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2024

“Structure and phase transitions in niobium and tantalum derived nanoscale transition metal perovskites, Ba(Ti,MV)O3 M=NB,Ta," J. Lombardi, L. Yang, N. Farahmand, A. Ruffino, A. Younes, J.E. Spanier, S.J.L. Billinge, S. O’Brien, Journal of Chemical Physics 160, 134702 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0192488

2023

“An atomistic model of electronic polarizability for calculation of Raman scattering from large-scale MD simulations," A. Paul, A. Ruffino, S. Masiuk, J. Spanier, I. Grinberg, arXiv, 15 April (2023). https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2304.07536

“Ultrahigh bulk photovoltaic effect responsivity in thin films: Unexpected behavior in a classic ferroelectric material," O. Shafir, A. L. Bennett-Jackson, A. R. Will-Cole, A. Samanta, D. Chen, A. Podpirka, A. Burger, L. Wu, E. Lupi Sosa,  L. W. Martin, J. E. Spanier, I. Grinberg, Solar RRL (2023). https://doi.org/10.1002/solr.202300294

Defect-induced, ferroelectric-like switching and adjustable dielectric tunability in antiferroelectrics," H. Pan, Z. Tian, M. Acharya, X. Huang, P. Kavle, H. Zhang, L. Wu, D. Chen, J. Carroll, R. Scales, C. J. G. Meyers, K. Coleman, B. Hanrahan, J. E. Spanier, L. W. Martin, Advanced Materials, 35 2300257 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202300257

2022

A predictive theory for domain walls in oxide ferroelectrics based on interatomic interactions and its implications for collective material properties," A. Samanta, S. Yadav, Z. Gu, C. J. G. Meyers, L. Wu, D. Chen, S. Pandya, R.A. York, L.W. Martin, J.E. Spanier, I. Grinberg, Advanced Materials (2022) 34(7). https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202106021   

2021

“Polarization-modulated photovoltaic effect at the morphotropic phase boundary in ferroelectric ceramics," L. Wu, A. M. Burger, A. L. Bennett-Jackson, J. E. Spanier and P. K. Davies, Advanced Electronic Materials 2100144 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.202100144

“Ultrahigh anhamonicity low-permittivity tunable nanocrystalline thin-film BaTi2O5," M. Falmbigl, I. S. Golovina, C.  J. Hawley, A. V. Plokhikh, O. Shafir, I. Grinberg and J. E. Spanier, Acta Materialia 208, 116712 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2021.116712

2020

“The shift photovoltaic current and magnetically-induced bulk photocurrent in piezoelectric sillenite crystals," A.M.Burger, L. Gao, R. Agarwal, A. Aprelev, J. E. Spanier, A. M. Rappe and V. M Fridkin, Phys. Rev. B 102, 081113 (2020).

“Nanocrystalline polymorphic oxide perovskite-based high-k low-leakage thin-film materials," I. S. Golovina, M. Falmbigl, A. V. Plokhikh, A. L. Bennett-Jackson, A. J. Ruffino, A. D. Gutierrez-Perez, C. L. Johnson, and J. E. Spanier, Thin Solid Films 138128 (2020).

2019

“Enhanced stability and thickness-independent oxygen evolution electrocatalysis of heterostructured anodes with buried epitaxial bi-layers," J. D. Baniecki, H. Yamaguchi, C. Harnagea, D. Ricinschi, Z. Gu, J. E. Spanier, T. Yamazaki, and A. Hiroyuki, Adv. Energy Mater. 1803846 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201803846

“Ferroelectric, Optical and Photovoltaic Properties of Morphotropic Phase Boundary Compositions in the PbTiO3-BiFeO3-Bi(Ni1/2Ti1/2)O3 System," L. Wu, A. Podpirka, J. E. Spanier and P. K. Davies, Chem. Mater. 31, 4184, (2019). https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b00996

“Toward a Low-Temperature Route for Epitaxial Integration of BiFeO3 on Si," A. V. Plokhikh, I. A. Karateev, M. Falmbigl, A. L. Vasiliev, J. Lapano, R. Engel-Herbert, and J. E. Spanier, J. Phys. Chem. C (2019). https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b12486

