Research Interests: polar, spintronic, chiral and Berry parameters-tunable materials for computing and energy.

Group Members:

Principal Investigator: Jian Shi, Professor

Ph.D.Students and Postdocs

• Skye Williams: B.S. in Physics at Stony Brook University; Ph.D. at RPI: 2021-present. Email: willis11@rpi.edu
• Hanxue Ma: B.S. in Resource Recycling Science and Engineering at Dalian Univ of Tech.; M.S. in Chemical Engineering at National Univ. of Singapore; Ph.D. at RPI: 2023-present. Email: mah13@rpi.edu
• Jiaqi Wang: B.S. in Chemistry at East China University of Science and Technology; M.S. in Materials at Washington University in St. Louis; Ph.D. at RPI: 2023-present. Email: wangj64@rpi.edu
• Zhizhuo Liang: B.S. in Electrical Engineering at Huazhong University of Science and Technology; Ph.D. at RPI: 2022-present. Email: liangz7@rpi.edu
• Mark Potter: B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Ph.D. at RPI: 2021-present. Email: pottem3@rpi.edu
• Zixu Wang: B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering at Southern University of Science and Technology; Ph.D. at RPI: 2022-present. Email: wangz58@rpi.edu
• Zhihao Zhang: B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Ph.D. at RPI: 2023-present. Email: zhangz32@rpi.edu
• Denis Aglagul: B.S. in Physics at Stony Brook University; Ph.D. at RPI: 2023-present. Email: aglagd@rpi.edu

Current Undergraduates

• Adam Leicester (MSE, RPI), Adam's email: leicea@rpi.edu

Jian Shi is grateful for the generous funding support from the following agencies:

• National Science Foundation
• Air Force Office of Scientific Research
• Army Research Office
• Simon Foundation
• Department of Energy
• Office of Naval Research
• New York State of Opportunity
• IBM

Journal Articles at RPI:

2023

119. Jiang J, Zhang L, Hu Y, Guo Y, Chen Z, Jia R, Pendse S, Xiang Y, Wang G-C, Shi Y, Shi J. Metal-insulator transition of single-crystal V2O3 through van der Waals interface engineering. ACS Nano, 2023, in press.

118. Lin YC, Torsi R, Younas R, Hinkle C, Rigosi AF, Hill HM, Zhang K, Huang S, Shuck CE, Chen C, Lin Y-H, Maldonado-Lopez D, Mendoza-Cortes JL, Ferrier J, Kar S, Nayir N, Rajabpour S, van Duin ACT, Liu X, Jariwala D, Jiang J, Shi J, Mortelmans W, Jaramillo R, Lopes J, Engel-Herbert R, Trofe A, Ignatova T, Lee SH, Mao Z, Damian L, Wang Y, Wang Z, Law SA, Bepete G, Steves M, Lin J-X, Scheurer MS, Li J, Wang P, Yu G, Wu S, Akinwande D, Redwing JM, Terrones M, Robinson JA. Recent Advances in 2D Material Theory, Synthesis, Properties, and Applications. ACS Nano, 2023, in press.

117. Schold E, Barringer Z, Shi X, Williams S, Prashant Nazirkar N, Wang Y, Hu Y, Shi J, Fohtung E, Three-dimensional morphology and elastic strain revealed in individual photoferroelectric SbSI nanowire. MRS Bulletin, 2023, in press.

2022

116. Lu Z, Zhang L, Wen X, Jog A, Kisslinger K, Gao L, Shi J, Gall D, Washington MA, Wang G-C, Lu T-M, Ultrathin Ruthenium Films on Graphene Buffered SiO2 via Quasi Van der Waals Epitaxy. ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 4, 5775-5788, 2022

115. Pendse S, Hu Y, Jia R, Chen Z, Zhang L, Williams S, Jiang J, Fohtung E, Shi J. Growth of van der Waals Halide Perovskites within the Interlayer Spacings of Mica. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2022, doi.10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c06379

114. Jiang J, Pendse S, Zhang L, Shi J. Strain related new sciences and devices in low-dimensional binary oxides. Nano Energy, 2022, 104, 107917.

113. Zhang L, Jiang J, Hu Y, Lu Z, Wen X, Pendse S, Jia R, Wang G-C, Lu T-M, Shi J. Liquid-Phase van der Waals Epitaxy of a Few-Layer and Unit Cell Thick Ruddlesden-Popper Halide Perovskite. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2022, in press.

112. Shao B, Tan S, Huang Y, Zhang L, Shi J, Yang X-Q, Hu E, Han F. Enabling Conversion-Type Iron Fluoride Cathode by Halide-Based Solid Electrolyte. Adv. Funct. Mater., 2022, 2206845.

