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Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals (*Corresponding Author; UG Authors)
2025
55. C. A. Bhuyan, A. Cobarrubia, S. Roy, N. Schottle, R. Palamares, V. Juliano, N. Webb, M. Mortazavi, and S. K. Behura*, "Probing Interfacial Optothermal Phenomena in van der Waals Homo and Heterostructures by Raman Spectroscopy and Machine Learning", In-Preparation (2025).
54. C. A. Bhuyan, J. Brumley, C. Stevens, D. V. Lundquist, M. Becker, A. Luo, G. Vatrano, J. R. Hendrickson, and S. K. Behura*, “Wafer-Scale Synthesis of Hexagonal Boron Nitride with Built-In Single Photon Emitters,” Submitted (2025).
53. S. Tauro, J. Brumley, A. Cobarrubia, C. A. Bhuyan, E. Janzen, D. V. Lundquist, B. Keifer, J. H. Edger, and S. K. Behura*, “Photophysics of Cavity-Coupled Quantum Emitters in Hexagonal Boron Nitride,” Revision Submitted (2025).
52. H. Maddah, V. Berry, and S. K. Behura, "Optimal Design of Spin-Coated Layers of TiO2 for Maximum Open-Circuit Voltage in Anthocyanin-Based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells," Energy Conversion and Management, Vol. 346, p. 120478 (2025).
51. A. Cobarrubia, S. Tauro, J. R. Hendrickson, and S. K. Behura*, "Characterization of Hexagonal Boron Nitride Quantum Emitter as an SLH Tensor Network," The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 129, p. 14430-14439 (2025).
50. N. Schottle, N. Kapchinske, C. A. Bhuyan, R. Palmares, E. Janzen, C. M. Torres, J. H. Edgar, and S. K. Behura*, "Photophysics of Direct and Indirect Interlayer Excitons in MoS2/WS2 Moiré Superlattices," ACS Photonics, Vol. 12, p. 4670-4677 (2025).
49. K. Sharma, S. Che, S. K. Behura, N. Dandu, A. Shinde, A. Ngo, and V. Berry, “η6 Organometallic Functionalization of Hexagonal Boron Nitride: Implications for Multifunctional Molecular and Nanoscale Interface for Electronic Devices,” ACS Applied Nano Materials, Vol. 8, p. 233-243 (2025).
2024
48. A. Cobarrubia, N. Schottle, D. Suliman, S. Gomez, C. Patino, B. Keifer, and S. K. Behura*, "Hexagonal Boron Nitride Quantum Simulator: Prelude to Spin and Photonic Qubits," ACS Nano, Vol. 18, p. 22609-22619 (2024).
47. L. Lipsa, S. Parida, S. K. Behura, A. Choudhury, and A. Roy, "Scalable Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting from PVDF-HFP/BZT-BCT/GO Hybrid Composite Film," Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 125, p. 043902 (2024).
46. R. Rajan, K. Appavoo, C. Lungu, S. K. Behura, V. Thomas, "Plasma-Corona Processed Nanostructured Coating for Thermo-regulative Textiles," ACS Applied Polymer Materials, Vol. 6, p. 14047-14056 (2024).
45. K. Chowdhury, S. K. Behura, M. Rahimi, and M. Heydari Gharahcheshmeh, "oCVD PEDOT-Cl Thin Film Fabricated by SbCl5 Oxidant as the Hole Transport Layer to Enhance the Perovskite Solar Cell Device Stability," ACS Applied Energy Materials, Vol. 7, p. 1068-1079 (2024).
2023
44. C. Okeke, I. Juma, A. Cobarrubia, N. Schottle, H. Maddah, M. Mortazavi, and S. K. Behura*, "Probing Anharmonic Phonons in WS2 van der Waals Crystal by Raman Spectroscopy and Machine Learning," iScience, Vol. 26, p. 107174 (2023).
2022
43. H. Maddah, V. Berry, and S. K. Behura, "Simple Harmonic Oscillation Model Explaining MA Torsional Locking in Surface Passivated MAPbI3 Crystal," Chemical Physics Letters, Vol. 806, p. 139967 (2022).
42. S. P. Muduli, S. Parida, S. K. Behura, S. Rajput, S. Rout, and S. Sareen, "Synergistic Effect of Graphene on Dielectric and Piezoelectric Characteristic of PVDF-(BZT-BCT) Composite for Energy Harvesting Applications," Polymers for Advanced Technologies, Vol. 33, p. 3628-3642 (2022). [Citations >35]
2021
41. T. Hesabizedeh, N. Jebari, A. Madouri, G. Hallais, T. E. Clark, S. K. Behura, E. Herth, and G. Guisbiers, "Electric-Field-Induced Phase Change in Copper Oxide Nanostructures," ACS Omega, Vol. 6, p. 33130-33140 (2021).
40. I. Juma, G. Kim, D. Jariwala, and S. K. Behura*, "Direct Growth of Hexagonal Boron Nitride on Non-Metallic Substrates and Its Heterostructures with Graphene," iScience, Vol. 24, p. 103374 (2021). [Citations >35]
39. H. Maddah, L. Aryadwita, V. Berry, and S. K. Behura*, "Perovskite Semiconductor-Engineered Cascaded Molecular Energy Levels in Naturally-Sensitized Photoanodes," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol. 151, p. 111606 (2021).
