PUBLICATIONS
Submitted
M. Strasbourg et al.,
"Enhanced multiexciton formation by an electron-hole plasma in 2D semiconductors”
(submitted)
2022
Nicholas J. Borys, Christos Argyropoulos, and Lei Ye
”Light and matter interactions: Recent advances in materials, theory, fabrication, and characterization”
APL Materials 10, 060401 (2022).
Juan M. Marmolejo-Tejada, J. Pierce Fix, Patrick Kung, Nicholas J. Borys, Martín A. Mosquera
"Theoretical Analysis of the Nanoscale Composition, Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy, and Electronic Properties of Alloys in 2D MoS2–WS2 Heterostructures"
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 126, 9099-9108 (2022).
2021
S. Garg et al.,
”Nanoscale Raman characterization of a 2D semiconductor lateral heterostructure interface”
ACS Nano doi:10.1021/acsnano.1c06595 (2021).
A preprint is also available: arXiv:2111.00135
V. R. Mann et al.,
”Controlled and stable patterning of diverse inorganic nanocrystals on crystalline two-dimensional protein arrays”
Biochemistry 60, 1063 (2021).
M. Ghini et al.,
”0D nanocrystals as light-driven, localized charge-injection sources for the contactless manipulation of atomically thin 2D materials”
Advanced Photonics Research 2, 2000151 (2021).
L. Maserati et al.,
“Anisotropic 2D excitons unveiled in organic-inorganic quantum wells”
Materials Horizons 8, 197 (2021).
2020
K. Yao et al.,
”Strongly quantum confined blue-excitons in chemically configurable multiquantum wells”
ACS Nano doi:10.1021/acsnano.0c08096 (2020).
B. Schuler et al.,
”Electrically driven photon emission from individual atomic defects in monolayer WS2”
Science Advances 6, eabb5988 (2020).
C. Trovatello et al.,
”The ultrafast onset of exciton formation in 2D semiconductors”
Nature Commun 11, 3172 (2020).
T. P. Darlington et al.,
”Facile and quantitative estimation of strain in nanobubbles with arbitrary symmetry in 2D semiconductors verified using hyperspectral nano-optical imaging”
J. Chem. Phys. 153, 024702 (2020).
T. P. Darlington et al.,
”Imaging strain-localized excitons in nanoscale bubbles of monolayer WSe2 at room temperature”
Nature Nanotech. doi:10.1038/s41565-020-0730-5 (2020).
See the MSU Press Release and Columbia University Press Release
I. Kriegel et al.,
”Light-driven permanent charge separation across a hybrid zero-dimensional/two-dimensional interface”
J. Phys. Chem. C 124, 8000 (2020).
E. Penzo, A. Loiudice, E. S. Barnard, N. J. Borys et al.,
”Long-range exciton diffusion in two-dimensional assemblies of cesium lead bromide perovskite nanocrystals”
ACS Nano 14, 6999 (2020).
L. Maserati, S. Refaely-Abramson, Christoph Kastl, Christopher T. Chen, N. J. Borys, M. Strasbourg, et al.,
”Anisotropic 2D excitons unveiled in organic-inorganic quantum wells,”
Materials Horizons doi:10.1039/c9mh0917k (2020).
2019
B. Schuler, K. A. Cochrane, C. Kastl, E. Barnard, E. Wong, N. J. Borys et al.,
”How substitutional point defects in two-dimensional WS2 induce charge localization, spin-orbit splitting, and strain,”
ACS Nano 13, 10520 (2019).
M. Miscuglio, N. J. Borys et al.,
”Planar Aperiodic Arrays as Metasurfaces for Optical Near-Field Patterning,"
ACS Nano 13, 5646 (2019).
C. Kastl, R. J. Koch, C. T. Chen, J. Eichorn, S. Ulstrup, A. Bostwick, C. Jozwiak, R. R. Kuykendall, N. J. Borys et al.,
”Effects of defects on band structure and excitons in WS2 revealed by nanoscale photoemission spectroscopy,”
ACS Nano 13, 1284 (2019).
2018
A. D. Pickel, A. Teitelboim, E. M. Chan, N. J. Borys, P. J. Schuck, and C. Dames,
”Apparent self-heating of individual upconverting nanoparticle thermometers,”
Nature Communications 9, 4907 (2018).
