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K. Andre Mkhoyan Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science,

University of Minnesota, 34 Amundson Hall, 421 Washington Ave, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455.

Tell: (612) 625-2059; Fax: (612) 626-7246; E-mail: mkhoyan@umn.edu Group Webpage: http://mkhoyan.cems.umn.edu

____________________________________________________ Citizenship: USA and Armenia Current Position

Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Twin-Cities, 2014 – present Education

• PostDoc, School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, 2004-2007 (Advisor: Professor John Silcox).

• Ph.D. Applied Physics, Cornell University, 2004 (Advisor: Professor John Silcox). • M.S. Engineering Physics, Cornell University, 2003. • B.S. and M.S. Physics, Yerevan State University, 1996. • Physics and Mathematics oriented High School, 1991. Honors and Awards

• Ray D. and Mary T. Johnson / Mayon Plastics Chair, 2016 – present. • Outstanding Postdoctoral Mentor Award, Minnesota Postdoctoral Association, 2015. • 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award, 3M Inc., 2010. • GIA Award for Research, Artistry and Scholarship, University of Minnesota, 2008, 2010, 2012. • Young Scientist Award, Physics and Chemistry of Semiconductor Interfaces, 2002. • Presidential Student Award, Microscopy Society of America, 2001. • SCALPEL-Team Achieving High Performance, Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies, 1998. • Diploma of Academic Excellence, Yerevan State University, 1996. • Winner of several National Olympiads among high school students:

Physics, Math, and Programming: Republic of Armenia (1989, 1990) Employment / Appointments

• Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, UMN 2008-2014. • Research Scientist, School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, 2007-2008. • Visiting Scientist, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, 2004-2007. • Visiting Scientist, Nion Co., Summer 2004. • Research Assistant, School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, 1999-2004. • Scientist, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, 1998-1999. • Research Assistant, Physics Department, Yerevan State University, 1996-1998. Teaching

2008 – current: Instructor for six separate classes in the Materials Science and two Chemical Engineering undergraduate and graduate curricula at the University of Minnesota.

• MatS-5517: Electron Microscopy (newly developed), S 2009, S 2010, S 2011, S 2013. • MatS-3141: Numerical Methods for Materials Science (newly developed), S 2017.

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• MatS-3013: Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Materials, F 2015. • MatS-3012: Metals and Alloys (newly developed), F 2011, F 2012, F 2013, F 2014, F 2016. • MatS-3011: Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering, F 2008, F 2009, F 2010, S 2012. • MatS-3002: Mass Transport and Kinetics (recitation), S 2015, S 2016. • MatS-4593: Directed Study in Materials Science (new), S 2013. • MatS/ChEn-1001: Advances in Chemical Engineering and Materials Science (Freshman Seminar), F

2011, F 2012. • ChEn-3201: Numerical Methods in ChE Applications (recitation), S 2014, S 2015, S 2016. Advisees

o Past Researcher (1): Prof. Gina Mancini-Samuelson from Chemistry Department, St. Catherine University, Sept.-Dec., 2012 and Summer 2013.

• Current PostDoc (1): Danielle Hickey, PhD. (2014-present).

o Past PostDoc (1): Jong Jeong, PhD. (2010-2014).

• Current Graduate students (5): Hwanhui Yun (2014-present), Jacob Held (2013-present), Ryan Wu (2012-present), Prashant Kumar (2012-present), Claire Teresi (2012-present).

o Past Graduate students (8): Erik Hintsala (2015, PhD in MatSci, now at Hysitron), Michael Odlyzko (2015, PhD in MatSci, now at Epic); Andrew Wagner (2014, PhD in MatSci, now at Intel); Anudha Mittal (2014, PhD in ChemE, now at Knoll Lab); Dan Sorensen (2014, M.S. in MatSci, now at Medtronic), Aloysius Gunawan (2013, PhD in MatSci, now at Intel); Justin Helps (2013, M.S. in MatSci); Rahool Gadkari (2012, M.S. in ECE).

• Current Undergraduate students (2): Michael Carrol, Steven Seiler.

o Past Undergraduate students (13): Sam Duncan, Bart Hillberg, Katherine Nygren, Alexander Chov, Woolim Choi, Karthik Sankaranarayanan, Gabriel Rueda, Claire Teresi, Dayne Plemmons, Yinhan Liu, Kartikeya Desai, Jared Haus, Nick Olsen.

o Past High School Students (2): Andrew Ylitalo, Arsen Matevosyan Advisee Awards

• Prashant Kumar - Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, University of Minnesota, 2016. • Jacob Held - Best Poster Award (1st place), M&M 2016. • Prashant Kumar - Best Poster Award (2nd place), M&M 2016. • Michael Odlyzko – Presidential Scholar Award, M&M 2015. • Ryan Wu – Presidential Scholar Award, M&M 2015. • Prashant Kumar - M&M Micrograph Competition Award (3rd place), M&M 2015. • Prashant Kumar - Best Poster Award (1st place), M&M 2014. • Erik Hintsala - Best Poster Award (2nd place), M&M 2014. • Ryan Wu - Best Poster Award (2nd place), M&M 2014. • Jong Jeong - Eric Samuel Scholarship PostDoc Award, M&M 2014. • Prashant Kumar - M&M Micrograph Competition Award (2nd place), M&M 2014. • Prashant Kumar - M&M Micrograph Competition Award (2nd place), M&M 2013. • Anudha Mittal - Distinguished Scholar Award, Microbeam Analysis Society, M&M 2013. • Claire Teresi - Rickover Fellowship in Nuclear Engineering, US Department of Energy, 2013. • Andrew Ylitalo - Semifinalists for the Intel Science Talent Search, 2013. • Andrew Ylitalo - Scholar of Distinction Award, Minnesota Department of Education, 2012. • Aloysius Gunawan - Outstanding Student Presentation Award, M&M 2012. • Aloysius Gunawan - Presidential Student Award, Microscopy Society of America, M&M 2012.

