Publications

2026

1. Science

   Atomic-resolution imaging of gold species at organic liquid-solid interfaces

   Sam Sullivan-Allsop, Nick Clark, Wendong Wang, Rongsheng Cai, and 7 more authors

   Science, 2026

   Bib

   @article{sullivan2026atomic,
     title = {Atomic-resolution imaging of gold species at organic liquid-solid interfaces},
     author = {Sullivan-Allsop, Sam and Clark, Nick and Wang, Wendong and Cai, Rongsheng and Thornley, William and Hopkinson, David G and McHugh, James G and Davies, Ben and Pattisson, Samuel and Dummer, Nicholas F and others},
     journal = {Science},
     volume = {392},
     number = {6793},
     pages = {77--82},
     year = {2026},
     publisher = {American Association for the Advancement of Science},
   }

2. arXiv

   Charge distribution across dislocation networks induced by a strained top layer in hexagonal boron nitride substrates

   Isaac Soltero, James G. McHugh, and Vladimir I. Fal’ko

   2026

   Bib

   @misc{soltero2026charge,
     title = {Charge distribution across dislocation networks induced by a strained top layer in hexagonal boron nitride substrates},
     author = {Soltero, Isaac and McHugh, James G. and Fal'ko, Vladimir I.},
     year = {2026},
     eprint = {2602.21866},
     archiveprefix = {arXiv},
     primaryclass = {cond-mat.mes-hall},
     url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.21866}
   }

3. NanoLett

   Refined DFT recipe and renormalisation of band-edge parameters for electrons in monolayer MoS2 informed by the measured spin-orbit splitting

   Igor Rozhansky, Michele Masseroni, Ricardo Pisoni, Suad Alshammari, and 5 more authors

   Nano Letters, 2026

   Bib

   @article{rozhansky2026refined,
     title = {Refined DFT recipe and renormalisation of band-edge parameters for electrons in monolayer MoS2 informed by the measured spin-orbit splitting},
     author = {Rozhansky, Igor and Masseroni, Michele and Pisoni, Ricardo and Alshammari, Suad and Li, Xue and Ihn, Thomas and Ensslin, Klaus and McHugh, James and Fal'ko, Vladimir},
     journal = {Nano Letters},
     year = {2026},
     publisher = {ACS Publications},
     url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.09858}
   }

4. ACSNano

   Atomic Imaging of 2D Transition Metal Diiodides

   Wendong Wang, Gareth R Tainton, Nicholas J Clark, James G McHugh, and 7 more authors

   ACS nano, 2026

   DOI Bib

   @article{wang2026atomic,
     title = {Atomic Imaging of 2D Transition Metal Diiodides},
     author = {Wang, Wendong and Tainton, Gareth R and Clark, Nicholas J and McHugh, James G and Li, Xue and Sullivan-Allsop, Sam and Hopkinson, David G and Cicv{\'a}rek, Oldrich and Selles, Francisco and Zhang, Rui and others},
     journal = {ACS nano},
     year = {2026},
     publisher = {American Chemical Society},
     doi = {10.1021/acsnano.5c19196},
   }

2025

1. arXiv

   Sub-nm Curvature Unlocks Quantum Flexoelectricity in Graphene

   Sathvik Ajay Iyengar, James G. McHugh, Jonathan P. Salvage, Robert Vajtai, and 4 more authors

   2025

   Bib

   @misc{iyengar2025subnmcurvatureunlocksquantum,
     title = {Sub-nm Curvature Unlocks Quantum Flexoelectricity in Graphene},
     author = {Iyengar, Sathvik Ajay and McHugh, James G. and Salvage, Jonathan P. and Vajtai, Robert and Dalton, Alan and Tripathi, Manoj and Ajayan, Pulickel M. and Meunier, Vincent},
     year = {2025},
     eprint = {2503.21996},
     archiveprefix = {arXiv},
     primaryclass = {cond-mat.mes-hall},
     url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.21996}
   }

2. NanoLett

   Gate-Tunable Band Edge in Few-Layer MoS2

   Michele Masseroni, Isaac Soltero, James G McHugh, Igor Rozhansky, and 7 more authors

