Lin Research Group

Holistic Design of Intelligent Materials, Devices and Integrated Systems

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We are a multi-disciplinary team at the intersection of materials science, electrical engineering, and applied physics. We develop holistic design approaches across multiple physics domains and beyond the hierarchy of materials, devices, and systems for future computers and intelligent sensors. Our research interests include nano-/quantum material synthesis and characterization, advanced electronic and optoelectronic devices, and integrated multi-functional computing and sensing microsystems. We study fundamental properties of emerging nanomaterials (e.g., 2D materials, organic functional molecules, transition-metal oxides, and nanocomposites), and employ out-of-box strategies to advance their applications in electronics, optoelectronics, non-conventional computing, machine intelligence, and biochemical sensing.

Research Highlights

Selected Publication

Notes: (1) Full publication list can be found here. (2)* first co-author; # corresponding author; Bold: Lin group member.

E. Zhai*, T. Liang*, R. Liu*, M. Cai, R. Li, Q. Shao#, C. Su#, Y. C. Lin#, "The rise of semi-metal electronics", Nat. Rev. Electr. Eng. 1, 497–515 (2024). Link
Z. Wang*, Y. C. Lin*#, K. Zhang, W. Wu, S. Huang, "Measuring complex refractive index through deep-learning-enabled optical reflectometry", 2D Mater. 10, 025025 (2023). Link. arXiv:2210.05630. Link
Y. C. Lin#, Z. Mutlu, G. B. Barin, Y. Hong, J. P. Llinas, A. Narita, H. Singh, K. Müllen, P. Ruffieus, R. Fasel, J. Bokor, "Scaling and statistics of bottom-up synthesized armchari graphene nanoribbon transistors", Carbon 205, 519-526 (2023). Link arXiv:2201.09341. Link
N. Yang, Y. C. Lin#, C.-P. Chuu, M. S. Rahman, T. Wu, A.-S. Chou, H.-Y. Chen, W.-T. Woon, S. S. Liao, S. Huang, X. Qian, J. Guo, I. Radu, H.-S. P. Wong, H. Wang, "Ab initio computational screening and performance assessment of van der Waals and semimetallic contacts to monolayer WSe2 p-type field-effect transistors", IEEE Trans. Electron Dev. 70, 2090-2097 (2023). Link
(Invited review) Y. C. Lin#, C.-M. Lin, H.-Y. Chen, S. Vaziri, X. Bao, W.-Y. Woon, H. Wang, S. S. Liao, "Dielectric material technologies for 2-D semiconductor transistor scaling", IEEE Trans. Electron Dev. 70, 1454-1473 (2023). Link
N. Yang, Y. C. Lin#, C.-P. Chuu, S. Rahman, T. Wu, A.-S. Chou, S.-L. Liew, K. Fujiwara, H.-Y. Chen, J. Ikeda, A. Tsukazaki, D.-H. Hou, W.-Y. Woon, S. Liao, S. Huang, X. Qian, J. Guo, I. Radu, H.-S. P. Wong, H. Wang, "Computational screening and multiscale simulation of barrier-free contacts for 2D semiconductor pFETs", 2022 IEEE International Electron Device Meeting (IEDM), San Fransisco, CA, December 2022.
A.-S. Chou, Y.-T. Lin, Y. C. Lin, C.-H. Hsu, M.-Y. Li, S.-L. Liew, S. A. Chou, H.-Y. Chen, H.-Y. Chiu, P.-H. Ho, M.-C. Hsu, N. Yang, W.-Y. Woon, S. Liao, D.-H. Hou, C.-H. Chien, W.-H. Chang, I. P. Radu, C.-I Wu, H.-S. P. Wong, H. Wang, "High-performance monolayer WSe2 p/n FET via antimony-platinum modulated contact technology towards 2D CMOS electronics", 2022 IEEE International Electron Device Meeting (IEDM), San Fransisco, CA, December 2022.