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• Aloysius Gunawan - Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, University of Minnesota, 2012. Fundraising

• Current Awards

o NSF-MRSEC IRG4 (share - 1 R.A. for 5 year) o UMN Infrastructure Investment Initiative (for 5 years) o SRC – FCRP (for 5 years)

• Past Awards

o NSF – Division of Materials Research, Ceramics, (for 4 years) o Abu Dhabi – Minnesota Institute for Research Excellence: ADMIRE (share - 1 R.A. for 4 years) o UMN Grant-In-Aid for Research Artistry and Scholarship Program. o NSF-MRSEC Seed (for 1 year) o 3M Non-Tenured Faculty (for 3 years) o DOE, Idaho National Lab (for 3 years) o UMN Infrastructure Investment Initiative (for 5 years) o UMN Grant-In-Aid for Research Artistry and Scholarship Program. o NSF-MRSEC Seed (for 1 year) o UMN Grant-In-Aid for Research Artistry and Scholarship Program.

Services

• Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

o Materials Science graduate student admissions committee, 2010, 2011, 2012. o Faculty search committee, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. o Participated in over 30 Ph.D. defenses, 40 graduate student oral exams, 2008-2015. o Co-Organizer, Departmental seminar series, F 2009, F 2015.

• UMN Characterization Facilities

o Raised funds, acquired, and oversaw the installation new FEI Helios NanoLab G4 FEG Dual-Beam FIB/SEM, 2016.

o Acquired new Oxford Instruments EDX (x-ray) systems for JEOL 6500 SEM, 2016.

o Involved in raised funds and oversaw the renovation of Characterization Facilities, 2014.

o Raised funds, acquired, and oversaw the installation new state-of-the-art, aberration-corrected FEI G2 60-300kV FEG Scanning and Transmission Electron Microscope (STEM) equipped with monochromator, new generation EELS and EDX spectrometers.

o Raised funds and oversaw the room renovation for new state-of-the-art, aberration-corrected STEM, 2012-2013.

o Raised funds and acquired new advanced plasma cleaner for TEM specimens and specimen holders, 2012.

o Raised funds and acquired new specialized TEM specimen holder for in-situ heating and electrical measurements with atomic resolution, 2011.

o Led search and hire of two technical support specialists to support Electron Microscopy efforts: Dr. Jason Myers and Mr. Michael Dupont, 2011.

o Acquired two new Oxford Instruments EDX (x-ray) systems for FEI Technai T12 and JEOL TEMs, 2010.

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o Involved in purchase of new FEI Technai T12 TEM installed in UMN Moose Tower, 2010.

o Raised funds and acquired new caustic vibrations isolating system for FEI Technai F30 S-TEM, 2010.

o Raised funds and acquired new electron energy-loss spectrometer for FEI F30 S-TEM, 2010.

o Raised funds and built TEM specimen cleaning chamber. This high-vacuum chamber provides ultra-clean samples for TEMs, 2009-2010.

• University of Minnesota

o Characterization Facility Advisory Board 2012-present. o Characterization Facility Electron Microscopy Management Committee, 2009-present. o Co-Organizer, Center for Nanostructure Application Seminar Series 2012-2013. o Co-Organizer, Minnesota Nanotechnology Conference, 2010, 2011. o Faculty search committee for 3M Heltzer Chair

• National and International Research Communities

o Symposium Co-Organizer, Microscopy Society of America Annual Meeting, 2012, 2015, 2017. o Symposium Co-Organizer, American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, 2011. o Symposium Co-Organizer, 57th AVS International Meeting, 2010.

Refereeing

Science, Nature Materials, Nano Letters, Physical Review Letters, JACS, ASC Nano, Carbon, Physical Review B, Ultramicroscopy, Microscopy and Microanalysis, Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology, Micron, and others. Society Membership

• Microscopy Society of America • Materials Research Society • American Physical Society Synergistic Activities

• Faculty Adviser - University of Minnesota Materials Advantage student group (2013-present).

• Professional Leadership and Service - Member of research committee for Armenian National Science and Educational Fund (New York, NY), Division of Physical Sciences (1999-present).

• Informal Science Education and Outreach - Faculty Adviser for Minnesota Chapter of Materials Advantage, Contributed to the Nano-Science exhibition for the Ithaca Science Center in Ithaca, NY.

Publications and Citations

Publications: See attached list of total 89 publications (64 since joining UMN) in refereed journals including in Science (3), Nature (1), Nature Materials (1), Nature Communications (2), Nano Letters (7), Physical Review Letters (3), Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed. (4), ACS Nano (3). 2 refereed conference proceedings.

o 1 invited review articles (Chemistry of Materials) o 1 Book chapter: “Graphene Nanoelectronics: Metrology, Synthesis, Properties and Applications”

(Springer, 2012).

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Citations: These publications have been cited (∼2400 citations), h-factor = 19.

Presentations

Invited: See attached list of talks including 33 invited presentations (21 since joining UMN) at international conferences, companies, US national labs and universities, and foreign universities.

Collaborators

R. Holmes (UMN), E. Aydil (UMN), W. Gerberich (UMN), M. Tsapatsis (UMN), C. Leighton (UMN), C. Macosko (UMN), S. Campbell (UMN), B. Jalan (UMN), U. Kortshagen (UMN), P. Batson (Rutgers University), M. Chhowalla (Rutgers University), E. Kirkland (Cornell University), D. Stewart (HGST), M. Cococcioni (EPFL), T. Dumitrica (UMN), D. Norris (ETH Zurich), M. Kovalenko (ETH Zurich), H.-K. Mao (Carnegie Institute), C. Ozkan (UCR), L. Bartels (UCR), S. Koester (UMN), J.-P. Wang (UMN), R. Kawakami (OSU), N. Samarth (PSU), R. Wentzcovitch (UMN), W. Wang (UA), W. Tisdale (MIT).

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K. Andre Mkhoyan Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota,

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PUBLICATIONS

Scientific (* -corresponding author)

1. J. S. Jeong, M. Topsakal, P. Xu, B. Jalan, R. M. Wentzcovitch, K. A. Mkhoyan*, “A New Line Defect in NdTiO3 Perovskite”, Nano Lett. 16, 6816 (2016).