   Nano Letters, 2025

   Bib

   @article{masseroni2025gate,
     title = {Gate-Tunable Band Edge in Few-Layer MoS2},
     author = {Masseroni, Michele and Soltero, Isaac and McHugh, James G and Rozhansky, Igor and Li, Xue and Schmidhuber, Alexander and Niese, Markus and Taniguchi, Takashi and Watanabe, Kenji and Fal'ko, Vladimir I and others},
     journal = {Nano Letters},
     year = {2025},
     publisher = {ACS Publications}
   }

3. AcadNano

   Ferroelectric Properties of Van der Waals Chalcogenides: a Density Functional Theory Perspective

   Xue Li, James G McHugh, and Vladimir I Fal’ko

   Academia Nano: Science, Materials, Technology, 2025

   DOI Bib

   @article{li2025ferroelectric,
     title = {Ferroelectric Properties of Van der Waals Chalcogenides: a Density Functional Theory Perspective},
     author = {Li, Xue and McHugh, James G and Fal'ko, Vladimir I},
     journal = {Academia Nano: Science, Materials, Technology},
     volume = {1},
     year = {2025},
     publisher = {Academia.edu Journals},
     doi = {10.20935/AcadNano7506}
   }

2024

1. ACSNano

   Scanning Electron Microscopy Imaging of Twist Domains in Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Heterostructures

   Evan Tillotson, James G McHugh, James Howarth, Teruo Hashimoto, and 7 more authors

   ACS nano, 2024

   Bib

   @article{tillotson2024scanning,
     title = {Scanning Electron Microscopy Imaging of Twist Domains in Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Heterostructures},
     author = {Tillotson, Evan and McHugh, James G and Howarth, James and Hashimoto, Teruo and Clark, Nicholas J and Weston, Astrid and Enaldiev, Vladimir and Sullivan-Allsop, Sam and Thornley, William and Wang, Wendong and others},
     journal = {ACS nano},
     volume = {18},
     number = {50},
     pages = {34023--34033},
     year = {2024},
     publisher = {ACS Publications}
   }

2. NatComms

   In-plane staging in lithium-ion intercalation of bilayer graphene

   Thomas Astles, James G McHugh, Rui Zhang, Qian Guo, and 7 more authors

   Nature Communications, 2024

   Bib

   @article{astles2024plane,
     title = {In-plane staging in lithium-ion intercalation of bilayer graphene},
     author = {Astles, Thomas and McHugh, James G and Zhang, Rui and Guo, Qian and Howe, Madeleine and Wu, Zefei and Indykiewicz, Kornelia and Summerfield, Alex and Goodwin, Zachary AH and Slizovskiy, Sergey and others},
     journal = {Nature Communications},
     volume = {15},
     number = {1},
     pages = {6933},
     year = {2024},
     publisher = {Nature Publishing Group UK London}
   }

3. NatComms

   Two-dimensional electrons at mirror and twistronic twin boundaries in van der Waals ferroelectrics

   James G McHugh, Xue Li, Isaac Soltero, and Vladimir I Fal’ko

   Nature Communications, 2024

   Bib HTML

   @article{mchugh2024two,
     title = {Two-dimensional electrons at mirror and twistronic twin boundaries in van der Waals ferroelectrics},
     author = {McHugh, James G and Li, Xue and Soltero, Isaac and Fal'ko, Vladimir I},
     journal = {Nature Communications},
     volume = {15},
     number = {1},
     pages = {6838},
     year = {2024},
     publisher = {Nature Publishing Group UK London},
   }

4. NanoLett

   Competition of moiré network sites to form electronic quantum dots in reconstructed MoX2/WX2 heterostructures

   Isaac Soltero, Mikhail A Kaliteevski, James G McHugh, Vladimir Enaldiev, and 1 more author

