1. L. D. Park, C. Leiter, P. D. Hanrahan, and T. J. Kempa
    “Plasmon resonance shifts in nanogaps as optical probes of thickness in 2D materials”
    ACS Appl. Nano Mater. Submitted (2026).
  2. P. Hanrahan, R. Dziobek-Garrett, P. Eckhert, C. Leiter, K. Kingsbury, T. H. Brintlinger, D. H. Fairbrother, and T. J. Kempa
    “Improved grain growth in large-area monolayer WX2 (X: S, Se) films through controlled reduction of tungstate precursors”
    Chem. Mater. Under revision (2026).
  3. Z. Zhang, P. Hanrahan, O. Ambrozaite, R. Dziobek-Garrett, and T. J. Kempa
    “Control of 2D crystal monodispersity through a seeded growth approach”
    ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 9, 58–64 (2026). Full text
  4. R. Dziobek-Garrett, Y. Zhu, J. Davis, D. L. Pennington, K. Kingsbury, Á. Escobar, C. H. Hendon, N. Drichko, and T. J. Kempa
    “Identification of phase changes in a model 2D MOF through polarization-resolved Raman spectroscopy”
    ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 17, 59563–59570 (2025). Full text
  5. C. A. Mirkin, S. H. Petrosko, N. Artzi, K. Aydin, A. Biaggne, C. J. Brinker, K. E. Bujold, Y. C. Cao, R. R. Chan, C. Chen, P.-C. Chen, X. Chen, O. J. G. L. Chevalier, C. H. J. Choi, R. M. Crooks, V. P. Dravid, J. S. Du, S. B. Ebrahimi, H. Fan, O. K. Farha, C. A. Figg, T. D. Fink, C. M. Forsyth, H. Fuchs, F. M. Geiger, N. C. Gianneschi, K. J. Gibson, D. S. Ginger, S. Guo, J. S. Hanes, L. Hao, J. Huang, B. M. Hunter, F. Huo, J. Hwang, R. Jin, S. O. Kelley, T. J. Kempa, Y. Kim, S. Kudruk, S. Kumari, K. M. Landy, K.-B. Lee, N. J. Leon, J. Li, Y. Li, Z. Li, B. Liu, G. Liu, X. Liu, L. M. Liz-Marzán, J. H. Lorch, T. Luo, R. J. Macfarlane, J. E. Millstone, R. R. Naik, A. E. Nel, C. Oetheimer, J. K. Hedlund Orbeck, S.-J. Park, A. Raj, N. Ramani, B. E. Partridge, N. A. Peppas, M. L. Personick, M. B. Ross, S. B. Ross, E. H. Sargent, T. Seideman, T. Sengupta, G. C. Schatz, D. S. Seferos, S. E. Seo, B. Shen, W. Shim, D. Shin, U. Simon, A. J. Sinegra, P. T. Smith, A. M. Spokoyny, P. J. Stang, A. H. Stegh, J. F. Stoddart, D. F. Swearer, W. Tan, M. H. Teplensky, C. S. Thaxton, D. R. Walt, M. X. Wang, Z. Wang, W. Wei, P. S. Weiss, P. H. Winegar, Y. Xia, Y. Xie, X. Xu, P. Yang, Y. Yang, Z. Ye, K. R. Yoon, C. Zhang, H. Zhang, K. Zhang, L. Zhang, X. Zhang, Y. Zhang, Z. Zhang, W. Zhou, S. Zhu, and W. Zhu
    “33 Unresolved Questions in Nanoscience and Technology”
    ACS Nano 19, 31933–31968 (2025). Full text
  6. O. Ambrozaite, R. Dziobek-Garrett, and T. J. Kempa
    “Tailoring light-matter interactions in 2D semiconductors”
    Accounts of Chemical Research 58, 2216–2228 (2025). Full text
  7. K. Kingsbury, B. Feng, J. Thomas, G. Bassen, A. M. Ferrenti, D. P. Goldberg, T. M. McQueen, M. A. Siegler, and T. J. Kempa
    “Manipulation of valence trapping through local order of Fe3O units in an intrinsically mixed-valent coordination polymer”
    Inorg. Chem. 64, 10208–10218 (2025). Full text
  8. J. Victorin, A. Razpopov, T. Higo, R. Dziobek-Garrett, T. J. Kempa, S. Nakatsuji, R. Valentí, and N. Drichko*
    “Exfoliation and optical properties of S=1 triangular lattice antiferromagnet NiGa2S4“
    Sci. Rep. 14, 28040 (2024). Full text
  9. M. Śliwa, H. Zhang, J. Gao, B. O. Stephens, A. J. Patera, D. Raciti, P. D. Hanrahan, Z. A. Warecki, D. L. Foley, K. J. T. Livi, T. H. Brintlinger, M. L. Taheri, A. S. Hall, and T. J. Kempa
    “Selective CO2 reduction electrocatalysis using AgCu nanoalloys prepared by a host-guest method”
    Nano Letters 24, 13911–13918 (2024). Full text
  10. R. Dziobek-Garrett and T. J. Kempa
    “Excitons at the interface of 2D transition metal dichalcogenides and molecular semiconductors”
