Recent cover arts
2026
- J. Lee, J. Kim, S. Nair, S. Jeong, C. Kim, J.-P.-So, B.-J. Yang, B. Jalan, H. Yoo, F. Rana, T. Oh, and H.-G. Park, Magneto-Optical Detection of Anisotropic Spin Currents in Altermagnetic RuO2, submitted (2026)
- Z. Yang, S. Varshney, S. S. Kumar, T. Steegemans, R. Bjørk, D. V. Christensen, and B. Jalan, High-mobility SrTiO3 thin films with extraordinary magnetoresistance exceeding 9000%, submitted (2026)
Z. Yang, S. Nair, S. Lee, T. Low, and B. Jalan, Electrochemical Control of Metal-Insulator Transition and Spin-Orbit Coupling in Ultrathin IrO2, submitted (2026)
S. Varshney, S. Choo, H. Liu, S. Sharma, D. K. Lee, N. Pryds, R. D. James, and B. Jalan, Lattice engineering by twisting 3D single-crystalline membranes: A perspective, submitted (2026)
W. Sandholt, N. Gauquelin, J. Mangeri, E. Dollekamp, G. Panchal, T. Chennit, A. De Backer, A. Annys, N. Vitaliti, A. R. Insinga, J. M. Hansen, R. Mandal, D. R. Rodrigues, S. van Aert, K. I. Wurster, A. Bhowmik, I. E. Castelli, S. B. Simonsen, T. S. Jespersen, R. D. James, B. Jalan, J. Verbeeck, J. M. G. Lastra, and N. Pryds, Designing ordered dislocation networks in twisted bicrystal transition metal oxides, submitted (2026) [arxiv]
S. Jung, J. Koo, H. Lee, D. Won, D. Kim, J. Yoo, M. Park, S. Park, S. Lim, T. Kim, B. Jalan, G. Qiu, K. Lee, and H. Bae, Revealing Deep Trap States of Ultra-wide Bandgap in La-Doped SrSnO3 Perovskite Field Effect Transistors by Polychromatic Lights, submitted (2026)
S. G. Jeong, S. Lee, J. Y. Oh, B. Y. X. Lin, A. Santhosh, J. M. LeBeau, A. J. Grutter, W. S. Choi, T. Low, V. Lauter, and B. Jalan, Emergence of unconventional magnetic order in strain-engineered RuO2/TiO2 superlattices, submitted (2026) [arxiv]
N. Pryds, F. Gunkel, F. Trier, Z. Jovanović, L. Kornblum, M. G-Hernandez, M. Brandbyge, P. Bøggild, V. Harbola, Y.-J. Wu, J. Mannhart, J. Santamaria, C.-B. Eom, S. Varshney, S. Choo, D. K. Lee, N. P. B. Aetukuri, B. Jalan, D. Pesquera, J. Santiso, J. Schwarzkopf, J. Martin, P. Salles, M. Coll, G. Koster, M. Spreitzer, X. Zhang, J. Kim, M. Radovic, J. Petrovic, J. Song, H. N. Lee, M. Nord, C. J. Roh, G. Segantini, A. D. Caviglia, H. Jani, R. Xu, S. S. Hong, L. W. Martin, I. C. G. van den Bosch, C. Baeumer, L. Alff, S. Preu, J. Knabe, R. Dittmann, Bridging the Gap: Exploring Interfaces Between 2D Materials and Freestanding Oxide Membranes, under review (2026)
J. D. S. Forte, S. G. Jeong, A. Santhosh, S. Lee, B. Jalan, and T. Low, Strain Engineering of Altermagnetic Symmetry in Epitaxial RuO2 Films, submitted (2026) [arxiv]
I. H. Choi☨, S. G. Jeong☨, J. H. Lee, S. Kang, S. Nair, C. Kim, D. Wulferding, B. Jalan, and J. S Lee, Strain-induced Dynamic Spin-Phonon Coupling in Epitaxial RuO2 Films, submitted (2026). ☨Equal contributions
K. S. Kumar, D. Barbalas, R. Bhandia, D. Lee, S. Varshney, B. Jalan, and N. P. Armitage, Absence of two-phonon quasi-elastic scattering in the normal state of doped–SrTiO3 by THz pump-probe spectroscopy, under review (2026) [arxiv]
S. Lee, S. G. Jeong, J.-P. Wang, B. Jalan, and T. Low, Strain-Driven Altermagnetic Spin Splitting Effects in RuO2, Nano Lett. (accepted) (2026)
Y. Zhang†, S. G. Jeong†, L. Buiarelli, S. Lee, Y. Guo, J. Wen, H. Li, S. Nair, I. H. Choi, Z. Ren, Z. Yue, A. Fedorov, S.-K. Mo, J. Kono, J. S. Lee, T. Low, T. Birol, R. M. Fernandes, M. Radovic, B. Jalan, M. Yi, Observation of mirror-odd and mirror-even spin texture in ultra-thin epitaxially-strained RuO2 films, Sci. Adv. (in press) (2026). ☨Equal contributions [arxiv]
J.-J. Do, B. K Chantigian, D. Upcraft, W. Lee, H.-S. Shin, N. C. Lindquist, H. Jeon, J. W. Jung, B. Jalan, and S.-H. Oh, Selective Growth of Bulk-Like Perovskite in Plasmonic Nanoholes for Enhanced Two-Photon-Excited Emission, Adv. Mater. (accepted) (2026)
M. Mohseni, S. Varshney, S. G. Jeong, A. Walton, C. D. Frisbie, and B. Jalan, Wafer-scale High-k SrTiO3 Dielectrics with Rational Barrier-layer Design for Low Leakage and High Charge Density, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 44, 043203 (2026)
J. Koo, W. Sun, D. Kim, C. Zhu, K. Lee, H. Bae, B. Jalan, and G. Qiu, Demonstration of High-Performance Ultra-Wide Bandgap SrSnO3 Top-Gated MOSFETs, IEEE Electron Dev. Lett. 42, 74 (2026) (accepted )
M. Vitale-Sullivan, R. Jana, S. Nair, S. G. Jeong, M. Neurock, B. Jalan, and K. Stoerzinger, Facet-Dependent Selectivity of Rutile IrO2 for Oxygen and Chlorine Evolution Reactions, ChemElectroChem (2026) (in press)
