Publications

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(†equal contribution, *corresponding author)

  1. Q. Ai, L. K. S. Bonagiri, K. S. Panse, J. Kim, S. Zhou, Y. Zhang*, “Bending, breaking, and reconnecting of the electrical double layers at heterogeneous electrodes,” arXiv:2410.01339
  2. L. K. S. Bonagiri, A. F. Payam, N. R. Aluru, Y. Zhang*, “Integrating experiment with theory to determine the structure of electrode-electrolyte interfaces,” arXiv:2409.10008
  3. A. Sheelam, J. Matsuura,  Y. Zhang*, “Co-engineering of bulk composition and surface structure of metal sulfides for oxygen evolution reaction,” ACS Electrochemistry, accepted for publication (2025).
  4. Q. Ai, L. K. S. Bonagiri, A. Farokh Payam, N. R. Aluru, Y. Zhang*, “Toward quantitative interpretation of 3D atomic force microscopy at solid−liquid interfaces,” The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 129, 5273–5286 (2025). [LINK]
  5. J. Kim†, Y. Tian†, G. Qiao, J. A. Villarta, F. Zhao, A. He, R.-J. Ho, H. Liu, R. Bhargava, Y. Zhang*, “Endoscopic Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy through a fiber microprobe,” Review of Scientific Instruments 96, 033702 (2025). [LINK]
  6. J. Kim, F. Zhao, L. K. S. Bonagiri, Q. Ai, Y. Zhang*, “Electrical double layers modulate the growth of solid−electrolyte interphases,” Chemistry of Materials 36, 9156–9166 (2024). [LINK]
  7. J. Matsuura, A. Sheelam, Y. Zhang*, “Tandem supported, high metal-loading, non-PGM electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction,” APL Energy 2, 026103 (2024). [LINK]
  8. L. K. S. Bonagiri, Z. Wang, S. Zhou, Y. Zhang*, “Precise surface profiling at the nanoscale enabled by deep learning,” Nano Letters 24, 2589–2595 (2024). [LINK]
  9. L. K. S. Bonagiri, K. S. Panse, S. Zhou, H. Wu, N. R. Aluru, Y. Zhang*, “Real-space charge density profiling of electrode–electrolyte interfaces with angstrom depth resolution,” ACS Nano 16, 19594–19604 (2022). [LINK]
  10. K. S. Panse†, H. Wu†, S. Zhou, F. Zhao, N. R. Aluru*, Y. Zhang*, “Innermost ion association configuration is a key structural descriptor of ionic liquids at electrified interfaces,” The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 13, 9464–9472 (2022). [LINK]
  11. J. Kim, F. Zhao, S. Zhou, K. S. Panse, Y. Zhang*, “Spectroscopic investigation of the structure of a pyrrolidinium-based ionic liquid at electrified interfaces,” The Journal of Chemical Physics 156, 114701 (2022). (journal cover) [LINK]
  12. J. Sklenar†*, Y. Zhang†, M. B. Jungfleisch, Y. Kim, Y. Xiao, G. J. MacDougall, M. J. Gilbert, A. Hoffmann, P. Schiffer, N. Mason, “Proximity-induced anisotropic magnetoresistance in magnetized topological insulators,” Applied Physics Letters 118, 232402 (2021). [LINK] [PDF]
  13. F. Zhao, S. Zhou, Y. Zhang*, “Ultrasensitive detection of hydrogen peroxide using Bi2Te3 electrochemical sensors,” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 13, 4761–4767 (2021). [LINK] [PDF]
  14. S. Zhou†, K. S. Panse†, M. H. Motevaselian†, N. R. Aluru*, Y. Zhang*, “Three-dimensional molecular mapping of ionic liquids at electrified interfaces,” ACS Nano 14, 17515–17523 (2020). [LINK] [PDF]
  15. Y. Zhang*, Y. Kim, M. J. Gilbert, N. Mason, “Magnetotransport in a strain superlattice of graphene,” Applied Physics Letters 115, 143508 (2019). [LINK] [PDF]
  16. K. S. Panse†, S. Zhou†, Y. Zhang*, “3D mapping of the structural transitions in wrinkled 2D membranes: implications for reconfigurable electronics, memristors, and bio-electronic interfaces,” ACS Applied Nano Materials 2, 5779–5786 (2019). [LINK] [PDF]
  17. Y. Zhang*, J. Kang, O. Pluchery*, L. Caillard, Y. J. Chabal, L.-W. Wang, J. Fernandez Sanz, M. Salmeron*, “Nanoimaging of organic charge retention effects: implications for nonvolatile memory, neuromorphic computing, and high dielectric breakdown devices,” ACS Applied Nano Materials 2, 4711–4716 (2019). [LINK] [PDF]
  18. Y. Zhang*, Y. Kim, M. J. Gilbert, N. Mason*, “Electronic transport in a two-dimensional superlattice engineered via self-assembled nanostructures,” npj 2D Materials and Applications 2, 31 (2018). [LINK] [PDF]
  19. Y. Zhang, M. Heiranian, B. Janicek, Z. Budrikis, S. Zapperi, P. Y. Huang, H. T. Johnson, N. R. Aluru, J. W. Lyding, N. Mason*, “Strain modulation of graphene by nanoscale substrate curvatures: a molecular view,” Nano Letters 18, 2098–2104 (2018). [LINK] [PDF]
