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Pre-Print:
  1. Energy Dissipation and Transport in Nanoscale Devices [INVITED REVIEW]
    E. Pop, submitted (2009)
  2. Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Thermal Resistance Between Carbon Nanotubes and SiO2
    Z.-Y. Ong and E. Pop, submitted (2009) [pre-print]
  3. Reduction of Hysteresis for Carbon Nanotube Mobility Measurements Using Pulsed Characterization
    D. Estrada, S. Dutta, A. Liao, E. Pop, submitted (2009) [pre-print]
  4. Electrostatic Control and Ambipolar Nature of Power Dissipation in Graphene Devices
    M.-H. Bae, Z.-Y. Ong, D. Estrada, E. Pop, submitted (2009)
  5. Reduced Thermal Conductivity in Nano-Engineered Rough Ge and GaAs Nanowires
    P. Martin, Z. Aksamija, E. Pop, U. Ravaioli, submitted (2009)
  6. Two-Temperature Model of Narrow-Body Silicon FETs in Steady State and Transient Operation
    Z.-Y. Ong and E. Pop, submitted (2009)
  7. Inducing Chalcogenide Phase Change with Ultra-Narrow Carbon Nanotube Heaters
    F. Xiong, A. Liao, E. Pop, Appl. Phys. Letters, accepted (2009) [pre-print]
  8. Topography & Refractometry of Nanostructures Using Spatial Light Interference Microscopy (SLIM)
    Z. Wang, I.-S. Chun, X. Li, Z.-Y. Ong, E. Pop, L. Millet, M. Gillete, G. Popescu, Optics Letters, accepted (2009)
In-Print:
  1. Multiband Mobility in Semiconducting Carbon Nanotubes
    Y. Zhao, A. Liao, E. Pop, IEEE Elec. Device Lett. 30, 1078 (2009) [PDF]
  2. Compact Thermal Model for Vertical Nanowire Phase-Change Memory Cells
    I. Chen and E. Pop, IEEE Trans. Elec. Devices 56, 1523 (2009) [PDF]
  3. Impact of Phonon-Surface Roughness Scattering on Thermal Conductivity of Thin Si Nanowires
    P. Martin, Z. Aksamija, E. Pop, U. Ravaioli, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 125503 (2009). Selected as Editor's Suggestion in Phys. Rev. Lett. Selected for Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology April 13, 2009 issue [PDF]
  4. Electrical and Thermal Coupling to a Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube Device Using an Electrothermal Nanoprobe
    J. Lee, A. Liao, E. Pop, W. King, Nano Letters 9, 1356 (2009) [PDF]
  5. Avalanche-Induced Current Enhancement in Semiconducting Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes
    A. Liao, Y. Zhao, E. Pop, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 256804 (2008). Selected for Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology Jan 5, 2009 issue [PDF] [PRESS] [PhysOrg] [ScienceDaily] [UPI] [AZoNano] [RedOrbit]
  6. The Role of Electrical and Thermal Contact Resistance for Joule Breakdown of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes
    E. Pop, Nanotechnology 19, 295202 (2008) [PDF] [PRESS]
  7. Operational Voltage Reduction of Flash Memory Using High-κ Composite Tunnel Barriers
    S. Verma, E. Pop, P. Kapur, K. Parat, K. Saraswat, IEEE Electron Device Lett. 29, 252 (2008) [PDF]
  8. Thermal Properties of Metal-Coated Vertically-Aligned Single-Wall Nanotube Arrays
    M. Panzer, G. Zhang, D. Mann, X. Hu, E. Pop, H. Dai, K. Goodson, J. Heat Transfer 130, 052401 (2008) [PDF]
