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Publications and Presentations by the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Students at UAB:

(Undergraduate research participants are indicated with an asterisk (*).

  1. Marc D. Fries*, Shane A. Catledge and Yogesh K. Vohra "Diamond Coating of Cobalt Chrome by Microwave Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition Using Tungsten Interlayer", 11th Annual Alabama Materials Research Conference, Sept. 25-26, 1997, University of Alabama at Huntsville, Alabama.
  2. Anthony Capers* and Sergey B. Mirov, "Detection of Singlet Oxygen by Means of Laser and EPR Spectroscopies", 11th Annual Alabama Materials Research Conference, Sept. 25-26, 1997, University of Alabama at Huntsville, Alabama.
  3. V. B. Fleurov, D. Brown, P. Carroll*, and C.M. Lawson, " Real Time Holography via DFWM in Thin Liquid Crystal Films and Thin Photorefractive Materials", SPIE Proceedings, Vol. 3146, pp118-124 (1997).
  4. Marc D. Fries* and Yogesh K. Vohra, "Diamond Coating of Cobalt-Chrome for Medical Implant Applications", Proceedings - National Conference on Undergraduate Research(NCUR) XII (1998), Editor Robert D. Yearout, Volume V, page 1565.
  5. Otha Richardson, jr.*, P. J. Macfarlane, and M.E. Zvanut, "Etch Rate Study of SiO2 Film Thermally Grown on a SiC Substrate," Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society, Nashville, TN, Nov. 1997.
  6. Shane A. Catledge, Walton Comer*, and Yogesh K. Vohra, "In-situ Diagnostics of Film Thickness and Surface Roughness of Diamond Films on Ti-6Al-4V Alloy by Optical Pyrometry", Applied Physics Letters, Vol.73, 181 (1998).
  7. Jacob S. Fenton*, Shane A. Catledge, Yogesh K. Vohra, Anne Cheney, and M. J. Rigsbee, "Diamond Coating of Stainless Steel by Chemical Vapor Deposition", 12th Alabama Materials Research Conference, University of Alabama at Birmingham, September 8-9, 1998.
  8. Charlita D. Woodruff*, Denise Brown and Chris M. Lawson, "Non-Invasive Imaging with Thin Dye-Doped Liquid Crystal Films", 12th Alabama Materials Research Conference, University of Alabama at Birmingham, September 8-9, 1998.
  9. Brian Geislinger* and Joseph G. Harrison, "Modeling Microwave Cavity and Plasma heating in Chemical Vapor Deposition", 12th Alabama Materials Research Conference, University of Alabama at Birmingham, September 8-9, 1998.
  10. Heather A. Prokop*, Steven Beaver and Yogesh K. Vohra, "Evaluation of Various Gasket Materials for High Pressure Diamond cell Research", 12th Alabama Materials Research Conference, University of Alabama at Birmingham, September 8-9, 1998.
  11. Richard Lee* and Joseph G. Harrison, Modeling Chemical Kinetics and Surface reactions in Microwave Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition", 12th Alabama Materials Research Conference, University of Alabama at Birmingham, September 8-9, 1998.
  12. A. R. Galian* and S. B. Mirov, "Middle Infrared Tunable Difference Frequency Generation Based on LiIO3 and LiNbO3 Crystals", 12th Alabama Materials Research Conference, University of Alabama at Birmingham, September 8-9, 1998.
  13. C. L. Poon* and S. B. Mirov, "Single Photon Excitation Vs. Two-Photon Excitation of Sulfuric Acid Solution Containing Pyromellitic Acid", 12th Alabama Materials Research Conference, University of Alabama at Birmingham, September 8-9, 1998.
  14. S.B. Mirov, A.O.Okorogu, W. Lee, D.I. Crouthamel, N. W. Jenkins, K. Graham, A. R. Gallian*, A.Yu. Dergachev, W.B. Yan, W.J. Strachan, T.F. Steckroat, D. F. Heller, J.C. Walling, "All solid state laser system, continuously tunable over 0.2-10 micron spectral range" in Applications of Photonics Technology 3: Closing the gap between Theory, Development, and Application, George A. Lampropoulos and Roger A. Lessard, editors, proceedings of SPIE vol. 3491, 1082-1088 (1998).
