Department Publications

2020s

2026

133. Metrology of ultrathin iron catalyst films by spectroscopic ellipsometry

     Nicholas E. Allen^†, Matthew R. Linford, David D. Allred, Richard R. Vanfleet, and Robert C. Davis

     J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 44, 043406 (2026).
     
134. Binder-jet printing and pressure-controlled infiltration for fabrication of high-temperature, low-dead-volume microfluidic interfaces

     Henry D. Davis, James G. Harkness, David K. Hayes, Brian D. Jensen, Richard Vanfleet, Nathan B. Crane, and Robert C. Davis

     Addit. Manuf. Lett. 16, 100344 (2026).
     

2025

131. Neural Network-Based Nonlinearity Calibration in Sub-Newton, Low-Force Sensors for Wearables

     Jacob Anderson^‡, David Nichols^‡, Nicholas E. Allen^‡, Sharisse Poff^†, David V. Anderson^‡, Brian Jensen, Richard Vanfleet, Robert Davis, … (1 other authors)

     2025 IEEE 68th International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), (Lansing, MI, August 2025).
     
132. An Active Quasi-Circulator Technique for MHz Impedance Measurement for Wearables

     Sharisse Poff^†, Daniel H. Tebbs^†, Nicholas E. Allen^‡, Marcus Julian, Robert C. Davis, and Shiuh-hua Wood Chiang

     IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas. 74, 1-10 (2025).
     
133. Multirate Filtering for Pulsatile Bioimpedance Signals with MHz Excitation

     Sharisse Poff^†, Jacob Anderson^†, Benjamin Boyack^†, David Anderson, Robert C. Davis, and Shiuh-hua Wood Chiang

     2025 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC), (Kaohsiung, Taiwan, April 2025).
     
134. Optical changes in whole blood versus glucose concentration

     Jared Roth^‡, Jared Logan^†, James Harkness^†, Richard Vanfleet, Robert Davis, William Pitt, and Tyler Westover

     Proc. SPIE 13320, 133200H (2025).
     

2024

127. DNA-Templated Nanofabrication of CdS–Au Nanoscale Schottky Contacts and Electrical Characterization

     Chao Pang^†, Benjamin T. Karlinsey^‡, Megan Ward^‡, Roger G. Harrison, Robert C. Davis, and Adam T. Woolley

     Langmuir 40 (27), 14076-14085 (2024).
     
128. Sacrificial Powder Pressure Control for Infiltration of Microscale Binder Jet Printed Metal Parts

     Henry D. Davis^‡, James G. Harkness^†, Isa M. Kohls^‡, Brian D. Jensen, Richard Vanfleet, Nathan B. Crane, and Robert C. Davis

     J. Manuf. Sci. Eng.-Trans. ASME 146 (5), 051002 (2024).
     

2023

125. Miniaturized short-wavelength infrared spectrometer for diffuse light applications

     Tyler Westover^†, Zach Westhoff^‡, Sharisse Poff^†, Nick Morrill^‡, David Miller, Shiuh-Hua W. Chiang, Richard Vanfleet, and Robert C. Davis

     Adv. Photonics Nexus 2 (6), 066003 (2023).
     
126. Pulsatile Impedance Monitoring Circuit

     Sharisse Poff^†, Daniel Tebbs^†, Robert C. Davis, and Shiuh–hua Wood Chiang

     2023 Intermountain Engineering, Technology and Computing (IETC), (Provo, UT, May 2023).
     
127. Determining local modulus and strength of heterogeneous films by force–deflection mapping of microcantilevers

     Kyle Larsen^†, Stefan Lehnardt^‡, Bryce Anderson^‡, Joseph Rowley^†, Richard Vanfleet, and Robert Davis

     Rev. Sci. Instrum. 94 (3), 033904 (2023).
     

2022

122. Block copolymer self-assembly to pattern gold nanodots for site-specific placement of DNA origami and attachment of nanomaterials

     Dulashani R. Ranasinghe^†, Gregory Doerk, Basu R. Aryal^†, Chao Pang^†, Robert C. Davis, John N. Harb, and Adam T. Woolley

     Nanoscale 15 (5), 2188-2196 (2022).
     
123. Carbon nanotube microfabricated window with extreme ultraviolet transmission and differential pumping

     Scott Olsen^†, Richard Vanfleet, David Allred, and Robert Davis

     UV and Higher Energy Photonics: From Materials to Applications 2022 (San Diego, CA, October 2022). Proc. SPIE 1220102, 1220102 (2022).
     
124. Visible and short-wavelength infrared light collimation through carbon nanotube, parallel-hole collimators

     Tyler Westover^†, Scott Olsen^‡, Zach Westhoff^‡, Nick Morrill, Robert Davis, and Richard Vanfleet

     Opt. Express 30 (13), 22679-22686 (2022).
     
125. Mechanically Robust Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube Composites for Applications in Ultralow Reflectance Optical Elements

     Kevin Laughlin^†, Richard R. Vanfleet, and Robert C. Davis

     ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 5 (5), 6989-6994 (2022).
     

2021

118. Annealing of Polymer-Encased Nanorods on DNA Origami Forming Metal–Semiconductor Nanowires: Implications for Nanoelectronics

     Basu R. Aryal^†, Dulashani R. Ranasinghe^†, Chao Pang^†, Asami E. F. Ehlert^‡, Tyler R. Westover^†, John N. Harb, Robert C. Davis, and Adam T. Woolley

     ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 4 (9), 9094-9103 (2021).
     
119. Electrical conductivity across the alumina support layer following carbon nanotube growth

     Berg Dodson^†, Guohai Chen, Robert Davis, and Richard Vanfleet

     J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 39 (5), (2021).
     
