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JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
53. Yuan-Wei Chang, Yun-Hsuan Sun, Yi-Chen Chen, Yi-Chia Chou "Achieving Ultra-fast Growth of Large Scale Single Phase Ni Silicide by Controlling Bilayer Thickness of Reactive Multilayer." The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 128, 17710–17722, 2024.
52. Chang-Hsun Huang, Chia-Yi Wu, Yi-Chia Chou "Direct Growth of Wafer-Scale Self-Separated GaN on Reusable 2D Material Substrates" Advanced Science, 2406126, 2024.
51. Chang-Hsun Huang, Te-Yu Cheng, Chia-Yi Wu, Kuan-Hung Chen, Tian-Li Wu, Yi-Chia Chou "Embedded Hybrid Dimensional Heterointerface for Filament Modulation in 2D Material Based Artificial Nociceptor" Advanced Science, 2401946, 2024.
50. Kuan-Hung Chen, Chang-Hsun Huang, Chen-Chih Hsiang, Chia-Yi Wu, Yi-Hsiang Yen, Yi-Chia Chou "Control of Oxygen Vacancies of 2D-InOx Fabricated by Liquid Metal Printing via Temperature Modulation" The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 128, 12, 5355–5365, 2024.
49. Yuan-Wei Chang, Yi-Chen Chen, Chia-Yu Chang, and Yi-Chia Chou "Transformation and Control of Crystal Structures on Electronic Thin Films" Cryst. Growth Des. 24, 3, 992–1002, 2024.
48. Chang-Hsun Huang, Chia-Yi Wu, Yen-Fu Lin, Yi-Chia Chou, Ko-Tao Lee "Wet-Etching-Boosted Charge Storage in 1D Nitride-Based Systems for Imitating Biological Synaptic Behaviors" Advanced Functional Materials 2306030, 2023.
47. Chia-Yi Wu, Tien-Sheng Chao, Yi-Chia Chou "High thermal stability Ohmic contact for GaN-based devices" Nanoscale Advances 5, 5361-5366, 2023.
46. Chang-Hsun Huang, Chen-Yuan Weng, Kuan-Hung Chen, Yi Chou, Tian-Li Wu, Yi-Chia Chou "Multiple-State Nonvolatile Memory Based on Ultrathin Indium Oxide Film via Liquid Metal Printing" ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 15, 21, 25838–25848, 2023.
45. Z. Li, S. Ma, S. Zhao, W. Zhang, F. Peng, Q. Li, T. Yang, C. -Y. Wu, D. Wei, Y. -C. Chou, P. K. Liaw, Y. Gao, Z. Wu "Achieving superb strength in single-phase binary FCC alloys via maximizing volume misfit" Materials Today, 63, 108-119, 2023.
44. Yuan-Wei Chang, Wei-Cih Yang, Wan-Rong Lo, Zheng-Xuan Lo, Chun-Hao Ma, Ying-Hao Chu, and Yi-Chia Chou "Direct Growth of Flexible GaN Film via van der Waals Epitaxy on Mica" Materials Today Chemistry 26, 101243, 2022.
43. Yi-Chia Chou, Lih-Juann Chen, King-Ning Tu "Uphill Diffusion Induced Point Contact Reaction in Si Nanowires" Nano Letters 22, 17, 6895–6899, 2022.
42. Yuan-Wei Chang, Kam-Heng Lam, Chien Chang, Hou-Ren Chen, Kuan-Wei Su, Yi-Chia Chou "Control of Large Scale Single Phase Ni Silicide Formation from Reactive Multilayers" Adv. Eng. Maters. 2200534, 2022.
41. Shih-Jie Lin, Jia-An Lin, Wei Yu, Chanho Lee, Chun-Yu Hung, Jonathan D Poplawsky, Peter K. Liaw, Yi-Chia Chou "Biocompatibility of NbTaTiVZr with surface modifications for osteoblasts" ACS Applied Bio Materials 5, 2, 642–649, 2022.
40. Yu-An Shen, Li Chang, Shou-Yi Chang, Y-C Chou, K N Tu, Chih Chen "Nanotwin orientation on history-dependent stress decay in Cu nanopillar under constant strain" Nanotechnology 33, 155708, 2022.
39. Chanho Lee, Francesco Maresca, Rui Feng, Yi Chou, Tamás Ungár, Michael Widom, Ke An, Jonathan Poplawsky, Yi-Chia Chou, Peter Liaw, and William Curtin, “Strength Can be Controlled by Edge Dislocations in Refractory High-Entropy Alloys” Nature Communications 12, 5474, 2021.
