Publications

1. Zheng, S#; Feng, X.#; Tsang, C.S.#; Thi, Q.H.; Han, W.; Wong, L.W.; Liu, H.; Lee, C-S.; Lau, S.P.; Ly, T.H.; Xu, Z.; Zhao, J., Twist-assisted intrinsic toughening in two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides. Nature Materials, 2025, 24, 1561–1568 (Q1, IF: 37.2) 

2. Zou, J.; Zhang, D.; Thi, Q.H.; Chen, W.; Xu, G.; Lu, Z.; Ly, T.H. & Luo, J. Exploring Favorable Supramolecular Interactions of Multifluorinated Aromatics in Dendronized Push‐Pull Chromophores for Electro‐Optics. ChemPlusChem, 2024, e202400320 (Q1, IF: 3.0)

3. Thi, Q.H.; Zhao, J.; Ly, T.H., New insights into the interactions between two‐dimensional ice and two‐dimensional materials. Droplet, 2023, e88. Review paper

4. Thi, Q.H.; Man, P.; Liu, H.; Huang, L.; Chen, X.; Lee, C.S.; Zhao, J.; Deng, Q.; Saeed, S.; Ly, T.H., Ultrahigh Lubricity between Two-Dimensional Ice and Two-Dimensional Atomic Layers. Nano Letters, 2023, 23 (4), pp.1379-1385. (Q1, IF: 9.6) 

5. Thi, Q.H.; Man, P.; Huang, L.; Chen, X.; Zhao, J.; Ly, T.H., Superhydrophilic 2D Carbon Nitrides Prepared by Direct Chemical Vapor Deposition. Small Science, 2023, 3(4), p.2200099. (Q1, IF: 11.1)

6. Liu, H.#; Thi, Q. H.#; Man, P.; Chen, X.; Chen, T.; Wong, L. W.; Jiang, S.; Huang, L.; Yang, T.; Leung, K. H.; Leung, T. T.; Gao, S; Chen, H. L.; Lee, C. S.; Kan, M.; Zhao, J.; Deng, Q.; Ly, T. H., Controlled Adhesion of Ice—Toward Ultraclean 2D Materials. Advanced Materials, 2023, 35(14), p.2210503. (Q1, IF: 27.4) 

7. Huang, L.; Yang, T.F.; Wong, L.W.; Zheng, F.Y.; Chen, X.; Lai, K.H.; Liu, H.; Thi, Q.H.; Shen, D.; Lee, C.S.; Deng, Q.M.; Zhao, J.; Ly, T.H., Redox Photochemistry on Van Der Waals Surfaces for Reversible Doping in 2D Materials. Advanced Functional Materials, 2021, 31 (16), 2009166. (Q1, IF: 18.5) 

8. Huang, L.; Zheng, F.Y.; Chen, H.L.; Thi, Q.H.; Chen, X.; Liu, H.; Lee, C.S.; Deng, Q.M.; Zhao, J.; Ly, T.H., Mechanical origin of martensite-like structures in two-dimensional ReS2. Communications Materials, 2021, 2 (1), 87. (Q1, IF: 7.5)

9. Huang, L.#; Zheng, F.Y.#; Deng, Q.M.#; Thi, Q.H.#; Wong, L.W.; Cai, Y.; Wang, N.; Lee, C.S.; Lau, S.P.; Chhowalla, M.; Li, J.; Ly, T.H.; Zhao, J., In Situ Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy Observations of Fracture at the Atomic Scale. Physical Review Letters, 2020, 125 (24), 246102. (Q1, IF: 8.1) 

10. Thi, Q.H.#; Wong, L.W.#; Liu, H.; Lee, C.S.; Zhao, J.; Ly, T.H., Spontaneously Ordered Hierarchical Two-Dimensional Wrinkle Patterns in Two-Dimensional Materials. Nano Letters, 2020, 20 (11), 8420-8425. (Q1, IF: 11.2)

