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Journal Publications

2024

Nicholas D. Wright, Matthew S. Barclay, Sebastian A. Dıaz, Divita Mathur, Gregory A. Ellis, William B. Knowlton, Bernard Yurke, Paul H. Davis, Igor L. Medintz, Joseph S. Melinger, Ryan D. Pensack, and Daniel B. Turner, Varying Line-Broadening Sources by Tuning the Composition of DNA-Assembled Cyanine Tetramer Aggregates, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 128, 40, 17023–17037 (2024). doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.4c03246.
Gissela Pascual, Sebastián A. Díaz, Simon K. Roy, Adam Meares, Matthew Chiriboga, Kimihiro Susumu, Divita Mathur, Paul D. Cunningham, Igor L. Medintz, Bernard Yurke, William B. Knowlton, Joseph S. Melinger, Jeunghoon Lee, Towards tunable exciton delocalization in DNA Holliday junction-templated indodicarbocyanine 5 (Cy5) dye derivative heterodimers, Nanoscale Horizons, 9, 2334-2348 (2024). doi: 10.1039/D4NH00225C.
Maia Ketteridge, Devan Wat, Katelyn Duncan, German Barcenas, Kaden Shaw, William Knowlton, Bernard Yurke, Ryan Pensack, Olga Mass and Lan Li, Influence of substituents on the vectorial difference static dipole upon excitation in synthetic bacteriochlorins, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 128, 36, 7581–7592 (2024). doi:10.1021/acs.jpca.4c03821.
Jonathan S. Huff, Lance K. Patten, Daniel B. Turner, William B. Knowlton, Jeunghoon Lee, Bernard Yurke, and Ryan D. Pensack, Structural Insight into a Sixteen Cyanine Dye Construct via Exciton–Exciton Annihilation, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 15, 31, 8018–8025 (2024). doi: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c01622.

Summary

The graph displays signal intensity over time delay, illustrating different interactions among DNA tetramers. The y-axis is labeled "Signal," and the x-axis is labeled "Time Delay." Three curves are plotted, A red curve for Two Isolated Pairs of Weakly Interacting Tetramers,. A Magenta curve for One Pair of Weakly Interacting Tetramers, and a black curve for a Strongly-Interacting Tetramer

In this study, we used DNA oligonucleotides featuring 4 Cy5 dyes linked in series along the phosphate backbone to assemble many-dye constructs that incorporate 4, 8, or 16 Cy5 dyes. Using a combination of steady-state and time-resolved spectroscopic techniques, we determined that the 4, 8, and 16 Cy5 constructs consist of 1, 2, or 4 strongly-coupled tetramer clusters, respectively, and that weak interactions between tetramers facilitate energy transfer at low excitation intensities and exciton-exciton annihilation at high excitation intensities. The large absorption cross sections and energy transfer we observe for these many-dye constructs may be useful for optical antenna applications.

Aaron Sup, Bernard Yurke, and Richard Elliott, Ballistic Frenkel-exciton gate with a high on-off ratio, Physical Review A, 110, No. 2, 022616 (1-9), (2024). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.110.022616.

Summary

Schematic representation of the aggregate structure of the Frenkel-exciton gate. Here the black circles represent dye molecules which interact via nearest-neighbor dipole interactions. The interior black symbols represent the transition dipoles, with dots representing dipoles directed out of the page. The red marks represent the static difference dipoles, with dots representing dipoles directed out of the page and the crosses representing dipoles directed into the page. The gate region of the device is marked by the green dotted circle, with the controlling gate molecule marked with a C.

A quantum gate is described in which the flow of excitons along an exciton transmission line is controlled by the state of excitation of a single gate molecule. When the gate molecule is unexcited, excitons flow through the gate region unimpeded. When the gate molecule is excited, exciton flow through the gate channel region is inhibited. If the gate molecule is in a superposition of the unexcited and excited state, the gate system and transmission line system have become entangled. A high on-off ratio is achieved by employing a switchable Bragg grating that arises from the difference static dipole, Δd, interactions between the gate molecule and the gate channel molecules. A gate consisting of one gate molecule and five gate channel molecules could fit in a 1 nm^3 volume and achieve an on off-ratio greater than 10^2.

Alexander J. Rode, Paul C. Arpin, Daniel B. Turner, Theoretical model of femtosecond coherence spectroscopy of vibronic excitons in molecular aggregates, Journal of Chemical Physics, 160, 16, 164101 (1-16), (2024). doi:10.1063/5.0200570.
Keitel Cervantes-Salguero, Madison Kadrmas, Brett M. Ward, Drew Lysne, Amanda Wolf, Luca Piantanida, Gissela Pascual, William B. Knowlton, Minimizing Structural Heterogeneity in DNA Self-Assembled Dye Templating via DNA Origami-Tuned Conformations, Langmuir, 40, 19, 10195-10207, (2024). doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c00470.
Sebastián Díaz, Young Kim, Paul Cunningham, Divita Mathur, Igor Medintz, Donald Kellis, Bernard Yurke, William B. Knowlton, Joseph Melinger, Excitonically coupled cyanine dye dimers as energy transfer relays on DNA templates, ACS Applied Optical Materials, (2024). doi: 10.1021/acsaom.3c00459.
Matthew S. Barclay, Nicholas D. Wright, Paul Cavanaugh, Ryan D. Pensack, Eric W. Martin, and Daniel B. Turner, Ultrabroadband two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy in the pump-probe geometry using conventional optics, Optics Letters, 49, 8, 2065-2068, (2024). doi: doi.org/10.1364/OL.519387. Featured in Spotlight on Optics.
Gissela Pascual, Simon K. Roy, German Barcenas, Christopher K. Wilson, Keitel Cervantes-Salguero, Olena M. Obukhova, Alexander I. Krivoshey, Ewald A. Terpetschnig, Anatoliy L. Tatarets, Lan Li, Bernard Yurke, William B. Knowlton, Olga A. Mass, Ryan D. Pensack and Jeunghoon Lee, Effect of hydrophilicity-imparting substituents on exciton delocalization in squaraine dye aggregates covalently templated to DNA Holliday junctions, Nanoscale, 16, 1206-1222, (2024). (Featured in the special themed collection of Celebrating International Women’s day 2024: Women in Nanoscience presented by Nanoscale_RSC). doi: 10.1039/D3NR04499H.
William P. Carbery, Laurie A. Bizimana, Matthew S. Barclay, Nicholas C. Wright, Paul H. Davis, William B. Knowlton, Ryan D. Pensack, Paul C. Arpin, and Daniel B. Turner, Spatiotemporal Dispersion Compensation for a 200-THz Noncollinear Optical Parametric Amplifier, Review of Scientific Instruments, 95, 033002, (2024). doi: 10.1063/5.0187338.