120. Bottom-Up Fabrication of DNA-Templated Electronic Nanomaterials and Their Characterization

     Chao Pang, Basu R. Aryal, Dulashani R. Ranasinghe, Tyler R. Westover, Asami E. F. Ehlert, John N. Harb, Robert C. Davis, and Adam T. Woolley

     Nanomaterials 11 (7), 1655 (2021).
     

2020

115. Seeding, Plating and Electrical Characterization of Gold Nanowires Formed on Self-Assembled DNA Nanotubes

     Dulashani R. Ranasinghe^†, Basu R. Aryal^†, Tyler R. Westover^†, Sisi Jia, Robert C. Davis, John N. Harb, Rebecca Schulman, and Adam T. Woolley

     Mol. Simul. 25 (20), 4817 (2020).
     
116. A carbon nanotube structure for an EUV window with differential pumping

     Scott Olsen^†, Richard Vanfleet, David Allred, Steve Turley, and Robert Davis

     Advances in X-Ray/EUV Optics and Components XV, (August 2020). Proc. SPIE 11491, 1149104-1 (2020).
     
117. Impact of polymer-constrained annealing on the properties of DNA origami templated gold nanowires

     Tyler Westover^†, Basu R. Aryal^†, Dulashani R. Ranasinghe^†, Bibek Uprety^†, John N. Harb, Adam T. Woolley, and Robert C. Davis

     Langmuir 36 (24), 6661-6667 (2020).
     
118. Porous Silica Nanotube Thin Films as Thermally Insulating Barrier Coatings

     Derric B. Syme^†, Jason M. Lund^†, Brian D. Jensen, Robert C. Davis, Richard R. Vanfleet, and Brian D. Iverson

     ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 3 (4), 3168-3173 (2020).
     
119. DNA origami mediated electrically connected metal—semiconductor junctions

     Basu R. Aryal^†, Dulashani R. Ranasinghe^†, Tyler R. Westover^‡, Diana G. Calvopiña^‡, Robert C. Davis, John N. Harb, and Adam T. Woolley

     Nano Res. 13 (5), 1419-1426 (2020).
     
120. Closed-Loop, Axial Temperature Control of Etched Silicon Microcolumn for Tunable Thermal Gradient Gas Chromatography

     Parker D. Schnepf^†, Aaron Davis^‡, Brian D. Iverson, Richard Vanfleet, Robert C. Davis, and Brian D. Jensen

     J. Microelectromech. Syst. 29 (1), 76-85 (2020).
     

2010s

2019

109. Penetration depth variation in atomic layer deposition on multiwalled carbon nanotube forests

     David Kane^†, Robert Davis, and Richard Vanfleet

     J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 37 (3), 030907 (2019).
     
110. High Surface-Area Carbon Microcantilevers

     Steven G. Noyce^‡, Richard R. Vanfleet, Harold G. Craighead, and Robert C. Davis

     Nanoscale Adv. 1 (3), 1148-1154 (2019).
     

2018

107. Four-Point Probe Electrical Measurements on Templated Gold Nanowires Formed on Single DNA Origami Tiles

     Basu Ram Aryal^†, Tyler Westover^†, Dulashani R. Ranasinghe^†, DIana Gabriela Calvopiña^†, Bibek Uprety^†, John N. Harb, Robert C. Davis, and Adam T. Woolley

     Langmuir 34 (49), 15069-15077 (2018).
     
108. Tissue-susceptibility matched carbon nanotube electrodes for magnetic resonance imaging

     Guohai Chen, Berg Dodson^†, Francis Johnson, Ileana Hancu, Eric Fiveland, Wanming Zhang, … Robert C. Davis, … and Richard R. Vanfleet (3 other authors)

     J. Magn. Reson. 295, 72-79 (2018).
     
109. Fabrication of High Aspect Ratio Millimeter-Tall Free-Standing Carbon Nanotube Based Microelectrode Arrays

     Guohai Chen, Berg Dodson^†, David M. Hedges^†, Scott C. Steffensen, John N. Harb, Chris Puleo, … Richard Vanfleet, and Robert Davis (2 other authors)

     ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng. 4 (5), 1900-1907 (2018).
     

2017

104. Directional Growth of DNA-Functionalized Nanorods to Enable Continuous, Site-Specific Metallization of DNA Origami Templates

     Bibek Uprety^†, John Jensen^†, Basu R. Aryal^†, Robert C. Davis, Adam T. Woolley, and John N. Harb

     Langmuir 33 (39), 10143-10152 (2017).
     
105. Carbon monolith scaffolding for high volumetric capacity silicon Li-ion battery anodes

     Lawrence K. Barrett^†, Juichin Fan^†, Kevin Laughlin^†, Sterling Baird^‡, John N. Harb, Richard R. Vanfleet, and Robert C. Davis

     J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 35 (4), 041802 (2017).
     
106. Thin-Film Carbon Nanofuses for Permanent Data Storage

     Kevin R. Laughlin^†, Sarah Jamieson^‡, Anthony C. Pearson^†, Hao Wang^†, Richard R. Vanfleet, Robert C. Davis, Matthew R. Linford, and Barry M. Lunt

     ACS Omega 2 (6), 2432-2438 (2017).
     
107. Microfabrication with smooth thin carbon nanotube composite sheets

     Nathan Boyer^†, Lei Pei, Joseph Rowley^†, Derric Syme^†, Steven Liddiard, Jonathan Abbott, Kyle Larson^†, … Richard Vanfleet, and Robert Davis (2 other authors)

     Mater. Res. Express 4 (3), 035032 (2017).
     
