Zettl Research Group Condensed Matter Physics Department of Physics University of California at Berkeley

Research Projects

Nanotubes, Fullerenes and other Nanostructures:

• Nanotube Synthesis and Purification
• Non-Carbon Nanotubes, Nanowires, and Nanoparticles
  • Boron-Nitride Nanotubes
  • Heterogeneous Nanorods and Nanotubes
  • Nanoparticles
• TEM in-situ Nanotube Manipulation
• Nanoscale Electromechanical Systems (NEMS) incorporating Carbon Nanotubes
  • Nanotube Springs and Linear Bearings
  • Nanoscale Actuators, Rotational Bearings, and Motors
• Transport Properties of Nanotubes 
• Field Emission from Carbon Nanotubes
• Functionalized Nanostructures
• TEM and SEM Imaging of Nanostructures
• Novel Caged Structures
  • Endohedrals 
  • C₃₆
    
• Peapods and Silo Crystals
• Alkali-doped Fullerenes

High Temperature Superconductors

• Vortex dynamics in Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O_8+d (Bi2212)
• MgB2 

Scanning Probe Microscopy

• Low Temperature, UHV Scanning Tunneling Miscroscopy  
• High Vacuum and controlled atmosphere Scanned Probe Microscopy

High Pressure Material Characterization

• High Pressure Transport  

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