Collaborators

• A. Chandrakasan, MIT
• T. Palacios, MIT
• D. Boning, MIT
• G. Fedder, CMU
• T. Kazior, Raytheon
• G. Bourianoff, Intel

Graduate Students

• R. Marathe, Research Assistant, EECS
• W. Wang, Research Assistant, ME
• L. Popa, Research Assistant, Physics

Support Staff

• V. Dinardo, Admin. Asst.

Publications

W. Wang, D. Weinstein, “Acoustic Bragg reflectors for Q-enhancement of unreleased MEMS resonators,” IEEE Frequency Control Symposium (FCS 2011), San Francisco, CA, May 1-5, 2011.

W. Wang, L.C. Popa, R. Marathe, D. Weinstein, “An unreleased mm-wave resonant body transistor,” IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS 2011), 1341-44.

D. Weinstein, S.A. Bhave, “Acoustic resonance in an Independent-Gate FinFET,” Solid State Sensor, Actuator and Microsystems Workshop (Hilton Head 2010), Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, June 6-10, 2010.

D. Weinstein, S.A. Bhave, “The resonant body transistor,” Nano Letters 10(4) 1234-37 (2010).

D. Weinstein, S.A. Bhave, “Internal dielectric transduction in bulk-mode resonators,” IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems (JMEMS), 18(6), 1401-1408 (2009).

L. Sekaric, O. Gunawan, A. Majumdar, X.H. Liu, D. Weinstein, J.W. Sleight, “Size-dependent modulation of carrier mobility in top-down fabricated silicon nanowires,” Applied Physics Letters, 95(2), 023113 (2009).

D. Weinstein, S.A. Bhave, “Frequency scaling and transducer efficiency in internal dielectrically transduced silicon bar resonators,” International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers 2009), pp. 708-711.

D. Weinstein, S.A. Bhave, “Piezoresistive sensing of a dielectrically actuated silicon bar resonator,” Solid State Sensor, Actuator and Microsystems Workshop (Hilton Head 2008), pp. 368-371 (2008).

D. Weinstein, S.A. Bhave, “Internal dielectric transduction of a 4.5 GHz silicon bar resonator,” IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM 2007), pp. 415-418.

D. Weinstein, S.A. Bhave, “Internal dielectric transduction: optimal position and frequency scaling,” IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control 54(12), 2696-98 (2007).

D. Weinstein, S.A. Bhave, M. Tada, S. Mitarai, S. Morita, K. Ikeda, “Mechanical coupling of 2D resonator arrays for MEMS filter applications,” IEEE Frequency Control Symposium (FCS 2007), pp. 1362-1365.

Collaborators

• D. Bello, UMass-Lowell
• G. Chen, MIT ME
• R.E. Cohen, MIT ChemE
• H.-M. Duong, NUS
• E. J. Garcia, Gamesa
• K.E. Goodson, Stanford Univ.
• K. Gleason, MIT ChemE
• R. Guzman deVilloria, MIT XVI Postdoc
• A. J. Hart, Univ. of Michigan
• H. Thomas Hahn, UCLA
• S. Hofmann, Univ. of Cambridge
• S. Hong, Argonne Nat. Lab.
• K.F. Jensen, MIT ChemE
• S.S. Kessler, Metis Design Corp.
• W.-S. Kim, ShinWoo Inc.
• S.-G. Kim, MIT ME
• S.-H. Kim, Brown Univ.
• S. Maruyama, Univ. of Tokyo
• A. Miravete, Univ. Zaragoza
• D. Papavassiliou, Univ. Oklahoma
• D. Plata, MIT XVI and CEE
• M.F. Rubner, MIT DMSE
• L. Rocha, Univ. of Minho
• M. A. Schmidt, MIT EECS
• J.C. Seferis, Univ. Washington
• J. Shiomi, Univ. of Tokyo
• A. H. Slocum, MIT ME
• S. Socrate, MIT ME
• S.M. Spearing, Univ. Southampton
• K. Takahashi, UCLA
• C. Thompson, MIT DMSE
• M. Toner, MIT/Harvard/MGH HST
• H. Tuller, MIT DMSE
• N. Yamamoto, MIT XVI Postdoc
• Q. Zhang, Penn State Univ.

