The Lab
We are a young, interdisciplinary group in the Department of Physics at Oregon State University. We use our expertise in the design and fabrication of carbon nanotube-based devices to explore new applications of nanoelectronics in molecular biology, medical diagnostics and energy conversion.
Several aspects of our work cross department boundaries. For example, we work with groups in the Department of Biophysics to understand the electric fields around biogically active proteins and collaborate with researchers in the College of Pharmacy and the Department of Chemistry to identify low-concentration protein markers at the early stages of cancer.
Please contact Ethan Minot to learn more about opportunities for PhD projects and undergraduate research experience.
Lab facilities
The lab is equiped with an Asylum Research Atomic Force Microscope, a Fianium supercontinuum light source for scanning photocurrent spectroscopy, a table-top carbon nanotube growth furnace, a probe station for electrical characterisation and fume hoods/wet benches for device fabrication and protein preparation. Photolithography facilities and thin-film deposition systems on campus (including direct write laser lithography and focussed ion beam lithography) are used to create new devices. Electron-beam lithography is available at University of Oregon (45 minute drive).
(above) Atomic force microscope image (2 micron scan size) of single walled carbon nanotubes (~ 1 nm tall) grown on a quartz substrate. Atomic terraces on the quartz surface guide the growth direction.
For more images from our research visit the image gallery.