BU MSE Annual Report 2011

Boston University College of Engineering D i v i s i o n o f m at E r i a l s s C i E n C E & E n g i n E E r i n g

Boston University College of EngineeringDivision of materials science & Engineering

15 saint mary’s street, room 118Brookline, ma 02446

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Annual Report 2010–2011

CONTENTS

2 HIGHLIGHTS 2 Message from the Division Head 3 MSE Welcomes Incoming Division Head3 Faculty at a Glance 4 Faculty Honors and Awards7 Graduate Students at a Glance

8 FACULTY AND STAFF 8 Participating Faculty12 Affiliated Faculty15 Staff15 Committees

16 GRADUATE PROGRAMS 16 Recruitment17 Admissions History 17 Enrollment 18 PhD Student Progress18 Teaching Fellows and Research Assistants 19 Graduate Student Honors and Awards 20 Graduate Student Professional Societies 20 MS Degrees Awarded

21 Course and Program Development22 Graduate Courses Taught 22 Graduate Students

26 RESEARCH 27 Research Highlights32 External Research Funding 41 Materials Science and Engineering Colloquium Series42 Participating Faculty Publications & Activity65 Student Activity67 Research Laboratories 74 Visiting Committee75 Visiting Committee Members


2 | HIGHLIGHTS

MESSAGE FROM THE DIVISION HEAD

It is with great pleasure and pride that I present to you our 2010–11 Annual Report. The

interdisciplinary Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) program at Boston University has

successfully completed its third year since its inception in Fall 2008. It has seen a very rapid growth

in terms of graduate student enrollment and faculty participation. The Division’s faculty has grown

in number to 33 participating and 32 affiliated members. They represent faculty from Engineering

(Mechanical, Biomedical, and Electrical and Computer), the College of Arts and Sciences (Physics

and Chemistry), and the Division of the Restorative Sciences/Biomaterials in the Goldman School

of Dental Medicine. The graduate student enrollment has increased to 39 with 19 PhD, 15 MS, and

5 Late Entry Accelerated Program (LEAP) Phase I students. They are working primarily in three

cutting-edge research areas: energy materials, electronic and photonic materials, and biomaterials.

HIGHLIGHTS

During this reporting period, the primary faculty and the students in the Division have published 132 journal articles and 99 conference proceedings, written 6 book chapters, been granted 4 patents, received $8.9 million in new research funding, and had on-going research funding of $20 million. I am happy to report that several faculty members have

received professional recognition for their work, such as HATICE ALTUG’s 2011 Popular Science Magazine Brilliant 10 Award and JIM COLLINS’ election to the National Academy of Engineering. Students have also won awards for their research work, including ERIC GRATZ, who will receive the Henry DeWitt Smith Scholarship from the TMS and the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers (AIME). In addition, two new professional society student chapters were founded in 2010 and 2011, the BU MRS STUDENT CHAPTER and the BU ASM STUDENT CHAPTER. Details and complete listings are provided within the report.

At the end of this summer I will be stepping down as Division Head, and Dr. David J. Bishop will join Boston University as the MSE Division Head beginning September 1, 2011. He is currently the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of LGS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent. Dr. Bishop is a

Fellow of the American Physical Society and a recipient of their 2009 George E. Pake Prize for his effective leadership of AT&T/Lucent/Bell Labs research during an especially turbulent time in the telecommunications industry, and for his seminal contributions to low-temperature physics research. Dr. David Bishop is an expert in the area of photonic materials with a great deal of research management experience. He will have a 50/50 joint faculty appointment in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and in the Department of Physics. This appointment will further strengthen alliances between the College of Engineering and the College of Arts and Sciences. The anticipation of new leadership brings much enthusiasm and excitement to the MSE program. We look forward to his guidance in the future growth and reputation of our Division.

I invite you to read through this entire report or sections that interest you the most, and when you are in the Boston area, please take some time to visit us, meet our new Division Head, faculty, and students.

UDAY PAL

Division Head

Boston University College of Engineering | Division of Materials Science & Engineering

HIGHLIGHTS | 3


The Division of Materials Science and Engineering welcomes DAVID J. BISHOP

(ECE, MSE, Physics) as the new Division head, effective September 1, 2011.

In a career at Alcatel-Lucent (originally AT&T Bell Laboratories) spanning three

decades, Bishop has advanced telecommunications, networking and cyber

security solutions for the U.S. government market. He served the company in

several high profile roles, including vice president of Optical, Nanotechnology and

Physical Sciences Research and president of Government Research & Security Solutions and most

recently as chief technology officer for LGS, a subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent Technologies.

An American Physical Society (APS) and Bell Labs Fellow who holds 46 patents and has authored or

co-authored about 250 publications, Bishop received his PhD in physics from Cornell University

in 1978. His research focuses on silicon micromechanics, MEMS in lightwave networks, alloptical

switching, low temperature physics, superconductivity and nanotechnology. He received the APS

2009 George E. Pake Prize for “his effective leadership of AT&T/Lucent/Bell Labs research during

an especially turbulent time in the telecommunications industry, and for his seminal contributions

to low-temperature physics research.”

* Adapted from an article written by Mark Dwortzan.

MSE WELCOMES INCOMING DIVISION HEAD

FACULTY AT A GLANCE

* Teach, supervise students, and/or serve on MSE committees. ** Have a professional association with MSE.

Journal Articles 132

Conference Proceedings 99

Invited Lectures 81

Patents Issued 4

AFFILIATED FACULTY** 32

FACULTY 2010–2011

PARTICIPATING FACULTY* 33

New Grant Funding $8,928,052

Continuing/Supplemental Grant Funding $20,024,825

Book Chapters 6


4 | HIGHLIGHTS

FACULTY HONORS AND AWARDSJAMES COLLINS Elected into the National Academy of Engineering By Mark Dwortzan

In recognition of his outstanding contributions to synthetic biology and engineered gene networks, Professor James J. Collins (BME/SE) has been elected a member of the National

Academy of Engineering, one of the most prestigious honors accorded to engineers.

“I was thrilled and honored to receive the news that I had been elected to the NAE,” said Collins, who joins more than 2,000 peer-elected members and foreign associates—senior academic, government and industry professionals who are among the world’s most accomplished engineers.

Current Boston University members include BU President and chemical engineer Robert A. Brown and Research Professor Farouk El-Baz, who directs the BU Center for Remote Sensing.

“This is a historic moment for the College of Engineering,” said Dean Kenneth R. Lutchen. “When our PhD programs—and national research aspirations—began barely 20 years ago, we were fortunate to recruit a promising junior faculty member named Jim Collins. His work has played an important part in advancing us into the front rank of engineering schools in a very short period of time, so it is particularly gratifying that he is the first member of our primary faculty to be elected to this highly exclusive company of scholars. I join the faculty in extending hearty congratulations to Jim on this richly deserved honor.”

Election to membership in the NAE is considered one of the highest professional honors that can be bestowed on an engineer. The organization does not accept applications for membership; it elects new members from nominations

submitted by existing NAE members. Recognized for their outstanding contributions to engineering research, practice, education and literature, and leading innovations in new and existing engineering fields, members provide leadership and expertise to projects, symposia and publications aimed at improving the quality of life through engineering and technology.

A pioneer in both synthetic and systems biology, Collins is developing innovative ways to design and reprogram gene networks within bacteria and other organisms to attack tumors, direct stem cell development and perform other desired tasks that could bring about cheaper drugs, more effective treatments of antibiotic-resistant infections, and clean energy solutions. Also a trailblazer in efforts to improve function of physiological and biological systems, he has spearheaded several new medical devices such as vibrating insoles to improve balance in elderly people and a device to treat stroke-induced brain failure.

In addition to serving BU as William F. Warren Distinguished Professor, University Professor, and co-director of the Center for BioDynamics, Collins is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator and founding core faculty member at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering. His many honors include a MacArthur “Genius Award,” a National Institutes of Health Director’s Pioneer Award, the Lagrange-CRT Foundation Prize, the Metcalf Cup and Prize (BU’s highest teaching honor), and being named on the Scientific American list of top 50 outstanding leaders in science and technology. Collins serves on the scientific advisory board of several biotechnology companies.

Collins joined the BU faculty in 1990 after earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in physics from the College of the Holy Cross and a Ph.D. in medical engineering from the University of Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar.


highLights | 5

HATICE ALTUG

• 2011 Popular Science Magazine Brilliant 10 Award

• 2011 Invited to U.S. National Academy of Engineering, Frontiers of Engineering Symposium

• 2011 IEEE Photonics Society Young investigator Award

• 2010 ONR Young Investigator Award

• 2010 NSF CAREER Award

• 2010 Boston University College of Engineering Early Career Research Excellence Award

SOUMENDRA BASU

• BU College of Engineering Dean’s Catalyst Award for his research with Uday Pal on a novel, low-cost and environmentally friendly method of producing solar-grade silicon from sand.

• Faculty Service Award, 2011, BU College of Engineering

• BU 2010 Ignition Award

JIM COLLINS

• Elected to the National Academy of Engineering

LINDA DOERRER

• Inorganic Chemistry Editorial Advisory Board

KAMIL L. EKINCI

• Selected 2010 Distinguished Faculty Fellow by the College of Engineering

• 2011 Dean’s Catalyst Award, Boston University College of Engineering

MICHAEL GEVELBER

• MassCEC Catalyst Award

SRIKANTH GOPALAN

• BU 2010 Ignition Award

ELISE MORGAN

• NIH National Research Service Award for Senior Fellows

faCULty honors anD awarDs (continued)


6 | HIGHLIGHTS

TED MOUSTAKAS

• The MBE Innovator, North America MBE Board

• Distinguished Scholar, BU College of Engineering

UDAY B. PAL

• 2010 BU College of Engineering Dean’s Catalyst Award for his research with Soumendra Basu on a novel, low-cost and environmentally friendly method of producing solar-grade silicon from sand.

• Appointed to serve as Associate Editor of the Journal of Materials Chemistry and Physics.

• Boston University 2010 Ignition Award: University-wide seed grant competition.

VINOD K. SARIN

• Chief Editor CHM: Invited to be Chief Editor of Comprehensive Hard Materials (CHM), a forthcoming three volume, 80 article, multi-author book project, to be published by Elsevier.

M. SELIM ÜNLÜ

• Editor-in-Chief for IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics.

XIN ZHANG

• Inaugural Distinguished Faculty Fellow (2009-2013)

• Advanced Energy Consortium (AEC) Award (2010)

• Schlumberger Award for Excellence and leadership in MEMS/NEMS Research (2010)

• Nanomedicine Phase II Award (2010)

• Cover article in Advanced Materials (2010)

• Best Paper in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics (2010)

• Best Paper Award in IEEE Sensors (2010)

FACULTY HONORS AND AWARDS (continued)


HIGHLIGHTS | 7

GRADUATE STUDENTS AT A GLANCE

* Eight existing PhD students from other Departments joined MSE; ten new students matriculated.

STUDENTS 2010–2011 2009–2010 2008–2009

MS

MS Applications 40 24 6

MS Matriculated 9 5 2

Masters Students 15 6 2

LEAP Students 5 6

MS Degrees 5 2 1

PhD

PhD Applications 58 56 19

PhD Matriculated 4 6 18*

PhD GRE Q Scores 750–800 740–797 758–773

PhD Students 19 19 18

PhD Degrees 3 1

SUPPORT

Dean’s Fellows 2 2.5 3

Graduate Teaching Fellows 4 3 3

Research Assistants 15 12 12

Other Fellowship 3 3 N/A


8 | faculty and staff

ParticiPating faculty

SOUMENDRA N. BASU

Professor, ME; Co-Associate Division Head, MSE

Thin films for energy, photonic, electronic, and superconducting applications: thermal barrier and environmental barrier coatings for gas turbine and fuel cell applications, environmental degradation of materials at elevated temperatures, structure and stability of interfaces, and characterization of structure and phase transformations in materials using electron microscopy techniques.

• PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989

ENRICO BELLOTTI

Associate Professor, ECE

Computational electronics, semiconductor materials and device simulations, power electronics, parallel computing

• PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1999

LUCA DAL NEGRO

Associate Professor, ECE

Optical amplification phenomena and laser physics, optical spectroscopy of semiconductor nanostructures, photonic crystals, anderson light localization and aperiodic dielectrics, nanophotonics and plasmonics

• PhD, University of Trento, Italy, 2003

HATICE ALTUG

Assistant Professor, ECE

Experimental and theoretical research on nanoplasmonics, nanophotonics and metamaterials for the development of ultrasensitive bio-nano sensors, ultrasensitive vibrational nanospectroscopy tools and on-chip photonic devices.

Novel integration of nanophotonics with nano/microfluidic systems for efficient analyte trapping and manipulation.

Novel nanofabrication methods enabling high-throughput, flexible, low cost and large-area fabrication.

• PhD, Stanford University, 2007

RICHARD AVERITT

Associate Professor, Physics

Ultrafast Optical Spectroscopy of Materials, Time-Integrated Optical Spectroscopy of Materials, Terahertz (far-infrared) Spectroscopy, Correlated electron materials, metamaterials, and plasmonics

• PhD, Rice University, 1998

RAMA BANSIL

Professor, Physics

Synthetic and biological macromolecules

• PhD, University of Rochester, 1975

FaCUlTy anD STaFF


faculty and staff | 9

LINDA DOERRER

Assistant Professor, Chemistry

Synthetic inorganic chemistry


KAMIL EKINCI

Associate Professor, ME

Nanomechanics, nanofluidics, nanophotonics, applications of MEMS and nEMS

• PhD, Brown University, 1999

SHYAMSUNDER ERRAMILLI

Professor, Physics

Biological materials

• PhD, University of Illinois, 1986

EVAN EVANS

Professor, BME

Nano-microscale biomechanics, ultrasensitive force probes and extreme resolution optical techniques, material properties of soft biological materials, e.g. biomembranes

• PhD, University of California, San Diego, 1970

MICHAEL GEVELBER

Associate Professor, ME and SE

Electrospinning of nanofibers, plasma spray, Ebeam deposition, crystal growth, CVD


RUSSELL GIORDANO

Associate Professor, GSDM

Fabrication of multiple phase interpenetrating ceramic composites

• DMD, CaGS, DMSc, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, 1991

BENNETT GOLDBERG

Professor, Physics and ECE; Director, Center for Nanoscience and Nanobiotechnology

Room- and low-temperature, near-field microscopy of semiconductors and biological systems; magneto-optics and magnetotransport of two- and onedimensional electron fields

• PhD, Brown University, 1987

SRIKANTH GOPALAN

Associate Professor, ME

Fuel cells, chemical thermodynamics, kinetics and transport phenomena to model the behavior of electrochemical systems

• PhD, University of Utah, 1997

MARK GRINSTAFF

Professor, Chemistry and BME

Polymers, biomaterials, nanomaterials, wound repair, tissue engineering

• PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1992

CATHERINE M. KLAPPERICH

Associate Professor, BME and ME

Kern Innovation Faculty Fellow

Diagnostics for the developing world, microfluidics, bio-micro electromechanical systems (BioMEMs)

• PhD, University of California, Berkeley, 2000

ParticiPating faculty (continued)



THEODORE MOUSTAKAS Professor, ECE and Physics; Co-Associate Division Head, MSE

Growth by MBE, HVPE and MOCVD of nitride Semiconductors, optical devices (lEDs, lDs, Optical modulators, Detectors) from deep UV to THz

• PhD, Columbia University, 1974

ROBERTO PAIELLA Associate Professor, ECE

Optical technologies for information processing; photonic devices based on semiconductor quantum structures, including group-III nitride quantum wells; nanoscale photonic devices and circuits; ultrafast optics

• PhD, California Institute of Technology, 1998

UDAY B. PAL Professor, ME; Division Head, MSE

Fuel cells, chemical thermodynamics, kinetics and transport phenomena to model the behavior of electrochemical systems

• PhD, Pennsylvania State University, 1984

SIDDHARTH RAMACHANDRAN Associate Professor, ECE

Optical physics of guided waves, Micro- and nano-structured optical fibers, High-power fiber lasers and fiber sensors, Biomedical imaging and microscopy with optical fibers, Classical and quantum communications

• PhD, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1998

• Fellow Optical Society of ameirca, 2010

• Chair (2012) and Member (2011), OSa nick Holonyak Jr. award Committee

• Editor, Optics letters (2008-2011)

XI LIN Assistant Professor, ME

Materials theory, predictive simulation of materials electronic, optical, magnetic, and mechanical properties


KARL LUDWIG Professor, Physics

Surfaces, real time x-ray studies during thin film processing, phase transitions


MALAY MAZUMDER Research Professor, ECE

Solar energy systems, particle engineering, material science, electrostatic processes, self-cleaning solar panels, respiratory drug delivery

• PhD, University of arkansas 1971

PRITIRAJ MOHANTY Associate Professor, Physics

Nanoscale materials, mechanical properties

• PhD, University of Maryland, 1998

ELISE MORGAN Associate Professor, ME

Mechanical behavior of biological materials, mechanical stimulation of tissue differentiation, micromechanics of multiscale media, damage mechanics

• PhD, University of California, Berkeley, 2002

ParticiPating faculty (continued)


FACULTY AND STAFF | 11

VINOD K. SARIN Professor, ME

Materials science, surface modification, physical and chemical vapor deposition, consolidation of ceramics/composites, structure/property consolidations, transparent optical ceramics


KEVIN SMITH Professor, Physics and Chemistry

Electronic structure of materials

• PhD, Yale University, 1988

DIMITRIJE STAMENOVIC Associate Professor, BME

Cellular mechanics, rheology of soft tissues and cells, respiratory mechanics, mechanics of foam-like structure

• PhD, University of Minnesota, 1983

ANNA K. SWAN Associate Professor, ECE

Development of nanoscale optical selfinterference microscopy, optical properties of carbon nanotubes

• PhD, Boston University, 1993

OPHELIA K.C. TSUI Associate Professor, Physics

Synthetic and biological macromolecules

• PhD, Princeton University, 1996

M. SELIM ÜNLÜ Professor, ECE; Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs, College of Engineering

Photodetectors, nano-optics, highresolution and solid immersion lens microscopy, subsurface imaging of semiconductor devices and circuits, biophotonics: biosensor fabrication and biological imaging techniques

• PhD, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1992

JOYCE WONG Associate Professor, BME

Biomaterials, nanomaterials, biointerfaces for diagnostic imaging, therapeutics, tissue engineering


XIN ZHANG Associate Professor and Associate Chair, ME

Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS),

micro/nanofabrication technologies motivated by practical applications in micro and nanoscale engineering and emerging bionanotechnologies

• PhD, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 1998

PETER A. ZINK Research Assistant Professor and Lecturer, ME

Solid Oxide Membrane (SOM) based processes for mixed waste magnesium/magnesium oxide (Mg/MgO) recycling, Potentiometric sensor development for electrochemistry-based nuclear waste recycling, Development of novel low temperature cathode materials for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs).

• PhD, Boston University, 2010



PAUL BARBONE Associate Professor, ME

Theoretical & computational (bio) mechanics and (bio) acoustics, medical (ultrasound) imaging


THOMAS G. BIFANO Professor, ME; Director, Photonics Center

Deformable mirrors, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), adaptive optics, biphotonic microscopy, astronomical telescope instrumentation, laser wavefront control

• PhD, north Carolina State University, 1988

JOHN CARADONNA Associate Professor, Chemistry

Mechanism of action of non-heme iron metalloproteins with a focus on the chemistry of metalloenzyme active sites involved in biological oxidation reactions


ANTONIO H. CASTRO NETO Professor, Physics

Graphene, strongly correlated systems, disordered magnetic systems

• PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1994

CLAUDIO CHAMON Professor, Physics

Strongly correlated quantum matter and out-of-equilibrium dynamics of classical and quantum systems

• PhD Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996

LAISHENG CHOU Professor, GSDM

Molecular biocompatibility of implant materials

• DMD, Shanghai no.2 Medical University, 1977

• PhD, University of British Columbia, 1997

JAMES COLLINS Professor, BME

Synthetic biology, systems biology, noise enhanced sensorimotor function

• DPhil, University of Oxford (England), 1990

MICHAEL EL-BATANOUNY Professor, Physics

Magnetism at surfaces

• PhD, University of California, Davis

ULRICH FAUL Associate Professor, Earth Sciences

Rock physics and upper mantle processes

• PhD, University of Oregon, 1994

MAXIM FRANK-KAMENETSKII Professor, BME

Dna structures, Dna topology, triplex Dna, Dna functioning, Pna (peptide nucleic acid), Dna detection

• PhD, Moscow Physical-Technical Institute, 1967

• DSci, Institute of Chemical Physics, Russian academy of Science, 1971

affiliated faculty


faculty and staff | 13

RAMESH JASTI Assistant Professor, Chemistry

Synthetic organic chemistry, materials, nanotechnology

• PhD, University of California, Irvine, 2006

GUILFORD JONES Professor Emeritus, Chemistry

Photochemistry and photophysical properties of dyes, dye probes, and hromophore conjugates of polymers and proteins, design of photosynthetic models (photoactive peptides) that are capable of charge transport

• PhD, University of Wisconsin, 1970

WILLIAM KLEIN Professor, Physics

Statistical physics of materials

• PhD, Temple University, 1972

J. GREGORY MCDANIEL Associate Professor and Associate Chair, ME

Structural acoustics, automotive brake squeal, biological vibrations, ocean wave energy

• PhD, The Georgia Institute of Technology, 1992

AMIT MELLER Associate Professor, BME

Nonpore force spectroscopy of RNA folding kinetics, Dna switches and transcription initiation kinetics, RNA helicases activity, mapping transcription factors interaction with Dna, ultra-fast Dna sequencing, novel optical methods for single molecule detection

• PhD, Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel), 1998

THEODORE MORSE Professor, ECE

Photonic material processing, optical fiber fabrication, lasers, and sensors, high power double clad fiber lasers

• PhD, northwestern University, 1961

DAN NATHANSON Professor, GSDM

Biomaterials with emphasis is on esthetic restorative materials

• DMD, Hebrew University in Jerusalem, 1972

HAROLD PARK Assistant Professor, ME

Surface effects on the mechanical properties of nanoelectromechanical systems, coupled physics (thermomechanical, optomechanical, electromechanical) analyses of nanomaterials, mechanics of graphene, multiple scale modeling of solids, atomistic modeling of metal nanowites

• PhD, northwestern, 2004

RICHARD POBER Research Associate Professor, GSDM

Ceramics engineering, interpenetrating phase materials, mechanics of materials, materials design, process design, equipment design

• ScD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1971

ANATOLI POLKOVNIKOV Assistant Professor, Physics

Quantum dynamics of interacting systems, phase space methods, cold atoms, strongly correlated systems

• PhD, yale University, 2003


14 | FACULTY AND STAFF

CLAUDIO REBBI Professor and Chair (2008-2011), Physics; Director, Center for Computational Science

Computational methods applied to the study of quantum chromodynamics (QCD, the theory of interacting quarks and gluons)

• PhD, Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy

SIDNEY REDNER Professor and Chair (2011- ), Physics

Non-equilibrium statistical physics of materials


BJORN REINHARD Associate Professor, Chemistry

Photophysical properties of nanoparticles and the applications of these nanoparticles to biological sensors and devices

• Dr. rer. nat., Technical University Kaiserslautern, Germany, 2003

ANDERS SANDVIK Professor, Physics

Computational research on interacting quantum many-body systems

• PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1993

DANIEL SEGRE Assistant Professor, BME, Bioinformatics and Biology

Evolutionary dynamics of biological networks, in particular in the interplay between response to genetic and environmental perturbations, genomic-level functional organization, and optimal adaptation.

• PhD, Weizmann Institute of Science, 2002

ANDRE SHARON Professor, ME; Director, Fraunhofer Center for Manufacturing Innovation

Electromechanical machine design, control, automation, biotech/biomedial instrumentation, devices, and rapid microdiagnostics platforms

• PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Techonology, 1988

H. EUGENE STANLEY Professor, Physics


• PhD, Harvard University, 1967

JOHN STRAUB Professor and Chair, Chemistry

Theoretical and computational chemistry and biophysics


BELA SUKI Professor, BME

Biomechanics of tissues and extracellular matrix, the ensemble behavior of complex biological systems, nonlinearities in biological systems

• PhD, Jozsef Attila University (Hungary), 1987

JOE TIEN Associate Professor, BME

Biological materials, microvascular tissue engineering; microvascular physiology; hydrogels


AFFILIATED FACULTY (continued)


FACULTY AND STAFF | 15

KATHERINE YANHANG ZHANG Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor, ME

Mechanical behavior of soft biological tissue, cardiovascular mechanics, multi-scale modeling of biological composites, micro and nanomechanics of thin film devices

• PhD, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2003

LAWRENCE ZIEGLER Professor, Chemistry

Ultrafast femtosecond laser measurements in a variety of materials, femtosecond carrier relaxation dynamics and optical properties of wide range of materials which include liquids, supercritical fluids, photodissociative molecules, biologically important species and wide band gap semiconductors

• PhD, Cornell University 1978

RUTH MASONDivision Director

STAFFELIZABETH FLAGGGraduate Programs Manager

CHERYL STEWART

Program Administrator

COMMITTEESFACULTY SEARCH COMMITTEETed Moustakas, Chair Uday Pal Roberto Paiella Rama Bansil Linda Doerrer Evan Evans Ruth Mason*

STEERING COMMITTEEU. Pal, Chair T. Moustakas S. Basu K. Ludwig M. Grinstaff R. Giordano C. Klapperich R. Mason*

COURSE SCHEDULINGS. Basu, Chair U. Pal T. Moustakas R. Mason*

GRADUATE APPLICATIONS REVIEW COMMITTEES. Basu, Chair H. Altug R. Averitt A. Swan T. Moustakas L. Doerrer S. Ramachandran E. Flagg*

UNDERGRADUATE COE MSE MINORS. Gopalan, Chair V. Sarin R. Paiella C. Klapperich

PHD EXAM COMMITTEES. Gopalan, Chair S. Basu T. Moustakas U. Pal

MATERIALS COLLOQUIUMT. Moustakas, Chair R. Mason* E. Flagg* C. Stewart*

RETREAT/SOCIALSV. Sarin, Chair U. Pal T. Moustakas S. Basu R. Mason*

*ex-officio



16 | GRADUATE PROGRAMS

GRADUATE PROGRAMSMSE offers the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), both the post-bachelors and the post-masters, the

Master of Science (MS), and the Master of Engineering (MEng) degrees, conducting research in the

areas of biomaterials, electronic and photonic materials, energy and environment, and nanomaterials.

Students have access to the interdisciplinary instruction and resources available at Boston University,

one of America’s largest private universities. Students develop expertise in their chosen areas of

concentration, working in advanced laboratories under the guidance of expert faculty.

2010–2011 Mean GRE Scores

Verbal % Quantitative % An. Writing %

MS US 535 69 743 81 4 49

MS International 334 20 788 91 3 10

PhD US 530 70 750 83 5 63

PhD International 415 39 800 94 4 30

Mean 454 50 770 87 4 38

NEW MATRICULANTS 2010–2011

Male Female GTF Dean’s Fellow

MS US 3 1 1

MS International 5

PhD US 2 1 1

PhD International 1 1 1 1

Total: 11 2 3 2

RECRUITMENT

In 2010-2011, MSE reviewed 58 PhD applications and 40 MS applications. Of nine admitted PhD and

17 MS students, MSE successfully recruited 4 PhD students and 9 MS students: two PhD students

were awarded Dean’s Fellowships (DFs) and two were awarded Graduate Teaching Fellowships

(GTFs). One MS student was funded as a GTF.


14 | FACULTY AND STAFF

CLAUDIO REBBI Professor and Chair (2008-2011), Physics; Director, Center for Computational Science

Computational methods applied to the study of quantum chromodynamics (QCD, the theory of interacting quarks and gluons)

• PhD, Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy

SIDNEY REDNER Professor and Chair (2011- ), Physics

Non-equilibrium statistical physics of materials


BJORN REINHARD Associate Professor, Chemistry

Photophysical properties of nanoparticles and the applications of these nanoparticles to biological sensors and devices

• Dr. rer. nat., Technical University Kaiserslautern, Germany, 2003

ANDERS SANDVIK Professor, Physics

Computational research on interacting quantum many-body systems

• PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1993

DANIEL SEGRE Assistant Professor, BME, Bioinformatics and Biology

Evolutionary dynamics of biological networks, in particular in the interplay between response to genetic and environmental perturbations, genomic-level functional organization, and optimal adaptation.

• PhD, Weizmann Institute of Science, 2002

ANDRE SHARON Professor, ME; Director, Fraunhofer Center for Manufacturing Innovation

Electromechanical machine design, control, automation, biotech/biomedial instrumentation, devices, and rapid microdiagnostics platforms

• PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Techonology, 1988

H. EUGENE STANLEY Professor, Physics



JOHN STRAUB Professor and Chair, Chemistry

Theoretical and computational chemistry and biophysics


BELA SUKI Professor, BME

Biomechanics of tissues and extracellular matrix, the ensemble behavior of complex biological systems, nonlinearities in biological systems

• PhD, Jozsef Attila University (Hungary), 1987

JOE TIEN Associate Professor, BME

Biological materials, microvascular tissue engineering; microvascular physiology; hydrogels



Boston university College of engineering | division of materials science & engineering

Graduate proGrams | 17

eNroLLmeNtIn 2010-2011 the mse graduate program enrolled 19 Phd students, 15 ms students, and 5 Late entry Accelerated Program (LeAP) Phase I students.

admIssIoNs HIstoryPrior to July 2008, the mse graduate program was administered by the department of manufacturing engineering (mFG). Beginning with spring 2009, mse began accepting applications directly.

* 2011–2012 data is not final.


18 | Graduate proGrams

pHd studeNt proGress

teaching Fellows and research assistants

summer 2010 Fall 2010 spring 2010 total

Graduate teaching Fellows N/A 4 4 8

dean’s Fellows N/A 2 2 4

Research Assistants 15 14 13 42

other Fellow 1 0 2 3


GRADUATE PROGRAMS | 19

GRADUATE STUDENT HONORS AND AWARDS

SERAP AKSU, Newport Spectra-Physics Research Excellence Travel Grant, SPIE Photonics West 2011, San Francisco, CA. Advisor: Altug.

GOZDE ERDEM

• Travel Award from DL2011-Science at the hard X-ray Diffraction Limit Workshop, June 29–30, Cornell University, Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source, Ithaca, NY. Advisor: Ludwig.

RYAN ERIKSEN

• Graduate Student Researcher, Materials and Fuels Complex at Idaho National Lab under Dr. Steven Herrmann and Dr. Jan-Fong Jue. Advisor: Gopalan.

ERIC GRATZ will be awarded the Henry DeWitt Smith Scholarship by the TMS and the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers (AIME) at the TMS 2012 Annual Meeting & Exhibition in Orlando, Florida, March 13, 2012. Eric is working on his PhD thesis with Professor Pal on “Environmentally friendly Solid Oxide Membrane Process for Magnesium

Production.” Advisor: Pal

ABDULKADIR YURT

• Best poster nominee in the relevant session in MRS Fall Meeting 2010 in Boston, MA. Adivsor: Unlu

• Travel Award from ICAM-I2CAM- Institute for complex adaptive matter for attending IEEE Photonics Meeting 2010 in Denver, CO.

• Travel Award from IEEE Society for attending IEEE Photonics Meeting 2010 in Denver, CO.

Other Student Activity including publications, conference activity and other presentations are listed on page 65.



ms deGrees aWardedmse awarded five ms degrees in 2010-2011.

two new student chapters of professional societies were established in 2010–2011 on the initiative of mse students. Both the mRs and Asm student chapters hosted events, including co-hosting two mse Colloquia speakers.

Bu mrs student Chapter

the Bu mRs Chapter was established in Fall 2010. the mission of the materials Research society Chapter at Bu is to promote communication for the advancement of interdisciplinary materials research to improve the quality of life. the Chapter aims to build a dynamic and interactive local community of student and faculty materials researchers to advance technical excellence by providing a framework in which the materials disciplines can convene, collaborate, integrate and advocate.

