Publications: Seed Projects
2011-2012
R. Priestley seed
a. Primary PCCM support
1. Y. Guo, A. Morozov, D. Schneider, J. W. Chung, C. Zhang, M. Waldmann, N. Yao, G. Fytas, C. B. Arnold and R. D. Priestley, “Ultrastable nanostructured polymer glasses”, Nature Materials 11, 337 DOI: 10.1038/NMAT3234 (2012).
H. Tureci seed
1. A.A. Houck, H. E. Tureci, and J. Koch, “On-chip quantum simulation with superconducting circuits”, Nature Phys. 8, 292 (2012).
2. A.J. Hoffman, S.J. Srinivasan, S. Schmidt, L. Spietz, J. Aumentado, H.E. Tureci, A.A. Houck, “Dispersive Photon Blockade in a Superconducting Circuit”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 053602 (2011).
2010-2011
a. Primary PCCM support
1. Q. Zhao, P.Majsztrik and J. Benziger; “Diffusion and Interfacial Transport of Water in Nafion”,J. Phys. Chem. B, 115, 2717-2727, (2011).\
2. Z. Shi, P.G. Debenedetti and F.H. Stillinger, Properties of Model Atomic Free-Standing Thin Films. J. Chem. Phys ., 134 , 114524, ( 2011).
3. S. Y. Zhang, D. H., Adamson, R.K. Prud’homme, and A.J. Link, "Photocrosslinking the Polystyrene Core of Block-Copolymer Nanoparticles”. Polymer Chemistry , 2:665-671 ( 2011).
4. S.Y.Zhang, R.K. Prud’homme, and A.J. Link “ Block Copolymer Nanoparticles as Nanobeads for the Polymerase Chain Reaction “ Nano Letters, 11:1723-1726 (2011).
b. Partial PCCM Support
5. T. D. Nguyen, J. M. Nagarah, Y. Qi, S. S. Nonnenmann, A. V. Morozov, S. Li, C. B. Arnold, and M. C. McAlpine “Wafer-Scale Nanopatterning and Translation into High Performance Piezoelectric Nanowires.” Nano Lett. 10, 4595-4599 (2010).
6. S. Thongrattanasiri, N.A. Kuhta, M.D. Escarra, A.J. Hoffman, C.F. Gmachl, and V.A. Podolskiy, “Analytical technique for subwavelength far field imaging," Appl. Phys. Letters, Vol. 97, 101103 (2010).
7. Y. Qi, J. Kim, T. D. Nguyen, B. Lisko, P. K. Purohit, and M. C. McAlpine “Enhanced Piezoelectricity and Stretchability in Energy Harvesting Devices Fabricated from Buckled PZT Ribbons.” Nano Lett. 11, 1331-1336 (2011).
8. Y. Qi, and M. C. McAlpine. “Nanotechnology-Enabled Flexible and Biocompatible Energy Harvesting.” Energy Env. Sci,. 3, 1275-1285 (2010).
9. J. Shabani, Y. Liu, and M. Shayegan, "Fractional Quantum Hall Effect at High Fillings in a Two-subband Electron System," Phys. Rev. Lett., 105, 24685 (2010).
2009-2010
b. Partial PCCM support
1. J. Meng, J. Fan, G. Galiana, R.T. Branca, P.L. Clasen, S. Ma, J. Zhou, C. Leuschner, C.S.S.R. Kumar, J. Hormes, T. Otiti, A.C. Beye, M.P. Harmer, C.J. Kiely, W. Warren, M.P. Haataja, and W.O. Soboyejo, “LHRH-functionalized superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles for breast cancer targeting and contrast enhancement in MRI”, Mater. Sci. Eng. C 29, 1467-1479 (2009).
2. J. Shabani, T. Gokmen, Y. T. Chiu, and M. Shayegan, “Evidence for Developing Fractional Quantum Hall States at Even-denominator ½ and ¼ Fillings in Asymmetric Wide Quantum Wells,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 256802 (2009).
3. J. N. Shan, N. Yao and Y. G. Ju, “Phase Transition Induced Formation of Hollow Structures in Colloidal Lanthanide-doped NaYF4 Nanocrystals”, J. Nanoparticle Research, 12, 1429-1438 (2010).
4. D. Cohen-Tanugi, A. Akey, and N. Yao, “Ultralow Superharmonic Resonance for Functional Nanowires”, Nano Letters, 10, 852-859 (2010).
5. J. N. Shan, W. Kong, R. Wei, N. Yao and Y. G. Ju, “An Investigation of the Thermal Sensitivity and Stability of b-NaYF4: Yb,Er Upconversion Nanophosphors”, J. Appl. Phys., 107, 054901 (2010).
6. S. J. Budijono, J. N. Shan, N. Yao, Y. Miura, T. Hoye, R. H. Austin, Y. G. Ju, R. K. Prud'homme, “Synthesis of Stable Block-Copolymer-Protected NaYF4:Yb3+, Er3+ Up-Converting Phosphor Nanoparticles”, Chemistry of Materials 22, 311-318 (2010).
7. J. N. Shan, M. Uddi, R. Wei, N. Yao,and Y. G. Ju, “The Hidden Effects of Particle Shape and Criteria for Evaluating the Upconversion Luminescence of the Lanthanides Doped Nanophosphors”, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 114, 2452-2461 (2010).
2008-2009
a. Primary MRSEC support
1. J. Meng, J. Fan, G. Galiana, R.T. Branca, P.L. Clasen, S. Ma, J. Zhou, C. Leuschner, C.S.S.R. Kumar, J. Hormes, T. Otiti, A.C. Beye, M.P. Harmer, C.J. Kiely, W. Warren, M.P. Haataja, and W.O. Soboyejo, “LHRH-functionalized superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles for breast cancer targeting and contrast enhancement in MRI”, Mater. Sci. Eng. C 29, 1467-1479 (2009).
2. J. Shan and Y. Ju, “A Single-Step Synthesis and Kinetic Mechanism for Monodisperse and Hexagonal-Phase NaYF 4 :Yb,Er Upconversion Nanophosphors”, Nanotechnology 20, 275603 (2009).
b. Partial MRSEC support
3. C. Barsi, W. Wan, and J.W. Fleischer, “Imaging through nonlinear media using digital holography,” Nature Photonics 3, 211 (2009).
4. A. J. Hoffman, A. Sridhar, 1 P. X. Braun 1 , L. Alekseyev, S. S. Howard, K. J. Franz, D. L. Sivco, V. A. Podolskiy, E. E. Narimanov, and C. Gmachl, “Mid-infrared semiconductor optical metamaterials”, J. Appl. Phys., 105, 122411 (2009).