Dr.
Phaedon Avouris
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
Physical chemist; Company research staff member and administrator
Area
Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Specialty
Chemistry
Elected
2003
Manager of Nanometer Scale Science and Technology. Performed the first atomically resolved surface chemistry study, developed techniques to selectively break individual covalent bonds, and dissociated individual molecules using the scanning tunneling microscope. Demonstrated the first atomic-scale device, pioneered the fabrication and study of carbon nanotube transistors, and was first to fabricate a fully functional logic circuit on a single carbon nanotube molecule.
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