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Overview

Suzanne E. Mohney is a researcher affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their work spans multiple fields including Engineering, Materials Science, and Physics and Astronomy, with particular emphasis on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Their research focuses strongly on semiconductor materials and devices and related applications.

Their main research topics include:

  • Semiconductor materials and devices
  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials
  • Semiconductor materials and interfaces
  • Nanowire Synthesis and Applications
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films

Mohney has published extensively in several venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • Journal of Applied Physics
  • Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing
  • ACS Nano

Significant recent publications include the following papers outlining advances in semiconductor materials and nanoscale devices:

  • "Uncovering the Effects of Metal Contacts on Monolayer MoS2" (2020, ACS Nano)
  • "Ultrascaled Contacts to Monolayer MoS2 Field Effect Transistors" (2023, Nano Letters)
  • "Ultrasmall and Highly Dispersed Pt Entities Deposited on Mesoporous N-doped Carbon Nanospheres by Pulsed CVD for Improved HER" (2024, Small)
  • "12.5 kV GaN Super-Heterojunction Schottky Barrier Diodes" (2021, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices)
  • "Achieving Minimal Heat Conductivity by Ballistic Confinement in Phononic Metalattices" (2020, ACS Nano)

Mohney has collaborated frequently with a set of coauthors, notably:

  • Chan-Wen Chiu
  • Ian E. Campbell
  • Ama D. Agyapong
  • Alex Molina
  • Timothy N. Walter

Best Publications

  • Investigation of the mechanism for Ohmic contact formation in Al and Ti/Al contacts to n-type GaN

    B. P. Luther;S. E. Mohney;T. N. Jackson;M. Asif Khan

  • X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and x-ray diffraction study of the thermal oxide on gallium nitride

    S. D. Wolter;B. P. Luther;D. L. Waltemyer;C. Önneby

  • Fabrication of micromechanical devices from polysilicon films with smooth surfaces

    H. Guckel;J.J. Sniegowski;T.R. Christenson;S. Mohney

  • High temperature Pt Schottky diode gas sensors on n-type GaN

    B.P Luther;S.D Wolter;S.E Mohney

  • Employing Heavy Metal-Free Colloidal Quantum Dots in Solution-Processed White Light-Emitting Diodes

    Yu Zhang;Chuang Xie;Chuang Xie;Huaipeng Su;Jie Liu

  • Bright and color-saturated emission from blue light-emitting diodes based on solution-processed colloidal nanocrystal quantum dots

    Zhanao Tan;Fan Zhang;Ting Zhu;Jian Xu

  • Near‐Band‐Edge Electroluminescence from Heavy‐Metal‐Free Colloidal Quantum Dots

    Zhanao Tan;Yu Zhang;Yu Zhang;Chuang Xie;Chuang Xie;Huaipeng Su;Huaipeng Su

  • Measuring the specific contact resistance of contacts to semiconductor nanowires

    S.E. Mohney;Y. Wang;M.A. Cabassi;K.K. Lew

  • Fermi level depinning and contact resistivity reduction using a reduced titania interlayer in n-silicon metal-insulator-semiconductor ohmic contacts

    Ashish Agrawal;Joyce Lin;Michael Barth;Ryan White

  • Uncovering the Effects of Metal Contacts on Monolayer MoS2

    Kirstin Schauble;Dante Zakhidov;Eilam Yalon;Sanchit Deshmukh

  • Titanium and aluminum-titanium ohmic contacts to p-type SiC

    J. Crofton;L. Beyer;J.R. Williams;E.D. Luckowski

  • Diameter-Controlled Synthesis of Silicon Nanowires Using Nanoporous Alumina Membranes

    Timothy E. Bogart;Soham Dey;Kok Keong Lew;Suzanne E. Mohney

  • Analysis of a thin AlN interfacial layer in Ti/Al and Pd/Al ohmic contacts to n-type GaN

    B. P. Luther;J. M. DeLucca;S. E. Mohney;R. F. Karlicek

  • Mist fabrication of light emitting diodes with colloidal nanocrystal quantum dots

    T. Zhu;K. Shanmugasundaram;S. C. Price;J. Ruzyllo

  • An investigation into the early stages of oxide growth on gallium nitride

    S.D Wolter;J.M DeLucca;S.E Mohney;R.S Kern

  • Finding the optimum Al–Ti alloy composition for use as an ohmic contact to p-type SiC

    J. Crofton;J. Crofton;S.E. Mohney;J.R. Williams;T. Isaacs-Smith

  • Fabrication and electrical properties of si nanowires synthesized by Al catalyzed vapor-liquid-solid growth.

    Yue Ke;Xiaojun Weng;Joan M. Redwing;Chad M. Eichfeld

  • Influence of oxygen on the activation of p-type GaN

    B. A. Hull;S. E. Mohney;H. S. Venugopalan;J. C. Ramer

  • Interfacial reactions between nickel thin films and GaN

    H. S. Venugopalan;S. E. Mohney;B. P. Luther;S. D. Wolter

  • V/Al/Pt/Au Ohmic contact to n-AlGaN/GaN heterostructures

    K. O. Schweitz;P. K. Wang;S. E. Mohney;D. Gotthold

Frequent Co-Authors

Joan M. Redwing
Joan M. Redwing Pennsylvania State University
Jian Xu
Jian Xu Pennsylvania State University
Theresa S. Mayer
Theresa S. Mayer Purdue University West Lafayette
Joshua A. Robinson
Joshua A. Robinson Pennsylvania State University
John R. Williams
John R. Williams Auburn University
Nitin Samarth
Nitin Samarth Pennsylvania State University
John V. Badding
John V. Badding Pennsylvania State University
Thomas N. Jackson
Thomas N. Jackson Pennsylvania State University
Brian R. Bennett
Brian R. Bennett United States Naval Research Laboratory
Qiming Zhang
Qiming Zhang Pennsylvania State University

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