2023

Shibani Basu, Simon Roy, German Barcenas, Lan Li, Bernard Yurke, William B. Knowlton, Jeunghoon Lee, Enhanced Photo−crosslinking of Thymines in DNA Holliday Junction-Templated Squaraine Dimers, Biochemistry, 62 (22), 3234-3244 (2023).
Jonathan Huff, Katelyn Duncan, Cornelius J Van Galen, Matthew Barclay, William Knowlton, Bernard Yurke, Paul H Davis, Daniel B. Turner, Robert J. Stanley and Ryan D. Pensack, High-sensitivity electronic Stark spectrometer featuring a laser-driven light source, Review of Scientific Instruments, 94(9), 094103 (2023). doi: 10.1063/5.0153428.
Olga A. Mass, Devan Watt, Lance Patten, Jeunghoon Lee, Daniel Turner, Bernard Yurke, William B. Knowlton, Exciton Delocalization in Fully Synthetic DNA-Templated Bacteriochlorin Dimer, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 25, 28437-28451, (2023). doi:10.1039/d3cp01634j.
Divita Mathur, Sebastián A. Díaz, Niko Hildebrandt, Ryan D. Pensack, Bernard Yurke, Austin Biaggne, Lan Li, Joseph S. Melinger, Mario G. Ancona, William B. Knowlton, and Igor L. Medintz, Pursuing Excitonic Energy Transfer with Programmable DNA-based Optical Breadboards, Chemical Society Reviews, 52, 7848-794, (2023). doi:10.1039/d0cs00936a.
Bernard Yurke, “DNA assembly of dye aggregates—a possible path to quantum computing”, in “Visions of DNA nanotechnology at 40 for the next 40 – a tribute to Nadrian C. Seeman“, edited by N. Jonoska and E. Winfree (Springer, Singapore, 2023), pp. 125-169. doi:10.1007/978-981-19-9891-1_9.
Katelyn M. Duncan, Hannah M. Byers, Madaline E. Houdek, Simon K. Roy, Austin Biaggne*, Matthew S. Barclay, Lance K. Patten, Jonathan S. Huff, Donald L. Kellis, Christopher K. Wilson, Jeunghoon Lee, Paul H. Davis, Olga A. Mass, Lan Li, Daniel B. Turner, John A. Hall, William B. Knowlton, Bernard Yurke, and Ryan D. Pensack. Electronic Structure and Excited-State Dynamics of DNA-Templated Monomers and Aggregates of Asymmetric Polymethine Dyes, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 127(23), 4901-4918 (2023). doi: 10.1021/acs.jpca.3c00562.
Maia Ketteridge, Austin Biaggne*, Ryan Rau, German Barcenas*, Olga Mass, William Knowlton, Bernard Yurke and Lan Li. Effect of substituent location on the relationship between the transition dipole moments, difference static dipole, and hydrophobicity in squaraine dyes for quantum information devices, Molecules, 28(5), 2163 (2023). doi:10.3390/molecules28052163.
German Barcenas*, Austin Biaggne*, Olga A Mass, William B Knowlton, Bernard Yurke, and Lan Li. Molecular Dynamic Studies of Dye-Dye and Dye-DNA Interactions Governing Excitonic Coupling in Squaraine Aggregates Templated by DNA Holliday Junctions, International Journal of Molecular Science, 24(4), 4059 (2023). doi:10.3390/ijms24044059.
Sebastian A Diaz, Gissela Pascual, Lance K Patten, Adam Meares, Matthew Chiriboga, Kimihiro Susumu, Simon K Roy*, William B Knowlton, Paul D Cunningham, Divita Mathur, Bernard Yurke, Igor L Medintz, Jeunghoon Lee, and Joseph S Melinger, Towards Control of Excitonic Coupling in DNA-Templated Cy5 Aggregates: The Principal Role of Chemical Substituent Hydrophobicity and Steric Interactions, Nanoscale, 15, 3284-3299 (2023). doi:10.1039/D2NR05544A.
Matthew Barclay, Azhad Chowdhury, Austin Biaggne*, Jonathan Huff*, Nicholas Wright*, Paul Davis, Lan Li, Bill Knowlton, Bernard Yurke, Ryan Pensack, and Daniel Turner, Probing DNA Structural Heterogeneity by Identifying Conformational Subensembles of a Bicovalently Bound Cyanine Dye, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 158, 035101 (2023). doi: 10.1063/5.0131795.
Nicholas Wright*, Jonathan Huff*, Matthew Barclay, Christopher Wilson, German Barcenas*, Katelyn Duncan, Maia Ketteridge*, Olena Obukhova, Alexander Krivoshey, Anatoliy Tatarets, Ewald Terpetschnig, Jacob Dean, William Knowlton, Bernard Yurke, Lan Li, Olga Mass, Paul Davis, Jeunghoon Lee, Daniel Turner and Ryan Pensack, Intramolecular Charge Transfer and Ultrafast Nonradiative Decay in DNA-Tethered Asymmetric Nitro- and Dimethylamino-Substituted Squaraines, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A (Special issue on Physical Chemistry of Quantum Information Science), 127 (5), 1141–1157 (2023). doi:10.1021/acs.jpca.2c06442.
Bernard Yurke, Richard Elliott, and Aaron Sup, Implementation of a Frenkel Exciton-Based Controlled Phase Shifter, Physical Review A, 107, 012603 (2023). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.107.012603.

2022

Paul C. Arpin, Mihail Popa, and Daniel B. Turner, Signatures of Duschinsky Rotation in Femtosecond Coherence Spectra, AppliedMath, 2(4), 675‒686 (2022). doi.org/10.3390/appliedmath2040039.
Olga Mass, Shibani Basu, Lance Patten, Ewald Terpetschnig, Alexander Krivoshey, Anatoliy Tatarets, Ryan Pensack, Bernard Yurke, William Knowlton, and Jeunghoon Lee, Exciton Chirality Inversion in Dye Dimers Templated by DNA Holliday Junction, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 13, 10688−10696 (2022). doi: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c02721.
Katelyn M. Duncan, Donald L. Kellis, Jonathan S. Huff*, Matthew S. Barclay, Jeunghoon Lee, Daniel B. Turner, Paul H. Davis, Bernard Yurke, William B. Knowlton, and Ryan D. Pensack, Symmetry Breaking Charge Transfer in DNA-Templated Perylene Dimer, Molecules (Special Issue: Excitons in Molecular Aggregates), 27(19), 6612 (2022). doi: 10.3390/molecules27196612.
Paul Arpin and Daniel Turner, Perturbative Theoretical Model of Electronic Transient Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy of Molecular Aggregates, Journal of Chemical Physics, 157, 154101 (2022). doi: 10.1063/5.0119626.
Austin Biaggne*, Youngchan Kim, Joseph Melinger, William Knowlton, Bernard Yurke, and Lan Li, Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Cyanine Dimers Attached to DNA Holliday Junctions, RSC Advances, 12, 28063-28078 (2022). doi: 10.1039/d2ra05045e.
Jonathan Huff*, Sebastián Díaz, Matthew Barclay, Azhad Chowdhury, Matthew Chiriboga, Gregory Ellis, Divita Mathur, Lance Patten, Simon Roy*, Aaron Sup, Austin Biaggne*, Brian Rolczynski, Paul Cunningham, Lan Li, Jeunghoon Lee, Paul Davis, Bernard Yurke, William Knowlton, Igor Medintz, Daniel Turner, Joseph Melinger, and Ryan Pensack, Tunable Electronic Structure via DNA-Templated Heteroaggregates of Two Distinct Cyanine Dyes, Journal of Physical Chemistry C,126 (40), 17164‒17175 (2022). doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c04336. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c04336.
Keitel Cervantes-Salguero, Austin Biaggne*, John M. Youngsman, Brett M. Ward, Young C. Kim, Lan Li, John A. Hall, William B. Knowlton, Elton Graugnard, Wan Kuang, Strategies for Controlling the Spatial Orientation of Single Molecules Tethered on DNA origami Templates Physisorbed on Glass Substrates: Intercalation and Stretching, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23, 7690 (2022). doi:10.3390/ijms23147690.
Shibani Basu, Keitel Cervantes-Salguero, Bernard Yurke, William B. Knowlton, Jeunghoon Lee, Olga A. Mass, Photocrosslinking Probes Proximity of Thymine Modifiers Tethering Excitonically Coupled Dye Aggregates to DNA Holliday Junction, Molecules, 27, 13, 4006 (2022). doi:10.3390/molecules27134006.
Matthew S. Barclay, Jonathan S. Huff*, Ryan D. Pensack, Paul H. Davis, William B. Knowlton, Bernard Yurke, Jacob C. Dean, Paul C. Arpin, and Daniel B. Turner, Characterizing Mode Anharmonicity and Huang–Rhys Factors Using Models of Femtosecond Coherence Spectra, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 13, 24, 5413‒5423 (2022). doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c04162.
Austin Biaggne*, Lawrence Spear, German Barcenas*, Maia Ketteridge*,Young C. Kim, Joseph S. Melinger, William B. Knowlton, Bernard Yurke, and Lan Li, Data-Driven and Multiscale Modeling of DNA-Templated Dye Aggregates, Molecules 27, 11, 3456 (2022). doi: 10.3390/molecules27113456.
Barclay, MS, CK Wilson, SK Roy*, OA Mass, OM Obukhova, RP Svoiakov, AL Tatarets, AU Chowdhury, JS Huff*, DB Turner, PH Davis, EA Terpetschnig, B Yurke, WB Knowlton, J Lee, and RD Pensack, Oblique Packing and Tunable Excitonic Coupling in DNA-Templated Squaraine Rotaxane Dimer Aggregates, ChemPhotoChem, 6 (7), e202200039 (2022). Note: Top 10% of downloads for papers published in same Issue between 1st January 2022-31st December 2022. doi:10.1002/cptc.202200039.
Azhad Chowdhury, Sebastián Díaz , Jonathan Huff*, Matthew Barclay, Matthew Chiriboga, Gregory Ellis, Divita Mathur, Lance Patten, Aaron Sup, Natalya Hallstrom, Paul Cunningham, Jeunghoon Lee, Paul Davis, Daniel Turner, Bernard Yurke, William Knowlton, Igor Medintz, Joseph Melinger, and Ryan Pensack, Tuning Between Quenching and Energy Transfer in DNA-Templated Heterodimer Aggregates, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 13, 12, 2782–2791 (2022). doi: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c00017.
Adam Meares, Kimihiro Susumu, Divita Mathur, Sang Ho Lee, Olga Mass, Jeunghoon Lee, Ryan Pensack, Bernard Yurke, William Knowlton, Joseph Melinger, and Igor Medintz, Synthesis of Substituted Cy5 Phosphoramidite Derivatives and Their Incorporation into Oligonucleotides Using Automated DNA Synthesis, ACS Omega 7, 13, 11002–11016 (2022). doi: 10.1021/acsomega.1c06921.
Olga A. Mass, Christopher K. Wilson, German Barcenas*, Ewald A. Terpetschnig, Olena M. Obukhova, Olga S. Kolosova, Anatoliy L. Tatarets, Lan Li, Bernard Yurke, William B. Knowlton, Ryan D. Pensack, and Jeunghoon Lee, The Influence of Hydrophobicity on Excitonic Coupling in DNA-Templated Indolenine Squaraine Dye Aggregates, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 126, 7, 3475–3488 (2022). doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c08981.
Xiao Wang, Ruojie Sha, William B. Knowlton, Nadrian C. Seeman, James W. Canary, and Bernard Yurke, Exciton Delocalization in a DNA-Templated Organic Semiconductor Dimer Assembly, ACS Nano, 16, 1, 1301–1307 (2022). doi: 10.1021/acsnano.1c09143.

