Selected publications

M. Tian, N. Kumar, S. Xu, et al., “Suppression of Superconductivity in Zinc Nanowires by Bulk Superconductors “, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 076802 (2005)

M. Tian, S. Xu, J. Wang, et al., “Penetrating the oxide barrier in situ and separating freestanding porous anodic alumina films in one step”, Nanoletters 5 (4): 697-703 (2005)

M. Tian, J.  Wang, J. Kurtz, et al., “Dissipation in quasi-one-dimensional superconducting single-crystal Sn nanowires”   Phys. Rev. B  71 104521 (2005)

A. Clark and M. H. W. Chan, “Specific heat of solid helium”,  J. Low. Temp. Phys. 138 (3-4): 853-858 (2005)

E. Kim and M. H. W. Chan, “Observation of non-classical rotational inertia in solid He-4 confined in porous gold “, J. Low. Temp. Phys. 138 (3-4): 859-864 (2005) 

E. Kim and M. H. W. Chan, “Observation of superflow in solid helium” Science 305 (5692): 1941-1944 SEP 24 2004

E. Kim and M. H. W. Chan, “Probable observation of a supersolid helium phase,” Nature 427, 225-227 (2004)

M. Hieda, R. Garcia, M. Dixon, T. Daniel, D. Allara and M. H. W. Chan, "Ultrasensitive Quartz Crystal Microbalance with Porous Gold Electrodes," Appl. Phys. Lett. 84, 62 (2004)

M. Tian, J. Wang, J. S. Kurtz, T. E. Mallouk and M. H. W. Chan, "Microtwinning in Template Sythesized Single Crystal Novel Metal Nanowires," J. Phys. Chem. B 108, 841 – 845 (2004)

M. Tian, J. Wang, J. S. Kurtz, T. E. Mallouk and M. H. W. Chan, "Electrochemical Growth of Single-Crystal Metal Nanowires via a Two-Dimensional Nucleation and Growth Mechanism," Nanoletters 3, 919 – 923 (2003)

M. Tian, J. Wang, J. W. Snyder, J. S. Kurtz, Y. Liu, P. Schiffer, T. E. Mallouk and M. H. W. Chan, "Synthesis and Characterization of Superconducting Single Crystal Sn Nanowires," Appl. Phys. Lett. 83, 1620 – 1622 (2003)

G. A. Csathy, J. D. Reppy and M. H. W. Chan, “Substrate-tuned Boson Localization in Superfluid 4He films, “Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 235301 (2003)

R. Garcia and M. H. W. Chan, "Critical Casimir Effect near the He-3-He-4 triciritcal point," Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 086101 (2002)

G. Csathy, E. Kim and M. H. W. Chan, "Condensation of He-3 and reentrant superfluidity in submonolayer He-3-He-4 mixture films on H2," Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 045301 (2002)

D. H. Yoo, G. H. Rue, J. T. Seo, Y. H. Hwang, M. H. W. Chan and H. Kim, "Study of Argon Adsorbed on open-ended carbon nanotube bundles," J. Phys. Chem. B 106, 9000 (2002)

G. Csathy and M. H. W. Chan, "Effect of He-3 on submonolayer Superfluidity," Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 045301 (2001)

G. Csathy and M. H. W. Chan, "Superfluidity in sub-monlayer He-3-He-4 mixture films," Physica B 284-288, 333 – 334 (2000)

G. Mistura and M. H. W. Chan, "Adsorption isotherms of helium on Na and on Rb," Physica B 284-288, 135 – 136 (2000)

R. Garcia and M. H. W. Chan, "Critical Casimir effect in dilute He-3-He-4 mixture films," Physica B 280, 55 – 56 (2000)

M. H. W. Chan, "Disorder and the Superfluid Transition, in Quantum Coherence and Decoherence", in Quantum Coherence and Decoherence, Ed.: Y.A. Ono and K. Fujikawa (Elsevier, 1999) p. 24-27

R. Garcia and M. H. W. Chan, "Critical Fluctuation-Induced Thinning of He-4 films near the Superfluid Transition," Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 1187 – 1190 (1999)

D. J. Tulimieri, J. Yoon and M. H. W. Chan, "Ordering of helium mixtures in porous gold," Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 121 – 124 (1999)

S. Kingsley, G. Lawes, A. Golov, K. Matsumoto, J. V. Porto, E. N. Smith, N. Mulders, M. H. W. Chan and J. M. Parpia, "He-3 in 99.5percent porous Aerogel at the normal-superfluid Transition," J. Low Temp. Phys. 113, 357 – 361 (1998)

D. A. Geller, A. Golov, N. Mulders, M. H. W. Chan and J. M. Parpia, "Sound Modes of superfluid He-3 in Aerogel," J. Low Temp. Phys. 113, 339 – 344 (1998)

D. J. Tulimieri, N. Mulders and M. H. W. Chan, "Torsional Oscillator study of thin helium films on hyodrogen substrates," J. Low Temp. Phys. 110, 609 – 614 (1998)

 J. Yoon, N. Mulders and M. H. W. Chan, "He-3-He-4 mixtures in 95% porous aerogel," J. Low Temp. Phys. 110, 585 – 590 (1998)

G. Csathy, D. J. Tulimieri, J. Yoon and M. H. W. Chan, "Heat capacity and superfluid density of thin He-4 films on porous gold and on Hydrogen," Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4481 – 4484 (1998)

