Publications in 2008  
 
   
58

Understanding of carbon/fluorine co-implant effect on boron-doped junction formed during soak annealing
- Yeong SH, Colombeau B, Mok KRC, Benistant F, Liu CJ, Wee ATS, Chan L, Ramam A, Srinivasan MP
- JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY 155 (2): H69-H75 2008

   

Localized breakdown in dielectrics and macroscopic charge transport through the whole gate stack: A comparative study
- Zheng Y, Wee ATS, Ong YC, Pey KL, Troadec C, O'Shea SJ, Chandrasekhar N
- APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 92 (1): 012914 JAN 7 2008

   

Large area, rapid growth of two-dimensional ZnO nanosheets and their field emission performances
- Chin KC, Poh CK, Chong GL, Lin J, Sow CH, Wee ATS
- APPLIED PHYSICS A-MATERIALS SCIENCE & PROCESSING 90 (4): 623-627 MAR 2008

   

Zigzag C-60 chain arrays
- Huang H, Chen W, Chen L, Zhang HL, Sen Wang X, Bao SN, Wee ATS
- APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 92 (2): 023105 2008 JAN 14 2008

   

Micro/nanoscopic patterning of polymeric materials by atomic force microscope assisted electrohydrodynamic nanolithography
- Xie XN, Chung HJ, Bandyopadhyay D, Sharma A, Sow CH, Wee ATS
- JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS 103 (2): 024307 JAN 15 2008

   

Molecular anchor Cu-S formed on a thiophene mediated Si(111)-(7 x 7) surface
- Zhang YP, Yong KS , Xu GQ, Gao XY, Wang XS, Wee ATS
- JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS 128 (4): 044706 JAN 28 2008

   

Tunable arrays of C-60 molecular chains
- Chen L, Chen W, Huang H, Zhang HL, Yuhara J, Wee ATS
- ADVANCED MATERIALS 20 (3): 484-+ FEB 4 2008

   

Molecular orientation dependent interfacial dipole at the F16CuPc/CuPc organic heterojunction interface
- Chen W, Chen S, Huang H, Qi DC , Gao XY, Wee ATS
- APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 92 (6): 063308 FEB 11 2008

   

Water-induced negative electron affinity on diamond (100)
- Gao XY, Liu L, Qi DC , Chen S, Wee ATS, Ti OY, Loh KP, Yu X, Moser HO
- JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C 112 (7): 2487-2491 FEB 21 2008

   

Field emission from hybrid CuO and CuCO3 nanosystems
- Teo CH, Zhu YW, Gao XY, Wee ATS, Sow CH
- SOLID STATE COMMUNICATIONS 145 (5-6): 241-245 FEB 2008

   

Selective adsorption of L-tartaric acid on gemini-type self-assembled monolayers
- Qune LFNA, Makino K, Tamada K, Chen W, Wee ATS
- JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C 112 (8): 3049-3053 FEB 28 2008

   

Preferential trapping of C-60 in nanomesh voids
- Zhang HL, Chen W, Huang H, Chen L, Wee ATS
- JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 130 (9): 2720-+ MAR 5 2008

   

Probing epitaxial growth of graphene on silicon carbide by metal decoration
- Poon SW, Chen W, Tok ES, Wee ATS
- APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 92 (10): 104102 MAR 10 2008

   

Local structural evolution of co-doped ZnO nanoparticles upon calcination studied by in situ quick-scan XAFS
- Liu T, Xu HR, Chin WS, Yong ZH, Wee ATS
- JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C 112 (10): 3489-3495 MAR 13 2008

   

Correlation of structural and magnetic properties of ferromagnetic Mn-implanted Si1-xGex films
- Ko V, Teo KL, Liew T, Chong TC, Liu T, Wee ATS, Du AY, Stoffel M, Schmidt OG
- JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS 103 (5): 053912 MAR 1 2008
(also highlighted in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology , March 24, 2008, Volume 17, Issue 12)

   