108. The Impact of Encapsulation on Lithium Transport and Cycling Performance for Silicon Electrodes on Aligned Carbon Nanotube Substrates

     Juichin Fan^†, Lawrence K. Barrett^†, Robert C. Davis, Richard R. Vanfleet, and John N. Harb

     J. Electrochem. Soc. 164 (4), A848-A858 (2017).
     
109. Sound transmission measurements through porous screens

     Sarah M. Young^†, Brian E. Anderson, Robert C. Davis, Richard R. Vanfleet, and Nicholas B. Morrill

     171st Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America (Salt Lake City, UT, May 2016). Proc. Meet. Acoust. 26 (1), 045003 (2017).
     
110. Anisotropic Electroless Deposition on DNA Origami Templates To Form Small Diameter Conductive Nanowires

     Bibek Uprety^†, Tyler Westover^†, Michael Stoddard^‡, Kamron Brinkerhoff^‡, John Jensen^‡, Robert C. Davis, Adam T. Woolley, and John N. Harb

     Langmuir 33 (3), 726-735 (2017).
     

2016

97. Sputtered carbon as a corrosion barrier for x-ray detector windows

    Joseph Rowley^†, Lei Pei^†, Robert C. Davis, Richard R. Vanfleet, Steven Liddiard, Mallorie Harker, and Jonathan Abbott

    J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 34 (5), 051511 (2016).
    
98. A sweet spot for highly efficient growth of vertically aligned single-walled carbon nanotube forests enabling their unique structures and properties

    Guohai Chen, Robert C. Davis, Don N. Futaba, Shunsuke Sakurai, Kazufumi Kobashi, Motoo Yumura, and Kenji Hata

    Nanoscale 8, 162-171 (2016).
    

2015

95. High-Aspect-Ratio Metal Microfabrication by Nickel Electroplating of Patterned Carbon Nanotube Forests

    Lawrence K. Barrett^†, Dallin J. Barton^‡, Steven G. Noyce^‡, David D. Allred, Richard R. Vanfleet, and Robert C. Davis

    J. Microelectromech. Syst. 24 (5), 1331-1337 (2015).
    
96. Relationship between growth rate and lifetime on carbon nanotube synthesis

    Guohai Chen, Robert C. Davis, Hiroe Kimura, Shunsuke Sakurai, Motoo Yumura, Don N. Futaba, and Kenji Hata

    Nanoscale 7, 8873-8878 (2015).
    

2014

93. Mechanical Property Measurement of Carbon Infiltrated Carbon Nanotube Structures for Compliant Micromechanisms

    Brandon H. Hanna^‡, Walter C. Fazio^†, Jordan D. Tanner^‡, Jason M. Lund^‡, Taylor S. Wood^‡, Robert C. Davis, Richard R. Vanfleet, and Brian D. Jensen

    J. Microelectromech. Syst. 23 (6), 1330-1339 (2014).
    
94. Spectroscopic Ellipsometric Modeling of a Bi-Te-Se Write Layer of an Optical Data Storage Device as Guided by Atomic Force Microscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy, and X-ray Diffraction

    Hao Wang^†, Nitesh Madaan^†, Jacob Bagley^‡, Anubhav Diwan^†, Yiqun Liu, Robert C. Davis, … (3 other authors)

    Thin Solid Films 569, 124-130 (2014).
    
95. Prototyping Permanent Data Storage Elements with Electron Beam Lithography

    Kevin Laughlin^†, Hao Wang^†, Barry M. Lunt, Robert C. Davis, and Matthew R. Linford

    International Symposium on Optical Memory, (Hsinchu, Taiwan, October 2014). 
    
96. Development of an Optical Model, guided by AFM, for Arc-Deposited Carbon Thin Films in Solid State Data Storage Elements

    Hao Wang^†, Kevin Laughlin^†, Jake Bagley^‡, Barry M. Lunt, Robert C. Davis, and Matthew R. Linford

    International Symposium on Optical Memory, ISOM'14 (Hsinchu, Taiwan, October 2014).
    
97. Exploring Sputtered Carbon for the Nanofuses in Solid-State Long- Term Digital Data Storage

    Jacob D. Bagley^‡, Hao Wang^†, Anubhav Diwan^†, Robert C. Davis, Barry M. Lunt, and Matthew R. Linford

    International Symposium on Optical Memory (ISOM), (Hsinchu, Taiwan, October 2014). 
    
98. Preparation and Properties of Carbon Nanofuses for Permanent Data Storage

    Kevin Laughlin^†, Hao Wang^†, Barry M. Lunt, Robert C. Davis, and Matthew R. Linford

    International Symposium on Optical Memory, (Hsinchu, Taiwan, October 2014). 
    
99. XPS and ToF-SIMS Analysis of the Information Storage Medium of a Permanent Write-Once-Read-Many (WORM) Archival, Solid State Data Storage Device

    Hao Wang^†, Kevin Laughlin^†, Jake Bagley^‡, Barry M. Lunt, Robert C. Davis, and Matthew R. Linford

    International Symposium on Optical Memory, (Hsinchu, Taiwan, October 2014). 
    
100. Atomic layer deposition of aluminum-free silica onto patterned carbon nanotube forests in the preparation of microfabricated thin-layer chromatography plates

     Supriya S. Kanyal^†, David S. Jensen, Andrew E. Dadson, Richard R. Vanfleet, Robert C. Davis, and Matthew R. Linford

     JPC J. Planar Chromatogr. - Mod. TLC 27 (3), 151-156 (2014).
     
101. Data and device protection: A ToF-SIMS, wetting, and XPS study of an Apple iPod nano

     Vipul Gupta^†, Joshua A. Tuscano^‡, Naomi R. Romriell^‡, Robert C. Davis, and Matthew R. Linford

     Surf. Interface Anal. 46 (2), 106-108 (2014).
     
