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Prof. Andras Kis

Head of the Laboratory of Nanoscale Electronics and Structures

School of Engineering
EPFL, Switzerland

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Curriculum vitae

General info

Born 1st of November 1975 in Zagreb, Croatia
Citizenship: hungarian and croatian

Education

2004-2007
Postdoc at the University of California, Berkeley in the group of Prof. Zettl
2000-2003
PhD student of prof. Forró at EPFL, School of basic sciences, Institut de physique de la matiere complexe
1999
Diploma thesis on the subject of the development of microcalorimetric measurements and the measurements of heat capacity of (TaSe4)2I
1994-1999
Physics department at the University of Zagreb, experimental and theoretical solid-state physicc
1994 baccalaureate, MIOC (Mathematical and Informational Educational Center) high school

Languages

Speaking english, german, french, hungarian and croatian

Achievements

2004
Latsis Foundation University Prize
2003
Fellowship of the Swiss National Science Foundation
1997
Scholarships of the University of Zagreb
1997 Rector's award for the best student work in thr academic year 1996/97 for the best student paper "Application of hierarhical models on the thermal relaxation in SDW systems"
1994 Participation on the 25th International Physics Olimpiad in Beijing

Publications

Articles

1. “Buckling and Kinking Force Measurements on Individual Multiwalled Carbon nanotubes”
K. Jensen, W. Mickelson,
A. Kis, A. Zettl
Physical Review B 76, 195436 (2007)
. PDF version

2. “Nanomechanical Investigation of Mo6S9-xIx Nanowire Bundles”
A. Kis, G. Csanyi, D. Vrbanic, A. Mrzel, D. Mihailovic, A. Kulik, and L. Forró
Small 3, 1544-1548 (2007)
. PDF version

3. “A Cell Nanoinjector Based on Carbon Nanotubes”
X. Chen, A. Kis, A. Zettl and C.R. Bertozzi
PNAS 104, 8218-8222 (2007)
. PDF version

4. “Diameter Control of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes”
T.D Yuzvinsky, W. Mickelson, S. Aloni, G. Begtrup, A. Kis, and A. Zettl
Nano Letters 6, 2718 - 2722 (2006)
. PDF version

5. “Interlayer Forces and Ultralow Sliding Friction in Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes”
A. Kis, K. Jensen, S. Aloni, W. Mickelson, and A. Zettl
Physical Review Letters 97, 025501 (2006). PDF version

6. “Controlled placement of highly aligned carbon nanotubes for the manufacture of arrays of nanoscale torsional actuators”
T.D. Yuzvinsky, A.M. Fennimore, A. Kis, and A. Zettl
Nanotechnology 17, 434 (2006). PDF version

7. “Beta-amyloid deposition and Alzheimer's type changes induced by Borrelia spirochetes”
J. Miklossy, A. Kis, A. Radenovic, L. Miller, L. Forro, R. Martins, K. Reiss, N. Darbinian, P. Darekar, L. Mihaly, and K. Khalili
Neurobiology of Aging 27, 228 (2006). PDF version

8. “Catalytically Grown Carbon Nanotubes of Small Diameter Have a High Young's Modulus“
B. Lukic, J.W. Seo, R.R. Bacsa, S. Delpeux, F. Béguin, G. Bister, A. Fonseca, J.B. Nagy, A. Kis, S. Jeney, A.J. Kulik, and L. Forró
Nano Letters 5, 2074 (2005). PDF version

9. “Imaging the life story of nanotube devices”
T.D. Yuzvinsky, W. Mickelson, S. Aloni, S.L. Konsek, A.M. Fennimore, G.E. Begtrup, A. Kis, B.C. Regan, and A. Zettl
Applied Physics Letters 87, 083103 (2005). PDF version

10. “Elastic modulus of multi-walled carbon nanotubes produced by catalytic chemical vapour deposition”
B. Lukic, J.W. Seo, E. Couteau, K. Lee, S. Gradecak, R. Berkecz, K. Hernadi, S. Delpeux, T. Cacciaguerra, F. Béguin, A. Fonseca, J.B. Nagy, G. Csányi, A. Kis, A.J. Kulik, and L. Forró
Applied Physics A 80, 695 (2005). PDF version

11. Oscillation modes of microtubules
S. Kasas, C. Cibert, A. Kis, P. De Los Rios, B. M. Riederer, L. Forro, G. Dietler and S. Catsicas
Biology of the Cell 96, 697-700 (2004). PDF version

12. “Reinforcement of single-walled nanotube bundles by intertube bridging”
A. Kis, G. Csanyi, J.-P. Salvetat, T.-N. Lee, E. Couteau, A. J. Kulik, W. Benoit, J. Brugger and L. Forró
Nature Materials 3, 153-7 (2004).
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13.Mechanical properties of microtubules explored using the finite elements method
S. Kasas, A. Kis, B. M. Riederer, L. Forró, G. Dietler and S. Catsicas
ChemPhysChem 5, 252-7 (2004). PDF version

14. “Shear and Young's moduli of MoS2 nanotube ropes”
A. Kis, D. Mihailovic, M. Remskar, A. Mrzel, A. Jesih, I. Piwonski, A. J. Kulik, W. Benoit and L. Forró
Advanced Materials 15, 733-6 (2003). PDF version

15. “Nanomechanics of microtubules”
A. Kis, S. Kasas, B. Babic, A. J. Kulik, W. Benoît, G. A. D. Briggs, C. Schönenberger, S. Catsicas and L. Forró
Physical Review Letters 89, 248101 (2002). PDF version

16. “Specific heats of the charge density wave compounds o-TaS3 and (TaSe4)(2)I”
D. Staresinic, A. Kis, K. Biljakovic, B. Emerling, J. W. Brill, J. Souletie, H. Berger and F. Levy
European Physical Journal B 29, 71-7 (2002). PDF version

Book chapters

A. J. Kulik, A. Kis, G. Gremaud, S. Hengsperger and L. Forró
Nanoscale Mechanical Properties Using SPM - Techniques and Applications
in Nanotechnology Handbook, B. Bushan, ed. Heidelberg, Springer-Verlag (2004)
ISBN 3-540-01218-4

A. J. Kulik, A. Kis, G. Gremaud, S. Hengsperger and L. Forró
Mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes

iin Fundamentals of Friction and Wear on the Nanoscale, E. Meyer, ed. Heidelberg, Springer-Verlag, (2006)
ISBN: 354036806X