111. Kim J, Yi G-C, Ougazzaden A, Shi J. Novel epitaxy of functional materials. J. Appl. Phys., 2022, 132, 060401.

110. Jia R, Jiang J, Zhang L, Hu Y, Pendse S, Guo Y, Shi J. Composition Gradient-Enabled Circular Photogalvanic Effect in Inorganic Halide Perovskites. Appl. Phys. Lett., 2022, in press (EDITORS' PICK).

109. Jiang J, Zhang L, Ming C, Zhou H, Bose P, Guo Y, Hu Y, Wang B, Chen Z, Jia R, Pendse S, Xiang Y, Xia Y, Lu Z, Wen X, Cai Y, Sun C, Wang G-C, Lu T-M, Gall D, Sun Y-Y, Koratkar N, Fohtung E, Shi Y, Shi J. Giant Pyroelectricity in Nanomembranes. Nature, 2022, 607, 480-485.

108. Cai Y, Hu Y, Chen Z, Jiang J, Zhang L, Guo Y, Pendse S, Jia R, Zhang J, Ma X, Sun C, Shi, J. van der Waals ferroelectric halide perovskite artificial synapse. Physical Review Applied, 2022, in press.

107. Zhang L, Jiang J, Multunas C, Ming C, Chen Z, Hu Y, Lu Z, Pendse S, Jia R, Chandra M, Sun Y-Y, Lu T-M, Ping Y, Sundararaman R, Shi J. Room-temperature electrically switchable spin-valley coupling in a van der Waals ferroelectric halide perovskite with persistent spin helix. Nature Photonics, 2022, 10.1038/s41566-022-01016-9.

106. Cai Y, Zhang L, Jiang J, Hu Y, Chen Z, Jia R, Sun C, Shi J. A van der Waals Photo-Ferroelectric Synapse. Advanced Electronic Materials 2022, in press.

105. Kim H, Chang C, Lee S, Jiang J, Jeong J, Park M, Meng Y, Ji J, Kwon Y, Sun X, Kong W, Kum H, Bae S-H, Lee K, Hong Y. J. Shi J, Kim J, Remote epitaxy Nature Reviews Methods Primers, 2022, in press.

104. Shi X, Shi J, Fohtung E, Applicability of coherent x-ray diffractive imaging to ferroelectric, ferromagnetic, and phase change materials. Journal of Applied Physics, 131, 040901 (2022) (EDITORS' PICK)

103. Chen Z, Xu R, Ma S, Ma Y, Hu Y, Zhang L, Guo Y, Huang Z, Wang B, Sun Y-Y, Jiang J, Hawks R, Jia R, Xiang Y, Wang G-C, Wertz E, Tian J, Gall D, Chen X, Wang V, Gao L, Zhu H, Shi J, Searching for Circular Photo Galvanic Effect in Oxyhalide Perovskite Bi4NbO8Cl. Adv. Funct. Mater., 2022, 2206343.

102. Ming C, Chen Z, Zhang F, Gong S, Wu X, Jiang J, Ye T, Xu Q, Yang K, Wang L, Cao X, Yang S, Zhang S, Zhang Y, Shi J, Sun Y-Y, Mixed Chalcogenide-Halides for Stable, Lead-Free and Defect-Tolerant Photovoltaics: Computational Screening and Experimental Validation of CuBiSCl2 with Ideal Band Gap. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2112682, 2022.

101. Fang P, Mulligan CP, Jia R, Shi J, Khare SV, Gall D, Epitaxial TiCx (001) layers: phase formation and physical properties vs C-to-Ti ratio. Acta Materialia, 226, 117643, 2022.

 2021

100. Chen Z, Hu Y, Zhang L, Jiang J, Hawks R, Shi J, Photo-active electrically switchable van der Waals semiconductor NbOI2. Appl. Phys. Lett., 2021, in press.

99. Xiang Y, Xie S, Lu Z, Wen X, Shi J, Washington M, Wang G-C, Lu T-M, Domain boundaries in incommensurate epitaxial layers on weakly interacting substrates. J. Appl. Phys., 2021, in press.

98. Barringer Z, Jiang J, Shi X, Schold E, Pateras A, Cipiccia S, Rau C, Shi J, Fohtung E, Imaging Defects in Vanadium (III) Oxide Nanocrystals using Bragg Coherent Diffractive Imaging. CrystEngComm, 2021, in press.

97. Jia R, Kum H-S, Sun X, Guo Y, Wang B, Fang P, Jiang J, Gall D, Lu T-M, Washington M, Kim J, Shi J, van der Waals Epitaxy and Remote Epitaxy of LiNbO3 Thin Films by Pulsed Laser Deposition. J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A, 2021, in press (EDITORS' PICK).

96. Jiang J, Chen Z, Hu Y, Xiang Y, Zhang L, Wang Y, Wang GC, Shi J, Flexo-Photovoltaic Effect in MoS2. Nature Nanotechnology, 2021, in press.

