Publications:

Preprints:

54. “Density inhomogeneity driven percolation metal-insulator transition and dimensional crossover in graphene nanoribbons,” S. Adam, S. Cho, M. S. Fuhrer, S. Das Sarma.  (arXiv:0804.2253)

Review Articles:

30. "Properties and applications of high-mobility semiconducting nanotubes," T. Dürkop, B. M. Kim, and M. S Fuhrer, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 16, R553-R580 (2004). (download PDF)

24. "Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Electronics," Paul L. McEuen, Michael S. Fuhrer, Hongkun Park, IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, 1, 78 (2002). (download PDF)

"Single-wall Carbon Nanotubes," Paul L. McEuen, Physics World, June 2000
(download PDF)

Research Articles:

51. “Optical measurement of thermal transport in suspended carbon nanotubes,” I-Kai Hsu, Rajay Kumar, Adam Bushmaker, Stephen B. Cronin, Michael T. Pettes, Li Shi, Todd Brintlinger, Michael S. Fuhrer, and John Cumings, Applied Physics Letters 92, 063119 (2008). (download PDF)

48. “Origins of 1/f noise in individual semiconducting carbon nanotube field-effect transistors,” David Tobias, Masa Ishigami, Alexander Tselev, Paola Barbara, Ellen D. Williams, Christopher J. Lobb, and Michael S. Fuhrer, Physical Review B Brief Reports 77, 033407 (2008). (download PDF)

47. “Intrinsic and Extrinsic Performance Limits of Graphene Devices on SiO₂,” J. H. Chen, C. Jang, S. Xiao, M. Ishigami, M. S. Fuhrer, Nature Nanotechnology 3, 206 - 209 (2008).  (Nature Nanotechnology version) or (arXiv:0711.3646)
Press coverage of this article: "Is Graphene the New Silicon?" NSF Press Release, March 27, 2008. "Carbon could enable fastest chips" by Colin Johnson, in EE Times, published online 25 March 2005. "Physicists Show Electrons Can Travel More Than 100 Times Faster in Graphene" UMD Newsdesk release, March 24, 2008. [see also stories at slashdot.org, tomshardware.com, softpedia.com, Scientific American Community, etc.]

46. “Charged Impurity Scattering in Graphene,” J. H. Chen, C. Jang, M. S. Fuhrer, E. D. Williams, and M. Ishigami, Nature Physics 4, 377 (2008).  (Nature Physics version) or (arXiv:0708.2408)

45. “Printed Graphene Circuits,” Jian-Hao Chen, Masa Ishigami, Chaun Jang, Daniel R. Hines, Michael S. Fuhrer, and Ellen D. Williams, Advanced Materials 19, 3623 (2007).  (available online at Advanced Materials)

44. “Gate-tunable Graphene Spin Valve,” Sungjae Cho, Yung-Fu Chen and Michael S. Fuhrer, Applied Physics Letters 91, 123105 (2007). (APL version) or (arXiv:0706.1597)

43. "Charge Transport and Inhomogeneity near the Minimum Conductivity Point in Graphene," Sungjae Cho and Michael S. Fuhrer, Physical Review B Rapid Communications 77, 084102(R) (2008).  (download PDF) or  (arXiv:0705.3239)

42. “Atomic Structure of Graphene on SiO₂,” Masa Ishigami, J. H. Chen, W. G. Cullen, M. S. Fuhrer, and E. D. Williams, Nano Letters 7, 1643 (2007). (download PDF)
Press coverage of this article: "Clean Up on Graphene" in Editor's Choice, Science, 15 June 2007.  "Graphene: What lies beneath" by Jessica Thomas, in Nature Nanotechnology, published online 25 May 2007.

