Publications
2023
Mapping structural heterogeneity at the nanoscale with scanning nano-structure electron microscopy (SNEM)
Rakita, Y., Hart, J. L., Das, P. P., Shahrezaei, S., Foley, D. L., Mathaudhu, S. N., Nicolopoulos, S., Taheri, M. L. & Billinge, S. J. L., 1 Jan 2023, In: Acta Materialia. 242, 118426.2022
Ultrafast Two-dimensional Electronic Spectroscopy reveals Phonon-driven Exciton Rabi oscillations in Halide Perovskites
Nguyen, X. T., Winte, K., Timmer, D., Rakita, Y., Cahen, D., Lorke, M., Jahnke, F., Lienau, C. & De Sio, A., 1 Jan 2022, International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena, UP 2022. Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA), (Optics InfoBase Conference Papers).2021
Local structure determination using total scattering data
Billinge, S. J. L., Skjaervoe, S. H., Terban, M. W., Tao, S., Yang, L., Rakita, Y. & Frandsen, B. A., 2021, Reference Module in Chemistry, Molecular Sciences and Chemical Engineering. Elsevier
The pursuit of stability in halide perovskites: The monovalent cation and the key for surface and bulk self-healing
Ceratti, D. R., Cohen, A. V., Tenne, R., Rakita, Y., Snarski, L., Jasti, N. P., Cremonesi, L., Cohen, R., Weitman, M., Rosenhek-Goldian, I., Kaplan-Ashiri, I., Bendikov, T., Kalchenko, V., Elbaum, M., Potenza, M. A. C., Kronik, L., Hodes, G. & Cahen, D., 1 May 2021, In: Materials Horizons. 8, 5, p. 1570-1586 17 p.2020
Single-Crystal Growth and Thermal Stability of (CH3NH3)1-xCsxPbBr3
Kaslasi, H., Feldman, Y., Rakita, Y., Cahen, D. & Hodes, G., 1 Jul 2020, In: Crystal Growth and Design. 20, 7, p. 4366-4374 9 p.
Lattice mode symmetry analysis of the orthorhombic phase of methylammonium lead iodide using polarized Raman
Sharma, R., Menahem, M., Dai, Z., Gao, L., Brenner, T. M., Yadgarov, L., Zhang, J., Rakita, Y., Korobko, R., Pinkas, I., Rappe, A. M. & Yaffe, O., 1 May 2020, In: Physical Review Materials. 4, 5, 051601.
Elucidating the atomistic origin of anharmonicity in tetragonal CH3NH3PbI3 with Raman scattering
Sharma, R., Dai, Z., Gao, L., Brenner, T. M., Yadgarov, L., Zhang, J., Rakita, Y., Korobko, R., Rappe, A. M. & Yaffe, O., 1 Sep 2020, In: Physical Review Materials. 4, 9, 092401.
Probing electron-phonon couplings in halide perovskites crystals by temperature-dependent ultrafast twodimensional electronic spectroscopy
Nguyen, X. T., Timmer, D., Rakita, Y., Cahen, D., Steinhoff, A., Jahnke, F., Lienau, C. & De Sio, A., 16 Nov 2020, International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena, UP 2020. The Optical Society, M3A.1. (Optics InfoBase Conference Papers).
Effect of Low Pressure on Tetragonal to Cubic Phase Transition of Methylammonium Lead Iodide Perovskite
Halder, A., Rakita, Y., Cahen, D. & Sarkar, S. K., 20 Feb 2020, In: Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 11, 4, p. 1473-1476 4 p.
Origin of the anomalous Pb-Br bond dynamics in formamidinium lead bromide perovskites
Singh, H., Fei, R., Rakita, Y., Kulbak, M., Cahen, D., Rappe, A. M. & Frenkel, A. I., 1 Feb 2020, In: Physical Review B. 101, 5, 054302.
Active Reaction Control of Cu Redox State Based on Real-Time Feedback from in Situ Synchrotron Measurements
Rakita, Y., O'Nolan, D., McAuliffe, R. D., Veith, G. M., Chupas, P. J., Billinge, S. J. L. & Chapman, K. W., 4 Nov 2020, In: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142, 44, p. 18758-18762 5 p.2019
When defects become 'dynamic': Halide perovskites: A new window on materials?
