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Overview

Shaul Aloni is affiliated with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the United States and specializes primarily in materials science and engineering. Their work spans multiple subfields including materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, atomic and molecular physics and optics, biomedical engineering, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

The main topics covered in their research include 2D materials and applications, graphene research and applications, perovskite materials and applications, chalcogenide semiconductor thin films, quantum dots synthesis and properties, machine learning in materials science, and CO2 reduction techniques and catalysts.

Aloni has published extensively with a notable presence in the following publication venues:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • ACS Nano
  • Scientific Reports
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • PRX Quantum

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Electrochemically scrambled nanocrystals are catalytically active for CO2-to-multicarbons, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Localization and Mitigation of Loss in Niobium Superconducting Circuits, 2022, PRX Quantum
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2024, Journal of Materials Chemistry C
  • Tuning colour centres at a twisted hexagonal boron nitride interface, 2022, Nature Materials
  • Controlled Assembly of Upconverting Nanoparticles for Low-Threshold Microlasers and Their Imaging in Scattering Media, 2020, ACS Nano

Aloni frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Adam Schwartzberg
  • Christopher T. Chen
  • D. Frank Ogletree
  • Brian Shevitski
  • Kenji Watanabe

Their extensive body of work reflects a multidisciplinary approach, emphasizing the integration of advanced materials synthesis, characterization, and applications in novel electronic and optical devices.

Best Publications

  • Monolayer behaviour in bulk ReS2 due to electronic and vibrational decoupling

    Sefaattin Tongay;Sefaattin Tongay;Hasan Sahin;Changhyun Ko;Alex Luce

  • Seeded Growth of Highly Luminescent CdSe/CdS Nanoheterostructures with Rod and Tetrapod Morphologies

    Dmitri V. Talapin;James H. Nelson;Elena V. Shevchenko;Shaul Aloni

  • In situ TEM imaging of CaCO3 nucleation reveals coexistence of direct and indirect pathways

    Michael H. Nielsen;Michael H. Nielsen;Shaul Aloni;James J. De Yoreo;James J. De Yoreo

  • Non-blinking and photostable upconverted luminescence from single lanthanide-doped nanocrystals

    Shiwei Wu;Gang Han;Delia Milliron;Shaul Aloni

  • Complete composition tunability of InGaN nanowires using a combinatorial approach

    Tevye Kuykendall;Philipp Ulrich;Shaul Aloni;Peidong Yang;Peidong Yang

  • Origin of Reversible Photoinduced Phase Separation in Hybrid Perovskites.

    Connor G. Bischak;Craig L. Hetherington;Hao Wu;Shaul Aloni

  • Porous carbon nanofiber–sulfur composite electrodes for lithium/sulfur cells

    Liwen Ji;Mumin Rao;Shaul Aloni;Lei Wang

  • Engineering Bright Sub-10-nm Upconverting Nanocrystals for Single-Molecule Imaging

    Bruce E. Cohen;James P. Schuck;Daniel J. Gargas;Emory M. Chan

  • Tunable infrared absorption and visible transparency of colloidal aluminum-doped zinc oxide nanocrystals.

    Raffaella Buonsanti;Anna Llordes;Shaul Aloni;Brett A. Helms

  • Understanding the Role of Oxidative Etching in the Polyol Synthesis of Pd Nanoparticles with Uniform Shape and Size

    Yujie Xiong;Jingyi Chen;Benjamin Wiley;Younan Xia

  • Ultrahigh Frequency Nanotube Resonators

    H. B. Peng;C. W. Chang;S. Aloni;T. D. Yuzvinsky

  • Packing C60 in boron nitride nanotubes.

    W. Mickelson;S. Aloni;Wei-Qiang Han;John Cumings

  • Formation of Hollow Silica Colloids through a Spontaneous Dissolution–Regrowth Process†

    Tierui Zhang;Jianping Ge;Yongxing Hu;Qiao Zhang

  • Direct identification of the conducting channels in a functioning memristive device.

    John Paul Strachan;Matthew D. Pickett;J. Joshua Yang;Shaul Aloni

  • Carbon nanotubes as nanoscale mass conveyors

    B. C. Regan;B. C. Regan;S. Aloni;S. Aloni;R. O. Ritchie;R. O. Ritchie;U. Dahmen;U. Dahmen

  • Gold/Iron Oxide Core/Hollow-Shell Nanoparticles**

    Elena V. Shevchenko;Elena V. Shevchenko;Maryna I. Bodnarchuk;Maksym V. Kovalenko;Dmitri V. Talapin;Dmitri V. Talapin

  • Nanoscale temperature mapping in operating microelectronic devices

    Matthew Mecklenburg;William A. Hubbard;E. R. White;Rohan Dhall

  • Interlayer forces and ultralow sliding friction in multiwalled carbon nanotubes.

    A. Kis;A. Kis;K. Jensen;S. Aloni;S. Aloni;W. Mickelson

  • Identifying substitutional oxygen as a prolific point defect in monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides.

    Sara Barja;Sivan Refaely-Abramson;Sivan Refaely-Abramson;Sivan Refaely-Abramson;Bruno Schuler;Diana Y. Qiu;Diana Y. Qiu

  • Faceting of nanocrystals during chemical transformation: from solid silver spheres to hollow gold octahedra.

    Yadong Yin;Can Erdonmez;Shaul Aloni,†,‡ and;A. Paul Alivisatos

  • Phase transformation of biphasic Cu2S-CuInS2 to monophasic CuInS2 nanorods.

    Stephen T. Connor;Ching-Mei Hsu;Benjamin D. Weil;Shaul Aloni

Frequent Co-Authors

Alex Zettl
Alex Zettl University of California, Berkeley
Adam M. Schwartzberg
Adam M. Schwartzberg Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
P. James Schuck
P. James Schuck Columbia University
Jeffrey B. Neaton
Jeffrey B. Neaton University of California, Berkeley
Delia J. Milliron
Delia J. Milliron The University of Texas at Austin
Miquel Salmeron
Miquel Salmeron Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Jeffrey J. Urban
Jeffrey J. Urban Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Marvin L. Cohen
Marvin L. Cohen University of California, Berkeley
Shannon W. Boettcher
Shannon W. Boettcher University of Oregon
Steven G. Louie
Steven G. Louie University of California, Berkeley

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