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Andrew C. Kummel is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Engineering and Materials Science.

The scientist has contributed extensively to several subfields, including:

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics

Kummel's work covers a range of specialized topics, notably:

  • Semiconductor materials and devices
  • Metal and Thin Film Mechanics
  • Ferroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices
  • Copper Interconnects and Reliability
  • GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials
  • Virus-based gene therapy research
  • MXene and MAX Phase Materials

The scientist has published in several key venues, where their presence is most frequent. These venues include:

  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Applied Surface Science
  • ACS Applied Nano Materials
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films

Recent papers by Andrew C. Kummel include:

  • "High Thermal Conductivity of Submicrometer Aluminum Nitride Thin Films Sputter-Deposited at Low Temperature" (2023), ACS Nano
  • "Stability of ferroelectric and antiferroelectric hafnium-zirconium oxide thin films" (2020), Journal of Applied Physics
  • "Complementary carbon nanotube metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors with localized solid-state extension doping" (2023), Nature Electronics
  • "Contact Engineering of Layered MoS2 via Chemically Dipping Treatments" (2020), Advanced Functional Materials
  • "Local epitaxial-like templating effects and grain size distribution in atomic layer deposited Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 thin film ferroelectric capacitors" (2021), Applied Physics Letters

The scientist often collaborates with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Kyeongjae Cho
  • Ping-Che Lee
  • Zichen Zhang
  • Aaron J. McLeod
  • Scott T. Ueda

Best Publications

  • Kelvin probe force microscopy and its application

    Wilhelm Melitz;Jian Shen;Andrew C. Kummel;Sangyeob Lee

  • Synthesis and surface functionalization of silica nanoparticles for nanomedicine.

    Alexander Liberman;Natalie Mendez;William C. Trogler;Andrew C. Kummel

  • Comparative gas sensing in cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc, and metal-free phthalocyanine chemiresistors.

    Forest I. Bohrer;Corneliu N. Colesniuc;Jeongwon Park;Manuel E. Ruidiaz

  • Gas sensing mechanism in chemiresistive cobalt and metal-free phthalocyanine thin films.

    Forest I. Bohrer;Amos Sharoni;Corneliu Colesniuc;Jeongwon Park

  • Scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy of gallium oxide deposition and oxidation on GaAs(001)-c(2×8)/(2×4)

    M. J. Hale;S. I. Yi;J. Z. Sexton;A. C. Kummel

  • Determination of population and alignment of the ground state using two‐photon nonresonant excitation

    Andrew C. Kummel;Greg O. Sitz;Richard N. Zare

  • Direct inelastic scattering of N2 from Ag(111). I. Rotational populations and alignment

    Greg O. Sitz;Andrew C. Kummel;Richard N. Zare

  • Impact of Nanoscale Elemental Distribution in High-Performance Kesterite Solar Cells

    Kasra Sardashti;Richard Haight;Tayfun Gokmen;Wei Wang

  • Selective Detection of Vapor Phase Hydrogen Peroxide with Phthalocyanine Chemiresistors

    Forest I. Bohrer;Corneliu N. Colesniuc;Jeongwon Park;Ivan K. Schuller

  • Iron(III)-Doped, Silica Nanoshells: A Biodegradable Form of Silica

    Kristina K. Pohaku Mitchell;Alexander Liberman;Andrew C. Kummel;William C. Trogler

  • Defect passivation of transition metal dichalcogenides via a charge transfer van der Waals interface

    Jun Hong Park;Jun Hong Park;Atresh Sanne;Yuzheng Guo;Matin Amani

  • Photovoltaic Device with over 5% Efficiency Based on an n‐Type Ag 2 ZnSnSe 4 Absorber

    Talia Gershon;Kasra Sardashti;Oki Gunawan;Ravin Mankad

  • Direct inelastic scattering of N2 from Ag(111). II. Orientation

    Greg O. Sitz;Andrew C. Kummel;Richard N. Zare;John C. Tully

  • Atomically abrupt and unpinned Al2O3/In0.53Ga0.47As interfaces: Experiment and simulation

    Eun Ji Kim;Evgueni Chagarov;Joël Cagnon;Yu Yuan

  • Ultrathin organic transistors for chemical sensing

    Richard D. Yang;T. Gredig;Corneliu N. Colesniuc;Jeongwon Park

  • Atomic Layer Deposition of Al2O3 on WSe2 Functionalized by Titanyl Phthalocyanine

    Jun Hong Park;Sara Fathipour;Iljo Kwak;Kasra Sardashti

  • Ag2ZnSn(S,Se)4: A highly promising absorber for thin film photovoltaics

    Evgueni Chagarov;Kasra Sardashti;Andrew C. Kummel;Yun Seog Lee

  • Hollow silica and silica-boron nano/microparticles for contrast-enhanced ultrasound to detect small tumors

    Alexander Liberman;H. Paul Martinez;Casey N. Ta;Christopher V. Barback

  • Hard shell gas-filled contrast enhancement particles for colour Doppler ultrasound imaging of tumors

    H. Paul Martinez;Yuko Kono;Sarah L. Blair;Sergio Sandoval

  • Determination of orientation of the ground state using two‐photon nonresonant excitation

    Andrew C. Kummel;Greg O. Sitz;Richard N. Zare

  • Analyte chemisorption and sensing on n- and p-channel copper phthalocyanine thin-film transistors

    Richard D. Yang;Jeongwon Park;Corneliu N. Colesniuc;Ivan K. Schuller

Frequent Co-Authors

William C. Trogler
William C. Trogler University of California, San Diego
Paul C. McIntyre
Paul C. McIntyre Stanford University
Ivan K. Schuller
Ivan K. Schuller University of California, San Diego
Kyeongjae Cho
Kyeongjae Cho The University of Texas at Dallas
Huili Grace Xing
Huili Grace Xing Cornell University
Alan Seabaugh
Alan Seabaugh University of Notre Dame
David C. Martin
David C. Martin University of Delaware
Thomas F. Hanisco
Thomas F. Hanisco Goddard Space Flight Center
Sanjay K. Banerjee
Sanjay K. Banerjee The University of Texas at Austin
Peter M. Asbeck
Peter M. Asbeck University of California, San Diego

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