38. S. K. Behura*, A. Miranda, S. Nayak, K. Johnson, P. Das, and N. R. Pradhan, "Moiré Physics in Twisted van der Waals Heterostructures of 2D Materials," Emergent Materials, Vol. 4, p. 813-826 (2021). [Citations >40]
37. P. Das, S. K. Behura, S. A. McGill, D. Raghavan, A. Karim, and N. R. Pradhan, "Development of Photovoltaic Solar Cells Based on Heterostructure of Layered Materials: Challenges and Opportunities," Emergent Materials, Vol. 4, p. 881-900 (2021).
36. A. Pendse, S. Cetindag, P. Rehak, S. K. Behura, H. Gao, L. Nguyen, T. Wang, V. Berry, P. Král, J. Shan, and S. Kim, "Highly Efficient Osmotic Energy Harvesting in Charged Boron-Nitride-Nanopore Membranes," Advanced Functional Materials, Vol. 31, p. 2009586 (2021). [Citations >80]
2020
35. P. S. Emani, H. A. Maddah, A. Rangoonwala, S. Che, A. Prajapati, M. R. Singh, D. M. Gruen*, V. Berry*, and S. K. Behura*, "Organophilicity of Graphene Oxide for Enhanced Wettability of ZnO Nanorods," ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Vol. 12, p. 39772-39780 (2020).
34. H. A. Maddah, V. Berry, and S. K. Behura*, “Biomolecular Photosensitizers for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Recent Developments and Critical Insights,” Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol. 121, p. 109678 (2020). [Citations >130]
33. H. A. Maddah, V. Berry, and S. K. Behura*, “Cuboctahedral Stability in Titanium Halide Perovskites via Machine Learning,” Computational Materials Science, Vol. 173, p. 109415 (2020). [Citations >35]
32. C. Wang, S. K. Behura*, V. Berry*, "Temperature Dependent Device Characteristics of Graphene/h-BN/Si Heterojunction," Semiconductor Science and Technology, Vol. 35, p. 075020 (2020).
2019
31. S. Che, S. K. Behura, and V. Berry, “Photo-Organometallic, Nanoparticle-Nucleation on Graphene for Cascaded-Doping,” ACS Nano, Vol. 13, p. 12929-12938 (2019).
30. S. K. Behura*, C. Wang, Y. Wen, and V. Berry*, "Graphene-Semiconductor Heterojunction Sheds Light on Emerging Photovoltaics," Nature Photonics, Vol. 13, p. 312-318 (2019). [Citations >135]
[Highlighted as 'UIC Chemical Engineering Researchers Work on Emerging Photovoltaics': ChE News].
2018
29. R. Debbarma, S. K. Behura*, Y. Wen, S. Che, and V. Berry*, “WS2-Induced Enhanced Optical Absorption and Efficiency in Graphene/Si Heterojunction Photovoltaic Cells,” Nanoscale, Vol. 10, p. 20218-20225 (2018). [Citations >20]
28. K. Jasuja, K. Ayinde, C. L. Wilson, S. K. Behura, M. A. Ikenbbery, D. Moore, K. Hohn, and V. Berry, “Introduction of Protonated Sites on Exfoliated, Large-Area Sheets of Hexagonal Boron Nitride,” ACS Nano, Vol. 12, p. 9931-9939 (2018). [Citations >60]
[Highlighted as 'UIC Chemical Engineers First to Functionalize Boron Nitride': EurekAlert & Phys.Org].
27. P. Nguyen#, S. K. Behura#, M. R. Seacrist, and V. Berry, “Intergrain Diffusion of Carbon Radical for Wafer-Scale, Direct Growth of Graphene on Silicon-based Dielectrics,” ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Vol. 10, p. 26517-26525 (2018). (#P.N. and S.K.B Contributed Equally)
[Highlighted as 'New Trickle-Down Method Developed to 'Grow' Graphene': NDTV & Financial Express].
2017
26. S. Che, K. Jasuja, S. K. Behura, P. Nguyen, T. S. Sreeprasad, and V. Berry, "Retained Carrier-Mobility and Enhanced Plasmonic-Photovoltaics of Graphene via Ring-Centered η6 Functionalization and Nanointerfacing," Nano Letters, Vol. 17, p. 4381-4389 (2017). [Citations >50]
[Highlighted as 'New Chemical Method could Revolutionize Graphene': EurekAlert (AAAS) & Phys.Org].
25. S. K. Behura, K-C. Chang, Y. Wen, R. Debbarma, P. Nguyen, S. Che, S. Deng, M. R. Seacrist, and V. Berry, "WS2/Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells," IEEE Nanotechnology Magazine, Vol. 11, p. 33-38 (2017). [Citations >20]
24. S. K. Behura, P. Nguyen, R. Debbarma, S. Che, M. R. Seacrist, and V. Berry, "Chemical Interaction-Guided, Metal-Free Growth of Large-Area Hexagonal Boron Nitride on Si-based Substrates," ACS Nano, Vol. 11, p. 4985-4994 (2017). [Citations >40]
[Highlighted as 'Paper-Thin Graphene Electronics Move Closer to Reality': Nature India].
