2015 NNIN REU Program
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The 2015 NNIN REU Convocation Proceedings |
The 2015 NNIN REU Research Accomplishments |
National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network Research Experience for Undergraduates (NNIN REU) Program
2015 REU Research Accomplishments
Table of Contents
Jump to Biology, Chemistry, Electronics, Materials, Mechanical Devices, Optics and Optoelectronics, Physics and Nanophysics, Process and Characterization
BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS, PAGES 2-45
Enhancement of High-Performance Graphene Biosensors for Cancer Detection; page 2
Victor Pablo Acero; REU Site: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
A PEDOT:PSS Process on Textiles for Health Monitoring; page 4
Mariella Arias; iREU Site: MINES Saint-Etienne, France
Tablet Analysis and Display of Semiconductor Biosensors; page 6
Raymond Barakat; REU Site: The University of Texas at Austin
Synergistic Effect of Adhesive Ligand Density and Soluble Factor TGF-b on Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition Progression; page 8
Allison Bosworth; iREU Site: NIMS, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Fully Printed Organic Electrochemical Transistor on Paper for Glucose Sensing; page 10
Christopher Davidson; iREU Site: MINES Saint-Etienne, France
Imaging Live DU145 Cancer Cells Using Scanning Probe Microscope; page 12
Catherine Demos; REU Site: Howard University
Exploration of Protein Capture Methods for Applications in Microfluidic Devices; page 14
Matthew Devlin; REU Site: Cornell University
Research in a Diagnostic Method for Light Chain Amyloidosis; page 16
Shaun Engelmann; REU Site: Washington University in St. Louis
Optimization of Nanoparticle Delivery to Plants: Do Nanoparticle Properties Affect Cellular Internalization?; page 18
Christina Franke; REU Site: Washington University in St. Louis
Development of a Microfluidic Mimic of the Human Microvasculature to Study Sickle Cell Disease; page 20
Michelle Galarneau; REU Site: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Small Interfering RNA Delivery for the Treatment of Hereditary Bone Disease; page 22
Staci Hill; iREU Site: NIMS, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Optimization and Characterization of Au Nanoparticle-DNA Conjugate Devices; page 24
Joseph P. Hittinger; REU Site: University of Washington
Optimization of a Capacitive Sensing Organic Electrochemical Transistor Immunoassay; page 26
Lucy Hu; iREU Site: MINES Saint-Etienne, France
The Wrinkling of Thin Elastic Membranes as a Cancer Diagnostic; page 28
Adam Kunesh; REU Site: Arizona State University
Fabrication and Design of EGFET Devices for Biosensing; page 30
Abigail Magee; REU Site: Arizona State University
Influence of Cell Spreading Area on Uptake of Gold Nanoparticles; page 32
Adriana Mulero; iREU Site: NIMS, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Nanoplasmonic Biosensing Microfluidics for Immune Status Monitoring of Critically-Ill Children; page 34
Tayler Pauls; REU Site: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Micropipette Cleaning and Reuse for Patch-Clamp Recording; page 36 (unavailable)
Erin Rousseau; REU Site: Georgia Institute of Technology
A High-Throughput Image-Processing Based Analysis of Dynamic Cell Surface Interactions in a Microfluidic Chip; page 38
Brian Ryu; REU Site: Georgia Institute of Technology
High-Throughput Drug Screening in vivo Using Droplet Microfluidics; page 40
Alejandro Sanchez; REU Site: Harvard University
Micropatterns and PDMS Microdevices for the Investigation of Cardiac Muscle Cell Structure and Function; page 42
Anisa Swei; REU Site: Cornell University
Development of Dual-Modality Nanoparticles for PET/MR; page 44
Cyrus Thompson; REU Site: Washington University in St. Louis
CHEMISTRY, PAGES 46-57
Optimization of Thin Film Composite Polyimide Reverse Osmosis Membrane by Polyethylene Glycol for Enhanced Fouling Resistance; page 46
Jyoti Campbell; REU Site: Washington University in St. Louis
Twisting a C=C Double Bond in Crowded Alkenes: The Synthesis and Characterization of Small-Molecule Electron Acceptors; page 48
Dylan J. Freas; iREU Site: NIMS, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Crumpled Graphene Oxide-Polysulfone Composite Membranes for Water Purification; page 50
Isaac Fuhrman; REU Site: Washington University in St. Louis
Advanced Dielectrics for Microelectronics: Chemically Amplified, Low-κ Materials; page 52
Masashi Fukuzawa; iREG Site: Georgia Institute of Technology
Surface Adsorption and Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Polyphosphates: Implications for Understanding Phosphorus Cycling; page 54
Margot Hultz; REU Site: Georgia Institute of Technology