95. Zhang L, Jiang J, Cai Y, Yao S, Azhar B, Chen Z, Hu Y, Pendse S, Guo Y, Jia R, Tian Z, Sun C, Liao P, and Shi J, Doping-Enabled Reconfigurable Strongly Correlated Phase in a Quasi-2D Perovskite. J. Phys. Chem. Lett, 2021, ASAP.

94. Guo Y, Goodge B, Zhang L, Jiang J, Chen Y, Kourkoutis L, Shi J, Unit-cell-thick domain in free-standing quasi-2D ferroelectric material. Phys. Rev. Mater., 2021, in press (EDITORS' SUGGESTION).

93. Valdman L, Wen X, Chen Z, Washington M, Lu TM, Shi J, Wang GC, Water-assisted exfoliation of epitaxial CdTe film from mica analyzed with azimuthal RHEED. Appl. Surf. Sci., 2021, 536, 147886.

 2020

92. McGahay ME, Wang B, Shi J, Gall D, Band gap and electron transport in epitaxial cubic CrxAl1-xN (001). Phys. Rev. B., 2020, 101, 205206.

91. Zhu W, Shen J, Li M, Yang K, Bu W, Sun YY, Shi J, Lian J, Kinetically Controlled Growth of Sub-Millimeter 2D Cs2SnI6 Nanosheets at the Liquid–Liquid Interface. Small, 2020, ASAP.

90. Wen X, Lu Z, Sun X, Xiang Y, Chen Z, Shi J, Bhat I, Wang GC, Washington M, Lu TM, Epitaxial CdTe thin films on mica by vapor transport deposition for flexible solar cells. ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 2020, 3, 4589.

89. Pendse S, Jiang J, Guo Y, Zhang L, Chen Z, Lu Z, Wang Y, Hu Y, Li S, Feng J, Lu TM, Sun YY, Shi J, Unit-Cell-Thick Oxide Synthesis by Film-Based Scavenging. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2020, 124, 8394.

88. Pendse S, Jiang J, Zhang L, Guo Y, Chen Z, Hu Y, Lu Z, Li S, Feng J, Lu TM, Shi J, Tuning phase transition kinetics via van der Waals epitaxy of single crystalline VO2 on hexagonal-BN. J. Cryst. Growth, 2020, 543, 125699.

87. Wang H, Liu X, Niu P, Wang S, Shi J, Li L, Porous Two-Dimensional Materials for Photocatalytic and Electrocatalytic Applications. Matter, 2020, 2, 1377.

86. Cai Y, Liu Y, Xie Y, Zou Y, Gao C, Zhao Y, Liu S, Xu H, Shi J, Guo S, Sun C, Band structure, effective mass, and carrier mobility of few-layer h -AlN under layer and strain engineering. APL Mater., 2020, 8, 021107.

85. Hu Y,#, Florio F,#, Chen Z, Phelan W. A., Siegler M. A., Zhou Z, Guo Y, Hawks R, Jiang J, Feng J, Zhang L, Wang B, Wang Y, Gall D, Palermo E. F., Lu Z, Sun X, Lu T-M, Zhou H, Ren Y, Wertz E, Sundararaman R, Shi J;, A chiral switchable photovoltaic ferroelectric 1D perovskite. Science Advances, 2020, 6, eaay4213.

84. Shi J, A structurally unstable semiconductor stabilized and enhanced by strain. Nature, 2020, 577, 171.

83. Guo Y, Sun X, Jiang J, Wang B, Chen X, Yin Y, Qi W, Gao L, Zhang L, Lu Z, Jia R, Pendse S, Hu Y, Chen Z, Wertz E, Gall D, Feng J, Lu TM, Shi J;, A reconfigurable remotely epitaxial VO2 electrical heterostructure. Nano Lett., 2020, 20, 33.

 2019

82. Wen Z, Wang Y, Chen Z, Shi J;, Chemical Vapor Growth of Silicon Phosphide Nanostructures. MRS Advances, 2019, DOI: 10.1557/adv.2019.437

81. Shi J, Chen L-Q., Strain Engineering in Functional Materials. J. Appl. Phys. 2019, 125, 082201.

80. Chen J, Mao W, Gao L, Yan F, Yajima T, Chen N, Chen Z, Dong H, Ge B, Zhang P, Cao X, Wilde M, Jiang Y, Terai T, Shi J;, Electron-doping Mottronics in strongly correlated perovskite. Adv. Mater., 2019, 1905060.

