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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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Published

(13) Multiple 3600 domain wall switching in thin ferromagnetic nanorings in a circular magnetic field, Abby Goldman, Abigail S. Licht, Yineng Sun, Yihan Li, Nihar R. Pradhan, Tianyu Yang, Mark T. Tuominen and Katherine E. Aidala [Proceeding of MMM Conference (2011) and the paper is going to appear in Journal of Applied Physics (2012)]

 

(12) Switching of +/-3600 domain wall states in a nanoring by an azimuthal Oersted field, Nihar R. Pradhan, Abbigail S. Licht, Yihan Li, Yineg Sun, Mark T. Tuominen and Katherine Aidala “Nanotechnology” 22, 485704 (2011)

 

(11) Manipulation of Magnetization States of Ferromagnetic Nanorings by an Applied Oersted Azimuthal Field, Tianyu Yang, Nihar R. Pradhan, Abby Goldman, Moureen Kemei, Abbey Licht, Yihan Li, Mark T. Tuominen, Katherine E. Aidala “Applied Physics Letters”98, 242505, (2011)

 

(10) M.J. Panzer, K.E. Aidala, P.O. Anikeeva, J.E. Halpert, M.G. Bawendi, V. Bulovi_c.”Nanoscale Morphology Revealed at the Interface Between Colloidal Quantum Dots and Organic Semiconductor Films."Nano Letters”, 10(7), 2421 (2010).

 

(9) K.E. Aidala, M.J. Panzer, P.O. Anikeeva, J.E. Halpert, M.G. Bawendi, V. Bulovic. “Morphology of contact printed colloidal quantum dots in organic semiconductor _lms: Implications for QD-LEDs." submitted to Physica Status Solidi.

 

(8) C.B. Volle, M.A. Ferguson, K.E. Aidala, E.M. Spain, M.E. Nunez.  “Spring Constants and Adhesive Properties of Native Bacterial Biofilm Cells Measured by Atomic Force Microscopy.”  Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 67, 32 (2008).

(7) C.B. Volle, M.A. Ferguson, K.E. Aidala, E.M. Spain, M.E. Nunez.  “Quantitative Changes in the Elasticity and Adhesive Properties of E. Coli ZK1056 Prey Cells during Predation by Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus 109J.”  Langmuir,  24(15),  8102,  (2008).

(6) K.E. Aidala, R.E. Parrott, T. Kramer, E.J. Heller, R.M. Westervelt, M.P. Hanson, A.C. Gossard.  “Imaging Coherent Magnetic Focusing.” Nature Physics,  3,  464  (2007).

(5) K.E. Aidala, R.E. Parrott, E.J. Heller, R.M. Westervelt.  “Imaging Electrons in a Magnetic Field.”  Physica E, 34, 409(2006).

(4) E.J. Heller, K.E. Aidala, B.J. LeRoy, A.C. Bleszynski, A. Kalben, R.M. Westervelt, K.D. Maranowski, and A.C. Gossard.  “Thermal averages in a quantum point contact with a single coherent wave packet.”  Nano Letters, 5(7), 1285 (2005).

(3) B.J. LeRoy, A.C.  Bleszynski, K.E.  Aidala, R.M. Westervelt, A. Kalben, E.J. Heller, K.D. Maranowski, A.C. Gossard. “Imaging Electron Interferometer.” Physical Review Letters, 94, 126801 (2005).

(2) R.M. Westervelt, M.A. Topinka, B.J. LeRoy, A.C. Bleszynski, K. Aidala, S.E.J. Shaw, E.J. Heller, K.D. Maranowski, A.C. Gossard.  “Imaging electron waves.” Physica E, 24, 63 (2004). 

(1) T.R. Stevenson, F.A. Pellerano, C.M. Stahle, K. Aidala, R.J. Schoelkopf. “Multiplexing of radio-frequency  single electron transistors.'' Applied Physics Letters,  80(16), 3012 (2002).

In Preparation

Nihar R Pradhan, Abigail Licht, Yihan Li, Mark T. Tuominen and Katherine Aidala Switching of +/- 3600 domain wall state in a nanoring by an Azimuthal Oersted Field” Submitted in Nanotechnology (2011)

 

Multiple 360 degree domain wallswitching in thin ferromagnetic nanorings in an applied circular field, Accepted in 56th Annual MMM conference (Manuscript under preparation)

 

Nihar R Pradhan, Mark T. Tuominen and Katherine E. Aidala, Polarization Dependent Switching of Asymmetric Nanorings with a Circular field (In Preparation)

 

C.E. Packard, K.E. Aidala, S. Ramanan, V. Bulovic, "Patterned removal of molecular organic flms by difusion,"

 

 

Conference Presentation

(26) Multiple 360 degree domain wallswitching in thin ferromagnetic nanorings in an applied circular field, Accepted in 56th Annual MMM conference

 

(25) Dynamics of 3600 Domain Wall Annihilation in Thin Ferromagnetic Nanorings,

Abigail Licht, Yihan Li, Nihar R. Pradhan, Abby Goldman, Tianyu Yang, Mark T. Tuominen, Katherine E. Aidala,

