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PARTIAL LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

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  • J.C. Gertsch, A. Cano, V.M. Bright, and S. George, “SF4 as the fluorination reactant for Al2O3 and VO2 thermal atomic layer etching” Chemistry of Materials, 31, pp. 3624-3635, 12 Apr. 2019. 

  • M. Zohrabi, W.Y. Lim, R.H. Cormack, O.D. Supekar, V.M. Bright, and J.T. Gopinath, “Lidar system with nonmechanical electrowetting-based wide-angle beam steering,” Optix Express, Vol. 27, No. 4, pp. 4404-4415, 7 Feb. 2019. 

  • W.Y. Lim, O. Supekar, M. Zohrabi, J. Gopinath, and V.M. Bright, “Liquid combination with high refractive index contrast and fast scanning speeds for electrowetting adaptive optics,” Langmuir, 8 pages, 9 Nov. 2018. DOI 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b02849

  • B.N. Ozbay, G.L. Futia, M. Ma, V.M. Bright, J.T. Gopinath, E.G. Hughes, D. Restrepo, and E.A. Gibson, “Three dimensional two-photon brain imaging in freely moving mice using a miniature fiber coupled microscope with active axial-scanning,” Scientific Reports, 2018 May 25;8(1):8108. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-26326-3

  • O.D. Supekar, J. Brown, A. R. Greenberg, J. T. Gopinath and V. M. Bright, “Real-time detection of reverse-osmosis membrane scaling via Raman spectroscopy,” Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, May 24, 2018. DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.8b01272

  • M. Zohrabi, R.H. Cormack, C. McCullough, O.D. Supekar, E.A. Gibson, V.M. Bright, and J.T. Gopinath, “Numerical analysis of wavefront aberration correction using multielectrode electrowetting-based devices,” Optics Express, vol. 25, no. 25, pp. 31451-31461, Dec. 2017.

  •  J.J. Brown, R.C. Mettler, O.D. Supekar, and V.M. Bright, “Nonlinear mechanics of interlocking cantilevers,” J. Applied Mechanics, vol. 84, pp. 121012-1 – 121012-12, Dec. 2017.

  • O.D. Supekar, B.N. Ozbay, M. Zohrabi, P.D. Nystrom, G.L. Futia, D. Restrepo, E.A. Gibson, J.T. Gopinath, and V.M. Bright, “Two-photon laser scanning microscopy with electrowetting-based prism scanning,” Biomedical Optics Express, vol. 8, no. 12, pp. 5412-5426, Dec. 2017.

  • C. A.E. Little, N.D. Orloff, I.E. Hanemann, C.J. Long, V.M. Bright, and J.C. Booth, “Modeling electrical double-layer effects for microfluidic impedance spectroscopy from 100 kHz to 110 GHz,” Lab on a Chip, vol. 17, pp. 2674-2681, 4 July 2017.

  • O.D. Supekar, M. Zohrabi, J.T. Gopinath, and V.M. Bright, “Enhanced response time of electrowetting lenses with shaped input voltage functions,” Langmuir, 33 (19), pp 4863-4869, 2017.

  • O.D. Supekar, J.J. Brown, N.T. Eigenfeld, J.C. Gertsch, and V.M. Bright, “Atomic layer deposition ultrathin film origami using focused ion beams,” Nanotechnology , 27 (2016) 49LT02 (7pp). DOI:10.1088/0957-4484/27/49/49LT02

  •  J.J. Brown, N.C. Moore, O. Supekar, and V.M. Bright, “Ultrathin thermoacoustic nanobridge loudspeakers from ALD on polyimide.” Nanotechnology , 2016, 27, 475504. DOI:10.1088/0957-4484/27/47/475504

  • J.J. Brown and V.M. Bright, “Mechanical interfacing using suspended ultrathin films from ALD,” IEEE J. Microelectromechanical Systems, Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 356-361, Apr. 2016.

  • R.D. Montoya, K. Underwood, S. Terrab, A.W. Watson, V.M. Bright, and J.T. Gopinath, “Large extinction ratio optical electrowetting shutter,” Optics Express, Vol. 24, No. 9, DOI:10.1364/OE.24.009660, 25 Apr. 2016.

  • N.T. Eigenfeld, J.C. Gertsch, G.D. Skidmore, S.M. George, and V.M. Bright, “Electrical and thermal conduction in ultra-thin freestanding atomic layer deposited W nanobridges,” Nanoscale, 7 Oct. 2015. DOI: 10.1039/c5nr04885k

  • S. Terrab, A.M. Watson, C. Roath, J.T. Gopinath, and V.M. Bright, “Adaptive electrowetting lens-prism element,” Optics Express, Vol. 23, No. 20, pp. 25838-25845, 5 Oct. 2015.

  • A.M. Watson, K. Dease, S. Terrab, C. Roath, J.T. Gopinath, and V.M. Bright, “Focus-tunable low power electrowetting lenses with thin parylene films,” Applied Optics, vol. 54, no. 20, pp. 6224-6229, 10 July 2015.

