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Andrei Ursache

Department of Physics
110 Hasbrouck Laboratory
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003

Education

PhD in Physics (2007), University of Massachusetts Amherst.
  Thesis: Arrays of interacting nanostructures: ferromagnetic and superconducting cases.
  Advisor: Professor Mark Tuominen
Diploma in Physics (1999), "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University, Iaşi, Romania.

Research Interests

Experimental condensed matter physics in an interdisciplinary environment. Self-assembly and electrodeposition as "bottom-up" techniques for nanofabrication, magnetism and superconductivity of nanostructures, magneto-electronic devices.

Publications

• Pulse electrodeposition and electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance techniques for high perpendicular magnetic anisotropy nanowire arrays,
  A. Ursache, J.T. Goldbach, T.P. Russell, and M.T. Tuominen,
  J. Appl. Phys. 97, 10J322 (2005).
• Nanofabrication of integrated magnetoelectronic devices using patterned self-assembled copolymer templates,
  M. Bal, A. Ursache, J.T. Goldbach, T.P. Russell, and M.T. Tuominen,
  Appl. Phys. Lett. 81, 3479 (2002).
• Terabit density cobalt nanowire arrays with tunable magnetic properties,
  A. Ursache, M. Bal, J.T. Goldbach, R. Sandstrom, C. Black, T.P. Russell, and M.T. Tuominen,
  Mat. Res. Soc. Proc. 721, E.3.3.1 (2002).
• Fabrication and characterization of nanoelectrode arrays formed via block copolymer self-assembly,
  E. Jeoung, T.H. Galow, J. Schotter, M. Bal, A. Ursache, M.T. Tuominen, C.M. Stafford, T.P. Russell and V.M. Rotello,
  Langmuir 17, 6396 (2001).

Work in progress

• Two-dimensional arrays of SNS coupled superconducting nanostructures,
  A. Ursache, T.P. Russell, M.T. Tuominen
• Understanding electrodeposition at confined nanoscale geometries,
  A. Ursache, T.P. Russell, M.T. Tuominen
• Single-domain ferromagnet/superconductor nanoscale hetero-structures,
  A. Ursache, T.P. Russell, M.T. Tuominen