Conference Presentations

K. J. Norris, G. S. Tompa, N. M. Sbrockey, N. P. Kobayashi, “Thermoelectric pellets made of Si nanowires“, 9553-15, SPIE Optics + Photonics, NanoScience + Engineering (August 9-13, 2015, San Diego, California, USA). 

K. J. Norris, J. Zhang, E. Merced-Grafals, S. Musunuru, M. Zhang, K. Samuels, J. J. Yang, N. P. Kobayashi, “Tantalum oxide nanoscale resistive switching devices: TEM/EELS study“, 9553-30, SPIE Optics + Photonics, NanoScience + Engineering (August 9-13, 2015, San Diego, California, USA).

J. Zhang, D. M. Fryauf, M. P. Garrett, L. V. Jayaraman, M. S. Islam, N. P. Kobayashi, “Deposition and characterizations of ultrasmooth silver thin films assisted with a germanium wetting layer”, 9553-39, SPIE Optics + Photonics, NanoScience + Engineering (August 9-13, 2015, San Diego, California, USA).

J. J. Diaz Leon, M. P. Garrett, D. M. Fryauf, J. Zhang, K. J. Norris, S. M. Prokes, N. P. Kobayashi, “Titanium hafnium oxide alloys: study of the dependence of microstructures and optical properties on RF substrate bias during deposition“, 9553-42, SPIE Optics + Photonics, NanoScience + Engineering (August 9-13, 2015, San Diego, California, USA).

G. S. Tompa, T. Salagaj, E. Coleman, N. Sbrockey, K. J. Norris, J. Zhang, N. P. Kobayashi, “PECVD Growth and Characterization of Si Nanowires”, 20th American Conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy (August 2-7, 2015, Big Sky, Montana, USA).

J. Zhang, K. J. Norris, D. M. Fryauf, J. J. Diaz Leon, E. Coleman, G. S. Tompa, N. P. Kobayashi, “Doped Silicon Nanowire Networks Grown on Copper Substrates with Templates of Conductive Oxides/Nitrides for Thermoelectric Devices”, A21.05, 2015 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit (April 6-10, 2015, San Francisco, California, USA).

K. J. Norris, M. P. Garrett, J. Zhang, E. Coleman, G. S. Tompa, N. P. Kobayashi, “Thermoelectric Devices of Stacked Silicon Nanowire Networks”, H7.05, 2015 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit (April 6-10, 2015, San Francisco, California, USA).

K. J. Norris, M. P. Garrett, J. Zhang, E. Coleman, G. S. Tompa, N. P. Kobayashi, “Nonlinearity Found in Thermoelectric Devices Made of Heterogeneous Semiconductor Nanowire Networks”, S2.03, 2015 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit (April 6-10, 2015, San Francisco, California, USA).

K. J. Norris, J. Zhang, M. Zhang, N. Ge, K. Samuels, J. J. Yang, N. P. Kobayashi, “Structural and Chemical Analysis of Nanoscale Resistive Switching Devices: Assessment on Nonlinear Properties”, TT10.25, 2015 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit (April 6-10, 2015, San Francisco, California, USA).

K. J. Norris, J. Zhang, S. Musunuru, M. Zhang, K. Samuels, J. J. Yang, N. P. Kobayashi, “TEM and EELS Study on TaO_x-Based Nanoscale Resistive Switching Devices”, TT14.03, 2015 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit (April 6-10, 2015, San Francisco, California, USA).

D. M. Fryauf, A. Phillips, N. P. Kobayashi, “PEALD Aluminum Oxide-Based Corrosion Barriers for Silver-Based Telescope Mirrors”, SS10.24, 2015 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit (April 6-10, 2015, San Francisco, California, USA).

J. J. Diaz Leon, M. P. Garrett, K. J. Norris, D. M. Fryauf, J. Zhang, R. E. Demaray, N. P. Kobayashi, “Transparent High Refractive Index Oxides: Control of the Nanostructure of Titanium Hafnium Oxide Alloys by Variation of the Ion Energy during Reactive Magnetron Sputtering Deposition”, SS13.02, 2015 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit (April 6-10, 2015, San Francisco, California, USA).

J. J. Diaz Leon, E. Demaray, D. M. Fryauf, J. Zhang, K. J. Norris, M. Johnson, N. P. Kobayashi, “Aluminum titanium oxide films for optical encapsulation and broadband optical coupling”, 9174-18, Session 4, SPIE Optics + Photonics, NanoScience + Engineering (August 19-21, 2014, San Diego, California, USA).

J. J. Diaz Leon, M. P. Garrett, J. Zhang, K. Han, E. Demaray, R. W. Anderson, A. Lewandowski, W. Bottenberg, N. P. Kobayashi, “Sun to fibers (S2F): massively scalable collection and transmission of concentrated solar light for efficient energy conversion and storage”, 9175-10, Session 3, SPIE Optics + Photonics, NanoScience + Engineering (August 19-21, 2014, San Diego, California, USA).

