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Alex Zettl

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · US
Area of research
Materials Chemistry · Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Research interest
My research interests are in experimental condensed matter physics. We synthesize and characterize novel materials with unusual electronic and magnetic ground states, including low-dimensional and nanoscale structures. Examples are charge- and spin-density-wave conductors, superconductors, giant magnetoresistance materials, fullerenes, and nanotubes. Experimental characterization techniques include structural measurements (TEM, X-ray scattering) and the examination of general transport coefficients (dc and high frequency conductivity, Hall effect, thermal conductivity, thermopower), high magnetic field studies, high pressure effects, and velocity of sound. In addition we operate a high magnetic field cryogenic STM capable of manipulating and assembling individual atoms into interesting str
h-index
135
citations
89,575
works
983
NIH funding
primary concept
Chemistry
email

Recent publications

Wigner molecular crystals from multielectron moiré artificial atoms
Science 2024cited by 45position: middledoi
Tuning colour centres at a twisted hexagonal boron nitride interface
Nature Materials 2022cited by 77position: lastdoi
Imaging gate-tunable Tomonaga–Luttinger liquids in 1H-MoSe2 mirror twin boundaries
Nature Materials 2022cited by 61position: middledoi
Ultralow contact resistance between semimetal and monolayer semiconductors
Nature 2021cited by 1,334position: middledoi
Imaging two-dimensional generalized Wigner crystals
Nature 2021cited by 377position: middledoi
Revealing the Brønsted-Evans-Polanyi relation in halide-activated fast MoS <sub>2</sub> growth toward millimeter-sized 2D crystals
Science Advances 2021cited by 53position: middledoi
Contact Engineering for High-Performance N-Type 2D Semiconductor Transistors
2021 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) 2021cited by 16position: middledoi
Observation of moiré excitons in WSe2/WS2 heterostructure superlattices
Nature 2019cited by 1,131position: middledoi
Synthesis of Single‐Layer Graphene on Nickel Using a Droplet CVD Process
Advanced Materials Interfaces 2017cited by 27position: middledoi
Imaging electrostatically confined Dirac fermions in graphene quantum dots
Nature Physics 2016cited by 230position: middledoi
Tuning charge and correlation effects for a single molecule on a graphene device
Nature Communications 2016cited by 96position: middledoi
High-performance transition metal–doped Pt <sub>3</sub> Ni octahedra for oxygen reduction reaction
Science 2015cited by 1,871position: middledoi
3D structure of individual nanocrystals in solution by electron microscopy
Science 2015cited by 323position: middledoi
Local spectroscopy of moiré-induced electronic structure in gate-tunable twisted bilayer graphene
Physical Review B 2015cited by 142position: middledoi
Tunable Phonon Polaritons in Atomically Thin van der Waals Crystals of Boron Nitride
Science 2014cited by 1,317position: middledoi
Photoinduced doping in heterostructures of graphene and boron nitride
Nature Nanotechnology 2014cited by 349position: middledoi
Measurement of the intrinsic strength of crystalline and polycrystalline graphene
Nature Communications 2013cited by 292position: middledoi
Electronic and plasmonic phenomena at graphene grain boundaries
Nature Nanotechnology 2013cited by 262position: middledoi
Observing Atomic Collapse Resonances in Artificial Nuclei on Graphene
Science 2013cited by 260position: middledoi
Mapping Dirac quasiparticles near a single Coulomb impurity on graphene
Nature Physics 2012cited by 134position: middledoi

Grants

The Center of Integrated Nanomechanical Systems (COINS) Renewal Yrs 6-10
NSF0832819$12,275,0002009–2014PIRePORTER
6th NSF-MEXT joint symposium on Nano-systems
NSF0652129$37,8722006–2007PIRePORTER
NSEC: Center Of Integrated Nanomechanical Systems (COINS)
NSF0425914$12,528,4862004–2012PIRePORTER
Transport Studies of Novel Electronic and Magnetic Materials
NSF9801738$270,0001998–2001PIRePORTER
Development of a Low Temperature, High-field, Ultra-high Vacuum Scanning Tunneling Microscope
NSF9501156$580,0001995–1998PIRePORTER
Fullerene-based Conductors and Superconductors
NSF9404755$210,0001994–1997PIRePORTER
Electronic and Mechanical Properties of Low Dimensional Conductors
NSF9017254$180,0001991–1994PIRePORTER
Experimental Transport Studies of Low Dimensional Conductors
NSF8400041$372,8001984–1990PIRePORTER
Presidential Young Investigator Award
NSF8351678$312,5001984–1989PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

Michael F. Crommie · University of California, Berkeley10 papers (2012–2024)Takashi Taniguchi · National Institute for Materials Science10 papers (2014–2024)Kenji Watanabe · Research Center for Electronic and Optical Materials10 papers (2014–2024)Feng Wang · Inner Mongolia University7 papers (2014–2024)Hsin‐Zon Tsai · University of California, Berkeley7 papers (2012–2022)Salman Kahn · University of California, Berkeley5 papers (2014–2022)William Regan · University of California, Berkeley4 papers (2012–2014)Dillon Wong · Princeton University4 papers (2013–2016)Sefaattin Tongay · University of California, Berkeley3 papers (2019–2024)Steven G. Louie · University of California, Berkeley3 papers (2013–2022)Cong Su · Shandong University3 papers (2021–2022)Jing Kong · Tiangong University3 papers (2021–2022)A. H. Castro Neto · National University of Singapore3 papers (2013–2016)Leonid Levitov · Massachusetts Institute of Technology3 papers (2012–2016)Qiong Wu · University of California, Berkeley2 papers (2012–2013)Ramin Khajeh · University of California, Berkeley2 papers (2015–2016)Victor W. Brar · University of California, Berkeley2 papers (2012–2013)Zhe Fei · United States Department of Energy2 papers (2013–2014)Alexander McLeod · University of Minnesota2 papers (2013–2014)Siyuan Dai · State University of New York2 papers (2013–2014)