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Journal Articles

               
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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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.
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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.


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.


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.




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.



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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.  


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.

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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


16.
B. Wang, T. Gao, and P. W. Leu,
"Computational simulations of nanostructured solar cells,"
Nano Life, vol. 02, Issue 02, June 2012.


15.
B. Wang and P. W. Leu,
Enhanced absorption in silicon nanocone arrays for photovoltaics,”
Nanotechnology, vol. 23, no. 19, p. 194003, May 2012.


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.


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.


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. 

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. 


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.


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. 


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. 


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. 


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.  


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. 


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. 


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. 


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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