2. H. Wang, J. Kally, J. S. Lee, T. Liu, H. Chang, D. Reifsnyder Hickey, K. A. Mkhoyan, M. Wu, A. Richardella, N. Samarth, “Surface-State-Dominated Spin-Charge Current Conversion in Topological-Insulator- ferromagnetic-Insulator Heterostructures”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 076601 (2016).

3. P. Ambwani, P. Xu, G. Haugstad, J. S. Jeong, R. Deng, K. A. Mkhoyan, B. Jalan, C. Leighton, “Defect, stoichiometry, and electronic transport in SrTiO3-d epilayers: A high pressure oxygen sputter deposition study”, J. Appl. Phys. 120, 0556704 (2016).

4. M. L. Odlyzko, T. J. Held, M. Cococcioni, K. A. Mkhoyan*, “Atomic bonding effects in annular dark field scanning transmission electron microscopy. II. Experiments”, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 34, 041603 (2016).

5. M. L. Odlyzko, B. Himmetoglu, P. Xu, B. Jalan, K. A. Mkhoyan*, “Atomic bonding effects in annular dark field scanning transmission electron microscopy. I. Computational predictions”, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 34, 041602 (2016).

6. J. S. Jeong, M. L. Odlyzko, B. Himmetoglu, M. Cococcioni, K. A. Mkhoyan*, “Probing electronic orbitals by scanning transmission electron microscopy and measuring the delocalization of core-level excitations”, Phys. Rev. B 93, 165140 (2016).

7. Z. Mutlu, R. J. Wu, D. Wickramaratne, S. Shahrezaei, C. Liu, S. Temiz, A. Patalano, M. Ozkan, K. A. Mkhoyan, C. S. Ozkan, “Phase Engineering of 2D Tin Sulfides”, Small 22, 2998 (2016).

8. H. Zhang, Q. Xiao, X. Guo, N. Li, P. Kumar, N. Rangnekar, M. Jeon, S. Al-Thabaiti, K. Narasimharao, S. N. Basahel, B. Topuz, F. J. Onorato, C. W. Macosko, K. A. Mkhoyan, M. Tsapatsis, "Open-Pore Two-Dimensional MFI Zeolite Nanosheets for the Fabrication of Hydrocarbon-Isomer-Selective Membranes on Porous Polymer Support", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 55, 7184 (2016). Highlighted on Journal Cover Page.

9. J. S. Jeong and K. A. Mkhoyan*, “Improving Signal-to-Noise Ratio in Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy Energy-Dispersive X-Ray (STEM-EDX) Spectrum Images Using Single-Atomic-Column Cross-Correlation Averaging”, Microsc. Microanal. 22, 536 (2016).

10. L. Ren, Q. Guo, M. Orazov, D. Xu, D. Politi, P. Kumar, S. M. Alhassan, K. A. Mkhoyan, D. Sidiras, M. E. Davis, M. Tsapatsis, "Pillared Sn-MWW Prepared by Solid-State-Exchange Method and its Use as a Lewis Acid Catalyst", ChemCatChem. 8, 1274 (2016).

11. E. D. Hintsala, A. J. Wagner, W. W. Gerberich, K. A. Mkhoyan*, "Role of back stress in sub-50 nm Si nanocubes", Scripta Mater. 114, 51 (2016).

12. S. Y. Kim, J. S. Jeong, K. A. Mkhoyan, H. S. Jang, "Direct observation of core/double-shell architecture of intense dual-mode luminescent tetragonal bipyramidal nanophosphors", Nanoscale 8, 10049 (2016).

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Highlighted on Journal Cover Page.

13. L. O’Brien, D. Spivak, J. S. Jeong, K.A. Mkhoyan, P. A. Crowell, C. Leighton, “Interdiffusion-controlled Kondo suppression of injection efficiency in metallic nonlocal spin valves”, Phys. Rev. B 93, 14413 (2016).

14. P. Xu, T. C. Droubay, J. S. Jeong, K. A. Mkhoyan, P. V. Sushko, S. A. Chambers, B. Jalan, "Quasi 2D Ultrihigh Carrier Density in a Complex Oxide Broken-Gap Heterojunction", Adv. Mat. Interfaces 3, 1500432 (2016). Highlighted in Phys.org.

15. B. L. Greenberg, S. Ganguly, J. T. Held, N. J. Kramer, K. A. Mkhoyan, E. S. Aydil, U. R. Kortshagen, "Nonequilibrium-Plasma-Synthesized ZnO Nanocrystals with Plasmon Resonance Tunable via Al Doping and Quantum Confinement", Nano Lett. 15, 8162 (2015).

16. A. Prakash, J. Dewey, H. Yun, J. S. Jeong, K. A. Mkhoyan, B. Jalan, "Hybrid molecular beam epitaxy for the growth of stoichiometric BaSnO3", J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 33, 060608 (2015).

17. J. S. Lee, A. Richardella, D. Reifsnyder Hickey, K. A. Mkhoyan, N. Samarth, "Mapping the chemical potential dependence of current-induced spin polarization in a topological insulator", Phys. Rev. B. 92, 155312 (2015).

18. M. Jamali, J. S. Lee, J. S. Jeong, F. Mahfouzi, Y. Lv, Z. Zhao, B. K. Nikolić, K. A. Mkhoyan, N. Samarth, J. P. Wang, "Giant Spin Pumping and Inverse Spin Hall Effect in the Presence of Surface and Bulk Spin−Orbit Coupling of Topological Insulator Bi2Se3", Nano Lett. 15, 7126 (2015).

19. A. J. Wagner, E. D. Hintsala, P. Kumar, W. W. Gerberich, K. A. Mkhoyan*, "Mechanisms of plasticity in near-theoretical strength sub-100 nm Si nanocubes", Acta Mater. 100, 256 (2015).

