Ph.D., Cornell University

Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Nanotechnology & Material Science

in solid state inorganic chemistry include the deposition of crystalline and morphous thin films,growth of single crystals, fabrication of nanocomposite glasses, and exploration of novel electronic, magnetic and optical materials. The focus of this research includes synthesis and atomic structure determination and is enhanced by collaboration to characterize physical properties.

Pressure-induced Elastic Softening of Monocrystalline Zirconium Tungstate at 300 K

Fabrication and Optical Measurements of Germanium-Doped Silica Ridge Waveguides Using a Colloidal Suspension Approach

Sol-gel Processing of BaTiO3 for Electro-Optic Waveguide Devices

Monocrystal Elastic Constants of the Negative Thermal Expansion Compound Zirconium Tungstate

Fabrication of Pure Silica Films for Planar Optical Waveguides Using Colloidal Suspensions

Unusual Low-Energy Phonon Dynamics in the Negative Thermal Expansion Compound ZrW2O8

Morphological Evolution of ZnO Thin Films Deposited by Reactive Sputtering

A Modified Structure Zone Model to Describe the Morphological Evolution of ZnO Thin Films Deposited by Reactive Sputtering

Correlated Atomic Motions in the Negative Thermal Expansion Material ZrW2O8: A Local Structure Study

Heat Capacities, Third-law Entropies and Thermodynamic Functions of the Negative Thermal Expansion Materials, Cubic α-ZrW2O8 and Cubic ZrMo2O8, from T = 0 K to 400 K

Accuracy and Reproducibility of X-ray Texture Measurements on Thin Films

High Mobility AlGaN/GaN Heterostructures Grown by Plasma-Assisted Molecular Beam Epitaxy on Semi-Insulating GaN Templates Prepared by Hydride Vapor Phase Epitaxy

Frustrated Soft Modes and Negative Thermal Expansion in ZrW2O8

Resonant X-ray Microdiffraction Imaging of Polarization Switching in Ferroelectric SrBi2Ta2O9

Coulomb Glass Origin of Defect-Induced Dielectric Loss in Thin Film Oxides

Synthesis and Structure of a New Germanate Fluoride: NaCa2GeO4F

Geometrical Frustration, Spin Ice and Negative Thermal Expansion – The Physics of Underconstraint

Sr2NiN2: An Unusual Metallic Nitride

Growth of Single Crystals of ZrW2O8

Tunable Fiber Grating Devices Utilizing Integrated Thin Film Heaters