Graduate Students

• H. Cebeci, Visiting Student, XVI
• V. Drakonakis, Visiting, AA
• F. Fachin, Res. Asst., XVI
• M. Kim, Res. Assistant, DMSE
• A. Kudo, Res. Assistant, ChemE
• S.A. Steiner III, Res. Assistant, XVI
• S. Wicks, Res. Asst., XVI
• K. Takahashi , Visiting Student, AA

Undergraduate Students

• D. Barber, AA
• R .Li, AA
• N. Brei, AA
• D. Lindston, AA
• S. Kalamoun, Visiting AA

Support Staff

• J. Kane, Research Specialist
• P.M. Lee, Financial Officer
• S. Chapman, Admin. Assist. II

Publications

Duong, H.M., Yamamoto, N., Papavassiliou, D.V., Maruyama, S., and B.L. Wardle, “Morphology Effects on Non-isotropic Thermal Conduction of Aligned Single- and Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes in Polymer Nanocomposites,” J. Phys. Chem. C, (2011), 115 (10), 3872

R. Guzman de Villoria, N. Yamamoto, A. Miravete, and B.L. Wardle, “Multi-Physics Damage Sensing in Nano-Engineered Structural Composites,” Nanotechnology, vol. 22, 2011, p. 185502 (7pp).

G.D. Chen, F. Fachin, M. Fernandez-Suarez, B. L. Wardle, M. Toner, “Nanoporous Elements in Microfluidics for Multiscale Manipulation of Bioparticles”, Small, Vol.7 (8),2011,pp. 1061–1067.

Wicks, S.S., Guzmán de Villoria, R., and B.L. Wardle, “Interlaminar and Intralaminar Reinforcement of Composite Laminates with Aligned Carbon Nanotubes,” Composites Science and Technology, 70 (2010), pp. 20–28.

S. Liu, Y. Liu, H. Cebeci, R. Guzmán de Villoria, J.-H. Lin, B.L. Wardle, and Q.M. Zhang, “High Electromechanical Response of Ionic Polymer Actuators with Controlled-Morphology Aligned Carbon Nanotube/Nafion Nanocomposite Electrodes,” Advanced Functional Materials, Vol. 20, 2010, pp. 3266-3271.

M. Panzer, H.M. Duong, J. Okawa, J. Shiomi, B.L. Wardle, S. Maruyama and K.E. Goodson, Temperature-Dependent Phonon Conduction in Metalized Single Wall Carbon Nanotube Arrays, Nano Letters (2010), 10 (7), 2395.

Yamamoto, N., Quinn, D.J., Wicks, N., Hertz, J.L., Cui, J., Tuller, H.L., and B.L. Wardle. “ Non-linear Design for Microfabricated Large-area Self-supported Thin Plates in the Post-buckling Regime,” J. of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 20 (2010) 035027 (9pp).

Kim, M., Hoegen, M., Dugundji, J., and B.L. Wardle, “Modeling and Experimental Verification of Proof Mass Effects on Vibration Energy Harvester Performance”, Smart Materials and Structures, 19 (2010) 045023 (21pp).

Steiner III, S.A., Baumann, T.F., Bayer, B.C., Blume, R., Worsley, M.A., Moberlychan, W.J., Shaw, E.L., Hart, A.J., Hofmann, S., and B.L. Wardle, “Nanoscale Zirconia as a Nonmetallic Catalyst for Graphitization of Carbon and Growth of Single- and Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes,” J. American Chemical Society (JACS), Vol. 191 (94), 2009, pp. 12144–12154.

Cebeci, H., Guzmán de Villoria, R., Hart, A.J., and B.L. Wardle, “Multifunctional Properties of High Volume Fraction Aligned Carbon Nanotube Polymer Composites with Controlled Morphology,” Composites Science and Technology, 69 (2009), pp. 2649-2656. **

Guzmán de Villoria, R., Figueredo, S., Hart, A.J., Steiner III, S.A., Slocum, A.H., and B.L. Wardle, “High-Yield Growth of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes on a Continuously Moving Substrate,” Nanotechnology, 20 (2009) 405611. **

Vaddiraju, S., Cebeci, H., Gleason, K.K., and B.L. Wardle, “Hierarchical Multifunc-tional Composites By Conformally Coating Aligned CNT Arrays With Conducting Polymer,” ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Vol. 1, No. 11, 2009, pp. 2565-2572.

Duong, H.M., Yamamoto, N., Papavassiliou, D.V., Maruyama, S., and B.L. Wardle “Inter Carbon Nanotube Contact in Thermal Transport of Controlled-Morphology Polymer Nanocomposites”, Nanotechnology, Vol. 20, 2009.

Yamamoto, N., Hart, A.J., Garcia, E.J., Wicks, S., Duong, H.M., Slocum, A.H., and B.L. Wardle, “High-yield Growth and Morphology Control of Aligned Carbon Nanotubes on Ceramic Fibers for Multifunctional Enhancement of Structural Composites”, Carbon, Vol. 47 (3), March 2009, pp. 551-560.

