2005 MRSEC REU SUMMER PROGRAM RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM

Friday, August 5, 2005
Davis Auditorium, Schapiro CEPSR
Columbia University

SESSION I

SYNTHESIS OF NANOCRYSTALS

9:30 am – Leslie DiMichele, Bucknell University

“Study of a New and Non-Aqueous Route to Titanium Oxide Nanoparticles”
Professor Nicholas J. Turro, mentor

9:50 am – Ben Jennings, Whitworth College

“Novel Synthesis of Transition Metal Oxide Nanocrystals by Decomposition”

Professor Stephen O’Brien, mentor

10:10 am – Christina Diaz, North Carolina State University

“The Ceria-Hafnia-Zirconia Ternary Oxide System: Synthesis, Structure, and

Underlying Chemistry”                                             
Professor Siu-Wai Chan, mentor


SESSION II
OPTICAL PROPERTIES

10:40 am – Alex Nugent, Luther College

“Photoluminescence Studies and Imaging of PbS Nanocrystals for near-IR Photon Sources”
Professor Chee Wei Wong, mentor

11:00 am – Emily Hwang, Columbia University

“Analysis of CdSe Nanocrystal Films by Ellipsometry” 
Professor Irving P. Herman, mentor

11:20 am – Matthew Adams, Yale University

“Novel Metallic Structures and Plasmonic Devices”
Professor Richard Osgood, Jr., mentor

SESSION III
THIN FILMS

12:40 pm – Nardine Zakhary, Swarthmore College

“Silicone Gel Thin Films”
Professor Rastislav Levicky, mentor

1:00 pm – Jean Chang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

“Applications of Nanoporous Metallic Thin Films”
Professor Jeffrey Kysar, mentor

1:20 pm – Jason Prentice, Brandeis University

“Pump-Probe Measurement of Ferromagnetic Materials”
Professor William Bailey, mentor
 

SESSION IV
NANOSTRUCTURES OF ELECTRONICS INTEREST      

1:50 pm – Kyle Jacobs, Harvey Mudd College

“Characterization of Low-k Dielectrics Using Internal Photoemission”
Professor Tony Heinz, mentor
 
2:10 pm – Regina Du, Lehigh University

“Synthesis and Characterization of Barium Titanate Nanoparticles”
Professor Louis Brus, mentor

2:30 pm – Jacob Levy, Duke University

“Towards Nanoscale Ferroelectric Domain Engineering by Electric Field Poling in Lithium Niobate”
Professor Richard Osgood, Jr., mentor