His research on fundamental and applied physics in mesoscopic condensed matter. His research is focused on superconducting insulator quantum phase transition in thin films and related phenomena in single Josephson junctions and SQUIDs. He is also developing experimental and theoretical methods to investigate nonlinear dynamical systems by measuring and analyzing the intermodulation (frequency mixing, frequency mixing), this method was patented [2] and was developed for use in atomic force microscopy.[3] Haviland has over 100 peer reviewed articles.[4]
Haviland, D. B.; Liu, Y.; Goldman, A. M. (1989), "Onset of superconductivity in the two-dimensional limit", Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 62, no. 18, The American Physical Society (published 1989-05-01), pp. 2180–2183, Bibcode:1989PhRvL..62.2180H, doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.62.2180, PMID10039876
Kuzmin, L. S.; Haviland, D. B. (1991), "Observation of the Bloch oscillations in an ultrasmall Josephson junction", Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 67, no. 20, The American Physical Society (published 1991-11-11), pp. 2890–2893, Bibcode:1991PhRvL..67.2890K, doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.67.2890, PMID10044580
^Haviland, David H. (augusti 2012). ”CV David H. Haviland” (på engelska). Läst 2013-10-12.
^Haviland, David B; Erik Tholen & Daniel Platz et al., "Intermodulation scanning force spectroscopy", PCT/EP2008/066247, DE112008003233T5, US20100312495 WO2009068568, publicerad Jun 4, 2009, utfärdad Nov 26, 2008