PUBLICATIONS AND PATENTS

PUBLICATIONS

32. 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 (ACS Books), in review.

31. G. Rong and S. M. Weiss, “Biomolecule Size-Dependent Sensitivity of Porous Silicon Sensors,” submitted to Phys. Stat. Sol.

30. J. L. Lawrie, X. Zhou, G. Rong, P. E. Laibinis, and S. M. Weiss, “Synthesis of DNA oligonucleotides in mesoporous silicon,” submitted to Phys. Stat. Sol.

29. 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., in press.

28. S. M. Weiss, “Biological applications of silicon nanostructures,” in Silicon Nanophotonics: Basic Principles, Present Status, and Perspectives, edited by L. Khriachtchev (Pan Stanford Publishing), in press.

27. 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).

27. 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 (2008). [NOTE: cover feature and identified as "hot article"]

26. H. Park, J. H. Dickerson, and S. M. Weiss, “Spatially localized one-dimensional porous silicon photonic crystals,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 92 , 011113 (2008).

25. G. Rong and S. M. Weiss, “Influence of biomolecule size on performance of nanostructured sensing devices,” Proc. of SPIE 6769, 676909 (2007).

24. Active Photonic Crystals, Proc. of SPIE 6640, Sharon M. Weiss, Ganapathi S. Subramania, and Florencio Garcia-Santamaria, editors, 2007.

23. J. D. Gosnell, M. A. Schreuder, S. J. Rosenthal, and S. M. Weiss, “Efficiency improvements of white-light CdSe nanocrystal-based LEDs,” Proc. of SPIE 6669, 66690R (2007).

22. 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. of SPIE 6640, 66400C (2007).

21. 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).

20. G. Rong and S. M. Weiss, “Optical DNA sensing based on resonant porous silicon structures,” Proc. of SPIE 6477, 647717 (2007).

19. S. M. Weiss and P. M. Fauchet, “Porous Silicon One-Dimensional Photonic Crystals for Optical Signal Modulation,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron.12, 1514 (2006).

18. Tuning the Optic Response of Photonic Bandgap Structures III, Proc. of SPIE 6322, Paul V. Braun and Sharon M. Weiss, editors, 2006.

17. 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. of SPIE 6337, 63370A (2006).

16. 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).

15. 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).

14. 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) .

13. S. M. Weiss and P. M. Fauchet, “Active building blocks for silicon photonic devices,” Proc. of SPIE 6017 , 85 (2005).

12. S. M. Weiss and P. M. Fauchet, “Thermal tuning of one-dimensional silicon-based photonic bandgap structures,” Phys. Stat. Sol. C 2, 3278 (2005) .

11. 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) .

10. S. M. Weiss , M. Haurylau, and P. M. Fauchet, “Tunable photonic bandgap structures for optical interconnects,” Opt. Mat. 27, 740 (2005).

9. S. M. Weiss , M. Lee, M. Molinari, H. Ouyang, and P. M. Fauchet, “Control and elimination of the effect of ambient temperature fluctuations on photonic bandgap device operation,” Proc. of SPIE 5511, 144 (2004).

8. M. Haurylau, S. M. Weiss , and P. M. Fauchet, “Dynamically tunable 1D and 2D photonic bandgap structures for optical interconnect applications,” Proc. of SPIE 5511, 38 (2004).

7. S. M. Weiss and P. M. Fauchet, “Temperature stability for photonic crystal devices,” Optics & Photonics News, 15 (12), 35 (2004).

6. S. M. Weiss , M. Molinari, and P. M. Fauchet, “Temperature stability for silicon-based photonic bandgap structures,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 83, 1980 (2003).

5. S. M. Weiss and P. M. Fauchet, “Electrically tunable porous silicon active mirrors,” Phys. Stat. Sol. A 197, 556 (2003).

4. S. M. Weiss , M. Haurylau, and P. M. Fauchet, “Tunable porous silicon mirrors for optoelectronic applications,” Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 737, 529 (2003).

3. S. M. Weiss and P. M. Fauchet, “Electrically tunable silicon-based mirrors,” Proc. of SPIE 4654, 36 (2002).

2. H. A. Lopez, J. E. Lugo, S. Chan , S. M. Weiss , C. C. Striemer, and P. M. Fauchet, “Erbium emission from silicon based photonic bandgap materials,” Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 638, F17.2 (2001).

1. 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).

PATENTS

1. S. M. Weiss , P. M. Fauchet, and M. Molinari, “Method for controlling one or more temperature dependent optical properties of a structure and a system and product thereof," U.S. Patent No.: 7,266,284 (issued September 2007).

2. S. M. Weiss , P. M. Fauchet, J. E. Sipe, and J. J. Saarinen, “Optical sensor based on resonant porous silicon structures,” U.S. Patent Application Serial Number 11/354,831 (filed February 2006).

3. H. Park, J. H. Dickerson, A. A. Stramel, D. A. Harju, and S. M. Weiss, “Direct laser and ultraviolet lithography of porous silicon photonic crystal devices,” U. S. Patent Application Serial Number 60/964,313 (filed August 2007)