CNT Microfabrication and MEMS
- Carbon nanotubes as a framework for high-aspect-ratio MEMS fabrication
- High aspect ratio microelectromechanical systems: A versatile approach using carbon nanotubes as a framework
- Effect of iron catalyst thickness on vertically aligned carbon nanotube forest straightness for CNT-MEMS
Compliant Mechanisms
- Mechanical Property Measurement of Carbon Infiltrated Carbon Nanotube Structures for Compliant Micromechanisms
- Material Properties of Carbon-Infiltrated Carbon Nanotube-Templated Structures for Microfabrication of Compliant Mechanisms
Chromatography
- Effects of catalyst thickness on the fabrication and performance of carbon nanotube-templated thin layer chromatography plates
- Ozone priming of patterned carbon nanotube forests for subsequent atomic layer deposition-like deposition of SiO2 for the preparation of microfabricated thin layer chromatography plates
- Carbon-Nanotube-Templated Microfabrication of Porous Silicon-Carbon Materials with Application to Chemical Separations
- DNA-templated three-branched nanostructures for nanoelectronic devices
- Stable, Microfabricated Thin Layer Chromatography Plates without Volume Distortion on Patterned, Amorphous Carbon-Primed Carbon Nanotube Forests
- Stable, microfabricated thin layer chromatography plates without volume distortion on patterned, carbon and Al2O3-primed carbon nanotube forests
- Pellicular Particles with Spherical Carbon Cores and Porous Nanodiamond/Polymer Shells for Reversed-Phase HPLC
- Carbon-Nanotube-Templated Microfabrication of Porous Silicon-Carbon Materials with Application to Chemical Separations
- The Blind Men and the Elephant as a Metaphor for Surface Analysis, as Applied to the Preparation and Analysis of New, Highly Stable Materials for Separations Science
Data Storage
- Carbon/Ternary Alloy/Carbon Optical Stack on Mylar as an Optical Data Storage Medium to Potentially Replace Magnetic Tape
- Oxidation of graphene 'bow tie' nanofuses for permanent, write-once-read-many data storage devices
- Characterization of the plastic substrates, the reflective layers, the adhesives, and the grooves of today's archival-grade recordable DVDs
- Carbon-Coated Tellurium for Optical Data Storage
- Analysis of the plastic substrates, the reflective layers, and the adhesives of today's archival-grade DVDs
Self-assembled Circuits
- DNA Origami Metallized Site Specifically to Form Electrically Conductive Nanowires
- Electrically Conductive Gold- and Copper-Metallized DNA Origami Nanostructures
- Chemical Alignment of DNA Origami to Block Copolymer Patterned Arrays of 5 nm Gold Nanoparticles
- Nanografting of silanes on silicon dioxide with applications to DNA localization and copper electroless deposition
Photovoltaics
Other Publications
- Data and device protection: A ToF-SIMS, wetting, and XPS study of an Apple iPod nano
- Thin films of carbon nanotubes via ultrasonic spraying of suspensions in N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone and N-cyclohexyl-2-pyrrolidone
- Improved efficiency of reversed-phase carbon/nanodiamond/polymer core-shell particles for HPLC using carbonized poly(divinylbenzene) microspheres as the core materials
- Alternative FIB TEM Sample Preparation Method for Cross-Sections of Thin Metal Films Deposited on Polymer Substrates
- Dual Patterning of a Poly(acrylic acid) Layer by Electron-Beam and Block Copolymer Lithographies
- Scaling parallel dielectrophoresis of carbon nanotubes: an enabling geometry
- Electron back-scattered diffraction of crystallized vanadium dioxide thin films on amorphous silicon dioxide
- Thiol-Ene-Thiol Photofunctionalization of Thiolated Monolayers with Polybutadiene and Functional Thiols, Including Thiolated DNA
- Functionalization/passivation of porous graphitic carbon with di-tert-amylperoxide
- Processing of Thin Carbon Nanotube-Polyimide Composite Membranes
- Chemical Vapor Deposition of Three Aminosilancs on Silicon Dioxide: Surface Characterization, Stability, Effects of Silane Concentration, and Cyanine Dye Adsorption
- Attachment of Polybutadienes to Hydrogen-Terminated Silicon and Post-Derivatization of the Adsorbed Species
- The Structural Phase Transition in Individual Vanadium Dioxide Nanoparticles
- Mechanical Properties of Beams from Self-Assembled Closely Packed and Aligned Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
- Subsurface Oxidation for Micropatterning Silicon (SOMS)
- Self-Assembly of a Triangle-Shaped, Hexaplatinum-Incorporated, Supramolecular Amphiphile in Solution and at Interfaces
- Giant micelles of organoplatinum(II) gemini amphiphiles
- Integrated three-dimensional microelectromechanical devices from processable carbon nanotube wafers
- One-step growth of ca. 2-15 nm polymer thin films on hydrogen-terminated silicon
- The effect of contact length on adhesion between carbon nanotubes on silicon dioxide
- Laser activation-modification of semiconductor surfaces (LAMSS) of 1-alkenes on silicon: A ToF-SIMS, chemometrics, and AFM analysis
- Chemistry of olefin-terminated homogeneous and mixed monolayers on scribed silicon