“Direct observation of shift and ballistic photovoltaic currents," A. M. Burger, R. Agarwal, A. Aprelev, E. Schruba, A. Gutierrez-Perez, V. M. Fridkin and J. E. Spanier, Science Advances 5, eaau5588 (2019). pdf. http://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aau5588

“Infrared-to-ultraviolet light-absorbing BaTiO3-based ferroelectric photovoltaic materials," L. Wu, A. R. Akbashev, A. A. Podpirka, J. E. Spanier and P. K. Davies, J. Amer. Cer. Soc. 102, 4188 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.16307

2018

“van der Waals epitaxy of highly (111)-oriented BaTiO3 on MXene,” A. L. Bennett-Jackson, M. Falmbigl, K. Hantanasirisakul, Z. Gu, D. Imbrenda, A. V. Plokhikh, A. Will-Cole, C. Hatter, L. Wu, B. Anasori, Y. Gogotsi and J. E. Spanier, Nanoscale 11, 622-630 (2018).

“Controlling the Phase Transition in Nanocrystalline Ferroelectric Thin Films via Cation Ratio,” I. S. Golovina, M. Falmbigl, C. J. Hawley, A. J. Ruffino, A. V. Plokhikh, I. A. Karateev, T. C. Parker, A. Gutierrez-Perez, A. L. Vasiliev, and J. E. Spanier, Nanoscale 10, 21798-21808, (2018).

“Resonant domain wall-enhanced tunable microwave ferroelectrics,” Z. Gu, S. Pandya, A. Samanta, S. Liu, G. Xiao, C.J.G. Meyers, A.R. Damodaran, H. Barak, A. Dasgupta, S. Saremi, A. Polemi, L. Wu, A. Podpirka, A. Will-Cole, C.J. Hawley, P.K. Davies, R.A. York, I. Grinberg, L.W. Martin, and J.E. Spanier, Nature 560, 622–627 (2018). http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0434-2

“Evidence of extended cation solubility in atomic layer deposited nanocrystalline BaTiO3 thin films and its strong impact on the electrical properties,” M. Falmbigl, I. Karateev, I. S. Golovina, A. V. Plokhikh, T. C. Parker, A. L. Vasiliev, and J. E. Spanier, Nanoscale 10, 12515-12525 (2018).

“Effect of annealing conditions on the electrical properties of ALD-grown polycrystalline BiFeO3 films", I. S. Golovina, M. Falmbigl, A. V. Plokhikh, T. C. Parker, C. Johnson, and J. E. Spanier J. Mater. Chem. C 6, 5462-5472 (2018).

2017

“Structural and ferroelectric phase evolution in [KNbO3](1-x)[BaNi0.5Nb0.5O(3-δ)]x (x = 0, 0.1),” C. J. Hawley, L. Wu, G. Xiao, I. Grinberg, A. M. Rappe, P. K. Davies and J. E. Spanier, Phys. Rev. B 96, 054117 (2017).

“Getting a charge out of hybrid perovskites,” A. M. Rappe, I. Grinberg, and J. E. Spanier, Proc. Nat. Acad. Soc. 114, 7191-7193 (2017). http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2017/06/28/1708154114

“BaTiO3 thin films from atomic layer deposition: a superlattice approach," M. Falmbigl, I. S. Golovina, A. V. Plokhikh, D. Imbrenda, A. Podpirka, C. J. Hawley, G. Xiao, A. Gutierrez-Perez, I. A. Karateev, A. L. Vasiliev, T. C. Parker and J. E. Spanier, J. Phys. Chem. (2017). http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b05633

“Formation of BiFeO3 from a binary oxide superlattice grown by atomic layer deposition," A. V. Plokhikh, M. Falmbigl, I. S. Golovina, A. R. Akbashev, I. A. Karate, M. Y. Presnyakov, A. L. Vasiliev, and J. E. Spanier, ChemPhysChem (2017), (back cover). https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201700407

