Nanoscale Research Laboratory

PAPADOPOULOS GROUP

Principal Investigator

Research Areas: 3N

Nanoelectronics – carbon nanotubes and related structures, electronic transport, nanoscale networks and devices.

Nanofabrication – self-assembly, nanolithography.

Nanomaterials – carbon nanostructures, biomolecular arrays, nanostructured composites.

**Currently accepting graduate student applications. Contact principal investigator for more information and other research positions that may be available.

Lab Capabilities

Atomic Force Microscope – noise level less than 0.25 nm, near-field scanning optical microscopy (NSOM), nanolithography.

Optical Microscope – 1.34 micron resolution (10X objective), 0.7 micron resolution (50X objective).

Quartz Tube Furnace – chemical vapour deposition (CVD), thermal annealing.

Processing – wet chemistry, spin coater, centrifuge, wire bonder, etc.

Electronic Characterization – probe station, source-measure system (sub-femtoamp resolution).

Recent Lab Publications

B. Omrane, C. Papadopoulos, A Direct-Write Approach for Carbon Nanotube Catalyst Deposition, IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology 9, 375 (2010).

C. Papadopoulos, Multi-level carbon nanotube architectures formed via directed self-assembly, Microelectronic Engineering 86, 840 (2009).

S. Motavas, B. Omrane, C. Papadopoulos, Large-Area Patterning of Carbon Nanotube Ring Arrays, Langmuir 25, 4655 (2009).

C. Papadopoulos, B. Omrane, Nanometer-scale Catalyst Patterning for Controlled Growth of Individual Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes, Advanced Materials 20, 1344 (2008).

C. Papadopoulos, R. S. van den Boogaard, S. Clutterbuck, G. M. Lindsay, S. R. Winnitoy, Large-area ordered C60 nanoparticle arrays, Nanotechnology 18, 245306 (2007).

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