23. S. K. Behura*, H. Haokip, C. Goel, S. Nayak*, P. Mahala, R. Kapadia, and O. Jani, "Photovoltaic and Impedance Spectroscopic Characteristics of Heterojunction of Graphene-PEDOT:PSS Composite and n-Silicon Prepared via Solution-based Process," Materials Research Innovations, Vol. 21, p. 263-268 (2017).
2016
22. S. Deng, E. Gao, Y. Wang, S. Sen, T. S. Sreeprasad, S. K. Behura, P. Král, Z. Xu, and V. Berry, "Confined, Oriented and Electrically Anisotropic Graphene Wrinkles on Bacteria," ACS Nano, Vol. 10, p. 8403-8412 (2016). [Citations >45]
[Highlighted as 'Germs Add Ripples to Make 'Groovy' Graphene': The Economist].
21. R. Debbarma, S. K. Behura, P. Nguyen, T. S. Sreeprasad, and V. Berry, "Electrical Transport and Network Percolation in Graphene and Boron Nitride Mixed-Platelet Structures," ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Vol. 8, p. 8721-8727 (2016).[Citations >20]
20. P. Mahala, A. Kumar, S. Nayak, S. K. Behura*, C. Dhanavantri, and O. Jani, "Graphene, Conducting Polymer and their Composites as Transparent and Current Spreading Electrode in GaN Solar Cells," Superlattices and Microstructures, Vol. 92, p. 366-373 (2016). [Citations >20]
19. S. Nayak, S. K. Behura, B. P. Singh, and S. Bhattacharjee, "Flexible Polymer-CNTs Composite Developed by In-Situ Polymerization Technique," Polymer Composites, Vol. 37, p. 2860-2870 (2016).
18. S. K. Behura*, Q. Yang, A. Hirose, S. Nayak, O. Jani, and I. Mukhopdhyay, "Electrical Characteristics of Horizontally and Vertically Oriented Few-Layer Graphene on Si-based Dielectrics," Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Vol. 16, p. 6246-6251 (2016).
17. S. K. Behura*, S. Nayak, Q. Yang, A. Hirose, and O. Jani, “Chemical Vapor Deposited Few-Layer Graphene as an Electron Field Emitter,” Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Vol. 16, p. 287-295 (2016).
2015
16. S. K. Behura, P. Nguyen, S. Che, R. Debbarma, and V. Berry, "Large-Area, Transfer-Free, Oxide-Assisted Synthesis of Hexagonal Boron Nitride Films and their Heterostructures with MoS2 and WS2," Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 137, p. 13060-13065 (2015). [Citations >145]
15. S. K. Behura and V. Berry, "Interfacial Nondegenerate Doping of MoS2 and Other Two-Dimensional Semiconductors," ACS Nano, Vol. 9, p. 2227-2230 (2015). [Citations >35]
14. K. Batra, S. Nayak, S. K. Behura*, and O. Jani, “Optimizing Performance Parameters of Chemically-Derived Graphene/p-Si Heterojunction Solar Cell,” Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Vol. 15, p. 4877-4882 (2015).
13. P. Mahala, S. K. Behura, A. Ray, C. Dhanavantri, and O. Jani, “GaN/InxGa1-xN/GaN P-I-N Solar Cell with Indium Compositional Grading,” Optical and Quantum Electronics, Vol. 47, p. 1117-1126 (2015).
12. P. Mahala, S. K. Behura, C. Dhanavantri, A. Ray, and O. Jani, “Metal/InGaN Schottky Junction Solar Cells: An Analytical Approach,” Applied Physics A, Vol. 118, p. 1459-1468 (2015). [Citations >15]
2014
11. S. K. Behura*, P. Mahala, S. Nayak, and O. Jani, “Graphene as Transparent and Current Spreading Electrode in Silicon Solar Cell,” AIP Advances, Vol. 4, p. 117111 (2014).
10. S. K. Behura, Q. Yang, A. Hirose, O. Jani, and I. Mukhopadhyay, “Catalyst-Free Synthesis of Si Nanowires by Oxidation and Reduction Process,” Journal of Materials Science, Vol. 49, p. 3592-97 (2014).
[Highlighted as 'Simple Cheap Way to Make Silicon Nanowires': Nature India & Times of India].
9. S. K. Behura, P. Mahala, S. Nayak, Q. Yang, I. Mukhopadhyay, and O. Jani, “Fabrication of Bi-Layer Graphene and Theoretical Simulation for its Possible Application in Thin Film Solar Cell,” Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Vol. 14, p. 3022-3027 (2014). [Citations >20]
8. S. Nayak, S. K. Behura, S. Bhattacharjee, B. P. Singh, O. Jani, and I. Mukhopadhyay, “Transparent Conductive MWCNTs-Polymer Composite for Electrode Applications," Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Vol. 14, p. 2816-2822 (2014).