“Reply to ‘Reconsidering the Shockley–Queisser limit of a ferroelectric insulator device’," J. E. Spanier, V. M. Fridkin, A. M. Rappe, A. R. Akbashev, A. Polemi, Y. Qi, Z. Gu, S. M. Young, C. J. Hawley, D. Imbrenda, G. Xiao, A. L. Bennett-Jackson, and C. L. Johnson, Nature Photon. 11, 330 (2017). http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2016.143 .pdf

“Quantitative phase-change thermodynamics and metastability of perovskite-phase cesium lead iodide," S. Dastidar, C. J. Hawley, A. DeVries Dillon, A. D. Gutierrez-Perez, J. E. Spanier, and A. T. Fafarman, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 8, 1278, (2017). http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b00134

“Mesoscopic free path of nonthermalized photogenerated carriers in a ferroelectric insulator," Z. Gu, D. Imbrenda, A. L. Bennett-Jackson, M. Falmbigl, A. Podpirka, T. C. Parker, D. Shreiber, M. P. Ivill, V. M. Fridkin, and J. E. Spanier, Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 096601, (2017). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.096601

2016

“In situ crystallization study of impurity phases in Bi-Fe-O thin films grown by atomic layer deposition," A. R. Akbashev, M. Falmbigl, A. Plokhikh, and J. E. Spanier, CrystEngComm Advance Article 2017, DOI: 10.1039/C6CE00339G. http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2017/ce/c6ce00339g

“Power conversion efficiency exceeding the Shockley-Queisser limit in a ferroelectric insulator," J. E. Spanier, V. M. Fridkin, A. M. Rappe, A. R. Akbashev, A. Polemi, Y. Qi, Z. Gu, S. M. Young, C. J. Hawley, D. Imbrenda, G. Xiao, A. L. Bennett-Jackson, and C. L. Johnson, Nature Photon. 10, 611-616 (2016). http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2016.143 .pdf

“Semiconducting and photovoltaic ferroelectrics," A. R. Akbashev, V. M. Fridkin and J. E. Spanier, Chapter 26 in Nanoscale Ferroelectrics and Multiferroics: Key Processes and Characterization Issues, and Nanoscale Effects, ed. by Miguel Alguero, J. Marty Gregg, and Liliana Mitoseriu, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2016).

“Surface- and strain-tuning of the optical dielectric function in epitaxially grown CaMnO3," D. Imbrenda, D. Yang, H. Wang, A. R. Akbashev, L. Kasaei, B. Davidson, X. Wu, X. Xi, and J. E. Spanier, Appl. Phys. Lett. 108, 082902, (2016). .pdf

“Surface chemically switchable ultraviolet luminescence from interfacial two-dimensional electron gas," M. A. Islam, D. Saldana-Greco, Z. Gu, F. Wang, E. Breckenfeld, Q. Lei, R. Xu, C. J. Hawley, X. Xi, L. W. Martin, A. M. Rappe, and J. E. Spanier, Nano Lett. 16, 681-687 (2016). .pdf

2015

“Giant enhancement in the ferroelectric field effect using a polarization gradient," Z. Gu, M. A. Islam, and J. E. Spanier, Appl. Phys. Lett. 107, 162901 (2015). .pdf

“Crystallization engineering as a route to epitaxial strain control," A. R. Akbashev, A. V. Plokhikh, D. Barbash, S. E. Lofland and J. E. Spanier, APL Materials 3, 106102 (2015), .pdf

“Modified Schottky emission to explain thickness dependence and slow depolarization in BaTiO3 nanowires," Y. Qi, J. M. P. Martirez, W. A. Saidi, J. J. Urban, W. S. Yun, J. E. Spanier, and A. M. Rappe, Phys. Rev. B 91, 245431 (2015). .pdf

“Raman Scattering in La1-xSrxFeO3-d thin film: annealing-induced reduction and phase transformation," M. A. Islam, Y. Xie, M. D. Scafetta, S. J. May and J. E. Spanier, J. Phys. Condens. Matter 27, 155401 (2015). .pdf

