68.
K. Martin, K. Shanks, Y. Liu, J. Kim, S.
Haghanifar, M. Zarei, S. Sharma, and P. W. Leu
"Minimizing
annual reflection loss in fixed-tilt photovoltaic
modules using graded refractive index (GRIN)
anti-reflective glass ,"
Solar Energy, vol. 272, Apr 2024.
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67.
M. Zarei, M. Li, E. Papazekos, Y.-D. Su, S.
Sinha, S. B. Walker, M. LeMieux, P. R. Ohodnicki, and
P. W. Leu,
"Single-
and
Double-Layer Embedded Metal Meshes for Flexible,
Highly Transparent Electromagnetic Interference
Shielding ,"
Advanced Materials Technologies, Mar 2024.
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66.
M. Tao, T. Druffel, A. Farag, K.
McLoughlin, P. W. Leu,
"Design
changes for improved circularity of silicon solar
modules ,"
One Earth, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 171-174, Feb 2024.
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65.
M. Zarei, M. Li, E. E. Medvedeva, S.
Sharma, J. Kim, Z. Shao, S. B. Walker, M. B. LeMieux,
Q. Liu, and P. W. Leu,
"Flexible
Embedded Metal Meshes by Sputter-Free Crack
Lithography for Transparent Electrodes and
Electromagnetic Interference Shielding, "
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2024.
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64.
J. Kim, M. Li, Y. Li, A. Gomez, O. Hinder,
and P. W. Leu,
"Multi-BOWS: Multi-Fidelity
Multi-Objective Bayesian Optimization with Warm
Starts for Nanophotonic Structure Design, "
Digital Discovery, 2024.
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63.
J. Kim, M. Li, O. Hinder, and P. W. Leu,
"Datasets and Benchmarks for
Nanophotonic Structure and Parametric Design
Simulations ,"
37th Conference on Neural Information Processing
Systems (NeurIPS 2023), Datasets and Benchmarks Track,
2023.
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62.
MD Imrul Kayes, M. Zarei, Fanbo Fang, and
P. W. Leu,
"Black silicon spacing effect on
bactericidal efficacy against gram-positive bacteria ,"
Nanotechnology, Sept. 2023.
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61.
M. Zarei, J. C. Loy, M. Li, Z. Zhou, S.
Sinha, M. LeMieux, S. B. Walker, B. P. Rand, P. W.
Leu,
"Substrate-embedded metal meshes for
ITO-free organic light emitting diodes ,"
Optics Express, vol. 31, no. 21, pp. 34697-34707,
2023.
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60.
M. Li, M. Zarei, K. Mohammadi, S. B.
Walker, M. LeMieux, and P. W. Leu,
"Silver Meshes for Record-Performance
Transparent Electromagnetic Interference Shielding ,"
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, vol. 15, no.
25, pp. 30591-30599, June 2023.
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Won Best PhD Paper in Pitt Chemical Engineering
for summer 2023.
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59.
M. Li, M. Zarei, A. J. Galante, B.
Pilsbury, S. Brett Walker, M. LeMieux, and P. W. Leu,
"Stretchable and wash durable
reactive silver ink coatings for electromagnetic
interference shielding, Joule heating, and strain
sensing textiles ,"
Progress in Organic Coatings, vol. 179, p. 107506,
June 2023.
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58.
M. Li, S. Sinha, S. Hannani, S. B. Walker,
M. LeMieux, and P. W. Leu,
"Ink-Coated Silver Films on PET for
Flexible, High Performance Electromagnetic
Interference Shielding and Joule Heating ,"
ACS Applied Electronic Materials, vol. 5, no. 1, Jan.
2023.
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57.
A. J. Galante, B. C. Pilsbury, K. A. Yates,
M. LeMieux, D. J. Bain, R. M. Q. Shanks, E. G.
Romanowski, P. W. Leu,
"Reactive silver inks for antiviral,
repellent medical textiles with ultrasonic bleach
washing durability compared to silver nanoparticles ,"
PLOS ONE, vol. 17, no. 9, Sept. 2022.
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56.
M. Li, M. J. McCourt, A. J. Galante, and P.
W. Leu,
"Bayesian optimization of
nanophotonic electromagnetic shielding with very
high visible transparency ,"
Optics Express, vol. 30, no. 18, pp. 33182-33194, Aug.
