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  1. D. O. Li, M. S. Gilliam, X. S. Chu, A. Yousaf, Y. Guo, A. A. Green and Q. H. Wang. “Covalent chemical functionalization of semiconducting layered chalcogenide nanosheets”, Molecular Systems Design & Engineering (2019). DOI: 10.1039/C9ME00045C
  2. D. O. Li, X. S. Chu, and Q. H. Wang. “Reaction kinetics for the covalent functionalization of two-dimensional MoS2 by aryl diazonium salts”, Langmuir, 35, 5693-5701 (2019). DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b04288
  3. H. Jing, Q. Cheng, J. M. Weller, X. S. Chu, Q. H. Wang & C. K. Chan. “Synthesis of TiO2 nanosheet photocatalysts from exfoliation of TiS2 and hydrothermal treatment”, Journal of Materials Research, 33, 3540-3548 (2018). DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2018.165
  4. X. S. Chu, A. Yousaf, D. O. Li, A. A. Tang, A. Debnath, D. Ma, A. A. Green, E. J. G. Santos, and Q. H. Wang. “Direct Covalent Chemical Functionalization of Unmodified Two-Dimensional Molybdenum Disulfide”, Chemistry of Materials, 30, 2112-2128 (2018). DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b00173
  5. D. O. Bellisario, A. T. Liu, D. Kozawa, R. Han, J. K. Harris, R. B. Zabala, Q. H. Wang, K. V. Agrawal, Y. Son & M. S. Strano. “Experimental Observation of Real Time Molecular Dynamics Using Electromigrated Tunnel Junctions”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 121, 22550-22558 (2017). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b08228
  6. X. S. Chu, D. O. Li, A. A. Green and Q. H. Wang. “Formation of MoO3 and WO3 Nanoscrolls from MoS2 and WS2 by Atmospheric Air Plasma”, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 5, 11301-11309 (2017). DOI: 10.1039/C7TC02867A
  7. E. J. G. Santos, D. Scullion, X. S. Chu, D. O. Li, N. P. Guisinger and Q. H. Wang. “Rotational Superstructure in van der Waals Heterostructure of Self-Assembled C60 Monolayer on the WSe2 Surface”, Nanoscale, 9, 13245-13256 (2017). DOI: 10.1039/C7NR03951D
  8. # A. Kaplan, Z. Yuan, J. D. Benck, A. G. Rajan, X. S. Chu, Q. H. Wang, and M. S. Strano. “Current and future directions in electron transfer chemistry of graphene”, Chemical Society Reviews, 46, 4530-4571 (2017). DOI: 10.1039/C7CS00181A
  9. K. V. Agrawal, J. D. Benck, Z. Yuan, R. P. Misra, A. G. Rajan, Y. Eatmon, S. Kale, X. S. Chu, D. O Li, C. Gong, J. H. Warner, Q. H. Wang, D. Blankschtein, and M. S. Strano. “Fabrication, Pressure Testing and Nanopore Formation of Single Layer Graphene Membranes”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 121 pp 14312–14321 (2017). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b01796
  10. Y. Son, D. Kozawa, A. T. Liu, V. B. Koman, Q. H. Wang, and M. S. Strano. “A study of bilayer phosphorene stability under MoS2-passivation”, 2D Materials, 4, 025091 (2017). DOI: 10.1088/2053-1583/aa6e35
  11. Y. Son, M.-Y. Li, C.-C. Cheng, K.-H. Wei, P. Liu, Q. H. Wang, L.-J. Li, and M. S. Strano. “Observation of Switchable Photoresponse of a Monolayer WSe2–MoS2 Lateral Heterostructure via Photocurrent Spectral Atomic Force Microscopic Imaging”, Nano Letters, 16, 3571–3577 (2016). DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b00699, PDF
  12. J. H. Appel, D. O. Li, J. D. Podlevsky, A. Debnath, A. A. Green, Q. H. Wang, and J. Chae. “Low Cytotoxicity and Genotoxicity of Two-Dimensional MoS2 and WS2”, ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 2, 361-367 (2016). DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.5b00467, PDF