K. J. Norris, J. Zhang, D. M. Fryauf, J. J. Diaz Leon, E. Coleman, G. S. Tompa, N. P. Kobayashi, “Unconventional growth methods of indium phosphide nanowires on non-single crystal surfaces for thermoelectric devices”, 9175-22, Session 6, SPIE Optics + Photonics, NanoScience + Engineering (August 19-21, 2014, San Diego, California, USA).

N. P. Kobayashi, “Planar optical waveguide coupler transformers for high-power solar energy collection and transmission”, ASME 2014 8^th International Conference on Energy Sustainability (ES2014) (June 30-July 2, 2014, Boston, Massachusetts, USA).

J. Zhang, K. J. Norris, E. Coleman, D. M. Fryauf, N. Sbrockey, G. S. Tompa, N. P. Kobayashi, “Silicon nanowire-thin film coupled architecture on copper for flexible thermoelectric modules,” 56^th Electronic Materials Conference (EMC 2014) (June 25-27, 2014, Santa Barbara, California, USA).

A. C. Philips, D. M. Fryauf, N. P. Kobayashi, M. Bolte, B. DuPraw, C. T. Ratliff, T. Pfister, D. Cowley, “Progress and new techniques for protected-silver coatings”, 9151-46, Session 10, SPIE 2014 Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation (June 22-27, 2014, Montreal, Quebec, Canada).

K. J.  Norris, B. Tuan, J. Zhang, D. M. Fryauf, J. J. Diaz Leon, E. Coleman, G. S. Tompa, N. P. Kobayashi, “Flexible Thermoelectric Devices Based on Indium Phosphide Nanowire Networks on Copper”, R1.09, 2014 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit (April 21-25, 2014, San Francisco, California, USA).

J. J. Diaz Leon, R. E. Demaray, R. W. Anderson, N. P. Kobayashi, “Graded Index Optical Films for Antireflective Coupling, Transmission and Adiabatic Solar Energy Conversion and Storage”, E5.19, 2014 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit (April 21-25, 2014, San Francisco, California, USA).

M. Wei, J. Zhang, D. M. Fryauf, J. J. Diaz Leon, K. J. Norris, H. Deng, G. Wen, N. P. Kobayashi, “Indium Phosphide Nanowire Network Grown on Transparent Conductive ZnO: Al Films for Thermoelectric Devices”, UU4.04, 2014 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit (April 21-25, 2014, San Francisco, California, USA).

J. Zhang, D. M. Fryauf, J. J. Diaz Leon, K. J. Norris, M. Wei, N. P.  Kobayashi, “Study of Pre-Growth In-Situ Plasma Annealing Impact for Indium Phosphide Nanowire Growth via MOCVD”, UU3.39, 2014 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit (April 21-25, 2014, San Francisco, California, USA).

B. J. Choi, N. Ge, J. J. Yang, M.-X. Zhang, R. S. Williams, K. J. Norris, N. P. Kobayashi, “Materials perspective of memristive devices”, 2014 The IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) (June 1-5, 2014, Melbourne, Australia).

(Invited) N. P. Kobayashi, “Energy harvesting from waste heat with semiconductor nanowire networks”, 30^th North American Molecular Beam Epitaxy Conference (October 5-11, 2013, Banff, Alberta, Canada).

K. J. Norris, S. J. Barcelo, A. M. Bratkovsky, J. Zhang, D. M. Fryauf, G. A. Gibson, Z-L. Zhou, S.-Y. Wang, Z. Li, N. P. Kobayashi, “TEM study of nanofinger structures for surface enhanced Raman scattering”, SPIE Optics + Photonics, NanoScience + Engineering (August 25-29, 2013, San Diego, California, USA).

K. J. Norris, J. Zhang, D. M. Fryauf, N. P. Kobayashi, “Development of amorphous silicon-gold growth templates for metal organic chemical vapor deposition of indium phosphide nanowire networks”, SPIE Optics + Photonics, NanoScience + Engineering (August 25-29, 2013, San Diego, California, USA).

D. M. Fryauf, A. J. Lohn, B. J. Choi, S. J. Barcelo, K. J. Norris, J. Zhang, N. P. Kobayashi, “Plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition of aluminum oxide coating for photo emission wavelength tuning of indium phosphide nanowires”, SPIE Optics + Photonics, NanoScience + Engineering (August 25-29, 2013, San Diego, California, USA).

K. J. Norris, J. Zhang, D. M. Fryauf, N. P. Kobayashi, “Two step growth and fabrication of thermoelectric devices employing indium phosphide nanowire networks”, SPIE Optics + Photonics, NanoScience + Engineering (August 25-29, 2013, San Diego, California, USA).

