The BNC leverages advances in nanoscale science and engineering to create innovative nanotechnologies addressing societal challenges and opportunities in computing, communications, the environment, security, energy independence, and health. Below are some publications from the BCN.
Publications from 2007
Performance Analysis of a Ge/Si Core/Shell Nanowire Field-Effect Transistor, Gengchiau Liang, Jie Xiang, Neerav Kharche, Gerhard Klimeck, Charles M. Lieber, and Mark Lundstrom
Synthesis and thermionic emission properties of graphitic carbon nanofibres supported on Si wafers or carbon felt, Jiang Li, Vance S. Robinson, Yang Liu, Weijie Lu, Timothy Fisher, and Charles M. Lukehart
Direct-current and radio-frequency characterizations of GaAs metal-insulator-semiconductor field-effect transistors enabled by self-assembled nanodielectrics, H C. Lin, S K. Kim, D Chang, Y Xuan, Saeed Mohammadi, P. D. Ye, G Lu, A Facchetti, and T J. Marks
Enhancement-mode GaAs metal-oxide-semiconductor high-electron-mobility transistors with atomic layer deposited Al2O3 as gate dielectric, H C. Lin, T Yang, Hasan Sharifi, S K. Kim, Y Xuan, T Shen, Saeed Mohammadi, and P. D. Ye
Effect of an optical negative index thin film on optical bistability, N M. Litchinitser, I R. Gabitov, A I. Maimistov, and V. M. Shalaev
Electrical detection of germination of viable model Bacillus anthracis spores in microfluidic biochips, Yi-Shao Liu, T M. Walter, Woo-Jin Chang, Kwan-Seop Lim, Liju Yang, S W. Lee, Arthur Aronson, and Rashid Bashir
Nanoscale transistors: Physics and materials, Mark S. Lundstrom, Kurtis D. Cantley, and Himadri S. Pal
A device-level vacuum-packaging scheme for microbolometers on rigid and flexible substrates, Aamer Mahmood, Donald P. Butler, and Zeynep Celik-Butler
Optimization of carbon nanotube synthesis from porous anodic Al–Fe–Al templates, Matthew Maschmann, Aaron D. Franklin, Timothy D. Sands, and Timothy Fisher
Far-field superlens - Optical nanoscope, Evgenii Narimanov
The effect of gain and absorption on surface plasmons in metal nanoparticles, M A. Noginov, G Zhu, M Bahoura, J Adegoke, C Small, B A. Ritzo, V. P. Drachev, and V. M. Shalaev
Alpha-synuclein as a template for the synthesis of metallic nanowires, S Padalkar, J Hulleman, P Deb, K Cunzeman, J C. Rochet, E A. Stach, and L Stanciu
Optics of metal nanoparticle aggregates with light induced motion, Sergey V. Perminov, V. P. Drachev, and Sergey Rautian
Four-wave mixing, quantum control, and compensating losses in doped negative-index photonic metamaterials, A K. Popov, S A. Myslivets, T F. George, and V. M. Shalaev
Calibrating a tuning fork for use as a scanning probe microscope force sensor, Yexian Qin and R. Reifenberger
Relation between s-polarized and p-polarized internal reflection spectra: Application for the spectral resolution of perpendicular vibrational modes, Robin H A. Ras, Robert A. Schoonheydt, and Cliff T. Johnston
A 1-kV 4H-SiC power DMOSFET optimized for low ON-resistance, Asmita Saha and James A. Cooper
Interacting systems for self-correcting low power switching, Sayeef Salahuddin and Supriyo Datta
Fabrication and characterization of metal-molecule-silicon devices, Adina Scott, David B. Janes, Chad Risko, and Mark A. Ratner
Dislocation Dynamics in Nanocrystalline Nickel, Z. W. Shan, J. M. K. Wiezorek, E A. Stach, D. M. Follstaedt, J. A. Knapp, and S. X. Mao