102. Thin films of carbon nanotubes via ultrasonic spraying of suspensions in N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone and N-cyclohexyl-2-pyrrolidone

     Anthony D. Willey^†, Josh M. Holt, Brian A. Larsen, Jeffrey L. Blackburn, Steven Liddiard, Jonathan Abbott, … Richard R. Vanfleet, and Robert C. Davis (1 other authors)

     J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 32 (1), 011218 (2014).
     

2013

83. Improved efficiency of reversed-phase carbon/nanodiamond/polymer core-shell particles for HPLC using carbonized poly(divinylbenzene) microspheres as the core materials

    Chuan-Hsi Hung^†, Landon A. Wiest^†, Bhupinder Singh^†, Anubhav Diwan^†, Michael J. C. Valentim^‡, James M. Christensen, Robert C. Davis, … (5 other authors)

    J. Sep. Sci. 36 (24), 3821-3829 (2013).
    
84. Carbon/Ternary Alloy/Carbon Optical Stack on Mylar as an Optical Data Storage Medium to Potentially Replace Magnetic Tape

    Hao Wang^†, Barry M. Lunt, Richard J. Gates^†, Matthew C. Asplund, V. Shutthanandan, Robert C. Davis, and Matthew R. Linford

    ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 5 (17), 8407-8413 (2013).
    
85. Permanent Digital Data Storage: A Materials Approach

    Barry M Lunt, Robert Davis, Douglas Hansen, Matthew R. Linford, Hao Wang, and John Dredge

    10th International Conference on Preservation of Digital Objects, (Lisbon, Portugal, September 2013), ed. José Borbinha, Michael Nelson, Steve Knight.
    
86. Simulation of Laser Writing to a Mylar/C.Bi-Te-Se Stack for Permanent Optical Tape Storage

    H. Wang^†, B. M. Lunt, R. C. Davis, and M. R. Linford

    Internationa Symposium on Optical Memory 2013, (Incheon, Korea, August 2013).
    
87. Alternative FIB TEM Sample Preparation Method for Cross-Sections of Thin Metal Films Deposited on Polymer Substrates

    Felipe Rivera^†, Robert Davis, and Richard Vanfleet

    Microsc. Microanal. 19 (4), 1080-1091 (2013).
    
88. XPS and ToF-SIMS Characterization of a BiTeSe Write Layer for Permanent Optical Tape Storage

    A. C. Pearson^†, B. M. Lunt, A. Diwan, R. C. Davis, and M. R. Linford

    International Symposium on Optical Memory 2013 (August 2013, Incheon, Korea)
    
89. Dual Patterning of a Poly(acrylic acid) Layer by Electron-Beam and Block Copolymer Lithographies

    Anthony C. Pearson^†, Matthew R. Linford, John N. Harb, and Robert C. Davis

    Langmuir 29 (24), 7433-7438 (2013).
    
90. Ozone priming of patterned carbon nanotube forests for subsequent atomic layer deposition-like deposition of SiO2 for the preparation of microfabricated thin layer chromatography plates

    David S. Jensen^†, Supriya S. Kanyal^†, Nitesh Madaan^†, Andrew J. Miles, Robert C. Davis, Richard Vanfleet, … (3 other authors)

    J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 31 (3), 031803 (2013).
    
91. Effects of catalyst thickness on the fabrication and performance of carbon nanotube-templated thin layer chromatography plates

    Supriya S. Kanyal^†, David S. Jensen, Andrew J. Miles, Andrew E. Dadson, Michael A. Vail, Rebecca Olsen^†, … Richard R. Vanfleet, Robert C. Davis, … (3 other authors)

    J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 31 (3), 031203 (2013).
    
92. Oxidation of graphene 'bow tie' nanofuses for permanent, write-once-read-many data storage devices

    A. C. Pearson^†, S. Jamieson, M. R. Linford, B. M. Lunt, and R. C. Davis

    Nanotechnology 24 (13), 135202 (2013).
    
93. Toward Permanence in Digital Data Storage

    Barry M. Lunt, Matthew R. Linford, Robert C. Davis, Sarah Jamieson^‡, Anthony Pearson^†, and Hao Wang^†

    Archiving Conference 2013, (Washington, DC, April 2013), pp. 132-136.
    
94. Electrically Conductive Gold- and Copper-Metallized DNA Origami Nanostructures

    Yanli Geng^†, Anthony C. Pearson^†, Elisabeth P. Gates^†, Bibek Uprety^†, Robert C. Davis, John N. Harb, and Adam T. Woolley

    Langmuir 29 (10), 3482-3490 (2013).
    

2012

71. Stable, microfabricated thin layer chromatography plates without volume distortion on patterned, carbon and Al2O3-primed carbon nanotube forests

    David S. Jensen^†, Supriya S. Kanyal^†, Vipul Gupta^†, Michael A. Vail, Andrew E. Dadson, Mark Engelhard, Richard Vanfleet, Robert C. Davis, … (1 other authors)

    J. Chromatogr. A 1257, 195-203 (2012).
    
72. DNA Origami Metallized Site Specifically to Form Electrically Conductive Nanowires

    Anthony C. Pearson^†, Jianfei Liu^†, Elisabeth Pound^†, Bibek Uprety^†, Adam T. Woolley, Robert C. Davis, and John N. Harb

    J. Phys. Chem. B 116 (35), 10551-10560 (2012).
    
73. Materials Study of Nanoscale Fuses for Solid State Data Storage

    Anthony C. Pearson^†, Bhupinder Singh^†, Matthew R. Linford, Barry Lunt, and Robert Davis

    International Symposium on Optical Memory 2012 (Tokyo, Japan, September 2012).
    