Graduate studeNt proFessIoNaL soCIetIes

officers and advisors

President—Jacob trevino Vice President—Alket mertiri secretary—selcuk Yerci treasurer—Ranxing Nancy Li Advisors—Professors soumendra Basu and uday Pal

Bu asm student Chapter

the Asm Bu Chapter is a student chapter of Asm International, a professional materials association. our goal is to help student members increase awareness of cutting-edge technology in the materials field through networking and in collaboration with industry professionals. the Bu Chapter was founded in April 2011. this is the first industry-focused student organization in mse department. the signature activities include a mentor program, seminars and industry networking events. We welcome all interested students to join us.

executive Committee

Chair—Nancy Li (mse) Vise Chair—Andre Botelho (mse) secretary—Ryan eriksen (mse) treasurer—Alfed Huang (mse) membership Coordinator—Brooks Henderson (mse) event Coordinator—Jackson Chang (mse) Advisors—Professors soumendra Basu and uday Pal

Boston University was accepted as an official MRS student chapter at the Fall 2010 MRS Meeting. Jacob Trevino accepts the chapter certificate.

STUDENT ADVISOR POST-GRADUATE PLACEMENT

mustafa Al-Khabbaz Pal Research engineer, saudi Aramco

Azatuhi Ayrikyan Klapperich Commercialization Analyst, Foresight science and technology

Alexander Gruentzig Klapperich/sharon Associate, A.t. Kearney

Lauren Plavisch Pal scientist, Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry

mary Rhoads Klapperich Research support Associate, massachusetts Institute of technology



Course aNd proGram deVeLopmeNt

New meng program

mse introduced the master of engineering (meng) degree in materials science and engineering, which will enroll its first matriculants in Fall 2011. this program is a professional master’s program aimed at:

• Graduating senior students who want a one-year master’s in engineering before they look for industrial jobs.

• Mid-career professionals who want to switch careers and would like to complete a one-year master’s degree between jobs.

• Industry professionals who want exposure to engineering and management to further their careers.

In the meng program, students are required to complete a minimum of 32 credit hours applicable to the degree. No master’s thesis is required. A minimum of 28 credits must be applied toward graduate courses (500 level or above). only one 400-level course may be taken with advisor approval if needed as a prerequisite for another course in the program.

The 32 credits in the MEng program must be selected as follows:

• 2 core MSE courses (8 credits). Every MSE MEng student must demonstrate competence (grade of C or above) in a first-year 500-level thermodynamics and solid-state physics, either through appropriate selection of the core courses or through prior coursework taken.

• 2 other structured MSE courses (8 credits). A structured mse course is any course with an ms designation as listed below.

• 1 structured Engineering Management Course (4 credits).

• 3 other courses (12 credits) can be engineering, science, or engineering management courses.

• A maximum of 3 engineering management courses (12 credits) can count toward the degree.

New Courses

MS 735 Computational Nanomechanics this course offers a detailed introduction to the computational techniques that are needed to study the mechanical behavior and properties of nanomaterials. specifically, the course focuses upon developing numerical discretizations to differential equations that govern the dynamics of nanomaterials, and that form the basis for modern molecular and multiscale modeling of nanomaterials. the course also focuses on the development of novel multiple scale, or atomistic-continuum coupling techniques that enable spatial and temporal resolution of nanomaterials at scales that are not achievable by single scale analyses alone.

MS/ME 781 Electroceramics this course will explore the structure property relationships and phenomena in ceramic materials used in electronic, dielectric, ferroelectric, magnetic, and electrochemical applications. In particular we will discover how to functionalize a component for a particular application— a capacitor, a thermistor, actuator, or a fuel cell. such a discovery process demands an in-depth understanding of the roles and interrelationships between the crystal structure, defect chemistry, microstructure, and texture in such materials. statistical thermodynamics and quantum mechanics principles will be used as and when necessary in the course. the course is intended to fit in the space and act as a bridge between solid state theory where the emphasis is largely on the theory and a ceramic materials course where the emphasis is largely on processing.

MS 925 Graduate Project materials students will explore a practical project in materials science and engineering, including but not limited to the areas of biomaterials, electronic and photonic materials, materials for energy and environment, or nanomaterials applications.



Graduate Courses tauGHt

Graduate studeNts masters students

LeGaL Name proGram adVIsor preVIous INstItutIoN

Alkhabbaz, mustafa ms Pal university of Leeds, uK

Ayrikyan, Azatuhi ms Basu Barnard College

Bailey, Katharine ms Basu Boston university

Chang, Jackson LeAP Phase I Gopalan Boston university

CLass tItLe INstruCtor FaLL 2010 sprING 2011

ms 503 Kinetic Processes in materials CoRe Basu X

ms 504 Polyners and soft materials CoRe Klapperich X

ms 505 thermodynamics and statistical mechanics CoRe evans X

ms 507 Process modelling and Control eLeCtIVe Gevelber X

ms 508 Computational methods in materials science CoRe Lin X

Be/me 521 Continuum mechanics eLeCtIVe Barbone X

ms/me 527 transport Phenomena in materials Process eLeCtIVe Gopalan X

PY 543 Introduction to solid state Physics CoRe Goldberg X

ms 545 electrochemistry of Fuel Cells and Batteries eLeCtIVe Pal X

ms 555 mems: Fabrication and materials eLeCtIVe Zhang X

eC 560 Intro to Photonics eLeCtIVe dal Negro/Altug X X

ms 573 solar energy systems eLeCtIVe mazumder X

ms 574 Physical semiconductor materials CoRe Bellotti X

eC 575 Physics of semiconductor devices eLeCtIVe Bellotti X

ms 577 elec., optical, magnetic Prop of materials CoRe moustakas X

eC 578 Fabrication tech for Integrated Circuits eLeCtIVe Kleptsyn X

me/eC 579 microelectronic device manufacturing eLeCtIVe Cole X

ms 726 Biomaterials and tissue engineering I eLeCtIVe mintzer/Brown X

ms 727 Biomaterials and tissue engineering II eLeCtIVe Abraham/Brown X

eC 771 Adv. semiconduct. dev. eLeCtIVe Bellotti X

eC 777 Nano-optics eLeCtIVe dal Negro X



masters students (continued)

Graduate studeNts (continued)


Compagnone, thomas LeAP Phase I Gopalan Pennsylvania state university

dynkin, Alexey LeAP Phase I Gopalan Boston university

Gruentzig, Alexander ms Klapperich/sharon Rhine Westphalian technical university

Henderson, Brooks LeAP Phase I Gopalan university of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Huang, Alfred ms Gopalan Boston university

Hwang, shou-Chia ms Gopalan National taiwan university

Jia, sijie ms Gopalan dongHua university

Jiang, Yihong ms Basu Wuhan Institute of technology

okamoto, michael LeAP Phase I Gopalan university of California at davis; Cornell university

Pang, Hokning ms Klapperich Wellesley College

Plavisch, Lauren B. ms Pal Wellesley College

Rhoads, mary ms Gopalan Clarkson university



phd students

LeGaL Name adVIsor researCH LaB/Group preVIous INstItutIoN

Aksu, serap Altug Laboratory of Integrated Nanophotonics & Biosensing systems (LINBs)

sabanci universitesi

Botelho, Andre Lin materials theory Group Boston university

davis, Jacob Basu High temperature oxidation Laboratory suNY at Buffalo

erdem, Gozde Ludwig materials X-Ray diffraction Laboratory sabanci universitesi

eriksen, Ryan Gopalan Green manufacturing Laboratory Boston university

Gratz, eric Pal/Gopalan High-temperature Chemical and electrochemical Processing of materials Laboratory

university of Washington

Guan, Xiaofei Pal High-temperature Chemical and electrochemical Processing of materials Laboratory

Nankai university


tasdirek, Gultekin ms unlu uludag university

tu, Wenjie ms Basu Nanjing university

Wang, Chih-Lun ms Pal Feng Chia university, Chang Gung university

Wood, michael, G ms Basu syracuse university

masters students (continued)



LeGaL Name adVIsor researCH LaB/Group preVIous INstItutIoN

Katevatis, Constantinos Klapperich Cell and tissue mechanics Laboratory Boston university

Li, Ranxing tsui tsui Group dongHua university

Lu, Qing straub straub Group Nankai university

mertiri, Alket erramilli Femtospec Laboratory Boston university

miara, Lincoln Gopalan Green manufacturing Laboratory mcGill university

moldawer, Adam moustakas Wide Bandgap semiconductor Laboratory Boston university

shin, Yongwoo Lin materials theory Group Ball state university, Kyung Hee university (Korea)

topping, stephen sarin surface modification Laboratory Boston university

trevino, Jacob dal Negro ultrafast Nanostructure optics (uNo) Laboratory

Case Western Reserve university, susquehanna university

Xu, Jiapeng Basu High temperature oxidation Laboratory the ohio state university

Yurt, Abdulkadir unlu optical Characterization & Nanophotonics Laboratory (oCN)

sabanci universitesi

Zhang, Wei moustakas Wide Bandgap semiconductor Laboratory university of science and technology of China (Hefei)

phd students (continued)


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ReseARchMse faculty have primary appointments in the college of engineering (cOe) Department of Biomedical

engineering, the Department of electrical and computer engineering, and the Department of Mechanical

engineering, the college of arts and sciences (cas) Department of chemistry and the Department of

Physics, and the Goldman school of Dental Medicine (GsDM).

• BiOMateRials, including drug delivery, tissue engineering, design of biomolecules/biopolymers, biosensors, mechanics of biomaterials, and laser spectroscopy

• electROnic anD PhOtOnic MateRials, including III-V nitrides, solid state lighting, carbon nanotubes, si-nanophotonics, fiber optic sensors, quantum dots, and computational modeling

• MateRials fOR eneRGy anD the enviROnMent, including clean energy conversion, hydrogen generation and storage, fuel cells, green manufacturing, and biofuels

• nanOMateRials, including coatings, composite materials, photo-acoustic microscopy, nanoscale materials, and multi-scale modeling.

Mse faculty conduct research in four primary areas:

• NewResearchAimstoReduceDefectsinShrinkingIntegrated circuit elements

• LeadingEdgeDNASequencingMethodNetsMajorNIHGrantledbyProfessorMeller

• NovelBiosensorCouldEnableRapid,Point-of-Care VirusDetection

• ProfessorMoustakasAwarded$1.5MilliontoDevelopHandheldUVLaser

• MechanicalEngineersFashionImplantableSilkBiosensors

• ProfessorMoustakasWinsThin-FilmTechnologyAward

Read about exciting research in Mse in the following pages

Boston UniversityCollegeofEngineering|DivisionofMaterialsScience&Engineering

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tOwaRD a fasteR, BetteR, sMalleR chiP

ByMarkDwortzan

IstherealimittohowmuchdatayoucanfitinyouriPod?Theanswermaylieatthenanoscale.Overthepastdecade,asPCsandotherconsumerelectronicdeviceshavepackedmoreandmore information into faster, higher-density chips, the feature sizeusedinsemiconductorintegratedcircuit(IC)fabricationhasshrunkfrom180to45nanometers—andtheindustrynowhasitssightsonreducingthatfigureto11nanometers.ThesetinyfeaturesizesaremakingICsimpossibletoinspectandanalyzewithconventionalopticalimagingmethods,challengingresearchersandworryingmanufacturerswhoaimtodeliverchips free of processing faults and circuit defects.

Totacklethisproblem,theIntelligenceAdvancedResearchProjectsActivity(IARPA)recentlyawardedtwograntstotaling$5.3milliontoaninterdisciplinaryresearchteamfromBostonUniversity—ProfessorBennett GOlDBeRG (Physics,ECE,MSE),ProfessorseliM ÜnlÜ (ECE,MSE),AssociateProfessorJeromeMertz(BME)andProfessorThomasBifano(ME)—alongwithanindustrialpartner,DCGSystems,Inc.ofCalifornia—theleadingICdiagnosticscompany.Theteamplanstospendthenext four years applying novel imaging approaches to pinpoint and resolve defects on next generation Ics.

imaging smaller and smaller featuresTheeffortwillbuildonastate-of-the-artsubsurfacemicroscopytechnique developed since 2000 by Ünlü, Goldberg and their students,whichusesasphericalmicrolenstoboosttheopticalresolutionofimagestakenofthetransistorsattheheartofintegratedcircuits.Withlaboratorydatademonstratingimagingofa45-nanometercircuitnode,theresearchersarenowworkingon further improvements to accommodate the semiconductor industry’squestforsmallerandsmallerfeaturesizes.

TheirgoalistoenableICimagingandfaultisolationin22-nanometer(nm)technologiesandin11-nmtechnologies,improveimagingresolutionbyafactorofmorethanthree(from250nmto80nm)andapplythetechnologytoastate-of-the-artfailureanalysislabtooldevelopedbyDCGSystems.

“EachstepinthedevelopmentofnewICchipsrequiresnewanalysis tools, and potential delays due to unexpected faults can beverycostly,withminutesmeasuredinthousandsofdollars,”saidÜnlü.“Progressinthisareawillleadnotonlytomorecost-effective chip development, but also to better, faster and more efficient automotive, medical and other potentially lifesaving devicesthatdependonreliableintegratedcircuits.”

incorporating novel Photonic technologiesToinspectandanalyzeanintegratedcircuit,engineersfocuslaserlighttoapointcomparabletothesmallestfeaturesizeandmeasurethe reflected signal or monitor the electrical response. In some cases they also collect time bursts of light from the transistor as itswitchesfrom“on”to“off.”Sincetopinspectionispreventedbythedensemetallicmultilayerstructure,backsideimagingthroughthe silicon substrate is necessary. Ünlü and Goldberg’s unique microlens technology enables imaging at a much higher resolution than conventional microscopy methods provide.

Toadvancebacksideopticalimagingtothe11-nanometernode,theteamwillutilizemicromirrorsbuiltbyBifano,andbeamandpolarizationshapingtechniquespioneeredbyMertztoachievethetiniestfocalspot—andtesttheseadvancesusingalaservoltageimagingsystem.Byfocusingalaserbeamonatiny transistor and monitoring the resulting free carrier changes duetotransistorswitching,thissysteminterrogatesthelocalfunctionalityofthecircuitsatthetransistorlevel.Toconductthesetests,theBUteamwillworkwithDCGSystems,amajorsupplier of debug, failure analysis and circuit edit equipment to thesemiconductorindustryfor23years.

“Ourresearchgrouphasbeenattheforefrontofhigh-resolutionsubsurfacemicroscopyutilizingsolidimmersiontechniques,”saidGoldberg.“Thisisanexcitingopportunitytogobeyondthetraditionallimits,utilizingnewmethodswithBifanoandMertzthatwehopewillprovideimagingresolutiontoenablediagnosticsandanalysisof11-nanometercircuitfeatures.Ofcourse,newscience and technology in one field can often lead to advances elsewhere,soweareactivelylookingtoapplysuchhigh-resolutiontechniquestobiologyandpotentiallymedicaldevices.”

Research highlights

new Research aims to Reduce Defects in shrinking integrated circuit elements

Professor Bennett Goldberg (Physics, ECE, MSE)

Professor Selim Ünlü (ECE, MSE)


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leaDinG eDGe Dna seqUencinG MethOD nets MajOR nih GRantByMarkDwortzan

Low-cost,ultra-fastDNAsequencingwouldrevolutionizehealthcareandbiomedicalresearch,andsparkmajoradvancesindrugdevelopment,preventativemedicineandpersonalizedmedicine.Bygainingaccesstotheentiresequenceofapatient’sgenome, a physician could determine the probability of that patient’s developing a specific genetic disease.

BME/MSEProfessoraMit MelleR is advancing an ultra-fast, low-costDNAsequencingmethodthatuseselectricallybasednanoscalesensorswithopticalreadout.

Inpursuitofthatgoal,ateamofresearchersfromBostonUniversity’sCollegeofEngineeringandtheUniversityofMassachusettsMedicalSchoolinWorcesterhaveobtainedanearly$4.2million,four-yeargrantfromtheNationalInstitutesofHealthtorefineitsnanoscale,low-cost,ultra-fastDNAsequencingmethod.Developedinthepastfouryearsonaninitial,$2.2millionNIHgrantandledbyProfessorAmitMeller(BME/MSE),theprojectisoneof10toreceivefundingfromtheNIHNationalHumanGenomeResearchInstitute(NHGRI)thisyearunderits“RevolutionarySequencingTechnologyDevelopment—$1,000Genome”program.ThenewNHGRIawardswereannouncedthisweek.

Sinceitsfoundingin2004,the$1,000Genomeprogramhasproduced innovations that have reduced the cost of genome sequencingfrom$10millionto$20,000,andcutthetimeneededtocompletetheprocessfromthreeorfourmonthstoaweek.Butreachingthe$1,000markwillrequirecreative,unprecedentedapproaches.

Towardthatend,Mellerandhisteamhavedemonstratedthefirstuseofsolidstatenanopores—four-nanometer-wideholesinsiliconchipsthatreadDNAstrandsastheypassthrough—toopticallysequencethefournucleotidesthatencodeeachDNAmolecule.DescribedintheMay12onlineeditionofNanoLetters,theirnovel,highlyefficient,optically-basedmethodtodetectsingleDNAmoleculesinnanoporescouldsignificantlyreducethecostofDNAsequencingandthetimerequired to sequence a complete human genome.

“Wearethefirsttoemployopticaldetection from individual nanopores, andthisallowsustoprobemultiplepores simultaneously using a single high-speedCCDcamera,”saidMeller,referringtothecharge-coupled devices that science and medical researchers use to obtain high quality images. “As a result, ourmethodcanbescaledupvastly,ultimatelyallowingustoprobethousandsofnanoporesandobtainunprecedentedDNAsequencingthroughput.”

CombiningopticaldetectioncapabilitywiththeabilitytoanalyzeextremelylongDNAmoleculeswithsuperiorsensitivity(whichMeller’sgroupdemonstratedinanearlierNatureNanotechnologypaper),theteam’ssolidstatenanoporesareuniquelypositionedtocompetewithcurrent,third-generationDNAsequencingmethodsforcost,speedandaccuracy.Unlikethoseapproaches,thenewnanoporemethoddoesnotrelyonenzymeswhoseactivitylimitstherateatwhichDNAsequencescanberead;instead,readoutspeed is restricted only by current optical detection limits.

“Thisputsusintheuniqueadvantageouspositionofbeingabletoclaim that our sequencing method is as fast as the rapidly evolving CCD/CMOStechnologies,”saidMeller.“Wecurrentlyhavethecapabilityofreadingoutabout100basespersecond,whichis already much faster than other commercial third generation methods.Thisisonlythestartingpointforus,andweexpecttosignificantlyincreasethisrateinthenextyear.”

LicensingintellectualpropertyfromBostonUniversityandHarvardUniversity,MellerandhiscollaboratorsfoundedNobleGenBioscienceslastFebruarytodevelopandcommercializenanoporesequencingbasedonthenewmethod.“Giventheaggressiveresearchanddevelopmenteffortthat’snowunderway,IestimatethatitwilltakelessthanfiveyearstobringahighlycompetitiveandcheapDNAsequencingtothemedicalmarketplace”saidMeller.

nOvel BiOsensOR cOUlD enaBle RaPiD, POint-Of-caRe viRUs DetectiOn

ByMarkDwortzan

FrombirdflutoH1N1,outbreaksoffast-spreadingviraldiseasesinrecentyearshavesparkedconcernofpandemicssimilartothe1918Spanishfluthatcausedmorethan50milliondeaths.Asignificantfractionoftoday’sviralthreatsarevirusesthatuseRNAto replicate and often produce symptoms that are not virus-specific, makingthemdifficulttodiagnose.Amongthemarehemorrhagicfeverviruses,suchasEbolaandMarburg,whichcouldbeusedas

bio-warfareagents.CriticaltoidentifyingandcontainingfutureepidemicsofRNA-basedvirusesisthedevelopmentofrapid,sensitive diagnostic techniques that healthcare providers can quicklydeployatmultiplesites.

TraditionalvirusdiagnostictoolssuchasELISAandpolymerasechainreaction(PCR)remainstrongdiagnosticoptions,butthey

Platform could help contain fast-spreading viruses and Bioterror agents


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Assistant Professor Hatice Altug (ECE, MSE)

require significant infrastructure andsamplepreparationtime.NowateamofresearchersledbyBostonUniversity Assistant Professors hatice altUG(ECE/MSE)andJohnConnor(Microbiology,BUSM)hasintroducedanovel biosensor that directly detects live virusesfrombiologicalmediawithlittleto no sample preparation.

PartlyfundedthroughtheBostonUniversity Photonics center and the U.S.ArmyResearchLaboratory(ARL),andworkingincollaborationwiththe

U.S.ArmyMedicalResearchInstituteforInfectiousDiseases,theteam has demonstrated reliable detection of hemorrhagic fever virussurrogates(i.e.fortheEbolavirus)andpoxviruses(suchasmonkeypoxorsmallpox)inordinarybiologicallaboratorysettings.TheresearchersreportonthisbreakthroughintheNovember5onlineeditionofNanoLetters.

“Ourplatformcanbeeasilyadaptedforpoint-of-carediagnosticstodetect a broad range of viral pathogens in resource-limited clinical settingsatthefarcornersoftheworld,indefenseandhomelandsecurityapplicationsaswellasinciviliansettingssuchasairports,”saidAltug.“Byenablingultra-portableandfastdetection,ourtechnology can directly impact the course of our reaction against bio-terrorism threats and dramatically improve our capability to confineviraloutbreaks.”

Connornotedanadditional,significantadvantageofthenewtechnology.“Itwillberelativelyeasytodevelopadiagnosticdevice

thatsimultaneouslytestsforseveraldifferentviruses,”heobserved.“Thiscouldbeextremelyhelpfulinprovidingtheproperdiagnosis.”

Thenewbiosensoristhefirsttodetectintactvirusesbyexploitingplasmonicnanoholearrays(PNAs),orarraysofapertureswithdiametersofabout250to350nanometersonmetallicfilms,thattransmitlightmorestronglyatcertainwavelengths.Whenalivevirus in a sample solution, such as blood or serum, binds to the sensor surface, the effective refractive index in the close vicinity of the sensor changes, causing a detectable shift in the resonance frequencyofthelighttransmittedthroughthenanoholes.Themagnitude of that shift reveals the presence and the concentration of the virus in the solution.

“UnlikePCRandELISAapproaches,ourmethoddoesnotrequireenzymaticamplificationofasignalorfluorescenttaggingofaproduct,sosamplescanbereadimmediatelyfollowingpathogenbinding,”saidAltug.AhmetYanik,Altug’sresearchassociate,whoconductedtheexperiments,added,“Ourplatformcandetectnotonlythepresenceoftheintactvirusesintheanalyzedsamples,butalsoindicatetheintensityoftheinfectionprocess.”

Theresearchersarenowworkingonahighlyportableversionoftheir biosensor platform using microfluidic technology designed foruseinthefieldwithminimalhumaninterference.TheyplantosubjecttheplatformtoinitialtestsonsamplescontainingEbola,MarburgandotherhemorrhagicfevervirusesintheU.S.,followedbyadditionaltestsinresource-limitedcountriesinAfricawhereoutbreaksofhemorrhagicfeveroccur.

nOvel BiOsensOR cOUlD enaBle RaPiD, POint-Of-caRe viRUs DetectiOn (continued)

MOUstakas awaRDeD $1.5 MilliOn tO DevelOP hanDhelD Uv laseR

ByMarkDwortzan

PROfessOR theODORe MOUstakas(ECE/MSE/Physics)hasreceiveda$1.5million,two-yearsubcontractfromtheDefenseAdvancedResearchProjectsAgencytohelpdevelopahandheld,electron-beampumpedsemiconductorlaserthatwouldbethefirsttooperatewithintheultravioletregionoftheelectromagneticspectrum.

Becauseofitsultra-lowemissionwavelengthandcompactsize,suchalasercouldbeexploitedforawiderangeofdefenseand commercial applications, including non-line-of-sight communication in dense urban areas and other military theaters, viaairborneparticulatesthatpropagatethesignal;identificationof biological and chemical substances used in potential terror attacks;andpoint-of-carechemicalanalysesofbloodandotherbodily fluids.

Professor Theodore Moustakas (ECE, MSE, Physics) inspecting the growth of nitride-based semiconductor materials.


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MOUSTAKAS AWARDED $1.5 MILLION TO DEVELOP HANDHELD UV LASER (continued)

To develop this unprecedented laser technology, Moustakas and two co-investigators, Associate Professor ROBERTO PAIELLA (ECE/MSE) and Associate Professor LUCA DAL NEGRO (ECE/MSE) will fabricate UV laser materials and component devices; Applied Physics Technologies and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory will design miniature electron guns to pump the laser, and Photon Systems, Inc., the prime contractor, will integrate everything into a prototype sized below one cubic inch.

“We plan to make a laser structure that, when bombarded with an electron beam, produces pairs of electrons and holes (positively charged particles), which recombine and produce the UV light” said Moustakas. “DARPA chose us because we have produced aluminum gallium nitride alloys in which up to 68 percent of those electron/hole pairs are converted into light, a conversion efficiency of about 1,000 times that of materials produced by other research groups.”

Using an atom-by-atom assembly technique called molecular beam epitaxy, the ECE research team will produce the core

laser material, aluminum gallium nitride, and then construct component devices from multiple layers of the material. The researchers will evaluate the materials by directing electron beams at them in the lab.

In parallel with this project, Moustakas is working on a separate grant from NASA to develop a similar laser to perform chemical analyses of soil samples on future Mars expeditions. He is also advancing visible and ultraviolet LEDs and lasers for solid-state white lighting, water and air sterilization, and identification of biological and chemical agents; and indium gallium nitride “quantum dots” that boost solar cell efficiency.

Selected for the 2011 Distinguished Scholar Award, Moustakas will present the lecture “Nitride Semiconductors and their Applications to Solid State Lighting and Water/Air Purification” on March 3 at 3 p.m. in the Trustees’ Ballroom at One Silber Way. The event is free and open to the College of Engineering community.

MECHANICAL ENGINEERS FASHION IMPLANTABLE SILK BIOSENSORS

By Mark Dwortzan

Photonics engineers use light to excite the bonds that connect atoms within molecules, causing them to vibrate at a specific resonant frequency. Using spectroscopy techniques to examine what frequencies of light are absorbed by a material, they can determine what kind of bonds it contains, and thus identify the material. In recent years engineers have designed artificially structured materials, or metamaterials, that produce strong resonance frequency responses in the terahertz (1012 Hz) range—distinct responses that can “fingerprint” many biological and chemical agents.

Now a research team from Boston University and Tufts University has found a novel way to turn these electromagnetic metamaterials into implantable sensors and detectors made of tough but biodegradable silk. Incurring no harm on the human body and optically transparent, such devices may ultimately be used to identify toxins in the bloodstream or monitor drug delivery rates or tumor growth in real time.

Drawing on the expertise of three co-principal investigators—Professors XIN ZHANG (ME/MSE), RICHARD D. AVERITT (Physics/MSE) and Fiorenzo G. Omenetto (Tufts Department of Biomedical Engineering), the team has devised a new, simple method to spray electromagnetic metamaterials onto silk substrates, thus enabling them to be implanted in the body. The researchers describe their achievement in the August 24 edition of Advanced Materials.

In collaboration with Averitt, an expert in terahertz frequency phenomena, and Omenetto, who introduced silk materials to photonics-based sensor detectors, Zhang and her former graduate student Hu “Tiger” Tao (ME, PhD’10) engineered a unique micro and nanoscale fabrication technology to spray 100-nanometer-thick, split-ring-shaped, metamaterial elements onto freestanding, biocompatible silk substrates. When the researchers implanted the metamaterial silk composite into pig muscle tissue in a series of experiments, they easily detected the transmission of terahertz radiation through the material.

“The resonant response, which emerges from oscillating electrons in highly conductive metals, such as gold in the metamaterial we used, shows that these implantable devices could be used to detect the presence of biological and chemical agents in the body,” said Zhang.

Potential next steps include pre-treating the silk with chemicals that are transformed in the presence of a disease, and then using the metamaterial as a biosensor for the disease; and expanding the new method to other frequency domains in the electromagnetic spectrum to enable additional sensing applications. The research was partially funded by the National Science Foundation, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Army Research Laboaratory, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

Featured on the inside front cover of the August 24 edition of Advanced Materials, this image shows a metamaterial structure patterned directly onto a 2 cm x 2 cm freestanding silk film placed on a bed of natural silk threads.


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PROfessOR theODORe MOUstakas wins thin-filM technOlOGy awaRDByMarkDwortzan

TheNorthAmericaMBEAdvisoryBoardhasselectedProfessortheODORe MOUstakas(ECE/MSE/Physics)asthewinnerofits2010MBEInnovatorAward.MBEstandsformolecular beam epitaxy, a versatile andadvancedthin-filmgrowthtechniqueusedtomakehigh-precision,pure compound semiconductor materials.Thetechniquelayersthesematerials one on top of the other to form transistors, lasers and other

semiconductor devices used in fiber-optic, cellular, satellite and other applications.

TheawardrecognizesMoustakas’pioneeringcontributionsinthedevelopmentofMBEgrowthofnitridesemiconductorsandinthedevelopmentofMBE-basedoptoelectronicdevices.He’llreceivea$3,000checkfromVeecoInstrumentsInc.andaplaquefromtheNorthAmericaMBEAdvisoryBoardattheannualNAMBEConferencebanquetinBreckenridge,ColoradoonSeptember28.

“I am particularly excited that the scientific community has recognizedmygroup’scontributionsinthedevelopmentofthenewfamilyofnitridesemiconductors,”saidMoustakas. “Researchersinbothacademiaandindustryarenowinvestigatingthesematerialsbecauseoftheirmanypotentialapplications.”

AsMoustakasdescribesit,molecularbeamepitaxyisamethodof producing materials in the form of thin films, one that involves the reaction of beams of the constituent atoms on the top of a substrate, held at high temperatures in an ultra-high vacuumchamber.Theultra-highvacuumenvironmentenablesresearchers to study the crystal structure and properties of the

growingfilminrealtime,makingMBEanidealmethodfortheinvestigationanddevelopmentofnewmaterials.

Thefamilyofnitridesemiconductors,whichincludesgalliumnitride, aluminum nitride, indium nitride and their alloys, wasdiscoveredin1970atRCALaboratoriesinanefforttodeveloplightemittingdiodes(LEDs)intheblueregionoftheelectromagneticspectrum.MoustakasstartedinvestigatingthisfamilyofsemiconductorswhenhejoinedBostonUniversityin1987,andemployedtheMBEmethodfortheirgrowthbecausethemethodissuitableforthestudyofnewmaterials.Asaresult,he has since made several discoveries in both fundamental materials physics and device development.

Infundamentalmaterialsphysics,Moustakas’group’sbreakthroughsincludethefirstdevelopmentofthenucleationprocessesrequiredtogrownitridesemiconductorsonforeign,or non-nitride substrates. Intellectual property related to these processeswaslicensedtomajormanufacturersofblueLEDsandblue lasers. In device development, the group has achieved many firsts,includingthediscoveryofhowtoformmetalcontactstogallium nitride, a process required to fabricate any devices based onthesemiconductor;thegrowthofthefirstblueLEDbyMBE;andthedevelopmentofhighlyefficient,deepultravioletLEDs.

“Thesediscoveriesaidedintheoveralldevelopmentofthisclassofsemiconductors,”saidMoustakas.“Forexample,blue-greenLEDsarecurrentlyusedformanyapplicationsincludingfull-color outdoor displays, outdoor and automotive lighting, trafficlights,backlightingofdisplaysandgeneralillumination—includingthereplacementofexistinglightsourceswithLEDswithsignificanteconomicandenvironmentalbenefits.Bluelasersareusedextensivelyforinformationstorage,andUVLEDsare expected to find a number of germicidal applications such as waterpurificationandairandsurfacesterilization.”

Prof. Theodore Moustakas (ECE, MSE, Physics)

Mse PROfessORs key tO BRinGinG new BeaMlines tO BROOkhaven natiOnal laBORatORyBrookhavenNationalLaboratoryonLongIslandisbuildinganewsynchrotronx-raysource–theNationalSynchrotronLightSource-II(NSLS-II).TheNSLS-IIwillbeoneofthemostpowerfulsynchrotronx-rayfacilitiesintheworldwhenitcomesonlinein2014.Itwillfeaturesignificantlyenhancedx-raybrillianceleading,forexample,tofocusedx-raybeamsinthe10nmsizerangeaswellasimprovedcoherence.

