Publications

Recent Publications

“Gated spin transport through an individual single wall carbon nanotube,” B. Nagabhirava, T. Bansal, G. U. Sumanasekera, B. W. Alphenaar, and L. Liu
Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 023503 (2006)

“Adsorption of oxygen molecules on individual single-wall carbon nanotubes,” A. Tchernatinsky, S. Desai, G. U. Sumanasekera, C. S. Jayanthi, S. Y. Wu, B. Nagabhirava, and B. Alphenaar, J. Appl. Phys. 99, 034306 (2006)

“Displacement current detection of photoconduction in carbon nanotubes,” A. Mohite, S. Chakraborty, P. Gopinath, G.U. Sumansekera, and B.W. Alphenaar,  Applied Physics Letters 86, 061114 (2005).

“Photocurrent spectroscopy of double wall carbon nanotubes,” A. Mohite, G.U. Sumanasekera, K. Hirahara, S. Bandow, S. Iijima and B.W. Alphenaar, Chemical Physics Letters, Volume 412, Issues 1-3, 25 August 2005, Pages 190-194

“Mechanisms of 1D Crystal Growth in Reactive Vapor Transport: Indium Nitride Nanowires,” Vaddiraju, S.; Mohite, A.; Chin, A.; Meyyappan, M.; Sumanasekera, G.; Alphenaar, B. W.; Sunkara, M. K. Nano Lett.; (Letter); 2005; 5(8); 1625-1631.

“Formation of highly transmissive liquid metal contacts to carbon nanotubes,” M. M. Yazdanpanah, S. Chakraborty, S. A. Harfenist, R. W. Cohn, and B. W. Alphenaar, Applied Physics Letters 85, 3564 (2004).

“Single-electron logic based on multiple-tunnel junctions,” Amakawa, K. Tsukagoshi, K. Nakazato, H. Mizuta, and B.W. Alphenaar,  in Mesoscopic Tunneling Devices, Hiroshi Nakashima ed., pp.71-104, Research Signpost, Kerala, India, 2004. ISBN: 81-271-0007-2.

“Electrical contacts to ultrananocrystalline diamond,” J.E. Gerbi, O. Auciello, J. Birrell, D.M. Gruen, B.W. Alphenaar, and J.A. Carlisle, Applied Physics Letters 83, 2001 (2003).

“Temperature mediated switching of magnetoresistance in Co-contacted multiwall carbon nanotubes,” S. Chakraborty, K.M. Walsh, B.W. Alphenaar, Lei Liu, and K. Tsukagoshi, Applied Physics Letters 83, 1008-1010 (2003).

“Carbon nanotubes for nanoscale spin electronics,” B. Alphenaar, S. Chakraborty and K. Tsukagoshi, in Electron Transport in Quantum Dots, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, (2003).

“Measurements of geometric enhancement factors for silicon nanopillar cathodes using a scanning tunneling microscope,” P.A. Lewis, B.W. Alphenaar, and H. Ahmed, Appl. Phys. Lett. 79, 1348 (2001).

“Spin transport in nanotubes,” B.W. Alphenaar, K. Tsukagoshi, and M. Wagner, Journal of Applied Physics 89, 6863 (2001).

“Near-infrared to visible up-conversion in a forward-biased Schottky diode with a p-doped channel,” J.S. Sandhu, J.R.A. Cleaver, A.P. Heberle, and B.W. Alphenaar, Applied Physics Letters 76, 1507-1509 (2000).

“Strategy for off-current suppression in thin-film transistors,” H.O. Muller and B.W. Alphenaar, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 38, L1525-L1527 (1999).

“Coherent transport of electron spin in a ferromagnetically contacted carbon nanotube,” K. Tsukagoshi, B.W. Alphenaar, and H. Ago, Nature 401, 572-574 (1999).