N. P. Kobayashi, R. E. Demaray, K. J. Norris, M. Johnson, R. B. Mullapudi, J. Zhang, J. J. Diaz Leon, D. M. Fryauf, “Deposition of aluminum titanium oxide layers with a graded refractive index: optically tunable encapsulation for optoelectronic devices”, SPIE Optics + Photonics, NanoScience + Engineering (August 25-29, 2013, San Diego, California, USA).

D. M. Fryauf, A. C. Phillips, J. Zhang, K. J. Norris, N. P. Kobayashi, “Moisture barrier and chemical corrosion protection of silver-based telescope mirrors using aluminum oxide films by plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition”, SPIE Optics + Photonics, NanoScience + Engineering (August 25-29, 2013, San Diego, California, USA).

J. Zhang, D. M. Fryauf, K. J. Norris, J. J. Diaz Leon, N. P. Kobayashi, “Study of Raman signal from indium phosphide nanowire networks coated with gold”, SPIE Optics + Photonics, NanoScience + Engineering (August 25-29, 2013, San Diego, California, USA).

K. J. Norris, J. Zhang, D. M. Fryauf, E. Coleman, G. S. Tompa, N. P. Kobayashi, “Single-polycrystalline core-shell silicon nanowires grown on copper”, SPIE Optics + Photonics, NanoScience + Engineering (August 25-29, 2013, San Diego, California, USA).

(Invited) N. P. Kobayashi, “Mesoscopic materials grown by MOCVD for thermoelectric power generation: Semiconductor nanowire networks and Semi-metallic/semiconductor thin films”, the 2013 Collaborative Conference on Crystal Growth (June 10-13, 2013, Cancun, Mexico).

K. J. Norris, J. Zhang, D. M. Fryauf, N. P. Kobayashi, “Growth of Polycrystalline Indium Phosphide Nanowires on Copper”, H8.06, 2013 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit (April 1-5, 2013, San Francisco, California, USA).

D. M. Fryauf, A. J. Lohn, B. J. Choi, S. J. Barcelo, K. J. Norris, J. Zhang, N. P. Kobayashi, “Post-growth Emission Wavelength Tuning of Indium Phosphide Nanowires Using Aluminum Oxide Coating by Plasma-enhanced Atomic Layer Deposition”, R6.48, 2013 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit (April 1-5, 2013, San Francisco, California, USA).

K. J. Norris, S. Barcelo, J. Zhang, D. M. Fryauf, G. Gibson, Z. Li, Z. –L. Zhou, S. –Y. Wang, N. P. Kobayashi, “Selective Area Growth of Indium Phosphide Nanopillars on Amorphous Silicon Segments Patterned by Nanoimprinting Lithography”, R10.34, 2013 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit (April 1-5, 2013, San Francisco, California, USA).

K. J. Norris, B. J. Choi, J. Zhang, D. M. Fryauf, A. C. Torrezan, D. A. A. Ohlberg, J. P. Strachan, J. J. Yang, R. S. Williams, N. P. Kobayashi, “Resistive Switching Behavior of SiO2 Co-sputtered with Platinum”, DD14.17, 2013 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit (April 1-5, 2013, San Francisco, California, USA).

N. P. Kobayashi, J. J. Diaz Leon, K. J. Norris, D. M. Fryauf, J. Zhang, A. N. Flores, R. E. Demaray, R. Mullapdi, T. Arunagiri, L. Lu, “Hafnium-titanium Oxide Alloy Films by a Novel Sub-atomic Layer Sputtering Process for High Index and Graded Index Applications”, HH5.08, 2013 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit (April 1-5, 2013, San Francisco, California, USA).

A. J. Lohn, E. Coleman, K. J. Norris, G. S. Tompa, N. P. Kobayashi, “Thermoelectric assessment of silicon nanowire networks”, Electronic Materials and Applications 2013 (January 23-25, 2013, Orlando, Florida, USA).

J.-W. Han, A. J. Lohn, M. Meyyappan, N. P. Kobayashi, “Contact metal effects in indium phosphide nanowire transistor”, SPIE Optics + Photonics, NanoScience + Engineering (August 12-16, 2012, San Diego, California, USA).

A. J. Lohn, N. M. Dawson, R. D. Cormia, D. Fryauf, J. Zhang, K. J. Norris, N. P. Kobayashi, “Study on indium phosphide nanowires grown by metal organic chemical vapor deposition and coated with aluminum oxides deposited by atomic layer deposition”, SPIE Optics + Photonics, NanoScience + Engineering (August 12-16, 2012, San Diego, California, USA).

K. J. Norris, J. Zhang, D. Fryauf, A. Rugar, A. Flores, A. J. Lohn, N. P. Kobayashi, “Indium phosphide nanowire network’s growth and characterization for thermoelectric conversion”, SPIE Optics + Photonics, NanoScience + Engineering (August 12-16, 2012, San Diego, California, USA).

