1.      September 25    Mon.  Haiqing Peng

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• P. Mohanty, E.M.Q. Jariwala, R.A. Webb, "Intrinsic decoherence in mesoscopic systems," PRL 78, 3366 (1997).

•  E. Buks, R. Schuster, M. Heiblum, D. Mahalu, V. Umansky, "Dephasing in electron interference by a 'which-path' detector," Nature391, 871 (1998).

• A.J. Rimberg, T.R. Ho, C. Kurdak, John Clarke, K.L. Campman, A.C. Gossard, "Dissipation-driven superconductor-insulator transition in a two-dimensional Josephson-junction array," PRL 78, 2632 (1997).

7.      October 18      Wed.  Doug Natelson

• A. Bezryadin, C.N. Lau, M. Tinkham, "Quantum suppression of superconductivity in ultrathin nanowires," Nature 404, 971 (2000).

• H.C. Manoharan, C.P. Lutz, and D.M. Eigler. "Quantum mirages formed by coherent projection of electronic structure," Nature 403, 512-515 (2000).

• L. P. Kouwenhoven, T. H. Oosterkamp, M. W. Danoesastro, M. Eto, D. G. Austing, T. Honda, S. Tarucha, "Excitation Spectra of Circular, Few-Electron Quantum Dots", Science 278, 1788 (1997).

• D. R. Stewart, D. Sprinzak, C. M. Marcus, C. I. Duruöz, J.S. Harris Jr., "Correlations Between Ground and Excited State Spectra of a Quantum Dot", Science 278, 1784 (1997).

• D.C. Ralph, C.T. Black, M. Tinkham, "Gate-voltage studies of discrete electronic states in aluminum nanoparticles," PRL 78, 4087 (1997).

      Lee Hirsch

• K. Schwab, E.A. Henriksen, J.M. Worlock, M.L. Roukes, "Measurement of the quantum of thermal conductance," Nature 404, 974 (2000).

• E. Scheer, N. Agrait, J.C. Cuevas, A.L. Yeyati, B. Ludoph, A. Martin-Roderos, G.R. Bollinger, J.M. van-Ruitenbeek, C. Urbina, "The signature of chemical valence in the electrical conduction through a single-atom contact," Nature 394, 154 (1998).

• S. Frank, P. Poncharal, Z.L. Wang, W.A. DeHeer, "Carbon nanotube quantum resistors," Science 280, 1744 (1998).

• S.J. Tans, A.R.M. Verschueren, and C. Dekker, "Room temperature transistor based on a single carbon nanotube," Nature393, 49 (1998);  S.J. Tans, M.H. Devoret, R.J.A. Groeneveld, C. Dekker, "Electron-electron correlations in carbon nanotubes," Nature 394, 761 (1998).

• T.W. Tombler, C. Zhou, L. Alexseyev, J. Kong, H. Dai; L. Liu, C.S. Jayanthi, M. Tang; S.Y. Wu. "Reversible electromechanical characteristics of carbon nanotubes under local-probe manipulation," Nature 405, 769 (2000).

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18.     November 27     Mon. Arjun Kurup

• H.W. Fink, C. Schonenberger, "Electrical conduction through DNA molecules," Nature 398, 407 (1999); Danny Porath, Alexey Bezryadin, Simon de Vries, Cees Dekker, "Direct measurement of electrical transport through DNA molecules," Nature 403, 635 (2000).

19.     December 04     Mon. Balaji Sitharaman

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