38. Yi Chou, Chanho Lee, Peter K. Liaw, Yi-Chia Chou “Measurement of Lattice Distortion in NbTaTiV and NbTaTiVZr Using Electron Microscopy” Metall. Mater. Trans. A 52, 2094–2099, 2021.
37. Yu-Chen Liu, Meng-Xun Xie, Yu-Huai Li, Sheng-Zhu Ho, Chin-Han Huang, Min-Yuan Huang, Chun-Wei Huang, Yi Chou, Chih-Yen Chen, Yi-Chia Chou, Yi-Chun Chen, Heng-Jui Liu, Jan-Chi Yang "Self-Organized Ferroelastic Superdomains with Enhanced Piezoresponse in (101)-Oriented Pb(Zr-0.2,Ti-0.8)O-3 Thin Films" ACS Appl. Electron. Mater. 2021, 3, 8, 3625–3632.
36. Yung-Yu Lai, Chi-Huang Chuang, Yen-Wei Yeh, Cheng-Hung Hou, Shih-Chieh Hsu, Yi Chou, Yi-Chia Chou, Hao-Chung Kuo, YewChung Sermon Wu, and Yuh-Jen Cheng "Substrate Lattice-Guided MoS2 Crystal Growth: Implications for van der Waals Epitaxy" ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2021, 4, 5, 4930–4938.
35. Cheng-Chu Chung, Han Yeh, Po-Hsien Wu, Cheng-Chieh Lin, Chia-Shuo Li, Tien-Tien Yeh, Yi Chou, Chuan-Yu Wei, Cheng-Yen Wen, Yi-Chia Chou, Chih-Wei Luo, Chih-I Wu, Ming-Yang Li, Lain-Jong Li, Wen-Hao Chang, and Chun-Wei Chen "Atomic-Layer Controlled Interfacial Band Engineering at Two-Dimensional Layered PtSe2/Si Heterojunctions for Efficient Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production" ACS Nano 15, 3, 4627–4635 2021.
34. Anh Thi Nguyen, Ya-Wen Ho, Wei-Cheng Yu, Hsiao-Wen Zan, Hsin-Fei Meng, Yi-Chia Chou "Stable and Reversible Photoluminescence from GaN Nanowires in Solution Tuning by Ionic Concentration" Nanoscale Res. Lett.16, 45, 2021.
33. Mengjiao Li, Feng‐Shou Yang, Hung‐Chang Hsu, Wan‐Hsin Chen, Chia Nung Kuo, Jiann‐Yeu Chen, Shao‐Heng Yang, Ting‐Hsun Yang, Che‐Yi Lin, Yi Chou, Mu‐Pai Lee, Yuan‐Ming Chang, Yung‐Cheng Yang, Ko‐Chun Lee, Yi‐Chia Chou, Chen‐Hsin Lien, Chun‐Liang Lin, Ya‐Ping Chiu, Chin Shan Lue, Shu‐Ping Lin, Yen‐Fu Lin "Defect Engineering in Ambipolar Layered Materials for Mode‐Regulable Nociceptor" Adv. Func. Mater. 2007587, 2020.
32. Chanho Lee, Yi Chou, George Kim, Michael C. Gao, Ke An, Jamieson Brechtl, Chuan Zhang, Wei Chen, Jonathan D. Poplawsky, Gian Song, Yang Ren, Yi-Chia Chou, Peter K. Liaw "Lattice-Distortion-Enhanced Yield Strength in a Refractory High-Entropy Alloy" Advanced Materials, 2004029, 2020.
31. Mengjiao Li, Che-Yi Lin, Yuan-Ming Chang, Shih-Hsien Yang, Mu-Pai Lee, Ciao-Fen Chen, Ko-Chun Lee, Feng-Shou Yang, Yi Chou, Lin Yi-Chun Lin, Keiji Ueno, Yumeng Shi, Yi-Chia Chou, Kazuhito Tsukagoshi, Yen-Fu Lin "Facile and reversible carrier-type manipulation of layered MoTe2 toward long-term stable electronics" ACS Appl Mater. Inter. 12, 2972, 2020.
30. Chang-Hsun Huang, Yi-Chia Chou "Achieving Ultra-Long GaN Nanorod Growth by Lowering Nucleation Energy via Surface Modification for Optical Sensors" ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 3, 9, 8949–8957, 2020.