As part of the process of determining the experimental capabilitiesattheNSLS-II,Brookhavenmanagementdefined6initial“project”beamlinesandopenedup6additionalbeamlineslots to a competitive proposal process. kevin sMith(MSE,Physics)and kaRl lUDwiG(MSE,Physics)separatelyledproposaleffortstodevelopnewbeamlines,eachwith10-20collaboratorsfromaroundthecountry.Thispastyearitwasannouncedthattheirproposalshavebeenchosenfor2ofthe6available beamline slots.

KevinSmithisSpokespersonfortheSoftInelasticX-rayScattering(SIX)beamline.Itwillgiveunprecedentedresolutionforstudiesofawiderangeofmaterialsincludingcorrelatedelectronsystemsandorganicelectronicmaterials.KarlLudwigisthespokespersonfortheIn-SituandResonantHardX-ray(ISR)beamline.Itwillfocusonin-situinvestigationsofmaterialsinextremeenvironments(e.g.highmagneticfields)andofmaterialsprocessessuchasthinfilmgrowth.

Eachbeamlinewillrepresentaninitialinvestmentofapproximately$10MbytheDepartmentofEnergy.While noneofthatmoneywillcomedirectlytoBU,ourleadingroleinthebeamlinedefinitionandconstructionwillcertainlygiveBostonUniversitysignificantlyenhancedvisibilityinthesefieldsandultimatelyleadtouniquenewresearchopportunitiesfor our students.


32 | RESEARCH

EXTERNAL RESEARCH FUNDINGThe following table shows the new, continuing, and supplemental grants awarded over the 2011 fiscal year. The funding level of all Participating Faculty is approximately $28.9 M.

AFFILIATION PI TITLE OF PROJECT AGENCY TYPE START DATE END DATE AWARD

COE, ECE Altug Development of Multiplexed,

Ultra-Sensitive, Label-Free and

Rapid Biosensing Technologies

for Proteomics and Virus

Detection Applications

Commonwealth of

Massachusetts

Continuing 9/1/08 8/31/11 $93,325

COE, ECE Altug High-Performance

NanoPlasmonic Sensors for

Biological Warfare Detection

Department of

Defense

Continuing 5/1/10 4/30/13 $42,082

COE, ECE Altug CAREER: Nano-Plasmonic

Resonances for Bio-Detection

Systems

NSF Continuing 2/15/10 1/31/15 $399,869

COE, ECE Altug, Swan,

Smith,

Andersson,

Porter

NUE: Undergraduate Laboratory

Experiences in Nanotechnology

Devices and Systems (U-LENS)

NSF Continuing 9/1/09 8/31/11 $200,000

COE, ECE Little, Altug,

Ünlü

NSF Engineering Research

Center for Smart Lighting -

Administration

National Science

Foundation

Continuing 9/1/08 8/31/11 $678,000

CAS, Physics Averitt, Zhang,

X.

Photonics Research and

Technology Insertion - Active

Metamaterial Based Terahertz

Polarimeter for Spectroscopic

Detection of Chemical and

Biological Hazards (Topic R)

Department of

Defense

New 8/1/10 6/30/11 $198,100

CAS, Physics Bansil Phase Transition and Dynamics

of Block Copolymers in Selective

Solvents (REU Supplement)

NSF Continuing 5/15/08 4/30/12 $6,650

COE, ME Basu EBC/TBC Coating System for

Si-Based Ceramic Components

for Improved Gas Turbine

Performance and Lifetimes

(Subcontract via Plasma

Technology, Inc.)

NSF Continuing 7/1/09 12/31/10 $80,000

COE, ECE Bellotti Theoretical Investigation of

Optoelectronic Devices Based on

the ZnO Material System

NSF Continuing 6/1/09 5/31/12 $311,360

COE, ECE Bellotti Photon-Trap Structures for

Quantum Advanced Detectors

(PT-SQUAD)

DOD Continuing 8/18/09 9/30/11 $85,158


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affiliatiOn Pi title Of PROject aGency tyPe staRt Date enD Date awaRD

COE,ECE DalNegro combined light and carrier

localizationinhigh-refractive

index silicon nanocrystals

structures: a novel approach for

silicon-based lasers

NSFCareerAward continuing 2/1/09 1/31/14 $402,929

COE,ECE DalNegro DeterministicAperiodic

StructuresforOn-Chip

Nanophotonicsand

NanoplasmonicsDevice

Applications

AFOSR continuing 9/1/09 8/31/12 $480,000

COE,ECE DalNegro,

Bellotti

1.54mmopticalgaininsilicon

and Ge-based structures for

optical amplification and

electrically pumped lasers

AirForceDURIP New 4/15/10 4/14/11 $238,000

COE,ECE DalNegro engineering structural colors in

metal films

APIc/Photonic

corp.

continuing 1/6/04 6/30/12 $150,000

COE,ECE DalNegro OpticalFoodSensing AireForce New 3/1/10 2/28/11 $100,000

cAs,

chemistry

Doerrer synthesis and Reactivity of

FluorinatedHighOxidationState

complexes chemistry

NSF continuing 8/1/09 7/31/12 $435,000

cAs,

chemistry

Doerrer Magnetic,Sub-PoreScaleMetal

OxideParticlesforEnhanced

MagneticResonanceandOptical

CharacterizationofRockPore

StructureandFluidComposition

inReservoirRock

Advanced energy

consortium

continuing 3/1/09 7/31/11 $200,145

cAs,

chemistry

Doerrer EMT/NANO:SingleAtom

WideWireswithInsulation

-NewParadigmforBallistic

Transport(inconjunctionwith

CenterforNanoscienceand

Nanobiotechnology)

NSF continuing 9/1/08 8/31/11 $250,000

cAs,

chemistry

Doerrer EMT/NANO:SingleAtom

WideWireswithInsulation

-NewParadigmforBallistic

Transport(REUSupplement)

(inconjunctionwithCenter

forNanoscienceand

Nanobiotechnology)

NSF continuing 6/1/09 8/31/11 $7,500

COE,ME Ekinci cAReeR: Photonic Integration of

SiliconNanoelectromechanical

Systems(inconjunctionwith


Nanobiotechnology)

NSF continuing 3/1/07 2/28/12 $85,295

COE,ME Ekinci,Yakhot High-FrequencyNanofluidics

ofBio-NEMS:Theoryand

experiments

NSF continuing 6/15/08 5/31/11 $240,000


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EXTERNAL RESEARCH FUNDING (continued)


COE, ME Ekinci Tailor-made Superhydrophobic

Surfaces for MEMS and NEMS

NSF New 5/1/2010 4/30/2013 $280,000

COE, BME Evans Dynamic Strengths of Leukocyte

Adhesion Bonds

Department

of Health and

Human Services

Continuing 12/1/10 11/30/11 $346,550

COE, ME Gevelber Real-Time Control for

Engineering Electrospun

Nanofiber Diameter

Distributions for Advanced

Applications (in conjunction

with Center for Information and

Systems Engineering)

NSF Continuing 9/1/08 8/31/11 $224,100

CAS, Physics Goldberg,

Ruoff, R.; Swan,

A.K.

Graphene Membranes as Micro-

and Nano-Pressure Sensors

Advanced Energy

Consortium

Continuing 1/1/09 12/31/11 $123,000


Meller, Derosa

PROSTARS: PROgrams in STEM

Academic Retention and Success

NSF Continuing 1/1/06 12/31/11 $243,407


Stanley

GK12 Track II: BU Urban Fellows

Project

NSF Continuing 6/1/06 5/31/12 $245,874


Shane

Upward Bound Math Science Deparrtment of

Education

Continuing 6/1/07 5/31/12 $232,000


Unlu, DeLisi,

Iran

High throughput quantification

of conformation and kinetics of

DNA-protein complexes

NSF Continuing 9/1/09 8/31/12 $68,000


Stevens

Inquiring Minds: A professional

learning community devoted to

increasing STEM awareness

Mass. Board of

Higher Education:

STEM Pipeline

Fund

Continuing 4/1/08 6/30/11 $105,000

CAS, Physics Goldberg, Unlu IAPRA-Next generation Solid

Immersion Microscopy for Fault

Isolation in Back-Side Analysis

Intelligence

Advanced

Projects Research

Administration

New 11/11/10 11/9/14 $1,750,156

CAS, Physics Goldberg, Unlu IAPRA-Logic Analysis Tool Intelligence

Advanced

Projects Research

Administration

New 4/1/10 3/31/14 $261,006


Stevens

Immersion in Green Energy Bechtel

Foundation

New 6/1/11 5/31/12 $100,000

COE, ME Gopalan,

Ludwig, Basu,

Pal, Smith

Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Cathodes:

Unraveling the Relationship

Between Oxygen Reduction,

Structure, and Surface Chemistr

DOE- SECA Continuing 9/1/08 9/30/11 $450,000

COE, ECE Gopalan, Lin Stable Potentiometric Sensors

for Ce(III), Ce(IV) and Gd(III)

Ions in Acidic Media

DOE Continuing 11/17/10 9/30/11 $120,000


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cAs,

chemistry

Grinstaff SynthesisandCharacterization

of expansile Rolymeric

NanoparticlesforDrugDelivery

NSF continuing 7/15/10 6/30/11 $139,999

cAs,

chemistry

Grinstaff SupramolecularIonicNetworks:

synthesis, Rheology, and

Modeling

NSF continuing 9/1/10 8/31/13 $510,000

cAs,

chemistry

Grinstaff Multi-CompartmentCarriersfor

FightingInflammation

engineering and

Physical sciences

Research council/

United Kingdom

continuing 6/1/10 12/31/11 $82,757

cAs,

chemistry

Grinstaff DownholeLi-ionBatteriesBased

onNetworkIonicLiquids

Advanced energy

consortium

continuing 3/1/09 12/31/11 $300,518

cAs,

chemistry

Grinstaff synthesis and evalution of

AntibacterialAnionicDendritic

Amphiphiles(NRSA)

HHS/NIH/NIGMS New 5/1/11 4/30/12 $45,590

cAs,

chemistry

Grinstaff BacteriophobicCoatings

for Inhibition of Pathogenic

Biofilms(inconjunctionwith


Nanobiotechnology)

HHS/NIH/NIAMS continuing 4/1/11 3/31/12 $523,159

COE,ME/

BME

Klapperich DisposableMicrofluidicDevices

forPointofCareDiagnostics

DHHS continuing 7/1/09 6/30/11 $262,625

COE,ME/

BME

Klapperich MicrochiptoDetectInfluenza

InfectionandTypein

NasopharyngealSwabs

DHHS continuing 9/1/09 6/30/11 $346,582

COE,ME/

BME

Klapperich MicrochiptoDetect

InfluenzaInfectionandType

inNasopharyngealSwabs

(AdministrativeSupplement)

DHHS continuing 9/1/09 8/31/11 $85,004

COE,ME/

BME

Klapperich Microsolidphaseextraction

moduledevelopmentforEO-

NATHIVrapidpoint-of-care

diagnostic device for resource-

limited settings

Wave80

Biosciences

continuing 9/30/09 9/29/11 $250,617

COE,ME/

BME

Klapperich BacterialDrugSusceptibility

Identification by surface

EnhancedRamanMicroscopy

Department

of health and

human services

New 7/1/10 6/30/11 $162,500

COE,ME/

BME

Klapperich A microfluidic system for

monitoring sepsis at the point

of care

MGH continuing 12/16/09 9/30/10 $140,000

COE,ME/

BME

Klapperich,

sharon

PortableLowPowerNucleicAcid

ExtractionModule

DHHS continuing 9/1/09 8/31/11 $109,660

COE,ME Lin ConjugatedPolymerSolvent

Affinity and Ion-solvent channel

Design(SubcontractviaMIT)

HondaR&D

CompanyLimited

continuing 1/1/09 3/19/11 $365,099

cAs, Physics Ludwig Real-TimeX-rayStudiesof

SurfaceandThin-FilmProcesses

DOE continuing 2/15/09 10/31/12 $480,000


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EXTERNAL RESEARCH FUNDING (continued)


CAS, Physics Ludwig Self-Organized Nanostructure

Growth During Ion Bombardment

NSF-DMR Continuing 7/1/10 6/30/13 $299,000

CAS, Physics Ludwig, Basu MRI-R2: Development of a

System for Real-Time X-Ray

Scattering Analysis of Complex

Oxide Thin Film Growth

NSF Continuing 3/1/10 2/28/12 $48,510

COE, BME Meller High Throughput DNA

Sequencing Using Design

Polymers and Nanopore Arrays

DHHS Continuing 9/1/07 8/31/11 $931,269

COE, BME Meller Development and Evaluation of

Composite Solid State/Protein

Nanopores for High-Throughput

Applications (in conjunction

with Center for Nanoscience and

Nanobiotechnology)

Oxford Nanopore

Technologies, LTD

(United Kingdom)

Continuing 3/1/09 2/28/11 $429,284

COE, BME Meller Electronic Recognition of Gene

Regulatory Proteins Bound

to DNA (in conjunction with

Center for Nanoscience and

Nanobiotechnology)

NSF Continuing 8/1/09 7/31/10 $195,000

COE, BME Meller,

Klapperich

Single Molecule Sequencing

by Nanopore Induced Proton

Emission (SM-SNIPE)

DHHS New 7/20/10 6/30/11 $998,656

CAS, Physics Mohanty EMT/NANO: Computation Using

Nanomechanical Oscillator

Networks (in conjunction with

Center for Nanoscience and

Nanobiotechnology)

NSF Continuing 9/15/08 8/31/11 $299,997

CAS, Physics Mohanty,

Erramilli

Gate-Controlled Silicon Based

Nanoscale Processor for Multiple

Analyte Assay

PhysicsNinth

Sense, Inc.

Continuing 2/1/09 1/31/11 $1,908

COE, ME Morgan Collaborative Research: Micro-

and Nano-scale Characterization

and Modeling of Bone Tissue

NSF Continuing 9/1/08 8/31/11 $67,940

COE, ME Morgan Inducing Skeletal Repair by

Mechanical Stimulation

DHHS Continuing 9/1/08 8/31/10 $1,156,200

COE, ME Morgan Inducing Skeletal Repair

by Mechanical Stimulation

(administrative supplement)

DHHS Continuing 9/18/09 9/17/10 $64,152

COE, ME Morgan Micro-Computed Tomography

Assessment of TRUFIT

Smith & Nephew

Endoscopy

New 12/1/10 11/30/11 $48,762

COE, ME Morgan,

Barbone

3-D Visualization and Prediction

of Spine Fractures

DHHS Continuing 4/1/09 4/30/12 $1,607,356


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COE, ECE Moustakas Growth and Characterization

of A1GaN Quantum Wells

on Silicon Carbide for Edge

Emission at 235 nm (SBIR Phase

I) (Subcontract via Photon

Systems, Inc.)

NASA Continuing 1/22/09 7/22/09 $33,318

COE, ECE Moustakas Development of UV LEDS

at 250-260 nm for Water

purification and surface

sterilization

DOD/ARL Continuing 7/1/09 6/30/10 $200,000

COE, ECE Moustakas,

Paiella, Dal

Negro

Sub-250 nm Electron-Beam

Pumped Semiconductor Laser

(SBIR)

DARPA New 12/20/10 12/19/12 $1,521,034

COE, ECE Moustakas Investigation of Rapid

Thermal Annealing of Oxide

Semiconductor Samples

NASA New 1/1/11 6/30/11 $19,656

COE, ECE Moustakas Development of an Electron

Beam Injected Laser Structure

at 235nm Based on AIGaN/AIN

Multiple Quantum Wells on SiC

Substrates

NASA Continuing 1/15/10 1/15/12 $150,000

COE, ECE Paiella,

Moustakas,

Bellotti

GaN-Based Quantum-Structure

Devices for THz Light Emission

and Photodetection (in

conjunction with Photonics

Center)

NSF Continuing 9/1/08 8/31/11 $399,967

COE, ECE Paiella,

Moustakas

Plasmonic Nanostructures

Integrated with Semiconductor

Light Emitting Materials for

Enhanced Efficiency and

Functionality

Department of

Energy

Continuation 1/1/10 12/31/12 $464,997

COE, ECE Paiella Collaborative Research:

Quantum-Cascade-Laser Active

Materials Based on Silicon-

Germanium Nanomembranes

NSF Continuing 7/1/09 6/30/12 $234,909

COE, ME Pal Solid Oxide Membrance

(SOM) Scale-Up Research and

Engineering for Light-Weight

Vehicles

DOE-VT Continuing 4/20/10 4/19/11 $99,500

COE, ME Pal, Zink Characterization of Multivalent

Metal Oxide Electrolysis Using

Solid-Oxygen-Ion Diffusion

Department of

Energy

New 1/14/11 9/30/11 $60,229

COE, ME Pal Efficient One-Step Electrolytic

Recycling of Low-Grade and

Post-Consumer Magnesium

Scrap

Department of

Energy

New 9/1/10 8/31/11 $139,910


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cAs,

chemistry

Grinstaff SynthesisandCharacterization

of expansile Rolymeric

NanoparticlesforDrugDelivery

NSF continuing 7/15/10 6/30/11 $139,999

cAs,

chemistry

Grinstaff SupramolecularIonicNetworks:

synthesis, Rheology, and

Modeling

NSF continuing 9/1/10 8/31/13 $510,000

cAs,

chemistry

Grinstaff Multi-CompartmentCarriersfor

FightingInflammation

engineering and

Physical sciences

Research council/

United Kingdom

continuing 6/1/10 12/31/11 $82,757

cAs,

chemistry

Grinstaff DownholeLi-ionBatteriesBased

onNetworkIonicLiquids

Advanced energy

consortium

continuing 3/1/09 12/31/11 $300,518

cAs,

chemistry

Grinstaff synthesis and evalution of

AntibacterialAnionicDendritic

Amphiphiles(NRSA)

HHS/NIH/NIGMS New 5/1/11 4/30/12 $45,590

cAs,

chemistry

Grinstaff BacteriophobicCoatings

for Inhibition of Pathogenic

Biofilms(inconjunctionwith


Nanobiotechnology)

HHS/NIH/NIAMS continuing 4/1/11 3/31/12 $523,159

COE,ME/

BME

Klapperich DisposableMicrofluidicDevices

forPointofCareDiagnostics

DHHS continuing 7/1/09 6/30/11 $262,625

COE,ME/

BME

Klapperich MicrochiptoDetectInfluenza

InfectionandTypein

NasopharyngealSwabs

DHHS continuing 9/1/09 6/30/11 $346,582

COE,ME/

BME

Klapperich MicrochiptoDetect

InfluenzaInfectionandType

inNasopharyngealSwabs

(AdministrativeSupplement)

DHHS continuing 9/1/09 8/31/11 $85,004

COE,ME/

BME

Klapperich Microsolidphaseextraction

moduledevelopmentforEO-

NATHIVrapidpoint-of-care

diagnostic device for resource-

limited settings

Wave80

Biosciences

continuing 9/30/09 9/29/11 $250,617

COE,ME/

BME

Klapperich BacterialDrugSusceptibility

Identification by surface

EnhancedRamanMicroscopy

Department

of health and

human services

New 7/1/10 6/30/11 $162,500

COE,ME/

BME

Klapperich A microfluidic system for

monitoring sepsis at the point

of care

MGH continuing 12/16/09 9/30/10 $140,000

COE,ME/

BME

Klapperich,

sharon

PortableLowPowerNucleicAcid

ExtractionModule

DHHS continuing 9/1/09 8/31/11 $109,660

COE,ME Lin ConjugatedPolymerSolvent

Affinity and Ion-solvent channel

Design(SubcontractviaMIT)

HondaR&D

CompanyLimited

continuing 1/1/09 3/19/11 $365,099

cAs, Physics Ludwig Real-TimeX-rayStudiesof

SurfaceandThin-FilmProcesses

DOE continuing 2/15/09 10/31/12 $480,000


38 | ReseaRch


COE,ME Pal,Basu Low-CostGreenManufacturing

of solar-Grade silicon

BU,COEDean's

CatalystAward

continuing 5/1/10 4/31/11 $45,000

COE,ME Pal, Gopalan,

Basu

Large-ScaleRapidResponse

energy storage and electrical

energy Generation system

BU,Ignition

Award

New 1/1/11 13/31/11 $50,000

COE,ME Pal Low-CostLow-Impact

MagnesiumProductionbySolid

OxideMembraneElectrolysis

NSF-MOxST New 5/1/11 4/30/12 $74,973

COE,ECE Ramachandran High-PowerBlue-GreenLasers

for communications

ONR/Comm.

Division

New 11/1/10 4/30/13 $1,222,923

COE,ECE Ramachandran Power-ScalableBlue-Green

BesselBeams

ONR/Martine

sensing

New 1/1/11 12/31/13 $765,043

COE,ECE Ramachandran AFlexible,Lightweight,

Remotely-AccessibleTHzSource

andDetector

ARLthrough

BUPC

continuing 7/1/10 6/30/11 $250,000

COE,ECE Ramachandran harsh environment sensing Exxon-Mobil continuing 9/1/10 8/30/11 $40,000

COE,ECE Ramachandran HigherDimensionalInformation

EncodingwithVortexFibers

DARPA/DSO New 4/1/11 3/31/12 $224,784

COE,ECE Ramachandran High-powerBlueGreenLasers ONR/DURIP New 6/1/11 5/31/12 $297,200

COE,ME sarin HighPerformanceOptical

CeramicScintillatorThrough

Nanotechnology

Department

of health and

human services

continuation 9/1/09 7/31/11 $45,087

COE,ME sarin NovelCeramicScintillatorsfor

PET(SBIR)(Subcontractvia

ALEM-RadiationMonitoring

Devices,Inc.)

DOE continuing 8/15/08 8/14/10 $100,000

COE,ME sarin NovelCeramicScintillatorsfor

PET

NIH continuing 2/6/09 1/6/11 $100,000

cAs, Physics smith, K. ElectronicStructureinLow

DimensionalandCorrelated

solids

Departmentof

energy

continuing 2/15/10 12/14/13 $450,000

COE,ECE Swan ReU supplement - Vibrational

and electronic Aspects of

CarbonNanotubesandTheir

Interactions

NSF continuing 10/14/08 8/31/10 $7,000

COE,ECE Unlu STTRPhaseII:HighSpeed

DiagnosticofTemperatureand

IntensityVariationofDiode-

LaserFacets(Subcontractvia

ScienceResearchLaboratory,

Inc.)

DOD New 8/1/10 6/30/12 $110,879

COE,ECE Unlu Label-FreeMultiplexed

Immunoassay Platform for

DiagnosingLiverDisease

NIDDKD continuing 7/1/09 12/31/10 $51,127

eXteRnal ReseaRch fUnDinG (continued)


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COE,ECE Unlu FloatingLight-ActivatedMicro-

ElectricalStimulatorsforNeural

Prosthetics

DHHS continuing 8/1/09 5/31/11 $152,971

COE,ECE Unlu, Porter,

Zaman,

Goldberg

GAANN:Nanobiotechnology

Fellowships

Departmentof

education

continuing 9/1/10 8/31/13 $131,265

COE,ECE Ünlü BU/CIMITAppliedHealthcare

EngineeringFellowship

Departmentof

Defense

continuing 1/1/10 12/31/10 $125,000

COE,ECE Unlu, Goldberg Research Agreement TheMitre

corporation

New 8/1/10 9/30/11 $85,000

COE,ECE Unlu,Delisi,

Goldberg, Irani

HighThroughputQuantification

of conformation and Kinetics of

DNA-ProteinComplexes

NSF continuing 9/15/09 8/31/11 $110,000

COE,BME Wong Bi-functionalizedJanus

NanoparticlesforEndothelial

Target-SpecificMolecular

ImagingandDNA/siRNA

DeliverytoDetectandTreat

CardiovascularDisease

center for

Nanoscienceand

Nanobiotechnology

Nanomedicine

New 1/1/2010 6/30/2011 $32,500

COE,BME Wong Magnetic,Sub-PoreScaleMetal

OxideParticlesforEnhanced

MagneticResonanceandOptical

CharacterizationofRockPore

StructureandFluidComposition

inReservoirRock(inconjunction

withCNN)(Subcontractvia

UniversityofTexas/Austin)

Advanced energy

consortium

continuing 3/1/09 7/31/11 $128,107

COE,BME Wong DevelopmentofTissue

engineering solutions for

Pediatric Vascular surgical

Repair and Reconstruction

TheHartwell

Foundation/

FidelityCharitable

GiftFund

continuing 4/1/09 4/19/11 $100,000

COE,BME Wong Vascular cell Phenotype

on Physiologically-Relevant

BioengineeredSubstrata

(inconjunctionwithCenter

forNanoscienceand

Nanobiotechnology)

NIH continuing 6/1/09 5/31/11 $406,250

COE,BME Wong TissueVascularization(Patrick

Allen)

NIH/NHLBI New 8/1/10 8/31/11 $1,086

COE,BME Wong TheUseofVascularProgenitor

cells for Generation of

EngineeredVascularNetworks

(PatrickAllen)

NIH New 8/1/10 7/31/11 $41,903

COE,BME Wong,Betke RI:Intelligenttrackingsystems

that reason about group behavior

NSF continuing 7/14/09 8/31/14 $105,622


40 | ReseaRch


COE,ME Zhang,X. MechanicalBehaviorof

Amorphous Plasma-enhanced

ChemicalVaporDeposited

SiliconOxideFilmsforMEMS

Applications(REUSupplement)

NationalScience

Foundation

continuing 6/1/09 5/31/11 $6,000

COE,ME ZhangX DevelopmentofaNovel

OptomechanicalUncooled

Metamaterial-EnhancedActive

TerahertzDetectionImager

NSF continuing 7/1/08 6/30/11 $259,699

COE,ME ZhangX collaborative Research:

elastic and Viscoelastic

CharacterizationandModeling

ofPolymerBasedStructuresfor

BiologicalApplications

NSF continuing 9/1/08 8/31/11 $297,969

COE,ME ZhangX GOALI:HighSensitivityThermal

ConductivitySensorforMicro

Gas chromatography and harsh

EnvironmentChemicalDetection

(inconjunctionwithPhotonics

Center)

NSF continuing 7/1/09 6/30/12 $239,537

COE,ME Zhang,X. DraperLaboratoryFellow CharlesStark

DraperLaboratory

New 9/1/10 8/31/11 $38,162

COE,ME ZhangX Impedance-BasedAssay

MicrosystemforReal-TimeHigh

ThroughputStudyofSingleCells

NSF continuing 10/1/09 9/30/12 $89,620

COE,ME ZhangX,

Averitt

CoupledEvanescentFieldMicro-

ResonatorsforDownholeData

Relay

Advanced energy

consortium

continuing 1/1/10 12/31/10 $200,000

COE,ME Zink,Pal sr-ß Alumina surrogate

Potentiometric sensor

CharacterizationofMultivalent

MetalOxideElectrolysisUsing

Solid-Oxygen-ionDiffusion

MembraneinMoltenSalt

Medium

DOE-INL New 5/27/11 4/30/12 $60,000

new fUnDinG fOR Mse PaRticiPatinG facUlty: $8,928,052

cOntinUinG fUnDinG fOR Mse PaRticiPatinG facUlty: $20,024,825

tOtal fUnDinG fOR Mse PaRticiPatinG facUlty: $28,952,877

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MateRials science anD enGineeRinG cOllOqUiUM seRies

Date sPeakeR institUtiOn title cO-sPOnsOR

15-Oct-10 JosephM.

DeSimone

UniversityofNorthCarolinaat

ChapelHillandNorthCarolina

state University

Co-optingMoore’sLaw:Vaccines,MedicinesandBiological

ParticlesMadeonaWafer

JointwithCNN

5-Nov-10 hatice Altug BostonUniversity IntegratedNanoplasmonicSystemsforUltrasensitive

SpectroscopyandBiodetection

JointwithECE

9-Nov-10 DavidJ.Bishop LGS,BellLabsInnovations SiliconMicromachinesforScienceandTechnology

19-Nov-10 David

Needham

DukeUniversity EngineeringMaterialsDesignforDrugDeliveryReverse

EngineeringtheThermalSensitiveLiposome:AGenerally

Applicable Approach to Research

JointwithBME

1-Dec-10 TurgutM.Gür stanford University UtilizationandConversionofSolidFuelsinHigh

TemperatureFuelCells

3-Dec-10 Francesco

Priolo

UniversityofCatania(Italy), Silicon-basedNanostructuresforPhotonicsandSolarCells JointwithMRS/

BUChapter

3-Dec-10 shailesh Vora U.S.DepartmentofEnergy U.S.DepartmentofEnergy’sSECAProgram:2010Progress

and Plans

JointwithCEESI

and cIse

10-Dec-10 Katherine

Ziemer

NortheasternUniversity UsingAtomsasBuildingBlocks:EffectiveIntegrationof

FunctionalOxideMultilayerHeterostructuresonWide

BandgapSemiconductors

28-Jan-11 MarekUrban University of southern

Mississippi

FromNano-ScaleHeterogeneitiestoSelf-Repairing

PolymericNetworks

11-Feb-11 Amy Prieto colorado state University efficient Approaches for energy Production and storage:

PhotovoltaicDevicesandLi-IonBatteries

Jointwith

chemistry

4-Mar-11 Ken sandhage GeorgiaInstituteofTechnology Materials“Alchemy”:Shape-PreservingChemical

Conversionof3-DBiogenicandSyntheticStructuresinto

Catalytic,Sensor,Electronic,andOpticalMaterials

25-Mar-11 MarkBradley colorado state University SpontaneousNanoscalePatternFormationInducedbyIonBombardmentofSolidSurfaces

JointwithBiophysics/condensed MatterSeminarseries

1-Apr-11 Art Gossard University of california santa Barbara

DevelopmentofMolecularBeamEpitaxyandBandgapengineering

8-Apr-11 LoriGoldner UniversityofMassachusetts BiomoleculesinNanodroplets JointwithBME

11-Apr-11 Rina Tannenbaum

Georgia Institute of Technology

Polymer-MatrixNanocompositesDerivedfromRenewableResources

15-Apr-11 Jonathan Klamkin

MITLincolnLaboratory PhotonicIntegratedCircuitsandDevices

22-Apr-11 Richard childers

KonarkaTechnologies AReviewofPhotovoltaicTechnologies JointwithASM/BUChapter

29-Apr-11 emmanuel P. Giannelis

cornell University OrganicInorganicHybridsforEnergyandSustainability JontwithCEESI

27-May-11 RussellD.Dupuis

Georgia Institute of Technology

AdvancesintheMOCVDGrowthofIII-VOpticalandElectronicDevices

JointwithECE


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PaRticiPatinG facUlty PUBlicatiOns & activity

h. altUG,“PhotonicCrystalMicrocavityLightSources,”in:ComprehensiveSemiconductorScienceandTechnology,elsevier science, 2011.

O.Dudko,J.Mathé,anda. MelleR,“NanoporeForceSpectroscopytoolsforanalyzingsinglebiomolecularcomplexes,”in:MethodsinEnzymology,N.Walter(editor),Elsevier,pp.565-589,2010.

M.Wanunu,G.Soni,anda. MelleR,“AnalyzingIndividualBiomoleculesUsingNanopores,”in:HandbookofNanophysics,Taylor&FrancisGroup,2010.

M.Wanunu,A.Squires,anda. MelleR, “capture and TranslocationofNucleicAcidsintoSub-5nmSolid-stateNanopores,”in:Nanopores:SensingFundamentalBiologicalInteractionsattheSingleMoleculeLevel,Springer,2010.

R. Paiella,“QuantumCascadeLasers,”in:ComprehensiveSemiconductorScienceandTechnology,P.Bhattacharya,R.Fornari,andH.Kamimura(editors),ElsevierScience,2011.

X. ZhanG,“AdditiveProcessesforPolymericMalerials,”in:MEMSMaterialsandProcessesHandbook,R.GhodssiandP.Lin(editors),Springer,pp.193-272,2011.

