Publications:

Peer Reviewed Papers:

58.      Murray, C.B. Watching Nanocrystals Grow. Science 324, 1276-1277 (2009).

57.      Claridge, S.A. et al. Cluster-Assembled Materials. ACS Nano 3, 244-255 (2009).

56.      Bose, R. et al. Temperature-tuning of near-infrared monodisperse quantum dot solids at 1.5 µm for controllable Forster energy transfer. Nano Letters 8, 2006-2011 (2008).

55.      Urban, J.J., Talapin, D.V., Shevchenko, E.V., Kagan, C.R. & Murray, C.B. Synergism in binary nanocrystal superlattices leads to enhanced p-type conductivity in self-assembled PbTe/Ag₂Te thin films. Nature Materials 6, 115-121 (2007).

54.      Talapin, D.V., Yu, H., Shevchenko, E.V., Lobo, A. & Murray, C.B. Synthesis of colloidal PbSe/PbS core-shell nanowires and PbS/Au nanowire-nanocrystal heterostructures. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 111, 14049-14054 (2007).

53.      Talapin, D.V., Shevchenko, E.V., Murray, C.B., Titov, A.V. & Kral, P. Dipole-dipole interactions in nanoparticle superlattices. Nano Letters 7, 1213-1219 (2007).

52.      Talapin, D.V. et al. Alignment, electronic properties, doping, and on-chip growth of colloidal PbSe nanowires. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 111, 13244-13249 (2007).

51.      Kaufmann, S. et al. Resonant energy transfer within a colloidal nanocrystal polymer host system. Applied Physics Letters 90 (2007).

50.      Zeng, H. et al. Magnetotransport of magnetite nanoparticle arrays. Physical Review B 73 (2006).

49.      Urban, J.J., Talapin, D.V., Shevchenko, E.V. & Murray, C.B. Self-assembly of PbTe quantum dots into nanocrystal superlattices and glassy films. Journal of the American Chemical Society 128, 3248-3255 (2006).

48.      Shevchenko, E.V., Talapin, D.V., Murray, C.B. & O'Brien, S. Structural characterization of self-assembled multifunctional binary nanoparticle superlattices. Journal of the American Chemical Society 128, 3620-3637 (2006).

47.      Shevchenko, E.V., Talapin, D.V., Kotov, N.A., O'Brien, S. & Murray, C.B. Structural diversity in binary nanoparticle superlattices. Nature 439, 55-59 (2006).

46.      Talapin, D.V. & Murray, C.B. PbSe nanocrystal solids for n- and p-channel thin film field-effect transistors. Science 310, 86-89 (2005).

45.      Shevchenko, E.V., Talapin, D.V., O'Brien, S. & Murray, C.B. Polymorphism in AB₁₃ nanoparticle superlattices: An example of semiconductor-metal metamaterials. Journal of the American Chemical Society 127, 8741-8747 (2005).

44.      Papaefthymiou, G.C. et al. Hybrid magnetic nanoparticles derived from wustite disproportionation reactions at the nanoscale. Hyperfine Interactions 165, 239-245 (2005).

43.      Harbold, J.M. et al. Time-resolved intraband relaxation of strongly confined electrons and holes in colloidal PbSe nanocrystals. Physical Review B 72 (2005).

42.      Grancharov, S.G. et al. Bio-functionalization of monodisperse magnetic nanoparticles and their use as biomolecular labels in a magnetic tunnel junction based sensor. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 109, 13030-13035 (2005).

41.      Cho, K.S., Talapin, D.V., Gaschler, W. & Murray, C.B. Designing PbSe nanowires and nanorings through oriented attachment of nanoparticles. Journal of the American Chemical Society 127, 7140-7147 (2005).

40.      Thomson, T. et al. Structural and magnetic model of self-assembled FePt nanoparticle arrays. Journal of Applied Physics 96, 1197-1201 (2004).

39.      Talapin, D.V. et al. CdSe and CdSe/CdS nanorod solids. Journal of the American Chemical Society 126, 12984-12988 (2004).