S. Padhye, J. Yue, S. Varshney, B. Jalan, D. G. Gordon, and E. Mikheev, Superconducting Dome in Homoepitaxial Strontium Titanate Thin Films, Phys. Rev. B, (Rapid commun.). (accepted) (2026) [arxiv]
D. Kim, M. Mohseni, Z. Yang, A. K. Manjeshwar, and B. Jalan, Temperature- and Frequency-Dependent Dielectric Behavior in Epitaxial CaSnO3 Films, Appl. Phys. Lett. 128, 112907 (2026)
F. Liu☨, Z. Yang☨, Y. Luo☨, S. Guo, C. Zhang, S. Choo, X. Xu, X. Wang, K. A. Mkhoyan, M. Bernardi, and B. Jalan, Understanding Polaronic Transport in Anatase TiO2 Films by Combining Precise Synthesis and First-Principles Many-Body Theory, Rep. Prog. Phys. 89, 028003 (2026) ☨Equal contributions
I. H. Choi☨, S. G. Jeong☨, B. Jalan, and J. S. Lee, Exploring Altermagnetism in RuO2: From Conflicting Experiments to Emerging Consensus, Nano Convergence 13, 1 (2026) ☨Equal contributions
S. G. Jeong†, I. H. Choi†, S. Nair, L Buiarelli, B. Pourbahari, J. Y. Oh, N. Bassim, A. Seo, W. S. Choi, R. M. Fernandes, T. Birol, L. Zhao, J. S. Lee, and B. Jalan, Altermagnetic polar metallic phase in ultra-thin epitaxially-strained RuO2 films, PNAS 123 (10) e2526641123 (2026) †Equal contribution
S. G. Jeong, B. Y. X. Lin, M. Jin, I. H. Choi, S. Lee, Z. Yang, S. Nair, R. Choudhary, J. Parikh, A. Santhosh, M. Neurock, K. A. Stoerzinger, J. S. Lee, T. Low, Q. Tu, J. M. LeBeau, and B. Jalan, Strain-Stabilized Interfacial Polarization Tunes Work Function Over 1 eV in RuO2/TiO2 Heterostructures, Nat. Commun. 17, 2516 (2026)
C. Zhang, F. Liu, D. Kim, X. Xu, S. Guo, K. A. Mkhoyan, T. Feng, B. Jalan, and X. Wang, Probing Phonon Mean-Free-Path Distribution via Thickness-Dependent Thermal Conductivity in Epitaxial SrSnO3, Materials Today Physics 60, 101991 (2026)
2025
A. Bragg, F. Liu, Z. Yang, N. Hirshberg, M. Garber, B. Lukaskawcez, L. Thompson, S. MacDonald, H. Binger, D. Uram, A. Bucsek, B. Jalan, and A. McLeod, Machine-Learning-Enabled Discovery of Coexisting Phases through Nanospectroscopy of a Wide-Bandgap Semiconductor, Nano Lett. 25, 17997 (2025)
S. Choo, S. Varshney, J. Shah, A. K. Manjeshwar, D. K. Lee, K. A. Mkhoyan, R. D. James and B. Jalan, Hybrid MBE Route to Adsorption-Controlled Growth of BaTiO3 Membranes with Robust Polarization Switching, Nano Lett. 25, 17467 (2025)
B. Jalan, From Breaking Rules to Making Rules in Materials Science, Sci. Adv. 11, eaed2475 (2025)
Q. Jia, S. Nair, Y. Yang, S. G. Jeong, S. Lee, D. Tonini, S. Liang, Y.-C. Chen, O. J. Benally, B. Dixit, T. Low, B. Jalan, and J.-P. Wang Correction of Out-of-Plane Spin Torque Extraction from Second Harmonic Hall Measurements: The Role of Antisymmetric Planar Hall Effects, Phys. Rev. B 112, 174409 (2025)
C. Ahn, S. Chambers, A. Demkov, J. Ekerdt, B. Jalan, L. Kornblum, J. Ngai, A. Posadas, and F. Walker, Handbook of Molecular Beam Epitaxy of Oxide Materials: Volume 1: Molecular Beam Epitaxy of Oxides World Scientific (2025).
W. Sun, J. Koo, D. Kim, H. Lee, R. Raj, C. Zhu, K. Lee, K. A. Mkhoyan, H. Bae, B. Jalan and G. Qiu, High-Performance Ultra-Wide-Bandgap CaSnO3 Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistors, Adv. Electr. Mater. e00459 (2025)
A. K. Manjeshwar, Z. Yang, C.-H. Liao, J. Wen, S. J. Koester, R. D. James, and B. Jalan, Ferroelectric Switching in Hybrid Molecular Beam Epitaxy-Grown BaTiO3 Films, Nano Lett. 25, 14246 (2025)
B. Lukaskawcez, S. Varshney, S. Choo, S. H. Park, D. Seo, L. Thompson, D. Uram, H. Binger, S. Koester, S.-H. Oh, T. Low, B. Jalan, and A. McLeod, Interfacial strong coupling and negative dispersion of propagating polaritons in free-standing oxide membranes, Adv. Optical Mater. e01452 (2025)
L. G. Corcoran, E. M. Monzo, C. E. Onuoha, S. Varshney, H. S. Lee, C. Fretham, B. Jalan, A. V. McCormick, And R. L. Penn, Electron Microscopy Transfer System to Protect Atmosphere-sensitive Materials for Scanning Electron Microscopy Characterization, Micros. Res. Tech. (accepted) (2025)
S. Ghosh, F. Liu, J. Shah, S. Guo, M. Tanwar, M. Neurock, T. Birol, B. Jalan, K. Andre Mkhoyan, Defect engineering in BaSnO3 and SrSnO3 thin films through nanoscale substrate patterning, Nat. Comm. 16, 9521 (2025)
R. Choudhary, A. Rajapitamahuni, S. Guo, Q. Jiang, J.-H. Chu, K. A. Mkhoyan, and B. Jalan, Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Magnetic Transitions in Sr3Ru2O7 films, J. Mater. Res. 40, 2351 (2025). Highlighted on Journal Cover.