2022.
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55.
S. Lee, C. U. Kim, S. Bae, Y. Liu, Y. I.
Noh, Z. Zhou, P. W. Leu, K. J. Choi, and J.-K. Lee,
"Improving Light Absorption in a
Perovskite/Si Tandem Solar Cell via Light Scattering
and UV-Down Shifting by a Mixture of SiO2
Nanoparticles and Phosphors ,"
Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 32, no. 35, June
2022.
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54.
A. J. Galante, B. C. Pilsbury, M. Li, M.
LeMieux, Q. Liu, and P. W. Leu,
"Achieving Highly Conductive,
Stretchable, and Washable Fabric from Reactive
Silver Ink and Increased Interfacial Adhesion ,"
Applied Polymer Materials, vol. 4, no. 7, June 2022.
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53.
S. Haghanifar and P.W. Leu,
"Detailed balance analysis of
vertical GaAs nanowire array solar cells: exceeding
the Shockley Queisser limit ,"
Optics Express, vol. 30, no. 10, pp. 16145-16158, May
2022.
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52.
R. Cao, Z. Zhou, S. Haghanifar, J. Wu,
M.-J. Li, S. Tan, P. W. Leu, and K. P. Chen,
"Surface nanostructuring of
alkali-aluminosilicate gorilla display glass
substrates using a maskless process ,"
Nanotechnology, vol. 33. no. 24, March 2022.
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51.
S. Haghanifar, A. J. Galante, M. Zarei, J.
Chen, S. Tan, and P. W. Leu,
"Mechanically durable,
super-repellent 3D printed microcell/nanoparticle
surfaces ,"
Nano Research, vol. 15, no. 3, March 2022.
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50.
A. Galante, K. Yates, E. Romanowski, R.
Shanks, and P. W. Leu,
"Coal-Derived Functionalized
Nano-Graphene Oxide for Bleach Washable, Durable
Antiviral Fabric Coatings ,"
ACS Applied Nano Materials, vol. 5, no. 1, Jan. 2022.
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49.
S. P. Sharma and P. W. Leu,
"Solar module orientation and
tracking type performance and optimization ,"
Journal of Photonics for Energy, vol. 11, no. 4, Oct.
2021.
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48.
Z. Zhou, S.B. Walker, M. LeMieux, and P. W.
Leu,
"Polymer-Embedded Silver Microgrids
by Particle-Free Reactive Inks for Flexible
High-Performance Transparent Conducting Electrodes ,"
ACS Applied Electronic Materials, vol. 3, no. 5, pp.
2079-2086, May 2021.
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47.
S. Haghanifar, A. Galante, and P. W. Leu,
"Challenges and Prospects of
Bio-Inspired and Multifunctional Transparent
Substrates and Barrier Layers for Optoelectronics ,"
ACS Nano, vol. 14, no. 12, pp. 16241-16265, Nov. 2020.
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46.
S. Haghanifar, M. McCourt, B. Cheng, J.
Wuenschell, P. Ohodnicki, and P. W. Leu,
"Discovering high-performance
broadband and broad angle antireflection surfaces by
machine learning ,"
Optica, vol. 7, no. 7, pp. 784-789, May 2020.
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45.
A. Galante, E. Romanowski, R. Shanks, and
P. W. Leu,
"Superhemophobic and Anti-Virofouling
Coating for Mechanically Durable and Wash-Stable
Medical Textiles ,"
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, vol. 12, no.
19, pp. 22120-22128, Apr. 2020.
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44.
Z. Xu, Z. Zhou, G. Wang, and P. W. Leu,
"Identification of Efficient
Active Sites in Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanotubes for
Oxygen Reduction Reaction ,"
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, vol. 124, no. 16, p
8689-8696, Apr. 2020.
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43.
Z. Zhou, T. Gao, S. McCarthy, A. Kozbial,
S. Tan, L. Lei, D. Pekker, and P. W. Leu,
"Parahydrophobicity and stick-slip
wetting dynamics of vertically aligned carbon
nanotube forests,"
Carbon, vol. 152, p 474-481, Nov. 2019.
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42.
