Linyou Cao

Correlative spectroscopic investigations of the mechanisms of inhomogeneity in CVD-grown monolayer WS2

Su, L., Yu, Y., Cao, L., & Zhang, Y. (2023, September 21). Science China Materials.

Distinct Contact Scaling Effects in MoS₂ Transistors Revealed with Asymmetrical Contact Measurements

Cheng, Z., Backman, J., Zhang, H., Abuzaid, H., Li, G., Yu, Y., … Franklin, A. D. (2023, February 27). Advanced Materials.

Phase Diagram of High-Temperature Electron–Hole Quantum Droplet in Two-Dimensional Semiconductors

Yu, Y., Li, G., Xu, Y., Hu, C., Liu, X., & Cao, L. (2023, August 4). ACS Nano.

Excitons in strained and suspended monolayer WSe ₂

Aslan, B., Yule, C., Yu, Y., Lee, Y. J., Heinz, T. F., Cao, L., & Brongersma, M. L. (2021, October 6). 2D Materials.

Unanticipated Polarity Shift in Edge-Contacted Tungsten-Based 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Transistors

Abuzaid, H., Cheng, Z., Li, G., Cao, L., & Franklin, A. D. (2021, August 20). IEEE Electron Device Letters.

Emergent quantum materials

Lau, C. N., Xia, F., & Cao, L. (2020, May 1). MRS Bulletin.

Engineering Substrate Interaction To Improve Hydrogen Evolution Catalysis of Monolayer MoS₂ Films beyond Pt

Li, G., Chen, Z., Li, Y., Zhang, D., Yang, W., Liu, Y., & Cao, L. (2020, January 16). ACS Nano.

Gate-tunable cross-plane heat dissipation in single-layer transition metal dichalcogenides

Ong, Z.-Y., Zhang, G., Zhang, Y.-W., Cao, L., Ong, Z.-Y., Zhang, G., … Cao, L. (2020, September 23). Physical Review Research.

Giant enhancement of exciton diffusivity in two-dimensional semiconductors

Yu, Y., Yu, Y., Li, G., Puretzky, A. A., Geohegan, D. B., & Cao, L. (2020, December 18). Science Advances.

In-Plane and Interfacial Thermal Conduction of Two-Dimensional Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides

Physical Review Applied, 13(3).

Low-loss composite photonic platform based on 2D semiconductor monolayers

Datta, I., Chae, S. H., Bhatt, G. R., Tadayon, M. A., Li, B., Yu, Y., … Lipson, M. (2020, February 24). Nature Photonics.

Multi-mode Organic Light-Emitting Diode to Suppress the Viewing Angle Dependence

Dong, C., Fu, X., Cao, L., Amoah, S., Gundogdu, K., Li, J., & So, F. (2020, June 15). ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Vol. 12, pp. 31667–31676.

Convergent ion beam alteration of 2D materials and metal-2D interfaces

Cheng, Z., Abuzaid, H., Yu, Y., Zhang, F., Li, Y., Noyce, S. G., … Franklin, A. D. (2019, April 9). 2D Materials.

Dense Electron–Hole Plasma Formation and Ultralong Charge Lifetime in Monolayer MoS2 via Material Tuning

Nano Letters, 19(2), 1104–1111.

Immunity to Contact Scaling in MoS₂ Transistors Using in Situ Edge Contacts

Cheng, Z., Yu, Y., Singh, S., Price, K., Noyce, S. G., Lin, Y.-C., … Franklin, A. D. (2019, July 8). Nano Letters.

Recording interfacial currents on the subnanometer length and femtosecond time scale by terahertz emission

Ma, E. Y., Guzelturk, B., Li, G., Cao, L., Shen, Z.-X., Lindenberg, A. M., & Heinz, T. F. (2019, February 1). Science Advances.

Room-Temperature Electron–Hole Liquid in Monolayer MoS₂

Yu, Y., Bataller, A. W., Younts, R., Yu, Y., Li, G., Puretzky, A. A., … Cao, L. (2019, September 4). ACS Nano, Vol. 13, pp. 10351–10358.

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering of monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides on Ag nanorod arrays

Su, L., Bradley, L., Yu, Y., Yu, Y., Cao, L., Zhao, Y., & Zhang, Y. (2019, November 6). Optics Letters.

Friction and work function oscillatory behavior for an even and odd number of layers in polycrystalline MoS₂

Lavini, F., Calò, A., Gao, Y., Albisetti, E., Li, T.-D., Cao, T., … Riedo, E. (2018, January 1). Nanoscale.

In Situ Monitoring of the Thermal-Annealing Effect in a Monolayer of MoS2

Su, L., Yu, Y., Cao, L., & Zhang, Y. (2017, March 10). Physical Review Applied.

Activating MoS₂ for pH-Universal Hydrogen Evolution Catalysis

Li, G., Zhang, D., Yu, Y., Huang, S., Yang, W., & Cao, L. (2017, October 25). Journal of the American Chemical Society.

Dynamic Optical Tuning of Interlayer Interactions in the Transition Metal Dichalcogenides

Nano Letters, 17(12), 7761–7766.

