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  1. Chip-Level Surface Patterning Solutions Towards High-Throughput, Parallel Surface Modulation of 1D Nanomaterials

    Article • July 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  2. Gas Flow Sensing with a Piezoresistive Silicon Nanowire-Based MEMS Force Sensor

    Article • January 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  3. Machine learning-driven atomistic analysis of mechanical behavior in silicon nanowires

    Article • Computational Materials Science, January 2025, Elsevier

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  4. Understanding intrinsic stress effects on vibrational response of silicon nanowires

    Article • Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings, December 2024, Czech Technical University in Prague - Central Library

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  5. The impact of the vitamin D and resveratrol administration on the stiffness and elasticity of T2DM rat aorta associated with the trace element and mineral levels

    Article • Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology, December 2024, Elsevier

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  6. Towards Fabrication of Next-Generation Physical Sensors Through Integrating Suspended Sub-Micron Silicon Nanowires with Microelectromechanical Systems

    Article • October 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  7. Multiscale Fabrication and Characterization of a NEMS Force Sensor

    Article • Advanced Materials Technologies, August 2024, Wiley

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  8. Investigation of the Bending Behavior in Silicon Nanowires: A Nanomechanical Modeling Perspective

    Article • International Journal of Applied Mechanics, July 2024, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  9. An analytical-atomistic model for elastic behavior of silicon nanowires

    Article • Journal of Physics Materials, July 2024, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  10. High-Throughput Vibrational Testing of Silicon Nanowires

    Article • July 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  11. Stencil-Based Selective Surface Functionalization of Silicon Nanowires in 3D Device Architectures for Next-Generation Biochemical Sensors

    Article • ACS Applied Nano Materials, May 2024, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  12. Mechanical properties of silicon nanowires with native oxide surface state

    Article • Materials Today Communications, March 2024, Elsevier

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  13. Machine Learning Insights into the Elasticity of Bottom-Up Silicon Nanowires

    Article • January 2024, Elsevier

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  14. Simplified top-down fabrication of sub-micron silicon nanowires

    Article • Semiconductor Science and Technology, November 2023, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  15. Selective Surface Metallization of Single Crystal Silicon Nanowires via Stencil Lithography

    Article • October 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  16. Innovative MEMS Stage for Automated Micromechanical Testing

    Article • October 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  17. Nanomechanical Modeling of the Bending Response of Silicon Nanowires

    Article • ACS Applied Nano Materials, August 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  18. Stencil lithography for bridging MEMS and NEMS

    Article • Micro and Nano Engineering, June 2023, Elsevier

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  19. Silicon Nanowires Driving Miniaturization of Microelectromechanical Systems Physical Sensors: A Review

    Article • Advanced Engineering Materials, May 2023, Wiley

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  20. The role of native oxide on the mechanical behavior of silicon nanowires

    Article • Materials Today Communications, March 2023, Elsevier

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  21. Mechanical Properties of Silicon Nanowires with Native Oxide Surface State

    Article • January 2023, Elsevier

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  22. Effect of Native Oxide on Stress in Silicon Nanowires: Implications for Nanoelectromechanical Systems

    Article • ACS Applied Nano Materials, September 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  23. Use of an elastic buffer layer for improved performance of a polymer microcylinder ring resonator hydrogen sensor

    Article • Sensors and Actuators B Chemical, May 2022, Elsevier

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  24. The Role of Native Oxide on the Mechanical Behavior of Silicon Nanowires

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2022, Elsevier

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  25. A new characterization approach to study the mechanical behavior of silicon nanowires

    Article • MRS Advances, August 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  26. Molecular Dynamics Study of Orientation-dependent Tensile Properties of Si Nanowires with Native Oxide: Surface Stress and Surface Energy Effects

    Article • July 2021, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  27. Impact of the surface modifications and cell culture techniques on the biomechanical properties of PDMS in relation to cell growth behavior

    Article • International Journal of Polymeric Materials, May 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  28. Evaluation of the Effects of Aging on the Aorta Stiffness in Relation with Mineral and Trace Element Levels: an Optimized Method via Custom-Built Stretcher Device

    Article • Biological Trace Element Research, September 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  29. Silk as a biodegradable resist for field-emission scanning probe lithography

    Article • Nanotechnology, August 2020, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  30. A detailed investigation of the effect of calcium crosslinking and glycerol plasticizing on the physical properties of alginate films

    Article • International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, April 2020, Elsevier

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  31. Impact of PDMS surface treatment in cell-mechanics applications

    Article • Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, March 2020, Elsevier

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  32. Real- and Q-space travelling: multi-dimensional distribution maps of crystal-lattice strain (ɛ044) and tilt of suspended monolithic silicon nanowire structures