Wardle, B.L., and S.M. Spearing, “Chapter 9, Structural Considerations”, ed. by A. Mitsos and P.I. Barton, Microfabricated Power Generation Devices: Design and Technology, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2009. ISBN: 978-3-527-32081-3.

Collaborators

• T. Daniel, Univ. Washington
• J.G. Hildebrand, Univ Arizona
• K.M. Lim, NUS, Singapore
• H. Ploegh, MIT
• L. Samson, MIT
• P. Sorger, Harvard Med. School
• J. White, MIT

Postdoctoral Associates

• K. Blagović
• C. T. Lo
• T. Sun
• W.-M. Tsang
• M. D. Vahey
• M. Castellarnau

Graduate Students

• M. Hoehl, Research Asst., HST
• L. Pryzbyla, Res. Asst., Biology
• P. Sampattavanich, Res. Asst., HST
• H.-W. Su, Research Asst., EECS
• S. Varma, Research Asst., EECS

Support Staff

• C. Collins, Administrative Assistant

Publications

M. D. Vahey and J. Voldman, “Emergent behavior in particle-laden microfluidic systems informs strategies for improving cell and particle separations,” Lab on a Chip, in press.

Y.-C. Toh and J. Voldman, “Fluid shear stress primes mouse embryonic stem cells for differentiation in a self-renewing environment via heparan sulfate proteoglycans transduction,” Faseb Journal, vol. 25, pp. 1208-17, 2011.

N. Mittal and J. Voldman, “Non-Mitogenic Survival-Enhancing Autocrine Factors Including Cyclophilin A Contribute to Density-Dependent mESC Growth,” Stem Cell Research, vol. 6, pp. 168-76, 2011.

S. P. Desai and J. Voldman, “Cell-based sensors for quantifying the physiological impact of microsystems,” Integrative Biology, vol. 3, pp. 48-56, 2011.

M. D. Vahey, J. P. Svensson, L. Quiros-Pesudo, L. D. Samson, and J. Voldman, “Genome-wide Analysis of electrical phenotype using iso-dielectric separation,” in Micro Total Analysis Systems, Groningen, Netherlands, 2010.

W. M. Tsang, A. L. Stone, Z. Aldworth, J. G. Hildebrand, T. Daniel, A. I. Akinwande, and J. Voldman, “Flexible Split-Ring Electrode for Insect Flight Biasing using Multisite Neural Stimulation,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 57, pp. 1757-64, 2010 Jul 2010.

W. M. Tsang, A. Stone, Z. Aldworth, D. Otten, T. Akinwande, T. Daniel, J. G. Hildebrand, R. Levine, and J. Voldman, “Remote control of a cyborg moth using carbon nanotube-enhanced flexible neuroprosthetic probe,” in IEEE MEMS, Hong Kong, China, 2010.

Y.-C. Toh and J. Voldman, “MULTIPLEX MICROFLUIDIC PERFUSION IDENTIFIES SHEAR STRESS MECHANOSENSING MEDIATORS IN MOUSE EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS,” in Micro Total Analysis Systems, Groningen, Netherlands, 2010.

Y.-C. Toh, K. Blagovic, and J. Voldman, “Advancing stem cell research with microtechnologies: opportunities and challenges,” Integrative Biology, vol. 2, pp. 305-25, 2010.

Vescle libraries – tools for dielectrophoresis metrology,” Langmuir, vol. 25, pp. 3867-75, 2009.

S. P. Desai, D. M. Freeman, and J. Voldman, “Plastic masters – rigid templates for soft lithography,” Lab on a Chip, vol. 9, pp. 1631-7, Jun 7 2009.

D. C. Daly, P. P. Mercier, M. Bhardwaj, A. L. Stone, J. Voldman, R. Levine, J. G. Hildebrand, and A. P. Chandrakasan, “A Pulsed UWB Receiver SoC for Insect Motion Control,” in ISSCC, San Francisco, 2009.

H.-H. Cui, J. Voldman, X.-F. He, and K.-M. Lim, “Separation of particles by pulsed dielectrophoresis,” Lab on a Chip, vol. 9, pp. 2306-2312, 2009

Collaborators

• A.I. Akinwande, EECS, MIT
• V. Hruby, Busek Co.
• C. Livermore, MechE, MIT
• P. Marek, US Army NSRDEC
• M.A. Schmidt, EECS, MIT
• K. Senecal, US Army NSRDEC
• S. Taylor, University of Liverpool

Postdoctoral Associates

• K. Cheung (co-supervised with A.I. Akinwande)
• X. Wang (co-supervised with A.I. Akinwande)

