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G. Ramanath
 Professor of Materials Science & Engineering

Office: 111 Materials Research Center
Phone: 518.276.6844
E-mail: Ramanath [at] rpi [dot] edu
URL: www.rpi.edu/dept/materials/GR

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Journal Publications

2007

In-press/accepted/published

  1. Annealing-induced interfacial toughening using a molecular nanolayer, D. D. Gandhi, M. Lane, Y. Zhou, A.P. Singh, S. Nayak, U. Tisch, M. Eizenberg, G. Ramanath, Nature 447, 299 (2007).
  2. Molecular-nanolayer-induced suppression of in-plane Cu transport at Cu-silica interfaces, D. D. Gandhi, P.G. Ganesan, V. Chandrasekhar, Z. Gan, S. G. Mhaisalkar, H. Li, G. Ramanath Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 163507 (2007).
  3. Cu diffusion and mechanical toughness at Cu-silica interfaces glued with polyelectrolyte nanolayers, D. D. Gandhi and A.P. Singh, M. Lane, M. Eizenberg, G. Ramanath, J. Appl. Phys. 101, 084505 (2007).
  4. Defect-induced electrical conductivity increase in individual multiwalled carbon nanotubes, S. Agrawal, M. S. Raghuveer, H. Li, G. Ramanath, Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 193104 (2007).
  5. Directed synthesis of molecularly braided magnetic nanoparticle chains using polyelectrolyte and difunctional couplers, Q. Yan, H. Li, D. Gandhi, A. Purkayastha, G. Ramanath Adv. Mater. (2007) in press.
  6. UV-oxidized mercaptan-terminated organosilane nanolayers as diffusion barriers at Cu-silica interfaces, D. D. Gandhi, U. Tisch, B. K. Singh, M. Eizenberg, G. Ramanath Appl. Phys. Lett. (2007) in press.
  7. Multi-shell carrier transport in multiwalled carbon nanotube thin films, S. Agrawal, M. S. Raghuveer, R. Ramprasad, G. Ramanath IEEE Trans. Nanotech. (2007) in press.
  8. Thermal stability of molecularly functionalized mesoporous silica thin films, A. P. Singh, D. D. Gandhi, R. Moore, G. Ramanath J. Appl. Phys. (2007) in press.
  9. Rod-shaped assemblies of FePt-PtTe2 through dynamic templating, Q. Yan, M. S. Raghuveer, H. Li, B. Singh, T. Kim, M. Shima, G. Ramanath Adv. Mater. (2007) accepted.

Under review/in preparation

  1. Directed synthesis of branched bismuth telluride-sulfide core-shell nanorods, A. Purkayastha, Q. Yan, M.S. Raghuveer, D. D. Gandhi, H. Li, T. Borca-Tasciuc, G. Ramanath (2007).
  2. Semiconductor nanocrystal-carbon nanotube hybrids by microwave-stimulated rapid synthesis, functionalization and directed assembly, M.S. Raghuveer, S. Agrawal, A.P. Singh, H. Li, G. Ramanath (2007).
  3. Directed synthesis of long single-crystal lead telluride nanorods by organic-inorganic templating, A. Purkayastha, Q. Yan, D. D. Gandhi, H. Li, A. Bose, T. Borca-
    Tasciuc, G. Ramanath (2007).
  4. Electro-actuation of microdroplets of aqueous bismuth telluride nanoparticle suspensions, R.K. Dash, T. Borca-Tasciuc, A. Purkayastha, G. Ramanath (2007).
  5. Low-temperature synthesis of ordered nanoporous titanium dioxide loaded with platinum nanocatalysts, J. Sarkar, V.T. John, J. He, C. Brooks, D.D. Gandhi, G. Ramanath, A. Bose (2007).
  6. Effects of seeding nanolayers on aging of microstructure pentacene films, H. Yang, Mang-M. Ling, D. D. Gandhi, C. Y. Ryu, Z. Bao, G. Ramanath (2007).
  7. Fracture pathways in molecularly-passivated mesoporous silica thin films interfaced with copper in nanodevice wiring structures, D. D. Gandhi, A. P. Singh, B. K. Singh, R. Moore, E. Simonyi and M. Lane, G. Ramanath (2007). In preparation

2006

  1. Electrical current-induced structural changes and chemical functionalization of carbon nanotubes, S. Agrawal, M. S. Raghuveer, R. Kröger, G. Ramanath, J. Appl. Phys. 100, 094314 (2006). Featured in Virtual Journal of Nano Sci & Tech.
  2. Molecularly-protected bismuth telluride nanoparticles: microemulsion synthesis, and thermoelectric transport properties, A. Purkayastha, P.G. Ganesan, A. Kumar, S.-Y. Kim, T. Borca-Tasciuc, G. Ramanath, Adv. Mater. 18, 2958-2963 (2006).
  3. Suppression of chemical and electrical instabilities in mesoporous silica films by molecular capping, A.P. Singh, D. Gandhi, E. Lipp, M. Eizenberg, G. Ramanath, J. Appl. Phys. 100, 114504 (2006).
  4. Monodisperse high magnetic coercivity silica-capped FePt nanoparticles of tunable size, composition and thermal stability from microemulsions, Q. Yan, A. Purkayastha, T. Kim, R. Kröger, A. Bose, G. Ramanath Adv. Mater. 18, 2569–2573 (2006).
  5. Microwave-assisted single-step functionalization and in-situ derivatization of carbon nanotubes with gold nanoparticles, M. S. Raghuveer, S. Agrawal, N. Bishop (undergraduate student), G. Ramanath, Chem. Mater. 18, 1390-1393 (2006).
  6. Magnetic Properties of Sb-doped FePt Nanoparticles, Q. Yan, T. Kim, A. Purkayastha, Y. Xu, M. Shima, R. J. Gambino, G. Ramanath, J. Appl. Phys. 99, 08N709 (2006).
  7. Site-selective functionalization of carbon nanotubes, M.S. Raghuveer, A. Kumar, M.J. Frederick, G.P. Louie (high school teacher), P.G. Ganesan, G. Ramanath, Adv. Mater. 18, 547-552 (2006).
  8. Low-temperature templateless synthesis of single-crystal bismuth telluride nanorods, A. Purkayastha, F. Lupo, S. Kim, T. Borca-Tasciuc, G. Ramanath, Adv. Mater. 18, 496-500 (2006).
  9. Synthesis of carbon-silica shell-core hybrid structures and carbon nanoshells by a template method, P. Victor, A. Kumar, F. Lupo, D. Gandhi, S. Agrawal, G. Ramanath, O. Nalamasu, Carbon 44, 1595-1598 (2006).
  10. Effect of nanoparticles on sessile droplet contact angle, S. Vafaei, T. Borca-Tasciuc, M. Z. Podowski, A. Purkayastha, G. Ramanath, P. Ajayan, Nanotechnology 17, 2523-27 (2006).
  11. Characterization and catalytic performances of three dimensional mesoporous FeSBA-1 catalysts, A.Vinu, T. Krithiga, V. Balasubramanian, A. Asthana, P. Srinivasu, T.Mori, K. Ariga, G. Ramanath, P.G. Ganesan, J. Phys. Chem. B 110, 11924-31 (2006).