D. Seo, S. Mishra, R. Li, J. Wen, S. G. Jeong, B. Lukaskawcez, A. S. McLeod, B. Jalan, and S. J. Koester, A Strategic Approach for Enhanced p-Type Doping of WSe2 p-MOSFETs Using an Atomic Oxidation Process, Adv. Elec. Mater. e00108 (2025)
S. G. Jeong, I. H. Choi, S. Lee, J. Y. Oh, S. Nair, J. H. Lee, C. Kim, A. Seo, W. S. Choi, T. Low, J. S. Lee, and B. Jalan, Anisotropic Strain Relaxation-Induced Directional Ultrafast Carrier Dynamics in RuO2 Films, Sci. Adv. 11, eadw7125 (2025)
S. G. Jeong, S. Lee, B. Lin, Z. Yang, I. H. Choi, J. Y Oh, S. Song, S. W. Lee, S. Nair, R. Choudhary, J. Parikh, S. Park, W. S. Choi, J. S. Lee, J. M. LeBeau, T. Low, and B. Jalan, Metallicity and Anomalous Hall Effect in Epitaxially-Strained, Atomically-thin RuO2 Films, PNAS 122 (24) e2500831122
Y. Yang, S. Nair, Y. Fan, Y. -C. Chen, Q. Jia, O. J. Benally, S. Lee, S. G. Jeong, Z. Yang, T. Low, B. Jalan, and J.-P. Wang, Coexistence of unconventional spin Hall effect and antisymmetric planar Hall effect in IrO2, Appl. Phys. Lett. 126, 102403 (2025)
S. Ghosh, F. Liu, S. Nair, B. Jalan, and K. A. Mkhoyan, Site-specific plan-view (S)TEM sample preparation from thin films using a dual-beam FIB-SEM, Ultramicroscopy 114104 (2025)
R. Choudhary, and B. Jalan, Atomically precise synthesis of oxides with hybrid molecular beam epitaxy, Device (cell press) 3, 100711 (2025) (invited article)
F. Liu, N. Szymanski, K. Noordhoek, H. S. Shin, D. Kim, C. J. Bartel, and B. Jalan, Unraveling the growth dynamics of rutile Sn1-xGexO2 using theory and experiment, Nano Lett. 25, 299 (2025)
2024
L. Wang†, Z. Yang†, K. P. Koirala, M. E. Bowden, J. W. Freeland, P. V. Sushko, C. T. Kuo, S. A. Chambers, C. Wang, B. Jalan, and Y. Du, Interfacial charge transfer and its impact on transport properties of LaNiO3/LaFeO3 superlattices, Sci. Adv. 10, eadq6687 (2024), †Equal contribution
S. Choo†, S. Varshney†, H. Liu, S. Sharma, R. D. James, and B. Jalan, From oxide epitaxy to freestanding membranes: opportunities and challenges, Sci. Adv. 10, eadq8561 (2024), †Equal contribution
D. Sen, H. Ravichandran, M. Das, P. Venkatram, S. Choo, S. Varshney, Z. Zhang, Y. Sun, J. Shah, S. S. Radhakrishnan, A. Saha, S. Hazra, K. A. Mkhoyan, V. Gopalan, Y. Yang, B. Jalan, and S. Das, Multifunctional 2D FETs Exploiting Incipient Ferroelectricity in Freestanding SrTiO3 Nanomembranes at Sub-Ambient Temperatures, Nat. Comm. 15, 10739 (2024)
S. Lee, D. J. P. deSousa, B. Jalan, and T. Low, Moiré polar vortex, flat bands and Lieb lattice in twisted bilayer BaTiO3, Sci. Adv. 10, eadq0293 (2024)
F. Liu†, Z. Yang†, D. Abramovitch, S. Guo, K. A. Mkhoyan, M. Bernardi, and B. Jalan, Deep-ultraviolet transparent conducting SrSnO3 via heterostructure design, Sci. Adv. 10, eadq7892 (2024) †Equal contribution (Highlighted by UMN News plus several news outlets, including Science Daily, EurekAlert, Semiconductor Engineering among others)
S. Varshney, M. Ramis, S. Choo, M. Coll, and B. Jalan, Epitaxially grown single-crystalline SrTiO3 membranes using a solution-processed, amorphous SrCa2Al2O6 sacrificial layer, J. Mater. Chem. C 12, 13809 (2024)
K. S. Kumar, D. Lee, S. Varshney, B. Jalan, and N. P. Armitage, Anomalous frequency and temperature dependent scattering in the dilute metallic phase in lightly doped-SrTiO3, Phys. Rev. Lett. 133, 136003 (2024)
S. Nair, Z. Yang, K. Storr, and B. Jalan, High-mobility carriers in epitaxial IrO2 films grown using hybrid molecular beam epitaxy, Nano Lett. 24 10850 (2024)
A. K. Rajapitamahuni, S. Nair, Z. Yang, A. K. Manjeshwar, S. G. Jeong, W. Nunn, and B. Jalan, Thickness-dependent insulator-to-metal transition in epitaxial RuO2 films, Phys. Rev. Mater. 8, 075002 (2024)
M. Son, K. Sualiheen, S. Choi, S. G. Jeong, J.-S. Bae, S. Eom, D. H. Kim, J. Dho, B. Jalan, D. Lee, and K. T. Kang, Optimizing surface treatment for Nb-doped SrTiO3 substrates: effects on structural and chemical properties, J Kor. Phys. Soc. 85, 183 (2024)
S. Varshney, S. Choo, L. Thompson, Z. Yang, J. Shah, J. Wen, S. J. Koester, K. A. Mkhoyan, A. McLeod, and B. Jalan, Hybrid Molecular Beam Epitaxy for single-crystalline oxide membranes with binary oxide sacrificial layers, ACS Nano 18, 6348 (2024) (featured on the journal cover)
2023