Graduate Students

• E. Field, Research Assistant, MechE
• E. V. Heubel, Research Assistant, MechE (co-supervised with A.I. Akinwande)
• S. Guerrera, Research Assistant, EECS (co-supervised with A.I. Akinwande)
• V. Jayanti, Research Assistant, EECS
• D. Jeng,  Research Assistant, EECS (co-supervised with A.I. Akinwande)

Undergraduate Students

• M. R. Overlin

Support Staff

• C. Collins, Admin. Asst. II

Publications

F. Eid, L. F. Velásquez-García, and C. Livermore, “Design, Fabrication, and Demonstration of a MEMS Steam Generator for Ejector Pump Applications”, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, Vol. 20, No. 20, 104007, 2010.

K. Cheng, L. F. Velásquez-García, and A. I. Akinwande, “Chip-Scale Quadrupole Mass Filters for Portable Mass Spectrometry”, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, Vol. 19 No. 3, pp. 469–483, 2010.

L. F. Velásquez-García, B. Gassend, and A. I. Akinwande, “CNT-based MEMS Ionizers for Portable Mass Spectrometry Applications”, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 484–493, 2010.

B. Gassend, L. F. Velásquez-García, and A. I. Akinwande, “Design and Fabrication of DRIE-Patterned Complex Needle-Like Structures”, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 589–598, 2010.

T. J. Hogan, S. Taylor, K. Cheung, L. F. Velásquez-García, A. I. Akinwande, and R. E. Pedder, ”Performance Characteristics of a MEMS Quadrupole Mass Filter with Square Electrodes – Experimental and Simulated Results”, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, Vol. 59, No. 9, pp. 2458 – 2464, 2010.

K. Cheung, L. F. Velásquez-García, and A. I. Akinwande, “High-Performance Square Electrode Quadrupole Mass Filters”, Technical Digest 23^rd IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems MEMS 2010, Hong Kong, SAR, China, pp. 867 – 870, Jan. 24 – 28 2010.

F. Eid, L. F. Velásquez-García, and C. Livermore, “Design, Fabrication, and Demonstration of a MEMS Steam Generator for Ejector Pump Applications”, Technical Digest 9^th International Workshop on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications, Washington DC, USA, pp. 41 – 44, December 1-4, 2009. (Article won best student oral presentation award).

L. F. Velásquez-García, B. Gassend, and A. I. Akinwande, “CNT-Based Gas Ionizers with Integrated MEMS Gate for Portable Mass Spectrometry Applications”, Technical Digest of 15^th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, Denver CO, USA, pp. 1646-1649, June 21 – 25, 2009.

B. Gassend, L. F. Velásquez-García, A. I. Akinwande and M. Martinez-Sanchez,“ A Microfabricated Planar Electrospray Array Ionic Liquid Ion Source with Integrated Extractor”, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 679 – 694, 2009.

B. Gassend, L. F. Velásquez-García, and A. I. Akinwande, “Precision In-Plane Hand Assembly of Bulk-Microfabricated Components for High Voltage MEMS Arrays Applications”, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 332 – 326, 2009.

L. F. Velásquez-García, K. Cheung, and A. I. Akinwande, “An Application of 3D MEMS Packaging: Out-Of-Plane Quadrupole Mass Filters”, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, Vol. 16, No. 6, pp. 1430–1438, 2008.

L. F. Velásquez-García and A. I. Akinwande, “Fabrication of Large Arrays of High-Aspect-Ratio, Single Crystal Silicon Columns with Isolated vertically Aligned Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube Tips”, Nanotechnology 19, (2008) 405305. (Article was the cover page and featured article of the issue 40 of the IOP Journal Nanotechnology).

Collaborators

• W. Higgins, RMD, MA
• I. D. Kim, KIST, Korea
• M. Martin & R. DeSouza, Aachen University, Germany
• D. Nocera, MIT
• R. Moos, Univ. Bayreuth Germany
• B. Yildiz, MIT
• K. Van Vliet, MIT

Postdoctoral Associates

• S. Bishop
• D.J. Yang
• P.S. Cho
• Y. Kuru

Graduate Students

• W. Jung, Res. Asst., MSE
• G. Whitfield, Res. Asst., MSE
• D. Chen, Res. Asst., MSE
• J. Engel, Res. Asst., MSE
• J.J. Kim, Res. Asst., MSE
• N. Thompson, Res. Asst., MSE

Support Staff

• A. Rothwell, Admin. Asst. II

Publications

C. Solís, W.C. Jung, H. L. Tuller and J. Santiso, Defect Structure, Charge Transport Mechanisms and Strain Effects in Sr₄Fe₆O_12+d Epitaxial Thin Films, Chem. Mater., 22, 1452–1461 (2010)

N. Yamamoto, D. J. Quinn, N. Wicks, J. L. Hertz, J. Cui, H. L. Tuller and B.L. Wardle, Nonlinear Thermomechanical Design of Microfabricated Thin Plate Devices in the Post-buckling Regime, J. Micromech. Microeng. 20, 035027-035036 (2010);

H. L. Tuller, S. J. Litzelman, and G. C. Whitfield, Electrical Conduction in Nanostructured Ceramics, in Ceramics Science and Technology Volume 2: Properties, Edited by R. Riedel and I-W. Chen, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2010, pp. 697-727.

