Journal Publications

‡ and * indicate co-first and co-corresponding authors, respectively.

2024

1. B. W. Blankenship, J. Li, Z. Jones, M. Parashar, N. Zhao, H. Singh, R. Li, S. Arvin, A. Sarkar, R. Yang, T. Meier, Y. Rho, A. Ajoy, C. P. Grigoropoulos, "Spatially Resolved Quantum Sensing with High-Density Bubble-Printed Nanodiamonds," 2024, Nano Letters, under review

2. R. Li, B. W. Blankenship, J. Wu, Y. Rho*, Jingang Li*, C. P. Grigoropoulos*, "Laser-Aided Processing and Functionalization of 2D Materials," 2024, Applied Physics Letters (Perspective), TBD 

3. Y. Rho, M. DAEUMER, C.F. Miller, C. Mah, T.A. Laurence, C.W. Carr, J.H. Yoo, "Photoluminescence Probing of Light Absorption Centers at Silica Laser Damage," 2024, Optics Express, 32 (15), 26632-26639

4. J. Li, R. Yang, K. Yao, Y. Huang, Y. Rho, D. E. Fan, Y. Zheng, and C. P. Grigoropoulos, “Near‐Field Nanoimaging of Colloidal Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Waveguides,” 2024, Advanced Functional Materials, 34 (21), 2312127 

2023

5.  B. W. Blankenship, R. Li, R. Guo, N. Zhao, J. Shin, R. Yang, S. H. Ko, J. Wu, Y. Rho*, C. P. Grigoropoulos*, “Photothermally Activated Artificial Neuromorphic Synapses,” 2023, Nano letters, 23 (19), 9020–9025

6. Y. Rho, C. F. Miller, R. E. Yancey, T. A. Laurence, C. W. Carr, J. H. Yoo, “Wide-field probing of silica laser-induced damage precursors by photoluminescence photochemical quenching,” 2023, Optics Letters, 48 (14), 3789-3792

7. M. Eliceiri‡, Y. Rho‡, and C.P. Grigoropoulos, “Pulsed laser induced atomic layer etching of silicon,” 2023, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, 41, 2, 022602

8. Y. Rho‡, S. J. Yoo‡, D. Durham, D. J. Kang, A. Minor, and C. P. Grigoropoulos, “Plasmonic nonlinear energy transfer enhanced second harmonic generation nanoscopy,” 2023 Nano letters, 23 (5), 1843-1849

9. J. Li‡, R. Yang‡, Y. Rho*, P. Ci, M. Eliceiri, J. Wu, and C. P. Grigoropoulos*, “Ultrafast Optical Nanoscopy of Carrier Dynamics in Silicon Nanowires,” 2023 Nano letters, 23 (4), 1445–1450

2022

10.  P. Ci, Y. Zhao, M. Sun, Y. Rho, Y. Chen, C. P. Grigoropoulos, X. Li, S. Jin, and J. Wu, “Breaking rotational symmetry in supertwisted WS2 spirals via moiré magnification of intrinsic heterostrain,” 2022, Nano letters, 22 (22), 9027–9035

11.  Y. Rho‡, K. Lee‡, L. Wang, Y. Chen, C. Ko, P. Ci, J. Pei, A. Zettl, J. Wu and C. P. Grigoropoulos, “A laser-assisted chlorination process for reversible writing of doping patterns in graphene,” 2022, Nature Electronics, 5, 505–510

12. C. Dai‡, Y. Rho‡, K. Pham, B. McCormick, W. Zhao, Z. Zhang, M. Crommie, F. Wang, C. Griporopoulos, and A. Zettl, “Kirigami engineering of graphene optomechanical transducer,” 2022, Nano letters, 22 (13), 5301–5306

13.  Y. Rho‡, H. Kim‡, A. Javey, and C. P. Grigoropoulos, “Laser assisted thermomechanical thinning of MoTe2 in nanoscale lateral resolution,” 2022, Advanced materials Interfaces, 9 (23), 2200634