S. Nair, K. Noordhoek, D. Lee, C. J. Bartel, and B. Jalan, Solid-source metal-organic MBE for elemental Ir and Ru films, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 41, 062701 (2023)
S. Guo, H. Yun, S. Nair, B. Jalan, and K. A. Mkhoyan, Mending cracks atom-by-atom in rutile TiO2 with electron beam radiolysis, Nat. Commun. 14, 6005 (2023) (Highlighted by UMN News)
A. K. Manjeshwar, S. Nair, A. K. Rajapitamahuni, R. D. James, and B. Jalan, Adsorption-controlled growth and magnetism in epitaxial SrRuO3 films, ACS Nano 17, 20999 (2023) (featured on the journal cover)
F. Liu†, P. Golani†, T. K. Truttmann, I. Evangelista, M. A. Smeaton, D. Bugallo, J. Wen, A. K. Manjeshwar, S. J. May, L. F. Kourkoutis, A. Janotti, S. J. Koester, and B. Jalan, Doping the undopable: hybrid molecular beam epitaxy growth, n-type doping, and field-effect transistor using CaSnO3, ACS Nano 17, 16912 (2023) †Equal contribution
D. Du, L. R. Thoutam, K. T. Genser, C. Zhang, K. M. Rabe, T. Samanta, T. Jung, B. Jalan, P. M. Voyles, and J. K. Kawasaki, Effect of Pt vacancies on magnetotransport of Weyl semimetal candidate GdPtSb epitaxial films, Phys. Rev. Mater. 7, 084204 (2023)
C. Zhang, F. Liu, S. Guo, Y. Zhang, X. Xu, K. A. Mkhoyan, B. Jalan, and X. Wang, Temperature-dependent thermal conductivity of MBE-grown epitaxial SrSnO3 films, Appl. Phys. Lett. 123, 042201 (2023)
J. Sylvester, R. Choudhary, B. Jalan, and F. Ganikhanov, Coherent phonon relaxation in strontium titanate, Appl. Phys. Lett. 123, 022201 (2023) (Editor’s Pick)
P. P. Sundaram, F. Liu, F. Alema, A. Osinsky, B. Jalan, and S. J. Koester, Characterization of (001) β-Ga2O3 Schottky diodes with drift layer grown by MOCVD, Appl. Phys. Lett. 122, 232105 (2023)
R. Choudhary, Z. Liu, J. Cai, X. Xu, J.-H. Chu, and B. Jalan, Growing clean crystals from dirty precursors: Solid-source metal-organic molecular beam epitaxy growth of superconducting Sr2RuO4 films, APL Mater. 11, 061124 (2023) (featured) (also see the Sci Highlight)
S. Nair, Z. Yang, D. Lee, S. Guo, J. T. Sadowski, S. Johnson, A. Saboor, Y. Li, H. Zhou, R. B. Comes, W. Jin, K. A. Mkhoyan, A. Janotti, and B. Jalan, Engineering metal oxidation using epitaxial strain, Nat. Nanotechnol. 18, 1005 (2023) (Highlighted by UMN News plus several news outlets, including Science Daily, EurekAlert, PhysOrg, ScienceNewsNet.)
W. Nunn, A. Kumar, R. Zu, B. Nebgen, S. Yu, A. K. Manjeshwar, V. Gopalan, J. M. LeBeau, R. D. James, and B. Jalan, Sn-modified BaTiO3 thin film with enhanced polarization, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A, 41, 022701 (2023)
2022
H. Yoon†, T. K. Truttmann†, F. Liu, B. E. Matthews, S. Choo, Q. Su, V. Saraswat, S. Manzo, M. S. Arnold, M. E. Bowden, J. K. Kawasaki, S. J. Koester, S. R. Spurgeon, S. A. Chambers, and B. Jalan, Freestanding epitaxial SrTiO3 nanomembranes via remote epitaxy using hybrid molecular beam epitaxy, Sci. Adv. 8, eadd5328 (2022) †Equal contribution
M. Naamneh, E. B. Guedes, A. Prakash, H. M. Cardoso, M. Shi, N. C. Plumb, W. H. Brito, B. Jalan, and M. Radović, Low-dimensional electronic state at the surface of a transparent conductive oxide, Commun. Phys. 5, 317 (2022)
W. S. Samarakoon, P. V. Sushko, D. Lee, B. Jalan, H. Zhou, Y. Du, Z. Feng, and S. A. Chambers, Transient electron scavengers modulate carrier density at a polar/nonpolar perovskite oxide heterojunction, Phys. Rev. Mater. 6, 103405 (2022) (Editor's suggestion)
P. Golani, C. N. Saha, P. P. Sundaram, F. Liu, T. K. Truttmann, V. R. S. K. Chaganti, B. Jalan, U. Singisetti, and S. J. Koester, Self-heating in ultra-wide bandgap n-type SrSnO3 thin films, Appl. Phys. Lett. 121, 162102 (2022)
F. Liu†, T. K. Truttmann†, D. Lee, B. E. Matthews, I. Laraib, A. Janotti, S. R. Spurgeon, S. A. Chambers, and B. Jalan, Hybrid molecular beam epitaxy of germanium-based oxides, Commun. Mater. 3, 69 (2022) †Equal contribution
R. Choudhary, S. Nair, Z. Yang, D. Lee, and B. Jalan, Semi-metallic SrIrO3 films using solid-source metal-organic molecular beam epitaxy, APL Mater. 10, 091118 (2022)
A. D. Rata, J. Herrero-Martin, I. V. Maznichenko, F. M. Chiabrera, R. T. Dahm, S. Ostanin, D. Lee, B. Jalan, P. Buczek, I. Mertig, A. Ernst, A. M. Ionescu, K. Dörr, N. Pryds, and D.-S. Park, Defect-induced magnetism in homoepitaxial SrTiO3, APL Mater. 10, 091108 (2022)
