Current projects:

• Novel Carbon Nanotube Morphologies as building blocks for nanoelectronics

(In Collaboration with A.M. Rao, Clemson University, South Carolina)

Supported by the National Science Foundation and the Office of Naval Research

• Carbon Nanotube based Tactile Shear Force Sensors

• Electrochemistry of Carbon nanotubes- for application to biochemical sensors

• Electrical, Thermal, and Thermoelectric Characterization of Si/SiGe based superlattice structures

(Collaboration with N. Elsner and S. Ghamaty, Hi-Z Inc., San Diego)

Supported by the Hi-Z Inc. and the Von Liebig foundation

• Optical Delay Engineering and Anderson Localization in Silicon based nanostructures

(Collaboration with S. Mookherjea and S. Fainman, Electrical Engineering, UC, San Diego)

Supported by the National Science Foundation

• Manganese Acetate Based Integrated Molecular Electronics

(Collaboration with D. Hendrickson, Chemistry department, UCSD)

• Semiconductor surface – Organic molecule interactions

• Reliability issues in quantum mechanical devices

- The influence of defects

• Nano-fabrication techniques, especially electron-beam lithography, for tactile/shear sensor fabrication and Nano-Electro-Mechanical Systems (NEMS)

Past Projects

• Low temperature growth and characterization of Ge on Si photodetectors for nano-photonics applications

(Supported by the von Liebig foundation)

• Controlled ambient annealing for the synthesis of novel magnetic semiconductors

• Growth & Control of Carbon Nanotubes for Improved Electron Field Emission

(In collaboration with S. Jin, UC, San Diego)

(Supported by the UC discovery-Samsung collaboration)