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Arto V. Nurmikko

Arto V. Nurmikko

D-Index & Metrics

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
74
Citations
22768
World Ranking
706
National Ranking
312

Materials Science

D-Index
74
Citations
23316
World Ranking
3576
National Ranking
983

Physics

D-Index
79
Citations
24756
World Ranking
3087
National Ranking
1481

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2000 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to laser science and optoelectronics devices.
  • 1992 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1990 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For optical, magnetooptical, and shortpulse, studies of IIVI semiconductors, diluted magnetic semiconductors, and related heterostructures

Overview

Arto V. Nurmikko is affiliated with Brown University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on the intersection of neuroscience and engineering, encompassing fields such as neuroscience, biomedical engineering, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The scientist has contributed extensively to several subfields, including:

  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Computer Networks and Communications

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Advanced Memory and Neural Computing
  • Molecular Communication and Nanonetworks
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks

Arto V. Nurmikko has published several papers in notable venues with some examples of recent publications being:

  • "An asynchronous wireless network for capturing event-driven data from large populations of autonomous sensors," 2024, Nature Electronics
  • "Neural recording and stimulation using wireless networks of microimplants," 2021, Nature Electronics
  • "Home Use of a Percutaneous Wireless Intracortical Brain-Computer Interface by Individuals With Tetraplegia," 2021, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
  • "Challenges for Large-Scale Cortical Interfaces," 2020, Neuron
  • "A Scalable and Low Stress Post-CMOS Processing Technique for Implantable Microsensors," 2020, Micromachines

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Vincent Leung
  • Ji-Hun Lee
  • Ah-Hyoung Lee
  • L.E. Larson
  • Farah Laiwalla

The scientist's publications have appeared repeatedly in certain venues, particularly:

  • Nature Electronics
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Nature Communications
  • IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Their contributions have been recognized through several awards, including:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2007
  • IEEE Fellow, 2000, for contributions to laser science and optoelectronics devices
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1992
  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS), 1990, cited for studies in optical, magnetooptical, and short-pulse properties of semiconductors and related heterostructures

Best Publications

  • Optical properties of manganese-doped nanocrystals of ZnS.

    R. N. Bhargava;D. Gallagher;X. Hong;A. Nurmikko

  • Dielectric confinement effect on excitons in PbI4-based layered semiconductors.

    X. Hong;T. Ishihara;A. V. Nurmikko

  • Strongly Interacting Plasmon Nanoparticle Pairs: From Dipole−Dipole Interaction to Conductively Coupled Regime

    Tolga Atay;Jung-Hoon Song;Arto V. Nurmikko

  • Blue‐green injection laser diodes in (Zn,Cd)Se/ZnSe quantum wells

    H. Jeon;J. Ding;W. Patterson;A. V. Nurmikko

  • Red, green, and blue lasing enabled by single-exciton gain in colloidal quantum dot films

    Arto V. Nurmikko;Cuong Dang

  • Pathway-Specific Feedforward Circuits between Thalamus and Neocortex Revealed by Selective Optical Stimulation of Axons

    Scott J. Cruikshank;Hayato Urabe;Arto V. Nurmikko;Barry W. Connors

  • Large enhancement of fluorescence efficiency from CdSe/ZnS quantum dots induced by resonant coupling to spatially controlled surface plasmons.

    Jung-Hoon Song;Tolga Atay;Sufei Shi;Hayato Urabe

  • Nanotools for Neuroscience and Brain Activity Mapping

    A. Paul Alivisatos;Anne M. Andrews;Edward S. Boyden;Miyoung Chun

  • An implantable wireless neural interface for recording cortical circuit dynamics in moving primates

    David A Borton;Ming Yin;Juan Aceros;Arto Nurmikko

  • AlGaN/GaN quantum well ultraviolet light emitting diodes

    J. Han;M. H. Crawford;R. J. Shul;J. J. Figiel

  • Excitonic gain and laser emission in ZnSe-based quantum wells.

    J. Ding;H. Jeon;T. Ishihara;M. Hagerott

  • Methods for fabricating light emitting devices having aluminum gallium indium nitride structures and mirror stacks

    Carrie Carter Coman;R. Scott Kern;Fred A. Kish;Michael R Krames

  • Compact Blue-Green Lasers

    William P. Risk;Timothy R. Gosnell;Arto V. Nurmikko

  • Graded band gap ohmic contact to p‐ZnSe

    Y. Fan;J. Han;L. He;J. Saraie

  • Strong coupling in a microcavity LED.

    Jonathan R. Tischler;M. Scott Bradley;Vladimir Bulović;Jung Hoon Song

  • A Photonic Crystal Laser from Solution Based Organo-Lead Iodide Perovskite Thin Films.

    Songtao Chen;Kwangdong Roh;Joonhee Lee;Wee Kiang Chong

  • Assistive technology and robotic control using motor cortex ensemble-based neural interface systems in humans with tetraplegia.

    John P. Donoghue;Arto Nurmikko;Michael Black;Leigh R. Hochberg

  • Ultrafast Time Resolved Photoinduced Magnetization Rotation in a Ferromagnetic/Antiferromagnetic Exchange Coupled System

    Ganping Ju;A. V. Nurmikko;R. F. C. Farrow;R. F. Marks

  • Integrated device for optical stimulation and spatiotemporal electrical recording of neural activity in light-sensitized brain tissue

    Jiayi Zhang;Farah Laiwalla;Jennifer A Kim;Hayato Urabe

  • Enhanced magnetooptical response in dumbbell-like Ag-CoFe2O4 nanoparticle pairs.

    Yanqiu Li;Qiang Zhang;and Arto V. Nurmikko;Shouheng Sun

  • Dielectric confinement effect on excitons in Pbl 4 -based layered semiconductors

    X. Hong;T. Ishihara;A. V. Nurmikko

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert L. Gunshor
Robert L. Gunshor Purdue University West Lafayette
Nobuo Otsuka
Nobuo Otsuka Purdue University West Lafayette
Heonsu Jeon
Heonsu Jeon Seoul National University
Qiang Zhang
Qiang Zhang Peking University
Qiang Zhang
Qiang Zhang Tsinghua University
Martin Kuball
Martin Kuball University of Bristol
John P. Donoghue
John P. Donoghue Brown University
Jacek K. Furdyna
Jacek K. Furdyna University of Notre Dame
Nitin Samarth
Nitin Samarth Pennsylvania State University
Lawrence E. Larson
Lawrence E. Larson Brown University

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