University Scholarship
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Santosh KC

skc@sdsu.eduorcid.org/0000-0003-4650-3722

Appointments

  • Assistant Professor, 2024-Present
    Mechanical Engineering, San Diego State University, San Diego, US
  • Assistant Professor, 2019-Present
    Chemical and Materials Engineering, San Jose State University, San José, CA, US
  • Research Associate, 2018-2019
    Materials Engineering, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, US
  • Research Associate, 2015-2018
    Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, US

  • MS/PhD, 2009-2014
    Physics/Materials Science and Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, US

  • American Physical Society
    American Physical Society, College Park, MD, US
  • Minerals Metals and Materials Society
    Minerals Metals and Materials Society, Warrendale, PA, US

Profile updated October 8, 2026.

Scholarship

Academic Publications

Magnetization switching and detection by PtxSn1−x alloys
Mahendra DC; Keita Sakuma; Santosh KC; et al.
Applied Physics Reviews, 2025, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 3
Alloys Magnetic materials Magnetization Transition metal alloys
Ab initio investigation of the martensitic phase transitions in ternary high temperature shape memory alloys PdxNi0.5−xTi0.5
Zhigang Wu; Hessam Malmir; Othmane Benafan; Santosh KC; John W. Lawson
Physical Review Materials, 2024, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 1
Nickel alloys Shape memory alloys Thermodynamics Titanium alloys
Enhanced optoelectronic and elastic responses in fluorinated penta-BCN
Shambhu Bhandari Sharma; Santosh KC; Durga Paudyal
Applied Surface Science, 2022, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 12
Elasticity Fluorination Nanostructured materials Optoelectronics
Electronic structure and estimation of Curie temperature in Ca2BIrO6 (B = Cr, Fe) double perovskites
Shalika Ram Bhandari; Santosh KC; Sarita Lawaju; Ram Kumar Thapa; Gopi Chandra Kaphle; Madhav Prasad Ghimire
Journal of Applied Physics, 2021, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 8
Curie temperature Electronic structure Magnetism Perovskite materials
Predicting the Phase Stability of Multicomponent High-Entropy Compounds
Pitike, K.C.; Santosh KC; Eisenbach, M.; Bridges, C.A.; Cooper, V.R.
Chemistry of Materials, 2020, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 83
Materials science Statistical thermodynamics Thermodynamics