    Article • Journal of Applied Crystallography, February 2020, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca, Professor Emeritus Alex Jean Dommann

  33. Line edge roughness metrology software

    Article • Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B Nanotechnology and Microelectronics Materials Processing Measurement and Phenomena, January 2020, American Vacuum Society

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  34. Electromechanical modeling of silicon nanowire switches: Size and boundary condition effects

    Article • January 2020, American Institute of Physics

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  35. Observation of coupled mechanical resonance modes within suspended 3D nanowire arrays

    Article • Nanoscale, January 2020, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  36. Stress relaxation and humidity dependence in sodium alginate-glycerol films

    Article • Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, December 2019, Elsevier

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  37. Mechanical properties of honeycomb nanoporous silicon: a high strength and ductile structure

    Article • Nanotechnology, August 2019, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca, Dr Mohammad Nasr Esfahani

  38. A Review on Size-Dependent Mechanical Properties of Nanowires

    Article • Advanced Engineering Materials, June 2019, Wiley

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca, Dr Mohammad Nasr Esfahani

  39. Surface Stress Effect on Silicon Nanowire Mechanical Behavior: Size and Orientation Dependence

    Article • Mechanics of Materials, December 2018, Elsevier

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca, Dr Mohammad Nasr Esfahani

  40. Monolithic Fabrication of Silicon Nanowires Bridging Thick Silicon Structures

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, November 2018, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  41. Poisson's ratio of PDMS thin films

    Article • Polymer Testing, August 2018, Elsevier

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  42. Sensitivity of compositional measurement of high-pressure fluid mixtures using microcantilever frequency response

    Article • Sensors and Actuators A Physical, August 2018, Elsevier

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  43. A deformation-based approach to tuning of magnetic micromechanical resonators

    Article • Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, June 2018, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca, Dr Mohammad Nasr Esfahani

  44. Fabrication of optical nanodevices through field-emission scanning probe lithography and cryogenic etching

    Article • March 2018, SPIE

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  45. Field-emission scanning probe lithography with self-actuating and self-sensing cantilevers for devices with single digit nanometer dimensions

    Article • March 2018, SPIE

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  46. Piezoresistive silicon nanowire resonators as embedded building blocks in thick SOI

    Article • Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, February 2018, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca, Dr Mohammad Nasr Esfahani

  47. Determination of composition of ethanol-CO 2 mixtures at high pressures using frequency response of microcantilevers

    Article • The Journal of Supercritical Fluids, February 2018, Elsevier

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  48. Monolithic technology for silicon nanowires in high-topography architectures

    Article • Microelectronic Engineering, November 2017, Elsevier

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca, Dr Mohammad Nasr Esfahani

  49. Characterization of fluid mixtures at high pressures using frequency response of microcantilevers

    Article • Sensors and Actuators A Physical, July 2017, Elsevier

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  50. A Monolithic Approach to Downscaling Silicon Piezoresistive Sensors

    Article • Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, June 2017, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca, Dr Mohammad Nasr Esfahani

  51. Integrated humidity sensor based on SU-8 polymer microdisk microresonator

    Article • Sensors and Actuators B Chemical, April 2017, Elsevier

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  52. Selecting the optimum engineering model for the frequency response of fcc nanowire resonators

    Article • Applied Mathematical Modelling, April 2017, Elsevier

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca, Dr Mohammad Nasr Esfahani

  53. Piezoresistivity characterization of silicon nanowires through monolithic MEMS

    Article • April 2017, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca, Dr Mohammad Nasr Esfahani

  54. High-resolution spatiotemporal strain mapping reveals non-uniform deformation in micropatterned elastomers

    Article • Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, March 2017, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  55. Top-down technique for scaling to nano in silicon MEMS

    Article • Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B Nanotechnology and Microelectronics Materials Processing Measurement and Phenomena, March 2017, American Vacuum Society

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  56. Superplastic behavior of silica nanowires obtained by direct patterning of silsesquioxane-based precursors

    Article • Nanotechnology, February 2017, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca, Dr Mohammad Nasr Esfahani

  57. Optical sensor for humidity and hydrogen gas based on polymer microresonators

    Article • August 2016, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  58. Thermo-coupled Surface Cauchy–Born theory: An engineering finite element approach to modeling of nanowire thermomechanical response

    Article • Mechanics of Materials, March 2016, Elsevier

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca, Dr Mohammad Nasr Esfahani

  59. A deep etching mechanism for trench-bridging silicon nanowires

    Article • Nanotechnology, February 2016, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  60. Time-resolved local strain tracking microscopy for cell mechanics

    Article • Review of Scientific Instruments, February 2016, American Institute of Physics

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  61. Micro-Scale Cyclic Bending Response of NiTi Shape Memory Alloy

