The Spanier Group

[41] "On the compression behavior of Ti2InC, (Ti0.5,Zr0.5)2InC and M2SnC (M = Ti, Nb, Hf) to quasi-hydrostatic pressures up to 50 GPa," B. Manoun, O. D. Leaffer, S. Gupta, E. N. Hoffman, S. K. Saxena, J. E. Spanier and M. W. Barsoum, Solid State Communications, 2009, in press.

[40] "Ferroelectricity in chemical nanostructures: proximal probe characterization and the surface chemical environment," Stephen S. Nonnenmann and Jonathan E. Spanier, J. Mater. Sci. (invited review), 44, 5205 (2009).

[39] "The natural transparency and piezoelectric response of the Greta oto butterfly wing," Valerie R. Binetti, Jessica D. Schiffman, Oren D. Leaffer, Jonathan E. Spanier and Caroline L. Schauer, Integr. Biol. 1, 1-9 (2009).

[38] "Integrated Plasmonic Lens Photodetector," J. Shackleford, R. Grote, J. E. Spanier, B. Nabet, and M. Currie, Appl. Phys. Lett., (2009) [.pdf ][Optics.org Story ]

[37] “Thermal expansion of select MAX phases measured by high-temperature x-ray diffraction and dilatometry,” T. H. Scabarozi, S. Amini, O. Leaffer, A. Ganguly, J. E. Spanier, M. W. Barsoum, S. E. Lofland, J. D. Hettinger, J. Appl. Phys., 105, 013543,(2009) [.pdf ]

[36] "On the heat capacities of Ta₂AlC, Ti₂SC and Cr₂GeC," H. Drulis, O. D. Leaffer J. E. Spanier, and M. W. Barsoum, J. Appl. Phys. (2008) [ .pdf ]

[35] "Excitation of local field enhancement on silicon nanowires," L. Cao, B. Garipcan, E. M. Gallo, S. S. Nonnenmann, E. Piskin, B. Nabet and J. E. Spanier, Nano. Lett. 8(2), 601-605 (2008). [ .pdf ]

[34] "Time response of two-dimensional gas based vertical field metal-semiconductor-metal photodetectors," X. Zhao, E. M. Gallo, J. E. Spanier, B. Nabet, M. Currie, A. Cola, and F. Quaranta, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 55(7), 1762-1770 (2008). [ .pdf ]

[33] "Controllable Formation of Nano-scale Patterns on TiO2 by Conductive-AFM Nanolithography," B. Garipcan, J. Winters, J. S. Atchison, M. Cathell, J. Schiffman, O. D. Leaffer, S. S. Nonnenman, C. Schauer, E. Piskin, B. Nabet, and J. E. Spanier, Langmuir, 24, 8944-8949(2008). [ .pdf ]

[32] "Electrical, thermal and elastic properties of Ti₂SC: an unusual MAX-phase material," T. H. Scabarozi, S. Amini, P. Finkel, O. D. Leaffer, J. E. Spanier, M. W. Barsoum, S. E. Lofland and J. D. Hettinger, J. Appl. Phys., 104, 033502 (2008). [ .pdf ]

[31] "On the Raman scattering from selected M₂AC compounds," O. D. Leaffer, S. Gupta, M. W. Barsoum and J. E. Spanier, J. Mater. Res. (Rapid Communications), 22, 2651-2654 (2007). [ .pdf ]

[30] "On the Raman scattering from semiconductor nanowires," L. Cao, L. Laim, P. D. Valenzuela, B. Nabet and J. E. Spanier, J. Raman Spectrosc., 38, 697-703 (2007).

[29] "Instability and transport of metal catalysts in the growth of tapered silicon nanowires," L. Cao. B. Garipcan, J. S. Atchison, C. Ni, B. Nabet and J. E. Spanier, Nano Lett. 6 (9), 1852-1857 (2006). [ .pdf ] [ Supporting Info ]

[28] "Ferroelectric Phase Transition in Individual BaTiO₃ Nanowires," J. E. Spanier, A. Kolpak, I. Grinberg, J. J. Urban, L. Ouyang, W.S. Yun, A. M. Rappe, and H. Park, Nano Lett. 6 (4), 735-739 (2006). [ .pdf ]

[27] "Enhanced Raman scattering from individual semiconductor nanocones and nanowires," L. Cao, B. Nabet and J. E. Spanier, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 157402 (2006). [ .pdf ]

[26] "Optically Modulated High-Sensitivity Heterostructure Varactor," X. Zhao, A. Cola, A. Tersigni, F. Quaranta, E. Gallo, J. E. Spanier and B. Nabet, IEEE Electron Dev. Lett. Volume 27, pp 710-712 (2006). [ .pdf ]

[25] "One-Dimensional Semiconductor and Oxide Nanostructures," J. E. Spanier, invited book chapter Ch. 9 in Nanomaterials Handbook, Y. Gogotsi, ed., CRC Press, Boca Raton FL (2006).

