Department of Physics
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-1560

Lab: Phys/Astr B308
Tel: (206) 543 0435
Fax: (206) 616 2774

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

	Our scanning photocurrent studies of VO2 are finally submitted. Preprint will be posted soon (Dec '11)
	The ultrafast photocurrent measurements of graphene junctions which we collaborated is accepted by Nature Nanotechnology (Dec '11)
	Zaiyao Fei joins the group. Graphene contacts to VO2 (Oct '11)
	The Montana Instruments low-vibration closed-cycle optical cryostat with vapor cell arrives (Sep '11)
	Boris Dzyubenko joins the group, working on nanoguitars (June '11)
	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)
	Congratulations to Dr Zenghui Wang! (26 July '10)
	"Nano-optical investigations of the metal-insulator phase behavior of individual VO2 microcrystals" appears in Nano Letters (May '10)
	Hao-Chun Lee and Serkan Kasirga join the lab (Apr '10)
	The new 4K cryocooler arrives (15 Feb '10) and works (March)
	Phase transitions in monolayers on a nanotube yoctobalance paper appears in Science (29 Jan 09)    UW Press release
	Congratulations to Dr Jiang Wei! (10 December '09)
	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)
	Our VO2 nanobeams make the cover of Nature Nanotechnology (July 09). Paper
	Jae Park awarded a Nanotech UIF fellowship (June 09)