Laboratory for Advanced Materials Science and Technology (LAMSAT)

Presentations

鈥 J. Rejman, D. Ferizovic, M. Munoz, P. Mukherjee, and S. Witanachchi, 鈥淐omposites of PbSe Quantum Dots and Vertically Aligned TiO2 Nanorods for Next Generation Solar Cells鈥, 18th Annual International Conference on Composites & Nano Engineering, Anchorage, AK (July 2010).

鈥 D. Mukherjee, R. Hyde, T. Dhakal, H. Srikanth, P. Mukherjee, and S. Witanachchi, 鈥淒ual-Laser Deposition of Stoichiometric PZT/CoFe2O4 Epitaxial Heterostructures鈥 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, (April 2010).

鈥 S. Witanachchi, T. Wangensteen, M. Merlak, and P. Mukherjee, 鈥淣anoparticle Coatings of Ca3Co4O9 with High Power Factors Fabricated by a Microwave Plasma Process鈥, International Conference on Themoelectrics, Shanghai, China (May 2010).

鈥 T. Dhakal, D. Mukherjee, S. Hariharan, P. Mukherjee, and S. Witanachchi, 鈥淢ultiferroicity in ZnO:Mn/ZnO:V heterostructures鈥, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, MA (Dec. 2009).

鈥 J. Rejman, D. Ferizovic, M. Munoz, P. Mukherjee, and S. Witanachchi, 鈥淧hotocurrent Generation in PbSe Quantum Dot-TiO2 Nanorod Structures Fabricated by a Laser Assisted Spray Process鈥, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, MA (Dec. 2009).

鈥 D. Mukherjee, T. Dhakal, R. Hyde, H. Srikanth, P. Mukherjee, and S. Witanachchi, 鈥淚nvestigation of the Pb Depletion in Single and Dual Pulsed Laser Deposited Epitaxial PZT Thin Films and Their Ferroelectric Characterization鈥, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, MA (Dec. 2009).

鈥 D. Mukherjee, T. Dhakal, R. Hyde, P. Mukherjee, S. Hariharan, and S. Witanachchi, Growth of Epitaxial ZnO:Mn/ZnO:V Heterostructures and Ferroelectric-Ferromagnetic Characterization鈥, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA (April 2009).

鈥 T. Wangensteen, M. Merlak, P. Mukherjee, and S. Witanachchi, 鈥淕rowth of Nanoparticle Coatings of Ca3Co4O3 by a Microwave Plasma Process鈥, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA (April 2009).

鈥 G. Dedigamuwa, D. Ferizovic, M. Munoz, P. Mukherjee, and S. Witanachchi, 鈥淎 New Method for Forming Surfactant-Free PbSe Quantum Dot Films and Quantum Dot-Polymer Composites for Excitonic Solar Cells鈥, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA (April 2009).

鈥 T. Wangensteen, M. Merlak, P. Mukherjee, and S. Witanachchi, 鈥淕rowth of Nanoparticle Coatings of Ca3Co4O9 by a Microwave Plasma Process鈥, 27th International Conference on Thermoelectrics, Corvallis, OR (Aug. 2008).

鈥 R. Hyde, P. Mukherjee, M. Beekman, G. S. Nolas, and S. Witanachchi 鈥淕rowth and Characterization of Dual-Laser Deposited Films of Ba8Ga16Ge30 for Thermoelectric Applications鈥, 27th International Conference on Thermoelectrics, Corvallis, OR (Aug. 2008).

鈥 D. Mukherjee, T. Dhakal, R. Hyde, P. Mukherjee, S. Hariharan, and S. Witanachchi,  鈥淕rowth of Epitaxial CoFe2O4/PZT Heterostructures and Ferroelectric-Ferromagnetic Characterization鈥, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, MA (Dec 2008).

鈥 G. Dedigamuwa, X. Jiang, J. Zhang, P. Mukherjee and S. Witanachchi, 鈥淎 New Method for Forming Surfactant-Free PbSe Quantum Dot Films and Quantum Dot-Polymer Composites for Excitonic Solar Cells鈥, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, MA (Dec. 2008).

鈥 S. Witanachchi, G. Dedigamuwa, M. Marek, P. Mukherjee and X. Jiang, 鈥淒irect Deposition of PbSe Nanoparticles in a Polymer by a Microwave Plasma Process鈥, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA (April 2007).

鈥 S. Witanachchi, H. Abou Mourad, H. Weerasingha, and P. Mukherjee, 鈥淩ole of the SiO2-Si Interface on the Thermally Activated Metallic-to-Insulator Transition Observed in FeSi and CoSi Films on Si Substrates鈥, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA (April 2007).

