Mauricio Terrones

mut11@psu.edu

(814) 865-0343

104 Davey Laboratory
University Park, PA 16802

Elsevier Pure Profile

IEE Research Themes

Integrated Energy Systems

Equitable Communities and the Built Environment

Affiliate Researcher

George A. and Margaret M. Downsbrough Department Head, Evan Pugh University Professor, and Verne M. Willaman Professor of Physics, Physics

In the News

Dec 8, 2025 | psu.edu

Seven Eberly College of Science faculty named highly cited researchers in 2025

Sep 5, 2025 | psu.edu

‘Atoms, ja, atoms’: Physics pioneer key to microscopy ‘revolution in resolution’

Aug 25, 2025 | psu.edu

Nomination process now open for Evan Pugh University Professorships

Aug 18, 2025 | psu.edu

Eberly College introduces Science Matters: Spotlight Sessions outreach events

Apr 29, 2025 | psu.edu

Ashtekar Frontiers of Science lecture series celebrates ‘Year of Quantum’

Mar 28, 2025 | psu.edu

Zhiqiang Mao named a fellow of the AAAS

Research Keywords

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Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNTs)

Nanotubes

Transition Metal Dichalcogenide

Density

Two-Dimensional Material

Heterojunction

Monolayer WS2

Chemical Vapor Deposition

Raman Spectroscopy

Transition Metal Dichalcogenides

Two Dimensional Materials

Projects

Deciphering the Nano-Structural Mechanisms to Enhance the Performance of Water Splitting Catalyst by Advanced Correlative Characterizations

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Laser Synthesis for Control of Water Splitting Catalyst Structure and Performance

Recent Publications

Carbon nanotubes as electrochemical sensors for neurotransmitters: Synthesis, doping, and applications

Karagianni, A., Tsierkezos, N. G., Ntziouni, A., Terrones, M. & Kordatos, K. V., Jan 2026, In: Carbon. 246, 120832.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

Two-dimensional Nanosheets by Liquid Metal Exfoliation

Bai, Y., Xu, Y., Sun, L., Ward, Z., Wang, H., Ratnayake, G., Wang, C., Zhao, M., He, H., Gao, J., Wu, M., Lu, S., Bepete, G., Peng, D., Liu, B., Kang, F., Terrones, H., Terrones, M. & Lei, Y., Feb 25 2025, In: Advanced Materials. 37, 8, 2416375.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Improving luminescence properties of WSe₂ monolayers via vanadium incorporation during CVD growth

Barbosa, A. N., Zhang, S., Costa, R. G., Yu, Z., Terrones, M., Araujo, M. E., Safonova, A., Daldosso, N., Mariotto, G. & Freire, F. L., Mar 15 2025, In: Applied Surface Science. 685, 162042.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Scalable Synthesis of High-Quality Graphene Quantum Dots by Reductive Intercalation/Exfoliation of Coal

Bepete, G., Ratnayake, G., Sanchez, D. E., Yu, Z., Dimitrov, E., Fest Carreno, A., Oliveira, M. C. D., Viana, B. C., Santos, F. E. P. & Terrones, M., Oct 28 2025, In: ACS nano. 19, 42, p. 37040-37054 15 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Solution-processed multifunctional graphene and Graphene/MoS₂ heterostructure films

Bepete, G., Escobar Colón, Á. E., Ratnayake, G., Dimitrov, E., Kammarchedu, V., Carreno, A. F., Lei, Y., Fujisawa, K., Perea-Lopez, N., Voiry, D., Ebrahimi, A., Anglaret, E., Pénicaud, A., Drummond, C. & Terrones, M., May 5 2025, In: Carbon. 238, 120220.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Enhancement of second harmonic generation in monolayer WS₂ by feedback-based wavefront shaping

Berger, R., Mavian, A., Dimitrov, E., Zhang, N., Rumman, N., Bassène, P., Terrones, H., Wertz, E. A., Terrones, M., Fohtung, E. & N’Gom, M., Jan 2025, In: Photonics Research. 13, 11, p. 3056-3066 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Exploring PtAg onto silanized biogenic silica as an electrocatalyst for H₂ evolution: A combined experimental and theoretical investigation

Bogireddy, N. K. R., Ghafour El Hachimi, A., Celaya, C. A., Muñiz, J., Thomas, T., Elias Arriaga, A. L., Lei, Y., Terrones, M. & Agarwal, V., Jan 2025, In: Journal of Colloid And Interface Science. 677, p. 271-283 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Comparison of the MOCVD growth and properties of wafer-scale transition metal dichalcogenide epitaxial monolayers

Choudhury, T. H., Trainor, N., Chen, C., Chubarov, M., Bachu, S., Momeni, K., Lundh, J. S., Hickey, D. R., Zhang, T., Sebastian, A., Zhu, H., Song, B., Chen, Y., Huet, B., Bansal, A., Choi, S., Alem, N., Terrones, M., Jariwala, D. & Das, S. & 1 others, Redwing, J. M., Oct 1 2025, In: 2D Materials. 12, 4, 045009.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Interface magnetism in vanadium-doped MoS₂/graphene heterostructures

Dang, D. T. X., Pham, Y. T. H., Zhou, D., Le, D. N., Terrones, M., Phan, M. H. & Woods, L. M., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: RSC Applied Interfaces.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