2005

  1. Moisture-induced capacitance-voltage instabilities in mesoporous silica thin films, A.P. Singh, P. Victor, P.G. Ganesan, O. Nalamasu, G. Ramanath, Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 253506 (2005).
  2. Kinetics and mechanisms of void nucleation and agglomeration in copper nanolayers on silica, R. Saxena, M. Frederick, G. Ramanath, W. N. Gill, J. L. Plawsky Phys. Rev. B 72, 115425 (2005).
  3. Directed growth and electrical-transport properties of carbon nanotube architectures on indium tin oxide films on silicon based substrates, S. Agrawal, M. J. Frederick, F. Lupo, P. Victor, O. Nalamasu, G. Ramanath Adv. Func. Mater. 15, 1922-1926 (2005).
  4. Enhanced chemical ordering and coercivity in FePt alloy nanoparticles by Sb-doping, Q. Yan, T. Kim, A. Purkayastha, P. G. Ganesan, M. Shima, G. Ramanath, Adv. Mater. 17, 2233 (2005).
  5. Hybrid microstructures from aligned carbon nanotubes and silica particles, S. Agrawal, A. Kumar, M. J. Frederick, G. Ramanath, Small 1 (8-9), 823-826 (2005). Coverpage feature
  6. Irradiation induced magnetism in carbon nanostructures, S. Talapatra, P.G. Ganesan, T. Kim, R. Vajtai, M. Huang, M. Shima, G. Ramanath, D. Srivastava, S.C. Deevi, P.M. Ajayan, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 097201-0 (2005).
  7. Surface oxide reduction and bilayer molecular assembly of a thiol terminated organosilane on Cu, P. G. Ganesan, A. Kumar, G. Ramanath Appl. Phys. Lett. 87(1), 011905 (2005).
  8. Wet-chemical templateless assembly of metal nanowires from nanoparticles, T. Maddanimath, A. Kumar, J. D’Arcy-Gall, P.G. Ganesan, K. Vijayamohanan, G. Ramanath, Chem. Comm. 11, 1435-37 (2005). Among top 10 articles accessed online at the journal website
  9. Synthesis of Au-catalyzed ZnO nanowires by pulsed laser vaporization, P.G. Ganesan, K. McGuire, H. Kim, N. Gothard, S. Mohan, A. M. Rao, G. Ramanath, J. Nanosci. Nanotech. 5(7) 1113–1117 (2005).
  10. Phase transitions in octanethiol-capped Ag nanocluster microfilm assemblies, A.V. Ellis, J. D’Arcy-Gall, K. Vijayamohanan, R. Goswami, P.G. Ganesan, C. Ryu, G. Ramanath, Thermochim. Acta. 426, 207-212 (2005).
  11. Effects of amine- and pyridine-terminated molecular nanolayers on adhesion at Cu-SiO2 interfaces, P.G. Ganesan, G. Cui, K. Vijayamohanan, M. Lane, G. Ramanath, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 23 (1), 327-331 (2005).

2004

  1. Diffusion barrier properties of carboxyl- and amine-terminated molecular nanolayers, P.G. Ganesan, A. P. Singh, and G. Ramanath, Appl. Phys. Lett. 85(4), 579-581 (2004).
  2. Template-less assembly of gold nanowire networks from nanoparticles, G. Ramanath, J. D'Arcy-Gall, T. Maddanimath, A.V. Ellis, R. Goswami, P. G. Ganesan, A. Kumar, K. Vijayamohanan, Langmuir 20, 5583-5587 (2004).
  3. Self-assembled molecular layers as nanocathodes for rechargeable energy storage modules, T. Maddanimath, G. Ramanath and K. Vijayamohanan, Chem. Phys. Lett. 396, 277-281 (2004).
  4. Nanomachining carbon nanotubes with ion beams, M.S. Raghuveer, P. G. Ganesan, J. Mabon, I. Petrov, J. D’Arcy-Gall, G. Ramanath Appl. Phys. Lett. 84(22), 4484-4486 (2004).
  5. Interfacial phase formation in Cu-Mg alloy films on SiO2, M.J. Frederick and G. Ramanath J. Appl. Phys. 95(6), 3202-3205 (2004).
  6. Building and testing organized architectures of carbon nanotubes, R. Vajtai, B. Wei, Y. J. Jung, A. Cao, S. K. Biswas, G. Ramanath and P. M. Ajayan IEEE Trans. Nanotech. 2(2), 355-361 (2004). 
  7. Silicon oxide thickness-dependent growth of aligned carbon nanotubes by chemical vapor deposition, A. Cao, R. Baskaran and K. Turner, P. M. Ajayan, G. Ramanath, Appl. Phys. Lett. 84(1), 109-111 (2004).

2003

  1. Tailoring structure and electrical properties of carbon nanotubes using kilo-electron-volt ions, B. Q. Wei, J. D’Arcy-Gall, P. M. Ajayan, G. Ramanath Appl. Phys. Lett. 83(17), 3581 (2003).
  2. Kinetics of interfacial phase formation and diffusion in Cu-Mg alloy films on SiO2, M. Frederick and G. Ramanath J. Appl. Phys. 95, 363 (2003). 
  3. Polyelectrolyte nanolayers as diffusion barriers for Cu metallization, P.G. Ganesan, J. Gamba, A. Ellis, R.S. Kane, and G. Ramanath, Appl. Phys. Lett. 83(16), 383 (2003). 
  4. Self assembled nanolayers as adhesion enhancers and diffusion barriers, G. Ramanath, G. Cui, M. Stukowski, X. Guo, P. G. Ganesan, A.V. Ellis, K. Vijayamohanan, P. Doppelt, M. Lane, Appl. Phys. Lett. 83(2), 383 (2003).
  5. Exclusive horizontal growth of aligned carbon nanotubes with controlled site-selectivity and length, A. Cao, R. Baskaran, M.J. Frederick, P. M. Ajayan, K. Turner, G. Ramanath, Adv. Mater. 15(13), 1105 (2003). 
  6. Near-zero-thickness self-assembled molecular layers for future device structures: Interfacial adhesion and diffusion barrier properties, P. G. Ganesan, G. Cui, A. Ellis, R.S. Kane, and G. Ramanath, Mater. Sci. Forum 426-432, 3487-3492 (2003). 
  7. Assembly of mm-scale macro-bridges with carbon nanotube bundles, A. Cao, P. M. Ajayan, and G. Ramanath, Appl. Phys. Lett., 83(2), 356 (2003). 
  8. Sequence of Mg segregation and interfacial MgO formation in Cu-Mg alloy films on SiO2 during vacuum annealing, M. Frederick, R. Goswami, and G. Ramanath, J. Appl. Phys. 93, 5966 (2003).
  9. Assembly of highly organized carbon nanotube architectures by chemical vapor deposition, B. Q. Wei, R. Vajtai, Y. Jung, J. Ward, R. Zhang, G. Ramanath and P. M. Ajayan, Chem. Mater. 15, 1598 (2003).
  10. Hydrophobic attachment of gold nanoclusters to carbon nanotubes, A. Ellis, K. Vijayamohanan, R. Goswami, N. Chakrapani, L.S. Ramanathan, P.M. Ajayan, and G. Ramanath, Nano. Lett. 3(3), 279-282 (2003).

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2002

  1. Organized assemblies of carbon nanotubes, B.Q. Wei, R. Vajtai, Y. Jung, J. Ward, Y. Zhang, G. Ramanath, and P.M. Ajayan, Nature 416, 495 (2002).
  2. Igniting Nanotubes with a flash, P. Ajayan, G. Ramanath, M. Terrones, T.W. Ebbesen, Science 297, 192-193 (2002) in response to B. Bockrath, J.K. Johnson, D.S. Sholl, B. Howard, C. Matranga, W. Shi, D. Sorescu.
  3. Nanotubes in a flash: ignition and reconstruction, P.M. Ajayan, M. Terrones, A. de la Guardia, V. Huc, N. Grobert, B.Q. Wei, H. Lezec, G. Ramanath, and T. Ebbesen, Science 296, 705 (2002).
  4. Growth of aligned carbon nanotubes on self-similar macroscopic templates, A. Cao, B. Wei, Y. Jung, R. Vajtai, P.M. Ajayan, and G. Ramanath, Appl. Phys. Lett. 81(7), 1297 (2002). 
  5. Massive Icosahedral Boron Carbide Crystals, B.Q. Wei, R. Vajtai, Y. Jung, F.R. Banhart, G. Ramanath, and P.M. Ajayan, J. Phys. Chem. 106(23), 5807 (2002).
  6. The influence of thermal annealing on residual stresses and mechanical properties of arc-evaporated TiCxN1-x (x = 0.15 and 0.45) thin films, L. Karlsson, A. Hörling, M. Johansson, L. Hultman, and G. Ramanath, Acta. Mater. 50(20), 5103-5114 (2002). 
  7. Simultaneous growth of SiC nanorods and carbon nanotubes by chemical vapor deposition, B.Q. Wei, J. W. Ward, R. Vajtai, R. Ma, P.M. Ajayan, and G. Ramanath, Chem. Phys. Lett. 354, 264-268 (2002). 
  8. Growth pillars of densely-packed carbon nanotubes on Ni-coated silica, B. Wei, Z.J. Zhang, P.M. Ajayan, and G. Ramanath, Carbon 40, 47-51 (2002).  
  9. Building carbon nanotubes and their smart architectures R.Vajtai, B.Q. Wei, Z.J. Zhang, Y. Jung, G. Ramanath, P. Ajayan, Smart Materials and Structures  11(5), 691-698 (2002). 