20. L. Ren, Q. Guo, P. Kumar, M. Orazov, D. Xu, S. M. Alhassan, K. A. Mkhoyan, M. E. Davis, M. Tsapatsis, "Self-Pillared, Single-Unit-Cell Sn-MFI Zeolite Nanosheets and Their Use for Glucose and Lactose Isomerization", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 54, 10848 (2015).

21. R. J. Wu, M. Topsakal, T. Low, M. C. Robbins, N. Haratipour, J. S. Jeong, R. M. Wenzcovitch, S. J. Koester, K. A. Mkhoyan*, "Atomic and electronic structure of exfoliated black phosphorus", J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 33, 060604 (2015). Highlighted on Journal Cover Page.

22. P. Kumar, K. V. Agrawal, M. Tsapatsis*, K. A. Mkhoyan*, "Quantification of thickness and wrinkling of exfoliated two-dimensional zeolite nanosheets", Nature Commun. 6, 7128 (2015).

23. K. Ganguly, P. Ambwani, P. Xu, J. S. Jeong, K. A. Mkhoyan, C. Leighton, B. Jalan, "Structure and transport in high pressure oxygen sputter-deposited BaSnO3−δ", APL Mat. 3, 062509 (2015).

24. H. Almasi, D. Reifsnyder Hickey, T. Newhouse-Illige, M. Xu, M. R. Rosales, S. Nahar, J. T. Held, K. A. Mkhoyan, W. G. Wang, "Enhanced tunneling magnetoresistance and perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in Mo/CoFeB/MgO magnetic tunnel junctions", Appl. Phys. Lett. 106, 182406 (2015).

25. N. Rangnekar, M. Shete, K. V. Agrawal, B. Topuz, P. Kumar, Q. Guo, I. Ismail, A. Alyoubi, S. Basahel, K. Narasimharao, C. W. Macosko, K. A. Mkhoyan, S. Al-Thabaiti, B. Stottrup, M. Tsapatsis, "2D Zeolite Coatings: Langmuir–Schaefer Deposition of 3 nm Thick MFI Zeolite Nanosheets", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 54, 6571 (2015).

26. G. R. Swindlehurst, P. Kumar, D. Xu, S. M. Alhassan, K. A. Mkhoyan, M. Tspatsis, "Nucleation,

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Growth, and Robust Synthesis of SPP Zeolite: Effect of Ethanol, Sodium, and Potassium", Top. Catal. 58, 545 (2015).

27. E. Thimsen, M. Johnson, X. Zhang, A. J. Wagner, K. A. Mkhoyan, U. R. Kortshagen, E. S. Aydil, "High electron mobility in thin films formed via supersonic impact deposition of nanocrystals synthesized in nonthermal plasmas", Nature Commun. 5, 5822 (2014). Highlighted in Physics.org.

28. A. S. George, Z. Matlu, R. Ionescu, R. J. Wu, J. S. Jeong, H. H. Bay, Y. Chai, K. A. Mkhoyan, M. Ozkan, C. S. Ozkan", Wafer Scale Synthesis and High Resolution Structural Characterization of Atomically Thin MoS2 Layers", Adv. Funct. Mater. 24, 7461 (2014).

29. M. Khaleel, A. J. Wagner, K. A. Mkhoyan, M. Tsapatsis, "On the Rotational Intergrowth of Hierarchical FAU/EMT", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 53, 9456 (2014).

30. R. J. Wu, M. L. Odlyzko, K. A. Mkhoyan*, "Determining the thickness of atomically thin MoS2 and WS2 in the TEM", Ultramicroscopy 147, 8 (2014).

31. E. D. Hintsala, C. Teresi, A. J. Wagner, K. A. Mkhoyan, W. W. Gerberich, "Fracture Transitions in Iron: Strain Rate and Environmental Effects", J. Mater. Res. 29, 1513 (2014).

32. B.D. Chernomordik, A.E. Beland, N.D. Trejo, A.A. Gunawan, D.D. Deng, K.A. Mkhoyan, and E.S. Aydil, “Rapid facile synthesis of Cu2ZnSnS4 nanocrystals”, J. Mater. Chem. A 2, 10389 (2014). Highlighted on Journal Cover Page.

33. A.A. Gunawan, B.D. Chernomordik, D.S. Plemmons, D.D. Deng, E.S. Aydil, and K.A. Mkhoyan*, “Plasmonic Interactions through Chemical Bonds of Surface Ligands on PbSe Nanocrystals”, Chem. Mater. 26, 3328 (2014).

34. B. Elyassi, Y. Al Wahedi, N. Rajabbeigi, P. Kumar, J.S. Jeong, X. Zhang, P. Kumar, V.V. Balasubramanian, M.S. Katsiotis, K.A. Mkhoyan, N. Boukos, S. Al Hashimi, M. Tsapatsis, "A high-performance adsorbent for hydrogen sulfide removal", Micropor. Mesopor. Mater. 190, 152 (2014).

35. R. Ionescu, A. George, I. Ruiz, Z. Favors, Z. Mutlu, C. Liu, K. Ahmed, R. Wu, J. S. Jeong, L. Zavala, K. A. Mkhoyan, M. Ozkan and C. S. Ozkan, "Oxygen etching of thick MoS2 films", Chem. Commun. 50, 11226 (2014).

36. H. Na, J. S. Jeong, H. J. Chang, H. Kim, K. Y. Woo, K. Lim, K. A. Mkhoyan, H. S. Jang, "Facile synthesis of intense green-emitting LiGdF4:Yb,Er-based upconversion bipyramidal nanocrystals and their polymer composites", Nanoscale 6, 7461 (2014).

37. P. Xu, D. Phelan, J. S. Jeong, K. A. Mkhoyan, B. Jalan, "Stoichiometry-driven metal-to-insulator transition in NdTiO3/SrTiO3heterostructures", Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 082109 (2014).

38. L. Zhang, Y. Meng, W. Yang, L. Wang, W.L. Mao, Q.-S. Zeng, J.S. Jeong, A.J. Wagner, K.A. Mkhoyan, W. Liu, R. Xu, and H.-K. Mao, “Disproportionation of (Mg,Fe)SiO3 into MgSiO3 Perovskite and an Fe-rich Hexagonal Silicate in the Deep Lower Mantle”, Science 344, 877 (2014). Highlighted on Science Prospective.

