User Projects


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Active User Projects

J. Hone, Columbia University, Theoretical modeling of a carbon nanotube hetero-junction and comparison with experiments, 2007-present

F. Liu, University of Utah, Engineering the optical properties of polyfluorenes through mechanical manipulation, 2007-present

V. Submaranian, UC-Berkeley, First-principles studies of switching in rotaxane molecular electronics, 2007-present

J. E. Moore, UC-Berkeley, Studies of spin and charge order in low-dimensional organic materials, 2007-present

N. A. Spaldin, UC-Santa Barbara, Electronic Structure of Multiferroics, 2007-present

C. J. Fennie, Argonne National Lab, Electronic Structure of Nanostructured Transition Metal Oxides for Energy Applications, 2007-present

Y.-W. Son, Konkuk University, South Korea, Electron and spin transport in graphene nanoribbons and nanoconstrictions, 2007-present

M. L. Cohen, UC-Berkeley, Adsorption, Diffusion, and Mass Transport on Nanotube Surfaces, 2006-present

K. M. Rabe, Rutgers University, Tuning the magnetic properties of SrRuO3 under epitaxial strain, 2006-present

M. S. Hybertsen and L. Venkataraman, Columbia University, Conductance of Amine Linked Single Molecule Junctions

J. R. Chelikowsky, University of Texas at Austin, Spin transport in nanoscale junctions, 2006-present

J. Bernholc, North Carolina State University, Theory of quantum transport in nanoscale and molecular devices, 2004-present

Completed User Projects

Prof. Efthimos Kaxiras, Harvard University, Level alignment and negative differential resistance in silicon-based molecular electronics

Dr. Mark Hybertsen and Prof. George Flynn, Columbia University, Aromatic molecular states at metal contacts

Prof. Jerry Bernholc, North Carolina State University, Theory of quantum transport in nanoscale and molecular devices

Prof. Roberto Car, Princeton UniversityExcited-state properties and dynamics of nanostructures in solution

Prof. Arun Majumdar, University of California, Berkeley (w/ Nanofab)Thermoelectricity in metal-molecule nanojunctions