2001

  1. Self assembled near-zero thickness molecular layers as diffusion barriers for Cu metallization, A. Krishnamoorthy, K. Chanda, S. P. Murarka, J. G. Ryan and G. Ramanath, Appl. Phys. Lett. 78(17) 2467 (2001).  
  2. Carbon nanotube-MgO cube networks, B. Wei, R. Vajtai, Z. J. Zhang, G. Ramanath and P. M. Ajayan, J. Nanosci. Nanotech. 1, 35-38 (2001). 
  3. Growth, structure and optical properties of carbon-reinforced silica fibers, Z. Zhang, P. Ajayan, G. Ramanath, J. Vacik and Y. Xu, Appl. Phys. Lett., 78(24), 3794 (2001). 
  4. Reflection high energy diffraction from carbon nanotubes, J. T. Drotar, B.-Q. Wei, Y.-P. Zhao, G. Ramanath, P. M. Ajayan, T.-M. Lu, and G.-C. Wang, , Phys. Rev. B 64, 125417 (2001).
  5. Select pathways to carbon nanotube film growth, Z. J. Zhang, B. Wei, R. Vajtai, J. Ward. G. Ramanath and P. M. Ajayan, Adv. Mater. 13 (23), 1767 (2001). 
  6. Frequency dependent electrical transport in carbon nanotubes, Y.-P. Zhao, B. Q. Wei, P. M. Ajayan, G. Ramanath, T.-M. Lu, and G.-C. Wang, A. Rubio and S. Roche, Phys. Rev. B 64, 201402 R (2001). 
  7. Thickness dependent electrical resistivity of ultrathin (< 40 nm) Cu films, H.-D. Liu, Y.-P. Zhao, G. Ramanath, S. P. Murarka, and G.-C. Wang, Thin Solid Films 384, 151-156 (2001). 
  8. Creation of Radial Patterns of Carbonated Silica Fibers on Planar Silica Substrates, Z. J. Zhang, G. Ramanath, P. M. Ajayan, D. Goldberg, Y. Bando, Adv. Mater. 13(3), 197-200, (2001).  

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1994-2000

  1. Lift-up growth of aligned carbon nanotube patterns, B.Q. Wei, Z.J. Zhang, G. Ramanath, and P.M. Ajayan, Appl. Phys. Lett. 77(19), 2985 (2000). 
  2. Substrate-site selective growth of aligned carbon nanotubes, Z.J. Zhang, B. Q. Wei, G. Ramanath, and P.M. Ajayan, Appl. Phys. Lett. 77(23), 3764 (2000). 
  3. Channeling-induced profile distortion during SIMS depth profiling of TiN/Ti/TiN(001) thin films, G. Ramanath, J. E. Greene, I. Petrov, J. E. Baker, L. H. Allen and G. Gillen, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 18(3) 1369-1374 (2000). 
  4. Kinetic rate expression for tungsten chemical vapor deposition in different WF6 flow regimes from step coverage measurements, E. J. McInerney, E. Srinivasan, D. C. Smith, and G. Ramanath, Zeitschrift Für Metallkunde, 91(7), 573 (2000). 
  5. W deposition and titanium fluoride formation: reaction path and mechanisms, G. Ramanath, J. E. Greene, J. R. A. Carlsson, V. C. Hornback, D. J. Allman and L. H. Allen, J. Appl. Phys., 85, 1961 (1999). 
  6. Kinetics of thin film reactions of Cu/a-Ge bilayers, Z. Wang, G. Ramanath, J. Doyle, L. H. Allen, B. B. Svensson and A. Rockett, Appl. Phys. Lett. 82, 3281(1997). 
  7. Heat capacity measurements of nanoscale Sn particles using a thin-film differential scanning calorimeter with 0.2 nJ sensitivity, S. L. Lai, G. Ramanath, P. Infante and L. H. Allen, Appl. Phys. Lett., 70, 43 (1997).
  8. Gas-phase transport of WF6 through annular TiN nanopipes during W chemical vapor deposition on TiN/Ti/SiO2 structures for integrated circuit fabrication, G. Ramanath, J. Carlsson, J. E. Greene, V. C. Hornback, D. J. Allman and L. H. Allen, Appl. Phys. Lett. 61, 3179 (1996).
  9. Au-mediated low-temperature solid phase epitaxial growth of a SiGe alloy on Si(001), G. Ramanath, H. Z. Xiao, S. L. Lai, L. H. Allen and T. L. Alford, J. Appl. Phys. 79, 3094 (1996).
  10. Size-dependent melting properties of small Sn particles: nanocalorimetric measurements, S. L. Lai, J. Y. Guo, V. Petrova, G. Ramanath and L. H. Allen, Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 99 (1996).
  11. Evolution of microstructure of nanocrystalline Mo-Cu thin films during thermal annealing, G. Ramanath, H. Z. Xiao, L. C. Yang, A. Rockett and L. H. Allen J. Appl. Phys. 78, 2435 (1995).
  12. High-speed (104 °C/s) scanning microcalorimetry with monolayer sensitivity (1 J/m2), S. L. Lai, G. Ramanath, L. H. Allen, Z. Ma and P. Infante, Appl. Phys. Lett. 67, 1229 (1995).
  13. 106 °C/s thin film electrical heater: In situ resistivity measurements of Ti/Si films during electrical thermal annealing, L. H. Allen, G. Ramanath, S. L. Lai, and D. J. Allman, Appl. Phys. Lett. 64, 417 (1994).

Book chapter

  1. Thin Film Deposition and Treatment, G. Ramanath, H.S. Goindi, D.B. Bergstrom, in  Intermetallic Compounds, Principles and Practice 3, edited by J.H. Westbrook, and R. L. Fleischer (Wiley, 2002) pp. 663-680.

Conference Articles

Invited

  1. Lithography for sub<30 nm Design Rules: Materials Challenges, O. Nalamasu, G. Ramanath, T.-M. Lu, Inter. Conf. Solid State and Integr. Circ. Technol., published by IEEE (Shanghai, China, October 2004)
  2. Self-assembled molecular nanolayers for device structures, P.G. Ganesan, and G. Ramanath, In Physics of Semiconductor Devices, Ed. K.N. Bhat, A. DasGupta, (Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, India) p.1120, (2004).
  3. Near-zero-thickness self-assembled molecular layers for future device structures: Interfacial adhesion and diffusion barrier properties, P. G. Ganesan, G. Cui, A. Ellis, R.S. Kane, and G. Ramanath, THERMEC international conference on processing and manufacturing of advanced materials, (July 7-11, 2003), Leganes, Spain.
  4. Directed assembly of highly organized nanotube architectures, B. Q. Wei, Y. Jung, A. Cao, P. M. Ajayan, and G. Ramanath, Proceedings of the international Symposium on Advanced Applications for Carbon Materials, (Sept 12-13, 2002), Organized by NSF-USA, Carbon Societies of Korea and Japan; Jeju Island, Korea.
  5. Electromigration in Epitaxial Cu(001) lines, G. Ramanath, H. Kim, H. S. Goindi, M. J. Frederick, C.-S. Shin, R. Goswami, I. Petrov, and J. E. Greene, AIP Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Stress-Induced Phenomena in Metallization, edited by S.P. Baker, M. Korhonen, E. Arzt and P. Ho (2001), p. 10. 
  6. Critical challenges and newly emerging strategies in diffusion barrier technology, G. Ramanath, M. Stukowski, H. Kim, and M. J. Frederick, X. Guo, VLSI Mult. Intercon. Conf. Proc. 18 (Library of Congress No. 89-644090), 153 (2001). 
  7. Interfacial barriers for the 100-nm node and beyond: key challenges and emerging strategies, G. Ramanath, M. Stukowski, H. Kim, and M. J. Frederick, Inter. Conf. Solid State and Integr. Circ. Technol., published by IEEE (Shanghai, China, October 2001) pp 391-96.
  8. Building carbon nanotube architectures, R. Vajtai, B. Q. Wei, G. Ramanath, and P.M. Ajayan, SPIE’s International SPIE Proceedings on BioMEMS and Smart Nanostructures, edited by L.B. Kish, E.C. Harvey, W.B. Spillman Jr, (Adelaide, Australia, Dec. 17-19 2001) p. 121.

