Gleb Finkelstein, Associate Professor  

Gleb Finkelstein

Office Location: 093 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: Nanophysics and Biophysics

Current projects: Electronic transport in carbon nanotubes and graphene;, Inorganic nanostructures based on self-assembled DNA scaffolds;, Low-temperature scanning microscopy (AFM);, New probes for intracellular neuronal recordings., Ultra-sharp probes for Intracellular Neuronal Recordings.

Research Description: Gleb Finkelstein is an experimental physicist interested in inorganic and biologically inspired nanostructures: carbon nanotubes, graphene, nanocrystals and self-assembled DNA 'origami'. These objects reveal a variety of interesting electronic properties that may become a basis for future devices and sensors. His group's research is evenly divided between studies of electronic properties of nanostructures, and DNA self-assembly. Recently, he started a collaborative project on developing novel probes for intracellular neural recording.

Recent Publications   (More Publications)   (search)

  1. P. Li, P.M. Wu, Y. Bomze, I.V. Borzenets, G. Finkelstein and A.M. Chang, Retrapping current, self-heating, and hysteretic current-voltage characteristics in ultranarrow superconducting aluminum nanowires, Physical Review B, vol. 84 (2011), pp. 184508 [e184508], [doi] .
  2. I.V. Borzenets, U.C. Coskun, S.J. Jones and G. Finkelstein, Phase Diffusion in Graphene-Based Josephson Junctions, Physical Review Letters, vol. 107 (2011), pp. 137005 [e137005], [doi]  [abs].
  3. I. Borzenets, U.C. Coskun, H. Mebrahtu, and G. Finkelstein, Pb-graphene-Pb Josephson junctions: characterization in magnetic field, submitted to Phys. Rev. B (Preprint, 2011)  [abs].
  4. H. Mebrahtu, I. Borzenets, D.E. Liu, H. Zheng, Y.V. Bomze, A.I. Smirnov, H.U. Baranger, and G. Finkelstein, Resonant Level in a Dissipative Environment: a Possible Quantum Phase Transition? (Preprint, 2011)  [abs].
  5. Mauricio Pilo-Pais, Sarah Goldberg, Enrique C. Samano, Thomas H. LaBean, and Gleb Finkelstein, Connecting the Nanodots: Programmable Nanofabrication of Fused Metal Shapes on DNA Templates, Nano Letters, vol. 11 (2011), pp. 3489-3492 [nl202066c], [doi]  [abs].

Current Ph.D. Students   (Former Students)

Postdocs Mentored

  • Sarah Goldberg (October 1, 2009 - August 01, 2011)  
  • Ulas Coskun (February, 2007 - August, 2009)  
  • Yuriy Bomze (July, 2006 - August 31, 2001)  
  • Adriana Biasco (January 01, 2006 - December 31, 2006)  
  • Alexey Zhukov (October 1, 2003 - February 28, 2006)