29. Yao-Wen Yang, Ping-Chun Wu, Jhih-Bang Yi, Yu-Chen Liu, Yi Chou, Yi-Chia Chou, Jan-Chi Yang "A fast route towards freestanding single crystalline oxide thin films by using YBa2Cu3O7-x as a sacrificial layer" Nanoscale Res. Lett. 15, 172, 2020.
28. Wei-Lan Chiu, Chien-Min Liu, Han-wen Lin, John A. Wu, Y.-C. Chou, K. N. Tu, Chih Chen "Fabrication and characteristics of highly <110>-oriented nanotwinned Au films" Sci. Rep. 10:16566, 2020.
27. Chanho Lee, George Kim, Yi Chou, Brianna L. Musicó, Michael C. Gao, Ke An, Gian Song, Yi-Chia Chou, Veerle Keppens, Wei Chen, and Peter K. Liaw “Temperature Dependence of Elastic and Plastic Deformation Behavior of a Ductile Refractory High-entropy Alloy” Science Advances 6, 4748, 2020.
26. Jiyue Wu, Haibin Zhang, Chang-Hsun Huang, Chiao-Wei Tseng, Nan Meng, Vladimir Koval, Yi-Chia Chou, Zhen Zhang, Haixue Yan "Ultrahigh Field-Induced Strain in Lead-Free Ceramics" Nano Energy 76, 105037, 2020.
25. Feng-Shou Yang, Mengjiao Li, Mu-Pai Lee, I-Ying Ho, Jiann-Yeu Chen, Haifeng Ling, Yuanzhe Li, Jen-Kuei Chang, Shih-Hsien Yang, Yuan-Ming Chang, Ko-Chun Lee, Yi-Chia Chou, Ching-Hwa Ho, Wenwu Li, Chen-Hsin Lien, and Yen-Fu Lin "Oxidation-boosted charge trapping in ultra-sensitive van der Waals materials for artificial synaptic features" Nat. Comm. 11, 2972, 2020.
24. Yi-Ting Chiang, Yi Chou, Chang-Hsun Huang, Wei-Ting Lin, Yi-Chia Chou "Dependence of Structure and Orientation of VSS grown Si nanowires on Epitaxy Process" CrystEngComm 21, 4298-4304, 2019.
23. Chang-Hsun Huang, Anahita Pakzad, Wei-I Lee, and Yi-Chia Chou "Structure and Strain Relaxation of GaN Nanorods Grown on Homoepitaxial Surface via Controlling Irregular Mask" J Phys Chem C 123, 3172, 2019.
22. Wei-Ting Hsu, Li-Syuan Lu, Po-Hsun Wu, Ming-Hao Lee, Peng-Jen Chen, Pei-Ying Wu, Yi-Chia Chou, Horng-Tay Jeng, Lain-Jong Li, Ming-Wen Chu & Wen-Hao Chang "Negative circular polarization emissions from WSe2/MoSe2 commensurate heterobilayers" Nat. Comm. 9, 1356, 2018.
21. Ko-Li Wu, Yi Chou, Chang-Chou Su, Chih-Chaing Yang, Wei-I Lee, Yi-Chia Chou "Controlling bottom-up rapid growth of single crystalline gallium nitride nanowires on silicon" Sci. Rep. 7,17942, 2017.
20. Wei-Ting Hsu, Li-Syuan Lu, Dean Wang, Jing-Kai Huang, Ming-Yang Li, Tay-Rong Chang, Yi-Chia Chou, Zhen-Yu Juang, Horng-Tay Jeng, Lain-Jong Lin, Wen-Hao Chang "Evidence of indirect gap in monolayer WSe2" Nat. Comm. 8, 929, 2017.
19. Shao-Pin Chiu, Sheng-Shiuan Yeh, Chien-Jyun Chiou, Yi-Chia Chou, Juhn-Jong Lin, Chang-Chyi Tsuei "Ultralow 1/f Noise in a Heterostructure of Superconducting Epitaxial Cobalt Disilicide Thin Film on Silicon" ACS Nano 11, 516-525, 2017.
18. H. Ishihara, Y. -C. Chen, N. D. Marco, O. Lin, C. -M. Huang, Y. -C. Chou, Y. Yang, and V. Tung "Electrohydrodynamic-assisted Assembly of Hierarchically Structured, 3D Crumpled Nanostructures for Efficient Solar Conversions" Sci. Rep. 6, 38701, 2016.
17. Yi-Chia Chou, Federico Panciera, Mark C. Reuter, Eric A. Stach, Frances M. Ross "Nanowire growth kinetics in aberration corrected environmental transmission electron microscopy" Chem. Comm. 52, 5686 - 5689, 2016.