7. S. K. Behura*, S. Nayak, I. Mukhopadhyay, and O. Jani, “Junction Characteristics of Chemically-Derived Graphene/p-Si Heterojunction Solar Cell,” Carbon, Vol. 67, p. 766-774 (2014). [Citations >80]
[Highlighted as 'State Scientists’ Solar Power Plan to Lift Cost Cloud': Times of India].
2013
6. S. K. Behura, I. Mukhopadhyay, A. Hirose, Q. Yang, and O. Jani, “Vertically-Oriented Few-Layer Graphene as an Electron Field-Emitter,” Physica Status Solidi A, Vol. 210, p. 1817-1821 (2013). [Citations >35]
[Highlighted as 'Standing Graphene Film Scores over Flat Cousin': Nature India].
5. S. K. Behura, P. Mahala, A. Ray, I. Mukhopadhyay, and O. Jani, “Theoretical Simulation of Photovoltaic Response of Graphene-on-Semiconductors,” Applied Physics A, Vol. 111, p. 1159-1163 (2013). [Citations >25]
4. P. Mahala, S. K. Behura, A. S. Kushwaha, A. Ray, O. Jani, and C. Dhanavantri, “A Study on the 2D Simulation of Pt/InGaN/GaN/Metal Schottky Junction Solar Cell,” Semiconductor Science and Technology, Vol. 28, p. 055012 (2013).
2011
3. P. Mahala, S. K. Behura*, and A. Ray, "Analytical Estimate of Open-Circuit Voltage of a Schottky Barrier Solar Cell under High Level Injection," Journal of Nano- and Electronic Physics, Vol. 3, p. 979-991 (2011).
2. S. K. Behura, P. Mahala, A. Ray, “A Model on the Effect of Injection Levels over the Open-Circuit Voltage of Schottky Barrier Solar Cells,” Journal of Electron Devices, Vol. 10, p. 471-482 (2011). [Citations >10]
1. S. M. Majhi, S. K. Behura, S. Bhattacharjee, B. P. Singh, T. K. Chongdar, N. M. Gokhale, and L. Besra, “Anode Supported Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC) by Electrophoretic Deposition,” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 36, p. 14930-14935 (2011). [Citations >50]
55. C. A. Bhuyan, A. Cobarrubia, S. Roy, N. Schottle, R. Palamares, V. Juliano, N. Webb, M. Mortazavi, and S. K. Behura*, "Probing Interfacial Optothermal Phenomena in van der Waals Homo and Heterostructures by Raman Spectroscopy and Machine Learning", In-Preparation (2025).
54. C. A. Bhuyan, J. Brumley, C. Stevens, D. V. Lundquist, M. Becker, A. Luo, G. Vatrano, J. R. Hendrickson, and S. K. Behura*, “Wafer-Scale Synthesis of Hexagonal Boron Nitride with Built-In Single Photon Emitters,” Submitted (2025).
53. S. Tauro, J. Brumley, A. Cobarrubia, C. A. Bhuyan, E. Janzen, D. V. Lundquist, B. Keifer, J. H. Edger, and S. K. Behura*, “Photophysics of Cavity-Coupled Quantum Emitters in Hexagonal Boron Nitride,” Revision Submitted (2025).
52. H. Maddah, V. Berry, and S. K. Behura, "Optimal Design of Spin-Coated Layers of TiO2 for Maximum Open-Circuit Voltage in Anthocyanin-Based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells," Energy Conversion and Management, Vol. 346, p. 120478 (2025).
51. A. Cobarrubia, S. Tauro, J. R. Hendrickson, and S. K. Behura*, "Characterization of Hexagonal Boron Nitride Quantum Emitter as an SLH Tensor Network," The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 129, p. 14430-14439 (2025).
50. N. Schottle, N. Kapchinske, C. A. Bhuyan, R. Palmares, E. Janzen, C. M. Torres, J. H. Edgar, and S. K. Behura*, "Photophysics of Direct and Indirect Interlayer Excitons in MoS2/WS2 Moiré Superlattices," ACS Photonics, Vol. 12, p. 4670-4677 (2025).
49. K. Sharma, S. Che, S. K. Behura, N. Dandu, A. Shinde, A. Ngo, and V. Berry, “η6 Organometallic Functionalization of Hexagonal Boron Nitride: Implications for Multifunctional Molecular and Nanoscale Interface for Electronic Devices,” ACS Applied Nano Materials, Vol. 8, p. 233-243 (2025).
2024
48. A. Cobarrubia, N. Schottle, D. Suliman, S. Gomez, C. Patino, B. Keifer, and S. K. Behura*, "Hexagonal Boron Nitride Quantum Simulator: Prelude to Spin and Photonic Qubits," ACS Nano, Vol. 18, p. 22609-22619 (2024).
47. L. Lipsa, S. Parida, S. K. Behura, A. Choudhury, and A. Roy, "Scalable Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting from PVDF-HFP/BZT-BCT/GO Hybrid Composite Film," Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 125, p. 043902 (2024).
46. R. Rajan, K. Appavoo, C. Lungu, S. K. Behura, V. Thomas, "Plasma-Corona Processed Nanostructured Coating for Thermo-regulative Textiles," ACS Applied Polymer Materials, Vol. 6, p. 14047-14056 (2024).