P. Adiga, W. Nunn, C. Wong, A. K. Manjeshwar, S. Nair, B. Jalan, and K. A. Stoerzinger, Breaking OER and CER scaling relations via strain and its relaxation in RuO2 (101), Mater. Today Energy 28, 101087 (2022)
S. A. Chambers, D. Lee, Z. Yang, Y. Huang, W. Samarakoon, H. Zhou, P. V. Sushko, T. K. Truttmann, L. W. Wangoh, T.-L. Lee, J. Gabel, and B. Jalan, Probing electronic dead layers in homoepitaxial n-SrTiO3(001) films, APL Mater. 10, 070903 (2022)
Z. Yang†, D. Lee†, J. Yue, J. Gabel, T.-L. Lee, R. D. James, S. A. Chambers, and B. Jalan, Epitaxial SrTiO3 films with dielectric constants exceeding 25,000, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 119, e2202189119 (2022) †Equal contribution
J. Yue, Y. Ayino, T. K. Truttmann, M. N. Gastiasoro, E. Persky, A. Khanukov, D. Lee, L. R. Thoutam, B. Kalisky, R. M. Fernandes, V. S. Pribiag, and B. Jalan, Anomalous transport in high-mobility superconducting SrTiO3 thin films, Sci. Adv. 8, eabl5668 (2022)
K. S. Belthle, U. N. Gries, M. P. Mueller, D. Kemp, A. Prakash, M.-A. Rose, J. M. Börgers, B. Jalan, F. Gunkel, and R. A. De Souza, Quantitative determination of native point-defect concentrations at the ppm level in un-doped BaSnO3 thin films, Adv. Func. Mater. 32, 2113023 (2022)
A. K. Rajapitamahuni, A. K. Manjeshwar, A. Kumar, A. Datta, P. Ranga, L. R. Thoutam, S. Krishnamoorthy, U. Singisetti, and B. Jalan, Plasmon-phonon coupling in electrostatically gated β-Ga2O3 films with mobility exceeding 200 cm2 V-1 s-1, ACS Nano 16, 8812 (2022) (featured on the journal cover)
D. Lee, F. Liu, T. K. Truttmann, S. A. Chambers, and B. Jalan, Stoichiometry-dependent surface electronic structure of SrTiO3 films grown by hybrid molecular beam epitaxy, Appl. Phys. Lett. 120, 121604 (2022)
2021
S. Hameed, J. Joe, L. R. Thoutam, J. Garcia-Barriocanal, B. Yu, G. Yu, S. Chi, T. Hong, T. J. Williams, J. W. Freeland, P. M. Gehring, Z. Xu, M. Matsuda, B. Jalan, M. Greven, Growth and characterization of large (Y,La)TiO3 and (Y,Ca)TiO3 single crystals, Phys. Rev. Mater. 5, 125003 (2021)
L. R. Thoutam, T. K. Truttmann, A. K. Rajapitamahuni, and B. Jalan, Hysteretic magnetoresistance in a non-magnetic SrSnO3 film via thermal coupling to dynamic substrate behavior, Nano Lett. 21, 10006 (2021)
T. K. Truttmann, J.-J. Zhou, I-T. Lu, A. K. Rajapitamahuni, F. Liu, T. E. Mates, M. Bernardi, and B. Jalan, Combined experimental-theoretical study of electron mobility-limiting mechanisms in SrSnO3, Commun. Phys. 4, 241 (2021)
W. Nunn, T. K. Truttmann and B. Jalan, A review of molecular-beam epitaxy of wide bandgap complex oxide semiconductors, J. Mater. Res. 36, 4846 (2021) (invited feature paper-review)
W. Nunn, S. Nair, H. Yun, A. K. Manjeshwar, A. Rajapitamahuni, D. Lee, K. A. Mkhoyan, and B. Jalan, Solid-source metal-organic molecular beam epitaxy of epitaxial RuO2, APL Mater. 9, 091112 (2021) (Editor's Pick) (featured on the journal cover)
W. Nunn, A. K. Manjeshwar, J. Yue, A. Rajapitamahuni, T. K. Truttmann, and B. Jalan, Novel synthesis approach for “stubborn” metals and metal oxides, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 118, e2105713118 (2021) (Highlighted on the front page of the DOE Office of Science website plus by several news outlets, including Science Daily, EurekAlert, PhysOrg, ScienceNewsNet, Materials Today, etc.)
W. Nunn, S. Sandlass, M. Wegner, R. Haislmaier, A. Kumar, M. Tangi, J. LeBeau, E. Quandt, R. D. James, and B. Jalan, Hybrid molecular beam epitaxy growth of BaTiO3 films, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A, 39, 040404 (2021) (Editor's Pick)
H. Yun, A. Prakash, T. Birol, B. Jalan, and K. A. Mkhoyan, Dopant segregation inside and outside dislocation cores in perovskite BaSnO3 and reconstruction of the local atomic and electronic structures, Nano Lett. 21, 4357 (2021)
W. M. Postiglione, K. Ganguly, H. Yun, J. S. Jeong, A. Jacobson, L. Borgeson, B. Jalan, K. A. Mkhoyan, and C. Leighton, Structure-property relationships and mobility optimization in sputtered La-doped BaSnO3 films: Toward 100 cm2 V−1 s−1 mobility, Phys. Rev. Mater. 5, 044604 (2021)
V. R. S. K. Chaganti, P. Golani, T. K. Truttmann, F. Liu, B. Jalan, and S. J. Koester, Optimizing Ohmic contacts to Nd-doped n-type SrSnO3, Appl. Phys. Lett. 118, 142104 (2021)
X. Cai, J. Yue, P. Xu, B. Jalan, and V. S. Pribiag, From weak antilocalization to Kondo scattering in a magnetic complex oxide interface, Phys. Rev. B 103, 115434 (2021)