  20. A. P. Alivisatos, M. B. Salmeron, Y. Zhang, D. J. Hellebusch, “Photodetectors exploiting electrostatic trapping and percolation transport,” U.S. Patent, Publication number: US20170148938 A1, Filing date: Nov 23, 2016, Publication date: May 25, 2017. [LINK] [PDF]
  21. N. J. Borys*, E. S. Barnard, S. Gao, K. Yao, W. Bao, A. Buyanin, Y. Zhang, S. Tongay, C. Ko, J. Suh, A. Weber-Bargioni, J. Wu, L. Yang, P. J. Schuck*, “Anomalous above-gap photoexcitations and optical signatures of localized charge puddles in monolayer molybdenum disulfide,” ACS Nano 11, 2115–2123 (2017). [LINK][PDF]
  22. Y. Zhang†, D. J. Hellebusch†, N. D. Bronstein, C. Ko, D. F. Ogletree, M. Salmeron*, A. P. Alivisatos*, “Ultrasensitive photodetectors exploiting electrostatic trapping and percolation transport,” Nature Communications 7, 11924 (2016). [LINK] [PDF]
  23. M. Muñoz-Rojo†, Y. Zhang†, C. V. Manzano, R. Alvaro, J. Gooth, M. Salmeron, M. S. Martin-Gonzalez*, “Spatial potential ripples of azimuthal surface modes in topological insulator Bi2Te3 nanowires,” Scientific Reports 6, 19014 (2016). [LINK] [PDF]
  24. O. Pluchery*, L. Caillard, A. Rynder, F. Rochet, Y. Zhang, M. Salmeron and Y. J. Chabal, “Single charge electronics with gold nanoparticles and organic monolayers,” MRS Proceedings 1817, imrc2015abs032 (2016). [LINK]
  25. O. Pluchery*, Y. Zhang, R. Benbalagh, L. Caillard, J.-J. Gallet, F. Bournel, A.-F. Lamic-Humblot, M. Salmeron, Y. J. Chabal, F. Rochet, “Static and dynamic electronic characterization of organic monolayers grafted on a silicon surface,” Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 18, 3675–3684 (2016). [LINK] [PDF]
  26. Y. Zhang†, D. Zherebetskyy†, N. D. Bronstein, S. Barja, L. Lichtenstein, A. P. Alivisatos, L.-W. Wang, M. Salmeron*, “Molecular oxygen induced in-gap states in PbS quantum dots,” ACS Nano 9, 10445–10452 (2015). [LINK] [PDF]
  27. Y. Zhang, Q. Chen, A. P. Alivisatos, M. Salmeron*, “Dynamic charge carrier trapping in quantum dot field effect transistors,” Nano Letters 15, 4657–4663 (2015). [LINK] [PDF]
  28. Y. Zhang, D. Zherebetskyy, N. D. Bronstein, S. Barja, L. Lichtenstein, D. Schuppisser, L.-W. Wang, A. P. Alivisatos, M. Salmeron*, “Charge percolation pathways guided by defects in quantum dot solids,” Nano Letters 15, 3249–3253 (2015). [LINK] [PDF]
  29. Y. Zhang, O. Pluchery, L. Caillard, S. Sattayaporn, A.-F. Lamic-Humblot, S. Casale, Y. Chabal, M. Salmeron*, “Sensing the charge state of single gold nanoparticles via work function measurements,” Nano Letters 15, 51–55 (2015). [LINK] [PDF]
  30. W. Bao, N. J. Borys, C. Ko, J. Suh, W. Fan, A. Thron, Y. Zhang, A. Buyanin, J. Zhang, S. Cabrini, P. D. Ashby, A. Weber-Bargioni, S. Tongay, S. Aloni, D. F. Ogletree, J. Wu, M. B. Salmeron, P. J. Schuck*, “Visualizing nanoscale excitonic relaxation properties of disordered edges and grain boundaries in monolayer molybdenum disulfide,” Nature Communications 6, 7993 (2015). [LINK] [PDF]
  31. D. Zherebetskyy, Y. Zhang, M. Salmeron, L.-W. Wang*, “Tolerance of intrinsic defects in PbS quantum dots,” Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 6, 4711–4716 (2015). [LINK] [PDF]
  32. D. Zherebetskyy, M. Scheele, Y. Zhang, C. Thompson, N. Bronstein, D. Britt, M. Salmeron, A. P. Alivisatos, L.-W. Wang*, “Hydroxylation of the surface of PbS nanocrystals passivated with oleic acid,” Science 344, 1380–1384 (2014). [LINK] [PDF]
  33. Y. Zhang, D. Ziegler, M. Salmeron*, “Charge trapping states at the SiO2-oligothiophene monolayer interface in field effect transistors studied by Kelvin probe force microscopy,” ACS Nano 7, 8258–8265 (2013). [LINK] [PDF]
  34. Y. Zhang, R. Zhang, Q. Wang, Z. Zhang, H. Zhu, J. Liu, F. Song*, S. Lin, E. Y. B. Pun, “Fluorescence enhancement of quantum emitters with different energy systems near a single spherical metal nanoparticle,” Optics Express 18, 4316–4328 (2010). [LINK] [PDF]
  35. Y. Zhang, R. Zhang, Z. Zhang, H. Zhu, F. Song*, “Surface polariton generation and fluorescence enhancement using a superlens,” Journal of the Optical Society of America B 26, 2337–2341 (2009). [LINK] [PDF]
  36. Y. Xu*, B. Wu, Y. Zhang, Z. Liu, H. Sun, D. Di, “Discrimination between neutrino events and backgrounds using pulse shape information in reactor neutrino experiments,” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A 610, 590–596 (2009). [LINK] [PDF]