45. K. Chowdhury, S. K. Behura, M. Rahimi, and M. Heydari Gharahcheshmeh, "oCVD PEDOT-Cl Thin Film Fabricated by SbCl5 Oxidant as the Hole Transport Layer to Enhance the Perovskite Solar Cell Device Stability," ACS Applied Energy Materials, Vol. 7, p. 1068-1079 (2024).
2023
44. C. Okeke, I. Juma, A. Cobarrubia, N. Schottle, H. Maddah, M. Mortazavi, and S. K. Behura*, "Probing Anharmonic Phonons in WS2 van der Waals Crystal by Raman Spectroscopy and Machine Learning," iScience, Vol. 26, p. 107174 (2023).
2022
43. H. Maddah, V. Berry, and S. K. Behura, "Simple Harmonic Oscillation Model Explaining MA Torsional Locking in Surface Passivated MAPbI3 Crystal," Chemical Physics Letters, Vol. 806, p. 139967 (2022).
42. S. P. Muduli, S. Parida, S. K. Behura, S. Rajput, S. Rout, and S. Sareen, "Synergistic Effect of Graphene on Dielectric and Piezoelectric Characteristic of PVDF-(BZT-BCT) Composite for Energy Harvesting Applications," Polymers for Advanced Technologies, Vol. 33, p. 3628-3642 (2022). [Citations >35]
2021
41. T. Hesabizedeh, N. Jebari, A. Madouri, G. Hallais, T. E. Clark, S. K. Behura, E. Herth, and G. Guisbiers, "Electric-Field-Induced Phase Change in Copper Oxide Nanostructures," ACS Omega, Vol. 6, p. 33130-33140 (2021).
40. I. Juma, G. Kim, D. Jariwala, and S. K. Behura*, "Direct Growth of Hexagonal Boron Nitride on Non-Metallic Substrates and Its Heterostructures with Graphene," iScience, Vol. 24, p. 103374 (2021). [Citations >35]
39. H. Maddah, L. Aryadwita, V. Berry, and S. K. Behura*, "Perovskite Semiconductor-Engineered Cascaded Molecular Energy Levels in Naturally-Sensitized Photoanodes," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol. 151, p. 111606 (2021).
38. S. K. Behura*, A. Miranda, S. Nayak, K. Johnson, P. Das, and N. R. Pradhan, "Moiré Physics in Twisted van der Waals Heterostructures of 2D Materials," Emergent Materials, Vol. 4, p. 813-826 (2021). [Citations >40]
37. P. Das, S. K. Behura, S. A. McGill, D. Raghavan, A. Karim, and N. R. Pradhan, "Development of Photovoltaic Solar Cells Based on Heterostructure of Layered Materials: Challenges and Opportunities," Emergent Materials, Vol. 4, p. 881-900 (2021).
36. A. Pendse, S. Cetindag, P. Rehak, S. K. Behura, H. Gao, L. Nguyen, T. Wang, V. Berry, P. Král, J. Shan, and S. Kim, "Highly Efficient Osmotic Energy Harvesting in Charged Boron-Nitride-Nanopore Membranes," Advanced Functional Materials, Vol. 31, p. 2009586 (2021). [Citations >80]
2020
35. P. S. Emani, H. A. Maddah, A. Rangoonwala, S. Che, A. Prajapati, M. R. Singh, D. M. Gruen*, V. Berry*, and S. K. Behura*, "Organophilicity of Graphene Oxide for Enhanced Wettability of ZnO Nanorods," ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Vol. 12, p. 39772-39780 (2020).
34. H. A. Maddah, V. Berry, and S. K. Behura*, “Biomolecular Photosensitizers for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Recent Developments and Critical Insights,” Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol. 121, p. 109678 (2020). [Citations >130]
33. H. A. Maddah, V. Berry, and S. K. Behura*, “Cuboctahedral Stability in Titanium Halide Perovskites via Machine Learning,” Computational Materials Science, Vol. 173, p. 109415 (2020). [Citations >35]
32. C. Wang, S. K. Behura*, V. Berry*, "Temperature Dependent Device Characteristics of Graphene/h-BN/Si Heterojunction," Semiconductor Science and Technology, Vol. 35, p. 075020 (2020).
2019
31. S. Che, S. K. Behura, and V. Berry, “Photo-Organometallic, Nanoparticle-Nucleation on Graphene for Cascaded-Doping,” ACS Nano, Vol. 13, p. 12929-12938 (2019).
30. S. K. Behura*, C. Wang, Y. Wen, and V. Berry*, "Graphene-Semiconductor Heterojunction Sheds Light on Emerging Photovoltaics," Nature Photonics, Vol. 13, p. 312-318 (2019). [Citations >135]
[Highlighted as 'UIC Chemical Engineering Researchers Work on Emerging Photovoltaics': ChE News].
