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  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2011 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2003 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For important contributions to the fabrication, measurement, and understanding of nanometer scale electronic systems, including quantum dots, nanocrystals, carbon nanotubes, and single molecules
  • 1992 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Paul L. McEuen is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on engineering and physics and astronomy. Within these broad domains, their subfields of study include mechanical engineering, condensed matter physics, electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's work covers a range of specialized topics. These include:

  • Micro and Nano Robotics
  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics
  • Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence
  • Graphene research and applications
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Quantum and electron transport phenomena
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering

McEuen has published a number of papers, with recent notable works including:

  • "Electronically integrated, mass-manufactured, microscopic robots," 2020, Nature
  • "Micrometer-sized electrically programmable shape-memory actuators for low-power microrobotics," 2021, Science Robotics
  • "Cilia metasurfaces for electronically programmable microfluidic manipulation," 2022, Nature
  • "Microscopic sensors using optical wireless integrated circuits," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Microscopic robots with onboard digital control," 2022, Science Robotics

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Itai Cohen
  • Alejandro J. Cortese
  • Michael Reynolds
  • Alyosha Molnar
  • Conrad L. Smart

McEuen's research has been published repeatedly in high-profile venues such as:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nature Communications
  • Nature
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Science Robotics

The scientist has received several professional recognitions throughout their career. These include:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2015
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2011
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), 2003, recognized for contributions to nanometer scale electronic systems including quantum dots, nanocrystals, carbon nanotubes, and single molecules
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1992

Best Publications

  • Thermal transport measurements of individual multiwalled nanotubes.

    P. Kim;Li Shi;A. Majumdar;P. L. McEuen;P. L. McEuen

  • Impermeable atomic membranes from graphene sheets.

    J. Scott Bunch;Scott S. Verbridge;Jonathan S. Alden;Arend M. van der Zande

  • Electromechanical Resonators from Graphene Sheets

    J. Scott Bunch;Arend M. van der Zande;Scott S. Verbridge;Ian W. Frank

  • Coulomb blockade and the Kondo effect in single-atom transistors

    Jiwoong Park;Jiwoong Park;Abhay N. Pasupathy;Jonas I. Goldsmith;Connie Chang

  • Grains and grain boundaries in single-layer graphene atomic patchwork quilts

    Pinshane Y. Huang;Carlos S. Ruiz-Vargas;Arend M. van der Zande;William S. Whitney

  • Nanomechanical oscillations in a single-C60 transistor

    Hongkun Park;Hongkun Park;Jiwoong Park;Andrew K. L. Lim;Erik H. Anderson

  • Luttinger-liquid behaviour in carbon nanotubes

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

  • The valley Hall effect in MoS2 transistors

    K. F. Mak;K. L. McGill;J. Park;P. L. McEuen

  • Single-Electron Transport in Ropes of Carbon Nanotubes

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

  • A tunable carbon nanotube electromechanical oscillator

    Vera Sazonova;Yuval Yaish;Hande Üstünel;David Roundy

  • A single-electron transistor made from a cadmium selenide nanocrystal

    David L. Klein;Richard Roth;Richard Roth;Andrew K. L. Lim;Andrew K. L. Lim;A. Paul Alivisatos;A. Paul Alivisatos

  • Single-walled carbon nanotube electronics

    P.L. McEuen;M.S. Fuhrer;Hongkun Park

  • Crossed Nanotube Junctions

    M. S. Fuhrer;J. Nygård;L. Shih;M. Forero

  • Mechanical properties of suspended graphene sheets

    I. W. Frank;David M. Tanenbaum;A. M. Van der Zande;P. L. McEuen

  • Luttinger Liquid Behavior in Carbon Nanotubes

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

  • High-κ dielectrics for advanced carbon- nanotube transistors and logic gates

    Ali Javey;Hyoungsub Kim;Markus Brink;Qian Wang

  • Fabrication of metallic electrodes with nanometer separation by electromigration

    Hongkun Park;Andrew K. L. Lim;A. Paul Alivisatos;Jiwoong Park

  • Electron Transport in Quantum Dots

    Leo P. Kouwenhoven;Charles M. Marcus;Paul L. McEuen;Seigo Tarucha

  • Scanned probe microscopy of electronic transport in carbon nanotubes.

    A. Bachtold;A. Bachtold;M. S. Fuhrer;M. S. Fuhrer;S. Plyasunov;S. Plyasunov;M. Forero;M. Forero

  • Electron-Phonon Scattering in Metallic Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

    Ji-Yong Park;Sami Rosenblatt;Yuval Yaish;Vera Sazonova

Frequent Co-Authors

Jiwoong Park
Jiwoong Park University of Chicago
Daniel C. Ralph
Daniel C. Ralph Cornell University
Harold G. Craighead
Harold G. Craighead Cornell University
David A. Muller
David A. Muller Cornell University
Marc Bockrath
Marc Bockrath The Ohio State University
David Cobden
David Cobden University of Washington
Leo P. Kouwenhoven
Leo P. Kouwenhoven Delft University of Technology
Alex Zettl
Alex Zettl University of California, Berkeley
Adrian Bachtold
Adrian Bachtold ICFO – The Institute of Photonic Sciences
Michael S. Fuhrer
Michael S. Fuhrer Monash University

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