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Yongjae Cho

Materials Science · Purdue University West Lafayette

Mid career · publishing since 2010

Publications

29

Citations

329

Est. group size

~2

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

17

Publishing since 2010

Research summary
AI-generated

Yongjae Cho's research focuses on electronic devices built from two-dimensional (2D) materials such as MoS2 and MoTe2, particularly transistors that combine these ultrathin semiconductors with ferroelectric materials (materials that retain an electrical polarization, useful for memory devices) to create low-power memory and logic components. Work also covers improving electrical contacts in these devices and exploring related nanomaterials like fullerenes and organic thin films for optical and electronic applications. This research is aimed at developing smaller, more energy-efficient computer memory and transistor technologies.

2D semiconductor transistors (MoS2, MoTe2)Ferroelectric memory devicesContact engineering in 2D devicesVan der Waals heterostructuresNanomaterials for optical/electronic applications

Publication output has been modest and relatively steady over the past decade, generally 1-5 papers per year, with a recent uptick suggested by 2025-2026 counts.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.0/year recently
2017: 2 publications172018: 1 publication182019: 3 publications192020: 5 publications5202021: 2 publications212022: 2 publications222023: 2 publications232024: 1 publication242025: 1 publication252026: 4 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Advanced Functional Materials×3
  • Advanced Electronic Materials×3
  • Nano Letters×2
  • ACS Nano×2
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×2
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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