Thang Pham, PhD
Postdoctoral researcherNorthwestern University
AB Wing, AG 178, Tech Institute
2145 Sheridan Rd
Evanston, IL, 60208
Educational/Research Background
Current | Postdoctoral Fellow, Prof. Vinayak P. Dravid Lab, Northwestern University |
2019-2021 | Postdoc Associate, Materials Science and Engineering, Massechusetts Institute of Technology |
2014-2018 | PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, UC Berkeley |
2012-2014 | Master of Science, Materials Science and Engineering, UC Berkeley |
2006-2011 | Bachelor of Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam |
Research Objectives
Synthesis and characterization of low-dimensional quantum materials
Selected Honors and Awards
- R&D 100 Award for the invention of Extended-Pressure Inductive Couple Plasma (EPIC) system for large scale synthesis of Boron Nitride Nanotubes, 2015
- Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, UC Berkeley, 2015
Publications and Supported Works
- J. Klein*, T. Pham*, J. D. Thomsen, J. B. Curtis, M. Lorke, M. Florian, A. Steinhoff, R. A. Wiscons, J. Luxa, Z. Sofer, F. Jahnke, P. Narang and F. M. Ross, “Atomistic spin textures on-demand in the van der Waals layered magnet CrSBr”, 2021 (under review)
- T. Pham, N. Deshmukh, Michael A. Filler and Frances M. Ross, “Synthesis and self-assembly of one-dimensional nanostructures of a transition metal trichalcogenide”, Microscopy and Microanalysis 900 (27), 2021
- T. Pham, S. Kommandur, H. Y. Lee, D. Zakharov, M. A. Filler and F. M. Ross, “One-dimensional twisted and tubular structures of zinc oxide by semiconductor-catalyzed vapor-liquid-solid synthesis”, Nanotechnology 075603 (7), 2020.
- T. Pham, S. Oh, S. Stonemeyer, B. Shevitski, J. D. Cain, C. Song, P. Ercius, M. L. Cohen, and A. Zettl, “Emergence of topologically nontrivial spin-polarized states in a segmented linear chain”, Physical Review Letters 206403 (124), 2020.
- S. Meyer*, T. Pham*, S. Oh, P. Ercius, C. F. Kisielowski, M. L. Cohen, and A. Zettl, “Quasi-one-dimensional HfTe3 in the few- to single-chain limit”, Physical Review B: Rapid Communications 041403 (100), 2019
- S. M. Gilbert, T. Pham, M. Dogan, S. Oh, B. Shevitski, G. Schumm, S. Liu, P. Ercius, S. Aloni, M. L. Cohen and A. Zettl, “Alternative stacking sequences in hexagonal boron nitride”, 2D Materials 021006 (6), 2019
- T. Pham, S. Oh, P. Stetz, S. Onishi, C. Kisielowski, M. L. Cohen and A. Zettl, “Torsional instability in the single-chain limit of a transition metal trichalcogenide”, Science 263 (361), 2018
- T. Pham, A. Gibb, Z. Li, S. M. Gilbert, C. Song, S. Louie and A. Zettl, “Formation and dynamics of electron-irradiation-induced defects in hexagonal boron nitride at elevated temperatures”, Nano Letters 7142 (16), 2016.
- T. Pham, A. Fathalizadeh, B. Shevitski, S. Turner, S. Aloni and A. Zettl, “A universal wet - chemistry route to metal - filling of boron nitride nanotubes”, Nano Letter 320 (16), 2015.
- T. Pham, A. Goldstein, J. Lewicki, S. Kucheyev, C. Wang, T. Russell, M. Worsley, L. Woo, W. Mickelson and A. Zettl, “Nanoscale structure and superhydrophobicity of sp2-bonded boron nitride aerogels”, Nanoscale 10449 (7), 2015.
- A. Fathalizadeh, T. Pham, W. Mickelson, and A. Zettl, “Scaled synthesis of boron nitride nanotubes, nanoribbons, and nanococoons using direct feedstock injection into an extended pressure, inductively-coupled thermal plasma”, Nano Letters 4881(14), 2014.