  9. Electrically-Driven Light Emission from Hot Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes at Various Temperatures and Ambient Pressures
    X. Wang, L. Zhang, Y. Lu, H. Dai, Y. Kato, E. Pop, Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 261102 (2007) [PDF]
  10. Thickness and Stoichiometry Dependence of the Thermal Conductivity of GeSbTe Films
    J. Reifenberg, M. Panzer, S. Kim, A. Gibby, Y. Zhang, S. Wong, H.-S. P. Wong, E. Pop, K. Goodson, Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 111904 (2007) [PDF]
  11. Learn more!Electrical and Thermal Transport in Metallic Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes on Insulating Substrates
    E. Pop, D. Mann, K. Goodson, H. Dai, J. Appl. Phys. 101, 093710 (2007). Selected for Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology May 28, 2007 issue [PDF]
  12. Electrically Driven Thermal Light Emission from Individual Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes
    D. Mann, Y. Kato, A. Kinkhabwala, E. Pop, J. Cao, X. Wang, L. Zhang, Q. Wang, J. Guo, H. Dai, Nature Nano 2, 33 (2007) [PDF]
  13. Learn more!Heat Generation and Transport in Nanometer-Scale Transistors [INVITED]
    E. Pop, S. Sinha, K. Goodson, Proc. IEEE 94, 1587 (2006) [PDF] [PRESS]
  14. Electrical Transport Properties and Field Effect Transistors of Carbon Nanotubes [INVITED]
    H. Dai, A. Javey, E. Pop, D. Mann, W. Kim, Y. Lu, NANO 1, 1 (2006) [PDF]
  15. Non-Equilibrium Phonon Distributions in Sub-100 nm Silicon Transistors
    S. Sinha, E. Pop, R. Dutton, K. Goodson, J. Heat Transfer 128, 638 (2006) [PDF]
  16. Thermal Phenomena in Nanoscale Transistors [INVITED]
    E. Pop and K. Goodson, J. Electronic Packaging 128, 102 (2006) [PDF]
  17. Advanced Cooling Technologies for Microprocessors
    T. Kenny, K. Goodson, J. Santiago, E. Wang, J. Koo, L. Jiang, E. Pop, S. Sinha, L. Zhang, D. Fogg, S. Yao, R. Flynn, C. Chang, C. Hidrovo, Intl. J. High Speed Electronics & Systems 16, 301 (2006) [PDF]
  18. Thermal Conductance of an Individual Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube above Room Temperature
    E. Pop, D. Mann, Q. Wang, K. Goodson, H. Dai, Nano Letters 6, 96 (2006) [PDF]
  19. Thermal and Molecular Stimulated Relaxation of Hot Phonons in Suspended Carbon Nanotubes
    D. Mann, E. Pop, J. Cao, Q. Wang, K. Goodson, H. Dai, J. Phys. Chem. B 110, 1502 (2006) [PDF]
  20. Negative Differential Conductance and Hot Phonons in Suspended Nanotube Molecular Wires
    E. Pop, D. Mann, J. Cao, Q. Wang, K. Goodson, H. Dai, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 155505 (2005). Selected for Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology Oct 17, 2005 issue [PDF] [PRESS]
  21. Monte Carlo Simulation of Joule Heating in Bulk and Strained Silicon
    E. Pop, R. Dutton, K. Goodson, Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 082101 (2005) [PDF]
  22. Learn more!Analytic Band Monte Carlo Model for Electron Transport in Si Including Acoustic and Optical Phonon Dispersion
    E. Pop, R. Dutton, K. Goodson, J. Appl. Phys. 96, 4998 (2004) [PDF]

Conference Proceedings (refereed)


