Journal Publications

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48. "Microfluidic Detection of Movements of Escherichia coli for Rapid Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing" (V. Kara, C. Duan, K. Gupta, S. Kurosawa, D. Stearns-Kurosawa, and K. L. Ekinci) Lab on a Chip 18, 743 (2018).
47. "Nanomechanical Motion Transducers for Miniaturized Mechanical Systems" (T. Kouh, M. S. Hanay, and K. L. Ekinci) Micromachines 8, 108 (2017).
46. "Generalized Knudsen Number for Unsteady Fluid Flow" (V. Kara, V. Yakhot, and K. L. Ekinci) Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 074505 (2017).
45. "Nanofluidics of Single-Crystal Diamond Nanomechanical Resonators" (V. Kara, Y. I. Sohn, H. Atikian, V. Yakhot, M. Loncar, and K. L. Ekinci) Nano Lett. 15, 8070 (2015).
44. "Noisy Transitional Flows in Imperfect Channels" (C. Lissandrello, L. Li, K. L. Ekinci, and V. Yakhot) J. Fluid Mech. 778, R3 (2015).
43. "Dynamics of Interstitial Fluid Pressure in Extracellular Matrix Hydrogels in Microfluidic Devices" (J. Tien, L. Li, O. Ozsun, and K. L. Ekinci) J. Biomech. Eng. 137, 091009 (2015).
42. "Nanomechanical Motion of Escherichia coli Adhered to a Surface" (C. Lissandrello, F. Inci, M. Francom, M. R. Paul, U. Demirci, and K. L. Ekinci) Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 113701 (2014).
41. "Non-invasive mapping of interstitial fluid pressure in microscale tissues" (O. Ozsun, R. L. Thompson, K. L. Ekinci, and J. Tien) Integr. Biol. 6, 979-987 (2014).
40. "Measuring Gaussian noise using a lock-in amplifier " (T. Kouh, U. Kemiktarak, O. Basarir, C. Lissandrello, and K. L. Ekinci) Am. J. Phys. 82, 778 (2014).
39. "Non-Invasive Measurement of the Pressure Distribution in a Deformable Micro-Channel" (O. Ozsun, V. Yakhot, and K. L. Ekinci) J. Fluid Mech. 734, R1 (2013).
38. "Dynamic interactions between oscillating cantilevers: Nanomechanical modulation using surface forces " (O. Basarir and K. L. Ekinci) Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 083505 (2013).
37. "Surface Area Enhancement of Microcantilevers by Femto-Second Laser Irradiation" (A. Kumar, S. Rajauria, H. Huo, O. Ozsun, K. Rykaczewski, J. Kumar, and K. L. Ekinci) Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 141607 (2012).
36. "Crossover from Hydrodynamics to the Kinetic Regime in Confined Nanoflows" (C. Lissandrello, V. Yakhot, and K. L. Ekinci) Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 084501 (2012).
35. "Monolithic Integration of a Nanomechanical Resonator to an Optical Microdisk Cavity" (O. Basarir, S. Bramhavar, and K. L. Ekinci) Opt. Express 20, 4272-4279 (2012).
34. "Motion Transduction in Nanoelectromechanical Systems (NEMS) Arrays Using Near-field Optomechanical Coupling" (O. Basarir, S. Bramhavar, and K. L. Ekinci) Nano Lett. 12,534–539 (2012).
33. "Porous Superhydrophobic Membranes: Hydrodynamic Anomaly in Oscillating Flows" (S. Rajauria, O. Ozsun, J. Lawall, V. Yakhot, and K. L. Ekinci) Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 174501 (2011).
32. "Multiplexed Optical Operation of Distributed Nanoelectromechanical Systems Arrays" (A. Sampathkumar, K. L. Ekinci and T. W. Murray) Nano Lett. 11, 1014–1019 (2011).
31. "Near-field optical transducer for nanomechanical resonators" (O. Basarir, S. Bramhavar, and K. L. Ekinci) Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 253114 (2010).
30. "High-frequency nanofluidics: a universal formulation of the fluid dynamics of MEMS and NEMS" (K.L. Ekinci et al.) Lab Chip 10, 3013-3025 (2010).
29. "Sensitive Micromechanical Displacement Detection by Scattering Evanescent Optical Waves" (Onur Basarir, Suraj Bramhavar, Gilberto Basilio-Sanchez, Theodore Morse, and Kamil L. Ekinci) Opt. Lett. 35, 1792-1794 (2010).
28. "Lattice Boltzmann Simulation of Electromechanical Resonators in Gaseous Media" (Carlos E. Colosqui, Devrez M. Karabacak, Kamil L. Ekinci, Victor Yakhot) J. Fluid Mech. 652, 241-257 (2010).
27. "Universality in Oscillating Flows" (K.L. Ekinci, D. Karabacak, V. Yakhot) Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 264501 (2008).
26. "All you need is feedback" ( K.L. Ekinci, News & Views) Nature Nanotech. 3, 319 (2008).