[24] "Patterning polyethylene oligomers on carbon nanotubes using physical vapor deposition," L. Li, Y. Li, Y. Yang, G. Yang, X. Chen, B. S. Hsiao, B. Chu, J. E. Spanier, C. Y. Li, Nano Lett. 6, 1007 (2006). [ .pdf ]

[23] "Diamond-Hexagonal Semiconductor Nanocones With Controllable Apex Angle," L. Cao, L. Laim, C. Ni, B. Nabet, and J. E. Spanier, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 127(40), 13782-13783 (2005). [ .pdf ] [ Supporting Info ]

[22] "Vibrational Behavior of the M_n+1AX_n phases from first-order Raman scattering," J. E. Spanier, S. Gupta, M. Amer and M. W. Barsoum, Phys. Rev. B 71, 012103 (2005). [ .pdf ]

[21] "On the heat capacity of Ti₃SiC₂ and Ti₃GeC₂," M. K. Drulis, A. Czopnik, H. Drulis, J. E. Spanier, A. Ganguly and M. Barsoum, Materials Science and Engineering B, 119, 159-163 (2005). [ .pdf ]

[20] "Optical and electrical properties of Zn_1-xBe_xSe grown by molecular beam epitaxy," I. L. Kuskovky, Y. Gu, J. E. Spanier, I. P. Herman, G. F. Neumark, O. Maksimov, X. Zhou, M. C. Tamargo, V. A. Smyntyna, V. M Belous, V. A. Pasternak, Journal of Physical Studies 8, 384-9 (2004). [ .pdf ]

[19] "Single-crystalline barium titanate nanowires: Synthesis and characterization," J. J. Urban, J. E. Spanier, L. Ouyang, W. S. Yun, and H. Park, invited review, Adv. Mater. 15, 423 (2003) [ .pdf ]

[18] "Ferroelectric Nanowires," J. E. Spanier, J. J. Urban, L. Ouyang, W. S. Yun, and H. Park , invited book chapter in Nanowires and Nanobelts Volume II; Materials Properties and Devices (Kluwer, Netherlands, 2003).

[17] "Room temperature tetragonal phase in barium titanate nanocrystals: evidence for ferroelectricity," V. Chiang, M. Ying, R. D. Robinson, J. E. Spanier, I. P. Herman and S. O'Brien, (submitted).

[16] "Visible thermal emission from sub-bandgap laser excited cerium dioxide particles," R. D. Robinson, J. E. Spanier, F. Zhang, S. W. Chan, and I. P. Herman, J. Appl. Phys. 92, 1936 (2002). [ .pdf ]

[15] "Size-dependent properties of CeO_2-y nanoparticles as studied by Raman scattering," J. E. Spanier, R. D. Robinson, F. Zhang, S. W. Chan, and I. P. Herman, Phys. Rev. B 64, 245407 (2001). [ .pdf ]

[14] "Cerium oxide nanoparticles: size-selective formation and structure analysis," F. Zhang, S.-W. Chan, J. E. Spanier, E. Apak, R. D. Robinson, I. P. Herman, Appl. Phys. Lett. 80, 127 (2002). [ .pdf ]

[13] "Single crystal, mesoscopic films of PZN-PT: formation and micro-Raman analysis," J. E. Spanier, M. Levy, I. P. Herman, R. M. Osgood, and A. S. Bhalla, Appl. Phys. Lett. 79, 1510 (2001). [ .pdf ]

[12] "Optical properties of δ-doped ZnSe:Te grown by molecular beam epitaxy: role of tellurium," I. Kuskovsky, C. Tian, G. F. Neumark, J. E. Spanier, I. P. Herman, W.-C. Lin, S. P. Guo and M. C. Tamargo, Phys. Rev. B 63, 155205, (2001). [ .pdf ]

[11] "Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy of 6H-SiC in aqueous hydrofluoric acid," J. E. Spanier, A. C. West and I. P. Herman, J. Electrochem. Soc. 148, C663 (2001). [ .pdf ]

[10] "Vapor-phase epitaxial growth on porous 6H-SiC analyzed by Raman scattering," J. E. Spanier, G. P. Dunne, L. B. Rowland and I. P. Herman, Appl. Phys. Lett. 76, 3879 (2000). [ .pdf ]

[9] "Use of hybrid phenomenological and statistical effective medium theories of dielectric functions to model the infrared reflectance of porous SiC films," J. E. Spanier and I. P. Herman, Phys. Rev. B 61, 10437 (2000). [ .pdf ]

[8] "Infrared reflection spectroscopy and effective medium modeling of as-anodized and oxidized porous silicon carbide", J. E. Spanier and I. P. Herman, J. of Porous Mater. 7, 139 (2000).

[7] "Optical and Electrochemical Properties of Nanoscale Materials," J. E. Spanier, PhD Dissertation, Columbia University, New York, NY (2001).

[6] "Optical Transmission, Photoluminescence and Raman Scattering of Porous SiC Prepared from p-type 6H-SiC," S. Kim, J. E. Spanier and I. P. Herman, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 39, 5875 (2000). [ .pdf ]

[5] "Infrared reflection spectroscopy of as-anodized and passivated 6H and 4H porous silicon carbide," J. E. Spanier and I. P. Herman, in Materials and Devices for Silicon-based Optoelectronics, MRS Symposia Proceedings No. 486, 317 (1998).

[4] "Effects of nanocrystalline structure and passivation on the photoluminescent properties of porous silicon carbide," J. E. Spanier, G. S. Cargill III, I. P. Herman, S. Kim, D. R. Goldstein, A. D. Kurtz and B. Z. Weiss, in Advances in Microcrystalline and Nanocrystalline Semiconductors, MRS Symposia Proceedings No. 452, 491 (1997).

[3] "Infrared reflectance of thick p-type porous SiC layers," M. F. MacMillan, R. P. Devaty, W. J. Choyke, D. Goldstein, J. E. Spanier, and A. D. Kurtz, J. Appl. Phys. 80, 2412 (1996). [ .pdf ]

[2] "Infrared reflectance of porous SiC layers," M. F. MacMillan, R. P. Devaty, W. J. Choyke, D. Goldstein, J. E. Spanier, and A. D. Kurtz, in Silicon Carbide and Related Materials 1995, (Institute of Physics, London, 1996), IOP Conf. Proc. Chap. 7, p. 1075.

[1] "Enhancements in Scattered Pressure Field of Fluid-Loaded Shell with Axisymmetric Periodic Structure," J. E. Spanier, Masters Thesis, The Catholic University of America, Washington DC, 1994.