Mechanism of the Reaction NO + H2 on the Pt(100)-hex Surface under Conditions of the Spatially Nonuniform Distribution of Reacting Species, M. Yu. Smirnov, D. Yu. Zemlyanov, and E. I. Vovk
Elastometric sensing using higher flexural eigenmodes of microcantilevers, Matthew A. Spletzer, Arvind Raman, and R. Reifenberger
High-voltage self-aligned p-channel DMOS-IGBTs in 4H-SiC, Y Sui, X Wang, and James A. Cooper
Effects of carbon nanotube arrays on nucleate pool boiling, Sebastine Ujereh, Timothy Fisher, and Issam Mudawar
Comparison between patterns generated by microcontact printing and dip-pen nanolithography on, Heeyeon P. Wampler, Dmitry Zemlyanov, and Albena Ivanisevic
Microfluidic cell electroporation using a mechanical valve, Jun Wang, M J. Stine, and Chang Lu
Tunable optical negative-index metamaterials employing anisotropic liquid crystals, Xiande Wang, Do-Hoon Kwon, D H. Werner, Iam-Choon Khoo, Alexander V. Kildishev, and V. M. Shalaev
Liquid crystal clad near-infrared metamaterials with tunable negative-zero-positive refractive indices, D H. Werner, Do-Hoon Kwon, Iam-Choon Khoo, Alexander V. Kildishev, and V. M. Shalaev
Nanoscale mechanisms of misfit dislocation propagation in undulated Si1-xGex/Si(100) epitaxial thin films, Chi-Chin Wu, Eric A. Stach, and Robert Hull
Current transport and maximum dielectric strength of atomic-layer-deposited ultrathin Al2O3 on GaAs, Y Q. Wu, H C. Lin, P. D. Ye, and G D. Wilk
Photo-assisted capacitance-voltage characterization of high-quality atomic-layer-deposited Al2O3/GaN metal-oxide-semiconductor structures, Y Q. Wu, T Shen, P. D. Ye, and G D. Wilk
Enhancement-mode InP n-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors with atomic-layer-deposited Al2O3 dielectrics, Y Q. Wu, Y Xuan, T Shen, P. D. Ye, Z Cheng, and A Lochtefeld
A highly compact third-order silicon microring add-drop filter with a very large free spectral range, a flat passband and a low delay dispersion, Shijun Xiao, Maroof H. Khan, Hao Shen, and Minghao Qi
Compact silicon microring resonators with ultra-low propagation loss in the C band, Shijun Xiao, Maroof H. Khan, Hao Shen, and Minghao Qi
Multiple-channel silicon micro-resonator based filters for WDM applications, Shijun Xiao, Maroof H. Khan, Hao Shen, and Minghao Qi
Simplified surface preparation for GaAs passivation using atomic layer-deposited high-kappa dielectrics, Y Xuan, H C. Lin, and P. D. Ye
Submicrometer inversion-type enhancement-mode InGaAs MOSFET with atomic-layer-deposited Al2O3 as gate dielectric, Y Xuan, Y Q. Wu, H C. Lin, T Shen, and P. D. Ye
Substrate engineering for high-performance surface-channel III-V metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors, Y Xuan, P. D. Ye, and T Shen
Comparative dynamics of magnetically, acoustically, and Brownian motion driven microcantilevers in liquids, Xin Xu and Arvind Raman
Electrical/electrochemical impedance for rapid detection of foodborne pathogenic bacteria, Liju Yang and Rashid Bashir
Interface studies of GaAs metal-oxide-semiconductor structures using atomic-layer-deposited HfO2/Al2O3 nanolaminate gate dielectric, T Yang, Y Xuan, Dmitry Zemlyanov, T Shen, Y Q. Wu, Jerry M. Woodall, P. D. Ye, F S. Aguirre-Tostado, M Milojevic, S McDonnell, and R M. Wallace