T. K. Truttmann, F. Liu, J. Garcia-Barriocanal, R. D. James, and B. Jalan, Strain relaxation via phase transformation in high-mobility SrSnO3 films, ACS Appl. Electron. Mater. 3, 1127 (2021)
A. K. Rajapitamahuni, L. R. Thoutam, P. Ranga, S. Krishnamoorthy, and B. Jalan, Impurity band conduction in Si-doped β-Ga2O3 films, Appl. Phys. Lett. 118, 072105 (2021)
H. Yun, M. Topsakal, A. Prakash, B. Jalan, J. S. Jeong, T. Birol, and K. A. Mkhoyan, Metallic line defect in wide-bandgap transparent perovskite BaSnO3, Sci. Adv. 7, eabd4449 (2021)
A. Prakash, T. Wang, A. Bucsek, T. K. Truttmann, A. Fali, M. Cotrufo, H. Yun, J.-W. Kim, P. J. Ryan, K. A. Mkhoyan, A. Alù, Y. Abate, R. D. James, and B. Jalan, Self-assembled periodic nanostructures using martensitic phase transformations, Nano Lett. 21, 1246 (2021) (featured on the journal cover)
J. Wen, V. R. S. K. Chaganti, T. K. Truttmann, F. Liu, B. Jalan, and S. J. Koester, SrSnO3 metal-semiconductor field-effect transistor with GHz operation, IEEE Electron Dev. Lett. 42, 74 (2021) (featured on the journal cover)
2020
A. Prakash, T. Wang, R. Choudhary, G. Haugstad, W. L. Gladfelter, and B. Jalan, Precursor selection in hybrid molecular beam epitaxy of alkaline-earth stannates, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 38, 063410 (2020)
J. Yue, N. F. Quackenbush, I. Laraib, H. Carfagno, S. Hameed, A. Prakash, L. R. Thoutam, J. M. Ablett, T.-L. Lee, M. Greven, M. F. Doty, A. Janotti, and B. Jalan, Electronic structure and small-hole polarons in YTiO3, Phys. Rev. Mater. 4, 112001(R) (2020)
S. R. Provence, S. Thapa, R. Paudel, T. K. Truttmann, A. Prakash, B. Jalan, and R. B. Comes, Machine learning analysis of perovskite oxides grown by molecular beam epitaxy, Phys. Rev. Mater. 4, 083807 (2020)
V. R. S. K. Chaganti, T. K. Truttmann, F. Liu, B. Jalan, and S. J. Koester, SrSnO3 field-effect transistors with recessed gate electrodes, IEEE Electron Dev. Lett. 41, 1428 (2020)
H. Wang, A. Prakash, K. Reich, K. Ganguly, B. Jalan, and C. Leighton, Scattering mechanisms and mobility enhancement in epitaxial BaSnO3 thin films probed via electrolyte gating, APL Mater. 8, 071113 (2020) (Editor’s Pick)
A. N. Bucsek, W. Nunn, B. Jalan, and R. D. James, Energy conversion by phase transformation in the small-temperature-difference regime, Annu. Rev. Mater. Res. 50, 283 (2020)
Y. Ayino, J. Yue, T. Wang, B. Jalan, and V. S. Pribiag, Effects of paramagnetic pair-breaking and spin-orbital coupling on multi-band superconductivity, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 32, 38LT02 (2020)
H. Yun, A. Prakash, B. Jalan, J. S. Jeong, and K. A. Mkhoyan, STEM beam channeling in BaSnO3/LaAlO3 perovskite bilayers and visualization of 2D misfit dislocation network, Ultramicroscopy 208, 112863 (2020)
2019
U. S. Alaan, F. J. Wong, J. J. Ditto, A. W. Robertson, E. Lindgren, A. Prakash, G. Haugstad, P. Shafer, A. T. N’Diaye, D. Johnson, E. Arenholz, B. Jalan, N. D. Browning, and Y. Suzuki, Magnetism and transport in transparent high-mobility BaSnO3 films doped with La, Pr, Nd, and Gd, Phys. Rev. Mater. 3, 124402 (2019)
A. Prakash, N. F. Quackenbush, H. Yun, J. Held, T. Wang, T. Truttmann, J. M. Ablett, C. Weiland, T.-L. Lee, J. C. Woicik, K. A. Mkhoyan, and B. Jalan, Separating electrons and donors in BaSnO3 via band engineering, Nano Lett. 19, 8920 (2019)
T. Truttmann, A. Prakash, J. Yue, T. E. Mates, and B. Jalan, Dopant solubility and charge compensation in La-doped SrSnO3 films, Appl. Phys. Lett. 115, 152103 (2019)
A. Bucsek, W. Nunn, B. Jalan, and R. D. James, Direct conversion of heat to electricity using first-order phase transformations in ferroelectrics, Phys. Rev. Appl. 12, 034043 (2019)
J. Yue, L. R. Thoutam, A. Prakash, T. Wang, and B. Jalan, Unraveling the effect of electron-electron interaction on electronic transport in La-doped SrSnO3 films, Appl. Phys. Lett. 115, 082102 (2019)
X. Cai, Y. Ayino, J. Yue, P. Xu, B. Jalan, and V. S. Pribiag, Disentangling spin-orbit coupling and local magnetism in a quasi-two-dimensional electron system, Phys. Rev. B 100, 081402(R) (2019)
A. Prakash and B. Jalan, Wide Bandgap Perovskite Oxides with High Room-Temperature Electron Mobility. Adv. Mater. Interfaces, 6, 1900479 (2019).