Book chapters

A.A.Yanik,M.Huang,O.Kamohara,A.Artar,T.W.Giesbert,J. J. connor and h. altUG,“AnOptofluidicNanoplasmonicBiosensorforDirectDetectionofLiveVirusesfromBiologicalMedia,”NanoLetters,10(12),pp.4962-4969,2010.

s. aksU,A.Yanik,R.Adato,A.Artar,M.Huang,h. altUG, “High-throughputNanofabricationofPlasmonicInfraredNanoAntennaArraysforVibrationalNanospectroscopy,”NanoLetters,10(7),pp.2511-2518,2010.

A.A.Yanik,M.Huang,A.Artar,T.Chang,h. altUG, “Integrated Nanoplasmonics-NanofluidicsBiosensorwithTargetedDeliveryofAnalyte,”Appl.Phys.Lett.,96:021101,2010.

R.Adato,A.A.Yanik,C-HWu,G.Shvetsandh. altUG, “RadiativeEngineeringofPlasmonLifetimesinEmbeddedNanoantennaArrays,”OpticsExpress,18(5):4526-4537,2010.

A.A.Yanik,R.Adato,h. altUG,“DesignPrinciplesforOptoelectronicApplicationofExtraordinarymLightTransmissionEffectinPlasmonicNanoAperture,”JournalofNanoscienceandNanotechnology,SpecialIssueonNanophotonicsandNanooptics,10(3):1713-1718,2010.

A.Yanik,A.E.Cetin,M.Huang,A.Artar,S.H.Mousavi,A.Khanikaev,J.H.Connor,G.Shvets,h. altUG, “seeing ProteinMonolayerswithNakedEyeThroughPlasmonicFanoResonances,”ProceedingsofNationalAcademyofSciences,in press, 2011.

V.Liberman,R.Adato,a. MeRtiRi,A.A.Yanik,K.Chen,T.h. Jeys, s. eRRaMilli, h. altUG,“Angle-andPolarization-DependentCollectiveExcitationofPlasmonicNanoarraysforSurfaceEnhancedInfraredSpectroscopy,”OpticsExpress,19(12):11202-11212,2011.

M.Turkmen,S.AKSU,A.E.Cetin,A.A.Yanik,h. altUG, “Multi-resonantMetamaterialsBasedonUT-shapedNano-apertureAntennas,”OpticsExpress,19(8):7921-7928,2011.

A.Artar,A.A.Yanik,h. altUG,“Multi-SpectralPlasmonInducedTransparencyinCoupledMeta-Atoms,”NanoLettersVol.,11(4):1685-1689,2011.

A.E.Cetin,A.A.Yanik,C.Yilmaz,S.Somu,A.B.Busnaina,h. altUG,“MonopoleAntennaArraysforOpticalTrapping,SpectroscopyandSensing,”AppliedPhysicsLetters,98:111110, 2011.

D.Wroblewski,G.Reimann,M.Tullle,D.Radgowski,M.cannamela, s.n. BasU, M. GevelBeR, “sensor Issues and RequirementsforDevelopingRealTimeControlforPlasmaSprayDeposition,”JournalofThermalSprayTechnology,19(4):723-735,2010.

S.Yerci.R.Li,S.D.Kucheyev,T.vanBuuren,s.n. BasU, and l. Dal neGRO,“Visibleand1.54µmEmissionfromAmorphousSiliconr-NitrideFilmsbyReactive Co-Sputtering,”IEEEJournalofSelectedTopicsinQuantumElectronics,16(1):114-123,2010.

T.Kulkarni,H.Z.Wang,s.n. BasU, v.k. saRin, “Protective AI-rich mullite coatings on si- based ceramics against hot corrosionat1200°C,”SurfaceandCoatingsTechnology,205(10):3313-3318,2011.

S.Chiaria,E.Furno,M.Goanoande. BellOtti,“DesignCriteriaforNearUltravioletGaN-BasedLight-EmittingDiodes,”IEEETrans.Elec.Devices,SpecialIssueOnLEDs,57(1):60-70,2010.

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L.W.Snyman,M.DuPlessisande. BellOtti, “Photonic transitions(1.4eV-2.8eV)inSiliconp+np+injection-avalancheCMOSLEDsasfunctionofdepletionlayerprofilinganddefectengineering,”IEEEJournalofQuantumElectronics,46(6):906-919,2010.

Y.Liao,C.Thomidis,C.-K.Kao,a. MOlDaweR, w. ZhanG, Y.-C.Chang,A.Y.Nikiforov,e. BellOtti and t.D. MOUstakas, “MilliwattpowerAlGaN-baseddeepultravioletlightemittingdiodesbyplasma-assistedmolecularbeamepitaxy,”Phys.StatusSolidi,41(2):49-51,2010.

M.Moresco,M.Penna,F.Bertazzi,M.Goano, e. BellOtti, “Full-BandMonteCarloSimulationofHgCdTeAPDs,”JournalofElectronicsMaterials,39(7):912-917,2010.

E.Furno,M.Penna,S.Chiaria,M.Goano,e. BellOtti, “ElectronicandOpticalPropertiesofZnO/MgZnOandZnO/BeZnOQuantumWells,”JournalofElectronicsMaterials,39(7):936-944,2010.

e. BellOtti and R. Paiella,“NumericalSimulationofZnO-BasedTerahertzQuantumCascadeLasers,”JournalofElectronicsMaterials,39(7):1097-1103,2010.

F.Bertazzi,M.Goanoande. BellOtti, “A numerical study ofAugerrecombinationinbulkInGaN,”App.Phys.Lett.,97(24),2010.

Forestiere,M.Donelli,G.F.Walsh,E.Zeni,G.Miano, l. Dal neGRO,“¡§Particleswarmoptimizationofbroadbandnanoplasmonicarrays¡¨,”OpticsLetters,35(2):133-135,2010.

S.Y.K.Lee,J.J.Amsden,S.V.Boriskina,A.Gopinath, A.Mitropoulos,D.L.Kaplan,F.G.Omenetto,and l. Dal neGRO, “spatial and spectral detection of protein monolayerswithdeterministicaperiodicarraysofmetalnanoparticles,”Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA,107:12086,2010.

S.V.Boriskina,S.Y.K.Lee,J.J.Amsden,F.G.Omenettoand l. Dal neGRO,“Formationofcolorimetricfingerprintsonnano-patterneddeterministicaperiodicsurfaces,”OpticsExpress,18(14):14568-14576,2010.

S.V.Boriskinaandl. Dal neGRO, “self-Referenced Photonic MoleculeBio(chemical)Sensors,”Opt.Lett.,35(14):2496-2498,2010.

N.Lawrence,l. Dal neGRO,“Lightscattering,fieldlocalizationandlocaldensityofstatesinco-axialplasmonicnanowires,”OpticsExpress18(15):16120-16132,2010.

Yerci,R.Li, l. Dal neGRO, “electroluminescence from er-dopedsilicon-richnitridelightemittingdiodes,”Appl.Phys.Lett.,97:081109,2010.

J.P.Mondia,J.J.Amsden,D.Lin, l. Dal neGRO,D.L.Kaplan,F.G.Omenetto,“Rapidnanoimprintingofdopedsilkfilmsforenhancedfluorescentemission,”Advancedmaterials,22(41):4596-4599,2010.

J.Henson,E.Dimakis,J.DiMaria,R.Li,S.Minissale, l. Dal neGRO, t.D. MOUstakas, R. Paiella, “enhanced near-greenlightemissionfromInGaAsquantumwellsbyuse of tunable plasmonic resonances in silver nanoparticles arrays,”OpticsExpress,18(20):21322-21329,2010.

L.Yang,Y.Bo,R.W.Premasiri,L.D.Ziegler, l. Dal neGRO, B.Reinhard,“Engineeringnanoparticleclusterarraysforbacterialbiosensing:theroleofthebuildingblockinmultiscaleSERSsubstrates,”Adv.FunctionalMaterials,20(16):2619-2628,2010.

J.Yang,S.V.Boriskina,H.Noh,M.J.Rooks,G.S.Solomon,l. Dal neGRO,H.Cao,“Demonstrationoflaseractioninapseudorandommedium,”Appl.Phys.Lett.,97:223101,2010.

V.Philips,K.J.Willard,J.A.Golen,C.J.Moore,A.L.Rheingold,l.h. DOeRReR,“ElectronicInfluencesonMetallophilicInteractionsin[Pt(tpy)X][Au(C6F5)2]DoubleSalts,”InorganicChemistry,49(20):9265-9274,2010.

V.Phillips,F.G.Baddour,T.Lasanta,J.M.Lopez-de-Luzuriaga,J.W.Bacon,J.A.Golen,A.L.Rheingold,l.h. DOeRReR,“Metal-metalstackingpatternsbetweenandwith[Pt(tpy)X]+cations,”InorganicaChimicaActa,364(1):195-204,2010.

F.G.Baddour,M.IKahn,J.A.Golen,A.L.Rheingold,l.h. DOeRReR,“Platinum(IV)-κ3-terpyridinecomplexes:synthesiswithspectroscopicandstructuralcharacterization,”ChemicalCommunications,46(27),2010.

O.Basarir,S.Bramhavarand k.l. ekinci,“Near-fieldopticaltransducerfornanomechanicalresonators,”Appl.Phys.Lett.,97(25):253114,2010.

k.l. ekinci,V.Yakhot,C.Colosqui,S.RajauriaandD.M.Karabacak,“High-FrequencyNanofluidics:AUniversalFormulationoftheFluidDynamicsofMEMSandNEMS,”LabChip,10:3013-3025,2010.

O.Basarir,S.Bramhavar,G.Basilio-Sanchez,T.Morseandk.l. ekinci,“SensitiveMicromechanicalDisplacementDetectionbyScatteringEvanescentOpticalWaves,”OpticsLetters,35(11):1792-1794,2010.

C.Colosqui,D.M.Karabacak, k.l. ekinci,andV.Yakhot,“LatticeBoltzmannSimulationofElectromechanicalResonatorsinGaseousMedia,”JournalofFluidMechanics,652:241-257,2010.

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e. evans,K.Kinoshita,S.I.Simon,andA.Leung,“Long-livedhighstrengthstatesofICAM-1bondstoƒÒ2integrin:I.lifetimesofbondstorecombinantaLb2underforce,”Biophys.J.98:1458-1466,2010.

K.Kinoshita,A.Leung,S.I.Simon,ande. evans,“Long-livedhighstrengthstatesofICAM-1bondstob2integrin:II.lifetimesofLFA-1bondsunderforceinleukocytesignaling,”Biophys.J.98:1467-1475,2010.

X.Yan, M. GevelBeR,“InvestigationofElectrospunFiberDiameterDistributionandProcessDynamics,”JournalofElectrostatics,68:458-264,2010.

G.G.Daaboul,a. yURt,X.Zhang,G.M.Hwang, B. B. GOlDBeRG, and M. s. UnlU,“High-ThroughputDetectionandSizingofIndividualLow-IndexNanoparticlesandVirusesforPathogenIdentification,”NanoLetters,2010.

s.Pati, s.GOPalan, and U.B. Pal, “A solid oxide membrane electrolyzerforproductionofhydrogenandsyn-gasfromsteamandhydrocarbonwasteinasinglestep,”InternationalJournalofHydrogenEnergy,36(1):152-159,2011.

K.J.Yoon,G.Ye,s. GOPalan, and U. B. Pal, “cost-effective SingleStepCo-firingProcessforManufacturingSolidOxideFuelCells(SOFCs)usingHighShearCompaction(HSC)TMAnode,”JournalofFuelCellScienceandTechnology,7(2):1010, 2010.

W.He,K.J.Yoon,R.s. eRiksen, s.GOPalan, s.n. BasU, and U.B. Pal,“Out-of-cellmeasurementsofH2H2Oeffectivebinary diffusivity in the porous anode of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs),”JournalofPowerSources,195(2):532-535,2010

P.N.Bansal,N.S.Joshi,V.E.,M.w. GRinstaff,andB.D.Snyder,“ContrastEnhancedComputedTomographicCanPredicttheGlycosaminoglycanContentandBiomechanicalPropertiesofArticularCartilage,”OsteoarthritisandCartilage,18:184-191,2010.

R.Liu,J.B.Wolinsky,J.Walpole,E.Southard,L.R.Chirieac,M.w. GRinstaff,andY.L.Colson,“PreventionofLocalTumorRecurrenceFollowingSurgeryUsingLow-DoseChemotherapeuticPolymerFilms,”AnnalsofSurgicalOncology,17:184-191,2010.

M.D.Schulz,O.Khullar,J.V.Frangioni,M.w. GRinstaff, and Y.L.Colson,“NanotechnologyinThoracicSurgery,”AnnalsofThoracicSurgery,89:S2188-S2190,2010.

J.B.Wolinsky,R.Liu,J.Walpole,Y.L.Colson,and M.w. GRinstaff,“PreventionofInvivoLungTumorGrowthbyProlongedLocalDeliveryofHydroxycamptothecinUsingPoly(ester-carbonate)-collagenComposites,”JournalofControlledRelease,17:1203-1213,2010.

X.Huang,S.Zauscher,B.Klitzman,G.A.Truskey,W.M.Reichert,D.J.Kenan,andM.w. GRinstaff, “Peptide InterfacialBiomaterialsImproveEndothelialCellAdhesionandSpreadingonSyntheticPolyglycolicAcidMaterials,”AnnalsofBiomedicalEngineering,SpecialIssueonInterfacialBioengineering,38:1965-1976,2010.

X.X.Zhang,C.A.H.Prata,T.J.McIntosh,P.Barthélémy,andM.w. GRinstaff,“TheEffectofCharge-reversalAmphiphileSpacerCompositiononDNAandsiRNADelivery,”BioconjugateChemistry,21:988-993,2010.

H.Cong,C.F.Becker,S.J.Elliott, M.w. GRinstaff, and J.A.Porco,“SilverNanoparticle-CatalyzedDiels-AlderCycloadditionsof2’-Hydroxychalcones,”JournaloftheAmericanChemicalSociety,132:7514-7518,2010.

M.Camplo,S.Khiati,C.Ceballos,C.Prata,S.Giorgio,P.Marsal,P.Barthélémy,andM.w. GRinstaff, “cationic NucleosideLipidsderivedfromUniversalBases:aRationalApproachforsiRNATransfection,”BioconjugateChemistry,21:1062-1069,2010.

K.A.V.Zubris,O.Khullar,A.P.Griset,S.Gibbs-Strauss,J.V.Frangioni,Y.L.Colson,andM.w. GRinstaff, “ease ofSynthesis,ControllableSizes,andInvivoLargeAnimalLymphMigrationofPolymericNanoparticles,”ChemMedChem,5(9):1435-1438,2010.

X.Khoo,G.A.O’Toole,S.A.Nair,B.D.Snyder,D.J.Kenan,and M.w. GRinstaff, “staphylococcus aureus Resistance onTitaniumCoatedwithMultivalentPEGylated-peptides,”Biomaterials,31(35):9285-9252,2010.

M.Wathier,S.S.Stoddart,M.J.Sheehy,andM.w. GRinstaff, “AcidicPolysaccharideMimicsviaRing-openingMetathesisPolymerization,”JournaloftheAmericanChemicalSociety,132:15887-15889,2010.

M.WathierandM.w. GRinstaff, “synthesis and creep-RecoveryBehaviorofaNeatViscoelasticPolymericNetworkFormedThroughElectrostaticInteractions,”Macromolecules,43:9529-9533,2010.


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a. GRUentZiG, c.M. klaPPeRich,A.Sharon,J.Braman,A.Chatterjee,andA.F.Sauer-Budge,“AnewDNAextractionmethodforautomatedfoodanalysis,”Anal.Methods,3:1507-1513,2011.

M.C.Kimand c.M. klaPPeRich,“Anewmethodforsimulating the motion of individual ellipsoidal bacteria in microfluidicdevices,“LabonaChip,10:2464-2471,2010.

M.Mahalanabis,J.Do,H.Almuayad,J.Y.Zhang, c.M. klaPPeRich, “An integrated disposable device for DNAextractionandhelicasedependentAmplification,”BiomedicalMicrodevices,12(2):353-359,2010.

A.Chatterjee,P.Mirer,E.ZaldivarSantamaria, c.M. klaPPeRich,A.Sharon,A.Sauer-Budge,“RNAisolationfrom mammalian cells using porous polymer monoliths: anovelapproachforhighthroughputautomation,”Anal.Chem.,82(11),pp4344–4356,2010.

Q.Q.Cao,M.C.Kimandc.M. klaPPeRich, “Plastic microfluidicchipforcontinuous-flowpolymerasechainreaction:simulationsandexperiments,”BiotechnologyJournal,6(2):177-184,2011.

J.Y.Zhang,J.Do,W.RanjithPremasiri,L.D.Zieglerand c. M. klaPPeRich,”Rapidpoint-of-careconcentrationofbacteria in a disposable microfluidic device using meniscus draggingeffect,”LabChip,10:3265-3279,2010.

M.H.LiandX. lin, “Adapted su-schrieffer-heeger Hamiltonianforpolypyrrole,”PhysicalReviewB,82(15):155141-155149,2010.

y.w. shin, M.h. li, a. BOtelhO, and X. lin, “escape mechanismofaself-trappedtopologicalsoliton,”PhysicalReviewB,82(19):193101-193105,2010.

P.Du,X. lin and X. ZhanG, “A multilayer bending model for conductingpolymeractuators,”SensorsandActuatorsA:Physical,163(1):240-246,2010.

M.Kabir,T.T.Lau,X. lin,Y.Sidney,andK.VanVieit,“Effectsof vacancy-solute point defect clusters on diffusivity in metastableFe-Calloys,”PhysicalReviewB,82(13),134112-134120,2010.

C.Madi,E.Anzenberg,k.f. lUDwiG,Jr.andM.J.Aziz,“MassRedistributionCausestheStructuralRichnessofIon-IrradiatedSurfaces,”Phys.Rev.Lett.106,066101,2011.

J.Dendooven,S.PulinthanathuSree,K.DeKeyser,D.Deduytsche,J.Martens, k. lUDwiGandC.Detavernier,“InSituX-RayFluorescenceMeasurementsDuringAtomicLayerDeposition:NucleationandGrowthofTiO2onPlanarSubstratesandinNanoporousFilms,”J.Phys.Chem.C115,6605,2011.

c. sanborn, k.f. lUDwiG,M.C.RogersandM.Sutton,“DirectMeasurementofMicrostructuralAvalanchesDuringtheMartensiticTransitionofCobaltUsingCoherentX-rayScattering,”Phys.Rev.Lett.107,017001,2011.

K.Devloo-Casier,J.Dendooven,k.f. lUDwiG,G.Lekens,J.D’HaenandC.Detavernier,“InSituSynchrotronBasedX-rayFluorescenceandScatteringMeasurementsDuringAtomicLayerDeposition:InitialGrowthofHfO2onSiandGeSubstrates,”Appl.Phys.Lett.98,231905,2011.

M.Wanunu,W.Morrison,Y.Rabin,A.Y.Grosberg,anda. MelleR,“ElectrostaticFocusingofUnlabeledDNAintoNanoscalePoresusingaSaltGradient,”NatureNanotechnology,5:160-165,2010.

V.Viasnoff,U.Bockelmann,a. MelleR,H.Isambert,L.Laufer,andY.Tsori,“LocalizedJouleheatingproducedbyioncurrentfocusingthroughmicron-sizeholes,”Appl.Phys.Lett.96:163701-163703,2010.

V.G.Soni,A.Singer,Z.Yu,Y.Sun,B.McNally,anda. MelleR, “synchronous optical and electrical detection of bio-moleculestraversingthroughsolid-statenanopores,”Rev.Sci.Instru.,81:014301-014307,2010.

A.Singer,M.Wanunu,W.Morrison,H.Kuhn,M.Frank-Kamenetskii,anda. MelleR,“Nanopore-basedsequence-specificdetectionofduplexDNAforgenomicprofiling,”NanoLetters10:738-742,2010.

A.Singer,H.Kuhn,M.Frank-Kamenetskii,anda. MelleR, “Solid-StateNanoporebasedDetectionofUrea-InducedInternalDenaturationofdsDNA,”J.Phys.Cond-Mat.,22:454111,2010.

B.McNally,A.Singer,Z.Yu,Y.Sun,Z.Weng,anda. MelleR, “OpticalRecognitionofConvertedDNANucleotidesforSingle-MoleculeDNASequencingUsingNanoporeArrays,”NanoLetters10:2237-2244,2010.

J.Lin,A.Kolomeisky,anda. MelleR,“Helix-coilkineticsofindividualpolyadenylicacidmoleculesinaproteinchannel,”Phys.Rev.Lett.104:158101-158104,2010.



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journal articles

N.DiFiori,anda. MelleR,“Theeffectofdye-dyeinteractions on the spatial resolution of single-molecule FRETmeasurementsinnucleicacids,”Biophys.J.98:2265-2272,2010.

M.Livingstone,E.Atas,a. MelleR,andN.Sonenberg,“MechanismsgoverningthecontrolofmRNAtranslation,”Phys.Biol.7:021001,2010.

A. singer, and a. MelleR,“Nanopore-basedSensingofIndividualNucleicAcidComplexes,”IsraelJournalofChemistry49:323-331,2010.

A.Gaidarzhy,J.Dorignac,G.Zolfagharkhani,M.Imbodenand P. MOhanty, “energy measurement in nonlinearly couplednanomechanicalmodes,”Appl.Phys.Lett.,98(26):264106,2011.

Y.Chen,X.Wang,M.K.Hong,C.L.Rosenberg,B.M.Reinhard, s. eRRaMilli and P. MOhanty,“Nanoelectronicdetectionofbreastcancerbiomarker,”Appl.Phys.Lett.,97(23):233702,2010.

T.Dunn,J.Wenzlerand P. MOhanty, “Anharmonic modal couplinginabulkmicromechanicalresonator,”Appl.Phys.Lett.,97(12):123109,2010.

D.N.Guerra,A.R.Bulsara,W.L.Ditto,S.Sinha,K.MuraliandP.MOHANTY,“ANoise-AssistedReprogrammableNanomechanicalLogicGate,”NanoLett.,10(4):1168,2010.

S.W.Shore,P.E.Barbone,A.A.Oberai,ande.f. MORGan, “Transverselyisotropicelasticityimagingofcancellousbone,”JournalofBiomechanicalEngineering,inpress,2011.

G.U.Unnikrishnan,ande.f. MORGan,“AnewmaterialmappingprocedureforQCT-based,continuumfiniteelementanalysesofthevertebra,”JournalofBiomechanicalengineering, in press, 2011.

S.S.Baloul,L.C.Gerstenfeld,e.f. MORGan, R.s. carvalho, T.E.VanDyke,A.Kantarci,“Mechanismofactionandmorphological changes in the alveolar bone in response to selectivealveolardecorticationfacilitatedtoothmovement,”AmericanJournalofOrthodonticsandDentofacialOrthopedics,inpress,2011.

N.Nowlan,K.J.Jepsen,e.f. MORGan,“Smaller,weakerandlessstiffbonesevolvefromchangesinsubsistencestrategy,”OsteoporosisInternational,2010Sep21.[Epubaheadofprint].

e.f. MORGan,K.T.SalisburyPalomares,R.E.Gleason,D.L.Bellin,K.B.Chien,“Correlationsbetweenlocalstrainsandtissuephenotypesinanexperimentalmodelofskeletalhealing,”JournalofBiomechanics,43(12):2418-24,2010.

G.E.Miller,ande.f. MORGan, “Use of micronanoindentation tocharacterizethemechanicalpropertiesofarticularcartilage: comparison of biphasic material properties acrosslengthscales,”OsteoarthritisandCartilage,18(8):1051-7,2010.

K.T.SalisburyPalomares,L.C.Gerstenfeld,N.A.Wigner,M.E.Lenburg,T.A.Einhorn,e.f. MORGan,“Transcriptionalprofiling and biochemical analysis of mechanically induced cartilaginoustissues,”ArthritisandRheumatism,62(4):1108-18,2010.

T.Sibai,e.f. MORGan,T.A.Einhorn,“Anabolicagentsandbonequality,”ClinicalOrthopaedicsandRelated Research, 2010.

S.Pookpanratana,R.France,M.Blum,A.Bell,M.Bar,L.Weinhardt,Y.Zhang,T.Hofmann,O.Fuchs,W.Yang,J.D.Denlinger,S.Mulcahy, t. D. MOUstakasandC.Heske,“chemical structure of Vanadium-based contact formation onn-AlN,”J.Appl.Phys.,108:24906,2010.

R.Chandrasekaran,t. D. MOUstakas,A.S.Ozcan,k. f. lUDwiG,L.ZhouandD.J.Smith,“GrowthKineticsofAlNandGaNfilmsgrownbymolecularbeamepitaxyonR-planesapphiresubstrates,”J.Appl.Phys.108,43501,2010.

K.Driscoll,Y.Liao,A.Bhattacharyya, t.D. MOUstakas, R. Paiella,L.ZhouandD.Smith,“OpticalandstructuralcharacterizationofGaN/AlGaNquantumwellsforintersubbanddeviceapplications,”Phys.StatusSolidiC7,10:2394-2397,2010.

F.Sudradjat,W.Zhang,K.Driscoll,Y.Liao,A.Bhattacharyya,C.Thomidis,L.Zhou,D.J.Smith,t. D. MOUstakas, and R. Paiella,“SequentialTunnelingTransportCharacteristicsofGaN/AlGaNCoupled-Quantum-WellStructures,”J.Appl.Phys.,108:103704,2010.

J.YinandR. Paiella,“Multiple-JunctionQuantumCascadePhotodetectorsforThermophotovoltaicEnergyConversion,”Opt.Express,18:1618-1629,2010.

E.V.vanLoef,Y.Wang,S.R.Miller,C.Brecher,W.H.Rhodes,G.Baldoni,s. tOPPinG,H.Lingertat,v.k. saRin, Kanai s. shah, “effect of microstructure on the radioluminescence andtransparencyofCe-dopedstrontiumhafnateceramics,”OpticalMaterials,33:74-90,2010.

L.F.J.Piper,A.DeMasi,S.W.Cho,A.R.H.Preston,J.Laverock,and k.e. sMith, “soft x-ray spectroscopic study of the ferromagneticinsulatorV0.82Cr0.18O2,”Phsy.Rev.B,82(23):235103,2010.


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L.F.J.Piper,A.R.H.Preston,S.W.Cho,A.DeMasi,B.Chen,J.Laverock,k.e. sMith, l.j. MiaRa, K.J. Koon, s.G. tOPPinG, L.Saraf,U.B. Pal, and s.GOPalan,“PolarizationResistanceofLaO.85CaO.15Mn03CathodesforSolidOxideFuelCells(SOFCs)MeasuredUsingPatternedElectrodes,”ECSTransactions,28(23):137-146,2010.

L.F.J.Piper,A.R.H.Preston,S.-W.Cho,A.DeMasi,B.Chen,J.Laverock,k.e. sMith,J.Trojan-Piegzaa,J.GlodoandV.K.SARIN,“CaF2(Eu2+):LiF,Structuralandspectroscopicpropertiesofanewsystemforneutrondetection,”RadiationMeasurements,45(2):163-167,2010.

L.F.J.Piper,R.H.Preston,S.-W.Cho,A.DeMasi,B.Chen,J.Laverock,k.e. sMith , l.j. MiaRa, j. n. Davis, s.n. BasU, U.B. Pal. s. GOPalan,L.Saraf,T.Kaspar,A.Y.Matsuura,P.-A.Glans,andJ.-H.Guoe,“SoftX-RaySpectroscopicStudyofDenseStrontium-DopedLanthanumManganiteCathodesforSolidOxideFuelCellApplications,”TheJournalofElectrochemicalSociety,158(2):B99-B105,2011.

C.Metzger,S.Remi,M.Liu,S.V.Kuzminkiy,S.A.CastroNeto,a.k. swan and B.B. GOlDBeRG,“Biaxialstrainingrapheneadheredtoshallowdepressions,”NanoLetters10(6),2010.

D.M.Harrah,anda. k. swan,“TheRoleofLengthandDefectsonOpticalQuantumEfficiencyandExcitonDecayDynamicsinSingle-WalledCarbonNanotubes,”AcsNano,5(1):647-655,2011.

J.R.Schneck,A.G.Walsh,A.A.Green,M.C.Hersam,L.D.Ziegler, and a. k. swan, “electron correlation effects on the FemtosecondDephasingDynamicsofE22Excitonsin(6,5)CarbonNanotubes,”J.Phys.Chem.A,ArticlesASAP(AsSoonAsPublishable)

F.H.Koklu,andM. s. UnlU, “subsurface microscopy of interconnectlayersofanintegratedcircuit,”OpticsLetters,35(2):184,2010.

P.S.Spuhler,J.Knezevic,A.Yalcin,Q.Bao,E.Pringsheim,P.Dröge,U.Rant,and M. s. UnlU, “Platform for in situ real-time measurement of protein-induced conformational changesofDNA,”ProceedingsoftheNationalAcademyofscience, 2010.

E.Ozkumur,S.Ahn,A.Yalcin,C.Lopez,E.Cevik,R.Irani,C.DeLisi,M.Chiari,andM. s. UnlU,“Label-freemicroarrayimagingfordirectdetectionofDNAhybridizationandsingle-nucleotidemismatches,”BiosensorsandBioelectronics,25(7):1789-1795,2010.

E.Ozkumur,C.Lopez,A.Yalcin,J.H.Connor,M.Chiari,andM. s. UnlU,“SpectralReflectanceImagingforaMultiplexed,High-Throughput,Label-Free,andDynamicBiosensingPlatform,”IEEEJournalofSelectedTopicsinQuantumElectronics,16(3):635-646,2010.

M.Cretich,D.Breda,F.Damin,M.Borghi,L.Sola,M. s. UnlU, S.E.Burastero,andM.Chiari,“Allergenmicroarraysonhigh-sensitivitysiliconslides,”AnalyticalandBioanalyticalChemistry,398(4):1723-1733,2010.

R.S.Vedula,G.G.Daaboul,A.Reddington,E.Ozkumur,D.A.Bergstein,andM. s. UnlU, “self-Referencing substrates forOpticalInterferometricBiosensors,”JournalofModernOptics,57(16):1564-1569,2010.

G.G.Daaboul,R.S.Vedula,S.Ahn,C.Lopez,A.Reddington,E.Ozkumur,andM. s. UnlU,“LED-basedInterferometricReflectance Imaging sensor for quantitative dynamic monitoringofbiomolecularinteractions,”BiosensorsandBioelectronics,26(5):2221-2227,2010.

W.J.Duncanson,K.Oum,J.R.Eisenbrey,R.O.Cleveland,M.A.Wheatley,andj.y. wOnG,“TargetedbindingofPEG-lipidmodifiedpolymerultrasoundcontrastagentswithtieredsurfacearchitecture,”BiotechnologyandBioengineering,106(3):501-506,2010.

X.Brown,E.Bartolak-Suki,C.Williams,M.Walker,V.M.Weaver,andj.y. wOnG, “effect of substrate stiffness andPDGFonthebehaviorofvascularsmoothmusclecells:Implicationsforatherosclerosis,”JournalofCellularPhysiology,225:115-122,2010.

C.Williams,X.Q.Brown,E.Bartolak-Suki,H.Ma,A.Chilkoti,and j.y. wOnG,“Theuseofmicropatterningtocontrolsmooth muscle myosin heavy chain expression and limit the responsetotransforminggrowthfactorbeta-1invascularsmoothmusclecells,”Biomaterials,32(2):410-418,2011.

M.C.Kim,B.C.Isenberg,J.Sutin, a. MelleR, j.y. wOnG, and c.M. klaPPeRich,“ProgrammedTrappingofIndividualBacteriaUsingMicrometer-sizeSieves,”LabChip,11,1089-1095,2011.

B.J.Hansen,N.Kouklin,G.Lu,I-KLin,J.Chen,and X. ZhanG,“Transport,AnalyteDetectionandOpto-ElectronicResponseofp-TypeCuONanowires,”JournalofPhysicalChemistryC,114(6):2440-2447,2010.

B.C.Kaanta,H.Chen,and X. ZhanG,“AMonolithicallyFabricatedGasChromatographySeparationColumnwithanIntegratedHighSensitivityThermalConductivityDetector,”JournalofMicromechanicsandMicroengineering,20(5):055016,2010.