I.-D. Kim, E.-K. Jeon, S.-H. Choi,  D.-K.Choi, and H. L. Tuller, Electrospun SnO₂ Nanofiber Mats with  Thermo-compression Step for Gas Sensing Applications, J. Electroceramics, 25, 159-167 (2010)

K. Sahner, H.L. Tuller, Novel Deposition Techniques for Metal Oxides – Prospects for Gas Sensing, J. Electroceram., 24, 1385-3449 (2010) published online September 25, 2008. Feature article.

S. R. Bishop and H. L. Tuller, W. Higgins, A. Churilov, G. Ciampi, L. Cirignano, H. Kim, F. Olschner, J. Tower, K. Shah, Defects and Ionic Conductivity in Single Crystal TlBr, ECS Transactions, 28 – Ionic and Mixed Conducting Ceramics 7, Vancouver, Canada. Accepted for publication.

P. Somasundaran, M. Chin, U. T. Latosiewicz, H. L. Tuller, B. Barbiellini, V. Renugopalakrishnan. Nanoscience and Engineering for Robust Biosolar Cells, in Bionanotechnology: Global Prospects, Ed. David Reisner, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA, 2011. Accepted for publication.

H.L. Tuller, S.R. Bishop, Tailoring Material Properties through Defect Engineering, Chem. Lett.  39, 1226-1231 (2010). Invited Highlight Review.

N. G. Cho, G.C. Whitfield, D. J. Yang, H.-G. Kim, H. L. Tuller, and I.-D. Kim, Facile Synthesis of Pt-Functionalized SnO₂ Hollow Hemispheres and Their Gas Sensing Properties, J. Electrochem. Soc., Accepted

K.S. Brinkman, H. Takamura, H.L. Tuller and T. Iijima, The Oxygen Permeation Properties of Nano-Crystalline CeO₂ Thin Films, J. Electrochem. Soc., 157, B1852-B1857 (2010).

S. J. Litzelman, R. A. De Souza, B. Butz, and H. L. Tuller, M. Martin, and D. Gerthsen, Heterogeneously Doped Nanocrystalline Ceria Films by Grain Boundary Diffusion: Impact on Transport Properties, J. Electroceramics 22, 405-415 (2009)

J. Hiltunin, D. Seneviratne, R. Sun, M. Stolfi, H.L. Tuller, J. Lappalaninen and V. Lanto, Crystallographic and Dielectric Properties of Highly Oriented BaTiO₃ Thin Films: Influence of Oxygen Pressure Utilized During Pulsed Laser Deposition, J. Electroceramics, 22, 395-404 (2009)

J. Hiltunin, D. Seneviratne, H.L. Tuller, J. Lappalaninen and V. Lanto, Optical Properties of BaTiO₃ Thin Films: Influence of Oxygen Pressure Utilized During Pulsed Laser Deposition, J. Electroceramics, 22, 416-420 (2009)

J. L. Hertz, A. Rothschild, and H. L. Tuller, Highly Enhanced Electrochemical Performance of Silicon-Free Platinum – Yttria Stabilized Zirconia Interfaces, J. Electroceramics. 22, 428-435 (2009)

Collaborators

• W.K. Choi, Prof., National University of Singapore
• S.J. Chua, Prof., NUS
• J.A. del Alamo, Professor, MIT
• C.L. Gan, Prof., Nanyang Technical University
• P.M. Gschwend, Prof. ECE, MIT
• A.J. Hart, Prof., U. Mich.
• Y. Li, Prof., NUS
• P.K. Liaw, Prof., U. Tenn.
• K.P. O’Brien, Intel
• T. Palacios, Prof., EECS, MIT
• D.L. Plata, Prof., Mt. Holyoke
• P. Rack, Prof. U. Tenn, ONL
• Y. Shao-Horn, Prof. MSE, Mech. E, MIT
• F. Stellacci, Prof., MSE, MIT
• K. Van Vliet, Prof., MSE, MIT
• D. Kim, Postdoctoral Research Associate, MSE, MIT
• L. Li, Postdoctoral Research Associate, MSE, MIT
• G. Nessim, Postdoctoral Res. Assoc.

