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Thin Film Organic Heteroepitaxy

Jordan T Dull, Xu He, Jonathan Viereck, Qianxiang Ai, Ritika Ramprasad, Maria Clara Otani, Jeni Sorli, Jason W Brandt, Brad P Carrow, Arthur D Tinoco, Yueh‐Lin Loo, Chad Risko, Sylvie Rangan, Antoine Kahn, Barry P Rand

Advanced Materials, 2302871, 2023

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Topological surface magnetism and Néel vector control in a magnetoelectric antiferromagnet

Kai Du, Xianghan Xu, Choongjae Won, Kefeng Wang, Scott A Crooker, Sylvie Rangan, Robert Bartynski, Sang-Wook Cheong

npj Quantum Materials 8 (1), 17, 2023

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Ultrathin epitaxial MgB2 on SiC: Substrate surface-polarity-dependent properties

Weibing Yang, Leila Kasaei, Hussein Hijazi, Sylvie Rangan, Yao-wen Yeh, Raj K Sah, Jay R Paudel, Ke Chen, Alexander X Gray, Philip Batson, Leonard C Feldman, Xiaoxing Xi

Physical Review Materials 7 (1), 014803, 2023

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Intrinsic (Trap‐Free) Transistors Based on Epitaxial Single‐Crystal Perovskites

Vladimir Bruevich, Leila Kasaei, Sylvie Rangan, Hussein Hijazi, Zhenyuan Zhang, Thomas Emge, Eva Y Andrei, Robert A Bartynski, Leonard C Feldman, Vitaly Podzorov

Advanced Materials 34 (43), 2205055, 2022

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Concentration and Surface Chemistry Dependent Analyte Orientation on Nanoparticle Surfaces

KMR Scher, Z Wang, A Nair, Y Wu, M Bartoli, M Rovere, A Tagliaferro,Sylvie Rangan, Lu Wang and Laura Fabris

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 126 (38), 16499-16513, 2022

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Energy alignment manipulation at the C60/TiO2 (110) interface using a blanket molecular dipole approach

SylvieRangan, JonathanViereck, KatherineLloyd, ElenaGaloppini and Robert A.Bartynski

Surface Science 723, 122117, 2022

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Dehydrofluorination as a Residue-Free Selective Route to C−C Bond
Formation at Metal Surfaces

Jonathan Viereck, Yang Zhang, Elena Galoppini, Robert A. Bartynski, and Sylvie Rangan

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 126 (14), 6249-6257, 2022

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Synthesis and study of fluorine-functionalized ZnTPPs

Yang Zhang, Jonathan Viereck, Sylvie Rangan, Robert A. Bartynski, and Elena Galoppini

Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines 26 (04), 295-307, 2022

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A New Type of Hybrid Copper Iodide as Nontoxic and Ultrastable LED Emissive Layer Material

Kun Zhu, Zhongkai Cheng, Sylvie Rangan, Mircea Cotlet, Jingbo Du, Leila Kasaei, Simon J. Teat, Wei Liu, Yifei Chen, Leonard C. Feldman, Deirdre M. O’Carroll, and Jing Li

ACS Energy Letters 6 (7), 2565-2574, 2021

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Fabrication of electrospun nanofiber composite of g-C3N4 and Au nanoparticles as plasmonic photocatalyst

Dipendu Saha, Pasquale Gismondi, Kurt W Kolasinski, Samantha L Shumlas, Sylvie Rangan, Babak Eslami, Amy McConnell, TaeVaughn Bui, Kayla Cunferun Zhu

Surfaces and Interfaces 26, 101367, 2021

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Understanding the adsorption of rare-earth elements in oligo-grafted mesoporous carbon

P Gismondi, A Kuzmin, C Unsworth, S Rangan, S Khalid, D Saha

Langmuir 38 (1), 203-210, 2021

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Electronic Properties of Cyano Ionic Liquids: a Valence Band Photoemission Study

