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Thang Pham, PhD

Muhammad Arslan Shehzad, PhDPostdoctoral researcher
Northwestern University

AB Wing, AG 178, Tech Institute
2145 Sheridan Rd
Evanston, IL, 60208
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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

Publications and Supported Works

  1. 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)
  2. 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
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
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