Designing Morphotropic Phase Composition in BiFeO<inf>3</inf>
Herklotz, A.; Rus, S.F.; Balke, N.; Rouleau, C.; Guo, E.-J.; Huon, A.; Santosh KC; et al.
Nano Letters, 2019, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 34
Materials science Polymorphism (Crystallography) Solid state physics
Correction: Designing morphotropic phase composition in BiFeO<inf>3</inf> (Nano Letters (2019) 19:2 (1033-1038) DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b04322)
Herklotz, A.; Rus, S.F.; Wisinger, N.B.; Rouleau, C.; Guo, E.-J.; Huon, A.; Santosh KC; et al.
Nano Letters, 2019, journal article
Materials science Nanostructured materials Phase transformations (Statistical physics)
First-principles study of antisite defects in perovskite stannates
Santosh KC; A. J. E. Rowberg; L. Weston; C. G. Van de Walle
Journal of Applied Physics, 2019, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 10
Materials science Perovskite materials Solid state physics
Non-conventional mechanism of ferroelectric fatigue via cation migration
Anton V. Ievlev; Santosh KC; et al.
Nature Communications, 2019, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 44
Cations Ferroelectricity Materials science Solid state physics
Magnetic behavior and spin-lattice coupling in cleavable van der Waals layered CrCl3 crystals
McGuire, M.A.; Clark, G.; Santosh KC; et al.
Physical Review Materials, 2017, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 321
Chromium compounds Magnetism Materials science
Symmetry driven control of optical properties in WO<inf>3</inf> films
Herklotz, A.; Rus, S.F.; Santosh KC; et al.
Apl Materials, 2017, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 15
Materials science Symmetry (Physics) Thin films Tungsten trioxide
Antiferromagnetism in the van der Waals layered spin-lozenge semiconductor CrTe3
McGuire, M.A.; Garlea, V.O.; Santosh KC; et al.
Physical Review B, 2017, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 65
Antiferromagnetism Chromium compounds Semiconductors Spintronics
Computational Study of MoS2/HfO2 Defective Interfaces for Nanometer-Scale Electronics
Santosh KC; Roberto C. Longo; Robert M. Wallace; Kyeongjae Cho
Acs Omega, 2017, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 27
Materials science Nanoelectronics Nanotechnology Solid state physics
High-temperature magnetostructural transition in van der Waals-layered α-MoCl3
McGuire, M.A.; Yan, J.; Lampen-Kelley, P.; May, A.F.; Cooper, V.R.; Lindsay, L.; Puretzky, A.; Liang, L.; Santosh KC; et al.
Physical Review Materials, 2017, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 45
Materials science Molybdenum compounds Solid state physics Transition metals
Charge Mediated Reversible Metal-Insulator Transition in Monolayer MoTe<inf>2</inf> and W<inf>x</inf>Mo<inf>1-x</inf>Te<inf>2</inf> Alloy
Zhang, C.; Santosh KC; et al.
Acs Nano, 2016, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 147
Materials science Metal-insulator transitions Nanotechnology Tungsten-molybdenum alloys
Organic-inorganic hybrid semiconductor thin films deposited using molecular-atomic layer deposition (MALD)
Huang, J.; Zhang, H.; Lucero, A.; Cheng, L.; Santosh KC; et al.
Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2016, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 18
Materials science Organic semiconductors Semiconductors Thin films
Monolayer MoS2 Bandgap Modulation by Dielectric Environments and Tunable Bandgap Transistors
Junga Ryou; Yong-Sung Kim; Santosh KC; Kyeongjae Cho
Sci. Rep., 2016, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 335
Molybdenum disulfide Nanotechnology Semiconductors Transistors
Unraveling the Origin of Instability in Ni-Rich LiNi 1–2 x Co x Mn x O 2 (NCM) Cathode Materials
Chaoping Liang; Fantai Kong; Roberto C. Longo; Santosh KC; et al.
J. Phys. Chem. C, 2016, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 211
Electrochemistry Lithium ion batteries Materials science Solid state physics
Multivalent Li-Site Doping of Mn Oxides for Li-Ion Batteries
Kong, F.; Longo, R.C.; Yeon, D.-H.; Yoon, J.; Park, J.-H.; Liang, C.; Santosh KC; et al.
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2015, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 41
Electrochemistry Energy storage Lithium ion batteries Manganese oxides
Ab initio study of doping effects on LiMnO<inf>2</inf> and Li<inf>2</inf>MnO<inf>3</inf> cathode materials for Li-ion batteries
Kong, F.; Longo, R.C.; Park, M.-S.; Yoon, J.; Yeon, D.-H.; Park, J.-H.; Wang, W.-H.; Santosh KC; et al.
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2015, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 140
Computational chemistry Density functionals Lithium ion batteries Materials science
First Principles Study of Li-Site Doping Effect on the Properties of LiMnO2 and Li2MnO3 Cathode Materials
F. Kong; R. C. Longo; D.-H. Yeon; J. Yoon; J.-H. Park; C. Liang; Santosh KC; et al.
Ecs Transactions, 2015, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 2
Electrochemistry Lithium compounds Manganese oxides Materials science
HfO<inf>2</inf> on UV'O<inf>3</inf> exposed transition metal dichalcogenides: Interfacial reactions study
Azcatl, A.; Santosh KC; et al.
2D Materials, 2015, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 118
Chemistry Materials science Physics Semiconductor Equipment and Materials Institute
In situ TEM characterization of shear-stress-induced interlayer sliding in the cross section view of molybdenum disulfide
Oviedo, J.P.; Santosh KC; et al.
Acs Nano, 2015, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 131
Electron microscopy Materials science Molybdenum disulfide Transmission electron microscopy
Materials Design on the Origin of Gap States in a High-κ/GaAs Interface
Weichao Wang; Cheng Gong; Ka Xiong; Santosh KC; Robert M. Wallace; Kyeongjae Cho
Engineering, 2015, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 3
Gallium arsenide Materials science Microelectronics Semiconductor Equipment and Materials Institute
