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2024

  1. Y. Zhang, C. S. Whittington, R. Layouni, A. M. Cotto, K. P. Arnold, S. I. Halimi, and S. M. Weiss, “Protein sensing using deep subwavelength-engineered photonic crystals,” Opt. Lett. 49, 395-398 (2024). doi: 10.1364/OL.510541

2023

  1. S. J. Ward, and S. M. Weiss, “Reduction in Sensor Response Time using Long Short-Term Memory Network Forecasting,” in Proc. SPIE, 12675, 126750E (2023). doi: 10.1117/12.2676836
  2. S. J. Ward, T. Cao, X. Zhou, C. Chang and S. M. Weiss “Protein Identification and Quantification Using Porous Silicon Arrays, Optical Measurements, and Machine Learning,” Biosensors 13, 879 (2023). doi: 10.3390/bios13090879
  3. Y. Zhang, R. Layouni, C. S. Whittington, S. I. Halimi, and S. M. Weiss, “Improved molecular detection sensitivity through photonic crystal unit cell design,” in Proc. SPIE, 12397, 1239703 (2023). doi: 10.1117/12.2659243
  4. K. P. Arnold, J. A. Allen, S. I. Halimi, L. D. Ryder, F. O. Afzal, Y. Bian, A. Aboketaf, K. Dezfulian, M. Rakowski, R. Augur, T. Hirokawa, K. Nummy, and S. M. Weiss, “Deep subwavelength slotted photonic crystals fabricated in a monolithic silicon photonics technology,” in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (Optica Publishing Group, 2023) paper AM4M.6. doi: 10.1364/CLEO_AT.2023.AM4M.6
  5. D. Huang, C. Bryant, K. P. Arnold, E. Zhang, S. M. Weiss, R. A. Reed, and P. J. Delfyett, “Fabricating and testing AlGaInAs multiple quantum-well laser diodes for space application,”  in IEEE Photonics Conference (IEEE, 2023) paper ThB1.5, 1-2. doi: 10.1109/IPC57732.2023.10360749.
  6. J. Nag, J. D. Ryckman, S. M. Weiss, and R. F. Haglund, “Silicon Photonics with Active (Phase Change) Materials for Optical Modulators,” in Encyclopedia of Materials: Electronics, edited by H. Abdul (Elsevier, 2023), Chpt. 26. ISBN: 9780128197288
  7. S. Yang*, J. A. Allen*, C. Hong, K. P. Arnold, S. M. Weiss, and J. C. Ndukaife, “Multiplexed long-range electrohydrodynamic transport and nano-optical trapping with cascaded bowtie photonic crystal nanobeams,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 083802 (2023). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.083802
  8. J. A. Allen*, K. P. Arnold*, S. I. Halimi, L. D. Ryder, F. O. Afzal, Y. Bian, A. Aboketaf, K. Dezfulian, M. Rakowski, R. Augur, T. Hirokawa, K. Nummy and S. M. Weiss, “Deep subwavelength anti-slot photonic crystals fabricated in monolithic silicon photonics technology,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 35, 461-464 (2023). doi:  10.1109/LPT.2023.3255821
  9. A. Esteban-Linares*, X. Zhang*, H. H. Lee, M. L. Risner, S. M. Weiss, Y.-Q. Xu, E. Levine, and D. Li, “Graphene-based microfluidic perforated microelectrode arrays for retinal electrophysiological studies,” Lab Chip, 23, 2193 (2023). doi: 10.1039/D3LC00064H
  10. R. B. Fletcher, L. D. Stokes, I. B. Kelly, K. M. Henderson, I. C. Vallecillo-Viejo, J. M. Colazo, B. V. Wong, F. Yu, R. d’Arcy, M. N. Struthers, B. C. Evans, J. Ayers, M. Castanon, M. J. Weirich, S. K. Reilly, S. S. Patel, Y. I. Ivanova, C. A. Silvera Batista, S. M. Weiss, C. A. Gersbach, J. M. Brunger, and C. L. Duvall, “Nonviral in vivo delivery of CRISPR-Cas9 using protein-agnostic, high-loading porous silicon and polymer nanoparticles,” ACS Nano 17, 16412-16431 (2023). doi: 10.1021/acsnano.2c12261

2022

  1. K. P. Arnold, S. I. Halimi, J. A. Allen, S. Hu, and S. M. Weiss, “Photonic Crystals with Split Ring Unit Cells for Subwavelength Light Confinement,” Opt. Lett. 47, 662-665 (2022).
  2. S. J. Ward, T. Cao, C. Chang and S. M. Weiss, “Analysis of Machine Learning Techniques for Capture Agent Free Biosensing with Porous Silicon Arrays,” Proc. SPIE 11979, 1197907 (2022). doi: 10.1117/12.2614697
  3. S. Hu, M. Khater, E. Kratschmer, S. Engelmann, W. M. J. Green, and S. M. Weiss, “Photonic metacrystal: Design methodology and experimental characterization,” Opt. Express 30, 7612-7624 (2022). doi: 10.1364/OE.448151
  4. L. D. Ryder, R. D. Schrimpf, R. A. Reed, and S. M. Weiss, “Radiation-induced transient response mechanisms in photonic waveguides,” IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 69, 546 – 557 (2022). doi: 10.1109/TNS.2022.3149993
  5. S. Hu, M. Khater, E. Kratschmer, S. Engelmann, K. P. Arnold, W. M. J. Green, S. M. Weiss, “Photonic metacrystal: Design and experimental results,” in Conference on Lasers and ElectroOptics (Optica Publishing Group, 2022) paper SM3H.6. doi: 10.1364/CLEO_SI.2022.SM3H.6
  6. K. P. Arnold, S. I. Halimi, J. A. Allen, S. Hu, and S. M. Weiss, “Photonic crystals with split ring unit cells for subwavelength light confinement,” in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (Optica Publishing Group, 2022) paper JW3A.48. doi: 10.1364/CLEO_AT.2022.JW3A.48