  • B.N. Ozbay, J.T. Losacco, R. Cormack, R. Weir, V.M. Bright, J.T. Gopinath, D. Restrepo, and E.A. Gibson, “Miniaturized fiber-coupled confocal fluorescence microscope with an electrowetting variable focus lens using no moving parts,” Optics Letters, Vol. 40, No. 11, pp. 2553-2556, 1 June 2015.

  • J.M. Gray, J.P. Houlton, J.C. Gertsch, J.J. Brown, C.T. Rogers, S.M. George, and V.M. Bright, “Hemispherical micro-resonators from atomic layer deposition,” J. Micromech. Microeng., 24 (2014) 125028 (9pp). DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/24/12/125028

  • J.J. Brown, M. Matthias, C. Hierold, and V.M. Bright, “Electron diffraction of an in situ strained double walled carbon nanotube,” Advanced Materials, 2014. DOI: 10.1002/adma.201404391

  • Y. Wang, R. Lewis, R. Radebaugh, M.-H. Lin, V.M. Bright , and Y.C. Lee, “A monolithic polyimide microcryogenic cooler: design, fabrication and test,” IEEE J. Microelectromechanical Systems, vol. 23, no. 4, Aug. 2014.

  • J.C. Weber, P.T. Blanchard, A.W. Sanders, J.C. Gertsch, S.M. George, S. Berweger, A. Imtiaz, K.J. Coakley, T.M. Wallis, K.A. Bertness, P. Kabos, N.A. Sanford, and V.M. Bright, “GaN nanowire coated with atomic layer deposition of tungsten: a probe for near-field scanning microwave microscopy," Nanotechnology, 25 (2014) 415502.

  • N.T. Eigenfeld, J.M. Gray, J.J. Brown, G.D. Skidmore, S.M. George, and V.M. Bright, “Ultra-thin 3D nano-devices from atomic layer deposition on polyimide,” Advanced Materials, vol. 26, pp. 3962–3967, June 18, 2014.

  • J.C. Weber, P.T. Blanchard, A.W. Sanders, A. Imtiaz, T.M. Wallis, K.J. Coakley, K.A. Bertness, P. Kabos, N. Sanford, and V.M. Bright, “Gallium nitride nanowire probe for near-field scanning microwave microscopy,” Applied Physics Letters, 15 Jan. 2014, vol. 104, 023113 (2014), DOI: 10.1063/1.4861862.

  • X. Liu, J.W. Suk, N.G. Boddeti, L. Cantley, L. Wang, J. Gray, H.J. Hall, V.M. Bright, C.T. Rogers, M.L. Dunn, R.S. Ruoff, and J.S. Bunch, “Large arrays and properties of 3-terminal graphene nanoelectromechanical switches,” Advanced Materials, vol. 26,  pp. 1571–1576, March 12, 2014.

  • J.J Brown, R.A. Hall, P.E. Kladitis, S.M. George, and V.M. Bright, “Molecular layer deposition on carbon nanotubes,” ACS Nano, vol. 7, no. 9, pp. 7812-7823, 2013.

  • R.D. Niederriter, A.M. Watson, R.N. Zahreddine, C.J. Cogswell, R.H. Cormack, V.M. Bright, and J.T. Gopinath, “Electrowetting lenses for compensating phase and curvature distortion in arrayed laser systems,” Applied Optics, vol. 52, no. 14, pp. 3172-3177, 10 May 2013.

  • M.D. Brubaker, P.T. Blanchard, J.B. Schlager, A.W. Sanders, A.M. Herrero, A. Roshko, S.M. Duff, T.E. Harvey, V.M. Bright, N.A. Sanford, and K.A. Bertness, “Toward discrete axial p-n junction nanowire light-emitting diodes grown by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy,” J. of Electronic Materials, vol. 42, no. 5, pp. 868-874, 2013.

  • H.J. Hall, A. Rahafrooz, J.J. Brown, V.M. Bright, and S. Pourkamali, “I-Shaped thermally actuated VHF resonators with submicron components,” Sensors & Actuators A: Phys., vol. A195, pp. 160-166, 2013.

  • M.D. Brubaker, P.T. Blanchard, J.B. Schlager, A.W. Sanders, A. Roshko, S.M. Duff, J.M. Gray, V.M. Bright, N.A. Sanford, and K.A. Bertness, “On-chip optical interconnects made with gallium nitride nanowires,” Nano Letters, vol. 13, pp. 374-377, 16 Jan. 2013.

  • R. Lewis, C. Coolidge, P. Schroeder, V.M. Bright, Y.C. Lee, “Fabrication, assembly, and testing of a MEMS-enabled micro gas compressor for a 4:1 pressure ratio,” Sensors & Actuators A: Phys., vol. A190, pp. 84-89, 2013.

  • C. Oshman, Q. Li, L. Liew, R. Yang, V.M. Bright, and Y.C. Lee, “Flat flexible polymer heat pipes,” J. Micromech. Microeng., 23 (2013) 015001 (6pp).

  • J.T. Gopinath, V.M. Bright, C.C. Cogswell, R.D. Niederriter, A. Watson, R. Zahreddine, and R.H. Cormack, “Simulation of electrowetting lens and prism arrays for wavefront compensation,” Applied Optics, vol. 51, no. 27, pp. 6618-6623, Sept. 2012.