14.  S. Cheema, N. Shanker, S.-L. Hsu, Y. Rho, C.-H. Hsu, V. A. Stoica, Z. Zhang, J. W. Freeland, P. Shafer, C. P. Grigoropoulos, J. Ciston, and S. Salahuddin, “Emergent ferroelectricity in sub-nanometer binary oxide films on Si,” 2022, Science, 376 (6593), 648-652

15.  S. Cheema, N. Shanker, L. Wang, C. Hsu, S. Hsu, Y. Liao, M. S. Jose, J. Gomez, W. Li, J. Bae, S. Volkman, D. Kwon, Y. Rho, G. Pinelli, R. Rastogi, D. Pipitone, C. Stull, M. Cook, B. Tyrrell, V. Stoica, Z. Zhang, J. Freeland, C. Tassone, A. Mehta, G. Soheli, D. Thompson, D. Suh, W. Koo, K. Nam, D. Jung, W. Song, C. Lin, S. Nam, J. Heo, C. P. Grigoropoulos, P. Shafer, P. Fay, R. Ramesh, J. Ciston, S. Datta, M. Mohamed, C. Hu, and S. Salahuddin, “Ultrathin ferroic HfO2-ZrO2 superlattice gate stack for advanced transistors,” 2022, Nature, 604, 65-71

2021

16.  K. Tang, K. Dong, J. Li, M. Gordon, F. G. Reichertz, H. Kim, Y. Rho, Q. Wang, C. Lin, C. P. Grigoropoulos, A. Javey, J. J. Urban, J. Yao, R. Levinson, and J. Wu, “Temperature-adaptive radiative coating for all-season household thermal regulation,” 2021, Science, 374, 1504–1509

17.  J. Shin, S. Jeong, J. Kim, Y. Choi, J. Choi, J. Lee, S. Kim, M. Kim, Y. Rho, S. Hong, J. Choi, C. P. Grigoropoulos, and S.H Ko, ”Dynamic pore modulation of stretchable electrospun nanofiber filter for adaptive machine learned respiratory protection,” 2021, ACS Nano, 15 (10), 15730–15740

18.  H. Kim, S. Z. Uddin, D. Lien, M. Yeh, N. S. Azar, S. B., T. Kim, N. Gupta, Y. Rho, C. P. Grigoropoulos, K, B. Crozier, and A, Javey, “Actively variable-spectrum optoelectronics with black phosphorus,” 2021, Nature, 596, 232–237

19. K. Dong, T. Zhang, J. Li, Q. Wang, F. Yang, Y. Rho, D. Wang, and C. P Grigoropoulos, J. Wu, J. Yao, “Flat bands in magic-angle bilayer photonic crystals at small twists,” 2021, Physical Review Letter, 126, 223601

2020

20. Y. Rho, H. Kang, C.P. Grigoropoulos, and K.T. Kang, “Site-selective synthesis of onion like carbon from nanodiamond thin film via laser-assisted photothermal process,” 2020, Applied Physics A, 126 (9), 1-7

21.  Y. Rho‡, H. Lim‡, L. Wang, M. Ellicieri, B. Blankenship, S. Kim, and C. P. Grigoropoulos, “High-speed direct writing of MoSe2 by maskless and gas-free laser-assisted selenization process,” 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 124 (35), 19333-19339

22.  J. Long, M. Eliceiri, Z. Vangelatos, Y. Rho, L. Wang, Z. Su, X. Xie, Y. Zhang, and C. P. Grigoropoulos, ”Early dynamics of cavitation bubbles generated during ns laser ablation of submerged targets,” 2020, Optics Express, 28 (10), 14300-14309

23.  L. Wang, M. Eliceiri, Y. Deng, Y. Rho, S. Wan, H. Pan, J. Yao, and C.P. Grigoropoulos, "Fast reversible phase change silicon for visible active photonics," 2020, Advanced Functional Materials, 30, (17), 1910784

2019

24. M. Park, Z. Vangelatos, Y. Rho, H.K. Park, J. Jang, and C. P. Grigoropoulos, “Comprehensive analysis of blue diode laser-annealing of amorphous silicon films,” 2019, Thin Solid Films, 696, 137779

