Materials Science and NanoEngineering at Rice University, Houston

2026

(22) Kim, Y., Gyeon, M., Hong, J. H., Eom, S., Park, K., Park, H, Lee, H. Y., Cho, S. B., Kang, K., Hong, S. “Nanoscale imaging of charge transport across the semimetal−semiconductor interface in monolithic platinum diselenide”, Matter, accepted

(21) Liu, Y., Huang, Z., Li, X., Lin, C., Chugh, A., Lang, T., Watanabe, K., Taniguchi, T., Lou, J., Gao, Y., Han, Y., Ma, X., Lee, H. Y.* “Room temperature molding of amorphous dielectrics via van der Waals anisotropy at the nanoscale”, Nature Communications, accepted

(20) Huynh, T., Lee, H. Y.* and Kim B. S. Y.* “Emerging Strategies for Moiré Systems: New Knobs, Dimensions, and Materials”, 2D Materials, 13, 022002. (2026)

(19) Lang, T., Liu, Y.*, Chugh, A., Watanabe, K., Taniguchi, T., Lee, H. Y.*“Hidden stacking fault charge traps in hBN and their impact on dielectric breakdown”, Nano Letters, 26, 9, 3164-3170. (2026)

2025

(18) Liu, Y., Luo, S., Wu, W., Murakami, F., Lang, T., Chugh, A., Lin, C., Watanabe, K., Taniguchi, T., Huang, S., Zhao, Y., Lou, J., and Lee, H. Y*. “Spatial control of optical emission and conductivity in molybdenum oxide through electron beam irradiation”, Nano Letters, 25, 36, 13664-13671. (2025)

(17) Moore, S. L., Lee, H. Y., Rivera, N., Karube, Y., Ziffer, M., Yanev, E., Darlington, T., P., Sternbach, A., J., Holbrook, M., A., Pack, J., Xu, X., Dean, C., R., Owen, J., S., Schuck, P., J., Delor, M., Zhu, X., Y., Hone, J., and Basov., D., N., “Van der Waals waveguide quantum electrodynamics probed by infrared nano-photoluminescence”, Nature Photonics, 19, 833-839. (2025)

(16) Rajendran, A., Wang, Z., Darlington, T., Guo, Y., Amontree, J., Kwock, K., Holtzman, L., Watanabe, K., Taniguchi, T., Barmak, K., Dean, C., Schuck, P. J., Lee, H. Y.*, and Hone, J. C.* “High-performance p-type Transistor in Monolayer 2H-MoTe2.” Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 129, (5), 2830- 2836. (2025) *Corresponding author

2024

(15) Lee, H. Y., Wang, Z., Chen, G., Holtzman, L.N., Yan, X., Amontree, J., Zangiabadi, A., Watanabe, K., Taniguchi, T., Barmak, K., Kim, P. and Hone, J. C. “In situ via Contact to hBN-Encapsulated Air-Sensitive Atomically Thin Semiconductors”. ACS Nano. 18(26), 17111-17118. (2024)

Before Rice

(14) Sarkar, S., Xu, Y., Mathew, S., Lal, M., Chung, J. Y., Lee, H. Y., Watanabe, K., Taniguchi, T., Venkatesan, T. and Gradečak, S. “Identifying Luminescent Boron Vacancies in h-BN Generated Using Controlled He+ Ion Irradiation.” Nano Letters, 24(1), 43-50. (2023)

(13) Lee, H. Y., Sarkar, S., Reidy, K., Kumar, A., Klein, J., Watanabe, K., Taniguchi, T., LeBeau, J.M., Ross, F.M. and Gradečak, S., “Strong and Localized Luminescence from Interface Bubbles Between Stacked hBN Multilayers.” Nature Communications, 13(1), pp.1-9. (2022) Editors’ Highlights

(12) Reidy, K., Thomsen, J.D., Lee, H. Y., Zarubin, V., Yu, Y., Wang, B., Pham, T., Periwal, P. and Ross, F.M., “Mechanisms of Quasi van der Waals Epitaxy of Three-Dimensional Metallic Nanoislands on Suspended Two-Dimensional Materials.” Nano Letters, 22(14), pp.5849-5858. (2022)