2021

Roy*, SK, OA Mass, DL Kellis, CK Wilson, JA Hall, B Yurke, and WB Knowlton, Exciton Delocalization and Scaffold Stability in Bridged Nucleotide-Substituted, DNA Duplex-Templated Cyanine Aggregates, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 125, 50, 13670–13684 (2021). doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c07602. Dataset doi:10.18122/quantum_data.1.boisestate.
Huff*, JS, DB Turner, OA Mass, LK Patten, CK Wilson, SK Roy*, MS Barclay, B Yurke, WB Knowlton, PH Davis, and RD Pensack, Excited-State Lifetimes of DNA-Templated Cyanine Dimer, Trimer, and Tetramer Aggregates: The Role of Exciton Delocalization, Dye Separation, and DNA Heterogeneity, J. Phys. Chem. B, 125(36): 10240–10259 (2021). doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c04517.
Barcenas*, G, A Biaggne*, OA Mass, CK Wilson, OM Obukhova, OS Kolosova, AL Tatarets, E Terpetschnig, RD Pensack, J Lee, WB Knowlton, B Yurke, and L Li, First-Principles Studies of Substituent Effects on Squaraine Dyes, RSC Advances, 11, 19029–19040 (2021). doi: 10.1039/d1ra01377g.
Jake T. Benzing, Olivia O. Maryon, Nik Hrabe, Paul H. Davis, Michael F. Hurley and Frank W. DelRio, Impact of grain orientation and phase on Volta potential differences in an additively manufactured titanium alloy, AIP Advances 11, 025219 (2021). doi: 10.1063/5.0038114.
Paul C. Arpin and Daniel B. Turner, Signatures of Vibrational and Electronic Quantum Beats in Femtosecond Coherence Spectra, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 125(12), 2425–2435 (2021). doi: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c10807.
Barclay, MS, SK Roy*, JS Huff*, OA Mass, DB Turner, CK Wilson, DL Kellis*, E Terpetschnig, J Lee, PH Davis, B Yurke, WB Knowlton, and RD Pensack, Rotaxane Rings Promote Oblique Packing and Extended Excited-State Lifetimes in DNA-Templated Squaraine Dye Aggregates, Communications Chemistry, 4 (19), 1–11 (2021). doi: 10.1038/s42004–021–00456–8. Selected to be included in the journal’s 2021 Editors’ Highlights collection.
Biaggne, A*, WB Knowlton, B Yurke, J Lee, and L Li, Substituent Effects on the Solubility and Electronic Properties of Cy5: Density Functional and Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory Calculations, Molecules, 26(3), 524 (2021). doi: 10.3390/molecules26030524.

2020

Drew Lysne, Kailee Jones, Alma Stosius, Tim Hachigian, Jeunghoon Lee, and Elton Graugnard, Availability-Driven Design of Hairpin Fuels and Small Interfering Strands for Leakage Reduction in Autocatalytic Networks, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 124 (16), 3326–3335 (2020). doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c01229.
Olga A. Mass, Christopher K. Wilson, Simon K. Roy*, Lance K. Patten, Matthew S. Barclay, Ewald A. Terpetschnig, Jeunghoon Lee, Ryan D. Pensack, Bernard Yurke, and William B. Knowlton, Exciton Delocalization in Indolenine Squaraine Aggregates Templated by DNA Holliday Junction Scaffolds, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 124 (43), 9636–9647 (2020). Cover page art. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c06480.
Daniel B. Turner and Paul C. Arpin, Basis Set Truncation Further Clarifies Vibrational Coherence Spectra, Chemical Physics, 539, 110948 (2020). doi: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2020.110948.
Paul D. Cunningham, Sebastián A. Díaz, Bernard Yurke, Igor L. Medintz, and Joseph S. Melinger, Delocalized Two-Exciton States in DNA Scaffolded Cyanine Dimers, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 124 (37), 8042–8049 (2020). doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c06732.

2019

Jonathan S. Huff*, Paul H. Davis, Allison Christy*, Donald L. Kellis*, Nirmala Kandadai, Zi S.D. Toa, Gregory D. Scholes, Bernard Yurke, William B. Knowlton, and Ryan D. Pensack, DNA-Templated Aggregates of Strongly-Coupled Cyanine Dyes: Nonradiative Decay Governs Exciton Lifetimes, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 10 (10), 2386–2392 (2019). doi: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b00404.
Donald L. Kellis*, Christopher Sarter*, Brittany L. Cannon*, Paul H. Davis, Elton Graugnard, Jeunghoon Lee, Ryan Pensack, Theresa Kolmar, Andres Jäschke, Bernard Yurke, and William B. Knowlton, An All-Optical Excitonic Switch Operated in the Liquid and Solid Phases, ACS Nano, 13 (3), 2986–2994 (2019). doi: 10.1021/acsnano.8b07504.
Friedrich C. Simmel, Bernard Yurke, and Hari R. Singh, Review – Principles and Applications of Nucleic Acid Strand Displacement Reactions, Chemical Reviews, 119 (10), 6326–6369 (2019). doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00580.
C.M. Efaw*, T. da Silva*, P.H. Davis, L. Li, E. Graugnard, M.F. Hurley, Toward Improving Ambient Volta Potential Measurements with SKPFM for Corrosion Studies, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 166 (11), C3018-C3027 (2019). This paper is part of the JES Focus Issue on Electrochemical Techniques in Corrosion Science in Memory of Hugh Isaacs. doi: 10.1149/2.0041911jes.
Muhammad Rizwan Rizwan Latif, Paul Davis, William Knowlton, Maria Mitkova, CBRAM Devices Based on a Nanotube Chalcogenide Glass Structure, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 30 (3), 2389–2402 (2019). doi: 0.1007/s10854-018-0512-0.

2018

Jenny Wren Fothergill*, Andres Correa Hernandez**, William B. Knowlton, Bernard Yurke, Lan Li, Ab-Initio Studies of Exciton Interaction, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 122 (46), 8989–8997 (2018). doi:10.1021/acs.jpca.8b05237.
S. Takabayashi*, S. Kotani*, J. Flores-Estrada*, E. Spears*, J.E. Padilla, L.C. Godwin, E. Graugnard, W. Kuang, S. Sills, W.L. Hughes, Boron-Implanted Silicon Substrates for Physical Adsorption of DNA Origami, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 19 (9), 2513 (2018). doi: 10.3390/ijms19092513.
Paul H. Davis, Chad S. Watson, Corey M. Efaw*, Lance Patten*, Courtney Hollar*, William B. Knowlton, and Peter Müllner, Localized Deformation in Ni-Mn-Ga Single Crystals, Journal of Applied Physics, 123 (21), 215102 (2018). Cover and featured article for this issue. doi: 10.1063/1.5026572.
Brittany L. Cannon*, Lance K. Patten*, Donald L. Kellis**, Paul H. Davis, Jeunghoon Lee, Elton Graugnard, Bernard Yurke, William B. Knowlton, Large Davydov Splitting and Strong Fluorescence Suppression: An Investigation of Exciton Delocalization and in DNA-Templated Holliday Junction Dye Aggregates, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 122 (8), 2086-2095 (2018). doi: 10.1021/acs.jpca.7b12668.

