Curriculum Vita Sakhrat Khizroev
Professor and Vice Chairman, Department of Immunology
Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Director, Center for Personalized Nanomedicine
Institute of Neuro-Immune Pharamcology
Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
Florida International University
Ph. 305-***-****, Fx. 305-***-****, ********@***.***
Citizenship: U.S.A.
Born: June 12, 1970, Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia
Areas of Expertise: Nanomagnetics/spintronics, Nanoscale Devices and Materials for Nanomedicine,
Personalized Nanomedicine, Next-generation Energy-efficient Information Processing, Multifunctional
Carbon Nanostructures, Magnetic Graphene Nanodevices, Molecular Electronics, Nanofabrication and
Nanocharacterization
RESEARCH VISION
My current research vision is to exploit my industry experience and expertise in the physics of
nanomagnetics/spintronics based devices in information processing and firsthand knowledge of
key engineering roadblocks to make translational impact also on the broad area of medical
devices and particularly as it is related to personalized nanomedicine.
EDUCATION
1996-1999 Ph.D., Electrical & Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
(advisor: Mark Kryder)
1993-1996 M.S. and Ph.D. programs, Physics, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL (advisor: Fulin
Zuo)
1987-1993 B.S., MS, Physical and Quantum Electronics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
(aka Moscow Physical-Technical University aka Phystech), Russia (advisor: Vladimir
Nikolaevich Kopylov, Institute for Solid State Physics, Chernogolovka, RAS)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2011-present (tenured)
Professor and Vice Chairman, Department of Immunology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, FIU
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, FIU, Miami, FL
Director, Center for Personalized NanoMedicine, Miami, FL
Professor (Adjunct), Electrical Engineering, University of California, Riverside, California
2009-2011 (tenured)
Professor, Electrical Engineering, University of California, Riverside, California
Affiliated Faculty, Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Riverside, California
Cooperating Faculty, Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Riverside, California
2006 2008 (tenured)
Associate Professor (tenured), Electrical Engineering, University of California, Riverside, Cali fornia
2003 2006 (tenured in 2005)
Associate Professor (tenured), Electrical and Computer Engineering, Florida Int. Univ. (FIU), Miami, FL
Curriculum Vita Sakhrat Khizroev 1
2003 2008
Adjunct Professor, Physics, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
1999 2003
Research Staff Member, Seagate Technology, Pittsburgh, PA.
1997-1998
Doctoral Intern, IBM Almaden Research Center (manager: David Thompson)
1996 1999
Ph.D. Research Assistant, DSSC, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
PATENTS, BOOKS, PEER-REVIEW CONTRIBUTED AND INVITED PAPERS,
and SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
PATENTS (29 US Patent granted, 2 international and 9 pending patents; 122
provisional patents)
Granted Patents:
N. Amos, S. Khizroev, R. Ikkawi, R. Haddon, R. Fernandez, Probes for enhanc ed magnetic force
1.
microscopy resolution, US Patent 8,214,918, issued July 3, 2012; UC Case No 2008-492-1, filed
Jan 23, 2008, filed Nov 20, 2009, USPTO application number 12623329, issued July 3, 2012, with
the University of California
2. S. Khizroev, Three-dimensional magnetic memory and/or recording device, US patent
7,969,775, issued June 28, 2011; patent application 12/726,070; 11/197,377, filed Aug 4, 2005,
with provisional patent, 60/598,645, filed Aug 4, 2003, with FIU
3. S. Khizroev, Three-dimensional magnetic memory and/or recording device, US patent
7,706,179, issued April 27, 2010; patent application 200********, filed February 9, 2006;
11/197,377, filed Aug 4, 2005, with provisional patent, 60/598,645, filed Aug 4, 2003, with FIU
4. W. Crue, E. B. Svedberg, R. E. Rottmayer, D. Litvinov, and S. Khizroev, Low moment high
moment write pole with non-magnetic layer for establishing a magnetic discontinuity between
layers of the write pole, US patent application 200********, April 8, 2004, with Seagate, S/N
7,038, 882, issued to Seagate Technology, May 2, 2006
5. D. Litvinov, R. W. Gustafson, and S. Khizroev, Magnetic recording system which eliminates
skew angle effect, US patent, 60/221,494, filed Jul 26, 2001, with Seagate, S/N 6,987,637, issued
to Seagate Technology on Jan 17, 2006
6. S. Khizroev, N. Amin, B. Crue, R. Rottmayer, D. Litvinov, Perpendicular recording head with
trackwidth defined by plating thickness, US patent, 60/161,690, filed Oct 24, 2000, S/N
6,898,053, issued to Seagate Technology on May 24, 2005
7. D. Litvinov, N. Shukla, E. B. Svedberg, S. Khizroev, D. K. Weller, Selective annealing of
magnetic recording films, US patent, 60/334,240, filed Nov 27, 2002, S/N 6,884,328, issued to
Seagate Technology on April 26, 2005
8. S. Khizroev, D. Litvinov, B. W. Crue, Perpendicular magnetic recording head, US patent, filed
on Oct 24 2004, S/N 6,876,518, issued to Seagate Technology April 5 2005
9. D. Litvinov, and S. Khizroev, Magnetic recording head including background magnetic field
generator, International and US patents, 60/154,880, filed Sept 19, 2000, S/N 6,876,519, issued
to Seagate Technology on April 5 2005
10. S. Khizroev, J. A. Bain, M. H. Kryder, D. Litvinov, Longitudinal magnetic recording heads with
variable-length gaps, International and US patents, 60/157,883, filed Oct 4, 2000, S/N 6,865,057,
issued to Seagate Technology on Mar 8 2005
11. D. Litvinov, and S. Khizroev, Perpendicular magnetic recording apparatus for improved
playback resolution having flux generating elements proximate the re ad element, US patent,
60/306,802, filed Dec 17, 2001, with Seagate, S/N 6,888,700, issued to Seagate on May 3, 2005
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12. S. Khizroev, E. C. Johns, D. Litvinov, Gapless longitudinal magnetic recording head with flux
cavity, US patent, 60/174,524 filed on Jan. 5, 2000, 60/175,793 filed Jan 5, 2001, S/N 6,865,056,
issued to Seagate Technology on Mar 8 2005
13. A. M. Shukh, S. Khizroev, D. Litvinov, E. W. Singleton, Perpendicular recording medium with
antiferromagnetic exchange coupling in soft magnetic underlayer s, US patent, 60/227,943, filed
Aug 24, 2001, S/N 6,818,330, issued to Seagate Technology on Nov 16 2004
14. D. Litvinov, and S. Khizroev, Perpendicular recording head with longitudinal magnetic field
generator to facilitate magnetic switching, US patent, 6 0/175,266, filed Jan 10, 2001, S/N
6,816,339, issued to Seagate Technology on Nov 9, 2004
15. D. Litvinov, and S. Khizroev, Multilayer perpendicular magnetic recording media with exchange
decoupled spacer layers, US patent, 60/192,050, filed Mar 23, 2001, S/ N 6,630,255, issued to
Seagate Technology on Oct 7 2003
16. D. Litvinov, W. Crue, S. Khizroev, Perpendicular recording head with return poles which reduce
flux antenna effect, US patent, 60/192,053, filed Mar 23, 2001, S/N 6,798,615, issued to Seagate
Technology on Sep 28 2004
17. S. Khizroev, M. H. Kryder, D. Litvinov, Perpendicular recording head including concave tip,
US patent, 60/154,973, filed Sept 19, 2000, S/N 6,771,462, issued to Seagate Technology on Aug
3, 2004
18. S. Khizroev, R. W. Gustafson, D. Litvinov, N. Shukla, A perpendicular magnetic recording head
with a magnetic shield to reduce side reading, US patent, 60/257,125, filed Dec 20, 2001, S/N
6,738,233, issued to Seagate Technology on May 18 2004
