Publications

(70) Size-dependent ferroelectric-to-paraelectric sliding transformations and antipolar-to-ferroelectric topological phase transitions in binary homobilayers. A Pacheco-Sanjuan, P Kumar, and SBL. Physical Review Materials (in press).

(69) Tight-binding model with sublattice-asymmetric spin-orbit coupling for square-net nodal line Dirac semimetals. GS Orozco-Galvan, A Garcia-Fuente, and SBL. Physical Review B 109, 035141 (2024).

(68) Mechanical, electronic, optical, piezoelectric and ferroic properties of strained graphene and other strained monolayers and multilayers: an update. GG Naumis, SA Herrera, SP Poudel, H Nakamura, and SBL. Reports on Progress in Physics 87 016502 (2024).

(67) Thermally-driven phase transitions in freestanding low-buckled silicene, germanene, and stanene. JM Davis, GS Orozco-Galvan, and SBL. Physical Review Materials 7, 054008 (2023).

(66) Creating a three dimensional intrinsic electric dipole on rotated CrI3 bilayers. SP Poudel, JM Marmolejo-Tejada, JE Roll, MA Mosquera, and SBL. Physical Review B 107, 195128 (2023).

(65) Two-atom-thin topological crystalline insulators lacking out of plane inversion symmetry. SBL and GG Naumis. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 35, 035502 (2023).

(64) Slippery paraelectric transition metal dichalcogenide bilayers. JM Marmolejo-Tejada, JE Roll, SP Poudel, SBL, and M Mosquera. Nano Letters 22, 7984 (2022).

(63) Elasticity of two-dimensional ferroelectrics across their paraelectric phase transformation. JE Roll, JM Davis, JW Villanova, and SBL. Physical Review B 105, 214105 (2022).

(62) Magnetic topological semimetal phase with electronic correlation enhancement in SmSbTe. K Pandey, D Mondal, JW Villanova, J Roll, R Basnet, A Wegner, Gokul Acharya, Md Rafique Un Nabi, Barun Ghosh, Jun Fujii, Jian Wang, Bo Da, Amit Agarwal, Ivana Vobornik, Antonio Politano, SBL, Jin Hu. Advanced Quantum Technologies 4, 2100063 (2021).

(61) Vortex-oriented ferroelectric domains in SnTe/PbTe monolayer lateral heterostructures. K Chang, JW Villanova, JR Ji, S Das, F Küster, SBL, P Sessi, S. P. P. Parkin. Advanced Materials 33, 2102267 (2021).

(60) Colloquium: Physical properties of group-IV monochalcogenide monolayers. SBL, B. M. Fregoso, J. W. Villanova, S.S.P. Parkin, and K. Chang. Reviews of Modern Physics 93, 011001 (2021).

(59) Metastable piezoelectric group IV monochalcogenide monolayers with a buckled honeycomb structure. S. P. Poudel and SBL. Physical Review B 103, 024107 (2021).

(58) Anomalous thermoelectricity at the two-dimensional structural transition of SnSe monolayers. J. W. Villanova and SBL. Physical Review B 103, 035421 (2021).  

(57) Beyond graphene: Low-symmetry and anisotropic 2D materials. SBL, F. Xia, W. Zhu, and H. Wang  Journal of Applied Physics 128, 140401 (2020).

(56) Tuning energy barriers by doping 2D group-IV monochalcogenides. A. Du, Z. Pendergrast, and SBL. Journal of Applied Physics 127, 234103 (2020).

(55) Theory of finite-temperature two-dimensional structural transformations in group-IV monochalcogenide monolayers. J.W. Villanova, P. Kumar, and SBL. Physical Review B 101, 184101 (2020).

(54) Microscopic manipulation of ferroelectric domains in SnSe monolayers at room temperature. K. Chang, F. Küster, B.J. Miller, J.-R. Ji, J.-L. Zhang, P. Sessi, SBL, and S.S.P. Parkin. Nano Letters 20, 6590 (2020).

(53) Toward quantum paraelectric, paraelastic, and paramagnetic 2D materials. SBL. Annalen der Physik 532, 1900448 (2020). 

(52) Group-IV monochalcogenide monolayers: Two-dimensional ferroelectrics with weak intra-layer bonds and a phosphorene-like monolayer dissociation energy. S.P. Poudel, J.W. Villanova, and SBL. Physical Review Materials 3, 124004 (2019).