  1. D. Estrada, A. San Miguel, R. Pecora, E. Pop, "Tailored ON/OFF ratio of nanotube network transistors by pulsed breakdown," Intl. Semic. Device Research Symposium (ISDRS), Univ. Maryland, College Park MD, Dec 2009
  2. F. Xiong, A. Liao, E. Pop, "Ultra-Low Current Phase-Change Antifuse with Carbon Nanotube Electrodes," Non-Volatile Memory Technology Symposium (NVMTS), Oct 2009, Portland OR
  3. E. Pop, M.-H. Bae, D. Estrada, A. Liao, Z.-Y. Ong, F. Xiong, "Energy Efficiency in Nanoscale Electronic Devices," Nanoelectronics Devices for Defense & Security (NANO-DDS), Oct 2009, Ft Lauderdale FL
  4. Z.-Y. Ong and E. Pop, "Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Thermal Boundary Resistance Be-tween Carbon Nanotubes and SiO2," TECHCON, Sep 2009, Austin TX
  5. A. Liao, F. Xiong, K. Darmawikarta, J. Abelson, E. Pop, "Chalcogenide Phase Change Induced with Single‐Wall Carbon Nanotube Heaters," TECHCON, Sep 2009, Austin TX
  6. P. Martin, Z. Aksamija, E. Pop, U. Ravaioli, "Prediction of Reduced Thermal Conductivity in Nano-Engineered Rough Semiconductor Nanowires," EDISON 16, August 2009, Montpellier France
  7. M-H. Bae, Z-Y. Ong, D. Estrada, E. Pop, "Infrared Microscopy of Joule Heating in Graphene Field Effect Transistors," IEEE NANO, July 2009, Genoa Italy
  8. B. Ramasubramanian and E. Pop, "Comparison of Energy Relaxation in One-Dimensional Thermionic and Tunneling Transistors," IEEE NANO, July 2009, Genoa Italy
  9. D. Estrada, S. Dutta, A. Liao, E. Pop, "Reduction of Hysteresis in Mobility Measurements of Carbon Nanotube Transistors by Pulsed I-V Characterization," Device Research Conference (DRC), June 2009, State College PA
  10. A. Liao, F. Xiong, K. Darmawikarta, J. Abelson, E. Pop, "Chalcogenide Phase Change Induced with Single‐Wall Carbon Nanotube Heaters," Device Research Conference (DRC), June 2009, State College PA
  11. Z.-Y. Ong and E. Pop, "Molecular dynamics simulation of interfacial thermal resistance between a (10,10) carbon nanotube and SiO2," MRS Spring Meeting, Apr 2009, San Francisco CA
  12. I. Chen and E. Pop, "Compact Thermal Model for Segmented Nanowire Phase Change Memory Cell," MRS Spring Meeting, Apr 2009, San Francisco CA
  13. K. Darmawikarta, B.-S. Lee, S. Raoux, A. Liao, E. Pop, S. Bishop, J. Abelson, "Analysis of Nanoscale Transformation of Phase Change Materials," MRS Spring Meeting, Apr 2009, San Francisco CA
  14. Z.-Y. Ong and E. Pop, "A Two-Temperature Model of Narrow-Body Silicon Transistors under Steady-State and Transient Operation," ASME 3rd Energy Nano Intl. Conf. (ENIC 2008), Aug 2008, Jacksonville FL
  15. A. Liao and E. Pop, "Impact Ionization in Semiconducting Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes," Device Research Conference (DRC), June 2008, Santa Barbara CA
  16. E. Pop, "Role of Electrical and Thermal Contact Resistance in the High-Bias Joule Breakdown of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube Devices," Device Research Conference (DRC), p. 273, Jun 2007, Notre Dame IN [PDF]
  17. S. Verma, E. Pop, P. Kapur, P. Majhi, K. Parat, K. Saraswat, "Feasibility Study of Composite Dielectric Tunnel Barriers for Flash Memory," Device Research Conference (DRC), p. 85, Jun 2007, Notre Dame IN [PDF]