Designing a Conjugated Polymer Consisting of Phenyl-Oxazole Derivatives Using C-H/C-O Coupling; page 56
Alin Miksi Kalayjian; REU Site: University of Washington
ELECTRONICS, PAGES 58-73
Vanishing Programmable Resources: Design, Materials, and Characterization; page 58
Mary E. Alsobrooks; REU Site: Georgia Institute of Technology
Electrostatic Gating of MBE-Grown NdTiO3 Thin Films; page 60
Emilie Benson; REU Site: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Optimizing Contact Resistance for Improved MoS2 Device Performance; page 62
Justin Goodwill; REU Site: The Pennsylvania State University
Enhanced Mobility in an Insulator Capped 2D Electron Gas at SrTiO3 <100> Surface; page 64
Nathan Huber; REU Site: The Pennsylvania State University
Fiber Flow Rate Sensors Using Thermally Drawn Multi-Material Fluidic Channel Fibers; page 66
Corey Kwok; REU Site: The University of Texas at Austin
Optimizing Insulator Layer Deposition for Diamond MOSFETs; page 68
Tara Nietzold; iREU Site: NIMS, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Graphene Junction Field-Effect Transistors on a Silicon Carbide Substrate; page 70
Andrea Randolph; REU Site: University of Colorado, Boulder
Evaluation of TiO2 as Carrier Selective Contact for High Efficiency Photovoltaic Applications; page 72
Alexander Rosner; REU Site: Arizona State University
MATERIALS, PAGES 74-113
Growth of Graphene by Silicon Carbide Sublimation; page 74
Tanaka Benton; REU Site: Howard University
Electric Field-Directed Assembly of Nanowires on Patterned Electrodes; page 76
Nermina Brljak; REU Site: The Pennsylvania State University
ZnO Deposition Methods for Opto-Electronic Applications; page 78
Benjamin Carberry; REU Site: University of California, Santa Barbara
Mechanical Testing of OPVs using Flextrode: An ITO-Free, Transparent, Polymer-Based Electrode; page 80
Isaac DiGennaro; REU Site: Stanford University
Infiltration, Imidization, and Cross-Linking of Polyimides in Molecular-Scale Confinement; page 82
Jade Fostvedt; REU Site: Stanford University
Ultrathin, Smooth, and Stable Doped Silver Films; page 84
Tom George; REU Site: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Diblock Copolymers for Diamond Patterning and Applications; page 86
Lorelis Gonzalez Lopez; REU Site: Howard University
Characterization of Graphene Growth on Pt<111>; page 88
Taliya Gunawansa; iREU Site: NIMS, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Al-Induced Crystallization of Si Thin Films on Flexible Glass Substrates; page 90
Sophia Hu; REU Site: The Pennsylvania State University
Investigation of the Thermoelectric Properties of Boron Carbide-Hafnium Diboride Composite Materials; page 92
Jon-L Innocent-Dolor; iREU Site: NIMS, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Carbon Materials Assisted ZnO Nanowire Array Composites for Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation; page 94
Samantha Kang; iREU Site: NIMS, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Fundamental Studies of the Synthesis of Graphene Using Plasma Enhanced CVD Processes; page 96
Yasunori Kutsuma; iREG Site: Georgia Institute of Technology
Nanofabrication and Characterization of Quasicrystal Metasurfaces using Shadow-Sphere Lithography; page 98
Emily MacDonald; REU Site: Harvard University
Improved Sputtering Conditions for in situ Crystallization of PZT Thin Films; page 100
Travis O’Neil; REU Site: The Pennsylvania State University
Delta-Doping of Diamond; page 102
Stephanie Pastor; REU Site: Howard University
Diverse Patterns and Geometries in Self-Assembled Block Copolymer Thin Films Through Multilayer Mixing; page 104
Christopher Phenicie; REU Site: University of Colorado, Boulder
Synthesis and Characterization of Size- and Shape-Specific Gold Nanocrystals for Superlattice Assembly; page 106
Elyse Pizzella; REU Site: University of Washington
The Optimization of Thin Film MoS2 Synthesis; page 108
Michael Statt; REU Site: Georgia Institute of Technology
High Storage Capacity Sodium-Ion Battery Electrodes of Solution-Grown Germanium Nanowires; page 110
Yuichi Tsujiura; iREG Site: The University of Texas at Austin
Characterization of Quantum Confined Two-Dimensional Electron Gasses; page 112
Veronika Werner; REU Site: University of California, Santa Barbara
MECHANICAL DEVICES, PAGES 114-123
Microfluidic Pipette Array for Single Cell Mechanics Studies; page 114
Danielle Chase; REU Site: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
A Suspended Heater Wire for Low Power Gas Sensing Using the 3-Omega Technique; page 116
Abbas Furniturewalla; REU Site: Georgia Institute of Technology
Microfabrication & Testing of Directional Piezoelectric Microphones Using AlN; page 118
