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James H. Edgar is a researcher affiliated with Kansas State University in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of Materials Science, Engineering, and Physics and Astronomy, with a focus on materials chemistry, atomic and molecular physics, optics, biomedical engineering, civil and structural engineering, and electrical and electronic engineering.

Their research topics include graphene research and applications, 2D materials and applications, thermal radiation and cooling technologies, diamond and carbon-based materials research, plasmonic and surface plasmon research, boron and carbon nanomaterials research, and mechanical and optical resonators.

James H. Edgar has contributed to several recent papers, including:

  • Van der Waals engineering of ferroelectric heterostructures for long-retention memory, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Deterministic switching of a perpendicularly polarized magnet using unconventional spin-orbit torques in WTe2, 2022, Nature Materials
  • Real-space observation of vibrational strong coupling between propagating phonon polaritons and organic molecules, 2020, Nature Photonics
  • Collective near-field coupling and nonlocal phenomena in infrared-phononic metasurfaces for nano-light canalization, 2020, Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich)
  • Spatiotemporal imaging of 2D polariton wave packet dynamics using free electrons, 2021, Science

The frequent collaborators of James H. Edgar include Jiahan Li, Eli Janzen, Song Liu, Guillaume Cassabois, and Bernard Gil.

Their publications are often found in the following venues:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Nature Communications
  • Advanced Materials
  • Physical Review. B./Physical Review. B
  • Nano Letters

Best Publications

  • Substrates for gallium nitride epitaxy

    L. Liu;J.H. Edgar

  • Wet etching of GaN, AlN, and SiC : a review

    D. Zhuang;J.H. Edgar

  • Photonics with hexagonal boron nitride

    Joshua David Caldwell;Igor Aharonovich;Guillaume Cassabois;James H. Edgar

  • Properties of group III nitrides

    James H. Edgar;Inspec

  • Infrared hyperbolic metasurface based on nanostructured van der Waals materials

    Peining Li;Irene Dolado;Francisco Javier Alfaro-Mozaz;Fèlix Casanova

  • Ultralow-loss polaritons in isotopically pure boron nitride

    Alexander J. Giles;Siyuan Dai;Igor Vurgaftman;Timothy Hoffman

  • Prospects for device implementation of wide band gap semiconductors

    J. H. Edgar

  • Ultra-low-loss Polaritons in Isotopically Pure Materials: A New Approach

    Alexander J. Giles;Siyuan Dai;Igor Vurgaftman;Timothy Hoffman

  • Modulating the thermal conductivity in hexagonal boron nitride via controlled boron isotope concentration

    Chao Yuan;Jiahan Li;Lucas Lindsay;David Cherns

  • Controlled growth of 3C‐SiC and 6H‐SiC films on low‐tilt‐angle vicinal (0001) 6H‐SiC wafers

    J. A. Powell;J. B. Petit;J. H. Edgar;I. G. Jenkins

  • Deterministic switching of a perpendicularly polarized magnet using unconventional spin-orbit torques in WTe 2

    I hsuan Kao;Ryan Muzzio;Hantao Zhang;Menglin Zhu

  • Reconfigurable infrared hyperbolic metasurfaces using phase change materials.

    T. G. Folland;A. Fali;S. T. White;J. R. Matson

  • Raman scattering studies on single-crystalline bulk AlN under high pressures

    M. Kuball;J. M. Hayes;A. D. Prins;N. W. Van Uden

  • Single photon emission from plasma treated 2D hexagonal boron nitride

    Zai-Quan Xu;Christopher Elbadawi;Toan Trong Tran;Mehran Kianinia

  • Real-space observation of vibrational strong coupling between propagating phonon polaritons and organic molecules

    Andrei Bylinkin;Martin Schnell;Marta Autore;Francesco Calavalle

  • Single Crystal Growth of Millimeter-Sized Monoisotopic Hexagonal Boron Nitride

    Song Liu;Rui He;Lianjie Xue;Jiahan Li

  • Micromagnetometry of two-dimensional ferromagnets

    Minsoo Kim;P. Kumaravadivel;J. Birkbeck;W. Kuang

  • Isotope engineering of van der Waals interactions in hexagonal boron nitride

    T. Q. P. Vuong;S. Liu;A. Van der Lee;R. Cuscó

  • Distinctive in-Plane Cleavage Behaviors of Two-Dimensional Layered Materials.

    Yao Guo;Chunru Liu;Qifang Yin;Chengrong Wei

  • Bulk AlN crystal growth: self-seeding and seeding on 6H-SiC substrates

    J.H Edgar;L Liu;B Liu;D Zhuang

  • Collective near-field coupling and nonlocal phenomena in infrared-phononic metasurfaces for nano-light canalization.

    Peining Li;Guangwei Hu;Guangwei Hu;Irene Dolado;Mykhailo Tymchenko

  • Polariton Nanophotonics using Phase Change Materials

    Kundan Chaudhary;Michele Tamagnone;Xinghui Yin;Christina M. Spägele

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Kuball
Martin Kuball University of Bristol
Michael Dudley
Michael Dudley Stony Brook University
Joshua D. Caldwell
Joshua D. Caldwell Vanderbilt University
Bernard Gil
Bernard Gil University of Montpellier
Hongxing Jiang
Hongxing Jiang Texas Tech University
Dimitri Basov
Dimitri Basov Columbia University
Michael M. Fogler
Michael M. Fogler University of California, San Diego
Jingyu Lin
Jingyu Lin Texas Tech University
Harry M. Meyer
Harry M. Meyer Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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