  18. E. Pop, "Heat Generation and Transport in SOI and GOI Devices," 211th ECS Meeting, SOI Symposium, May 2007, Chicago IL [PDF 305k]
  19. D. Mann, Y. K. Kato, E. Pop and H. Dai, "Electro-thermal Light Emission in Individual Metallic Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes," MRS Spring Meeting, Apr 2007, San Francisco CA
  20. J. Reifenberg, S. Kim, Y. Zhang, E. Pop, H.-S. P. Wong, K. Goodson, "Phase Transitions and Thermal Properties of GeSbTe," MRS Spring Meeting, Apr 2007, San Francisco CA
  21. Y. K. Kato, D. Mann, A. Kinkhabwala, E. Pop, J. Cao, X. Wang, L. Zhang, Q. Wang, J. Guo and H. Dai, "Electrically driven thermal light emission from individual single-walled carbon nanotubes," APS March Meeting, Mar 2007, Denver CO
  22. J. Reifenberg, E. Pop, A. Gibby, S. Wong and K. Goodson, "Multiphysics Modeling and Impact of Thermal Boundary Resistance in Phase Change Memory Devices," ITHERM, p. 106, May 2006, San Diego, CA  [PDF]
  23. M. Panzer, G. Zhang, D. Mann, X. Hu, E. Pop, H. Dai and K. Goodson, "Thermal Properties of Metal-Coated Vertically-Aligned Single Wall Nanotube Films," ITHERM, p. 1306, May 2006, San Diego, CA
  24. D. Mann, E. Pop, H. Dai, "Hot Phonons in Suspended Carbon Nanotubes," Electrochemical Society (ECS) 209th Meeting, May 2006, Denver CO
  25. D. Mann, E. Pop, J. Cao, H. Dai, "Self-Heating and Non-Equilibrium Optical Phonons in Suspended Carbon Nanotubes," APS March 2006 Meeting, Baltimore, MD
  26. E. Pop, D. Mann, J. Reifenberg, K. Goodson and H. Dai, "Electro-Thermal Transport in Metallic Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes for Interconnect Applications," Intl. Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), pp. 253-256, Dec. 2005, Washington, DC [PDF, Slides]
  27. J. Rowlette, E. Pop, S. Sinha, M. Panzer and K. Goodson, "Thermal Phenomena in Deeply Scaled MOSFETs," Intl. Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), pp. 984-987, Dec. 2005, Washington, DC [PDF]
  28. J. Rowlette, E. Pop, S. Sinha, M. Panzer and K. Goodson, "Thermal Simulation Techniques for Nano-Transistors," IEEE/ACM Intl. Conf. on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), pp. 225-228, Nov. 2005, San Jose CA [PDF]
  29. J. Rowlette, E. Pop, S. Sinha, R. Dutton and K. Goodson, "Coupled Electron-Phonon Transport in Nanometer-Scale Silicon Devices," SRC TechCon, Oct. 2005, Portland OR
  30. E. Pop, J. Rowlette, R. Dutton and K. Goodson, "Joule Heating under Quasi-Ballistic Transport Conditions in Bulk and Strained Silicon Devices," SISPAD, pp. 307-310, Sep. 2005, Tokyo Japan. [PDF]
  31. E. Pop, C. Chui, S. Sinha, R. Dutton, K. Goodson, "Electro-Thermal Comparison and Performance Optimization of Thin-Body SOI and GOI MOSFETs," Intl. Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), pp. 411-414, Dec. 2004, San Francisco, CA [PDF]
  32. S. Sinha, E. Pop, K. Goodson, "A Split-Flux Model for Phonon Transport Near Hotspots," Intl. Mechanical Engineering Congress and Expo (IMECE), Nov. 2004, Anaheim, CA
  33. E. Pop, K. Goodson, R. Dutton, "Thermal Analysis of Ultra-Thin Body Device Scaling," Intl. Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), pp. 883-886, Dec. 2003, Washington DC [PDF]