A. J. Lohn, K. J. Norris, E. Coleman, G. S. Tompa, N. P. Kobayashi, “Thermoelectric nanowire networks: A low cost approach to energy recovery”, Nanotech Conference & Expo 2012 (June 18-21, 2012, Santa Clara, California, USA).

A. J. Lohn, K. J. Norris, J. Zhang, D. Fryauf, N. P. Kobayashi, “Semiconducting nanowire networks: Manufacturing opportunity and scientific curiosity”, Nanotech Conference & Expo 2012 (June 18-21, 2012, Santa Clara, California, USA).

A. J. Lohn, K. J. Norris, E. Coleman, G. S. Tompa, N. P. Kobayashi, “Effect of Doping on Nanowire Morphology during Plasma-assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition”, 2012 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit (April 9-13, 2012, San Francisco, California, USA).

K. J. Norris, A. J. Lohn, E. Coleman, G. S. Tompa, N. P. Kobayashi, “Modeling and Characterization of Silicon Nanowire Networks for Thermoelectric Conversion”, 2012 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit (April 9-13, 2012, San Francisco, California, USA).

A. J. Lohn, E. Coleman, G. S. Tompa, N. P. Kobayashi, “Semiconductor nanowire networks as platforms for large area thermoelectric conversion”, The 2^nd Nanotoday Conference (December 11-15, 2011, Waikoloa Beach, Hawaii, USA).

(Invited) N. P. Kobayashi, “Physics and chemistry of nanostructured materials: Solid state devices for energy harvesting”, International Conference on Advanced Electromaterials 2011 (November 7-10, 2011, Jeju, Korea).

A. J. Lohn, E. Coleman, G. S. Tomapa, N. P. Kobayashi, “Semiconductor nanowire networks as thermoelectric platforms”, AVS 58^th International Symposium & Exhibition (October 30-November 4, 2011, Nashville, Tennessee, USA).

N. P. Kobayashi, T. Onishi, E. Coleman, G. S. Tompa, “Nanocomposites for thermoelectric power generation: rare-earth metal monoantimonide nanostructures embedded in InGaSb and InSbAs ternary alloys”, SPIE Optics + Photonics, NanoScience + Engineering (August 21-25, 2011, San Diego, California, USA).

C. W. Greene, A. J. Lohn, N. P. Kobayashi, “Comparative study on nucleation and growth of InP nanowires on micro-crystalline- and single-crystalline-Si surfaces”, SPIE Optics + Photonics, NanoScience + Engineering (August 21-25, 2011, San Diego, California, USA).

A. J. Lohn, T. J. Longson, N. P. Kobayashi, “Indium phosphide nanowires integrated directly on carbon fiber”, SPIE Optics + Photonics, NanoScience + Engineering (August 21-25, 2011, San Diego, California, USA).

(Invited) T. Yamada, H. Yamada, A. J. Lohn, N. P. Kobayashi, “Transport in fused InP nanowire device in dark and under illumination: Coulomb staircase scenario”, SPIE Optics + Photonics, NanoScience + Engineering (August 21-25, 2011, San Diego, California, USA).

(Invited) J.-W. Han, A. J. Lohn, N. P. Kobayashi, M. Meyyappan, “CuO thin-film and nanowire for e-textile applications”, SPIE Optics + Photonics, NanoScience + Engineering (August 21-25, 2011, San Diego, California, USA).

A. J. Lohn, T. Onishi, K. J. Norris, E. Coleman, G. S. Tompa, N. P. Kobayashi, “Growth and characterization of thermoelectric nanostructures”, The 18^th American Conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy in conjunction with The 15^th US Biennial Workshop on Organometallic Vapor Phase Epitaxy (ACCGE-18/OMVPE-15) (July 31, 2011-August 5, 2011, Monterey, California, USA).

T. Onishi, T. Favaloro, A. Shakouri, E. Coleman, G. Tompa, N. P. Kobayashi, “The MOCVD Growth of Erbium Antimonide Nanocomposite Embedded III-V Host Materials and Characterization for Thermoelectrics”, TMS EMC 2011 (June 22-24, 2011, Santa Barbara, California, USA).

(Plenary) N. P. Kobayashi, “Nanostructured Materials in Solid State Device for Energy”, 10^th WSEAS International Conference on Microelectronics, Nanoelectronics, and Optoelectronics (MINO ‘11) (May 27-29, 2011, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain).

A. J. Lohn, N. P. Kobayashi, “Surface Photovoltage Study of InP Nanowire Networks”, 2011 MRS Spring Meeting (April 25-29, 2011, San Francisco, California, USA).

T. Onishi, A. J. Lohn, E. Coleman, G. S. Tompa, N. P. Kobayashi, “Reflection Absorption Infrared Spectroscopy Study on the Spontaneous Formation of Erbium Monoantimonide Nanoparticles on Indium Antimonide Surfaces”, 2011 MRS Spring Meeting (April 25-29, 2011, San Francisco, California, USA).