S. Haghanifar, M. McCourt, B. Cheng, J.
Wuenschell, P. Ohodnicki, and P. W. Leu,
"Creating glasswing-butterfly
inspired durable antifogging omniphobic
supertransmissive, superclear nanostructured glass
through bayesian learning and optimization ,"
Materials Horizons, vol. 6, no. 8, p 1632-1642, Sept.
2019.
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41.
S. Haghanifar, L. Tomasovic, A. Galante, D.
Pekker, and P. W. Leu,
"Stain-Resistant, Superomniphobic
Flexible Optical Plastics Based on Nano-Enoki
Mushrooms, "
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, vol. 7, no. 26, p
15698-15706, July 2019.
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40.
B. Wang, T. Gao, Z. Zhou, B. Pafchek, and
P. W. Leu,
"Frontside scattering structures for
enhanced performance in flexible ultrathin
crystalline silicon solar cells ,"
Journal of Photonics for Energy, vol. 8, no. 3, p
32015, Sept. 2018.
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39.
S. Haghanifar, P. Lu, M. I. Kayes, S. Tan,
K.-J. Kim, T. Gao, P. Ohodnicki, and P. W. Leu,
"Self-cleaning, high transmission,
near unity haze OTS/silica nanostructured glass ,"
Journal of Materials Chemistry C, vol. 6, no. 34, p
9191-9199, Aug. 2018.
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38.
S. Haghanifar, R. T. Rodriguez De Vecchis,
K.-J. Kim, J. Wuenschell, S. P. Sharma, P. Lu, P.
Ohodnicki, and P. W. Leu,
"Flexible nanograss with highest
combination of transparency and haze for
optoelectronic plastic substrates ,"
Nanotechnology, vol. 29, no. 42, p 42LT01, July 2018.
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37.
M. I. Kayes, A. Galante, N. A. Stella, S.
Haghanifar, R. M. Q. Shanks, and P. W. Leu,
"Stable lotus leaf-inspired
hierarchical, fluorinated polypropylene surfaces for
reduced bacterial adhesion ,"
Reactive and Functional Polymers, vol. 128, p 40-46,
Apr. 2018.
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36.
T. B. Nguyen, D. Liu, M. I. Kayes, B. Wang,
N. Rashin, P. W. Leu, and T. Tran,
"Critical heat flux enhancement in
pool boiling through increased rewetting on
nanopillar array surfaces ,"
Scientific Reports, vol. 8, no. 1, p 4815, March 2018.
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35.
T. Gao, S. Haghanifar, M. G. Lindsay, P.
Lu, M. I. Kayes, B. D. Pafchek, Z. Zhou, P. R.
Ohodnicki, and P. W. Leu,
"Fundamental performance limits and
haze evaluation of metal nanomesh transparent
conductors ,"
Advanced Optical Materials, vol. 6, no. 9, p 1700829
March 2018.
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34.
S. Haghanifar, T. Gao, R. T. Rodriguez de
Vecchis, B. Pafchek, and P. W. Leu,
"Ultrahigh-transparency,
ultrahigh-haze nanograss glass with fluid-induced
switchable haze ,"
Optica, vol. 4, no. 12, p 1522-1525, Dec. 2017.
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33.
P.-S. Huang, F. Qin, Z. Xiong, H. Shim, T.
Gao, P. W. Leu, and J.-K. Lee,
"Novel carrier doping mechanism for
transparent conductor: electron donation from
embedded Ag nanoparticles to the oxide matrix ,"
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, vol. 9, no.
23, p 19973-19979, May 2017.
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32.
T. Gao, B. Wang, and P. W. Leu,
"Plasmonic nanomesh sandwiches for
ultrathin film silicon solar cells ,"
Journal of Optics, vol. 19, no. 2, p 02591, Dec. 2016.
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31.
B. Wang, K. P. Chen, and P. W. Leu,
"Engineering inverse woodpile and
woodpile photonic crystal solar cells for light
trapping ,"
Nanotechnology, vol. 27, no. 22, p 225404, Apr. 2016.
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30.
B. Wang, T. Gao, and P. W. Leu,
"Broadband light absorption
enhancement in ultrathin film crystalline silicon
solar cells with high index of refraction nanosphere
arrays ,"
Nano Energy, vol. 19, pp 471-475, Jan. 2016.
