Biography
Dr. Ishigami received his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of California, Berkeley in 2004. He has been on the faculty at UCF since 2008.
Research Areas
I am an expert on scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy, transport measurements on nanoscale materials, and nanoscale friction measurements at speeds reaching 1 m/sec. Using these techniques, I study
- The impact of atomic scale defects and adsorbates on transport properties in novel 2D materials with exotic electronic structures.
- The transport properties of chiral-angle known nanotubes (particularly, how individual atoms and molecules affect the device properties)
- The origin of friction and wear
Results are useful to develop a broad scientific foundation for nanotechnology including novel electronic, sensor and friction-reduction technologies.
Research Opportunities for Students
Information on requirements:
Currently accepting:
Graduate
Undergraduate
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- Is it Paid?
- In a lab?
- Prerequisites
- Learning materials
Publications
2016
- J. Katoch, D. Le, S. Singh, R. Rao, T.S. Rahman, and M. Ishigami, Scattering strength of the scatterer inducing variability in graphene on silicon oxide, Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, 28, 115301 (2016).
- R. Tsuchikawa, D. Heligman, B.T. Blue, Z.Y. Zhang, A. Ahmadi, E.R. Mucciolo, J. Hone and M. Ishigami, Scattering strength of potassium on a carbon nanotube with known chirality, Physical Review B, 94, 045408(2016).
- M.S. Lodge, C. Tang, B.T. Blue, A. Martini, B.D. Dawson, and M. Ishigami, Lubricity of gold nanocrystals on graphene measured using quartz crystal microbalance, Scientific Reports, 6, 31837 (2016).
2014
- Christian W. Smith; Doug Maukonen; R. E. Peale; C. J. Fredricksen; M. Ishigami; J. W. Cleary, Wavelength-selective visible-light detector based on integrated graphene transistor and surface plasmon coupler, Proc. SPIE 9083, Micro- and Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, and Applications VI, 90832Q (4 June 2014); doi:10.1117/12.2050018
2013
- Brian Shevitski, Matthew Mecklenburg, William A. Hubbard, E. R. White, Ben Dawson, M. S. Lodge, Masa Ishigami, and B. C. Regan, Dark-field transmission electron microscopy and the Debye-Waller factor of graphene, Physical Review B, 87, 045417 (2013).
- Jyoti Katoch, Cameron Glasscock, and Masa Ishigami, Ultra high vacuum-compatible sockets for pin grid arrays used in nanoscale and atomic physics, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, 31, 023201 (2013).
- Christian W. Smith, Jyoti Katoch, and Masa Ishigami, Impact of charged impurities on transport properties of graphene nanoribbons, Applied Physics Letters, 102, 133502 (2013).
- Jaekyun Jeon, M.S. Lodge, B.D. Dawson, Masa Ishigami, F. Shewmaker, B. Chen, Superb resolution and contrast of transmission electron microscopy images of unstained biological samples on graphene-coated grids, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-General Subjects, 1830, 3807 (2013).
- C.R. Dean, L. Wang, P. Maher, C. Forsythe, F. Ghahari, Y. Gao, J. Katoch, M. Ishigami, P. Moon, M. Koshino, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, K. L. Shepard, J. Hone, P. Kim, Hofstadter’s butterfly in Moiré superlattices: a fractal quantum hall effect, Nature, 497, 598 (2013).
- Rahul Rao, G. Chen, L. M. R. Arava, K. Kalaga, Masa Ishigami, T.F. Heinz, P. M. Ajayan, and A.R. Harutyunyan, Graphene as an atomically thin interface for growth of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes, Scientific Reports, 3, 1891 (2013)