Graduate Students

• A. Al-Obeidi, NSF Fellow, MSE
• Y.K. Khoo, SMA Fellow, NTU
• G. H. Kim, Res. Asst., MSE
• R. Mitchell, Res. Asst., MSE
• W. Sasangka, SMA Fellow, NTU
• J. Ye, Res. Asst., MSE
• H. Yu, Res. Asst., MSE
• Z. Wen, Res. Asst., MIT
• L. Zhang, Visiting Student, MSE

Support Staff

• K. Fitzgerald, Admin. Asst. II

Publications

G.D. Nessim, D. Acquaviva, M. Seita, K.P. O’Brien, and C.V. Thompson, The Critical Role of the Underlayer Material and Thickness in Grown Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes and Nanofibers on Metallic Substrates by Chemical Vapor Deposition, Adv. Funct. Mat. 20, 1306 (2010).

J. Yun, Rui Wang, W.K. Choi, J.T.L. Thong, C.V. Thompson, Mei Zhu, Y.L. Foo, M.H. Hong, Field emission from a large area of vertically-aligned carbon nanofibers with nanoscale tips and controlled spatial geometry, Carbon 48, 1362 (2010).

Q. Guo, J. Noh, P.K. Liaw, P.D. Rack, Y. Li, C.V. Thompson, Density change upon crystallization in amorphous Zr-Cu-Al thin films, Acta Materialia 58, 3633 (2010).

S.-W. Chang, J. Oh, S.T. Boles, C.V. Thompson, Fabrication of Silicon Nanopillar-based Nanocapacitor Arrays, Appl. Phys. Letts. 96, 153108 (2010).

P. Makaram, J. Joh, J.A. del Alamo, T. Palacios, and C.V. Thompson, Evolution of structural defects associated with electrical degradation in AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors, Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 233509 (2010).

J. Yun, Rui Wang, M. H. Hong,  J. T. L. Thong, Y. L. Foo, C. V. Thompson, and W. K. Choi, Converting carbon nanofibers to carbon nanoneedles: catalyst splitting and reverse motion, Nanoscale 2, 2180 (2010).

D. Kim, P. Makaram and C.V. Thompson, Microscale Oscillating Crack Propagation in Silicon Nitride Thin Films, Appl. Pys. Letts. 97, 071902 (2010).

J. Ye and C.V. Thompson, Mechanisms of complex morphological evolution during solid-state dewetting of single-crystal nickel thin films, Appl. Phys. Letts. 97, 071904 (2010).

S.-W. Chang, V.P. Chuang, S.T. Boles, and C.V. Thompson, Metal-Catalyzed Etching of Vertically-Aligned Polysilicon and Amorphous Silicon Nanowire Arrays by Etching Direction Confinement, Adv. Funct. Mat. 20, 4634 (2010).

Q. Guo, L. Zhang, A.S. Zeiger, Y. Li, K.J. Van Vliet,  and C.V. Thompson, Compositional dependence of Young’s moduli for amorphous Cu-Zr films measured using combinatorial deposition on microscale cantilever arrays, Scripta Materialia 64, 41 (2011).

J. Leib and C.V. Thompson, Weak Temperature Dependence of Stress Relaxation in As-Deposited Polycrystalline Gold Films, Physical Review B (Rapid Communication) B82, 121402 (2010).

H. Zhang, C.V. Thompson, F. Stellacci and J.T.L. Thong, Parallel fabrication of polymer-protected nanogaps, Nanotechnology 21, 385303 (2010).

J. Ye and C.V. Thompson, Anisotropic edge retraction and hole growth during solid-state dewetting of single crystal nickel thin films, Acta Materialia 59, 582 (2011).

G.D. Nessim, M. Seita, D.L. Plata, PhD; K.P. O’Brien, A.J. Hart, E.R Meshot; C.M. Reddy; P.M Gschwend; C.V Thompson, Precursor gas chemistry determines the crystallinity of carbon nanotubes synthesized at low temperature, Carbon 49, 804 (2011).

J. Ye and C.V. Thompson, Regular pattern formation through the retraction and pinch-off of edges during solid-state dewetting of patterned single crystal films, Phys. Rev. B82, 193408 (2010).

J. Oh and C.V. Thompson, A Tungsten Interlayer Process for Fabrication of Through-pore Anodic Aluminum Oxide Scaffolds on Gold Substrates, J. Eelectrochem. Soc. 158, K11 (2011).