39. D. Sorensen, B.Q. Li, W.W. Gerberich, and K.A. Mkhoyan*, “Investigation of Secondary Hardening in Co-35Ni-20Cr-10Mo Alloy Using Analytical Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy”, Acta Mater.

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63, 63 (2014).

40. A.J. Wagner, C.M. Anderson, J. Trask, L. Cui, A. Chov, K.A. Mkhoyan* and U.R. Kortshagen*, “Propagating Nanocavity-Enhanced Rapid Crystallization of Silicon Thin Films”, Nano Lett. 7, 5735 (2013).

41. H.K. Kim, C. Mattevi, H.J. Kim, A. Mittal, K.A. Mkhoyan, R.E. Riman, and M. Chhowalla, “Optoelectronic Properties of Graphene Thin Films by Langmuir-Blodgett Assembly”, Nanoscale 5, 12365 (2013).

42. J.S. Jeong*, P. Ambwani, B. Jalan, C. Leighton, and K.A. Mkhoyan*, “Observation of Electrically-Inactive Interstitials in Nb-Doped SrTiO3”, ACS Nano 7, 4487 (2013).

43. B.S. Tosun, B. Chernomordik, A.A. Gunawan, B. Williams, L.F. Francis, K.A. Mkhoyan, and E.S. Aydil, “Cu2ZnSnS4 Nanocrystal Dispersions in Polar Solvents”, Chem. Commun. 49, 3549 (2013).

44. V.C. Holmberg, J.R. Helps, K.A. Mkhoyan, and D.J. Norris, “Imaging Impurities in Semiconductor Nanocrystals”, Chem. Mater. 25, 1332 (2013). Highlighted on Journal Cover Page.

45. D.J. Rowe, J.S. Jeong, K.A. Mkhoyan, and U.R. Kortshagen, “Phosphorus-Doped Silicon Nanocrystals Exhibiting Mid-Infrared Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance”, Nano Lett. 13, 1317 (2013).

46. M. Odlyzko and K.A. Mkhoyan*, “Identifying Hexagonal Boron Nitride Monolayers by Transmission Electron Microscopy”, Microsc. Microanal. 18, 558 (2012).

47. D. Stauffer, A. Beaber, O. Ugurlu, J. Nowak, A.J. Wagner, K.A. Mkhoyan, S.L. Girshick, and W.W. Gerberich, “Strain-Hardening in Sub-micron Silicon Pillars and Spheres”, Acta Mater. 60, 2471 (2012).

48. B.S. Tosun, R.K. Feist, A.A. Gunawan, K.A. Mkhoyan, S.A. Campbell, and E.S. Aydil, “Improving the Damp-Heat Stability of Copper Indium Gallium Diselenide Solar Cells with a Semicrystalline Tin Dioxide Overlayer”, Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells 101, 270 (2012).

49. D.A. Stewart* and K.A. Mkhoyan*, “Graphene Oxide: Synthesis, Characterization, Electronic Structure, and Applications”, Chapter 14 in Book “Graphene Nanoelectronics: Metrology, Synthesis, Properties and Applications” (Springer, 2012).

50. R. Pandey, A.A. Gunawan, K.A. Mkhoyan, and R.J. Holmes, “Efficient Organic Photovoltaic Cell Based on Nanocrystalline Mixture of Boron Subphthalocyanine Chloride and C60”, Adv. Func. Mater. 22, 617 (2012).

51. B.S. Tosun, R.K. Feist, A.A. Gunawan, K.A. Mkhoyan, S.A. Campbell, and E.S. Aydil, “Sputter deposition of semicrystalline tin dioxide films”, Thin Solid Films 520, 2554 (2012).

52. A.A. Gunawan, K.A. Mkhoyan*, A.W. Wills, M.G. Thomas, and D.J. Norris*, “Imaging ‘Invisible’ Dopant Atoms in Semiconductor Nanocrystals”, Nano Lett. 11, 5553 (2011). Highlighted in Nature Chemistry.

53. K. Varoon, X. Zhang, B. Elyassi, D.D. Brewer, M. Gettel, S. Kumar, J.A. Lee, S. Maheshwari, A. Mittal, C.-Y. Sung, M. Cococcioni, L.F. Francis, A.V. McCormick, K.A. Mkhoyan, and M. Tsapatsis, “Dispersible Exfoliated Zeolite Nanosheets and Their Application as a Selective Membrane”, Science 334,

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72 (2011). Selected as one of the runners-ups for breakthrough of 2011 by Science.

54. A. Mittal, D.-B. Zhang, C. Teresi, T. Dumitrica, and K.A. Mkhoyan*, “Routes to identification of intrinsic twist in helical MoS2 nanotubes by electron diffraction and annular dark-field scanning transmission electron microscopy imaging”, Phys. Rev. B 84, 153401 (2011).

55. A. Mittal and K.A. Mkhoyan*, “Limits in detecting an individual dopant atom embedded in a crystal”, Ultramicroscopy 11, 1101 (2011).

56. O. Ugurlu, J. Haus, A.A. Gunawan, M.G. Thomas, S. Maheshwari, M. Tsapatsis, and K.A. Mkhoyan*, “Radiolysis to Knock-on Damage Transition in Zeolites Under Electron Beam Irradiation”, Phys. Rev. B 83, 113408 (2011).

57. M.J. Behr, K.A. Mkhoyan*, and E.S. Aydil*, "Carbon Diffusion from Methane into Walls of Carbon Nanotube through Structurally and Compositionally Modified Iron Catalyst", Microsc. Microanal. 17, 582 (2011).

58. K.-H. Liao, A. Mittal, S. Bose, C. Leighton, K.A. Mkhoyan*, and C.W. Macosko*, "Aqueous Only Route toward Graphene from Graphite Oxide” ACS Nano 5, 1253 (2011).

