Professor Bockrath’s interests are in nanofabrication, and the electronics and mechanics of systems that have critical dimensions on the nanometer scale, which represents the ultimate limit to miniaturization. These systems include materials such as carbon nanotubes and individual molecules. Currently, he is interested both in investigating the new and interesting transport phenomena that arise in nanostructured materials, and in investigating the properties of nanostructures that have mechanical degrees of freedom. Potential applications include nanoscale switches, logic gates, and sensors.