Effect of tip size on force measurement in atomic force microscopy
- Lim LTW, Wee ATS, O'Shea SJ
- LANGMUIR 24 (6): 2271-2273 MAR 18 2008

   

Low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy and near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure investigations of molecular orientation of copper(II) phthalocyanine thin films at organic heterojunction interfaces
- Chen W, Huang H, Chen S, Gao XY, Wee ATS
- JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C Volume: 112 Issue: 13 Pages: 5036-5042 Published: APR 3 2008

   

Raman spectroscopy of epitaxial graphene on a SiC substrate
- Ni ZH, Chen W, Fan XF, Kuo JL, Yu T, Wee ATS, Shen ZX
- PHYSICAL REVIEW B Volume: 77 Issue: 11 Article Number: 115416 Published: MAR 2008

   

Micro/nanoscopic patterning of polymeric materials by atomic force microscope assisted electrohydrodynamic nanolithography
- Xie XN, Chung HJ, Bandyopadhyay D, Sharma A, Sow CH, Wee ATS
- JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS Volume: 103 Issue: 6 Article Number: 024307 Published: MAR 15 2008

   

Surface phase transition of Cu/Si(111)-(5x5) by scanning tunnelling microscopy and photoemission study
- Zhang YP, Yong KS , Chan HSO, Xu GQ, Gao XY, Qi DC , Wang XS, Wee ATS
- JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS Volume: 41 Issue: 9 Article Number: 095306 Published: MAY 7 2008

   

Improvement of Hydrogen Storage Properties of the Li-Mg-N-H system by Addition of LiBH4
- Jianjiang Hu, Yongfeng Liu, Guotao Wu, Zhitao Xiong, Yong Shen Chua, Ping Chen
- Chemistry of Materials, Received Date: Apr 30, 2008

   

Dehydrogenation of LiAlH4 in HMPA
- Xueli Zheng, Zhitao Xiong, Song Qin, Yongshen Chua, Hua Chen and Ping Chen
- International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2008, In press

   

Cobalt-catalyzed hydrogen desorption from the LiNH2-LiBH4 system
- Wan Si Tang, Guotao Wu, Tao Liu, Andrew T. S. Wee, Chaw Keong Yong, Zhitao Xiong, Andy T. S. Hor and Ping Chen
- Dalton Trans., 2008, DOI:10.1039/b719420j

   

High-capacity hydrogen storage in lithium and sodium amidoboranes
- Xiong ZT, Yong CK, Wu GT, Chen P, Shaw W, Karkamkar A, Autrey T, Jones MO, Johnson SR, Edwards PP and David WIF
- Nature Materials, 2008, 7(2): 138-141

   

Formation and equilibrium of ammonia in the Mg(NH2)(2)-2LiH hydrogen storage system
- Liu YF, Hu JJ, Wu GT, et al.
- Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Volume: 112 Issue: 4 Pages: 1293-1298, Jan 31 2008

   
Self-assembled organic donor/acceptor nanojunction arrays (Cover article)
- Wei Chen, Hong Liang Zhang, Han Huang, Lan Chen, and Andrew Thye Shen Wee
- APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 92, 193301 (2008), Published: 12 May 2008
   

Shape-controlled growth of indium and aluminum nanostructures on MoS2(0001)
- Kushvaha SS, Xu H, Zhang HL, Wee ATS, Wang XS
- Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Volume: 8 Issue: 5 Pages:2707-2712 Published May 2008

   
Raman scattering characterization of CVD graphite films
- Alexander N. Obraztsov, Anastasiya V Tyurnina, Ekaterina A Obraztsova, Alexey A Zolotukhin, Binghai Liu, Kok-Chung Chin, Andrew T S Wee
- Carbon, volume: 46 issue: 6 pages:963-968 published May 2008
   
Surface phase transition of Cu/Si(111)-(5x5) by scanning tunnelling microscopy and photoemission study
- Zhang YP, Yong KS, Chan HSO, Xu GQ, Gao XY, Qi DC, Wang XS, Wee ATS
- Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics, volume: 41 issue: 9 article number: 095306 publised: May 7 2008
   
