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Publications FY 2006 

  • “Accounting for Triplet and Saturation Effects in FCS Measurements,” L.M. Davis and G. Shen, Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology 7, 287-301, 2006.

  • “Prediction of Solidification Microstructures During Laser Dessing of Alumina Grinding Wheel Material”, S. P. Harimkar, A. N. Samant, A. A. Khangar, and Narendra B. Dahotre, J. Physics-D: Applied Physics, Vol. 39, pp. 1642-1649, 2006.

  • “Laser Surface Cladding of Fe-B-C, Fe-B-Si and Fe-BC-Si-Al-C on Plain Carbon Steel”, I. Manna, J. Dutta Majumdar, B. Ramesh Chandra, S. Nayak, and Narendra B. Dahotre, Surface and Coatings Technology, Vol. 201, pp. 434-440, 2006.

  • “Accounting for Triplet and Saturation Effect in FCS Measurements,” L.M. Daivs and G. Shen, Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology 7, 287-301 (2006).

  • “Fabrication of aligned convex CNT field emission triode by MPCVD,” Y.M. Wong, W.P. Kang, J.L. Davidson, B.K. Choi, W. Hofmeister and J.H. Huang; Diamond and Related Materials, February-March 2006, vol. 15, issues 2-3, pp. 334-340.

  • “Geometrical field enhancement on micropatterned nanodiamond film for electron emissions,” K. Subramanian, W.P. Kang, J.L. Davidson, J.D. Jarvis, W.H. Hofmeister, B.K. Choi and M. Howell; Diamond and Related Materials, February-March 2006, vol. 15, issues 2-3, pp. 417-425.

  • “Laser Induced Functionally Textured Bio-coating”, Anil Kurella and Narendra B. Dahotre, Journal of Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (JOM), Vol. 57, No. 7, pp. 64-66, 2006.

  • “Carbon nanostructure field emission devices,” Y.M. Wong, W.P. Kang, J.L. Davidson, K.L. Soh, B.K. Choi, and W.H. Hofmeister, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, March-April 2006, vol. 24, issue 2, pp. 1008-1012.

  •  “Diamond and carbon-derived vacuum micro- and nano-electronic devices,” W.P. Kang, J.L. Davidson, A. Wisitsora-at, Y.M. Wong, R. Takalkar, K. Subramania, D.V. Kerns and W.H. Hofmeister; Diamond and Related Materials, March-July 2005, vol. 14, issues 3-7, pp. 685-691.

  • “The effect of growth rate control on the morphology of nanocrystalline diamond,” K. Subramanian, W.P. Kang, J.L. Davidson and W.H. Hofmeister; Diamond and Related Materials, March-July 2005, vol. 14, issues 3-7, pp. 404-410.         

  • “Nanodiamond planar lateral field emission diode,” K. Subramanian, W.P. Kang, J.L. Davidson, W.H. Hofmeister, B.K. Choi and M. Howell; Diamond and Related Materials, November-December 2005, vol. 14, issues 11-12, pp. 2099-2104.     

  • “Field emission triode amplifier utilizing aligned carbon nanotubes,” Y.M. Wong, W.P. Kang, J.L. Davidson, B.K. Choi, W. Hofmeister and J.H. Huang; Diamond and Related Materials, November-December 2005, vol. 14, issues 11-12, pp. 2069-2073.

  • “Array geometry, size and spacing effects on field emission characteristics of aligned carbon nanotubes,” Y.M. Wong, W.P. Kang, J.L. Davidson, B.K. Choi, W. Hofmeister and J.H. Huang; Diamond and Related Materials, November-December 2005, vol. 14, issues 11-12, pp. 2078-2083.

  • “Device characterization of carbon nanotubes field emitters in diode and triode configurations,” Y.M. Wong, W.P. Kang, J.L. Davidson, W. Hofmeister, S. Wei and J.H. Huang; Diamond and Related Materials, March-July 2005, vol. 14, issues 3-7, pp. 697-703.

  • “Field emission characteristics of diamond edge-shaped emitters fabricated using nitrogen-methane plasma,” R.S. Takalkar, W.P. Kang, J.L. Davidson, B.K. Choi, W.H. Hofmeister and K. Subramanian, Diamond and Related Materials, February-March 2006, vol. 15, issues 2-3, pp. 329-333.

  • “Laser-induced carbon plasma emission spectroscopic measurements on solid targets and in gas-phase optical breakdown,” László Nemes, Anna M. Keszler, James O. Hornkohl, and Christian G. Parigger, Applied Optics, Vol. 44, Issue 18, pp. 3661-3667, 2005.

  • “Diatomic Hönl-London factor computer program,” James O. Hornkohl, Christian G. Parigger, and László Nemes, Applied Optics, Vol. 44, Issue 18, pp. 3686-369, 2005.