2017

R.M. Zadegan, E.G. Lindau*, W.P. Klein*, C. Green*, E. Graugnard, B. Yurke, W. Kuang, W.L. Hughes, Twisting of DNA Origami from Intercalators, Scientific Reports 7 7382 (2017). doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-07796-3.
Brittany L. Cannon*, Donald L. Kellis**, Lance K. Patten*, Paul H. Davis, Jeunghoon Lee, Elton Graugnard, Bernard Yurke, William B. Knowlton, Coherent Exciton Delocalization in a Two-State DNA Templated Dye Aggregate System, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 121 (37), 6905-6916 (2017). doi: 10.1021/acs.jpca.7b04344.
P.H. Davis, K. Robles**, K. Livingson**, S. Johns**, V.A. Ravi, E. Graugnard, and M.F. Hurley, Phase Separation in Ti-6Al-4V Alloys with Boron Additions for Biomedical Applications: Scanning Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy Investigation of Microgalvanic Couples and Corrosion Initiation, JOM, 69 1446 (2017). doi: 10.1007/s11837-017-2378-7.
C.M. Green*, K. Schutt**, N. Morris**, R.M. Zadegan, W.L. Hughes, W. Kuang, E. Graugnard, Metrology of DNA arrays by super-resolution microscopy, Nanoscale 9, 10205-10211 (2017). doi: 10.1039/C7NR00928C.
X. Olson*, S. Kotani*, B. Yurke, E. Graugnard, W.L. Hughes, Kinetics of DNA Strand Displacement Systems with Locked Nucleic Acids, Journal of Physical Chemistry B 121, 2594–2602 (2017). doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b01198.
X. Olson*, S. Kotani*, J.E. Padilla, S. Goltry*, N. Hallstrom, B. Yurke, W.L. Hughes, E. Graugnard, Availability: A Metric for Nucleic Acid Strand Displacement Systems, ACS Synthetic Biology 6, 84-93 (2017). doi: 10.1021/acssynbio.5b00231.

2016

E. Krueger, J. Shim, A. Fathizadeh, A.N. Chang*, B. Subei*, K.M. Yocham**, P.H. Davis, E. Graugnard, F. Khalili-Araghi, R. Bashir, D. Estrada, D. Fologea, Modelling and Analysis of Intercalant Effects on Circular DNA Conformation, ACS Nano 10 8910-8917 (2016). doi: 10.1021/acsnano.6b04876.
V. A. Chernenko, I. R. Aseguinolaza, V. Golub, O. Y. Salyuk, B. Muntifering, W. B. Knowlton, P. Müllner, and J.M. Barandiarána, Self-patterning of epitaxial Ni-Mn-Ga/MgO (001) thin films, Acta Materialia, 111 (2016) 194-201. doi: 10.1016/j.actamat.2016.03.065.
Benjamin Reinholz, Steffen Brinckmann, Alexander Hartmaier, Brittany Muntifering, William B. Knowlton, Peter Mullner, Influence of the Twin Microstructure on the Mechanical Properties in Magnetic Shape Memory Alloys, Acta Materialia, 108, (2016) 197-206. doi: 10.1016/j.actamat.2016.02.007.
B. Muntifering, L. Kovarik, N. D. Browning, R. C. Pond, W. B. Knowlton, P. Müllner, Stress-assisted removal of conjugation boundaries in non-modulated Ni-Mn-Ga by coordinated secondary twinning, Journal of Materials Science (50th anniversary special Issue), 51 (1), (2016) 457-466. doi: 10.1007/s10853-015-9236-1.

2015

Rizal F. Hariadi, Erik Winfree, and Bernard Yurke, Determining hydrodynamic forces in bursting bubbles using DNA nanotube mechanics, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 112 (45), (2015) E6086-E6095. doi:10.1073/pnas.1424673112.
Donald L. Kellis**, Sara Rehn**, Brittany Cannon*, Paul H. Davis, Elton Graugnard, Jeunghoon Lee, Bernard Yurke, William B. Knowlton, DNA-Mediated Excitonic Upconversion FRET Switching, New Journal of Physics, 17 (2015) 115007. doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/17/11/115007.
Sara Goltry*, Natalya Hallstrom, Tyler Clark**, Wan Kuang, Jeunghoon Lee, Cheryl Jorcyk, William B. Knowlton, Bernard Yurke, William L. Hughes, Elton Graugnard, DNA topology influences molecular machine lifetime in human serum, Nanoscale 7, 10382-10390 (2015). doi: 10.1039/C5NR02283E.
Brittany L. Cannon*, Donald L. Kellis**, Paul H. Davis, Jeunghoon Lee, Wan Kuang, William L. Hughes, Elton Graugnard, Bernard Yurke, William B. Knowlton, Excitonic AND Logic Gates on DNA Brick Nanobreadboards, ACS Photonics 2, 398-404 (2015). doi: 10.1021/ph500444d.
J. S. Hyslop**, A. R. Boydstun, T. R. Fereday, J. R. Rusch, J. L. Strunk, C. T. Wall, C. C. Pena, N. L. McKibben, J. D. Harris, A. Thurber*, A. Punnoose, J. Brotherton, P. Walker**, L. Lowe**, B. Rapp**, S. Purnell**, W. B. Knowlton, S. M. Hubbard and B. J. Frost, Synthesis and characterization of [Zn(acetate)2(amine)x] compounds (x=1 or 2) and their use as precursors to ZnO , Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing 38, 278-289 (2015). doi: 10.1016/j.mssp.2015.04.001.
Hurley, M. F., Efaw, C. M., Davis, P. H., Croteau, J. R., Graugnard, E. & Birbilis, N. Volta Potentials Measured by Scanning Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy as Relevant to Corrosion of Magnesium Alloys Corrosion 71, 160-170 (2015). doi: 10.5006/1432.

2014

Sadao Takabayashi*, William P. Klein*, Craig Onodera, Blake Rapp*, Elias Lindau*, Lejmarc Snowball**, Juan Flores-Estrada**, Joseph Tyler Sam**, Jeunghoon Lee, William B. Knowlton, Elton Graugnard, Bernard Yurke, Wan Kuang, and William L. Hughes, High Precision, High Yield Fabrication of Nanoparticle Arrays via DNA Origami Nanotube Directed Self-Assembly, Nanoscale, 6, 13928–13938 (2014). doi: 10.1039/C4NR03069A.

2013

Robert Schreiber, Ngoc Luong**, Zhiyuan Fan, Anton Kuzyk, Philipp C. Nickels, Tao Zhang, David M. Smith, Bernard Yurke, Wan Kuang, Alexander O. Govorov, and Tim Liedl, Chiral Plasmonic DNA Nanostructures with Switchable Circular Dichroism, Nature Communications 4, 2948 (2013). doi: 10.1038/ncomms3948.
William P. Klein*, Charles N. Schmidt**, Blake Rapp*, Sadao Takabayashi*, William B. Knowlton, Jeunghoon Lee, Bernard Yurke, William L. Hughes, Elton Graugnard, and Wan Kuang, Multi-Scaffold DNA Origami Nanoparticle Waveguides, Nano Letters 13 (8), 3850–3856 (2013). doi: 10.1021/nl401717y.
Herbert M. Huttanus*, Elton Graugnard, Bernard Yurke, William B. Knowlton, Wan Kuang, William L. Hughes, and Jeunghoon Lee, Enhanced DNA Sensing via Catalytic Aggregation of Gold Nanoparticles, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 50, 382–386 (2013). doi: 10.1016/j.bios.2013.06.063.
C.S. Watson, C. Hollar**, K. Anderson**, W.B. Knowlton, P. Müllner, Magnetomechanical Four-State Memory, Advanced Functional Materials, 23 (32), 3995-4001 (2013). doi: 10.1002/adfm.201203015.