Sylvie Rangan, Jonathan Viereck, and Robert Allen Bartynski

The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 124, 7909-7917, 2020

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Helical Peptides Design for Molecular Dipoles Functionalization of Wide Band Gap Oxides

Yuan Chen, Jonathan Viereck, Ryan Harmer, Sylvie Rangan, Robert Allen Bartynski and Elena Galoppini

Journal of the Amercian Chemical Society 142, 7, 3489-34989, 2020

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Stoichiometry, band alignment, and electronic structure of Eu2O3 thin films studied by direct and inverse photoemission: A reevaluation of the electronic band structure

Tobias Hadamek, Sylvie Rangan, Jonathan Viereck, Donghan Shin, Agham B. Posadas, Robert A. Bartynski and Alexander A. Demkov

Journal of Applied Physics 127, 074101, 2020

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Growth of a highly ordered inhomogeneous kinetically trapped molecular monolayer,

Sylvie Rangan, Peter Kim, Charles Ruggieri, Stephen Whitelam, and Robert A. Bartynski

Physical Review B 100, 245411, 2019

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Rubrene Versus Fluorine-Functionalized Rubrene Molecules on a Metal Surface: Self-Assembly, Electronic Structure, and Energy Alignment of a Monolayer on Ag(100),

Jonathan Viereck, Sylvie Rangan, Patricio Häberle, Elena Galoppini,  Christopher J. Douglas, and Robert Allen Bartynski,

Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 123, 14382−14390,2019

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Highly Tunable Growth and Etching of Silica Shells on Surfactant-
Free Gold Nanostars,

Supriya Atta, Sylvie Rangan and Laura Fabris,

ChemNanoMat Communication 5, 1-6, 2019

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Electric-field effect on photoluminescenceof lead-halide perovskites,

Hee Taek Yi, Sylvie Rangan, Boxin Tang, C. Daniel Frisbie, Robert A. Bartynski,Yuri N. Gartstein, Vitaly Podzorov

Materials Today, 28, 31-19, 2019

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Electronic structure, excitation properties, and chemical ​transformations of extreme ultra-violet resist materials,

S Rangan, RA Bartynski, A Narasimhan, RL Brainard,

Journal of Applied Physics 122 (2), 02530, 2017

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Unveiling universal trends for the energy level alignment in organic/oxide interfaces,

JI Martínez, F Flores, J Ortega, S Rangan, CM Ruggieri, RA Bartynski,

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 19 (36), 24412-24420, 2017

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Ionic liquid ultrathin films at the surface of Cu (100) and Au (111),

AB Biedron, EL Garfunkel, EW Castner Jr, S Rangan,

The Journal of Chemical Physics 146 (5), 054704, 2017

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Adsorption Geometry and Energy Level Alignment at the PTCDA/TiO2(110) Interface,

S Rangan, C Ruggieri, R Bartynski, JI Martínez, F Flores, J Ortega,

The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 122 (2), 534-542, 2017

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Nanoscale Internal Fields in a Biased Graphene–Insulator–Semiconductor Structure,

S Rangan, M Kalyanikar, J Duan, G Liu, RA Bartynski, EY Andrei, L. Feldman, E Garfunkel

The journal of physical chemistry letters 7 (17), 3434-3439, 2016

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Zinc (II) Tetraphenylporphyrin on Ag (100) and Ag (111): Multilayer Desorption and Dehydrogenation,

C Ruggieri, S Rangan, RA Bartynski, E Galoppini,

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 120 (14), 7575-7585, 2016

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Densely Packed ZnTPPs Monolayer on the Rutile TiO2(110)-(1 × 1) Surface: Adsorption Behavior and Energy Level Alignment,

S Rangan, C Ruggieri, R Bartynski, JI Martínez, F Flores, J Ortega,

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 120 (8), 4430-4437, 2016

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Photoelectrochemical properties of porphyrin dyes with a molecular dipole in the linker,

KT Ngo, J Rochford, H Fan, A Batarseh, K Chitre, S Rangan, RA Bartynski, ...,

Faraday discussions 185, 497-506, 2015

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Chemical Interaction, Space-Charge Layer, and Molecule Charging Energy for a TiO2/TCNQ Interface,