  • “Synthesis of Platinum-Loaded Zirconia on Fecralloy Using Composite Plasma-Polymerized Films.” P.D. Pedrow, R. Dhar, T.M. Moeller, Q. Ming, K.C. Lidell, and M.A. Osman, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Volume 33, Issue 6, Part 2, Dec. 2005 Page(s):2035 – 2045.

  • “Crystallographic and Morphological Textures in Laser Surface Modified Alumina Ceramic”, S.P.  Harimkar and Narendra B. Dahotre, J. Applied Phys.. Vol. 100, pp. 1-6, 2006.

  • “Laser Induced Multi-scale Textured Zirconia Coating on Ti-6Al-4V”, Anil Kurella and Narendra B. Dahotre, J. Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, Vol.17, pp. 565-572, 2006.

  • “High-density-infrared Treatment of Mineral Processing Equipment for Enhanced Wear Resistance”, Minerals Engineering, D. Tao, C. Blue, N.B. Dahotre, R. Honaker, B.K. Parekh, P.G.Engleman, C. Zhao, H. Han, Minerals Engineering, Vol. 19, pp.190-196, 2006.

  • “Molecular  Modeling  of Metastable  FeB49  Phase  Evolution in Laser Surface Engineered Coating”, Kantesh  Balani,  Arvind  Agarwal,  and  Narendra  B.  Dahotre, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 99, pp. 1-4, 2006.

  • "Laser Surface Modification of Ti-6Al-4V: Wear and Corrosion Characterization in Simulated Boifluids”, R. Singh, A. Kurella, and Narendra B. Dahotre, Journal of Biomaterials Applications, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 49-72, 2006.

  • “The Application of Laser-Induced Multi-Scale Surface Texturing", P. Gregory Engleman, Anil Kurella, Annop Samant, Craig A. Blue, and Narendra B. Dahotre, Journal of Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (JOM), Vol. 57, No. 12, pp. 46-50, 2005.

  • "Morphological Modification in Laser Dressed Alumina Grinding Material for Microscale Grinding", A. Khangar and Narendra B. Dahotre, J. Materials Processing Technology, Vol. 170, pp. 1-10, 2005.

  • “Microstructure and Microtexture in Laser-dressed Alumina Grinding Wheel Material”, A. Khangar, Edward A. Kenik, and Narendra B. Dahotre, Ceramics International, Vol. 31, pp. 621-629, 2005.

  • "A Comparative Study to Estimate Effective Elastic Modulus of Laser Engineered Composite Boride Coating", T. Laha, A. Agarwal, and Narendra B. Dahotre, Advanced Engineering Materials, Vol.7, No. 7, pp.326-328, 2005.

  • "Thermal Transitions in Fe-Ti-Cr-C Quaternary System used as Precursor During Laser In-Situ Carbide Coating", A. Singh, Wallace D. Porter, and Narendra B. Dahotre, Materials Science and Engineering: A, Vol. 399, pp. 318-325, 2005.

  • "Tribology of Laser Modified Surface of Stainless Steel in Physiological Solution", R. Singh and Narendra B. Dahotre, J. Materials Science, Vol. 40, No. 21, pp. 5619-5626, 2005.

  • "Nanocoating for Engine Application", S. Nayak and Narendra B. Dahotre, Surface and Coatings Technology, Vol. 194, pp. 58-67, 2005.

  • “Surface Modification for Bioimplants: The Role of Laser Surface Engineering", Anil Kurella and Narendra B. Dahotre, Journal of Biomedical Applications, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 5-50, 2005.

  • “Keratoconus Screening Instrumentation”, K.C. Baker, Y.–L. Chen, B. Tan, J.W. L. Lewis, L. Shi, Y. Jiang, and M. Wang, Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2006 47: 4050.

  • “Visualization Of Ophthalmic Measurement Using Computer Eye Modeling”, B. Tan, Y.–L. Chen, K. Baker, J.W. L. Lewis, L. Shi, Y. Jiang, and M. Wang, Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2006 47: 1169.

  • “Digital Eye Bank”, Y.–L. Chen, J.W. L. Lewis, B. Tan, K. Baker, M. Wang, and L. Shi,
    Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2006 47, 1188.

  • “Computer Real-Time Analysis in Mobile Ocular Screening”, Ying-ling Chen, J. W. L. Lewis, Natalie Kerr, and Ross Kennedy, Telemedicine and e-Health Journal, vol. 12, no 1, 2006. http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/tmj.2006.12.66

  • “Time-resolved temperature images of laser-ignition using OH two-line laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) thermometry”, Wenhong Qin, Ying-Ling Chen, and J. W. L. Lewis , The IFRF Electronic Combustion Journal, Article Number 200508, November 2005 http://www.journal.ifrf.net/200508chen.html.  