J. Oh and C.V. Thompson, Abnormal Anodic Aluminum Oxide Formation in Confined Structures for Lateral Pore Arrays, J. Electrochem. Soc. 158, C71 (2011).

J. Ye and C.V. Thompson, Templated Solid-State Dewetting to Controllably Produce Complex Patterns, Advanced Materials 23, 1567 (2011).

J. Oh and C. V. Thompson, The role of electric field in pore formation during aluminum anodization, Electrochemica Acta 56, 4044 (2011).

Collaborators

• E. Alon, UC Berkeley
• K. Asanovic, UC Berkeley
• T.-J. King Liu, UC Berkeley
• A. Kavcic, U. Hawaii at Manoa
• D. Markovic, UC Los Angeles
• C-K. K. Yang, UC Los Angeles

Graduate Students

• W. An, EECS
• F. Chen, Res. Asst., EECS
• H. Fariborzi, Res. Asst., EECS
• M. Georgas, Res. Asst., EECS
• J. Leu, Res. Asst., EECS
• Y. Li, Res. Asst., EECS
• Z. Li, Res. Asst., EECS
• B. Moss, Res. Asst., EECS
• R. Sredojević, Res. Asst., EECS
• C. Sun, Res. Asst., EECS
• O. Uyar, Res. Asst., EECS

Publications

R. Sredojević and V. Stojanović, “Fully-Digital Transmit Equalizer
with Dynamic Impedance Modulation”, [Invited] IEEE of Journal
Solid-State Circuits, 25 pp., August 2011.

S. Song and V. Stojanović, “A 6.25 Gb/s Voltage-time Conversion Based
Fractionally Spaced Linear Equalization Receiver for High-speed
Links,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 46, no. 5, 15
pages, May 2011.

J. S. Orcutt, S. D. Tang, S. Kramer, H. Li, V. Stojanović, and R. J.
Ram, “Low-Loss Polysilicon Waveguides Suitable for Integration within
a High-Volume Electronics Process,” in Proceedings of Optical Society
of America – CLEO/QELS Conference, Baltimore, MD, 2 pp., May 2011.

S.D. Vamvakos, V. Stojanović, and B. Nikolić, “Discrete-Time, Linear
Periodically Time-Variant Phase-Locked Loop Model for Jitter
Analysis,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems-I, 16 pp.,
2011.

H. Kam, T.-J. K. Liu, V. Stojanović, D. Marković, and E. Alon, “Design, Optimization, and Scaling of MEM Relays for Ultra-Low-Power Digital Logic,” IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol. 58, no. 1, pp. 236-250, January 2011.

J. S. Orcutt, A. Khilo, C. W. Holzwarth, M. A. Popović, H. Li^, J. Sun, T. Bonifield, R. Hollingsworth, F. X. Kärtner, H. I. Smith, V. Stojanović, and R. J. Ram, “Nanophotonic integration in state-of-the-art CMOS foundries,” Optics Express, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 2335-2346, January 2011.

M. Spencer, F. Chen, C. Wang, R. Nathanael, H. Fariborzi, A. Gupta, H. Kam, V. Pott, J. Jeon, T-J. K. Liu, D. Marković, E. Alon, and V. Stojanović, “Demonstration of Integrated Micro-Electro-Mechanical Relay Circuits for VLSI Applications,“ IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits [Invited], vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 308-320, January 2011.

R. Sredojević, and V. Stojanović, “Digital Link Pre-emphasis with Dynamic Driver Impedance Modulation”, IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, San Jose, CA, pp. 1-4, September 2010.

F. Chen, A. P. Chandrakasan, and V. Stojanović, “A Low-power Area-efficient Switching Scheme for Charge-sharing DACs in SAR ADCs”, IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, San Jose, CA, pp. 1-4, September 2010.

F. Chen, A. P. Chandrakasan, and V. Stojanović, “A Signal-agnostic Compressed Sensing Acquisition System for Wireless and Implantable Sensors”, IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, San Jose, CA, pp. 1-4, September 2010.

H. Fariborzi, M. Spencer, V. Karkare, J. Jeon, R. Nathanael, C. Wang, F. Chen, H. Kam. V. Pott, T-J. K. Liu, E. Alon, V. Stojanović, and D. Marković, “Analysis and Demonstration of MEM-Relay Power Gating”, IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, San Jose, CA, pp. 1-4, September 2010.

S. Beamer, C. Sun, Y-J. Kwon, A. Joshi, C. Batten, V. Stojanović, and K. Asanović, ”Re-architecting DRAM with Monolithically Integrated Silicon Photonics,” 37th International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA-37), Saint-Malo, France, pp. 129-140, June 2010.