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H.Tao,C.M.Bingham,D.Pilon,K.Fan,A.C.Strikwerda,D.Shrekenhamer,W.J.Padilla,X. ZhanG, and R.D. aveRitt, “ADualBandTerahertzMetamaterialAbsorber,”JournalofPhysics:AppliedPhysics,43(22):225102,2010.

H.Tao,A.Strikwerda,K.Fan,W.J.Padilla,X. ZhanG, and R.D. aveRitt,“MEMSBasedStructurallyTunableMetamaterialsatTerahertzFrequencies,”JournalofInfrared,Milimeter,andTerahertzWaves,”InvitedReviewArticle,2010.

X.Zheng,H.K.Surks,andX. ZhanG, “single cell contractility StudiesBasedOnCompactMoireSystemOverPeriodicGratings,”AppliedPhysicsLetters,96(21):213705,2010.

H.Tao,J.J.Amsden,A.C.Strikwerda,K.Fan,D.l.Kaplan, X. ZhanG, R.D. aveRitt,andF.G.Omenetto,“MetamaterialSilkCompositesatTerahertzFrequencies,”AdvancedMaterials,22(32):3527-3531,2010.

X.Zheng,H.K.Surks,andX. ZhanG, “A Versatile cell ContractilityMappingTransducerutilizingMoire-BasedTechnique,”JournalofMicroelectromechanicalSystems,19(4):764-773,2010.

P.Du,I-KLin,H.Lu,andX. ZhanG,“ExtensionoftheBeamTheoryforPolymerBio-TransducerswithLowAspectRatiosandViscoelasticCharacteristics,”JournalofMicromechanicsandMicroengineering,20(9):095016,2010.

B.C.Kaanta,H.Chen,andX. ZhanG,“NovelDeviceforCalibration-FreeFlowRateMeasurementsinMicroGasChromatographicSystems,”JournalofMicromechanicsandMicroengineering,20(9):095034,2010.

H.Tao,A.C.Strikwerda,M.Liu.J.P.Mondia.E.Ekmekci,K.Fan.D.L.Kaplan,W.J.Padilla,X. ZhanG, R.D. aveRitt, and F.G.Omenetto,“PerformanceEnhancementofTerahertzMetamaterialsonUltrathinSubstratesforSensingApplications,”AppliedPhysicsLetters,97(26):261909,2010.

H.Tao,W.J.Padilla,X. ZhanG, and R.D. aveRitt, “Recent ProgressinElectromagneticMetamaterialDevicesforTerahertzApplications,”IEEEJournalofSelectedTopicsinQuantumElectronics,17(1):92-101,2011.

B.C.Kaanta,H.Chen,andX. ZhanG,“EffectofForcedConvectiononThermalDistributioninMicroThermalConductivityDetectors,”JournalofMicromechanicsandMicroengineering,21(4):045017,2011.

X.ZhengandX. ZhanG,“WholeFieldCharacterizationofPre-distortioninSoftlithographyFabricatedPolymerSubstratesforBiologicalApplications,”AppliedPhysicsLetters,inpress,2011.

I-KLin,X ZhanG,andY.Zhang,“CharacterizationofSiNx/AuBimaterialMicrocantileverswithNanoscaleCoating,”sensors and Actuators A: Physical, in press, 2011.

X.ZhengandX. ZhanG,“MicrosystemsforCellularForceMeasurement:AReview,”JournalofMicromechanicsandMicroengineering,inpress,2011.

P-HWu,I-KLin,H-YVan.K-SOu.K-SChen,andX. ZhanG, “MechanicalPropertyCharacterizationofSputteredandPlasmaEnhancedChemicalDeposition(PECVD)SiliconNitrideFilmsafterRapidThermalAnnealing,”SensorsandActuators A: Physical, in press, 2011.

Proceedings (Refereed)

A.E.Cetin,A.A.Yanik,C.Yilmaz,S.Somu,A.Busnainaand h. altUG,“PlasmonicMonopoleAntennaArraysforBiosensing,Spectroscopyandnm-PrecisionOpticalTrapping,”OSAConferenceonLasersandElectro-Optics(CLEO),Baltimore,MD,May2011.

A.Artar,A.A.Yanikand h. altUG,“Multi-SpectralPlasmonInducedTransparencywithHybridizedMetamaterials,”OSAConferenceonLasersandElectro-Optics(CLEO),Baltimore,MD,May2011.

s. aksU,R.Adato,A.Artar,M.Huang,A.A.Yanikandh. altUG,“High-ThroughputFabricationofPlasmonicNanoantennaArraysUsingNanostencilsforSpectrascopyandBiosensing,”OSAConferenceonLasersandElectro-Optics(CLEO),Baltimore,MD,May2011.

M.Turkmen, s. aksU,A.A.Cetin,A.A.YanikandH.ALTUG,“U-ShapedNano-AperturesforEnhancedOpticalTransmissionandResolution,”SPIEDefense,Security+SensingConference,Orlando,FL,April2011.

s. aksU,A.A.Yanik,R.Adato,A.Artar,M.Huangand h. altUG,“NanostencilLithographyforHigh-ThroughputFabricationofPlasmonicAntennas,”SPIEDefense,Security+SensingConference,Orlando,FL,April2011.

A.A.Yanik,M.Huang,A.Artar,T-YChangandh. altUG, “HybridNanoholeBiosensors:SubwavelengthNanofluidicsThroughPlasmonicNanoholesforEnhancedLabel-FreeSensing,”SPIEPhotonicsWestConference,SanFrancisco,cA, January 2011.



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Proceedings (Refereed) (continued)

s. aksU,R.Adato,A.Artar,M.Huang,A.A.Yanikand h. altUG, “high-throughput engineering of Infrared PlasmonicNanoantennaArrayswithNanostencilLithography,”SPIEPhotonicsWestConference,SanFrancisco,CA,January2011.

s. aksU,A.A.Yanik,R.Adato,A.Artar,M.Huang,andh. altUG,“EngineeringInfraredNanoantennaArrayswithNanostencilLithographyforSpectroscopicSensing,”MaterialsResearchSociety(MRS)FallMeeting,Boston,MA,December2010.

A.A.Yanik,M.Huang,A.Artar,T-YChang,h. altUG, “NanosievingFluidicChannelsasLabelFreePlasmonicNanoholeSensors,”MaterialsResearchSociety(MRS)SpringMeeting,SanFrancisco,CA,April2010.

R.Adato,A.A.Yanik,J.Amsden,D.Kaplan,F.Omenetto,M.hong, s. eRRaMilli, and h. altUG, “Radiative engineering of nanoantenna arrays for ultrasensitive vibrational spectroscopyofproteins,”SPIENanoScience+EngineeringConference,SanDiego,CA,August2010.

A.Artar,A.A.Yanik,h. altUG,“Lighttunnelinginmulti-layeredplasmoniccrystals,”SPIENanoScience+EngineeringConference,SanDiego,CA,August2010.

M.Huang,A.A.Yanik,h. altUG, “Integration of sub-wavelengthnanofluidicsonsuspendedphotoniccrystalsensors,”SPIENanoScience+EngineeringConference,SanDiego,CA,August2010.

A.A.Yanik,M.Huang,A.Artar,h. altUG,“On-chipnanoplasmonicbiosensorswithactivelycontrollednanofluidicsurfacedelivery,”SPIENanoScience+EngineeringConference,SanDiego,CA,August2010.

h. altUG,A.A.Yanik,M.Huang,A.Artar,“Lift-offFreeNanofabricationofSuspendedPlasmonicNanoholeArraysToOvercomeMass-TransportLimitationsinBiosensors,”Electron,IonandPhotonBeamTechnologyandNanofabricationConference(EIPBN),Alaska,June2010.

h. altUG,R.Adato,A.A.Yanik,“ZeptomolLevelVibrationalSpectroscopyofProteinsinLithographicallyEngineeredPlasmonicNano-antennaArrays,”Electron,IonandPhotonBeamTechnologyandNanofabricationConference(EIPBN),Alaska,June2010.

A.A.Yanik,M.Huang,A.Artar,T-YChang,andh. altUG, “On-ChipNanoplasmonic-NanofluidicBiosensorsOvercomingMassTransportLimitations,”ConferenceonLasersandElectro-Optics(CLEO),SanJose,CA,May2010.

M.Huang,A.A.Yanik,T-YChangandh. altUG, “sub-wavelengthnano-fluidicsonsuspendedphotoniccrystalsensors,”ConferenceonLasersandElectro-Optics(CLEO),SanJose,CA,May2010.

R.Adato,A.A.Yanik,J.Amsden,D.Kaplan,F.Omenetto,M.hong, s. eRRaMilli, and h. altUG, “Ultra-sensitive Infrared SpectroscopyofProteinswithCollectiveExcitationsofNanoplasmonicArrays,”ConferenceonLasersandElectro-Optics(CLEO),SanJose,CA,May2010.

A.Artar,A.A.Yanik,andh. altUG,“LightTunnelinginMulti-LayeredPhotonic-PlasmonicNanostructures,”ConferenceonLasersandElectro-Optics(CLEO),SanJose,CA,May2010.

A.A.Yanik,R.Adato, s. eRRaMilli, h. altUG,“HybridizedPlasmonicExcitationsinComplexNanocavitiesandDevelopmentofAnSingle-PolarizedAntennaArray,”MaterialsResearchSociety(MRS)SpringMeeting,SanFrancisco,CA,April2010.

R.Adato,A.A.Yanik,J.Amsden,D.Kaplan,F.Omenetto,M.Hong,s. eRRaMilli, and h. altUG, “surface enhanced VibrationalSpectroscopyofProteinswithPlasmonicNanoantennaArrays,”MaterialsResearchSociety(MRS)SpringMeeting,SanFrancisco,CA,April2010.

A.Artar,A.A.Yanik,andh. altUG, “Plasmonic couplings in Multi-LayeredNanoholeandNanoparticleArrays,”MaterialsResearchSociety(MRS),SpringMeeting,SanFrancisco,CA,April 2010.

A.A.Yanik,M.Huang,A.Artar,T-YChangandh. altUG, “On-ChipNanoplasmonicBiosensorswithActivelyControlledNanofluidicSurfaceDelivery,”AmericanPhysicsSociety(APS)MarchMeeting,Portland,OR,March2010.

R.Adato,A.A.Yanik,J.Amsden,D.Kaplan,F.Omenetto, M.Hong,s. eRRaMilli, and h. altUG, “Plasmonic nanoantenna arrays for surface enhanced vibrational spectroscopyofproteins,”AmericanPhysicsSociety(APS)MarchMeeting,Portland,OR,March2010.

A.Artar,A.A.Yanik,andh. altUG,“PlasmonicBiosensorsbasedonMulti-LayeredMetallodielectricNanostructures,”AmericanPhysicsSociety(APS)MarchMeeting,Portland,OR,March2010.

s. eRRaMilli,R.Adato,A.Gabel,A.A.Yanik,h. altUG and M.Hong,“Nonlinearnonlocalinfraredplasmonicarraysforpump-probestudiesonproteinmonolayers,”AmericanPhysicsSociety(APS)MarchMeeting,Portland,OR,March2010.


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K. Fan, A.C. Strikwerda, H. Tao, R.D, AVERITT, and X. ZHANG, “Broadband Tunable 3D Metamaterials at Terahertz Frequencies,” Proceeding of the 24th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS ‘11), pp. 680-683, Cancun, Mexico, January 2011.

L. MIARA, L.J. Piper, J.N. DAVIS, L. Saraf, T. Kaspar, S.N. BASU, K. SMITH, U. PAL, and S.GOPALAN, “Surface Segregation Studies of SOFC Cathodes: Combining Soft X-Rays and Electrochemical lmpedence Spectroscopy,” Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., in press, 2011.

A. Roan, S. Pati, S.N. BASU and U.B. PAL, “Solid Oxide Membrane Process for Solar Grade Silicon Production Directly from Silicon Dioxide,” Proceedings of TMS 2011: Silicon Production, Purification and Recycling for Photovoltaic Cells: Session II, in press 2011.

L. MIARA, L.F.J. Piper, J.N. DAVIS, L. Saraf, T. Kaspar, S.N. BASU, K.E. SMITH, U.B. PAL, S. GOPALAN, “Surface Reconstruction Studies of SOFC Cathodes Using a Combination of Synchrotron Radiation Techniques and Electrochemical Measurements,” Catalytic Materials for Energy, Green Processes and Nanotechnology, Mat. Res. |Soc. Symp. Proc., Warrendale, PA, 2010.

E. BELLOTTI, M. Moresco and F. Bertazzi, “First-principles simulation of GaN material and devices: an application to GaN APDs,” Proceedings of the SPIE, Vol. 7602 Gallium Nitride Materials and Devices V, March 10, 2010.

L.W. Snyman and E. BELLOTTI, “New interpretation of photonic yield processes (450-750nm) in multi-junction Si CMOS LEDs: simulation and analysis,” Proceedings of the SPIE, Silicon Photonics V, 7606: 760303-760303-10, February 2010.

C.A. Keasler, M. Moresco, D. D’Orsogna, P. Lamarre and E. BELLOTTI, “3D numerical analysis of As-diffused HgCdTe planar pixel arrays,” Proceedings of the SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 7780: 77800J, 2010.

S. Chiaria, M. Penna, M. Goano and E. BELLOTTI, “Numerical simulation of ZnO-based LEDs,” 10th International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices (NUSOD), pp.29-30, 2010.

M. Moresco, F. Bertazzi and E. BELLOTTI, “A Full-Band Monte Carlo study of gain, bandwidth and noise of GaN avalanche photodiodes,” 10th International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices (NUSOD), pp.27-8, 2010.

M. Moresco, F. Bertazzi and E. BELLOTTI, “2D Full-Band Monte Carlo Modelling of HgCdTe-Based APDs,Proceeding of the The 2010 U.S. Workshop on the Physics and Chemistry of II-VI Materials,” pp.5-6, New Orleans, LA, October 2010.

C.A. Keasler and E. BELLOTTI, “3D Electromagnetic and Electrical Simualtion of HgCdTe Pixel Arrays,” Proceeding of the The 2010 U.S. Workshop on the Physics and Chemistry of II-VI Materials, pp.87-88, New Orleans, LA, October 2010.

F. Bertazzi, M. Goano and E. BELLOTTI, “Calculation of Auger minority carrier Lifetime in HgCdTe,” Proceeding of the The 2010 U.S. Workshop on the Physics and Chemistry of II-VI Materials, pp.91-92, New Orleans, LA, October 2010.

E. BELLOTTI, M.Moresco and F. Bertazzi, “Theory of High Field Carrier Transport and Impact Ion-ization in III-Nitride Semiconductors,” Proceeding of the 14th International Workshop on Computational Electronics, IWCE2010, pp.171, Pisa, Italy, October, 2010.

F. Bertazzi, M. Goano and E. BELLOTTI, “Auger Lifetime in Narrow gap semiconductors,” Proceedings of the 14th International Workshop on Computational Electronics, pp.179, IWCE2010, Pisa, Italy, October, 2010.

Y. Liao, C. Thomidis, C.-K. Kao, E. BELLOTTI and T.D. MOUSTAKAS, “Deep Ultraviolet LEDs based on AlGaN Alloys by Plasma-assisted Molecular Beam Epitaxy,” 2010 CLEO/QELS, May 2010.

J. Yang, S.V. Boriskina, H. Noh, M. J. Rooks, G.S. Solomon, L. DAL NEGRO, H. Cao, “Demonstration of laser action in a pseudorandom medium,” Conference on Active Photonic Materials III, San Diego, CA, August 2010.

S. Boriskina, S. Lee, B. Yan, B.M. Reinhard, L. DAL NEGRO, “Aperiodic Plasmonic Platforms for Multi-Parametric Sensing and Spectroscopy,” 22nd International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy, pp. 958-959, Boston, MA, August 2010.

S. Boriskina, A. Gopinath, L. DAL NEGRO, “Broadband Substrates for Spatially-Averaged andSpatially-Resolved SERS Detection,” 22nd International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy, pp. 992-993, Boston, MA, August 2010.

J. Henson, J. DiMaria, E. Dimakis, R. Li, S. Minissale, L. DAL NEGRO, T. D. MOUSTAKAS, and R. PAIELLA, “Plasmon-Enhanced Emission Rates from III-Nitride Quantum Wells Using Tunable Surface Plasmons,” MRS Fall Meeting, poster M5.10, Boston, MA, Nov 2010.


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E. Speyerer, M. GEVELBER, D. Radgowski, “Development of an Adaptive System 10 Method for Enabling Advanced E-Beam Sweep Pattern Design,” 2010 ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference Proceedings, pp. 1-8, P. Meckl (editor), Cambridge MA, September 2010.

M. GEVELBER, D. Wroblewski, M. Cannamela, S. BASU, D. Radgowski, and M. Tuttle, “Sensor and Control Design Issues for Developing Real-Time Deposition Rale Control for Plasma Spray,” 2010 ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference Proceedings, pp. 1-8, P. Meckl (editor), Cambridge MA, September 2010.

X. Yan and M. GEVELBER, “Process Dynamics and Control Analysis for Electrospinning Nanofibers,” pp. 1-8, 2010 ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference Proceedings, P. Meckl (editor), Cambridge MA, September 2010.

X.Yan, and M. GEVELBER, “Electrospinning of Nanofibers: Analysis of Diameter Distribution and Process Dynamics for Controls,” 2010 International symposium on Flexible Automation Conference Proceedings, N. Sugimura and J. Cao (editors), Tokyo, Japan, July 2010.

M. GEVELBER, D. Wroblewski, M. Canemella, S. BASU, “Sensor Design Issues for Implementation of Real-Time Depsoition Rate Control for Plasma Spray,” International symposium on Flexible Automation Conference Proceedings, N. Sugimura and J. Cao (editors), Tokyo, Japan, July 2010.

A. YURT, G. G. Daaboul, X. Zhang, G. M. Hwang, B. B. GOLDBERG, and M. S. UNLU, “Widefield Interferometric Detection and Size Determination of Dielectric Nanoparticles,” Proceedings of IEEE Photonics Society 2010 Annual Meeting, November 2010.

A. YURT, G. G. Daaboul, X. Zhang, B. B. GOLDBERG, and M. S. UNLU, “Spectral Scattering Imaging for Single Particle Detection and Size Discrimination,” Nano-TR, June 2010.

R. Liu, J. Wade, J.B. Wolinsky, J. Walpole, E. Southard, L.R. Chirieac, M.W. GRINSTAFF, and Y.L. Colson, “Paclitaxel-Eluting Polymer Film Reduces Locoregional Recurrence in Mouse Model of Sarcoma: A Novel Investigational Therapy,” 63rd Annual Cancer Symposium of the Society-of-Surgical-Oncology, Annals Surigcal Oncology, S31-S32, 2010.

M.W. GRINSTAFF, “Expansile Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Characterization, and In vivo Efficacy,” Trans. 35nd Biomaterials Annual Meeting, Seatle, WA, 2010.

X.-X. Zhang and M.W. GRINSTAFF, “Lipopeptides Possessing Tripeptide, not Dipeptide, Head Groups Show Efficient DNA and siRNA Delivery,” Trans. 35nd Biomaterials Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 2010.

C.M. LaManna, J.H. Feng, and M.W. GRINSTAFF, “Synthesis and Characterization of a Charge-Reversal Photo-Active Amphiphile,” Trans. 35nd Biomaterials Annual Meeting, Seatle, WA, 2010.

X. Khoo, G. O’Toole, D.J. Kenan, M.W. GRINSTAFF, “PEGylated-Peptide Coatings for the Inhibition of Pathogenic Biofilms on Titanium Metal,” Trans. 35nd Biomaterials Annual Meeting, Seatle, WA, 2010.

K.A.V. Zubris, O. Khullar, J.V. Frangioni, Y.L. Colson and M.W. GRINSTAFF, “Synthesis, Characterization and Lymphatic Trafficking of Polymeric Nanoparticles,” Trans. 35nd Biomaterials Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 2010.

M.W. GRINSTAFF, “Supramolecular Ionic Networks,” POLY Prepr., 240th American Chemical Society, Boston, MA, 2010.

M.W. GRINSTAFF, “Dendriticpolymers for ocular wound repair: From concept to clinical use – the HyperBranch Medical Technology Story,” POLY Prepr., 240th American Chemical Society, Boston, MA, 2010.

M.W. GRINSTAFF, “Expansile Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Characterization, and In vivo Efficacy in Lung and Mesothelioma Tumor Models,” PMSE Prepr., 234th American Chemical Society, Boston, MA, 2010.

P. Du, X. LIN, and X. ZHANG, “Characterization on the Electrical Properties of PDMS Nanocomposites by Conducting Polymer Nanowires,” Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., 2011.

P. Du, I-K Lin, H. Lu, X. LIN, and X. ZHANG, “Characterization on the Viscoelastic Property of PDMS in the Frequency Domain,” Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., 2011.

Y. Liao, C. Thomidis, A. Bhattacharyya, C.-K. Kao, A. MOLDAWER, W. ZHANG and T. D. MOUSTAKAS, “Development of milliwatt power AlGaN-based deep UV-LEDs by Plasma-assisted MBE,” Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., 2010.

J. Henson, E. Dimakis, J. DiMaria, T. D. MOUSTAKAS, and R. PAIELLA, “Plasmon-Enhanced Light Emission from InGaN Quantum Wells Using Lithographically Defined Nanoparticle Arrays,” IEEE Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, paper CTuNN1, San Jose, CA, May 2010.



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J.Henson,E.Dimakis,J.DiMaria,t. D. MOUstakas, and R. Paiella,“Plasmon-EnhancedLightEmissionfromInGaNQuantumWellsUsingLithographicallyDefinedNanoparticleArrays,”IEEEConferenceonLasersandElectro-Optics,paperCTuNN1,SanJose,CA,May2010.

R. Paiella,K.Driscoll,Y.Li,Y.Liao,A.Bhattacharyya,C.Thomidis,L.Zhou,D.J.Smith,andt. D. MOUstakas, “IntersubbandTransitionsinGaN-BasedQuantumWells:aNewMaterialsPlatformforInfraredDeviceApplications,”SPIEOpticsandPhotonics,paper7808-6,SanDiego,CA,Aug 2010.

R. Paiella,K.Driscoll,Y.Li,Y.Liao,A.Bhattacharyya, C.Thomidis,L.Zhou,D.J.Smith,e. BellOtti and t.D. MOUstakas, “Intersubband device applications of nitridequantumstructures,”ProceedingsoftheSPIE,QuantumSensingandNanophotonicDevicesVII,7608,January 2010.

R. Paiella, K.Driscoll,Y.Liao,A.Bhattacharyya,L.Zhou,D.J.Smithandt.D. MOUstakas,“Short-WavelengthIntersubbandLightEmissionfromOpticallyPumpedGaN/AlNQuantumWells,”Mater.Res.Soc.Symp.Proc.,2010.

R. Paiella, K.Driscoll,Y.Li,Y.Liao,A.Bhattacharyya,C.Thomidis,L.Zhou,D.J.Smith,andt.D. MOUstakas, “IntersubbandTransitionsinGaN-BasedQuantumWells:aNewMaterialsPlatformforInfraredDeviceApplications,”InfraredRemoteSensingandInstrumentationXVIII,Proc.ofSPIE,7808,2010.

J.YinandR. Paiella,“IntersubbandThermophotovoltaicDetectors,”IEEEConferenceonLasersandElectro-Optics,paperCML5,SanJose,CA,May2010.

M. s. UnlU,M.Chiari,andU.Rant,“OpticalInterference:NanoscaleBiologicalImaging,Label-freeProteinMicroarrays,andSinglePathogenDetection,”ICTON,(Microresonators&PhotonicMolecules)Munich,Germany,June2010.

M. s. UnlU,“InterferometricReflectanceImaging:NanoscaleBiologicalImaging,Label-freeProteinandSinglePathogenDetection,”Nano-TR,June2010.

P.S.Spuhler,L.Sola,M.R.Monroe,M.Chiari,andM. s. UnlU, “MeasurementofpotentialdependentDNAorientationonindium tin oxide surfaces by fluorescent-self interference microscopy,”12thInternationalConferenceonTransparentOpticalNetworks,Munich,June2010.

G.G.Daaboul,C.Lopez,J.H.Connor,G.M.Hwang,O.Rabin,P.F.Renda,R.R.Graef,andM.s. UnlU,“LED-basedspectralreflectance imaging biosensor for label-free single pathogen detection,”Biosensors,2010,Glasgow,Scotland,May2010.

J.Knezevic,P.S.Spuhler,Q.Bao,P.Dröge,M.s. UnlU, and U. Rant, “A platform for in situ real-time measurement ofproteininducedconformationalchangesofDNA,”Biosensors,2010,Glasgow,Scotland,May2010.

R.Audet,S.A.Clasussen,E.H.Edwards,S.Ren,R.K.Schaevitz,E.Tasyurek,O.I.Dosunmu,M.s. UnlU,andD.A.Miller,“Surface-normalasymmetricFabry-Perotquantum-confinedStarkeffectelectro-absorptionmodulatoronsilicon,”SPIEPhotonicsWest2010-LASE,January2010.

S.Vasile,J.Lipson,andM.s. UnlU, “challenges of developing resonantcavityphotoncountingdetectorsat1064nm,”SPIEPhotonicsWest2010-LASE,January2010.

M.s. UnlU,M.Chiari,andD.Bergstein,“InterferometricReflectanceImagingSensor(IRIS)Label-freeProteinandSinglePathogenDetection,”Venice,Italy,October2010.

B.C.Kaanta,H.Chen,andX. ZhanG,“MonolithicMicroGasChromatographicSeparationColumnandDetector,”Proceedingofthe23rdIEEEInternationalConferenceonMicroElectroMechanicalSystems(MEMS’10),pp.907-910,hong Kong, china, January 2010.

K.Fan,A.C.Strikwerda,H.Tao,W.J.Padilla,R.D. aveRitt, and X. ZhanG,“3DStandupMetamaterialswithPurelyMagneticResonanceatTerahertzFrequencies:Proceedingofthe23rdIEEEInternationalConferenceonMicroElectroMechanicalSystems(MEMS‘10),pp.843-846,HongKong,china, January 2010.

P.Du,I-KLin,H.Lu,andX. ZhanG,“MeasuringtheYoung’sRelaxationModulusofPDMSUsingStressRelaxationNanoindenlalion,”MicroelectromechanicalSystems—MaterialsandDevicesIII,Mater.Res.Soc.Symp.Proc.,2010.

K-SOu,I-KLin,P-HWu,Z-Kl-Huang,andX. ZhanG, and K-SChen,“MechanicalCharacterizationofAtomicLayerDeposited(ALD)AluminaforApplicationsinCorrosiveEnvironments,”MicroelectromechanicalSystems-MaterialsandDevicesIII,Mater.Res.Soc.Symp.Proc.,2010.

I-KLin,X. ZhanG,andY.Zhang,“SuppressionofInelasticDeformationinMultilayerMicrocantileverswithNanoscaleCoating,”MicroelectromechanicalSystems—MaterialsandDevicesIII,Mater.Res.Soc.Symp.Proc.,2010.

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I-KLin,P-HWu,K-SOu,K-SChen,andX. ZhanG,“TheTunabilityinMechanicalPropertiesandFractureToughnessofSputteredSiliconOxynitrideThinFilmsforMEMS-BasedInfraredDetectors,”MicroelectromechanicalSystems—MaterialsandDevicesIII,Mater.Res.Soc.Symp.Proc.,2010.

B.C.Kaanta,H.Chen,andX. ZhanG,“ControlandOperationSchemesforMicro-ThermalConductivityDetectorsinGasChromatography,”MicroelectromechanicalSystems—MaterialsandDevicesIII,Mater.Res.Soc.Symp.Proc.,2010.

X.Zheng,E.Frohlich,S.Collignon,andX. ZhanG, “A MicrofluidicChipforAnalysisofMechanicalForcesGeneratedDuringCellMigration,”BiosurfacesandBiointerfaces,Mater.Res.Soc.Symp.Proc.,2010.

H.Tao,A.C.Strikwerda,K.Fan,W.J.Padilla,X. ZhanG, and R.D. aveRitt,“StructurallyReconfigurableMetamaterialsatTerahertzFrequencies,”Proceedingofthe30thConferenceonLasersandElectro-OpticsIInternationalQuantumElectronicsandLaserScienceConference(CLEO/QELS‘10),SanJose,CA,May2010.

K.Fan,A.C.Strikwerda,H.Tao,X. ZhanG, and R.D. aveRitt, “3DStand-upMetamaterialswithaPurelyMagneticResonanceatTerahertzFrequencies,”Proceedingofthe30thConferenceonLasersandElectroOpticsIInternationalQuantumElectronicsandLaserScienceConference(CLEO/QELS‘10),SanJose,CA,May2010.

H.Tao,J.J.Amsden,A.C.Strikwerda,K.Fan,D.L.Kaplan,F.G.Omenetto, R.D. aveRitt, and X. ZhanG,“LargeAreaSprayingofTerahertzMetamaterialsonFree-StandingBiocompatibleSilkFilms,”TechnicalDigestofIEEESolid-StateSensorandActuatorWorkshop(HiltonHead‘10),pp.138-141,HiltonHeadIsland,SC,June2010.

B.C.Kaanta,H.Chen,andX. ZhanG,“FlowRateInsensitiveThermalConductivityDetector,”TechnicalDigestofIEEESolid-StateSensorandActuatorWorkshop(HiltonHead‘10),pp.294-297,HiltonHeadIsland,SC,June2010.

X.Zheng,H.K.Surks,andX. ZhanG, “sensing single cell ContractilityUtilizingMoireFrigines,”TechnicalDigestofIEEESolid-StateSensorandActuatorWorkshop(HiltonHead‘10),pp.274-277,HiltonHeadIsland,SC,June2010.

P.Du,X.Zheng,I-KLin,H.Lu,andX. ZhanG, “extended TimoshenkoBeamFormulaforCellularContractionForceCalculation,”Proceedingofthe14thInternationalConferenceonMiniaturizedSystemsforChemistryandLifeSciences(microTAS‘10),pp.509-511,Groningen,Netherlands,October2010.

X.ZhengandX. ZhanG,“AMicroMoireChipforAutomatedWholeFieldCellAnalysis,”Proceedingofthe14thInternationalConferenceonMiniaturizedSystemsforChemistryandLifeSciences(microTAS‘10),pp.1625-1627,Groningen,Netherlands,October2010.

X.Wang,S.W.Anderson,andX. ZhanG,“MicroengineeredMulti-SpectralContrastAgentsforMagneticResonanceImaging,”Proceedingofthe14thInternationalConferenceonMiniaturizedSystemsforChemistryandLifeSciences(microTAS‘10),pp.1310-1312,Groningen,Netherlands,October2010.

X.ZhengandX. ZhanG,“WholeFieldLivingCellMappingUsingDiffractionMoireSensor,”Proceedingofthe9thIEEESensorsConference(IEEESensors‘10),pp.1564-1567,Waikoloa,HI,November2010.

B.C.Kaanta,A.J.Jonca,H.Chen,andX. ZhanG,“ANoveluThermalConductivityDetectorCapableofFlowRateMeasurements,”Proceedingofthe9thIEEESensorsConference(IEEESensors‘10),pp.2508-2511,Waikoloa,HI,USA,November2010.

X.Wang,S.W.Andersson,andX. ZhanG,“ANovelContrastAgentforMultispectralMagneticResonanceImaging,”Proceedingofthe9thIEEESensorsConference(IEEESensors‘10),Waikoloa,HI,pp.1305-1308,November2010.

P.Du,I-KLin,Y.Yan,andX. ZhanG, “Residual stress in SputteredSiliconOxycarbideThinFilms,”Mater.Res.Soc,symp. Proc., 2011.