  15. A. Capers* and S. Mirov, "Detection of singlet oxygen in solution without exogenous photosensitizer molecule", TOPS vol. 22, Biomedical Optical Spectroscopy and Diagnostics (1998)/Theraputic Laser Applications, p. 256.
  16. Scott B. Tucker* and Mary Ellen Zvanut, "Effect of low temperature re-oxidation on the thermally oxidized carbon phase of 6H-SiC", National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) XIII, April 8-10, 1999 University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y.
  17. Brian Geislinger* and Joseph G. Harrison, "Modeling Microwave Cavity and Plasma heating in Chemical Vapor Deposition", Bulletin of The American Physical Society, Vo. 44, No.1, Part I, p. 438 (1999).
  18. Richard Lee* and Joseph G. Harrison, Modeling Chemical Kinetics and Surface reactions in Microwave Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition", Bulletin of The American Physical Society, Vo. 44, No.1, Part I, p. 438 (1999).
  19. Michael Lee*, "Spatial Characteristics and Structure of Short, Single-stranded, 2-aminoporine-containing Oligonucleotides" Society of Physics Students Regional Conference 1999, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfeesboro, Tennessee, April 9-10, 1999.
  20. J. Akella, S. T. Weir, Y. K. Vohra, Heather Prokop*, S. A. Catledge and G. N. Chesnut,"High Pressure Phase Transformations in Neodymium Studied in a Diamond Anvil Cell Using Diamond Coated Rhenium Gaskets", Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Volume 11, 6515-6520 (1999).
  21. J. Akella, S. T. Weir, Y. K. Vohra, Heather Prokop*, S. A. Catledge and G. N. Chesnut, "X-ray Diffraction Studies Using Diamond Coated Rhenium Gasket to Megabar Pressures", ”, in Science and Technology of High Pressure, Edited by M. H. Manghnani, W. J. Nellis, and M. F. Nicol, pp.1073-1076, University Press, Hyderabad, India 2000.
  22. Neeta Toprani*, Raymond G. Thompson, Shane A. Catledge and Yogesh K. Vohra, "Interfacial Adhesion and Fracture Toughness of Nano-structured Diamond Films" Journal of Materials Research, Volume 15, 1052 (2000).
  23. M.B. Johnson, O. Richardson*, and M.E. Zvanut, "HF Chemical etching of SiO2 on 4H and 6H SiC", J. Electron. Materials 29, 368 (2000).
  24. S.B.Mirov, R.E. Pitt, A. Dergachev, W. Lee, D.V. Martyshkin, O.D. Mirov, J.J.Randolph*, L.DeLucas, C.G.Brouillette, T.T.Basiev, Y.V.Orlovskii, O.K.Alimov, I.N.Vorob’ev (September 1999) "A Novel laser Breakdown Spectrometer for Environmental Monitoring” in Air Monitoring and Detection of Chemical and Biological Agents II, J.Leonelli and M.L.Althouse, Editors, Proceedings of SPIE vol.3855, 34-41 (1999).
  25. S. Mirov, A. Dergachev, J. Randolph*, R. Pitt, K. Parmer, "Laser Characterization of Waste Materials", NSF/EPSCoR workshop on Added Value Reclamation of Solid Waste". Auburn, AL July 22-23, 1997.
  26. A. Capers*, S. Mirov, and H. T. Tohver, "Detection of Singlet Oxygen by Means of Laser Spectroscopy", in 2000 OSA Annual Meeting/ILS-16th Interdisciplinary laser Science Conference, Providence, RI, 2000.
  27. Shane A. Catledge, Philemon T. Spencer*, and Yogesh K. Vohra, “Nanoindentation Hardness and Atomic Force Microscope Imaging Studies of Pressure Quenched Zirconium Metal”, Applied Physics Letters, Volume 77, 3568 (2000).