19. D. Litvinov, B. Crue, S. Khizroev, Composite write pole for a magnetic recording head, US
patent, 60/276,154, filed Nov 29, 2001, S/N 6,721,131, issued to Seagate Technology on Apr 12
2004
20. W. Crue, T. M. Crawford, S. Khizroev, D. Litvinov, Perpendicular magnetic recording head
having a flux focusing main pole, US patent, 60/189,359, filed Mar 15, 2001, S/N 6,693,768,
issued to Seagate Technology, Feb 17, 2004
21. S. Khizroev, and D. Litvinov, Perpendicular magnetic recording head with means for
suppressing noise from soft magnetic underlayer of recording media, US patent, 60/175,265,
60/175,271, 60/180,293, 60/189,365, 60/191,974, 60/191,775, filed Jan 10, 2001, S/N 6,667,848,
issued to Seagate Technology on Dec 23 2003
22. D. Litvinov, R. W. Gustafson, K. J. Howard, S. Khizroev, Perpendicular magnetic recording
media with laminated soft magnetic underlayer, 60/180,415, filed Feb 2, 2001, S/N 6,660,357,
issued to Seagate Technology on Dec 9 2003
23. D. Litvinov, K. J. Howard, S. Khizroev, Multilayer magnetic recording media with columnar
microstructure for improved exchange decoupling, US patent, 60/235,943, filed Sep 27, 2001,
S/N 6,656,613, issued to Seagate Technology on Dec 2 2003
24. D. Litvinov, and S. Khizroev, Magnetic recording media including magnetically soft composite
layer and method of making same, US patent, 60/175,858, filed Jan 12, 2001, S/N 6,645,647,
issued to Seagate Technology Nov 11, 2003
25. S. Khizroev, W. Crue, D. Litvinov, Perpendicular magnetic recording head with write pole
which reduces flux antenna effect, US patent, 60/175,320, filed J an 10, 2001, S/N 6,646,827,
issued to Seagate Technology on Nov 11, 2003
26. D. Litvinov, S. Khizroev, Perpendicular recording head defining the trackwidth by material
deposition thickness, US patent, 60/167,936 (60,167,952), field Nov 29, 2000, S/N 6,560, 069,
issued to Seagate Technology on May 6, 2003
27. D. Litvinov, S. Khizroev, M. H. Kryder, Perpendicular magnetic recording media with reduced -
noise soft magnetic underlayer, US patent, 60/168,147, filed Nov 28, 2000, S/N 6,531,202,
issued to Seagate Technology on Mar 11, 2003
28. S. Khizroev, B. W. Crue, D. Litvinov, Method for forming a perpendicular recording read/write
head, US patent, 60/174,519, filed Sep 21, 2000, S/N 6,513,228, issued to Seagate Technology
on Feb 4, 2003
29. P.C. Arnett, D.C. Cheng, S. Khizroev, D. A. Thompson, Track width control of readback
elements via ion implantation in a bonding region of tip portion to selectively deactivate magnetic
sensitivity thereof s, US patent, S/N 6,483,672, issued to IBM Almaden Research Center on
November 19th, 2002
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Pending Patents:
30. S. Khizroev, N. Amos, Universal Logic Gates for Highly-scalable 3-D Magnetic Computing,
invention disclosure filed May 19, 2010
31. S. Khizroev, E. Levister, Jr., Focused high -field MRI for screening and diagnostics purposes in
office environment. Example: Prostate Cancer, UC Case No. 2010 -681-1, filed May 19, 2010
32. S. Khizroev, N. Amos, R. Ikkawi, R. Haddon, Plug-in multilevel three-dimensional magnetic
recording drive, UC Case Nos 2008-425-2 and 2009-265-1, filed October 2008, two provisional
patent applications, 61/082,091 (filed 18 July 2008) and 61/115,434 (filed 17 November 2008), a
U.S. patent application 12/506,042, also filed as an International patent application
(PCT/US2009/004181) titled Three-dimensional magnetic recording on July 20, 2009
33. R. Haddon, M. E. Itkis, P. Ramesh, E. Bekyarova, S. Khizroev, J. Hong, Chemical modulation
of electronic and magnetic properties of graphene, Serial No.: 994678, PCT/US2009/045735,
Nov 24, 2010, patent application 201******-**, March 24, 2011
34. R. Ikkawi, S. Khizroev, N. Amos, Nanolasers for ultra-high density multilevel heat-assisted
magnetic recording, UC Case No. 2008-498-1, filed Feb 1, 2008. Provisional patent filed in
February, 2008.
35. S. Khizroev, N. Amos, R. Ikkawi, Integrated Information Storage with Logic hard drive, UC
Case No 2008-271-1, filed Dec 3, 2007
36. A. Krichevsky, S. Khizroev, A. Lavrenov, I. Dumer, Magnetic recording medium with a
separate mapping/medata/servo underlayer, UC Case No. 2008-271-1, filed Oct 2, 2007,
provisional patent application 61/057699, PCT/US09/45740, filed Nov 29, 2010, Magnetic
Recording Medium, US patent application 201********, Kind code Al, March 31, 2011
37. S. Khizroev, E. Stefanescu, R. Chomko, R. Haddon, Carbon nanotube base d patterned magnetic
media, UC Case No. 2008-138-1, filed Aug 23, 2007
38. S. Khizroev, R. Ikkawi, N. Amos, R. Chomko, Protein-based recording system for areal densities
above 1 terabit/in2, UC Case No. 2007-781-1, filed June 12, 2007
39. D. Litvinov, R. W. Gustafson, and S. Khizroev, Read element for magnetic storage media having
magnetic coupling between itself and its shields, US patent, 60/208,252, filed May 23, 2001, with
Seagate
40. D. Litvinov, W. Crue, M.-L. Wu, S. Khizroev, Magnetic recording heads including boron nitride
insulating material, US patent, 60/191,525, filed Mar 23, 2001, with Seagate
41. S. Batra, S. Khizroev, D. Litvinov, Longitudinal recording head with reduced side fringing, US
patent, 60/180,295, filed Feb 5, 2001, with Seagate
42. W. Crue, E. C. Johns, S. Khizroev, D. Litvinov, U. Tran, Write pole for a magnetic recording
head having layered low magnetic moment and high magnetic moment material, US patent,
60/180,292, filed Feb 2, 2001, with Seagate
43. S. Khizroev, and D. Litvinov, Perpendicular magnetic recording system including recording
media with a soft magnetic underlayer having a saturation moment higher than the moment of the
recording head, US patent, 60/175,863, filed Jan 12, 2001, with Seagate
44. Y. Ikeda, S. Khizroev, K. Rubin, D. A. Thompson, Write head with modified field gradient and
increased current margin for perpendicular magnetic recording, US patent, filed 1999, with IBM.
45. S. Khizroev, D. A. Thompson, Vortex domain configuration in microscopical cylinders made of
magnetically soft materials, US patent, filed 1999, with IBM
Provisional Patents:
over 122 (with Seagate, IBM, CMU, FIU, UCR)
BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS
E. Stefanescu, S. Khizroev, Nanoparticles for Medical Applications, in press, O Wiley
Publishers, 2011
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S. Khizroev, R. Chomko, I. Dumer, D. Litvinov, M ultilevel and Three-dimensional
Nanomagnetic Recording, Chapter 6, Nano-scale and Bio-inspired Integrated Computing, edited
by Mary M. Eshaghian-Wilner, Wiley Publishers, 2008
F. Candocia and S. Khizroev, chapter in Nanophysics, Nanoclusters and Nanodevices, Nova
Science Publishers, 2006, ISBN: 1-59454-852-8
S. Khizroev and D. Litvinov, Perpendicular Magnetic Recording, Kluwer Academic Publishers,
2005; ISBN 1-4020-2662-5 (Hard-cover Book) and 1-4020-2723-0 (e-book)
S. Khizroev, R. Chomko, and D. Litvinov, chapter Nanoscale Magnetic Devices in Handbook
of Semiconductor Nanostructures and Nanodevices, edited by A.A. Balandin and K.L. Wang,
American Scientific Publishers, 2005; ISBN 1-58883-073-X
D. Litvinov and S. Khizroev, chapter Nanomaterials and Nanodevices Synthesized by Ion-beam
Technology, Dekker Encyclopedia in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2005; ISBN 0-8247-
4797-6
REFEREED PAPERS
M. Nair, R. Guduru, P. Liang, J. Hong, V. Sagar, and S. Khizroev, Externally-controlled on-demand
1.
release of anti-HIV drug AZTTP using magneto-electric nanoparticles as carriers, under review in
Nature Communications, Nov. 2012
(invited) R. Guduru, J. Hong, P. Liang, M. Nair, and S. Khiroev, On -demand drug release of anti-
2.
