Office Location: 099 Physics
Office Phone: 919-660-2523
Email Address: gleb@phy.duke.edu
Web Page: http://www.phy.duke.edu/~gleb/
Specialties:
Experimental condensed matter physics
Nanophysics
Biological physics
Education:
PhD, Weizmann Institute of Science, 1999
Research Categories: Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
Current projects: Electronic transport in Carbon nanotubes, Self-assembled electronic structures based on DNA scaffolds, Low-temperature scanning microscopy (AFM), Ultra-sharp probes for Intracellular Neuronal Recordings.
Research Description: Gleb Finkelstein is an experimental physicist interested in inorganic and biologically inspired nanostructures: carbon nanotubes, nanocrystals and self-assembled DNA nanostructures. These objects reveal a variety of interesting electronic properties that may become a basis for future devices and sensors. My group performs electronic transport measurements (as some of the effects are ruined by room temperature, we routinely work at cryogenic temperatures). To address individual nanoscale objects, my lab has built low-temperature Atomic Force Microscopes. In the other half of my research activity, we work on DNA self-assembly and chemical surface patterning methods for making self-assembled electronic nanostructures (in collaboration with Thom LaBean, Chemistry and Computer Science). Finally, I recently started a collaborative project with Rich Mooney (Neurobiology) and Bruce Donald (Computer Science and Biochemistry) on developing new probes for Intracellular Neuronal Recordings.
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