Email: shahal.ilani@weizmann.ac.il   Title: Senior Scientist   Tel: +972-8-934-2399   Fax: +972-8-934-4477   Building: Braun   Room: 204

 Research Interests:

Our research focuses on quantum phenomena in small systems. We use molecular systems such as carbon nanotubes and graphene (single-atom-thick carbon layers) to study quantum behavior in highly-controlled settings, including:

1. The physics of electrons in one and two dimensions
2. Imaging of quantum phenomena on atomic scales using unique low-temperature scan-probes
3. Single-spin quantum manipulation

We have job openings for Phd. students and postdocs.

 Selected Publications:

1. F. Kuemmeth*, S. Ilani*, D. C. Ralph and P. L. McEuen, “Coupling of Spin and Orbital Motion of Electrons in Carbon Nanotubes”, Nature 452, 448 (2008).
   News coverage: Arne Brataas, “Spin surprise in carbon”, Nature News & Views 452, 419 (2008).
   Jesper Nygard, “Old nanotubes, new tricks”, Nature Physics News & Views 4, 266 (2008).
2. S. Ilani, L. A. K. Donev, M. Kindermann and P. L. McEuen, “Measurement of the Quantum Capacitance of Interacting Electrons in Carbon Nanotubes”, Nature Physics 2, 687 (2006).
3. J. Martin, S. Ilani, B. Verdene, J. Smet, V. Umansky, D. Mahalu, D. Schuh, G. Abstreiter, A. Yacoby, “ Localization of Fractionally Charged Quasi-Particles”, Science 305, 980 (2004).
4. S. Ilani, J. Martin, E. Teitelbaum, A. Yacoby, J. Smet, D. Mahalu, V. Umansky, “The Microscopic Nature of Localized States in the Quantum Hall Regimes”, Nature 427, 328 (2004).
5. S. Ilani, A. Yacoby, D. Mahalu, H. Shtrikman, “Microscopic Structure of the Metal-Insulator Transition in Two Dimensions”, Science 292, 1354 (2001).
6. S. Ilani, A. Yacoby, D. Mahalu, H. Shtrikman, “Unexpected behavior of the local compressibility near the B=0 metal-insulator transition”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 3133 (2000).