Contributed

  1. Templating of carbon nanotube growth by glancing angle deposition, D. Gall and G. Ramanath, Proceedings of the National Science Foundation Grantees Conference, Division of Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation, Scottsdale AZ, Jan. 3-6, (2005).
  2. Field emission from aligned carbon nanotubes grown on patterned oxide layers, B.S. Satyanarayana, B.Q. Wei, Y. Jung, G. Ramanath, and P. M. Ajayan, Tech. Digest of IVMC 213 (2003). 
  3. Phase transitions in octanethiol-capped Ag, Au and CdS nanocluster assemblies A.V. Ellis, K. Vijayamohanan, C. Ryu, and G. Ramanath, MRS Symp. Proc.  Fall Meeting (Dec 2002) in press.
  4. Interfacial adhesion of Cu to self-assembled monolayers on SiO2, G. Cui, M. Lane, K. Vijayamohanan, and G. Ramanath, MRS Symp. Proc. 695, Thin Films: Stresses and Mechanical Properties IX, 329-334 (Dec 2001).
  5. Controlling the aligned growth of carbon nanotubes by substrate selection and patterning, Y. Jung, B. Q. Wei, R. Vajtai, J. Ward, R. Zhang, G. Ramanath and P. M. Ajayan, MRS Symp. Proc. 706, Z3.11 (Dec 2001).
  6. Electromigration in epitaxial Cu lines, H. S. Goindi, C.-S. Shin, M. J. Frederick, Y. Shusterman, H. Kim, I. Petrov, and G. Ramanath, in Growth, Evolution, and Properties of Surfaces, Thin Films, and Self-Organized Structures MRS Symp. Proc. 648, 11.37 (2001). 
  7. Understanding microchemical changes leading to delamination of TiN/Ti barriers during W CVD, G. Ramanath, J. Greene, J. Carlsson, V. Hornback, D. Allman, and L. Allen, VLSI Mult. Intercon. Conf. Proc. 14, 246 (1997). 
  8. F accumulation in Ti: the cause of adhesion failure of TiN/Ti liner on SiO2 during W CVD? G. Ramanath, V. C. Hornback, D. J. Allman, J. R. A. Carlsson and L. H. Allen, VLSI Mult. Intercon. Conf. Proc. 13, 333 (1996).
  9. An ultrafast thin film microcalorimeter with monolayer sensitivity, S. L. Lai, G. Ramanath, P. Infante, and L. H. Allen, MRS Symp. Proc. 398, 469 (1996).
  10. Evolution of microstructure during low-temperature solid phase epitaxial growth of SixGe1-x on Si(001), G. Ramanath, H. Z. Xiao, S. L. Lai, and L. H. Allen, MRS Symp. Proc. 355, 365 (1994).
  11. The transformation from a® g during continuous cooling in Ti-(47-48) at% Al alloys, D. Veeraraghavan, G. Ramanath, P. Wang and Vijay K. Vasudevan, in Solid State Phase Transformations, W. C. Johnson, J. M. Howe, D. E. Laughlin, W. A. Soffa (eds.), pp. 273-278 (1994). 
  12. Formation of TiSi2 during rapid thermal annealing: in situ resistance measurements at heating rates from 1 to 25000 °C/s, G. Ramanath, S. Koh, Z. Ma, L. H. Allen and S.Lee, MRS Symp. Proc. 303 , 63 (1993). 
  13. Mechanism of C49 to C54 transformation in TiSi2 during thermal annealing, Z. Ma, G. Ramanath, and L. H. Allen, MRS Symp. Proc. 320, 361 (1993).
  14. The a ® g transformation during continuous cooling in Ti-48 at% alloys, G. Ramanath and Vijay K. Vasudevan, MRS Symp. Proc. 288, 223 (1992).

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Patents

  1. Diffusion barriers comprising a self-assembled monolayer, G. Ramanath, A. Krishnamoorthy, K. Chanda, S.P. Murarka US Patent 20040180506 (2007).
  2. Directed assembly of highly-organized carbon nanotubes, P.M. Ajayan, G. Ramanath, B.Q. Wei, US patent 7,189,430 (2007).
  3. Self-assembled sub-nanolayers as interfacial adhesion enhancers and diffusion barriers, G. Ramanath, P.G. Ganesan, K. Vijayamohanan, US Patent 7026716 (2006).
  4. Polyelectrolyte layers as diffusion barriers for Cu metallization, G. Ramanath, P.G. Ganesan, R.S. Kane, US Patent 20050001317 (2006).
  5. A new method for promoting tungsten nucleation during W chemical vapor deposition, G. Ramanath, V. C. Hornback, D. J. Allman, L. H. Allen, US Patent 5,963,828 (1999).
  6. A general method for enhancing interface strength and toughness using a molecular nanoglue, G. Ramanath and D.D. Gandhi, Invention Disclosure # 1101 (Nov 2006).
  7. Synthesis and assembly of monodisperse high-coercivity silica-capped nanomagnets of tunable size, composition and thermal stability from microemulsions, G. Ramanath, Q. Yan, A. Purkayastha, Invention disclosure (March 2006).
  8. Use of microwaves to functionalize and derivatize carbon nanotubes with nanoparticles and applications thereof, G. Ramanath, M.S. Raghuveer, S. Agrawal, A. P. Singh, Invention disclosure (Feb 2006).
  9. Low-temperature templateless synthesis of single-crystal bismuth telluride nanorods, G. Ramanath, A. Purkayastha, T. Borca-Tasciuc (Dec 29, 2005) Disclosure # 1027.
  10. Method for site-selective functionalization of carbon nanotubes and uses thereof, G. Ramanath, M.S. Raghuveer. Disclosure # 0990, Oct 2005.
  11. Transfer of aligned multiwalled carbon nanotubes on the metal films and its properties, P. Victor, O. Nalamasu and G. Ramanath. Disclosure #0992, Aug 2005.
  12. In-situ back-contact formation and site-selective assembly of highly aligned carbon nanotubes, G. Ramanath, S. Agrawal, M.J. Frederick Disclosure #0943, Jan 2005.
  13. Synthesizing carbon nanotube-nanoparticle hybrids, G. Ramanath and S. Agrawal, provisional disclosure (January 2005).
  14. In-situ back-contact formation and site-selective assembly of highly aligned carbon nanotubes, G. Ramanath, S. Agrawal, M.J. Frederick, provisional disclosure (Nov 2004).
  15. Template-less room-temperature assembly of nanowires and their networks from nanoparticles, G. Ramanath, A V. Ellis, R. Goswami, and K. Vijayamohanan, disclosure (April 2004).
  16. Nanotube based non-linear optics and methods of making same, S. Curran, P.M. Ajayan, A. Ellis, G. Ramanath, disclosure (Dec 11, 2003). 
  17. Directed assembly of highly-organized carbon nanotubes, P.M. Ajayan, G. Ramanath, Y.J. Jung, B.Q. Wei, and Z. Zhang, Docket # 60-356,069 (Filed Feb 11, 2002) (RPI 702).
  18. Directed assembly of highly organized carbon nanotube architectures by P.M. Ajayan, G. Ramanath, and Bingqing Wei, (filed June 3, 2002) Application # 60/385,393 (RPI 702A). 
  19. Nanotubes in a flash: ignition and reconstruction, P.M. Ajayan, G. Ramanath, and A. de la Guardia, (Filed February 19, 2002) Docket#60/358,082 (RPI 619).
  20. Diffusion barriers comprising a self-assembled monolayer, G. Ramanath, A. Krishnamoorthy, K. Chanda, S.P. Murarka, Application#20020079487 (October 11, 2001). 
  21. Self assembled near-zero thickness layers as diffusion barriers for copper metallization, A. Krishnamoorthy, K. Chanda, S. P. Murarka, G. Ramanath, US Patent Disclosure Docket # 20020105081 (October 11, 2001). 