79. Littlejohn, Li Z, Lu Z, Sun X, Nawarat P, Wang Y, Li Y, Wang T, Chen Y, Zhang L, Li H, Kisslinger K, Shi S, Shi J, Raeliarijaona A, Shi W, Terrones H, Lewis KM, Washington M, Lu TM, Wang GC;, Large Metallic Vanadium Disulfide Ultrathin Flakes for Spintronic Circuits and Quantum Computing Devices. ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 2019, 2, 3684

78. Jiang J, Sun X, Chen X, Wang B, Chen Z, Hu Y, Guo G, Zhang L, Ma Y, Gao L, Zheng F, Jin L, Chen M, Ma Z, Zhou Y, Padture NP, Beach K, Terrones H, Shi Y, Gall D, Lu TM, Wertz E, Feng J, Shi J;, Carrier lifetime enhancement in halide perovskite via remote epitaxy. Nat. Commun. 2019, 10, 4145.

77. Chen J, Mao W, Ge B, Wang J, Ke X, Wang V, Wang Y, Döbeli X, Geng W, Matsuzaki H, Shi J, Jiang Y;, Revealing the role of lattice distortions in the hydrogen-induced metal-insulator transition of SmNiO3. Nat. Commun. 2019, 10, 694.

76. Yang S, Zhang Y, Wang S, Shi J, Liu X, Li L;, Rational Construction of MoS2/Mo2N/C Hierarchical Porous Tubular Nanostructures for Enhanced Lithium Storage. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2019, DOI: 10.1039/C9TA04516C.

75. Wang X, Ling Y, Lian X, Xin Y, Dhungana K, Perez-Orive F, Knox J, Chen Z, Zhou Y, Beery D, Hanson K, Shi J, Lin S, Gao H;, Suppressed Phase Separation of Mixed-Halide Perovskites Confined in Endotaxial Matrices. Nat. Commun. 2019, 10, 695.

74. Li L, Li Z, Yoshimura A, Sun C, Wang T, Chen Y, Chen Z, Littlejohn A, Xiang Y, Hundekar P, Bartolucci S, Shi J, Shi S-F, Meunier V, Wang G-C, Koratkar N, Vanadium disulfide flakes with nanolayered titanium disulfide coating as cathode materials in lithium-ion batteries. Nat. Commun. 2019, 10, 1764.

73. Ullal C, Shi J, Sundararaman S, Electron mobility in graphene without invoking the Dirac equation. Am. J. Phys 2019, 87, 291.

72. Mohanty D,Lu Z, Sun X, Xiang Y, Gao L, Shi J, Zhange L, Kisslinger K, Washington M, Wangb GC, Lu TM, Bhat I Growth of epitaxial CdTe thin films on amorphous substrates using single crystal graphene buffer. Carbon 2019, 144, 519-524 .

 2018

71. Chen Z, Wang Y, Sun X, Xiang Y, Hu Y, Jiang J, Feng J, Sun Y-Y, Wang X, Wang G-C, Lu T-M, Gao H, Wertz E, Shi J. Remote Phononic Effects in Epitaxial Ruddlesden-Popper Halide Perovskites. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2018, 9, 6676.

70. Mohanty D, Lu Z, Sun X, Xiang Y, Wang Y, Ghosha D, Shi J, Gao L, Shi S, Washington M, Wang G-C, Lu T-M and Bhat I Metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy of large size CdTe grains on mica through chemical and van der Waals interactions. Phys. Rev. Mater. 2018, 2, 113402.

69. Wang Y, Gao L, Yang Y, Xiang Y, Chen Z, Dong Y, Zhou H, Cai Z, Wang G-C, Shi J. The Non-trivial Strength of van der Waals Epitaxial Interaction in Soft Perovskites. Phys. Rev. Mater. 2018, 2, 076002.

68. Wang Y, Sun X, Chen Z, Cai Z, Zhou H, Lu TM, Shi J. Defect-engineered epitaxial VO2±d in strain engineering of heterogeneous soft crystals. Science Advances 2018, 4, eaar3679. .

67. Chen Z, Guo Y, Wertz E, Shi J. Merits and challenges of Ruddlesden-Popper soft halide perovskites in electro-optics and optoelectronics. Adv. Mater. 2018, 1803514.

66. Sun X, Lu Z, Xiang Y, Wang Y, Shi J, Wang GC, Washington M, Lu TM. Van der Waals Epitaxy of Antimony Islands, Sheets, and Thin Films on Single-Crystalline Graphene. ACS Nano 2018, 12, 6100.

65. Wang Y*, Hu Y* (*These authors contributed equally) Chen Z, Guo Y, Wang D, Wertz E, Shi J. Effect of Strain on the Curie Temperature and Band Structure of Low-Dimensional SbSI. Appl. Phys. Lett 2018, 112, 183104.

64. Li L, Basu S, Wang Y, Chen Z, Hundekar P, Wang B, Shi J, Shi Y, Narayanan S, Koratkar N. Self-heating–induced healing of lithium dendrites. Science 2018, 359, 1513. .

63. Ge C, Hu M, Wu P, Tan Q, Chen Z, Wang Y, Shi J, Feng J. Ultralow Thermal Conductivity and Ultrahigh Thermal Expansion of Single Crystal Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Perovskite CH3NH3PbX3 (X=Cl, Br, I). J. Phys. Chem. C 2018, 122, 15973.

