Research Highlights

2009

• Bilayer Graphene Gets a Bandgap, Feng Wang

• Chiral DNA Nanopyramids of Gold, A. P. Alivisatos

• Optical "Antimatter" S. Cabrini

• Steven Louie Elected Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences

• Miquel Salmeron Awarded Medard W. Welch Award of the American Vacuum Society

• First Live Action Movie of Carbon Atoms in Action, A. Zettl

• Nano Road to the Hydrogen Highway: Solar Water Splitting with Titanium Oxide Coated Nanowires, P. Yang

• Spinning a Magnetic Vortex by Spin Currents: Nanoscale Imaging of "Spin Torque", P Fischer

• Domain Walls that Conduct Electricity: Exploring the Ultimate Nanoscale for Future Electronics, R. Ramesh

• Javey Wins National Academy of Sciences Award

• A Tough Pearl to Crack: Artificial Ceramic Mimics Mechanical Properties of Mother of Pearl, R.O. Ritchie, A. Tomsia

• Carbon Nanohoops: Shortest Segment of a Carbon Nanotube Synthesized, C. Bertozzi, J.Neaton

2008

• Nano-Sized Jaws Perform Like Proteins, R. Zuckermann

• Catalyst Atoms Shown to Move During Reaction, M. Salmeron, G. Somorjai

• Atomic Scale Electronic Imaging of Graphene Devices, M. F. Crommie

• Quantum Information Storage in Silicon, E. E. Haller, J. W. Ager

• Artificial Enzyme Catalyzes Multi-Step Chemical Reaction, J. M.J. Fréchet

• Bone is Tough Where it Matters: 5-Fold Greater Fracture Resistance for Short Cracks Across vs. Along Length, R.O. Ritchie

• Single Atom Resolution Achieved in Graphene: Individual Carbon Atoms and Defects Imaged, C. Kisielowski, A. Zettl

• Silicon Nanowire Thermovoltaics: Electricity from Waste Heat, A. Majumdar, P. Yang

• Somorjai Wins Priestly Medal of the American Chemical Society

• Microreactor MRI, A. Pines

• Orenstein Wins American Physical Society Prize

• Nanoscale Junctions: A Molecular Foundry User Project

• Frechet wins 2007 Dickson Prize

• MSD/Foundry Researchers Recognized by Scientific American and Discover Magazine

• Nanowires and Living Cells–Injection of Quantum Dots and Genes Demonstrated, C. Bertozzi

• Shape Control of Bimetallic Nanocrystals, P. Yang

2007

• Ramesh Wins MRS Turnbull Award for Multi-Ferroics Research

• Single Molecule Thermoelectricity, A. Majumdar, R. Segalman

• Innovation Awards for Segalman and Pines

• MSD Investigator Honored by Venture Capital Firm—Segalman Recognized for Technological Promise

• Innovation Awards for Segalman and Pines

• The World's Smallest Piston—Light Reversibly Changes the Shape of Single Molecules, M. Crommie

• Superheating, Supercooling, and Hysteresis in Semiconductor Nanocrystals D. Chrzan, J.W. Ager and E.E. Haller

• Striped Nanorods, P. Alivisatos

• A Nanoradio: Carbon Nanotube Device is Smallest Ever Made , A. Zettl

• Good Vibrations: Terahertz Radiation Controls Material Properties, R. Schoenlein

• Current-Driven Domain Wall Motion in Nanowires—A Step Toward Magnetic Data Storage without Rotating Disks, Peter Fischer

• Green is Gold for the Molecular Foundry—Sustainable Design recognized by Green Building Council

• Molecular Foundry Goes "Beyond Green"

• Deformation on the Nanoscale—Tiny Imperfect Crystals Are Still Very Strong, A. Minor

2006

• Nanowires Increase Electron Conduction 100-Fold in Solar Cell, P. Yang

• A Guiding Light at the Nanoscale: Wire and Ribbon Photonics, P. Yang

• Fluid Flow Visualization in Porous Materials—New Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technique Develope
  Of Friction and the DaVinci Code, M. Salmeron

• p-type Indium Nitride Achieved: Breakthrough in New Solar Cell Material, W. Walukiewicz

• "Multi-Band" Solar Cell Technology Wins R&D 100 Award and is Licensed for Commercial Applications
  All Inorganic Nanocrystal Solar Cells Fabricated: Absence of Organic Components Lead to Increased Robustness, A. P. Alivisatos

• Nature Suggests a Promising Strategy for Lightweight Composites: Scientific American Names Tomsia One of the Year's Top 50 Technology Leaders for the Discovery, A. Tomsia

• Spin Currrents Encounter Friction, J. Orenstein

• Molecular Foundry Scientist Educates Journalists–Scientific Literacy Project, SF, M. Salmeron

2005

• Lab Scientist Interviewed on Hispanic Public Radio Camino al Futuro (Road to the Future), M. Salmeron

• Sea-Salt Aerosol Surfaces—New Synchrotron Spectroscopy Technique Probes Solution DynamicsIsotopically Controlled Silicon Single Crystals—Multinational Teams Determine Bandgap in Ultrapure Crystals E. E. Haller, J. W. Ager

• Atomic Mechanisms of Liquid Metal Spreading, A. Tomsia and E. Saiz

• Atomic-Scale Studies of Ceramic Grain Boundaries: LBNL and ORNL—Key Insights into Mechanical Properties Obtained, R. O. Ritchie

• Ultrafast Phase Transitions, Shedding Light on the Unique Properties of “Correlated” Materials, R. Schoenlein

• Sub-15 nm Spatial Resolution Soft X-ray Microscopy A New Tool for Nanoscience, A. Little, E. Anderson

• Electron Microscopy of Stardust, New Light Shed on a 40-Year-Old Mystery, Nigel Browning

• Brownian Motion Observed in Metals, U. Dahmen