2021

  1. R. Layouni, T. Cao, M. B. Coppock, P. E. Laibinis, and S. M. Weiss, “Peptide-Based Capture of Chikungunya Virus E2 Protein Using Porous Silicon Biosensor,” Sensors 21, 8248 (2021). doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/s21248248
  2. L. D. Ryder, K. L. Ryder, A. L. Sternberg, J. A. Kozub, A. Khachatrian, S. P. Buchner, D. McMorrow J. M. Hales, Y. Zhao, L. Wang, C. Wang, R. A. Weller, R. D. Schrimpf, S. M. Weiss, and R. A. Reed, “Simulation of pulsed laser-induced testing in microelectronic devices,” IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 68, 2496-2507 (2021). doi: 10.1109/TNS.2021.3111864
  3. S. Arshavsky-Graham, S. J. Ward, N. Massad-Ivanir, T. Scheper, S. M. Weiss, and E. Segal, “Porous Silicon-Based Aptasensors: Toward Cancer Protein Biomarker Detection,” ACS Meas. Sci. Au 1(2), 82–94 (2021). doi: 10.1021/acsmeasuresciau.1c00019
  4. S. J. Ward, R. Layouni, S. Arshavsky-Graham, E. Segal, and S. M. Weiss, “Morlet wavelet filtering and phase analysis to reduce the limit of detection for thin film optical biosensors,” ACS Sens. 6, 2967-2978 (2021). doi: 10.1021/acssensors.1c00787
  5. L. D. Ryder, K. L. Ryder, A. L. Sternberg, J. A. Kozub, E. X. Zhang, D. Linten, K. Croes, R. A. Weller, R. D. Schrimpf, S. M. Weiss, and R. A. Reed, “Single event transient response of vertical and lateral waveguide-integrated germanium photodiodes,” IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 68, 801-806 (2021). doi: 10.1109/TNS.2021.3060349
  6. K. L. Ryder, L. D. Ryder, A. L. Sternberg, J. A. Kozub, E. X. Zhang, S. D. LaLumondiere, D. M. Monahan, J. P. Bonsall, A. Khachatrian, S. P. Buchner, D. P. Mcmorrow, J. M. Hales, Y. Zhao, L. Wang, C. Wang, R. A. Weller, R. D. Schrimpf, S. M. Weiss, and R. A. Reed, “Comparison of single event transients in an epitaxial silicon diode resulting from heavy ion-, focused X-ray- and pulsed laser-induced charge generation,” IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 68, 626-633 (2021). doi: 10.1109/TNS.2021.3060339
  7. M. He, S. I. Halimi, T. G. Folland, S. S. Sunku, S. Liu, J. H. Edgar, D. N. Basov, S. M. Weiss, J. D. Caldwell, “Guided Mid‐IR and Near‐IR Light within a Hybrid Hyperbolic‐Material/Silicon Waveguide Heterostructure,” Adv. Mater. 33, 2004305 (2021). doi: 10.1002/adma.202004305
  8. K. A. Hallman, K. J. Miller, A. Baydin, S. M. Weiss, and R. F. Haglund, “Sub-Picosecond Response Time of a Hybrid VO2:Silicon Waveguide at 1550 nm,” Adv. Opt. Mater. 9, 2001721 (2021). doi: 10.1002/adom.202001721
  9. R. Layouni, M. Dubrovsky, M. Bao, H. Chung, K. Du, S. V. Boriskina, S. M. Weiss, and D. Vermeulen, “High contrast cleavage detection for enhancing porous silicon sensor sensitivity,” Opt. Express 29, 1-11 (2021). doi: 10.1364/OE.412469
  10. L. D. Ryder, R. A. Reed, and S. M. Weiss, “Photonics in extreme environments: High energy radiation-induced optical response in silicon waveguides,” in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, 2021), paper JTu3A.119.
  11. S. J. Ward and S. M. Weiss, “Reducing detection limits of porous silicon thin film optical sensors using signal processing,” Proc. SPIE 11662, 116620J (2021). doi: 10.1117/12.2579361