P.-C. Shen*, Y. Lin*, C. Su, C. McGahan, A.-Y. Lu, X. Ji, X. Wang, H. Wang, N. Mao, Y. Guo, J.-H. Park, Y. Wang, W. Tisdale, J. Li, X. Ling, K. E. Aidala, T. Palacios, J. Kong, "Healing of donor defect states in monolayer molybdenum disulfide using oxygen-incorporated chemical vapour deposition", Nat. Electron. 5, 28-36 (2022). Link
(Invited paper) Y. Lin#, P.-C. Shen, C. Su, A.-S. Chou, T. Wu, C.-C. Cheng, J.-H. Park, M.-H. Chiu, A.-Y. Lu, H.-L. Tang, M. M. Tavakoli, G. Pitner, X. Ji, C. McGahan, X. Wang, Z. Cai, N. Mao, J. Wang, Y. Wang, W. Tisdale, X. Ling, K. E. Aidala, V. Tung, J. Li, A. Zettl, C.-I. Wu, J. Guo, H. Wang, J. Bokor, T. Palacios, L.-J. Li, J. Kong, "Contact engineering for high-performance N-type 2D semiconductor transistors", 2021 IEEE International Electron Device Meeting (IEDM), San Fransisco, CA, December 2021.
Z. Mutlu*, Y. Lin*, G. B. Barin*, Z. Zhang, G. Pitner, S. Wang, R. Darawish, M. Di Giovannantonio, H. Wang, J. Cai, M. Passlack, C. H. Diaz, A. Narita, K. Müllen, F. R. Fischer, P. Bandaru, A. C. Kummel, P. Ruffieux, R. Fasel, J. Bokor, "Short-channel double-gate FETs with atomically precise graphene nanoribbons", 2021 IEEE International Electron Device Meeting (IEDM), San Fransisco, CA, December 2021.
Y. Guo*, Y. Lin*, K. Xie*, B. Yuan, J. Zhu, P.-C. Shen, A.-Y. Lu, C. Su, E. Shi, K. Zhang, C. HuangFu, H. Xu, Z. Cai, J.-H. Park, Q. Ji, J. Wang, X. Dai, X. Tian, S. Huang, L. Dou, L. Jiao, J. Li, Y. Yu, J.-C. Idrobo, T. Cao, T. Palacios, J. Kong. "Designing artificial two dimensional landscapes via atomic layer substitution", PNAS 118, e2106124118 (2021). Link arXiv:2011.07690. Link
P.-C. Shen*, C. Su*, Y. Lin*, A.-S. Chou*, C.-C. Cheng, J.-H. Park, M.-H. Chiu, A.-Y. Lu, H.-L. Tang, M. M. Tavakoli, G. Pitner, X. Ji, Z. Cai, N. Mao, J. Wang, V. Tung, J. Li, J. Bokor, A. Zettl, C.-I Wu, T. Palacios, L.-J. Li, J. Kong, "Ultralow contact resistance between semimetal and monolayer semiconductors", Nature 593, 211-217 (2021). Link
Y. Sun*, Y. Lin*, A. Zubair, D. Xie, T. Palacios, "Graphene/WSe2 heterojunction synaptic phototransistor with both electrically and optically tunable plasticity", 2D Mater. 8, 035034 (2021). Link
R. Li, X. Ma, J. Li, J. Cao, H. Gao, T. Li, X. Zhang, L. Wang, Q. Zhang, G. Wang, C. Hou, Y. Li, T. Palacios, Y. Lin#, H. Wang, X. Ling, "Flexible and high-performance electrochromic devices enabled by self-assembled MXene/2D TiO2 heterojunctions", Nat. Commun. 12, 1587 (2021). Link
B. Han*, Y. Lin*#, Y. Yang, N. Mao, W. Li, H. Wang, K. Yasuda, X. Wang, V. Fatemi, L. Zhou, J. I-J. Wang, Q. Ma, Y. Cao, D. Rodan-Legrain, Y.-Q. Bie, E. Navarro-Moratalla, D. Klein, D. MacNeill, S. Wu, W. H. Kitadai, X. Ling, P. Jarillo-Herrero#, J. Kong#, J. Yin#, T. Palacios#, "Deep-learning-enabled fast optical characterization and characterization of two-dimensional materials", Adv. Mater. 32, 2000953 (2020). Link arXiv:1906.11220. Link
Y. Lin*, Q. Ma*, P.-C. Shen*, B. Ilyas, Y. Bie, A. Liao, E. Ergecen, B. Han, N. Mao, X. Zhang, X. Ji, Y. Zhang, J. Yin, S. Huang, M. Dresselhaus, N. Gedik, P. Jarillo-Herrero, X. Ling, J. Kong, T. Palacios, "Asymmetric hot-carrier thermalization and broadband photoresponse in graphene-2D semiconductor lateral heterojunctions", Sci. Adv. 5, eaav1493 (2019). Link

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