“A Comprehensive Multiphonon Spectral Analysis in MoS2," T. Livneh and J. E. Spanier, 2D Materials 2, 035003 (2015). .pdf

“Subsurface imaging of coupled carrier transport in GaAs/AlGaAs core-shell nanowires," G. Chen, T. McGuckin, C. J. Hawley, E. M. Gallo, P. Prete, I. Miccoli, N.Lovergine, and J. E. Spanier, Nano Lett. 15, 75-79 (2015). .pdf

2014

“Hollandites as a new class of multiferroics," S. Liu, A. R. Akbashev, X. Yang, X. Liu, W. Li, L. Zhao, X. Li, A. Couzis, M.-G. Han, Y. Zhu, L. Krusin-Elbaum, J. Li, L. Huang, S. J. L. Billinge, J. E. Spanier & S. O’Brien, Sci. Rep. 4, 6203 (2014). http://www.nature.com/srep/2014/140827/srep06203/full/srep06203.html

“Magnetostrictive stress reconfigurable thin film resonators for near dc magnetoelectric sensors," J. Kiser, R. Lacomb, K. Bussmann, C. J. Hawley, J. E. Spanier, X. Zhuang, C. Dolabdjian, S. E. Lofland and P. Finkel, Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 072408 (2014). http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/apl/104/7/10.1063/1.4866044

2013

“Perovskite oxides for visible-light-absorbing ferroelectric and photovoltaic materials," I. Grinberg, D. V. West, M. Torres, G. Gou, D. M. Stein, L. Wu, G. Chen, E. M. Gallo, A. Akbashev, P. K. Davies, J. E. Spanier and A. M. Rappe Nature 503, 509–512 (2013). http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature12622

“A facile route for producing single-crystalline epitaxial perovskite oxide thin films," A. R. Akbashev, G. Chen, and J. E. Spanier Nano Lett., ASAP (2013). http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nl4030038

“Direct measurement of band edge discontinuity in individual core-shell nanowires by photocurrent spectroscopy," G. Chen, G. Sun, Y. Ding, P. Prete, I. Miccoli, N. Lovergine, H. Shtrikman, P. Kung, T. Livneh and J. E. Spanier Nano Lett. 13, 4152-4157, (2013). .pdf http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nl401737u

“Local probing of magnetoelectric coupling and magnetoelastic control of switching in BiFeO3-CoFe2O4 thin-film nanocomposite," F. Yan , G. Chen , L. Lu , P. Finkel, and J. E. Spanier Appl. Phys. Lett., (2013). .pdf http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4816793

“High speed photodetector based on a two-dimensional electron/hole gas heterostructure," E. M. Gallo, A. Cola, F. Quaranta, and J. E. Spanier Appl. Phys. Lett., (2013) .pdf http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4802595.

“Normal mode determination of perovskite crystal structures with octahedral rotations: theory and applications," M. A. Islam, J. M. Rondinelli, and J. E. Spanier, J. Phys. Cond. Mat. (2013) .pdf
Illustrated sets of normal mode displacements for each Glazer tilt: a+a+a+ a+a+c- a+b-c- a+b+c- a-a-a- a-b-b- a-b-c- a0b+b+ a0b+c- a0b-b- a0b-c- a0a0c- a0a0c+ a0a0a0

“Stoichiometry of LaAlO3 films grown on SrTiO3 by pulsed laser deposition," M. Golalikhani, Q. Lei, G. Chen, J. E. Spanier, H. Ghassemi, C. L. Johnson, M. L. Taheri, and X. X. Xi J. Appl. Phys. 114, 027008, (2013). .pdf DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4811821

“Optical absorption in epitaxial La1-xSrxFeO3 thin films, " M. Scafetta , Y. Xie , M. Torres , J. E. Spanier, and S. J. May, Appl. Phys. Lett., 102, 081904 (2013). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4794145

“Selective epitaxial growth on germanium nanowires via hybrid oxide-stabilized/vapor-liquid-solid growth," C. J. Hawley, T. McGuckin and J. E. Spanier, Crystal Growth & Design, ASAP (2013) .pdf DOI: 10.1021/cg3016595.

