MTL Annual Research Report 2011

Collaborators

• W.K. Choi, Prof., National University of Singapore
• S.J. Chua, Prof., NUS
• J.A. del Alamo, Professor, MIT
• C.L. Gan, Prof., Nanyang Technical University
• P.M. Gschwend, Prof. ECE, MIT
• A.J. Hart, Prof., U. Mich.
• Y. Li, Prof., NUS
• P.K. Liaw, Prof., U. Tenn.
• K.P. O’Brien, Intel
• T. Palacios, Prof., EECS, MIT
• D.L. Plata, Prof., Mt. Holyoke
• P. Rack, Prof. U. Tenn, ONL
• Y. Shao-Horn, Prof. MSE, Mech. E, MIT
• F. Stellacci, Prof., MSE, MIT
• K. Van Vliet, Prof., MSE, MIT
• D. Kim, Postdoctoral Research Associate, MSE, MIT
• L. Li, Postdoctoral Research Associate, MSE, MIT
• G. Nessim, Postdoctoral Res. Assoc.

Graduate Students

• A. Al-Obeidi, NSF Fellow, MSE
• Y.K. Khoo, SMA Fellow, NTU
• G. H. Kim, Res. Asst., MSE
• R. Mitchell, Res. Asst., MSE
• W. Sasangka, SMA Fellow, NTU
• J. Ye, Res. Asst., MSE
• H. Yu, Res. Asst., MSE
• Z. Wen, Res. Asst., MIT
• L. Zhang, Visiting Student, MSE

Support Staff

• K. Fitzgerald, Admin. Asst. II

Publications

G.D. Nessim, D. Acquaviva, M. Seita, K.P. O’Brien, and C.V. Thompson, The Critical Role of the Underlayer Material and Thickness in Grown Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes and Nanofibers on Metallic Substrates by Chemical Vapor Deposition, Adv. Funct. Mat. 20, 1306 (2010).

J. Yun, Rui Wang, W.K. Choi, J.T.L. Thong, C.V. Thompson, Mei Zhu, Y.L. Foo, M.H. Hong, Field emission from a large area of vertically-aligned carbon nanofibers with nanoscale tips and controlled spatial geometry, Carbon 48, 1362 (2010).

Q. Guo, J. Noh, P.K. Liaw, P.D. Rack, Y. Li, C.V. Thompson, Density change upon crystallization in amorphous Zr-Cu-Al thin films, Acta Materialia 58, 3633 (2010).

S.-W. Chang, J. Oh, S.T. Boles, C.V. Thompson, Fabrication of Silicon Nanopillar-based Nanocapacitor Arrays, Appl. Phys. Letts. 96, 153108 (2010).

P. Makaram, J. Joh, J.A. del Alamo, T. Palacios, and C.V. Thompson, Evolution of structural defects associated with electrical degradation in AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors, Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 233509 (2010).

J. Yun, Rui Wang, M. H. Hong,  J. T. L. Thong, Y. L. Foo, C. V. Thompson, and W. K. Choi, Converting carbon nanofibers to carbon nanoneedles: catalyst splitting and reverse motion, Nanoscale 2, 2180 (2010).

D. Kim, P. Makaram and C.V. Thompson, Microscale Oscillating Crack Propagation in Silicon Nitride Thin Films, Appl. Pys. Letts. 97, 071902 (2010).

J. Ye and C.V. Thompson, Mechanisms of complex morphological evolution during solid-state dewetting of single-crystal nickel thin films, Appl. Phys. Letts. 97, 071904 (2010).

S.-W. Chang, V.P. Chuang, S.T. Boles, and C.V. Thompson, Metal-Catalyzed Etching of Vertically-Aligned Polysilicon and Amorphous Silicon Nanowire Arrays by Etching Direction Confinement, Adv. Funct. Mat. 20, 4634 (2010).

Q. Guo, L. Zhang, A.S. Zeiger, Y. Li, K.J. Van Vliet,  and C.V. Thompson, Compositional dependence of Young’s moduli for amorphous Cu-Zr films measured using combinatorial deposition on microscale cantilever arrays, Scripta Materialia 64, 41 (2011).

J. Leib and C.V. Thompson, Weak Temperature Dependence of Stress Relaxation in As-Deposited Polycrystalline Gold Films, Physical Review B (Rapid Communication) B82, 121402 (2010).

H. Zhang, C.V. Thompson, F. Stellacci and J.T.L. Thong, Parallel fabrication of polymer-protected nanogaps, Nanotechnology 21, 385303 (2010).

J. Ye and C.V. Thompson, Anisotropic edge retraction and hole growth during solid-state dewetting of single crystal nickel thin films, Acta Materialia 59, 582 (2011).

G.D. Nessim, M. Seita, D.L. Plata, PhD; K.P. O’Brien, A.J. Hart, E.R Meshot; C.M. Reddy; P.M Gschwend; C.V Thompson, Precursor gas chemistry determines the crystallinity of carbon nanotubes synthesized at low temperature, Carbon 49, 804 (2011).

J. Ye and C.V. Thompson, Regular pattern formation through the retraction and pinch-off of edges during solid-state dewetting of patterned single crystal films, Phys. Rev. B82, 193408 (2010).

J. Oh and C.V. Thompson, A Tungsten Interlayer Process for Fabrication of Through-pore Anodic Aluminum Oxide Scaffolds on Gold Substrates, J. Eelectrochem. Soc. 158, K11 (2011).

J. Oh and C.V. Thompson, Abnormal Anodic Aluminum Oxide Formation in Confined Structures for Lateral Pore Arrays, J. Electrochem. Soc. 158, C71 (2011).

J. Ye and C.V. Thompson, Templated Solid-State Dewetting to Controllably Produce Complex Patterns, Advanced Materials 23, 1567 (2011).

J. Oh and C. V. Thompson, The role of electric field in pore formation during aluminum anodization, Electrochemica Acta 56, 4044 (2011).