Invited Seminars & Talks

  1. Plenary lecture, 7th International Conference on Materials Processing for Properties and Performance (MP3), Beijing, China (Sept 14, 2007): Sculpture and assembly of nanostructures for novel properties and applications
  2. Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India, (Aug 7, 2007): Sculpture and novel responses of functional nanostructures and assemblies for applications
  3. Institute for Materials Research and Engineering, Singapore (Aug 1, 2007): Sculpture, directed assembly and novel properties of nanostructures for applications
  4. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, School of Materials Engineering (July 31, 2007): Sculpture and novel responses of functional nanostructures and assemblies for applications
  5. University of Sydney, Australia, Applied Physics Dept (July 24, 2007): Sculpture and novel responses of functional nanostructures and assemblies for applications
  6. University of New South Wales, Australia, Materials Department (July 24, 2007): Sculpture and novel responses of functional nanostructures and assemblies for applications
  7. Monash University, Australia, Chemistry and Materials Depts. (July 18, 2007): Sculpture and novel responses of functional nanostructures and assemblies for applications
  8. University of Queensland, Australia, Australian Institute of Bioenegineering and Nanotechnology (July 11, 2007): Sculpture and novel responses of functional nanostructures and assemblies for applications
  9. Australian National University, Canberra, Australia; Research School of Physical Sciences, The Australian Research Council Nanotechnology Network Seminar (June 29, 2007): Sculpture and novel responses of nanostructures and their assemblies for applications
  10. University of Wollongong, Australia, Institute for superconducting and electronic materials (June 21, 2007): Sculpture and novel responses of functional nanostructures and assemblies for applications
  11. University of Wollongong, Australia, Institute for superconducting and electronic materials (June 14, 2007): Nanotube origami— directed assembly and modification for applications
  12. Linköping University, Sweden, Thin Film Physics Division, Physics Department (April 19, 2007): Directed synthesis and assembly of nanoscopic lego blocks and their properties
  13. University of Texas at Arlington, Materials Science and Engineering Department Colloquium (March 9, 2007): Sculpting nanostructures and their mesoarchitectures for applications
  14. Union College, Schenectady, NY, Chemistry Department (March 8, 2007): Harnessing nanostructures for applications—directed synthesis, assembly and novel properties
  15. Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra, Indo-US Shared Vision Workshop on Soft Quantum & Nano Computing (SQUAN), Feb 22-25 2007: Transmuting nanostructures for nanocomputing technologies—Directed synthesis, assembly and accessing novel properties of functional nanostructures
  16. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Materials Science and Engineering Department Colloquium (January 29, 2007) Harnessing nanostructures for applications: directed synthesis, assembly and novel properties
  17. The fifth international conference on materials processing, properties and performance, Singapore (Dec 15, 2006): Functional nanoparticles and molecular nanolayers—Directed assembly and novel responses for device applications
  18. The fifth international conference on materials processing, properties and performance, Singapore (Dec 14, 2006): New strategies to direct the assembly, functionalization and modification of carbon nanotubes (keynote lecture)
  19. Nano 2006—Eighth International Conference on Nanostructured Materials (Aug 24, 2006): Harnessing nanostructures for applications through directed surface/interface modification
  20. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, Chemical Engineering Department (Aug 10, 2006): Hybrid mesoarchitectures from nanostructures: Directed synthesis, assembly and properties
  21. General Electric Global Research Center, Bangalore, India (Aug 9, 2006): Hybrid mesoarchitectures from nanostructures: Directed synthesis, assembly and properties
  22. Advanced Research Corporation International, Hyderabad, India (July 25, 2006): Hybrid mesoarchitectures from nanostructures—Directed synthesis, assembly and properties
  23. University of Hyderabad, India, School of Physics and Nanotechnology Center (July 24, 2006): Hybrid mesoarchitectures from nanostructures—Directed synthesis, assembly and properties
  24. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, Metallurgy Department (Jul 19, 2006): Hybrid mesoarchitectures from nanostructures: Directed synthesis and properties
  25. NIAS-DST Workshop on Dimensions of Nanotechnology: Science, Technology and Society, National Institute for Advanced Studies, Bangalore (June 28, 2006): Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Education—A perspective on opportunities and challenges.
  26. NIAS-DST Workshop on Dimensions of Nanotechnology: Science, Technology and Society, National Institute for Advanced Studies, Bangalore (June 27, 2006): Hybrid mesoarchitectures from nanostructures—Directed synthesis, assembly and properties
  27. Wright Patterson Airforce Base, Materials Laboratory, Dayton, OH (May 26, 2005): Directed synthesis, assembly, stability and properties of low dimensional structures
  28. University of Montreal/Ecole Polytechnique (May 10, 2006): Directed synthesis, assembly, stability and properties of low dimensional structures
  29. TMS Annual meeting (March 15, 2006): New strategies to direct the synthesis and assembly of FePt nanomagnets
  30. Academia Sinica, Applied Sciences Laboratory (Feb 15, 2006): Hybrid nanostructures for device applications: Directed synthesis, modification and properties
  31. National Taiwan University Bio-Nanoworkshop (Feb14, 2006): Hybrid nanostructures for device applications: Directed synthesis, modification and properties
  32. Technion--Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel (Jan 12, 2006): Nanotubes, nanowires, nanoparticles and molecular nanolayers for device applications: Directed synthesis, modification and properties
  33. Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India (Dec 20, 2005): Synthesis, assembly, modification and properties of nanostructures
  34. International Workshop on Physics of Semiconductor Devices, New Delhi, India (Dec 15, 2005): Harnessing Nanostructures for Device Technologies: Synthesis, Directed Assembly and Properties.
  35. Topical workshop on nanowires, American Institute of Chemical Engineers meeting, Cincinnati, OH (Nov 1, 2005): Templateless synthesis, self-assembly, and properties of nanorods and nanowire networks
  36. Laboratory for Nanoscale Materials Science, EMPA, Switzerland (June 20, 2005): Mesoscale architectures using nanotubes, nanoparticles and nanolayers: directed growth, modification and properties.
  37. Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Bremen, Germany (May 25, 2005): Mesoscale architectures using nanotubes, nanoparticles and nanolayers: directed growth, modification and properties.
  38. Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland (April 25, 2005): Directed assembly of nanostructures: growth, modification and applications.
  39. Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland (April 22, 2005): Directed assembly of nanostructures: growth, modification and applications.
  40. Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences (April 20, 2005): Directed assembly of nanostructures: growth, modification and applications.
  41. Max Planck Institute for Solid State Reserach, Stuttgart, Germany, Nanoscale Science Deparment Seminar (April 6, 2005): Directed assembly and applications of architectures built from nanostructures.
  42. Advanced Micro Devices, East Fishkill NY, (January 27, 2005): Self-assembled nanolayers in nanodevice wiring structures: chemical isolation, adhesion enhancement, thermal stability, and integration with porous dielectric materials.
  43. Advanced Micro Devices, East Fishkill NY, (January 27, 2005): Directed assembly and properties of hybrid mesoarchitectures built from nanostructures.
  44. Rutgers University, NJ, Materials Science and Engineering Department Colloquium (September 14, 2004): Directed assembly and properties of nanoscale units and hybrid mesoarchitectures.
  45. Nagoya University, Chemical Physics Department (Prof. Shinohara), Nagoya, Japan (August 30, 2004): Directed assembly and properties of mesoassemblies from nanounits
  46. Tokyo Institute of Technology, Physics Department (Prof. Munekata), Yokohoma, Japan (August 30, 2004): Directed assembly and properties of nanoscale units and mesoarchitectures
  47. Tohoku University, Institute for Materials Research (Prof. Kawazoe), Sendai, Japan (August 23, 2004): Directed assembly and properties of nanoscale units and mesoarchitectures
  48. International Center for Young Scientists Special Seminar, NIMS, Tsukuba, Japan (Jul 30, 2004): Directed assembly and properties of mesoassemblies from nanounits
  49. Nano 2004, 7th International Conference on Nanostructured Materials, Wiesbaden, Germany (June 24, 2004), Novel processing technologies session: Directed assembly and modification of carbon nanotube mesoarchitectures
  50. National Institute for Materials Science Nanocharacterization department seminar, Tsukuba, Japan (June 9, 2004): Directed assembly and modification of 0-D, 1-D and 2-D nano-scale units and meso-scale assemblies