Enhancing Multifunctionalities of Transition-Metal Dichalcogenide Monolayers via Cation Intercalation

ACS Nano, 11(9), 9390–9396.

Giant Gating Tunability of Optical Refractive Index in Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Monolayers

Yu, Y., Yu, Y., Huang, L., Peng, H., Xiong, L., & Cao, L. (2017, May 15). Nano Letters.

All The Catalytic Active Sites of MoS2 for Hydrogen Evolution

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 138(51), 16632–16638.

Atomically Thin MoS₂ Narrowband and Broadband Light Superabsorbers

Huang, L., Li, G., Gurarslan, A., Yu, Y., Kirste, R., Guo, W., … Cao, L. (2016, August 2). ACS Nano, Vol. 10, pp. 7493–7499.

Chemical vapor deposited MoS2/electrospun carbon nanofiber composite as anode material for high-performance sodium-ion batteries

Chen, C., Li, G., Lu, Y., Zhu, J., Jiang, M., Hu, Y., … Zhang, X. (2016, November 30). Electrochimica Acta, Vol. 222, pp. 1751–1760.

Engineering Substrate Interactions for High Luminescence Efficiency of Transition‐Metal Dichalcogenide Monolayers

Yu, Y., Yu, Y., Xu, C., Cai, Y. Q., Su, L., Zhang, Y., … Cao, L. (2016, May 6). Advanced Functional Materials, Vol. 26, pp. 4733–4739.

Extreme manipulation of light-matter interactions in 2D TMDC materials

Cao, N. L. (2016, August 1).

Fundamental limits of exciton-exciton annihilation for light emission in transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers

Yu, Y., Yu, Y., Xu, C., Barrette, A., Gundogdu, K., & Cao, L. (2016, May 24). Physical Review. B./Physical Review. B, Vol. 93.

Ripples near edge terminals in MoS2 few layers and pyramid nanostructures

Mills, A., Yu, Y., Chen, C., Huang, B., Cao, L., & Tao, C. (2016, February 22). Applied Physics Letters.

Van der Waals Force Isolation of Monolayer MoS₂

Gurarslan, A., Jiao, S., Li, T. D., Li, G., Yu, Y., Gao, Y., … Cao, L. (2016, September 30). Advanced Materials.

Deterministic phase engineering for optical Fano resonances with arbitrary lineshape and frequencies

Lin, J., Huang, L., Yu, Y., He, S., & Cao, L. (2015, July 15). Optics Express.

Dynamic Structural Response and Deformations of Monolayer MoS2 Visualized by Femtosecond Electron Diffraction

Nano Letters, 15(10), 6889–6895.

Effects of substrate type and material-substrate bonding on high-temperature behavior of monolayer WS2

Su, L., Yu, Y., Cao, L., & Zhang, Y. (2015, June 8). Nano Research.

Exciton-dominated Dielectric Function of Atomically Thin MoS2 Films

Yu, Y., Yu, Y., Cai, Y., Li, W., Gurarslan, A., Peelaers, H., … Cao, L. (2015, November 24). Scientific Reports, Vol. 5.

Two-dimensional transition-metal dichalcogenide materials: Toward an age of atomic-scale photonics

Cao, L. (2015, July 1). MRS Bulletin.

Dependence of coupling of quasi 2-D MoS₂ with substrates on substrate types, probed by temperature dependent Raman scattering

Su, L., Zhang, Y., Yu, Y., & Cao, L. (2014, January 1). Nanoscale.

Engineering the Composition and Crystallinity of Molybdenum Sulfide for High-Performance Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

Li, Y., Yu, Y., Huang, Y., Nielsen, R. A., Goddard, W. A., Li, Y., & Cao, L. (2014, December 4). ACS Catalysis.

Equally Efficient Interlayer Exciton Relaxation and Improved Absorption in Epitaxial and Nonepitaxial MoS2/WS2 Heterostructures

Nano Letters, 15(1), 486–491.

Exciton valley relaxation in a single layer ofWS2measured by ultrafast spectroscopy

Physical Review B, 90(4).

Layer-Dependent Electrocatalysis of MoS₂ for Hydrogen Evolution

Yu, Y., Huang, S.-Y., Li, Y., Steinmann, S. N., Yang, W., & Cao, L. (2014, January 7). Nano Letters.

Semiconductor Solar Superabsorbers

Yu, Y., Huang, L., & Cao, L. (2014, February 17). Scientific Reports.

Sulfur gradient-distributed CNF composite: a self-inhibiting cathode for binder-free lithium–sulfur batteries

Fu, K., Li, Y., Dirican, M., Chen, C., Lu, Y., Zhu, J., … al. (2014, January 1). Chemical Communications, Vol. 50, pp. 10277–10280.

Surface-Energy-Assisted Perfect Transfer of Centimeter-Scale Monolayer and Few-Layer MoS₂ Films onto Arbitrary Substrates

Gurarslan, A., Yu, Y., Su, L., Yu, Y., Suarez, F., Yao, S., … Cao, L. (2014, October 27). ACS Nano, Vol. 8, pp. 11522–11528.