62. Duan Y, Li P, Chen Z, Shi J, Ma L. Surface evolution and growth kinetics of Ti6Al4V alloy in pack boriding. J. Alloys Compd. 2018, 742, 690. .

61. Sun X, Lu Z, Chen Z, Wang Y, Shi J, Washington M, Lu T-M. A Single Crystal Graphene-Directed van der Waals Epitaxial Resistive Switching. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2018, 10, 6730 .

60. Sun X, Chen Z, Wang Y, Lu Z, Shi J, Washington M, Lu T-M. van der Waals epitaxial ZnTe thin film on single-crystalline graphene. J. Appl. Phys. 2018, 123, 025303.

59. Zhu W, Xin G, Wang Y, Xin M, Yao T, Xu W, Fang M, Shi S, Shi J, Lian J. Tunable optical property and stability of lead free all inorganic perovskite Cs2SnI6-xClx. J. Mater. Chem. A 2018, 6, 2577.

 2017

58. Sun X, Shi J, Washington M A, Lu T-M. Probing the interface strain in a 3D-2D van der Waals heterostructure. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2017, 111, 151603.

57. Hu Y*, Guo Y*, (*These authors contributed equally) Wang Y, Chen Z, Sun X, Feng J, Lu T M, Wertz E and Shi J. A review on low dimensional metal halides: Vapor phase epitaxy and physical properties. ?J. Mater. Res. 2017, 32, 3992(An invited article in memory of Prof. Jan van der Merwe) .

56. Chen Z, Wang Y, Sun X, Guo Y, Hu Y, Wertz E, Wang X, Gao H, Lu T M and Shi J. van der Waals Hybrid Perovskite of High Optical Quality by Chemical Vapor Deposition. ?Adv. Opt. Mater. 2017, 5, 1700373.

55. Wang Y, Sun X, Chen Z, Sun Y Y, Zhang S, Lu T-M, Wertz E, and Shi J. High-Temperature Ionic Epitaxy of Halide Perovskite Thin Film and the Hidden Carrier Dynamics. Adv. Mater. 2017, 29, 1702643.

54. Sun X, Lu Z, Xie W, Wang Y, Shi J, Zhang S, Washington M, and Lu T M. van der Waals epitaxy of CdS thin films on single-crystalline graphene. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2017, 110, 153104.

53. Yang Y B, Seewald L, Mohanty D, Wang Y, Zhang L H, Kisslinger K, Xie W, Shi J, Bhat I, Zhang S, Lu T M, Wang G C. Surface and interface of epitaxial CdTe film on CdS buffered van der Waals mica substrate. Appl. Surf. Sci. 2017, 413, 219 .

52. Wang Y, Chen Z, Deschler F, Sun X, Lu T-M, Wertz A E, Hu J-M, Shi J. Epitaxial Halide Perovskite Lateral Double Heterostructure. ACS Nano 2017, 11, 3355.

51. Hoye R L Z, Schulz P, Schelhas L T, Holder A M, Stone K H, Perkins J D, Vigil-Fowler D, Siol S, Scanlon D O, Zakutayev A, Walsh A, Smith I C, Melot B C, Kurchin R C, Wang Y, Shi J, Marques F C, Berry J J, Tumas W, Lany S, Stevanovic V, Toney M F, Buonassisi T. Perovskite-inspired photovoltaic materials: Toward best practices in materials characterization and calculations. Chem. Mater. 2017, 29, 1964.

50. Sun X, Wang Y, Seewald L, Chen Z, Shi J, Washington M, Lu T-M. Decoupling Interface Effect on the Phase Stability of CdS Thin Films by van der Waals Heteroepitaxy. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2017, 110, 041602.

 2016

49. Wang Y, Sun X, Shivanna R, Yang Y, Chen Z, Guo Y, Wang G-C, Wertz E, Deschler F, Cai Z, Zhou H, Lu T-M, Shi J. Photon Transport in One-Dimensional Incommensurately Epitaxial CsPbX3 Arrays. Nano Lett. 2016;16,7974–7981 .

48. Mohanty D, Xie W, Wang Y, Lu Z, Shi J, Zhang S, Wang G-C, Lu T-M, and Bhat I. van der Waals epitaxy of CdTe thin film on graphene. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2016; 109, 143109 .

47. Chen Z, Wang Y, Shi Y, Hsu B, Yang Z, Shi J, Regulating Carrier Dynamics in Single Crystal Halide Perovskite via Interface Engineering and Optical Doping. Adv. Electron. Mater. 2016;2, 1600248.

46. Wang Y, Seewald L, Sun Y-Y, Keblinski P, Sun X, Zhang S, Lu T-M, Johnson J, Hwang J, Shi J, Nonlinear electron-lattice interactions in a wurtzite semiconductor enabled via strongly correlated oxide. Adv. Mater. 2016;28, 8975–8982.