JI Martínez, F Flores, J Ortega, S Rangan, C Ruggieri, R Bartynski, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 119 (38), 22086-22091, 2015

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Surface and Structural Investigation of a MnOx Birnessite‐Type Water Oxidation Catalyst Formed under Photocatalytic Conditions,

BJ Deibert, J Zhang, PF Smith, KW Chapman, S Rangan, D Banerjee, ...,

Chemistry–A European Journal 21 (40), 14218-14228, 2015

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Investigation of SEI layer formation in conversion iron fluoride cathodes by combined STEM/EELS and XPS,

M Sina, R Thorpe, S Rangan, N Pereira, RA Bartynski, GG Amatucci, ...,

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 119 (18), 9762-9773, 2015

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Symmetry-breaking charge transfer in a zinc chlorodipyrrin acceptor for high open circuit voltage organic photovoltaics,

AN Bartynski, M Gruber, S Das, S Rangan, S Mollinger, C Trinh, ..., Journal of the American Chemical Society 137 (16), 5397-5405, 2015

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Zinc (II) tetraphenylporphyrin adsorption on Au (111): an interplay between molecular self-assembly and surface stress,

C Ruggieri, S Rangan, RA Bartynski, E Galoppini,

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 119 (11), 6101-6110, 2015

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The solid state conversion reaction of epitaxial FeF2 (110) thin films with lithium studied by angle-resolved X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy,

R Thorpe, S Rangan, R Whitcomb, AC Basaran, T Saerbeck, IK Schuller, ...,

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 17 (23), 15218-15225, 2015

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Tuning energy level alignment at organic/semiconductor interfaces using a built-in dipole in chromophore–bridge–anchor compounds

S Rangan, A Batarseh, KP Chitre, A Kopecky, E Galoppini, RA Bartynski

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 118 (24), 12923-12928, 2014

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Band gap of epitaxial in-plane-dimerized single-phase NbO2 films

AB Posadas, A O’Hara, S Rangan, RA Bartynski, AA Demkov

Applied Physics Letters 104 (9), 092901, 2014

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A molecular Pd (II) complex incorporated into a MOF as a highly active single-site heterogeneous catalyst for C–Cl bond activation

L Chen, S Rangan, J Li, H Jiang, Y Li

Green Chemistry 16 (8), 3978-3985, 2014

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Energy level alignment of polythiophene/ZnO hybrid solar cells

W Feng, S Rangan, Y Cao, E Galoppini, RA Bartynski, E Garfunkel

Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2 (19), 7034-7044, 2014

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Conversion reaction of CoO polycrystalline thin films exposed to atomic lithium

R Thorpe, S Rangan, M Sina, F Cosandey, RA Bartynski

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 117 (28), 14518-14525, 2013

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A sensitized Nb2O5 photoanode for hydrogen production in a dye-sensitized photoelectrosynthesis cell

H Luo, W Song, PG Hoertz, K Hanson, R Ghosh, S Rangan, ...

Chemistry of Materials 25 (2), 122-131, 2012

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Energy Alignment, Molecular Packing, and Electronic Pathways: Zinc(II) Tetraphenylporphyrin Derivatives Adsorbed on TiO2(110) and ZnO(11–20) Surfaces

S Rangan, S Coh, RA Bartynski, KP Chitre, E Galoppini, C Jaye, ...

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 116 (45), 23921-23930, 2012

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Competing pathways for isocyanate loss from Cu(001) with co-adsorbed oxygen

EZ Ciftlikli, J Lallo, EYM Lee, S Rangan, SD Senanayake, BJ Hinch

Journal of catalysis 295, 269-273, 2012

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Increasing photocurrents in dye sensitized solar cells with tantalum-doped titanium oxide photoanodes obtained by laser ablation

R Ghosh, Y Hara, L Alibabaei, K Hanson, S Rangan, R Bartynski, ...