16. F. Panciera, Y.-C. Chou, M. C. Reuter, D. Zakharov, E. A. Stach, S. Hofmann, F. M. Ross "Synthesis of nanostructures in nanowires using sequential catalyst reactions" Nat. Mater. 14, 820–825, 2015
15. Yi-Chia Chou, Wei Tang, Chien-Jyun Chiou, Kai Chen, Andrew M. Minor, K. N. Tu "Effect of elastic strain fluctuation on atomic layer growth of epitaxial silicide in Si nanowires by point contact reactions" Nano Lett. 15, 4121−4128, 2015.
14. Chien-Jyun Chiou, Shao-Pin Chiu, Juhn-Jong Lina, Yi-Chia Chou "Effects of atomic scale imperfection at the interfaces of CoSi2 and Si (100) on Schottky barrier contacts" CrystEngComm 17, 4276 - 4280, 2015.
13. Wei-Ting Hsu, Zi-Ang Zhao, Lain-Jong Li, Chang-Hsiao Chen, Ming-Hui Chiu, Pi-Shan Chang, Yi-Chia Chou, Wen-Hao Chang “Second Harmonic Generation from Artificially Stacked Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Twisted Bilayers” ACS Nano 8 , 2951–2958, 2014.
12. Li-Min Kuo, Yi-Chia Chou, Kuan-Neng Chen, Chien-Chia Lu, Shuchi Chao “A precise pH microsensor using RF-sputtering IrO2 and Ta2O5 films on Pt-electrode” Sensors and Actuators B 193, 687– 691, 2014.
11. Y.-C. Chou, K. Hillerich, J. Tersoff, M. C. Reuter, K. A. Dick, F. M. Ross “Atomic-scale variability and control of III-V nanowire growth kinetics” Science 343, 281-284, 2014.
10. Y. -C. Chou, C. -Y. Wen, M. C. Reuter, D. Su, E. A. Stach, F. M. Ross “In situ growth of Si nanowires using Transmission Electron Microscopy” ECS Transactions 58, 105-111, 2013.
9. Y.-C. Chou, M. C. Reuter, F. M. Ross and E. A. Stach “The growth of Si nanowires in UHVTEM and Cs-corrected ETEM” Microsc Microanal 18 (S2), 1084-1085, 2012.
8. Yi-Chia Chou, Cheng-Yen Wen, Mark C. Reuter, Eric A. Stach, Frances M. Ross “Controlling the growth of Si/Ge nanowires and heterojunctions by silver-gold alloy catalysts” ACS Nano 6, 6407–6415, 2012.
7. K. W. Schwarz, J. Tersoff, S. Kodambaka, Y. -C. Chou, F. M. Ross “Geometrical frustration in nanowire growth” Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 265502, 2011.
6. Yi-Chia Chou, Wen-Wei Wu, Chung-Yang Li, Chun-Yi Liu, Lih J. Chen, K. N. Tu “Homogeneous and heterogeneous nucleation of NiSi2 growth in [110] Si nanowires” J. Phys. Chem. C 115, 397-401, 2011.
5. Yi-Chia Chou, Kuo-Chang Lu, K. N. Tu “Nucleation and growth of epitaxial silicide in nanowire of silicon” Mater. Sci. Eng., R 70, 112-125, 2010. (Invited review article)
4. W. W. Wu, K. C. Lu, C. W. Wang, H. Y. Hsieh, S. Y. Chen, Y. C. Chou, L. J. Chen, K. N. Tu “Growth of Multiple Metal/Semiconductor Nanoheterostructures through Point and Line Contact Reactions” Nano Lett. 10, 3984-3989, 2010.
3. Kai Chen, Nobumichi Tamura, Wei Tang, Martin Kunz, Yi-Chia Chou, King-Ning Tu, Yi-Shao Lai “High precision thermal stress study on flip chips by synchrotron polychromatic X-ray microdiffraction” J. Appl. Phys. 107, 063502, 2010.
2. Yi-Chia Chou, Wen-Wei Wu, Lih J. Chen, K. N. Tu “Homogeneous nucleation of epitaxial NiSi and CoSi2 in Si nanowires” Nano Lett. 9, 2337-2342, 2009.
1. Yi-Chia Chou, Wen-Wei Wu, Shao-Liang Cheng, Bong-Young Yoo, Nosang Myung, Lih J. Chen, K. N. Tu “In-situ TEM observation of repeating events of nucleation in epitaxial growth of nano CoSi2 in nanowires of Si” Nano Lett. 8, 2194-2199, 2008.
Patents
We hold 3 US patents, 2 Taiwan patents, 1 China Patent.