2020

  1. S. I. Halimi, Z. Fu, F. O. Afzal, J. A. Allen, S. Hu, and S. M. Weiss, “Controlling the mode profile of photonic crystal nanobeam cavities with mix-and-match unit cells,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 37, 3401-3406 (2020). doi: 10.1364/JOSAB.398574
  2. I. B. Kelly III, R. B. Fletcher, J. R. McBride, S. M. Weiss, and C. L. Duvall, “Tuning composition of polymer and porous silicon composite nanoparticles for early endosome escape of anti-microRNA peptide nucleic acids,” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 12, 39602-39611 (2020). doi: 10.1021/acsami.0c05827
  3. F. O. Afzal, Y. Bian, B. Peng, S. Hu, A. Aboketaf, K. Dezfulian, K. Nummy, A. Stricker, C. Hedges, Z. Sowinski, M. Rakowski, W. S. Lee, R. Augur, D. Riggs, K. Giewont, and S. M. Weiss, “O-band subwavelength grating filters in a monolithic photonics technology,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 32, 1207-1210 (2020). doi: 10.1109/LPT.2020.3017096
  4. L. D. Ryder, K. L. Ryder, A. L. Sternberg, J. A. Kozub, H. Gong, E. X. Zhang, D. Linten, J. Mitard, R. A. Weller, R. D. Schrimpf, S. M. Weiss, and R. A. Reed, “Polarization dependence of pulsed laser-induced SEEs in SOI FinFETs,” IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 67, 38-43 (2020). doi: 10.1109/TNS.2019.2956911
  5. K. L. Ryder, L. D. Ryder, A. L. Sternberg, J. A. Kozub, E. Zhang, A. Khachatrian, S. P. Buchner, D. P. McMorrow, J. M. Hales, Y. Zhao, L. Wang, C. Wang, R. A. Weller, R. D. Schrimpf, S. M. Weiss, and R. A. Reed, “Comparison of sensitive volumes associated with ion- and laser-induced charge collection in an epitaxial silicon diode,” IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 67, 57-62 (2020). doi: 10.1109/TNS.2019.2943472
  6. R. Layouni, M. H. Choudhury, P. E. Laibinis, and S. M. Weiss, “Thermally carbonized porous silicon for robust label-free DNA optical sensing,” ACS Appl. Bio Mater. 3, 622-627 (2020). doi: 10.1021/acsabm.9b01002
  7. F. O. Afzal, J. M. Petrin, and S. M. Weiss, “Camera-based modal fingerprinting of cavity resonances in a photonic crystal nanobeam,” in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, 2020), paper SM4J.2.
  8. F. O. Afzal, B. Peng, S. Hu, K. Dezfulian, K. Nummy, A. Stricker, A. Aboketaf, C. Hedges, D. Riggs, K. Giewont, and S. M. Weiss, “Monolithically fabricated subwavelength grating filters for O-band MUX/DEMUX applications,” in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, 2020), paper SW3F.6.
  9. T. Cao, R. Layouni, M. B. Coppock, P. E. Laibinis, and S. M. Weiss, “Use of peptide capture agents in porous silicon biosensors,” Proc. SPIE 11258, 112680L (2020). doi: 10.1117/12.2552932

2019

  1. G. A. Rodriguez, D. Aurelio, M. Liscidini, and S. M. Weiss, “Bloch surface wave ring resonator based on porous silicon,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 115, 011101 (2019). doi: 10.1063/1.5093435
  2. R. F. Haglund, K. A. Hallman, K. J. Miller, and S. M. Weiss, “Picosecond optical switching in silicon photonics using phase-changing vanadium dioxide,” in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, 2019), paper STh4H.1. doi: 10.1364/CLEO_SI.2019.STh4H.1
  3. S. I. Halimi, Z. Fu, F. O. Afzal, J. Allen, S. Hu, and S. M. Weiss, “Photonic crystal design with mix and match unit cells for mode manipulation,” in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, 2019), paper SM2J.4. doi: 10.1364/CLEO_SI.2019.SM2J.4
  4. T. Cao, Y. Zhao, C. A. Nattoo, R. Layouni, and S. M. Weiss, “A smartphone biosensor based on analysing structural colour of porous silicon,” Analyst 144, 3942-3948 (2019). doi: 10.1039/C9AN00022D
  5. F. O. Afzal, J. M. Petrin, and S. M. Weiss, “Camera detection and modal fingerprinting of photonic crystal nanobeam resonances,” Opt. Express 27, 14623-14634 (2019). doi: 10.1364/OE.27.014623
  6. G. A. Rodriguez, P. Markov, A. P. Cartwright, M. H. Choudhury, F. O. Afzal, T. Cao, S. I. Halimi, S. T. Retterer, I. I. Kravchenko, and S. M. Weiss, “Photonic crystal nanobeam biosensors based on porous silicon,” Opt. Express 27, 9536-9549 (2019).
  7. T. Cao, C. Carfano, G. A. Rodriguez, M. H. Choudhury, F. O. Afzal, and S. M. Weiss, “Porous silicon sensors: From on-chip to mobile diagnostics,” Proc. SPIE 10891, 1089112 (2019). doi: 10.1117/12.2508685
  8. F. O. Afzal, S. I. Halimi, and S. M. Weiss, “Efficient side-coupling to photonic crystal nanobeam cavities via state-space overlap,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 36, 585-595 (2019).
  9. S. Arshavsky-Graham, N. Massad-Ivanir, E. Segal, and S. M. Weiss, “Porous silicon-based photonic biosensors: Current status and emerging applications,” Anal. Chem. 91, 441-467 (2019). doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b05028

2018

  1. S. I. Halimi, S. Hu, F. O. Afzal, and S. M. Weiss, “Realizing high transmission intensity in photonic crystal nanobeams using a side-coupling waveguide,” Opt. Lett. 43, 4260-4263 (2018).
  2. S. Hu, M. Khater, R. Salas-Montiel, E. Kratschmer, S. Engelmann, W. M. J. Green, and S. M. Weiss, “Experimental realization of deep subwavelength confinement in dielectric optical resonators,” Science Advances 4, eaat2355 (2018). (Nature Highlight)
  3. K. J. Miller, R. F. Haglund, and S. M. Weiss, “Optical phase change materials in integrated silicon photonic devices: review,” Opt. Mater. Express 8, 2415-2429 (2018).
  4. G. Gaur, S. Hu, R. L. Mernaugh, I. I. Kravchenko, S. T. Retterer, S. M. Weiss, “Label-free detection of Herceptin® using suspended silicon microring resonators,” Sens. Act. B 275, 394-401 (2018).
  5. S. M. Lo, J. Y. Lee, S. M. Weiss, and P. M. Fauchet, “Bloch mode selection in silicon photonic crystal microring resonators,” Opt. Lett. 43, 2957-2960 (2018).
  6. F. O. Afzal, S. I. Halimi, and S. M. Weiss, “High-Contrast Resonance Excitation in Photonic Crystal Nanobeams via Side-Coupling and Wave-Vector Matching,” in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optical Society of America, 2018), paper STh3A.2.
  7. K. Qin, Y. Zhao, S. Hu, and S. M. Weiss, “Enhancing the sensitivity of slow light MZI biosensors through multi-hole defects,” Proc. of SPIE 10510, 1051002 (2018).
  8. H. Gong, K. Ni, E. X. Zhang, A. L. Sternberg, J. A. Kozub, K. L. Ryder, R. F. Keller, L. D. Ryder, S. M. Weiss, R. A. Weller, M. L. Alles, R. A. Reed, D. M. Fleetwood, R. D. Schrimpf, A. Vardi, and J. A. del Alamo, “Scaling effects on single-event transients in InGaAs FinFETs,” IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 65, 296-303 (2018).