  28. M.Ashenafi*, V. V. Fedorov, S. Mirov, L. Xie, “Spectroscopic Analysis and Persistent Photon Gated Spectral Hole Burning in LiF Crystals with F2- Color Centers”, Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Volume 45, 24 (2000).
  29. Shane A. Catledge, Philemon T. Spencer*, Jeremy R. Patterson, and Yogesh K. Vohra, “Nanoindentation of Pressure Quenched Fullerenes and Zirconium Metal from a Diamond Anvil Cell”, to be published in the proceedings of the Materials Research Society Fall meeting, November 27-Decemeber 1, 2000, Boston, Massachusetts.
  30. Yogesh K. Vohra and Philemon T. Spencer*, “Novel g–phase of Titanium Metal at High Pressures”, Physical Review Letters 86, 3068 (2001).
  31. Monitoring of Thin-Film Diamond Growth Using Scattered and Reflected Light - Mary Jane McKenzie* (University of Alabama at Birmingham), John T. Tarvin (Samford University), Paul Baker, Yogesh K. Vohra (University of Alabama at Birmingham) Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society Meeting, November 4-6, 2001, Charlottesville, VA.
  32. P. A. Gerakines, K. Harman*, E. Saperstein, K. M. Arnoult, T. J. Wdowiak, "Simulation of the processing of icy interstellar grains in interstellar clouds: UV photolysis of a laboratory model," American Astronomical Society, Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting, Nov. 26-Dec. 1st, 2001.
  33. R. Kawai, M. Kambon*, B. Cleuren and C. Van den Broeck "Negative Mobility by a Small Group of Coupled Brownian Particles" Poster presented at the International Conference Nanobiology 2001 (Atlanta, 2001).
  34. Lauren Rast*, Nathan Williams*, and Ryoichi Kawai "Collective Transport in Coupled Parametrically Driven Pendulums" (Dynamics Days 2002, Baltimore, Jan 3-7, 2002).
  35. Doug White*, Chih-Shiue Yan, and Yogesh K. Vohra, “Effect of Nitrogen in the Growth of a Single Crystal Diamond by Chemical Vapor Deposition”, 16th National Conference on Undergraduate Research, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, April 25-27, 2002.
  36. V.V.Fedorov, S.B.Mirov, M.Ashenafi*, L.Xie (May 2001), “Persistent Photon-Gated Spectral Hole Burning in LiF:F2- Color Center Crystal” QELS 2001 Post Deadline Paper, QPD12-1-QPD12-2 (Baltimore, Maryland, May 6-11, 2001).
  37. V.V. Fedorov, S. B. Mirov, M. Ashenafi*, L. Xie, “Spectroscopic analysis and persistent photon-gated spectral hole burning in LiF:F2- color center crystal”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 79, 2318-2320 (2001).
  38. Nicholas C. Cunningham* and R. P. Camata; “Nanostructured thin films materials from size-selected nanoparticles,” 16th National Conference on Undergraduate Research, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, April 25-27, 2002.
  39. R. P. Camata and Nicholas C. Cunningham*, “A novel method for creating nanostructured thin films from size-selected nanoparticles,” 2002 March Meeting of The American Physical Society, March 18 – 22, 2002, Indianapolis, Indiana.
  40. Jennifer M. Kirchhoff * and R. P. Camata; “Mechanical Properties of YSZ Thin Films Created By Pulsed Laser Deposition,” 2003 Spring Meeting of the Materials Research Society, April 21-25, 2003, San Francisco, California.
  41. Andreece Richardson * and R. P. Camata; “Hydroxyapatite Coatings by Pulsed Laser Deposition” 17th National Conference on Undergraduate Research, University of Utah, March 13-15, 2003.
  42. A. M. Cook*, P. A. Gerakines, E. Saperstein, "Near-Infrared Laboratory Characterization of UV Photolyzed Ices of Solar System Interest", 34th annual meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society, Oct. 6-11, 2002, Birmingham, Alabama.