(51) Injection current in ferroelectric group-IV monochalcogenide monolayers. S.R. Panday, SBL, T. Rangel, and B. Fregoso. Physical Review B 100, 195305 (2019).

(50) Standing waves induced by valley-mismatched domains in ferroelectric SnTe monolayers. K. Chang, B.J. Miller, H. Yang, H. Lin, S.S.P. Parkin, SBL, Q.-K. Xue, X. Chen, and S.-H. Ji. Physical Review Letters 122, 206402 (2019).

(49) From an atomic layer to the bulk: low-temperature atomistic structure, ferroelectric and electronic properties of SnTe films. T. Kaloni, K. Chang, B.J. Miller, Q.K. Xue, X. Chen, S.H. Ji, S.S.P. Parkin and SBL. Physical Review B 99, 134108 (2019).

(48) Evolution of elastic moduli through a two-dimensional structural transformation. A. Pacheco-Sanjuan, T.B. Bishop, E.E. Farmer, P. Kumar and SBL. Physical Review B 99, 104108 (2019).

(47) Quantum paraelastic two-dimensional materials. T. B. Bishop, E. E. Farmer, A. Sharmin, A. Pacheco-Sanjuan, P. Darancet, and SBL. Physical Review Letters 122, 015703 (2019).

(46) Enhanced spontaneous polarization in ultrathin SnTe films with layered antipolar structure. K. Chang, T. Kaloni, H. Lin, A. Bedoya‐Pinto, A. K. Pandeya, I. Kostanovskiy, K. Zhao, Y. Zhong, X. Hu, Q.K. Xue, X. Chen, S.-H. Ji, SBL and S. S. P. Parkin. Advanced Materials 31, 1804428 (2019). (Cover article.) 

(45) Water splits to degrade two-dimensional group-IV monochalcogenides in nanoseconds. SBL and T. Kaloni. ACS Central Science 4, 1436 (2018).

(44) Exfoliation energy, quasiparticle band structure, and excitonic properties of selenium and tellurium atomic chains. E. Andharia, T. P. Kaloni, G. J. Salamo, S.-Q. Yu, H. O. H. Churchill, and SBL. Physical Review B 98, 035420 (2018).

(43) Tuning the ferroelectric to paraelectric transition temperature and dipole orientation of group-IV monochalcogenide monolayers. SBL, T. P. Kaloni, S. P. Poudel, and P. Kumar. Physical Review B 97, 024110 (2018).

(42) Layered material germanium selenide and its vertical heterostructure with molybdenum disulfide. W. C. Yap, Z. Yang, M. Mehboudi, J.-A. Yan, SBL and W. Zhu. Nano Research 11, 420 (2018).

(41) Electronic and optical properties of strained graphene and other strained 2D materials: a review. G. G. Naumis, SBL, M. Oliva-Leyva, and H. Terrones. Reports of Progress in Physics 80, 096501 (2017).

(40) Photostrictive two-dimensional materials in the monochalcogenide family. R. Haleoot, C. Paillard, M. Mehboudi, B. Xu, L. Bellaiche, and SBL. Physical Review Letters 118, 227401 (2017). 

(39) Structural phase transition and material properties of few-layer monochalcogenides. M. Mehboudi, B. M. Fregoso, Y. Yang, W. Zhu, A. van der Zande, J. Ferrer, L. Bellaiche, P. Kumar, and SBL. Physical Review Letters 117, 246802 (2016).

(38) Two-dimensional disorder in black phosphorus and monochalcogenide monolayers. M. Mehboudi, A.M. Dorio, W. Zhu, A. van der Zande, H.O.H. Churchill, A.A. Pacheco-Sanjuan, E.O. Harriss, P. Kumar, and SBL. Nano Letters 16, 1704 (2016).

(37) Discrete differential geometry and the properties of two-dimensional materials. SBL. Invited Contribution to an upcoming issue on Advances in Graphene Science and Engineering. Editors: Jeanie Lau (UC-Riverside), Roland Kawakami (Ohio State) and Arthur Epstein (Ohio State). Synthetic Metals 210, 32 (2015).

(36) Preserving the 7×7 surface reconstruction of clean Si(111) by graphene adsorption. J. C. Koepke, J. D. Wood, C. M. Horvath, J. W. Lyding, and SBL. Applied Physics Letters 107, 071603 (2015).