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scholarly Papers

s.n. BasU,“SynchrotronX-raystudyofstrontium-dopedlanthanummanganite(LSM)filmsundersolidoxidefuelcelloperatingtemperatureandpressure,”co-author,FallMRSMeetinginBoston,MA,December2010.

s.n. BasU,“SolidOxideFuelCellCathodes:UnravelingtheRelationshipbetweenStructure,SurfaceChemistryandOxygenReduction,”co-author,presentedatthe11thAnnualSECAWorkshop,Pittsburg,PA,July2010.

s.n. BasU, “Understanding cathode Kinetics through and ElectrochemicalImpedanceSpectroscopy,”co-author,FuelCellSeminarandExposition,SanAntonio,TX,October2010.

s.n. BasU,“SoftX-raySpectroscopyatBeamlineX1BofEnergyConversionMaterials:SolidOxideFuelCellCathodes,”co-author,2010jointNSLS/CFNUsersMeeting,BrookhavenNationalLaboratory,Upton,NY,May2010.

l. Dal neGRO, “Understanding aperiodic order in nanophotonics,”USArmyResearchLaboratory(ARL)Workshop,Multi-ScaleMulti-DisciplinaryModeling(MMM)ofElectronicMaterials,Fairfax,VA,September2010.

l. Dal neGRO,“Novelconceptsinplasmonicsensing,”SPIEBiOS:BiomedicalOptics,SanFrancisco,CA,January2010.

l. Dal neGRO,“EngineeringAperiodicOrderforNanophotonicsApplications,”InternationalSymposiumonPhotonicCrystalStructures,Kyoto,Japan,May2010.

l. Dal neGRO,“DeterministicAperiodicStructuresforNanophotonicsandNanoplasmonicson-chipApplications,”MRSSpringMeeting,SanFrancisco,April2010.

l. Dal neGRO,“Si-basednitridenanostructures:towardsopticallyandelectricallypumpedlasers,”EMRSSpringMeeting,Strasbourg,France,June2010.

l. Dal neGRO,“EngineeringAperiodicOrderforOpticalDeviceswithPhotonic-PlasmonicNanostructures,”SPIENanoscienceandEngineeringSymposium,SanDiego,california, August 2010.

l. Dal neGRO,“Aperiodicorderforenergyharvesting,”Harvesting&ManipulatingLightattheNanoscaleWorkshop,MolecularFoundry,Berkley,CA,September30-October1,2010.

l. Dal neGRO,“EngineeringLightLocalizationonasiliconchip,”7thInternationalWorkshoponDisorderedSystems,Puebla,Mexico,September20-24,2010.

C.A.Lopez,G.G.Daaboul,R.S.Vedula,E.Ozkumur,D.A.Bergstein,T.W.Geisbert,H.E.Fawcett, B.B. GOlDBeRG, J.h. Connor,M.S.UNLU,“Label-freemultiplexedvirusdetectionusingspectralreflectanceimaging,”BiosensorsandBioelectronics,2011.

l. MiaRa,K.Yoon,L.Saraf, U. Pal, and s. GOPalan, “OxygenReductionReactioninSOFCCathodes:AnInvestigationUsingThinFilms,”SymposiumonSolidStateIonicsDevices,LasVegas,NV,2010.

X.Khoo,G.O’Toole,D.Kenan,andM.w. GRinstaff, “Peptide-based surface coatings for the Inhibition of Pathogenic BiofilmsonTitanium,”240thAmericanChemicalSocietyNationalMeeting,NanomaterialsforBiological,PharmaceuticalandBiomedicalApplications,Boston,MA,2010.

M.w. GRinstaff,“SupramolecularIonicNetworks,”240thAmericanChemicalSocietyNationalMeeting,FromMoleculestoMacromolecules:TowardsSelf-AssemblingMaterials,Boston,MA,2010.

R.Liu,J.E.Wade,J.B.Wolinsky,J.H.Winer,P.J.Catalano,A.J.Wagner, M.w. GRinstaff,Y.L.Colson,andC.P.Raut,“Paclitaxel-ElutingPolymerFilmReducesLocoregionalRecurrenceinMouseModelofSarcoma:ANovelInvestigationalTherapy,”SocietyofThoracicSurgeons,2010.

M.Schulz,A.P.Griset,M.w. GRinstaff,Y.L.Colson,“Paclitaxel-ElutingpH-ResponsiveExpansileNanoparticles:InVitroActivityinOvarianCancer,”AcademicSurgicalCongress,SanAntonio,TX,February2010.

O.Khullar,K.A.Zubris,A.P.Griset,J.V.Frangioni, M.w. GRinstaff,Y.L.Colson,“Size-andPolymer-DependentIntranodalLocalizationofMethacrylateNanoparticles,”AmericanAssociationforThoracicSurgery,2010.

R.Liu,J.E.Wade,J.B.Wolinsky,P.J.Catalano,A.J.Wagner,M.w. GRinstaff,Y.L.Colson,andC.P.Raut,“Paclitaxel-ElutingPolymerFilmReducesLocoregionalRecurrenceinMouseModelofSarcoma:ANovelInvestigationalTherapy,”TheSocietyofSurgicalOncology’s(SSO)63rdAnnualCancerSymposium,St.Louis,Missouri,March2010.

X.-X.ZhangandM.w. GRinstaff,“LipopeptidesPossessingTripeptide,notDipeptide,HeadGroupsShowEfficientDNAandsiRNADelivery,”BiomaterialsAnnualMeeting,Seatle,WA,2010.

S.ByrnesandB.Steinberg,H.Frydman,and M.w. GRinstaff, “UtilizationofBacteriaProteinstoManipulateIntracellularTransportandApoptosis,”BME5thAnnualSeniorDesignProjectConference,Boston,MA,2010.


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B.D.Snyder,P.N.Bansal,N.S.Joshi,V.Entezari,andM.w. GRinstaff,“ContrastEnhancedCTImagingforQuantificationoftheGlycosaminoglycansandBiomechanicalPropertiesofArticularCartilage,”InternationalCartilageRepairSocietyMeeting,Boston,MA,2010.

K.A.V.Zubris,A.P.Griset,R.Liu,Y.L.Colson,and M.w. GRinstaff,“ExpansilePolymericNanoparticlesfortheTreatmentofBreastCancer,”240thAmericanChemicalSocietyNationalMeeting,Material,DevicesandSwitches,Boston,MA,2010.

M.A.Mintzer,andM.w. GRinstaff, “Anionic Amphiphilic DendrimersasBroadSpectrumAntimicrobialAgents,”240thAmericanChemicalSocietyNationalMeeting,MolecularRecognitionandSelf-Assembly,Boston,MA,2010.

C.M.LaManna,H.Lusic,J.H.Feng,andM.w. GRinstaff, “Light-activatedAmphiphilesforGeneDelivery,”240thAmericanChemicalSocietyNationalMeeting,NanomaterialsforBiological,PharmaceuticalandBiomedicalApplications,Boston,MA,2010.

X. lin, “An adapted su-schrieffer-heeger hamiltonian for conductingpolymers,”AmericanPhysicalSociety,82(15),2010.

X. lin, “charge and energy transports via poly-phenylacetylenebaseddendrimers”AmericanPhysicalsociety, 2010.

X. lin,“Abinitiostudyofpolypyrroledopedwithsulfonatedionsforpervaporationofethanol-watermixtures,”Americanchemical society.

X. lin,“Modelingthelocalizationofexcitationsin poly-phenylacetylenebaseddendrimers,”Americanchemical society.

X. lin,“A 2-dimensional adapted su-schrieffer-heeger modelforconductingpolymerpolypyrrote,”Americanchemical society.

X. lin,“Migrationmechanismofself-localizeddefectsinconductivepolymers,”AmericanChemicalSociety.

X. lin,“ApplicationoftheNudgedEtasticBandmethod totheSu-Schrieffer-Heegermodelrevealsanewconductionmechanismintrans-polyacetylene,”American chemical society.

X. lin,“Abinitiostudyofcerium(lll)trappingbythe Schiff-basecomplexN,N’-bis[2-(salicytideneamino)ethyljethane-1,2-diamineforsensingapplications,”Americanchemical society.

X. lin,“Excitontransferratebetweenconjugatedpolymerchains,”AmericanChemicalSociety.

X. lin,“Abinitiostudyofpolypyrroledopedwithsulfonatedionsforpervaporationofethanol-watermixtures,”Americanchemical society.

X. lin, “complex band perspective of defect states in conductingpolymers,”AmericanChemicalSociety.

X. lin,“Shrinkageinducedself-localizedelectronicstatesintrans-polyacetylene,”MaterialsResearchSociety.

X. lin,“MigrationMechanismofSelf-localizedTopologicalDefectsinConductivePolymers,”MaterialsResearchSociety.

X. lin,“CharacterizationontheElectricalPropertiesofPDMSNanocompositesbyConductingPolymerNanowires,”MaterialsResearchSociety.

X. lin,“CharacterizationontheViscoelasticPropertyofPDMSintheFrequencyDomain,”Materials Research society.

a. MelleR,“SingleMoleculeBiology,”GordonResearchCenter,Barga,Italy.

v.k. saRin,“ECB’s-TechnologyfortheFuture,”IITB,Mumbai,India,February2010.

v.k. saRin,“‘Sabtrinite’-anewphaseintheAlumina-SilicaSystem,”UTCSeminarSeries,Barcelona,Spain,August2010.

JudeSchneck,A.GWalsh,A.Green,M.Hersam,L.Ziegler,a.k. swan,“Excitondynamicsin(6,5)carbonnanotubes,”NanoTube1011thannualcarbonnanotubeconference,”Montreal,June2010.

M.Harrah,a.k. swan,“MonteCarlodynamicstudyofexcitondiffusionincarbonnanotubes,”NanoTube1011thannualcarbonnanotubeconference,Montreal,June2010.

h. chen, a.k. swan,“4-levelmodelinResonantRamanexcitationprofilesofspeciesseparatedCarbonnanotubes,”NanoTube1011thannualcarbonnanotubeconference,Montreal,June2010.

s. Remi, A. Kitt, a.k. swan, B. GOlDBeRG,B.Feldman,J.Martin,A.Yacoby,J.WonSuk,R.S.Ruoff,“BarometricallyandElectrostaticallyInducedStraininSuspendedGraphene,”XXIIInternationalConferenceonRamanSpectroscopy,Boston,MA,August2010.


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H. Chen, C. Keasler, O. Ozsun, A.K. SWAN, “Raman Spectra of High Aspect Ratio Double- and Single-Clamped Silicon Nanowires,” XXII International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy, Boston, MA, August 2010.

S. Remi, A.K. SWAN, B. GOLDBERG, “High Magnetic Field Raman Spectroscopy of Electron Phonon Interactions in Graphene,” XXII International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy, Boston, MA, August 2010.

J.G. Duque, H. Chen, S. Kilina, S. Tretiak, A. Shreve, X. Tu, M. Zheng, A.K. SWAN, S.K. Doorn, “Resonant Raman Spectroscopy of Chirality-Enriched Semiconducting Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes,” XXII International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy, Boston, MA, August 2010.

C. Williams, A. Xie, E. Yi, B. Suki, M. Yamato, T. Okano, and J.Y. WONG, “Control of complex tissue structure in mesenchymal stem cell-based vascular patches,” TERMIS (Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society) North America Annual Conference & Exhibition, Orlando, FL, December 2010.

O.V. Sazonova, K.L. Lee, J.Y. WONG, and M.A. Nugent, “Differential talin and vinculin expression during vascular smooth muscle cell mechanotransduction,” Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Fall Meeting, Austin, TX, October 2010.

M. Kinahan, E. Filippidi, S. Köster, H. Evans, T. Pfohl, D. Kaplan, and J.Y. WONG, “Tunable Silk Fibers: Mimicking Natural Silkworm Processing with Microfluidics,” Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Fall Meeting, Austin, TX, October 2010.

J. Paulsen, J.Y. WONG, R.D. Whitaker, L. DOERRER, M. Hurlimann, and Y.Q. Song, “MRI of Contrast Agents in Porous Media,” 10th Bologna Conference on Magnetic Resonance in Porous Media (MRPM 10), Leipzig, Germany, September 2010.

C. Williams, A. Xie, S. Emani and J.Y. WONG, “Human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell sheets cultured on thermo-responsive substrates for the development of tissue engineered vascular patches,” Society for Biological Engineering’s Second International Conference on Stem Cell Engineering, Boston, MA, May 2010.

Invited Lectures

H. ALTUG, “Metamaterials, NanoPlasmonics, and Nanofluidics for Ultrasensitive Spectroscopy and Bio-detection” ETH, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland, July 2011.

H. ALTUG, “Metamaterials, NanoPlasmonics, and Nanofluidics for Ultrasensitive Spectroscopy and Bio-detection,” Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Optics and Quantum Electronics Seminar, Cambridge, MA, April 2011.

H. ALTUG, “Metamaterials, NanoPlasmonics, and Nanofluidics for Ultrasensitive Spectroscopy and Bio-detection,” University of Texas at Austin, Center for Nano and Molecular Science and Technology, Austin, TX, April 2011.

H. ALTUG, “Metamaterials, NanoPlasmonics, and Nanofluidics for Ultrasensitive Spectroscopy and Bio-detection,” Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies, Cambridge, MA, March 2011.

H. ALTUG, “Metamaterials, NanoPlasmonics, and Nanofluidics for Ultrasensitive Spectroscopy and Bio-detection Harvard University,” Chemistry Department, Physical Chemistry Seminar, Harvard, MA, March 2011.

H. ALTUG, “Nanoplasmonic Systems for Ultrasensitive Biomolecular Identification,” Boston University Photonics Center Future of Light Symposium, Boston, MA December 2010.

H. ALTUG, “Nanoplasmonic Systems for Ultrasensitive Biomolecular Identification,” Boston University Material Science Division, Boston, MA October 2010.

H. ALTUG, “Integrated Plasmonics for Ultrasensitive Spectroscopy and Biodetection,” OSA Optical Sensors, Toronto, Canada, June 2011.

H. ALTUG, “Optofluidic-Nanoplasmonic Sensors for Biochemical Detection,” SPIE Defense, Security and Sensing, Orlando, FL, April 2011.

H. ALTUG, “On-chip Plasmonic Systems for Ultrasensitive Nanospectroscopy”. SPIE Defense, Security and Sensing, Orlando, FL, April 2011.

H. ALTUG, “Merging Nanophotonics and Nanofluidics for Active Analyte Delivery and Biosensing,” SPIE Photonics West BIOS (Frontiers in Biological Detection: From Nanosensors to Systems Sympossium), San Francisco, CA, January 2011.

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Invited Lectures (continued)

H. ALTUG, “Integrated Plasmonic Systems for Ultrasensitive Biodetection”. SPIE Photonics West OPTO (Silicon Photonics Symposium), San Francisco, CA, January 2011.

H. ALTUG, “Ultra-sensitive SEIRA with Plasmonic Nanoantennas”, NANO META European Society of Physics, Tirol, Austria, January 2011.

H. ALTUG, “Plasmonics Nanoantennas for Ultrasensitive Biomolecular Identification,” MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA December 2010.

H. ALTUG, “Nanoplasmonic Systems for Ultrasensitive Biomolecular Detection and Identification,” IEEE Photonics Society Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, November 2010.

H. ALTUG, “Plasmonics for Ultrasensitive Biomolecular Nanospectroscopy,” IEEE Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics Conference, Sapporo, Japan, August 2010.

H. ALTUG, “Nanoplasmonics for Ultrasensitive Vibrational Spectroscopy and Bimolecular Detection,” SPIE Optics and Photonics NanoScience + Engineering Conference, San Diego, CA, August 2010.

S.N. BASU, “Functionally Graded Environmental Barrier Coatings on SiC for Gas Turbine Applications,” MS&T 2010 meeting in Houston, TX, October 2010.

E. BELLOTTI, “Computational Electronics of Electronic Materials and Devices: From the Microscopi Physics to Device Performance,” Multidisciplinary Modeling of Electronic Materials Workshop, Fairfax, VA, September 1-2, 2010.

E. BELLOTTI, M.Moresco and F. Bertazzi, “Theory of High Field Carrier Transport and Impact Ionization in III-Nitride Semiconductors,” Proceeding of the 14th International Workshop on Computational Electronics, IWCE2010, p.171, Pisa,Italy, October, 2010.

L. DAL NEGRO, “Engineering Aperiodic Order in Nanoplasmonics,” European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy (LENS), May 2011.

L. DAL NEGRO, “Broadband Nanoplasmonics: Enhancing Light-Matter Coupling at the Nanoscale,” U. S. Army Natick Soldier RD&E Center, April 2011.

L. DAL NEGRO, “Photons in a Labyrinth: Challenges & Opportunities of Aperiodic Nanophotonics,” University of Toronto, March 2011.

L. DAL NEGRO, “Aperiodic Order for Energy Harvesting,” Harvesting & Manipulating Light at the Nanoscale Workshop, Molecular Foundry, September-October 2010.

L. DAL NEGRO, “Photons in a Labyrinth: Challenges & Opportunities of Aperiodic Nanophotonics,” Brown University, September 2010.

L. DAL NEGRO, “Engineering Light Localization on a Silicon Chip,” 7th International Workshop on Disordered Systems, September 2010.

L. DAL NEGRO, “Engineering Aperiodic Order for Optical Devices with Photonic-Plasmonic Nanostructures,” SPIE Nanoscience + Engineering, August 2010.

L.H. DOERRER, “Fluorinated ligands vs. fluorine as a ligand,” 240th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 2010.

L.H. DOERRER, “Platinum in molecules and platinum in chains,” 240th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 2010.

L.H. DOERRER, “Putting Metals to Work: Transition Metal Complexes for Electron Transfer and Electron Transport,” University of Wyoming, September 2010.

L.H. DOERRER, “Putting Metals to Work: Transition Metal Complexes for Electron Transfer and Electron Transport,” Colorado State University, September 28, 2010.

L.H. DOERRER, “Putting Metals to Work: Transition Metal Complexes for Electron Transfer and Electron Transport,” University of Massachusetts, Amherst, October 2010.

K.L. EKINCI, “Nanoscale Mechanical Resonators for Probing Physical Phenomena: Fluid Dynamics of High-frequency Flows,” UIUC; Mechanical Science and Engineering Seminar; November 2010.

E. EVANS, Mechanics of Biomembranes Workshop, Madrid, Spain, 2010.

E. EVANS, Physical Chemistry of BioInterfaces, San Sebastian, Spain, 2010.

E. EVANS, “Dynamics in Soft Condensed Matter,” ICAM Workshop, Cargese, Corsica, 2010.

M. GEVELBER, “Material Process Controls and Sustainability Initiatives at Boston University,” ASM, Boston Chapter, November 2010.

M.W. GRINSTAFF, “Development of an Ocular Sealant: The HyperBranch Medical Technology Story,” Boston University First Annual Translational Research Symposium, Boston, MA, 2010.

M.W. GRINSTAFF, “Expansile Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Characterization, and In vivo Efficacy,” Biomaterials Annual Meeting, Seatle, WA, 2010.


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M.w. GRinstaff,“ExpansileNanoparticles:Synthesis,Characterization,andInvivoEfficacyofanAcid-ResponsivePolymericDrugDeliverySystem,”Particles2010Meeting,Orlando,FL,2010.

M.w. GRinstaff,“DownholeLi-ionBatteriesBasedonNetworkIonicLiquidsforPoweringMicroandNanosensors,”mAdvancedEnergyConsortiumMeeting,Boston,MA,2010.

M.w. GRinstaff,“DendriticpolymersforOcularWoundRepair:FromConcepttoClinicalUse–TheHyperBranchMedicalTechnologyStory,”240thAmericanChemicalSocietyNationalMeeting,MedicalApplicationsofPolymers,Boston,MA,2010.

M.w. GRinstaff,“ExpansileNanoparticles:Synthesis,Characterization,andInvivoEfficacyinLungandMesotheliomaModels,”240thAmericanChemicalSocietyNationalMeeting,MultifunctionalNanoparticlesforDrugDeliveryandImaging,Boston,MA,2010.

M.w. GRinstaff, “charge-Reversible Amphiphiles for Gene Delivery,”7thLipidomicsCongress,LipidsinallStates,Anglet,Biarritz,France,2010.

M.w. GRinstaff,“SupramolecularIonicNetworks,”SupraBio:RecentAdvancesonSupramolecularSystemsInvolvingBiologicalMoleculesand/orBioinspiredcompounds, centre de Recherches Paul Pascal, Pessac, France,2010.

M.w. GRinstaff, “synthesis and Physical Properties of SupramolecularIonicNetworks,”CNRSBordeaux,CRPP,Pessac,France,2010.

M.w. GRinstaff,“DendriticPolymersforOcularWoundRepair:FromConcepttoClinicalUse,”SE/SWJointACSRegionalMeeting,StudiesofDiversePolymerArchitecture:Dendrimers,CyclicPolymersandOtherComplexMacromolecularStructures,NewOrleans,LA,2010.

M.w. GRinstaff,“DownholeLi-ionBatteriesBasedonNetworkIonicLiquidsforPoweringMicroandNanosensors:Year1.5Report,”EnergyConsortiumMeeting,Austin,TX,2010.

c. klaPPeRich,“MicrofluidicsforLab-FreeDiagnostics,”ArmyMedicalResearchandMaterielCommand,Ft.Detrick,MD,June2010.

c. klaPPeRich,“MicrofluidicsforLab-FreeDiagnostics,”NewEnglandBioLabs,Ipswitch,MA,July2010.

c. klaPPeRich,“Engineering,InnovativeTechnologies,andGlobalHealth,”ConsortiumofUniversitiesforGlobalHealthMeeting,Seattle,WA,September2010.

c. klaPPeRich,“MicrofluidicSamplePreparationfortheField,”FluidicsMEMSBostonNetworkingGroup,MIT,Cambridge,MA,November2010.

a. MelleR,DepartmentofBiophysicsandChemicalBiologyandDepartmentofChemistryjointseminar,SeoulNationalUniversity, seoul, s. Korea.

a. MelleR,“TechnologydevelopmentfornextgenerationDNAsequencing,”NHGRIOpenMeeting,Chappel-Hill,NC.

a. MelleR, college of engineering special seminar, seoul NationalUniversity,Seoul,S.Korea.

a. MelleR,RusellBerrieNanoScienceInstituteFallsymposium, hagoshrim, Israel

a. MelleR,IsraelPhysicalSocietyAnnualMeeting

e. MORGan,DepartmentSeminar,MechanicalandAerospaceEngineering,UniversityofCalifornia,SanDiego,May2011.

e. MORGan,BostonOlderAdultsIndependenceClaudeD.PepperCenter,BostonMedicalCenter,March2011.

e. MORGan,DepartmentSeminar,OrthopaedicSurgery,UniversityofCaliforniaSanDiego,February2011.

e. MORGan, Interdepartmental seminar, Rheumatology, Allergy,andImmunologySeminarSeries(RAISS),UniversityofCaliforniaSanDiego,January2011.

e. MORGan,DepartmentSeminar,MechanicalEngineering,UniversityofCaliforniaBerkeley,October2010.

e. MORGan,DepartmentSeminar,Bioengineering,UniversityofCalifornia,SanDiego,October2010.

D.J.Smith,L.Zhou,M.R.McCartneyandt.D. MOUstakas, “StructuralCharacterizationofIII-NitrideMaterialsandDevices,”SPIEOpticsandPhotonics,SanDiego,CA, August 2010.

t. D. MOUstakas,“TheDevelopmentofNitrideSemiconductorsbyMBE,”The2010MBEInnovatorAwardPresentationatthe27thNorthAmericanMolecularBeamEpitaxyConference,Breckenridge,Colorado,September2010.

t. D. MOUstakas,“NitrideSemiconductors;Whytheywork”ColloquiumatColumbiaUniversity,November2010.

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R. Paiella,K.Driscoll,Y.Li,Y.Liao,A.Bhattacharyya,C.Thomidis,L.Zhou, t. D. MOUstakas,C.Thomidis,Y.LiaoandC-KKao,“NitridebasedUVEmittersandtheirApplications,”7thInternationalConferenceonNanoscienceandNanotechnologies(NN10),OuranoupolisHalkidiki,Greece, July 2010.

R. Paiella,K.Driscoll,Y.Li,Y.Liao,A.Bhattacharyya,C.Thomidis,L.Zhou,D.J.Smith,and t.D. MOUstakas, “IntersubbandTransitionsinGaN-BasedQuantumWells:aNewMaterialsPlatformforInfraredDeviceApplications,”SPIEOpticsandPhotonics,SanDiego,CA,August2010.

R. Paiella,“DevicePhysicsandApplicationsofIntersubbandTransitionsinWide-BandgapNitrideSemiconductors,”UniversityofWisconsin-Madison,October2010.

U. Pal,“SolidOxideMembrane(SOM)ElectrolyzerforWastetoEnergyConversion,”SadowaySymposium,MITCambridge,MA,June2010.

U. Pal,SolidOxideMembraneProcessfortheProduction ofElectropositiveMetals,ARPA-E,Washington,DC,December2010.

a. k. swan,“EnergyDissipationMechanismsinCarbonNanotubes,”NewYorkChapteroftheAmericanPhysicalsociety, April 2011.

a. k. swan,“OpticalExcitationandEnergyDissipationinCarbonNanotubes,”23rdInternationalWinterschoolonElectronicPropertiesofNovelMaterials:MolecularNanostructures,Kirchberg,Austria,February2011.

a. k. swan,“OpticsofCarbonNanotubesandGraphene,”DenisonUniversity,January2011.

a. k. swan,“OpticsofLowDimensionalCarbon-CarbonNanotubesandGraphene,”PhysicalChemistrySeminar,BostonUniversity,October2010.

M.s. UnlU,“OpticalInterferenceforNanoscaleBiologicalImagingandDetection,”UCLANanosystemsSeminar,LosAngeles, cA, April 2010.

M. s. UnlU,“OpticalInterference:NanoscaleBiologicalImaging,Label-freeProteinMicroarrays,andSinglePathogenDetection,”IANMNanomedicine,Antalya,Turkey, October2010.

M. s. UnlU,M.Chiari,andD.Bergstein,“InterferometricReflectanceImagingSensor(IRIS)Label-freeProteinandSinglePathogenDetection,”Venice,Italy,October2010.

M.s. UnlU,M.Chiari,andU.Rant,“OpticalInterference:NanoscaleBiologicalImaging,Label-freeProteinMicroarrays,andSinglePathogenDetection,”ICTON,(Microresonators&PhotonicMolecules),Munich,Germany,June27-July1,2010.

M. s. UnlU,“InterferometricReflectanceImaging:NanoscaleBiologicalImaging,Label-freeProteinandSinglePathogenDetection,”Nano-TR,15-18June2010.

j.y. wOnG,“VascularTissueEngineering:ControllingVascularSmoothMuscleCellPhenotype,”RutgersUniversity,BMEDepartmentSeminarSeries,PiscatawayNJ,December2010.

j.y. wOnG,“BiomaterialstoProbeVascularSmoothMuscleCellPhenotypeforVascularTissueEngineering,”ArtCourySymposium,OrlandoFL,December2010.

j.y. wOnG,“Biomaterialstoprobeandcontrolvascularsmooth muscle phenotype for understanding atherosclerosis andvasculartissueengineering,”NationalInstitutesofStandardsandTechnology(NIST),PolymersDivisionSeminarSeries,Gaithersburg,MD,November2010.

j.y. wOnG,“Probing&ControllingVascularSmoothMuscleCellPhenotype:Atherosclerosis&VascularTissueEngineering,”UniversityofPittsburgh,DepartmentofBioengineeringSeminarSeries,PittsburghPA,November2010.

X. ZhanG,MechanicsofMultifunctionalMaterials&MicrosystemsIMultifunctionalMaterialsforDefenseWorkshop,Reston,VA,2010.

X. ZhanG,DoDWorkshoponTri-ServiceMetamaterials,VirginiaBeach,VA,2010.

X. ZhanG,AdvancedEnergyConsortiumWorkshop,Cambridge,MA,2010.

X. ZhanG,AdvancedMicro/NanoTechnologyWorkshop,Beijing,China,2010.

X. ZhanG,WorkshoponOrganicMaterialsChemistryandMolecularDesignandSynthesis,NationalHarbor,MD,2010.

X. ZhanG,CharlesStarkDraperLaboratory,Cambridge, MA,2010.

X. ZhanG,AnnualFutureofLightSymposium,Boston, MA,2010.


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abstracts

A.E.Cetin,A.A.Yanik,C.Yilmaz,S.Somu,A.Busnainaand h. altUG,“PlasmonicMonopoleAntennaArraysforBiosensing,Spectroscopyandnm-PrecisionOpticalTrapping,”OSAConferenceonLasersandElectro-Optics(CLEO),Baltimore,MD,May2011.

A.Artar,A.A.Yanikandh. altUG,“Multi-SpectralPlasmonInducedTransparencywithHybridizedMetamaterials,”OSAConferenceonLasersandElectro-Optics(CLEO),Baltimore,MD,May2011.

S.AKSU,R.Adato,A.Artar,M.Huang,A.A.Yanikandh. altUG,“High-ThroughputFabricationofPlasmonicNanoantennaArraysUsingNanostencilsforSpectrascopyandBiosensing,”OSAConferenceonLasersandElectro-Optics(CLEO),Baltimore,MD,May2011.

M.Turkmen, s. aksU,A.A.Cetin,A.A.Yanikand h. altUG,“U-ShapedNano-AperturesforEnhancedOpticalTransmissionandResolution,”SPIEDefense,Security+SensingConference,Orlando,FL,April2011.


A.A.Yanik,M.Huang,A.Artar,T-YChangandh. altUG, “HybridNanoholeBiosensors:SubwavelengthNanofluidicsThroughPlasmonicNanoholesforEnhancedLabel-FreeSensing,”SPIEPhotonicsWestConference,SanFrancisco,cA, January 2011.

s. aksU,R.Adato,A.Artar,M.Huang,A.A.Yanikand h. altUG, “high-throughput engineering of Infrared Plasmonic NanoantennaArrayswithNanostencilLithography,”SPIEPhotonicsWestConference,SanFrancisco,CA,January2011.

A.A.Yanik,M.Huang,A.Artar,T-YChangandh. altUG, “NanosievingFluidicChannelsasLabelFreePlasmonicNanoholeSensors,”MaterialsResearchSociety(MRS)FallMeeting,Boston,MA,December2010.

s. aksU,R.Adato,A.Artar,M.Huang,A.A.Yanikandh. altUG,“EngineeringInfraredNanoantennaArrayswithNanostencilLithographyforSpectroscopicSensing,”MaterialsResearchSociety(MRS)FallMeeting,Boston,MA,December2010.

s. aksU,R.Adato,A.Artar,M.Huang,A.A.Yanikand h. altUG,“EngineeredPlasmonicNanoantennaArrayswithNanostencilLithography,”IEEEPhotonicsSocietyAnnualMeeting,Denver,CO,December2010.

A.A.Yanik,M.Huang,A.Artar,T-YChangandh. altUG, “NovelPlasmonicBiosensorsMoldingtheFlowofLightandFluidicsatSub-DiffractionLimit,”IEEEPhotonicsSocietyAnnualMeeting,Denver,CO,December2010.

R.Adato,A.A.Yanik,J.Amsden,D.Kaplan,F.Omenetto,M.hong, s. eRRaMilli and h. altUG, “Radiative engineering of NanoantennaArraysforUltrasensitiveVibrationalSpectroscopyofProteins,”SPIEOpticsandPhotonicsNanoScience+EngineeringConference,SanDiego,CA,August2010.

A.Artar,A.A.Yanikandh. altUG,“LightTunnelinginMulti-LayeredPlasmonicCrystals,”SPIEOpticsandPhotonicsNanoScience+EngineeringConference,SanDiego,CA,August 2010.

M.Huang,A.A.Yanikandh. altUG, “Integration of sub-WavelengthNanofluidicsonSuspendedPhotonicCrystalSensors,”SPIEOpticsandPhotonicsNanoScience+EngineeringConference,SanDiego,CA,August2010.

A.A.Yanik,M.Huang,A.Artarandh. altUG,“On-chipNanoplasmonicBiosensorswithActivelyControlledNanofluidicSurfaceDelivery,”SPIEOpticsandPhotonicsNanoScience+EngineeringConference,SanDiego,CA,August 2010.

C.M.J.DeBakker,L.N.M.Hayward,L.C.Gerstenfeld, M.w. GRinstaff, e.f. MORGan, “contrast-enhanced computed tomography for non-destructive, quantitative assessmentoftheearlystagesoffracturehealing,”ASMESummerBioengineeringConference,2011.

