Publications

1.Journal Publications

33. P. Chen, C. Holbrook, P. Boolchand, D.G. Georgiev, K.A. Jackson, M. Micoulaut, “Intermediate Phase, Network Demixing, Boson and Floppy Modes, and Compositional Trends in Glass transition Temperatures of Binary AsxS1-x System”, Phys. Rev. B 78 (2008) #224208

32. S.S.Thanawala, S.S., R.J. Baird, D.G. Georgiev, G.W. Auner, “Amorphous and crystalline IrO2 thin films as potential stimulation electrode coatings”, Applied Surface Science, v. 254, issue 16 (June) 2008, 254 (2008) 5164

31.J. Eizenkop, I. Avrutsky, D.G. Georgiev, V. Chaudchary, “Single-pulse excimer laser nanostructuring of silicon: A heat transfer problem and surface morphology”, Journal of Applied Physics, v. 103, issue 9 (May) 2008, 103 (2008) art.# 094311

30. S. Thanawala, D.G. Georgiev, G. Auner, “Excimer-Laser Fabrication of Micro-Bumps on Platinum Thin Films” , Appl.Phys.Lett., 91 (2007) art.#041912

29. S. Thanawala, D.G. Georgiev, R.J. Baird, G. Auner, “Characterization of Iridium Oxide Films Deposited by Pulsed-Direct-Current Reactive Sputtering”, Thin Solid Films, 515 (2007) 7059

28. J. Eizenkop, I. Avrutsky , G. Auner , D.G. Georgiev , V. Chaudhary, “Single pulse excimer nano-structuring of thin silicon films: a heat transfer problem including phase transitions”, J. Appl. Physics, 101 (2007) 94301

27. G. Newaz, A. Mian, T. Sultana, T. Mahmood, D. Georgiev, R. Witte, H. Herfurth, G. Auner,“A Comparison between Glass/Polyimide and Titanium/Polyimide Microjoint Performances in Cerebrospinal Fluid,” Journal of Biomedical Materials Research A, 79 (2006) 159

26. S. Thanawala, O. Palyvoda, D. G. Georgiev, S.P. Khan, I.A. Al-Homoudi, G. Newaz, G. Auner,“ A neural cell culture study on thin film electrode materials”, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, accepted

25. K.K. Kalebaila, D.G. Georgiev, S.L. Brock, “Synthesis and Characterization of Germanium Sulfide Aerogels”, J.Non-Crystalline Solids, 352 (2006) 232

4. J. Eizenkop, D. Georgiev, I. Avrutsky, G. Auner, V. Chaudhary, “Investigation of the formation of nanostructures on silicon thin films after excimer laser irradiation”, J.Physics: Conference Series, accepted

23. Mian, G. Newaz, D.G. Georgiev, N. Rahman, L. Vendra, and G. Auner, R. Witte, H. Herfurth, “Performance of laser bonded glass/polyimide microjoints in cerebrospinal fluid”, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, accepted

22. D.G. Georgiev, T. Sultana, A. Mian, G. Auner, H. Herfurth, R. Witte, G. Newaz, “Laser Fabrication and Characterization of Sub-Millimeter Joints between Polyimide and Ti-coated Borosilicate Glass”, Journal of Materials Science 40 (2005) 5641

21. D.G. Georgiev, L.W. Rosenberger, Y.V. Danylyuk, R.J. Baird, G. Newaz, G. Shreve, G. Auner, “Excimer-Laser Modification of Thin AlN Films”, Appl.Surf.Sci., 294 (2005) 45

20. M. S. Iovu, P. Boolchand, D.G. Georgiev, “Photodarkening relaxation in amorphous As2Se3 films doped with rare-earth ions”, 7 (2005) 763

19. Mian, G. Newaz, L. Vendra, M. Rahman, D.G. Georgiev, G. Auner, R. Witte, H. Herfurth, “Laser Bonded Micro-Joints Between Titanium and Polyimide for Applications in Medical Implant”, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine,16 (2005) 229

18. S. Chakravarty, D.G. Georgiev, P.Boolchand, M. Micoulaut, “Aging, Fragility and Reversibility Windows in Bulk Alloy Glasses”, J. Physics-Condensed Matter, 17 (2005) L1

