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Scanning Probe Microscopy Laboratory

Mount Holyoke College

Katherine Aidala

Clare Boothe Luce

Assistant Professor of Physics

211 Kendade Hall

Mount Holyoke College

50 College Street

Sount Hadley, MA01705

Ph:413-538-2234

Email: kaidala@mtholyoke.edu

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       Current Projects:

 

Ferromagnetic Nanorings and Nanowires


In collaboration with Prof Mark Tuominen (UMass)

Postdoc and Students: Nihar R Pradhan, Tianyu Yang, Ednah Louie, Phoebe Sun,Yihan Li, Xiaolin Hu

 

 

Mechanical Properties of Soft Materials

 

Physical Properties of Native Bacterial Biofilm Cells

In collaboration with Megan Nunez, MHC

Student: Clare Xu

 

 

Mechanical Characterization of  Hydrogel Thin Films

In collaboration with Ryan Hayward (UMass)

Student: Alyssa J McKenna

 

Electrical Properties of Thin Films and Nanostructures

 

Charge and Transport in Quantum Dots and Quantum Dot/Organic Hybrid Materials

Post doc and students: Qinxia Wang, Ruimin Cai, Pawana Shrestha

 

 

Electrical Characterization of Vertically Oriented Crystalline Organic Nanostructures

In collaboration with Alex Briseno (UMass)

Student: San Theingi

 

 

 
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