2017

  1. S. Hu and S. M. Weiss, “Extreme light concentration in a dielectric cavity,” Optics & Photonics News, 28 (12), 57 (2017). [Selected for Optics in 2017 special issue]
  2. K. J. Miller, K. A. Hallman, R. F. Haglund, and S. M. Weiss, “Silicon waveguide optical switch with embedded phase change material,” Optics Express, 25(22), 26527-26536 (2017).
  3. F. O. Afzal and S. M. Weiss, “Effects of coupling configuration on resonance excitation in a slotted photonic crystal nanobeam,” in Proc. of SPIE Nanoscience + Engineering, 1035407 (2017).
  4. K. J. Miller, K. A. Hallman, R. F. Haglund, and S. M. Weiss, “Optical modulation in silicon-vanadium dioxide photonic structures,” in Proc. of SPIE Nanoscience + Engineering, 103451D (2017).
  5. K. J. Miller, K. A. Hallman, R. F. Haglund, and S. M. Weiss, “Silicon Waveguide Modulator with In-Line Phase Change Material,” in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optical Society of America, 2017), paper STu3N.8.
  6. S. Hu, M. Khater, R. Salas-Montiel, E. Kratschmer, S. Engelmann, W. Green, and S. M. Weiss, “Bowtie Photonic Crystal with Deep Subwavelength Mode Confinement in a Dielectric Material,” in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optical Society of America, 2017), paper FTh3H.2.
  7. S. M. Lo, S. Hu, G. Gaur, Y. Kostoulas, S. M. Weiss, and P. M. Fauchet, “Photonic crystal microring resonator for label-free biosensing,” Opt. Express 25, 7046-7054 (2017).
  8. Y. Zhao, G. A. Rodriguez, Y. M. Graham, T. Cao, G. Gaur, and S. M. Weiss, “Resonant photonic structure in porous silicon for biosensing,” Proc. of SPIE 10081, 100810D (2017).
  9. T. Cao, Y. Zhao, and S. M. Weiss, “A smartphone compatible colorimetric biosensing system based on porous silicon,” Proc. of SPIE 10077, 1007713 (2017).

2016

  1. Y. Zhao, G. Gaur, S. T. Retterer, P. E. Laibinis, and S. M. Weiss. “Flow-through porous silicon membranes for real-time label-free biosensing.” Analytical Chemistry, 88(22), 10940-10948 (2016)
  2. Y. Zhao, G. Gaur, R. L. Mernaugh, P. E. Laibinis, and S. M. Weiss. “Comparative Kinetic Analysis of Closed-Ended and Open-Ended Porous Sensors.” Nanoscale Research Letters, 11(1), 395 (2016)
  3. S. Hu and S. M. Weiss. “Design of Photonic Crystal Cavities for Extreme Light Concentration.” ACS Photonics, 3(9), 1647-1653 (2016)
  4. A. Simbula, G. A. Rodriguez, M. Menotti, S. De Pace, S. M. Weiss, M. Galli, M. Liscidini, and D. Bajoni, “Low-power four-wave mixing in porous silicon microring resonators,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 109, 021106 (2016)
  5. K. R. Beavers, T. A. Werfel, T. Shen, T. E. Kavanaugh, K. V. Kilchrist, J. W. Mares, J. S. Fain, C. B. Wiese, K. C. Vickers, S. M. Weiss, and C. L. Duvall. “Porous Silicon and Polymer Nanocomposites for Delivery of Peptide Nucleic Acids as Anti-MicroRNA Therapies.” Advanced Materials. 28(36), 7984-7992, (2016)
  6. T. Wang, S. Hu, B. Chamlagain, T. Hong, Z. Zhou, S. M. Weiss, and Y. Xu. “Visualizing Light Scattering in Silicon Waveguides with Black Phosphorous Photodetectors.” Advanced Materials, 28(33), 7162-7166 (2016)
  7. S. Bhandaru, A. Bozzola, M. Liscidini, and S. M. Weiss, “Efficiency enhancement via metal-coated porous amorphous silicon back reflector incorporated in amorphous silicon solar cells,” MRS Comm. 6, 117-123 (2016).
  8. K. J. Miller, P. Markov, R. E. Marvel, R. F. Haglund, and S. M. Weiss. “Hybrid silicon-vanadium dioxide electro-optic modulators.” Silicon Photonics XI, Proc. of SPIE OPTO, p. 975203-975207 (2016).
  9. G. Gaur, D. S. Koktysh, D. M. Fleetwood, R. A. Weller, R. A. Reed, B. Rogers, S. M. Weiss. “Influence of Ionizing Radiation and the Role of Thiol Ligands on the Reversible Photodarkening of CdTe/CdS Quantum Dots.” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 8(12), 7869-7876, (2016).
  10. K. Qin, S. Hu, S. T. Retterer, I. I. Kravchenko, S. M. Weiss, “Slow Light Mach-Zehnder Interferometer for Optical Label-free Biosensing.” Optics Letters, 41(4), 753-756 (2016).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2015