  43. J. Bray*, P. A. Gerakines, E. Saperstein, T. J. Wdowiak, "Time of Flight Mass Spectroscopy and its Implications in the Study of Europa", 34th annual meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society, Oct. 6-11, 2002, Birmingham, Alabama.
  44. R. Kawai, N. Williams*, and L. Rast*, "Collective Rotation in Coupled Parametric Pendulums", Invited Talk, CECAM Workshop on Brownian Motors:The Physics and Biology of Microscopic Machines (May 13-15, 2002, Lyon, France).
  45. B. Cleuren, C. Van den Broeck, R. Kawai, and M. Kambon*, "Brownian Donkeys", Invited Talk, CECAM Workshop on Brownian Motors: The Physics and Biology of Microscopic Machines (May 13-15, 2002, Lyon, France).
  46. R. Kawai, N. Williams*, and L. Rast*, "Collective Rotation in Coupled Parametric Pendulums", Invited Talk, International Symposium on Stochastic Processes Applied to Complex Systems - Computational Endeavors and Conceptual Frontiers. (May 21-23, 2002, Bydgoszcz, Poland).
  47. C. Van den Broeck, B. Cleuren, R. Kawai, and M. Kambon*, "The Trio of Brownian Donkeys", Invited Talk, International Symposium on Stochastic Processes Applied to Complex Systems - Computational Endeavors and Conceptual Frontiers. (May 21-23, 2002, Bydgoszcz, Poland).
  48. Steven P. Davis, Masashi Matsumura, Andreia Williams, and Thomas M. Nordlund, "Position Dependence of 2-Aminopurine Spectra in Adenosine Pentadeoxynucleotides", Journal of Fluorescence Volume 13, May 2003.
  49. Shane A. Catledge, Monique Cook*, Yogesh K. Vohra, Erick M. Santos, Michelle D. McClenny, and K. David Moore, “Surface Crystalline Phases and Nanoindentation Hardness of Explanted Zirconia Femoral Heads”, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine 14, 863 (2003).
  50. David Chilton*, R. Mohr, and P. Gerakines, "Simulating the Effect of UV Photolysis on Interstellar Ices," American Astronomical Society Meeting 203, #40.11 (2003).
  51. D. Martyshkin, Jason Parker*, V.V. Fedorov, S.B. Mirov, "Tunable distributed feedback color center laser using stabilized F2+** color centers in LiF crystal", contributed talk presented to the Photonics West' 04, San Jose, CA, January 2004.
  52. Vaibhav Vohra*, Shane Catledge, and Yogesh K. Vohra, "Diamond Coated Cemented Carbide Tools: Effect of Pre-treatment Techniques on Film Structure and Mechanical Properties", Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Vol. 791, p. Q 8.22.1 (2004).
  53. D. Martyshkin, Jason Parker*, V.V. Fedorov, S.B. Mirov, "Tunable distributed feedback color center laser using stabilized F2+** color centers in LiF crystal", in Solid State Lasers XIII: Technology and Devices, Proceedings of the International Society of Optical Engineering (SPIE) (2004) Vol. 5332, pp. 63-68. Editors: Richard Scheps, Hanna J. Hoffman.
  54. D. V. Martyshkin, Jason Parker*, V. V. Fedorov, and S. B. Mirov, "Tunable Distributed Feedback Color Center Laser using stabilized F2+** Color Centers in LiF Crystal", Appl. Phys. Lett., 84(16) 3022-3024 (2004).
  55. Nenad Velisavljevic, Kirkland M. MacMinn*, Yogesh K. Vohra, and Samuel T. Weir, "Electrical Measurements on Praseodymium Metal to 179 GPa Using Designer Diamond Anvils", Applied Physics Letters, Volume 84, 927 (2004).
