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Preprints:

56. Tuning the effective fine structure constant in graphene: opposing effects of dielectric screening on short- and long-range potential scattering
C. Jang, S. Adam, J.-H. Chen, E. D. Williams, S. Das Sarma, M. S. Fuhrer
(arXiv:0805.3780)
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)
53. Microwave Rectification by a Carbon Nanotube Schottky Diode
Enrique Cobas and Michael S. Fuhrer
to appear in Applied Physics Letters (arXiv:0805.1899)

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)
50.  A Versatile Biomolecular Charge-Based Sensor Using Oxide-Gated Carbon Nanotube Transistor Arrays
H. Pandana, K. H. Aschenbach, D. R. Lenski, M. S. Fuhrer, J. Khan, R. D. Gomez,
IEEE Sensors Journal 8, 655 (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 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)
26. Rapid Imaging of Nanotubes on Insulating Substrates
T. Brintlinger, Yung-Fu Chen, T. Dürkop, Enrique Cobas, M. S. Fuhrer, John D. Barry, and John Melngailis
Applied Physics Letters 81, 2454 (2002). (download PDF)
25. High-Mobility Nanotube Transistor Memory
M. S. Fuhrer, B. M. Kim, T. Dürkop, and T. Brintlinger
Nano Letters
2, 755 (2002). (download PDF)

Press coverage of this article:
"A Little Bit of Memory," appearing in Editor's Choice: Highlights of the Recent Literature, Science, June 21, 2002.

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 YBa2Cu3O7-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. The electrodynamic response of K3C60 and Rb3C60 single crystals
L. Degiorgi, G. Briceno, M. S. Fuhrer, A. Zettl, P. Wachter and E. J. Nicol
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)
5. Nanotube Nanoelectronics
P. L. McEuen, J. Park, A. Bachtold, M. Woodside, M. S. Fuhrer, M. Bockrath, L. Shi, A. Majumdar, P. Kim
in Device Research Conference Digest, pp. 107-110 (IEEE; Piscataway, NJ, USA, 2001).
4. Ballistic Transport in Semiconducting Carbon Nanotubes
M. S. Fuhrer, M. Forero, A. Zettl, P. L. McEuen
in Electronic Properties of Molecular Nanostructures, pp. 401-4, H. Kuzmany, J. Fink, M. Mehring, and S. Roth, Editors (AIP Conference Proceedings, New York, 2001). (link to paper on AIP website)
3. Luttinger liquid behavior in metallic carbon nanotubes
R. Egger, A. Bachtold, M. S. Fuhrer, M. Bockrath, D. H. Cobden and P. L. McEuen
in Interacting Electrons in Nanostructures (eds. R. Haug and H. Schoeller) pp. 125-148 (Springer, Berlin, 2001).
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
ˇutić 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
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

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