74. The Effect of Geometry on Nanoscale Tellurium Fuses for Solid- State Data Storage

    Anthony C. Pearson^†, Bhupinder Singh^†, Matthew R. Linford, Barry M. Lunt, and Robert C. Davis

    International Symposium on Optical Memory 2012 (September 2012, Tokyo, Japan)
    
75. Towards a New Material for SS WORM Storage

    Barry M. Lunt, Anthony Pearson^†, Robert Davis, Hao Wang^†, Sarah Jamieson^‡, and Matthew R. Linford

    International Symposium on Optical Memory 2012 (September 2012, Tokyo, Japan)
    
76. Shock Testing of Free Standing Silicon-Nitride and Beryllium Membranes

    David Brough^†, Lawrence Barrett^‡, Mallorie Coffin, Caleb Husted, Richard Vanfleet, Steven Liddiard, Sterling Cornaby, and Robert C. Davis

    Nanotech Conference and Expo 2012 (June 2012, Santa Clara, CA)
    
77. Low-Z, Chemically Resistant, Microfabricated Carbon Composite Transmission Electron Microscope Grids

    K. Zufelt^‡, R. Vanfleet, and R. C. Davis

    Nanotech Conference and Expo 2012 (June 2012, Santa Clara, CA)
    
78. Ultrasonic Spraying of Carbon Nanotubes using NMP

    Anthony D. Willey^†, Josh M. Holt^‡, Brian A. Larsen, Jeffrey L. Blackburn, Richard R. Vanfleet, and Robert C. Davis

    Nanotech Conference and Expo 2012 (June 2012, Santa Clara, CA)
    
79. Fabrication and Characterization of of Nanoscale Tellurium Fuses for Long Term Solid State Data Storage

    Anthony C. Pearson^†, Bhupinder Singh^†, Matthew R. Linford, Barry M. Lunt, and Robert C. Davis

    Nanotech Conference and Expo 2012 (June 2012, Santa Clara, CA)
    
80. Research on Another Permanent Data Storage Solution

    Barry M. Lunt, Matthew R. Linford, and Robert Davis

    Society for Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T) Archiving Conference 2012, (June 2012, Copenhagen, Denmark).
    
81. Scaling parallel dielectrophoresis of carbon nanotubes: an enabling geometry

    Brian Davis^†, Hiram Conley^†, David Jones^‡, John N. Harb, and Robert C. Davis

    Nanotechnology 23 (18), 185308 (2012).
    
82. Effect of iron catalyst thickness on vertically aligned carbon nanotube forest straightness for CNT-MEMS

    Kellen Moulton^‡, Nicholas B. Morrill^‡, Adam M. Konneker^‡, Brian D. Jensen, Richard R. Vanfleet, David D. Allred, and Robert C. Davis

    J. Micromech. Microeng. 22 (5), 055004 (2012).
    
83. Family History Archives: Research on Permanent Data Storage

    Barry Lunt, Robert Davis, and Matthew R. Linford

    BYU Family History Technology Workshop 2012 (March 2012, Provo, UT).
    
84. Electron back-scattered diffraction of crystallized vanadium dioxide thin films on amorphous silicon dioxide

    Felipe Rivera^†, Laurel Burk^‡, Robert Davis, and Richard Vanfleet

    Thin Solid Films 520 (7), 2461-2466 (2012).
    

2011

57. Thiol-Ene-Thiol Photofunctionalization of Thiolated Monolayers with Polybutadiene and Functional Thiols, Including Thiolated DNA

    Nitesh Madaan^†, Aaron Terry^‡, John Harb, Robert C. Davis, Helmut Schlaad, and Matthew R. Linford

    J. Phys. Chem. C 115 (46), 22931-22938 (2011).
    
58. Functionalization/passivation of porous graphitic carbon with di-tert-amylperoxide

    David S. Jensen^†, Vipul Gupta^†, Rebecca E. Olsen^†, Alex T. Miller^‡, Robert C. Davis, Daniel H. Ess, … (4 other authors)

    J. Chromatogr. A 1218 (46), 8362-8369 (2011).
    
59. Material Properties of Carbon-Infiltrated Carbon Nanotube-Templated Structures for Microfabrication of Compliant Mechanisms

    Walter C. Fazio^†, Jason M. Lund^†, Taylor S. Wood^‡, Brian D. Jensen, Robert C. Davis, and Richard R. Vanfleet

    ASME 2011 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, (November 2011, Denver, CO)
    
60. FIB TEM Cross-Section Sample Preparation of Thin Metal Films Deposited on Polymer Substrates

    F Rivera^†, J Abbott^‡, R Davis, and R Vanfleet

    Microscopy and Microanalysis 2011, (Nashville, TN, August 2011). Microsc. Microanal. 17 (S2), 638-639 (2011).
    
61. Processing of Thin Carbon Nanotube-Polyimide Composite Membranes

    Lei Pei^†, Jonathan Abbott^†, Kyle Zufelt^‡, Andrew Davis^‡, Mike Zappe, Keith Decker, … Richard Vanfleet, … and Robert Davis (2 other authors)

    Nanosci. Nanotechnol. Lett. 3 (4), 451-457 (2011).
    
62. Pellicular Particles with Spherical Carbon Cores and Porous Nanodiamond/Polymer Shells for Reversed-Phase HPLC

    Landon A. Wiest^†, David S. Jensen^†, Chuan-Hsi Hung^†, Rebecca E. Olsen^†, Robert C. Davis, Michael A. Vail, … (3 other authors)

    Anal. Chem. 83 (14), 5488-5501 (2011).
    
63. Chemical Alignment of DNA Origami to Block Copolymer Patterned Arrays of 5 nm Gold Nanoparticles

    Anthony C. Pearson^†, Elisabeth Pound^†, Adam T. Woolley, Matthew R. Linford, John N. Harb, and Robert C. Davis

    Nano Lett. 11 (5), 1981-1987 (2011).
    
