Publications

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† equal contribution; * corresponding author

Peer-reviewed publications after joining MU:

22. Modi, G.; Parate, S.K.; Kwon, C.; Meng, A.C.; Khandelwal, U.; Tullibilli, A.; Horwath, J.; Davies, P.K.; Stach, E.A.; Li, J.; Nukala, P.; Agarwal, R. Electrically driven long-range solid-state amorphization in ferroic In2Se3. Nature. 2024, ASAP. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-08156-8

21. Xie, Y.; Xu, S.; Meng, A.C.; Zheng, B.; Chen, Z.; Tour, J.M.; Lin, J. Laser-Induced High-Entropy Alloys as Long-Duration Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Seawater Splitting. Energy Environ. Sci. 2024, Advance Article. DOI: 10.1039/D4EE01093K

20. Bhattarai, B.; Zhang, X.; Xu, W.; Gu, Y.; Meng, W.J.; Meng, A.C. Effect of Sc spatial distribution on electronic and ferroelectric properties of AlScN. Mater. Horiz. 2024, 11, 5402-5408. DOI: 10.1039/D4MH00551A

19. Anderson, N.J.; Zhang, X.; Zhang, B.; Meng, A.C.; Mu, Y.; Cao, D.M.; Li, Y.; Shao, L.; Meng, W.J. AlCrTaTiZr-based high entropy alloy nitride coatings on stainless steel substrates: Characterization and microscale tension testing. Surf. Coat. Technol. 2024, 489, 131141. DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2024.131141

18. Huang, F.; Saini, B.; Wan, L.; Lu, H.; He, X.; Qin, S.; Tsai, W.; Gruverman, A.; Meng, A.C.; Wong, H.-S.P.; McIntyre, P.C.; Wong, S. Dimensional Scaling of Ferroelectric Properties of Hafnia-Zirconia Thin Films: Electrode Interface Effects. ACS Nano. 2024, 18(27), 17600–17610. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c01992

17. Zheng, B.; Xie, Y.; Xu, S.; Meng, A.C.; Wang, S.; Wu, Y.; Yang, S.; Wan, C.; Huang, G.; Tour, J.M.; Lin, J. Programmed multimaterial assembly by synergized 3D printing and freeform laser induction. Nat. Commun. 2024, 15(1), 4541. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48919-5

16. Modi, G.; Meng, A.C.; Rajagopalan, S.; Thiruvengadam, R.; Davies, P.K.; Stach, E.A.; Agarwal, R. Controlled Self-Assembly of Nanoscale Superstructures in Phase-Change Ge–Sb–Te Nanowires. Nano Lett. 2024, 24(19), 5799–5807. DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c00878

15. Yoo, C.; Hartanto, J.; Saini, B.; Tsai, W.; Thampy, V.; Saadat Niavol, S.; Meng, A.C.; McIntyre, P.C. Atomic Layer Deposition of WO3-Doped In2O3 for Reliable and Scalable BEOL-Compatible Transistors. Nano Lett. 2024, 24(19) 5737–5745. DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c00746

14. Dalba, D.A.; Zhang, X.; Xu, W.; Bhattarai, B.; Gamachchi, D.M.; Karunarathne, I.M.; Meng, W.J.; Meng, A.C. Effect of ZnO Interfacial Seed Layer in Sol–Gel Grown ZnMgO Ferroelectric. ACS Appl. Electron. Mater. 2024, ASAP. DOI: 10.1021/acsaelm.4c00281

13. Ghobadi, A.; Saadat Niavol, S.; Restuccia, E.; Meng, A.C.; Guha, S. Poling induced changes in polarization domain structure of polymer ferroelectrics for application in organic thin film transistors. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2024, 124(15), 153301. DOI: 10.1063/5.0200724

12. Gu, Y.; Meng, A.C.; Ross, A.; Chen, L.-Q. A phenomenological thermodynamic energy density function for ferroelectric wurtzite Al1-xScxN single crystals. J. Appl. Phys. 2024, 135, 094102. DOI: 10.1063/5.0190677

11. Zhang, X.; Xu, W.; Meng, W.J.*; Meng, A.C.* Single Crystal Ferroelectric AlScN Nanowires. CrystEngComm. 2024, 26, 180-191. DOI: 10.1039/D3CE00990D

10. Kumar, P.; Chen, J.; Meng, A.C.; Yang, W.-C. D.; Anantharaman, S.B.; Horwath, J.P.; Idrobo, J.C.; Mishra, H.; Liu, Y.; Davydov, A.V.; Stach, E.A.; Jariwala, D. Observation of Sub-10 nm Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Nanocrystals in Rapidly Heated van der Waals Heterostructures. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces. 2023, 15, 59693–59703. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c13471

9. Huang, F.; Saini, B.; Yu, Z.; Yoo, C.; Thampy, V.; He, X.; Baniecki, J.D.; Tsai, W.; Meng, A.C.; McIntyre, P.C.; Wong, S. Enhanced Switching Reliability of Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 Ferroelectric Films Induced by Interface Engineering. ACS. Appl. Mater. Interfaces. 2023, 15(43), 50246–50253. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c08895

8. Zhang, X.; Meng, W.J.*; Meng, A.C.* Chemical potential gradient induced formation of Kirkendall voids at the epitaxial TiN/MgO interface. Nanoscale. 2023, 15, 13086-13093. DOI: 10.1039/D3NR01860A

7. Peng, S.; Wang, Y.; Braun, M.; Yin, Y.; Meng, A.C.; Tan, W.; Saini, B.; Severson, K.; Marshall A.F.; Sytwu, K.; Baniecki, J.D.; Dionne, J.; Cai, W.; McIntyre, P.C. Kinetics and mechanism of light-induced phase separation in a mixed-halide perovskite. Matter. 2023, 6 (6), 2052-2065. DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2023.04.025

