Publications

  • Viva R. Horowitz, Brittany Carter, Uriel Hernandez, Trevor Scheuing, Benjamín J. Alemán, Validating an algebraic approach to characterizing resonator networks, Scientific Reports 14, 1324 (2024).
  • Brittany Carter, Uriel Hernandez, David J. Miller, Andrew Blaikie, Viva R. Horowitz, Benjamín J. Alemán, Coupled nanomechanical graphene resonators: a promising platform for scalable NEMS networks, Micromachines, 14(11), 2103 (2023).
  • John K. Wagner, Lizandra C. Godwin, Magda Hinojosa, Nadia Singh, Elizabeth A. Wentz, Benjamín J. Alemán, Mala Htun, What Constitutes Research Excellence? Experimental Findings on Factors Driving Faculty Perceptions of Tenure Candidates in STEM, 2023 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Baltimore, MD, United States, Paper ID #40319 (2023).
  • Brittany Carter, Viva R. Horowitz, Uriel Hernandez, David J. Miller, Andrew Blaikie, Benjamín J. Alemán, Spatial mapping and analysis of graphene nanomechanical resonator networks, arXiv:2302.03680 (2023).
  • Rachael Klaiss, Joshua Ziegler, David Miller, Kara Zappitelli, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Benjamín J. Alemán. Uncovering the morphological effects of high-energy Ga+ focused ion beam milling on hBN single-photon emitter fabrication. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 157(7), 074703 (2022).
  • Saba Moslehi, Conor Rowland, Julian H Smith, Willem Griffiths, William J Watterson, Cristopher M Niell, Benjamín J. Alemán, Maria-Thereza Perez, Richard P Taylor. Comparison of fractal and grid electrodes for studying the effects of spatial confinement on dissociated retinal neuronal and glial behavior. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 17513 (2022).
  • Saba Moslehi, Conor Rowland, Julian H Smith, William J Watterson, David Miller, Cristopher M Niell, Benjamín J. Alemán, Maria-Thereza Perez, Richard P Taylor. Controlled assembly of retinal cells on fractal and Euclidean electrodes. PloS One, 17(4), e0265685 (2022).
  • William J. Watterson, Saba Moslehi, Conor Rowland, Kara M. Zappitelli, Julian H. Smith, David Miller, Julie E. Chouinard, Stephen L. Golledge, Richard P. Taylor, Maria-Thereza Perez, and Benjamín J. Alemán. The Roles of an Aluminum Underlayer in the Biocompatibility and Mechanical Integrity of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes for Interfacing with Retinal Neurons. Micromachines, 11, 546 (2020).
  • David Miller, Andrew Blaikie, and Benjamín. J. Alemán. Non-volatile rewritable frequency tuning of a nanoelectromechanical resonator using photoinduced doping. Nano Letters , 20(4), 2378-2386 (2020). arXiv:1908.07609 
  • Andrew Blaikie, David Miller, and Benjamín. J. Alemán. A fast and sensitive room-temperature graphene nanomechanical bolometer. Nature Communications, 10(4726) (2019). arXiv: 1810.13422
  • David Miller and Benjamín. J. Alemán. Spatially Resolved Optical Excitation of Mechanical Modes in Graphene NEMS. Applied Physics Letters, 115, 193102 (2019)*. arXiv:1905.12172. * Editor’s Pick.
  • Josh Ziegler, Rachael Klaiss, Andrew Blaikie, David Miller, Viva R. Horowitz, and Benjamín. J. Alemán. Deterministic Quantum Emitter Formation in Hexagonal Boron Nitride via Controlled Edge Creation. Nano Letters, 19(3), 2121-2127 (2019). DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b00357.
  • David Miller, Andrew Blaikie, Brittany Carter, and Benjamín. J. Alemán. Engineering the Modal Shape of Graphene Nanoelectromechanical Systems Using Focused Ion Beam Milling. 2018 IEEE 13th Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference (NMDC). DOI: 10.1109/NMDC.2018.8605924 (2019)
  • Andrew Blaikie, David Miller, and Benjamín. J. Alemán. A fast, sensitive, room-temperature graphene nanomechanical bolometereter. arXiv: 1810.13422. In press at Nature Communications (2019).
