Michael Adachi

About

P.Eng.Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto (2012-2015)PhD, University of Waterloo, 2012MASc, Simon Fraser University, 2007BASc, Simon Fraser University, 2004

Selected publications

• Abnavi, A, Ghanbari, H, Mohammadzadeh, MR, Ahmadi, R, and Adachi, MM, “Light Intensity-Controlled Photoconductance Polarity Switching for Neuromorphic and Logic Applications” Advanced Optical Materials 13, 32, e02227 (2025).
• Abnavi, A, Ahmadi, R, Ghanbari, H, Akinwande, D, and Adachi, MM, “Switchable Photovoltaic Effect Induced by Light Intensity,” ACS Nano 18, 50, 34147–34157 (2024).
• Fawzy, M, Mohammadzadeh, MR, Abnavi, A, De Silva, T, Ahmadi, R, Ghanbari, H, Kabir, F, Kavanagh, KL, Hasani, A, and Adachi, MM, “A Photovoltaic Self-Powered Volatile Organic Compounds Sensor Based on Asymmetric Geometry 2D MoS2 Diodes,” ECS Sensors Plus 3 043601 (2024).
• Ghanbari, H, Abnavi, A, Ahmadi, R, Mohammadzadeh, MR, Fawzy, M, Hasani, A, Adachi, MM, “2D MoSe2 Geometrically Asymmetric Schottky Photodiodes” Advanced Optical Materials 12 2401682 (2024).
• Mohammadzadeh, MR, Hasani, A, Hussain, T, Ghanbari, H, Fawzy, M, Abnavi, A, Ahmadi, R, Kabir, F, De Silva, T, Rajapakse, RKND, Adachi, MM, “Enhanced Sensitivity in Photovoltaic 2D MoS2/Te Heterojunction VOC Sensors” Small 20 2402464 (2024). Inside back cover of Volume 20 Issue 49.
• Abnavi, A, Ahmadi, R, Ghanbari, H, Fawzy, Mohammadzadeh, MR, M, Kabir, F, Adachi, MM, “Polarization-Sensitive and Self-Driven Pyro-Phototronic Photodetectors Based on MoS2-Water Heterojunctions” Advanced Optical Materials 12, 2302651 (2024). Front cover art of Volume 12 Issue 11.
• Kumar, P, Askar, A, Wang, J, Roy, S, Kancharlapalli, S, Wang, X, Joshi, V, Hu, H, Kannimuthu, K, Trivedi, D, Bollini, P, Wu, YA, Ajayan, PM, Adachi, MM, Hu, J, Kibri, MG, “Isolated Iridium Sites on Potassium-Doped Carbon-nitride wrapped Tellurium Nanostructures for Enhanced Glycerol Photooxidation” Advanced Functional Materials 34, 2313793 (2024).
• Ahmadi, R, Abnavi, A, Hasani, A, Ghanbari, H, Mohammadzadeh, MR, Fawzy, M, Kabir, F, Adachi, MM, “Pseudocapacitance-Induced Plasticity of Tribo-Phototronic Effect Between Ionic Liquid and MoS2,” Small 20, 2304988 (2024).
• Palacios, P, Askar, AM, Pasadas, F, Saeed, M, Marin, EG, Adachi, MM, Negra, R, “Dielectric-Doped 2D Tellurium Diodes for Zero-Bias Radio Frequency Power Detection,” Advanced Electronic Materials 10 2400210 (2024)
• Askar, AM, Palacios, P, Pasadas, F, Saeed, M, Mohammadzadeh, MR, Negra, R, Adachi, MM, “Two-dimensional tellurium-based diodes for RF applications,” npj 2D Materials and Applications 7, 70 (2023)