- Laser activation modification of semiconductor surfaces (LAMSS)
- Synthesis and characterization of photoluminescent In-doped CdSe nanoparticles
- Chemomechanical nanolithography: Nanografting on silicon and factors impacting linewidth
- Electron exchange between Fe(II)-horse spleen ferritin and Co(III)/Mn(III) reconstituted horse spleen and Azotobacter vinelandii ferritins
- Measurement of the adhesion force between carbon nanotubes and a silicon dioxide substrate
- Polyelectrolytes as new matrices for secondary ion mass spectrometry
- Design and Construction of an Underground TEM Lab at Brigham Young University
- Kinetic and Thermodynamic Characterization of the Cobalt and Manganese Oxyhydroxide Cores Formed in Horse Spleen Ferritin
- Electrical conductivity of ferritin proteins by conductive AFM
- DNA-templated three-branched nanostructures for nanoelectronic devices
- AFM Visualization of Mobile Influenza A M2 Molecules in Planar Bilayers
- Automated, controlled deposition of nanoparticles on polyelectrolyte-coated silicon from chemomechanically patterned droplet arrays
- Self-aligned mechanical attachment of carbon nanotubes to silicon dioxide structures by selective silicon dioxide chemical-vapor deposition
- Chemomechanical production of submicron edge width, functionalized, similar to 20 mu m features on silicon
- Chemomechanical surface patterning and functionalization of silicon surfaces using an atomic force microscope
- Optical dipole model for photodetection in the near field
- Surface transformation and photoinduced recovery in CdSe nanocrystals
- Aligned microcontact printing of micrometer-scale poly-L-Lysine structures for controlled growth of cultured neurons on planar microelectrode arrays
- Chemical and Topographical Surface Modification for Control of Central Nervous System Cell Adhesion
- Diffraction-Based Cell Detection Using a Microcontact Printed Antibody Grating
- Patterned Protein Layers on Solid Substrates by Thin Stamp Microcontact Printing
- Nanometer-scale absorption spectroscopy by near-field photodetection optical microscopy
- Optical intensity mapping on the nanometer scale by near-field photodetection optical microscopy
- Micromachined submicrometer photodiode for scanning probe microscopy
Senior Theses
- Developing Atomic Layer Deposition Techniques of Tungsten on Carbon Nanotube Microstructures
- Infiltration of CNT forests by Atomic Layer Deposition for MEMS Applications
- Vertically Aligned Three Dimensionally Patterned Silicon Carbide Nanowires
- Mechanical and Electrical Properties of Carbon-Nanotube-Templated Metallic Microstructures
- Experimental Determination of the Pt K Edge K-Factor for Nanoparticle Order-Disorder Transition Analysis
- Bulge Testing of Duracoat and Carbon in the Large Deflection Limit
- Low-Z, Chemically Resistant, Microfabricated Carbon Composite Transmission Electron Microscope Grids
- Sub-Reflector Proof of Concept
- Fabrication Of Suspended Graphene Membranes Grown By Chemical Vapor Deposition (Cvd) Using Carbon Nanotubes
- Tungsten Infiltrated Carbon Nanotube Forests As A Framework For 3-D Microfabrication
- Electrical and Optical Properties of Cupric Oxide Deposited by Spray Pyrolysis
- Determining The Cause Of Metal Oxide Film Growth Due To Exposure To Vacuum Ultraviolet Light
- Mechanical Properties of a-Carbon Infiltrated Carbon Nanotube Templated Materials
- Investigation of areas of low conductivity in coatings of Ge2Sb2Te5 (GST) on a metallic base
- Simulation of Electron Diffraction Patterns in the CuAu L10 Phase
- Improved Power Output of Vertically-Oriented Solar Cells
- Maximizing Carbon Nanotube Forest Growth with 99.5% Pure Ethylene
- Selectively Grown Silicon Nanowires For Transistor Devices
- The Relationship Between Water Contact Angle And Adhesion Peel Force In Uv-Treated Ots Multilayers
- Nanoshaving And Nanografting Of Water-Soluble Polymers On Glass Surfaces
- Fabrication Of Transistors From Purified (7; 6) Carbon Nanotubes
- Patterning Vertical Structures for Use in Constructing Amorphous Silicon Solar Cell Molds
- Resistivity Measurements With Hysteresis In Crystalline Thin Films Of Vanadium Dioxide By Four-Point Probe
- Diode Properties of Nanotube Networks
- Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes As A Framework For Microfabrication Of High Aspect Ratio Mems
- Process For Aggregation Of Micron-Sized Patterns Of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube Forests
- GST Crystallite-Density TEM-Analysis Finds No Crystalline Structure
- Surface Phase Transformation In Lithium Aluminate
- Studying And Eliminating Adventitious Carbon Contamination On Silicon Wafers
- Effect Of Catalyst Thickness And Barrier Layers On Patterned Vertically-Aligned Carbon Nanotube Growth
- Apparatus for Vacuum Heating of TEM Samples
- Absolute Quantum Yield Measurements Of Density Separated Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube Suspensions
- Imaging Ribosomes In Fluid Using The Atomic Force Microscope
- Characterization Of Crystalline Vanadium Dioxide By Transmission Electron Microscopy
- Biological Deposition Of Iron Catalyst For Carbon Nanotube Growth