  1. G. Gaur, D. S. Koktysh, D. M. Fleetwood, R. A. Weller, R. A. Reed, S. M. Weiss. “Influence of interfacial oxide on the optical properties of single layer CdTe/CdS quantum dots in porous silicon scaffolds.” Appl. Phys. Lett. 107, 063106 (2015). (link)
  2. J. S. Fain, J. W. Mares, S. M. Weiss. “Size-Controlled Nickel Oxide Nanoparticle Synthesis using Mesoporous Silicon Thin Films,” J. Nanoparticle Res. 17, 8 (2015). (link)
  3. P. Markov, R. E. Marvel, H. J. Conley, K. J. Miller, R. F. Haglund, S. M. Weiss. “Optically Monitored Electrical Switching in VO2.” ACS Photonics, 2(8), 1175-1182 (2015). (link)
  4. J. W. Mares, J. S. Fain, K. R. Beavers, C. L. Duvall, S. M. Weiss. “Shape-engineered multifunctional porous silicon nanoparticles by direct imprinting.” Nanotechnology 26, 27 (2015). (link)
  5. S. Hu and S. M. Weiss, “Biological Application of Silicon Nanostructures,” in Silicon Nanophotonics: Basic Principles, Present Status, and Perspectives (2nd Edition). Edited by L. Khriachtchev (World scientific Publishing Company, Hackensack, 2015). Book Chapter, in press.
  6. T. Hong, B. Chamlagain, S. Hu, S. M. Weiss, Z. Zhou and Y. Xu, “Plasmonic Hot Electron Induced Photocurrent Response at MoS2-Metal Junctions.” ACS Nano, 9, 5357-5363 (2015). (link)
  7. G. A. Rodriguez, S. Hu, S. M. Weiss, “Porous silicon ring resonator for compact, high sensitivity biosensing applications.” Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 23(6), 7111-7119 (2015). (link)
  8. P. Markov, K. Appavoo, R. F. Haglund, S. M. Weiss. “Hybrid Si-VO2-Au Optical Modulator Based on Near-Field Plasmonic Coupling.” Optics Express, 23(5), 6878-6887 (2015). (link)
  9. S. Bhandaru, S. Hu, D.M. Fleetwood, S. M. Weiss. “Total Ionizing Dose Effects on Silicon Ring Resonators.” IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 62(1), 323-328 (2015). (link)
  10. S. Bhandaru, E. X. Zhang, D. M. Fleetwood, R. A. Reed, R. A. Weller, R. R. Harl, B. R. Rogers, S. M. Weiss. “Ultra-thin oxide growth on silicon during 10 keV x-ray irradiation” Surface Science, 635, 48-54 (2015). (link)

2014

  1. Y. Zhao, J. L. Lawrie, K. R. Beavers, P. E. Laibinis, S. M. Weiss.”Effect of DNA-Induced Corrosion on Passivated Porous Silicon Biosensors.” ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 6(16), 13510-13519 (2014). (link)
  2. Y. Zhao, J. L. Lawrie, P. E. Laibinis, and S. M. Weiss. “Understanding and mitigating DNA induced corrosion in porous silicon based biosensors.” Frontiers in Biological Detection: From Nanosensors to Systems. Proc. of SPIE BiOS, p.893302-893302 (2014). (link)
  3. G. A. Rodriguez, J. D. Lonai, R. L. Mernaugh, S. M. Weiss. “Porous silicon Bloch surface and sub-surface wave structure for simultaneous detection of small and large molecules” Nanoscale Research Letters, 9, 383 (2014). (link)
  4. K. R. Beavers, J. W. Mares, C. M. Swartz, Y. Zhao, S. M. Weiss, and C. L. Duvall, “In Situ Synthesis of Peptide Nucleic Acids in Porous Silicon for Drug Delivery and Biosensing,” Bioconjugate Chem., 25, 1192-1197 (2014). (link)
  5. S. Hu, Y. Zhao, K. Qin, S. T. Retterer, I. I. Kravchenko, and S. M. Weiss, “Enhancing the Sensitivity of Label-Free Silicon Photonic Biosensors through Increased Probe Molecule Density,” ACS Photonics, 1, 590-597 (2014). (link)
  6. G. A. Rodriguez, J. D. Ryckman, Y. Jiao, and S. M. Weiss, “A size selective porous silicon grating-coupled Bloch surface and sub-surface wave biosensor,” Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 53, 486-493, (2014). (link)
  7. G. A. Rodriguez, J. L. Lawrie, and S. M. Weiss, “Porous Silicon Biosensors for DNA Sensing,” in Porous Silicon for Biomedical Applications. Edited by H.A. Santos (Woodhead Publishing Ltd.), (2014). Book Chapter. (link)

2013

  1. J. W. Mares, J. S. Fain, and S. M. Weiss, “Variable conductivity of nanocomposite nickel oxide/porous silicon,” Phys. Rev. B 88, (2013). (link)
  2. Y. Jiao, J. D. Ryckman, D. S. Koktysh, and S. M. Weiss, “Controlling surface enhanced Raman scattering using grating-type patterned nanoporous gold substrates,” Optical Materials Express, 3, 1137-1148 (2013). (link)
  3. G. A. Rodriguez, J. D. Ryckman, Y. Jiao, R. L. Fuller, and S. M. Weiss, “Real-time detection of small and large molecules using a porous silicon grating-coupled Bloch surface wave label-free biosensor,” Frontiers in Biological Detection: From Nanosensors to Systems V. Proc. of SPIE. 857004, (February 2013). (link)
  4. G. Gaur, D. Koktysh, D. M. Fleetwood, R. A. Reed, R. A. Weller, and S. M. Weiss, “Effects of x-ray and gamma-ray irradiation on the optical properties of quantum dots immobilized in porous silicon,” Proc. SPIE 8725, Micro- and Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, and Applications V, 87252D (2013). (link)
  5. J. D. Ryckman, K. A. Hallman, R. E. Marvel, R. F. Haglund, and S. M. Weiss, “Ultra-compact silicon photonic devices reconfigured by an optically induced semiconductor-to-metal transition,” Optics Express, 21(9), 10753-10763 (2013). (link)
  6. J. D. Ryckman, Y. Jiao, and S. M. Weiss, “Three-dimensional patterning and morphological control of porous nanomaterials by gray-scale direct imprinting,” Scientific Reports 3, 1502 (2013). (link)
  7. G. Gaur, D. Koktysh, and S. M. Weiss, “Immobilization of Quantum Dots in Nanostructured Porous Silicon Films: Characterizations and Signal Amplification for Dual-Mode Optical Biosensing,” Advanced Functional Materials, 1616-3028 (2013). (link)
  8. G. Gaur, D. Koktysh, and S. M. Weiss, “Porous Silicon Biosensors Using Quantum Dot Signal Amplifiers,” Proc. SPIE 8594, Nanoscale Imaging, Sensing, and Actuation for Biomedical Applications X, 859408 (2013). (link)