Marilyn Mathew; REU Site: The University of Texas at Austin
Design and Fabrication of Piezoresistive Graphene on Nitride Accelerometer; page 120
Zachary Schaffer; REU Site: Cornell University
Graphene Fabrication with a Motorized Linear Stage Based on the “Scotch Tape” Method; page 122
Bilan Yang; REU Site: Harvard University
OPTICS & OPTO-ELECTRONICS, PAGES 124-153
Design and Analysis of Nano-Scale Resonators to be Integrated with Monolayer Heterostructures; page 124
Brian Bemis; REU Site: University of Washington
Fabrication of Bio-Inspired Photonic Structures for Antireflectivity in CdTe for Infrared Detectors; page 126
Scott Blankenbaker; REU Site: University of California, Santa Barbara
Simulation and Nanofabrication for Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy; page 128
Bryan W. Brasile; REU Site: The University of Texas at Austin
Image Reconstruction through Scattering Media Using a Single-Pixel Camera; page 130
Nathan Brooks; REU Site: University of Colorado, Boulder
Fabrication of Test Samples for Calibration and Testing in 3D Super Resolution Microscopy; page 132
Molly Enenbach; REU Site: University of Colorado, Boulder
Nanoscale LEDs with Tunable Emission Colors; page 134
Yaset Evo; REU Site: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Fabrication of Diamond Ultraviolet Light Emitting Diodes; page 136
Janay Frazier; REU Site: Howard University
Optical Characterization of AlInAsSb Digital Alloy Films; page 138
Harold Fu; REU Site: The University of Texas at Austin
Optical Resonant Frequency Detection System for Mass-Sensing MEMS Resonators; page 140
Kasia Gibson; REU Site: University of Washington
Parylene/GaAs Nanowire Composites for Optoelectronics; page 142
Cristina Guillen; REU Site: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Graphene/III-V Electro-Optic Hybrid Devices; page 144
Yusuke Hayashi; iREG Site: University of Colorado, Boulder
Optimizing Hard Mask Etching for Quartz NanoDevices; page 146
Rachel Miller; REU Site: Harvard University
Minimizing Losses in TiO2 Thin-Film Waveguides for Nanophotonic Applications; page 148
Anoosha Murella; REU Site: Cornell University
Bandwidth Expansion for Lippmann-Bragg Holographic Photopolymers; page 150
Michael Valerino; REU Site: University of Colorado, Boulder
High-Efficiency Broadband Lippmann-Bragg Reflection Holograms; page 152
Philip Zurek; REU Site: University of Colorado, Boulder
PHYSICS & NANOSTRUCTURE PHYSICS, PAGES 154-165
Temperature Dependence of Carbon Nanotube Growths; page 154
Joshua Alden; REU Site: Cornell University
Determining the Spin Hall Angle of Gadolinium; page 156
Robyn Collette; REU Site: Cornell University
Design and Fabrication of Plasmonic Device for MIR Absorption Spectroscopy; page 158
Jacob Heppner; REU Site: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Quantum Dot Superlattice Hybrid Structures for Solar Cell Applications; page 160
Rachel Lucas; iREU Site: NIMS, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Multidimensional Metal-Dielectric Plasmonic Array; page 162
Quang Nguyen; REU Site: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Magnetic Fano Interferences in Plasmonic Metal Oligomers; page 164
Claire West; REU Site: University of Washington
PROCESS & CHARACTERIZATION, PAGES 166-185
High Aspect Ratio Dry Etching of Gallium Nitride; page 166
Joshua Bostwick; REU Site: University of California, Santa Barbara
Engineering the Fixed Charge of Aluminum Oxide for Field-Assisted Passivation in Heterojunction Solar Cells; page 168
Scott Chow; REU Site: Stanford University
SERS Study of BNNS on Au as a Catalyst for Oxygen Reduction Reaction; page 170
Emiliana Cofell; iREU Site: NIMS, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Smart-Cut Processing for Transfer of High-Temperature Ceramic Materials to Silicon; page 172
Mikayla Essigmann; REU Site: Stanford University
Fabrication of All-Aluminum p-Type Silicon Solar Cells; page 174
Raul Flores; REU Site: Arizona State University
Construction of a Substrate for Characterizing the Real-Time Electrical Conductivity of Thin Films as Deposited; page 176
Andrew S. King; REU Site: Cornell University
Magneto-Optic Characterization of Ferromagnetic Thin Films for Use in Nano-Scale Computer Applications; page 178
Elizabeth Lee; REU Site: University of California, Santa Barbara
Conformation of Organic Electronics to the Hemispherical Shape Using Elastomeric Transfer Elements; page 180
Anna Smith; REU Site: Stanford University
Measurement and Management of Thin Film Stresses; page 182
Taylor Soucy; REU Site: University of California, Santa Barbara
Nanofabrication and Characterization of Quasicrystal Metasurfaces Using Shadow-Sphere Lithography; page 184
Caroline Zellhofer; REU Site: Harvard University