High-performance p-type field-effect transistors using substitutional doping and thickness control of two-dimensional materials

Das, M., Sen, D., Sakib, N. U., Ravichandran, H., Sun, Y., Zhang, Z., Ghosh, S., Venkatram, P., Subbulakshmi Radhakrishnan, S., Sredenschek, A., Yu, Z., Sarkar, K. J., Sadaf, M. U. K., Meganathan, K., Pannone, A., Han, Y., Sanchez, D. E., Somvanshi, D., Sofer, Z. & Terrones, M. & 2 others, Yang, Y. & Das, S., Jan 2025, In: Nature Electronics. 8, 1, p. 24-35 12 p., 693.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Publisher Correction: High-performance p-type field-effect transistors using substitutional doping and thickness control of two-dimensional materials (Nature Electronics, (2024), 8, 1, (24-35), 10.1038/s41928-024-01265-2)

Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

Roadmap for Photonics with 2D Materials

de Abajo, F. J. G., Basov, D. N., Koppens, F. H. L., Orsini, L., Ceccanti, M., Castilla, S., Cavicchi, L., Polini, M., Gonçalves, P. A. D., Costa, A. T., Peres, N. M. R., Mortensen, N. A., Bharadwaj, S., Jacob, Z., Schuck, P. J., Pasupathy, A. N., Delor, M., Liu, M. K., Mugarza, A. & Merino, P. & 128 others, Cuxart, M. G., Chávez-Angel, E., Švec, M., Tizei, L. H. G., Dirnberger, F., Deng, H., Schneider, C., Menon, V., Deilmann, T., Chernikov, A., Thygesen, K. S., Abate, Y., Terrones, M., Sangwan, V. K., Hersam, M. C., Yu, L., Chen, X., Heinz, T. F., Murthy, P., Kroner, M., Smolenski, T., Thureja, D., Chervy, T., Genco, A., Trovatello, C., Cerullo, G., Dal Conte, S., Timmer, D., De Sio, A., Lienau, C., Shang, N., Hong, H., Liu, K., Sun, Z., Rozema, L. A., Walther, P., Alù, A., Marini, A., Cotrufo, M., Queiroz, R., Zhu, X. Y., Cox, J. D., Dias, E. J. C., Echarri, Á. R., Iyikanat, F., Herrmann, P., Tornow, N., Klimmer, S., Wilhelm, J., Soavi, G., Sun, Z., Wu, S., Xiong, Y., Matsyshyn, O., Krishna Kumar, R., Song, J. C. W., Bucher, T., Gorlach, A., Tsesses, S., Kaminer, I., Schwab, J., Mangold, F., Giessen, H., Sánchez, M. S., Efetov, D. K., Low, T., Gómez-Santos, G., Stauber, T., Álvarez-Pérez, G., Duan, J., Martín-Moreno, L., Paarmann, A., Caldwell, J. D., Nikitin, A. Y., Alonso-González, P., Mueller, N. S., Volkov, V., Jariwala, D., Shegai, T., van de Groep, J., Boltasseva, A., Bondarev, I. V., Shalaev, V. M., Simon, J., Fruhling, C., Shen, G., Novko, D., Tan, S., Wang, B., Petek, H., Mkhitaryan, V., Yu, R., Manjavacas, A., Ortega, J. E., Cheng, X., Tian, R., Mao, D., Van Thourhout, D., Gan, X., Dai, Q., Sternbach, A., Zhou, Y., Hafezi, M., Litvinov, D., Grzeszczyk, M., Novoselov, K. S., Koperski, M., Papadopoulos, S., Novotny, L., Viti, L., Vitiello, M. S., Cottam, N. D., Dewes, B. T., Makarovsky, O., Patanè, A., Song, Y., Cai, M., Chen, J., Naveh, D., Jang, H., Park, S., Xia, F., Jenke, P. K., Bajo, J., Braun, B., Burch, K. S., Zhao, L. & Xu, X., Aug 20 2025, In: ACS Photonics. 12, 8, p. 3961-4095 135 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

Insight into Mo₂C Nanoplates Growth by Means of Scanning Electrochemical Cell Microscopy for High-Resolution Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Activity Mapping

de Oliveira, G. A., Sanchez, D. E., Sredenschek, A. J., Fest, A., Kim, M., Santana Santos, C., Terrones, M., Schuhmann, W. & Grasseschi, D., Oct 2025, In: Small Science. 5, 10, 2500220.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Downscaling of Non-Van der Waals Semimetallic W₅N₆ with Resistivity Preservation

Gao, H., Zhou, D., Ping, L., Wang, Z., Hung, N. T., Cao, J., Geiwitz, M., Natale, G., Lin, Y. C., Burch, K. S., Saito, R., Terrones, M. & Ling, X., Jan 28 2025, In: ACS nano. 19, 3, p. 3362-3371 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Electron-Withdrawing Hexagonal Boron Nitride as a Biocompatible and Metal-Free Antibacterial Platform

Gao, J., Xu, H., Zhao, Y., Sun, L., Zhang, X., Bai, Y., Li, W., Zhao, M., He, H., Liu, X., Yu, Q., Pandey, V., Ma, L., Kang, F., Terrones, M. & Lei, Y., Mar 5 2025, In: Nano letters. 25, 9, p. 3505-3514 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review