38.      Redl, F.X. et al. Magnetic, electronic, and structural characterization of nonstoichiometric iron oxides at the nanoscale. Journal of the American Chemical Society 126, 14583-14599 (2004).

37.      Ben-Porat, C.H., Cherniavskaya, O., Brus, L., Cho, K.S. & Murray, C.B. Electric fields on oxidized silicon surfaces: Static polarization of PbSe nanocrystals. Journal of Physical Chemistry A 108, 7814-7819 (2004).

36.      Agrawal, S. et al. Dielectric tunability of BST : MgO composites prepared by using nano particles. Ferroelectrics Letters Section 31, 149-156 (2004).

35.      Zeng, H., Sun, S.H., Sandstrom, R.L. & Murray, C.B. Chemical ordering of FePt nanoparticle self-assemblies by rapid thermal annealing. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 266, 227-232 (2003).

34.      Sun, S.H. et al. Controlled synthesis and assembly of FePt nanoparticles. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 107, 5419-5425 (2003).

33.      Redl, F.X., Cho, K.S., Murray, C.B. & O'Brien, S. Three-dimensional binary superlattices of magnetic nanocrystals and semiconductor quantum dots. Nature 423, 968-971 (2003).

32.      Perez-Dieste, V. et al. Thermal decomposition of surfactant coatings on Co and Ni nanocrystals. Applied Physics Letters 83, 5053-5055 (2003).

31.      Euliss, L.E. et al. Cooperative assembly of magnetic nanoparticles and block copolypeptides in aqueous media. Nano Letters 3, 1489-1493 (2003).

30.      Anders, S. et al. X-ray studies of magnetic nanoparticle assemblies. Journal of Applied Physics 93, 7343-7345 (2003).

29.      Anders, S. et al. X-ray absorption and diffraction studies of thin polymer/FePt nanoparticle assemblies. Journal of Applied Physics 93, 6299-6304 (2003).

28.      Sun, S.H. et al. Polymer mediated self-assembly of magnetic nanoparticles. Journal of the American Chemical Society 124, 2884-2885 (2002).

27.      Anders, S. et al. Lithography and self-assembly for nanometer scale magnetism. Microelectronic Engineering 61-2, 569-575 (2002).

26.      Sun, S.H., Fullerton, E.E., Weller, D. & Murray, C.B. Compositionally controlled FePt nanoparticle materials. Ieee Transactions on Magnetics 37, 1239-1243 (2001).

25.      O'Brien, S., Brus, L. & Murray, C.B. Synthesis of monodisperse nanoparticles of barium titanate: Toward a generalized strategy of oxide nanoparticle synthesis. Journal of the American Chemical Society 123, 12085-12086 (2001).

24.      Murray, C.B. et al. Colloidal synthesis of nanocrystals and nanocrystal superlattices. IBM Journal of Research and Development 45, 47-56 (2001).

23.      Liz-Marzan, L.M. et al. New aspects of nanocrystal research. MRS Bulletin 26, 981 (2001).

22.      Held, G.A., Grinstein, G., Doyle, H., Sun, S.H. & Murray, C.B. Competing interactions in dispersions of superparamagnetic nanoparticles. Physical Review B 64 (2001).

21.      Diehl, M.R. et al. Crystalline, shape, and surface anisotropy in two crystal morphologies of superparamagnetic cobalt nanoparticles by ferromagnetic resonance. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 105, 7913-7919 (2001).

20.      Sun, S.H., Murray, C.B., Weller, D., Folks, L. & Moser, A. Monodisperse FePt nanoparticles and ferromagnetic FePt nanocrystal superlattices. Science 287, 1989-1992 (2000).

19.      Murray, C.B., Kagan, C.R. & Bawendi, M.G. Synthesis and characterization of monodisperse nanocrystals and close-packed nanocrystal assemblies. Annual Review of Materials Science 30, 545-610 (2000).