Vacancy engineering by optimized laser irradiation in boron-implanted, preamorphized silicon substrate
- Tan DXM, Pey KL, Ong KK, Colombeau B, Ng CM, Yeong SH, Wee ATS, Liu CJ, Wang XC
- Applied Physics Letters, volume: 92 issue: 20 article number: 203107 publised May 19 2008
   
Fabrication of NiO nanowall electrodes for high performance lithium ion battery
- Varghese B, Reddy MV, Yanwu Z, Lit CS, Hoong TC, Rao GVS, Chowdari BVR, Wee ATS, Lim CT, Sow CH
- Chemistry of Materials, volume: 20 issue: 10 pages: 3360-3367 published: May 27 2008
   
Orientationally ordered C-60 on p-sexiphenyl nanostripes on Ag(111)
- Chen W, Zhang H, Huang H, Chen L, Wee ATS
- ACS NANO volume: 2 issue: 4 pages: 693-698 published: Apr 2008
   
 

Robust reproducible large-area molecular rectifier junctions
- Che HJ, Chia PJ, Chua LL, Sivaramakrishnan S, Tang JC, Wee ATS, Chan HSO, Ho PKH
- APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS Volume: 92 Issue: 25 Article Number: 253503 Published: JUN 23 2008

   

Chemical bonding of fullerene and fluorinated fullerene on bare and hydrogenated diamond
- Ouyang T, Loh KP, Qi DC, Wee ATS, Nesladek M
- CHEMPHYSCHEM Volume: 9 Issue: 9 Pages: 1286-1293 Published: JUN 23 2008

   

Two coexisting modes in field-assisted AFM nanopatterning of thin polymer films
- Xie XN, Chung HJ, Bandyopadhyay D, Sharma A, Sow CH, Bettiol AA, Wee ATS
- MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS Volume: 209 Issue: 13 Pages: 1358-1366 Published: JUL 3 2008

   

Formation of bismuth nanodot in (4 x 4) vanadium oxide nanomesh on Pd(111)
- Hayazaki S, Matsui T, Zhang HL,  Chen W, Wee ATS, Yuhara J
- SURFACE SCIENCE Volume: 602 Issue: 12 Pages: 2025-2028 Published: JUN 15 2008

   

Raman studies of monolayer graphene: The substrate effect
- Wang YY, Ni ZH, Yu T, Shen ZX, Wang HM, Wu YH, Chen W, Wee ATS
- JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C Volume: 112 Issue: 29 Pages: 10637-10640 Published: JUL 24 2008

   

Novel CdS nanostructures: Synthesis and field emission
- Pan H, Poh CK, Zhu Y, Xing G, Chin KC, Feng YP, Lin J, Sow CH, Ji W, Wee ATS
- JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C Volume: 112 Issue: 30 Pages: 11227-11230 Published: JUL 31 2008

   

Local structures of Zn1-xTMxO (TM = Co, Mn, and Cu) nanoparticles studied by X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy and multiple scattering calculations
- Liu T, Xu HR, Chin WS,  Yang P, Yong ZH, Wee ATS
- JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C Volume: 112 Issue: 35 Pages: 13410-13418 Published: SEP 4 2008

   

Reversible work function changes induced by photoisomerization of asymmetric azobenzene dithiol self-assembled monolayers on gold
- Qune LFNA, Akiyama H, Nagahiro T, Tamada K, Wee ATS
- APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS Volume: 93 Issue: 8 Article Number: 083109 Published: AUG 25 2008

(also highlighted in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology, September 8, 2008, Volume 18, Issue 10)

   

Scanning tunneling microscopy study of higher-order Si(100)-c(8 x 8) surface reconstruction
- Zilani MAK, Xu H, Wang XS, Yakovlev N, Wee ATS
- JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER Volume: 20 Issue: 39 Article Number: 395003 Published: OCT 1 2008

   

Low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy investigation of epitaxial growth of F16CuPc thin films on Ag(111)
- Huang H, Chen W, Wee ATS
- JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C Volume: 112 Issue: 38 Pages: 14913-14918 Published: SEP 25 2008 (featured on journal cover)

