Zafer Mutlu

[ACS AMI]Electrical and Structural Response of Nine-Atom-Wide Armchair Graphene Nanoribbon Transistors to Gamma Irradiation (opens in a new tab) PDF of “Electrical and Structural Response of Nine-Atom-Wide Armchair Graphene Nanoribbon Transistors to Gamma Irradiation” (opens in a new tab)

K. Yumigeta, M. Yusufoglu, J. G. Federice, E. T. Hughes, A. M. Degirmenci, J. T. Njardarson, K. Simmons-Potter, B. G. Potter, Z. Mutlu

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2026 Supplementary Front Cover

[Adv. Mater. Interfaces]Scalable Etch-Free Transfer of Low-Dimensional Materials from Metal Films to Diverse Substrates (opens in a new tab) PDF of “Scalable Etch-Free Transfer of Low-Dimensional Materials from Metal Films to Diverse Substrates” (opens in a new tab)

K. Yumigeta, M. Yusufoglu, M. Sarker, R. Raj, F. Daluisio, R. Holloway, H. Yawit, T. Sweepe, J. Battaglia, S. Janssen, A. C. Welch, P. DiPasquale, K. A. Mkhoyan, A. Sinitskii, Z. Mutlu

Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2026

[ACS Nano]Atomically Precise Graphene Nanoribbon Transistors with Long-Term Stability and Reliability (opens in a new tab) PDF of “Atomically Precise Graphene Nanoribbon Transistors with Long-Term Stability and Reliability” (opens in a new tab)

C. Dinh, M. Yusufoglu, K. Yumigeta, A. Kinikar, T. Sweepe, Z. Zeszut, Y.-J. Chang, C. Copic, S. Janssen, R. Holloway, J. Battaglia, A. Kuntubek, F. Zahin, Y. C. Lin, W. G. Vandenberghe, B. J. LeRoy, K. Müllen, R. Fasel, G. Borin Barin, Z. Mutlu

ACS Nano, 2024

[APR]Contact Engineering for Graphene Nanoribbon Devices (opens in a new tab) PDF of “Contact Engineering for Graphene Nanoribbon Devices” (opens in a new tab)

Z. Mutlu, C. Dinh, G. Borin Barin, P. H. Jacobse, A. Kumar, D. Polley, H. Singh, Z. Wang, Y. C. Lin, A. Schwartzberg, M. F. Crommie, K. Müllen, P. Ruffieux, R. Fasel, J. Bokor

Applied Physics Reviews, 2023 Featured Article

[Carbon]Scaling and Statistics of Bottom-Up Synthesized Armchair Graphene Nanoribbon Transistors (opens in a new tab) PDF of “Scaling and Statistics of Bottom-Up Synthesized Armchair Graphene Nanoribbon Transistors” (opens in a new tab)

Y. C. Lin, Z. Mutlu, G. Borin Barin, Y. Hong, J. P. Llinas, A. Narita, H. Singh, K. Müllen, P. Ruffieux, R. Fasel, J. Bokor

Carbon, 2023

[IEDM]Short-Channel Double-Gate FETs with Atomically Precise Graphene Nanoribbons (opens in a new tab)

Z. Mutlu, Y. C. Lin, G. Borin Barin, Z. Zhang, G. Pitner, S. Wang, R. Darawish, M. Di Giovannantonio, H. Wang, J. Cai, M. Passlack, C. H. Diaz, A. Narita, K. Müllen, F. R. Fischer, P. Bandaru, A. C. Kummel, P. Ruffieux, R. Fasel, J. Bokor

IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), 2021

Integrable, Nanoelectronic Neutron Detectors Based on Graphene Nanoribbons and Associated Chemical and Structural Derivatives (opens in a new tab)

B. G. Potter, Z. Mutlu, K. Simmons-Potter, K. Yumigeta, M. Yusufoglu, J. T. Njardarson

U.S. non-provisional patent application, University of Arizona (UA26-168)

Systems and Methods for Topological Acoustics Based Radio Frequency Surface Acoustic Wave Devices (opens in a new tab)

P. Deymier, F. Najmi, K. Runge, Z. Mutlu, K. Muralidharan, P. Lucas, H. Yawit, A. Alù

PCT application filed August 2026, University of Arizona (UA25-302)

Wafer-Scale Synthesis and Deposition of One-Dimensional Materials with Precisely Controlled Intervals on Thermally Treated Substrates (opens in a new tab)

Z. Mutlu, K. Yumigeta, M. Yusufoglu

Patent application filed, University of Arizona (UA25-012)