2012

  1. J. G. Forsythe, J. A. Broussard, J. L. Lawrie, M. Kliman, Y. Jiao, S. M. Weiss, D. J. Webb, and J. A. McLean, “Semitransparent Nanostructured Films for Imaging Mass Spectrometry and Optical Microscopy,” Anal. Chem. 84, 10665-10670 (2012). (link)
  2. X. Wei, J. W. Mares, Y. Gao, D. Li, and S. M. Weiss, “Biomolecule kinetics measurements in flow cell integrated porous silicon waveguides,” Biomed. Opt. Express 3, 1993-2003 (2012). (link)
  3. S. Bhandaru, E. X. Zhang, D. M. Fleetwood, R. A. Reed, R. A. Weller, R. R. Harl, B. R. Rogers, and S. M. Weiss, “Accelerated oxidation of silicon due to x-ray irradiation,” IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 59, 781-785 (2012). (link)
  4. J. D. Ryckman, V. Diez-Blanco, J. Nag, R. E. Marvel, B. K. Choi, R. F. Haglund, and S. M. Weiss, “Photothermal optical modulation of ultra-compact hybrid Si-VO2 ring resonators,” Optics Express, 20(12), 13215-13225 (2012). (link)
  5. C. Kang, S. M. Weiss, Y. A. Vlasov, and S. Assefa, “Optimized light-matter interaction and defect hole placement in photonic crystal cavity sensors,” Opt. Express, 37(14), 2850-2852 (2012). (link)
  6. J. D. Ryckman and S. M. Weiss, “Low mode volume slotted photonic crystal single nanobeam cavity,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 071104 (2012). (link)
  7. P. Markov, J. G. Valentine, and S. M. Weiss, “Fiber-to-chip coupler designed using an optical transformation,” Opt. Express, 20(13), 14705-14713 (2012). (link)

2011

  1. J. L. Lawrie and S. M. Weiss, “Silicon photonics for biosensing applications,” in Silicon Photonics for Telecommunications and Biomedicine, edited by S. Fathpour and B. Jalali (Taylor & Francis), published December 12th 2011 by CRC Press.
  2. J. L. Lawrie and S. M. Weiss, “Stabilization of hydroxyl-terminated silane in porous silicon for in-situ DNA synthesis,” Phys. Stat. Sol. C 8, 1851-1855 (2011).
  3. E. X. Zhang, A. K. M. Newaz, S. Bhandaru, B. Wang, C. X. Zhang, D. M. Fleetwood, M. L. Alles, R. D. Schrimpf, S. T. Pantelides, S. M. Weiss, R. A. Reed, R. A. Weller, and K. I. Bolotin, “Low-energy x-ray- and ozone-exposure induced defect formation in graphene materials and devices,” IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 48, 2961-2967 (2011). (link)
  4. J. D. Ryckman and S. M. Weiss, “Localized field enhancements in guided and defect modes of a periodic slot waveguide,” IEEE Photonics J. 3, 986-995 (2011). (link)
  5. J. W. Mares and S. M. Weiss, “Diffusion dynamics of small molecules from mesoporous silicon films by real-time optical interferometry,” Appl. Optics, Posted 4 August 2011. [DOI: doi:10.1364/AO.50.005329] (link)
  6. Y. Jiao, J. D. Ryckman, P. N. Ciesielski, C. A. Escobar, G. K. Jennings and S. M. Weiss, “Patterned nanoporous gold as an effective SERS template,” Nanotechnology, Published 16 June 2011. [DOI: doi:10.1088/0957-4484/22/29/295302] (link)
  7. X. Wei and S. M. Weiss, “Guided mode biosensor based on grating coupled porous silicon waveguide,” Opt. Express 19, 11330 (2011), Published 26 May 2011. [DOI: ] (link)
  8. J. D. Ryckman, M. Liscidini, J. E. Sipe, and S. M. Weiss, “Direct imprinting of porous substrates: A rapid and low-cost approach for patterning porous materials,” Nano Lett., Published May 2011. [DOI: 10.1021/nl1028073] (link)