T. Onishi, T. Favaloro, A. Shakouri, E. Coleman, G. S. Tompa, N. P. Kobayashi, “Nanocomposites for Thermoelectrics : Erbium Mono-Antimonide Nano Crystals Embedded in Group III –AsSb Host Materials,” The AVS 57^th International Symposium & Exhibition (October 17-22, 2010, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA).

H. Yamada, T. Yamada, A. J. Lohn, N. P. Kobayashi, “Reversible Suppression of Coulomb Staircase in InP Nanowires with Light Illumination”, IEEE Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference (October 12-15, 2010, Monterey, California, USA).

A. J. Lohn, N. P. Kobayashi, “Effect of Substrate Crystallinity on Growth and Optical Properties of InP Nanowires”, IEEE Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference (October 12-15, 2010, Monterey, California, USA).

(Invited) M. S. Islam, N. P. Kobayashi, A. A. Talin, “Workshop on Nanoepitaxy: Fundamentals and Applications, Nanoepitaxy and nanoheteroepitaxy: opportunities, challenges,” SPIE Optics + Photonics / NanoScience + Engineering (August 1-5, 2010, San Diego, California, USA).

H. Yamada, T. Yamada, A. J. Lohn, N. P. Kobayashi, “Coulomb staircase in fused semiconducting InP nanowires under light illumination,” SPIE Optics + Photonics / NanoScience + Engineering (August 1-5, 2010, San Diego, California, USA).

(Keynote) N. P. Kobayashi, “Nanostructured Materials for Energy Harvesting and Saving: Importance of Materials Science”, International Conference on Communications Circuits and Systems 2010 (July 28-30, 2010, Chengdu, China).

A. Lohn, S. Matthai, X. Li, V. J. Logeeswaran, M. S. Islam, T. Onishi, J. Straznicky, S.-Y. Wang, R. S. Williams, Milo Holt, N. P. Kobayashi, “Epitaxial Growth of Ensembles of Indium Phosphide Nanowires on Amorphous Surfaces: Structural, Electrical, Optical Characterization, and Device Applications,” Inc.15^th International Conference on Metal Organic Vapor Phase Epitaxy (May 23-28, 2010, Lake Tahoe, California, USA).

T. Onishi, T. Favaloro, A. Shakouri, N. P. Kobayashi, E. Coleman, G. Tompa, “Nanocomposite: The First Demonstration of MOCVD-Grown Rare Earth Monoantimonide Embedded in In(Ga)Sb(As) Matrices,” Inc.15^th International Conference on Metal Organic Vapor Phase Epitaxy (May 23-28, 2010, Lake Tahoe, California, USA).

(Invited) N. P. Kobayashi, “Combining dissimilar materials at nanometer-scale for energy harvesting,” SPIE Defense, Security and Sensing 2010 (April 5-9, 2010, Orlando, Florida, USA).

A. J. Lohn, M. Holt, N. Dawson, N. P. Kobayashi, “Temperature-dependent optical properties of InP nanowires in ensembles”, SPIE Defense, Security and Sensing 2010 (April 5-9, 2010, Orlando, Florida, USA).

(Invited) J. M. O. Zide, H. Lu, T. Onishi, J. L. Schroeder, J. E. Bowers, N. P. Kobayashi, T. D. Sands, A. C. Gossard, A. Shakouri, “Novel metal/semiconductor nanocomposite and superlattice materials and devices for thermoelectrics”, SPIE Defense, Security and Sensing 2010 (April 5-9, 2010, Orlando, Florida, USA).

A. J. Lohn, M. Holt, N. M. Dawson, N. P. Kobayashi, “Ensemble Effects on the Optical Properties of Indium Phosphide Nanowires at Various Temperatures”, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting (April 13-17, 2010, San Francisco, California, USA).

H. Yamada, T. Yamada, A. J. Lohn, N. P. Kobayashi, “Room-temperature Coulomb Staircase in Semiconducting InP Nanowires Modulated with Light Illumination”, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting (April 13-17, 2010, San Francisco, California, USA).

T. Onishi, T. X. Favaloro, N. P. Kobayashi, E. Coleman, G. S. Tompa, “MOCVD Growth of Erbium Antimonide Nanoparticles Embedded in Indium Gallium Antimonide Matrix”, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting (April 13-17, 2010, San Francisco, California, USA).

VJ. Logeeswaran, N. P. Kobayashi, S.-Y. Wang, M. S. Islam, “Observing Catastrophic breakdown of InP nanowires under high current injection”, SPIE Optics + Photonics / NanoScience + Engineering (August 2-6, 2009, San Diego, California, USA).

(Invited) N. P. Kobayashi, “Low Dimensional III-V Compound Semiconductor Structures”, SPIE Optics + Photonics / NanoScience + Engineering (August 2-6, 2009, San Diego, California, USA).

