s Ratio in IV–VI Monolayers via Pseudophase Transitions”, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 13, 3609–3610 (2022). [link]

24. D. Lu, Z. Zhou, Z. Wang, D. T. Ho, G. Sheng, L. Chen, Y. Zhao, X. Li, L. Cao, U. Schwingenschlögl, J. Ma, Z. Lai, An Ultrahigh-Flux Nanoporous Graphene Membrane for Sustainable Seawater Desalination using Low-Grade Heat, Advanced Materials 34, 2109718 (2022). [link]

23. V. H. Ho, D. T. Ho, C. T. Nguyen, S. Y. Kim, Negative out-of-plane Poisson's ratio of bilayer graphane, Nanotechnology 33, 255705 (2022) [link]

22. D. T. Ho, U. Schwingenschlögl, Designing graphene origami structures with a giant isotropic negative coefficient of thermal expansion, Extreme Mechanics Letters 47, 101357 (2021) [link]

21. H. Kim, D. T. Ho, and S. Y. Kim, Fracture behavior transition in (001) cracked metal nanoplate induced by the surface effect, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 125, 4277–4283 (2021) [link]

20. D. T. Ho, S. Y. Kim, and  U. Schwingenschlögl, Graphene origami structures with superflexibility and highly tunable auxeticity, Physical Review B 102, 174106 (2020). [link]

19. D. T. Ho, H. S. Park, S. Y. Kim, and  U. Schwingenschlögl, Graphene origami with highly tunable coefficient of thermal expansion, ACS Nano  14, 8969–8974 (2020). [link]

18. V. H. Ho, D. T. Ho, and S. Y. Kim, The Effect of Single Vacancy Defects on Graphene Nanoresonators, Multiscale Science and Engineering 2, 1-6 (2020) [link]

17. D. T. Ho, V. H. Ho, V. Babar, S. Y. Kim, and  U. Schwingenschlögl, Complex three-dimensional graphene structures driven by surface functionalization, Nanoscale 12, 10172-10179 (2020). [link]

16. D. T. Ho, S. Kim, S.-Y. Kwon, S. Y. Kim, Ideal strength of nanoscale materials induced by elastic instability, Mechanics of Materials 11, 103241 (2020). [link]

15. C. T. Nguyen, D. T. Ho †, S. T. Choi, D.M. Chun, S.Y. Kim, Pattern transformation induced by elastic instability of metallic porous structures, Computational Materials Science 157, 17-24 (2019) (†: same contribution). [link]

14. D. T.  Ho†, C. T. Nguyen, S. Y. Kwon, S. Y. Kim, Auxeticity in metals and periodic metallic porous structures induced by elastic instabilities, Physica Status Solidi B 256, 1800122 (2019) (†: same contribution). [link]

13. D. T. Ho, H. S. Park, and S. Y. Kim, Intrinsic rippling enhances static non-reciprocity in graphene metamaterials, Nanoscale 10, 1207-1214 (2018). [link]

12. D. T. Ho †, V. H. Ho†, H. S. Park, and S. Y. Kim, Negative in-plane Poisson’s ratio for single layer black phophorous, Physica Status Solidi B 254, 1700285 (2017) (†: same contribution). [link]

11. D. T. Ho, S.-Y. Kwon, H. S. Park, and S. Y. Kim, Metal nanoplate: Smaller is weaker due to failure by elastic instability, Physical Review B 96, 184103 (2017). [link]

10. D. T. Ho, H. S. Park, S.-Y. Kwon, and S. Y. Kim, Negative thermal expansion of ultra-thin metal nanowires: A Computational Study, Nano Letters 17, 5113-5118 (2017). [link]

9. D. T. Ho, S.-Y. Kwon and S. Y. Kim. Metal [100] nanowires with negative Poisson’s ratio, Nature Scientific Reports 6, 27560 (2016). [link]

8. D. T. Ho, S-D. Park, S.-Y. Kwon, T.-S. Han and S. Y. Kim. Negative Poisson’s ratio in cubic bulk materials along principal directions, Physica Status Solidi B 253, 1288 (2016). [link]

7. S. Kim, D. T. Ho, K. W. Kang, and S. Y. Kim, Phonon scattering during dislocation motion inducing stress-drop in cubic metals, Acta Materialia 115, 143-154 (2016). [link]

6. V. H. Ho, D. T. Ho, S.-Y. Kwon, and S. Y. Kim, Negative Poisson’s ratio in periodic porous graphene structures, Physica Status Solidi B 253, 1303 (2016). [link]

5. D. T. Ho, H. K. Kim, S.-Y. Kwon and S. Y. Kim. Auxeticity of face-centered cubic metal (001) nanoplates, Physica Status Solidi B 252, 1492 (2015). [link]

4. D. T. Ho, S.-D. Park, S.-Y. Kwon and S. Y. Kim. The effect of transverse loading on the ideal tensile strength of face-centered-cubic materials, Europhysics Letters 111, 26005 (2015). [link]

3. D. T. Ho, Y. T. Im, S.-Y. Kwon, Y. Y. Earmme, and S. Y. Kim. Mechanical failure mode of metal (001) nanowires: Global deformation versus local deformation, Nature Scientific Reports 5, 11050 (2015). [link]

2. D. T. Ho, S.-D. Park, H. S. Lee, S.-Y. Kwon, and S. Y. Kim. Strong correlation between surface stress and mechanical strain in Cu, Ag, and Au, Europhysics Letters 106, 36001 (2014). [link]

1. D. T. Ho, S.-D. Park, S.-Y. Kwon, K.-B. Park and S. Y. Kim, Negative Poisson’s ratio in metal nanoplates, Nature Communications 5, 3255 (2014). [link]