Ultrafast Electronic and Structural Response of Monolayer MoS₂ under Intense Photoexcitation Conditions

Mannebach, E. M., Duerloo, K.-A. N., Pellouchoud, L. A., Sher, M.-J., Nah, S., Kuo, Y.-H., … Lindenberg, A. M. (2014, September 22). ACS Nano.

Controlled Scalable Synthesis of Uniform, High-Quality Monolayer and Few-layer MoS2 Films

Yu, Y., Li, C., Liu, Y., Su, L., Zhang, Y., & Cao, L. (2013, May 21). Scientific Reports.

Epitaxial nanosheet-nanowire heterostructures

Nano Letters, 13(3), 948–953.

General Modal Properties of Optical Resonances in Subwavelength Nonspherical Dielectric Structures

Huang, L., Yu, Y., & Cao, L. (2013, June 24). Nano Letters.

Leaky mode engineering: A general design principle for dielectric optical antenna solar absorbers

Optics Communications, 314, 79–85.

Many-Body Effects in Valleytronics: Direct Measurement of Valley Lifetimes in Single-Layer MoS2

Nano Letters, 14(1), 202–206.

Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities in Two-Dimensional Materials Beyond Graphene

ACS Nano, 7(4), 2898–2926.

Progress, challenges, and opportunities in two-dimensional materials beyond graphene

[Review of ]. ACS Nano, 7(4), 2898–2926.

Redesigning Photodetector Electrodes as an Optical Antenna

Fan, P., Huang, K. C. Y., Cao, L., & Brongersma, M. L. (2013, January 8). Nano Letters.

Substrate Mediation in Vapor Deposition Growth of Layered Chalcogenide Nanoplates: A Case Study of SnSe2

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 117(12), 6469–6475.

The phase shift of light scattering at sub-wavelength dielectric structures

Yu, Y., & Cao, L. (2013, March 4). Optics Express.

An invisible metal–semiconductor photodetector

Nature Photonics, 6(6), 380–385.

Coupled leaky mode theory for light absorption in 2D, 1D, and 0D semiconductor nanostructures

Optics Express, 20(13), 13847.

Dielectric Core–Shell Optical Antennas for Strong Solar Absorption Enhancement

Yu, Y., Ferry, V. E., Alivisatos, A. P., & Cao, L. (2012, June 11). Nano Letters.

Role of Boundary Layer Diffusion in Vapor Deposition Growth of Chalcogenide Nanosheets: The Case of GeS

Li, C., Huang, L., Snigdha, G. P., Yu, Y., & Cao, L. (2012, September 26). ACS Nano.

Optical Coupling of Deep-Subwavelength Semiconductor Nanowires

Nano Letters, 11(4), 1463–1468.

Resonant Germanium Nanoantenna Photodetectors

Nano Letters, 10(4), 1229–1233.

Semiconductor Nanowire Optical Antenna Solar Absorbers

Nano Letters, 10(2), 439–445.

Spatially resolved Raman spectroscopy on indium-catalyzed core–shell germanium nanowires: size effects

Nanotechnology, 21(10), 105703.

Tuning the Color of Silicon Nanostructures

Nano Letters, 10(7), 2649–2654.

Engineering light absorption in semiconductor nanowire devices

Nature Materials, 8(8), 643–647.

Single crystalline and core–shell indium-catalyzed germanium nanowires—a systematic thermal CVD growth study

Nanotechnology, 20(24), 245608.

Synthesis parameter space of bismuth catalyzed germanium nanowires

Applied Physics Letters, 94(16), 163101.

Excitation of Local Field Enhancement on Silicon Nanowires

Nano Letters, 8(2), 601–605.

Ultrafast developments

Nature Photonics, 3(1), 12–13.

On the Raman scattering from semiconducting nanowires

Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 38(6), 697–703.

Plasmon-Assisted Local Temperature Control to Pattern Individual Semiconductor Nanowires and Carbon Nanotubes

Nano Letters, 7(11), 3523–3527.

Instability and Transport of Metal Catalyst in the Growth of Tapered Silicon Nanowires

Nano Letters, 6(9), 1852–1857.

Diamond-Hexagonal Semiconductor Nanocones with Controllable Apex Angle

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 127(40), 13782–13783.

Efficient self-assembly of transition metal oxide nanoclusters on silicon substrates

Thin Solid Films, 492(1-2), 13–18.

Formation mechanism of nonspherical gold nanoparticles during seeding growth: Roles of anion adsorption and reduction rate

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 293(1), 69–76.

Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering ofp-Aminothiophenol on a Au(core)/Cu(shell) Nanoparticle Assembly

ChemPhysChem, 6(5), 913–918.

Kinetically Controlled Pt Deposition onto Self-Assembled Au Colloids:  Preparation of Au (Core)−Pt (Shell) Nanoparticle Assemblies

Chemistry of Materials, 16(17), 3239–3245.

Uniform Electrochemical Deposition of Copper onto Self-Assembled Gold Nanoparticles

The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 108(11), 3535–3539.