High-performance rectifiers fabricated on a flexible substrate (2016)
Journal Article
Etor, D., Dodd, L., Wood, D., & Balocco, C. (2016). High-performance rectifiers fabricated on a flexible substrate. Applied Physics Letters, 109(19), Article 193110. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4967190

We report on the fabrication and testing of metal-insulator-metal (MIM) diodes on a flexible substrate where the thin insulating layer self-assembles as a monolayer sandwiched between the two metal electrodes. The current-voltage characteristic has a... Read More about High-performance rectifiers fabricated on a flexible substrate.

An ultrathin organic insulator for metal-insulator-metal diodes (2016)
Journal Article
Etor, D., Dodd, L., Wood, D., & Balocco, C. (2016). An ultrathin organic insulator for metal-insulator-metal diodes. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 63(7), 2887-2891. https://doi.org/10.1109/ted.2016.2568279

The design and fabrication metal-insulator-metal (MIM) diodes using an ultrathin organic insulator are presented. The insulating layer was found to be compact, highly conformal, and uniform, effectively overcoming the main design challenge in MIM dio... Read More about An ultrathin organic insulator for metal-insulator-metal diodes.

Negative refracting materials at THz frequencies. (2008)
Conference Proceeding
Swift, G. P., Gallant, A. J., Dai, D., Kaliteevski, M. A., Brand, S., Zeze, D. A., …Chamberlain, J. M. (2008). Negative refracting materials at THz frequencies. In Proceedings of the 33rd International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves: 15-19 September 2008, Pasadena, California (496-497). https://doi.org/10.1109/icimw.2008.4665668

We demonstrate here, for the first time, the construction of artificial materials, which theoretically possess two separate pass-bands utilizing the difference between positive and negative refraction in the terahertz frequency regime. Experimental t... Read More about Negative refracting materials at THz frequencies..

Poole-Frenkel conduction in single wall carbon nanotube composite films built up by electrostatic layer-by-layer deposition (2008)
Journal Article
Jombert, A., Coleman, K., Wood, D., Petty, M., & Zeze, D. (2008). Poole-Frenkel conduction in single wall carbon nanotube composite films built up by electrostatic layer-by-layer deposition. Journal of Applied Physics, 104(9), Article 094503. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3006015

The fabrication of large area thin films of single wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) using electrostatic layer-by-layer deposition is reported. The in-plane current versus voltage (I-V) characteristics were dependent on the concentration of SWCNTs trans... Read More about Poole-Frenkel conduction in single wall carbon nanotube composite films built up by electrostatic layer-by-layer deposition.

Flexible polymer based artificial materials for terahertz applications. (2007)
Conference Proceeding
Gallant, A., Zeze, D., Wood, D., Petty, M., Dai, D., & Chamberlain, J. (2007). Flexible polymer based artificial materials for terahertz applications. In Desc: 2-9 September 2007, Cardiff, Wales, UK (961-963). https://doi.org/10.1109/icimw.2007.4516819

In this paper we report on the fabrication and testing of arrays of subwavelength apertures which are formed in a highly flexible polymer, PDMS (polydimethylsiloxane). PDMS can be elastically stretched to cause the deformation of any surface features... Read More about Flexible polymer based artificial materials for terahertz applications..

Passband filters for terahertz radiation based on dual metallic photonic structures (2007)
Journal Article
Gallant, A., Kaliteevski, M., Wood, D., Petty, M., Abram, R., Brand, S., …Chamberlain, J. (2007). Passband filters for terahertz radiation based on dual metallic photonic structures. Applied Physics Letters, 91(16), https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2800381

This paper reports on the development of two-dimensional metallic microstructures for the filtering of terahertz radiation. These structures are fabricated using ultraviolet-based processing of thick SU8 resist. This micromachining technique enables... Read More about Passband filters for terahertz radiation based on dual metallic photonic structures.

Free-standing polymer cantilevers and bridges reinforced with carbon nanotubes (2007)
Journal Article
Cadd, D., Wood, D., & Petty, M. (2007). Free-standing polymer cantilevers and bridges reinforced with carbon nanotubes. Micro and Nano Letters, 2(3), 54-57

A nanofabrication process, based on the layer-by-layer electrostatic deposition method, has been developed to fabricate free-standing cantilevers and bridges of polyelectrolytes containing conductive carbon nanotubes. The technique can produce a high... Read More about Free-standing polymer cantilevers and bridges reinforced with carbon nanotubes.

Artificial plasmonic materials for THz applications (2007)
Conference Proceeding
Gallant, A., Levitt, J., Kaliteevski, M., Wood, D., Petty, M., Abram, R., …Chamberlain, J. (2007). Artificial plasmonic materials for THz applications. In K. J. Linden, & L. P. Sadwick (Eds.), Terahertz and gigahertz electronics and photonics VI : 21-22 January 2007, San Jose, California, USA. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.712716

This paper reports on the development of micromachined pillar arrays for the filtering of terahertz radiation. These pillar arrays are fabricated using ultraviolet based processing of thick SU8. This micromachining technique enables the array pattern... Read More about Artificial plasmonic materials for THz applications.

The fabrication of THz photonic filters using ultraviolet based SU8 micromachining (2006)
Conference Proceeding
Gallant, A., Levitt, J., Swift, G., Dai, D., Kaliteevski, M., Wood, D., …Chamberlain, J. (2006). The fabrication of THz photonic filters using ultraviolet based SU8 micromachining.

Here we report on the development of an ultraviolet (UV) based exposure technique for the fabrication of high aspect ratio metallic pillar arrays. These arrays act as photonic band gap based filters. Completed structures show a relative transmission... Read More about The fabrication of THz photonic filters using ultraviolet based SU8 micromachining.

Electrical investigations of layer-by-layer films of carbon nanotubes (2006)
Journal Article
Palumbo, M., Lee, K., Ahn, B., Suri, A., Coleman, K., Zeze, D., …Petty, M. (2006). Electrical investigations of layer-by-layer films of carbon nanotubes. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 39(14), 3077-3085. https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/39/14/030

Single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) with anionic or cationic coatings have been prepared by exploiting the ability of certain surfactants to form a monolayer shell around the nanotube. The presence of electrically charged functional groups on the su... Read More about Electrical investigations of layer-by-layer films of carbon nanotubes.