Cancer drugs in press, JOVE, 2012
J. Hong, P. Liang, V. Safonov, and S. Khizroev, Energy-efficient spin-transfer-torque based sub-10-
3.
nm magnetic tunneling junctions, submitted to Nature Communications (Nov. 2012)
J. Hong, M. Bajawada, R. Guduru, M. Nair, and S. Khizroev, One -step fabrication of size-
4.
controllable Nicotine-containing core-shell structures, submitted to Int. J. Nanomedicine, Oct. 2012
J. Hong, and S. Khizroev, 3-D Self-assembled shape transformation of iron oxide nanoparticles,
5.
Nanoparticles, submitted to Nanoparticles, Oct. 2012
K. Yue, R. Guduru, J. Hong, P. Liang, M. Nair, and S. Khizroev, Magneto-electric nanoparticles for
6.
non-invasive brain stimulation, PLoS 7(9), e44040 (2012)
J. Hong, E. Bekyarova, P. Liang, W. de Heer, R. Haddon, and S. Khizroev, Room-temperature
7.
magnetic-order in functionalized graphene, Nature Scientific Reports 2, 624 (2012)
L. V. Chang, A. Nasruallah, P. Ruchoeft, S. Khizroev, D. Litvinov, Graded bit patterned magnetic
8.
array fabricated via angled low-energy H ion irradiation, Nanotechnology 23 (27), 275705 (2012)
J. Hong, E. Stefanescu, P. Liang, N. Joshi, S. Xu, and S. Khizroev, Carbon nanotube based 3-D
9.
matrix for enabling three -dimensional nano-magneto-electronics, PLoS ONE 7 (7), e40554, (2012)
10. N. Amos, J. Butler, B. Lee, M. Scachar, B. Hu, Y. Tian, J. Hong, D. Garcia, R. Ikkawi, R. Haddon, D.
Litvinov, and S. Khizroev, Multilevel-3D bit patterned magnetic media with 8 signal levels per
nanocolumn, PLoS ONE 7 (7), e401234 (2012)
B. Lee, N. Amos, M. Schachar, D. Litvinov, S. Khizroev, Electron-beam lithography to fabricate
11.
magnetic bit patterned media suitable for areal densities above 1 terabit/in2, JVST B, in press (2012)
12. J. Hong, S. Niyogi, E. Bekyarova, M. Itkis, P. Ramesh, R. C. Haddon, C. Berger, W. A. DeHeer, and
S. Khizroev, Effect of functionalization on the electrostatic charging, tunneling, and Raman
spectroscopy of epitaxial graphene, JVST B Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures 30 (3), 1-5
(2012)
L. Kaganovskiy, S. Khizroev, D. Litvinov, Influence of low anisotropy inclusions on magnetization
13.
reversal in bit-patterned arrays, J. Appl. Phys. 111, 033924 (2012)
L. Chang, R. Veerdonk, S. Khizroev, D. Litvinov, Scanning magnetoresistance microscopy a nalysis
14.
of bit patterned media playback, IEEE Trans. Magn. 47 (10), 2548-2550 (2011)
15. N. Amos, E. Stefanescu, J. Butler, B. Lee, Y. Tian, R. Ikkawi, R. Chomko, V. L. Safonov, R. Haddon,
D. Litvinov, and S. Khizroev, Three-dimensional non-volatile magnetic universal logic gates, JNO
6 (2), 138-43 (2011)
N. Sandip, E. Bekyarova, H. Jeongmin, S. Khizroev, C. Berger, W. De Heer, R. Haddon, Covalent
16.
chemistry for graphene electronics, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2 (19), 2487-98 (2011)
Y. Tian, L. Kaganovskiy, N. Amos, B. Hu, D. Litvinov, and S. Khizroev, Effects of crystalline
17.
anisotropy on nanomagnetic computer logic channels, JNO 6 (2), 87-94 (2011)
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18. L. Kaganovskiy, D. Litvinov, S. Khizroev, and S. Wilcox, Investigation of the switching wave
propagation in linear chains of magnetic elements, J. Appl. Phys. 110, 043901 (2011)
19. J. R. Morales, N. Amos, S. Khizroev, J.E.Garay, Magneto-optical Faraday effect in nanocrystalline
oxides, J. Appl. Phys. 109 (9), 093110 (2011)
20. R. Fernandez, D. Teweldebrham, C.Zhang, N.Amos, A. Balandin, and S. Khizroev, A comparative
analysis of Ag and Cu heat sink layers in L10-FePt films for the high-density heat-assisted magnetic
recording, J. Appl.Phys. 109, 07B763 (2011)
21. J. Hong, E. Bekyarova, M. Itkis, P. Ramesh, N. Amos, D. Litvinov, C. Berger, W. A. De Heer, S.
Khizroev, R. C. Haddon,, Effect of nitrophenyl functionalization on the magnetic properties of
epitaxial graphene, SMALL 7 (9), 1175-80 (2011)
22. M. Hudgins, S. Khizroev, Considerations for the implementation of 2D p rotein memory, J.
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 11 (3), 2520-3 (2011)
23. B. Hu, N. Amos, Y. Tian, J. Butler, D. Litvinov, S. Khizroev, Study of Co/Pd multilayers as a
candidate material for next generation magnetic media, J. Appl. Phys. 109 (3), 034314 (2011)
24. Y. Hijazi, E. B. Svedberg, T. Heinrich, S. Khizroev, Comparative corrosion study of binary oxide
and nitride overcoats using in-situ fluid-cell AFM, Materials Characterization 62 (1), 76-80 (2011)
25. R. Fernandez, N. Amos, C. Zhang, M. Hudgins, and S. Khizroev, Microstructural enhancement of
high coercivity L10 FePt films for next-generation magnetic recording media, J. Nanoscience and
Nanotechnology 11 (5), 3889-93 (2011)
26. M. Hudgins, J. Butler, R. Fernandez, M. J. Ranaghan, R. Birge, R. Haddon, S. Khizroev, Photo-
response of electrostatically deposited bacteriorhodopsin monolayer films for protein -based disk
recording beyond 10 terabit/in2, JNO 5 (3), 287-9 (2010)
27. N. Amos, R. Fernandez, R. Ikkawi, M. Shachar, J. Hong, B. Lee, D. Litvinov, and S. Khizroev,
Ultra-high coercivity magnetic force microscopy probes to analyze high -moment magnetic structures
and devices, IEEE Magnetics Letters 1, 6500104 (2010)
28. C. Zhang, N. Amos, R. Fernandez, J. Hong, B. Hu, S. Khizroev, Magnetic properties optimization for
amorphous soft underlayers, Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics, 5 (1), 13-19 (2010)
29. P. Gomez, R. Fernandez, N. Amos, S. Khizroev, C. Lopez, A mathematical algorithm and custom
nanoprobes to improve the resolution of magnetic force micro scopy (MFM) images, Journal of
Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics, 5 (1), 20-26 (2010)
30. D. Smith, L. Chang, J. Rantschler, V. Kalatsky, P. Ruchoeft, S. Khizroev, D. Litvinov, Size
distribution and anisotropy effects on the switching field distribution of Co/Pd multilayered
nanostructure arrays, IEEE Trans. Magn. 45 (10), 3554 -7 (2009)
31. N. Amos, A. Lavrenov, R. Fernandez, R. Ikkawi, D. Litvinov, and S. Khizroev, High-resolution and
high-coercivity FePt L10 magnetic force microscopy nanoprobes to study next-generation magnetic
recording media, J. Appl. Phys. 105, 07D526 (2009)