A. Prakash and B. Jalan, Molecular beam epitaxy for oxide electronics. In: Molecular Beam Epitaxy: Materials and applications for electronics and optoelectronics (ed. Hajime Asahi and Yoshiji Horikoshi), John Wiley & Sons, 423-452 (2019)
L. R. Thoutam, J. Yue, P. Xu, and B. Jalan, Hopping transport in SrTiO3/NdTiO3-x/SrTiO3 heterostructures, Phys. Rev. Mater. 3, 065006 (2019)
L. R. Thoutam, J. Yue, A. Prakash, T. Wang, K. E. Elangovan, and B. Jalan, Electrostatic control of insulator-metal transition in La-doped SrSnO3 films, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 11, 7666 (2019)
2018
T. Wang†, A. Prakash†, Y. Dong, T. Truttmann, A. Bucsek, R. James, D. D. Fong, J.-W. Kim, P. J. Ryan, H. Zhou, T. Birol, and B. Jalan, Engineering SrSnO3 phases and electron mobility at room temperature using epitaxial strain, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 10, 43802 (2018) †Equal contribution
V. R. S. K. Chaganti, A. Prakash, J. Yue, B. Jalan, and S. J. Koester, Demonstration of a depletion-mode SrSnO3 n-channel MESFET, IEEE Electron Dev. Lett. 39, 1381 (2018)
H. Yun, K. Ganguly, W. Postiglione, B. Jalan, C. Leighton, K. A. Mkhoyan, and J. S. Jeong, Microstructure characterization of BaSnO3 thin films on LaAlO3 and PrScO3 substrates from transmission electron microscopy, Sci. Rep. 8, 10245 (2018)
J. Yue, A. Prakash, M. C. Robbins, S. J. Koester, and B. Jalan, Depletion mode MOSFET using La-doped BaSnO3 as a channel material, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 10, 21061 (2018)
S. A. Chambers, Y. Du, Z. Zhu, J. Wang, M. J. Wahila, L. F. J. Piper, A. Prakash, J. Yue, B. Jalan, S. R. Spurgeon, D. M. Kepaptsoglou, Q. M. Ramasse, and P. V. Sushko, Interconversion of intrinsic defects in SrTiO3 (001), Phys. Rev. B 97, 245204 (2018)
W. Nunn, A. Prakash, A. Bhowmik, R. Haislmaier, J. Yue, J. M. Garcia Lastra, and B. Jalan, Frequency- and temperature-dependent dielectric response in hybrid molecular beam epitaxy-grown BaSnO3 films, APL Mater. 6, 066107 (2018)
L. Chen, Y. Zhang, X. Wang, B. Jalan, S. Chen, and Y. Hou, Roles of point defects in thermal transport in perovskite barium stannate, J. Phys. Chem. C 122, 11482 (2018)
H. Yun, M. Topsakal, A. Prakash, K. Ganguly, C. Leighton, B. Jalan, R. M. Wentzcovitch, K. A. Mkhoyan, and J. S. Jeong, Electronic structure of BaSnO3 investigated by high-energy-resolution electron energy-loss spectroscopy and ab initio calculations, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 36, 031503 (2018) (featured)
Y. Ayino, P. Xu, J. Tigre-Lazo, J. Yue, B. Jalan, and V. S. Pribiag, Ferromagnetism and spin-dependent transport at a complex oxide interface, Phys. Rev. Mater. 2, 031401(R) (2018)
S. Arezoomandan, A. Prakash, A. Chanana, J. Yue, J. Mao, S. Blair, A. Nahata, B. Jalan, and B. Sensale-Rodriguez, THz characterization and demonstration of visible-transparent/terahertz-functional electromagnetic structures in ultra-conductive La-doped BaSnO3 films, Sci. Rep. 8, 3577 (2018)
Y. Ayino, J. Yue, T. Wang, B. Jalan, and V. S. Pribiag, Evidence for multi-band superconductivity above the Pauli limit in NdxSr1-xTiO3, [arxiv]
2017
T. Wang, L. R. Thoutam, A. Prakash, W. Nunn, G. Haugstad, and B. Jalan, Defect-driven localization crossovers in MBE-grown La-doped SrSnO3 films, Phys. Rev. Mater. 1, 061601(R) (2017)
A. Prakash, P. Xu, A. Faghaninia, S. Shukla, J. W. Ager III, C. S. Lo, and B. Jalan, Wide bandgap BaSnO3 films with room temperature conductivity exceeding 104 S cm-1, Nat. Commun. 8, 15167 (2017)
K. Ganguly, A. Prakash, B. Jalan, and C. Leighton, Mobility-electron density relation probed via controlled oxygen vacancy doping in epitaxial BaSnO3, APL Mater. 5, 056102 (2017)
A. Prakash, P. Xu, X. Wu, G. Haugstad, X. Wang, and B. Jalan, Adsorption-controlled growth and the influence of stoichiometry on electronic transport in hybrid molecular beam epitaxy-grown BaSnO3 films, J. Mater. Chem. C 5, 5730 (2017) (Emerging Investigator Invited Article)
2016
T. Wang, K. C. Pitike, Y. Yuan, S. M. Nakhmanson, V. Gopalan, and B. Jalan, Chemistry, growth kinetics, and epitaxial stabilization of Sn2+ in Sn-doped SrTiO3 using (CH3)6Sn2 tin precursor, APL Mater. 4, 126111, (2016)
J. S. Jeong, M. Topsakal, P. Xu, B. Jalan, R. M. Wentzcovitch, and K. A. Mkhoyan, A new line defect in NdTiO3 perovskite, Nano Lett. 16, 6816 (2016)
P. Xu, Y. Ayino, C. Cheng, V. S. Pribiag, R. B. Comes, P. V. Sushko, S. A. Chambers, and B. Jalan, Predictive control over charge density in the two-dimensional electron gas at the polar-nonpolar NdTiO3/SrTiO3 interface, Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 106803 (2016)
P. Ambwani, P. Xu, G. Haugstad, J. S. Jeong, R. Deng, K. A. Mkhoyan, B. Jalan, and C. Leighton, Defects, stoichiometry, and electronic transport in SrTiO3-δ epilayers: A high pressure oxygen sputter deposition study, J. Appl. Phys. 120, 055704 (2016)
S. Arezoomandan, H. C. Quispe, A. Chanana, P. Xu, A. Nahata, B. Jalan, and B. Sensale-Rodriguez, Large nanoscale electronic conductivity in complex oxide heterostructures with ultra high electron density, APL Mater. 4, 076107 (2016)
J. S. Jeong, M. L. Odlyzko, P. Xu, B. Jalan, and K. A. Mkhoyan, Probing core-electron orbitals by scanning transmission electron microscopy and measuring the delocalization of core-level excitations, Phys. Rev. B 93, 165140 (2016)
