IMI Day and NSF Site Visit
Lehigh University - October 16, 2007
Poster List
(Optical functionality, Biofunctionality, Synthesis/Metastructure, Cross-Disciplinary,
Fundamental Structure, Co-Op Course, Educational Modules)
1. New Tellurium Based Glasses for Use in Infrared Sensing Applications
Allison A. Wilhelm1, Pierre Lucas1, Catherine Boussard-Plédel 2, Patrick Houizot 2, Jacques Lucas2, Bruno Bureau2
1
Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Arizona
University of Rennes, Groupe Verres et Céramiques, Université de Rennes I, France
2
2. Interaction of PTR Glass and PTR Glass Volume Bragg Gratings with Femtosecond Pulses
Leo Siiman, Julien Lumeau, Leonid B. Glebov, Lionel Canioni, University of Central Florida
3. Simulation and Observation of Rare Earth Ion Saturation Behavior from Electron Excitation
Leon Maurer1, Volkmar Dierolf2, Samson Penn2, 1Dartmouth College, 2Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
4. Micro / Nano Patterning and Lithography – Emerging Applications of Glass
H. Jain, A. Kovalskiy, J.R. Neilson, F. Miller, S. Tanaka, P. Gupta
Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA
C. M. Waits, W. Churaman, M. Duey, US Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD, USA
M. Vlcek, University of Pardubice, Pardubice, Czech Republic
T. Komatsu, Y. Benino, T. Honma, Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan
5. In-Situ Measurements of X-Ray Induced Silver Diffusion into Ge30Se70 Thin Film
Andriy Kovalskiy1, Alfred Miller1, Himanshu Jain1, Maria Mitkova2
1
Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boise State University, ID, USA
2
6. Nature of Physical Aging in Selenide Glasses
R. Golovchak1,2, O. Shpotyuk1,2, A. Ganjoo2, H. Jain2, A. Kozdras3, M. Vlcek4,2
1
Lviv Scientific Research Institute of Materials of SRC “Carat”,202 Stryjska str., Lviv, UA-79031, Ukraine
Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015, USA
3
Institute of Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry, Opole Technical University, Poland
4
Department of General and Inorganic Chemistry, University of Pardubice, Czech Republic
2
7. In-Situ Measurements of X-Ray Induced Silver Diffusion into Ge30Se70 Thin Film
Andriy Kovakiy1, Alfred Miller1, Himanshu Jain1, Maria Mitkova2
Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boise State University, ID, USA
1
2
8. Kinetics of photodarkening of a-As2Se3 thin films: Effect of laser Intensity
Dinesh K. Sati*, Ashtosh Ganjoo and Himanshu Jain, Department of Material Science and Engineering, Lehigh
University, Bethlehem, PA, *Permanent address: Department of Electronic Sciences, University of Delhi South
Campus, New Delhi, India
9. Photo and Electron-Induced Optical and Structural Changes in Nanolayered Chalcogenides
V. Tokach, Cs. Cserhati, S. Kökényesi, University of Debrecen,Institute of Physics, Debrecen, Hungary
K.S. Sangunni, Indian Institute of Science,Bangalore, India
F. Miller, A.C. Miller, H. Jain, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, USA
10. Dosimetry of High-Dose Gamma Radiation with Chalcogenide Glass
Andriy Kovalskiy1, Oleh Shpotyuk, Roman Golovchak2, Himanshu Jain, 1, 2
1Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015
2 International Materials Institute for New Functionality in Glass, Lehigh University
11. Biosensors Based on Chalcogenide Optical Structures Grown by Glancing Angle Deposition
R.J. Martín-Palma, J.V. Ryan and C.G. Pantano, Materials Research Institute Penn State University
12. Synthesis and Properties of Cerium Oxide Doped Aluminosilicophosphate Thin Film Coatings
for Radiation Hardening
Jennifer Rygel, C. Pantano, Materials Research Institute Penn State University
13. Tellurite Glasses in the TeO2-WO2-Er2O3 system
Raouf El-Mallawany1,2, J. Ryan2, C. Pantano2
1
Physics Department, Minufiya University, Egypt
Materials Research Institute Penn State University, Penn State University
2
14. Photoinduced changes in oxygen doped As2S3 glassy films
Donghui Zhao, A. Ganjoo, H. Jain, Lehigh University
15. Discovery of a photostable chalcogenide glass: GexAs45-xSe55
Guang Yang, A. Ganjoo, D. Zhao, G. Chen and H. Jain
ECUST Shanghai and Lehigh University
16. High Resolution XPS Studies of Chalcogenide Glass Thin Films: Comparison of Synchrotron and
Al Irradiation
A.Kovalskiy, H. Jain, K. Brennan (REU Summer 2007), Lehigh University
17. Origin of Optical Losses in Chalcogenide Glass Waveguides
Ashtosh Ganjoo, Amanda Siemens* and H. Jain, Department of Material Science and Engineering and Center for
Optical Technologies, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, *Present Address: Department of Materials Science,