64. Carbon-Nanotube-Templated Microfabrication of Porous Silicon-Carbon Materials with Application to Chemical Separations

    Jun Song^†, David S. Jensen^†, David N. Hutchison^‡, Brendan Turner^‡, Taylor Wood^‡, Andrew Dadson, … Richard R. Vanfleet, and Robert C. Davis (2 other authors)

    Adv. Funct. Mater. 21 (6), 1132-1139 (2011).
    
65. Polymer molded templates for nanostructured amorphous silicon photovoltaics

    Lei Pei^†, Amy Balls^‡, Cary Tippets^‡, Jonnathan Abbott^†, Matthew R. Linford, Jian Hu, … David D. Allred, Richard R. Vanfleet, and Robert C. Davis (1 other authors)

    J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 29, 021017 (2011).
    
66. Characterization of the plastic substrates, the reflective layers, the adhesives, and the grooves of today's archival-grade recordable DVDs

    Guilin Jiang^†, Felipe Rivera^†, Supriya Singh Kanyal^†, Robert C. Davis, Richard Vanfleet, Barry M. Lunt, Vaitiyalingam Shutthanandan, and Matthew R. Linford

    Opt. Eng. 50 (1), 015201 (2011).
    

2010

47. Chemical Analysis of the Dyes in Today’s Archival- and Standard-Grade DVDs

    Barry M. Lunt, Guilin Jiang^†, D. S. Jensen^†, Matthew C. Asplund, Douglas P. Hansen, Robert C. Davis, and Matthew R. Linford

    International Symposium on Optical Memory 2010, (October 2010, Hualien, Taiwan).
    
48. Chemical Vapor Deposition of Three Aminosilancs on Silicon Dioxide: Surface Characterization, Stability, Effects of Silane Concentration, and Cyanine Dye Adsorption

    Feng Zhang^†, Ken Sautter, Adam M. Larsen^‡, Daniel A. Findley^‡, Robert C. Davis, Hussein Samha, and Matthew R. Linford

    Langmuir 26 (18), 14648-14654 (2010).
    
49. Carbon-Coated Tellurium for Optical Data Storage

    Jonathan Abbott^†, Travis L. Niederhauser, Douglas P. Hansen, Raymond T. Perkins, David A. Bell, Erik C. Bard, … Guilin Jiang^†, … Richard R. Vanfleet, and Robert C. Davis (6 other authors)

    ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2 (8), 2373-2376 (2010).
    
50. The Blind Men and the Elephant as a Metaphor for Surface Analysis, as Applied to the Preparation and Analysis of New, Highly Stable Materials for Separations Science

    Matthew R. Linford, Sarah Copeland, Andrew Dadson, Robert C. Davis, David Jensen^†, Rebecca Olsen^†, … Richard Vanfleet, … (7 other authors)

    Microscopy and Microanalysis 2010, (August 2010, Portland, OR). Microsc. Microanal. 16 (Suppliment S2), 410-411 (2010).
    
51. Chemically Stable High Resolution Surface Patterning by Thiolated DNA for Self Assembly of Nanocircuits on a Gold Nano-Dot Surface

    Nitesh Madaan^†, Aaron Terry^‡, Robert C. Davis, Helmut Schlaad, and Matthew R. Linford

    Microscopy and Microanalysis 2010 (Portland, OR,August 2010). Microsc. Microanal. 16 (S2), 438-439 (2010).
    
52. Analysis of the plastic substrates, the reflective layers, and the adhesives of today's archival-grade DVDs

    Guilin Jiang^†, Felipe Rivera^†, Supriya S. Kanyal^†, Robert C. Davis, Richard Vanfleet, Barry M. Lunt, and Natthew R. Linford

    Optical Data Storage 2010 (May 2010, Boulder Colorado). Proc. SPIE 7730, 77301N (2010).
    
53. Attachment of Polybutadienes to Hydrogen-Terminated Silicon and Post-Derivatization of the Adsorbed Species

    Todd D. Wickard^†, Emily Nelsen^‡, Nitesh Madaan^†, Niels ten Brummelhuis, Christina Diehl, Helmut Schlaad, Robert C. Davis, and Matthew R. Linford

    Langmuir 26 (3), 1923-1928 (2010).
    
54. Carbon Nanotubes as a Framework for High-Aspect-Ratio MEMS Fabrication

    David N. Hutchison^‡, Nicholas B. Morrill^‡, Quentin Aten^†, Brendan W. Turner^‡, Brian D. Jensen, Larry L. Howell, Richard R. Vanfleet, and Robert C. Davis

    J. Microelectromech. Syst. 19 (1), 75-82 (2010).
    

2000s

2009

39. High aspect ratio microelectromechanical systems: A versatile approach using carbon nanotubes as a framework

    D. N. Hutchison^‡, Q. Aten^†, B. Turner^‡, N. Morrill^‡, B. D. Jensen, R. C. Davis, and R. R. Vanfleet

    Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems: Transducers 2009 (June 2009, Denver, CO).
    
40. The Structural Phase Transition in Individual Vanadium Dioxide Nanoparticles

    Felipe Rivera^†, Robert C. Davis, and Richard Vanfleet

    MRS Proc. 1184, GG02-04 (2009).
    
41. Mechanical Properties of Beams from Self-Assembled Closely Packed and Aligned Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

    Yuhei Hayamizu, Robert C. Davis, Takeo Yamada, Don N. Futaba, Satoshi Yasuda, Motoo Yumura, and Kenji Hata

    Phys. Rev. Lett. 102 (17), 175505 (2009).
    
42. Subsurface Oxidation for Micropatterning Silicon (SOMS)

    Feng Zhang^†, Ken Sautter, Robert C. Davis, and Matthew R. Linford

    Langmuir 25 (3), 1289-1291 (2009).
    
