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Kentaro Yumigeta Postdoctoral Research Associate

Atomic-Scale Materials for Advanced Nanoelectronics

Exploring nanostructures, device physics, and scalable electronic technologies.

Low-Dimensional Materials Condensed Matter Physics Synthesis & Integration Nanoelectronics Extreme Environments
Featured work
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces — Front Cover, Vol. 18 (2026) Hi-res

Electrical and structural response of graphene nanoribbon transistors to gamma irradiation.

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 18, 25103 (2026) Front Cover
Yumigeta, K.; Yusufoglu, M.; Federici, J. G.; et al. Read the paper
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News

Updated Jun 2026
Jun 2026
Interactive Graphene Electronic Structure explainer published — covering Dirac cones, GNR band engineering, and edge states.
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Apr 2026
Received the Outstanding Postdoctoral Scholar Award from the University of Arizona.
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Apr 2026
Talk at MRS Spring Meeting, Honolulu: “Vapor-Phase Synthesis of Atomically Precise Graphene Nanoribbons.”
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2026
Our GNR radiation sensing paper selected as Front Cover of ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.
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2025
Named University of Arizona Sursum Fellow.
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Research

Areas of focus

Graphene Nanoribbons

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2D Chalcogenides

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Topological Acoustics

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Publications

Selected recent work
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CV

Curriculum Vitae
Appointment
2024 —
Postdoctoral Research Associate · Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Arizona
Education
2023
Ph.D. in Physics · Arizona State University
2016
M.Eng. in Electrical & Electronics Engineering · Chiba University, Japan
2014
B.E. in Electrical & Electronics Engineering · Chiba University, Japan
Awards & Honors
2026
Outstanding Postdoctoral Scholar Award · University of Arizona
2026
Sigma Xi, Full Member · The Scientific Research Honor Society
2025
Sursum Fellow · University of Arizona
2025
Postdoctoral Affairs Travel Award · University of Arizona
2019
Summer University Graduate Fellowship · Arizona State University
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Contact

Email & profiles
kyumiget@arizona.edu
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