(35) Intrinsic defects, fluctuations of the local shape, and the photo-oxidation of black phosphorus. K.L. Utt, P. Rivero, M. Mehboudi, E.O. Harriss, M.F. Borunda, A.A. Pacheco SanJuan, and SBL. ACS Central Science 1, 320 (2015).

(34) Strain and the optoelectronic properties of non-planar phosphorene monolayers. M. Mehboudi, K. Utt, H. Terrones, E. O. Harriss, A. A. Pacheco SanJuan, and SBL. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 112, 5888 (2015).

(33) Strain-tunable topological quantum phase transition in buckled honeycomb lattices. J.-A. Yan, M. A. Dela Cruz, SBL, and L. Yang. Applied Physics Letters 106, 180107 (2015).

(32) Systematic pseudopotentials from reference eigenvalue sets for DFT calculations: Pseudopotential files. P. Rivero, V. M. Garcia-Suarez, D. Pereniguez, K. Utt, Y. Yang, L. Bellaiche, K. Park, J. Ferrer, and SBL. Data in Brief 3, 21 (2015). (Open access article.)

(31) Systematic pseudopotentials from reference eigenvalue sets for DFT calculations. P. Rivero, V. M. Garcia-Suarez, D. Pereniguez, K. Utt, Y. Yang, L. Bellaiche, K. Park, J. Ferrer, and SBL. Computational Materials Science 98, 372 (2015).

(30) Anomalous charge and negative-charge-transfer insulating state in cuprate chain-compound KCuO2. D. Choudhury, P. Rivero, D. Meyers, X. Liu, Y. Cao, S. Middey, M. J. Whitaker, SBL, J. W. Freeland, M. Greenblatt, J. Chakhalian. Physical Review B 92, 201108(R) (2015).

(29) Simulated scanning tunneling microscopy images of few-layer-phosphorus capped by hexagonal boron nitride and graphene monolayers. P. Rivero, C.M. Horvath, Z. Zhu, J. Guan, D. Tomanek, and SBL. Physical Review B 91, 115413 (2015).

(28) Stability and properties of high-buckled two-dimensional tin and lead. P. Rivero, V. M. Garcia-Suarez, J.-A. Yan, J. Ferrer, and SBL. Physical Review B 90, 241408(R) (2014).

(27) Polar compensation in ultra-thin films of complex oxides: the case of a perovskite nickelate. S. Middey, P. Rivero, D. Meyers, M. Kareev, X. Liu, Y. Cao, J. W. Freeland, SBL, and J. Chakalian. Scientific Reports 4, 6819 (2014).

(26) Graphene’s morphology and electronic properties from discrete differential geometry. A. A. Pacheco Sanjuan, Z. Wang, H. Pour Imani, M. Vanevic, and SBL. Physical Review B 89, 121403(R) (2014).

(25) Quantitative chemistry and the discrete geometry of conformal atom-thin crystals. A. A. Pacheco Sanjuan, M. Mehboudi, E. O. Harriss, H. Terrones, and SBL. ACS Nano 8, 1136 (2014). 

(24) Strain-engineering of graphene’s electronic structure beyond continuum elasticity. SBL, A. A. Pacheco-Sanjuan, Z. Wang, and M. Vanevic. Solid State Communications 166, 70 (2013). (Fast Track Communication.)

(23) Coherent electron transport through freestanding graphene junctions with metal contacts: A materials approach. SBL. Journal of Computational Electronics 12, 145 (2013). (Invited.)

(22) Strain gauge fields for rippled graphene membranes under central mechanical load: an approach beyond first-order continuum elasticity. J. V. Sloan, A. A. Pacheco-Sanjuan, Z. Wang, C. Horvath, and SBL. Physical Review B 87, 155436 (2013).

(21) Signatures of the semiconductor crystallographic orientation on the charge transport across non-epitaxial diodes. J. J. Garramone, J. R. Abel, SBL, and V. P. LaBella. Applied Physics Letters 100, 252102 (2012).

(20) A pathway between Bernal and rhombohedral stacked graphene layers with scanning tunneling microscopy. P. Xu, Y. Yang, D. Qi, S.D. Barber, M.L. Ackerman, J.K. Schoelz, T.B. Bothwell, SBL, L. Bellaiche, and P.M. Thibado. Applied Physics Letters 100, 201601 (2012).