43. Self-Assembly of a Triangle-Shaped, Hexaplatinum-Incorporated, Supramolecular Amphiphile in Solution and at Interfaces

    Umamageswaran Maran, David Britt, Christopher B. Fox, Joel M. Harris, Anita M. Orendt, Hiram Conley^†, Robert Davis, … (2 other authors)

    Chem. Eur. J. 15 (34), 8566-8577 (2009).
    

2008

34. Giant micelles of organoplatinum(II) gemini amphiphiles

    Umamageswaran Maran, Hiram Conley^†, Markus Frank, Atta M. Arif, Anita M. Orendt, David Britt, … Robert Davis, … (2 other authors)

    Langmuir 24 (10), 5400-5410 (2008).
    
35. Integrated three-dimensional microelectromechanical devices from processable carbon nanotube wafers

    Yuhei Hayamizu, Takeo Yamada, Kohei Mizuno, Robert C. Davis, Don N. Futaba, Motoo Yumura, and Kenji Hata

    Nat. Nanotechnol. 3 (5), 289-294 (2008).
    
36. One-step growth of ca. 2-15 nm polymer thin films on hydrogen-terminated silicon

    Robert B. Blake^‡, Lei Pei^†, Li Yang^†, Michael V. Lee^†, Hiram J. Conley^†, Robert C. Davis, Naoto Shirahata, and Matthew R. Linford

    Macromol. Rapid Commun. 29 (8), 638-644 (2008).
    

2007

31. The effect of contact length on adhesion between carbon nanotubes on silicon dioxide

    Kaylee McElroy^‡, Robert C. Davis, and Aaron Hawkins

    Appl. Phys. Lett. 91 (23), 233119 (2007).
    
32. Nanografting of silanes on silicon dioxide with applications to DNA localization and copper electroless deposition

    Michael V. Lee^†, Kyle A. Nelson^†, Laurie Hutchins^‡, Hector A. Becerril^†, Samuel T. Cosby^‡, Jonathan C. Blood^‡, … Robert C. Davis, … (4 other authors)

    Chem. Mat. 19 (21), 5052-5054 (2007).
    
33. Laser activation-modification of semiconductor surfaces (LAMSS) of 1-alkenes on silicon: A ToF-SIMS, chemometrics, and AFM analysis

    Lei Pei^†, Guilin Jiang^†, Robert C. Davis, Jeremy M. Shaver, Vincent S. Smentkowski, Matthew C. Asplund, and Matthew R. Linford

    Appl. Surf. Sci. 253 (12), 5375-5386 (2007).
    
34. Chemistry of olefin-terminated homogeneous and mixed monolayers on scribed silicon

    Li Yang^†, Yit-Yian Lua^†, Min Tan^†, Oren A. Scherman, Robert H. Grubbs, John N. Harb, Robert C. Davis, and Matthew R. Linford

    Chem. Mat. 19 (7), 1671-1678 (2007).
    

2006

27. Laser activation modification of semiconductor surfaces (LAMSS)

    Feng Zhang^†, Lei Pei^†, Eliot Bennion^‡, Guilin Jiang^†, David Connley^†, Li Yang^†, Michael V. Lee^†, Robert C. Davis, … (4 other authors)

    Langmuir 22 (26), 10859-10863 (2006).
    
28. Synthesis and characterization of photoluminescent In-doped CdSe nanoparticles

    Craig K. Knox^‡, Sterling D. Fillmore^†, Dawn M. Call^‡, Dan G. Allen^‡, Bret C. Hess, Robert C. Davis, William E. Evenson, and Roger G. Harrison

    J. Colloid Interface Sci. 300 (2), 591-596 (2006).
    
29. Chemomechanical nanolithography: Nanografting on silicon and factors impacting linewidth

    Michael V. Lee^†, Melinda Tonks Hoffman^‡, Katherine Barnett^‡, John-Mark Geiss^‡, Vincent S. Smentkowski, Matthew R. Linford, and Robert C. Davis

    J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 6 (6), 1639-1643 (2006).
    
30. Electron exchange between Fe(II)-horse spleen ferritin and Co(III)/Mn(III) reconstituted horse spleen and Azotobacter vinelandii ferritins

    Bo Zhang^†, John N. Harb, Robert C. Davis, Sang Choi, Jae-Woo Kim, Tim Miller^‡, Sang-Hyon Chu, and Gerald D. Watt

    Biochemistry 45 (18), 5766-5774 (2006).
    
31. Measurement of the adhesion force between carbon nanotubes and a silicon dioxide substrate

    J. D. Whittaker^†, E. D. Minot, D. M. Tanenbaum, P. L. McEuen, and R. C. Davis

    Nano Lett. 6 (5), 953-957 (2006).
    

2005

22. Polyelectrolytes as new matrices for secondary ion mass spectrometry

    Yit-Yian Lua^†, Li Yang^†, Craig A. Pew^‡, Feng Zhang^†, W. Jonathan J. Fillmore^‡, R. Todd Bronson, … Jed D. Whittaker^†, Robert C. Davis, … (3 other authors)

    J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 16 (10), 1575-1582 (2005).
    
23. Design and Construction of an Underground TEM Lab at Brigham Young University

    J. K. Farrer, R. R. Vanfleet, R. C. Davis, F. C. Anderson, and T. W. Leishman

    Microsc. Microanal. 11 (S02), 892-893 (2005).
    
24. Chemomechanical Silicon Surface Modification: Chemistry, Patterning at the Nanometer and Micron Scales, and an Application (MALDI).Lithogragphy and Patterning

    Matthew R. Linford, Robert C. Davis, Spencer P. Magleby, Larry Howell, Guilin Jiang^†, and Craig Thulin

    in Nanolithography and patterning techniques in microelectronics, David G. Bucknall ed., Woodhead-Publishing, Cambridge England (2005).
    