  13. Y. Son+, Q. H. Wang+, J. A. Paulson, C.-J. Shih, A. G. Rajan, K. Tvrdy, S. Kim, B. Alfeeli and M. S. Strano. “Layer Number Dependence of MoS2 Photoconductivity Using Photocurrent Spectral Atomic Force Microscopic Imaging”, ACS Nano, 9, 2843–2855 (2015). DOI: 10.1021/nn506924j, PDF
  14. G. L. C.+, J. T. Nelson+, K. Y. Lee, Q. H. Wang, N. F. Reuel, B. R. Grassbaugh, S. Kruss, M. P. Landry, J. W. Kang, E. Vander Ende, J. Zhang, B. Mu, R. R. Dasari, C. F. Opel, K. D. Wittrup, and M. S. Strano. “A graphene-based physiometer array for the analysis of single biological cells”, Scientific Reports, 4, 6865 (2014). DOI: 10.1038/srep06865, PDF
  15. S. G. Mahajan, J. T. Abrahamson, S. Birkhimer, E. Friedman, Q. H. Wang, M. Beck and M. S. Strano. “Superadiabaticity in Reaction Waves as a Mechanism for Energy Concentration”, Energy & Environmental Science, 7, 3391-3402 (2014). DOI: 10.1039/C4EE00678J, PDF
  16. C.-J. Shih, Q. H. Wang, Y. Son, Z. Jin, D. Blankschtein, and M. S. Strano. “Tuning On-Off Current Ratio and Field Effect Mobility in MoS2-Graphene Heterostructure via Schottky Barrier Modulation,” ACS Nano, 8, 5790-5798 (2014). DOI: 10.1021/nn500676t, PDF
  17. A. J. Hilmer, D. O. Bellisario, S. Shimizu, T. P. McNicholas, Q. H. Wang, S. A. Speakman, and M. S. Strano. “Formation of High-Aspect-Ratio Helical Nanorods via Chiral Self-Assembly of Fullerodendrimers”, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 5, 929−934 (2014). DOI: 10.1021/jz500138d, PDF
  18. Q. H. Wang, C.-J. Shih, G. L. C. Paulus, and M. S. Strano. “Evolution of physical and electronic structures of bilayer graphene upon chemical functionalization,” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 135, 18866 (2013). DOI: 10.1021/ja4083914, PDF
  19. # Q. H. Wang, D. O. Bellisario, L. W. Drahushuk, R. M. Jain, S. Kruss, M. P. Landry, S. G. Mahajan, S. Shimizu, Z. W. Ulissi, and M. S. Strano. “Low Dimensional Carbon Materials for Applications in Mass and Energy Transport,” Chemistry of Materials, 26, 172–183 (2014). DOI: 10.1021/cm402895e, PDF
  20. # Q. H. Wang and M. S. Strano. “Carbon Nanotubes: A bright future for defects,” News & Views, Nature Chemistry, 5, 812 (2013). DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1768, PDF
  21. S. Walia, S. Balendhran, H. Nili, S. Zhuiykov, G. Rosengarten, Q. H. Wang, M. Bhaskaran, S. Sriram, M. S. Strano and K. Kalantar-zadeh. “Transition metal oxides – Thermoelectric properties.” Progress in Materials Science, 58, 1443 (2013). DOI: 10.1016/j.pmatsci.2013.1006.003, PDF
  22. J. T. Abrahamson, B. Sempere, M. P. Walsh, J. M. Forman, F. Şen, S. Şen, S. G. Mahajan, G. L. C. Paulus, Q. H. Wang, W. Choi & M. S. Strano. Excess Thermopower and the Theory of Thermopower Waves. ACS Nano, (2013). DOI: 10.1021/nn402411k, PDF
  23. Z. Jin, W. Sun, Y. Ke, C.-J. Shih, G. L. C. Paulus, Q. H. Wang, B. Mu, P. Yin & M. S. Strano. Metallized DNA nanolithography for encoding and transferring spatial information for graphene patterning. Nature Communications 4, 1663, (2013). DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2690, PDF
  24. S. G. Mahajan, Q. H. Wang, M. S. Strano & J. T. Abrahamson. Energy generation using thermopower waves: Experimental and analytical progress. AIChE Journal, (2013). DOI: 10.1002/aic.14143, PDF
  25. G. L. C. Paulus, Q. H. Wang, Z. W. Ulissi, T. P. McNicholas, A. Vijayaraghavan, C.-J. Shih, Z. Jin & M. S. Strano. Charge Transfer at Junctions of a Single Layer of Graphene and a Metallic Single Walled Carbon Nanotube. Small 9, 1954-1963, (2013). DOI: 10.1002/smll.201201034, PDF.