ACS applied materials & interfaces 4 (9), 4566-4570, 2012

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Conversion reaction of FeF2 thin films upon exposure to atomic lithium

S Rangan, R Thorpe, RA Bartynski, M Sina, F Cosandey, O Celik, ...

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 116 (19), 10498-10503, 2012

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XeF2-induced removal of near Si surfaces at 300 K: An unexpected proximity effect.

JF Veyan, MD Halls, S Rangan, D Aureau, XM Yan, YJ Chabal

Journal of Applied Physics 108 (11), 114914, 2010

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Implementation of new TPD analysis techniques in the evaluation of second order desorption kinetics of cyanogen from Cu (001)

EZ Ciftlikli, EYM Lee, J Lallo, S Rangan, SD Senanayake, BJ Hinch

Langmuir 26 (24), 18742-18749, 2010

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Electron Spectroscopic Measurements of Band Alignment in Metal/Oxide/Semiconductor Stacks

S Rangan, E Bersch, R Bartynski, E Garfunkel, E Vescovo

ECS Transactions 33 (3), 267-279, 2010

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Controlled Synthesis of Water‐Dispersible Faceted Crystalline Copper Nanoparticles and Their Catalytic Properties

Y Wang, AV Biradar, G Wang, KK Sharma, CT Duncan, S Rangan, ...

Chemistry–A European Journal 16 (35), 10735-10743, 2010

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Trimming Nanostructured Walls While Fluorinating their Surfaces: A Route to Making and Widening Pores of Nanoporous Materials and Efficient Catalysts

CT Duncan, AV Biradar, S Rangan, RE Mishler, T Asefa

Chemistry of Materials 22 (17), 4950-4963, 2010

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Energy level alignment of catechol molecular orbitals on ZnO (1120) and TiO2(110) surfaces

S Rangan, JP Theisen, E Bersch, RA Bartynski

Applied Surface Science 256 (15), 4829-4833, 2010

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Electrochemical performance of acid-treated nanostructured LiMn1. 5Ni0. 5O4− δ spinel at elevated temperature

NM Hagh, F Cosandey, S Rangan, R Bartynski, GG Amatucci

Journal of the Electrochemical Society 157 (3), A305-A319, 2010

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Formation, dynamics, and implication of solid electrolyte interphase in high voltage reversible conversion fluoride nanocomposites

AJ Gmitter, F Badway, S Rangan, RA Bartynski, A Halajko, N Pereira, ...

Journal of Materials Chemistry 20 (20), 4149-4161, 2010

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Energy Level Alignment of a Zinc(II) Tetraphenylporphyrin Dye Adsorbed onto TiO2(110) and ZnO(112̅0) Surfaces

S Rangan, S Katalinic, R Thorpe, RA Bartynski, J Rochford, E Galoppini

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 114 (2), 1139-1147, 2009

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Fabrication, physical and electrochemical investigation of microporous carbon polyiodide nanocomposites

 

P Barpanda, Y Li, F Cosandey, S Rangan, RA Bartynski, GG Amatucci

Journal of The Electrochemical Society 156 (11), A873-A885, 2009

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Band offsets of a ruthenium gate on ultrathin high-κ oxide films on silicon

S Rangan, E Bersch, RA Bartynski, E Garfunkel, E Vescovo

Physical Review B 79 (7), 075106, 2009

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Band offsets of ultrathin high-κ oxide films with Si

E Bersch, S Rangan, RA Bartynski, E Garfunkel, E Vescovo

Physical review B 78 (8), 085114, 2008

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Formation and bonding of alane clusters on Al (111) surfaces studied by infrared absorption spectroscopy and theoretical modeling

S Chaudhuri, S Rangan, JF Veyan, JT Muckerman, YJ Chabal

Journal of the American Chemical Society 130 (32), 10576-10587, 2008

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Structural studies of sub monolayer Sn/Cu(001) structures

J Lallo, LV Goncharova, BJ Hinch, S Rangan, RA Bartynski, DR Strongin

Surface Science 602 (14), 2348-2357, 2008

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GeOx interface layer reduction upon Al-gate deposition on a Al2O3/GeOx/Ge(100) stack

S Rangan, E Bersch, RA Bartynski, E Garfunkel, E Vescovo

Applied Physics Letters 92 (17), 172906, 2008

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DFT calculations of XPS/NEXAFS and IR spectra to elucidate the reaction products of acetonitrile with Si (001)-2×1

S Carniato, F Rochet, JJ Gallet, F Bournel, G Dufour, C Mathieu, ...