45. Yang Y B, Dash J K , Xiang Y, Wang Y, Shi J, Dinolfo P H, Lu T-M, Wang G-C. Tuning the phase and optical properties of ultrathin SnSx films. J. Phys. Chem. C 2016,120(24),13199-13214. .

44. Yang Y B, Dash J, LittleJohn A, Xiang Y, Wang Y, Shi J, Zhang L, Kisslinger K, Lu T-M, Wang G-C. Large Single Crystal SnS2 Flakes Synthesized from Co-evaporation of Sn and S. Cryst. Growth Des. 2016,16(2),961–973. .

43. Zhou Y, Guan X, Zhou H, Ramadoss K, Adam S, Liu H, Lee S, Shi J, Tsuchiya M, Fong D D, Ramanathan S. Strongly correlated perovskite fuel cells. Nature 2016;534, 231–234. .

42. Sun Y, Shi J, Lian J, Gao W, Agiorgousis ML, Zhang S. Discovering Lead-Free Perovskite Solar Materials with Split-Anion Approach. Nanoscale 2016;8, 6284-6289. 

41. Wang Y, Sun Y, Zhang S, Lu T-M, Shi J. Band Gap Engineering of a Soft Inorganic Compound PbI2 by Incommensurate Van der Waals Epitaxy. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2016;108, 013105. 

 2015

40. Wang Y, Shi Y, Xin G, Lian J, Shi J. Two-Dimensional Van der Waals Epitaxy Kinetics in a Three-Dimensional Perovskite Halide. Cryst. Growth Des. 2015, 15 (10), pp 4741–4749. 

39. Yin X, Shi J, Niu X, Huang H, Wang X. Wedding Cake Growth Mechanism in One-Dimensional and Two-Dimensional Nanostructure Evolution. Nano Lett. 2015;15, 7766–777. 

38. Shao D, Gao J, Xin G, Wang Y, Li L, Shi J, Lian J, Koratkar N, Sawyer S. Cl-doped ZnO Nanowire Arrays on 3D Graphene Foam with Highly Efficient Field Emission, and Photocatalytic Properties. Small 2015;11, 4785-92. 

37. Bo C, Zheng X, Yang M, Zhou Y, Kundu S, Shi J, Zhu K, Priya S. Interface band structure engineering by ferroelectric polarization in perovskite solar cells. Nano Energy 2015;13:582. 

36. Bo C, Shi J, Zheng X, Zhou Y, Zhu K, Priya S. Ferroelectric solar cells based on inorganic–organic hybrid perovskites. J. Mater. Chem. A 2015;3:7699.

Journal Articles Before Joining RPI:

2016

35. Mi H, Seo J-H, Ku C-J, Shi J, Wang X D, Lu Y, Ma Z. Microwave TFTs Made of MOCVD ZnO With ALD Al2O3 Gate Dielectric. IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society. 2016;4:55-59.

2015

34. Chen J, Zhou Y, Middey J, Jiang J, Chen N, Shi X, Döbeli M, Shi J, Chakhalian J, Ramanathan S. Self-limited kinetics of electron doping in correlated oxides. Appl Phys Lett. 2015;107:031905.

33. Zhou Y, Park J, Shi J, Chhowalla M, Park H, Weitz DA, Ramanathan S. Control of Emergent Properties at a Correlated Oxide Interface with Graphene. Nano Lett. 2015;15:1627.

2014

32. Ha SD, Shi J, Meroz Y, Mahadevan, L, Ramanathan S. Neuromimetic Circuits with Synaptic Devices Based on Strongly Correlated Electron Systems Phys. Rev. Applied 2014;2:064003.

31. Sim J, Shi J, Ramanathan S. Ultra-thin freestanding ceria membranes: layer transfer techniques and high temperature conductivity studies. J Mater Chem A. 2014;2:19019.

30. Shi J*, Zhou Y*, (*These authors contributed equally) Ramanathan S. Colossal resistance switching and band gap modulation in a perovskite nickelate by electron doping. Nat Commun. 2014;5:4860.

29. Wang X, Li Z, Shi J, Yu Y. One-dimensional titanium dioxide nanomaterials: nanowires, nanorods and nanobelts. Chem Rev. 2014;114:9346.

28. Yan F*, Schoofs F*, Shi J*, (*These authors contributed equally) Ha SD, Jaramillo R, Ramanathan S. Local charge writing in epitaxial SmNiO3 thin films. J Mater Chem C. 2014;2(19):3805-11.

2013

27. Shi J, Ha SD, Zhou Y, Schoofs F, Ramanathan S. A correlated nickelate synaptic transistor. Nat Commun. 2013;4:2676.

26. Ha SD, Vetter U, Shi J, Ramanathan S. Electrostatic gating of metallic and insulating phases in SmNiO3 ultrathin films. Appl Phys Lett. 2013;102(18):183102.