Pleterson Building 550, Stanford University, 416 Escondido Mall, Stanford , CA
18. Optical Characterization of TeO2 Fibers
J. Harris1,2, V. Dierolf2, P. Capek2, N. Woodward2, 1. Physics Department, Grambling State University, 2.
Physics Department, Lehigh University
19. Intensity Dependence of Growth Kinetics of Photoinduced Absorption in As2Se3 Glass
K. Antoine1, H. Jain1, M. Vlcek2
1
Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
20. Nano/macroporous glass bone scaffolds by sol-gel processing
Ana C. Marques1,2, Himanshu Jain1, Rui Almeida2
1
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Lehigh University
Depart. Eng. Materiais/ICEMS, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2
21. Fabrication of nano-macro porous soda-lime phosphosilicate based bioactive glass-ceramics by the
Melt-Quench-Heat-Etch (MQHEtch) Method
Hassan Moawad and Himanshu Jain, REUs: Greg Brentrup and Laura Diers
International Materials Institute for New Functionality in Glass Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015
22. FTIR and Raman Spectroscopy of Bioactive Glasses for Bone Scaffolds
Gregory Brentrup1, L. Santos2, H. Moawad1, R. Almeida2, H. Jain1, 1Lehigh University, Instituto Supertecnico,
Lisbon, Portugal
23. Fabrication of Tapered Glass Capillaries for X-ray Microbeam Optics
Toshikazu Irisawa, Mark McQuaig and G. S. Cargill III, Gakushuin University, Japan and Lehigh University
24. Cu-doped Glass Induced Quantum-Well Intermixing
V. Hongpinyo, Y.-H. Ding, R. R. Du, J. Anderson, A. Ganjoo, and B. S. Ooi, Lehigh University
25. Selective Area Epitaxy of GaN using SiO2 Masks
Sam B. Weschler, Hongping Zhao, and Nelson Tansu, Lehigh University
26. Synthesis of Ruby Colored Alkali-free Gold-glass Nano-composites
Rajan V Anavekar1,2 and Himanshu Jain2, Lehigh University
1
Department of Physics, Bangalore University, Bangalore 560 056, India
2
IMI-NFG, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015, USA
27. Hybrid Melting Gels - Synthesis, Characterization and Properties
Andrei Jitianu, Glenn Amatucci, and Lisa C. Klein, Rutgers University
28. Weathering of Boron Oxide-Doped Soda-Lime-Silicate Glass Surfaces
Mouhamadou Diop1, R. Schaut2, N. Smith2, C. Pantano2
1
Institute of Earth Sciences, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal
Materials Research Institute Penn State University
2
29. Chemical Durability of Basalt, Cem-FIL and E-glass Fiber
Boris Shatalov1, T. Bakaeva2, V. Bakaev2, A. Antoniov1, R. Schaut1, C. Pantano1
1
Kamenny Vek, Dubna, Russia
Materials Research Institute, Penn State University
2
30. Bulk and Surface Measurements of Multi-component Glass Fibers Using Solid-state Nuclear
Magnetic Resonance
Rebecca Golombeck, R. Schaut, C. Pantano, K. Mueller, Materials Research Institute Penn State University
31. Boron Coordination at Glass Surfaces with NEXAFS
Robert Schaut, R. Golombeck, K. Mueller, C. Pantano, Materials Research Institute, Penn State University
32. Medium Range Order in Silicon Oxycarbide Glass by Fluctuation Electron Microscopy
Joseph Ryan, E. Dickey, C. Pantano, Materials Research Institute, Penn State University
33. Crystallization of Isotactic Polypropylene in Confined Systems
Xiaofeng Chen, Rahmi Ozisik, Sanat K. Kumar, Julio Bravo, Juan Baselga , Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
34. Determining Nanoscale Order in Amorphous Materials via Fluctuation Electron Microscopy
Stephanie N. Bogle1, Paul M. Voyles2, Sanjay v. Khare1, and John R. Abelson1
1
Department of Materials Science & Engineering and the Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
2
Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
35. Glass-like phase of the water near to complex nanostructures
Alexey A. Tsukanov and Eugene A. Grachev, Physics Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia,
Slava V. Rotkin, Physics Department and Center for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Bethlehem, PA
36. The Use of Nanosilica Fillers in Epoxy Resins
Peerapan Dittanet1 , Melania Doll2 , and Raymond A. Pearson1
1
Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, Lehigh University
Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027
2
37. Alkali Oxide Modification of 20 mol% P205 ▪ 80 mol% SiO2 Phosphosilicate Glass
Joy Banerjee, Penn State University, Edward Ordway, Alfred University, Eric Sterling, University of Michigan
38. Evidence of Interstitial Positioning of Alkali Ions in Silicate Glass
Matthew Mix1, In-Soek Seo2, Shaojie Wang3
1Materials Science and Engineering Department, Alfred University
2Materials Science and Engineering Department, Iowa State University
3Materials Science and Engineering Department, Lehigh University
39. Estimation of Boroxol ring concentrations in B2O3 glass
N. Carlie, J. Peek, A. Mendoza, Penn State University
40. Origins of Randomness in Vitreous GeO2 in Comparison to GeO2 Crystals
Team 5: Jeff Olin 1, Patrick Roscoe 3, and Donghui Zhao3
1
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Alfred University, Alfred, New York 14802
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
3
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015
2
41. Developing Low Cost, Hands-On Methods For Understanding Sugar Glass
REU Students: Tara Schneider (2005, University of Wisconsin) and Sean Kelly (2006, Lehigh University)
Advisers: Bill Heffner and Himanshu Jain, International Materials Institute
42. Increasing the Strength and Toughness of Glass
2007 REU Project: Tom Humplik, (REU); Prof. Richard Vinci (adviser), (Lehigh University)