Farnaz Niroui - Publications

Under Review / In-press

S. O. Spector, P. F. Satterthwaite, M. Conte, T. Hsieh, E. O. Bobylev, K. Dunn, W. Zhu, J. Sim, J. A. Johnson, F. Niroui. “Self-assembled contacts for high-yield molecular devices”, Nature Nanotechnology (Accepted).

G. Cevik, H. B. Karli, V. Vakhter, H. Kim, F. Niroui, S. Aygun, B. D. Unluturk, U. Guler. “ Efficient On-Device Estimation of Transcutaneous Oxygen Using Machine Learning for Photoluminescence-Based Wearables“, International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED) (Accepted).

W. Zhu, N. Ngoh, S. Ben-David, M. Conte, T. Sverko, P. Jastrzebska-Perfect, W. Jack, S. O. Spector, P. F. Satterthwaite, F. Niroui. “Direct writing of individual quantum dots with high-purity single-photon emission” (Under Review).

P. F. Satterthwaite, S. O. Spector, M. Conte, T. Hsieh, E. Bobylev, S. Venkatesh, J. Johnson, F. Niroui. “Viscoelastic nanomechanical devices for neuromorphic information processing” (Under Review).

J. Sim, D. C. Carrizales, M. Barzgari, C.-T. Chou, Y. Onishi, S. O. Spector, E. Rha, H. Kim, P. Yadav, A. Douhane, A. Boonkird, P. F. Satterthwaite, T. Palacios, L. Fu, L. Liu, N. Reiskarimian, M. Li, F. Niroui. “Ultrabroadband nonlinear Hall rectification in a magnetic Weyl semimetal” (Under Review).

2026

A viscoelastic nanoelectromechanical artificial neuron

P. F. Satterthwaite, S. O. Spector, M. Conte, T. Hsieh, E. Bobylev, J. A. Johnson, F. Niroui.

Hilton Head Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Workshop (2026)

TEM cross-section showing metal–polymer-metal stack with a distinct polymer layer at the interface (2 nm scale). Touch of interface labels present: Metal and Polymer.

Soft nanogaps for high-sensitivity tunneling sensors

S. O. Spector, P. F. Satterthwaite, F. Niroui.

Hilton Head Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Workshop (2026).

Gold box with a tangled purple polymer and small molecules, next to a line graph of relative humidity (%) vs R0 on a log scale

A Fast and sensitive nanoelectromechanical hydrogen sensor

H. Kim, J. Sim, P. F. Satterthwaite, J. H. Lang, F. Niroui.

Hilton Head Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Workshop (2026).

Time-series plot of ΔC (fF) vs Time (min) showing regular deep negative peaks throughout the run; orange top axis labels correspond to ppm values. An inset zooms a section (~200–400 min) with two labeled 1 and 2 ppm regions, illustrating small fluctuations.

Dark-triplet-induced instability and efficiency roll-off in blue phosphorescent organic light emitting devices

J. Tiepelt, J. Song, A. Seeglitz, C. Picart, R. Hanscam, O. Nix, A. Raeber, T.-A. Lin, S. Zhu, P. F. Satterthwaite, F. Niroui, T. van Voorhis, J. Li, M. Baldo.

Physical Reviews Applied 25, 024049 (2026).

Schematic of an exciton host system showing T-to-P energy transfer forming bright triplet and polaron.

Fluorine-free anti-stiction coating using polydimethysiloxane

P. F. Satterthwaite, H. Kim, E. O. Bobylev, J. A. Johnson, F. Niroui.

IEEE 39th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), 804-807 (2026).

Three side-by-side panels showing a grayscale droplet with contact angles: PFAS 102°, PDMS 100°, Cross-linked PDMS 101°.

2025

Are quantum materials economically and environmentally sustainable?

A. Boonkird, M. Cheng, A. Chotrattanapituk, D. C. Carrizales, R. Okabe, N. C. Drucker, M. Mandal, T. Nguyen, J. Yeo, V. Belosevich, E. Spero, C. Ortiz, Q. Ma, L. Fu, T. Palacios, F. Niroui, M. Li.

Materials Today 90, 241-248 (2025).

Infographic showing a funnel of screening criteria: scalability, toxic/rare elements, stability, and environmental impact; arrows lead to a score based on price, NIR, environmental impact, and social factors.

Direct, van der Waals integration of 2D materials for high-performance chemical sensors

P. F. Satterthwaite, S. O. Spector, J. Song, F. Niroui.

Hilton Head Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Workshop, 465-466 (2024).

Side-by-side illustration comparing two contact methods for a transistor: left shows ideal van der Waals contacts, right shows defective, pinned contacts with measured VDS and VGS labels.

Localized conformal strain engineering of 2D materials for scalable, functional devices

S. O. Spector, W. Zhu, A. Quach, P. F. Satterthwaite, F. Niroui

Hilton Head Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Workshop, 105-108 (2024).

Left: grid of bright orange dots on a gray field (10 μm scale). Right: color-coded intensity map of the dots with inset views and a 5 μm scale bar.

Metal-nanogap-metal strain, temperature, and infrared sensors

E. Mcvay, J. Han, Q. Ma, J. Kong, P. Jarillo-Herrero, V. Bulovic, J. Lang, F. Niroui, Y. Lin, T. Palacios.

Proceedings of Active Photonic Platforms (APP), 105-113 (2024).

2024

Van der Waals device integration beyond the limits of van der Waals forces using adhesive matrix transfer

P. F. Satterthwaite, W. Zhu, P. Jastrzebska-Perfect, M. Tang, S. O. Spector, H. Gao, H. Kitadai, A. Lu, Q. Tan, S.-Y. Tang, Y.-L. Chueh, C.-N. Kuo, C.-N. Kuo, C. Lue, J. Kong, X. Ling, F. Niroui.

