Dr. Jose M. Perez, Professor
 
 
  Department of Physics
P.O. Box 311427
Denton, Texas  76203-1427		 (940) 565-4679
Science Research Building 241
jperez@unt.edu
 
   
Education:      

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Physics.

 

Research:       Dr. Perez's areas of expertise are nanostructures, quantum dots, carbon nanotubes, carbon and diamond films, ultrahigh vacuum scanning tunneling microscopy, atomic force microscopy, nonlinear dynamics and chaos.
Publications:        
  1. "Evidence for Universal Chaotic Behavior of a Driven Nonlinear Oscillator," J. Testa, J. Perez, and C. Jeffries, Phys. Rev. Lett. 48, 714 (1982).
 
  2. "Effects of Additive Noise on a Nonlinear Oscillator Exhibiting Period Doubling and Chaotic Behavior," J. Perez and C. Jeffries, Phys. Rev. B 26, 3460 (1982).
 
  3. "Observation of a Pomeau-Mannville Intermittent Route to Chaos in a Driven Nonlinear Oscillator," C. Jeffries and J. Perez, Phys. Rev. A 26, 2117 (1982).
 
  4. "Direct Observation of a Tangent Bifurcation in a Driven Nonlinear Oscillator," J. Perez and C. Jeffries, Phys. Lett. 92A, 82 (1982).
 
  5. "J. Testa, Perez, and Jeffries Respond," J. Testa, J. Perez, and C. Jeffries, Phys. Rev. Lett. 49, 1055 (1982).
 
  6. "Direct Observation of Crisis of the Chaotic Attractor in a Driven Nonlinear Oscillator," C. Jeffries and J. Perez, Phys. Rev. A 27, 601 (1983).
  7. "A High-Sensitivity Stressed Photoconductor for Observing Luminescence from Germanium," J.M Perez, Appl. Phys. Lett. 46, 492 (1985).
 
  8. "Mechanism for Global Features of Chaos in a Driven Nonlinear Oscillator," J.M. Perez, Phys. Rev. A 32, 2513 (1985).
 
  9. "Magneto-Optical Spectra of Donor Impurities in Hg0.7Cd0.3Te," J.M. Perez, J.E. Furneaux, and R.J. Wagner, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. 6, 2681 (1988).
 
  10. "Cyclotron Resonance Studies of MIS Hg0.7Cd0.3Te Capacitors," J.R. Waterman, J.M. Perez, W.A. Schmidt, J.E. Furneaux, and R.J. Wagner, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. 6, 2760 (1988).
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  11. "Magneto-Transport and Far Infrared Magneto-Optical Studies of MBE-Grown HgTe," J.R. Meyer, C.A. Hoffman, F.J. Bartoli, J.M. Perez, J.E. Furneaux, R.J. Wagner, R.J. Koestner, and M.W. Goodwin, J. Vac Sci. Technol. 6, 2775 (1988).
 
  12. "Magneto-Optical Properties of Highly Anisotropic Holes in HgTe/CdTe Superlattices," J.M. Perez, R.J. Wagner, J.R. Meyer, J.W. Han, J.W. Cook, Jr., and J.F. Schetzina, Phys. Rev. Lett. 61, 2261 (1988).
 
  13. "Magneto-Optical Properties of a Small Gap HgTe/CdTe Superlattice," R.J. Wagner, J.M. Perez, J.R. Meyer, J.W. Cook, Jr., and J.F. Schetzina, J.Vac. Sci. Technol. 7, 411 (1989).
 
  14. "Magnetic Field Effects on Trap-Assisted Tunneling in Hg.78Cd.22Te," J.R. Waterman, R.J. Wagner, and J.M. Perez, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. 7, 381 (1989).
 
  15. "Synchronization of Chaos in Coupled Tunnel Diode Relaxation Oscillators," J.M. Perez, Z. Yu, J.M. Kowalski, G. Albert, C.L. Littler, and X.N. Song, Proceedings of the 1st Experimental Chaos Conference, edited by S. Vohra, M. Spano, M. Shlesinger, L. Pecora, W. Ditto (World Scientific, Singapore, 1992), pp. 327-332.
 
  16. "Autonomous and Externally Driven Periodic and Chaotic Hall Voltages Oscillations in N-InSb," X.N. Song, Z. Yu, G. Albert, J.M. Kowalski, C.L. Littler, and J.M. Perez, Proceedings of the 1st Experimental Chaos Conference, edited by S. Vohra, M. Spano, M. Shlesinger, L. Pecora, W. Ditto (World Scientific, Singapore, 0992), pp. 219-224.
 
  17. "Direct Evidence for the Amorphous Silicon Phase in Visible Photoluminescent Porous Silicon," J.M. Perez, J. Villalobos, P. McNeill, J. Prasad, R. Cheek, J.Kelber, J.P. Estrera, P.D. Stevens, and R. Glosser, Appl. Phys. Lett. 61, 563 )1992).
 