L. Xiao, B. He, Q. Hu, L. Maserati, Y. Zhao, B. Yang, M. A. Kolaczkowski, C. L. Anderson, N. J. Borys et al.,
"Multiple Roles of a Non-fullerene Acceptor Contribute Synergistically for High-Efficiency Ternary Organic Photovoltaics,"
Joule doi:10.1016/j.joule.2018.08.002 (2018).
B. Tian, A. Fernandez-Bravo, M. V. P. Altoe, C. A Tajon, Y. Tian, N. J. Borys et al.,
"Low irradiance multiphoton imaging with alloyed lanthanide nanocrystals,"
Nature Communications 9, 3082 (2018).
See LBNL press release: link.
A. Fernandez-Bravo, K. Yao, E. S. Barnard, N. J. Borys et al.,
"Continuous-wave upconverting nanoparticle microlasers"
Nature Nanotechnology 13, 572 (2018).
Highlighted by Nature Nano News & Views: link.
Also see LBNL press release: link.
2017
L. Richey-Simonsen, N. J. Borys et al.,
"Investigating surface effects in GaN nanowires using confocal microscopy at below band-gap excitation,"
Journal of Materials Research 32, 4076 (2017).
D. J. Garfield†, N. J. Borys† et al.,
"Enrichment of molecular antenna triplets amplifies upconconverting nanoparticle emission,"
Nature Photonics 12, 402 (2018).
Highlighted by Nature Photonics News & Views: link.
Also see LBNL press release: link.
S. Dhuey, A. Testini, A. Kosholev, N. J. Borys et al.,
"Three-dimensional woodpile photonic crystals for visible light applications,"
Journal of Physics Communications 1, 015004 (2017).
K. Yao, A. Yan, S. Kahn, A. Suslu, Y. Liang, E. S. Barnard, S. Tongay, A. Zettl, N. J. Borys* and P. J. Schuck*
"Optically discriminating carrier-induced quasiparticle band gap and exciton energy renormalization in monolayer MoS2,"
Physical Review Letters 119, 087401 (2017).
See LBNL press release: link.
K. Zhang†, N. J. Borys†, B. Bersch†, P. J. Shuck, J. A. Robinson* et al.,
“Deconvoluting the photonic and electronic response of 2D materials,”
Scientific Reports 7, 16938 (2017).
M. A. Koc, S. N. Raja, L. A. Hanson, S. C. Nyguyen, N. J. Borys, A. P. Alivisatos* et al.,
“Characterizing photon reabsorption in quantum dot-polymer composites for use as a displacement sensor,”
ACS Nano 11, 2075 (2017).
G. Calafiore, A. Kosholev, T. P. Darlington, N. J. Borys et al.,
“Campanile near-field optical probes fabricated by nanoimprint lithography on the facet of an optical fiber,”
Scientific Reports 7, 1651 (2017).
2016
Z. Lin, A. McCreary, N. Briggs, S. Subramanian, K. Zhang, Y. Sun, X. Li, N. J. Borys et al.,
“2D materials advances in 2015-2016: from large scale synthesis and controlled hetero-structures to improved characterization techniques, defects and applications,”
2D Materials 3, 042001 (2016).
C. Kastl, C. Chen, T. R. Kuykendall, T. P. Darlington, N. J. Borys et al.,
“The important role of water in growth of monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides,”
2D Materials 4, 021024 (2017).
N. J. Borys*, P. J. Schuck et al.,
“Anomalous above-gap photoexcitations and optical signatures of localized charge puddles in monolayer molybdenum disulfide,”
ACS Nano 11, 2115 (2017).
E. S. Barnard*, B. Ursprung, E. Colegrove, H. R. Moutino, N. J. Borys et al.,
“3D lifetime tomography reveals how CdCl2 improves recombination throughout CdTe solar cells,”
Adv. Mater. 29, 1603801 (2017).
J. Kilbane, E. Chan, C. Monachon, N. J. Borys et al.,
“Far-field optical nanothermometry using individual sub-50 nm upconverting nanoparticles,”
Nanoscale 8, 11611 (2016).
F. Toma, J. K. Cooper, V. Kunzelmann, M. T. McDowell, J. Yu, D. Larson, N. J. Borys et al.,
“Mechanistic Insights into Chemical and Photochemical Transformations of Bismuth Vanadate Photoanodes,”
Nature Commun. 7, 12012 (2016).