鈥 M. Beekman, R. Hyde, D. Mukherjee, S. Witanachchi, P. Mukherjee, and G. S. Nolas, 鈥淧reparation and Physical Properties of Type II Clathrates鈥, 31st International Conference on Advanced Ceramics & Composites, The American Ceramic Society, Daytona Beach, FL (Jan 2007).

鈥 R. Hyde, M. Beekman, D. Mukherjee, G. Nolas, P. Mukherjee, and S. Witanachchi, 鈥淕rowth and Characterization of Germanium-Based Type I Clathrate Thin Films Deposited by Pulsed Laser Ablation鈥 31st International Conference on Advanced Ceramics & Composites, The American Ceramic Society, Daytona Beach, FL (Jan. 2007).

鈥 T. Wangensteen, P. Mukherjee, and S. Witanachchi, 鈥淕rowth of CaCoO Nanoparticle Coatings by a Laser-Assisted Spray Pyrolysis Method for Thermoelectric Applications鈥, 31st International Conference on Advanced Ceramics & Composites, American Ceramic Society, Daytona Beach, FL (Jan 2007).

鈥 G. S. Dedigamuwa, P. Mukherjee, H. Srikanth, and S. Witanachchi, 鈥淕rowth and Magnetic Characterization of Barium Ferrite Nanoparticle Coatings鈥, 31st International Conference on Advanced Ceramics & Composites, The American Ceramic Society, Daytona Beach, FL (Jan. 2007).

鈥 S. Witanachchi, R. Hyde, M. Beekman, D. Mukherjee, P. Mukherjee, and G.S. Nolas, 鈥淪ynthesis and Characterization of Bulk and Thin Film Clathrates for Solid State Power Conversion Applications鈥, 25th International Conference on Thermoelectrics, Viena, Austria (Aug. 2006).

鈥 P. Mukherjee and S. Witanachchi, 鈥淐ontrol of Nanograin Size in Laser-Assisted Spray Pyrolysis Coatings鈥, 2006 NSF Design, Service and Manufacturing Grantees & Research Conference, St. Louis, MO (July 2006).

鈥 S. Witanachchi, H. S. Nagaraja, R. Heindl, H. Srikanth, and P. Mukherjee, 鈥淢ultiferroic Characteristics of Highly Oriented Ferrite-Ferroelectric Multilayered and Composite Films Deposited by Laser Ablation鈥, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, (April 2006).

鈥 M. Beekman, R. Hyde, H.S. Nagaraja, P. Mukherjee, S. Witanachchi, and G.S. Nolas 鈥淪ynthesis and Characterization of Bulk and Thin Film Silicon and Germanium Based Clathrate Materials鈥, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, (April 2006).

鈥 S.Witanachchi, P. Mukherjee, H. S. Nagaraja, R. Hyde, M. Beekman, H. F. Rubin, and G. S. Nolas, 鈥淒ual-laser Deposition of Type I Clathrate Films鈥, Materials Research Society Symposium, Boston, MA (Dec. 2005).

鈥 P. Mukherjee and S. Witanachchi, 鈥淔ormation of Nano-Grained TiC Films by Laser Ablation and Laser Assisted Spray Pyrolysis鈥, 2005 NSF Design, Service and Manufacturing Grantees & Research Conference, Phoenix, AZ (Jan. 2005).

鈥 U. Choppali, P. Mukherjee, and S. Witanachchi 鈥淒imensionally Controlled Growth of Nano-Grained Films on Chemically Self-Assembled Gold Nanotemplates鈥, Materials Research Society Meeting, San Francisco, CA (April 2004).

鈥 P. Mukherjee, U. Choppali, and S. Witanachchi, 鈥淔ormation of Gold Nanotemplates for the Growth of Monodisperse Nano-grained Films鈥, 2004 NSF Design, Service and Manufacturing Grantees & Research Conference, Dallas, TX (Jan. 2004).

鈥 G. Dedigamuwa, P. Mukherjee, and S. Witanachchi, 鈥淒eposition of Mono-Dispersed TiC Nanoparticle Coatings by a Laser-Assisted Pyrolysis Process鈥, Materials Research Society Meeting, San Francisco, CA (April 2004).

鈥 P. Mukherjee and S. Witanachchi, "Diamond Film Growth on Pre-seeded Substrates by Pulsed Laser Ablation for In-situ Micro-Patterning", Proceedings of the 2003 NSF Design, Service and Manufacturing Grantees & Research Conference, Birmingham, AL (Jan. 2003).

鈥 S. Witanachchi, and P. Mukherjee, "Stoichiometric TiC Film Growth in a Synchronized Dual Hollow-Electrode Pulsed Plasma Process", Proceedings of the 2003 NSF Design, Service and Manufacturing Grantees & Research Conference, Birmingham, AL (Jan. 2003).