  18. "Scanning Tunneling Microscopy of the Electronic Structure of Chemical Vapor Deposited Diamond Films," J.M. Perez, C.Lin, W. Rivera, R.C. Hyer, M. Green. S.C. Sharma, D.R. Chopra, and A.R. Chourasia, Appl. Phys. Lett. 62, 1889 (1993).
 
  19. "Scanning Tunneling Microscopy of the Structural and Electronic Properties of Chemical Vapor Deposited Diamond Film," J.M. Perez W. Rivera, C. Lin, R.C. Hyer, M. Green, S.C. Sharma, D.R. Chopra, and A.R. Chourasia, Atomic Force Microscopy/Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, edited by S. Cohen, M. Bray, M. Lightbody (Plenum Press, New York, 1994), pp. 203-210.
 
  20. "Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Spectroscopy of Carbon Nanotubes," W. Rivera, J.M. Perez, R.S. Ruoff, D.C. Lorents, R. Malhorta, S. Lim, Y.G. Rho, E.G. Jacobs, and R.F. Pinizotto, Atomic Force Microscopy/Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, edited by S. Cohen, M. Bray, M. Lightbody (Plenum Press, New York, 1994), pp. 137-142.
 
  21. "Stabilization of Quasiperiodic Orbits for Line-Coupled Diode Resonator Systems," Z. Yu, J. Steinshnider, C.L. Littler, J.M. Perez, and J.M. Kowalski, Phys. Rev. E. 49, 220 (1994).
 
  22. "The Observation of Silicon Nanocrystals in Siloxene," R.F. Pinizotto, H. Yang, J.M. Perez and J.L. Coffer, J. Appl. Phys. 75, 4486 (1994).
 
  23. "Control of Chaos in a CO2 Laser," J.M. Perez, J. Steinshnider, R.E. Stallcup, and A.F. Aviles, Appl. Phys. Lett. 65, 1216 (1994).
 
  24. "Control of Chaos in a CO2 Laser," J.M. Perez, J. Steinshnider, R.E. Stallcup, and A.F. Aviles, Proceedings of the 2nd Experimental Chaos Conference, edited by W. Ditto, L. Pecora, M. Shlesinger, M. Spano, S.Vohra (World Scientific, Singapore, 1995), pp. 147-152.
 
  25. "Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Current-Voltage Characteristics of Carbon Nanotubes," W. Rivera, J.M. Perez, R.S. Ruoff, D.C. Lorents, R. Malhotra, S. Lim, Y.G. Rho, E.G. Jacobs, and R.F. Pinizzotto, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 13, 327 (1995).
 
  26. "Atomic Resolution Ultrahigh Vacuum Scanning Tunneling Microscopy of Epitaxial Diamond (100) Films,"
 
  27. "Atomic Structure of the Diamond (100) Surface Studied using Scanning Tunneling Microscopy," R.E. Stallcup, L.M. Villareal, S.C. Lim, I. Akwani, A.F. Aviles, and J.M. Perez, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 14, 929 (1996).
 
  28. "Scanning Tunneling Microscopy of Chemical Vapor Deposition Diamond Film Growth on Highly-Oriented-Pyrolytic Graphite and Si," A.F. Aviles, R.E. Stallcup, W. Rivera, and J. M. Perez, Atomic Force Microscopy/Scanning Tunneling Microscopy 2 (Plenum Press, New York, 1997), pp. 45-51.
 
  29. "Atomic Resolution Ultrahigh Vacuum Scanning Tunneling Microscopy of Diamond (100) Expitaxial Films," R.E. Stallcup, A.F. Aviles, and J.M. Perez, Atomic Force Microscopy/Scanning Tunneling Microscopy 2 (Plenum Press, New York, 1997), pp. 59-64.
 
  30. "Current versus Voltage Characteristics for Deposition and Removal of Gold Nanostructures on a Gold Surface using Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, J.M. Perez and J.L. Large, Atomic Force Microscopy/Scanning Tunneling Microscopy 2 (Plenum Press, New York, 1997), pp. 233-239.
 
  31. "Effect of the SP3/(SP2 + SP3) Carbon Fraction on the Photoelectric Threshold and Electron Affinity of Diamond Films," I. Akwani, E.D. Sosa, S.C. Lim, R.E. Stallcup, J.N. Castillega, J. Bernhard, D.E. Golden, and J.M. Perez, Materials Issues in Vacuum Microelectronics, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, Volume 509 (MRS, Warrendale, 1998), pp. 137-141.
 
  32. "UHV STM of Cesium on Oxygenated Expitaxial Diamond (100) Films," R.E. Stallcup and J.M. Perez, Materials Issues in Vacuum Microelectronics, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, Volume 509 (MRS, Warrendale, 1998), pp. 161-164.
 