17. D.G. Georgiev , R.J. Baird, I. Avrutsky, G. Auner , G. Newaz, “Controllable Excimer-Laser Fabrication of Conical Nano-Tips on Silicon Thin Films”, Appl.Phys.Lett., 84 (2004) 4881

16. D.G. Georgiev, G. Newaz, G. Auner, H. J. Herfurth, R. Witte, ”An XPS Study of Laser-Fabricated Ti/Polyimide interfaces”, Appl.Surf.Sci., 236 (2004) 71

15. I. Avrutsky, D. G. Georgiev, D. Frankstein, G. Newaz, G. Auner, “Super-resolution in Laser Annealing and Ablation”, Appl.Phys.Lett., 84 (2004) 2391

14. M.S. Iovu, S.D. Shutov, P. Boolchand , D.G. Georgiev, E.P. Colomeico, “The relaxation of photodarkening in Sn-doped amorphous As2Se3 films”, J. Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials, 5 (2003), 389

13. S. Mamedov, D.G. Georgiev, T. Qu, P. Boolchand, “Microscopic Origin of Structural Heterogeneities in Ternary (As2S3)1-x(Ge2S3)x glasses near x =1/2”, J. Phys: Condensed Matter, 15 (2003) S2397

12. P. Boolchand, D.G. Georgiev, M. Micoulaut, “Nature of Glass Transition in Chalcogenides”, J. Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials, 4 (2002) 823

11. Y.Wang, M. Mitkova, D.G. Georgiev, S. Mamedov, P. Boolchand, “Macroscopic Phase Separation of Se-rich (x<1/3) Ternary Agy(GexSe1-x)1-y Glasses”, J.Phys: Condensed Matter, 15 (2003), S1573

10. P. Boolchand, D.G. Georgiev, Tao Qu, Fei Wang, Liuchun Cai, S. Chakravarty, "Nanoscale Phase Separation Effects Near r=2.4 and 2.67, and Rigidity Transitions in Chalcogenide Glasses", C.R. Chim., 5 (2002), 713

9. D.G. Georgiev, P. Boolchand, H. Eckert, M. Micoulaut, K. Jackson " The Self-Organized Phase of Bulk PxSe1-x Glasses", Europhys. Lett., 62 (2003) , 49

8. D.G. Georgiev, P. Boolchand, K.A. Jackson, "Intrinsic Nanoscale Phase Separation of Bulk As2S3 Glass", Phil. Mag. 83 (2003), 2941

7. Eungho Ahn, G.A. Williams, P.C. Taylor, D.G. Georgiev, P. Boolchand, Birgit Effey, R.L. Cappelletti, "Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance Study of the Glassy AsxSe1-x System", J. Non-Crystalline Solids, 299 (2002), 958

6. P. Boolchand, D.G. Georgiev, B. Goodman, "Discovery of the Intermediate Phase in Chalcogenide Glasses", J. Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials, 3 (2001), 703

5. Y. Wang, J. Wells, D.G. Georgiev, P. Boolchand, K. Jackson, M. Micoulaut, "Sharp Rigid to Floppy Transition Induced by Dangling Ends in a Network Glass", Phys. Rev. Lett, 87(2001), 185503

4. D.G. Georgiev, M. Mitkova, P. Boolchand, G. Brunklaus, H. Eckert, M. Micoulaut, "Molecular Structure, Glass Transition Temperature Variation, Agglomeration Theory, and Network Connectivity of Binary P-Se Glasses" Phys. Rev. B, 64 (2001), 134204

3. S.A. Holmes, J. Al-Saeedi, V.V Guliants, P. Boolchand, D. Georgiev, U. Hackler, E. Sobkow, "Solid State Chemistry of Bulk Mixed Metal Oxide Catalysts for the Selective Oxidation of Propane to Acrylic Acid", Catalysis Today , 67(2001), 403

2. D.G. Georgiev, P. Boolchand, M. Micoulaut, "Rigidity Transitions and Molecular Structure of AsxSe1-x glasses", Phys. Rev. B, 62(2000), R9228

