Stephanie Law's research group synthesizes thin films and heterostructures using molecular beam epitaxy for energy applications. In particular, their efforts center around photonic materials and metamaterials spanning the electromagnetic spectrum from the visible through the terahertz range. These materials have applications in solar cells, efficient lighting, waste heat recovery, photocatalysis, and more.
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Analyzing the impact of Se concentration during the molecular beam epitaxy deposition of 2D SnSe with atomistic-scale simulations and explainable machine learning
Chin, J. R., Moses, I. A., Wang, M., Frye, M. B., Yu, M., Nayir, N., Hilse, M., van Duin, A. C. T., Law, S., Reinhart, W. & Garten, L. M., Dec 2025, In: Materials Today Advances. 28, 100640.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Evidence for In-Plane Electrical Polarization in 3R-ß’-In2Se3 Thin Films Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy
Liu, D. S. H., Calderon, S., Jacques, L., Yao, J., Suceava, A. C., Fazlioglu-Yalcin, B., Li, M., Young, J., Auker, W., Law, S., Engel-Herbert, R., Gopalan, V., Liu, Y., Trolier-McKinstry, S., Dickey, E. C., Redwing, J. M. & Hilse, M., Jun 18 2025, In: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 17, 24, p. 35661-35672 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Growth of InBi on InSb(100) via molecular beam epitaxy
McDonough, M., Zhang, Y., Alem, N. & Law, S., May 1 2025, In: Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films. 43, 3, 033406.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Tailoring in-Plane Permittivity Gradients by Shadow Mask Molecular Beam Epitaxy
Mukherjee, S., Sitaram, S. R., Yu, M., Wang, X. & Law, S., Aug 20 2025, In: Small Methods. 9, 8, 2500361.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Understanding and Mitigating the Degradation of Optical Emission from Exfoliated Ga2Se2
Murray, L. L., Whalen, M. P., Ishraq, A., Maurtua, C., Yu, M., Law, S., Xiao, J., Chakraborty, C. & Doty, M., Aug 22 2025, In: ACS Applied Optical Materials. 3, 8, p. 1757-1765 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Layer-dependent optical properties of PtSe2 determined from a single film
Peterson, O., Saeed, H., Niedel, J., Wang, K., Zhang, Q., Law, S., Hilse, M. & Peiris, F., May 1 2025, In: Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films. 43, 3, 032201.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Substrate preparation methods for improved synthesis of Bi2Se3 films grown on sapphire by molecular beam epitaxy
Trice, R., Yu, M., Richardella, A., Hilse, M. & Law, S., May 1 2025, In: Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films. 43, 3, 033407.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Tracing terahertz plasmon polaritons with a tunable-by-design dispersion in topological insulator metaelements
Viti, L., Schiattarella, C., Sichert, L., Wang, Z., Law, S., Mitrofanov, O. & Vitiello, M. S., Dec 2025, In: Light: Science and Applications. 14, 1, 288.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Multimodal Machine Learning Analysis of GaSe Molecular Beam Epitaxy Growth Conditions
Yu, M., Moses, I. A., Reinhart, W. F. & Law, S., Jun 11 2025, In: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 17, 23, p. 34707-34716 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Correction to: Effects of Sb and Bi Doping in SnTe Layers Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy (ACS Appl. Electron. Mater. (2025) 7:8 (3543−3551) DOI: 10.1021/acsaelm.5c00299)
Zhang, Q., Caucci, M. K., Hilse, M., Diaz Gomez, A., Sinnott, S. & Law, S., Jun 24 2025, In: ACS Applied Electronic Materials. 7, 12, p. 5730 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Mitigation of Structural Defects during the Growth of 2D van der Waals Chalcogenides by Molecular Beam Epitaxy
Zhang, Q., Hilse, M. & Law, S., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Small Methods.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Molecular Beam Epitaxy of Mn2In2Se5 van der Waals Layers Using Mn Intercalation
Zhang, Q., Wang, K., Auker, W., Hilse, M. & Law, S., Apr 16 2025, In: Crystal Growth and Design. 25, 8, p. 2476-2483 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Prospects for THz optoelectronic devices using chalcogenide topological materials and recent progress on their synthesis by molecular beam epitaxy [Invited]
Zhang, Q., Ou, Y., Hilse, M., Liu, D. S. H. & Law, S., Jun 1 2025, In: Optical Materials Express. 15, 6, p. 1135-1172 38 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Determining the oxidation stability of SnSe under atmospheric exposure
Chin, J. R., Gardner, B. G., Frye, M. B., Liu, D. S. H., Marini, S. A., Shallenberger, J., McDowell, M. T., Hilse, M., Law, S. & Garten, L. M., Oct 2024, In: MRS Communications. 14, 5, p. 1000-1006 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Atomic Level Insight into the Nucleation of SnSe Thin Films Using Graphene Mask in Molecular Beam Epitaxy: ReaxFF Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Fazlioglu-Yalcin, B., Wang, M., Nayir, N., Law, S. & van Duin, A. C. T., Aug 29 2024, In: Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 128, 34, p. 14294-14304 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review