32. A. Krichevsky, A. Lavrenov, N. Amos, B. Hu, K. Taylor, and S. Khizroev, The effect of ion
implantation on magnetic properties of Co/Pd multilayer structures possessing perpendicula r
anisotropy, J. Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics 3 (3), 274-6 (2008)
33. N. Amos, R. Ikkawi, R. Haddon, D. Litvinov, and S. Khizroev, Controlling multi-domain states to
enable sub-10-nm magnetic force microscopy, Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 203116 (2008); Editor s choice
for inclusion in the December 8, 2008 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology
34. C. E., J. Rantschler, S. Khizroev, D. Litvinov, Micromagnetic study of domain wall dynamics in bit -
patterned nanodots, J. Appl. Phys. 103, 113910 (2008)
35. E. Stefanescu, N. Amos, R. Ikkawi, B. Lee, R. Chomko, D. Litvinov, S. Khizroev, Perpendicular
recording with reduced skew angle sensitivity, J. Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics 3 (4), 270-3
(2008)
36. C. E, J. Rantschler, S. Khizroev, D. Litvinov, Micromagnetics of signal propagation in magnetic
cellular logic data channels, J. Appl. Phys. 104, 054311 (2008)
37. D. Litvinov, V. Parekh, C. E, D. Smith, J. Rantschler, P. Ruchhoeft, D. Weller, and S. Khizroev,
Nanoscale bit-patterned media for next-generation data storage systems, J. Nanoelectronics and
Optoelectronics 3 (2), 93-112 (2008)
38. P. Gomez, D. Litvinov, and S. Khizroev, A nanoscale nuclear magnetic resonance system for
signature-based detection of biomolecules, J. Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics 3 (2), 123-32
(2008)
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39. D. Litvinov, V. Parekh, C. E, D. Smith, J. Rantschler, P. Ruchhoeft, D. Weller, and S. Khizroev,
Recording physics, design considerations, and fabrication of nanoscale bit -patterned media, IEEE
Trans. Nanotechnology 7 (4), 463-76 (2008)
40. S. Khizroev, R. Ikkawi, N. Amos, R. Chomko, R. Haddon, D. Litvinov, Protein-based memory,
Materials Research Society (MRS) Bulletin 33 (9), 864-71 (2008)
41. R. Ikkawi, A. Krichevsky, A. Lavrenov, N. Amos, D. Litvinov, S. Khizroev, Exploiting far- and
near-field optics to develop energy efficient transducer for HAMR, IEEE Trans. Magn. 44 (11), 3364-
7 (2008)
42. P. Gomez, D. Litvinov, S. Khizroev, Minimum parameters required to enable low-field low-size
nano nuclear magnetic resonance (NanoNMR), IEEE Trans. Magn. 44 (11), 4464-7 (2008)
43. C. E, J. Rantschler, S. Zhang, S. Khizroev, T. R. Lee, D. Litvinov, Low-temperature vacuum
annealing study of (Co/Pd)n magnetic multilayers, J. Appl. Phys. 103, 07B510 (2008)
44. D. Smith, V. Parekh, C. E, S. Zhang, W. Donner, T. R. Lee, S. Khizroev, D. Litvinov, Magnetization
reversal and magnetic anisotropy in patterned Co/Pd multilayer thin films, J. Appl. Phys. 103, (2008)
45. S. Hernandez, E. Stefanescu, S. Khizroev, N. Myung, Electrodeposition of iron-palladium thin
films, Electrochimica Acta 53 (18), 5621-27 (2008)
46. R. Ikkawi, A. Lavrenov, A. Krichevsky, D. Teweldebrhan, S. Ghosh, A. A. Balandin, D. Litvinov, and
S. Khizroev, Near-field optical transducer for heat-assisted magnetic recording for beyond 10 -
terabit/in2 densities, J. Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics 3, 44-54 (2008)
47. N. Amos, R. Fernandez, R. Ikkawi, B. Lee, A. Lavrenov, A. Krichevsky, D. Litvinov, S. Khizroev,
Magnetic force microscopy study of magnetic stripe domains in sputter deposited Pe rmalloy thin
films, J. Appl. Phys. 103 (7), 07E732 (2008)
48. N. Amos, R. Ikkawi, A. Krichevsky, R. Fernandez, E. Stefanescu, I. Dumer, D. Litvinov, S. Khizroev,
Multilevel three-dimensional nanomagnetic recording, J. Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics 2,
257-68 (2007)
49. D. Litvinov, Ch. E, V. Parekh, D. Smith, J. Rantschler, S. Zhang, W. Donner, T. R. Lee, P. Ruchhoeft,
D. Weller, and S. Khizroev, Design and fabrication of high anisotropy nanoscale bit -patterned
magnetic recording medium for data storage applications, ECS Transactions 3 (25), 249-58 (2007)
50. R. Ikkawi, N. Amos, A. Krichevsky, R. Chomko, D. Litvinov, S. Khizroev, Nanolasers to enable data
storage beyond 10 terabit/in2, Appl. Phys. Lett. 91 (15), 3115-6 (2007); Editor's choice for the Virtual
Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology, October 19 (2007)
51. K. S. Martirosyan, L. Chang, J. Rantschler, S. Khizroev, D. Luss, D. Litvinov, Carbon combustion
synthesis and magnetic properties of cobalt ferrite nanoparticles, IEEE Trans. Magn. 43 (6), 3118-20
(2007)
52. V. Parekh, D. Smith, Chunsheng E, J. Rantschler, S. Khizroev, D. Litvinov, He+ ion irradiation study
of continuous and patterned Co/Pd multilyaers, J. Appl. Phys. 101, 083904 (2007)
53. P. Gomez, D. Litvinov, and S. Khizroev, A method to design high SNR nanoscale magnetic sensors
using an array of tunneling magneto -resistive (TMR) devices, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
40, 4396-404 (2007)
54. Chunsheng E, J. Rantschler, S. Zhang, D. Smith, V. Parekh, S. Khizroev, D. Litvinov, Integranular
interactions of low temperature atmosphere annealed Co/Pd magnetic multilayers, J. Appl. Phys. 101,
09D108 (2007)
55. V. Renugopalakrishnan, S. Khizroev, H. Anand, L. Pingzuo, L. Lindvold, Future memory storage
technology: protein-based memory devices may facilitate surpassing Moore s Law, IEEE Trans.
Magn. 43 (2), 773-5 (2007)
56. S. Khizroev, Y. Hijazi, N. Amos, E. Felissaint, N. Joshi, R. Ikkawi, R. Chomko, and D. Litvinov,
Physics of Perpendicular Recording with a Patterned Soft Underlayer, special information
technologies issue, J. Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 7, 243-54 (2007)
57. N. Amos, R. Ikkawi, A. Lavrenov, P. Gomez, R. Chomko, F. Candocia, D. Litvinov, S. Khizroev
Nanomagnetic probes to image patterned media for information densities above ten terab it-per-
square-inch, J. Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics 2, 1-3 (2007)
58. D. Smith, Chunsheng E., S. Khizroev, D. Litvinov, The influence of bit patterned medium design and
imperfections on magnetoresistive playback, IEEE Trans. Magn. 42 (10), 2285-7 (2006)