BOOK CHAPTERS
3. L. P. Ren, Y. C. Chou, K. N. Tu "Recent Advances in Nanoscale Silicide Formation", Chapter in "Semiconductor Manufacturing Handbook" McGraw-Hill, New York, 2017.
2. Yi-Chia Chou, Kuo-Chang Lu, K. N. Tu “Silicide formation in silicon nanowires”, Chapter in “Applications, Processing, and Properties of Nanowires of Silicon and Silicides” Pan Stanford Publishing, Singapore, Sep. 2013.
1. Yi-Chia Chou, K. N. Tu “Core-shell effect on nucleation and growth of epitaxial silicide in nanowires of silicon”, Chapter in ”One-Dimensional Nanostructures: Principles and Applications” John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S.A., Jan. 2013.
INVITED TALKS
28. Annual Meeting of the Physical Society of Taiwan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, 2024.
27. MRM/IUMRS-ICA2023, Kyoto, Japan, 2023.
26. "Point Contact Reaction for Silicide Formation in Si Nanowires" HK Tech Forum, HK, China, 2022
25. "Control of the Structure and Formation of Zero-Dimensional Nanostructures within Nanowires" MRS Spring Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, USA, 2020.
24. “Measurement of Lattice Distortion in High Entropy Alloys” TMS Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, USA, 2019.
23. "Silicide and Germanide Formation in Semiconductor Nanowire" ISPlasma, Nagoya, Japan, 2018.
22. “Silicide formation in nanowires – new structures and the growth kinetics” IU-MRS, Qingdao, China, 2016.
21. “Kinetics of forming silicides in nanowires and nano-heterostructure” 2016 International Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials (SSDM), Tsukuba, Japan, 2016.
20. “Silicide formation in nanowires – new structures and the growth kinetics” Center for Electron Microscopy in Zhejiang University, 2016.
19. "Forming New Silicide Heterostructures in Semiconductor Nanowires" Emerging Semiconductor Technologies in CSTIC 2016, Shanghai, China, 2016.
18. "Elastic strain on homogeneous nucleation and atomic layer epitaxial growth of silicide in silicon nanowires" MS&T, Columbus, OH, USA, 2015. (coauthored with Prof. King-Ning Tu)
17. "Strain engineering of silicide formation in nanowires" EM and Microstructure Session at Annual Meeting of Materials Research Society Taiwan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2015.
16. "In situ nanowire controlled growth" Cross Strait Microscopy Meeting, Daocheng, China, 2015.
15. “Forming new silicide structures in semiconductor nanowires” 2015 MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA. (2015)
14. “Controlled growth of semiconductor nanowires and heterostructures” Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 2014.
13. “Growth of semiconductor nanoheterostructures and the interfaces” Dept. of Engineering Science, Uppsala University, Sweden, 2014.
12. “In Situ TEM Formation of One Dimensional Semiconductor Nanostructures”2014 CMOS Emerging Technologies Research Symposium, Grenoble, France, 2014.
11. "Nanostructures formation and nanoscale reactions" HOKUDAI-NCTU Joint Symposium, Sapporo, Japan, 2014.
10. "The growth of semiconductor nanowires" RIKEN-NCTU symposium, Wako, Japan, 2014.
9. “In Situ Growth of Si Nanowires Using Transmission Electron Microscopy” 224th ECS Meeting, San Francisco, CA ,USA, 2013.
8. “In situ TEM formation of semiconductor nanowires and nanostructures” 17th International Conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy (ICCGE-17), Warsaw, Poland, 2013.
7. “Kinetics of one dimensional nanomaterials formation” Annual Meeting of The Physical Society of Republic of China, Hualian, Taiwan, 2013.
6. “In Situ Growth of Si-based Nanostructures Using Transmission Electron Microscopy” The First MPI-NCTU Joint Symposium on Correlated Materials, Thin Films and Chemical Physics of Solids, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 2013.
5. “Growth and nanoscale reactions of one dimensional nanostructures using in situ TEM” 2013 RIES-CIS Symposium, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 2013.
4. “One dimensional nanomaterials formation using in situ TEM” Cross Strait Microscopy Meeting, LiZhiang, China, 2012.
3. “Nucleation and growth of nano silicides by point contact reaction” 2012 MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2012.
2. “In situ TEM controlled growth of silicide in Si nanowires” 2012 TMS Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, USA, 2012.
1. “Nucleation and growth of nanoscale epitaxial silicides by point contact reactions” Dept. of Physics, Boston College, Boston, MA, USA, 2011.