Poya Yasaei, PhD
NUANCE / SPID
Northwestern University
Cook Hall, Rm 2036
2220 Campus Drive
Evanston IL, 60208-3113
Tel: (847) 491-7794
Email: yasaei@northwestern.edu
Educational/Research Background
| 2017-Current | Postdoctoral Fellow, NUANCE Center - Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA |
| 2015-2017 |
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), Chicago, IL, USA |
| 2012-2015 |
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), Chicago, IL, USA |
| 2008-2012 | B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology (SUT), Tehran, Iran |
Research Objectives and Approach
- Synthesis and characterization of 2D-materials: Graphene, Transition Metal Dichalcogenides, Black Phosphorus
- Heat transport, power dissipation, and thermal management in heterogeneous 2D material systems
- Electrical transport and device-level characterization of nanoscale materials
Publications and Supported Works
- P. Yasaei, A. Fathizadeh, R. Hantehzadeh, A. K. Majee, A. El-Ghandour, D. Estrada, C. Foster, Z. Aksamija, F. Khalili-Araghi, and A. Salehi-Khojin, “Bimodal Phonon Scattering in Graphene Grain Boundaries” Nano Letters, 2015 (Link)
- P. Yasaei, C. J. Foss, K. Karis, A. Behranginia, A. El-Ghandour, A. Fathizadeh, A. K. Majee, C. Foster, F. Khalili-Araghi, Z. Aksamija, A. Salehi-Khojin, “Interfacial Thermal Transport in Monolayer Graphene- and MoS2-Based Devices” Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2017 (Link)
- P. Yasaei, A. Behranginia, Z. Hemmat, A. El-Ghandour, C. Foster, A. Salehi-Khojin, “Quantifying the Limits of Through-Plane Thermal Dissipation in 2D-Material-Based Systems” 2D Materials, 2017 (Link)
- P. Yasaei, B. Kumar, T. Foroozan, C. Wang, M. Asadi, D. Tuschel, J. E. Indacochea, R. F. Klie, and A. Salehi-khojin, “High-Quality Black Phosphorus Atomic Layers by Liquid-Phase Exfoliation” Advanced Materials, 2015 (Link)
- P. Yasaei, A. Behranginia, T. Foroozan, M. Asadi, K. Kim, F. Khalili-Araghi, A. Salehi-Khojin, “Stable and Selective Humidity Sensing Using Stacked Black Phosphorus Flakes” ACS Nano, 2015 (Link)
- P. Yasaei, B. Kumar, R. Hantehzadeh, M. Kayyalha, A. Baskin, N. Repnin, C. Wang, R. F. Klie, Y. P. Chen, P. Král, and A. Salehi-Khojin, “Chemical sensing with switchable transport channels in graphene grain boundaries” Nature Communications, 2014 (Link)
- A. Behranginia, P. Yasaei, A. K. Majee, V. K. Sangwan, F. Long, C. Foss, T. Foroozan, S. Fuladi, M. Hantehzadeh, R. Shahbazian-Yasar, M. C. Hersam, Z. Aksamija, A. Salehi-Khojin, “Direct Growth of High Mobility and Low Noise Lateral MoS2 -Graphene Heterostructure Electronics” Small, 2017 (Link)
- M. Asadi, K. Kim, C. Liu, A. V. Addepalli, P. Abbasi, P. Yasaei, P. Phillips, A. Behranginia, J. M. Cerrato, R. Haasch, P. Zapol, B. Kumar, R. F. Klie, J. Abiade, L. A. Curtiss, A. Salehi-Khojin, “Nanostructured Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Electrocatalysts for CO2 Reduction in Ionic Liquid” Science, 2016 (Link)
- F. Long, P. Yasaei, S. Sanoj, W. Yao, P. Král, A. Salehi-Khojin, R. Shahbazian-Yassar, “Characteristic Work Function Variations of Graphene Line Defects” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2016
- A. Nie, Y. Cheng, S. Ning, T. Foroozan, P. Yasaei, W. Li, B. Song, Y. Yuan, L. Chen, A. Salehi-Khojin, F. Mashayek, R. Shahbazian-Yassar,"Selective Ionic Transport Pathways in Phosphorene" Nano Letters, 2016
- A. Behranginia, M. Asadi, C. Liu, P. Yasaei, B. Kumar, P. Phillips, T. Foroozan, J. C. Waranius, K. Kim, J. Abiade, R. F. Klie, L. A. Curtiss, A. Salehi-Khojin, “Highly Efficient Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Using Crystalline Layered Three Dimensional Molybdenum Disulfides Grown On Graphene Film” Chemistry of Materials, 2015
- M. Asadi, B. Kumar, C. Liu, P. Phillips, P. Yasaei, A. Behranginia, P. Zapol, R. F. Klie, L. A. Curtiss, A. Salehi-Khojin, “A Cathode based on Molybdenum Disulfide Nanoflakes for Lithium–Oxygen Batteries” ACS Nano, 2015
- B. Kumar, K. Min, M. Bashirzadeh, A. B. Farimani, M.-H. Bae, D. Estrada, Y. D. Kim, P. Yasaei, Y. D. Park, E. Pop, N. R. Aluru, and A. Salehi-Khojin, “The role of external defects in chemical sensing of graphene field-effect transistors” Nano Letters, 2013
- F. Long, P. Yasaei, W. Yao, A. Salehi-Khojin, R. Shahbazian-Yassar, “Anisotropic Friction of Wrinkled Graphene Grown by Chemical Vapor Deposition” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2017