Low temperature physics and mechanical properties of materials at low temperatures<\/strong><\/p>\n My interests lie in nanotechnology, low temperature physics, mechanical properties of materials at low temperatures, MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) and NEMS (nanoelectromechanical systems), MEMS in lightwave networks, all-optical switching, superconductivity and superfluidity, magnetic vortices in superconductors and their phase transitions, the Casimir effect and Casimir oscillators, energy efficient networking, electron coherence effects in metallic nanostructures at low temperatures, and cybersecurity and protecting critical infrastructure.<\/p>\n \u201cQuantum mechanical actuation of microelectromechanical systems by the Casimir force\u201d HB Chan, VA Aksyuk, RN Kleiman, DJ Bishop, F Capasso <\/span>Science<\/em> <\/span>291<\/strong> (5510), 1941-1944<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cStudy of the Superfluid Transition in Two-Dimensional He 4 Films\u201d DJ Bishop, JD Reppy Physical Review Letters<\/em> 40<\/strong>(26), 1727<\/p>\n \u201cEvidence from Mechanical Measurements for Flux-Lattice Melting in Single-Crystal Y Ba 2 Cu 3 O 7 and Bi 2.2 Sr 2 Ca 0.8 Cu 2 O 8\u201d PL Gammel, LF Schneemeyer, JV Wasczak, DJ Bishop Physical review letters<\/em> 61<\/strong> (14), 1666<\/p>\n \u201cTuning the resonance frequencies and mode shapes in a large range multi-degree of freedom micromirror\u201d J Morrison, M Imboden, DJ Bishop Optics Express<\/em> 25<\/strong> (7), 7895-7906<\/p>\nSelected Publications:<\/h3>\n