Elif Ertekin
Professor
Mechanical Engineering
The Institute for Genomic Biology
United States Virgin Islands
Biography
Elif Ertekin Associate Professor Primary Research Area Solid Mechanics Research Areas Applied Physics Chemistry Computation and Applied Math Energy Environment Solid Mechanics Transportation Education B.S., Mathematics, Penn State University, 1999 B.S., Engineering Science & Mechanics, Penn State University, with Honors, 1999 M.S., Engineering Science, Penn State University, 2000 M.S., Materials Science & Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2003 Ph.D., Materials Science & Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2006
Research Interest
Applied Physics Chemistry Computation and Applied Math Energy Environment Solid Mechanics Transportation
Publications
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Chen, S., E. Ertekin, and D. C. Chrzan, “Plasticity in Carbon Nanotubes: Cooperative Conservative Dislocation Motion,†Physical Review B 81 155417 (2010). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.155417.
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Schebarchov, D., S. C. Hendy, E. Ertekin, and J. C. Grossman, “Interplay of Wetting and Elasticity in the Nucleation of Carbon Nanotubes,†Physical Review Letters 107 185503 (2011). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.185503.
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E. Ertekin, M. T. Winkler, D. Recht, A. J. Said, M. J. Aziz, T. Buonassisi, and J. C. Grossman, "Insulator-to-metal Transition in Selenium-hyperdoped Silicon: Observation and Origin," Physical Review Letters 108 026401 (2012). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.026401.
