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, 1-8 (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, Pub. No. 2024/0384194

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

1. The 1st International Exhibition for Integrated Circuit and Semiconductor Industry, SEMICON VIETNAM 2024. Invited Speaker

2. The 49th Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions, Switzerland, 2024. Inventor (Silver Medal)

3. The 3rd Asia Exhibition of Innovations & Inventions, Hong Kong, 2023. Inventor (Silver Medal)

4. The 4th Asian Pacific Conference on Chemistry of Materials, Hong Kong, 2023. Poster presenter (Best Poster Award)

5. The 8th International Workshop on Nanotechnology and Application, Viet Nam, 2023. Oral Presenter

6. The 28th Symposium on Chemistry Postgraduate Research in Hong Kong 2021. Nominated Presenter

7. The 27th Symposium on Chemistry Postgraduate Research in Hong Kong 2020. Poster Presenter

8. Muju International Winter School Series, South Korea, 2016. Poster Presenter