1. D.G. Georgiev, K. Kolev, L.D. Laude, B. Mednikarov, N. Starbov, "X-ray photolelectron Spectroscopy Study of Excimer Laser Treated Alumina Films", Appl.Phys.Lett., 72(1998), 31

II. CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS:

28. J.P. Moening, D.G. Georgiev, “Direct laser fabrication of conical Si tips with nanoscale sharpness”, presented at the Fall 2008 Technical Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE), Memphis, TN, Sept. 2008, paper ID M096

27. J.P. Moening, D.G. Georgiev, “Laser Fabrication of Sharp Conical Microstructures on Si Thin Films by Nd:YAG Laser Single Pulse Irradiation” in Amorphous and Polycrystalline Thin-Film Silicon Science and Technology, edited by A. Flewitt, J. Hou, S. Miyazaki, A. Nathan, and J. Yang, Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Vol. 1066, Warrendale, PA, 2008, 1066-A17-04

26. I.U. Arachchige, D.G. Georgiev, S.L. Brock, ”Reversible gelation of CdSe nanoparticles: Elucidating the nature of interparticle bonding in metal chalcogenide gels and aerogels”, to be presented at the 232nd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September, 2006

25. D.G. Georgiev, R.J. Baird, I. Avrutsky, J. Eizenkop, G. Auner, G. Newaz , “Nano-sharp Micro-cone Structures on Si Thin Films by Single Pulse Laser Irradiation”, oral presentation at the Spring 2006 MRS Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 2006 (Symposium L: Materials for Next-Generation Display Systems, Session L12: Nanomaterials for Displays)

24. M.S. Iovu, P. Boolchand, D.G. Georgiev, S.M. Iovu, M. Popescu, “Photoinduced phenomena in chalcogenide glasses doped with metals”, Advanced Topics in Optoelectronics, Microelectronics, Nannotechnologies II, Edited by O. Iancu, A. Manea, P. Schiopu, D. Cojoc, Proceedings of SPIE, vol. 5972 (SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 2005) 59720R-1

23 Y.V. Danylyuk, D.G. Georgiev, R. Naik, V.M. Naik, G.W. Auner, “InAlN nanostructures: strain morphology and optical properties”, presented at the 2005 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA

22. S. Thanawala , S. P. Khan, O. Palyvoda, D. G. Georgiev, I. A. Al-Homoudi, G. Newaz, G. Auner, “Surface Modification and Neural Tissue Culture of Thin Film Electrode Materials”, in Micro- and Nanosystems—Materials and Devices, edited by Cengiz S. Ozkan, David A. LaVan, Mark McNie, and Somuri Prasad (Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 872, Warrendale, PA , 2005), J18.8

21. D.G. Georgiev, R.J. Baird, I. Avrutsky, G. Auner, G. Newaz, N. Tokranova, “A Systematic Study of the Formation of Nano-Tips on Silicon Thin Films by Excimer Laser Irradiation”, in Micro- and Nanosystems—Materials and Devices, edited by Cengiz S. Ozkan, David A. LaVan, Mark McNie, and Somuri Prasad (Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 872, Warrendale, PA , 2005), J13.6

20. G. Newaz, D.G. Georgiev, A. Mian, G. Auner, H. Herfurth, R. Witte, “Laser Fabrication and Characterization of Adhesive-Free Joints for Encapsulation of Biomedical Implant Devices”, in Nanoscale Materials Science in Biology and Medicine, edited by Cato T. Laurencin and Edward A. Botchwey (Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 845, Warrendale, PA, 2005), AA5.15.

19. I. Bauer, U.A. Russek, H. Herfurth, R. Witte, S. Heinemann, G. Newaz, A. Mian, D. Georgiev, Auner, “Laser micro-joining of dissimilar and biocompatible materials,” Proceedings of SPIE - Photonics West LASE 2004: Lasers and Applications in Science and Engineering conference, 24-29 January 2004, San Jose, California, vol. 5339, p. 454

18. S. Thanawala , D.G. Georgiev , A. Khan , R.J. Baird, G. Auner, “Fabrication and Characterization of Platinum-Iridium Electrodes with Micro-Structured Surfaces For Neural Stimulation Applications”, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., 820 (2004), O8.11.1.