41. “Transmission line impedance of carbon nanotube thin films for chemical sensing,” G. Esen, M. S. Fuhrer, M. Ishigami, and E. D. Williams, Applied Physics Letters 90, 123510 (2007). (download PDF)

40. “Realization and electrical characterization of ultrathin crystals of layered transition-metal dichalcogenides,”  Anthony Ayari, Enrique Cobas, Ololade Ogundadegbe, and Michael S. Fuhrer, Journal of Applied Physics 101, 014507 (2007). (download PDF)

39. “Hooge's Constant of Carbon Nanotube Field Effect Transistors,” Masa Ishigami, J.H. Chen, E.D. Williams, D. Tobias, Y.-F. Chen, M.S. Fuhrer, Applied Physics Letters 88, 203116 (2006).  (download PDF)

38. “Tuning from Thermionic Emission to Ohmic Tunnel Contacts via Doping in Schottky-Barrier Nanotube Transistors,” Y.-F. Chen and M. S. Fuhrer, Nano Letters 6, 2158 (2006).  (download PDF)

37. “Temperature Control of Electromigration to form Gold Nanogap Junctions,” G. Esen and M.S. Fuhrer, Applied Physics Letters 87 263101 (2005). (download PDF)

36. “Four-point resistance of individual single-wall carbon nanotubes,” B. Gao, Y.F. Chen, M.S. Fuhrer, D.C. Glattli, A. Bachtold, Physical Review Letters 95, 196802 (2005). (download PDF) or http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0505041

35. “Electric Field-Dependent Charge-Carrier Velocity in Semiconducting Carbon Nanotubes,” Yung-Fu Chen, M. S. Fuhrer, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 236803 (2005). (download PDF) or  http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0510158

34. "Bulk vortex matter in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+delta using Corbino disk contacts," Y. M. Wang, M. S. Fuhrer, A. Zettl, S. Nagashima, K. Oka, and Y. Nishihara, Physical Review B 71, 132507 (2005). (download PDF)

33. “A photolithographic process for fabrication of devices with isolated single-walled carbon nanotubes,”A. Tselev, K. Hatton, M. S. Fuhrer, M. Paranjape and P. Barbara,  Nanotechnology 15, 1475-1478 (2004). (link to paper on IoP website)

32. "Nanotransfer Printing of Organic and Carbon Nanotube Thin-Film Transistors on Plastic Substrates," D. R. Hines, S. Mezhenny, M. Breban, E. D. Williams, V. W. Ballarotto, G. Esen, A. Southard and M.S. Fuhrer, Applied Physics Letters  86, 163101 (2005). (download PDF) or http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0503463

31. "Near-perfect conduction through a ferrocene-based molecular wire," Stephanie A. Getty, Chaiwat Engtrakul, Lixin Wang, Rui Liu, San-Huang Ke, Harold U. Baranger, Weitao Yang, Michael. S. Fuhrer, Lawrence R. Sita, Physical Review B Rapid Communications 71, 241401 (2005).   (download PDF) or http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0409433
Press coverage of this article: "Molecular Electronics: Back under control," by Mark A. Reed, in Nature Materials, May 2004.

29. "High-Performance Carbon Nanotube Transistors on SrTiO₃/Si Substrates," B. M. Kim, T. Brintlinger, E. Cobas, M. S. Fuhrer, Haimei Zheng, Z. Yu, R. Droopad, J. Ramdani, K. Eisenbeiser, Applied Physics Letters 84, 1946 (2004). (download PDF)

28. "Extraordinary Mobility in Semiconducting Carbon Nanotubes," T. Dürkop, S. A. Getty, Enrique Cobas, and M. S. Fuhrer, Nano Letters 4, 35 (2004). (download PDF)
Press coverage of this article: "Nanotubes Prove the Best Semiconductors," in Research & Developments, Sensors magazine, February 2004.  Audio: "Semiconducting Nanotubes," on Science Update, January 28, 2004. "Nanotubes break semiconducting record," on CNET news.com, December 19, 2003. "Chipping at the limits of chips," by James M. Pethokoukis in Next News December 5, 2003, on USNews.com. "Study: Carbon nanotubes make the best semiconductors," by Tom Krazit, IDG News Service, December 4, 2003 on InfoWorld.com.

