Alex Zettl

Alex Zettl is an American professor of experimental condensed-matter physics. His research involving the properties of novel materials have produced significant advances in the field. Zettl received a B.A. degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1978. He received a Ph.D. degree from University of California, Los Angeles in 1983. He joined the faculty of the UCB Physics Department in 1983. He is currently a Professor of Physics and a Senior Scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He is part of a Nanotechnology group at UCB, the Center of Integrated Nanomechanical Systems He holds patents on the nanoradio, the nano mass sensor and other developments from this center's research. The research of Zettl, Kenneth...