Research projects

  • Percolating Transparent Metallic Electrodes for Solar Cells, funded by 3Sun / ST Microelectronics (Sept. 2013 – Apr. 2016)
  • Nanoscale optical Emitters for High Density Information Processing using Photonic-Plasmonic Coupling in Coaxial Nanopillars, funded by AFOSR – Air Force Office of Scientific Research Program (Sept. 2012 – Aug. 2012)
  • Deterministic Aperiodic Structures for On-chip Nanophotonic and Nanoplasmonic Device Applications, funded by AFOSR – Air Force Office of Scientific Research Program (Apr. 2012 – Aug. 2012)
  • Sub-250 nm electron-beam-pumped semiconductor laser, funded by DARPA – Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency CMUVT Program under subcontract from Photon Systems Inc. (Mar. 2011 – Mar. 2012)
  • Growth and characterization of Si and Ge nanowires, funded by Centro Siciliano di Fisica Nucleare e Struttura della Materia (Nov. 2009 – Dec. 2010)