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29.
T. Gao, P.-S. Huang, J.-K. Lee, and P. W.
Leu,
"Hierarchical metal
nanomesh/microgrid structures for high performance
transparent electrodes ,"
RSC Advances, vol. 5, no. 87, pp 70713-70717, Aug.
2015.
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28.
B. Wang and P. W. Leu,
"High index of refraction nanosphere
coatings for light trapping in crystalline silicon
thin film solar cells ,"
Nano Energy, vol. 13, p 226-232, Apr.
2015.
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27.
T. Gao, Z. Li, P.-S. Huang, G. J. Shenoy,
D. Parobek, S. Tan, J-K. Lee, H. Lee, and P. W. Leu,
"Hierarchical graphene/metal grid
structures for stable, flexible transparent
conductors ,"
ACS Nano, vol. 9, Issue 5, p 5440-5446, Apr. 2015.
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26.
A. Yan, Z. L. Poole, R. Chen, P. W. Leu, P.
Ohodnicki, and K. P. Chen,
"Scalable fabrication of metal oxide
functional materials and their applications in
high-temperature optical sensing ,"
Journal of The Minerals, Metals & Materials
Society, vol. 67, no. 1, p 58-58, Jan. 2015.
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25.
M. I. Kayes and P. W. Leu,
"Comparative study of absorption in
tilted silicon nanowire arrays for photovoltaics ,"
Nanoscale Research Letters, vol. 9, no. 1, Nov. 2014.
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24.
B. Ding, T. Gao, D. WalDec.k, P. W. Leu,
and J.-K. Lee,
"Synergistic effect of surface
plasmonic particles in PbS/TiO2 heterojunction solar
cells ,"
Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells, vol. 128, p
386-93, Sept. 2014.
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23.
T. Gao, E. Stevens, J.-K. Lee and P. W.
Leu,
"Designing metal hemispheres on
silicon ultrathin film solar cells for plasmonic
light trapping ,"
Optics Letters, vol. 39, Issue 16, p 4647-4650, Aug.
2014.
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22.
T. Gao, B. Wang, B. Ding, J.-K. Lee, and P.
W. Leu,
"Uniform and ordered copper
nanomeshes by microsphere lithography for
transparent electrodes ,"
Nano Letters, 14 (4), p 2105-10, Mar. 2014.
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21.
B. Wang, E. Stevens, and P. W. Leu,
"Strong broadband absorption in GaAs
nanocone and nanowire arrays for solar cells ,"
Optics Express, vol. 22, Issue S2, p A386-395, 2014.
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20.
B. Hua, B. Wang, M. Yu, P. W. Leu, and Z.
Fan,
"Rational geometrical design of
multi-diameter nanopillars for efficient light
harvesting ,"
Nano Energy, vol. 2, Issue 5, p 951-957, Sept. 2013.
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19.
T. Gao and P. W. Leu,
"Copper nanowire arrays for
transparent electrodes ,"
Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 114, Issue 6, p
063107-063107-6, Aug. 2013.
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18.
T. Gao and P. W. Leu,
"The role of propagating modes in
silver nanowire arrays for transparent electrodes ,"
Optics Express, vol. 21, Issue S3, p A419-A429, May
2013.
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17.
B. Wang and P. W. Leu,
"Tunable and selective resonant
absorption in vertical nanowires ,"
Optics Letters, vol. 37, Issue 18, p 3756-3758, Sept.
2012.
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16.
B. Wang, T. Gao, and P. W. Leu,
"Computational simulations of
nanostructured solar cells ,"
Nano Life, vol. 02, Issue 02, June 2012.
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15.
B. Wang and P. W. Leu,
“Enhanced absorption in silicon
nanocone arrays for photovoltaics ,”
Nanotechnology, vol. 23, no. 19, p. 194003, May 2012.
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14.
H. Ko, K. Takei, R. Kapadia, S. Chuang, H.
Fang, P. W. Leu, K. Ganapathi, E. Plis, H. S. Kim, S.
Chen, M. Madsen, A. C. Ford, Y. Chueh, S. Krishna, S.
Salahuddin, and A. Javey,
“Ultrathin compound semiconductor on
insulator layers for high-performance nanoscale
transistors ,”
Nature, vol. 468, no. 7321, p 286–289, Nov. 2010.