27. "Rotational actuators based on carbon nanotubes," A. M. Fennimore, T. D. Yuzvinsky, Wei-Qiang Han, M. S. Fuhrer, J. Cumings, A. Zettl, Nature 424, 408 (2003). (download PDF)

23. "Size effect on 3D-2D vortex phase transition in Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O₈", Y. M. Wang, M. S. Fuhrer, A. Zettl, Physical Review Letters 86, 3626 (2001). (download PDF)

22. "Scanned Probe Microscopy of Electronic Transport in Carbon Nanotubes", A. Bachtold, M. S. Fuhrer, S. Plyasunov, M. Forero, Erik H. Anderson, A. Zettl, Paul L. McEuen, Physical Review Letters 84, 6082 (2000). (download PDF)

21. "Crossed Nanotube Junctions", M. S. Fuhrer, J. Nygård, L. Shih, M. Forero, Young-Gui Yoon, M. S. C. Mazzoni, Hyoung Joon Choi, Jisoon Ihm, Steven G. Louie, A. Zettl and Paul L. McEuen, Science 288, 494 (2000). (download PDF)

20. "1/f Noise in carbon nanotubes," P. G. Collins, M. S. Fuhrer and A. Zettl,  Applied Physics Letters 76, 894 (2000). (download PDF)

19. “Transport through crossed nanotubes,” M. S. Fuhrer, A. K. L. Lim, L. Shih, U. Varadarajan, A. Zettl, and P. L. McEuen, Physica E 6, 868 (2000). (download PDF)

18. "Nonlinear transport and localization in single-walled carbon nanotubes," M. S. Fuhrer, W. Holmes, P. L. Richards, P. Delaney, S. G. Louie and A. Zettl,  Synthetic Metals 103, 2529 (1999). (download PDF)

17. "Localization in single walled carbon nanotubes," M. S. Fuhrer, V. H. Crespi, M. L. Cohen and A. Zettl,  Solid State Communications 109, 105 (1999). (download PDF)

16. "Carbon isotope effect in Rb₃C₆₀," M. S. Fuhrer, V. Crespi, M. L. Cohen and A. Zettl, Physical Review Letters 83, 404 (1999). (download PDF)

15. "Fluctuational Ettingshausen effect in single crystals of YBa₂Cu₃O_7-d," L. Lu, Y. X. Jia, M. S. Fuhrer, and A. Zettl, Physica C 282, 1547 (1997). (download PDF)

14. "Carbon isotope effect in single-crystal Rb₃C₆₀," M. S. Fuhrer, K. Cherrey and A. Zettl, Physica C 282, 1917 (1997). (download PDF)

13. "Josephson vortex lattice melting in Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O₈,"   M. S. Fuhrer, K. Ino, K. Oka, Y. Nishihara and A. Zettl, Physica C 282, 2041 (1997). (download PDF)

12. "Observation of Josephson vortex lattice melting in a highly anisotropic superconductor," M. S. Fuhrer, K. Ino, K. Oka, Y. Nishihara and A. Zettl, Solid State Comm. 101, 841 (1997). (download PDF)

11. "Investigation of the absorption edge of C₆₀ fullerite," C. Hartmann, M. Zigone, G. Martinez, E. L. Shirley, L. X. Benedict, S. G. Louie, M. S. Fuhrer and A. Zettl, Phys. Rev. B 52, R5550 (1995). (download PDF)

10. "Universal form of the Hall coefficient in K- and Rb-doped single-crystal C60," L. Lu, V. H. Crespi, M. S. Fuhrer, A. Zettl and M. L. Cohen, Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 1637 (1995). (download PDF)

9. L. Degiorgi, G. Briceno, M. S. Fuhrer, A. Zettl, P. Wachter and E. J. Nicol, "The electrodynamic response of K₃C₆₀ and Rb₃C₆₀ single crystals," Synthetic Metals 70, 1325-1327 (1995).

8. "Electrical-transport measurements of KC₆₀,"  J. Hone, M. S. Fuhrer, K. Khazeni and A. Zettl, Phys. Rev. B 52, R8700 (1995). (download PDF)

7. "Temperature dependent resistivity in Rb₃C₆₀: constant volume versus constant pressure," W. A. Vareka, M. S. Fuhrer and A. Zettl,  Physica C 235-240, 2507 (1994).

6. "Alkali-metal isotope effect in Rb₃C₆₀," B. Burk, V. H. Crespi, M. S. Fuhrer, A. Zettl and M. L. Cohen,  Physica C 235-240, 2493 (1994).