    J. Chem. Phys. 160, 200902:1–11 (2024). Full text
  11. D. E. Weiss, Y. Zhu, K. Kingsbury, N. Blumenschein, A. L. Friedman, A. T. Hanbicki, and T. J. Kempa
    “Fabrication of single metal-organic framework crystal devices to inform energy conversion platforms”
    ACS Applied Energy Materials 8, 43–50 (2023). Full text
  12. R. Dziobek-Garrett, S. Hilliard, S. Sriramineni, O. Ambrozaite, Y. Zhu, B. M. Hudak, T. H. Brintlinger, T. Chowdhury, and T. J. Kempa
    “Controlling morphology and excitonic disorder in monolayer WSe2 grown by salt-assisted CVD methods”
    ACS Nanoscience Au 3, 441–450 (2023). Full text
  13. R. Dziobek-Garrett, C. J. Imperiale, M. W. B. Wilson, T. J. Kempa
    “Photon upconversion in a vapor deposited 2D inorganic–organic semiconductor heterostructure”
    Nano Letters 23, 4837–4843 (2023). Full text
  14. Y. Lei, T. Zhang, Y.-C. Lin, T. Granzier-Nakajima, G. Bepete, D. A. Kowalczyk, Z. Lin, D. Zhou, T. F. Schranghamer, A. Dodda, A. Sebastian, Y. Chen, Y. Liu, G. Pourtois, T. J. Kempa, B. Schuler, M. Edmonds, S. Y. Quek, U. Wurstbauer, S. Wu, N. Glavin, S. Das, S. Dash, J. Redwing, J. A. Robinson, M. Terrones
    “Graphene and Beyond: Recent Advances in Two-Dimensional Materials Synthesis, Properties, and Devices”
    ACS Nanoscience Au 6, 450–485 (2022). Full text
  15. E. C. Sadler, T. Chowdhury, R. Dziobek-Garrett, O. Ambrozaite, C. Li, T. Mueller, and T. J. Kempa
    “Role of H2 in the substrate-directed synthesis of size-tunable MoSe2 nanoribbons for exciton engineering”
    ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 5, 11423–11428 (2022). Full text
  16. B. Aguado, L. Bray, S. Caneva, J.-P. Correa-Baena, G. Di Martino, C. Fang, Y. Fang, P. Gehring, G. Grosso, X. Gu, P. Guo, Y. He, T. J. Kempa, M. Kutys, J. Li, T. Li, B. Liao, F. Liu, F. Molina-Lopez, A. Pickel, A. M. Porras, R. Raman, E. M. Sletten, Q. Smith, C. Tan, H. Wang, H. Wang, S. Wang, Z. Wang, G. Wehmeyer, L. Wei, Y. Yang, L. D. Zarzar, M. Zhao, Y. Zheng, S. Cranford
    “35 challenges in materials science being tackled by PIs under 35(ish) in 2021”
    Matter 4, 3804–3810 (2021). Full text
  17. T. Chowdhury, K. Jo, S. B. Anantharaman, T. H. Brintlinger, D. Jariwala, and T. J. Kempa
    “Anomalous room-temperature photoluminescence from nano-strained MoSe2 monolayers”
    ACS Photonics 8, 2220–2226 (2021). Full text
  18. T. H. Brintlinger, T. Chowdhury, and T. J. Kempa
    “Identification of nanoscale localized strain in 2D transition metal dichalcogenide hybrid architectures through scanning transmission electron microscopy”
    Microsc. Microanal. 27, 662–664 (2021). Full text
  19. E. S. Thompson, H. Gangi, J. Hwang, and T. J. Kempa
    “Parallel synthesis of nanoscale Si superlattices through eutectic confinement for semiconductor p–n junctions”
    ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 4, 985–989 (2021). Full text
  20. F. J. Claire, M. A. Solomos, J. Kim, G. Wang, M. A. Siegler, M. F. Crommie, and T. J. Kempa
    “Structural and electronic switching of a single crystal 2D metal-organic framework prepared by chemical vapor deposition”
    Nature Commun. 11, 5524 (2020). Full text  [Featured as Editor’s Highlight]
  21. T. Chowdhury, E. C. Sadler, and T. J. Kempa
    “Progress and prospects in transition-metal dichalcogenide research beyond 2D”
    Chem. Rev. 120, 12563–12591 (2020). Full text
  22. M. Sliwa, B. O. Stephens, Z. Zhang, and T. J. Kempa
    “Harnessing host-guest interactions to control structure at the nanoscale”
    Pure Appl. Chem. 92, 1895–1900 (2020). Full text
  23. E. C. Sadler and T. J. Kempa
    “Chalcogen incorporation process during high vacuum conversion of bulk Mo oxides to Mo dichalcogenides”
