YAHYA ALIVOV
EDUCATION
2006: PhD in Physics. Moscow State University, Physics Department, Moscow, Russia
1998: MS in Physics. Institute of Microelectronics Technology, RAS, Moscow, Russia
1992: BS in Physics. Dagestan State University, Physics Department, Makhachkala, Russia
CAREER
2012 – present: Associate Project Scientist, University of California, Irvine, Department of
Radiological Sciences, Irvine, CA
2010 – 2012: Assistant Project Scientist, University of California, Irvine, Department of
Radiological Sciences, Irvine, CA
2009– 2010: Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of California, Irvine, Department of
Radiological Sciences, Irvine, CA
2008-2009: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Electrical Engineering and Nano Tech
Center, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2004 – 2008: Postdoctoral Researcher, Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Electrical
Engineering, Richmond, VA
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS
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X-ray sources based on TiO2 nanotube field emitters
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X-ray sources based on pyroelectric electron emission
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Optimization of TiO2 nanotubes for highest field emission output
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X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy
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K-edge imaging, material decomposition using photon-counting CZT detector
AWARDS
1. 2011AAPM Initiative Research Seed Grant for the project“Development of TiO2 nanotube
field emission X-ray source”
2. 2003“Visitor Support Program,” Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research
International Field Office
3. 2002 Financial Stipend for outstanding paper titled, “The Properties of ZnO:Ga Films
Implanted with N+ Ions,” Second International Workshop on ZnO
PATENTS
US patent for development of X-ray source based on TiO2 nanotubes (# US 2011/0280371 A1)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
(Out of 67 publications )
1. Yahya Alivov, Michael Klopfer, and Sabee Molloi, Enhanced field emission from clustered TiO2 nanotube
arrays, Applied Physics Letters, V.99, 063104, 2011.
2. Pavlo Baturin, Yahya Alivov, and Sabee Molloi, Spectral CT imaging of vulnerable plaque with two independent
biomarkers, Physics in Medicine and Biology 57, 4117 (2012)
3. Yahya Alivov, Michael Klopfer, and and Sabee Molloi, TiO2 nanotubes as a cold cathode for x-ray
generation, Applied Physics Letters, V.96, 243502, 2010.
4. Yahya Alivov, Michael Klopfer, and and Sabee Molloi, Effect of TiO2 nanotube parameters on field emission
properties, Nanotechnology21 505706 (2010)
5. U. Özgür, Ya. I. Alivov, C. Liu et al. A comprehensive review of ZnO and related devices, Journal of
Applied Physics, V. 98, pp. 041301 (103), 2005.
6. Ya. I. Alivov, E. V. Kalinina, D. C. Look et al. Fabrication and characterization of n-ZnO/p-AlGaN
heterojunction light–emitting diodes on 6H-SiC substrates, Applied Physics Letters 83, 4719 (2003)
7. Ya. I. Alivov, J. E. Van Nostrand, D.C. Look et al. Observation of 430-nm Electroluminescence from
ZnO/GaN heterojunction light-emitting diodes, Applied Physics Letters 83, 2943 (2003)
8. Ya. I. Alivov, Ü. Özgür, S. Dogan et al. Photoresponse of n-ZnO/p-SiCheterojunction diodes grown by
plasma-assisted molecular-beam epitaxy, Applied Physics Letters 86, 241108 (2005).
9. D.C. Look, B. Claflin, Ya.I.Alivov, and S.J. Park, The future of ZnO light emitters, Physica Status Solidi (b)
201, 2203 (2004).
10. Ya. I. Alivov, D. C. Look, B. M. Ataev et al. Fabrication of ZnO-based metal-insulator-semiconductor
diodes by ion implantation, Solid State Electronics 48, 2343 (2004).
11. Michael Klopfer, Tom Wolowiec, Yahya Alivov, Sabee Molloi, Characterization and optimization of
pyroelectric X-ray sources using Monte Carlo spectral models, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in
Physics Research Section AV.689, pp. 47–51, 2012
12. Yahya Alivov and Sabee Molloi, Self-organization of anatase TiO2 nanoparticles to regular shape clusters,
Crystal Growth & Design, V.10, pp 1721–1724, 2010.
13. Yahya Alivov and Z. Y. Fan,TiO2 nanostructure transformation: from ordered nanotubes to nanoparticles
Nanotechnology V. 20, 405610, 2009
14. Yahya Alivov and Z. Fan, A Method for Fabrication of Pyramid-Shaped TiO2 Nanoparticles with a High
{001} Facet Percentage, Journal of Physical Chemistry C V.113, pp 12954–12957, 2009,
15. Yahya Alivov, Mahesh Pandikunta, Sergey Nikishin,and Z. Y. Fan, Anodization voltage influence on
properties of TiO2 nanotubes grown by electrochemical oxidation, Nanotechnology V. 20, 225602, 2009