2018
29. R. Debbarma, S. K. Behura*, Y. Wen, S. Che, and V. Berry*, “WS2-Induced Enhanced Optical Absorption and Efficiency in Graphene/Si Heterojunction Photovoltaic Cells,” Nanoscale, Vol. 10, p. 20218-20225 (2018). [Citations >20]
28. K. Jasuja, K. Ayinde, C. L. Wilson, S. K. Behura, M. A. Ikenbbery, D. Moore, K. Hohn, and V. Berry, “Introduction of Protonated Sites on Exfoliated, Large-Area Sheets of Hexagonal Boron Nitride,” ACS Nano, Vol. 12, p. 9931-9939 (2018). [Citations >60]
[Highlighted as 'UIC Chemical Engineers First to Functionalize Boron Nitride': EurekAlert & Phys.Org].
27. P. Nguyen#, S. K. Behura#, M. R. Seacrist, and V. Berry, “Intergrain Diffusion of Carbon Radical for Wafer-Scale, Direct Growth of Graphene on Silicon-based Dielectrics,” ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Vol. 10, p. 26517-26525 (2018). (#P.N. and S.K.B Contributed Equally)
[Highlighted as 'New Trickle-Down Method Developed to 'Grow' Graphene': NDTV & Financial Express].
2017
26. S. Che, K. Jasuja, S. K. Behura, P. Nguyen, T. S. Sreeprasad, and V. Berry, "Retained Carrier-Mobility and Enhanced Plasmonic-Photovoltaics of Graphene via Ring-Centered η6 Functionalization and Nanointerfacing," Nano Letters, Vol. 17, p. 4381-4389 (2017). [Citations >50]
[Highlighted as 'New Chemical Method could Revolutionize Graphene': EurekAlert (AAAS) & Phys.Org].
25. S. K. Behura, K-C. Chang, Y. Wen, R. Debbarma, P. Nguyen, S. Che, S. Deng, M. R. Seacrist, and V. Berry, "WS2/Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells," IEEE Nanotechnology Magazine, Vol. 11, p. 33-38 (2017). [Citations >20]
24. S. K. Behura, P. Nguyen, R. Debbarma, S. Che, M. R. Seacrist, and V. Berry, "Chemical Interaction-Guided, Metal-Free Growth of Large-Area Hexagonal Boron Nitride on Si-based Substrates," ACS Nano, Vol. 11, p. 4985-4994 (2017). [Citations >40]
[Highlighted as 'Paper-Thin Graphene Electronics Move Closer to Reality': Nature India].
23. S. K. Behura*, H. Haokip, C. Goel, S. Nayak*, P. Mahala, R. Kapadia, and O. Jani, "Photovoltaic and Impedance Spectroscopic Characteristics of Heterojunction of Graphene-PEDOT:PSS Composite and n-Silicon Prepared via Solution-based Process," Materials Research Innovations, Vol. 21, p. 263-268 (2017).
2016
22. S. Deng, E. Gao, Y. Wang, S. Sen, T. S. Sreeprasad, S. K. Behura, P. Král, Z. Xu, and V. Berry, "Confined, Oriented and Electrically Anisotropic Graphene Wrinkles on Bacteria," ACS Nano, Vol. 10, p. 8403-8412 (2016). [Citations >45]
[Highlighted as 'Germs Add Ripples to Make 'Groovy' Graphene': The Economist].
21. R. Debbarma, S. K. Behura, P. Nguyen, T. S. Sreeprasad, and V. Berry, "Electrical Transport and Network Percolation in Graphene and Boron Nitride Mixed-Platelet Structures," ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Vol. 8, p. 8721-8727 (2016).[Citations >20]
20. P. Mahala, A. Kumar, S. Nayak, S. K. Behura*, C. Dhanavantri, and O. Jani, "Graphene, Conducting Polymer and their Composites as Transparent and Current Spreading Electrode in GaN Solar Cells," Superlattices and Microstructures, Vol. 92, p. 366-373 (2016). [Citations >20]
19. S. Nayak, S. K. Behura, B. P. Singh, and S. Bhattacharjee, "Flexible Polymer-CNTs Composite Developed by In-Situ Polymerization Technique," Polymer Composites, Vol. 37, p. 2860-2870 (2016).
18. S. K. Behura*, Q. Yang, A. Hirose, S. Nayak, O. Jani, and I. Mukhopdhyay, "Electrical Characteristics of Horizontally and Vertically Oriented Few-Layer Graphene on Si-based Dielectrics," Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Vol. 16, p. 6246-6251 (2016).
17. S. K. Behura*, S. Nayak, Q. Yang, A. Hirose, and O. Jani, “Chemical Vapor Deposited Few-Layer Graphene as an Electron Field Emitter,” Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Vol. 16, p. 287-295 (2016).
2015
16. S. K. Behura, P. Nguyen, S. Che, R. Debbarma, and V. Berry, "Large-Area, Transfer-Free, Oxide-Assisted Synthesis of Hexagonal Boron Nitride Films and their Heterostructures with MoS2 and WS2," Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 137, p. 13060-13065 (2015). [Citations >145]
15. S. K. Behura and V. Berry, "Interfacial Nondegenerate Doping of MoS2 and Other Two-Dimensional Semiconductors," ACS Nano, Vol. 9, p. 2227-2230 (2015). [Citations >35]
14. K. Batra, S. Nayak, S. K. Behura*, and O. Jani, “Optimizing Performance Parameters of Chemically-Derived Graphene/p-Si Heterojunction Solar Cell,” Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Vol. 15, p. 4877-4882 (2015).