18.      Black, C.T., Murray, C.B., Sandstrom, R.L. & Sun, S.H. Spin-dependent tunneling in self-assembled cobalt-nanocrystal superlattices. Science 290, 1131-1134 (2000).

17.      Sun, S.H. & Murray, C.B. Synthesis of monodisperse cobalt nanocrystals and their assembly into magnetic superlattices (invited). Journal of Applied Physics 85, 4325-4330 (1999).

16.      Mattoussi, H., Cumming, A.W., Murray, C.B., Bawendi, M.G. & Ober, R. Characterization of CdSe nanocrystallite dispersions by small angle x-ray scattering. Journal of Chemical Physics 105, 9890-9896 (1996).

15.      Kagan, C.R., Murray, C.B., Nirmal, M. & Bawendi, M.G. Electronic energy transfer in CdSe quantum dot solids. Physical Review Letters 76, 1517-1520 (1996).

14.      Kagan, C.R., Murray, C.B. & Bawendi, M.G. Long-range resonance transfer of electronic excitations in close-packed CdSe quantum-dot solids. Physical Review B 54, 8633-8643 (1996).

13.      Danek, M., Jensen, K.F., Murray, C.B. & Bawendi, M.G. Synthesis of luminescent thin-film CdSe/ZnSe quantum dot composites using CdSe quantum dots passivated with an overlayer of ZnSe. Chemistry of Materials 8, 173-180 (1996).

12.      Sacra, A., Norris, D.J., Murray, C.B. & Bawendi, M.G. Stark spectroscopy of CdSe nanocrystallites-the significance of transition linewidths. Journal of Chemical Physics 103, 5236-5245 (1995).

11.      Murray, C.B., Kagan, C.R. & Bawendi, M.G. Self-organization of CdSe nanocrystallites into 3-dimensional quantum-dot superlattices. Science 270, 1335-1338 (1995).

10.      Norris, D.J., Sacra, A., Murray, C.B. & Bawendi, M.G. Measurement of the size-dependent hole spectrum in CdSe quantum dots. Physical Review Letters 72, 2612-2615 (1994).

9.      Nirmal, M., Murray, C.B. & Bawendi, M.G. Fluoroscence-line narrowing in CdSe quantum dots-surface localization of the photogenerated exciton. Physical Review B 50, 2293-2300 (1994).

8.      Danek, M., Jensen, K.F., Murray, C.B. & Bawendi, M.G. Electrospray organometallic chemical vapor depostion-a novel technique for preparation of II-VI qutantum-dot composites. Applied Physics Letters 65, 2795-2797 (1994).

7.      Danek, M., Jensen, K.F., Murray, C.B. & Bawendi, M.G. Preparation of II-VI quantum-dot composites by electrospray organometallic chemical vapor deposition. Journal of Crystal Growth 145, 714-720 (1994).

6.      Dabbousi, B.O., Murray, C.B., Rubner, M.F. & Bawendi, M.G. Langmuir-Blodgett manipulation of size-selected CdSe nanocrystallites. Chemistry of Materials 6, 216-219 (1994).

5.      Becerra, L.R., Murray, C.B., Griffin, R.G. & Bawendi, M.G. Investigation of the surface-morphology of capped CdSe nanocrystallites by P³¹ nuclear magnetic resonance. Journal of Chemical Physics 100, 3297-3300 (1994).

4.      Norris, D.J., Nirmal, M., Murray, C.B., Sacra, A. & Bawendi, M.G. Size-dependent optical spectroscopy of II-VI semiconductor nanocrystallites (quantum dots). Zeitschrift Fur Physik D-Atoms Molecules and Clusters 26, 355-357 (1993).

3.      Nirmal, M., Murray, C.B., Norris, D.J. & Bawendi, M.G. Surface electronic properties of CdSe nanocrystallites. Zeitschrift Fur Physik D-Atoms Molecules and Clusters 26, 361-363 (1993).

