Sriharsha V. Aradhya

Academics:

Ph.D., Applied Physics 2008-2013
Columbia University, New York City, NY
Focus: Single-molecule electronics and mechanics

MS, Mechanical Engineering 2008
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Thesis: Interfacial bonding of carbon nanotubes

B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering 2006
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India

Honors and Awards:

Best Paper Award - Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM)
Travel Award for Excellence in Graduate Research - American Physical Society (APS)
Education Fellow - New York Academy of Sciences
Fellow - Columbia Technology Ventures
Inventor medal & Best Intern award - GE Global Research
Summer Research Fellowship - JNC Advanced Scientific Research
Young Engineering Fellowship - Indian Institute of Science

Patents:

US patent No. 8,262,835, ‘Method of bonding carbon nanotubes’ (issued Sep 2012)
US issued patent No. 7,337,678, ‘MEMS flow sensor’ (issued Mar 2008)
[Cited as a ‘key patent’ for MEMS technologies by the MEMS investor journal, Jun 2008]

Publications - Journal:

Latest summary available on Google Scholar.

S. V. Aradhya and L. Venkataraman, ‘Single-molecule junctions beyond electronic transport’, Nature Nanotechnology, 8(6), 399-410, (2013). (PDF, Link)
[Invited Review Article and cover illustration for the Focus issue on the future of molecular electronics]

S.V. Aradhya, M. F. Frei, A. Halbritter, and L. Venkataraman, ‘Correlating Structure, Conductance, and Mechanics of Silver Atomic-Scale Contacts’, ACS Nano, 7(4), 3706-3712, (2013). (PDF, Link)

S. V. Aradhya, M. Frei, M. S. Hybertsen, and L. Venkataraman, ‘Van der Waals interactions at metal/organic interfaces at the single-molecule level’, Nature Materials, 11(10), 872-876, (2012). (PDF, Link)
[Highlighted by Brookhaven National Lab, Columbia University, Phys.Org etc.]
[Featured in the 'News & Views' of Nature Materials]

S. V. Aradhya, J. S. Meisner, M. Krikorian, S. Ahn, R. Parameswaran, M. L. Steigerwald, C. Nuckolls, L. Venkataraman, ‘Dissecting Contact Mechanics from Quantum Interference in Single-Molecule Junctions of Stilbene Derivatives’, Nano Letters, 12 (3), 1643-1647, (2012). (PDF, Link)
[Also highlighted on NanoTechWeb.org]

J. S. Meisner, S. Ahn, S. V. Aradhya, M. Krikorian, R. Parameswaran, M. L. Steigerwald, L. Venkataraman and C. Nuckolls, ‘The Importance of Direct Metal-π Coupling in Electronic Transport Through Conjugated Single-molecule Junctions’, JACS, 134(50), 20440-20445, (2012). (PDF, Link)

S. Ahn, S. V. Aradhya, R. S. Klausen, B. Capozzi, X. Roy, M. L. Steigerwald, C. Nuckolls, L. Venkataraman, ‘Electronic Transport and Mechanical Stability of Carboxyl Linked Single-Molecule Junctions’, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 14(40), 13841-13845, (2012). (PDF, Link)
[Selected for themed issue on Electron Transfer]

M. F. Frei, S. V. Aradhya, M. S. Hybertsen, and L. Venkataraman, ‘Linker Dependent Bond Rupture Force Measurements in Single-Molecule Junctions’, JACS, 134 (9), 4003-4006, (2012). (PDF, Link)

M. F. Frei, S. V. Aradhya, M. S. Hybertsen, M. Koentopp, and L. Venkataraman, ‘Mechanics and Chemistry: Single Molecule Bond Rupture Forces Correlate with Molecular Backbone Structure’, Nano Letters, 11 (4), 1518-1523, (2011). (PDF, Link)
[Also highlighted on NanoTechWeb.org]

S. V. Aradhya, S.V. Garimella and T.S. Fisher, "Electrothermal bonding of carbon nanotubes", Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 155 (9), K161-K165, (2008). (PDF, Link)

Publications - Other:

S. V. Aradhya in 'Thoughts on an education', Nature Nanotechnology (special feature), 8, 794, (2013). (PDF, Link)
S. V. Aradhya, M. F. Frei, M. S. Hybertsen and L. Venkataraman, ‘Simultaneous measurement of force and conductance across single-molecule junctions’, MEMS and Nanotechnology (Springer New York), 6, 75-84, (2012). (PDF, Link)
S. V. Aradhya, S. V. Garimella, T. S. Fisher, ‘Electrothermal Bonding of Carbon Nanotubes to Glass’, Proc. IEEE Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, 1071 (2008). (PDF, Link)
S. V. Aradhya and P. Thakre, ‘MEMS flow sensor: design and modeling challenges’, Technical Information Series of GE Global Research, GE internal class 2, No. 2005GRC414, (2005).

Skills:

Experimental: Atomic force microscope (AFM), Scanning electron microscope (SEM), Scanning tunneling microscope (STM), X-ray photoelectrom spectroscope (XPS), micro- and nano- fabrication techniques, laser optics and precision instrumentation
Scientific computing: Igor Pro, Matlab, Abinit, CoventorWare, Ansys Multi-Physics, AutoCAD, Pro/E
General computing: HTML, Python, C, opensource bitmap and vector graphics packages (VMD, Avogadro, Inkscape)

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