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Department of Physics
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-1560
Lab: Phys/Astr B308
Tel: (206) 543 0435
Fax: (206) 616 2774
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We study physical phenomena in nanoscale systems, in
particular nanowires and
nanotubes. We are particularly interested in many-body effects and questions surrounding phase transitions in small systems.
We are
motivated primarily by curiosity, but the physics is relevant to applications
such as sensing and the storage, transfer and generation of energy and charge.
We are collaborating very closely with optics experts,
especially Xiaodong Xu (UW
Physics) and Marcus Raschke (Boulder).
Lab news
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Our scanning photocurrent
studies of VO2 are finally submitted. Preprint will be posted
soon (Dec '11) |
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The ultrafast photocurrent
measurements of graphene junctions which we collaborated is accepted by
Nature Nanotechnology (Dec '11) |
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Zaiyao Fei joins the group.
Graphene contacts to VO2 (Oct '11) |
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The Montana Instruments
low-vibration closed-cycle optical cryostat with vapor cell arrives (Sep
'11) |
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Boris Dzyubenko joins the
group, working on nanoguitars (June '11) |
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Prof Xiaodong Xu arrives at
UW. We plan lots of interesting collaborations combining electrical and
optical measurements on a wide range of nanoscale systems (Sep '10) |
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Congratulations to Dr Zenghui Wang!
(26 July '10) |
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"Nano-optical investigations of the metal-insulator phase behavior of
individual VO2 microcrystals" appears in Nano Letters (May
'10) |
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Hao-Chun Lee and Serkan
Kasirga join the lab (Apr '10) |
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The new 4K cryocooler arrives
(15 Feb '10) and works (March) |
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Phase transitions in monolayers on a nanotube
yoctobalance
paper
appears in Science (29 Jan 09)
UW Press
release |
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Congratulations to Dr
Jiang Wei! (10 December '09) |
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DoE BES SISGR grant awarded:
"Intrinsic properties of correlated materials derived from combined
nanoscale transport and ultrafast spatio-temporal imaging experiments",
co-PI Markus Raschke (July 09) |
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Our VO2 nanobeams make the cover
of
Nature Nanotechnology (July 09).
Paper |
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Jae Park awarded a Nanotech UIF
fellowship (June 09) |
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