25. "Radio-frequency scanning tunneling microscopy" (U. Kemiktarak, T. Ndukum, K.C. Schwab and K.L. Ekinci ) Nature 450, 85 (2007).
24. "Nanomechanical displacement detection using fiber-optic interferometry" (N.O. Azak et al.) Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 093112 (2007).
23. "High-Frequency Nanofluidics: An Experimental Study Using Nanomechanical Resonators" (D. Karabacak, V. Yakhot and K.L. Ekinci) Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 254505 (2007).
22. "Diffraction of evanescent waves and nanomechanical displacement detection" (D. Karabacak et al.) Opt. Lett. 32, 1881 (2007).
21. "Efficient and Sensitive Capacitive Read-out of Nanomechanical Resonator Arrays" (Patrick A. Truitt et al.) Nano. Lett.7, 120 (2007).
20. "Photothermal operation of high-frequency nanoelectromechanical systems" (A. Sampathkumar et al.) Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 223104 (2006).
19. "Optical knife-edge technique for nanomechanical displacement detection" (D. Karabacak, T. Kouh, C.C. Huang and K.L. Ekinci.) Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 193122 (2006).
18. "Zeptogram-Scale Nanomechanical Mass Sensing" (Y.T. Yang, C. Callegari, X.L. Feng, K.L. Ekinci, and M.L. Roukes) Nano Lett. 6, 583 (2006).
17. "Fabrication of freely suspended nanostructures by nanoimprint lithography" (C.C. Huang and K.L. Ekinci) Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 093110 (2006).
16. "Analysis of optical interferometric displacement detection in nanoelectromechanical systems" (D. Karabacak et al.) J. Appl. Phys. 98, 124309 (2005).
15. Comment on "Evidence for Quantized Displacement in Macroscopic Nanomechanical Oscillators" (K.C. Schwab, M.P. Blencowe, M.L. Roukes, A.N. Cleland, S.M. Girvin, G.J. Milburn, and K.L. Ekinci) Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 248901 (2005).
14. "Room-temperature operation of a nanoelectromechanical resonator embedded in a phase-locked loop" (T. Kouh et al.) Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 113112 (2005).
13. "Electromechanical Transducers at the Nanoscale: Actuation and Sensing of Motion in Nanoelectromechanical Systems (NEMS)" (K.L. Ekinci) Small 1, 786 (2005).
12. "Nanoelectromechanical systems" (K.L. Ekinci and M.L. Roukes) Rev. Sci. Instrum. 76, 061101 (2005).
11. "Diffraction effects in optical interferometric displacement detection in nanoelectromechanical systems" (T. Kouh, D. Karabacak, D.H. Kim and K.L. Ekinci.) Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 013106 (2005).
10. "Ultrasensitive Nanoelectromechanical Mass Detection" (K.L. Ekinci, X.M.H. Huang, and M.L. Roukes) Appl. Phys. Lett. 84, 4469 (2004).
9. "Ultimate Limits to Inertial Mass Sensing Based upon Nanoelectromechanical Systems" (K.L. Ekinci, Y.T. Yang, and M.L. Roukes) J. Appl. Phys. 95, 2682 (2004).
8. "Balanced Electronic Detection of Displacement in Nanoelectromechanical Systems" (K.L. Ekinci, Y.T. Yang, X.M.H. Huang and M.L. Roukes) Appl. Phys. Lett. 81, 2253 (2002).
7. "Intrinsic Dissipation in High-frequency Micromechanical Resonators" (P. Mohanty, D.A. Harrington, K.L. Ekinci, Y.T. Yang, M.J. Murphy, and M.L. Roukes) Phys. Rev. B 66, 085416 (2002).
6. "Monocrystalline Silicon Carbide Nanoelectromechanical Systems" (Y.T. Yang, K.L. Ekinci et al.) Appl. Phys. Lett. 78, 162 (2001).
5. "Morphology of Quench Condensed Lead Films near the Insulator to Metal Transition" (K.L. Ekinci and J.M. Valles, Jr.) Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 1518 (1999).
4. "Thickness Dependence of the Morphology of Quench Condensed Gold Films" (K.L. Ekinci and J.M. Valles, Jr.) Phys. Rev. B 58, 7347 (1998).
3. "Formation of Polycrystalline Structure in Metallic Films in the Early Stages of Zone I Growth" (K.L. Ekinci and J.M. Valles, Jr.) Acta Materialia 46, 4549 (1998).
2. "Cryostat for in situ Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Studies of Film Growth at Low Temperatures" (K.L. Ekinci and J.M. Valles, Jr.) Rev. Sci. Instrum. 68, 4152 (1997).
1. "Fibonacci Oscillators" (M. Arik, E. Demircan, K.L. Ekinci, T. Turgut, M. Mungan) Z. Phys. C-Particles and Fields 55, 89 (1992).

Patents

1. U.S. Patent 6,722,200 "Apparatus and method for ultrasensitive nanoelectromechanical mass detection" (M.L. Roukes and K.L. Ekinci) (20 April 2004).