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Linyou Cao is affiliated with North Carolina State University in the United States. Their research primarily lies at the intersection of materials science and engineering, with significant contributions in materials chemistry and electrical and electronic engineering. Their work also touches on renewable energy, sustainability, atomic and molecular physics, and optics.

The main topics of their research include:

  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • MXene and MAX Phase Materials
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Graphene Research and Applications
  • Ferroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Thermal Properties of Materials

Linyou Cao has authored publications in several prominent venues with a focus on advanced materials and nanoscale phenomena. Frequent publication venues include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • ACS Nano
  • Physical Review Applied
  • 2D Materials
  • Advanced Materials

The scientist has collaborated multiple times with peers such as Yifei Yu, Guoqing Li, Hattan Abuzaid, Aaron D. Franklin, and Yiling Yu, reflecting a broad network in their field.

Some of the recent papers authored by Linyou Cao are:

  • Engineering Substrate Interaction To Improve Hydrogen Evolution Catalysis of Monolayer MoS2 Films beyond Pt, 2020, ACS Nano
  • In-Plane and Interfacial Thermal Conduction of Two-Dimensional Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides, 2020, Physical Review Applied
  • Excitons in strained and suspended monolayer WSe2, 2021, 2D Materials
  • Unanticipated Polarity Shift in Edge-Contacted Tungsten-Based 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Transistors, 2021, IEEE Electron Device Letters
  • Distinct Contact Scaling Effects in MoS2 Transistors Revealed with Asymmetrical Contact Measurements, 2023, Advanced Materials

The body of work includes studies on catalysis, thermal conduction, excitonic behavior in two-dimensional materials, and electronic device characteristics. This range indicates an ongoing engagement with both fundamental science and applied engineering aspects of novel materials.

Best Publications

  • Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities in Two-Dimensional Materials Beyond Graphene

    Sheneve Z. Butler;Shawna M. Hollen;Linyou Cao;Yi Cui;Yi Cui

  • Engineering light absorption in semiconductor nanowire devices

    Linyou Cao;Justin S. White;Joon Shik Park;Jon A. Schuller

  • Controlled scalable synthesis of uniform, high-quality monolayer and few-layer MoS2 films

    Yifei Yu;Chun Li;Yi Liu;Liqin Su

  • All The Catalytic Active Sites of MoS2 for Hydrogen Evolution

    Guoqing Li;Du Zhang;Qiao Qiao;Yifei Yu

  • Layer-Dependent Electrocatalysis of MoS2 for Hydrogen Evolution

    Yifei Yu;Sheng-Yang Huang;Yanpeng Li;Stephan N. Steinmann

  • Semiconductor Nanowire Optical Antenna Solar Absorbers

    Linyou Cao;Pengyu Fan;Alok P. Vasudev;Justin S. White

  • Many-body effects in valleytronics: direct measurement of valley lifetimes in single-layer MoS2.

    Cong Mai;Andrew Barrette;Yifei Yu;Yuriy G. Semenov

  • Surface-Energy-Assisted Perfect Transfer of Centimeter-Scale Monolayer and Few-Layer MoS2 Films onto Arbitrary Substrates

    Alper Gurarslan;Yifei Yu;Liqin Su;Yiling Yu

  • Equally Efficient Interlayer Exciton Relaxation and Improved Absorption in Epitaxial and Nonepitaxial MoS2/WS2 Heterostructures

    Yifei Yu;Shi Hu;Liqin Su;Lujun Huang

  • Tuning the Color of Silicon Nanostructures

    Linyou Cao;Pengyu Fan;Edward S. Barnard;Ana M. Brown

  • Efficient Interlayer Relaxation and Transition of Excitons in Epitaxial and Non-epitaxial MoS2/WS2 Heterostructures

    Yifei Yu;Shi Hu;Liqin Su;Lujun Huang

  • Resonant germanium nanoantenna photodetectors.

    Linyou Cao;Joon-Shik Park;Pengyu Fan;Bruce Clemens

  • Low-loss composite photonic platform based on 2D semiconductor monolayers

    Ipshita Datta;Sang Hoon Chae;Gaurang R. Bhatt;Mohammad Amin Tadayon

  • Plasmon-assisted local temperature control to pattern individual semiconductor nanowires and carbon nanotubes.

    Linyou Cao;David N. Barsic;and Alex R. Guichard;Mark L. Brongersma

  • An invisible metal-semiconductor photodetector

    Pengyu Fan;Uday K. Chettiar;Linyou Cao;Linyou Cao;Farzaneh Afshinmanesh

  • Enhanced Raman Scattering from Individual Semiconductor Nanocones and Nanowires

    Linyou Cao;Bahram Nabet;Jonathan Spanier

  • Engineering Substrate Interactions for High Luminescence Efficiency of Transition-Metal Dichalcogenide Monolayers

    Yifei Yu;Yiling Yu;Chao Xu;Yong-Qing Cai

  • Exciton-dominated Dielectric Function of Atomically Thin MoS2 Films.

    Yiling Yu;Yifei Yu;Yongqing Cai;Wei Li

  • Activating MoS2 for pH-Universal Hydrogen Evolution Catalysis

    Guoqing Li;Du Zhang;Yifei Yu;Shengyang Huang

  • Role of Boundary Layer Diffusion in Vapor Deposition Growth of Chalcogenide Nanosheets: The Case of GeS

    Chun Li;Liang Huang;Gayatri Pongur Snigdha;Yifei Yu

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark L. Brongersma
Mark L. Brongersma Stanford University
Tony F. Heinz
Tony F. Heinz Stanford University
Aaron M. Lindenberg
Aaron M. Lindenberg Stanford University
Yong Zhang
Yong Zhang University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Aaron D. Franklin
Aaron D. Franklin Duke University
Yong-Wei Zhang
Yong-Wei Zhang Institute of High Performance Computing
Evan J. Reed
Evan J. Reed Stanford University
Fengnian Xia
Fengnian Xia Yale University
Chun Ning Lau
Chun Ning Lau The Ohio State University
Weitao Yang
Weitao Yang Duke University

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