  51. Cornell University, Electrical Engineering Department Colloquium (March 2004): Mesoarchitectures from nanoscale building blocks: directed assembly and applications
  52. TMS Annual meeting—Metals for the future symposium, Charlotte, NC (March 2004): Self-assembled near-zero-thickness nanolayers for nanodevice metallization: Interfacial adhesion and chemical isolation
  53. TMS Annual meeting—Surfaces and interfaces in nanostructured materials symposium, Charlotte, NC (March 2004): Directed assembly of mesoarchitectures and networks from 0-D and 1-D nanounits
  54. International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies—organized by IUMRS at Singapore (Dec, 2003): Directed assembly and properties of highly-organized architectures comprised of 1D nanostructures
  55. Twelfth International Workshop on Physics of Semiconductor Devices, Chennai, India (Dec 2003): Use of self-assembled molecular layers for future devices
  56. Cabot corporation, MA (Dec 2, 2003): Synthesis and directed assembly of hybrid heterostructures and mesoscale architectures from 0-D and 1-D nanoscale building blocks
  57. Workshop at the Nanoparticles 2003 Conference, Boston, MA (October 26, 2003): Synthesis and Properties of 1-D Nanostructures.
  58. US-Japan Exchange of young scientists at MIT, organized by National Science Foundation, (September 26, 2003): Assembly of mesoarchitectures from nanoscale units
  59. THERMEC ‘2003—organized by TMS at Madrid, Spain (July 7-11, 2003): Near-zero-thickness self-assembled molecular layers for future device structures: Interfacial adhesion and diffusion barrier properties
  60. Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Chemistry Department (June 24 2003): Cool Nanostructures:Directed assembly and new applications
  61. Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Physics Department (June 19 2003): Cool Nanostructures:Directed assembly and new applications
  62. University of Paris, Chemistry Department (Dr. Pileni) Jussieu, Paris, France, (June 11, 2003): Directed assembly of one-dimensional nanostructures: strategies and applications
  63. ENEA, Centro Ricerche Casaccia, UTS Materiali e Nuove Tecnologie, Brindisi, Italy, (June 13, 2003): Directed assembly of one-dimensional nanostructures: strategies and applications
  64. ENEA, Centro Ricerche Casaccia, UTS Materiali e Nuove Tecnologie, Rome, Italy, (June 12, 2003): Directed assembly of one-dimensional nanostructures: strategies and applications
  65. Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Joint seminar organized by Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science Research Center (May 7, 2003): Cool Nanostructures: Directed assembly and new applications
  66. International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films (ICMCTF), Symposium B, San Diego (April 24-28, 2003): Directed assembly of organized nanotube architectures
  67. North-East New York chapter of the American Nuclear society, keynote talk, Troy, NY (March 26, 2003): Carbon Nanotubes: Architecture and Applications
  68. IBM weekly seminar, T.J. Watson Center, Yorktown Heights, NY (March 21, 2003): Fabrication and assembly of nanostructures into complex architectures and devices
  69. Florida International University, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering Departments, joint seminar (March 10, 2003): Highly-organized architectures from 1D nanostructures: directed assembly and future devices
  70. US-Japan Symposium on Tools and Metrology for Nanofabrication at Cornell Nanofabrication Facility, Ithaca, NY (Jan 23, 2003): A perspective on critical challenges and emerging strategies in fabrication and characterization of mesoscale architectures built with nanoscale units
  71. Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, Department of Engineering Sciences (November 4, 2002): Highly-organized one-dimensional nanostructures: Strategies for directed assembly and new applications
  72. International symposium on Advanced Applications for Carbon Materials Organized by NSF, Carbon Societies of Korea and Japan; Jeju Island, Korea (Sept 12-13, 2002): Directed assembly of highly organized nanotube architectures
  73. Philip Morris USA, Richmond, VA (August 19, 2002): Harnessing multiple microanalysis techniques for studies of complex materials systems and phenomena in engineering applications
  74. Technion, Haifa, Israel, Department of Materials Engineering (July 29, 2002): Near-zero-thickness diffusion barriers and adhesion enhancers by self assembly
  75. RWTH, Aachen, Germany, Department of Materials Chemistry (June 24, 2002): Directed assembly of organized networks of high-aspect ratio nanostructures
  76. ESPCI-CNRS, Paris, France, Department of Materials Chemistry (June 18, 2002): Directed assembly of organized networks of high-aspect ratio nanostructures
  77. University of California, Santa Barbara, CA Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Materials (April 29, 2002): Directed assembly of organized networks of high-aspect ratio nanostructures
  78. Sixth International Workshop on Stress-Induced Phenomena in Metallization Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (July 2001): Electromigration in Epitaxial Cu(001) lines
  79. SPIE’s International Symposium on Microelectronics & MEMS, Adelaide, Australia (Dec. 17-19 2001): Interfacial isolation in nanostructures. 
  80. Sixth Inter. Conf. Solid State and Intergr. Circ. Technol. (IEEE, Shanghai, China, October 2001): Interfacial barriers for the 100-nm node and beyond: key challenges and emerging strategies
  81. VLSI Multilevel Interconnection Conference (November 2001): Critical challenges and newly emerging strategies in diffusion barrier technology
  82. University of Technology, Sydney, Australia (December 13, 2001): A bottom up approach to growing highly oriented carbon nanotubes in multiple orientations
  83. University of Melbourne, Chemistry Department, Australia (December 20, 2001): Highly oriented carbon nanotubes architectures by chemical vapor deposition and catalyst templating
  84. Monash University, Melbourne, School of Physics and Materials Engineering, Australia (December 19, 2001): Controlled growth of highly oriented nanotubes architectures by chemical vapor deposition
  85. Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Physics Department (August 13, 2001): Interfacial isolation in thin film device structures: reaction pathways, surface. 
  86. Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Physics Department (August 14, 2001): Tailoring the structure, orientation, alignment and site-selectivity of tubular nanostructures on planar substrates. 
  87. National Chemical Laboratories, Pune, India (August 10, 2001): Tailoring the structure, orientation, alignment and site-selectivity of tubular nanostructures on planar substrates. 
  88. Pune University, Physics Department, Pune, India (August 11, 2001): Interfacial isolation in thin film device structures: understanding reaction pathways, and atomic-level engineering of surfaces. 
  89. University at Binghamton (SUNY), Binghamton, NY, a joint colloquium organized by the Physics and Mechanical Engineering Departments (November 14, 2001): Interfacial barriers for future device applications: understanding reaction pathways & surface-molecular engineering.
  90. University at Buffalo (SUNY), Buffalo, NY, Electrical Engineering Department Colloquium (Apr 7, 2001): Thin film diffusion barriers for interconnect applications: from conventional technologies to atomic-level engineering.
  91. Advanced Vision Technologies, Rochester, NY, (April 6, 2001): Placement and multidirectional growth of carbon nanotube arrays by CVD. 
  92. Materials Research Center, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India (Jul 28, 2000): Growth of, and interfacial interactions in, tubular and layered structures. 
  93. Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore (Jul 24, 2000): Tailoring the structure, alignment and site-selectivity of tubular nanostructures on planar substrates by catalyst templating.
  94. Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore (Jul 25, 2000): Understanding interfacial interactions and phase formation paths in thin film interconnect structures during IC fabrication.
  95. Bhaba Atomic Research Center, Materials Colloquium, Mumbai, India (Jul 17, 2000): Synthesis and interactions in layered and tubular nanostructures.
  96. Physics Department, Clemson University, Clemson, SC (Jan. 2000): Phase formation at buried interfaces during tungsten chemical vapor deposition from WF6. 
  97. Materials Science and Engineering Department, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (Feb. 1997): Interactions of WF6 with buried surfaces in sputter-deposited TiN/Ti bilayers during W CVD.
  98. Materials Science and Engineering Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY (Sept. 1997): Interactions of WF6 with buried surfaces in TiN/Ti during W CVD.
  99. Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, (December 1997): Phase formation and Reactions in TiN/Ti barriers during W CVD.
  100. Physics Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India, (December 1997): Interfacial reactions of WF6 with TiN/Ti films.
  101. Advanced Process Development Division, Symbios Logic Inc.(now LSI Logic), Colorado Springs, CO (June 1996), Delamination of TiN/Ti barriers during W CVD.  

