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  • 2015 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For novel contributions to experimental physics in low dimensional nanoscale systems, in particular VO2 
nanobeams and carbon nanotube electronic properties

Overview

David Cobden is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States and has extensive research contributions predominantly in the fields of Materials Science and Physics and Astronomy. Their work spans 53 publications in Materials Science and 47 in Physics and Astronomy, reflecting a strong interdisciplinary focus.

The main subfields in which Cobden's research is concentrated include Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Condensed Matter Physics. These areas support a diverse scientific portfolio within the study of advanced material properties and phenomena.

The scientist's research covers several key topics, particularly:

  • Graphene research and applications
  • Topological Materials and Phenomena
  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • Quantum and electron transport phenomena
  • Multiferroics and related materials
  • Advanced Condensed Matter Physics
  • Terahertz technology and applications

David Cobden has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Xiaodong Xu, Takashi Taniguchi, Kenji Watanabe, Zaiyao Fei, and Jiun-Haw Chu, indicating ongoing partnerships within the scientific community.

Among their recent papers are the following:

  • Observation of fractionally quantized anomalous Hall effect, 2023, Nature
  • Towards two-dimensional van der Waals ferroelectrics, 2023, Nature Materials
  • Evidence for equilibrium exciton condensation in monolayer WTe2, 2021, Nature Physics
  • Electric control of a canted-antiferromagnetic Chern insulator, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Terahertz response of monolayer and few-layer WTe2 at the nanoscale, 2021, Nature Communications

Cobden's work has been published frequently in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Nano Letters, Nature Communications, Nature Physics, and Physical Review X. The scientist has 18 publications in arXiv, 6 in Nano Letters, 4 in Nature Communications, and 2 each in Nature Physics and Physical Review X, indicating a broad dissemination of research findings across prominent scientific platforms.

In 2015, David Cobden received the distinction of Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), recognized for novel contributions to experimental physics in low dimensional nanoscale systems, particularly VO2 nanobeams and carbon nanotube electronic properties.

Best Publications

  • Layer-dependent ferromagnetism in a van der Waals crystal down to the monolayer limit

    Bevin Huang;Genevieve Clark;Efrén Navarro-Moratalla;Dahlia R. Klein

  • Luttinger-liquid behaviour in carbon nanotubes

    Marc Bockrath;David H. Cobden;Jia Lu;Andrew G. Rinzler

  • Single-Electron Transport in Ropes of Carbon Nanotubes

    Marc Bockrath;David H. Cobden;Paul L. McEuen;Nasreen G. Chopra

  • Electrically tunable excitonic light-emitting diodes based on monolayer WSe2 p-n junctions.

    Jason S. Ross;Philip Klement;Aaron M. Jones;Nirmal J. Ghimire

  • Luttinger Liquid Behavior in Carbon Nanotubes

    M. Bockrath;D. H. Cobden;J. Lu;A. G. Rinzler

  • Two-dimensional itinerant ferromagnetism in atomically thin Fe3GeTe2.

    Zaiyao Fei;Bevin Huang;Paul Malinowski;Wenbo Wang

  • Electrical control of 2D magnetism in bilayer CrI 3 .

    Bevin Huang;Genevieve Clark;Dahlia R. Klein;David MacNeill

  • Giant tunneling magnetoresistance in spin-filter van der Waals heterostructures.

    Tiancheng Song;Xinghan Cai;Matisse Wei-Yuan Tu;Xiaoou Zhang

  • Lateral heterojunctions within monolayer MoSe2–WSe2 semiconductors

    Chunming Huang;Sanfeng Wu;Ana M. Sanchez;Jonathan J. P. Peters

  • Magnetic control of valley pseudospin in monolayer WSe2

    G. Aivazian;Zhirui Gong;Aaron M. Jones;Rui Lin Chu

  • Ferroelectric switching of a two-dimensional metal

    Zaiyao Fei;Wenjin Zhao;Tauno A. Palomaki;Bosong Sun

  • Kondo physics in carbon nanotubes

    Jesper Nygård;David Henry Cobden;Poul Erik Lindelof

  • Electrical Control of 2D Magnetism in Bilayer CrI3

    Bevin Huang;Genevieve Clark;Dahlia R. Klein;David MacNeill

  • Electrical tuning of valley magnetic moment through symmetry control in bilayer MoS2

    Sanfeng Wu;Jason S. Ross;Gui-Bin Liu;Grant Aivazian

  • Disorder, Pseudospins, and Backscattering in Carbon Nanotubes

    Paul L. McEuen;Marc Bockrath;David H. Cobden;Young-Gui Yoon

  • Edge conduction in monolayer WTe2

    Zaiyao Fei;Tauno Palomaki;Sanfeng Wu;Wenjin Zhao

  • Two-Dimensional Itinerant Ising Ferromagnetism in Atomically thin Fe3GeTe2

    Zaiyao Fei;Bevin Huang;Paul Malinowski;Wenbo Wang

  • Observation of fractionally quantized anomalous Hall effect

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  • Measurement of a solid-state triple point at the metal-insulator transition in VO2

    Jae Hyung Park;Jim M. Coy;T. Serkan Kasirga;Chunming Huang

  • Switching 2D Magnetic States via Pressure Tuning of Layer Stacking

    Tiancheng Song;Zaiyao Fei;Matthew Yankowitz;Zhong Lin

  • Vapor–Solid Growth of High Optical Quality MoS2 Monolayers with Near-Unity Valley Polarization

    Sanfeng Wu;Chunming Huang;Grant Aivazian;Jason S. Ross

  • Ultrafast hot-carrier-dominated photocurrent in graphene

    Dong Sun;Grant Aivazian;Aaron M. Jones;Jason S. Ross

  • Edge conduction in monolayer $WTe_{2}$

    Zaiyao Fei;Tauno Palomaki;Sanfeng Wu;Wenjin Zhao

Frequent Co-Authors

Wang Yao
Wang Yao University of Hong Kong
Paul L. McEuen
Paul L. McEuen Cornell University
Di Xiao
Di Xiao Carnegie Mellon University
Jiaqiang Yan
Jiaqiang Yan Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Kenji Watanabe
Kenji Watanabe National Institute for Materials Science
Marc Bockrath
Marc Bockrath The Ohio State University
Neil R. Wilson
Neil R. Wilson University of Warwick
Jesper Nygård
Jesper Nygård University of Copenhagen
Richard E. Smalley
Richard E. Smalley Rice University

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