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Daniel Rhodes

Daniel Rhodes

Assistant Professor

My research focuses on the processing and synthesis of novel 2D and bulk materials for interesting correlated, superconducting, and multiferroic phenomena. Our materials interests involve handling a variety of elements that span the periodic table. For 2D materials, we focus on those outside of the typical hexagonal crystal symmetry and attempt to understand how these changes in symmetry enable electrical transport phenomena, as well as the coexistence of phenomena that would typically be forbidden in the bulk. Our group also focusing on exploring the gambit of growth parameters in a subclass of 2D materials known as transition metal dichalcogenides via scanning probe microscopy methods. By systematically studying these parameters we can determine processes for nucleation and growth, and defect formation.

Department

Materials Science & Engineering

Contact

731, Engineering Research Building
1500 Engineering Dr
Madison, WI

  • PhD 2016, Florida State University
  • MS 2013, Florida State University
  • BS 2010, Clemson University

  • Single Crystal Synthesis
  • Superconductivity
  • 2-D Materials
  • Topological Materials (Dirac, Weyl, HOTI)
  • Defect Kinetics

  • 2024 National Science Foundation, CAREER Award
  • 2021 College of Engineering, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Grainger Institute for Engineering Assistant Professorship
  • 2020 Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Fellow, Madison Teaching and Learning Excellence
  • 2016 Columbia University, MRSEC Postdoctoral Fellowship

  • Shen, D., Yang, H., Patel, T., Rhodes, D., Timusk, T., Zhou, Y. N., Kim, N. Y., & Tsen, A. W. (2024). Gate-Tunable Multiband van der Waals Photodetector and Polarization Sensor. ACS nano, 18(17), 11193--11199.
  • Wei, L., Xu, Q., He, Y., Li, Q., Huang, Y., Zhu, W., Watanabe, K., Taniguchi, T., Claassen, M., Rhodes, D., & others, (2024). Linear resistivity at van Hove singularities in twisted bilayer WSe2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(16), e2321665121.
  • Yanev, E. S., Darlington, T. P., Ladyzhets, S. A., Strasbourg, M. C., Trovatello, C., Liu, S., Rhodes, D., Hall, K., Sinha, A., Borys, N. J., & others, (2024). Programmable nanowrinkle-induced room-temperature exciton localization in monolayer WSe2. Nature Communications, 15(1), 1543.
  • Joe, A. Y., Pistunova, K., Kaasbjerg, K., Wang, K., Kim, B., Rhodes, D., Taniguchi, T., Watanabe, K., Hone, J., Low, T., & others, (2024). Transport Study of Charge-Carrier Scattering in Monolayer WSe 2. Physical Review Letters, 132(5), 056303.
  • Jindal, A., Saha, A., Li, Z., Taniguchi, T., Watanabe, K., Hone, J. C., Birol, T., Fernandes, R. M., Dean, C. R., Pasupathy, A. N., & others, (2023). Coupled ferroelectricity and superconductivity in bilayer Td-MoTe2. Nature, 613(7942), 48--52.
  • Morissette, E., Lin, J., Sun, D., Zhang, L., Liu, S., Rhodes, D., Watanabe, K., Taniguchi, T., Hone, J., Pollanen, J., & others, (2023). Dirac revivals drive a resonance response in twisted bilayer graphene. Nature Physics, 19(8), 1156--1162.
  • Cong, X., Mohammadi, P. A., Zheng, M., Watanabe, K., Taniguchi, T., Rhodes, D., & Zhang, X. (2023). Interplay of valley polarized dark trion and dark exciton-polaron in monolayer WSe2. Nature Communications, 14(1), 5657.
  • Wang, L., Wei, L., Gu, Z., Fischer, A., He, Y., Xu, Q., Ghiotto, A., Weber, C., Watanabe, K., Taniguchi, T., & others, (2023). Mapping the Mottness under Magnetic Field.
  • Adler, E. R., Le, T. D., Boulares, I., Boyd, R., He, Y., Rhodes, D., Van Keuren, E., Barbara, P., & Najmaei, S. (2023). Observation of Multi-Phonon Emission in Monolayer WS2 on Various Substrates. Nanomaterials, 14(1), 37.
  • Shih, E., Shi, Q., Rhodes, D., Kim, B., Watanabe, K., Taniguchi, T., Yang, K., Hone, J., & Dean, C. R. (2023). Spin-selective magneto-conductivity in WSe $ _2$. arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.00446.

  • CHEM 990 - Research (Spring 2025)
  • M S & E 333 - Microprocessing of Materials (Spring 2025)
  • M S & E 699 - Independent Study (Spring 2025)
  • M S & E 790 - Master's Research or Thesis (Spring 2025)
  • M S & E 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Spring 2025)
  • M S & E 990 - Research and Thesis (Spring 2025)
  • CHEM 990 - Research (Fall 2024)
  • M S & E 550 - Materials Fundamentals (Fall 2024)
  • M S & E 699 - Independent Study (Fall 2024)
  • M S & E 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Fall 2024)
  • M S & E 990 - Research and Thesis (Fall 2024)
  • CHEM 990 - Research (Summer 2024)
  • M S & E 699 - Independent Study (Summer 2024)
  • M S & E 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Summer 2024)
  • M S & E 990 - Research and Thesis (Summer 2024)
  • CHEM 990 - Research (Spring 2024)
  • M S & E 333 - Microprocessing of Materials (Spring 2024)
  • M S & E 790 - Master's Research or Thesis (Spring 2024)
  • M S & E 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Spring 2024)
  • M S & E 990 - Research and Thesis (Spring 2024)
  • CHEM 990 - Research (Fall 2023)
  • M S & E 550 - Materials Fundamentals (Fall 2023)
  • M S & E 699 - Independent Study (Fall 2023)
  • M S & E 790 - Master's Research or Thesis (Fall 2023)
  • M S & E 990 - Research and Thesis (Fall 2023)
  • M S & E 699 - Independent Study (Summer 2023)
  • M S & E 790 - Master's Research or Thesis (Summer 2023)