  • J.R. Montague, K.A. Bertness, N.A. Sanford, V.M. Bright, and C.T. Rogers, “Temperature-dependent mechanical-resonance frequencies and damping in ensembles of gallium nitride nanowires,” Appl. Phys. Lett., 101, 173101(2012); doi: 10.1063/1.4761946.

  • A.I. Baca, J.J. Brown, K.A. Bertness, and V.M. Bright, “Controlled dielectrophoretic nanowire self-assembly using atomic layer deposition and suspended microfabricated electrodes,” Nanotechnology, 23 (2012) 245301 (11pp).

  • J.C. Weber, J.B. Schlager, N.A. Sanford, A. Imtiaz, T.M. Wallis, L.M. Mansfield, K.J. Coakley, K.A. Bertness, P. Kabos, and V.M. Bright, “A near-field scanning microwave microscope for characterization of inhomogeneous photovoltaics,” Review Scientific Instruments, vol. 83, pp. 083702-1 – 083702-7, 2012.

  • C. Oshman, Q. Li, L. Liew, R. Yang, Y.C. Lee, V.M. Bright, D.J. Sharar, N.R. Jankowski, and B.C. Morgan, “Thermal performance of a flat polymer heat pipe heat spreader under high acceleration,” J. Micromech. Microeng., 22 (2012) 045018 (12pp).

  • J.J. Brown, D.A. Dikin, R.S. Ruoff, and V.M. Bright, “Interchangeable stage and probe mechanisms for microscale universal mechanical tester,” IEEE/ASME Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 458-466, April 2012.

  • M.J. Simon, V.M. Bright, R. Radebaugh, and Y.C. Lee, “An analytical model for a piezoelectric axially driven membrane microcompressor for optimum scaled down design,” Journal of Mechanical Design, vol. 134, pp. 011006-1 – 011006-12, Jan. 2012.

  • W.R. Altman, J. Moreland, S.E. Russek, B.W. Han, V.M. Bright, “Controlled transport of superparamagnetic beads with spin-valves,” Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 99, pp. 143703 – 143703-3, Oct. 2011.

  • K.D. Cobry, V.M. Bright, A.R. Greenberg, “Integrated electrolytic sensors for monitoring of concentration polarization during nanofiltration,” Sensors&Actuators B:Chem.,vol.160,pp.730-739, 2011.

  • M.D. Brubaker, I. Levin, A.V. Davydov, D.M. Rourke, N.A. Sanford, V.M. Bright, and K.A. Bertness, “Effect of AlN buffer layer properties on the morphology and polarity of GaN nanowires grown by molecular beam epitaxy,” J. Applied Physics, vol. 110, pp. 053506 - 053506-7, Sep. 2011.

  • S.W. Hoch, J.R. Montague, V.M. Bright, C.T. Rogers, K.A. Bertness, J.D. Teufel, and K.W. Lehnert, “Non-contact and all electrical method for monitoring the motion of semiconducting nanowires,” Applied Physics Letters, vol. 99, pp. 053101 – 053101-3, Aug. 2011.

  • K.D. Cobry, Z. Yuan, J. Gilron, V.M. Bright, W.B. Krantz, and A.R. Greenberg, “Comprehensive experimental studies of early-stage membrane scaling during nanofiltration,” Desalination, vol. 283, pp. 40-51, 2011.

  • C. Oshman, Bo Shi, C. Li, R. Yang, Y.C. Lee, G.P. Peterson, and V.M. Bright, “The development of polymer-based flat heat pipes (PFHP),” IEEE/ASME J. of Microelectromech. Systems, vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 410-417, April 2011.

  • J.E. Trevey, J. Wang, C.M. DeLuca, K.K. Maute, M.L. Dunn, Se-Hee Lee, and V.M. Bright, “Nanostructured silicon electrodes for solid-state 3-D rechargeable lithium batteries,” Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, vol. 167, pp. 139-145, 2011.

  • J.J. Brown, A.I. Baca, K.A. Bertness, D.A. Dikin, R.S. Ruoff, V.M. Bright, “Tensile measurement of single crystal GaN nanowires on MEMS test stages,” Sens. Actuators A: Phys., vol. 166, pp. 177-186, 2011.

  • J.R. Montague, M. Dalberth, J.M. Gray, D. Seghete, K.A. Bertness, S.M. George, V.M. Bright, C.T. Rogers, and N.A. Sanford, “Analysis of high-Q, gallium nitride nanowire resonators in response to deposited thin films,” Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, vol. 165, pp. 59-65, 2011.

  • Ho-Chiao Chuang, E.A. Salim, V. Vuletic, D.Z. Anderson, V.M. Bright, “Multi-layer atom chips for atom tunneling experiments near the chip surface,” Sensors & Actuators A: Physical, vol.165, pp. 101-106, 2011.

  • B.D. Davidson, D. Seghete, S.M. George, and V.M. Bright, “ALD tungsten NEMS switches and tunneling devices,” Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, vol. 166, pp. 269-276, 2011.

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