Publications

46. Effective Removal of Metal ion and Organic Compounds by Non-Functionalized rGO

Sarmiento, V.; Lockett, M.; Sumbarda-Ramos, E.G.; Vazquez-Mena, O.

Molecules (2023), 28(2), 649. Link

45. Negative-Index Acoustic Metamaterial Operating above 100 kHz in Water Using Microstructured Silicon Chips as Unit Cells 

      Jiaying Wang, Florian Allein, Cécile Floer, Nicholas Boechler, James Friend, Oscar Vazquez-Mena

     Adv. Mater. Technol. (2022), 7, 2200407 (Link)

44. Measuring the carrier diffusion length in quantum dot films using graphene as photocarrier density probe 

      Ahn, S.; Vázquez-Mena, O

     The Journal of Chemical Physics, (2022) (Link)

43. π-π Interactions Mediated Pyrene Based Ligand Enhanced Photoresponse in Hybrid Graphene/PbS Quantum Dots Photodetectors

      Ahn, S.; Ingrosso, C.; Panniello, Annamaria Striccoli, M.; Bianco, G. V.; Agostiano, A.; Bruno, G.; Curri, M. L.; Vazquez-Mena, O.

     Adv. Electron. Mater. (2021)(Link)

42. High Resolution Patterning of PbS Quantum Dots/Graphene Photodetectors with High Responsivity via Photolithography with Top Graphene Layer to Protect Surface Ligands.

    Ahn,  S; Vázquez-Mena, O

    ACS Nanoscale Adv. (2021) . (Link)

41. Ultrathin 5 um Thick Silicon Nanowires Intercalated with Reduced Graphene Oxide Binderless Anode for Lithium-Ion Batteries 

      Lockett, M.; Sarmiento, V.; Gonzalez, M.; Ahn, S.; Wang, J.; Liu, P.; Vázquez-Mena, O

     ACS Appl. Energy Mater. (2021), 4 (7), 6391–6398. (Link)

40.  High Performance Pb +2 Detection Using CVD-Produced High Quality Multilayer Reduced Graphene Oxide

      Sarmiento, V.; Lockett, M.; Sumbarda-Ramos, E. G.; Vázquez-Mena, O

     NanoExpress. (2021), 2 (1), 010023 (Link)

39.  Design and Fabrication of Negative-Refractive-Index Metamaterial Unit Cells for Near-Megahertz Enhanced Acoustic Transmission in Biomedical Ultrasound Applications 

      Jiaying Wang , Florian Allein,Nicholas Boechler James Friend, and Oscar Vazquez-Mena 

     Physical Review Applied. (2021) 15, 024025 (Link)

38. High performance Pb+2 detection using CVD-produced high quality multilayer reduced graphene oxide 

     Viviana Sarmiento, Malcolm Lockett,  Emigdia Guadalupe Sumbarda-Ramos, and Oscar Vázquez-Mena 

     NanoExpress (2021) 2, 010023 (Link)

37. Frequency and damping effect of suspended silicon nitride membranes in water near the megahertz range

      Jiaying Wang, Jiyang Mei, James Friend and Oscar Vazquez-Mena

     J. Micromech. Microeng. (2020) 30, 125006

36. Anodes for Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells Assisted by Plasmon-Accelerated Electrochemical Oxidation Using Gold Nanoparticle-                      Decorated Buckypapers

     Enrique Contreras, Christian Palacios, Brandon Huerta, Seungbae Ahn, Oscar Vazquez-MenaOscar Vazquez-Mena, Ruben D. Cadena-         Nava, Gabriel Alonso-Nunez, Oscar E. Contreras, Mercedes T. Oropeza-Guzmán, and José M. Romo-Herrera 

     ACS Appl. Energy Mater. (2020), 3, 9, 8755–8764

35. Enhanced Charge Transfer and Responsivity in Hybrid Quantum Dot/Graphene Photodetectors Using ZnO as Intermediate                        Electron‐Collecting Layer

     Seungbae Ahn, Seungbae Ahn  Wenjun Chen  Miguel A. Moreno‐Gonzalez  Malcolm Lockett  Jiaying Wang  Oscar Vazquez‐Mena

       Adv. Electron. Mater. (2020), 6, 2000014.

34. Near full light absorption and full charge collection in 1-micron thick quantum dot photodetector using intercalated graphene                monolayer electrodes

     Wenjun Chen,  Seungbae Ahn,  Marquez Balingit,   Jiaying Wang,   Malcolm Locketta  and  Oscar Vazquez-Mena  

      Nanoscale, (2020) 12, 4909-4915

33. The vibration behavior of submicron gas vesicles in response to acoustic excitation as determined via laser doppler vibrometry

     Shuai Zhang, An Huang, Avinoam Bar-Zion, Jiaying Wang, Oscar Vazquez Mena, Mikhail G. Shapiro, and James Friend  

      Adv. Funct. Mater. (2020), 30, 2000239.