25. Wang X, Shi J. Evolution of titanium dioxide one-dimensional nanostructures from surface-reaction-limited pulsed chemical vapor deposition. J Mater Res. 2013;28(03):270-9.

24. Shi J, Zhao P, Wang X. Piezoelectric-polarization-enhanced photovoltaic performance in depleted-heterojunction quantum-dot solar cells. Adv Mater. 2013;25:916-21.

23. Shi J, Li ZD, Kvit A, Krylyuk S, Davydov A, Wang XD. Electron microscopy observation of TiO2 nanocrystal evolution in high-temperature atomic layer deposition. Nano Lett. 2013;13(11):5727-34.

22. Nikoobakht B, Wang X, Herzing A, Shi J. Scalable synthesis and device integration of self-registered one-dimensional zinc oxide nanostructures and related materials. Chem Soc Rev. 2013;42(1):342-65.

2012

21. Starr MB, Shi J, Wang X. Piezopotential-driven redox reactions at the surface of piezoelectric materials. Angew Chem Int Ed. 2012;51(24):5962-6.

20. Shi J, Wang X. Hierarchical TiO2–Si nanowire architecture with photoelectrochemical activity under visible light illumination. Energy Environ Sci. 2012;5(7):7918-22.

19. Shi J*, Starr MB*, (*These authors contributed equally) Wang X. Band structure engineering at heterojunction interfaces via the piezotronic effect. Adv Mater. 2012;24(34):4683-91.

18. Leong M, Bayerl DJ, Shi J, Wang X. Evolution of lead titanate nanostructures from nanoparticle self-assembly. Sci Adv Mater. 2012;4(8):832-6.

2011

17. Wang F, Seo J-H, Bayerl D, Shi J, Mi H, Ma Z, Zhao D, Shuai Y, Zhou W, Wang XD. An aqueous solution-based doping strategy for large-scale synthesis of Sb-doped ZnO nanowires. Nanotechnology. 2011;22(22):225602.

16. Sun C, Shi J, Bayerl DJ, Wang X. PVDF microbelts for harvesting energy from respiration. Energy Environ Sci. 2011;4(11):4508-12.

15. Hong H, Shi J, Yang Y, Zhang Y, Wang X and Cai W. Zinc oxide nanowire as a novel platform for optical imaging. J Nucl Med 2011;52:1558.

14. Shi J, Wang X. Functional semiconductor nanowires via vapor deposition. J Vac Sci Technol B. 2011;29(6):060801.

13. Shi J, Wang X. Growth of rutile titanium dioxide nanowires by pulsed chemical vapor deposition. Cryst Growth Des. 2011;11(4):949-54.

12. Shi J, Sun C, Starr MB, Wang X. Growth of titanium dioxide nanorods in 3D-confined spaces. Nano Lett. 2011;11(2):624-31.

11. Shi J, Starr MB, Xiang H, Hara Y, Anderson MA, Seo J-H, Ma ZQ, Wang XD. Interface engineering by piezoelectric potential in ZnO-based photoelectrochemical anode. Nano Lett. 2011;11(12):5587-93.

10. Shi J, Hong H, Ding Y, Yang Y, Wang F, Cai W, Wang XD. Evolution of zinc oxide nanostructures through kinetics control. J Mater Chem. 2011;21(25):9000-8.

9. Shi J, Hara Y, Sun C, Anderson MA, Wang X. Three-dimensional high-density hierarchical nanowire architecture for high-performance photoelectrochemical electrodes. Nano Lett. 2011;11(8):3413-9.

8. Hong H, Shi J, Yang Y, Zhang Y, Engle JW, Nickles RJ, Wang XD, Cai W. Cancer-targeted optical imaging with fluorescent zinc oxide nanowires. Nano Lett. 2011;11(9):3744-50.

7. He L, Shi J, Sun X, Lin M, Yu P, Li H. Gold coated zinc oxide nanonecklaces as a SERS substrate. J Nanosci Nanotechnol. 2011;11(4):3509-15.

2010

6. Sun C, Shi J, Wang X. Fundamental study of mechanical energy harvesting using piezoelectric nanostructures. J Appl Phys. 2010;108(3):034309.

5. Shi J, Wang X. Strain versus dislocation model for understanding the heteroepitaxial growth of nanowires. J Phys Chem C. 2010;114(5):2082-8.

4. Shi J, Li C, Zhang Y, Li H. Coupled heat and mass transfer in the entrance region of a circular tube with fully-developed parabolic flow and external convective heating. Heat Mass Transfer. 2010;46(5):563-70.

2009

3. Shi J, Sun X, Zhang J, Lian J, Yu Q, Lin M, Li H. Epitaxial growth of horizontally aligned zinc oxide nanonecklace arrays on r-plane sapphire. J Phys Chem C. 2009;113(49):20845-54.