  56. Christina Richey*, R. A. Underwood and P. A. Gerakines, "Laboratory UV Photolysis of Planetary Ice Analogs Containing H2O - CO2 (1:1)," 35th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 15-19, 2004, League City, Texas, Abstract no.1450 (2004)
  57. Andrew Gallian, Vladimir Fedorov, John Kernal, Justin Allman*, Sergey Mirov, Evgueni Dianov, A. Zabezhaylov, Igor Kazakov, "Photoluminescence studies of MBE grown thin films and bulk Cr:ZnSe", in the 71st Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Section of the APS, Bulletin of the APS, v.49, N7, p. 17 (Oak Ridge, Tennessee, November 2004).
  58. Lorenzo Smith*, M. Matsumura, R. P. Camata, "Gas-Phase Nanoparticle Dynamics During Laser Synthesis of Zinc Oxide Nanostructures," 2004 Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society, November 29-December 3, 2004, Boston, Massachusetts.
  59. S. Brown*, H. Kim, R. P. Camata, "A Hybrid Laser/Aerosol Method for the Synthesis of Porous Nanostructured Calcium Phosphate Materials for Bone Tissue Engineering Applications," in Nanoscale Materials Science in Biology and Medicine, edited by Cato T. Laurencin and Edward A. Botchwey (Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 845, Warrendale, PA , (2005), AA5.35.
  60. M.E. Zvanut, Haiyan Wang, Mpumelelo Richards*, and V. V. Konovalov, "Observation of a spin one native defect in as-grown high purity semi-insulating 4H SiC", Journal of Applied Physics. 97, 123509 (2005).
  61. Brian Geislinger, Erin Darnell*, Kimberly Farris, and Ryoichi Kawai, "Invited Paper: Are motor proteins power strokers, Brownian motors or both?", SPIE Proceedings 5845, 93 (2005).
  62. P. A. Gerakines, J. J. Bray, A. Davis, Christina Richey* "The strengths of near-infrared absorption features relevant to interstellar and planetary ices," The Astrophysical Journal 620, 1140 (2005).
  63. Vernon Chaplin*, K. A. Larson, P. A. Gerakines, "Properties of Interstellar Dust in the MBM 18-19 Cloud Complex," American Astronomical Society Meeting 205, #59.05 (2005).
  64. P.A. Gerakines, J. J. Bray, A. Davis, Christina Richey*, "The strengths of near-infrared absorption features relevant to interstellar and planetary ices," (Paper 58-PS-A0617) Asia Oceania Geosciences Society Meeting, Pater # 58-PS-A0617 (2005)
  65. I.P. Kazakov, S.B.Mirov, V.V.Fedorov, A.Gallian, J.Kernal, J.Allman*, A.O.Zabezhaylov, E.M.Dianov, "MBE Growth and study of Cr2+:ZnSe Layers for Mid-IR Lasers", Proc. of 13th Int. Symp. "Nanostructures: Physics and Technology", St Petersburg, Russia, June 20-25, 2005, p. 114.
  66. A.Gallian*, V.V.Fedorov, Lawrence Luke*, I.S. Moskalev, S.B.Mirov, V.V. Badikov, "Cr2+:ZnSe Laser Pumped Utilizing Cr Ionization", contributed talk presented to the Optics in the Southeast Atlanta, USA, October 6-8, 2005.
  67. I.P. Kazakov, S.B.Mirov, V.V.Fedorov, A.Gallian, J.Kernal, Justin Allman*, A.O.Zabezhaylov, E.M.Dianov, "Study of the optical properties of Cr2+:ZnSe epitaxial layers grown by MBE technique", contributed talk presented to the VII Russian Conference on Semiconductor Physics, Moscow, September 18-23, 2005.
  68. A.Gallian, V.V. Fedorov, J. Kernal, J. Allman*, S.B. Mirov, E.M. Dianov, A.O. Zabezhaylov, I.P. Kazakov, "En route to electrically pumpable Cr2+ doped II-VI semiconductor lasers broadly tunable over middle-Infrared range of optical spectra", OSA Trends in Optics and Photonics Series 98, pp. 246-251, (2005).