6. Zhang, B.; Ding, H.; Meng, A.C.; Nemati, S.; Guo, S.; Meng, W.J. Crack reduction in Inconel 939 with Si addition processed by laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing. Addit. Manuf. 2023, 72, 103623. DOI: 10.1016/j.addma.2023.103623

5. Anderson, N.J.; Zhang, B.; Meng, A.C.; Zhang, X.; Lijesh, K.P.; Khonsari, M.M.; Meng, W.J. Cr-containing diamond-like carbon coatings deposited on 316 stainless steel substrates: characterization and interfacial fracture toughness measurements. Surf. Coat. Technol. 2023, 462 (15), 129462. DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2023.129462

4. Zhang, X., Stach, E.A., Meng, W.J.*, Meng, A.C.* Nanoscale compositional segregation in epitaxial AlScN on Si (111). Nanoscale Horiz. 2023, 8, 674-684. DOI: 10.1039/D2NH00567K

3. Meng, A.C.*; Serra-Maia, R.; Low, K.-B.; Lang, H.; Stach, E.A.* Liquid Cell Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy Characterization of Combined Chemical and Electrochemical Reduction of Palladium. Mater. Today Nano, 2022, 21, 100266. DOI: 10.1016/j.mtnano.2022.100266

2. Braun, M.R., Lentz, J.Z., Bishnoi, I., Meng, A.C., Casalena, L., Cheng, H., McIntyre, P.C. Oxide Decomposition and Sn Surface Segregation on Core/Shell Ge/GeSn Nanowires. ACS Appl. Electron. Mater. 2022, 4 (11), 5406-5412. DOI: 10.1021/acsaelm.2c01061

1. Zhang, X.; Namakian, R.; Meng, A.C.; Moldovan, D.; Meng, W.J. Size-dependent Tensile Failure of Epitaxial TiN/Cu/TiN Sandwich Pillar Structures: a Combined Experimentation–Atomistic Simulation Study. Mater. Sci. Eng. A, 2022, 855, 143889. DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2022.143889

Selected publications prior to joining MU:

10. Kumar, P; Meng, A.C.; Jo, K.; Stach, E.A.*; Jariwala, D.* Interfacial Reaction and Diffusion at the One-Dimensional Interface of Two-Dimensional PtSe2. Nano Lett., 2022, 12, 4733-4740. DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c00874

9. Zhang, B.† ; Meng, A.C.†; Meng, W.J.* Deviation of mechanical behavior in microforming from continuum scaling: a GND storage perspective. Int. J. Mach. Tools Manuf., 2021, 169, 103795. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmachtools.2021.103795

8. Meng, A.C.; Low, K.-B.; Foucher, A.C.; Li, Y.; Petrovic, I.; Stach, E.A.* Anomalous Metal Vaporization from Pt/Pd/Al2O3 under Redox Conditions. Nanoscale, 2021, 13, 11427-11438. DOI: 10.1039/D1NR01733K

7. Serra-Maia, R.*; Kumar, P.; Meng, A.C.; Foucher, A.C.; Kang, Y.; Karki, K.; Jariwala, D.; Stach, E.A.* Nanoscale Chemical and Structural Analysis during In-Situ Scanning/Transmission Electron Microscopy in Liquids. ACS Nano, 2021, 15, 10228–10240. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c02340

6. Meng, A.C.; Braun, M.R.; Wang, Y.; Peng, S.; Tan, W.; Lentz, J.Z.; Xue, M.; Pakzad, A.; Marshall, A.F.; Harris, J.S.; Cai, W.; McIntyre, P.C.* Growth Mode Control for Direct-Gap Core/Shell Ge/GeSn Nanowire Light Emission. Mater. Today, 2020, 40, 101-113. DOI: 10.1016/j.mattod.2020.05.019

5. Meng, A.C.; Braun, M.R.; Wang, Y.; Fenrich, C.S.; Xue, M.; Diercks, D.R.; Gorman, B.P.; Richard, M.-I.; Marshall, A.F.; Cai, W.; Harris, J.S.; McIntyre, P.C.*, Coupling of Coherent Misfit Strain and Composition Distributions in Core-shell Ge/Ge1-xSnx Nanowire Light Emitters. Mater. Today Nano, 2019, 5, 100026. DOI: 10.1016/j.mtnano.2019.01.001

4. Meng, A.C.; Tang, K.; Braun, M.R.; Zhang, L.; McIntyre, P.C.*, Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy for Quantitative Interface State Characterization of Planar and Nanostructured Semiconductor-Dielectric Interfaces. Nanotechnology, 2017, 28, 415704. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/aa842b

3. Tang, K.; Meng, A.C.; Hui, F.; Shi, Y.; Petach, T.; Hitzman, C.; Koh, A.L.; Goldhaber-Gordon, D.; Lanza, M.; McIntyre, P.C.*, Distinguishing Oxygen Vacancy Electromigration and Conductive Filament Formation in TiO2 Resistance Switching Using Liquid Electrolyte Contacts. Nano Lett., 2017, 17, 4390-4399. DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b01460

2. Meng, A.C.; Fenrich, C.S.; Braun, M.R.; McVittie, J.P.; Marshall, A.F.; Harris, J.S.; McIntyre, P.C.*, Core-Shell Germanium/Germanium-Tin Nanowires Exhibiting Room-Temperature Direct-and Indirect-Gap Photoluminescence. Nano Lett., 2016, 16, 7521-7529. DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b03316

1. Xiang, C.†; Meng, A.C.†; Lewis, N.S.*, Evaluation and Optimization of Mass Transport of Redox Species in Silicon Microwire-Array Photoelectrodes. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 2012, 109, 15622-15627. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1118338109