L.N.M.Hayward,C.deBakker,L.C.Gerstenfeld, M.w. GRinstaff, e.f. MORGan,“AcationicCTcontrastagentforimagingofsoftcallusformationinfracturehealing,”57thAnnualMeetingoftheOrthopaedicResearchSociety,2011.

L.N.M.Hayward,N.Joshi,L.C.Gerstenfeld,M.w. GRinstaff, e.f. MORGan,“Non·invasiveevaluationofcartilageinfracturecalluseswithacationicCTcontrastagent,”56thAnnualMeetingoftheOrthopaedicResearchSociety,2010.

M.M.Sperry,L.N.M.Hayward,G.H.Miller,e.f. MORGan, “Characterizationoftheporoelasticmaterialpropertiesofskeletalrepairtissuesusingmicroindentation,”ASMESummerBioengineeringConference,2011.

G.J.Miller,P.G.Patel,e.f. MORGan, “correlation of local mechanical environment to mechanically induced tissue phenotypeduringalteredbonefracturehealing,”ASMESummerBioengineeringConference,2011.


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A.Hussein,G.Unnikrishnan,e.f. MORGan,“3-Dexperimentalmeasurementofvertebralfailure:towardsvalidationofQCT-basedfiniteelementmodels,”57thAnnualMeetingoftheOrthopaedicResearchSociety,2011.

P.L.Leong,e.f. MORGan, “experimental measurement of the heterogeneous mechanical environment in distraction osteogenesis,”57thAnnualMeetingoftheOrthopaedicResearch society, 2011.

J.A. Gallagher, e.f. MORGan, “Regional variations in orthotropic elastic properties and the dependence of intra-vertebralheterogeneityonBMD,”57thAnnualMeetingoftheOrthopaedicResearchSociety,2011.

L.C.Gerstenfeld,H.Matsubara,D.E.Hogan,e.f. MORGan, T.A.Einhorn,“EndothelialcellsaretheprimarycellsthatexpressBMP2duringdistractionosteogenesis,”57thAnnualMeetingoftheOrthopaedicResearchSociety,2011.

T.Bick,M.Kastner,E.Furman,N.Rozen,M.Soudry, e.f. MORGan,D.Lewinson,“EnhancementoffracturerepairbylocalapplicationofVEGF,PTH1-34,andIL-6,”57thAnnualMeetingoftheOrthopaedicResearchSociety,2011.

B.D.Meeks,A.R.Haas,N.A.Wigner,K.G.Alpaugh, e.f MORGan,T.A.Einhorn,L.C.Gerstenfeld,J.J.Schlezinger,“TheenvironmentaltoxicanttributlytininducesosteoporosisviaPPARg,”57thAnnualMeetingoftheOrthopaedicResearch society, 2011.

G.U.Unnikrishnanande.f. MORGan, “evaluation of the importance of including specimen-specific trabecular anisotropyinQCT-basedfiniteelementanalysesofthelumbarspine,”19thAnnualSymposiumofComputationalMethodsinOrthopaedicBiomechanics,2011.

e.f. MORGan,B.A.AI-Awadhi,D.E.Hogan,A.I.Hussein,Z.AI-Alq,J.Fitch,B.Andre,L.C.Gerstenfeld,“Vasculardevelopment during distraction osteogenesis proceeds by thesequenceofarteriogenesisexteriortobonefollowedbyangiogenesiswithinthebone,”AnnualMeetingoftheAmericanSocietyforBoneandMineralResearch,2010.

A.I. hussein, e.f. MORGan,“Directvisualizationoftheinitiationandprogressionofvertebralfractures,”ASMESummerBioengineeringConference,2010.

P.L.Leong,L.C.Gerstenfeld, e.f. MORGan, “spatial expression of chondrogenic genes and chondrocyte morphologyinmechanicallystimulatedpseudoarthroses,”6thWorldCongressonBiomechanics,2010.

S.W.Shore,e.f. MORGan,A.A.Oberai,P.E.Barbone,“Anisotropicelasticityimagingofcancellousbone.6thWorldCongressonBiomechanics,2010.

A.I. hussein, e.f. MORGan,“Direct,quantitativevisualizationofvertebraldeformationandfailure,”6thWorldCongressonBiomechanics,2010.

e.f. MORGan,B.Andre,D.E.Hogan,B.A.AI-Awadhi,L.C.Gerstenfeld,“Quantitative,3-Dimagingtoco-localizeboneandvasculartissuesduringbonehealing,”ASMESummerBioengineeringConference,2010.

P.L.Leong,L.N.MHayward,L.C.Gerstenfeld,e.f. MORGan, “Regional expression of cartilage genes in mechanically stimulatedpseudoarthroses,”56thAnnualMeetingoftheOrthopaedicResearchSociety,2010.

A.I. hussein, h. Kim, e.f. MORGan,“Theeffectoffemoralhead ischemia on bone strength, microstructure and failure patterns,”56thAnnualMeellngoftheOrthopaedicResearchsociety, 2010.

M.Young,F.Hsu,Z.O.Mason,L.C.Gerstenfeld,e.f. MORGan, T.Tannoury,T.AEinhorn,“Effectofcyclicparathyroidhormone1-31(cPTH)onspinefusioninovariectomized(OVX)rats,”56thAnnualMeetingoftheOrthopaedicResearchSociety,2010.

N.Nowlan,K.J.Jepsen,e.f. MORGan,“Smaller,weaker,andlessstiffbonesevolvefromchangesinlifestyle,”56thAnnualMeetingoftheOrthopaedicResearchSociety,2010.

G.E.Miller,e.f. MORGan, “Use of nanoindentation to determinebiphasicmaterialpropertiesofcartilage,”56thAnnualMeetingoftheOrthopaedicResearchSociety,2010.

L.N.M.Hayward,e.f. MORGan,. “evolution of tissue material propertiesinamechanicallystimulatedbonedefect,”56thAnnualMeetingoftheOrthopaedicResearchSociety,2010.

K.Altman,S.Vansickle,e.f. MOGRan,K.M.Flores,“Microscaleuniaxialcompressiontestingofbonetissuespecimens,”TMSAnnualMeetingandExhibition,2010.

A.I. hussein, e.f. MORGan, h. Kim, “early effects of femoral head ischemia on bone structure-function relationships and failurepatterns,”AnnualMeetingoftheAmericanSocietyforBoneandMineralResearch,2010.


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R.Grimes,K.J.Jepsen,J.McLean,R.Marsell,J.Fitch,T.Smith,T.A.Einhorn,e.f. MORGan,P.Sebastiani,L.C.Gerstenfeld, “Identification of coordinated differences in the developmentofvascular,neurogenic,andskelelaltissuesduringendochondralboneformationofC57/B6andC3Hstrains by comparison of the transcriptomes of fracture healing,”AnnualMeetingoftheAmericanSocietyforBoneandMineralResearch,2010.

S.Viguet-Carrin,D.Panus,H.Follet,P.O.Delmas, e.f. MORGan,R.Chapuriat,M.L.Bouxsein,“Collagencross-linkconcentrationinfluencesthefatiguebehaviorofhumanvertebraltrabecularbone,”AnnualMeetingoftheAmericanSocietyforBoneandMineralResearch,2010.

t. D. MOUstakas,“NitridebasedUVEmittersandTheirApplications,”7thInternationalConferenceonNanosciences&Nanotechnologies-NN10,Ouranoupolis,Halkidiki,Greece,July 2010.

X. ZhanG,“CoupledEvanescentFieldMicro-ResonatorsforDownholeDataRelay,”PresentedatAECAllProjectReview,”Cambridge,MA,USA,June2010.

H.Tao,A.C.Strikwerda,K.Fan,W.J.Padilla, X. ZhanG, and R.D. aveRitt,“TheMarriageofMetamaterialsandMEMS:TowardsReconfigurableElectromagneticComposites,”Presented at the Gordon Research conference on Plasmonics,Waterville,ME,June2010.

P.Du,I-KLin,H.Lu,andX. ZhanG,“ExtensionoftheBeamTheoryforthePolymerBio-TransducerswithlowAspectRatiosandViscoelasticCharacteristics,”Presentedatthe16thUSNationalCongressofTheoreticalandAppliedMechanics,StateCollege,PA,June27-July2,2010.

I-KLin,Y.Zhang,andX. ZhanG,“SuppressionandModelingofInelasticDeformationinMultilayerMicrocantileverswithNanoscaleCoating,”Presentedatthe16thUSNationalCongressofTheoreticalandAppliedMechanics,StateCollege,PA,June27-July2,2010.

X.Zheng,H.K.Surks,andX. ZhanG, “cell contractile ForceEvolutionMappingviaCarrierMoireFringePatterns,”Presentedatthe16thUSNationalCongressofTheoreticalandAppliedMechanics,StateCollege,PA,USA,June27-July 2, 2010.

P.Du,I-KLin,H.Lu,andX. ZhanG,“ExtensionoftheBeamTheoryforthePolymerBio-TransducerswithLowAspectRatiosandViscoelasticCharacteristics,”PresentedattheGordonResearchConferenceforThinFilm&SmallScaleMechanicalBehavior,Waterville,ME,July2010.

X. ZhanG,“MaterialsandMechanicsofMetamaterialEnhancedMEMSforTerahertzTechnology,”PresentedatAFOSRReviewforOrganicMaterialsChemistryandMolecularDesignandSynthesis,NationalHarbor,MD,USA,september 2010.

A.F.Bayomy,I·KLin,M.Bauer,A.Oikonomopoulos,K.Sereti,X. ZhanG,andR.Liao,“EffectofMatrixStiffnessonCardiacSidePopulationCellFunction,”PresentedattheAmericanHeartAssociationScientificSessions,Chicago,IL,USA,November2010.

X. ZhanG,“DevelopmentofaNovelOptomechanicaluncooledMetamaterial-EnhancedActiveTerahertzDetectionImager,”PresentedattheNSFECCS2010GranteesConference,Honolulu,HA,November17-19,2010.

A.Jonca,B.Kaanta,andX. ZhanG,“SiliconBondingUsingSU-8andPolyimide,”PresentedattheMaterialsResearchSocietyFallMeeting,Boston,MA,December3,2010.

X.Zhengand X. ZhanG,“WholeFieldCellAnalysisBasedonDiffractionThroughMicrofabricatedPolymerGratings,”PresentedattheMaterialsResearchSocietyFallMeeting,Boston,MA,November29-December3,2010.

I-KLin,P.Du,Y.Zhang,andX. ZhanG,“MechanicalandMaterialCharacterizationofBilayerMicrocantilever-BasedIRdetectors,”PresentedattheMaterialsResearchSocietyFallMeeting,Boston,MA,December2010.

X. ZhanG,“CoupledEvanescentFieldMicro-ResonatorsforDownholeDataRelay,”PresentedatAECAllProjectReview”,Austin,TX,December2010.

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Other works presented

POSTER PRESENTATION IN GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCE Plasmonics III. Waterville , Maine, June 2010. R. Adato, A. A. Yanik, J. Amsden, D. Kaplan, F. Omenetto, M. Hong, S. ERRAMILLI, and H. ALTUG, “Ultrasensitive vibrational spectroscopy of proteins with Plasmonics”

POSTER PRESENTATION IN GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCE Plasmonics III. Waterville, Maine, June 2010. A. A. Yanik, M. Huang, A. Artar, H. ALTUG, “Overcoming mass transport limitation with integrated nanoplasmonics-nanofluidics biosensors”.

H. ALTUG, M. Huang, A. Artar, and A. A. Yanik, “Nanostructure Biosensors and Systems and Methods of Use Thereof,” Boston University reference no.: BU09-64 and BU10-324.

H. ALTUG, R. Adato, S. AKSU, A.A. Yanik, and S. ERRAMILLI, “Nanoantenna Arrays for Nanospectroscopy, Methods of Use and Methods of High-Throughput Nanofabrication,” Boston University reference no.: BU09-59 and BU 10-014.

S. Rudin, E. BELLOTTI, G.A. Garrett and M. Wraback, Dynamics of Photo-Excited Carriers and Coherent effects in GaN under Subpicosecond Laser Pulse Excitation, Technical Report, Sensors and Electron Devices Directorate, U. S. Army Research Laboratory, Aldelphi, MD, 2010.

E. BELLOTTI, First-principle simulation of HgCdTe APDs, seminar given at Raytheon Vision Systems, Goleta, CA, January 29, 2010.

E.F. MORGAN, Panelist for “Effective Negotiation and Communication,” Society for Women Engineers, Boston University, Boston MA, April 2010.

Patents

T.D. MOUSTAKAS, “Semiconductor Device having Group-III Nitride Buffer Layer and Growth Layers”, U.S. Patent No: 7,663,157 (February 16, 2010).

T.D. MOUSTAKAS, Jasper S. Cabalu, “Optical Devices featuring textured semiconductor layers” U. S. Patent No: 7,777,241 B2 (August 17, 2010)

T. D. MOUSTAKAS, ADAM MOLDAWER, Anirban Bhattacharyya, Joshua Abell, “Optical Devices Featuring Non-polar Textured Semiconductor Layers” U. S. Patent Application No. 12/920,391 (Filled 10/21/2010)

Yitao Liao and T.D. MOUSTAKAS, “Method of growing an AlGaN layer with band structure Potential fluctuations and manufacturing ultraviolet light emitting devices containing the same” U.S Provisional Patent Application No. 61/329,947 (Filed April 30, 2010).

Reviews

H. ALTUG, A. Yanik, M. Huang, R. Adato, “Ultrasensitive Plasmonics Bio-sensors Molding the Flow of Light and Fluidics,” SPIE Newsroom.

P. MOHANTY, Y. Chen, X. Wang, M. K. Hong, C. L. Rosenberg, D. T. Weaver and S. Erramilli, “Nanosensors for Breast Cancer Diagnosis,” Invited Review on Cancer Biosensors, K. H. Herold and A. Rasooly (editors), CRC Press, 2011.

Exhibitions

L.N.M. Hayward, N.S. Joshi, L.C. Gerstenfeld, M.W. GRINSTAFF, and E.F. MORGAN, “Non-Invasive Evaluation of Cartilage in a Fracture Callus with a Cationic CT Contrast Agent,” 56th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, New Orleans, LA, 2010.

P.N. Bansal, N.S. Joshi, V. Entezari, M. W. GRINSTAFF, and B.D. Snyder, “Contrast Enhanced CT Imaging of Cartilage: Effect of Matrix GAG Content.” 56th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, New Orleans, LA, 2010.

P.N. Bansal, N.S. Joshi, V. Entezari, B.C. Malone, B.D. Snyder, and M.W. GRINSTAFF, “Novel Cationic Contrast Agents for Glycosaminoglycan Quantification in Articular Cartilage Using Computed Tomography,” 56th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, New Orleans, LA, 2010.

R.C. Stewart, P.N. Bansal, N.S. Joshi, S.S. Shah, B.D. Snyder, and M.W. GRINSTAFF, “The Effect of Cationic Contrast Agent Concentration on GAG Quantification Using Computed Tomography,” 56th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, New Orleans, LA, 2010.

V. Entezari, P.N. Bansal, N.S. Joshi, R.C. Stewart, M.W. GRINSTAFF, and B.D. Snyder, “Effect of Mechanical Convection on the Partitioning of an Iodinated Anionic Contrast Agent in a Bovine Patellar Model Under Simulated Walking Cycle,” 56th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, New Orleans, LA, 2010.

P.N. Bansal, M.Wathier, S.S. Stoddardt, S.S. Shah, B.D. Snyder, and M.W. GRINSTAFF, “A Synthetic Polymer for Efficacious Boundary Lubrication of Articular Cartilage,” 56th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, New Orleans, LA, 2010.


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C.M.LaManna,J.H.Feng,andM.w. GRinstaff, “synthesis andCharacterizationofaCharge-ReversalPhoto-ActiveAmphiphile,”BiomaterialsAnnualMeeting,Seatle,WA,2010.

X.Khoo,G.O’Toole,D.J.Kenan,M.w. GRinstaff, “PeGylated-Peptide coatings for the Inhibition of Pathogenic BiofilmsonTitaniumMetal,”35ndBiomaterialsAnnualMeeting,Seatle,WA,2010.

K.A.V.Zubris,O.Khullar,J.V.Frangioni,Y.L.Colsonand M.w. GRinstaff,“Synthesis,CharacterizationandLymphaticTraffickingofPolymericNanoparticles,”35ndBiomaterialsAnnualMeeting,Seatle,WA,2010.

K.A.V.Zubris,R.Liu,Y.L.ColsonandM.w. GRinstaff, “EfficacyofPaclitaxel-elutingNanoparticlesinBreastCancer,”Particles2010AnnualMeeting,Orlando,FL,2010.

Y.L.Colson,K.A.V.Zubris,M.Schultz,andM.w. GRinstaff, “Paclitaxel-loadedNanoparticlesPreventMalignantPeritonealMesotheliomainVivo,”Particles2010AnnualMeeting,Orlando,FL,2010.

P.N.Bansal,N.S.Joshi,V.Entezari,B.C.Malone,B.D.Snyder,and M.w. GRinstaff,“NovelCationicContrastAgentsforGlycosaminoglycan(GAG)QuantificationinArticularCartilageUsingComputedTomography,“MusculosketalBiologyandBioengineeringGordonResearchConference,Andover,NH,2010.

R.C.Stewart,P.N.Bansal,N.S.Joshi,S.S.Shah,B.D.Snyder,and M.w. GRinstaff, “Affinity and exclusion of cationic and AnionicContrastAgentsforImagingArticularCartilage,”MusculosketalBiologyandBioengineeringGordonResearchConference,Andover,NH,2010.

N.Bansal,V.Entezari,R.CStewart,H.Lusic,B.D.Snyder,andM.w. GRinstaff,“InvivoDiffusionKineticsofAnionicandCationicContrastAgentsinaNZWRabbitKneeModel,”MusculosketalBiologyandBioengineeringGordonResearchConference,Andover,NH,2010.

K.A.V.Zubris,O.Khullar,J.V.Frangioni,Y.L.Colson,and M.w. GRinstaff,“Near-infraredImageGuidedLymphaticTherapywithPolymericNanoparticlesinaLargeAnimalModel,”DrugCarriersinMedicineandBiologyGordonResearchConference,Watervalley,NH,2010.

K.A.V.Zubris,M.D.Schulz,A.P.Griset,R.Liu,Y.L.Colson,andM.w. GRinstaff, “Unique Properties of expansile Polymeric NanoparticlesandTheirInvivoAnti-CancerEfficacy,”DrugCarriersinMedicineandBiologyGordonResearchConference,Watervalley,NH,2010.

G.Godeau,J.A.Kaplan,P.A.Barthélémy,and M.w. GRinstaff, “Glycosyl-nucleoside Amphiphiles as ComponentsofNanostructuredHydrogelswithNucleicAcidDeliveryCapabilities,”240thAmericanChemicalSocietyNationalMeeting,Boston,MA,2010.

J.A.Kaplan,G.Godeau,P.Barthélémy,andM.w. GRinstaff, “MechanicalPropertiesofGlycosyl-nucleosideLipidHydrogels,”240thAmericanChemicalSocietyNationalMeeting,Boston,MA,2010.

S.T.Yohe,J.A.Kaplan,J.AWolinksy,R.Liu,J.Walpole,L.RChirieac,Y.L.Colson,andM.w. GRinstaff, “Inhibition of InvivoLungTumorGrowthbyProlongedLocalDeliveryofHydroxycamptothecinusingPoly(ester-carbonate),”240thAmericanChemicalSocietyNationalMeeting,Boston, MA,2010.

H.Lusic,N.SJoshi,R.CStewart,P.NBansal,B.DSnyder,andM.w. GRinstaff,“EffectofMolecularChargeinComputedTomographyImagingAgents,”240thAmericanChemicalSocietyNationalMeeting,Boston,MA,2010.

R.C.Stewart,P.NBansal,N.SJoshi,V.Entezari,B.CMalone,B.Dsnyder, and M.w GRinstaff,“ComputedTomography(CT)ContrastAgentsforDeterminingCartilageHealth,”240thAmericanChemicalSocietyNationalMeeting,Boston,MA,2010.

M.w GRinstaff,“DendrimerBasedCTContrastAgentsforGAGQuantification,”SarahEStidham,and,240thAmericanChemicalSocietyNationalMeeting,Boston,MA,2010.

K.A.V.Zubris,M.D.Schulz,A.P.Griset,R.Liu,Y.L.Colson,andM.w. GRinstaff,“ExpansilePolymerNanoparticles,”SupraBio:Recent Advances on supramolecular systems Involving BiologicalMoleculesand/orBioinspiredCompounds,CentredeRecherchesPaulPascal,Pessac,France,2010.

X.lin,Mi.lWathier,B.Suki,andM.w. GRinstaff, “synthesis andCharacterizationofSupramolecularPolymerNetworksviaIonicInteractions,”240thAmericanChemicalSocietyNationalMeeting,Boston,MA,2010.

X.lin,R.Yonekura,M.lWathier,B.Suki,and M.w. GRinstaff, “SynthesisandCharacterizationofSupramolecularPolymerNetworksPreparedUsingIonicInteractions,”SupraBio:Recent Advances on supramolecular systems Involving BiologicalMoleculesand/orBioinspiredCompounds,CentredeRecherchesPaulPascal,Pessac,France,2010.

X. ZhanG, P. Allen, and M.w. GRinstaff, “Role of MacropinocytosisinDNATransfectionswithCharge-reversalAmphiphiles,”240thAmericanChemicalSocietyNationalMeeting,Boston,MA,2010.

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stUDent activitystudent Activity including publications, conference activity and otherpresentationsarelistedhere.ForalistofGraduateStudentAwards,pleaserefertopage19.

journal articless. aksU,A.Yanik,R.Adato,A.Artar,M.Huang,h. altUG, “High-throughputNanofabricationofPlasmonicInfraredNanoAntennaArraysforVibrationalNanospectroscopy,”NanoLetters,10(7),pp.2511-2518,2010.

M.Turkmen,s. aksU,A.E.Cetin,A.A.Yanik,h. altUG, “Multi-resonantMetamaterialsBasedonUT-shapedNano-apertureAntennas,”OpticsExpress,19(8):7921-7928,2011.

W.He,K.J.Yoon,R.s. eRiksen, s.GOPalan, s.n. BasU, and U.B. Pal,“Out-of-cellmeasurementsofH2H2Oeffectivebinary diffusivity in the porous anode of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs),”JournalofPowerSources,195(2):532-535,2010.

a. GRUentZiG, c.M. klaPPeRich,A.Sharon,J.Braman,A.Chatterjee,andA.F.Sauer-Budge,“AnewDNAextractionmethodforautomatedfoodanalysis,”Anal.Methods,3:1507-1513,2011.

V.Liberman,R.Adato,a. MeRtiRi,A.A.Yanik,K.Chen,T.h. Jeys, s. erramilli, h. altUG,“Angle-andPolarization-DependentCollectiveExcitationofPlasmonicNanoarraysforSurfaceEnhancedInfraredSpectroscopy,”OpticsExpress,19(12):11202-11212,2011.

L.F.J.Piper,A.R.H.Preston,S.W.Cho,A.DeMasi,B.Chen,J.Laverock,k.e. sMith, l.j. MiaRa, K.J. Koon, s.G. tOPPinG, L.Saraf,U.B. PaL,ands.GOPalan,“PolarizationResistanceofLaO.85CaO.15Mn03CathodesforSolidOxideFuelCells(SOFCs)MeasuredUsingPatternedElectrodes,”ECSTransactions,28(23):137-146,2010.

L.F.J.Piper,R.H.Preston,S.-W.Cho,A.DeMasi,B.Chen,J.Laverock,k.e. sMith , l.j. MiaRa, j. n. Davis, s.n. BasU, U.B. Pal. s. GOPalan,L.Saraf,T.Kaspar,A.Y.Matsuura,P.-A.Glans,andJ.-H.Guoe,“SoftX-RaySpectroscopicStudyofDenseStrontium-DopedLanthanumManganiteCathodesforSolidOxideFuelCellApplications,”TheJournalofElectrochemicalSociety,158(2):B99-B105,2011.

Y.Liao,C.Thomidis,C.-K.Kao,a. MOlDaweR, w. ZhanG, Y.-C.Chang,A.Y.Nikiforov,e. BellOtti and t.D. MOUstakas, “MilliwattpowerAlGaN-baseddeepultravioletlightemittingdiodesbyplasma-assistedmolecularbeamepitaxy,”Phys.StatusSolidi,41(2):49-51,2010.

y.w. shin,M.H.Li,a. BOtelhO, and X. lin, “escape mechanismofaself-trappedtopologicalsoliton,”PhysicalReviewB,82(19):193101-193105,2010.

E.V.vanLoef,Y.Wang,S.R.Miller,C.Brecher,W.H.Rhodes,G.Baldoni,s. tOPPinG,H.Lingertat,v.k. saRin, Kanai s. shah, “effect of microstructure on the radioluminescence andtransparencyofCe-dopedstrontiumhafnateceramics,”OpticalMaterials,33:74-90,2010.

G.G.Daaboul, a. yURt,X.Zhang,G.M.Hwang, B. B. GOlDBeRG, and M. s. UnlU,“High-ThroughputDetectionandSizingofIndividualLow-IndexNanoparticlesandVirusesforPathogenIdentification,”NanoLetters,2010.

Proceedingss. aksU,R.Adato,A.Artar,M.Huang,A.A.Yanikandh. altUG,“High-ThroughputFabricationofPlasmonicNanoantennaArraysUsingNanostencilsforSpectrascopyandBiosensing,”OSAConferenceonLasersandElectro-Optics(CLEO),Baltimore,MD,May2011.

M.Turkmen,s. aksU,A.A.Cetin,A.A.Yanikand h. altUG,“U-ShapedNano-AperturesforEnhancedOpticalTransmissionandResolution,”SPIEDefense,Security+SensingConference,Orlando,FL,April2011.


s. aksU,R.Adato,A.Artar,M.Huang,A.A.Yanikand h. altUG, “high-throughput engineering of Infrared PlasmonicNanoantennaArrayswithNanostencilLithography,”SPIEPhotonicsWestConference,SanFrancisco,CA,January2011.

s. aksU,A.A.Yanik,R.Adato,A.Artar,M.Huang,andh. altUG,“EngineeringInfraredNanoantennaArrayswithNanostencilLithographyforSpectroscopicSensing,”MaterialsResearchSociety(MRS)FallMeeting,Boston,MA,December2010.

a.l. BOtelhO and X. lin, A unified model hamiltonian for polythiophene, polypyrrole, polyfuran, free base porphyrin, and polyaniline: Accuracy, transferability, and computational efficiency,APSMarchMeeting,Dallas,TX,March21,2011.

a.l. BOtelhO,MinghaiLi,X. lin,ApplicationoftheNudgedElasticBandmethodtotheSu-Schrieffer-Heegermodelrevealsanewconductionmechanismintrans-polyacetylene,240thACSNationalMeeting,Boston,MA,August26,2010.


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a.l. BOtelhO and X. lin., Ab initio study of polypyrrole dopedwithsulfonatedionsforpervaporationofethanol-watermixtures,240thACSNationalMeeting,Boston,MA,August25,2010.

a.l. BOtelhO, s. GOPalan, X. lin, Ab initio study of cerium(III)trappingbytheSchiff-basecomplexN,N’-bis[2-(salicylideneamino)ethyl]ethane-1,2-diamineforsensingapplications,240thACSNationalMeeting,Boston,MA,August23,2010.

l. MiaRa,L.J.Piper,j.n. Davis,L.Saraf,T.Kaspar, s.n. BasU, k. sMith, U. Pal, and s.GOPalan, “surface SegregationStudiesofSOFCCathodes:CombiningSoftX-RaysandElectrochemicallmpedenceSpectroscopy,”Mater.Res.Soc.Symp.Proc.,inpress,2011.

l. MiaRa,L.F.J.Piper,j.n. Davis,L.Saraf,T.Kaspar,s.n. BasU, k.e. sMith, U.B. Pal, s. GOPalan, “surface ReconstructionStudiesofSOFCCathodesUsingaCombinationofSynchrotronRadiationTechniquesandElectrochemicalMeasurements,”CatalyticMaterialsforEnergy,GreenProcessesandNanotechnology,Mat.Res.Soc.Symp.Proc.,Warrendale,PA,2010.

Y.Liao,C.Thomidis,A.Bhattacharyya,C.-K.Kao, a. MOlDaweR, w. ZhanG and t. D. MOUstakas, “DevelopmentofmilliwattpowerAlGaN-baseddeepUV-LEDsbyPlasma-assistedMBE,”Mater.Res.Soc.Symp.Proc.,2010.

y. shin and X. lin, Adapted su-schrieffer-heeger HamiltonianforPPV,PPP,andpolyacenes,2011APSMarchMeeting,Dallas,Texas,March21st,2011.

y. shin and X. lin,MigrationMechanismofSelf-localizedTopologicalDefectsinConductivePolymers,2010MRSFallMeeting,Boston,Massachusetts,December2nd,2010.

y. shin and X. lin,Migrationmechanismofself-localizeddefectsinconductivepolymers,240thACSNationalMeeting,Boston,Massachusetts,August26th,2010.

y. shin and X. lin,Modelingthelocalizationofexcitationsinpoly-phenylacetylenebaseddendrimers,240thACSNationalMeeting,Boston,Massachusetts,August22th,2010.

a. yURt,WidefieldInterferometricDetectionandSizeDeterminationofDielectricParticles,Advisors:SelimUnluandBennettGoldberg,AnnualIEEEPhotonicsMeetinginDenver,MA,November2010.

a. yURt,G.G.Daaboul,X.Zhang,G.M.Hwang, B. B. GOlDBeRG, and M. s. UnlU,“WidefieldInterferometricDetectionandSizeDeterminationofDielectricNanoparticles,”ProceedingsofIEEEPhotonicsSociety2010AnnualMeeting,November2010.

a. yURt,G.G.Daaboul,X.Zhang,B. B. GOlDBeRG, and M. s. UnlU, “spectral scattering Imaging for single Particle DetectionandSizeDiscrimination,”Nano-TR,June2010.

Posters Presented

a.l. BOtelhO and X. lin, A unified model hamiltonian forpolythiophene,polypyrrole,polyfuran,BUScienceandEngineeringResearchSymposium,March23,2011. Advisor:XiLin.

a.l. BOtelhO,MinghaiLi,X. lin, Poster presentation, Shrinkageinducedself-localizedelectronicstatesintrans-polyacetylene,MRSFallMeeting,Boston,MA,November29,2010.Advisor:XiLin.

a.l. BOtelhO and X. lin, Ab initio study of polypyrrole dopedwithsulfonatedionsforpervaporationofethanol-watermixtures,240thACSNationalMeeting,Boston,MA,August23,2010.Advisor:XiLin.

y. shin and X. lin,ModelingofConductivePolymerMaterials,BUScienceandEngineeringResearchSymposium2011,March23th,2011.Advisor:XiLin.

y. shin and X. lin,ModelingofConductivePolymerMaterials,BUScienceandEngineeringResearchSymposium2011,March23rd,2011.Advisor:XiLin.

a. yURt,High-ThroughputInterferometricSizeDeterminationoflow-indexNanoparticles,MRSFall 2010MeetinginBoston,MA.Advisors:SelimUnluandBennettGoldberg.

Other works

s. aksU,R.Adato,A.Artar,M.Huang,A.A.Yanikandh. altUG,“High-ThroughputFabricationofPlasmonicNanoantennaArraysUsingNanostencilsforSpectrascopyandBiosensing,”OSAConferenceonLasersandElectro-Optics(CLEO),Baltimore,MD,May2011.

M.Turkmen,s. aksU,A.A.Cetin,A.A.Yanikand h. altUG,“U-ShapedNano-AperturesforEnhancedOpticalTransmissionandResolution,”SPIEDefense,Security+SensingConference,Orlando,FL,April2011.