    ACS Appl. Electron. Mater. 2, 1020–1025 (2020). Full text
  24. T. Chowdhury, J. Kim, E. C. Sadler, C. Li, S.-W. Lee, K. Jo, W. Xu, D. H. Gracias, N. V. Drichko, D. Jariwala, T. H. Brintlinger, T. Mueller, H.-G. Park, and T. J. Kempa
    “Substrate-directed synthesis of MoS2 nanocrystals with tunable dimensionality and optical properties”
    Nature Nanotechnol. 15, 29–34 (2020). Full text
  25. M. A. Solomos, F. J. Claire, and T. J. Kempa
    “2D molecular crystal lattices: Advances in their synthesis, characterization, and application”
    J. Mater. Chem. A 7, 23537–23562 (2019). Full text [Emerging Investigator Special Issue]
  26. Y. Wang, D. Sun, T. Chowdhury, J. S. Wagner, T. J. Kempa, and A. S. Hall
    “Rapid room-temperature synthesis of a metastable ordered intermetallic electrocatalyst”
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 141, 2342–2347 (2019). Full text
  27. M. M. Li, F. J. Claire, M. A. Solomos, S. M. Tenney, S. A. Ivanov, M. A. Siegler, and T. J. Kempa
    “Molecular chains of coordinated dimolybdenum isonicotinate paddlewheel clusters”
    RSC Adv. 9, 16492–16495 (2019). Full text
  28. F. J. Claire, S. M. Tenney, M. M. Li, M. A. Siegler, J. S. Wagner, A. S. Hall, and T. J. Kempa
    “Hierarchically ordered two-dimensional coordination polymers assembled from redox-active dimolybdenum clusters”
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 140, 10673–10676 (2018). Full text  [Communication]
  29. A. E. Kossak, B. O. Stephens, Y. Tian, P. Liu, M. Chen, and T. J. Kempa
    “Anisotropic and multicomponent nanostructures by controlled symmetry breaking of metal halide intermediates”
    Nano Lett. 18, 2324–2328 (2018). Full text
  30. N. Li, D. K. Bediako, R.-G. Hadt, D. Hayes, T. J. Kempa, F. Cube, D. C. Bell, L. X. Chen, and D. G. Nocera
    “Influence of iron doping on tetravalent nickel content in catalytic oxygen evolving films”
    Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 114, 1486–1491 (2017). Full text
  31. H. G. Park, S. K. Kim, K. D. Song, T. J. Kempa, and C. M. Lieber
    “Multishell nanowires for next-generation photovoltaics”
    Prog. Electromagn. Res. 1, 1864 (2016). Full text

Publications prior to assuming faculty position at JHU

  1. T. J. Kempa, D. K. Bediako, S.-K. Kim, H.-G. Park, and D. G. Nocera
    “High-throughput patterning of photonic structures with tunable periodicity”
    Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 112, 5309–5313 (2015). Full text
  2. T. J. Kempa, D. K. Bediako, E. C. Jones, C. M. Lieber, and D. G. Nocera
    “Facile, rapid, and large-area periodic patterning of semiconductor substrates with sub-micron inorganic structures”
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137, 3739–3742 (2015). Full text
  3. C. M. Lemon, E. Karnas, X. Han, O. T. Bruns, T. J. Kempa, D. Fukumura, M. G. Bawendi, R. K. Jain, D. G. Duda, and D. G. Nocera
    “Micelle-Encapsulated Quantum Dot-Porphyrin Assemblies as in Vivo Two-Photon Oxygen Sensors”
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137, 9832–9842 (2015). Full text
  4. K.-D. Song, T. J. Kempa, H.-G. Park, and S.-K. Kim
    “Laterally assembled nanowires for ultrathin broadband solar absorbers”
    Opt. Express 22, A992–A1000 (2014). Full text
  5. S.-K. Kim, K.-D. Song, T. J. Kempa, R. W. Day, C. M. Lieber, and H.-G. Park
    “Design of nanowire optical cavities as efficient photon absorbers”
    ACS Nano 8, 3707–3714 (2014). Full text
  6. T. J. Kempa and C. M. Lieber
    “Semiconductor nanowire solar cells: Synthetic advances and tunable properties”
    Pure Appl. Chem. 86, 13–26 (2014). Full text [IUPAC Young Chemist Prize Invited Review.]