Nature Electronics 7, 17-29 (2024).

Multifunctional microelectronic fibers enable wireless modulation of gut and brain neural circuits

A. Sahasrabudhe, L. E. Rupprecht, S. Orguc, T. Khudiyev, T. Tanaka, J. Sands, W. Zhu, A. Tabet, M. Manthey, H. Allen, G. Loke, M. J. Antonini, D. Rosenfeld, J. Park, I. Garwood, W. Yan, F. Niroui, Y. Fink, A. Chandrakasan, D. V. Bohórquez, P. Anikeeva.

Nature Biotechnology 42, 892-904 (2024)

2023

On-site growth of perovskite nanocrystal arrays for integrated nanodevices

Patricia Jastrzebska-Perfect, Weikun Zhu, Mayuran Saravanapavanantham, Zheng Li, Sarah O. Spector, Roberto Brenes, Peter F. Satterthwaite, Rajeev J. Ram, Farnaz Niroui

Nature Communications 14, 3883 (2023)

Laser-assisted failure recovery for dielectric elastomer actuators in aerial robots

Suhan Kim, Yi-Hsuan Hsiao, Younghoon Lee, Weikun Zh, Zhijian Ren, Farnaz Niroui, Yufeng Chen

Science Robotics, vol. 8 (2023)

Nonplanar nanofabrication via interface engineering

Sarah O. Spector, Peter F. Satterthwaite, Farnaz Niroui

IEEE 36th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), 653-656 (2023).

2022

Nanoparticle contact printing with interfacial engineering for deterministic integration into functional structures

W. Zhu, P. F. Satterthwaite, P. Jastrzebska-Perfect, R. Brenes, F. Niroui

Science Advances, vol. 8, no. 43 (2022).

Scalable fabrication of active nanogaps with sub-nanometer tunability for nanoscale sensors and actuators

Weikun Zhu, Peter F. Satterthwaite, Farnaz Niroui

20th Hilton Head Workshop on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (2022)

Scalable self-limiting dielectrophoretic trapping for site-selective assembly of nanoparticles

Jinchi Han, Farnaz Niroui, Jeffrey H. Lang, Vladimir Bulović

Nano Letters, vol. 22, 8258-8265 (2022).

Deterministic and scalable patterning of plasmonic nanoparticles

Weikun Zhu, Peter F. Satterthwaite, Farnaz Niroui

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 1-2 (2022).

2021

Molecular platform for fast low-voltage nanoelectromechanical switching

J. Han, Z. Nelson, M. R. Chua, T. M. Swager, F. Niroui, J. H. Lang, V. Bulović

Nano Letters (2021).

High lift micro-aerial-robot powered by low voltage and long endurance dielectric elastomer actuators

Z. Ren, S. Kim, X, Ji, W. Zhu, F. Niroui, J. Kong, Y. Chen

Advanced Materials, 2106757 (2021).

The chain of chirality transfer in tellurium nanocrystals

Ben-Moshe, A. Da Silva, A. Müller, A. Abu-Odeh, P. Harrison, J. Waelder, F. Niroui, C. Ophus, A. M. Minor, M. Asta, W. Theis, P. Ercius, A. P. Alivisatos

Science, vol. 372 , pp. 729-733 (2021).

Hybrid approach to fabricate uniform and active molecular junctions

F. Niroui, M. Saravanapavanantham, J. Han, J. J. Patil, T. M. Swagere, J. H. Llang, V. Bulović

Nano Letters, vol. 21 , pp. 1606-1612 (2021).

2020

Perovskite-carbon nanotube light-emitting fibers

V. Jamali, F. Niroui, L. W. Taylor, O. S. Dewey, B. A. Koscher, M. Pasquali, A. P. Alivisatos

Nano Letters, vol. 20, pp. 3178-3184 (2020).

2019

Reducing adhesion energy of nano-electro-mechanical relay contacts by self-assembled Perfluoro (2,3-Dimethylbutan-2-ol) coating

S. Fathipour, S. F. Almeida, Z. A. Ye, B. Saha, F. Niroui, T. King Liu, J. Wu

AIP Advances, vol. 9, 055329 (2019).

Lattice strain causes non-radiative losses in halide perovskites

T. W. Jones, A. Osherov, M. Alsari, M. Sponseller, B. C. Duck, Y. Jung, C. Settens, F. Niroui, R. Brenes, C. V. Stan, Y. Li, M. Abdi-Jalebi, N. Tamura, J. E. Macdonald, M. Burghammer, R. H. Friend, V. Bulović, A. Walsh, G. J. Wilson, S. Lilliu, S. D. Stranks

Energy & Environmental Science, vol. 12, pp. 596-606 (2019).

2017

Fabrication of nanoscale structures with nanometer resolution and surface uniformity

F. Niroui, M. Saravanapavanantham, T. M. Swager, J. H. Lang, V. Bulović

30th IEEE MEMS International Conference, pp. 659-662 (2017).

Photoluminescent arrays of nanopatterned monolayer MoS2

G. Han, K. Tu, F. Niroui, W. Xu, S. Zhou, X. Wang, V. Bulović, C. A. Ross, J. H. Warner, J. C. Grossman

Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 27, 1703688 (2017).

Metal halide perovskite polycrystalline films exhibiting properties of single crystals

R. Brenes, D. Guo, A. Osherov, N. K. Noel, C. Eames, E. M. Hutter, S. K. Pathak, F. Niroui, R. H. Friend, M. S. Islam, H. J. Snaith, V. Bulović, T. J. Savenije, S. D. Stranks

Joule, vol. 1, pp. 155-167 (2017).