P. J. Schuck, W. Bao and N. J. Borys,
“A polarizing situation: taking an in-plane perspective for next-generation near-field studies,”
Front. Phys. 11, 117804 (2016).
D. F. Ogletree*, P. J. Schuck*, A. F. Weber-Bargioni*, N. J. Borys et al.,
“Revealing optical properties of reduced dimensionality materials at relevant length scales,”
Adv. Mater. 27, 5693 (2015).
2015
W. Bao†, N. J. Borys†, P. J. Schuck* et al.,
“Visualizing nanoscale excitonic relaxation properties of disordered edges and grain boundaries in monolayer molybdenum disulfide,”
Nat. Commun. 6, 7993 (2015).
Covered by cleantechnica.com.
S. Liu, N. J. Borys*, S. Sapra, A. Eychmuller and J. M. Lupton,
“Localization and dynamics of long-lived excitations in colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals with dual quantum confinement,”
ChemPhysChem 16, 1663 (2015).
Prior to 2015
N. J. Borys*, E. Shafran and J. M. Lupton,
“Surface plasmon delocalization in silver nanoparticle aggregates revealed by subdiffraction supercontinuum hot spots,”
Sci. Rep. 3, 2090 (2013).
E. Shafran, N. J. Borys*, J. Huang, D. V. Talapin and J. M. Lupton,
“Indirect exciton formation due to inhibited carrier thermalization in single CdSe/CdS nanocrystals,”
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 4, 691 (2013).
S. Liu, N. J. Borys, J. Huang, D. V. Talapin and J. M. Lupton*,
“Exciton storage in CdSe/CdS tetrapod semiconductor nanocrystals: electric field effects on exciton and multiexciton states,”
Phys. Rev. B 86, 045303 (2012).
S. Liu, D. Schmitz, S-S. Jester, N. J. Borys, S. Höger and J. M. Lupton*,
“Coherent and incoherent interactions between cofacial π-conjugated oligomer dimers in macrocycle templates,”
J. Phys. Chem. B 117, 4197 (2013) (published online in 2012).
D. Li, N. J. Borys* and J. M. Lupton,
“Probing the electrode-polymer interface in conjugated polymer devices with surface-enhanced Raman scattering,”
Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 141907 (2012).
N. J. Borys and J. M. Lupton*,
“Surface-enhanced light emission from single hot spots in fractal silver nanoparticle films: linear versus non-linear optical excitation,”
J. Phys. Chem. C 115, 13645 (2011).
E. Da Como, N. J. Borys, P. Strohriegl, M. J. Walter and J. M. Lupton*,
“Formation of a Defect-Free π-Electron System in Single β-Phase Polyfluorene Chains,”
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133, 3690 (2011).
Highlighted in the Editor’s Choice section of Science.
N. J. Borys, M. J. Walter, J. Huang, D. V. Talapin and J. M. Lupton*,
“The role of particle morphology in interfacial energy transfer in CdSe/CdS heterostructure nanocrystals,”
Science 330, 1371 (2010).
Highlighted in MRS Today.
N. J. Borys, M. J. Walter and J. M. Lupton*
“Intermittency in second-harmonic radiation from hot spots on rough silver films,”
Phys. Rev. B 80, 161407(R) (2009).
Highlighted in the Research Highlights section of Nature Physics.
D. Chaudhuri, J. W. Galusha, M. J. Walter, N. J. Borys, M. H. Bartl* and J. M. Lupton*,
“Towards sub-diffraction transmission microscopy of diffuse materials by using silver nanoparticle white-light beacons,”
Nano Lett. 9, 952 (2009).
Highlighted on sciencemag.org.
M. J. Walter, N. J. Borys, G. Gaefke, S. Höger and J. M. Lupton*,
“Spatial Anticorrelation between Nonlinear White-Light Generation and Single Molecule Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering,”
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130, 16830 (2008).
M. J. Walter, N. J. Borys, K. J. van Schooten and J. M. Lupton*,
“Light-Harvesting Action Spectroscopy of Single Conjugated Polymer Nanowires,”
Nano Lett. 8, 3330 (2008).
D. R. McCamey, H. A. Seipel, S. Y. Paik, M. J. Walter, N. J. Borys, J. M. Lupton* and C. Boehme*,
“Spin Rabi flipping in the photocurrent of a polymer light-emitting diode,”
Nature Mat. 7, 723 (2008).