(19) Atomic Control of strain in freestanding graphene. P. Xu, Y. Yang, S.D. Barber, M.L. Ackerman, J.K. Schoelz, D. Qi, I. A. Kornev, L. Dong, L. Bellaiche, SBL, and P.M. Thibado. Physical Review B 85, 121406(R) (2012).

(18) Charge transport through graphene junctions with wetting metal leads. SBL, M. Kindermann and M.-Y. Chou. Nano Letters 12, 3424 (2012).

(17) The giant surface charge density of graphene resolved from scanning tunneling microscopy and first principles theory. P. Xu, Y. Yang, S. D. Barber, M. L. Ackerman, J. K. Schoelz, I. A. Kornev, SBL, L. Bellaiche, and P. M. Thibado. Physical Review B 84, 161409(R) (2011).

(16) Effects of electrostatic fields and charge doping on the linear bands in twisted graphene bilayers. L. Xian, SBL , and M.-Y. Chou. Physical Review B 84, 075425 (2011).

(15) Separation-dependent electronic transparency of monolayer graphene membranes on III-V semiconductor substrates. K. T. He, J. C. Koepke, SBL, and J. W. Lyding. Nano Letters 10, 3446 (2010).

(14) Effects of bonding type and interface geometry on coherent transport through the single-molecule magnet Mn(12). K. Park, SBL, V. M. Garcia-Suarez, and J. Ferrer. Physical Review B 81, 125447 (2010).

(13) Effects of metallic contacts on electron transport through graphene. SBL, M. Vanevic, M. Kindermann, and M.-Y. Chou. Physical Review Letters 104, 076807 (2010). 

(12) Carbon nanotubes on partially depassivated n-doped Si(100)-(2×1):H substrates. SBL, P. M. Albrecht, and J. W. Lyding. Physical Review B 80, 045415 (2009).

(11) First-principles study of electron transport through the single-molecule magnet Mn(12). SBL, K. Park, V. M. Garcia-Suarez, and J. Ferrer. Physical Review Letters 102, 246801 (2009).

(10) Spin-filtering effect in the transport through a single-molecule magnet Mn(12) bridged between metallic electrodes. SBL, K. Park, V. M. Garcia-Suarez, and J. Ferrer. Journal of Applied Physics 105, 07E309 (2009). 

(9) The interaction between a monolayer of single-molecule magnets and a metal surface. SBL, M. C. Avery, and K. Park. Journal of Applied Physics 103, 07B907 (2008). 

(8) First-principles study of a single-molecule magnet Mn12 monolayer on the Au (111) surface. SBL, M.C. Avery, and K. Park. Physical Review B 76, 224413 (2007).

(7) Preferential orientation of a chiral semiconducting carbon nanotube on the locally depassivated Si (100)‐2×1: H surface identified by scanning tunneling microscopy. P.M. Albrecht, SBL, and J.W. Lyding. Small 3, 1402 (2007).

(6) High-visibility interferometric measurement of the diffraction phase. SBL, D.F.V. James, and P.G. Kwiat. Journal of the Optical Society of America A 24, 1148 (2007).

(5) Scanning tunnelling spectroscopy and ab initio calculations of single-walled carbon nanotubes interfaced with highly doped hydrogen-passivated Si (100) substrates. P.M. Albrecht, SBL, and J.W. Lyding. Nanotechnology 18, 095204 (2007). 

(4) Ab initio study of semiconducting carbon nanotubes adsorbed on the Si(100) surface: Diameter- and registration-dependent atomic configurations and electronic properties. SBL, P. M. Albrecht, N. A. Romero, and K. Hess. Journal of Applied Physics 100, 124304 (2006).

(3) Local time dependent instruction-set for the experiment of Pan et al. M. Aschwanden, W. Philipp, K. Hess, SBL, and G. Adenier. AIP Conference Proceedings 810, 437 (2006).

(2) Conductance modulation of metallic carbon nanotubes by remote charged rings. SBL, S. V. Rotkin, Y. Li, and K. Hess. Europhysics Letters 69, 1003 (2005).

(1) Experimental entanglement distillation and ‘hidden’ non-locality. P. G. Kwiat, SBL, A. Stefanov, and N. Gisin. Nature 409, 1014 (2001).