Rakita, Y., Lubomirsky, I. & Cahen, D., 1 Aug 2019, In: Materials Horizons. 6, 7, p. 1297-1305 9 p.
Ultrafast two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy of millimeter-sized halide perovskite single crystals
Nguyen, X. T., Timmer, D., Rakita, Y., Cahen, D., De Sio, A. & Lienau, C., Jun 2019, 2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2019. OSA - The Optical Society, 2019-eg_p_17. (2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2019).
Ultrafast Charge Carrier Relaxation in Inorganic Halide Perovskite Single Crystals Probed by Two-Dimensional Electronic Spectroscopy
Nguyen, X. T., Timmer, D., Rakita, Y., Cahen, D., Steinhoff, A., Jahnke, F., Lienau, C. & De Sio, A., 19 Sep 2019, In: Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 10, 18, p. 5414-5421 8 p.2018
Self-Healing Inside APbBr3 Halide Perovskite Crystals
Ceratti, D. R., Rakita, Y., Cremonesi, L., Tenne, R., Kalchenko, V., Elbaum, M., Oron, D., Potenza, M. A. C., Hodes, G. & Cahen, D., 8 Mar 2018, In: Advanced Materials. 30, 10, 1706273.2017
Tetragonal CH3NH3Pbi3 is ferroelectric
Rakita, Y., Bar-Elli, O., Meirzadeh, E., Kaslasi, H., Peleg, Y., Hodes, G., Lubomirsky, I., Oron, D., Ehre, D. & Cahen, D., 11 Jul 2017, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 114, 28, p. E5504-E5512
Metal to Halide Perovskite (HaP): An Alternative Route to HaP Coating, Directly from Pb(0) or Sn(0) Films
Rakita, Y., Gupta, S., Cahen, D. & Hodes, G., 24 Oct 2017, In: Chemistry of Materials. 29, 20, p. 8620-8629 10 p.
Laplace current deep level transient spectroscopy measurements of defect states in methylammonium lead bromide single crystals
Rosenberg, J. W., Legodi, M. J., Rakita, Y., Cahen, D. & Diale, M., 14 Oct 2017, In: Journal of Applied Physics. 122, 14, 145701.2016
CH3NH3PbBr3 is not pyroelectric, excluding ferroelectric-enhanced photovoltaic performance
Rakita, Y., Meirzadeh, E., Bendikov, T., Kalchenko, V., Lubomirsky, I., Hodes, G., Ehre, D. & Cahen, D., 1 May 2016, In: APL Materials. 4, 5, 051101.
Conversion of single crystalline PbI2 to CH3NH3PbI3: Structural relations and transformation dynamics
Brenner, T. M., Rakita, Y., Orr, Y., Klein, E., Feldman, I., Elbaum, M., Cahen, D. & Hodes, G., 27 Sep 2016, In: Chemistry of Materials. 28, 18, p. 6501-6510 10 p.
Low-Temperature Solution-Grown CsPbBr3 Single Crystals and Their Characterization
Rakita, Y., Kedem, N., Gupta, S., Sadhanala, A., Kalchenko, V., Böhm, M. L., Kulbak, M., Friend, R. H., Cahen, D. & Hodes, G., 5 Oct 2016, In: Crystal Growth and Design. 16, 10, p. 5717-5725 9 p.2015
Mechanical properties of APbX3 (A = Cs or CH3NH3; X = i or Br) perovskite single crystals
Rakita, Y., Cohen, S. R., Kedem, N. K., Hodes, G. & Cahen, D., 16 Sep 2015, In: MRS Communications. 5, 4, p. 623-629 7 p.2014
Electrostatic potential of polyelectrolyte molecules grafted on charged surfaces: A poisson-boltzmann model
Rakita, Y., Golodnitsky, D. & Natan, A., 1 Jan 2014, In: Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 161, 8, p. E3049-E3058