Low Band Gap Graphene Nanoribbon Electronic Devices (opens in a new tab)

F. R. Fischer, J. Bokor, Z. Mutlu, J. P. Llinas, R. D. McCurdy, G. C. Veber, D. Joshi Koenigs

U.S. Patent Application Publication US 2022/0282029 A1 (2022) and International Publication WO 2020/243435 A2 (2020), University of California, Berkeley

Matrix Assisted Direct Transfer (opens in a new tab)

M. F. Crommie, F. R. Fischer, J. Bokor, P. H. Jacobse, Z. Mutlu, R. D. McCurdy, G. C. Veber, D. J. Rizzo

International Patent Application Publication WO 2022/211916 A2 (2022), University of California, Berkeley

Director, Advanced Nanoelectronics & Nanostructures Laboratory (ANNLab)2022–Present

Research group in materials and devices for semiconductor and quantum technologies, University of Arizona

Co-Director, FASTLab2024–Present

Hands-on training in fabricating logic, memory, quantum, and communication devices, University of Arizona

Lead Investigator, Team Research Projects2023–Present

Funded by the NSF Future of Semiconductors (FuSe) program, the Semiconductor Research Corporation, the Office of Naval Research, and the Microelectronics Commons SWAP Hub. Lead of the graphene nanoribbon sensor work in the University of Arizona REPLIQA team

University of Arizona Lead, Intel Scholarship & Fellowship Program2026–Present

Led by Northern Arizona University and administered by the Semiconductor Research Corporation, supporting six master’s scholars

General Chair, FUSENANO Workshop2024

Molecules to Systems: The Future of Semiconductors with 1D & 2D Nanomaterials (opens in a new tab), Tucson, AZ

Arizona Quantum Bootcamp, University of Arizona2026

Invited lecture on nanoelectronics and the future of semiconductors

Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Arizona2026

“Graphene Nanoribbon Transistors: Making Electronics from Molecules”

Arizona–Livermore Days, Tucson, AZ2026

Talk on graphene nanoribbon sensors

Lawrence Symposium on Epitaxy, Arizona State University2025

“From Molecules to Logic: Atomically Precise Graphene Nanoribbon Transistors”

IEEE Workshop on Microelectronics and Electron Devices (WMED), Boise State University2025

“Atomically Precise Graphene Nanoribbons as Next-Generation Channel Materials for Transistor Scaling Beyond Silicon Limits”

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas2024

Invited seminar

MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit, Boston, MA2023

Invited talk and session chair

Components Research, Intel Corporation2023

Invited talk on graphene nanoribbon transistors to the Advanced Device Research group

Corporate Research, TSMC2021

“High-Performance Atomically Precise Graphene Nanoribbon Transistors”

Semiconductor Processing, MSE/ECE 446/5462023–2025

Lecture course, including the online version I built for Arizona Online, first offered in Summer 2024

Semiconductor Processing Laboratory, MSE 447L/547L2024–Present

Cleanroom laboratory course in the NanoFabrication Core Facility with a course-based research experience (S-CURE)

Solid State Chemistry, MSE 1102024, 2026

Undergraduate course

Member, Early Career Advisory Board2026–Present

RSC Applied Interfaces (opens in a new tab) (Royal Society of Chemistry)

Member, Early Career Editorial Board2026–Present

Graphene and 2D Materials (opens in a new tab) (Springer Nature)

Contributing Author, SRC Microelectronics and Advanced Packaging Technologies (MAPT) Roadmap 2.02025

Digital Processing and Workforce Development chapters (opens in a new tab), Semiconductor Research Corporation

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering (2022–Present)

Assistant Professor (by courtesy), Department of Physics (2024–Present)

Assistant Professor (by courtesy), School of Electrical, Computing, and Software Engineering (2024–Present)

University of California, Berkeley, CA

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (2018–2022)

Affiliate, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (2018–2022)

Supervisor: Jeffrey Bokor

University of California, Riverside, CA

Assistant Project Scientist, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (2017–2018)

Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Mechanical Engineering (2016–2017)

Supervisor: Cengiz S. Ozkan

Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Riverside, CA

2011–2016Advisor: Cengiz S. Ozkan

Dissertation: “Crystal Growth and Phase Engineering of Two-Dimensional Metal Chalcogenides (opens in a new tab)”

M.S. in Physics, Selçuk University, Konya, Turkey

2007–2009Advisor: Oğuz Doğan

Thesis: “Fabrication and Characterization of YBCO Superconducting Thin Film on Si Substrates”

B.S. in Physics Education, Selçuk University, Konya, Turkey

2002–2007