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Contributed Talks & Presentations

  1. Directed assembly and novel responses of functional nanoparticles and nanolayers for future devices, G. Ramanath, 7th International Conference on Nanotechnology, Hong Kong (IEEE-Nano 2007). Best conference paper award
  2. Study of interfacial adhesion and mechanical properties of molecularly modified dielectrics, D. D. Gandhi, A.P. Singh, M. W. Lane, Y. Zhou, S. Nayak, E. Simonyi, G. Ramanath, TMS-Hudson-Mohawk chapter (Nov 2006). Best Poster Award
  3. “Rolling Stones”, S. Agarwal, G. Pattanaik, G. Ramanath, Micrograph contest (Ist prize) TMS/CDMMS Mohawk Hudson chapter (Nov 2006).
  4. Defect-induced Enhancement of Carrier Transport in Individual Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes and their networks, S. Agrawal, M. S. Raghuveer, R. Ramprasad, G. Ramanath, MRS Fall Meeting, Boston (2006). Q15.9 Poster
  5. Directed synthesis of molecularly braided magnetic nanoparticle chains using polyelectrolyte and difunctional couplers, Q.Yan, A. Purkayastha, D. Gandhi, H. Li, T. Kim, M. Shima, G. Ramanath, MRS Fall meeting, Boston (2006). Poster
  6. Thermoelectric transport in bismuth telluride nanostructured films, T. Borca-Tasciuc, Y. Son, S. Kim, C. Hapenciuc, A. Jain, A. Purkayastha, G. Ramanath, Energy Nanotechnology International conference (ENIC), MIT, Cambridge (2006). 19038 poster
  7. Nanobrush ‘Science as Art’ competition, A. Purkayastha, Raghuveer S. Makala, T. Borca-Tascuic, G. Ramanath, MRS spring meeting , San Francisco (2006), P 42 Poster
  8. Low-temperature Synthesis, Assembly, and Properties, of Monodisperse FePt-silica core-shell Nanomagnets of Tunable Size, Composition and Thermal Stability. Qingyu Yan, A. Purkayastha, T. Kim, R. Kroger, A. Bose, T. Borca-Tasciuc, G. Ramanath, MRS Spring meeting San Francisco (2006). O6.2 Talk.
  9. Suppression of Moisture-induced Electrical Instabilities in Mesoporous Silica Films Through Molecular Capping. Amit P Singh, Darshan D Gandhi, V. Pushpraj, G. Ramanath MRS Spring meeting, San Francisco (2006) F2.3 Talk.
  10. Low-temperature Templateless Synthesis and Thermoelectric Properties of Single-crystal Bismuth Telluride Nanorods. A. Purkayastha, M. Raghuveer2, F. Lupo, Seong-yul Kim, T. Borca-Tasciuc, G. Ramanath, MRS Spring meeting, San Francisco (2006). P8.7 Poster.
  11. Enhanced chemical ordering and coercivity in FePt alloy nanoparticles by Sb-doping, Q. Yan, A. Purkayastha, T. Kim, Y. Xu, M. Shima, R. J. Gambino, G. Ramanath, MRS Fall meeting, Boston (2005), II7.17 Poster
  12. Microwave assisted single-step functionalization and in-situ derivatization of carbon nanotubes with nanoparticles, M. S. Raghuveer, S. Agrawal, A.P. Singh, Q. Yan, G. Ramanath, MRS Fall meeting, Boston (2005), Ra 22.11/ Rb 22.11, Poster.
  13. Electrical-current induced structural modification and chemical functionalization of carbon nanotubes, S. Agrawal, M. S. Raghuveer, G. Ramanath, MRS Fall meeting, Boston (2005), Q 1.1, Talk.
  14. Low–temperature chemical ordering in FePt nanoparticles by Sb doping, Q. Yan, T. Kim, A. Purkayastha, Y. Xu, M. Shima, R. J. Gambino and G. Ramanath, 50th MMM conference, San Jose (2005), EW-03 Poster
  15. Low temperature synthesis and thermoelectric properties of molecularly capped bismuth telluride nanoparticles from microemulsions, A. Purkayastha, P. G. Ganesan, A. Kumar, S.Y. Kim, T. Borca-Tasciuc and G. Ramanath, MRS Fall Meeting, Boston (2005), Ra23.6 Talk
  16. Sb-doped FePt nanoparticles: synthesis, morphology, ordering and magnetic properties, Q. Yan, A. Purkayastha, T. Kim, Y. Xu, M. Shima, R. J. Gambino and G. Ramanath, TMS/CDMMS Hudson-Mohawk Chapter, Troy (2005), #15 Poster
  17. New concepts of device interconnections and thermal management using nanostructures, G. Ramanath, SEMICON Europe (2005), G. Ramanath, Poster
  18. Site-selective functionalization of carbon nanotubes, M.S. Raghuveer, A.Kumar, M.J. Frederick, G.P. Louie, P.G. Ganesan, and G. Ramanath, MRS Spring meeting, San Francisco (2005), U 7.6, Talk.
  19. Kinetics of Moisture-Induced Electrical Property Changes in Ordered Nanoporous Silica Low-k Dielectrics, A.P. Singh, P. Victor, P.G. Ganesan, G. Ramanath, MRS Spring meeting, San Francisco (2005), B4.5, Talk.
  20. Annealing-Induced Adhesion Enhancement at Cu-SiO2 Interfaces Modified with Organosilane Nanolayers. D.D. Gandhi, P. G. Ganesan, A.P. Singh and G. Ramanath, MRS Spring meeting, San Francisco (2005), B.8.6, Talk.
  21. Hybrid Architectures from aligned carbon nanotubes on SiO2 microsphere assemblies; fabrication and alignment mechanism, S. Agrawal, A Kumar, A.A. Farajian, M.J. Frederick, Y. Kawazoe, and G. Ramanath, MRS Spring meeting, San Francisco (2005), U 3.15, Talk.
  22. Hybrid nano-bio-structures: Directed assembly, properties and device concepts, G. Ramanath, S. Agrawal, M.S. Raghuveer, A. Kumar, National Academies Keck Foundation Initiative Conference on Nanotechnology and Medicine, Irvine, CA (Nov 2004). Poster.
  23. Assembly of hybrid nanostructures and their properties, S. Agrawal, M.J. Frederick, G. Ramanath, Hudson Mohawk ASM-TMS chapter annual meeting (Nov 2004).
  24. Kinetics of Moisture-Induced Electrical Property Changes in Ordered Nanoporous Silica Low-k Dielectric Thin Films. A. P. Singh, P. Victor, P. G. Ganesan and G. Ramanath, MRS Spring meeting, San Francisco (2005), B4.5 Talk
  25. Diffusion barrier properties of carboxyl- and amine-terminated molecular nanolayer, P.G. Ganesan, A.P. Singh, and G. Ramanath, MRS Spring meeting, San Francisco (2005), B6.10 Talk.
  26. New concepts of device interconnections and thermal management using nanostructures (represented RPI’s Focus Center), SEMICON Europe (2005), G. Ramanath, Poster
  27. Site-selective functionalization of carbon nanotubes, M.S. Raghuveer, A.Kumar, P.G. Ganesan, G.P. Louie, and G. Ramanath, MRS Fall meeting, Boston (2004), GG 5.4 Talk
  28. Molecular layers for inhibiting in-plane surface/interfacial Cu diffusion in damascene interconnects, Chandrasekar Venkataramani, P.G. Ganesan, Anand V. Vairagar, G. Ramanath, Subodh G. Mhaisalkar and Ahila Krishnamoorhty, MRS Spring meeting, San Francisco (2005), B6.9 Talk.
  29. Annealing-induced adhesion enhancement at Cu-SiO2 interfaces modified with organosilane nanolayers, D. D. Gandhi, P.G. Ganesan, A.P. Singh and G. Ramanath, MRS Spring meeting, San Francisco (2005) B8.6 Poster
  30. Hybrid architectures from aligned carbon nanotubes on SiO2 microsphere assemblies, S. Agrawal, A. Kumar, A. A. Farajian, M. J. Frederick, Y. Kawazoe, and G. Ramanath, MRS Spring meeting (2005) U3.15 Poster
  31. NER: Shaping and assembly of hybrid architectures by nanotemplating, D. Gall and G. Ramanath, NSF Grantees Conference, Division of Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation, Scottsdale AZ, January 3-6, 2005.
  32. In-situ synthesis and directed assembly of gold nanoparticles of different shape from molecularly templated microemulsions, A. Kumar, V. agarwal, A.Bose and G. Ramanath, MRS Fall meeting, Boston (2004). Talk GG 7.8.
  33. Aligned carbon nanotubes on indium tin oxide: growth and electrical properties for multifunctional mesodevices, S. Agrawal, M. J. Frederick, P. Victor, G. Ramanath, MRS Fall meeting, Boston (2004). Talk HH8.10
  34. Thermal stability and enhanced interfacial adhesion of Cu-capped self-assembled molecular nanolayer barriers on SiO2, D. D. Gandhi, P.G. Ganesan, G. Ramanath, MRS Fall meeting, Boston (2004), Poster GG 10.32
  35. Carboxyl terminated molecular assemblies as interfacial inhibitors for future nano-devices, P.G. Ganesan, A. Singh, G. Ramanath, MRS spring meeting, San Francisco (2004). Talk. Finalist, Best Poster Competition (top 6 of about ~150+ papers)