2012

“The ferroelectric field effect in an integrated core-shell nanowire," S. S. Nonnenmann, M. A. Islam, B. R. Beatty, E. M. Gallo, T. McGuckin, and J. E. Spanier, Adv. Func. Mater. (2012), .pdf DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201200865.

“Shape-controlled vapor-transport growth of tellurium nanowires," C. J. Hawley, B. R. Beatty, G. Chen, and J. E. Spanier, Crystal Growth & Design 12, 2789 (2012). .pdf DOI: 10.1021/cg2014368

“Dynamics of photogenerated surface charge on BiFeO3 films," F. Yan, G. Chen, L. Lu and J. E. Spanier, ACS Nano 6, 2353-2360 (2012). .pdf DOI: 10.1021/nn204604m

“LaAlO3/SrTiO3 epitaxial heterostructures by atomic layer deposition," N. M. Sbrockey, M. Luong, E. M. Gallo, J. D. Sloppy, G. Chen, C. R. Winkler, S. H. Johnson, M. L. Taheri, G. S. Tompa and J. E. Spanier, J. Electron. Mater. 41, 819 (2012). DOI: 10.1007/S11664-012-1960-6

2011

“Tunable hot-electron transfer within a single core-shell nanowire," G. Chen, E. M. Gallo, O. D. Leaffer, T. McGuckin, P. Prete, N. Lovergine, and J. E. Spanier, Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 156802 (2011), .pdf Link

“Magneto-elastic tuning of ferroelectricity within a magnetoelectric nanowire," S. H. Johnson, P. Finkel, O. D. Leaffer, S. S. Nonnenmann, K. Bussman, and J. E. Spanier, Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 182901 (2011), .pdf Link

“Picosecond response times in GaAs/AlGaAs core/shell nanowire-based photodetectors," E. M. Gallo, G. Chen, M. Currie, T. McGuckin, P. Prete, N. Lovergine, B. Nabet and J. E. Spanier, Appl. Phys. Lett. 98, 241113 (2011). .pdf Link Selected for inclusion in the July 4, 2011 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscience & Technology.

“MOCVD growth of compositionally graded BaxSr(1-x)TiO3 thin films," N. M. Sbrockey, M. W. Cole, T. S. Kalkur, M. Luong, J. E. Spanier and G. S. Tompa, Integrated Ferroelectrics 126, 1, 21-27 (2011).

2010

“In vitro Biocompatibility of n-type and Undoped Silicon Nanowires," B. Garipcan, S. Odabas, J. Burger, B. Nabet, J. E Spanier, and E. Piskin, Adv. Biomater. (2010).

“Redox-based resistive switching in ferroelectric perovskite nanotubes," S. S. Nonnenmann, E. M. Gallo and J. E. Spanier, Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 102904 (2010). [.pdf ][Link]

“On direct-writing methods for electrically contacting GaAs and Ge nanowire devices," G. Chen, E. M. Gallo, J. Burger, B. Nabet, A. Cola, P. Prete, N. Lovergine, and J. E. Spanier, Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 223107 (2010). Selected for inclusion in the June 14, 2010 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscience & Technology.

“Finite curvature-mediated ferroelectricity," S. S. Nonnenmann, O. D. Leaffer, E. M. Gallo, M. T. Coster and J. E. Spanier, Nano Lett. 10, 542-546, (2010). [ .pdf ]

“Co@CoO@Au core-multi-shell nanocrystals," S. H. Johnson, C. L. Johnson, S. J. May, S. Hirsch, M. W. Cole and J. E. Spanier, J. Mater. Chem. 20, 439 (2010). [ .pdf ]

“Low voltage tunable band pass filters using barium strontium titanate parallel plate capacitors," T. S. Kalkur, N. M. Sbrockey, G. S. Tompa, S. P. Alpay, J. E. Spanier, E. M. Gallo, and M. W. Cole, Integrated Ferroelectrics 112, 1 (2010).