  34. E. Pop, K. Goodson, R. Dutton, "Detailed Heat Generation Simulations via the Monte Carlo Method," SISPAD, pp. 121-124, Sep. 2003, Boston MA [PDF]
  35. E. Pop, K. Goodson, R. Dutton, "Monte Carlo Simulation of Heat Generation in Silicon Nano-Devices," SRC TechCon, Aug. 2003, Dallas TX (Best Paper in Session Award)
  36. E. Pop, S. Sinha, K. Goodson, "Monte Carlo Modeling of Heat Generation in Electronic Nanostructures," Intl. Mechanical Engineering Congress and Expo (IMECE), Nov. 2002, New Orleans, LA [PDF]
  37. E. Pop, "Heat Generation in Three- and Two-Dimensional Nanostructures," SRC Graduate Fellow Conference, Sep. 2002, Dallas, TX [PDF Poster] (Outstanding Research Presentation Award)
  38. E. Pop, K. Banerjee, P. Sverdrup, R. Dutton, K. Goodson, "Localized Heating Effects and Scaling of Sub-0.18 Micron CMOS Devices", Intl. Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), pp. 677-680, Dec. 2001, Washington DC [PDF]
  39. P. Sverdrup, S. Sinha, E. Pop, O. Tornblad, R. Dutton, K. Goodson. "Advanced Electro-Thermal Modeling and Simulation Techniques for Deep Sub-Micron Devices," SRC TechCon, Sep. 2000, Phoenix AZ
  40. J. Slinkman, E. Pop, W. Clark, "Temperature Dependence of Subthreshold Current in Submicron Metal-Oxide-Silicon Field Effect Transistors," APS March Meeting, Mar 1998, Los Angeles CA

Invited Presentations

  1. E. Pop, Univ. Wisconsin-Madison, Apr 2010
  2. E. Pop, "Carbon Nanoelectronics: Towards Energy-Efficient Computing," invited tutorial at Design, Automation & Test in Europe (DATE), Dresden, Germany, Mar 2010
  3. E. Pop, "Energy Relaxation in Nanoscale Electronic Devices," Intl. Mech. Eng. Congress and Expo (IMECE), Lake Buena Vista FL, Nov 2009
  4. E. Pop, "Univ. Maryland, College Park, MD, Oct 2009
  5. E. Pop, "Toward Energy Efficient nanoElectronics," University of Texas Austin, Sep 2009
  6. E. Pop, "Energy Dissipation in Nanoscale Electronics," University of Modena, Italy, Jun 2009
  7. E. Pop, S. Dutta, D. Estrada, A. Liao, "Avalanche, Joule Breakdown and Hysteresis in Carbon Nanotube Transistors," invited talk at Intl. Reliability Physics Symp. (IRPS), Montreal CA, Apr 2009 [PDF]
  8. E. Pop, "Electron-Phonon Interaction and Joule Heating in Nanostructures," KEYNOTE talk at ASME 3rd Energy Nano Intl. Conf. (ENIC 2008), Jacksonville FL, Aug 2008
  9. E. Pop, invited talk at Argonne Nat'l Labs, Argonne IL, Aug 2008
  10. E. Pop, invited talk at 6th US-Japan Joint Seminar on Nanoscale Transport, MIT, Cambridge MA, Jul 2008
  11. E. Pop, invited talk at Northrop-Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach CA, June 2008
  12. E. Pop, invited talk at Institute for Energy Technology (IFE), Kjeller, Norway, June 2008
  13. E. Pop, "Memory Technology: Putting the “nano” in your iPod," invited talk at University High School, Urbana IL, May 2008 [PDF Slides]
  14. E. Pop, invited talk at Beckman Institute Nanohour, Urbana IL, May 2008
  15. E. Pop, "Power Dissipation in Nanoscale CMOS and Carbon Nanotubes," invited talk at Notre Dame Univ., Solid-State Colloquium, South Bend IN, Apr 2008 [PDF Slides]