  33. "Structural and Electronic Properties of Negative Electron Affinity Exitaxial Diamond (110) Films Studied using Atomic Resolution UHV STM," S.C. Lim, R.E. Stallcup, I. Akwani, and J.M. Perez, Materials Issues in Vacuum Microelectronics, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, Volume 509 (MRS, Warrendale, 1998), pp. 165-170.
 
  34. "Variation of the Photoelectric Threshold of Boron Doped Diamond Films," I. Akwani, E.D. Sosa, J. Bernhard, S.C. Lim, R.E. Stallcup, J.M. Perez, and D.E. Golden, Materials Issues in Vacuum Microelectronics, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, Volume 509 (MRS, Warrendale, 1998), pp. 143-148.
  35. "Effects of O2, H2, and N2 on the Field Emission Properties of Diamond-Coated Microtips," S.C. Lim, R.E. Stallcup II, I.A. Akwani, and J.M. Perez, Appl. Phys. Lett. 75, 1179 (1999).
 
  36. "Defect and Raman Spectroscopy of CVD Grown Diamond Films," J.M. Perez, R.E. Stallcup II, and I.A. Akwani, Flat-Panel Displays and Sensors-Principles, Materials and Processes, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, Volume 558 (MRS, Warrendale, 2000), pp. 589-594.
 
  37. "Preparation and Characterization of Metal Nanoparticles on a Diamond Surface," J.S. Gao, T. Arunagiri, J.J. Chen, P. Goodwill, O. Chyan, J. Perez, and D. Golden, Chem. Mater. 12, 3495 (2000).
 
  38. "Effects of Cs Deposition on the Field-Emission Properties of Single-Walled Carbon-Nanotube Bundles," A. Wadhawan, R.E. Stallcup II, and J.M. Perez, Appl. Phys. Lett. 78, 108 (2001).
 
  39. "Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Studies of Temperature-Dependent Etching of Diamond (100) by Atomic Hydrogen," R.E. Stallcup II and J.M. Perez, Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 3368 (2001).
 
  40. "Effects of O2, Ar and H2 Gases on the Field Emission Properties of Single-Walled and Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes," A Wadhawan, R.E. Stallcup II, K.F. Stephens, I.A. Akwani, and J.M. Perez, Appl. Phys. Lett. 79, 1867 (2001).
 
  41. "Atomic Structure of Steps and Defects on the Clean Diamond (100)-2x1 Surface Studied Using Ultrahigh Vacuum Scanning Tunneling Microscopy," Appl. Phys. Lett. 81, 4538 (2002).
 
  42. "Raman and Magneto Transport Studies of MBE Grown β-FeSi2, β-(Fe1-xCrx)Si2, and β-(Fe1-xC0x)Si2," A. Srujana, A. Wadhawan, K. Srikala, B.P. Gorman, R.J. Cottier, Wei Zhao, C.L. Littler, J.M. Perez, T.D. Golding, A.G. Birdwell, W. Henrion, M. Reiben, P. Stauss, and R. Glosser, Progress in Semiconductor Materials II-Electronic and Optoelectronic Applications, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings (2002).
 
  43. "Atomic Structure of Diamond Surfaces," J.M. Perez and R.E. Stallcup II, invited review article, Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 10 volume set (American Scientific Publishers, Stevenson Ranch, 2003).
 
  44.. "Nanotubes in Microwave Fields: Light Emission, Intense Heat, Outgassing, and Reconstruction," T.J. Imholt, C.A. Dyke, B. Hasslacher, J.M. Perez, D.W. Price, J.A. Roberts, J.B. Scott, A. Wadhawan, Z. Ye, and J.M. Tour, Chem. Mater. 15, 3969 (2003).
 
  45. "Nanoparticle-assisted Microwave Absorption by Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes," A. Wadhawan, D. Garrett, and J.M. Perez, Appl. Phys. Lett. 83, 2683 (2003).
 
  46. "Scratch Velocity and Wear Resistance," M. Dolores Bermudez, Witold Brostow, Francisco J. Carrion-Vilches, Juan J. Cervantes, Gowrisankar Damarla, and Jose M. Perez, e-Polymers 3, 1 (2005).
 
  47. "Nucleation of β-FeSi2 nanostructures at pinned step bunches on the Si(111) surface," R.P. Brady, A.S. Sharma, R.L. Giblet, R.J. Cottier, T.D. Golding, and J.M. Perez, Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 223102 (2005).
 
  48. "Molecular beam expitaxial growth of Fe(Si1-xGex)2 epilayers," R.J. Cottier, F.Z. Amir, K. Hossain, J.B. House, B.P. Gorman, J.M. Perez, O.W. Holland, T.D. Golding, and D.W. Stokes, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 23, 1299 (2005).
 
  49. ""Formation of Nanometer-Size High-Density Pits on Epitaxial Diamond (100) Films," R. E. Stallcup II, Y. Mo, T. W. Scharf, and J. M. Perez, Diamond and Related Materials 16, 1727 (2007).
 
   
 

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Last Updated 22-May-2008