  • Erik Leonhardt, Jeff M. Van Raden, David Miller, Lev N. Zakharov, Benjamín. J. Alemán, Ramesh Jasti. A Bottom-Up Approach to Solution-Processed, Atomically Precise Graphitic Cylinders on Surfaces. Nano Letters,18(12), 7991–7997 (2018).  ChemRxiv  
  • Joshua Ziegler, Andrew Blaikie, Aidin Fathalizadeh, David Miller, Fehmi S. Yasin, Kerisha Williams, Jordan Mohrhardt, Benjamin J. McMorran, Alex Zettl, and Benjamín. J. Alemán.  Single-photon emitters in boron nitride nanococoons. Nano Letters, 18(4), 2693-2688 (2018).
  • David Miller, Benjamín Alemán.  Shape tailoring to enhance and tune the properties of graphene nanomechanical resonators.  2D Materials, 4 (2), 025101 (2017)
  • J. C. Lee, D. O. Bracher, S. Cui, K. Ohno, C. A. McLellan, X. Zhang, P. Andrich, B. J. Alemán, K. J. Russell, A. P. Magyar, I. Aharonovich, A. C. Bleszynski Jayich, D. D. Awschalom, E. L. Hu.  Deterministic coupling of delta-doped NV centers to a nanobeam photonic crystal cavity.  Appl. Phys. Lett., 105, 261101 (2014).
  • Paolo Andrich*, Benjamín J. Alemań*, Jonathan C. Lee, Kenichi Ohno, Charles F. de las Casas, F. Joseph Heremans, Evelyn L. Hu, and David D. Awschalom.  Engineered Micro- and Nanoscale Diamonds as Mobile Probes for High-Resolution Sensing in Fluid.  Nano Letters, 14, 4949 (2014).  * Equally Contributing Authors. 
  • Kenichi Ohno, F. Joseph Heremans, Charles F. de las Casas, Brian A. Myers, Benjamín. J. Alemán, Ania C. Bleszynski Jayich, David D. Awschalom.  Three-dimensional localization of spins in diamond using 12C implantation.  Appl. Phys. Lett., 105, 052406 (2014).
  • Benjamín Alemán, Michael Rousseas, Yisheng Yang, Will Regan, Michael Crommie, Feng Wang, and Alex Zettl.  Polymer-Free Low-Tension Graphene Mechanical ResonatorsPhys. Status Solidi RRL (2013).
  • Kwanpyo Kim, Zonghoon Lee, Brad D. Malone, Kevin T. Chan, Benjamín Alemán, William Regan, Will Gannett, M. F. Crommie, Marvin L. Cohen, and A. Zettl. Multiply Folded Graphene. Physical Review B, 83:245433,  2011.
  • Jong Min Yuk, Kwanpyo Kim, Benjamín Alemán, William Regan, Peter Ercius, Thomas Duden, A. Zettl, and Jeong Yong Lee.  Graphene veils and sandwiches.  Nano Letters 11(8):3290-4, 2011.
  • Benjamín Alemán, Will Regan, Shaul Aloni, Virginia Altoe, Nasim Alem, Çaglar Ö. Girit, Baisong Geng, Lorenzo Maserati, Mike Crommie, Feng Wang and Alex Zettl.  Transfer-free batch fabrication of large-area suspended graphene membranes.  ACS Nano 4(8):4762-68, 2010.
  • Jeff A. Weldon, Benjamín Alemán, Allen Sussman, Will Gannett, and Alex Zettl.  Sustained Mechanical Self-oscillations in Carbon Nanotubes.  Nano Letters. 10:1728–1733, 2010.
  • Will Regan, Nasim Alem, Benjamín Alemán, Baisong Geng, Çaglar Girit, Lorenzo Maserati, Feng Wang, Mike Crommie, and Alex Zettl.  A direct transfer of layer-area graphene.  Applied Physics Letters, 96:113102, 2010.
  • Kathleen E. Fischer, Benjamín Alemán, Sarah L. Tao, R. Hugh Daniels, Esther M. L, Mark D. Bnger, Ganesh Nagaraj, Parminder Singh, Alex Zettl and Tejal A. Desai.  Biomimetic nanowire coatings for next generation adhesive drug delivery systems. Nano Letters, 9(2):716–720, 2009.
  • Heiner Linke, Benjamín Alemán, Laura Melling, Mike Taormina, Matt Francis, Corey Dow-Hygelund, Richard P. Taylor, Vinod Narayanan, and Amanda Stout.  Self-propelled Leidenfrost droplets. Physical Review Letters, 96:154502, 2006.