25. L. Wang, D. Paeng, Z. Jin, H. Zhang, Y.S. Kim, Y. Rho, M. Eliceiri, and C. P. Grigoropoulos, “Design and validation of a ten-nanosecond resolved resistive thermometer for Gaussian laser beam heating,” 2019, Review of Scientific Instruments, 90 (12), 124903              

26.  L. Wang, Z. Jin, D. Paeng, Y. Rho, J. Long, M. Eliceiri, Y. S. Kim, and C. P Grigoropoulos “Laser machined ultrathin microscale platinum thermometers on transparent oxide substrates,” 2019, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 300, 111657          

27.  Z. Su, Z. Bedolla-Valdez, L. Wang, Y. Rho, S. Chen, G. Gonel, E. N. Taurone, A. J. Moulé, and C. P. Grigoropoulos “High-speed photothermal patterning of doped polymer films,” 2019, ACS applied materials & interfaces, 11 (42), 39385-39393

28. Y Rho, J. Pei, L. Wang, Z. Su, M. Eliceiri, and C. P. Grigoropoulos “Site-selective atomic layer precision thinning of MoS2 via laser-assisted anisotropic chemical etching,” 2019, ACS applied materials & interfaces, 11 (42), 39385-39393

29. H. Cho, J. Kwon, I. Ha, Y. Rho, J. Jung, H. Lee, S. Han, S. Hong, C. P. Grigoropoulos, and S. H. Ko “Mechano-thermo-chromic device with supersaturated salt hydrate crystal phase change,” 2019, Science Advances, 5 (7), 4916

~2018

30. L. Wang, Y. Rho, W. Shou, S. Hong, K. Kato, M. Eliceiri, M. Shi, H. Pan, C. Carraro, D. Qi, and C. P. Grigoropoulos “Programming nanoparticles in multiscale: optically modulated assembly and phase switching of silicon nanoparticle array,” 2018, ACS nano, 12 (3), 2231-2241       

31. K.T. Kang, Y. Rho, H.K. Park, and D. J. Hwang, “Investigation of elemental composition change during laser ablation of a rare-earth containing material,” 2018, Physica Status Solidi A: Applications and Materials Science, 2, 1024

32. Y. Rho, K.T. Kang, and D. Lee, “Highly crystalline Ni/NiO hybrid electrodes processed by inkjet printing and laser-induced reductive sintering under ambient conditions,” 2016 Nanoscale, 8 (16), 8976-8985      

33. J. Yu, Y. Rho, H. Kang, H. Jung, and K. Kang, “Electrical behavior of laser-sintered Cu based metal-organic decomposition ink in air environment and application as current collectors in supercapacitor,” 2015 International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing-Green Technology, Volume 2, Issue 4, pp 333-337

34. D. Lee‡, Y. Rho‡, F. I. Allen, A. Minor, S.H. Ko, and C.P. Grigoropoulos, “Synthesis of hierarchical TiO2 nanowires with densely-packed and omnidirectional branches,” 2013, Nanoscale, 5 (22), 11147-11152       

35. S. Hong, J. Yeo, W. Manorotkul, H. W. Kang, J. Lee, S. Han, Y. Rho, Y. D. Suh, H. J. Sung, and S. H. Ko, “Digital selective growth of a ZnO nanowire array by large scale laser decomposition of zinc acetate,” 2013 Nanoscale 5 (9), 3698-3703

36. Y. Rho, M. Wanit, J. Yeo, S. J. Hong, S. Han, W. H. Hong, D. Lee, and S. H. Ko, “Improvement of light-harvesting efficiency in dye sensitized solar cell using silica beads embedded in TiO2 nanoporous structure,” 2013, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 46 (2), 024006

37. H. Kang, J. Yeo, J. Hwang, S. Hong, P. Lee, S. Han, J. Lee, Y. Rho, S. Kim, S. Ko and H. Sung, "Simple ZnO nanowires patterned growth by microcontact printing for high performance field emission device," 2011, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 115 (23), 11435-11441