鈥 R. Hyde, P. Mukherjee, and S. Witanachchi, 鈥淩ole of the Magnetic Field on Large-Area Carbon Film Growth on Silicon in a Hollow-Anode Arc Plasma Process鈥, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA (April 2002).

鈥 S. Witanachchi and P. Mukherjee, 鈥淐arbon Film Growth in a Hollow-Electrode Pulsed Arc Process鈥, 2002 NSF Design, Service and Manufacturing Grantees and Research Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico (Jan. 2002).

鈥 S. Witanachchi, P. Mukherjee, S. Abeylath, and M.G.M.U. Ismail, 鈥淪pray Pyrolysis Seeding Followed by Chemical Bath Deposition of Highly Oriented CdS Films鈥 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA (April 2002).

鈥 P. Mukherjee and S. Witanachchi, 鈥淓ffect of Pulsed Laser Substrate Heating on In-Situ Diamond Growth鈥, 2002 NSF Design, Service and Manufacturing Grantees and Research Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico (Jan. 2002).

鈥 P. Mukherjee and S. Witanachchi, "CO2 -Laser-Based Transient Thermal Micro-Patterning during Laser-Ablated Film Growth", Proceedings of the 2001 NSF Design and Manufacturing Research and Grantees' Conference, Tampa, FL (2001).

鈥 P. Mukherjee and S. Witanachchi, "A New Laser-Triggered Pulsed Plasma Process for Thin Film Growth", Proceedings of the 2001 NSF Design and Manufacturing Research and Grantees' Conference, Tampa, FL (2001).

鈥 P. Mukherjee and S. Witanachchi 鈥淒ual-Laser Ablation for the Growth of Diamond-Like Carbon Films: A Precursor to Diamond MEMS鈥, NSF Design and Manufacturing Grantees Conference, Vancouver, Canada (Jan. 2000).

鈥 P. Mukherjee and S. Witanachchi 鈥淩eliability and Universal Applicability of Dual-Laser Ablation as a Manufacturing Process for Thin Film Growth鈥, NSF Design and Manufacturing Grantees Conference, Vancouver, Canada (Jan. 2000).

鈥 P. J. Mahawela, S. Witanachchi, and P. Mukherjee, 鈥淎 Novel Laser-Triggered Hollow-Cathode Transient Plasma for Thin Film Growth鈥, Materials Research Society Meeting, San Francisco, CA (April 2000).

鈥 A.M. Miyawa, S. Witanachchi, and P. Mukherjee, 鈥淒iamond-Like Carbon Film Growth from Highly Ionized Dual-Laser Generated Plasmas鈥, Materials Research Society Meeting, San Francisco, CA (April 2000).

鈥 P. Mukherjee and S. Witanachchi 鈥淒ynamic Plume Imaging for Process Diagnostics and Control in Pulsed Dual Laser Ablation鈥, NSF Design and Manufacturing Grantees Conference, Long Beach, CA (Jan. 1999).

鈥 P. Mukherjee and S. Witanachchi, 鈥淭he Development of Pulsed Dual-Laser Ablation for Thin Film Manufacturing鈥 1998 NSF Design and Manufacturing Grantees Conference, p. 487-488, Moterrey, Mexico (Jan. 1998).

鈥 P. Mukherjee and S. Witanachchi, "The Development of Pulsed Dual-Laser Ablation for Thin-Film Manufacturing", 1998 NSF Design and Manufacturing Grantees Conference (Jan. 1998).

鈥 S. Witanachchi and P. Mukherjee, "Dual-Laser Ablation for Thin Film Growth", Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA (April 1998).

鈥 S. Witanachchi, A.M. Miyawa, Y. Ying, J. Cuff and P. Mukherjee, "Fluorine Doping of ZnO Films in Reactive Dual-Laser Ablation", International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films (ICMCTF 鈥98), San Diego, CA (April 1998).

鈥 P. Mukherjee, J. Cuff, A.M. Miyawa, R. Jones and S. Witanachchi, "Large-Area ZnO Film Growth by Laser Ablation for Photovoltaic Applications", Materials Research Society  Symposium, Boston, MA (Dec. 1997).

鈥 S. Witanachchi and P. Mukherjee, "Plume Expansion and Ionization in Dual-Laser Ablation for Multicomponent Stoichiometric Film Growth", International Conference on Laser Ablation (COLA), Monterey Bay, CA (July 1997).

鈥 S. Witanachchi, J. Cuff, A.M. Miyawa, R. Jones and P. Mukherjee, "Growth of Cu (InGa)Se2 Films by Dual-Laser Ablation", Materials Research Society Symposium, Boston, MA (Dec. 1997).

