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William S. Whitney
Researcher at California Institute of Technology
Publications - 15
Citations - 3072
William S. Whitney is an academic researcher from California Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Photonics & Graphene. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 15 publications receiving 2656 citations. Previous affiliations of William S. Whitney include Cornell University.
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Grains and grain boundaries in single-layer graphene atomic patchwork quilts
Pinshane Y. Huang,Carlos Ruiz-Vargas,Arend M. van der Zande,William S. Whitney,Mark Levendorf,Joshua W. Kevek,Shivank Garg,Jonathan S. Alden,Caleb Hustedt,Ye Zhu,Jiwoong Park,Paul L. McEuen,David A. Muller +12 more
TL;DR: This work determines the location and identity of every atom at a grain boundary and finds that different grains stitch together predominantly through pentagon–heptagon pairs, and reveals an unexpectedly small and intricate patchwork of grains connected by tilt boundaries.
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Large-Scale Arrays of Single-Layer Graphene Resonators
Arend M. van der Zande,Robert A. Barton,Jonathan S. Alden,Carlos Ruiz-Vargas,William S. Whitney,Phi H. Q. Pham,Jiwoong Park,Jeevak M. Parpia,Harold G. Craighead,Paul L. McEuen +9 more
TL;DR: These measurements show that it is possible to produce large arrays of CVD-grown graphene resonators with reproducible properties and the same excellent electrical and mechanical properties previously reported for exfoliated graphene.
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High, size-dependent quality factor in an array of graphene mechanical resonators.
Robert A. Barton,Bojan Ilic,Arend M. van der Zande,William S. Whitney,Paul L. McEuen,Jeevak M. Parpia,Harold G. Craighead +6 more
TL;DR: These measurements shed light on the mechanisms behind dissipation in monolayer graphene resonators and demonstrate that the quality factor of graphene resonator relative to their thickness is among the highest of any mechanical resonator demonstrated to date.
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Imaging Grains and Grain Boundaries in Single-Layer Graphene: An Atomic Patchwork Quilt
Pinshane Y. Huang,A. M. van der Zande,Carlos Ruiz-Vargas,William S. Whitney,Mark Levendorf,Joshua W. Kevek,Ye Zhu,Jiwoong Park,Paul L. McEuen,David A. Muller +9 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY14853, USA is used as a laboratory for the study of nanoscale physics.
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Materials challenges for the Starshot lightsail
Harry A. Atwater,Arthur R. Davoyan,Ognjen Ilic,Deep Jariwala,Michelle C. Sherrott,Cora M. Went,William S. Whitney,Joeson Wong +7 more
TL;DR: The optical, mechanical and thermal properties required to successfully design an ultralight spacecraft that can reach Proxima Centauri b, which is the goal of the Starshot Breakthrough Initiative, are explored.