2010

  1. J. D. Ryckman, R. A. Reed, R. A. Weller, D. M. Fleetwood, and S. M. Weiss, “Enhanced room temperature oxidation in silicon and porous silicon under 10keV x-ray irradiation,” J. Appl. Phys. 108, 113528 (2010). (link)
  2. C. Kang, C. T. Phare, Y. A. Vlasov, S. Assefa, and S. M. Weiss, “Photonic crystal slab sensor with enhanced surface area,” Opt. Express 18, 27930 (2010). (link)
  3. Y. Jiao, D. S. Koktysh, N. Phambu, and S. M. Weiss, “Dual-mode sensing platform based on colloidal gold functionalized porous silicon,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 153125 (2010). (link)
  4. J. L. Lawrie, Y. Jiao, and S. M. Weiss, “Size-selective filtration, concentration, and enhanced detection of biomolecules using mesoporous silicon,” IEEE Trans. Nanotechnol. 9(5), 596-602 (Sept. 2010). (link)
  5. J. L. Lawrie and S. M. Weiss, “Stabilization of hydroxyl-terminated silane in porous silicon for in-situ DNA synthesis,” Phys. Stat. Sol., published online. (link)
  6. J. L. Lawrie and S. M. Weiss, “Silicon photonics for biosensing applications,” in Silicon Photonics, edited by S. Fathpour and B. Jalali (Taylor & Francis), Publish Date: October 26th 2011, ISBN: 978-1-4398063-7-1. (link)
  7. J. M. Burst, T. J. Peshek, T. A. Gessert, T. J. Coutts, X. Li, D. Levi, S. M. Weiss, and B. R. Rogers, “Effect of oxygen partial pressure and annealing of permittivity-engineered ITO studied by in-situ ellipsometry,” in Proc. of IEEE 35th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2010), pp. 002408-002412. (link)
  8. C. Kang, C. Phare, S. M. Weiss, Y. A. Vlasov, and S. Assefa, “Photonic Crystal Defects with Increased Surface Area for Improved Refractive Index Sensing,” in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of America, 2010), paper CTuL1. (link)
  9. J. D. Ryckman, M. Liscidini, J. E. Sipe, and S. M. Weiss, “Diffraction Based Biosensing with Porous Silicon,” in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of America, 2010), paper CTuB4.(link)
  10. H. Park, J. Qi, Y. Xu, K. Varga, S. M. Weiss, B. R. Rogers, G. Lupke, and N. Tolk, “Boron induced charge traps near the interface of Si/SiO2 probed by second harmonic generation,” Phys. Stat. Sol. B, 247, 1997-2001 (2010). (link)
  11. J. D. Ryckman, M. Liscidini, J. E. Sipe, and S. M. Weiss, “Porous silicon structures for low-cost diffraction-based biosensing,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 171103 (2010). (link)
  12. J. Nag, J. D. Ryckman, M. T. Hertkorn, B. K. Choi, R. F. Haglund, Jr., and S. M. Weiss, “Ultrafast compact silicon-based ring resonator modulators using metal-insulator switching of vanadium dioxide,” Proc. of SPIE 7597, 759710 (2010). (link)
  13. J. D. Ryckman, M. Liscidini, J. E. Sipe, and S. M. Weiss, “Low-cost optical microstructures fabricated by imprinting porous silicon,” Proc. of SPIE 7591, 759108 (2010).
  14. Y. Jiao and S. M. Weiss, “Enhanced PNA detection sensitivity based on polymer-cladded porous silicon waveguide,” Proc. of SPIE 7553, 75530O (2010). (link)
  15. J. E. Sipe, J.D. Ryckman, S.M. Weiss, and M. Liscidini, “Enhancement of diffraction-based biosensing using porous structures and electromagnetic surface states,” Proc. of SPIE 7553, 75530M (2010).
  16. Y. Jiao and S. M. Weiss, “Design parameters and sensitivity analysis of polymer-cladded porous silicon waveguides for small molecules detection,” Biosens. Bioelectron. 25, 1535 (2010). (link)
  17. J. D. Gosnell, S. J. Rosenthal, and S. M. Weiss, “White Light Emission Characteristics of Polymer-encapsulated CdSe Nanocrystal Films,” IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 22, 541 (2010). (link)
  18. M. A. Schreuder, K. Xiao, I. N. Ivanov, S. M. Weiss, and S. J. Rosenthal, “White light-emitting diodes based on ultrasmall cadmium selenide electroluminescence,” Nano Lett. 10, 573-576 (2010). (link)
  19. S. M. Weiss and G. Rong, “Porous silicon waveguides for small molecule detection,” in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology for Chemical and Biological Defense, edited by R. Nagarajan, W. Zukas, T. A. Hatton, and S. Lee (ACS Symposium Series Vol. 1016, Oxford University Press, 2010), Chpt. 14, pp. 185-194.

2009

  1. H. Park, J. Qi, Y. Xu, K. Varga, S. M. Weiss, B. R. Rogers, G. Lupke, and N. Tolk, “Characterization of boron charge traps at the interface of Si/SiO2 using second harmonic generation,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 062102 (2009). (link)
  2. Y. Jiao, G. Rong, and S. M. Weiss, “Porous waveguide in the Kretschmann configuration for small molecule detection,” Proc. of SPIE 7322, 732205 (2009). (link)
  3. J. L. Lawrie, X. Zhou, G. Rong, P. E. Laibinis, and S. M. Weiss, “Synthesis of DNA oligonucleotides in mesoporous silicon,” Phys. Stat. Sol. A 206, 1339-1342 (2009). (link)
  4. G. Rong and S. M. Weiss, “Biomolecule Size-Dependent Sensitivity of Porous Silicon Sensors,” Phys. Stat. Sol. A 206, 1365-1368 (2009). (link)
  5. S. M. Weiss, G. Rong, and J. L. Lawrie, “Current status and outlook for silicon-based optical biosensors,” Physica E 41, 1071 (2009). (link)
  6. J. L. Lawrie , Z. Xu , P. E. Laibinis, and S. M. Weiss, ” DNA oligonucleotide synthesis in mesoporous silicon for biosensing applications,” Proc. of SPIE 7167, 71670R (2009). (link)
  7. X. Wei , C. Kang , G. Rong , S. T. Retterer, and S. M. Weiss, “Porous silicon waveguide with integrated grating coupler for DNA sensing,” Proc. of SPIE 7167, 71670C (2009). (link)
  8. J. D. Gosnell and S. M. Weiss, “Light scattering by white-emitting CdSe nanocrystals and traditional YAG:Ce3+ phosphor particles,” Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 1148E, 1148-PP09-02 (2009). (link)

