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LAMSAT Presentations

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

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

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

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

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

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

• 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”, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA (April 2009).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• 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).

• 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).

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

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

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

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

• 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).

• 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).

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

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

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

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

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

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

• 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).

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

• 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 ‘98), San Diego, CA (April 1998).

• 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).

• 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).

• 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).

• 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).

• 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).

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

• 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).

• 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).

• 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).

• 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).

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

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

• 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).

• 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).

• 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).

• 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)

• 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).

• 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).

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

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

• 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).

• 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).

• 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).

• 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).