5. "Thermal conductivity of Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O₈ in the mixed state," G. Briceno, M. S. Fuhrer and A. Zettl,  Physica C 235-240, 1505 (1994).

4. "C₆₀ intercalated graphite: predictions and experiments," M. S. Fuhrer, J. G. Hou, X.-D. Xiang and A. Zettl, Solid State Comm. 90, 357 (1994).

3. "Normal-state transport properties of fullerene superconductors," A. Zettl, X.-D. Xiang, J. G. Hou, W. A. Vareka and M. S. Fuhrer, J. Superconductivity 7, 639 (1994).

2. "Optical measurements of the superconducting gap in single-crystal K₃C₆₀ and Rb₃C₆₀," L. Degiorgi, G. Briceno, M. S. Fuhrer, A. Zettl and P. Wachter, Nature 369, 541 (1994).

1. "Structural properties of vapor-grown C₆₀ crystals," B. Morosin, X.-D. Xiang, M. S. Fuhrer and A. Zettl, Appl. Phys. A 57, 171 (1993).

Conference Proceedings:

15. "Transfer printing as a method for fabricating hybrid devices on flexible substrates," D. R. Hines, A. E. Southard, A. Tunnell, V. Sangwan, T. Moore, J.-H. Chen, M. S. Fuhrer, and E. D. Williams, Proceedings of SPIE -- Volume 6658, Organic Field-Effect Transistors VI (Zhenan Bao, David J. Gundlach, Editors) 66580Y (2007). (link to paper on publisher's website)

14. "Four-terminal measurements of SWNTs using MWNTs as voltage electrodes," B. Gao, Y. F. Chen, M. S. Fuhrer, D. C. Glattli, A. Bachtold, Physica Status Solidi B 243, 3403 (2006). (download PDF)

13. "Patterned Carbon Nanotube Thin-Film Transistors with Transfer-Print Assembly," V. K. Sangwan, D. R. Hines, V. W. Ballarotto, G. Esen,  M. S. Fuhrer and E. D. Williams, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings 963, Q10-57 (2007). (download PDF)

12. "Current-carrying capacity of semiconducting carbon nanotubes," Yung-Fu Chen and Michael S. Fuhrer, Physica Status Solidi B 243, 3403 (2006). (download PDF)

11. “Electrodes for Carbon Nanotube Devices by Focused Electron Beam Induced Deposition of Gold,” T. Brintlinger, J. Melngailis, and M. S. Fuhrer, I. Utke T. Bret, A. Perentes, and P. Hoffmann M. Abourida and P. Doppelt, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B 23, 3174 (2005). (download PDF)

10. "Formation of Molecular-Scale Gold Nanogap Junctions via Controlled Electromigration," G. Esen, S.A. Getty, and M. S. Fuhrer, in Electronic Properties of Novel Nanostructures, pp. 534-537, H. Kuzmany, J. Fink, M. Mehring, and S. Roth, Editors (AIP Conference Proceedings, New York, 2005). (download PDF)

9. "Gate-Field-Induced Schottky Barrier Lowering in a Nanotube Field-Effect Transistor," T. Brintlinger, B.M. Kim, E. Cobas, and M. S. Fuhrer, in Electronic Properties of Synthetic Nanostructures, pp. 520-523, H. Kuzmany, J. Fink, M. Mehring, and S. Roth, Editors (AIP Conference Proceedings, New York, 2004). (download PDF)

8. "High-Mobility Semiconducting Nanotubes," T. Dürkop, E. Cobas, and M. S. Fuhrer in Molecular Nanostructures, pp. 524-7, H. Kuzmany, J. Fink, M. Mehring, and S. Roth, Editors (AIP Conference Proceedings, New York, 2003). (download PDF)

7. "Single-Electron Detection and Memory Using a Single Carbon Nanotube Defect", B.M. Kim, Y.F. Chen, and M.S. Fuhrer, in Fullerenes Volume 12: The Exciting World of Nanocages and Nanotubes, pp. 541-548, P. Kamat, D. Guldi, and K. Kadish, Editors (ECS Conference Proceedings, 2002). (download PDF)