59. Y. Hijazi, R. Ikkawi, N. Amos, A. Lavrenov, N. Joshi, D. Doria, R. Chomko, D. Litvinov, and S.
Khizroev, Patterned soft underlayers for perpendicular media, IEEE Trans. Magn. 42 (10), 2375-7
(2006)
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60. Chunsheng E, D. Smith, E. Svedberg, S. Khizroev, D. Litvinov, Combinatorial synthesis of Co/Pd
magnetic multilayers, J. Appl. Phys. 99, 113901 (2006)
61. S. Khizroev, Y. Hijazi, N. Amos, D. Doria, A. Lavrenov, R. Chomko, T. -M. Lu, D. Litvinov, Three-
dimensional magnetic recording an emerging nanoelectronic technology, J. Nanoelectronics and
Optoelectronics 1, 1-18 (2006)
62. D. Smith, Chunsheng E, S. Khizroev, D. Litvinov, Magnetoresistive playback heads for bit-patterned
medium recording applications, J. Appl. Phys. 99, 014503 (2006)
63. V. Parekh, Chunsheng E, D. Smith, A. Ruiz, P. Ruchoeft, E. Svedberg, S. Khizroev, D. Litvinov,
Fabrication of a high-anisotropy nanoscale patterned magnetic recording medium for data storage
applications, Nanotechnology 17, 2079 (2006)
64. S. Khizroev, Y. Hijazi, N. Amos, R. Chomko, and D. Litvinov, Considerations in the design of three -
dimensional and multi-level magnetic recording, J. Appl. Phys. 100, 63907 (2006)
65. R. Chomko, D. Litvinov, and S. Khizroev, A nanoscale transducer for perpendicular magnetic
recording, Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 162503 (2005)
66. Chunsheng E, D. Smith, J. Wolfe, D. Weller, S. Khizroev, D. Litvinov, Physics of patterned
magnetic medium recording: design considerations, J. Appl. Phys. 98, 024505 (2005)
67. S. Khizroev, R. Chomko, Y. Hijazi, S. Mukherjee, R. Chantrell, X. Wu, R. Carley, D. Litvinov, FIB -
fabricated nanoscale magnetoresistive sensor, Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 42502 (2005)
68. D. Litvinov, S. Khizroev, Perpendicular recording: playback, Appl. Phys. Reviews Focused
Review, JAP 97, 071101 (2005)
69. F. Candocia, E. Svedberg, D. Litvinov, S. Khizroev, Deconvolution processing for increasing the
resolution of magnetic force microscopy measurements, Nanotechnology 15, S575-84 (2004)
70. S. Khizroev, D. Litvinov, Physics of perpendicular recording: writing process, Appl. Phys. Reviews
Focused Review, JAP 95 (9), 4521 (2004)
71. S. Khizroev, D. Litvinov, Focused -ion-beam-based rapid prototyping of Nanoscale magnetic
devices, Review in Nanotechnology 14, R7-15 (2004)
72. S. Mukherjee, D. Litvinov, and S. Khizroev, Atomic-scale modeling of nanoconstrictions, IEEE
Trans. Magn. 40 (4), 2143-5 (2004)
73. D. Litvinov, E. Svedberg, T. Ambrose, F. Chen, E. Schlesinger, J. Bain, and S. Khizroev, Ion
implantation of magnetic thin-films and nanostructures, JMMM 283 (1), 128-32 (2004)
74. D. Litvinov, M.H. Kryder, and S. Khizroev, "Physics of Perpendicular Recording: Playback," Journal
of Applied Physics 93 (11), 9155-64 (2003)
75. D. Litvinov, S. Khizroev, Overview of magneto-resistive probes heads for Nanoscale magnetic
recording applications, J. Magn. Magn. Mat. 264 (2-3), 275-83 (2003)
76. A. Lyberatos, D. Litvinov, and S. Khizroev, "Thermal effects in the high-speed switching of the
magnetization of fine grains," Japanese J. Appl. Phys. 42 (4A Part I), 1598-602 (2003)
77. S. Khizroev and D. Litvinov, "Parallels between playback in perpendicular and longitudinal
recording," J. Magn. Magn. Mat. 257 (1), 126-31 (2003)
78. E. Svedberg, D. Litvinov, R. Gustafson, and S. Khizroev, "Magnetic force microscopy of skew angle
dependencies in perpendicular magnetic recording," J. Appl. Phys. 93 (3), 2828-33 (2003)
79. S. Khizroev, J. Bain, and D. Litvinov, "Focused ion beam fabrication of nanomagnetic probes,"
Nanotechnology 13, 619-22 (2002)
80. S. Khizroev, D. A. Thompson, M. H. Kryder, and D. Litvinov, " Direct observation of magnetization
switching in focused-ion-beam-fabricated magnetic nanotubes," Appl. Phys. Lett. 81 (12), 2256 (2002);
Editor's choice for the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology, September 23rd (2002)
81. E. B. Svedberg, S. Khizroev, C. H. Chang, and D. Litvinov, "Signal -to-noise deterioration in
perpendicular storage media by thermal and magnetic field aging as determined by magnetic force
microscopy," J. Appl. Phys. 92 (11), 6714-20 (2002)
82. S. Khizroev, R. W. Gustafson, J. K. Howard, M. H. Kryder, and D. Litvinov, "Multiple magnetic
image reflection in perpendicular recording," IEEE Trans. Magn. 38 (5), 2066-8 (2002)
83. D. Litvinov, J. Wolfson, J. A. Bain, R. W. Gustafson, M. H. Kryder, and S. Khizroev, "Narrow-gap
single pole heads," IEEE Trans. Magn. 38 (5), 2252-4 (2002)
84. D. Litvinov, A. Lyberatos, M. H. Kryder, J. Wolfson, J. A. Bain, and S. Khizroev, "Recording layer
influence on the dynamics of perpendicular recording," IEEE Trans. Magn 38 (5), 1994-6 (2002)
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85. S. Khizroev, A. Lyberatos, M. H. Kryder, and D. Litvinov, "Physics of perpendicular recording:
effects of magnetic "charge" distribution," Japanese J. Appl. Phys., Part 2 Letters 41 (7A), L758-60
(2002)
86. D. Litvinov and S. Khizroev, "Orientation-sensitive magnetic force microscopy in future probe storage
applications," Appl. Phys. Lett. 81 (10), 1878 (2002); Editor's choice for the Virtual Journal of
Nanoscale Science & Technology, September 9th (2002)
87. D. Litvinov and S. Khizroev, "Perpendicular Recording: A Future Technology or a Temporary
Solution," Proceedings of the 10th NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Conference on Mass Data
Storage Systems and Technologies, 1-19 (2002)
88. S. Khizroev, Y. Liu, K. Mountfield, M. Kryder, D. Litvinov, Physics of perpendicular magnetic
recording: writing process, JMMM 246 (1-2), 335-44 (2002)
89. D. Litvinov and S. Khizroev, Focused ion beam (FIB) in future probe storage industry,
Nanotechnology 13, 179-84 (2002)
90. S. Khizroev, D. Litvinov, Response to Comment on `On the mechanism of the cubic phase formation
in the boron nitride thin-film systems,'' Appl. Phys. Lett. 80 (7), 1308-9 (2002)
91. D. Litvinov, J. Wolfson, J. Bain, R. Gustafson, M. H. Kryder, S. Khizroev, The role of the gap in
single pole heads in perpendicular recording, IEEE Trans. Magn. 38 (4), 1658-63 (2002)
92. J. Wu, L. Holloway, H. Laidler, K. O Grady, S. Khizroev, D. Litvinov, J.K. Howard, R.W. Gustafson,
Magnetic characterization of perpendicular recording, IEEE Trans. Magn. 38 (4), 1682-6 (2002)
93. E. B. Svedberg, S. Khizroev, and D. Litvinov, Magnetic force microscopy study of perpendicular
media, J. Appl. Phys. 91 (8), 5365-5370 (2002)
94. J. Wolfson, J. Bain, S. Khizroev, D. Litvinov, Dynamic Kerr imaging of soft underlayers (SUL s) for
perpendicular magnetic recording applicatio ns, J. Appl. Phys. 91(10), 8665-9 (2002)
95. D. Litvinov, M. Kryder, and S. Khizroev, Recording physics of perpendicular media: recording
layers, J. Magn. Magn. Mat. 241(2-3), 453-465 (2002)
96. D. Litvinov, T. Roscamp, Mei-Ling Wu, T. Klemmer, J. K. Howard, and S. Khizroev, CoB/Pd
multilayer based recording layers for perpendicular media, 2001 MRS Proceedings 674, T3.9 (2001)
97. A. Roy, D. Laughlin, T. Klemmer, K. Howard, S. Khizroev, and D. Litvinov, Seed-layer effect on
microstructure and magnetic properties of Co/Pd multilayers, J. Appl. Phys. 89 (11), 7531-3 (2001)
98. B. Lu, T. Klemmer, S. Khizroev, J. K. Howard, and D. Litvinov, CoCrPtTa/Ti perpendicular media
deposited at high sputtering rate, IEEE Trans. Magn. 37 (4), 1319-21 (2001)
99. D. Litvinov, J. Wolfson, J. Bain, R. White, R. Chomko, R. Chantrell, and S. Khizroev, Dynamics of
perpendicular recording heads, IEEE Trans. Magn. 37 (4), 1376-8 ( 2001)
100. A. Lyberatos, S. Khizroev, and D. Litvinov, High speed coherent switching of longitudinal recording
media, IEEE Trans. Magn. 37 (4), 1369-71 (2001)