2009

“The optical dielectric function in monolithic BaxSr1-xTiO3 film," D. Bruzzese, K. Fahnestock, C. L. Schauer, J. E. Spanier, C. V. Weiss, S. P. Alpay, M. W. Cole, N. M. Sbrockey, and G. S. Tompa, Integr. Ferro. 111, 1-10, (2009).

“Piezoresponse through a ferroelectric nanotube wall," S. S. Nonnenmann, E. M. Gallo, M. T. Coster, G. R. Soja, R. S. Joseph and J. E. Spanier, Appl. Phys Lett. 95, 232903 (2009). [ .pdf ] Selected for inclusion in the Dec. 21, 2009 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscience & Technology.

“On the compression behavior of Ti2InC, (Ti0.5,Zr0.5)2InC and M2SnC (M = Ti, Nb, Hf) to quasi-hydrostatic pressures up to 50 GPa," B. Manoun, O. D. Leaffer, S. Gupta, E. N. Hoffman, S. K. Saxena, J. E. Spanier and M. W. Barsoum, Solid State Communications 149, 1978 (2009)[ .pdf ]

“Ferroelectricity in chemical nanostructures: proximal probe characterization and the surface chemical environment," S. S. Nonnenmann and J. E. Spanier, J. Mater. Sci. (invited review) 44, 5205 (2009).

“The natural transparency and piezoelectric response of the Greta oto butterfly wing," V. R. Binetti, J. D. Schiffman, O. D. Leaffer, J. E. Spanier and C. L. Schauer, Integr. Biol. 1, 1-9 (2009).[ .pdf ]

“Integrated Plasmonic Lens Photodetector," J. Shackleford, R. Grote, J. E. Spanier, B. Nabet, and M. Currie, Appl. Phys. Lett. (2009). [ .pdf ][ Optics.org Story ]

“Thermal expansion of select MAX phases measured by high-temperature x-ray diffraction and dilatometry," T. H. Scabarozi, S. Amini, O. Leaffer, A. Ganguly, J. E. Spanier, M. W. Barsoum, S. E. Lofland, J. D. Hettinger, J. Appl. Phys. 105, 013543,(2009). [ .pdf ]

2008

“On the heat capacities of Ta2AlC, Ti2SC and Cr2GeC," H. Drulis, O. D. Leaffer J. E. Spanier, and M. W. Barsoum, J. Appl. Phys. (2008) [ .pdf ]

“Excitation of local field enhancement on silicon nanowires," L. Cao, B. Garipcan, E. M. Gallo, S. S. Nonnenmann, E. Piskin, B. Nabet and J. E. Spanier, Nano. Lett. 8(2), 601-605 (2008). [ .pdf ]

“Time response of two-dimensional gas based vertical field metal-semiconductor-metal photodetectors," X. Zhao, E. M. Gallo, J. E. Spanier, B. Nabet, M. Currie, A. Cola, and F. Quaranta, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices 55(7), 1762-1770 (2008). [ .pdf ]

“Controllable Formation of Nano-scale Patterns on TiO2 by Conductive-AFM Nanolithography," B. Garipcan, J. Winters, J. S. Atchison, M. Cathell, J. Schiffman, O. D. Leaffer, S. S. Nonnenman, C. Schauer, E. Piskin, B. Nabet, and J. E. Spanier, Langmuir 24, 8944-8949(2008). [ .pdf ]

“Electrical, thermal and elastic properties of Ti2SC: an unusual MAX-phase material," T. H. Scabarozi, S. Amini, P. Finkel, O. D. Leaffer, J. E. Spanier, M. W. Barsoum, S. E. Lofland and J. D. Hettinger, J. Appl. Phys. 104, 033502 (2008). [ .pdf ]

2007

“On the Raman scattering from selected M2AC compounds," O. D. Leaffer, S. Gupta, M. W. Barsoum and J. E. Spanier, J. Mater. Res. (Rapid Communications) 22, 2651-2654 (2007). [ .pdf ]

“On the Raman scattering from semiconductor nanowires," L. Cao, L. Laim, P. D. Valenzuela, B. Nabet and J. E. Spanier, J. Raman Spectrosc. 38, 697-703 (2007).