6. "Nanotubes are High Mobility Semiconductors," T. Dürkop, T. Brintlinger, and M. S. Fuhrer in Structural and Electronic Properties of Molecular Nanostructures, pp. 242-6, H. Kuzmany, J. Fink, M. Mehring, and S. Roth, Editors (AIP Conference Proceedings, New York, 2002). (download PDF)

2. “Ballistic Transport in Semiconducting Carbon Nanotubes,” M. S. Fuhrer, U. Varadarajan, W. Holmes, P. L. Richards, P. Delaney, S. G. Louie, and A. Zettl,  in Progress in Molecular Nanostructures, H. Kuzmany, J. Fink, M. Mehring, and S. Roth, eds., pp. 69-73 (AIP Conference Proceedings, New York, 1998).

1. "Optical investigation of the electron-phonon interaction in C₆₀ fullerites," C. Hartmann, M. Zigone, G. Martinez, E. L. Shirley, L. X. Benedict, S. G. Louie, M. S. Fuhrer and A. Zettl, Proceedings of 22nd International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors , (ed. D. J. Lockwoods) pp. 2105 (World Scientific, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 1994).

Book Chapters:

“Luttinger liquid behavior in metallic carbon nanotubes,” R. Egger, A. Bachtold, M. S. Fuhrer, M. Bockrath, D. Cobden, and P. L. McEuen, in Interacting Electrons in Nanostructures, R. Haug and H. Schoeller eds. (Springer 2001).
(arXiv:cond-mat/0008008)

"Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Electronics," M. S. Fuhrer, in Advanced Semiconductor and Organic Nano-Techniques, H. Morkoc, Ed. (Academic Press, New York, 2003).
(download introduction in PDF)
(visit book web page)

Theses:

Tobias Durkop (Ph.D. May 2004): "Electronic Properties of Carbon Nanotubes studied in Field-Effect Transistor Geometries". (download PDF)

Unreferreed Articles:

"Spintronics: A path to spin logic," Igor Žutić and Michael Fuhrer, Nature Physics (News and Views) 1, 85 (2005). (download PDF)

Press:

"Is Graphene the New Silicon?" NSF Press Release, March 27, 2008.

"Carbon could enable fastest chips" by Colin Johnson, in EE Times, published online 25 March 2005.

"Physicists Show Electrons Can Travel More Than 100 Times Faster in Graphene" UMD Newsdesk release, March 24, 2008.
[see also stories at slashdot.org, tomshardware.com, softpedia.com, Scientific American Community, etc.]

"Clean Up on Graphene" in Editor's Choice, Science, 15 June 2007.

"Graphene: What lies beneath" by Jessica Thomas, in Nature Nanotechnology, published online 25 May 2007.

"Nanotech dazzles at College Park"  by Steve Berberich, in The Gazette (community newspaper in Maryland), Thursday, May 25, 2006.

Video: Nanotube research in the Fuhrer Lab was featured on the Nightly Business Report on PBS, November 23, 2005.  Watch the video here.

"University of Maryland gets an 'A' for its Nanotechnology Research" by Ellen McCarthy, in The Download, Washington Post, Thursday, July 7, 2005.

"Molecular Electronics: Back under control," by Mark A. Reed, in Nature Materials, May 2004.

"Nanotubes Prove the Best Semiconductors," in Research & Developments, Sensors magazine, February 2004.

Audio: "Semiconducting Nanotubes," on Science Update, January 28, 2004.

"Nanotubes break semiconducting record," on CNET news.com, December 19, 2003

"Chipping at the limits of chips," by James M. Pethokoukis in Next News December 5, 2003, on USNews.com

"Study: Carbon nanotubes make the best semiconductors," by Tom Krazit, IDG News Service, December 4, 2003 on InfoWorld.com.

"A Little Bit of Memory," appearing in Editor's Choice: Highlights of the Recent Literature, Science, June 21, 2002. (download PDF Format)

Talks:

Nanotube Nanoelectronics - Colloquium at University of Maryland, February 2004

Conductance in One Dimension: Nanotubes and Molecules - Condensed Matter Seminar at University of Maryland, September 2004