101. S. Khizroev, M. Kryder, and D. Litvinov, Next generation perpendicular systems, IEEE Trans.
Magn., 37 (4), 1922-4 (2001)
102. S. Khizroev, D. Litvinov, On the mechanism of the cubic phase formation in the boron nitride thin
film systems, Appl. Phys. Lett. 79 (3), 353-5 (2001)
103. D. Litvinov, M. Kryder, and S. Khizroev, Recording physics of perpendicular media: soft
underlayers, JMMM 232 (1-2), 84-90 (2001)
104. D. Litvinov, R. Chomko, G. Chen, L. Abelmann, K. Ramsto ck, S. Khizroev, "Micromagnetics of a
Soft Underlayer," IEEE Trans. Magn., 36 (5), 2483-5 (2001)
105. D. Litvinov, H. Gong, D. Lambeth, S. Khizroev, K. Howard, RHEED based texture determination:
magnetic thin films for perpendicular media, J. Appl. Phys., 87 (9), 5693-5 (2000)
106. L. Abelmann, S. Khizroev, D. Litvinov, J. A. Bain, J. Zhu, M. H. Kryder, K. Ramstock, C. Lodder,
Micromagnetic simulation of ultra-small single pole perpendicular heads, J. Appl. Phys., 87 (9),
6636-8 (2000)
107. D. Litvinov, R. Chomko and S. Khizroev, Color based thin film quality characterization, to be
published in IEEE Trans. Measurements and Instruments (2002)
108. S. Khizroev, M. H. Kryder, Y. Ikeda, K. Rubin, P. Arnett, M. Best, D. A. Thompson, Recording
heads with trackwidths suitable for 100 Gbit/in2 density, IEEE Trans. Magn., 35 (5), 2544-6 (1999)
109. W. P. Jayasekara, S. Khizroev, M. H. Kryder, W. Weresin, P. Kasiraj, Fleming, Inductive write heads
using high moment FeAlN pole, IEEE Trans. Magn., 35 (2) pt.1, 613-8 (1999)
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110. S. Khizroev, W. Jayasekara, J. A. Bain, R. E. Jones, Jr., M. H. Kryder, MFM quantification of
magnetic fields generated by ultra-small single pole perpendicular heads, IEEE Trans. Magn., 34 (4),
pt.1, 2030-2 (1998)
111. S. Khizroev, J. A. Bain, M. H. Kryder, Consider ations in the design of probe heads for 100 Gbit/in2
recording density, IEEE Trans. Magn., 33 (5), pt.1, 2893-5 (1997)
112. S. Khizroev, F. Zuo, G. C. Alexandrakis, J. A. Schlueter, U. Geiser, J. M. Williams, Vortex pinning
in layered organic superconductors: kappa-(BEDT-TTF)/sub 2/Cu[N(CN)/sub 2/]Br, J. Appl. Phys.,
79 (8), pt.2B, 6586-8 (1996)
113. F. Zuo, S. Khizroev, G. C. Alexandrakis, J. A. Schlueter, U. Geiser, J. M. Williams, Anomalous
magnetization in single-crystal kappa-[bis(ethylenedithiotetrathiafulvalene)]/sub2/Cu[N(CN)/sub2/]Br
superconductors, Physical Review B (Condensed Matter), 52 (18), R13126-9 (1995)
114. F. Zuo, S. Khizroev, G. C. Alexandrakis, V. N. Kopylov, Anomalous magnetization in single -crystal
Tl/sub 2/Ba/sub2/CuO/sub 6/: Evidence of di mensional crossover, Physical Review B (Condensed
Matter), 52 (2), R755-8 (1995)
115. F. Zuo, S. Khizroev, V. N. Kopylov, N. N. Kolesnikov, Pinning of Josephson vortices in single
crystals of Tl/sub2/Ba/sub 2/CuO/sub 6+ delta / superconductors, Physica C, 243 (1-2), 117-22 (1995)
116. F. Zuo, S. Khizroev, S. Voss, A. M. Hermann, Vortex penetration in single -crystal Tl/sub
2/Ba/2/CuO/sub 6/ superconductors, Physical Review B (Condensed Matter), 49 (13), 9252-5 (1994)
117. J. Fontcuberta, L. Fabrega, X. Obradors, F. Zuo, S. Khizroev, X. Jiang; J. L. Peng, R. L. Greene,
Josephson decoupling in Nd/sub 1.85/Ce/sub 0.15/CuO/sub 4/ revisited, Physical Review Letters, 73
(24), 3327-8 (1994)
118. F. Zuo, S. Khizroev, X. Jiang; J. L. Peng, R. L. Greene, Surface barriers and two -dimensional-
collective pinning in single crystal Nd/sub 1.85/Ce/sub 0.15/CuO/sub 4 - delta / superconductors,
Journal of Applied Physics, 76 (10), pt.2, 6953-5 (1994)
119. F. Zuo, S. Khizroev, X. Jiang, J. L. Peng, R. L. Greene, Evidence of thermal nucleation o f two-
dimensional point vortices in single -crystal Nd/sub 1.85/Ce/sub 0.15/Cu/sub2/O/sub 4 -y/
superconductors, Physical Review B (Condensed Matter), 49 (17) 12326-9 (1994)
120. F. Zuo, S. Khizroev, X. Jiang; J. L. Peng, R. L. Greene, Josephson decoupling in single crystal
Nd/sub 1.85/Ce/0.15/Cu/sub2/O/sub 4-y/ superconductors, Physical Review Letters, 72 (11), 1746-9
(1994)
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
S. Khizroev, R. Chomko, Y. Hijazi, N. Amos, Three-dimensional magnetic recording devices,
Pentagon report, Report # A752434, December 14, 2005
S. Khizroev, R. Chomko, Y. Hijazi, N. Amos, a report in National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports (STAR) 43, 121 (2005)
PRESENTATIONS
S. Khizroev, Focused ion beam based rapid prototyping of nanoscale devices, IEEE Miami Section
1.
Distinguished Lecture Series, June 1, 2012, Miami, FL
S. Khizroev, Focused ion beam based rapid prototyping of nanoscale devices, invited lecture at UT
2.
Austin Condensed Matter Physics/Complex Quantum Systems Seminar Series, April 12, 2012, Austin,
TX
S. Khizroev, Future of Nanomedicine, Forefront Summit 2011, December 12 -13, Mumbai, India
3.
S. Khizroev, Nanotechnology in Medicine, October 30, 2011, Florida Atlantic University, Boca
4.
Raton, FL
S. Khizroev, Protein-based Molecular Nanoelectronics, 2010 National Science Foundation (NSF)
5.
Grantees Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, December 2, 2010
S. Khizroev, D. Litvinov, GOALI: Dynamics and Manipulation of Logic States in Coupled
6.
Nanomagnetic Systems, 2010 National Science Foundation (NSF) Grantees Conference, Honolulu,
Hawaii, Dec 2, 2010
D. Litvinov and S. Khizroev, Recent advances and issues in nanoscale magnetic recording, 2010
7.