2006

“Instability and transport of metal catalysts in the growth of tapered silicon nanowires," L. Cao. B. Garipcan, J. S. Atchison, C. Ni, B. Nabet and J. E. Spanier, Nano Lett. 6 (9), 1852-1857 (2006). .pdf Supporting Info

“Ferroelectric Phase Transition in Individual BaTiO3 Nanowires," J. E. Spanier, A. Kolpak, I. Grinberg, J. J. Urban, L. Ouyang, W.S. Yun, A. M. Rappe, and H.Park, Nano Lett. 6 (4), 735-739 (2006). .pdf

“Enhanced Raman scattering from individual semiconductor nanocones and nanowires," L. Cao, B. Nabet and J. E. Spanier, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 157402 (2006). [ .pdf ] Selected for inclusion in the Virtual Journal of Nanoscience and Technology.

“Optically Modulated High-Sensitivity Heterostructure Varactor," X. Zhao, A. Cola, A. Tersigni, F. Quaranta, E. Gallo, J. E. Spanier and B. Nabet, IEEE Electron Dev. Lett. 27, pp 710-712 (2006). [ .pdf ]

“One-Dimensional Semiconductor and Oxide Nanostructures," J. E. Spanier, invited book chapter Ch. 9 in Nanomaterials Handbook, Y. Gogotsi, ed., CRC Press, Boca Raton FL (2006).

“Patterning polyethylene oligomers on carbon nanotubes using physical vapor deposition," L. Li, Y. Li, Y. Yang, G. Yang, X. Chen, B. S. Hsiao, B. Chu, J. E. Spanier, C. Y. Li, Nano Lett. 6, 1007 (2006). [ .pdf ]

2005

“Diamond-Hexagonal Semiconductor Nanocones With Controllable Apex Angle," L. Cao, L. Laim, C. Ni, B. Nabet, and J. E. Spanier, J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 127(40), 13782-13783 (2005). [ .pdf ] [ Supporting Info ]

“Vibrational Behavior of the Mn+1AXn phases from first-order Raman scattering," J. E. Spanier, S. Gupta, M. Amer and M. W. Barsoum, Phys. Rev. B 71, 012103 (2005). [ .pdf ]

“On the heat capacity of Ti3SiC2 and Ti3GeC2," M. K. Drulis, A. Czopnik, H. Drulis, J. E. Spanier, A. Ganguly and M. Barsoum, Materials Science and Engineering B 119, 159-163 (2005). [ ]

2004

“Optical and electrical properties of Zn1-xBexSe grown by molecular beam epitaxy,"
I. L. Kuskovky, Y. Gu, J. E. Spanier, I. P. Herman, G. F. Neumark, O. Maksimov, X. Zhou, M. C. Tamargo, V. A. Smyntyna, V. M Belous, V. A. Pasternak, Journal of Physical Studies 8, 384-9 (2004). [ .pdf ]

2003

“Single-crystalline barium titanate nanowires: Synthesis and characterization," J. J. Urban, J. E. Spanier, L. Ouyang, W. S. Yun, and H. Park, invited review, Adv. Mater. 15, 423 (2003) [ .pdf ]

“Ferroelectric Nanowires," J. E. Spanier, J. J. Urban, L. Ouyang, W. S. Yun, and H. Park, invited book chapter in Nanowires and Nanobelts Volume II; Materials Properties and Devices (Kluwer, Netherlands, 2003).

“Room temperature tetragonal phase in barium titanate nanocrystals: evidence for ferroelectricity," V. Chiang, M. Ying, R. D. Robinson, J. E. Spanier, I. P. Herman and S. O’Brien, (submitted).