Phase stability of transition metal dichalcogenide by competing ligand field stabilization and charge density wave
Santosh KC; Chenxi Zhang; Suklyun Hong; Robert M Wallace; Kyeongjae Cho
2D Mater., 2015, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 43
Chalcogenides Charge density waves Ligand field theory Transition metals
Surface oxidation energetics and kinetics on MoS<inf>2</inf> monolayer
Santosh KC; et al.
Journal of Applied Physics, 2015, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 262
Materials science Molybdenum disulfide Monomolecular films Surface chemistry
Near-unity photoluminescence quantum yield in MoS2
M. Amani; D.-H. Lien; D. Kiriya; J. Xiao; A. Azcatl; J. Noh; S. R. Madhvapathy; R. Addou; Santosh KC; et al.
Science, 2015, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 1243
Molybdenum disulfide Nanotechnology Photoluminescence Semiconductors
Crystal structure and multicomponent effects in Tetrahedral Silicate Cathode Materials for Rechargeable Li-ion Batteries
Longo, R.C.; Xiong, K.; Santosh KC; Cho, K.
Electrochimica Acta, 2014, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 7
Electrochemistry Lithium ion batteries Materials science Silicates
Electronic properties of InP (001)/HfO<inf>2</inf> (001) interface: Band offsets and oxygen dependence
Santosh KC; et al.
Journal of Applied Physics, 2014, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 18
Heterostructures Interfaces (Centre national de la recherche scientifique (France)) Thin films
Impact of intrinsic atomic defects on the electronic structure of MoS <inf>2</inf> monolayers
Santosh KC; Longo, R.C.; Addou, R.; Wallace, R.M.; Cho, K.
Nanotechnology, 2014, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 322
Crystallography Electronic structure Molybdenum disulfide Monomolecular films
Phase stability of Li-Mn-O oxides as cathode materials for Li-ion batteries: Insights from ab initio calculations
Longo, R.C.; Kong, F.T.; Santosh KC; et al.
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2014, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 81
Electrochemistry Lithium ion batteries Materials science Solid state physics
Air stable p-doping of WSe<inf>2</inf> by covalent functionalization
Zhao, P.; Kiriya, D.; Azcatl, A.; Zhang, C.; Tosun, M.; Liu, Y.-S.; Hettick, M.; Kang, J.S.; McDonnell, S.; Santosh KC; et al.
Acs Nano, 2014, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 261
Materials science Nanotechnology Semiconductor doping Semiconductors
Behavior of Li defects in solid electrolyte lithium thiophosphate Li <inf>7</inf>P<inf>3</inf>S<inf>11</inf>: A first principles study
Xiong, K.; Longo, R.C.; Santosh KC; Wang, W.; Cho, K.
Computational Materials Science, 2014, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 24
Electrochemistry Lithium compounds Materials science Thiophosphates
Ionic and Electronic Mobility in Multicomponent Olivine Silicate Cathode Materials for Li-ion Batteries
R. C. Longo; Santosh KC; K. Cho
Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2014, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 5
Electrochemistry Ionic mobility Lithium ion batteries Solid state physics
MoS2 functionalization for ultra-thin atomic layer deposited dielectrics
Angelica Azcatl; Stephen McDonnell; Santosh KC; et al.
Appl. Phys. Lett., 2014, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 217
Atomic layer deposition Molybdenum disulfide Nanotechnology Thin films
Electrode-Electrolyte Interface for Solid State Li-Ion Batteries: Point Defects and Mechanical Strain
Santosh KC; R. C. Longo; K. Xiong; K. Cho
Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2014, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 36
Electrochemistry Lithium ion batteries Point defects Solid state batteries
Point defects in garnet-type solid electrolyte (c-Li7La3Zr2O12) for Li-ion batteries
Santosh KC; Roberto C. Longo; Ka Xiong; Kyeongjae Cho
Solid State Ionics, 2014, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 51
Electrochemistry Lithium cells Materials science Point defects
Interface phenomena between Li anode and lithium phosphate electrolyte for Li-ion battery
Santosh KC; Ka Xiong; Roberto C. Longo; Kyeongjae Cho
Journal of Power Sources, 2013, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 31
Anodes Electrochemistry Lithium Lithium ion batteries
Interfacial bonding and electronic structure of HfO2/GaSb interfaces: A first principles study
K. Xiong; W. Wang; D. M. Zhernokletov; Santosh KC; et al.
Appl. Phys. Lett., 2013, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 20
Electronic structure Hafnium oxide Interfaces (Physical sciences) Materials science
First principles study on InP (001)-(2 × 4) surface oxidation
Santosh KC; et al.
J. Appl. Phys., 2013, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 18
Indium phosphide Materials science Oxidation Surface chemistry
In situ study of e-beam Al and Hf metal deposition on native oxide InP (100)
Dong, H.; Santosh KC; et al.
Journal of Applied Physics, 2013, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 9
Aluminum Electron beams Hafnium Indium phosphide
Indium diffusion through high-k dielectrics in high-k/InP stacks
H. Dong; W. Cabrera; R. V. Galatage; Santosh KC; et al.
Appl. Phys. Lett., 2013, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 35
Diffusion Indium Materials science Semiconductors
Ionic Transport Properties and Structural Stability of High-Capacity Silicate Cathode Materials for Li-Ion Batteries
R. Longo Pazos; Santosh KC; K. Xiong; K. Cho
Ecs Transactions, 2013, journal article
Lithium ion batteries Silicates Solid state chemistry Structural stability

Academic Conferences

Study of lithium defects in lithium phosphate and in the interface with metallic Li
Santosh KC; Xiong, K.; Longo, R.C.; Cho, K.
Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, 2013, conference paper
Interfaces (Physical sciences) Lithium Lithium compounds Materials science