  26. S. Shimizu, M. Ellison, K. Aziz, Q. H. Wang, Z. Ulissi, Z. Gunther, D. Bellisario & M. Strano. Stochastic Pore Blocking and Gating in PDMS–Glass Nanopores from Vapor–Liquid Phase Transitions. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 117, 9641-9651, (2013). DOI: 10.1021/jp312659m, PDF
  27. C.-J. Shih, Q. H. Wang, Z. Jin, G. L. C. Paulus, D. Blankschtein, P. Jarillo-Herrero, and M. S. Strano. Disorder Imposed Limits of Mono- and Bilayer Graphene Electronic Modification Using Covalent Chemistry, Nano Letters 13, 809-817 (2013). DOI: 10.1021/nl304632e, PDF
  28. # Q. H. Wang, K. Kalantar-Zadeh, A. Kis, J. N. Coleman & M. S. Strano. Electronics and Optoelectronics of Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides: A Quantitative Review of Properties and Applications, Nature Nanotechnology 7, 699-712 (2012). DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2012.193, PDF, Editorial Highlight
  29. #G. L. C. Paulus+, Q. H. Wang+ & M. S. Strano. Covalent Electron Transfer Chemistry of Graphene with Diazonium Salts. Accounts of Chemical Research 46, 160-170, (2013). DOI: 10.1021/ar300119z, PDF
  30. C. J. Shih, Q. H. Wang, S. C. Lin, K.-C. Park, Z. Jin, M. S. Strano & D. Blankschtein. Breakdown in the Wetting Transparency of Graphene, Physical Review Letters 109, 176101 (2012). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.176101, PDF
  31. Q. H. Wang, Z. Jin, K. K. Kim, A. J. Hilmer, G. L. C. Paulus, C.-J. Shih, M.-H. Ham, J. D. Sanchez-Yamagishi, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, J. Kong, P. Jarillo-Herrero & M. S. Strano. Understanding and Controlling the Substrate Effect on Graphene Electron Transfer Chemistry via Reactivity Imprint Lithography Nature Chemistry 4, 724-732, (2012). DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1421, PDF
  32. C. J. Shih, G. L. C. Paulus, Q. H. Wang, Z. Jin, D. Blankschtein & M. S. Strano. Understanding Surfactant/Graphene Interactions Using a Graphene Field Effect Transistor: Relating Molecular Structure to Hysteresis and Carrier Mobillity. Langmuir 28, 8579-8586, (2012). DOI: 10.1021/la3008816, PDF
  33. A. J. Hilmer, T. P. McNicholas, S. C. Lin, J. Q. Zhang, Q. H. Wang, J. D. Mendenhall, C. S. Song, D. A. Heller, P. W. Barone, D. Blankschtein & M. S. Strano. Role of Adsorbed Surfactant in the Reaction of Aryl Diazonium Salts with Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Langmuir 28, 1309-1321, (2012). DOI: 10.1021/la204067d, PDF
  34. J. D. Emery+, Q. H. Wang+, M. Zarrouati, P. Fenter, M. C. Hersam & M. J. Bedzyk. Structural analysis of PTCDA monolayers on epitaxial graphene with ultra-high vacuum scanning tunneling microscopy and high-resolution X-ray reflectivity. Surface Science 605, 1685-1693, (2011). DOI: 10.1016/j.susc.2010.11.008, PDF
  35. Z. Jin, T. P. McNicholas, C.-J. Shih, Q. H. Wang, G. L. C. Paulus, A. Hilmer, S. Shimizu & M. S. Strano. Click Chemistry on Solution-Dispersed Graphene and Monolayer CVD Graphene. Chemistry of Materials 23, 3362-3370, (2011). DOI: 10.1021/cm201131v, PDF
  36. # Q. H. Wang & M. C. Hersam. Characterization and nanopatterning of organically functionalized graphene with ultrahigh vacuum scanning tunneling microscopy. MRS Bulletin 36, 532-542, (2011). DOI: 10.1557/mrs.2011.134, PDF