B. Bond, B., Z. Mahmood, R. Sredojević, Y. Li, A. Megretski, V. Stojanović, Y. Avniel, and L. Daniel, “Compact Modeling of Nonlinear Analog Circuits using System Identification via Semi-Definite Programming and Robustness Certification,” IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, vol. 29, no. 8, pp. 1149-1162, August 2010.

B. Kim and V. Stojanović, “An Energy-Efficient Equalized Transceiver for RC-Dominant Channels,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol.45, no.6, pp.1186-1197, June 2010.

F. Chen, M. Spencer, R. Nathanael, C. Wang, H. Fariborzi, A. Gupta, H. Kam, V. Pott, J. Jeon, T-J. K. Liu, D. Marković, V. Stojanović, and E. Alon, “Demonstration of Integrated Micro-Electro-Mechanical (MEM) Switch Circuits for VLSI Applications,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, San Francisco, CA, pp. 150-151, February 2010.** (Winner of the 2010 ISSCC Jack Raper Award for Outstanding Technology-Directions Paper).

Publications

D. D. He, I. A. Nausieda, K. K. Ryu, A. I. Akinwande, V. Bulovic, C. G. Sodini, “An Integrated Organic Circuit Array for Flexible Large-area Temperature Sensing,” International Solid-State Circuits Conference, 7-11 Feb. 2010.

K. Ryu, I. Nausieda, D. He, A. Akinwande, V. Bulovic, C. G. Sodini, “Bias Stress Effect in Pentacene Organic Thin-Film Transistors,” IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol. 57, pp. 1003-1008, May 2010.

K. M. Nguyen, A. Accardi, H. Kim*, G. W. Wornell, C. G. Sodini “Digital Phase Tightening for Millimeter-wave Imaging,” 2010 Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, Sept. 2010.

D. D. He, E. S. Winokur, T. Heldt, and C. G. Sodini, “The Ear as a Location for Wearable Vital Signs Monitoring,” 2010 Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference, Sept. 2010

I. Nausieda, K. Ryu, D. He, A. Akinwande, V. Bulovic, C. G. Sodini, “Dual Threshold Voltage Organic Thin-Film Transistor Technology,” IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, Nov. 2010.

Research Scientist

• L. Turicchia, EECS

Postdoctoral Associate

• R. Danial, EECS

Graduate Students

• S. Arfin, Res. Asst., EECS
• W. Wattanapanitch, Res. Asst., EECS
• B. Rapoport, Res. Asst., EECS
• S. S. Woo, Res. Asst., EECS
• A. Lewine, Research Student, EECS

Support Staff

• S. Davco, Admin. Asst.

Publications

L. Turicchia, B. Do Valle, J. Bohorquez, W. Sanchez, V. Misra, L. Fay, M. Tavakoli, and R. Sarpeshkar, “Ultra Low Power Electronics for Cardiac Monitoring,” Invited Paper, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I. Vol. 57, No. 9, pp. 2279-2290, 2010.

K. H. Wee, L. Turicchia, and R. Sarpeshkar, “Speech-coding strategies for speech prostheses,” Program No. D.18, Brain-Machine Interface, 2010 Neuroscience Meeting, San Diego, CA, Society for Neuroscience, 2010.

B. I. Rapoport, W. Wattanapanitch, L. Turicchia, and R. Sarpeshkar, “Implantable neural decoding systems,” Program No. D.18, Brain-Machine Interface, 2010 Neuroscience Meeting, San Diego, CA, Society for Neuroscience, 2010.

W. Wattanapanitch, D. Kumar, B. Do Valle, L. Turicchia, B. I. Rapoport, S. K. Arfin, S. Mandal, E. Hwang, R. A. Andersen, R. Sarpeshkar, “An ultra-low-power 32-channel wireless neural recording interface,” Program No. D.18, Brain-Machine Interface, 2010 Neuroscience Meeting, San Diego, CA, Society for Neuroscience, 2010.

K. H. Wee, L. Turicchia, R. Sarpeshkar, “An Articulatory Speech-Prosthesis System,” Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Body Sensor Networks (BSN 2010), pp. 133-138, 7-9 June 2010.

S. Mandal, R. Sarpeshkar, “A Bio-Inspired Cochlear Heterodyning Architecture for an RF Fovea,” Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, IEEE Transactions on, Vol. PP, No. 9, pp. 1-14, 2011.

B. Do Valle, C. T. Wentz, R.  Sarpeshkar, “An Area and Power-Efficient Analog Li-Ion Battery Charger Circuit,” Biomedical Circuits and Systems, IEEE Transactions on, Vol. PP, No. 99, 2011.