   

Two-dimensional pentacene : 3,4,9,10-perylenetetracarboxylic dianhydride supramolecular chiral networks on Ag(111)
- Chen W, Li H, Huang H, Fu YX, Zhang HL, Ma J, Wee ATS
- JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY Volume: 130 Issue: 37 Pages: 12285-12289 Published: SEP 17 2008

   

Band-like transport in surface-functionalized highly solution-processable graphene nanosheets
- Wang S, Chia PJ, Chua LL, Zhao LH, Png RQ, Sivaramakrishnan S, Zhou M, Goh RGS, Friend RH, Wee ATS, Ho PKH
- ADVANCED MATERIALS Volume: 20 Issue: 18 Pages: 3440-+ Published: SEP 17 2008

(Highlighted in Nature Publishing Group Asia Materials, 21 Oct 2008)

   

Metal-insulator transition in manganites: Changes in optical conductivity up to 22 eV
- Rusydi A, Rauer R, Neuber G, Bastjan M, Mahns I, Muller S, Saichu P, Schulz B, Singer SG, Lichtenstein AI, Qi D, Gao X, Yu X, Wee ATS, Stryganyuk G, Dorr K, Sawatzky GA, Cooper SL, Rubhausen M
- PHYSICAL REVIEW B Volume: 78 Issue: 12 Article Number: 125110 Published: SEP 2008

   

Deoxidation of graphene oxide nanosheets to extended graphenites by "unzipping" elimination
- Chua LL, Wang S, Chia PJ, Chen L, Zhao LH, Chen W, Wee ATS, Ho PKH
- JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS Volume: 129 Issue: 11 Article Number: 114702 Published: SEP 21 2008

(also highlighted in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology, September 29, 2008, Volume 18, Issue 13)

   
Solution-Gated Epitaxial Graphene as pH Sensor
- Ang PK, Chen W, Wee ATS, KP Loh
- JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY Volume: 130 Issue: 44 Pages: 14392-+ Published: NOV 5 2008
   

Tailoring the Electron Affinity and Electron Emission of Diamond (100) 2 x 1 by Surface Functionalization Using an Organic Semiconductor
- Qi DC, Gao XY, Wang L, Chen S, Loh KP, Wee ATS
- CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS Volume: 20 Issue: 21 Pages: 68... Published: NOV 11 2008

   

Molecular Orientation-Dependent Ionization Potential of Organic Thin Films
- Chen W, Huang H, Chen S, Huang YL, Gao XY, Wee ATS
- CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS Volume: 20 Issue: 22 Pages: 70... Published: NOV 25 2008

   

Disorder beneath epitaxial graphene on SiC(0001): An x-ray absorption study
- Gao XY, Chen S, Liu T, Chen W, Wee ATS, Nomoto T, Yagi S, Soda K, Yuhara J
- PHYSICAL REVIEW B Volume: 78 Issue: 20 Article Number: 201404 Published: NOV 2008

   

The impact of nitrogen co-implantation on boron ultra-shallow junction formation and underlying physical understanding
- Yeong SH, Colombeau B, Mok KRC, Benistant F, Liu CJ, Wee ATS, Dong G, Chan L, Srinivasan MP
- MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING B-ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL SOLID-STATE MATERIALS Volume: 154 Special Issue: Sp. Iss. SI Pages: 43-48 Published: DEC 5 2008

   

Charge transfer across the molecule/metal interface using the core hole clock technique (Review)
- Wang L, Chen W, Wee ATS
- SURFACE SCIENCE REPORTS Volume: 63 Issue: 11 Pages: 465-486 Published: NOV 30 2008

   

Bottom-up Growth of Epitaxial Graphene on 6H-SiC(0001)
- Huang H, Chen W, Chen S, Wee ATS
- ACS NANO Volume: 2 Issue: 12 Pages: 25... Published: DEC 2008
[STM image appeared in Nature News 25 March 2009: Nature 458, 390-391 (2009): http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090325/full/458390a.html]