  16. E. Pop, "Compact Electrical and Thermal Models for Nanoscale CMOS and Nanotubes," invited talk at UIUC, CSL Colloquium, Urbana IL, Feb 2008
  17. E. Pop, "Electrical and Thermal Transport in Metallic Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes," invited talk at Intl. Semic. Device Research Symposium (ISDRS), Univ. Maryland, College Park MD, Dec 2007
  18. E. Pop, "Electro-Thermal Interaction in Nanoscale Devices: Carbon Nanotubes and Phase-Change Memory," invited talk at UIUC ECE Colloquium, Urbana IL, Nov 2007
  19. E. Pop, "Power and Heat in Nanoscale Devices: Carbon Nanotubes and Phase-Change Memory," invited talk at USC, Dept. of EE, Los Angeles CA, Jun 2007
  20. E. Pop, "Electro-Thermal Interaction in Nanoscale Devices: Carbon Nanotubes and Phase-Change Memory," Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering Colloquium, Stanford Univ., Stanford CA, Dec 2006 [PDF Slides]
  21. E. Pop, D. Mann, K. Goodson, H. Dai, "Electrical and Thermal Transport in Metallic Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes," NASA Ames Nanotechnology Research Center, Moffett Field CA, Nov 2005
  22. E. Pop, D. Mann, J. Rowlette, K. Goodson, H. Dai, "Electro-Thermal Transport in Silicon and Carbon Nanotube Devices," HCIS-14, July 2005, Chicago IL [PDF]
  23. E. Pop and K. Goodson, "Hot Phonons in Transistors and Nanotubes," DARPA Nanoscopic Phonon Engineering Workshop, May 2005, Arlington VA
  24. E. Pop and K. Goodson, "Thermal Phenomena in Nanoscale Transistors," ITHERM 2004, pp. 1-7, June 2004, Las Vegas, NV [PDF]
  25. R. Dutton, E. Pop, C.-H. Choi, "Circuit Impact of Gate Leakage and Thermal Modeling for Ultra-Scaled MOS Devices," MARCO/DARPA FCRP Workshop, Dec. 2003, MIT, Cambridge, MA
  26. E. Pop, K. Goodson, "Thermal Impact on Nanoscale Technologies," SRC/NNI Silicon Nanoelectronics and Beyond Workshop, Oct. 2003, Intel Corp. Hillsboro, OR [PDF]
  27. K. Goodson, L. Jiang, S. Sinha, E. Pop, S. Im, D. Fletcher, W. King, J. Koo, E. Wang, "Microscale thermal engineering of electronic systems," Proc. Rohsenow Symposium on Future Trends in Heat Transfer, MIT Cambridge MA, May 2003.
  28. K. Goodson, E. Pop, S. Sinha, R. Dutton, "Electrothermal Engineering of Nanotransistors," MRS Spring Meeting, Apr. 2003, San Francisco, CA
  29. E. Pop, "Monte Carlo Modeling of Heat Generation in Silicon Nanostructures," Stanford Thermosciences (TSD) Seminar, Feb. 2003, Stanford, CA [PDF Slides]
  30. E. Pop, S. Sinha, R. Dutton, K. Goodson, "Nanoscale Heat Generation in Silicon via the Monte Carlo Method," US-Japan Nanotherm Conf., June 2002, Berkeley, CA [PDF Abstract]

Theses

  1. D. Estrada, UIUC ECE, M.S. Thesis, June 2009
  2. Y. Zhao, UIUC ECE, B.S. Thesis, June 2009
  3. A. Liao, UIUC ECE, M.S. Thesis, Dec. 2008
  4. I. Chen, UIUC ECE, B.S. Thesis, Dec. 2008
  5. W. Wahby, UIUC ECE, B.S. Thesis, Dec. 2007
  6. E. Pop, Stanford Ph.D Thesis: "Self-Heating and Scaling of Thin Body Transistors," Dec. 2004 [PDF 2.4M]
  7. E. Pop, MIT Master's Thesis: "CMOS Inverse Doping Profile Extraction and Substrate Current Modeling," June 1999 [PDF 995k]
updated Nov 2009