Workshop on Innovative Devices and Systems (WINDS), December 5-10, 2010, Honolulu, Hawaii
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Y. Tian, N. Amos, B. Hu, D. Litvinov, and S. Khizroev, Considerations in the design of a highly
8.
scalable magnetic logic channel, BP-12, The 55th Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (MMM)
Conference, November 14-18, 2010, Atlanta, Georgia
R. Fernandez, D. Teweldebrhan, C. Zhang, N. Amos, A. A. Balandin, and S. Khizroev, A
9.
comparative analysis between Ag and Cu heat sink layers in L1 FePt films for heat-assisted magnetic
recording, FW-13, The 55th Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (MMM) Conference, November 14-
18, 2010, Atlanta, Georgia
B. Lee, N. Amos, D. Litvinov, and S. Khizroev, Terabit-per-square-inch magnetic bit patterned
10.
media with a 26-nm pitch and a 9-nm square bit, The 54th International Conference on Electron, Ion,
and Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabrication, June 1 -4, 2010, Anchorage, Alaska
11. N. Amos, B. Lee, M. H. Shachar, R. M. Ikkawi, B. Hu, J. Hong, R. Fernandez, C. Zhang, S. Chen, M.
Hudgins, D. Litvinov, S. Khizroev, Multilevel three-dimensional bit patterned media for next-
generation magnetic recording devices, C-14, 11th Joint MMM-Intermag Conference, 18-22 January,
2010, Washington, DC
L. Chang, M. Green, V. Kalatsky, P. Ruchhoeft, S. Khizroev, D. Litvinov, Effects of low magnetic
12.
anisotropy inclusions on switching field distribution in patterned magnetic arrays, 11th Joint MMM-
Intermag Conference, 18-22 January, 2010, Washington, DC
S. Khizroev, Engineering for Medicine, Colloquium, School of Medicine, UC Riverside, November,
13.
2009
S. Khizroev, 3-D Electronics, Annual Industry Review of CMMR at UCSD, October, 2009
14.
S. Khizroev, From Magnetic Recording to Protein Memory, Colloquium Series, Department of
15.
Electrical Engineering, April 6, 2009, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
S. Khizroev, Molecular Electronics, Mini Nanotechnology Conference, April 2 -3, 2009, California
16.
State University, San Bernandino, CA
N. Amos, A. Lavrenov, R. Fernandez, R. Ikkawi, D. Litvinov, and S. Khizroev, High -resolution and
17.
high-coercivity FePt L10 Magnetic Force Microscopy nanoprobes to study next -generation magnetic
recording media, presented at 53rd annual Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (MMM) Conference,
November 10-14, 2008, Austin, Texas
S. Khizroev, Protein-based recording for areal density beyond 1 Terab it/in2, School of Engineering
18.
Seminar, University of California, Irvine, May 28, 2008, Irvine, CA
S. Khizroev, N. Amos, Overview of Multilevel 3D Magnetic Recording, IEEE/TMRC Workshop on
19.
Next Generation Magnetic Recording Technologies, the most selecti ve and prestigious meeting in the
IEEE Magnetics Society, Houston, TX, March, 2008
20. N. Amos, R. Fernandez, R. Ikkawi, A. Lavrenov, A. Krichevsky, Dmitri Litvinov, and S. Khizroev,
Plateau probes to enhance the capabilities of magnetic force microscopy, pr esented at the annual
IEEE International Magnetic Intermag 2008, Madrid, Spain, May 4-8, 2008
R.Ikkawi, N.Amos, A.Balandin, D. Litvinov, S.Khizroev, Numerical Analysis of Heat Transfer
21.
Mechanisms Induced by Laser Heating in Far - and Near- Field HAMR Systems, presented at the
annual IEEE International Magnetic Intermag 2008, Madrid, Spain, May 4-8, 2008
R.Ikkawi, A. Krichevsky, A. Lavrenov, N.Amos, D. Litvinov, S.Khizroev, Exploiting far- and near-
22.
field optics to develop energy efficient transducer for HAMR, presented at the annual IEEE
International Magnetic Intermag 2008, Madrid, Spain, May 4-8, 2008
P. Gomez, D. Litvinov, S. Khizroev, Minimum parameters required to enable low -field low-size nano
23.
nuclear magnetic resonance (NanoNMR), presented at the annual IEEE International Magnetic
Intermag 2008, Madrid, Spain, May 4-8, 2008
R. Ikkawi, N. Amos, A. Lavrenov, R. Chomko, D. Litvinov, S. Khizroev, Design, fabrication, and
24.
characterization of a near-field optical transducer for heat-assisted magnetic recording for areal
densities above 10 terabit/in2, presented at 52nd annual Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (MMM)
Conference, November 5-9, 2007, Tampa, Florida
25. N. Amos, R. Fernandez, R. Ikkawi, B. Lee, A. Lavrenov, A. Krichevsky, D. Litvinov, S. Khizroev,
Magnetic force microscopy study of magnetic stripe domains in sputter deposited Permalloy thin
films, presented at 52nd annual Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (MMM) Conference, November 5 -
9, 2007, Tampa, Florida
26. N. Amos, A. Krichevsky, K. Taylor, A. Lavrenov, B. Lee, E. Stefanescu, D. Litvinov, S. Khizroev,
Study of FIB-fabricated patterned media for next-generation magnetic recording devices, presented
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at 52nd annual Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (MMM) Conference, November 5 -9, 2007, Tampa,
Florida
(invited) S. Khizroev, Nanoscale Information Storage and Memory, presented at Colloquium,
27.
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The University of California, Irvine, October 10, 2007
(invited) S. Khizroev, Three-dimensional Magnetic Memory, U.S. AFOSR 2007 Annual
28.
Nanoelectronics Review, Purdue University, West Laffayette, IN, May 21 -24, 2007
N. Amos, R. Ikkawi, A. Lavrenov, R. Chomko, S. Khizroev, Multilevel magnetic recording devices,
29.
presented at 10th Joint MMM-Intermag,Baltimore, MD, January 7-11, 2007
R. Ikkawi, N. Amos, A. Lavrenov, R. Chomko, S. Khizroev, Ferromagnetic resonance based memory
30.
devices, presented at 10th Joint MMM-Intermag,Baltimore, MD, January 7-11, 2007
S. Khizroev, N. Amos, R. Ikkawi, R. Chomko, Nanomagnetic logic, Semiannual DMEA-CNID
31.
Review, Riverside, CA, December 12, 2006
(invited), S. Khizroev, A. Lavrenov, N. Amos, R. Chomko, D. Litvinov, Focused ion beam as a
32.
nanofabrication tool for rapid prototyping of nanomagnetic devices, Microscopy and Microanalysi s
2006 Meeting, Chicago, IL, July 30 August 3, 2006
(invited) S. Khizroev, Three-dimensional Magnetic Memory, US Air Force Office of Scientific
33.
Research (AFOSR) annual Nanoelectronics program review, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh,
PA, August 7-9, 2006
34. (invited) D. Litvinov, V. Parekh, Chunsheng E, D. Smith, A. Ruiz, P. Ruchhoeft, J. Rantschler, and S.
Khizroev, Design and fabrication of high anisotropy nanoscale patterned magnetic recording medium
for data storage applications, 210th Meet. Abstr. Electrochem. Soc. 602, 1684 (2006), Cancun,
Mexico, October 29 November 3, 2006
V. Renugopalakrishnan, S. Khizroev, L. Lindvold, P. Li, H. Anand, Protein-based memory,
35.
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2006, ICONN 06, Intern. Conf. on NN, ISBN: 1 -4244-0453-3
36. Y. Hijazi, N. Amos, A. Lavrenov, D. Doria, E. Felissaint, R. Chomko, D. Litvinov, S. Khizroev, IEEE
Intermag Conference, San Diego, May 7-12, 2006
37. S. Khizroev, Y. Hijazi, N. Amos, D. Doria, A. Lavrenov, R. Ikkawi, R. Chomko, D. Litvinov, S.
Khizroev, Nanoscale information systems, 2006 Nanomaterials for Defense Applications
Symposium, Virginia Beach, VA, May 1-4, 2006
(invited) S. Khizroev, R. Chomko, Y. Hijazi, N. Amos, R. Ikkawi, E. Felissaint, Future Data Storage
38.
Technologies, International Nano/Bio Forum, Milan, Italy, September 28-29, 2005
(invited) S. Khizroev, Y. Hijazi, N. Amos, F. Candocia, R. Chomko, Nanoscale Memory Devices,
39.
presented at US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) annual program review in
Nanoelectronics, UC San Diego, La Jolla, California, July 26 -28, 2005.