2012

Previtera, M. L., Chippada, U., Schloss, R. S., Yurke, B., Langrana, N. A., “Mechanical properties of DNA-crosslinked polyacrylamide hydrogels with increasing crosslinker density,” BioResearch Open Access 1, 256-259 (2012). doi: 10.1089/biores.2012.9906.
Schulman, R., Yurke, B., Winfree, E., “Robust self-replication of combinatorial information via crystal growth and scission,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (US) 109, 6405-6410 (2012). doi: 10.1073/pnas.1117813109.
I.R. Aseguinolaza, I. Reyes-Salazar, A.V. Svalov, K. Wilson*, W.B. Knowlton, P. Müllner, J.M. Barandiarán, E. Villa and V.A. Chernenko, Transformation volume strain in Ni-Mn-Ga thin films, Applied Physics Letters, 101, 241912 (2012). doi: 10.1063/1.4772005.
Ngoc Luong**, Cheng-Wen Cheng*, Min-Hsiung Shih, and Wan Kuang, Phase matching for surface plasmon enhanced second harmonic generation in a gold grating slab, Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 181107 (2012). doi: 10.1063/1.4710546.
Elton Graugnard, Donald L. Kellis**, Hieu Bui, Stephanie Barnes*, Wan Kuang, Jeunghoon Lee, William L. Hughes, William B. Knowlton, and Bernard Yurke, DNA-controlled excitonic switches, Nano Letters 12(4), 2217 (2012). doi: 10.1021/nl3004336.
Harish Chandran, Nikhil Gopalkrishnan, Bernard Yurke and John Reif, Meta-DNA: synthetic biology via DNA nanostructures and hybridization reactions, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, published online 11 January 2012, doi: 10.1098/rsif.2011.0819.

2011

L. Vandelli, A. Padovani, L. Larcher, R.G. Southwick III*, W.B. Knowlton, and G. Bersuker, A Physical Model of the Temperature Dependence of the Current Through the SiO₂/High-K Stacks, IEEE Transactions On Electron Devices, 58 (9), (2011) 2878-2887. doi: 10.1109/TED.2011.2158825.

Alex English*, Cheng-Wen Cheng, Lloyd Lowe II**, Min-Hsiung Shih, Wan Kuang, Hydrodynamic Modeling of Surface Plasmon Enhanced Photon Induced Current in a Gold Grating, Applied Physics Letters, 191113 (2011). doi:10.1063/1.3590200.
Southwick III*, R.G., A. Sup, A. Jain, and W.B. Knowlton, An Interactive Simulation Tool For Complex Multilayer Dielectric Devices, IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability, 11 (2), 236 – 243 (2011). (Note: In IEEE TDMR Top 20 List of Accessed Articles for January 2012). doi: 10.1109/TDMR.2011.2129593.

2010

Bernard Yurke and Wan Kuang, Passive Linear Nanoscale Optical and Molecular Electronics Device Synthesis from Nanoparticles, Physical Review A 81, 033814 (2010). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.81.033814.
Hieu Bui*, Craig Onodera*, Carson Kidwell**, YerPeng Tan*, Elton Graugnard, Wan Kuang, Jeunghoon Lee, William B. Knowlton, Bernard Yurke, and William L. Hughes, Programmable Periodicity of Quantum Dot Arrays with DNA Origami Nanotubes, Nano Letters 10, p. 3367-3372 (2010). doi: 10.1021/nl101079u.
Elton Graugnard, Amber Cox**, Jeunghoon Lee, Cheryl Jorcyk, Bernard Yurke, and William L. Hughes, Kinetics of DNA and RNA Hybridization in Serum and Serum-SDS, IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology 9(5), p. 603-609 (2010). doi: 10.1109/TNANO.2010.2053380.
Wan Kuang, Alex English*, Zi-Chang Chang, Min-Hsiung Shih, William B Knowlton, Jeunghoon Lee, William Hughes, Bernard Yurke, Cavity Resonant Mode in a Metal film Perforated with Two-Dimensional Triangular Lattice Hole Arrays, Optics Communications 283(20), p. 4090-4093 (2010). doi: 10.1016/j.optcom.2010.05.055
Matthew Reinhold*, Chad Watson, William B. Knowlton, Peter Müllner, Transformation twinning of Ni-Mn-Ga characterized with temperature-controlled atomic force microscopy, Journal of Applied Physics – 107, 113501 (2010). doi: 10.1063/1.3429090.
Southwick* III, Richard G., Justin C. Reed**, Christopher Buu*, Ross Butler**, Gennadi Bersuker, and William B. Knowlton, Limitations of Poole-Frenkel Conduction in Bilayer HfO2/SiO2 MOS Devices, IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability, 10(2), pp. 201-207 (2010). (Note: In IEEE TDMR Top 10 List of Accessed Articles for September 2010). doi: 10.1109/TDMR.2009.2039215.

2009

M. Reinhold**, D. Kiener, W.B. Knowlton, G. Dehm, and P. Müllner, Deformation twinning in Ni-Mn-Ga micropillars with 10M martensite, Journal of Applied Physics (accepted for publication without revisions) 106, pp. 053906 (1-6) (2009). doi: 10.1063/1.3211327.
Sorcha Yingst*, Kaci Bloxham**, Lisa Warner*, Raquel Brown, Jennifer Cole*, Linda Kenoyer, William B. Knowlton, Julia Thom Oxford, Characterization of Collagenous Matrix Assembly in a Chondrocyte Model System, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, 90A (1), pp. 247-255 (2009). doi: 10.1002/jbm.a.32078.

2008

P.M. Lenahan, B Knowlton, J.F. Conley, B. Tonti, J. Suehle, and T. Grasser, Introduction to the Special Issue on the 2007 International Reliability Workshop, IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability, 8(3), (2008) p. 490. doi: 10.1109/TDMR.2008.2006011.
D. Estrada**, M. L. Ogas*, R. G. Southwick III*, P. M. Price**, R. J. Baker, W. B. Knowlton, Impact of Single pMOSFET Dielectric Degradation on NAND Circuit Performance, Microelectronics Reliability, 48(3), p. 354-363 (2008). doi: 10.1016/j.microrel.2007.09.002.
J. Jozwiak, R. G. Southwick III*, V. N. Johnson*, W. B. Knowlton, and A. J. Moll, Integrating through-wafer interconnects with active devices and circuits, IEEE Transactions on Advanced Packaging, special issue on wafer level packaging, Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/TADVP.2007.906235, 31(1), p. 4-13 (2008). doi: 10.1109/TADVP.2007.906235.
P. Müllner, Z. Clark**, L. Kenoyer, W. B. Knowlton, and G. Kostorz, Nanomechanics of orthorhombic Ni-Mn-Ga martensite, Materials Science and Engineering A, Digital Object Identifier:10.1016/j.msea.2006.12.215, 481-482, p. 66-72 (2008). doi: 10.1016/j.msea.2006.12.215.

2007

K. M. Reddy, R. Benson*, Z. Clark**, R. Hansen*, J. Hays*, A. Thurber*, M. H. Engelhard, V. Shutthanandan, S. Thevuthasan, W. B. Knowlton and A. Punnoose, On the Room Temperature Ferromagnetism of Zn1-xCrxO Thin films Deposited by Reactive Co-sputtering, Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells, 91, pp. 1496-1502 (2007). doi: 10.1016/j.solmat.2007.03.012.

2006

John F. Conley, Jr., Yuan Chen, Bill Knowlton, Tim Sullivan, Bill Tonti, Guest Editorial: Introduction to the Special Issue on the 2005 International Reliability Workshop, IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability, 6(2), (2006) p. 115-116. doi: 10.1109/TDMR.2006.877374.
R.G. Southwick III* and W.B. Knowlton, Stacked Dual Oxide MOS Energy Band Diagram Visual Representation Program, IRW student paper, Invited Paper, IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability, 6 (2), 136 – 145 (2006). doi: 10.1109/TDMR.2006.876971.

2002

John F. Conley, Jr., Yuan Chen, Bill Knowlton, Tim Sullivan, Bill Tonti, Guest Editorial: Introduction to the Special Issue on the 2005 International Reliability Workshop, IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability, 6(2), (2006) p. 115-116. doi: 10.1109/TDMR.2006.877374.

2001

Amy J. Moll, William B. Knowlton, David E. Bunnell, and Susan L. Burkett, Materials Science and Engineering at Boise State University: Responding to an Industrial Need, The Journal of Materials Education, 23, 83-88 (2001).