11. Huang, L.#; Zheng, F.Y. #; Deng, Q.M. #; Thi, Q.H.#; Wong, L.W.; Cai, Y.; Wang, N.; Lee, C.S.; Lau, S.P.; Ly, T.H.; Zhao, J., Anomalous fracture in two-dimensional rhenium disulfide. Science Advances, 2020, 6 (47), eabc2282. (Q1, IF: 11.7) 

12. Zheng, F.Y.; Lam, W.C.; Lai, K.H.; Huang, L.; Wong, L.W.; Zhang, Y.S.; Yan, Z. Y.; Sham, C.C.; Thi, Q.H.; Ly, T.H.; Zhao, J., Synchronized Structure and Surface Tension Measurement on Individual Secondary Aerosol Particles by Low-Voltage Transmission Electron Microscopy. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 2020, 7 (8), 560-566. (Q1, IF: 8.9).

13. Huang, L.; Thi, Q.H.; Zheng, F.Y.; Chen, X.; Chu, Y. W.; Lee, C.S.; Zhao, J.; Ly, T.H., Catalyzed Kinetic Growth in Two-Dimensional MoS2. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2020, 142 (30), 13130-13135. (Q1, IF: 14.4) 

14. Zheng, F.Y.#; Thi, Q.H.#; Wong, L.W.; Deng, Q.M.; Ly, T.H.; Zhao, J., Critical Stable Length in Wrinkles of Two-Dimensional Materials. ACS Nano, 2020, 14 (2), 2137-2144. (Q1, IF: 15.8) 

15. Wong, L.W.; Huang, L.; Zheng, F.Y.; Thi, Q.H.; Zhao, J.; Deng, Q.M.; Ly, T.H., Site-specific electrical contacts with the two-dimensional materials. Nature Communications, 2020, 11 (1). 3982. (Q1, IF: 14.7)

Before 2020

16. Deng, Q.M.; Thi, Q.H.; Zhao, J.; Yun, S.J.; Kim, H.; Chen, G.B.; Ly, T.H., Impact of Polar Edge Terminations of the Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Monolayers during Vapor Growth. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2018, 122 (6), 3575-3581. (Q2, IF: 3.3)

17. Thi, Q.H.; Kim, H.; Zhao, J.; Ly, T.H., Coating two-dimensional MoS2 with polymer creates a corrosive non-uniform interface. npj 2D Materials and Applications, 2018, 2 (1), 34. (Q1, IF:9.1)

18. Ly, T.H.; Kim, H.; Thi, Q.H.; Lau, S. P.; Zhao, J., Superior Dielectric Screening in Two-Dimensional MoS2 Spirals. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2017, 9 (43), 37941-37946. (Q1, IF: 8.3)

19. Ly, T.H.; Yun, S.J.; Thi, Q.H.; Zhao, J., Edge Delamination of Monolayer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides. ACS Nano, 2017, 11 (7), 7534-7541. (Q1, IF: 17.1)

1. Using Coffee Residue as Precursor for Synthesis of Single Layer Graphene Film on Metal Substrate by Chemical Vapor Deposition. Inventors: Ly T.H., Thi Q.H., US patent, Filling No. 63/772,434, 14 Mar 2025.

2. A Method For Scalable Smoothing Surfaces of Two-Dimensional Layered Materials Using Probe Scanning and Laser Irradiation at High Humidity and Cryogenic Temperature. Inventors: Ly T.H., Thi Q.H., Huang L., US patent, Filling No. 63/774,065, 18 Mar 2025.

3. Method for Direct Formation of Origami 3D Graphene on Copper Foil using Chemical Vapor Deposition. Inventors: Ly T.H., Thi Q.H., Liu H.J., US patent, Pub. No. 2024/0052481

4. Methods of Generating a Lubrication Interface, Methods of Enhancing Lubrication of Moving Parts and Lubricants. Inventors: Ly T.H., Thi Q.H., US patent, 12,460,146 (2025)

5. Direct Synthesis of Improved Superhydrophobic Carbon Nitride Co-Products, and Improved Super hydrophobic Carbon Nitride Co-Products Thereof. Inventors: Ly T.H., Thi Q.H., Man P., US patent, Pub. No. 2024/0391773