   Nano Letters, 2024

   Bib

   @article{soltero2024competition,
     title = {Competition of moir{\'e} network sites to form electronic quantum dots in reconstructed MoX2/WX2 heterostructures},
     author = {Soltero, Isaac and Kaliteevski, Mikhail A and McHugh, James G and Enaldiev, Vladimir and Fal'ko, Vladimir I},
     journal = {Nano Letters},
     volume = {24},
     number = {6},
     pages = {1996--2002},
     year = {2024},
     publisher = {ACS Publications}
   }

5. Carbon

   Modelling of partial basal dislocation dipoles in bilayer graphene and graphite

   Pavlos Mouratidis, James G McHugh, and Kenny Jolley

   Carbon, 2024

   Bib

   @article{mouratidis2024modelling,
     title = {Modelling of partial basal dislocation dipoles in bilayer graphene and graphite},
     author = {Mouratidis, Pavlos and McHugh, James G and Jolley, Kenny},
     journal = {Carbon},
     volume = {217},
     pages = {118613},
     year = {2024},
     publisher = {Elsevier}
   }

2023

1. PRB

   Moiré superstructures in marginally twisted \mathrmNbSe_2 bilayers

   James G. McHugh, Vladimir V. Enaldiev, and Vladimir I. Fal’ko

   Phys. Rev. B, Dec 2023

   DOI Bib

   @article{PhysRevB.108.224111,
     title = {Moir\'e superstructures in marginally twisted ${\mathrm{NbSe}}_{2}$ bilayers},
     author = {McHugh, James G. and Enaldiev, Vladimir V. and Fal'ko, Vladimir I.},
     journal = {Phys. Rev. B},
     volume = {108},
     issue = {22},
     pages = {224111},
     numpages = {12},
     year = {2023},
     month = dec,
     publisher = {American Physical Society},
     doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.108.224111},
     url = {https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.108.224111}
   }

2. arXiv

   Chiral Majorana hinge modes on a curved surface with magnetic impurities

   Ilyoun Na, James G McHugh, Sinéad M Griffin, and Luca Chirolli

   arXiv preprint arXiv:2310.09258, Dec 2023

   Bib

   @article{na2023chiral,
     title = {Chiral Majorana hinge modes on a curved surface with magnetic impurities},
     author = {Na, Ilyoun and McHugh, James G and Griffin, Sin{\'e}ad M and Chirolli, Luca},
     journal = {arXiv preprint arXiv:2310.09258},
     year = {2023}
   }

3. AppSS

   Stacking-mediated diffusion of ruthenium nanoclusters in bilayer graphene and graphite

   James G McHugh, Pavlos Mouratidis, and Kenny Jolley

   Applied Surface Science, Dec 2023

   Bib

   @article{mchugh2023stacking,
     title = {Stacking-mediated diffusion of ruthenium nanoclusters in bilayer graphene and graphite},
     author = {McHugh, James G and Mouratidis, Pavlos and Jolley, Kenny},
     journal = {Applied Surface Science},
     volume = {607},
     pages = {154912},
     year = {2023},
     publisher = {Elsevier}
   }

2022

1. npj2D

   Self-organized quantum dots in marginally twisted MoSe2/WSe2 and MoS2/WS2 bilayers

   VV Enaldiev, Fabio Ferreira, JG McHugh, and Vladimir I Fal’ko

   npj 2D Materials and Applications, Dec 2022

   Bib

   @article{enaldiev2022self,
     title = {Self-organized quantum dots in marginally twisted MoSe2/WSe2 and MoS2/WS2 bilayers},
     author = {Enaldiev, VV and Ferreira, Fabio and McHugh, JG and Fal'ko, Vladimir I},
     journal = {npj 2D Materials and Applications},
     volume = {6},
     number = {1},
     pages = {74},
     year = {2022},
     publisher = {Nature Publishing Group UK London}
   }

2. Carbon

   Prismatic edge dislocations in graphite

   James G McHugh, Pavlos Mouratidis, Anthony Impellizzeri, Kenny Jolley, and 2 more authors

   Carbon, Dec 2022

   Bib

   @article{mchugh2022prismatic,
     title = {Prismatic edge dislocations in graphite},
     author = {McHugh, James G and Mouratidis, Pavlos and Impellizzeri, Anthony and Jolley, Kenny and Erbahar, Dogan and Ewels, Chris P},
     journal = {Carbon},
     volume = {188},
     pages = {401--419},
     year = {2022},
     publisher = {Elsevier}
   }

