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2024

  1. C. H. Yao, H. Gao, L. Ping, D. P. Gulo, H. L. Liu, N. T. Hung, R. Saito* and X. Ling*, Nontrivial Raman characteristics in 2D non-van der Waals Mo5N6, ACS Nano accepted (2024).
  2. N. T. Hung*, R. Okabe, A. Chotrattanapituk and M. Li*, Universal ensemble-embedding graph neural network for direct prediction of optical spectra from crystal structure, Adv. Mat. 36, 2409175-1-11 (2024).

    Press release: “AI speeds up the discovery of energy and quantum materials” on Oct. 7, 2023 by Tohoku University. An illustration of this paper was also selected as a frontispiece.

  3. M. Mandal*, A. Chotrattanapituk, K. Woller, L. Wu, H. Xu, N. T. Hung, N. Mao, R. Okabe, A. Boonkird, T. Nguyen, N. C. Drucker, X. M. Chen, T. Momiki, J. Li, J. Kong, Y. Zhu* and M. Li*, Precise Fermi level engineering in a topological Weyl semimetal via fast ion implantation, Appl. Phys. Rev. 11, 021429-1-8 (2024).

    Press release: “A new approach to fine-tuning quantum materials” on Jul. 17, 2024, by MIT. This paper was selected as a featured article.

  4. H. L. Liu*, H. W. Chen, N. T. Hung, Y. C. Chen, H. J. Liu, C. T. Chen, Y. L. Chueh, Y. H. Chu, and R. Saito, Temperature-dependent indirect gaps for two-dimensional bismuth oxychalcogenides probed by spectroscopic ellipsometry, 2D Mater. 11, 035029-1-11 (2024).
  5. N. T. Hung*, N. Thanh, V. V. Thanh, S. Wang, R. Saito* and M. Li*, Symmetry breaking in 2D materials for optimizing second-harmonic generation, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 57, 333002-1-16 (2024). (Invited review)
  6. S. N. Kajale, T. Nguyen, N. T. Hung, M. Li and D. Sarkar*, Field-free deterministic switching of all-van der Waals spin-orbit torque system above room temperature, Sci. Adv. 10, eadk8669-1-7 (2024).

    Press release: “Propelling atomically layered magnets toward green computers” on Apr. 04, 2024, by MIT. This paper was also highlighted in the newsletter: “Van der Waals magnet integration for energy-efficient spintronics” on Apr. 08, 2024, by Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering.

  7. R. Saito*, N. T. Hung*, T. Yang, J. Huang, H. L. Liu*, D. P. Gulo, S. Han and L. Tong*, Deep-ultraviolet and helicity-dependent Raman spectroscopy for carbon nanotubes and 2D materials, Small 2308558-1-17 (2024). (Invited review)
  8. N. T. Hung*, J. Huang, Y. Tatsumi, T. Yang and R. Saito*, QERaman: An open-source program for calculating resonance Raman spectra based on Quantum ESPRESSO, Comput. Phys. Commun. 295, 108967-1-9 (2024).

    GitHub source: https://github.com/nguyen-group/QERaman.

  9. V. V. Thanh*, D. V. Truong and N. T. Hung*, Janus 2D B2P6: A promising anisotropic thermoelectric material with high power factor, Surf. Interfaces 44, 103829-1-8 (2024).

2023

  1. N. T. Hung*, The role of spin-orbit interaction in low thermal conductivity of Mg3Bi2, Appl. Phys. Lett. 123, 252109-1-5 (2023).
  2. D. P. Gulo, N. T. Hung, W. L. Chen, S. Wang, M. Liu, E. I. Kauppinen, S. Maruyama, Y. M. Chang, R. Saito and H. L. Liu*, Interacting phonons between layers in Raman spectra of carbon nanotubes inside boron-nitride nanotubes, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 14, 10263-10270 (2023).
  3. N. T. Hung*†, K. Zhang†, V. V. Thanh, Y. Guo, A. A. Puretzky, D. B. Geohegan, J. Kong, S. Huang* and R. Saito*, Nonlinear optical responses of Janus MoSSe/MoS2 heterobilayers optimized by stacking order and strain, ACS Nano 17, 19877-19886 (2023) († Equal contribution).

    Press release: “Stacking order and strain boosts second-harmonic generation with 2D Janus hetero-bilayers” on Sep. 26, 2023 by Tohoku University. An illustration of this paper was also selected as a front cover.