2002 and Earlier

“Visible thermal emission from sub-bandgap laser excited cerium dioxide particles," R. D. Robinson, J. E. Spanier, F. Zhang, S. W. Chan, and I. P. Herman, J. Appl. Phys. 92, 1936 (2002). [ .pdf ]

“Size-dependent properties of CeO2-y nanoparticles as studied by Raman scattering," J. E. Spanier, R. D. Robinson, F. Zhang, S. W. Chan, and I. P. Herman, Phys. Rev. B 64, 245407 (2001). [ .pdf ]

“Cerium oxide nanoparticles: size-selective formation and structure analysis," F. Zhang, S.-W. Chan, J. E. Spanier, E. Apak, R. D. Robinson, I. P. Herman, Appl. Phys. Lett. 80, 127 (2002). [ .pdf ]

“Single crystal, mesoscopic films of PZN-PT: formation and micro-Raman analysis," J. E. Spanier, M. Levy, I. P. Herman, R. M. Osgood, and A. S. Bhalla, Appl. Phys. Lett. 79, 1510 (2001). [ .pdf ] Selected for inclusion in the Virtual Journal of Nanoscience and Technology.

“Optical properties of δ-doped ZnSe:Te grown by molecular beam epitaxy: role of tellurium," I. Kuskovsky, C. Tian, G. F. Neumark, J. E. Spanier, I. P. Herman, W.-C. Lin, S. P. Guo and M. C. Tamargo, Phys. Rev. B 63, 155205, (2001). [ .pdf ]

“Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy of 6H-SiC in aqueous hydrofluoric acid," J. E. Spanier, A. C. West and I. P. Herman, J. Electrochem. Soc. 148, C663 (2001). [ .pdf ]

“Vapor-phase epitaxial growth on porous 6H-SiC analyzed by Raman scattering," J. E. Spanier, G. P. Dunne, L. B. Rowland and I. P. Herman, Appl. Phys. Lett. 76, 3879 (2000). [ .pdf ]

“Use of hybrid phenomenological and statistical effective medium theories of dielectric functions to model the infrared reflectance of porous SiC films," J. E. Spanier and I. P. Herman, Phys. Rev. B 61, 10437 (2000). [.pdf ]

“Infrared reflection spectroscopy and effective medium modeling of as-anodized and oxidized porous silicon carbide", J. E. Spanier and I. P. Herman, J. of Porous Mater. 7, 139 (2000).

“Optical and Electrochemical Properties of Nanoscale Materials," J. E. Spanier, PhD Dissertation, Columbia University, New York, NY (2001).

“Optical Transmission, Photoluminescence and Raman Scattering of Porous SiC Prepared from p-type 6H-SiC," S. Kim, J. E. Spanier and I. P. Herman, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 39, 5875 (2000). [ .pdf ]

“Infrared reflection spectroscopy of as-anodized and passivated 6H and 4H porous silicon carbide," J. E. Spanier and I. P. Herman, in Materials and Devices for Silicon-based Optoelectronics, MRS Symposia Proceedings No. 486, 317 (1998).

“Effects of nanocrystalline structure and passivation on the photoluminescent properties of porous silicon carbide," J. E. Spanier, G. S. Cargill III, I. P. Herman, S. Kim, D. R. Goldstein, A. D. Kurtz and B. Z. Weiss, in Advances in Microcrystalline and Nanocrystalline Semiconductors, MRS Symposia Proceedings No. 452, 491 (1997).

“Infrared reflectance of thick p-type porous SiC layers," M. F. MacMillan, R. P. Devaty, W. J. Choyke, D. Goldstein, J. E. Spanier, and A. D. Kurtz, J. Appl. Phys. 80, 2412 (1996). [ .pdf

“Infrared reflectance of porous SiC layers," M. F. MacMillan, R. P. Devaty, W. J. Choyke, D. Goldstein, J. E. Spanier, and A. D. Kurtz, in Silicon Carbide and Related Materials 1995, (Institute of Physics, London, 1996), IOP Conf. Proc. Chap. 7, p. 1075.

“Enhancements in Scattered Pressure Field of Fluid-Loaded Shell with Axisymmetric Periodic Structure," J. E. Spanier, Masters Thesis, The Catholic University of America, Washington DC, 1994.