N. Mingo, D. Hauser, N. P. Kobayashi, M. Plissonnier, A. Shakouri, The “nanoparticle in alloy” approach to efficient thermoelectrics: silicides in SiGe“, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting (April 13-17, 2009, San Francisco, California, USA).

T. Onishi, A. J. Lohn, N. P. Kobayashi, “Optical Properties and Carrier Dynamics of Ensembles of InP Nanowires Grown on Non-single-crystal Platforms”, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting (April 13-17, 2009, San Francisco, California, USA).

A. J. Lohn, T. Onishi, N. P. Kobayashi, “Characterization of InP nanowires grown on non-single-crystal platforms”, SPIE International Symposium on Defense, Security and Sensing 2009 (April 13-17, 2009, Orlando, Florida, USA).

N. P. Kobayashi, S. Mathai, X. Li, Logeeswaran VJ, M. S. Islam, J. Stranznicky, S.-Y. Wang, “Ensembles of indium phosphide nanowires: physical properties and device applications”, World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science 2008 / ICCE 2008 (October 22-24, 2008, San Francisco, California, USA).

(Invited) Logeeswaran VJ, A. Sarkar, M. S. Islam, N. P. Kobayashi, S.-Y. Wang, R. S. Williams, “Nanoheteroepitaxy for mass-manufacturable electronics and photonics without crystalline substrates”, presented 214^th Electro Chemical Society Meeting (October 12-17, 2008, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA).

S. Mathai, N. P. Kobayashi, X. Li, J. Straznicky, S.-Y. Wang, M. R. T. Tan, D. Houng, R. S. Williams, “InP nanowire diodes on quartz substrates”, IEEE 8^th International Conference on Nanotechnology / NANO 2008 (August 18-21, 2008, Arlington, Texas, USA).

Logeeswaran VJ, A. Katzenmeyer, M. S. Islam, N. P. Kobayashi, W. Wu, P. Chaturvedi, N. Fang, S.-Y. Wang, R. S. Williams, “Electrical resistivity and thermal stability of smooth silver thin film for nanoscale optoelectronic devices”, IEEE 8^th International Conference on Nanotechnology / NANO 2008 (August 18-21, 2008, Arlington, Texas, USA).

M. S. Islam, Logeeswaran VJ, N. P. Kobayashi, S.-Y. Wang, R. S. Williams, “Nanoheteroepitaxy for Photovoltaic Devices on Non-crystalline Substrates“, Workshop on Efficient Conversion of Solar Energy to Electricity and Fuels (August 13-15, 2008, Boulder, Colorado).

A. Sarkar, Logeeswaran VJ, M. S. Islam, A. A. Talin, N. P. Kobayashi, S.-Y. Wang, R. S. Williams, “Photo-enhanced thermal breakdown of intersecting InP nanowire photoconductors on an amorphous Si surface”, Electronic Materials Conference (June 25-27, 2008, Santa Barbara, California, USA).

N. P. Kobayashi, R. S. Williams, “Deposition of smooth aluminum oxide on CH₃-terminated alkanethiolate self-assembled monolayers by two-stage atomic layer deposition”, World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science 2007 / ICCE 2007 (October 24-26, 2007, San Francisco, California, USA).

(post deadline paper) M. S. Islam, Logeeswaran VJ, A. Sarkar, N. P. Kobayashi, J. Straznicky, X. Li, Wei Wu, S. Mathai, M. R. T. Tan, S.-Y. Wang, R. S. Williams, “An Ultra-fast Nanowire Photodetector with a 14 ps Impulse Response Fabricated on an Amorphous Surface”, 20^th IEEE-LEOS Annual Meeting (October 21-25, 2007, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA).

(Invited) N. P. Kobayashi, “A new route to grow single-crystal group III-V compound semiconductor nanostructures on non-single-crystal substrates,” SPIE Optics East (September 9-12, 2007, Boston Massachusetts, USA).

(Invited) N. P. Kobayashi, Logeeswaran VJ, X. Li, M. S. Islam, J. Straznicky, S.-Y. Wang, R. S. Williams, “Randomly-oriented indium phosphide nanowires for optoelectronics”, SPIE Optics East (September 9-12, 2007, Boston Massachusetts, USA).

(Invited) N. P.  Kobayashi, “Indium phosphide nanoneedles on hydrogenated silicon surfaces”,LASERION® 2007, Microfabrication, nanostructured materials and biotechnology (July 1-6, 2007 Schloss Ringberg / Tegernsee, Germany).

N. P. Kobayashi, R. S. Williams, “Explicit control on surface wetting in the early stage of atomic layer deposition of aluminum oxide”, 7^th International Conference on Atomic Layer Deposition (June 24-27, 2007, San Diego, California, USA).

Logeeswaran VJ, N. P Kobayashi, W. Wu, M. S. Islam, N. X. Fang, S.-Y. Wang, R. S. Williams, ”Smooth Ag film deposited using e-beam evaporated Ge as an intermediate layer for applications in nanoscale devices and optical superlens”, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting 2007 (April 9-13, 2007, San Francisco, California, USA).