  4. S. Han, N. T. Hung, Y. Xie, R. Saito*, J. Zhang and L. Tong*, Observing axial chirality of chiral single-wall carbon nanotube by helicity‐dependent Raman spectra, Nano Lett. 23, 8454-8459 (2023).
  5. H. L. Liu*, B. D. Annawati, N. T. Hung, D. P. Gulo, P. Solis-Fernandez, K. Kawahara, H. Ago and R. Saito, Interference of excitons and surface plasmons in the optical absorption spectra of monolayer and bilayer graphene, Phys. Rev. B 107, 165421-1-10 (2023).
  6. D. P. Gulo, N. T. Hung, R. Sankar, R. Saito and H. L. Liu*, Exploring optical properties of 2H- and 1T’-MoTe2 single crystals by spectroscopic ellipsometry, Phys. Rev. Mater. 7, 044001-1-13 (2023).
  7. R. Natsui, H. Shimizu, Y. Nakanishi*, Z. Liu, A. Shimamura, N. T. Hung, Y. C. Lin, T. Endo, J. Pu, I. Kikuchi, T. Takenobu, S. Okada, K. Suenaga, R. Saito* and Y. Miyata*, Vapor-phase indium intercalation in van der Waals nanofibers of atomically thin W6Te6 wires, ACS Nano 17, 5561-5569 (2023).

    Press release: “Scientists thread rows of metal atoms into nanofiber bundles” on Mar. 4, 2023 by Tokyo Metropolitan University. An illustration of this paper was also selected as a front cover.

  8. V. V. Thanh*, D. V. Truong and N. T. Hung*, Janus γ-GeSSe monolayer as a high-performance material for photocatalysis and thermoelectricity, ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 6, 910-919 (2023).

2022

  1. F. R. Pratama*, R. Saito and N. T. Hung*, Magneto-Seebeck coefficient of the Fermi liquid in three-dimensional Dirac and Weyl semimetals, Phys. Rev. B: Lett. 106, L081304 (2022).
  2. D. P. Gulo, N. T. Hung, T. J. Yang, G. J. Shu, R. Saito and H. L. Liu*, Exploring unusual temperature-dependent optical properties of graphite single crystal by spectroscopic ellipsometry, Carbon 197, 485-493 (2022).
  3. N. T. Hung*, A. R. T. Nugraha, J. M. Adhidewata and R. Saito, Enhanced thermoelectric performance by van Hove singularities in the density of states of type-II nodal-line semimetals, Phys. Rev. B 105, 115142-1-5 (2022).
  4. L. X. Dien*, T. Murayama, N. T. Hung, Q. D. Truong, H. D. Chinh, M. Yoshimura, M. Haruta and T. Ishida*, Efficient non-volatile organogold complex for TiO2-supported gold cluster catalysts: Preparation and catalytic activity for CO oxidation, J. Catal. 408, 236-244 (2022).
  5. V. V. Thanh*, N. D. Van, D. V. Truong and N. T. Hung*, Effects of strain and electric field on electronic and optical properties of monolayer γ-GeX (X = S, Se and Te), Appl. Surf. Sci. 582, 152321-1-10 (2022).
  6. S. Han†, Y. Zhao†, N. T. Hung†, B. Xu, R. Saito*, J. Zhang and L. Tong*, Complex Raman tensor in helicity-changing Raman spectra of black phosphorus by circularly polarized light, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 13, 1241–1248 (2022). († Equal contribution)

2021

  1. W. V. Sinambela, S. A. Wella, F. S. Arsyad, N. T. Hung and A. R. T. Nugraha*, Electronic, optical, and thermoelectric properties of bulk and monolayer germanium tellurides, Crystals 11, 1290‐1‐12 (2021).
  2. S. Wang*, N. T. Hung, H. Tian, M. S. Islam and R. Saito, Switching behavior of a heterostructure based on periodically doped graphene nanoribbon, Phys. Rev. Appl. 16, 024030 (2021).
  3. R. Saito*, M. S. Ukhtary, S. Wang and N. T. Hung, Selection rule for Raman spectra of two‐dimensional materials using circularly‐polarized vortex light, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 23, 17271-17278 (2021).
  4. N. T. Hung* and R. Saito, The origin of quantum effects in low-dimensional thermoelectric materials, Adv. Quantum Technol. 4, 2000115 (2021). (Invited review)

    An illustration of this review paper was selected as a back cover.

  5. V. V. Thanh*, N. D. Van, D. V. Truong and N. T. Hung*, Charge-induced high-performance actuation of borophene, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 54, 105504-1-8 (2021).