13. P. Mahala, S. K. Behura, A. Ray, C. Dhanavantri, and O. Jani, “GaN/InxGa1-xN/GaN P-I-N Solar Cell with Indium Compositional Grading,” Optical and Quantum Electronics, Vol. 47, p. 1117-1126 (2015).
12. P. Mahala, S. K. Behura, C. Dhanavantri, A. Ray, and O. Jani, “Metal/InGaN Schottky Junction Solar Cells: An Analytical Approach,” Applied Physics A, Vol. 118, p. 1459-1468 (2015). [Citations >15]
2014
11. S. K. Behura*, P. Mahala, S. Nayak, and O. Jani, “Graphene as Transparent and Current Spreading Electrode in Silicon Solar Cell,” AIP Advances, Vol. 4, p. 117111 (2014).
10. S. K. Behura, Q. Yang, A. Hirose, O. Jani, and I. Mukhopadhyay, “Catalyst-Free Synthesis of Si Nanowires by Oxidation and Reduction Process,” Journal of Materials Science, Vol. 49, p. 3592-97 (2014).
[Highlighted as 'Simple Cheap Way to Make Silicon Nanowires': Nature India & Times of India].
9. S. K. Behura, P. Mahala, S. Nayak, Q. Yang, I. Mukhopadhyay, and O. Jani, “Fabrication of Bi-Layer Graphene and Theoretical Simulation for its Possible Application in Thin Film Solar Cell,” Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Vol. 14, p. 3022-3027 (2014). [Citations >20]
8. S. Nayak, S. K. Behura, S. Bhattacharjee, B. P. Singh, O. Jani, and I. Mukhopadhyay, “Transparent Conductive MWCNTs-Polymer Composite for Electrode Applications," Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Vol. 14, p. 2816-2822 (2014).
7. S. K. Behura*, S. Nayak, I. Mukhopadhyay, and O. Jani, “Junction Characteristics of Chemically-Derived Graphene/p-Si Heterojunction Solar Cell,” Carbon, Vol. 67, p. 766-774 (2014). [Citations >80]
[Highlighted as 'State Scientists’ Solar Power Plan to Lift Cost Cloud': Times of India].
2013
6. S. K. Behura, I. Mukhopadhyay, A. Hirose, Q. Yang, and O. Jani, “Vertically-Oriented Few-Layer Graphene as an Electron Field-Emitter,” Physica Status Solidi A, Vol. 210, p. 1817-1821 (2013). [Citations >35]
[Highlighted as 'Standing Graphene Film Scores over Flat Cousin': Nature India].
5. S. K. Behura, P. Mahala, A. Ray, I. Mukhopadhyay, and O. Jani, “Theoretical Simulation of Photovoltaic Response of Graphene-on-Semiconductors,” Applied Physics A, Vol. 111, p. 1159-1163 (2013). [Citations >25]
4. P. Mahala, S. K. Behura, A. S. Kushwaha, A. Ray, O. Jani, and C. Dhanavantri, “A Study on the 2D Simulation of Pt/InGaN/GaN/Metal Schottky Junction Solar Cell,” Semiconductor Science and Technology, Vol. 28, p. 055012 (2013).
2011
3. P. Mahala, S. K. Behura*, and A. Ray, "Analytical Estimate of Open-Circuit Voltage of a Schottky Barrier Solar Cell under High Level Injection," Journal of Nano- and Electronic Physics, Vol. 3, p. 979-991 (2011).
2. S. K. Behura, P. Mahala, A. Ray, “A Model on the Effect of Injection Levels over the Open-Circuit Voltage of Schottky Barrier Solar Cells,” Journal of Electron Devices, Vol. 10, p. 471-482 (2011). [Citations >10]
1. S. M. Majhi, S. K. Behura, S. Bhattacharjee, B. P. Singh, T. K. Chongdar, N. M. Gokhale, and L. Besra, “Anode Supported Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC) by Electrophoretic Deposition,” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 36, p. 14930-14935 (2011). [Citations >50]
Books and Book Chapters
4. R. K. Mishra, S. Parida, and S. K. Behura, "Multiferroics: Multifunctional Material," River Publishers Book on Dielectric Materials for Energy Storage and Energy Harvesting Devices, Edited by S. Rajput, S. Parida, A. Sharma, and Sonika, Chapter 9, p. 207-236 (2023).
3. S. Singh, A. Kumar, S. K. Behura, and K. Verma, "Challenges and Opportunities in Nanomanufacturing," CRC Book on Nanomanufacturing and Nanomaterials Design, Edited by S. Singh, S. K. Behura, A. Kumar, and K. Verma, Chapter 2, p. 17-30 (2022).