N. P. Kobayashi, S.-Y. Wang, C. Santori, R. S. Williams, “Indium phosphide nanoneedles on non-single crystalline semiconductor surfaces”, 19^th International Microprocesses and Nanotechnology Conference (October 25–27, 2006, Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan).

N. P. Kobayashi, C. Donley, S.-Y. Wang, R. S. Williams, “Atomic later deposition of aluminum oxide at low temperature on CH₃-terminated alkanethiolate self-assembled monolayer surfaces”, 19^th International Microprocesses and Nanotechnology Conference (October 25–27, 2006, Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan).

N. P. Kobayashi, S.-Y. Wang, C. Santori, R. S. Williams, “Synthesis of single-crystal semiconductor nanoneedles on non-single-crystal surfaces”, SPIE Optics East 2006 (October 1-4, 2006, Boston, Massachusetts, USA).

(Invited) L. C. Chuang, M. J. Moewe, S. M Crankshaw, N. P. Kobayashi, C. C. Chang, C. J. Chang-Hasnain, “Epitaxial III-V nanowires on Si substrates”, SPIE Optics East 2006 (October 1-4, 2006, Boston, Massachusetts, USA).

L. C. Chuang, M. Moewe, S. Crankshaw, Y. Ben, C. Chase, W. Wang, N. P. Kobayashi, C. Chang-Hasnain, “Growth and characteristics of epitaxial nanowires on a lattice-mismatched substrate”, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics / Quantum Electronics & Laser Science Conference (May 21-26, 2006, Long Beach, California, USA).

L. C. Chuang, N. P. Kobayashi, E.-T. Kim, C. J. Chang-Hasnain, T. Kuykendall, D. Sirbuly, P. Yang, “Structural and optical studies of In(Ga)P nanowires grown on Si(111) substrates by MOCVD”, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics / Quantum Electronics & Laser Science Conference (May 22-27, 2005, Baltimore, Maryland, USA).

H. Yoong, Y. Ominami, N. P. Kobayashi, K. McIlwrath, Q. Ngo, A. M. Cassell, J. Li and C. Y. Yang, “Transmission electron microscopy of interfaces between carbon nanofibers and metal thin films”, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting (March 28 – April 1, 2005, San Francisco, California, USA).

(Invited) R. G. Broeke, J. Cao, C. Ji, Y. Du, N. Chubun, P. Bjeletich, S. J. B. Yoo, R. Welty, P. L. Stephan, C. Reinhardt, I. Y. Han, N. P. Kobayashi, “A programmable monolithic InP optical-CDMA encoder/decoder”, LEOS’04 Annual Meeting (November 7–11, 2004, Puerto Rico).

M. E. Lowry, C. V. Bennett, S. P. Vernon, T. Bond, R. Welty, E. Behymer, H. Petersen, A. Krey, R. Stewart, N. P. Kobayashi, V. Sperry, P. Stephan, C. Reinhardt, S. Simpson, P. Stratton, R. Bionta, M. McKeran, E. Ables, L. Ott, S. Bond, J. Ayers, O.L. Landen, P.M. Bell, “Radsensor: x-ray detection by direct modulation of an optical probe beam”, SPIE Fourth-Generation X-Ray Sources and Ultrafast X-Ray Detectors (August 4-6, 2003, San Diego, California, USA).

X. Zhang, P. D. Dapkus, J. T. Kobayashi, N. P. Kobayashi, I. Kim, D. H. Rich, “InGaN/GaN quantum wells grown on V-grooves of epitaxial lateral overgrown GaN”, 9^th Biennial Workshop on Organometallic Vapor Phase Epitaxy (May 23-27, 1999, Ponte Vera Beach, Florida, USA).

D. H. Rich, X. Zhang, J. T. Kobayashi, N. P. Kobayashi, P. D. Dapkus, “Exciton localization in InGaN/GaN quantum heterostructures studied with time-resolved cathodoluminescence”, International Conference on The Physics of Semiconductors (August 2-7, 1998. Jerusalem, Israel).

P. D. Dapkus, A. E. Bond, W.-J. Choi, N. P. Kobayashi, J. T. Kobayashi, C. K. Lin, “Novel applications of AlAs oxide to optoelectronic devices”, 11^th Annual Meeting. IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 1998 Annual Meeting (Dec. 1-4, 1998, Orlando, Florida, USA).

J. T. Kobayashi, N. P. Kobayashi, P. D. Dapkus, X. Zhang, D. H. Rich, “Optical emission characteristics of thin InGaN layers grown on GaN and the implications for growing high quality quantum wells by MOCVD”, 9^th International Conference on Metal Organic Vapor Phase Epitaxy (May 30 – June 4, 1998, La Jolla, California, USA).