17. I. Avrutsky, D. G. Georgiev, D. Frankstein, G. Newaz, G. Auner , “Sub-diffraction resolution in laser ablation of thin films” oral presentation at the March APS Meeting, Montreal, Canada, 2004

16. G. Newaz, A. Mian, J. Vendra, D.G. Georgiev, T. Mahmood, G. Auner, R. Witte, and H. Herfurth, “Mechanical Characterization of Laser Micro-Joints for Bioencapsulation”, oral presentation at the International Congress on Materials Science and Nanotechnologies, Brussels, Belgium, October 2003, to be published in the Proceedings of the Congress

15. S. Chakravarty, D. Georgiev, P. Boolchand, “Self-organization in PxGexSe1-2x glasses”, oral presentation at the March APS Meeting, Austin 2003

14. S. Mamedov, D. Georgiev, T. Qu, P. Boolchand, “Bimodal T_gs and Macro- Phase Separation of As2-xGexS3 Glasses”, oral presentation at the March APS Meeting, Austin 2003

13. D. Georgiev, S. Mamedov, T. Qu, P. Boolchand, “Phase Separation in As2-xGexSe1-2x Glasses”, oral presentation at the March APS Meeting, Austin 2003

12. T. Qu, D.G. Georgiev, P. Boolchand, M. Micoulaut, “The Intermediate Phase in GexAsxSe1-2x Glasses”, invited talk (given by P. Boolchand), MRS Meeting, Boston, Fall 2002, to appear in the Proceedings of the Meeting

11. S. Chakravarty, D.G. Georgiev, P. Boolchand, "Thermally Revesring Window in PxGexSe1-x Glasses", oral presentation at the March APS Meeting, Indianapolis 2002

10. D.G. Georgiev, P. Boolchand, K.A. Jackson, "Nanoscale Phase Separation of Bulk As2S3 Glasses", oral presentation at the March APS Meeting, Indianapolis 2002

9. D.G. Georgiev, P. Boolchand, K.A. Jackson, "Molecular Structure of As-S Glasses", oral presentation at the March APS Meeting, Seattle 2001

8. F. Wang, T. Qu, D.G. Georgiev, S. Collin, K.A. Jackson, "Photo-polymerization Effects in Chalcohalide Glasses", oral presentation at the March APS Meeting, Seattle 2001

7. P. Boolchand, W.J. Bresser, D.G. Georgiev, Y. Wang and J. Wells, " Evidence for the Intermediate Phase in Chalcogenide Glasses", in "Phase Transitions and Self-Organization in Electronic and Molecular Networks", J.C. Phillips and M.F. Thorpe (eds.), Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York (2001), p.65

6. P. Boolchand, D. Selvanathan, Y. Wang, D.G. Georgiev, and W.J. Bresser, " Onset of Rigidity in Chalcogenide Glasses: The Intermediate Phase", in NATO Science Series, II. Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, Vol. 9(2001), p. 97

5. D.G. Georgiev, M. Mitkova, P. Boolchand, G. Brunklaus, H. Eckert, M. Micoulaut, "Molecular Structure and Network Connectivity of P-Se Glasses from Raman Scattering, NMR and T-modulated DSC", poster presentation at the NATO ASI, Sec, Czech Republic, June 2000

4. D.G. Georgiev, M. Mitkova, P. Boolchand, G. Brunklaus, H. Eckert, M. Micoulaut "Molecular Structure of PxSe1-x Glasses from Raman Scattering , 31P NMR and T-modulated DSC", oral presentation at the APS March Meeting, Minneapolis 2000

3. D.G. Georgiev, M. Mitkova, P. Boolchand "Molecular Structure of PxSe1-x glasses", oral presentation at the March APS Meeting, Atlanta 1999

2. N. Starbov, B. Mednikarov, V. Mankov, D.G. Georgiev, F. Hanus, K. Kolev, L.D. Laude, “Excimer laser fabrication of polycrystalline ZrO2 layers”, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., 441 (1997), 217

1. D.G. Georgiev, K.Kolev, L.D. Laude, O. Brouxhon, “XPS study of excimer-laser reconstructed alumina surface”, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., 441(1997), 223