S. A. Chambers, T. C. Kaspar, A. Prakash, G. Haugstad, and B. Jalan, Band alignment at epitaxial BaSnO3/SrTiO3(001) and BaSnO3/LaAlO3(001) heterojunctions, Appl. Phys. Lett. 108, 152104 (2016)
P. Xu, T. C. Droubay, J. S. Jeong, K. A. Mkhoyan, P. V. Sushko, S. A. Chambers, and B. Jalan, Quasi 2D ultrahigh carrier density in a complex oxide broken-gap heterojunction, Adv. Mater. Interfaces 3, 1500432 (2016)
2015
A. Prakash, J. Dewey, H. Yun, J. S. Jeong, K. A. Mkhoyan, and B. Jalan, Hybrid molecular beam epitaxy growth for stoichiometric BaSnO3, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 33, 060608 (2015)
R. B. Comes, P. Xu, B. Jalan, and S. A. Chambers, Band alignment of epitaxial SrTiO3 thin films with (LaAlO3)0.3-(Sr2AlTaO6)0.7 (001), Appl. Phys. Lett. 107, 131601 (2015)
K. Ganguly, P. Ambwani, P. Xu, J. S. Jeong, K. A. Mkhoyan, C. Leighton, and B. Jalan, Structure and transport in high pressure oxygen sputter-deposited BaSnO3-δ, APL Mater. 3, 062509 (2015) (invited article)
T. Wang, A. Prakash, E. Warner, W. L. Gladfelter, and B. Jalan, Molecular beam epitaxy growth of SnO2 using a tin chemical precursor, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 33, 020606 (2015)
2014
P. Xu, D. Phelan, J. S. Jeong, K. A. Mkhoyan, and B. Jalan, Stoichiometry-driven metal-to-insulator transition in NdTiO3/SrTiO3 heterostructures, Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 082109 (2014)
2013
T. Wang, K. Ganguly, P. Marshall, P. Xu, and B. Jalan, Critical thickness and strain relaxation in molecular beam epitaxy-grown SrTiO3 films, Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 212904 (2013)
S. J. Allen, B. Jalan, S. B. Lee, D. G. Ouellette, G. Khalsa, J. Jaroszynski, S. Stemmer, and A. H. MacDonald, Conduction-band edge and Shubnikov-de Haas effect in low-electron-density SrTiO3, Phys. Rev. B 88, 045114 (2013)
J. S. Jeong, P. Ambwani, B. Jalan, C. Leighton, and K. A. Mkhoyan, Observation of electrically-inactive interstitials in Nb-doped SrTiO3, ACS Nano 7, 4487 (2013)
Before UMN
2012
A. Janotti, B. Jalan, S. Stemmer, and C. G. Van de Walle, Effects of doping on the lattice parameter of SrTiO3, Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 262104 (2012)
A. M. Kaiser, A. X. Gray, G. Conti, B. Jalan, A. P. Kajdos, A. Gloskovskii, S. Ueda, Y. Yamashita, K. Kobayashi, W. Drube, S. Stemmer, and C. S. Fadley, Electronic structure of delta-doped La:SrTiO3 layers by hard x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 261603 (2012)
2011
D. J. Keeble, B. Jalan, L. Ravelli, W. Egger, G. Kanda, and S. Stemmer, Suppression of vacancy defects in epitaxial La-doped SrTiO3 films, Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 232905 (2011)
J. Son, B. Jalan, A. P. Kajdos, L. Balents, S. J. Allen, and S. Stemmer, Probing the metal-insulator transition of NdNiO3 by electrostatic doping, Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 192107 (2011)
D.-W. Oh, J. Ravichandran, C.-W. Liang, W. Siemons, B. Jalan, C. M. Brooks, M. Huijben, D. G. Schlom, S. Stemmer, L. W. Martin, A. Majumdar, R. Ramesh, and D. G. Cahill, Thermal conductivity as a metric for the crystalline quality of SrTiO3 epitaxial layers, Appl. Phys. Lett. 98, 221904 (2011)
B. Jalan, S. J. Allen, G. E. Beltz, P. Moetakef, and S. Stemmer, Enhancing the electron mobility in SrTiO3 with strain, Appl. Phys. Lett. 98, 132102 (2011)
P. Moetakef, J. Y. Zhang, A. Kozhanov, B. Jalan, R. Seshadri, S. J. Allen, and S. Stemmer, Transport in ferromagnetic GdTiO3/SrTiO3 heterostructures, Appl. Phys. Lett. 98, 112110 (2011)
2010
B. Jalan, S. Stemmer, S. Mack, and S. J. Allen, Two-dimensional electron gas in δ-doped SrTiO3, Phys. Rev. B 82, 081103(R) (2010)
B. Jalan and S. Stemmer, Large Seebeck coefficients and thermoelectric power factor of La-doped SrTiO3 thin films, Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 042106 (2010)
J. Son†, P. Moetakef†, B. Jalan†, O. Bierwagen†, N. J. Wright, R. Engel-Herbert, and S. Stemmer, Epitaxial SrTiO3 films with electron mobilities exceeding 30,000 cm2 V-1 s-1, Nat. Mater. 9, 482 (2010) †Equal contribution
2009
R. Engel-Herbert, B. Jalan, J. Cagnon, and S. Stemmer, Microstructure of epitaxial rutile TiO2 films grown by molecular beam epitaxy on r-plane Al2O3, J. Crys. Growth 312, 149 (2009)
B. Jalan, J. Cagnon, T. E. Mates, and S. Stemmer, Analysis of carbon in SrTiO3 grown by hybrid molecular beam epitaxy, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 1365 (2009)
J. M. LeBeau, R. Engel-Herbert, B. Jalan, J. Cagnon, P. Moetakef, S. Stemmer, and G. B. Stephenson, Stoichiometry optimization of homoepitaxial oxide thin films using x-ray diffraction, Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 142905 (2009)
B. Jalan, P. Moetakef, and S. Stemmer, Molecular beam epitaxy of SrTiO3 with a growth window, Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 032906 (2009)
B. Jalan, R. Engel-Herbert, N. J. Wright, and S. Stemmer, Growth of high-quality SrTiO3 films using a hybrid molecular beam epitaxy approach, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 461 (2009)
B. Jalan, R. Engel-Herbert, J. Cagnon, and S. Stemmer, Growth modes in metal-organic molecular beam epitaxy of TiO2 on r-plane sapphire, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 230 (2009)
2008
B. Jalan, R. Engel-Herbert, T. E. Mates, and S. Stemmer, Effects of hydrogen anneals on oxygen deficient SrTiO3-x single crystals, Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 052907 (2008)