40. (invited) N. Amos, R. Ikkawi, R. Chomko, V. Renugopalakrishnan, D. Litvinov, S. Khizroev,
Magnetic and Protein Memory Systems for Areal Densities Beyond 1 Terabit/in 2, 2nd IEEE
Conference on Nanoscale Devices and System Integration (NDSI-2005), Houston, Texas, April 4-6,
2005
(invited) S. Khizroev, Next-generation Memory Devices, NASA Center for Data Imaging, Florida
41.
Atlantic University, Boca Raton, December 8, 2004
(invited) S. Khizroev, Nanoscale Memory Devices, Solid State Technology and Devices Seminar at
42.
the University of California at Berkeley, October 22, 2004
43. (invited) V. Renugopalakrishnan, R. Nair, R. Chomko, P. Li, A. Strzelczyk, H. Arjomandi, D.
Litvinov, S. Khizroev, Nanoscale transducer for writing and reading from protein -based storage
media, presented at an annual conference on Nano and Giga Challenges in Microelectronics, Cracow,
Poland, September 13-17, 2004, to be published in Microelectronic Engineering
(invited) S. Khizroev, N. Amos, R. Chomko, Three-dimensional Magnetic Memory, presented at
44.
US Air Force Office of Sponsored Research (AFOSR) annual meeting Quantum Electronics and
Nanotechnology Workshop, Lakeview Golf Resort, Morgantown, West Virginia, August 4 -6, 2004
45. (invited) R. Nair, H. Arjomandi, V. Renugopalakrishnan, R. Chomko, D. Litvinov, and S. Khizroev,
Write/read mechanisms for protein-based data storage, IEEE Conference on Nanoscale Devices and
System Integration (NDSI -2004), Miami, Florida, February 15-19 2004
A. Lavrenov, R. Chomko, D. Litvinov, and S. Khizroev, Near-field optical recording systems for
46.
heat-assisted magnetic recording, IEEE Conference on Nanoscale Devices and System Integration
(NDSI-2004), Miami, Florida, February 15 -19 2004
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47. S. Mukherjee, D. Litvinov, and S. Khizroev, Geometrically confined magnetic nanoconstrictions,
2004 Joint MMM-Intermag Conference, Anaheim, California, January 5 -9 2004
48. (invited) S. Khizroev and D. Litvinov, FIB-based Rapid Prototyping of Nanoscale Devices,
University of Alcala, Madrid, Spain, September 11 2003
49. (invited) D. Litvinov and S. Khizroev, Next generation magnetic nanotransducers, Nano-Vivo
Summit, Houston, Texas, July 2003
50. (invited) D. Litvinov and S. Khizroev, Nanotechnology applications in magnetic data storage, 10th
International Conference on Composite Engineering, New Orleans, Louisiana, July 2003
51. (invited) S. Khizroev and D. Litvinov, Nanoscale magnetic recording, Rensellaer Polytechnic
Institute, March 27 2003
52. (invited) S. Khizroev and D. Litvinov, Focused ion beam for Nanoscale magnetic applications, 47 th
Biophysical Society Annual meeting, San Antonio, Texas, March 1 -5 2003
53. (invited) S. Khizroev and D. Litvinov, FIB and Nanoscale magnetic applications, 2003 NNUN
Japan-US Symposium, Tools and Metrology for Nanotechnology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY,
January 21-24 2003
54. S. Khizroev, J. A. Bain, D. Litvinov, Focused ion beam fabrication of nanomagnetic probes, 47 th
Annual MMM Conference, Tampa. Florida, November 11 -15th, 2002
55. S. Khizroev, D. Litvinov, Orientation-sensitive magnetic force microscopy for future probe storage
applications, 47th Annual MMM Conference, Tampa. Florida, November 11 -15th, 2002
56. (invited) D. Litvinov and S. Khizroev, Fundamental challenges facing perpendicular recording," 47th
Annual MMM Conference, Tampa. Florida, November 11 -15th 2002
57. S. Khizroev, R. W. Chantrell, T. Roscamp, R. W. Gustafson, D. Litvinov, Fundamentals of Soft
Underlayer during playback, 47th Annual MMM Conference, Tampa. Florida, November 11 -15th 2002
58. E. B. Svedberg, R. W. Chantrell, D. Litvinov, S. Khizroev, Skew angle dependent bit shape for
various bit densities in a perpendicular medium for data storage, 47 th Annual MMM Conference,
Tampa. Florida, November 11-15th 2002
59. S. Khizroev, D. A. Thompson, M. H. Kryder, D. Litvinov, Direct observation of magnetization
switching in focused-ion-beam-fabricated magnetic nanotubes, 47th Annual MMM Conference,
Tampa. Florida, November 11-15th 2002
60. D. Litvinov and S. Khizroev, Magneto-resistive probe heads design considerations for nanoscale
magnetic recording applications, 47th Annual MMM Conference, Tampa. Florida, November 11 -15th
2002
61. P. Ridley, G. W. Roberts, R. Chantrell, S. Khizroev, D. Litvinov, Effects of a soft underlayer on
perpendicular magnetic recording, 47th Annual MMM Conference, Tampa. Florida, November 11 -15th
2002
62. E. B. Svedberg, S. Khizroev, C. H. Chang, and D. Litvinov, "Signal -to-noise deterioration in
perpendicular storage media by thermal and magnetic field aging as determine d by magnetic force
microscopy," Intermag 2002, Amsterdam, April 28 th - May 2nd 2002
63. D. Litvinov, J. Wolfson, J. A. Bain, R. W. Gustafson, M. H. Kryder, and S. Khizroev, "Narrow-gap
single pole heads," Intermag 2002, Amsterdam, April 28 th - May 2nd 2002
64. Lyberatos, D. Litvinov, and S. Khizroev, "Thermal effects in the high-speed switching of the
magnetization of fine grains," Intermag 2002, Amsterdam, April 28 th - May 2nd 2002
65. S. Khizroev, R. W. Gustafson, J. K. Howard, M. H. Kryder, and D. Litvinov, "Multip le magnetic
image reflection in perpendicular recording," Intermag 2002, Amsterdam, April 28 th - May 2nd 2002
66. Litvinov, A. Lyberatos, M. H. Kryder, J. Wolfson, J. A. Bain, and S. Khizroev, "Recording layer
influence on the dynamics of perpendicular recording," Intermag 2002, Amsterdam, April 28 th - May
2nd 2002
67. S. Khizroev and D. Litvinov, "Physics of perpendicular recording: effects of magnetic "charge"
distribution," Intermag 2002, Amsterdam, April 28 th - May 2nd 2002
68. S. Khizroev and D. Litvinov, "Parallels between playback in perpendicular and longitudinal
recording," Intermag 2002, Amsterdam, April 28 th - May 2nd 2002
69. (invited) D. Litvinov and S. Khizroev, "Perpendicular recording: the future or just a temporary
solution?" NASA Goddard Conference on Mass Data Storage Systems and Technologies, April 15 -18th
2002
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70. (invited) J. Wu, L. Holloway, H. Laidler, K. O Grady, S. Khizroev, G. W. Gustafson, J. K. Howard,
D. Litvinov, Magnetic characterization of perpendicular media, the 1 st NAPMRC in Coral Gables,
January 2002
71. (invited) D. Litvinov, J. Wolfson, J. Bain, R. Gustafson, K. Howard, M. Kryder, S. Khizroev, "The
role of the gap in single pole heads in perpendicular recording," the 1 st NAPMRC in Coral Gables,
January 2002
72. S. Khizroev, A. Lyberatos, M. Kryder, D. Litvinov, Effects of charge distribution in a perpendicular
medium, presented at the MMM 2001 conference, Seattle, Washington, November 12 -16, 2001
73. (invited) J. Wolfson, J. Bain, S. Khizroev, D. Litvinov, Dynamic Kerr imaging of soft underlayers
(SUL s) for perpendicular magnetic recording applications, presented at the MMM 2001 conference,
Seattle, Washington, November 12-16, 2001
74. Lavrenov, D. Litvinov, S. Khizroev, Study of the pinning nature in high-temperature superconductors
via direct sensing of individual mag