1998

Schnee, R.W., Akerib,-D.-S.; Barnes,-P.-D.-,-Jr.; Bauer,-D.-A.; Brink,-P.-L.; Cabrera,-B.; Caldwell,-D.-O.; Clarke,-R.-M.; Colling,-P.; Crisler,-M.-B.; DaSilva,-A.; Davies,-A.-K.; Dougherty,-B.-L.; Eichblatt,-S.; Irwin,-K.-D.; Gaitskell,-R.-J.; Golwala,-S.-R.; Haller,-E.-E.; Jochum,-J.; Knowlton,-W.-B.; Kuzminov,-V.; Nam,-S.-W.; Novikov,-V.; Penn,-M.-J.; Perera,-T.-A.; Ross,-R.-R.; Sadoulet,-B.; Shutt,-T.; Smith,-A.; Sonnenschein,-A.-H.; Spadafora,-A.-L.; Stockwell,-W.-K.; Yellin,-S.; Young,-B.-A., Results and status of the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS), Physics-Reports, 307(1-4), 283-90 (Dec. 1998). doi: 10.1016/S0370-1573(98)00071-4.

1996

Shutt, T., D.S. Akerib, P.D. Barnes, Jr., A. Cummings, A. Da Silva, R. Diaz, J. Emes, S.R. Golwala, E.E. Haller, K. Itoh, B. Knowlton, F. Quéinnec, R.R. Ross, B. Sadoulet, D. Seitz, G. Smith, W. Stockwell, T. Trumbull, R. Therrien, S. White, and B.A. Young, Recent results with a 62 g Ge cryogenic dark matter detector, Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A, 370, 165 (1996). doi: 10.1016/0168-9002(95)01367-9.
Sadoulet, B., D. Akerib, P. Barnes, Jr., A. Cummings, A.D. Silva, R. Diaz, J. Emes, S. Golwala, E.E. Haller, K. Itoh, W. Knowlton, F. Queinnec, R.R. Ross, D. Seitz, T. Shutt, G. Smith, W. Stockwell, and S. White, Particle detection and non-equilibrium phonons: experience with large germanium crystals and NTD Ge thermistors, Physica B, 219-220, 741-743 (1996). doi: 10.1016/0921-4526(95)00871-3.
Barnes, P.D., Jr., D.S. Akerib, D. Bauer, P. Brink, B. Cabrera, D.O. Caldwell, B. Chugg, R.M. Clarke, A. Cummings, A. Davies, R. Diaz, B.L. Dougherty, J. Emes, S.R. Golwala, D. Hale, E.E. Haller, K.D. Irwin, W.B. Knowlton, V. Kuziminov, A. Lu, S.W. Nam, M.J. Penn, V. Novikov, B.V. Pritychenko, F. Quéinnec, R.R. Ross, B. Sadoulet, D. Seitz, T. Shutt, A. Smith, G. Smith, A. Sonnenschein, W. Stockwell, J.D. Taylor, R. Therrien, T. Trumbull, S. White, R.C. Wolgast, S. Yellin, and B.A. Young, Installation of the cryogenic dark matter search (CDMS), Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A, 370, 233 (1996). doi: 10.1016/0168-9002(95)01094-7.

1993

Knowlton, W.B., K.M. Itoh, J.W. Beeman, J.H. Emes, D. Loretto, and E.E. Haller, Ge-Au eutectic bonding of Ge {100} Crystals, Journal of Low Temperature Physics, 93, 343-348 (1993). doi: 10.1007/BF00693444.

Conference Presentations/Posters

2023

Wright, ND, JS Huff, MS Barclay, CK Wilson, G Barcenas, KM Duncan, M Ketteridge, OM Obukhova, AI Krivoshey, AL Tatarets, EA Terpetschnig, JC Dean, WB Knowlton, B Yurke, L Li, OA Mass, PH Davis, J Lee, DB Turner, and RD Pensack, “Intramolecular Charge Transfer and Ultrafast Nonradiative Decay in DNA‐Tethered Asymmetric Nitro‐ and Dimethylamino‐Substituted Squaraines, Foundations of Nanoscience (FNANO) 2023 April 24‐27, 2023, Snowbird, Utah”, Poster.
Duncan, KM, HM Byers, ME Houdek, SK Roy, A Biaggne, MS Barclay, LK Patten, JS Huff, DL Kellis, CK Wilson, J Lee, PH Davis, OA Mass, L Li, DB Turner, JA Hall, WB Knowlton, B Yurke, and RD Pensack, “Electronic Structure and Excited‐State Dynamics of DNA‐Templated Monomers and Aggregates of Asymmetric Polymethine Dyes, Foundations of Nanoscience (FNANO) 2023, April 24‐27, 2023; Snowbird, Utah”, Poster.
Mass, OA, S Basu, LK Patten, EA Terpetschnig, AI Krivoshey, AL Tatarets, RD Pensack, B Yurke, WB Knowlton, and J Lee, “Excitons of Opposite Chirality in Dimer Enantiomorphs Templated by DNA Holliday Junction, 20th Annual Conference Foundations of Nanoscience (FNANO 2023), April 24‐27, 2023, Snowbird, Utah”, Poster.
Biaggne, A, L Spear, M Ketteridge, R Rau, D Panthi, WB Knowlton, B Yurke, and L Li, “Machine Learning‐Driven Multiscale Modeling of DNA‐Templated Dye Aggregates for Excitonic Applications, 20th Annual Conference on the Foundations of Nanoscience (FNANO 2023), April 24‐27, 2023 Snowbird, Utah”, Poster.
Pascual, G, CK Wilson, G Barcenas, J Lee, B Yurke, RD Pensack, L Li, OA Mass, EA Terpetschnig, and WB Knowlton, “Towards Control of Excitonic Coupling of Hydrophilic Squaraine Dyes Templated in DNA Holliday Junctions, 20th Foundations of Nanoscience (FNANO) 2023, April 24 – April 27, 2023; Snowbird, Utah”, Poster.
Cervantes‐Salguero, K, A Biaggne, JM Youngsman, BM Ward, YC Kim, L Li, JA Hall, WB Knowlton, E Graugnard, and W Kuang, “Strategies for Single‐Molecule Orientation Control: Intercalation and Stretching, 20th Foundations of Nanoscience (FNANO) 2023, April 24 – April 27, 2023, Snowbird, Utah”, Poster.
Barclay, MS, AU Chowdhury, A Biaggne, JS Huff, ND Wright, PH Davis, L Li, WB Knowlton, B Yurke, RD Pensack, and DB Turner, “Probing DNA Structural Heterogeneity by Identifying Conformational Subensembles of a Bicovalently Bound Cyanine Dye // Foundations of Nanoscience (FNANO) 2023 // April 24‐27, 2023”, Poster.
Barclay, MS, CK Wilson, SK Roy, OA Mass, JS Huff, DB Turner, PH Davis, EA Terpetschnig, B Yurke, WB Knowlton, J Lee, and RD Pensack, “DNA‐Templated Aggregates of Squaraine Rotaxanes: Oblique Packing and Tunable Excitonic Properties, ACS Spring National Meeting, March 26‐30, 2023; Indianapolis, Indiana”, Oral Presentation.
Lan Li, “DNA‐Templated Dye Aggregate Design for Excitonic Applications, TMS 2023, invited talk, March 19–23, 2023, San Diego, CA”, Oral Presentation.