鈥 P. Mukherjee, S. Witanachchi and P. Sakthivel, "Dynamic Modeling of Laser-Ablated Plume Expansion Using Time-resolved Plasma Temperatures", Lasers and Electro-Optics, Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C. (1996).

鈥 S. Witanachchi and P. Mukherjee, "A Novel Dual-Laser Ablation Process for Defect Free Epitaxial Film Growth", Materials Research Society Meeting, Boston, MA (Dec. 1995).

鈥 P. Mukherjee and S. Witanachchi, "Dual-Laser Ablation for Thin Film Growth:  A Plume Diagnostic Investigation", NSF Design and Manufacturing Grantees Conference (Jan. 1995).

鈥 P. Mukherjee, P. Sakthivel, and S. Witanachchi, "Optical Detection of Slow Excited Neutrals in Plasma-Assisted Excimer Laser Ablation", Materials Research Society Meeting, Boston, MA (Dec. 1995).

鈥 P. Mukherjee, P. Sakthivel, and S. Witanachchi, "An Investigatin of the Physical Basis of A Novel Dual-Laser Ablation Process", Materials Research Society Meeting, Boston, MA, (Dec. 1995).

鈥 K. Ahmed, P. Mukherjee, and S. Witanachchi, "Improved In-Situ High TC Superconducting Films Grown by Dual-Laser Ablation", Materials Research Society Meeting, Boston, MA, (Dec. 1995).

鈥 K. Ahmed, P. Mukherjee and S. Witanachchi," Epitaxial Growth of Y203 and Nd:YAG films on Si by Dual-Laser Ablation", Materials Research Society Meeting, Boston, MA, (Dec. 1995).

鈥 S. Witanachchi and P. Mukherjee, "Optical Film Growth by Dual-Laser Ablation",  CLEO, Optical Society of  America (May 1995).

鈥 P. Mukherjee, P. Sakthivel, and S. Witanachchi, "Enhanced Plume Expansion in Dual-Laser Ablation", CLEO, Optical Society of America (May 1995).

鈥 P. Mukherjee, P. Sakthivel, and S. Witanachchi, "Role of Surface Modification of the Target in the Pulsed Dual-Laser Ablation Process", Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Optical Society of America (May 1995).

鈥 S. Witanachchi, K. Ahmed, P. Sakthivel, and P. Mukherjee,"Dual-Laser Ablation of Particulate Free Optical Films" 41st International Symposium of the American Vacuum Society, Denver, CO (Oct. 1994).

鈥 P. Mukherjee, P. Sakthivel, K. Ahmed, and S. Witanachchi, "Universality of Ionic Temporal Bifurcation in Laser-Ablated  Plumes", Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Washington, D.C. (1994).

鈥 P. Mukherjee, P. Sakthivel, K. Ahmed and S. Witanachchi, "Ultrasensitive Carrier Detection with Pulsed CO2 Laser Interferometry", in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Optical Society of America, Washington, D. C.(1994)

鈥 P. Sakthivel and P. Mukherjee, "Large Dynamic Range, Linearly Variable Attenuation of High Power CO2 Laser Pulses", in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C. (1994).

鈥 P. Mukherjee, "Plume Diagnostics for Plasma-Assisted Pulsed Laser Deposition of High Critical Temperature Superconducting Thin Films", Proceedings of the 1994 NSF Design and Manufacturing Grantees Conference (Jan. 1994).

鈥 P. Mukherjee, P. Sakthivel, K. Ahmed and S. Witanachchi, "Selective Manipulation of Ionic Enhancement in Laser Ablated Plumes", CLEO, Washington, D.C. (1993).

鈥 S. Witanachchi, K. Ahmed, P. Sakthivel, and P. Mukherjee, "Effect of the Laser Spot Size on Film Growth in Laser Ablation of YBa2Cu3O7-未", Materials Research Society Meeting, Boston, MA (Dec. 1993).

鈥 S. Witanachchi and K. Ahmed, "The Effect of Substrate on the Surface Morphology of Superconducting Thin Films", Tenth Anniversary Meeting, Florida Society of Electron Microscopy, Crystal River, FL (March 1992).

鈥 P. Sakthivel and P. Mukherjee, "Distortion - Free Continuously Variable Attenuation of High Power CO2 Lasers" in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C. (1992).

鈥 N. D. Weston and P. Mukherjee, "Spectral Detection of Trace Components in a Binary Gas Mixture Using Homodyne Laser Interferometry" in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C. (1992).

鈥 D. M. Oman and P. Mukherjee, "Generation of Synchronized Independently Frequency-Tunable Dual CO2 Laser Pulses" in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C. (1992).