(38th Symposium & Expo, IMAPS New England Chapter, Boxborough, 3rd May 2011, MA)

 

(24) Control of Magnetic States of Ferromagnetic Nanorings by an External Azimuthal field for Data Storage Devices, Nihar R Pradhan, Abigail Licht, Yihan Li Tianyu Yang, Mark T. Tuominen and Katherine Aidala,

(38th Symposium & Expo, IMAPS New England Chapter, Boxborough, 3rd May 2011, MA)

 

(23) Control of Magnetic States of Cobalt Nanorings by an External Azimuthal Field” N. R. Pradhan, Abbey Licht, Yihan Li, Tianyu Yang, Mark T. Tuominen, Katherine E. Aidala Aidala (Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 65 (1), J16.008 (2011), Dallas, Texas, USA).

 

(22) Manipulation of Magnetization States of Permalloy Nanorings by an External Azimuthal Field, Tianyu Yang, Nihar R. Pradhan, Abby Goldman, Abbey Licht, Yihan Li, Mark T. Tuominen, Katherine E. Aidala ( Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 56 (1), J16.00011 (2011), Dallas, Texas, USA)

 

(21)“Morphology of contact printed colloidal quantum dots in organic semiconductor _lms: Implications for QD-LEDs." K.E. Aidala, M.J. Panzer, P.O. Anikeeva, J.E. Halpert, M.G. Bawendi, V. Bulovic. International Conference on Excitonic and Photonic Processes in Condensed and Nano Materials. Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (2010).

 

(20)“Scanning probe microscopy of electromagnetic _elds: Magnetic nanorings and PbS quantum dot arrays." Physics Colloquium, Clark University, Worcester, MA (2010). Invited

 

(19)“Physical properties of native bacterial bio_lm cells measured by atomic force microscopy." Katherine Aidala, Catherine Volle, Megan Ferguson, Megan N_u~nez, Eileen Spain, American Physical Society March Meeting, Portland, OR (2010).

 

(18)“360o domain wall formation in ferromagnetic nanorings in an applied azimuthal _eld." Abby Goldman*, Katherine Aidala, Tianyu Yang, Mark Tuominen, American Physical Society March Meeting, Portland, OR (2010). *talk given by MHC undergraduate

 

(17)“Sticky, Squishy Cells." Physics Seminar, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA (2009). Invited

 

(16)“Elasticity and Adhesion of Native Bacterial Bio_lm Cells using AFM." Squishy Physics Seminar, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (2009). Invited

 

(15)“Evolution of magnetic states in ferromagnetic nanorings in an applied azimuthal _eld." Abby Goldman*, Katherine Aidala, Tianyu Yang, Mark Tuominen, American Physical Society March Meeting, Pittsburg, PA (2009) *talk given by MHC undergraduate

 

(14)“The Scanning Probe Microscope: A versatile tool for nanoscience." Physics seminar, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH (2008). Invited

 

(13)“Scanning Probe Microscopy: From living cells to quantum electrons." Physics Colloquium, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC (2007). Invited

 

(12)“Imaging Electron Motion in a Two-Dimensional Electron Gas with Scanning Probe Microscopy." Physics seminar, Amherst College, Amherst, MA (2007). Invited

 

(11)“Imaging electrons in a two-dimensional electron gas in a magnetic _eld." Frontiers of Nanoscale Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan (2007) invited

 

“Imaging magnetic focusing in a two-dimensional electron gas." International Conference on the Properties of Semiconductors, Vienna, Austria (2006).

 

(10)“Imaging electron waves in a magnetic _eld." International Conference on Nanoscience and Technology, Basel, Switzerland. (2006).

 

(9)“Imaging electron focusing." American Physical Society March Meeting, Baltimore, MD (2006), invited

 

(8)“The scanning probe microscope in nanoscience." Physics seminar, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA (2006).

 

(7)“Imaging electron ow and interference in a two-dimensional electron gas." Physics seminar, Boston University, Boston, MA (2005).

 

(6)“Imaging electron motion with scanning probe microscopy." Applied physics seminar, BBN Technologies, Cambridge, MA (2005).

 

(5)“Imaging cyclotron orbits in a two-dimensional electron gas." 16th International Conference on Electronic Properties of Two-Dimensional Systems, Albuquerque, NM (2005).

 

(4)“Scanned Gate Microscopy." With B. Lee. UC Santa Barbara, group meeting of collaborators (2004).

 

(3)“V-shaped Imaging Interferometer." American Physical Society March Meeting, Montreal, Canada (2004).

 

(2)“Imaging Electron Flow in a Two-Dimensional Electron Gas." With A. Bleszynski. UC Santa Barbara, Applied Physics Colloquium (2003).

 

(1)“Imaging Electron Interferometer." American Physical Society March Meeting, Austin, TX (2003).


 

 

Upcoming Conference or Events

 

APS March Meeting 2012, Boston, 27th February – 2nd March

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