    Presentations and Proceedings

  • “The C3 Puzzle: Formation of and Spontaneous Emission from the C3 Radical in Carbon Plasma,” László Nemes, Anna M. Keszler, Christian G. Parigger, James O. Hornkohl, Hope A. Michelsen, and Vadim Stakhursky, Internet Electronic Journal of Molecular Design, March 2006, Volume 5, Number 3, Pages 150–167, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Carbon Materials – Theoretical and Experimental Aspects, Budapest, October 24–26, 2005.

  • “On Measurements of Laser-Induced Plasma,” Christian G. Parigger, in Proceedings of the 18-th International Conference on Spectroscopic Line Shapes (ICSLS, Auburn, AL), 2006.

  • “Measurements of Aluminium Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectra,” James O. Hornkohl, Christian G. Parigger,  László Nemes, and Anna M. Keszler,  in Laser Applications to Chemical, Security and Environmental Analysis 2006 Technical Digest (The Optical Society of America, Washington, DC), TuE4, 2006.

  • “On the 400-nm continuum in spectra of laser ablation graphite plasma,” László Nemes, Anna M. Keszler,  James O. Hornkohl and Christian G. Parigger, in Laser Applications to Chemical, Security and Environmental Analysis 2006 Technical Digest (The Optical Society of America, Washington, DC), TuE8, 2006.

  • “Finite Element Analysis Of Laser Induced Surface Improvement Of Al Alloys With Tic,” Lino Costa, William Hofmeister, Narendra Dahotre, Proceedings of the International PowderMet2006 Conference, San Diego, June 19-21, 2006.  MPIF, X, X, 2006 Advanced in PM&PM  Proceedings of the 2006 International Science, San Diego, CA (MPIF, Princeton, NJ, 2006).

  •  “Evolving High-Performance Evolutionary Computations for Space Vehicle Design,” Gerry Dozier, Win Britt, Michael SanSoucie, Patrick Hull, Michael Tinker, Ron Unger, Steve Bancroft, Trevor Moeller and Dan Rooney, IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, July 16-21, 2006.

  •  “Experimental ad Computer Simulation Studies of a Pulsed Plasma Accelerator,” T. Moeller, R. Rhodes, D. Keefer, C. Merkle and D. Li, The 33rd IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science, Traverse City, Michigan, June 4-8, 2006.

  •  “Comparison of Experimental and Computational Simulations Results of a Pulsed Plasma Accelerator,” T. Moeller, D. Keefer, R. Rhodes, D. Rooney, D. Li, and C. Merkle, IEPC-2005-008, The 29th International Electric Propulsion Conference, Princeton University, October 31 – November 4, 2005.

  • “Appearance of keratoconus eyes: computation” Kevin Baker, Ying-Ling Chen, J.W.L.  Lewis, and Ming Wang, OSA Vision Meeting, Tucson, AZ, Oct. 21, 2005.

  • “Ammetropia: the Ocular Shape and Dimensions”, Bo Tan, Ying-Ling Chen, and J.W.L. Lewis, OSA Vision Meeting, Tucson, AZ, Oct. 21, 2005.

  • “Nanoscale Emitters and Single-Molecule Detection in Nanochannels,” W.H. Hofmeister, L.M. Davis, J. Davidson, W.P. Kang, D. Li and J.P. Wikswo, Nanomaterials for Defense Applications 2006, Virginia Beach, VA, May 1-4 , 2006.

  • “Time-Resolved Spectral Imaging at Low Signal Levels,” G. Shen and L.M. Davis, Biophysical Society annual meeting, February 18-22, 2006, Salt Lake City, UT; Biophysical Journal, Abstracts, 1414-pos (2006).

  • “Dynamic Properties of Photoluminescence from Porous Silicon,” K.H. Lee, K.S. Jeon, D.A. Ball, G. Shen, and L.M. Davis, 96th Annual Meeting of the Korean Chemical Society, Wonju, Korea, October 21-22, 2005.

  • “Multi-Channel Imaging Capabilities at Low Signal Levels,” L.M. Davis, and G. Shen, Frontiers in Optics/Laser Science, Optical Society of America, Tucson, AZ, October 16-20, 2005.

     Book Chapters:

  • “Laser-Induced breakdown in gases: experiments and simulation,” in Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy edited by A. Miziolek, V.Palleschi, and I Schechter (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-85274-9), Chapter 4, pp 171-193, 2006.

    Invited Presentations:

  • Louisiana State University, Chemistry Dept., L.M. Davis, November, 2005.

  • Middle State University, Physics Dept., L.M. Davis, March 30, 2006.

  • “On Measurements of Laser-Induced Plasma,” Christian G. Parigger,  18th International Conference on Spectroscopic Line Shapes, The University of Auburn, AL, June 2006.

  • Invited presentation, “Laser Surface Engineering”, by Narendra B. Dahotre at the National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur, India, December, 9, 2005.
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