  37. C.-J. Shih, A. Vijayaraghavan, R. Krishnan, R. Sharma, J.-H. Han, M.-H. Ham, Z. Jin, S. Lin, G. L. C. Paulus, N. F. Reuel, Q. H. Wang, D. Blankschtein & M. S. Strano. Bi- and trilayer graphene solutions. Nature Nanotechnology 6, 439-445, (2011). DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2011.94, PDF
  38. J. M. P. Alaboson, Q. H. Wang, J. D. Emery, A. L. Lipson, M. J. Bedzyk, J. W. Elam, M. J. Pellin & M. C. Hersam. Seeding Atomic Layer Deposition of High-k Dielectrics on Epitaxial Graphene with Organic Self-Assembled Monolayers. ACS Nano 5, 5223-5232, (2011). DOI: 10.1021/nn201414d, PDF
  39. J. M. P. Alaboson, Q. H. Wang, J. A. Kellar, J. Park, J. W. Elam, M. J. Pellin & M. C. Hersam. Conductive Atomic Force Microscope Nanopatterning of Epitaxial Graphene on SiC(0001) in Ambient Conditions. Advanced Materials 23, 2181-2184, (2011). DOI: 10.1002/adma.201100367, PDF
  40. Q. H. Wang & M. C. Hersam. Nanofabrication of Heteromolecular Organic Nanostructures on Epitaxial Graphene via Room Temperature Feedback-Controlled Lithography. Nano Letters 11, 589-593, (2011). DOI: 10.1021/nl103590J, PDF
  41. * J. A. Kellar, J. M. P. Alaboson, Q. H. Wang & M. C. Hersam. Identifying and characterizing epitaxial graphene domains on partially graphitized SiC(0001) surfaces using scanning probe microscopy. Applied Physics Letters 96, (2010). DOI: 10.1063/1.3378684, PDF
  42. * Q. H. Wang & M. C. Hersam. Room-temperature molecular-resolution characterization of self-assembled organic monolayers on epitaxial graphene. Nature Chemistry 1, 206-211, (2009). DOI: 10.1038/nchem.212, PDF, News & Views
  43. Q. H. Wang & M. C. Hersam. Orthogonal self-assembly of interconnected one-dimensional inorganic and organic nanostructures on the Si(100) surface. Journal of the American Chemical Society 130, 12896-12897, (2008). DOI: 10.1021/ja806123j, PDF
  44. * Q. H. Wang & M. C. Hersam. Atomically resolved charge redistribution for Ga nanocluster arrays on the Si(111)-7 x 7 surface. Small 4, 915-919, (2008). DOI: 10.1002/smll.200700989, PDF

Conference Presentations and Proceedings

  1. Q. H. Wang, Z. Jin, K. K. Kim, J. Kong, A. J. Hilmer, G. L. C. Paulus, C.-J. Shih, J. D. Sanchez-Yamagishi, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, P. Jarillo-Herrero, and M. S. Strano, “Understanding and Controlling the Substrate Effect on Graphene Electron Transfer Chemistry via Reactivity Imprint Lithography”, Accepted for oral presentation by Q. H. Wang at the Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, 2012.
  2. Q. H. Wang, Z. Jin, K. K. Kim, J. Kong, A. J. Hilmer, G. L. C. Paulus, C.-J. Shih, J. D. Sanchez-Yamagishi, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, P. Jarillo-Herrero, and M. S. Strano, “Understanding and Controlling the Substrate Effect on Graphene Electron Transfer Chemistry via Reactivity Imprint Lithography”, Oral presentation by Q. H. Wang at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, 2012.
  3. Q. H. Wang, Z. Jin, K. K. Kim, J. Kong, A. J. Hilmer, G. L. C. Paulus, C.-J. Shih, J. D. Sanchez-Yamagishi, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, P. Jarillo-Herrero, and M. S. Strano, “Understanding and Controlling the Substrate Effect on Graphene Electron Transfer Chemistry via Reactivity Imprint Lithography”, Oral presentation by Q. H. Wang at the American Chemical Society (ACS) Spring Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 2012.