Quantum transport with spin dephasing: A nonequlibrium Green's function approach, Ahmet Ali Yanik, Gerhard Klimeck, and Supriyo Datta
A negative permeability material at red light, Hsiao-Kuan Yuan, Uday K. Chettiar, Wenshan Cai, Alexander V. Kildishev, Alexandra Boltasseva, V. P. Drachev, and V. M. Shalaev
Indium selenide nanowire phase-change memory, Bin Yu, Sanghyun Ju, Xuhui Sun, Garrick Ng, Thuc D. Nguyen, M Meyyappan, and David B. Janes
Stress transfer in multi-walled carbon nanotubes, Luis Zalamea, Hyonny Kim, and Byron Pipes
1 kWe sodium borohydride hydrogen generation system Part II: Reactor modeling, Jinsong Zhang, Yuan Zheng, Jay P. Gore, Issam Mudawar, and Timothy Fisher
Simulation of Interfacial Phonon Transport in Si–Ge Heterostructures Using an Atomistic Green’s Function Method, W Zhang, Timothy Fisher, and N. Mingo
The Atomistic Green's Function Method: An Efficient Simulation Approach for Nanoscale Phonon Transport, W. Zhang, Timothy Fisher, and N. Mingo
Simulation of phonon transport across a non-polar nanowire junction using an atomistic Green's function method, W Zhang, N Mingo, and Timothy Fisher
Publications from 2006
Dendrimer-assisted low-temperature growth of carbon nanotubes by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition, Placidus B. Amama, Oluwaseyi Ogebule, Matthew R. Maschmann, Timothy D. Sands, and Timothy S. Fisher
Hydrodynamic loading of microcantilevers vibrating in viscous fluids, Sudipta Basak, Arvind Raman, and Suresh Garimella
Low-frequency noise statistics for the breakdown characterization of ultrathin gate oxides, N. Z. Butt, A. M. Chang, H. Raza, Rashid Bashir, J. Liu, and D. L. Kwong
Fabrication and characterization of solid-state nanopores using a field emission scanning electron microscope, Hung Chang, Samir Iqbal, E A. Stach, Alexander H. King, Nestor J. Zaluzec, and Rashid Bashir
DNA counterion current and saturation examined by a MEMS-based solid state nanopore sensor, Hung Chang, Bala Murali Venkatesan, Samir Muzaffar Iqbal, G. Andreadakis, F. Kosari, G. Vasmatzis, Dimitrios Peroulis, and Rashid Bashir
DMesh: Incorporating Practical Directional Antennas in Multichannel Wireless Mesh Networks, Saumitra M. Das, Himabindu Pucha, Dimitrios Koutsonikolas, Y. Charlie Hu, and Dimitrios Peroulis
Experimental Verification of an Optical Negative-Index Material, V. P. Drachev, w. Cai, U. Chettiar, H.-K. Yuan, A. K. Sarychev, A. V. Kildishev, Gerhard Klimeck, and V. M. Shalaev
A Three-Dimensional Simulation Study of the Performance of Carbon Nanotube Field-Effect Transistors with Doped Reservoirs and Realistic Geometry, Gianluca Fiori, Giuseppe Iannaccone, and Gerhard Klimeck
Carbon incorporation during ethene oxidation on Pd(111) studied by in situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy at 2 x 10-3 mbar, Harald Gabasch, Evgueni Kleimenov, Detre Teschner, Spiros Zafeiratos, Michael Hävecker, Axel Knop-Gericke, Robert Schlögel, Dmitry Zemlyanov, Balazs Aszalos-Kiss, Konrad Hayek, and Bernhard Klötzter
In situ XPS study of Pd(111) oxidation at elevated pressure, Part 2: Palladium oxidation in the 10^1 mbar range, Harald Gabasch, Werner Unterberger, Konrad Hayek, Bernhard Klötzer, Evgueni Kleimenov, Detre Teschner, Spiros Zafeiratos, Michael Hävecker, Axel Knop-Gericke, Robert Schlögl, Jinyi Han, Fabio H. Ribeiro, Balazs Aszalos-Kiss, Teresa Curtin, and Dmitry Zemlyanov
Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Analysis of Microscale Field Emission and Ionization of Atmospheric Air, David B. Go, Timothy S. Fisher, and Suresh V. Garimella
Anomalous resonance in a nanomechanical biosensor, Amit K. Gupta, Pradeep R. Nair, Demir Akin, Michael R. Ladisch, Steve Broyles, Muhammad A. Alam, and Rashid Bashir
Detection of Folate Binding Protein with Enhanced Sensitivity Using a Functionalized Quartz Crystal Microbalance Sensor, Walter A. Henne, Derek D. Doorneweerd, Joonhyung Lee, Philip S. Low, and Cagri Savran
Chaos in Atomic Force Microscopy, Shuiqing Hu and Arvind Raman
3-Omega Measurements of Vertically Oriented Carbon Nanotubes on Silicon, X. Jack Hu, Antonio A. Padilla, Jun Xu, Timothy S. Fisher, and Kenneth E. Goodson
Effects of bias stress on ZnO nanowire field-effect transistors fabricated with organic gate nanodielectrics, Sanghyun Ju, David B. Janes, Gang Lu, Antonio Facchetti, and Tobin J. Marks
Proton radiation hardness of single-nanowire transistors using robust organic gate nanodielectrics, Sanghyun Ju, Kang-Ho Lee, David B. Janes, Ramesh C. Dwivedi, Habibah Baffour-Awuah, R. Wilkins, Myung-Han Yoon, Antonio Facchetti, and Tobin J. Mark
High-Reflectivity Al-Pt Nanostructured Ohmic Contact to p-GaN, Ho Young Kim, Parijat Deb, and Timothy D. Sands
High-Reflectivity A1-Pt Nanostructured Ohmic Contact to p-GaN, Ho Young Kim, P Deb, and Timothy D. Sands
Performance of carbon nanotube-dispersed thin-film transistors, Satish Kumar, G. B. Blanchet, M. S. Hybertsen, Jayathi Y. Murthy, and Muhammad A. Alam
Reliable fabrication method of transferable micron scale metal pattern for poly(dimethylsiloxane) metallization, Kwan Seop Lim, Woo-Jin Chang, Yoon-Mo Koo, and Rashid Bashir
Current-transport properties of atomic-layer-deposited ultrathin Al2O3, H. C. Lin, P. D. Ye, and G. D. Wilk
High-performance GaAs metal-insulator-semiconductor field-effect transistors enabled by self-assembled nanodielectrics, H. C. Lin, P. D. Ye, Y. Xuan, G. Lu, A. Facchetti, and T. J. Marks
Atomistic simulation of nanowires in the sp3d5s* tight-binding formalism: From boundary conditions to strain calculations, Mathieu Luisier, Andreas Schenk, Wolfgang Fichtner, and Gerhard Klimeck
Freestanding vertically oriented single-walled carbon nanotubes synthesized using microwave plasma-enhanced CVD, Matthew R. Maschmann, Placidus B. Amama, A. Goyal, z. iqbal, and Timothy Fisher
Vertical single- and double-walled carbon nanotubes grown from modified porous anodic alumina templates, Matthew R. Maschmann, Aaron D. Franklin, Placidus B. Amama, D N. Zakharov, E A. Stach, Timothy D. Sands, and Timothy S. Fisher
Lithography-Free in Situ Pd Contacts to Templated Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes, Matthew R. Maschmann, Aaron D. Franklin, Adina Scott, Timothy D. Sands, and Timothy Fisher
Parametric resonance based scanning probe microscopy, M. Moreno-Moreno, Arvind Raman, J. Gomez-Herrero, and R. Reifenberger
Probing electronic excitations in molecular conduction, Bhaskaran Muralidharan, A. W. Ghosh, and Supriyo Datta
Enhancement of surface plasmons in an Ag aggregate by optical gain in a dielectric medium, M. A. Noginov, G. Zhu, M. Bahoura, J. Adegoke, C. E. Small, B. A. Ritzo, V. P. Drachev, and V. M. Shalaev