    Article • MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS, January 2016, Japan Institute of Metals

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  62. Determination of the Elastic Behavior of Silicon Nanowires within a Scanning Electron Microscope

    Article • Journal of Nanomaterials, January 2016, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  63. Effect of geometry in frequency response modeling of nanomechanical resonators

    Article • January 2016, American Institute of Physics

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca, Dr Mohammad Nasr Esfahani

  64. A Numerical Simulation for the Stress Effect in Flexural Micro/Nano Electromechanical Resonators

    Article • Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience, November 2015, American Scientific Publishers

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca, Dr Mohammad Nasr Esfahani

  65. Determination of viscosity and density of fluids using frequency response of microcantilevers

    Article • The Journal of Supercritical Fluids, October 2015, Elsevier

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  66. Multiscale coupling based on quasicontinuum method in nanowires at finite temperatures

    Article • July 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca, Dr Mohammad Nasr Esfahani

  67. Residual stress gradients in electroplated nickel thin films

    Article • Microelectronic Engineering, February 2015, Elsevier

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  68. Monolithic fabrication of silicon nanowires

    Article • IEEE Nanotechnology Express, January 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  69. Microcantilever based disposable viscosity sensor for serum and blood plasma measurements

    Article • Methods, October 2013, Elsevier

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  70. Frequency response of microcantilevers immersed in gaseous, liquid, and supercritical carbon dioxide

    Article • The Journal of Supercritical Fluids, September 2013, Elsevier

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  71. Monolithic integration of Si nanowires with metallic electrodes: NEMS resonator and switch applications

    Article • Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, November 2011, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  72. MEMS biosensor for detection of Hepatitis A and C viruses in serum

    Article • Biosensors and Bioelectronics, October 2011, Elsevier

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  73. MEMS biosensor for parallel and highly sensitive and specific detection of hepatitis

    Article • January 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  74. Detection of human κ-opioid antibody using microresonators with integrated optical readout

    Article • Biosensors and Bioelectronics, September 2010, Elsevier

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  75. Magnetic actuated MOEMS resonant biosensor array

    Article • August 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  76. Deterministic assembly of channeling cracks as a tool for nanofabrication

    Article • Nanotechnology, December 2009, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  77. Monolithic Integration of Silicon Nanowires With a Microgripper

    Article • Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, December 2009, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  78. Micro-Nano Integration

    Article • International Materials Reviews, September 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  79. Controlled observation of nondegenerate cavity modes in a microdroplet on a superhydrophobic surface

    Article • Optics Communications, July 2009, Elsevier

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  80. On heat transfer at microscale with implications for microactuator design

    Article • Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, March 2009, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  81. Strain-controlled bulge test

    Article • Journal of Materials Research, December 2008, Cambridge University Press

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  82. A Magnetically Actuated Resonant Mass Sensor With Integrated Optical Readout

    Article • IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, December 2008, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  83. Resonant cantilever bio sensor with integrated grating readout

    Article • August 2008, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  84. Design and integration of a bimorph thermal microactuator with electrostatically actuated microtweezers

    Article • June 2008, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  85. Erratum to “An enhanced analytical model for residual stress prediction in machining” [CIRP Ann. 57 (1) (2008) 81–84]

    Article • CIRP Annals, January 2008, Elsevier

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  86. An enhanced analytical model for residual stress prediction in machining

    Article • CIRP Annals, January 2008, Elsevier

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  87. Microgrippers: a case study for batch-compatible integration of MEMS with nanostructures

    Article • Nanotechnology, August 2007, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  88. Route to batch-compatible fabrication of nanotweezers by guided self-assembly

    Article • August 2007, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  89. Analytical modelling of residual stresses in machining

    Article • Journal of Materials Processing Technology, March 2007, Elsevier

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  90. Junction formation during desiccation cracking

    Article • Physical Review E, August 2006, American Physical Society (APS)

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  91. Self-assembly-based batch fabrication of nickel–iron nanowires by electroplating

    Article • Nanotechnology, March 2006, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  92. Batch Fabrication of Self-assembled Nickel-Iron Nanowires by Electrodeposition

    Article • January 2006, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  93. Guided self-assembly of metallic nanowires and channels

    Article • Applied Physics Letters, June 2004, American Institute of Physics

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  94. Biaxial testing of nanoscale films on compliant substrates: Fatigue and fracture

    Article • Review of Scientific Instruments, August 2002, American Institute of Physics

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  95. On the interface debond at the edge of a thin film on a thick substrate

    Article • Acta Materialia, March 2002, Elsevier

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  96. Self-Assembled Nano Wires

    Article • January 2002, ASME International

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca

  97. Analytical modeling of electrostatic membrane actuator for micro pumps

    Article • Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, January 1999, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor B. Erdem Alaca