‡ and * indicate co-first and co-corresponding authors, respectively.
In preparation;
"Pressure-driven self-orientation in van der Waals spiral nanoflakes."
"Nanoscopy of Nonlinear Guided-Mode Resonances in Silicon Nanowire Waveguides."
"Multiwavelength for multiphoton multimaterial fabrication."
Selected Publications;
1. B. W. Blankenship‡, Y. Rho‡, Z. Jones, T. Meier, R. Li, E. Druga, H. Singh, X. Xia, A. Ajoy, C. P. Grigoropoulos, "Quantum Sensing in Micro-Architected Scaffolds", 2025, In press, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
2. 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, 24 (31), 9711-9719
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. 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
5. 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 [Nanotechnology News][The Science Times][Photonics Spectra][Nano Werk]
6. 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 [Nature Electronics Research Briefing] [Graphene-info News][Tech Xplore News]
7. 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
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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
11. 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
All Publications;
2025
B. W. Blankenship‡, Y. Rho‡, Z. Jones, T. Meier, R. Li, E. Druga, H. Singh, X. Xia, A. Ajoy, C. P. Grigoropoulos, "Quantum Sensing in Micro-Architected Scaffolds", 2025, In press, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
T. Meier, V. Korakis, B. W. Blankenship, H. Lu, E. Kyriakou, S. Papamakarios, Z. Vangelatos, M. E. Yildizdag, G. Zyla, X. Xia, X. Zheng, Y. Rho, M. Farsari, C. P. Grigoropoulos, "Scalable Phononic Metamaterials: Tunable Bandgap Design and Multi-Scale Experimental Validation", 2025, Materials & Design, 252 (2025) 113778
R. Li, M. H. Eliceiri, J. Li, V. Korakis, R. Yang, Y. Rho, B. W. Blankenship, and C. P. Grigoropoulos, "Optical Emission Spectroscopy and Gas Kinetics of Picosecond Laser-Induced Chlorine Dissociation for Atomic Layer Etching of Silicon," 2025, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 129 (5) 2460–2466
2024
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, 24 (31), 9711-9719
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), 125, 070502
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 [Nanotechnology News][The Science Times][Photonics Spectra][Nano Werk]
2022
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
Y. Rho, C. P. Grigoropoulos, "A laser-based chemical process enables reversible doping of graphene", 2022, Nature Electronics, 5, 485–486
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 [Nature Electronics Research Briefing] [Graphene-info News][Tech Xplore News]
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