2022

Lan Li, “Computational and Machine Learning Studies of DNA‐Templated Dye Aggregate Design, MS&T 2022, October 9-12, 2022, Pittsburgh, PA”, Oral Presentation.
Barclay, MS, SK Roy, JS Huff, OA Mass, DB Turner, CK Wilson, DL Kellis, EA Terpetschnig, J Lee, PH Davis, B Yurke, WB Knowlton, and RD Pensack, “Oblique Packing in DNA‐Templated Squaraine Rotaxane Dimer Aggregates, Foundations of Nanoscience (FNANO) 2022, Virtual event, April 12‐15, 2022”, Poster.
Barclay, MS, CK Wilson, SK Roy, OA Mass, OM Obukhova, RP Svoiakov, AL Tatarets, AU Chowdhury, JS Huff, DB Turner, PH Davis, EA Terpetschnig, B Yurke, WB Knowlton, J Lee, and RD Pensack, “DNA‐Templated Aggregates of Squaraine Rotaxanes: Oblique Packing and Tunable Excitonic Properties, Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Electronic Processes in Electronic Materials, 2022, Virtual event, June 26‐July 1, 2022”, Poster.
Mass, OA, CK Wilson, G Barcenas, EA Terpetschnig, L Li, B Yurke, WB Knowlton, RD Pensack, and J Lee, “Excitonically Coupled Aggregates of Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Dyes Enabled by Covalent DNA Templating, 19th Foundations of Nanoscience (FNANO) 2022, Virtual Event, April 11 – April 14, 2022”, Poster.
Barcenas, G, A Biaggne, M Ketterdige, L Spear, and L Li, “First‐principles informed screening of dye monomers for excitonic delocalization, 19th Foundations of Nanoscience (FNANO) 2022, Virtual Event, April 11 – April 14, 2022”, Poster.
Barcenas, G, L Spear, and L Li, “Computational Investigation of DNA‐Scaffolded Squaraine Dye Aggregates, TMS 2022, February 27–March 3, 2022, Anaheim, CA”, Oral Presentation.

2021

Huff, JS, DB Turner, OA Mass, LK Patten, CK Wilson, SK Roy, DL Kellis, MS Barclay, B Yurke, WB Knowlton, PH Davis, and RD Pensack, “Global target analysis as a means of characterizing heterogeneity in solutions of DNA‐templated Cy5 dye aggregates, Pacifichem 2021, Virtual event, December 16‐21, 2021”, Poster.
Barclay, MS, JS Huff, S Roy, OA Mass, DB Turner, DL Kellis, EA Terpetschnig, J Lee, PH Davis, B Yurke, WB Knowlton, RD Pensack, “Oblique Packing and Extended Excited‐State Lifetimes in DNA‐Templated Dye Aggregates, 2021 PacifiChem, virtual event, December 16 ‐ 21, 2021”, Oral Presentation.
Huff, JS, DB Turner, OA Mass, LK Patten, CK Wilson, SK Roy, DL Kellis, MS Barclay, B Yurke, WB Knowlton, PH Davis, and RD Pensack, “Structure and Dynamics in DNA‐Templated Cyanine Dye Aggregates, Pacifichem 2021, Virtual event, December 16‐21, 2021”, Poster.
Pensack, RD, “Ultrafast Materials Science and Engineering: Characterizing Optical Properties and Electronic Processes in Quantum Materials, Boise State University, Materials Science & Engineering Seminar, December 3, 2021”, Oral Presentation.
Barcenas, G, A Biaggne, B Yurke, WB Knowlton, and L Li, “First‐Principles Study of Substituent Effects on Squaraine Dyes, MS&T 2021, October 17‐21, 2021; Columbus, Ohio”, Oral Presentation.
Huff*, JS, DB Turner, OA Mass, MS Barclay, B Yurke, WB Knowlton, PH Davis, RD Pensack, Excited-State Dynamics in DNA-Templated Molecular Dye Aggregates, poster presentation at the Materials Research Society Spring Meeting; Virtual Conference, 18-23 April 2021.
Barclay, MS, SK Roy, JS Huff, OA Mass, DB Turner, CK Wilson, DL Kellis, EA Terpetschnig, J Lee, PH Davis, B Yurke, WB Knowlton, RD Pensack, “Rotaxane rings promote oblique packing and extended lifetimes in DNA‐templated molecular dye aggregates, 2021 ACS Spring Meeting; Virtual event, April 5‐16, 2021”, Poster.
Olga Mass, Christopher K. Wilson, Simon K. Roy*, Matthew S. Barclay, Lance K. Patten, Ewald A. Terpetschnig, Jeunghoon Lee, Ryan D. Pensack, Bernard Yurke, William B. Knowlton, Exciton Delocalization in Squaraine Versus Cyanine Dye Aggregates Templated by DNA Holliday Junction, poster presentation at 18th Annual Conference Foundations of Nanoscience; Virtual Conference, 12–15 April 2021.
M. S. Barclay, S. K. Roy*, J. S. Huff*, O. A. Mass, D. B. Turner, C. K. Wilson, D. L. Kellis, E. A. Terpetschnig, J. Lee, P. H. Davis, B. Yurke, W. B. Knowlton, and R. D. Pensack, Rotaxane rings promote oblique packing and extended lifetimes in DNA-templated molecular dye aggregates, poster presentation at 18th Annual Conference Foundations of Nanoscience; Virtual Conference, 12–15 April 2021.
Jonathan S. Huff*, Daniel B. Turner, Olga A. Mass, Matthew S. Barclay, Bernard Yurke, William B. Knowlton, Paul H. Davis, and Ryan D. Pensack, Excited-State Dynamics in DNA-Templated Molecular Dye Aggregates, poster presentation at 18th Annual Conference Foundations of Nanoscience; Virtual Conference, 12–15 April 2021.
Austin Biaggne*, German Barcenas*, Jeunghoon Lee, William B. Knowlton, Bernard Yurke, Lan Li, Substituent Effects on the Solubility and Electronic Properties of Dyes: Density Functional and Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory Calculations, poster presentation at 18th Annual Conference Foundations of Nanoscience; Virtual Conference, 12–15 April 2021.
Barcenas, G, L Li, and B Yurke, “First‐principles Studies of Substituent Effects on Squaraine Dyes, TMS 2021 Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Virtual event, March 15‐18, 2021”, Oral Presentation.
Barclay, MS, SK Roy, JS Huff, OA Mass, DB Turner, CK Wilson, DL Kellis, EA Terpetschnig, J Lee, PH Davis, B Yurke, WB Knowlton, RD Pensack, “Rotaxane rings promote oblique packing and extended lifetimes in DNA‐templated molecular dye aggregates, 2021 ACS Spring Meeting; Virtual event, April 5‐16, 2021”, Poster.

2020

Paul Davis, Jonathan S. Huff*, Allison Christy, Donald L. Kellis, Nimala Kandadai, Bernard Yurke, William B. Knowlton and Ryan D. Pensack, Optical Properties and Nonradiative Decay in Solutions of DNA-Templated Dye Aggregates, poster presentation at 17th Annual Conference Foundations of Nanoscience; Snowbird Cliff Lodge, Snowbird, Utah, 6–9 April 2020.
Jonathan S. Huff*, Paul H. Davis, Allison Christy, Donald L. Kellis, Nirmala Kandadai, Zi S. D. Toa, Gregory D. Scholes, Bernard Yurke, William B. Knowlton, and Ryan D. Pensack, DNA-Templated Cyanine Dye Aggregates:Nonradiative Decay Governs Exciton Lifetimes, poster presentation at 17th Annual Conference Foundations of Nanoscience; Snowbird Cliff Lodge, Snowbird, Utah, 6–9 April 2020.
Austin Biaggne*, Jenny Fothergill, German Barcenas*, William Knowlton, Bernard Yurke, Lan Li, Ab–Initio Studies of Exciton Interactions of Cyanine Dyes, poster presentation at 17th Annual Conference Foundations of Nanoscience; Snowbird Cliff Lodge, Snowbird, Utah, 6–9 April 2020.

2015

Brittany L. Cannon*, Donald L. Kellis**, Elton Graugnard, Paul H. Davis, Jeunghoon Lee, Wan Kuang, William L. Hughes, Berndard Yurke, William B. Knowlton, Excitonic AND Logic Gates Configured onto DNA Nanobreadboards, oral presentation at the 96th annual AAAS Pacific Division Conference (San Fransisco, California; June 14-17 2015). Brittany garnered two conference awards: (1) First Place Oral Sectional Award in Oral Session 6 – Materials Science & Physics, (2) Pacific Divisional Laurence M. Klauber Award as best overall student presentation.