  69. Veleriy V. Konovalov, Andrew Melo*, Shane A. Catledge, Shafiul Chowdhury, and Yogesh K. Vohra, "Ultra-Smooth Nanostructured Diamond Films Deposited from He/H2CH4/N2 Microwave Plasmas", J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 6, 258 (2006).
  70. Lawrence Luke*, V.V.Fedorov, I.Moskalev, A.Gallian, S.B.Mirov, "Middle-infrared electroluminescence of n-type Cr-doped ZnSe crystals" in Solid State Lasers XV: Technology and Devices, edited by Hanna J.Hoffman and Ramesh K. Shori, Proc. Of SPIE Vol. 6100 (SPIE, Bellingham, WE, 2006).
  71. M.E. Zvanut, B.E. Lassiter*, G.M. Janowski, L.J. Brillson, S. Walsh, "Effects of BiFeO3 deposition on SrTiO3 substrates", submitted to the Materials Research Society Fall 2006 Meeting, Symposium T, Ferroelectrics and Multiferroics.
  72. M. Jackson*, M. Bulut, R. P. Camata, “Electrostatic Charge Effects in the Aggregation Behavior of Laser Ablation Aerosols,” 7th International Aerosol Conference, September 10 – 16, 2006, St. Paul, Minnesota.
  73. Lawrence Luke*, V.V.Fedorov, I.Moskalev, A.Gallian, S.B.Mirov, "Middle-infrared electroluminescence of n-type Cr-doped ZnSe crystals", contributed talk presented to the Photonics West 2006, February 22-26, San Jose, CA, USA, 2006.
  74. V.V. Fedorov, I. Moskalev, Lawrence Luke*, A. Gallian*, S.B. Mirov, "Mid-infrared Electroluminescence of Cr2+ Ions in ZnSe Crystals", contributed talk presented to the Advanced Solid-State Photonics Conference, January 29-February 1, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, USA, 2006.
  75. A. Stanishevsky, S. Chowdhury, N. Greenstein, H. Yockell-Lelievre, J. Koskinen, "Mechanical properties and microarchitecture of nanoporous hydroxyapatite bioceramic nanoparticle coatings on Ti and TiN", presented at Materials Research Society Fall 2006 Meeting, Boston, MA.
  76. A. Stanishevsky, P. Chinoda, S. Chowdhury, V. Thomas, A. S. Catledge, and D. Dean, "Compositionally modified hydroxyapatite nanocrystals for polymer/ceramic scaffold applications", Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Vol. 897E, (2006) Materials Research Society, pp. J03-18.1 - J03-18.6.
  77. Noah D. Lipham*, Georgiy M. Tsoi, Lowell E. Wenger, "Synthesis and Characterization of Sr-doped Lanthanum Manganite Nanoparticles," to be presented at the 10th Joint Magnetism & Magnetic Materials/Intermag Conference in Baltimore, MD, January 7-11, 2007.
  78. B. R. Eaton*, R. P. Camata, H. Kim, R. Kapoor, S. Ponnazhagan, “ Gas Phase Synthesis of Calcium Phosphate Nanoparticles with Controlled Crystallographic Phase for Gene Transfection,” 2007 Annual Meeting of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS), February 25 – March 1, 2007, Orlando, Florida. Accepted for presentation.
  79. Shehnaz Jeddy, Mary Ellen Zvanut, Brian Einstein Lassiter*, Gregg M. Janowski and Leonard J. Brillson “Themal Stability of defects in substrates of multiferroic materials”, in Ferroelectrics and Multiferroics, edited by V. Gopalan, J-P. Maria, M. Fiebig, C-W. Nan (Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 966E, Warrendale, PA, 2007), 0966-T05-04.
  80. S. A. Catledge, W. C. Clem, N. Shrikishen*, S. Chowdhury, A. V. Stanishevsky, M. Koopman, and Y. K. Vohra, “An Electrospun Triphasic Nanofibrous Scaffold for Bone Tissue Engineering”, Biomed. Mater. 2, 142 (2007).








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