  4. Q. H. Wang, Z. Jin, K. K. Kim, J. Kong, A. J. Hilmer, G. L. C. Paulus, C.-J. Shih, J. D. Sanchez-Yamagishi, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, J. Kong, P. Jarillo-Herrero, and M. S. Strano. “Chemical reactivity imprint lithography on graphene: Controlling the substrate influence on electron transfer reactions”, Oral presentation by Q. H. Wang at the American Physical Society (APS) March Meeting, Boston, MA, 2012.
  5. Q. H. Wang, Md. Z. Hossain, M. A. Walsh, M. C. Hersam, “Molecular-Scale Tailoring of Graphene Surface Chemistry via Organic Functionalization”, ECS Transactions, 35, 201 (2011).
  6. Q. H. Wang and M. C. Hersam, “Ultra-High Vacuum Processing and Characterization of Chemically Functionalized Graphene”, ECS Transactions, 28, 95 (2010).
  7. Q. H. Wang and M. C. Hersam. “Room Temperature Molecular-Resolution Characterization of Self-Assembled Organic Monolayers on Epitaxial Graphene”, Oral presentation by Q. H. Wang at the American Vacuum Society (AVS) 56th International Symposium, San Jose, CA, November 2009.
  8. A. A. Green, Q. H. Wang, and M. C. Hersam, “Chemically tailored carbon-based nanoelectronic materials and devices,” Proceedings of the 9th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, 1, 82 (2009).
  9. Q. H. Wang and M. C. Hersam. “Atomic Scale Characterization of Charge Redistribution for Ga Nanocluster Arrays on the Si(111)-7×7 Surface”, Oral presentation by Q. H. Wang at the American Vacuum Society (AVS) 55th International Symposium, Boston, MA, October 2008.
  10. Q. H. Wang and M. C. Hersam. “Atomically Resolved Charge Redistribution for Gallium Nanocluster Arrays on the Si(111)-7×7 Surface”, Oral presentation by Q. H. Wang at the International Conference on Nanoscience + Technology (ICN+T), Keystone, CO, July 2008.
  11. Q. H. Wang and M. C. Hersam. “Atomic Scale Characterization of Charge Redistribution for Ga Nanocluster Arrays on the Si(111)-7×7 Surface”, Oral presentation by Q. H. Wang at the American Vacuum Society (AVS) Prairie Chapter Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, June 2008.
  12. Q. H. Wang, N. P. Guisinger, S. P. Elder, N. L. Yoder, and M. C. Hersam. “Ultra-high vacuum scanning tunneling microscopy characterization of nitroxyl free radicals on the Si(111)-7×7 surface”, Oral presentation by Q. H. Wang at the Electronic Materials Conference (EMC), Notre Dame, IN, June 2007.
  13. P. Aarabi, Q. H. Wang, and M. Yeganegi. “Integrated displacement tracking and sound localization”, Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2004), Montreal, QC, Canada, 5, 937 (2004).

Patents

  • Q. H. Wang, D. Li, M. Gilliam, and A. A. Green. “Adsorption and removal of heavy metal ions from water by transition metal dichalcogenides”. US Patent Application No. 16/191,006, filed Nov. 14, 2017.
  • Q. H. Wang, X. Chu, A. Green, and A. Yousaf. “Method for functionalizing transition metal dichalcogenides”. US Patent No. 10155782B2, Published Dec. 18, 2018.
  • Q. H. Wang and M. C. Hersam, “Self-Assembled Organic Monolayers on Graphene and Methods of Making and Using”, US Patent Application No. 12/753,942, filed Apr. 5, 2010. URL, PDF

Theses

  • PhD Thesis: Q. H. Wang, “Investigating the Assembly of Hybrid Organic and Inorganic Nanostructures on Silicon and Graphene with Scanning Tunneling Microscopy.” Northwestern University, 2010.
  • BASc Thesis: Q. H. Wang, “Detection of Optically Induced Magnetization by Terahertz Spectroscopy.” University of Toronto, 2005.