59. M.J. Behr, E.A. Gaulding, K.A. Mkhoyan, and E.S. Aydil, "Hydrogen etching and cutting of multiwall carbon nanotubes", J. Vac. Sci. Tech. B 28, 1187 (2010).

60. M.J. Behr, E.A. Gaulding, K.A. Mkhoyan, and E.S. Aydil, "Effect of hydrogen on catalyst nanoparticles in carbon nanotube growth", J. Appl. Phys. 108, 053303 (2010). Highlighted in Science Daily.

61. M.J. Behr, K.A. Mkhoyan, and E.S. Aydil, "Orientation and Morphological Evolution of Catalyst Nanoparticles During Carbon Nanotube Growth", ACS Nano 4, 5087 (2010).

62. M.J. Behr, K.A. Mkhoyan, and E.S. Aydil, "Catalyst rotation, twisting, and bending during multiwall carbon nanotube growth ", Carbon 48, 3840 (2010).

63. C. Mattevi, G. Eda, S. Agnoli, S. Miller, K.A. Mkhoyan, O. Celik, D. Mastrogiovanni, G. Granozzi, E. Garfunkel, and M. Chhowalla, “Evolution of Electrical, Chemical, and Structural properties of Transparent and Conducting Chemically Derive Graphene Thin Films”, Adv. Funct. Matter. 19, 2577 (2009).

64. K.A. Mkhoyan*, A.W. Contryman, J. Silcox, D.A. Stewart, G. Eda, C. Mattevi, S. Miller, and M. Chhowalla, “Atomic and Electronic Structure of Graphene-Oxide”, Nano Lett. 9, 1058 (2009).

Before University of Minnesota

65. O. Ozatay, K.W. Tan, P.G. Gowtham, J.C. Read, K.A. Mkhoyan, M.G. Thomas, G.D. Fuchs, P.M.

Braganca, E.M. Ryan. K.V. Thadani, J.C. Sankey, J. Silcox, D.C. Ralph, R.A. Buhrman, “Sidewall Oxide Effects on the Thermal Stability, Magnetic Damping and Low Temperature Reversal Characteristics of Thin Film Nanomagnets”, Nature Mater. 7, 567 (2008).

66. S.E. Maccagnano-Zacher, K.A. Mkhoyan and J. Silcox, “Reduction of Contrast in ADF-STEM Images Due To Amorphous Layer”, Mat. Res. Soc. Proc. 1026, 1026-C16-02 (2008).

67. S.E. Maccagnano-Zacher, K.A. Mkhoyan*, E.J. Kirkland and J. Silcox, “Effects of specimen tilt on high-

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resolution ADF-STEM imaging”, Ultramicroscopy 108, 718 (2008).

68. K.A. Mkhoyan*, S.E. Maccagnano-Zacher, E.J. Kirkland and J. Silcox, “Effects of amorphous layer on high-resolution ADF-STEM imaging”, Ultramicroscopy 108, 791 (2008).

69. K.A. Mkhoyan*, S.E. Maccagnano-Zacher, M.G. Thomas and J. Silcox, “Critical role of inelastic scattering in quantitative electron microscopy”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 025503 (2008).

70. K.A. Mkhoyan*, T. Babinec, S.E. Maccagnano, E.J. Kirkland and J. Silcox, “Separation of bulk and surface-losses in low-loss EELS measurements in STEM”, Ultramicroscopy, 107, 345 (2007).

71. O. Ozatay, K.A. Mkhoyan, M.G. Thomas, D.G. Fuchs, J. Silcox, R.A. Buhrman, “Analytical electron microscopy study of growth mechanism for smoothing of metallic multilayer thin films”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 162509 (2006).

72. K.A. Mkhoyan*, P.E. Batson, J. Cha, W.J. Schaff and J. Silcox, “Direct Determination of Local Lattice Polarity in Crystals”, Science 312, 1354 (2006).

73. K.A. Mkhoyan*, J. Silcox, M.A. McGuire and F.J. DiSalvo, “Radiolitic purification of CaO by electron microscope”, Phil. Mag. 86, 2907 (2006).

74. K.A. Mkhoyan*, J. Silcox, A. Ellison, D. Ast, R. Dieckmann, “Full recovery of electron damage in glass at ambient temperatures”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 205506 (2006). Highlighted in Physics World.

75. K.A. Mkhoyan*, E.J. Kirkland, J. Silcox and E.S. Alldredge, “Atomic-level characterization of GaN/AlN quantum wells”, J. Appl. Phys. 96, 738 (2004).

76. K.A. Mkhoyan*, J. Silcox, Z. Yu, W.J. Schaff and L.F. Eastman, “Formation of the quasi-two-dimensional electron gas in GaN/AlGaN heterostructures with diffuse interfaces”, J. Appl. Phys. 95, 1843 (2004).

77. K.A. Mkhoyan*, J. Silcox, H. Wu, W.J. Schaff and L.F. Eastman, “Nonuniformities in GaN/AlN quantum wells”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 83, 2668 (2003).

78. K.A. Mkhoyan*, J. Silcox, E.S. Alldredge, N.W. Ashcroft, H. Lu, W.J. Schaff and L.F. Eastman, “Measuring electronic structure of wurtzite InN using electron energy loss spectroscopy”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 82, 1407 (2003).

79. K.A. Mkhoyan* and J. Silcox, “Electron-beam-induced damage in wurtzite InN”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 82, 859 (2003).

80. H. Wu, W.J. Schaff, G. Koley, M. Furis, A.N. Cartwright, K.A. Mkhoyan, J. Silcox, W. Henderson, W. A. Doolittle and A.V. Osinsky, “Molecular Beam Epitaxial Growth of AlN/GaN Multiple Quantum Wells”, Mat. Res. Soc. Proc., 743, L6.2.1 (2002).

81. M.M. Mkrtchyan, A.S. Gasparyan, K.A. Mkhoyan, J.A. Liddle, and A.E. Novembre, “Determination of the possible magnitude of the charging effect in a SCALPEL mask membrane”, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17(6), pp. 2888-2892 (1999).