Surface Science 601 (23), 5515-5525, 2007

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Characterization of hydroxyl groups on water-reacted Si(001)−2×1 using synchrotron radiation O 1 s core-level spectroscopies and core-excited state density-functional theory

S Carniato, JJ Gallet, F Rochet, G Dufour, F Bournel, S Rangan, A Verdini, ...

Physical Review B 76 (8), 085321, 2007

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Nitriles Adsorbed on Si (001) at 300 K Studied via Synchrotron Radiation Core-Electron Spectroscopies

F Rochet, F Bournel, S Carniato, G Dufour, JJ Gallet, V Ilakovac, ...

International Journal of Nanoscience 6 (02), 85-94, 2007

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Resonant Auger spectroscopy study of charge transfer phenomena in N 1s core-excited acetonitrile adsorbates on Si(001)-2×1

JJ Gallet, F Bournel, S Carniato, G Dufour, F Rochet, S Rangan, F Sirotti

Surface science 601 (2), 552-561, 2007

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Adsorption of acetonitrile (CH3CN) on Si (111)−7×7 at room temperature studied by synchrotron radiation core-level spectroscopies and excited-state density functional theory

F Bournel, S Carniato, G Dufour, JJ Gallet, V Ilakovac, S Rangan, ...

Physical Review B 73 (12), 125345, 2006

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LiCo1−yMyO2 positive electrodes for rechargeable lithium batteries: II. Nickel substituted materials grown by the citrate method

C Julien, A Amdounib, S Castro-Garcia, M Selmanea, S Rangan

Materials Science and Engineering: B 128 (1-3), 138-150, 2006

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Surface reactions of 3-butenenitrile on the Si (001)-2×1 surface at room temperature

S Rangan, F Bournel, JJ Gallet, S Kubsky, K Le Guen, G Dufour, F Rochet, ...

The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 109 (26), 12899-12908, 2005

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Experimental and theoretical NEXAFS/XPS study of the room-temperature adsorption of acetonitrile on Si (001)−2×1

S Rangan, F Bournel, JJ Gallet, S Kubsky, K Le Guen, G Dufour, F Rochet, ...

Physical Review B 71 (16), 165319, 2005

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Adsorption of benzonitrile on Si(001)−2×1 at 300 K

S Rangan, JJ Gallet, F Bournel, S Kubsky, K Le Guen, G Dufour, F Rochet, ...

Physical Review B 71 (16), 165318, 2005

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Dynamic and kinetic aspects of the adsorption of acrylonitrile on Si (001)−2×1

S Rangan, S Kubsky, JJ Gallet, F Bournel, K Le Guen, G Dufour, F Rochet, ...

Physical Review B 71 (12), 125320, 2005

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Study of structural defects in gamma-MnO2 by Raman spectroscopy

C Julien, M Massot, S Rangan, M Lemal, D Guyomard

JOURNAL OF RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY 33, 223-228, 2002

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Layered LiNi0.5Co0.5O2 cathode materials grown by soft-chemistry via various solution methods

C Julien, C Letranchant, S Rangan, M Lemal, S Ziolkiewicz, ...

Materials Science and Engineering: B 76 (2), 145-155, 2000

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Studies of LiNi0.6Co0.4O2 Cathode Material Prepared by the Citric Acid-Assisted Sol-Gel Method for Lithium Batteries

C Julien, L El-Farh, S Rangan, M Massot

Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 15 (1), 63-72, 1999

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