2020

  1. K. Zhang, T. Wang, X. Pang, F. Han, S. L. Shang, N. T. Hung, Z. K. Liu, M. Li*, R. Saito* and S. Huang*, Anisotropic Fano resonance in the Weyl semimetal candidate LaAlSi, Phys. Rev. B 102, 235162-1-8 (2020).
  2. S. D. N. Luu*, A. R. Supka, V. H. Nguyen, D. V. N. Vo, N. T. Hung, K. T. Wojciechowski, M. Fornari and P. Vaqueiro*, Origin of low thermal conductivity in In4Se3, ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 3, 12549-12556 (2020).
  3. V. V. Thanh*, N. D. Van, D. V. Truong, R. Saito and N. T. Hung*, First-principles study of mechanical, electronic and optical properties of Janus monolayer of transition metal dichalcogenides, Appl. Surf. Sci. 526, 146730-1-8 (2020).
  4. N. T. Hung*, A. R. T. Nugraha, T. Yang and R. Saito, Confinement effect in thermoelectric properties of two-dimensional materials, MRS Adv. 5, 469-479 (2020). (Invited review)
  5. K. Zhang, X. Pang, T. Wang, F. Han, S. L. Shang, N. T. Hung, A. R. T. Nugraha, Z. K. Liu, M. Li*, R. Saito* and S. Huang*, Anomalous phonon-mode dependence of polarization-resolved Raman spectroscopy in topological semimetal TaP, Phys. Rev. B 101, 014308-1-9 (2020).

    Press release: “New class of materials shows strange electron properties” on Feb. 13, 2020 by Pennsylvania State University.

  6. Q. D. Truong*, L. C. Yin, N. T. Hung, D. N. Nguyen, Y. Gambe, K. Nayuki, Y. Sasaki, H. Kobayashi, R. Saito, P. D. Tran and I. Honma, Anionic redox in a-(Mo3S11)n polymer cathode for all-solid-state Li-ion battery, Electrochim. Acta 332, 135218-1-8 (2020).

2019

  1. N. T. Hung*, L. C. Yin, P. D. Tran and R. Saito, Simultaneous anionic and cationic redox in Mo3S11 polymer electrode of sodium-ion battery, J. Phys. Chem. C 123, 30856-30862 (2019).
  2. N. T. Hung*, A. R. T. Nugraha and R. Saito, Thermoelectric properties of carbon nanotubes, Energies 12, 4561 (2019). (Invited review)
  3. V. V. Thanh*, D. V. Truong and N. T. Hung*, Charge-induced electromechanical actuation of two- dimensional hexagonal and pentagonal materials, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 21, 22377-22384 (2019).
  4. S. Li, Y. Xia, M. Amachra, N. T. Hung, Z. Wang*, S. P. Ong* and R. J. Xie*, Data-driven discovery of full-visible-spectrum phosphor, Chem. Mater. 31, 6286-6294 (2019).
  5. E. H. Hasdeo*, L. P. A. Krisna, M. Y. Hanna, B. E. Gunara, N. T. Hung and A. R. T. Nugraha*, Optimal band gap for improved thermoelectric performance of two-dimensional Dirac materials, J. Appl. Phys. 126, 035109 (2019).
  6. M. Vila, N. T. Hung, S. Roche and R. Saito, Tunable circular dichroism and valley polarization in the modified Haldane model, Phys. Rev. B: Rap. Comm. 99 161404R (2019).

Before PhD

  1. N. T. Hung*, A. R. T. Nugraha and R. Saito, Designing high-performance thermoelectrics in two-dimensional tetradymites, Nano Energy 58, 743-749 (2019).
  2. B. Dong, Z. Wang*, N. T. Hung, A. R. Oganov, T. Yang*, R. Saito and Z. Zhang, New two-dimensional phase of tin chalcogenides: candidates for high-performance thermoelectric materials, Phys. Rev. Mater. 3, 013405-1-9 (2019).
  3. N. T. Hung*, A. R. T. Nugraha, T. Yang, Z. Zhang and R. Saito, Thermoelectric performance of monolayer InSe improved by convergence of multivalley bands, J. Appl. Phys. 125, 082502 (2019).
  4. V. V. Thanh*, N. T. Hung* and D. V. Truong, Charge-induced electromechanical actuation of Mo- and W-dichalcogenide monolayers, RSC Adv. 8, 38667-38672 (2018).
  5. Q. D. Truong†, N. T. Hung†, Y. Nakayasu, K. Nayuki, Y. Sasaki, D. M. Kempaiah, L. C. Yin, T. Tomai, R. Saito and I. Honma*, Inversion domain boundaries in MoSe2 layers, RSC Adv. 8, 33391–33397 (2018). († Equal contribution)
  6. N. T. Hung*, A. R. T. Nugraha and R. Saito, Universal curve of optimum thermoelectric figure of merit for bulk and low-dimensional semiconductors, Phys. Rev. Appl. 9, 024019 (2018).

    This paper belonging to the collection: Millie Dresselhaus: Her living scientific legacy.