82. M.M. Mkrtchyan, A.S. Gasparyan, K.A. Mkhoyan, J. A. Liddle, A. E. Novembre, D. A. Muller, “SCALPEL Mask-Membrane Charging”, Bell Labs Technical Memorandum, BL011122-990120-13-TM

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(1999).

83. M. Mkrtchyan, A. Gasparyan, K. Mkhoyan, J. A. Liddle, A. Novembre, D. Muller, “SCALPEL Mask-Membrane Charging”, Microelectron. Eng. 46, 223 (1999).

84. E.M. Kazaryan, K.A. Mkhoyan, H.A. Sarkisyan, “Indirect Transitions in Thin Films Due to Coulomb Interaction Between Electrons”, Thin Solid Films 338 (1-2), 185 (1999).

85. E.M. Kazaryan, K.A. Mkhoyan, “Indirect Electron Transitions in Semiconductors Occurring as a Result of Scattering of Charge Carriers by Dislocations in a Quantizing Magnetic Field”, Semiconductor 32, 404 (1998).

86. E.M. Kazaryan, K.A. Mkhoyan, H.A. Sarkisyan, “Indirect Transitions Caused by Electron-Dislocation Interaction in Size-Quantized Semiconductor Films”, Thin Solid Films 302 (1-2), 54 (1997).

87. A.S. Gasparyan, E.M. Kazaryan, K.A. Mkhoyan, “The Size Quantization of Charge Carriers in Semiconducting Microcrystals of Ellipsoidal Form”, J. Contemp. Phys. 34, 56 (1998).

88. K.A. Mkhoyan, H.A. Sarkisyan, “Permittivity Function of Size-Quantized Semiconducting Films”, Uch. Zapiski YGU 2, 39 (1996) (in Russian).

89. A.A. Kirakosyan, K.A. Kumashyan, K.A. Mkhoyan, H.A. Sarkisyan, “Light Absorption in Semiconductors, Containing Dislocations, in Indirect Interband Transitions”, J. Contemp. Phys. 30, 14 (1995).

Ph.D. Thesis K.A. Mkhoyan, “Scanning transmission electron microscopy study of III-V nitrides” (Advisor: John Silcox), Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 2004.

Non-Scientific K. A. Mkhoyan, Reflections of an Armenian Student. How it can be done: The Armenian National Scientific and Educational Fund, Armenian Reporter Int. (New York, NY, Vol. XXXV, Jan. 4, p.7, 2003).

K. Andre Mkhoyan Department of Chemical Engineering and materials Science, University of Minnesota,

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TALKS

• K.A. Mkhoyan, "Discover of a new line defect in NTO", Electronic Materials and Applications 2017 (EMA-2017) Meeting, (invited).

Orlando, FL January 2017

• K.A. Mkhoyan, “Use of Atomic-Resolution STEM-Based Spectrum Imaging for Detection of Point, Line and Planar Defects”, University of Minnesota, C-SPIN Workshop, (invited).

Minneapolis, MN March 2016

• K.A. Mkhoyan, “A New Line Defect in Perovskite NdTiO3”, University of Minnesota, IPrime Meeting, (invited).

Minneapolis, MN Feb. 2016

• K.A. Mkhoyan, "Imaging ‘Invisable’ dopant atoms in semiconductor nanocrystals", MRS Spring 2015 Meeting, (invited).

San Francisco, CA March 2015

• SprK.A. Mkhoyan, “Imaging 'Invisible' Dopant Atoms in Semiconductor Nanocrystals”, Materials Science Program, UC Riverside, (invited).

Riverside, CA January 2015

• K.A. Mkhoyan, “Study of interstitial Nb in STO by STEM and EELS”, EMC-14, UC Santa Barbara.

Santa Barbara, CA June 2014

• K.A. Mkhoyan, “At the crossroads: Atomic-scale materials and analytical transmission electron microscopy”, University of Minnesota, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science.

Minneapolis, MN October 2013

• A.A. Gunawan, A.W. Wills, M.G. Thomas, D.J. Norris, K.A. Mkhoyan, “Imaging 'Invisible' Dopant Atoms in Semiconductor Nanocrystals”, Physics and Chemistry of Semiconductor Interfaces-40 Meeting.

Kona, HI January 2013

• K.A. Mkhoyan, “Imaging 'Invisible' Dopant Atoms in Semiconductor Nanocrystals”, at Minnesota Nanotechnology Conference (invited).

Minneapolis, MN November 2012

• K.A. Mkhoyan, “Imaging 'Invisible' Dopant Atoms in Semiconductor Nanocrystals”, University of Minnesota, IPrime Meeting.

Minneapolis, MN May 2012

• K.A. Mkhoyan, “Imaging 'Invisible' Dopant Atoms in Semiconductor Nanocrystals”, University of Minnesota, Department of Mechanical Engineering (invited).

Minneapolis, MN April 2012

• K.A. Mkhoyan, “Atomic and Electronic Structure of Graphene-Oxide”, Graphene Nanocomposites Workshop, University of Manchester (invited, plenary).

Manchester, UK March 2012

• K.A. Mkhoyan, “Atomic and Electronic Structure of Graphene-Oxide”, 11th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics (invited).

Minneapolis, MN July 2011

• K.A. Mkhoyan, “Understanding Carbon Nanotube Growth using Atomic-Scale (S)-TEM”, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Texas, Brownsville

Brownsville, TX Feb. 2011

(invited).

• K.A. Mkhoyan, “Role of Iron Catalyst in Multiwall Carbon Nanotube Growth”, Minnesota Chapter of ASM (invited).

Plymouth, MN Jan. 2011

• K.A. Mkhoyan, M.J. Behr and E.S. Aydil, “Understanding the Role of Fe Catalyst in Carbon Nanotube Growth Using Atomic-Scale (S)TEM”, MRS Fall Meeting.

Boston, MA Dec. 2010

• K.A. Mkhoyan, M.J. Behr and E.S. Aydil, “Understanding the Role of Fe Catalyst in Carbon Nanotube Growth Using Atomic-Scale (S)TEM”, 57th AVS International Symposium.