2008

  1. X. Wei, C. Kang, M. Liscidini, G. Rong, S. T. Retterer, M. Patrini, J. E. Sipe, and S. M. Weiss, “Grating couplers on porous silicon planar waveguides for sensing applications,” J. Appl. Phys. 104, 123113 (2008). (link)
  2. C. Kang and S. M. Weiss, “Photonic crystal with multiple-hole defect for sensor applications,” Opt. Express 16, 18188 (2008). [Also appears in Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics vol. 3, issue 12 (2008)] (link)
  3. G. Rong, J. D. Ryckman, R. Mernaugh, and S. M. Weiss, “Label-free porous silicon membrane waveguide for DNA sensing,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 161109 (2008). [Also appears in Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research vol. 16, issue 9 (2008) and Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology vol. 18, issue 18 (2008)] (link)
  4. S. M. Weiss, “Biological applications of silicon nanostructures,” in Silicon Nanophotonics: Basic Principles, Present Status, and Perspectives, edited by L. Khriachtchev (World Scientific Publishing Company, Hackensack, 2008), pp. 425-448.
  5. C. Kang and S. M. Weiss, “Photonic crystal defect tuning for optimized light-matter interaction,” Proc. SPIE 7031, 70310G (2008). (link)
  6. J. J. Saarinen, S. M. Weiss, P. M. Fauchet, and J. E. Sipe, “Reflectance analysis of a multilayer 1-D porous silicon structure: theory and experiment,” J. Appl. Phys. 104, 0131003 (2008). (link)
  7. G. Rong, A. Najmaie, J. E. Sipe, and S. M. Weiss, “Nanoscale porous silicon waveguides for label-free DNA sensing,” Biosens. Bioelectron. 23, 1572 (2008). (link)
  8. M. A. Schreuder, J. D. Gosnell, N. J. Smith, S. M. Weiss, and S. J. Rosenthal, “Encapsulated white-light CdSe nanocrystals as nanophosphors for solid-state lighting,” J. Mater. Chem. 18, 970-975 (2008). (link)
  9. H. Park, J. H. Dickerson, and S. M. Weiss, “Spatially localized one-dimensional porous silicon photonic crystals,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 011113 (2008). (link)

2007

  1. G. Rong and S. M. Weiss, “Influence of biomolecule size on performance of nanostructured sensing devices,” Proc. SPIE 6769, 676909 (2007). (link)
  2. J. D. Gosnell, M. A. Schreuder, S. J. Rosenthal, and S. M. Weiss, “Efficiency improvements of white-light CdSe nanocrystal-based LEDs,” Proc. SPIE 6669, 66690R (2007). (link)
  3. H. Park, A. A. Stramel, D. A. Harju, S. M. Weiss, and J. H. Dickerson, “A novel method of photonic band-gap lithography of porous silicon heterostructures,” Proc. SPIE 6640, 66400C (2007). (link)
  4. S. M. Weiss, J. Zhang, P. M. Fauchet, V. V. Seregin, and J. L. Coffer, “Tunable silicon-based light sources using erbium doped liquid crystals,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 031112 (2007). (link)
  5. G. Rong and S. M. Weiss, “Optical DNA sensing based on resonant porous silicon structures,” Proc. SPIE 6477, 647717 (2007). (link)

2006

  1. J. D. Gosnell, M. A. Schreuder, M. J. Bowers II, S. J. Rosenthal, and S. M. Weiss, “Cadmium selenide nanocrystals as white-light phosphors,” Proc. SPIE 6337, 63370A (2006). (link)
  2. G. Rong, J. J. Saarinen, J. E. Sipe, and S. M. Weiss, “High sensitivity sensor based on porous silicon waveguide,” Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 934, 0934-I10-04 (2006). (link)

Pre-Vanderbilt Publications

  1. S. M. Weiss and P. M. Fauchet, “Porous Silicon One-Dimensional Photonic Crystals for Optical Signal Modulation,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 12, 1514 (2006). (link)
  2. M. Haurylau, J. Zhang, S. M. Weiss, P. M. Fauchet, D. Martyshkin, V. I. Rupasov, and S. G. Krivoshlykov, “Nonlinear Optical Response of Photonic Bandgap Structures Containing PbSe Quantum Dots,” J. Photochem. Photobiol. A. 183, 329 (2006). (link)
  3. J. J. Saarinen, J. E. Sipe, S. M. Weiss , and P. M. Fauchet, “Optical sensors based on resonant porous silicon structures,” Optics Express 13, 3754 (2005). (link)
  4. S. M. Weiss and P. M. Fauchet, “Thermal tuning of one-dimensional silicon-based photonic bandgap structures,” Phys. Stat. Sol. C 2, 3278 (2005). (link)
  5. S. M. Weiss , H. Ouyang, J. Zhang, and P. M. Fauchet, “Electrical and thermal modulation of silicon photonic bandgap microcavities containing liquid crystals,” Optics Express 13, 1090 (2005). (link)
  6. S. M. Weiss , M. Haurylau, and P. M. Fauchet, “Tunable photonic bandgap structures for optical interconnects,” Opt. Mat. 27, 740 (2005). (link)
  7. S. M. Weiss and P. M. Fauchet, “Temperature stability for photonic crystal devices,” Optics & Photonics News, 15 (12), 35 (2004). (link)
  8. S. M. Weiss , M. Molinari, and P. M. Fauchet, “Temperature stability for silicon-based photonic bandgap structures,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 83, 1980 (2003). (link)
  9. S. M. Weiss and P. M. Fauchet, “Electrically tunable porous silicon active mirrors,” Phys. Stat. Sol. A 197, 556 (2003). (link)
  10. T. G. Brown, R. P. Fabrizzio, and S. M. Weiss , “Semiconductor periodic structures for out-of-plane optical switching and Bragg-soliton excitation,” Optics Express 3, 433 (1998). (link)