M. H. W. Chan, J. Yoon, D. Sergatskov and J. Ma, "Superfluid Transition of He-4 in Ultralight Aerogel," Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1461 – 1464 (1998)

J. Yoon, D. Sergatskov, J. Ma, N. Mulders and M. H. W. Chan, "Superfluid Transition of 4He in Ultralight Aerogel," Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 4481 – 4484 (1998)

J. Yoon and M. H. W. Chan, "Superfluid Transition of 4He in Porous Gold," Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 4801 – 4804 (1997)

G. B. Hess, M. J. Sabatini and M. H. W. Chan, "Nonwetting of Cesium by Neon near its Critical Point," Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 1739 – 1742 (1997)

C. R. Evans and M. H. W. Chan, ""To wet or not to wet,"", (1996)

M. H. W. Chan, N. Mulders and J. Reppy, "Helium in Aerogel," Phys. Today 1996, 30 – 37 (1996)

 M. H. W. Chan, "Phase Transitions of Helium in Aerogel," Czech. J. Phys. 46, 2915 – 2922 (1996) [Abstract/Comments]

P. A. Crowell, J. Reppy, S. Mukherjee, J. Ma, M. H. W. Chan and D. W. Shaefer, "Critical Behavior of Superfluid 4He Film Adsorbed in aerogel glass," Phys. Rev. B 51, 12721 – 12736 (1995)

M. H. W. Chan and N. Mulders, "Heat Capacity Measurements of 3He-4He Mixture in Aerogel," Phys. Rev. Lett. 75, 3705 – 3708 (1995)

 M. H. W. Chan, G. Mistura and H. C. Lee, "Hydrogen Adsorption on Alkali Metal Surfaces: Wetting, Prewetting and Triple Point Wetting," J. Low Temp. Phys. 96, 221 – 224 (1994)

 E. Molz, A. P.Y. Wong, M. H. W. Chan and J. R. Beamish, "Freezing and Melting of Fluids in Porous Glasses," Phys. Rev. B 48, 5741 – 5750 (1993)

 M. H. W. Chan and Y. Feng, "Continuous Orientational Ordering Transition of Carbon Monoxide on Graphite," Phys. Rev. Lett. 71, 3822 – 3825 (1993)

S. B. Kim, J. Ma and M. H. W. Chan, "Phase Diagram of 3He- 4He Mixture in Aerogel," Phys. Rev. Lett. 71, 2268 – 2271 (1993)

A.P.Y. Wong, S. B. Kim, W. I. Goldburg and M. H. W. Chan, "Phase Separation, Density Fluctuation, and Critical Dynamics of N2 in Aerogel," Phys. Rev. Lett. 70, 954 – 957 (1993)

N. Shrimpton, M. W. Cole and M. H. W. Chan, "Rare Gases on Graphite", in Surface Properties of Layer Structures", in , (Kluwer, 1992) p. 219-260

S. Mukherjee, D. P. Druist and M. H. W. Chan, "Evidence for the Absence of 4He Adsorption in Cesium Coated Graphite Surface," J. Low Temp. Phys. 87, 111 – 113 (1992)

G. Zimmerli and M. H. W. Chan, "Triple Point Wetting of Multilayer Films Physisorbed on Graphite," Phys. Rev. B 45, 9347 – 9356 (1992)

G. Zimmerli, G. Mistura and M. H. W. Chan, "Third-Sound Study of a Layered Superfluid Film," Phys. Rev. Lett. 68, 60 – 63 (1992)

 A. Maritan, M. Swift, M. Cieplak, M. H. W. Chan, M. W. Cole and J. R. Banavar, "Ordering and Phase Transitions in Random-Field Ising Systems," Phys. Rev. Lett. 67, 1821 – 1824 (1991)

 A. Migliori, W. M. Visscher, S. E. Brown, Z. Fisk, S. Cheong, F. M. Mueller, B. Alten, E. T. Ahrens, K. A. Martin, J. D. Maynard, M. H. W. Chan, Y. Huang and D. Kirk, "Elastic Constant and Specific Heat Anomalies in Single Crystal La2CuO4," Phys. Rev. B 41, 2098 – 2102 (1990)

A.P.Y. Wong and M. H. W. Chan, "Liquid-Vapor Critical Point of 4He in Aerogel," Phys. Rev. Lett. 65, 2567 – 2570 (1990)

M. H. W. Chan and Y. Feng, "Tricritical and Critical Point Melting Transitions of Commensurate CO on Graphite," Phys. Rev. Lett. 64, 2148 – 2151 (1990)

 Q. Zhang, H. Kim and M. H. W. Chan, "Melting Transitions of CF4 on Graphite," Phys. Rev. B 33, 5149 – 5152 (1986)

Q. Zhang, H. Kim and M. H. W. Chan, "Growth Mode and Phase Transitions of Mulitilayer Nitrogen on Graphite," Phys. Rev. B 33, 413 – 421 (1986)

Q. Zhang, Y. Feng, H. Kim and M. H. W. Chan, "Layering the Layer-Critical Point Transitions of Ethylene on Graphite," Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 1456 – 1459 (1986)

H. Kim, Q. Zhang and M. H. W. Chan, "Experimental Evidence of Continuous Melting of Ethylene on Graphite," Phys. Rev. Lett. 56, 1579 – 1582 (1986)

Q. Zhang, H. Kim and M. H. W. Chan, "Commensurate-uniaxal-incommensurate Transition of monolayer Nitrogen on Graphite," Phys. Rev. B 32, 1820 – 1823 (1985)