2. M. Mishra, S. K. Behura, M. Beidaghi, K. Verma, and S. Singh, "MXene: A Non-oxide Next Generation Energy Storage Materials for Batteries and Supercapacitors," Springer Book on Advanced Applications of 2D Nanostructures, Edited by Subhash Singh, Kartikey Verma, and Chandra Prakash, Chapter 6, p. 73-98 (2021).
1. H. A. Maddah, A. Jhally, V. Berry, and S. K. Behura*, "Highly Efficient DSSCs with 3D Graphene-based Materials," Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Book on Graphene-based 3D Macrostructures for Clean Energy and Environmental Applications, Edited by Rajasekhar Balasubramanian and Shamik Chowdhury, Chapter 8, p. 205-236 (2021).
3. S. Singh, A. Kumar, S. K. Behura, and K. Verma, "Challenges and Opportunities in Nanomanufacturing," CRC Book on Nanomanufacturing and Nanomaterials Design, Edited by S. Singh, S. K. Behura, A. Kumar, and K. Verma, Chapter 2, p. 17-30 (2022).
2. M. Mishra, S. K. Behura, M. Beidaghi, K. Verma, and S. Singh, "MXene: A Non-oxide Next Generation Energy Storage Materials for Batteries and Supercapacitors," Springer Book on Advanced Applications of 2D Nanostructures, Edited by Subhash Singh, Kartikey Verma, and Chandra Prakash, Chapter 6, p. 73-98 (2021).
1. H. A. Maddah, A. Jhally, V. Berry, and S. K. Behura*, "Highly Efficient DSSCs with 3D Graphene-based Materials," Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Book on Graphene-based 3D Macrostructures for Clean Energy and Environmental Applications, Edited by Rajasekhar Balasubramanian and Shamik Chowdhury, Chapter 8, p. 205-236 (2021).
Invited Editorials
2. N. R. Pradhan, B. H. Moon, and S. K. Behura, “Challenges and Opportunities for 2D Materials and Heterostructure Devices,” Emergent Materials, Vol. 4, p. 811-812 (2021).
1. D. Wang, S. K. Behura, F. Karim, A. Kazi, G. Wangila, and S. Wang, “Nanoscience and Nanotechnology for Food and Agroforestry,” ES Food and Agroforestry, Vol. 3, p. 1-3 (2021).
1. D. Wang, S. K. Behura, F. Karim, A. Kazi, G. Wangila, and S. Wang, “Nanoscience and Nanotechnology for Food and Agroforestry,” ES Food and Agroforestry, Vol. 3, p. 1-3 (2021).
Publications in Referred Conference Proceedings
2. S. K. Behura, M. V. Rao, Q. Yang, A. Hirose, O. Jani, I. Mukhopadhyay, “Fabrication of Multiple-Layer Graphene Films on Cu/SiO2/Si Substrate by Hot-Filament CVD,” AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1538, p. 240-243 (2013).
1. P. Mahala, S. K. Behura, A. Ray, C. Dhanavantri, O. Jani, “The Effect of In Composition on Open-Circuit Voltage of InGaN Thin-Film Solar Cell: An Analytical and Computer Simulation Study,” AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1451, p. 85-87 (2012).
1. P. Mahala, S. K. Behura, A. Ray, C. Dhanavantri, O. Jani, “The Effect of In Composition on Open-Circuit Voltage of InGaN Thin-Film Solar Cell: An Analytical and Computer Simulation Study,” AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1451, p. 85-87 (2012).
Patents Granted and Applications
4. “Direct Formation of Cavity-Integrated Quantum Emitters for Quantum Sensing,” S. K. Behura, J. Brumley, A. Cobarrubia, and C. A. Bhuyan, Application Number: 63/763,767, February 26, 2025.
3. "Membranes of Nanotubes of Boron Nitride," S. Kim, J. Shan, V. Berry, S. Cetindag, S. K. Behura, A. Pendse, and R. Praino, WO2019014633A1, Priority: July 13, 2018, Publication: January 17, 2019.
2. “Direct Formation of Hexagonal Boron Nitride on Silicon Based Dielectrics,” V. Berry, S. K. Behura, P. Nguyen, and M. R. Seacrist, Patent Number: US 10,658,472 B2 (Granted), May 19, 2020.
1. "Epitaxial Growth of Defect-Free, Wafer-Scale Single-Layer Graphene on Thin Films of Cobalt," V. Berry, S. K. Behura, P. Nguyen, and M. R. Seacrist, EP3356582B1 (Granted), December 16, 2020.
3. "Membranes of Nanotubes of Boron Nitride," S. Kim, J. Shan, V. Berry, S. Cetindag, S. K. Behura, A. Pendse, and R. Praino, WO2019014633A1, Priority: July 13, 2018, Publication: January 17, 2019.
2. “Direct Formation of Hexagonal Boron Nitride on Silicon Based Dielectrics,” V. Berry, S. K. Behura, P. Nguyen, and M. R. Seacrist, Patent Number: US 10,658,472 B2 (Granted), May 19, 2020.
1. "Epitaxial Growth of Defect-Free, Wafer-Scale Single-Layer Graphene on Thin Films of Cobalt," V. Berry, S. K. Behura, P. Nguyen, and M. R. Seacrist, EP3356582B1 (Granted), December 16, 2020.