32.Optoelectronic response of hybrid PbS-QD/ graphene photodetectors

     Seungbae Ahn, Hyeseung Chung, Wenjun Chen, Miguel A. Moreno-Gonzalez, and Oscar Vazquez-Mena

    J. Chem. Phys, (2019),  151, 234705   

31.Direct Chemical Conversion of Continuous CVD Graphene/Graphite films to Graphene Oxide without Exfoliation

     Malcolm Lockett, Viviana Sarmiento, Marquez Balingit, Mercedes Teresita Oropeza-Guzmán

    Carbon, (2020), 158, 202-209        

30.Electrochemical functionalization strategy for chemical vapor deposited graphene on silicon substrates: grafting, electronic properties and biosensing

     Viviana Sarmiento, Mercedes Teresita Oropeza-Guzmán, Malcolm Lockett, Wenjun Chen, Seungbae Ahn, Jiaying Wang and Oscar Vazquez-Mena

    Nanotechnology, (2019), 30, 475703 (Link)         

 29.  Implementation of Metallic Vertical Interconnect Access in Hybrid Intercalated Graphene/Quantum Dot Photodetector for Improved Charge Collection

     Wenjun Chen, Seungbae Ahn, Carlos Rangel,  Oscar Vazquez‐Mena

    Frontiers in Materials, (2019), vol. 6, art. 159 (Link)        

     28.  Improved Charge Extraction Beyond Diffusion Length by Layer‐by‐Layer Multistacking Intercalation of Graphene Layers inside Quantum Dots Films

     Wenjun Chen,  Joshua Castro,  Seungbae Ahn , Xiaochen Li,  Oscar Vazquez‐Mena

    Advanced Materials, 2019, 31 , pp  1807894 (Link)            

     27. Integration of Nanomaterials into Three-Dimensional Vertical Architectures

    Jiaying Wang, Stefan Wagner, Wenjun Chen, Yuesong Shi, Abdoulaye Ndao, Leon Li, Boubacar Kante, Donald Sirbuly , Max C. Lemme , and Oscar Vazquez-Mena

   ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2018, 10 (34), pp 28262–28268  (Link)     

     26. Metal insulator semiconductor solar cell devices based on a Cu2O substrate utilizing h-BN as an insulating and passivating layer

     O. Ergen, A. Gibb, O. Vazquez-Mena, W. Regan, A. Zettl

    Applied Physics Letters, 106 (2015), pp. 103904 (Link) 

25.   Performance Enhancement of a Graphene-Zinc Phosphide Solar Cell using the Electric Field-Effect

O. Vazquez-Mena, Jeffrey Bosco, O. Ergen, Haider I. Rasool, Aidin Fathalizadeh, Mahmut Tosun, Michael Crommie, Ali Javey, Harry Atwater, Alex Zettl

Nano Letters, 14 (2014), pp. 4280-4285 (Link) 

24.   Resistless Fabrication by Stencil Lithography: A Review

O. Vazquez-Mena, L. Gross, S. Xie, L.G. Villanueva, J. Brugger

Microelectronic Engineering, 132 (2014), pp. 236-254 (Link) 

23.   Screen-Engineered Field-Effect Solar Cells

W. Regan, S. Byrnes, W. Gannett, O. Ergen, O. Vazquez-Mena, F. Wang, A. Zettl

Nano Letters, 12 (2012), pp. 4300-4304 (Link)

22.   Stencil-nanopatterned back reflectors for thin-film amorphous silicon n-i-p solar cells: plasmonic grating versus metallic grating

C. Pahud, V. Savu, M. Klein, O. Vazquez-Mena, F.J. Haud, J. Brugger, Ch. Ballif

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 3 (2013) pp. 22-26 (Link)

21.   Resistless Fabrication of Nanoimprint Lithography (NIL) Stamps Using Nano-Stencil Lithography

L.G. Villanueva, O. Vazquez-Mena, C. Martin-Olmos, V. Savu, K. Sidler, J, Brugger

Micromachines, 4 (2013) pp. 370-377 (Link)

20.   High-Resolution Resistless Nanopatterning on Polymer and Flexible Substrates for Plasmonic Biosensing Using Stencil Masks

O. Vazquez-Mena, T. Sannomiya, M. Tosun, Luis. G. Villanueva, V. Savu, J. Voros and J. Brugger

ACS Nano, 6 (2012) pp. 5474-5481 (Link)

19.   All-stencil transistor fabrication on 3D silicon substrates

G. Villanueva, O.Vazquez-Mena, C. Martin-Olmos, V. Savu, K. Sidler, J.. Montserrat, P. Langlet, C. Hibert, P. Vettiger, J. Bausells, J. Brugger

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 22 (2012) p. 095022 (Link)