  7. N. T. Hung*, A. R. T. Nugraha and R. Saito, Two-dimensional MoS2 electrochemical actuator, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 51, 075306 (2018).
  8. R. Saito*, A. R. T. Nugraha, E. H. Hasdeo, N. T. Hung and W. Izumida, Electronic and optical properties of single wall carbon nanotubes, Top. Curr. Chem. 375, 1-24 (2017). (Invited review)
  9. N. T. Hung*, A. R. T. Nugraha and R. Saito, High-performance three-dimensional carbon Archimedean lattices electromechanical actuators, Carbon 125, 472-479 (2017).
  10. N. T. Hung*, A. R. T. Nugraha and R. Saito, Size effect in thermoelectric power factor of nondegenerate and degenerate low-dimensional semiconductors, Mater. Today: Proc. 4, 12368-12373 (2017).
  11. N. T. Hung*, A. R. T. Nugraha* and R. Saito, Two-dimensional InSe as a potential thermoelectric material, Appl. Phys. Lett. 111, 092107 (2017).
  12. N. T. Hung*, A. R. T. Nugraha and R. Saito, Charge-induced electrochemical actuation of armchair carbon nanotube bundles, Carbon 118, 278-284 (2017).
  13. N. T. Hung*, E. H. Hasdeo, A. R. T. Nugraha, M. S. Dresselhaus and R. Saito, Quantum effects in the thermoelectric power factor of low-dimensional semiconductors, Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 036602 (2016).

    Press release: “Theory of thermoelectric properties updated after 23 years” on Aug. 23, 2016 by Tohoku Univeristy. This paper was highlighted in the newsletter: “IoT devices could tap ambient heat for power - Triangular quantum wells quadruple the performance of thermoelectric materials” on Jan. 19, 2024, by IEEE Spectrum.

  14. N. T. Hung*, D. V. Truong, V. V. Thanh and R. Saito, Intrinsic strength and failure behaviours of ultra-small single-walled carbon nanotubes, Comput. Mater. Sci. 114, 167-171 (2016).
  15. N. T. Hung*, A. R. T. Nugraha*, E. H. Hasdeo, M. S. Dresselhaus and R. Saito, Diameter dependence of thermopower of semiconducting carbon nanotubes, Phys. Rev. B 92, 165426 (2015).

    This paper was highlighted in the newsletter: “Thermoelectrics: Carbon nanotubes get high” on Apr. 04, 2016, by Nature Energy.

  16. N. T. Hung and D. V. Truong*, Ab initio study of the structural transformations and pseudoelasticity in Cu nanowires, Surf. Sci. 641, 1-5 (2015).
  17. D. V. Truong*, N. T. Hung, T. Shimada and T. Kitamura, Ab initio study of shear strain effects on ferroelectricity at PbTiO3 thin films, Surf. Sci. 606, 1331-1339 (2012).

Conference papers

  1. V. V. Thanh*, D. V. Truong and N. T. Hung, Ab initio calculations of ideal strength and electronic property of hydrogenated biphenylene monolayer, in Proceedings of the 3rd Annual International Conference on Material, Machines and Methods for Sustainable Development (MMMS2022), Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer, Singapore 415-421 (2024).
  2. V. V. Thanh*, N. T. Dung, D. V. Truong and N. T. Hung, Turning electronic and optical properties of monolayer Janus Sn-dichalcogenides by biaxial strain, in Modern Mechanics and Applications, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer, Singapore 981-989 (2022).
  3. L. X. Bach, V. V. Thanh*, H. V. Bao, D. V. Truong and N. T. Hung, Electromechanical properties of monolayer Sn-dichalcogenides, in Modern Mechanics and Applications, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer, Singapore 1113-1119 (2022).
  4. N. V. Duy, V. V. Thanh*, N. T. Hung and D. V. Truong, Electromechanical actuators based on monolayer borophene with 𝛽12 and Χ3 structures, in The AUN/SEED-Net Joint Regional Conference in Transportation, Energy, and Mechanical Manufacturing Engineering. RCTEMME 2021, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer, Singapore 710-718 (2022).
  5. V. V. Thanh*, N. T. Hung, T. T. Quang and D. V. Truong, Determining ideal strength and electronic properties of Ge/Si core-shell nanowires, J. Korean Soc. Precis. Eng. 36, 1-6 (2019).
  1. N. T. Hung* and V. V. Thanh, Thermal power and future applications in the automotive industry, Vietnam J. Sci. Tech. Eng. 7A, 62-64 (2022).
  2. N. T. Hung* and V. V. Thanh, Artificial muscle: When materials overcome nature’s evolution, Vietnam J. Sci. Tech. Eng. 9A, 62-64 (2020).
  3. N. T. Hung*, Low-dimensional materials - Solution for thermoelectric development, Vietnam J. Sci. Tech. Eng. 7A, 54-57 (2018).