Albuquerque, NM Oct. 2010

• K.A. Mkhoyan, A.W. Contryman, J. Silcox, D.A. Stewart, G. Eda, C. Mattevi, S. Miller, M. Chhowalla, “Atomic and Electronic Structure of Graphene-Oxide”, MSA Annual Meeting.

Portland, OR August 2010

• K.A. Mkhoyan, M.J. Behr and E.S. Aydil, “Understanding Carbon Nanotube Growth Using Atomic-Scale (S)TEM”, at Midwest Microscopy and Microanalysis Society Meeting (invited).

Madison, WI Apr. 30, 2010

• K.A. Mkhoyan, “Quantitative Electron Microscopy and Spectroscopy at Atomic-Scale”, SVT Associates (invited).

Eden Prairie, MN Apr. 2010

• K.A. Mkhoyan, “Atomic and Electronic Structure of Graphene-Oxide Films Measured by STEM and Electron Energy Loss Spectroscop”, Minnesota Microscopy Society (invited).

St. Paul, MN Apr. 2010

• K.A. Mkhoyan, J.J. Derby, W.W. Gerberich, C. Macosko, K. Liao, A. Mittal, and A. Wagner, “Atomic-Resolution Quantitative Electron Microscopy”,Partner Schools Research Workshop.

Abu Dhabi, UAE Jan. 2010

• K.A. Mkhoyan, “Effects of Aberration Correction in STEM: Improvements in Atomic-Scale Imaging and Beyond”, at Minnesota Nanotechnology Conference (invited).

Minneapolis, MN Nov. 2009.

• K.A. Mkhoyan, “Quantitative Electron Microscopy and Spectroscopy at Atomic-Scale”, University of Minnesota, Physics Department (invited).

Minneapolis, MN Apr. 2009.

• K.A. Mkhoyan, “Atomic and Electronic Structure of Graphene-Oxide”, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting.

San Francisco, CA Apr. 2009.

• K.A. Mkhoyan, “Atomic and Electronic Structure of Graphene-Oxide”, University of Wisconsin, Madison (invited).

Madison, WI Nov. 2008.

• K.A. Mkhoyan, “Quantitative Electron Microscopy and Spectroscopy at Atomic-Scale: Study of Graphene-Oxide ”, at Minnesota Nanotechnology Conference (invited).

Minneapolis, MN Nov. 2008.

• K.A. Mkhoyan, “Atomic and Electronic Structure of Graphene-Oxide Measured by STEM and EELS”, University of Minnesota (invited).

Minneapolis, MN Nov. 2008.

• K.A. Mkhoyan, S.E. Maccagnano-Zacher, E.J. Kirkland, M.G. Thomas, J. Silcox “Role of Inelastic Interactions in Quantitative Electron Microscopy” at Microscopy Society of America Meeting (invited).

Albuquerque, NM Aug. 2008.

• K.A. Mkhoyan, “Quantitative Electron Microscopy and Spectroscopy at Atomic-Scale”, Ohio State University (invited).

Columbus, OH Apr. 2008.

• K.A. Mkhoyan, “Quantitative Electron Microscopy and Spectroscopy at Atomic-Scale”, University of Minnesota (invited).

Minneapolis, MN Apr. 2008.

• K.A. Mkhoyan, “Quantitative Electron Microscopy and Spectroscopy at Atomic-Scale”, Rutgers University (invited).

New Brunswick, NJ, Mar. 2008.

• K.A. Mkhoyan, “Quantitative Electron Microscopy and Spectroscopy at Atomic-Scale”, Lehigh University (invited).

Bethlehem, PA Feb. 2008.

• K.A. Mkhoyan, S.E. Maccagnano, E.J. Kirkland and J. Silcox, “Effects of Tilt on High-Resolution ADF-STEM Imaging”, at Mat. Res. Soc., Fall Meeting.

Boston, MA Nov. 2007.

• K.A. Mkhoyan, “Quantitative Electron Microscopy and Spectroscopy at Atomic-Scale”, Sandia National Laboratory (invited).

Livermore, CA Nov. 2007

• K.A. Mkhoyan, P. E. Batson, J. Cha, W. J. Schaff and J. Silcox, “Direct Determination of Local Lattice Polarity in Crystals”, at Microscopy Society of America Meeting.

• K. A. Mkhoyan, J. Silcox, M. A. McGuire, and F. J. DiSalvo, “Radiolytic

purification of CaO by electron beams”, at Microscopy Society of America Meeting.

Ft. Lauderdale, FL Aug. 2007.

Ft. Lauderdale, FL Aug. 2007.

• K.A. Mkhoyan, “Aberration-Correction in Quantitative Atomic-Scale Electron Microscopy using STEM”, at Intel (invited).

Santa Clara, CA March 2007.

• K.A. Mkhoyan, “Role of Aberration-Correction in Atomic-Scale Electron

Microscopy”, at Hitachi GST (invited). San Jose, CA March 2007.

• K.A. Mkhoyan, A. Ellison, R. Dieckmann, D. Ast and J. Silcox, “Self-Annealing

of Fast Electron Damage in Glass”, at American Physical Society Meeting. Denver, CO

March 2007.

• K.A. Mkhoyan, “Atomic-Scale Science with Electron Microscopy and Spectroscopy”, Brookhaven National Laboratory (invited).

Upton, NY Sep. 2006.

• K.A. Mkhoyan, “Study of AlN/GaN/AlN quantum wells”, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, at Cornell University (invited).

Ithaca, NY Sep. 2006.

• K.A. Mkhoyan, T. Babinec, S.E. Maccagnano, E.J. Kirkland and J. Silcox,

“Separation of bulk and surface-losses in low-loss EELS measurements in STEM”, at Microscopy Society of America Meeting.

Chicago, IL Aug. 2006.

• K.A. Mkhoyan, “Atomic-Scale Science with Electron Microscopy and Spectroscopy”, at FEI Company (invited).

Hillsboro, OR May 2006.