  36. Site-selective anchoring of nanoparticles heteroassemblies, M.S. Raghuveer, T. Maddanimath, P.G. Ganesan, G. Ramanath, MRS Fall meeting, Boston (2003). Poster N15.29
  37. Layered molecular assemblies as interface isolators and adhesion enhancers for devices, P.G. Ganesan, and G. Ramanath, MRS Fall meeting, Boston (2003). Poster
  38. Hybrid nano-bio-structures: Directed assembly, properties and device concepts, G. Ramanath, National Academies Keck Foundation Futures Initiative (NAKFI) Workshop (2004). Poster. Was one of 100 select researchers invited, through competition, to attend the conference and present latest work on nano-bio structures.
  39. Welding, Slicing, and Doping, of Carbon Nanotubes with Ion Beams, M.S. Raghuveer, J. D’Arcy-Gall, M. Marshal, I. Petrov, G. Ramanath, MRS Fall meeting, Boston (2003). Poster, R 9.28
  40. Templateless self-assembly of nanowire cages, T. Maddanimath, J. D’Arcy-Gall, A.V. Ellis, R. Goswami, P. G. Ganesan, K. Vijayamohanan, and G. Ramanath, MRS Fall meeting, Boston (2003). Poster, N15.47
  41. Silicon Oxide Thickness-dependent Growth of Carbon Nanotubes, A. Cao, R. Baskaran, K. Turner, P.M. Ajayan, G. Ramanath, MRS Fall meeting, Boston (2003).  Talk, M1.8
  42. Templateless self-assembly of nanowire cages, A.V. Ellis, J. D’Arcy-Gall, R. Goswami, and G. Ramanath, ICMCTF, San Diego (2003).
  43. Self-assembled molecular nanolayers as interfacial adhesion enhancers, G. Ramanath, G. Cui, S. McConaughy, M. Stukowski, P.G. Ganesan, and A. Ellis, MRS Spring meeting (2003).
  44. Templateless self-assembly of nanowire cages, A.V. Ellis, J. D’Arcy-Gall, R. Goswami, P. G. Ganesan, and G. Ramanath, MRS Spring meeting (2003).
  45. Sequence and mechanisms of Mg segregation and self-organized interfacial MgO formation in Cu-Mg alloy films on SiO­2, M.J. Frederick and G. Ramanath, MRS Spring meeting (2003).
  46. Ultrathin Polymeric Diffusion Barriers for Cu metallization, P. G. Ganesan, S. McConaughy, G. Cui, S. Kanagalingam, R. Kane, and G. Ramanath, MRS Spring meeting (2003).
  47. Self-assembled nanolayers as adhesion enhancers at Cu/SiO2 interfaces, G. Cui, M. Stukowski, X. Guo, A. Ellis, K. Vijayamohanan, P. Doppelt, G. Ramanath MRS Fall meeting (2002).
  48. Phase transitions in octanethiol-capped nanocluster assemblies, A.V Ellis, R. Goswami, K. Vijayamohanan, C. Ryu, and G. Ramanath, Symposium H6 MRS Fall meeting (2002). 
  49. Hydrophobic attachment of gold nanoclusters to carbon nanotubes, K. Vijayamohanan, A.V. Ellis, R. Goswami, N. Chakrapani, L.S. Ramanathan, P.M. Ajayan, G. Ramanath H7.14 MRS Fall meeting (2002).
  50. Interfacial phase formation in Cu-Mg thin films grown on oxidized Si, M.J. Frederick, R. Goswami, G. Ramanath, Symposium Z3.39 MRS Fall meeting (2002). 
  51. Building macro-scale networks and bridges of aligned carbon nanotubes, A. Cao, Bingqing Wei, P.M. Ajayan, G. Ramanath, Symposium H7.9 MRS Fall meeting (2002). 
  52. Near-zero thickness self-assembled layers for interfacial isolation in future device structures, G. Ramanath, M. Stukowski, G. Cui, X. Guo, and S. Nitta, Symposium A9.6, MRS Fall meeting (2001). 
  53. Adhesion of Cu to self-assembled monolayers on SiO2 G. Cui, M. Lane, K. Vijayamohanan, G. Ramanath, MRS Fall Meeting symposium L7.7 (Dec 2001).
  54. Microstructure Evolution and Interfacial Reactions in Cu-Mg Alloy Films on SiO2, M. J. Frederick, R. Goswami, and G. Ramanath, 48th AVS International Symposium, San Francisco, CA (November 2001).
  55. Effect of Interfacial Underlayers on Electromigration in Epitaxial Cu(001) Lines, R. Goswami, H. S. Goindi, H. Kim, M. J. Frederick, G. Ramanath, C.-S. Shin, I. Petrov, and J. E. Greene, 48th AVS International Symposium, San Francisco, CA, November 2001.
  56. Near-zero-thickness molecular-layer diffusion-barriers for interconnect applications, G. Ramanath, K. Chanda, X. Guo, and M. Stukowski, 48th AVS International Symposium, San Francisco, CA, November 2001. 
  57. Thermal stability of arc-evaporated Ti1-xAlxN thin films, A. Hörling, L. Hultman, M. Oden, G. Ramanath, P.H. Mayrhofer, C. Mitterer, J. Sjolen, L. Karlsson, 48th AVS International Symposium, San Francisco, CA, November 2001.
  58. Towards building three dimensional architectures of carbon nanotubes, B. Q. Wei, Y. Jung, R. Vajtai, G. Ramanath, P. M. Ajayan, in Symposium Z: Making Functional Materials with Nanotubes, MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, USA (Nov. 2001).
  59. Energy-filtered reflection high-energy electron diffraction from carbon nanotubes, J. T. Drotar, B.Q. Wei, Y.P. Zhao, G. Ramanath, and P.M. Ajayan, T.M. Lu, and G.C. Wang, AVS 48th International Symposium, San Francisco, USA, (Oct 29-Nov 2, 2001). 
  60. Tailoring growth and properties of nanotube networks for applications, B.Q. Wei, Y. P. Zhao, P.M. Ajayan, and G. Ramanath, AVS 48th International Symposium, San Francisco, USA (Oct 29-Nov 2, 2001).  
  61. Tailoring growth of carbon nanotubes, B.Q. Wei, J. Ward, Z.J. Zhang, R. Vajtai, G. Ramanath, and P.M. Ajayan, International Conference on Science and Technology of Nanostructured Materials, Puri, India (Jan. 4-8, 2001). 
  62. Tailored growth of aligned nanotube arrays of both vertical and horizontal configurations, G. Ramanath, Moletronics meeting (ONR & DARPA), Lake Tahoe, NV (August 2000).  
  63. Forming aligned nanotube interconnections between thin Ni layers and Si(001), Bingqing Wei, Z. J. Zhang, P.M. Ajayan, and G. Ramanath, Symposium A: Nanotubes and Related Materials MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA (2000). 
  64. Selective growth of aligned nanotubes on SiO2/Si patterns from xylene-metallocene mixtures, Z. J. Zhang, B. Q. Wei, P. M. Ajayan and G. Ramanath, Symposium A: Nanotubes and Related Materials MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA (2000). 
  65. Modifying the structure and properties of carbon nanotubes by Ga+ irradiation, B. Q. Wei, G. Ramanath, and P.M. Ajayan, Symposium O: Ion Beam Synthesis and Processing of Advanced Materials MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA (2000). 
  66. Aligned growth of tubular nanostructures by CVD, G. Ramanath, P. M. Ajayan, R. Leahy, Z. Zhang, Nanospace 2000, Houston, TX (Jan, 2000).
  67. Determination of kinetic rate expressions using experimental sticking coefficients with application to W CVD, E. J. McInerney, G. Ramanath, E. Srinivasan, D. C. Smith, AVS Meeting, Baltimore, MD (1998).
  68. Diffusion and phase formation phenomena during WF6 attack of TiN/Ti liners, G. Ramanath, J. E. Greene, L. H. Allen, V. C. Hornback, D. J. Allman, and H. A. Withers, Adv. Metall. Intercon. Syst., San Diego, CA (1997).
  69. Understanding microchemical changes leading to delamination of TiN/Ti barriers during W CVD, G. Ramanath, J. Greene, J. Carlsson, V. Hornback, D. Allman, and L. Allen, VLSI Mult. Intercon. Conf. Santa Clara, CA (1997).
  70. F accumulation in Ti: the cause of adhesion failure of TiN/Ti liner on SiO2 during W CVD? G. Ramanath, V. C. Hornback, D. J. Allman, J. R. A. Carlsson and L. H. Allen, VLSI Mult. Intercon. Conf. Santa Clara, CA (1996).
  71. Evolution of microstructure during low-temperature solid phase epitaxial growth of SixGe1-x on Si(001), G. Ramanath, H. Z. Xiao, S. L. Lai, and L. H. Allen, MRS Fall Meeting Boston, MA (1994). 
  72. Formation of TiSi2 during rapid thermal annealing: in situ resistance measurements at heating rates from 1 to 25000 °C/s, G. Ramanath, S. Koh, Z. Ma, L. H. Allen and S.Lee, MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA (1993). 
  73. The alpha to gamma transformation during continuous cooling in Ti-48 at% alloys, G. Ramanath and Vijay K. Vasudevan, MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA (1992). 

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