2.      Murray, C.B., Norris, D.J. & Bawendi, M.G.Synthesis and characerization of nearly monodisperse CdE (E=S, Se, Te) semiconductor nanocrystallites. Journal of the American Chemical Society 115, 8706-8715 (1993).

1.      Murray, C.B., Nirmal, M., Norris, D.J. & Bawendi, M.G. Synthesis and structural characterization of II-VI semiconductor nanocrystallites (quantum dots). Zeitschrift Fur Physik D-Atoms Molecules and Clusters 26, S231-S233 (1993).

Books edited and book chapters contributed:

4.      From materials to devices: Scaling and integration, Annual Reviews of Materials Science 2000, 30: XII-XV, Editors R Rosenberg and CB Murray, Palo Alto, CA, USA.

3.      Magnetic Materials, Structures and Processing for Information Storage, BJ Daniels, MA Seigler, TP Nolan, SX Wang and CB Murray, MRS Proceedings, Vol. 614, Spring, 2000.

2.      Self-assembled magnetic nanoparticle arrays in The physics of high density magnetic recording, Editors S Sun, D Weller, C Murray, M Plumer, J van Ek and D Weller, Springer-Verlag, Chapter 9, 2001.

1.      Synthesis and Characterization of Monodisperse Nanocrystals and Close-Packed Nanocrystal Assemblies, CB Murray, CR Kagan and MG Bawendi, Annual Reviews of Materials Science 2000, Vol. 30, pp. 545-610. Acknowledged as most requested book chapter in the history of the Annual Reviews of Materials Science Series, having been purchased/downloaded more than 7000 times and cited more than 400 in the past 5 years.

Patents Granted:

15.      US Patent 6780499 Ordered Two-Phase Dielectric Film and Semiconductor Device Containing the Same, SM Gates, CB Murray, SV Nitta and S Purushothaman (2004).

14.      US Patent 6737107 Nanoparticles Formed with Rigid Connector Compounds, SM Gates and CB Murray (2004).

13.      US Patent 6599623 Nanoparticles Formed with Rigid Connector Compounds, SM Gates and CB Murray (2004).

12.      US Patent 6440560 Nanoparticles Formed with Rigid Connector Compounds, SM Gates and CB Murray (2004).

11.      US Patent 6673401 Nanoparticle Structures Utilizing Synthetic DNA Lattices, CT Black, SM Gates, CB Murray and S Sun (2004).

10.      US Patent 6265021 Nanoparticle Structures Utilizing Synthetic DNA Lattices, CT Black, SM Gates, CB Murray and S Sun (2004).

9.      US Patent 6265021 Nanoparticle Structures Utilizing Synthetic DNA Lattices, CT Black, SM Gates and CB Murray (2004).

8.      US Patent 6562633 Assembling Arrays of Small Particles using an Atomic Force Microscope to Define Ferroelectric Domains, CB  Murray, J Misewich and AG Schrott (2003).

7.      Taiwan Patent  NI-149375 Low Dielectric Constant, Porous Film formed from Regularly Arrayed Nanoparticles, SM Gates, CB Murray and S Sun (2002).

6.      US Patent 6737364 Method for Fabricating Crystalline-Dielectric Thin Films and Devices Formed Using Same, CT Black and CB Murray (2002).

5.      US Patent 6302940 Chemical Synthesis of Monodisperse and Magnetic Alloy Nanocrystal Containing Thin Films, in US, CB Murray, DK Weller and S Sun (2001).

4.      US Patent 6254662  Chemical Synthesis of Monodisperse and Magnetic Alloy Nanocrystal Containing Thin Films, CB Murray, S Sun and DK Weller (2001).

3.      US Patent 6262129   Method for Producing Nanoparticles of Transition Metals, S Sun and CB Murray (2001).

2.      US Patent 6162532 Magnetic Storage Medium Formed of Nanoparticles, CT Black, SM Gates, CB Murray and S Sun (2000).

1.      Can Patent 514 3635"Hydraulic Drag Reducing Agents For Low Temperature Applications," CB Murray and JCOC Young (1990)