N. P. Kobayashi, J. T. Kobayashi, W-J. Choi, P. D. Dapkus, “Nucleation and growth of GaN by MOCVD on a surface template of oxidized AlAs”, 9^th International Conference on Metal Organic Vapor Phase Epitaxy (May 30 – June 4, 1998, La Jolla, California, USA).

N. P. Kobayashi, J. T. Kobayashi, W.-J. Choi, P. D. Dapkus, “Selective area MOCVD growth of GaN on sapphire and silicon substrate using oxidized AlAs as a mask”, 9^th International Conference on Metal Organic Vapor Phase Epitaxy (May 30 – June 4, 1998, La Jolla, California, USA).

X. Zhang, D. H. Rich, J. T. Kobayashi, N. P. Kobayashi, P. D. Dapkus, “Cathodoluminescence study of InGaN/GaN hetero-structures grown by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition”, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting (April 13-17, 1998, San Francisco, California, USA).

N. P. Kobayashi, J. T. Kobayashi, W-J. Choi, P. D. Dapkus, “GaN nucleation Mechanism on a surface template of oxidized AlAs”, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting (April 13-17, 1998, San Francisco, California, USA).

J. T. Kobayashi, N. P. Kobayashi, P. D. Dapkus, “Defect formation of GaN and InGaN growth at low temperature”, American Physical Society March Meetings (March 16-20, 1998, Los Angeles, California, USA).

N. P. Kobayashi, J. T. Kobayashi, P. D. Dapkus, W-J. Choi, X. Zhang, D. H. Rich, “Epitaxial growth of GaN on Si substrate using oxidized AlAs as an intermediate layer“, 2^nd International Conference on Nitride Semiconductors (October 27-31, 1997, Tokushima, Japan).

N. P. Kobayashi, J. T. Kobayashi, P. D. Dapkus, W-J. Choi, A. E. Bond, X. Zhang, D. H. Rich, “A new compliant substrate approach for the growth of GaN on Si by metal organic chemical vapor deposition”, IEEE Summer Topical Meetings (August 11-15, 1997, Montreal, Quebec, Canada).

J. T. Kobayashi, N. P. Kobayashi, P. D. Dapkus, X. Zhang, Daniel H. Rich, “Growth of GaN on (0001) sapphire by MOCVD using a multilayer approach in a closed space showerhead reactor”, IEEE Summer Topical Meetings (August 11-15, 1997, Montreal, Canada).

J. T. Kobayashi, N. P. Kobayashi, P. D. Dapkus, “Multi-step growth approach for GaN over layers grown by MOCVD”, 39^th Electronic Materials Conference (June 25-27, 1997, Fort Collins, Colorado USA).

J. T. Kobayashi, N. P. Kobayashi, P. D. Dapkus, “Nucleation and growth behavior for GaN grown on (0001) sapphire using a close space MOCVD reactor”, 8^th Biennial Workshop on Organometallic Vapor Phase Epitaxy (April 13-17, 1997, Dana Point, California, USA).

J. T. Kobayashi, N. P. Kobayashi, X. Zhang, D. H. Rich, P. D. Dapkus, “Initial stages of MOCVD growth of gallium nitride using a multi-step growth approach”, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting (March 31-April 4, 1997, San Francisco, California, USA).

A. Kalburge, T. R. Ramachandran, R. Heitz, N. P. Kobayashi, Q. Xie, P. Chen, A. Madhukar, “Evolution of structure and optical behavior through the 2D to 3D morphology change in InAs growth on GaAs(001)”, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting (December 2-6, 1996, Boston, Massachusetts, USA).

T. R. Ramachandran, N. P. Kobayashi, P. Chen, A. Madhukar, “On the reliability of images of nanoscale three-dimensional features obtained via STM, C-AFM AND NC-AFM”, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting (December 2-6, 1996, Boston, Massachusetts, USA).

T. R. Ramachandran, R. Heitz, N. P. Kobayashi, A. Kalburge, W. Yu, P. Chen, A. Madhukar, “Re-entrant behavior of 2D to 3D morphology change and 3D island lateral size equalization via mass exchange in Stranski-Krastanow growth: InAs on GaAs(001)”, 9^th International Conference on Molecular Beam Epitaxy (August 5-9, 1996, Malibu, California, USA).

Q. Xie, N. P. Kobayashi, T. R. Ramachandran, A. Kalburge, P. Chen, A. Madhukar, “Strained coherent InAs quantum box islands on GaAs(100): size equalization, vertical self-organization, and optical properties”, 15^th North American Conference on Molecular Beam Epitaxy (September 17-20, 1995, College Park, Maryland, USA).

Q. Xie, N. P. Kobayashi, T. R. Ramachandran, A. Kalburge, P. Chen, A. Madhukar, “Early stages of coherent strained InAs island formation on GaAs (100) in molecular beam epitaxy and their quantum box behavior”, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting (April 17-21, 1995, San Francisco, California, USA).