2. Shi J, Grutzik S, Wang X. Zn cluster drifting effect for the formation of ZnO 3D nanoarchitecture. ACS Nano. 2009;3(6):1594-602.

2008

1. Zhang J, Fan Q, Shi J, Xiao G, Gu M. Microstructural evolution during self-propagating high-temperature synthesis of Ti-Al system. J Wuhan Univ Technol. 2008;23(3):381-5.

Invited Book Chapters

2. Shi J, Wang X. Bio-inspired 3D nanoarchitectures. In: Zhou W, Wang ZL, editors. Three-dimensional nanoarchitectures. New York: Springer New York; 2011. p. 29-58.

1. Wang X, Shi J. Piezoelectric nanogenerators for self-powered nanodevices. In: Ciofani G, Arianna M, editors. Piezoelectric nanomaterials for biomedical applications: Springer Berlin Heidelberg; 2012. p. 135-72.

Conference Proceedings

2. Kim M, Seo J-H, Yang H, Shi J, Mawst L, Zhou W, Wang X, Ma ZQ. Fabrication and characterization of Si/GaInP heterojunction photodetectors. Photonics and Optoelectronics (SOPO), 2012 Symposium on; 2012. IEEE; 2012. p. 1-3.

1. Wang X, Shi J, editors. Multifunctional ZnO nanostructures: from material growth to novel applications. SPIE OPTO; 2011. International Society for Optics and Photonics.

Patents

1. Wang X, Shi J, inventors; Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, assignee. Methods for the growth of three-dimensional nanorod networks. United States patent US8771822B2. 2014.

2. Shi J, Zhou Y, Ramanathan R, inventors; PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE [US/US]; 17 Quincy Street Cambridge, MA 02138 (US), assignee. DOPANT-DRIVEN PHASE TRANSITIONS IN CORRELATED METAL OXIDES Pub. No. WO/2015/066558. 2015.

Jian Shi's group currently has a few openings for postdocs and PhD students who are interested in working on topological materials and/or quantum computing. Candidates interested in the positions are not required to have a specific background. Please send your application directly to Jian Shi's email: shij4@rpi.edu

Graduate Students and Postdoc Alumni (a partial list)

Ru Jia, B.S. Xiamen Univ.; Ph.D. RPI 2018 - 2023; present: Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA, USA

Saloni Pendse, B.S. College of Eng Pune, M.S. Univ of Florida; Ph.D. RPI 2018 - 2023; present: Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA, USA

Jie Jiang, Ph.D. Zhejiang Univ.; Postdoc. RPI 2017 - 2023; present: Zhejiang Univ.

Lifu Zhang, B.S./M.S. Shanghai Jiaotong Univ.; Ph.D. RPI 2018 - 2022; present: Univ. of Maryland

Yang Hu, B.S. Nanjing Univ.; Ph.D. RPI 2017 - 2021; present: Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA, USA

Yuwei Guo, B.S. Nanyang Technological Univ; Ph.D. RPI 2016 - 2020; present: Apple, Inc., Cupertino, CA, USA

Zhizhong Chen, B.S. Shanghai Jiaotong Univ.; Ph.D. RPI 2015 - 2020; present: ASM, Inc., Phoenix, AZ, USA

Adriana Messalli, graduate exchange student (MSE, Technical University of Denmark)

Jeppe Ormstrup (MSE, Technical University of Denmark)

Yiping Wang, B.S. Shanghai Jiaotong Univ.; Ph.D. RPI 2014 - 2018; present: Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID, USA

Undergraduates Alumni (a partial list)

Anna Capuano (MSE, RPI), present: Ph.D. student at NCSU

Zhihao Zhang (MSE, RPI), present: Ph.D. student at RPI

Adam Morrow (MSE, RPI)

Ryan Hawks (MSE, RPI), present: Ph.D. student at Penn State Univ.

Ziwei Liang (MSE, RPI)

Zhuoqun Wen (MSE, RPI), present: Ph.D student at Univ. Michigan

Xiaochuang Yuan (MSE, RPI), present: Amazon

Yuhan Shi (ECE, RPI), present: Ph.D. student at UCSD

Jiawei Tan (MSE, RPI), present: Ph.D. student at UCLA

Yuwei Guo (MSE, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), present: Apple, Inc.

Aaron Markel (MSE, RPI)

Patrick Strohbeen (MSE, RPI), present: Ph.D. student at Univ. Wisconsin at Madison

High School Students Alumni (a partial list)

Deena Mousa (Emma Willard School, Troy, NY), present: student at Yale University

Caroline Yin (Emma Willard School, Troy, NY), present: student at Barnard College, Columbia University

Irene Jeong (Emma Willard School, Troy, NY), present: student at the University of Pennsylvania