2021

1. Small

   Graphene confers ultralow friction on nanogear cogs

   Andrea Mescola, Guido Paolicelli, Sean P Ogilvie, Roberto Guarino, and 7 more authors

   Small, Dec 2021

   Bib

   @article{mescola2021graphene,
     title = {Graphene confers ultralow friction on nanogear cogs},
     author = {Mescola, Andrea and Paolicelli, Guido and Ogilvie, Sean P and Guarino, Roberto and McHugh, James G and Rota, Alberto and Iacob, Erica and Gnecco, Enrico and Valeri, Sergio and Pugno, Nicola M and others},
     journal = {Small},
     volume = {17},
     number = {47},
     pages = {2104487},
     year = {2021},
     publisher = {Wiley Online Library}
   }

2. PRB

   Ripplocations in layered materials: Sublinear scaling and basal climb

   James G McHugh, Pavlos Mouratidis, and Kenny Jolley

   Physical Review B, Dec 2021

   Bib

   @article{mchugh2021ripplocations,
     title = {Ripplocations in layered materials: Sublinear scaling and basal climb},
     author = {McHugh, James G and Mouratidis, Pavlos and Jolley, Kenny},
     journal = {Physical Review B},
     volume = {103},
     number = {19},
     pages = {195436},
     year = {2021},
     publisher = {APS}
   }

3. ACSNano

   Structural defects modulate electronic and nanomechanical properties of 2D materials

   Manoj Tripathi, Frank Lee, Antonios Michail, Dimitris Anestopoulos, and 7 more authors

   ACS nano, Dec 2021

   Bib

   @article{tripathi2021structural,
     title = {Structural defects modulate electronic and nanomechanical properties of 2D materials},
     author = {Tripathi, Manoj and Lee, Frank and Michail, Antonios and Anestopoulos, Dimitris and McHugh, James G and Ogilvie, Sean P and Large, Matthew J and Graf, Aline Amorim and Lynch, Peter J and Parthenios, John and others},
     journal = {ACS nano},
     volume = {15},
     number = {2},
     pages = {2520--2531},
     year = {2021},
     publisher = {ACS Publications}
   }

2020

1. JNM

   Ab-initio calculations of fission product diffusion on graphene

   James G McHugh, Kenny Jolley, and Pavlos Mouratidis

   Journal of Nuclear Materials, Dec 2020

   Bib

   @article{mchugh2020ab,
     title = {Ab-initio calculations of fission product diffusion on graphene},
     author = {McHugh, James G and Jolley, Kenny and Mouratidis, Pavlos},
     journal = {Journal of Nuclear Materials},
     volume = {533},
     pages = {152123},
     year = {2020},
     publisher = {Elsevier}
   }

2018

1. SciRep

   Debye formulas for a relaxing system with memory

   Ivo Klik, James McHugh, Roy W Chantrell, and Ching-Ray Chang

   Scientific Reports, Dec 2018

   Bib

   @article{klik2018debye,
     title = {Debye formulas for a relaxing system with memory},
     author = {Klik, Ivo and McHugh, James and Chantrell, Roy W and Chang, Ching-Ray},
     journal = {Scientific Reports},
     volume = {8},
     number = {1},
     pages = {3271},
     year = {2018},
     publisher = {Nature Publishing Group UK London}
   }

2014

1. MDPIMat

   Spin relaxation in GaAs: importance of electron-electron interactions

   Gionni Marchetti, Matthew Hodgson, James McHugh, Roy Chantrell, and 1 more author

   Materials, Dec 2014

   Bib

   @article{marchetti2014spin,
     title = {Spin relaxation in GaAs: importance of electron-electron interactions},
     author = {Marchetti, Gionni and Hodgson, Matthew and McHugh, James and Chantrell, Roy and D'Amico, Irene},
     journal = {Materials},
     volume = {7},
     number = {4},
     pages = {2795--2814},
     year = {2014},
     publisher = {MDPI}
   }