25. A Technique for Measuring the Thin Film Thickness of Ultrathin Metallic Thin Films, 4-20 nm, using Atomic Force Microscopy

    Guillermo Acosta^†, David D. Allred, and Robert C. Davis

    Summer 2005 SVC Bulletin, 34-38 (2005).
    
26. Kinetic and Thermodynamic Characterization of the Cobalt and Manganese Oxyhydroxide Cores Formed in Horse Spleen Ferritin

    Bo Zhang^†, John N. Harb, Robert C. Davis, Jae-Woo Kim, Sang-Hyon Chu, Sang Choi, Tim Miller^‡, and Gerald D. Watt

    Inorg. Chem. 44 (10), 3738-3745 (2005).
    
27. Electrical conductivity of ferritin proteins by conductive AFM

    Degao Xu^†, Gerald D. Watt, John N. Harb, and Robert C. Davis

    Nano Lett. 5 (4), 571-577 (2005).
    
28. DNA-templated three-branched nanostructures for nanoelectronic devices

    Héctor A. Becerril^†, Randall M. Stoltenberg^‡, Dean R. Wheeler, Robert C. Davis, John N. Harb, and Adam T. Woolley

    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127 (9), 2828-2829 (2005).
    

2004

15. AFM Visualization of Mobile Influenza A M2 Molecules in Planar Bilayers

    Travis Hughes^†, Bradley Strongin^‡, Fei Philip Gao, Viksita Vijayvergiya, David D. Busath, and Robert C. Davis

    Biophys. J. 87 (1), 311-322 (2004).
    
16. Automated, controlled deposition of nanoparticles on polyelectrolyte-coated silicon from chemomechanically patterned droplet arrays

    Jorj I. Owen^†, Travis L. Niederhauser, Brent A. Wacaser^†, Marc P. Christenson^‡, Robert C. Davis, and Matthew R. Linford

    Lab Chip 4 (6), 553-557 (2004).
    

2003

13. Self-aligned mechanical attachment of carbon nanotubes to silicon dioxide structures by selective silicon dioxide chemical-vapor deposition

    Jed D. Whittaker^†, Markus Brink, Ghaleb A. Husseini^†, Matthew R. Linford, and Robert C. Davis

    Appl. Phys. Lett. 83 (25), 5307-5309 (2003).
    
14. Chemomechanical production of submicron edge width, functionalized, ∼ 20 μm features on silicon

    Yit-Yian Lua^†, Travis L. Niederhauser, Brent A. Wacaser^†, Ian A. Mowat, Adam T. Woolley, Robert C. Davis, Harvey A. Fishman, and Matthew R. Linford

    Langmuir 19 (4), 985-988 (2003).
    
15. Chemomechanical surface patterning and functionalization of silicon surfaces using an atomic force microscope

    Brent A. Wacaser^†, Michael J. Maughan^†, Ian A. Mowat, Travis L. Niederhauser, Matthew R. Linford, and Robert C. Davis

    Appl. Phys. Lett. 82 (5), 808-810 (2003).
    

2001

10. Optical dipole model for photodetection in the near field

    R. C. Davis and C. C. Williams

    J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 18 (7), 1543-1551 (2001).
    
11. Surface transformation and photoinduced recovery in CdSe nanocrystals

    B. C. Hess, I. G. Okhrimenko^†, R. C. Davis, B. C. Stevens^‡, Q. A. Schulzke^‡, K. C. Wright^‡, C. D. Bass^‡, … and S. L. Summers^‡ (1 other authors)

    Phys. Rev. Lett. 86 (14), 3132-3135 (2001).
    

2000

8. Aligned microcontact printing of micrometer-scale poly-L-Lysine structures for controlled growth of cultured neurons on planar microelectrode arrays

   C. D. James, R. C. Davis, M. Meyer, A. Perez, S. Turner, L. Withers, … (6 other authors)

   IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng. 47 (1), 17-21 (2000).
   

1990s

1998

7. Chemical and Topographical Surface Modification for Control of Central Nervous System Cell Adhesion

   H. G. Craighead, S. W. Turner, R. C. Davis, C. James, A. M. Perez, P. M. St. John, … (5 other authors)

   Biomed. Microdevices 1 (1), 49-64 (1998).
   
8. Diffraction-Based Cell Detection Using a Microcontact Printed Antibody Grating

   Pamela M. St. John, Robert Davis, Nathan Cady, John Czajka, Carl A. Batt, and Harold G. Craighead

   Anal. Chem. 70 (6), 1108-1111 (1998).
   
9. Patterned Protein Layers on Solid Substrates by Thin Stamp Microcontact Printing

   C. D. James, R. C. Davis, L. Kam, H. G. Craighead, M. Isaacson, J. N. Turner, and W. Shain

   Langmuir 14 (4), 741-744 (1998).
   

1996

4. Nanometer-scale absorption spectroscopy by near-field photodetection optical microscopy

   R. C. Davis and C. C. Williams

   Appl. Phys. Lett. 69 (9), 1179-1181 (1996).
   
5. Optical intensity mapping on the nanometer scale by near-field photodetection optical microscopy

   R. C. Davis, C. C. Williams, and P. Neuzil

   Opt. Lett. 21 (7), 447-449 (1996).
   

1995

2. Micromachined submicrometer photodiode for scanning probe microscopy

   R. C. Davis, C. C. Williams, and P. Neuzil

   Appl. Phys. Lett. 66 (18), 2309-2311 (1995).
   

1993

1. Near-field photodetection optical microscopy (NPOM): a novel probe for optical characterization on a subwavelength spatial scale

   Daniel R. Busath, Robert C. Davis, and Clayton C. Williams

   OE/LASE'93: Optics, Electro-Optics, and Laser Applications in Science and Engineering, (Los Angeles, CA, 1993). Proc. SPIE 1855, 1855-6 (1993).
   

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