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13.
K. Takei, T. Takahashi, J. C. Ho, H. Ko, A.
G. Gillies, P. W. Leu, R. S. Fearing, and A. Javey,
“Nanowire active-matrix circuitry for
low-voltage macroscale artificial skin ,”
Nature Materials, vol. 9, no. 10, p 821-6, Sept. 2010.
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12.
Z. Fan, R. Kapadia, P. W. Leu, X. Zhang, Y.
Chueh, K. Takei, K. Yu, A. Jamshidi, A. A. Rathore, D.
J. Ruebusch, M. Wu, and A. Javey,
“Ordered arrays of dual-diameter
nanopillars for maximized optical absorption ,”
Nano Letters, May 2010.
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11.
P. C. McIntyre, H. Adhikari, I. A.
Goldthorpe, S. Hu, P. W. Leu, A. F. Mar.shall, and C.
E. D. Chidsey,
“Group IV semiconductor nanowire
arrays: epitaxy in different contexts ,”
Semiconductor Science and Technology, vol. 25, no. 2,
p. 024016, Feb. 2010.
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10.
Z. Fan, D. Ruebusch, A. Rathore, R.
Kapadia, O. Ergen, P. W. Leu, and A. Javey,
“Challenges and prospects of
nanopillar-based solar cells ,”
Nano Research, vol. 2, no. 11, p 829–843, Nov. 2009.
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9.
S. Hu, P. W. Leu, A. F. Mar.shall, and P.
C. McIntyre,
“Single-crystal germanium layers
grown on silicon by nanowire seeding ,”
Nature Nanotechnology, vol. 4, no. 10, p 649–653, Oct.
2009.
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8.
J. C. Ho, A. C. Ford, Y. Chueh, P. W. Leu,
O. Ergen, K. Takei, G. Smith, P. Majhi, J. Bennett,
and A. Javey,
“Nanoscale doping of InAs via sulfur
monolayers ,”
Applied Physics Letters, vol. 95, no. 7, p 072 108–3,
Aug. 2009.
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7.
Z. Fan, H. Razavi, J. won Do, A. Moriwaki,
O. Ergen, Y. Chueh, P. W. Leu, J. C. Ho, T. Takahashi,
L. A. Reichertz, S. Neale, K. Yu, M. Wu, J. W. Ager,
and A. Javey,
“Three-dimensional nanopillar-array
photovoltaics on low-cost and flexible substrates ,”
Nature Materials, vol. 8, no. 8, p 648–653, July
2009.
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6.
H. Ko, J. Lee, B. E. Schubert, Y. Chueh, P.
W. Leu, R. S. Fearing, and A. Javey,
“Hybrid core-shell nanowire forests
as self-selective chemical connectors ,”
Nano Letters, vol. 9, no. 5, p 2054–2058, May
2009.
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5.
M. Koto, P. W. Leu, and P. C. McIntyre,
“Vertical germanium nanowire arrays
in microfluidic channels for charged molecule
detection ,”
Journal of The Electrochemical Society, vol. 156, no.
2, p K11–K16, Feb. 2009.
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4.
P. W. Leu, H. Adhikari, M. Koto, K. Kim, P.
de Rouffignac, A. F. Mar.shall, R. G. Gordon, C. E. D.
Chidsey, and P. C. McIntyre,
“Oxide-encapsulated vertical
germanium nanowire structures and their DC transport
properties ,”
Nanotechnology, vol. 19, no. 48, p. 485705, Nov.
2008.
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3.
P. W. Leu, A. Svizhenko, and K. Cho,
“Ab initio calculations of the
mechanical and electronic properties of strained Si
nanowires ,”
Physical Review B, vol. 77, no. 23, p. 235305, June
2008.
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2.
A. Svizhenko, P. W. Leu, and K. Cho,
“Effect of growth orientation and
surface roughness on electron transport in silicon
nanowires ,”
Physical Review B, vol. 75, no. 12, p. 125417, Mar.
2007.
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1.
P. W. Leu, B. Shan, and K. Cho,
“Surface chemical control of the
electronic structure of silicon nanowires: Density
functional calculations ,”
Physical Review B, vol. 73, no. 19, p. 195320, May
2006.
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