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aDvanceD MateRials PROcess cOntROl laBORatORy 15 st. Mary’s st., Brookline, Ma 02446 617-353-9572 Professor Michael Gevelber

Research in this laboratory focuses on improving materials processing capabilities by applying a controls-based approach.Ourcontrols-basedapproachintegratesprocess modeling, sensor development, both system and control design, and experimentation to achieve greater controlofmaterialmicrostructureaswellasimprovingyieldandmaximizingproductionrate.Researchprojects,typicallyconductedwithindustrypartners,spanarangeof application areas including opto-electronic applications, advancedengines,powersystems,andbiomedicalapplications.Ongoingresearchprojectsincludereal-timecontrol for plasma spray for thermal barrier coatings and fuel cells, e-beam deposition for precision optical coatings, electrospinning of nanofibers, chemical vapor deposition, andCzochralskicrystalgrowth.

BiOMeDical MateRials ReseaRch laBORatORy 44 cummington street, Boston, Ma 02215 617-358-0253 Professor catherine klapperich

TheBiomedicalMaterialsResearchLaboratoryisfocusedon materials research activities in the broad areas of tissue engineeringandbiomedicaldevicedesign.Thelaboratoryisequipped for polymer and hydrogel synthesis, microfluidic device rapid prototyping, fabrication of tissue engineering scaffold materials, molecular analysis and tissue culture. Thelaboratoryhousesadynamicmechanicalanalyzerfortime and temperature sensitive testing of gel and polymer macroscalemechanicalproperties.Thisfacilityisafullyfunctional laboratory for integrated mechanical, chemical andbiologicaltestingofbiomaterials.Thelaboratoryisadjacenttothesharedbio-micro/nanofabricationcenter.Thiscleanroomcontainsamaskaligner,AFM,DekTakProfilometer, e-beam evaporator and a spin coater.

ThelabalsomaintainsaHysitronTriboscopeNanoindentationInstrumentlocatedintheLowVibrationAreaofthePhotonicsCenter.Laboratoryprojectsincludeexperiments and modeling of the contact problem for nanoscale probes on soft hydrated biomaterials, cell-biomaterial interactions in tissue engineering materials, and diagnostic microfluidic device design.

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s. aksU,R.Adato,A.Artar,M.Huang,A.A.Yanikand h. altUG, “high-throughput engineering of Infrared Plasmonic NanoantennaArrayswithNanostencilLithography,”SPIEPhotonicsWestConference,SanFrancisco,CA,January2011.

s. aksU,R.Adato,A.Artar,M.Huang,A.A.Yanikandh. altUG,“EngineeringInfraredNanoantennaArrayswithNanostencilLithographyforSpectroscopicSensing,”MaterialsResearchSociety(MRS)FallMeeting,Boston,MA,December2010.

s. aksU,R.Adato,A.Artar,M.Huang,A.A.Yanikand h. altUG,“EngineeredPlasmonicNanoantennaArrayswithNanostencilLithography,”IEEEPhotonicsSocietyAnnualMeeting,Denver,CO,December2010.

l. MiaRa,K.Yoon,L.Saraf,U. Pal, and s. GOPalan, “OxygenReductionReactioninSOFCCathodes:AnInvestigationUsingThinFilms,”SymposiumonSolidStateIonicsDevices,LasVegas,NV,2010.


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BiOMiMetics MateRials enGineeRinG laBORatORy

44 cummington st., Boston, Ma 02215 617-353-2374 Professor wong

TheBiomimeticMaterialsEngineeringLaboratoryisfocusedonthedevelopmentofbiomaterialstoprobehowstructure,material properties and composition of the cell-biomaterial interface affect fundamental cellular processes. specifically, weareinterestedindevelopingsubstratawithfeaturesthatmimic physiological and pathophysiological environments to study fundamental cellular processes at the biointerface. Currentresearchprojectsincludetissueengineeringofsmall diameter blood vessels for bypass and intravascular pharmacology(e.g.,stents);developmentoftargetednano- and microparticle contrast agents for multi-modal (magneticresonance,ultrasound,andoptical)detectionofatheroscleroticandvulnerableplaque;andengineeringbiomimetic systems to study restenosis and breast cancer.

cell anD tissUe Mechanics laBORatORy

44 cummington st., Boston, Ma 02215 617 353-5902 Professors Dimitrije stamenovic and Bela suki

Fundamentalandappliedresearchofsofttissuerheologyand mechanical properties of cells:

•Measuringandmodelingmechanicalpropertiesofthecytoskeletonoflivingcellsanditsinteractionswiththeextracellular matrix.

•Measuringandmodelingrheologicalbehaviorsoflivingcells.

•Modelingofpneumaticosteoarthritiskneebrace.

•Measurementsandnonlinearmodelingofthedynamicstress-strain relationship of soft tissues, in particular, of lung tissues.

•Imageprocessingoffluorescentlylabeledcomponents (suchascollagenandelastinfibers)oftissues.

•Nonlineardynamicmodelingofvariousphysiologicalphenomena such as avalanche mechanism of airwayreopening.

cOMPUtatiOnal electROnics laBORatORy

8 st. Mary’s st., Brookline, Ma 02446 617-358-1576 Professor Bellotti

TheComputationalElectronicsLaboratory(CEL)is equippedwithstate-of-the-artcomputingtools.Thelabhastwocomputerclusters,oneXP1000AlphaCluster(8CPUs)runningTrueUNIX64,andanAMDAthalonMPCluster(13CPUs)runningLinux.Thelabalsooperatesavarietyofhigh-performancePCsandprinters.TheComputationalElectronicsGroupdevelopssoftwaretostudysemiconductormaterials and to perform electronics and optoelectronics devicesimulation.Commercialsimulationpackages,such asISEGenesisandSilvacoVirtualWaferFab,are currently employed.

feMtOsPec laBORatORy

8 saint Mary’s street, Boston Ma 02215 617-353-1271, 617-353-9918 Professors kenneth Rothschild, Richard averitt, larry Zeigler, shyam erramilli

Ultrafast laser spectroscopy is increasingly becoming an indispensable tool for studying the properties of materials. Thislaboratoryaimstodevelopanadvancedfemtosecondlaserspectroscopysystemwhichwillbeapplicabletoabroad range of multidisciplinary problems in the fields of condensed matter physics, chemistry, and biology.

examples of topics to be focused on include quasiparticle dynamics in multifunctional materials, band gaps in carbon nanotubes, molecular events in biological energy conversion and photosensing, ultrafast response to light of heme proteins and the structure of biological polymers such as mucinusinghighsensitivity2D-IR.Manystudieswillbefacilitatedbytheabilityofthenewinstrumenttoprobethesamesampleoverabroadrangeofwavelengthsfromthefar-IRtoUVanddetectsmallchangesinabsorbance.Thiscapabilityshouldopenanewwindowonultrafastprocesseswhichuptonowhavebeendifficulttoinvestigate.


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GReen ManUfactURinG laBORatORy

730 commonwealth ave., Boston, Ma 02215 617-358-2297 Professor srikanth Gopalan

Research in this laboratory focuses on environmentally benignpowergenerationtechnologiessuchassolidoxidefuelcells(SOFCs).WeexplorethematerialsscienceandelectrochemistryofSOFCsusingimpedancespectroscopy,galvanostats and potentiostats. studies in this lab include measurement of the rates of charge transfer reactions that occur at the interfaces of solid state electrochemical devices, explorationofnewprocesses,andmodelingofthetransportphenomena that occur in such devices.

Inthislabwealsoconductresearchonceramicgasseparation membranes for the separation of industrially importantgasessuchasoxygenandhydrogen.Ongoingprojectsconductedinclosecollaborationwithindustrialpartners include the development of electrode and electrolytematerialsforloweroperatingtemperatureSOFCsandthedevelopmentofmixedionicandelectronicconducting materials for separation of hydrogen.

ThelaboratoryisequippedwithaPerkinElmer263APotentiostat/Galvanostatusedforcharacterizationofelectrochemical systems such as fuel cells, ceramic gas separation membranes, batteries and sensors, a horiba 910particlesizeanalyzercapableofobtainingparticlesizedistributionsofpowdersintherangeof0.01micronsto1mmusinglightscatteringtechnique,aSolartron1255FrequencyResponseAnalyzer(FRA)usedforACimpedancespectroscopy, a high temperature furnace that can operate upto1700°C,andaSpex8000millcapableofproducingsub-micron particles for use in solid state electrodes by high energy ball milling in a very short period of time.

hiGh-teMPeRatURe cheMical anD electROcheMical PROcessinG Of MateRials laBORatORy

750 commonwealth ave., Boston, Ma 02215 617-353-0375 Professor Uday Pal

Thelaboratoryiscompletelyequippedforstudyingmost high-temperature chemical and electrochemical processes involving metals and ceramics. It includes several hightemperaturefurnaces,residualgasanalyzers,CO/CO2analyzers,potentiostats,impedanceanalyzers,state-of-the-artthermogravimetricCahnBalance,highprecisionpowersuppliescapableofoperatingunderconstantcurrent/voltage mode, viscometers, state-of-the-art data acquisition systems,powderprocessingfacility,andfuelcellteststations.Thelaboratorycurrentlysupportsthefollowingresearch programs: green synthesis and processing of energy intensive metals, membrane technology for hydrogen production and separation, hybrid one-step processing of solid oxide fuel cells, materials for intermediate temperature solidoxidefuelcells,andwastetoenergyconversion.

hiGh teMPeRatURe OXiDatiOn laBORatORy

750 commonwealth ave., Boston, Ma 02215 617-353-3746 Professor soumendra n. Basu

Theresearchthrustofthislaboratoryistoinvestigatethehigh temperature oxidation behavior of materials by exposing metal and ceramic samples to corrosive atmospheres containing oxygen and sulfur at elevated temperatures upto1,600°C.ThelaboratoryisequippedwithaCAHNthermogravimetricbalanceandaMettlermicrobalanceforweightgainmeasurements,aswellasanapparatusforoxidationinO-18atmospheres,inordertodetermineoxidation mechanisms.


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the klaPPeRich laBORatORy fOR aPPROPRiate healthcaRe technOlOGies

44 cummington street, Boston, Ma 02215 617-358-0253 Professor catherine klapperich

TheKlapperichLaboratoryforAppropriateHealthcareTechnologiesisfocusedonthedesignandengineeringofmanufacturable,disposablesystemsforlow-costpoint-of-caremoleculardiagnostics.Wehaveinventedtechnologiesto perform microfluidic sample preparation for bacterial and viral targets from several human body fluids including, urine,blood,stoolandnasowash.Wearecurrentlyworkingondevicesforthedetectionofinfectiousdiarrhea,influenza,HIV,MRSAandcancerbiomarkers.

OurprojectsincludedetectionbyPCR,isothermalamplification,andnovelopticaltechniques.Ourmainapplication area is global health. Assay development, device design,sampleflow,storageandtransportareallconsideredopportunitiestodrivedownthecostandincreasetheaccessibilityofmoleculartestsinthedevelopingworld.

OurlabworksinconjunctionwiththeLaboratoryforEngineeringEducationandDevelopmentatBostonUniversity.WealsoworkcloselywithInnovationsinInternationalHealthatMIT.

TheKlapperichLabisactiveintheCenterforNanoscienceandNanobiotechnologyatBU.

laBORatORy Of inteGRateD nanOPhOtOnics & BiOsensinG systeMs (linBs)

8 st. Mary’s st, Boston, Ma 02215 617-358-4769 Professor hatice altug

Thecapabilitytoconfineandmanipulatephotonsatnanometer-length scales can open up unprecedented opportunities both in the fields of classical and quantum informationprocessing,aswellasinfundamentallifesciences.Ourgroupisdevelopingnanophotonicdevicesfor optical communications and on-chip biosensing. Forcommunicationapplications,wearedevelopingultrafast lasers, ultra-efficient light emitting diodes and photoniccrystaldevicesthatcanslowdownthelight.Forbiotechnologyapplications,weareusingplasmonicnanostructuresandphotoniccrystalcavitiesforrealization of high-throughput, ultra sensitive and label free biosensors.Toaccomplishourgoals,wearedevelopingnewcomputationalmodelingandadvancednanofabricationtechniques including nano/bio-patterning and microfluidics. Ourbiosafetylevel-2labiscapableofcellculturingandincludesamodifiedAFMforsurfacefunctionalization.Ourlabalsohousesstate-oftheartopticalmeasurementequipments and computational clusters.

MateRials X-Ray DiffRactiOn laBORatORy

590 commonwealth avenue, Boston Ma 02215 617-353-7291 Professor karl ludwig

Ourresearchinvestigateshowmaterialsevolveonatomicand nano-length scales as they change from one form to another.Inparticular,weusereal-timex-raytechniquestoexamine structural evolution during phase transitions, thin filmgrowthandsurfaceprocessing.Manyoftheexperimentsuse the high brightness of synchrotron x-ray sources – the NationalSynchrotronLightSource(NSLS)atBrookhavenNationalLaboratoryonLongIslandandtheAdvancedPhotonSource(APS)atArgonneNationalLaboratoryoutsideofChicago.Wherepossible,wemakecontactwithfundamentaltheory and simulation.

Inthelastfewyears,ourdetailedinteresthasbeeninthreedirections – understanding surface and thin film processes, investigating nanoscale dynamics in metallic alloys using coherent x-ray scattering and studying the relationship betweenatomicstructureandfunctioninsolidoxidefuelcellcathodes.Manyofourin-situstudiesutilizeauniqueultra-highvacuumgrowthandsurfacemodificationfacilitythatwehavehelpeddevelopontheinsertion-devicebeamlineX21attheNSLS.Wehavebeenusingittoexaminesurfacemorphologyevolutionduringionbombardment(whichcancausethespontaneousgrowthofsurfacenanostructures)andissuesrelatedtothegrowthofwide-bandgapgroupIII-V semiconductor films using plasma-assisted molecular beamepitaxy(incollaborationwithProf.MoustakasinElectricalEngineering).Coherentx-rayscatteringprovidesthe ability to probe nanoscale dynamics in metallic alloys and other materials systems. Partially coherent x-ray beams arecreatedusingsmall(10micron)slitsinconjunctionwithahigh-brilliance3rdgenerationsynchrotronsource,suchastheAPS.Thedisorderinthealloysproducesspecklepatternsinthescatteredx-rayintensity.Theevolutionofthespeckle


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pattern can then be related to the underlying dynamics ofstructuralchanges(e.g.ordering,phaseseparationorstackingfaultrearrangement)inthealloy.

solid oxide fuel cells offer the potential for highly efficient energy conversion, but improvements in cathode function areneededbeforetheirpotentialcanbefullyrealized.IncollaborationwithProfs.Pal,BasuandGopalaninEngineeringandProf.SmithinPhysics,weareexaminingin-situ the near-surface atomic structure of cathode materials inordertobetterunderstandtherelationshipbetweenfunction and structure.

nanOscale Mechanical enGineeRinG laBORatORy

110 cummington street, Boston, Ma 02215 617-358-0253 Professor kamil ekinci

Thisfacilityisusedtofabricatenanometer-scalesemiconductor mechanical devices using electron beam lithography,plasma,andwetetchingtechniques.Afterfabrication,variousstate-ofthe-artcharacterizationtechniques are employed to study the physical processes dominant in these nanomechanical devices. Among the fundamental phenomena studied are dissipation, fluctuations, and surface effects at the nanometer length scales.Thepracticalaspectsofthisresearchinvolvethedesign and fabrication of ultra-high-speed nanomechanical sensors and development of surface nano-engineering techniquesforimproveddevicecharacteristics.MoreinformationcanbefoundatNEMSHome:EkinciGroup.

nanOstRUctUReD fiBeRs anD nOnlineaR OPtics laBORatORy

8 st. Mary’s st., Brookline, Ma 02446 617-353-9881 Professor siddharth Ramachandran

Lightbeamsinfreespacetravelatthe“speedoflight,”andtendtodiverge(diffract).Complex,nano-structuredphotonicdevicescanbeusedtoslowlight(confinephotonsintime)andcounteractdiffraction(byconfiningphotonsinspace).Someconfinementgeometriesleadtospatiallycomplex beams that possess intriguing properties such as the ability of optical vortices to carry orbital angular momentumortheabilityofBesselbeamstoself-heal.Ourgroup studies the myriad phenomena encountered by the manipulationofsuchfundamentaleffectsoflight,withtheaim of developing next generation photonic devices.

OPtical chaRacteRiZatiOn & nanOPhOtOnics laBORatORy (Ocn)

8 st. Mary’s st., Brookline, Ma 02446 617-358-4808, 617-353-1275, 617-353-5067 Professors Goldberg, Professor swan, and Professor Unlu

Nanophotonicsaddressesabroadspectrumofopticson the nanometer scale covering technology and basic science. compared to the behavior of isolated molecules orbulkmaterials,thebehaviorofnanostructuresexhibitimportant physical properties not necessarily predictable from observations of either individual constituents or largeensembles.Wedevelopandapplyadvancedopticalcharacterizationtechniquestothestudyofsolid-stateandbiologicalphenomenaatthenanoscale.Currentprojectsinclude development of high resolution subsurface imaging techniques based on numerical aperture increasing lens(NAIL)forthestudyofsemiconductordevicesandcircuits and spectroscopy of quantum dots, micro resonant Raman and emission spectroscopy of individual carbon nanotubes, biosensors based on microring resonators, and developmentofnewnanoscalemicroscopytechniquesutilizinginterferenceofexcitationaswellasemissionfromfluorescent molecules. In addition to microscopy, optical resonanceisnearlyubiquitousinourresearchprojectsincluding development of resonant cavity-enhanced photodetectorsandimagingbiosensorsforDNAand protein arrays.

ORthOPaeDic & DevelOPMental BiOMechanics laBORatORy

110 cummington st., Boston, Ma 02215 617-353-2791 Professor elise Morgan

Thislaboratoryusesexperimentalandcomputationalmethodstoexploretherelationshipsbetweenstructureandmechanical function of biological tissues at multiple length scales.Currentresearchprojectsincludequantificationofphysiologicalloadingconditions,3-Dvisualizationandprediction of spine fractures, and the effects of mechanical stimulationonjointandarticularcartilagedevelopment.Thelaboratoryhousesabiaxial(axialtorsional)servohydraulicmaterialstestingsystemwithavarietyofextensometersandloadcells,aminiaturetorsionaltestingsystem,twomicro-computed tomography systems, a multichannel signal conditionalandamplificationsystem,anX-raycabinet,and various cutting tools including a sledge microtome and low-speedwaferingsaw.Additionalspaceisdedicatedtocell and tissue culture. computational facilities include Pc workstationsequippedwithsoftwareforimageprocessing,finite element analysis, and general computing.


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POwDeR MetallURGy & X-Ray laBORatORy

750 commonwealth ave., Boston, Ma 02215 617-353-6451 Professor vinod k. sarin

Thepowderprocessinglaboratoryisequippedtobatch,process,anddensifyawidevarietyofmaterials.Particlesizereductionanduniformmixingareessentialinanypowderpreparation.Inadditiontoa500cccapacityattritormillforprocessingsmallpowderbatches,anextensiveselectionofballmillsizesandavarietyofmillingmedia,includingsiliconnitride and titanium carbide, are available. consolidation and sintering capabilities include vacuum, over pressure, andhotpressingupto25,000KgFandtemperaturesinexcessof2400°C.Thesecapabilitiesmakethepowderprocessing laboratory uniquely equipped for developing high temperature monolithic and composite materials.

ThelaboratoryisalsoequippedwithaBrukerD8Focusdiffractometerwithindependentthetaandtwothetaaxiswithcopperradiation.Thisunitextendsthelaboratory’scapabilitytoperformsinglecrystalbackreflectionLauestudiesforcrystalorientation.Thestandarddetectoristhescintillationcounter,withhighdynamicrangeandlowinternalbackground.

Inaddition,severalDebyeScherrerpowdercamerasarealsoavailable.Thisunitisequippedwithallnecessarycomponents for qualitative or quantitative phase analysis, crystallitesizedetermination,andstructuredeterminationand refinement.

PRecisiOn enGineeRinG ReseaRch (PeRl) laBORatORy

8 st. Mary’s st., Brookline, Ma 02215 617-353-5619 Professor thomas Bifano

ResearchinthePrecisionEngineeringResearch(PERL)Laboratoryisdirectedtowarddesign,modeling,fabrication,and testing of advanced microsystems. A core research area involves development of large-scale arrays of coordinated microactuators for use in photonic or optical systems. Recentprojectshaveincluded:developmentofdeformablemicromirrorarraysforadaptiveoptics;modelingofmicrofluidictransportsystems;developmentofmicrovalvearraysforcontroloffluidflowrateandpressure;designandfabricationofadvancedoptoacousticMEMSsensors;andmicro-scalecontouringusingionbeamsystems.Thelaboratory houses state-of-the-art systems for design, fabrication,andtestingofMEMSdevices,includinginterferometric contouring microscopes, a high speed vibrometer, and adaptive optics and microfluidic test beds.

Surface Modification Laboratory

15 st. Mary’s st., Brookline, Ma 02446 Professor vinod k. sarin

Thisuniquestate-of-the-artuniversityresearchlaboratoryhasthecapabilityofR&DactivitiesinthefieldofsurfaceengineeringinvolvingbothChemicalVaporDeposition(CVD)andPhysicalVaporDeposition(PVD)techniques.ItcontainstwoexperimentalCVDunitscapableofproducingawiderangeoftough,adherentandprotectivecoatingsforvarious applications.

Twomultiple-targetDCandRFsputteringunitsthatproduce monolithic, multi-layered, and composite coatings areavailableforcoatingdevelopmentbyPVD.Researchand development of diamond coatings is focused on the combustion flame process. several combustion flame setups have been developed and fabricated to produce diamondcoatingsofvariousmorphologiesonawiderangeof materials.

Unique equipment and techniques have been developed to evaluate the mechanical, chemical, and structural properties of coatings, such as a micro-scratch tester to evaluateadherence.AhotwallCVDreactorisusedforthedepositionoffunctionallygradedmullitecoatings.Mullite(3Al2O3•2SiO2)hasreceivedconsiderableattentionasa potential coating material for silicon-based ceramics due to its excellent corrosion resistance, creep resistance, high temperature strength, and most critically, excellent CoefficientofThermalExpansionmatch,especiallywithSiliconCarbide.Dense,uniform,crystallinemulliteenvironmental barrier coatings have been deposited by CVDonSiCsubstratesandthesecoatingshaveexhibitedexcellent high temperature oxidation and hot corrosion resistance.ThecoatingprocesshassubsequentlybeenpatentedatBostonUniversity.

TransparentRadioluminescentCoatingsofLutetiumOxidedopedwithEuropiumOxidearebeingdevelopedusingbothPVDandCVD.Itisbelievedthattheseatomisticdepositiontechniqueswillofferextensivepromiseasanalternativeproduction method for tailoring microstructure and optimizingscintillationcharacteristicsoftheseceramics.


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tsUi laB

590 commonwealth avenue, Boston Ma 02215 617-358-4669 Professor Ophelia k.c. tsui

Ourcurrentresearchprimarilyconcernstheeffectsofsurfaces, interfaces, confinement and frustration on the dynamics and equilibrium of soft condensed matters, illustrated in polymer ultrathin films and liquid crystal systems.Thesequerieshaveledustoinvestigateawidespectrum of contemporary soft condensed matter physics problemsincludingwettinganddewettingphenomena,adhesion, interfacial viscosity, dynamics of confined systems, surface dynamics, surface or frustration induced orientational ordering.

Throughcollaborationswithcolleaguesaroundtheworld,wehavealsoworkedonrelatedproblemsofatomicforcemicroscopic(AFM)mechanics,AFMnanotribology,AFMnanolithography,order-disorderphasetransitionofevaporatingsolutioncastblockcopolymerfilms,formationand structure of protein films, liquid crystal display, and electronic and magnetic properties of magnetic granular nano-composites.

ThemajorexperimentaltechniquesusedinourresearchincludeAFM,x-rayreflectivityandscattering,contactanglemeasurement,ellipsometryaswellasopticalmicroscopy.Mostofthesamplepreparationinvolvesclean-roomandmicrofabrication technologies.

UltRafast nanOstRUctURe OPtics (UnO) laBORatORy

8 st. Mary’s st., Brookline, Ma, 02446 617-358-5103 Professor luca Dal negro

Theresearchismainlyfocusedon:a)ultrafastemissionspectroscopy;b)opticalgainrelaxationdynamics;c)nonlinearopticalcharacterizationofsemiconductornanostructures, novel bio-compatible materials, photonic and plasmonic nanodevices.

ImplementedOpticaltechniquesinclude:picosecondfluorescence lifetime spectroscopy, time-resolved variable stripe length and pump-probe gain techniques, emission quantum efficiency and photon statistics, Z-scan nonlinear characterization,secondharmonicgeneration(SHG).

wiDe BanDGaP seMicOnDUctOR laBORatORy

8 st. Mary’s st., Brookline, Ma, 02446 617-353-1288 Professor theodore Moustakas

TheWideBandgapSemiconductorLaboratoryisa state-of-the-artfacilitydedicatedtostudyingthegrowth,fundamental material properties, and fabrication of novel electronicandopto-electronicdevices.ThelabspecializesinIII-nitridegrowthbyMolecularBeamEpitaxy(MBE)andHydrideVaporPhaseEpitaxy(HVPE).IthasahistoryinthedevelopmentofLEDsandcurrentlycontinuestofocusonLEDsandsemiconductorlasersintheblue-UVregionoftheelectromagnetic spectrum.


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attending visiting committee MembersHarryTuller,Chairman C.BarryCarter James G. hannoosh MaxLagally KwadwoOsseo-Asare subhash singhal Hans-PeterWeber

attending steering committee MembersUday Pal SoumendraBasu TedMoustakas KarlLudwig MarkGrinstaff(dinneronly)

attending staff RuthMason

ElizabethFlagg

CherylStewart

visitinG cOMMitteeTheDivisionofMaterialsScienceandEngineeringVisiting committee gathered for dinner on the evening of Wednesday,April13,2011,andforaformalmeetingonThursday,April14,2011inthePhotonicsBuilding9thFloorconference Room. seven out of the nine Visiting committee membersattendedthemeeting,alongwithDivisionHeads,StaffandothermembersoftheMSESteeringCommittee.Dr.HarryTullerservedasCommitteeChairman.Atthestartofthemeeting,theDeanofEngineering,ProfessorKenLutchen,describedthemajorgrowthandacademicstrengththathadcharacterizedtheCollegeofEngineeringundergraduateandgraduateprogramsinrecentyears.HereportedthatanewfacultyhirewasinprogresstoleadtheMSEtothenextlevelofexcellence.HeaskedtheVisitingCommitteetosharetheirwisdomandadviceonhowtheMSEmightreachnationalprominencewithinthenextdecade.TheVisitingCommitteeheardbriefpresentationsfromtheDivisionHeads,andaquestion-and-answerperiodspawnedcommentsandlivelydiscussionsthroughoutthemeeting.AfterlunchinthePHOWestEndLounge,theCommitteewastreatedtoaGraduateStudentResearchPosterSessioninthe7thfloorAtrium,fosteringone-on-oneinteractionwithMSEstudents.TheVisiting committee then met privately and developed a list of recommendationsthatweresubsequentlydiscussedwiththeDeanandDivisionHeads.ThemeetingadjournedtoaWineandCheesesocialeventthatincludedallMSEFaculty,Staffand Graduate students.

AwrittenreportonthemeetingwassubmittedtotheDeanandDivisionHeadsbyDr.HarryTulleronMay16,2011.


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DR. c. BaRRy caRteR isDepartmenthead and Professor in the chemical, Materials&BiomolecularEngineeringDepartmentattheUniversityofconnecticut. Professor carter is the authorofthepopulartextbook,“CeramicMaterials:ScienceandEngineering”,published by springer. Professor carter’s researchinterestsareincharacterizationof interfaces and defects in ceramics and semiconductors.

DR. GeORGe cRafORD is currently the SolidStateLightingFellowatPhilipsLumiledsLightingCompany.PriortojoiningPhilipshewastheTechnicalDirectoroftheElectronicsDivisionatHewlett-PackardCompany.AtHewlett-Packard,Craford’sgrouppioneeredthedevelopmentofvarioustypesofLEDsandproducts.Dr.CrafordisafellowoftheIEEEandamemberoftheNationalAcademy of engineering. he has received numerousprofessionalawardsincludingthe2002NationalMedalofTechnologyfrom the President of the United states in recognition for his contributions to the LEDtechnology.

DR. jaMes G. hannOOsh is currently VicePresidentofDevelopmentforAstraTech,Inc.,andformerCEOandSeniorVice President of Atlantis components, Inc.Bothcompaniesproducedentalimplants and medical devices employing advanced materials.

DR. MaX G. laGallyisErwinW.MuellerProfessorandBascomProfessorof surface science at the University ofWisconsin-Madison.Lagallyistherecipient of numerous honors and awards,includinghiselectionintotheGermanNationalAcademyofScience,the American Association for the advancementofScience,andtheNational Academy of engineering.

DR. ROn latanisiOn is currently CorporateVicePresident&PracticeDirectoratExponentEngineeringandscientific consulting, and Professor EmeritusinMaterialsScienceandEngineeringatMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology.HeisamemberoftheNationalAcademyofEngineeringandaFellowofASMInternational,NACEInternational, and the American Academy ofArtsandSciences.Dr.Latanison’sexpertise and interests are in the areas of electrochemical science and processing technologies.

DR. kwaDwO OsseO-asaRe is DistinguishedProfessorofMetallurgyand energy and Geo-environmental EngineeringintheDepartmentofMaterialsScienceandEngineering,andtheDepartmentofEnergyandMineralengineering at Pennsylvania state University.HeisamemberoftheNationalAcademy of engineering. Professor Osseo-Assare’sresearchinterestsareinthe areas of materials processing in the aqueous media.

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DR. sUBhash c. sinGhalisBattelleFellowandDirector,FuelCells,intheEnergyandEnvironmentDirectorateatthePacificNorthwestNationalLaboratory,andanAdjunctProfessorintheDepartmentofMaterialsScienceandengineering at the University of Utah. he isamemberoftheNationalAcademyofEngineeringandtheWashingtonstate Academy of sciences. he served ontheElectrochemicalSociety’sBoardofDirectors,wasPresidentoftheInternational society for solid state Ionics. Dr.Singhal’sexpertiseandinterestsareinthe areas of high temperature materials and solid oxide fuel cells.

DR. haRRy l. tUlleR is Professor of CeramicsandElectronicMaterialsin theDepartmentofMaterialsScienceand engineering, and head of the crystal PhysicsandElectroceramicsLaboratoryattheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology.HeisEditor-in-Chiefof theJournalofElectroceramics,Fellow of the American ceramic society, electedtoWorldAcademyofCeramics.ProfessorTuller’sresearchinterests are in the areas of electroceramics and solid-state materials.

hans-PeteR weBeR, DMD, is the RaymondJ.andElvaPomfretNagleProfessorofRestorativeDentistryandBiomaterialsSciences,andservesasChairoftheDepartmentofRestorativeDentistryandBiomaterialsSciencesattheHarvardSchoolofDentalMedicine.Hisexpertise is in the area of dental implants and reconstruction.

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Boston UniversityDivision of Materials Science & EngineeringAnnual Report 2010–2011

© 2011, Boston University

Design and production: Tess Mattern

Photography: Boston University Photo Services, unless otherwise noted.

Content: Elizabeth Flagg, Cheryl Stewart, MSE staff, and MSE faculty

Front Cover: Professor Ramachandran at the BU Optical Fiber Fabrication facility. Professor Ramachandran is seen holding a “preform” which, when pulled at high temperatures and high speeds with the fiber-drawing tower (background), yields several kilometers of optical fiber used as the backbone of telecommunications today. Fiber fabrication involves several complex materials processes, and the BU fabrication facility is one of a handful of such facilities in an academic setting in the US.

Back Cover: Graduate Student Gozde Erdem, Prof. Karl Ludwig and Postdoctoral Research Associate Alex DeMasi with the unique facility for real-time x-ray studies of surface and thin film processes that Boston University researchers have helped build at the National Synchrotron Light Source, Brookhaven National Laboratory.

This report provides a description of the instructional and research activities of the Division ofMaterials Science & Engineering at Boston University during the 2010–2011 academic year. Instructional activities are reported from the Fall 2010 through Summer 2011 semesters while scholarly activities and budget information are reported from July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011.

Boston University’s policies provide for equal opportunity and affirmative action in employment and admission to all programs of the University.

For more information or to download this report as a PDF, please visit our website at www.bu.edu/mse

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