18.   Facile Fabrication of Nanofluidic Diode Membranes using Anodic Aluminium Oxide

S. Wu, F. Wildhaber, O. Vazquez-Mena, A. Bertsch, J. Brugger, P. Renaud

Nanoscale,  4 (2012) pp. 5718-5723 (Link)

17.   Metallic Nanodots by Stencil Lithography for Plasmonic Biosensing Applications

O. Vazquez-Mena, T. Sannomiya, L. G. Villanueva, J. Voros and J. Brugger.

ACS Nano, 5 (2011) pp. 844-853 (Link)

16. Reliable and Improved Nanoscale Stencil Lithography by Membrane Stabilization, Blurring and Clogging Corrections

O. Vazquez-Mena, K. Sidler, V. Savu, C.W. Park, L.G. Villanueva and J. Brugger

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, 8 (2010) pp. 352-357 (Link)

15. Analysis of the Blurring in Stencil Lithography

O. Vazquez-Mena, L.G. Villanueva, V. Savu, K. Sidler, P. Langlet and J. Brugger

Nanotechnology, 20 (2009) p.415303. (Link)

14. Metallic Nanowires by Full Wafer Stencil Lithography

O. Vazquez-Mena, G. Villanueva, V. Savu, K. Sidler, M.A.F. van den Boogaart and J. Brugger

Nano Letters, 8 (2008) pp. 3675-3682 (Link)

13. Reusability of Nanostencils for the Patterning of Aluminum Nanostructures by Selective Wet Etching

O. Vazquez-Mena, G. Villanueva, M.A.F. van den Boogaart, V. Savu and J. Brugger

Microelectronic Engineering, 85 (2008) pp. 1237-1240 (Link)

12. Compliant membranes improve resolution in full-wafer micro/nanostencil lithography

K. Sidler, L.G. Villanueva, O. Vazquez-Mena, V. Savu, J. Brugger.

Nanoscale, 4 (2012) pp.773-778 (Link)

11. SiN membranes with submicrometer hole arrays patterned by wafer-scale nanosphere lithography 

M.J.K. Klein, F. Montagne, N. Blondiaux, O. Vazquez-Mena, H. Heinzelmann, R. Pugin, J. Brugger, V. Savu 

Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, 29 (2011), p. 021012 (Link)

10. Localized ion implantation through Micro/Nanostencil Masks

L.G. Villanueva, C. Martin-Olmos, O. Vazquez-Mena, J. Montserrat, P. Langlet, J. Bausells, J. Brugger.

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, 10 (2011) pp.940-946 (Link)

9. Robust PECVD SiC membrane made for stencil lithography

S.Q. Xie, V. Savu, W. Tang, O. Vazquez-Mena, K. Sidler, H.X. Zhang, J. Brugger

Microelectronic Engineering 88 (2011) pp. 2790-2793 (Link)

8. Stencil Conducting Bismuth Nanowires

V. Savu, S. Neuser, G. Villanueva, O. Vazquez-Mena, K. Sidler, J. Brugger

Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B,  28 (2010) pp. 169-172  (Link)

7. Focused Ion Beam: A Versatile Technique for the Fabrication of Nano-Devices

Santschi, J. Przybylska, M. Guillaumee, O. Vazquez-Mena, J. Brugger and O. Martin

Praktische Metallographie – Practical Metallography, 46 (2009) pp.154-156 (Link)

6. Resistivity Measurements of Gold Wires Fabricated by Stencil Lithography on Flexible Polymer Substrates

K. Sidler, O. Vazquez Mena, V. Savu, G. Villanueva, M.A.F. van den Boogaart and J. Brugger

Microelectronic Engineering, 85 (2008) pp. 1108–1111.  (Link)

5. Etching of sub-micrometer structures through Stencil

G. Villanueva, O. Vazquez-Mena, M.A.F. van den Boogaart, K. Sidler, K. Pataky, V. Savu and J. Brugger

Microelectronic Engineering, 85 (2008) pp. 1010–1014. (Link)

4. A single nanotrench in a palladium microwire for hydrogen detection

T. Kiefer, F. Favier, O. Vazquez, G. Villanueva and J. Brugger

Nanotechnology, 19 (2008) pp. 125502 (Link)

3. Patterning of parallel nanobridge structures by reverse nanostencil lithography using an edge-patterned stencil

C.W. Park, O. Vazquez Mena and J. Brugger

Nanotechnology, 18 (2007)  pp. 044002 (Link)

2. Reverse transfer of nanostencil patterns using intermediate sacrificial layer and lift-off process

C.W. Park, O. Vazquez Mena, M.A.F. van den Boogaart and J. Brugger

Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, 24 (2006) pp. 2772-2775 (Link)

1. Sculpting nanoelectrodes with a transmission electron beam for electrical and geometrical characterization of nanoparticles.

H.W. Zandbergen, R. van Duuren, P.F.A. Alkemade, G. Lientschnig, O. Vasquez, C. Dekker, and F.D. Tichelaar

Nano Letters,  5 (2005) pp. 549-553 (Link)