(11) Bonnet, N., Lee, H. Y., Shao, F., Woo, S.Y., Blazit, J.D., Watanabe, K., Taniguchi, T., Zobelli, A., Stéphan, O., Kociak, M. and Gradečak, S., “Nanoscale modification of WS2 trion emission by its local electromagnetic environment.” Nano Letters, 21(24), pp.10178-10185. (2021)

(10) Tan, S.F., Reidy, K., Lee, S., Klein, J., Schneider, N.M., Lee, H. Y., and Ross, F.M., “Multilayer Graphene—A Promising Electrode Material in Liquid Cell Electrochemistry.” Advanced Functional Materials, 31(46), p.2104628. (2021)

(9) Tan, S.F., Reidy, K., Lee, S., Klein, J., Schneider, N., Lee, H. Y. and Ross, F., “Graphene–A Promising Electrode Material in Liquid Cell Electrochemistry.” Microscopy and Microanalysis, 27(S1), pp.46-48. (2021)

(8) Bonnet, N., Lee, H. Y., Fuhui, S.H.A.O., Woo, S., Watanabe, K., Taniguchi, T., Zobelli, A., Stéphan, O., Kociak, M., Blazit, J.D. and Gradečak-Garaj, S., “Unveiling nanoscale optical and structural properties of TMD monolayers using combined electron spectroscopies.” Microscopy and Microanalysis, 27(S1), pp.124-127. (2021)

(7) Lee, H. Y., Al Ezzi, M.M., Raghuvanshi, N., Chung, J.Y., Watanabe, K., Taniguchi, T., Garaj, S., Adam, S. and Gradecak, S., “Tunable Optical Properties of Thin Films Controlled by the Interface Twist Angle.” Nano Letters, 21(7), pp.2832-2839. (2021) Cover Article

(6) Pham, T., Kommandur, S., Lee, H. Y., Zakharov, D., Filler, M.A. and Ross, F.M., “One-dimensional twisted and tubular structures of zinc oxide by semiconductor-catalyzed vapor–liquid–solid synthesis.” Nanotechnology, 32(7), p.075603. (2020)

(5) Tan, S.F., Reidy, K., Lee, H. Y. and Ross, F., “In Situ Growth of Metal Nanoparticles on Two-dimensional Materials Under Electrochemical Conditions.” Microscopy and Microanalysis, 26(S2), pp.2580-2582. (2020)

(4) Singh, A., Lee, H. Y. and Gradečak, S., “Direct optical-structure correlation in atomically thin dichalcogenides and heterostructures.” Nano Research, 13(5), pp.1363-1368. (2020)

(3) Lee, H. Y., Kim, S., Park, J.Y., Oh, Y.W., Park, S.Y., Ham, W., Kotani, Y., Nakamura, T., Suzuki, M., Ono, T. and Lee, K.J., “Enhanced spin–orbit torque via interface engineering in Pt/CoFeB/MgO heterostructures.” APL Materials, 7(3), p.031110. (2019)

(2) Oh, Y.W., Chris Baek, S.H., Kim, Y.M., Lee, H. Y., Lee, K.D., Yang, C.G., Park, E.S., Lee, K.S., Kim, K.W., Go, G. and Jeong, J.R., “Field-free switching of perpendicular magnetization through spin–orbit torque in antiferromagnet/ferromagnet/oxide structures.” Nature Nanotechnology, 11(10), pp.878-884. (2016)

(1) Lee, K.D., Kim, D.J., Lee, H. Y., Kim, S.H., Lee, J.H., Lee, K.M., Jeong, J.R., Lee, K.S., Song, H.S., Sohn, J.W. and Shin, S.C., “Thermoelectric signal enhancement by reconciling the spin Seebeck and anomalous Nernst effects in ferromagnet/non-magnet multilayers.” Scientific Reports, 5(1), pp.1-10. (2015)