Enhancement of spontaneous and stimulated emission of a rhodamine 6G dye by an Ag aggregate, M. A. Noginov, G. Zhu, M. Bahoura, C. E. Small, C. Davison, J. Adegoke, V. P. Drachev, P. Nyga, and V. M. Shalaev
Effects of a carbon nanotube layer on electrical contact resistance between copper substrates, Myounggu Park, Baratunde A. Cola, Thomas Siegmund, Jun Xu, Matthew R. Maschmann, Timothy S. Fisher, and Hyonny Kim
Measuring the Interaction Force Between a Tip and a Substrate Using a Quartz Tuning Fork Under Ambient Conditions, Yexian Qin and R. Reifenberger
Growth of TiN/GaN metal/semiconductor multilayers by reactive pulsed laser deposition, Vijay Rawat and Timothy D. Sands
Thermionic emission from surface-terminated nanocrystalline diamond, Vance S. Robinson, Yoshiyuki Show, Greg M. Swain, R. Reifenberger, and Timothy S. Fisher
Self-consistent simulation of quantum transport and magnetization dynamics in spin-torque based devices, Sayeef Salahuddin and Supriyo Datta
Optical negative-index metamaterials, V. M. Shalaev
Ultrasensitive mass sensing using mode localization in coupled microcantilevers, Matthew Spletzer, Arvind Raman, Alexander Q. Wu, Xianfan Xu, and R. Reifenberger
Scanning Cytometry with a LEAP: Laser-Enabled Analysis and Processing of Live Cells In Situ, Peter Szaniszlo, William A. Rose, Nan Wang, Lisa M. Reece, Tamara V. Tsulaia, Elie G. Hanania, Cornelis J. Elferink, and James F. Leary
Calixarene-encapsulated nanoparticles: self-assembly into functional nanomaterials, Alexander Wei
Experimental characterization of anode heating by electron emission from a multi-walled carbon nanotube, T. Westover, Timothy Fisher, and F. Pfefferkorn
Capacitance-voltage studies on enhancement-mode InGaAs metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor using atomic-layer-deposited AI2O3 gate dielectric, Y. Xuan, H. C. Lin, P. D. Ye, and G. D. Wilk
Minority-carrier characteristics of InGaAs metal-oxide-semiconductor structures using atomic-layer-deposited A12O3 gate dielectric, Y. Xuan, P. D. Ye, H. C. Lin, and G. D. Wilk
Enhancement of thermal interface materials with carbon nanotube arrays, Jun Xu and Timothy Fisher
Enhanced Thermal Contact Conductance Using Carbon Nanotube Array Interfaces, Jun Xu and Timothy S. Fisher
Self-heating simulation of GaN-based metal-oxide-semiconductor high-electron-mobility transistors including hot electron and quantum effects, W. D. Xu, X. S. Chen, Z. J. Quan, C. S. Xia, W. Lu, and P. D. Ye
Topology Insensitive Location Determination Using Independent Estimates Through Semi-Directional Antennas, Chin-Lung Yang, Saurabh Bagchi, and William J. Chappell
A multifunctional micro-fluidic system for dielectrophoretic concentration coupled with immuno-capture of low numbers of Listeria monocytogenes, Liju Yang, Padmapriya P. Banada, Nigannad R. Chatni, Kwan Seop Lim, Arun K. Bhunia, Michael R. Ladisch, and Rashid Bashir
In situ XPS study of Pd(111) oxidation. Part 1: 2D oxide formation in 10 3 mbar O2, Dmitry Zemlyanov, Balazs Aszalos-Kiss, Evgueni Kleimenov, Detre Teschner, Spiros Zafeiratos, Michael Havecker, Axel Knop-Gericke, Robert Schlogl, Harald Gabasch, Werner Unterberger, Konrad Hayek, and Bernhard Klotzer
Publications from 2005
Allowed wavevectors under the application of incommensurate periodic boundary conditions, Timothy B. Boykin, Neerav Kharche, and Gerhard Klimeck