The overall experience of PREM students and supporting their development and success is the primary focus of Center staff.
The overall experience of PREM students and supporting their development and success is the primary focus of Center staff.

The PREM partnership between North Carolina Central University (NCCU) and the Penn State Center for Nanoscale Science advances institutional research and educational capabilities in materials at NCCU and strengthens the workforce development pathway for STEM disciplines. The core research thrusts at NCCU are: (1) charge transport in individual and coupled semiconductor nanostructures, (2) plasmonic materials for optical filter and sensor applications, (3) functionalized 2D materials for spintronic and electronic applications, and (4) seed projects on properties of nanoscale patterned ferroics and development of perovskite based multiferroic materials.

NCCU-PSU PUBLICATIONS: PREM 2.0 (2021 - 2026)

*NCCU PREM postdocs and graduate students underlined, NCCU PREM undergraduate students italicized, NCCU faculty and PSU faculty and students marked in bold and blue and bold.

  1. A. K. Shringi, R, Kumar,R. Chaurasiya, J. Lin, N. Y Doumon, F. Yan*. Bi₂O₂Se Nanosheets for Dual-Mode Electrochemical/Fluorescent Turn-Off Sensing of Ferric Ions. Nanoscale, 2025, 17, 20400 – 20409. https://doi.org/10.1039/D5NR01593F
     
  2. R. Kumar, A. K. Shringi, H. J. Wood, I. M. Asuo, S. Oturak, D. E. Sanchez, T. S. K. Sharma, R. Chaurasiya, A. Mishra, I. M. Asuo, W. M. Choi, N. Y. Doumon, I. Dabo, M. Terrones*, F. Yan*. Substitutional doping of 2D TMDs for device applications: Current status, challenges and prospects. Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports.2025, 163, 100946. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mser.2025.100946.
     
  3. D. King, R. R. Katzbaer, U. Riaz, S.C.S. Key, D. K. Taylor*. Developing equitable lab practices/culture: A student-centered activity on alcohol metabolism and its relation to the black community. J. Chem. Educ. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.4c00346
     
  4. T. R. Seling, A. K. Shringi, K. Wang, U. Riaz, F. Yan. Bi2O2S nanosheets for effective visible light photocatalysis of anionic dye degradation. Mater. Lett. 2024. 361, 136136.  DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2024.136136

  5. T. R. Seling, R. R. Katzbaer, K. L. Thompson, S. E. Aksoy, B. Chitara, A. K. Shringi, R.E. Schaak, U. Riaz, F. Yan. Transition metal-doped CuO nanosheets for enhanced visible-light photocatalysis. J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chemistry. 2024, 448, 115356. DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2023.115356

  6. B. Chitara, E. Dimitrov, M. Liu, T. R. Seling B. S. C. Kolli, D. Zhou, Z. Yu, A. K. Shringi, M. Terrones, F. Yan. Charge transfer modulation in vanadium-doped WS2/Bi2O2Se heterostructures. Small. 2023, 2302289. DOI:10.1002/smll.202302289.

  7. X. Dong, R. R. Katzbaer, B. Chitara, L. Han, L. Yang, R.E. Schaak, F. Yan. Optimizing the synergistic effect of CuWO4-CuS hybrid composites for photocatalytic inactivation of pathogenic bacteria. Environ. Sci. Nano. 2022, 9, 4283 – 4294. DOI: 10.1039/D2EN00361A
     
  8. T. B. Limbu, S. Kumari, Z. Wang, C. Dhital, Q. Li, Y. Tang, F. Yan. Ingeniously enhanced ferromagnetism in chemically-reduced 2D Ti3C2TX MXene. Mater. Chem. Phys. 2022, 285, 126155. DOI:10.1016/j.matchemphys.2022.126155
     
  9. B. Chitara, K. Zhang, M. Y. Garcia Cervantes, T. B. Limbu, B. Adhikari, S. Huang, F. Yan. Probing charge transfer in 2D MoS2/tellurene type-II p-n heterojunctions. MRS Comm. 2021, 11, 868–872. https://doi.org/10.1557/s43579-021-00117-w  

    PREM 1.0 (2015 - 2021)

  10. T. B. Limbu, B. Chitara, M. Y. Garcia Cervantes, Yu Zhou, S. Huang, Y. Tang, and F. Yan. Unravelling the thickness dependence and mechanism of surface-enhanced Raman scattering on Ti3C2Tx MXene nanosheets. Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2020, 124, 17772–17782. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c05143

  11. T. B. Limbu, B. Chitara, M. Y. Garcia Cervantes, J. D. Orlando, S. Kumari, Q. Li, Y. Tang, and F. Yan. Green synthesis of reduced Ti3C2Tx MXene nanosheets with enhanced conductivity, oxidation stability, and SERS activity. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 2020, 8, 4722-4731. DOI: 10.1039/C9TC06984D Back Cover.
     
  12. Jason D. Orlando, Ethan Kahn, Cindy Y. Wong, Yin-ting Yeh, Tej B. Limbu, Basant Chitara, Ana L. Elias, Mauricio Terrones , and Fei Yan. Ultrastrong Raman enhancement on gold nanoparticle-decorated transition metal dichalcogenides nanosheets for molecule detection. Journal of Analytical Science. 2019, 35, 811-816. DOI: 10.13526/j.issn.1006-6144.2019.06.018