  7. T. J. Kempa, S.-K. Kim, H.-G. Park, R. W. Day, D. G. Nocera, and C. M. Lieber
    “Facet-selective growth on nanowires yields multi-component nanostructures and photonic devices”
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 135, 18354–18357 (2013). Full text
  8. T. J. Kempa, R. W. Day, S.-K. Kim, H.-G. Park, and C. M. Lieber
    “Semiconductor nanowires: A platform for exploring limits and concepts for nano-enabled solar cells”
    Energy Environ. Sci. 6, 719–733 (2013). Full text [Feature Review Article]
  9. S.-K. Kim, R. W. Day, J. F. Cahoon, T. J. Kempa, K.-D. Song, H.-G. Park, and C. M. Lieber
    “Tuning light absorption in core/shell silicon nanowire photovoltaic devices through morphological design”
    Nano Lett. 12, 4971–4976 (2012). Full text
  10. T. J. Kempa, J. F. Cahoon, S.-K. Kim, R. W. Day, D. C. Bell, H.-G. Park, and C. M. Lieber
    “Coaxial multishell nanowires with high-quality electronic interfaces and tunable optical cavities for ultrathin photovoltaics”
    Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 109, 1407–1412 (2012). Full text
  11. B. Tian, P. Xie, T. J. Kempa, D.C. Bell, and C. M. Lieber
    “Single crystalline kinked semiconductor nanowire superstructures”
    Nature Nanotechnol. 4, 824–829 (2009). Full text
  12. Y. Dong, B. Tian, T. J. Kempa, and C. M. Lieber
    “Coaxial group III-nitride nanowire photovoltaics”
    Nano Lett. 9, 2183–2187 (2009). Full text
  13. B. Tian, T. J. Kempa, and C. M. Lieber
    “Single nanowire photovoltaics”
    Chem. Soc. Rev. 38, 16–24 (2009). Full text
  14. T. J. Kempa, B. Tian, D. Kim, J. Hu, X. Zheng, and C. M. Lieber
    “Single and tandem axial p-i-n nanowire photovoltaic devices”
    Nano Lett. 8, 3456–3460 (2008). Full text
  15. B. Tian, X. Zheng, T. J. Kempa, Y. Fang, N. Yu, G. Yu, J. Huang, and C. M. Lieber
    “Coaxial silicon nanowires as solar cells and nanoelectronic power sources”
    Nature 449, 885–890 (2007). Full text
  16. T. Kempa, R. Farrer, M. Giersig, and J. T. Fourkas
    “Photochemical synthesis and multiphoton luminescence of monodisperse silver nanocrystals”
    Plasmonics 1, 45–51 (2006). Full text
  17. T. Kempa, D. Carnahan, M. Olek, M. Correa, M. Giersig, M. Cross, G. Benham, M. Sennett, Z. F. Ren, and K. Kempa
    “Dielectric media based on isolated metallic nanostructures”
    J. Appl. Phys. 98, 034310 (2005). Full text
  18. Y. Wang, K. Kempa, B. Kimball, J. B. Carlson, G. Benham, W. Z. Li, T. Kempa, J. Rybczynski, A. Herczynski, and Z. F. Ren
    “Receiving and transmitting light-like radio waves: Antenna effect in arrays of aligned carbon nanotubes”
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 2607–2609 (2004). Full text