2013

M. Tobiason*, E. Graugnard, W. L. Hughes; Design and Operation of an Autocatalytic, Seesaw-Gate Inspired DNA Network, poster presentation at The 19th International Conference on DNA Computing and Molecular Programming (DNA19) (Tempe, Arizona; Sept. 22-27, 2013)
Elton Graugnard, Operation of a DNA Nanomachine in Human Serum and Blood, invited oral presentation at the 2013 Idaho INBRE Conference (Moscow, Idaho; Aug. 5-7, 2013).
Ann Delaney**, Natalya Hallstrom, Jeunghoon Lee, Bernard Yurke, William L. Hughes, and Elton Graugnard, Thermodynamic Design Optimization of DNA-Based Chemical Reaction Networks, poster presentation at the 2013 3rd Annual Summer Undergraduate Research Conference (Boise, Idaho; Aug. 2, 2013) and the 2013 Idaho INBRE Conference (Moscow, Idaho; Aug. 5-7, 2013).
Samantha Ward**, Herbert Huttanus*, Jeunghoon Lee, Elton Graugnard, William L. Hughes, William B. Knowlton , Bernard Yurke, Wan Kuang, Utilizing Gold Nanoparticles for Colorimetric DNA Sensing, poster presentation at the 2013 3rd Annual Summer Undergraduate Research Conference (Boise, Idaho; Aug. 2, 2013) and the 2013 Idaho INBRE Conference (Moscow, Idaho; Aug. 5-7, 2013).
Patricia Johnson**, Chris Menter**, Donald Kellis**, Brittany L. Cannon*, William B. Knowlton, Bernard Yurke, Paul Davis, Wan Kuang, Jeunghoon Lee, Polymer Encapsulation and DNA Functionalization of Upconversion Nanoparticles, poster presentation at the 2013 3rd Annual Summer Undergraduate Research Conference (Boise, Idaho; Aug. 2, 2013) and the 2013 Idaho INBRE Conference (Moscow, Idaho; Aug. 5-7, 2013).
I. R. Aseguinolaza*, B. Muntifering*, J. Brotherton*, W. B. Knowlton, P. Müllner, J. M. Barandiarán1 and V. A. Chernenko, Structural, magnetic and transformation behavior of Ni-Mn-Ga/MgO (100) thin films, presentation at the 2013 Fourth International Conference on Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloys (Boise, Idaho; June 3-7, 2013). AFM
C. Hollar**, C.S. Watson, W.B. Knowlton, and P. Müllner, Nanomechanical Properties of Ni-Mn-Ga, poster presentation at the 2013 Fourth International Conference on Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloys (Boise, Idaho; June 3-7, 2013).
Benjamin Reinholz*, Steffen Brinckmann, Brittany Muntifering*, William B. Knowlton, Peter Müllner and Alexander Hartmaier, Application of Disclination Dynamics: Twin boundary motion in magnetic shape-memory alloys, poster presentation at the 2013 Fourth International Conference on Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloys (Boise, Idaho; June 3-7, 2013).
Jeff Huntsinger*, Kimo Wilson*, Amber Thompson**, William B. Knowlton, and Peter Müllner, Fabrication and Characterization of Ni-Mn-Ga Microdots via Electron-Beam Lithography, poster presentation at the 2013 Fourth International Conference on Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloys (Boise, Idaho; June 3-7, 2013).
B. Muntifering*, L. Kovarik, N.D. Browning, R.C. Pond, W. B. Knowlton, and P. Müllner, Conjugation Boundary in Non-Modulated Ni-Mn-Ga Martensite, poster presentation at the 2013 Fourth International Conference on Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloys (Boise, Idaho; June 3-7, 2013).
Brittany L. Cannon*, Donald L. Kellis**, Elton Graugnard, Wan Kuang, William L. Hughes, Bernard Yurke, and William B. Knowlton, DNA-Based Excitonic AND Logic Gate, poster presentation at the 2013 10th Annual Foundations of Nanoscience (FNANO12) Self-Assembled Architectures and Devices (Snowbird, Utah; April 15-18, 2013).
Donald L. Kellis**, Hieu Bui*, Wan Kuang, Elton Graugnard, Jeunghoon Lee, William L. Hughes, William B. Knowlton, and Bernard Yurke, An Investigation of the Effect of DNA Condensing Agents on DNA Nanostructures, poster for presentation at the 2013 10th Annual Foundations of Nanoscience (FNANO13) Self-Assembled Architectures and Devices (Snowbird, Utah; April 15-18, 2013).
William P. Klein*, Charles N. Schmidt**, Blake Rapp*, Sadao Takabayashi*, Bernard Yurke, William B. Knowlton, Elton Graugnard, Jeunghoon Lee, and Wan Kuang, Combined AFM and Far-field Characterization of Individual Surface Plasmon Waveguides Nanofabricated using DNA Origami, invited oral presentation at the 2013 10th Annual Foundations of Nanoscience (FNANO13) Self-Assembled Architectures and Devices (Snowbird, Utah; April 15-18, 2013).
Sadao Takabayashi*, William Kline*, Blake Rapp*, Elias Lindau**, Lejmarc Snowball**, Jeunghoon Lee, Wan Kuang, William B. Knowlton, Bernard Yurke, Elton Graugnard, and William L. Hughes, Maximizing Gold Nanoparticle Attachment onto DNA Origami, poster presentation at the 2013 10th Annual Foundations of Nanoscience (FNANO13) Self-Assembled Architectures and Devices (Snowbird, Utah; April 15-18, 2013).
Sara Goltry*, Tyler Clark**, Jessica Minick, Jeunghoon Lee, William B. Knowlton, Bernard Yurke, Elton Graugnard, and William L. Hughes, Long-Term Operability of a DNA-based Nanomachine in Human Serum, poster presentation at the 2013 10th Annual Foundations of Nanoscience (FNANO13) Self-Assembled Architectures and Devices (Snowbird, Utah; April 15-18, 2013).
Herbert Huttanus*, Elton Graugnard, Wan Kuang, William B. Knowlton, William L. Hughes, Bernard Yurke, Jeunghoon Lee, Enhanced Colorimetric Detection of DNAs via Catalytic Aggregation of Gold Nanoparticles, poster presentation at the 2013 10th Annual Foundations of Nanoscience (FNANO13) Self-Assembled Architectures and Devices (Snowbird, Utah; April 15-18, 2013).

2012

W.B. Knowlton, DNA Nanotechnology-Nanophotonic Devices & Medical Applications, invited Tutorial, 2012 IEEE International Integrated Reliability Workshop (Fallen Leaf Lake, CA, October 14, 2012).
W.P. Klein*, C. N. Schmidt**, S. Takabayashi*, B. Yurke, W. B. Knowlton, E. Graugnard, J. Lee, W. Kuang, Far-field spectroscopy of individual surface plasmon waveguides assembled on DNA templates, oral presentation at the 67th American Chemistry Society Northwest Regional Meeting (NORM 2012) (Boise, Idaho; June 24-27, 2012).
N. Nguyen**, E. Graugnard, W. Kuang, W. Knowlton, W. Hughes, B. Yurke, J. Lee, Colorimetric sensing of adenosine using aptamer DNA-functionalized gold nanoparticles, poster presentation at the 67th American Chemistry Society Northwest Regional Meeting (NORM 2012) (Boise, Idaho; June 24-27, 2012).
B. Lawrence**, E. Graugnard, W. Kuang, W. B. Knowlton, W. L. Hughes, B. Yurke, J. Lee, Synthesis, DNA functionalization, and assembly of semiconductor quantum dots, poster presentation at the 67th American Chemistry Society Northwest Regional Meeting (NORM 2012) (Boise, Idaho; June 24-27, 2012.
A. D. Thompson**, C. Buu*, B. Rapp*, J. Brotherton, L. Snowball**, N. Robinson**, E. Graugnard, B. Yurke, W. Kuang, J. Lee, W. L. Hughes, W. B. Knowlton, Au-functionalized DNA origami nanotubes: Synthesis, deposition, and preliminary electrical characterization, poster presentation at the 67th American Chemistry Society Northwest Regional Meeting (NORM 2012) (Boise, Idaho; June 24-27, 2012). (Awarded Outstanding Undergraduate Poster)
C. Menter**, E. Graugnard, W. Knowlton, W. Kuang, W. Hughes, B. Yurke, J. Lee, Synthesis and DNA functionalization of silver/gold (core/shell) nanoparticles, poster presentation at the 67th American Chemistry Society Northwest Regional Meeting (NORM 2012) (Boise, Idaho; June 24-27, 2012).
D. L. Kellis**, H. Bui, S. Barnes*, W. Kuang, J. Lee, W. L. Hughes, E. Graugnard, B. Yurke, W. B. Knowlton, Excitonic waveguides switchable by DNA strand invasion, invited oral presentation at the 67th American Chemistry Society Northwest Regional Meeting (NORM 2012) (Boise, Idaho; June 24-27, 2012).
H. Huttanus*, E. Graugnard, W. Kuang, W. Knowlton, W. Hughes, B. Yurke, J. Lee, Enhanced colorimetric detection of DNAs via catalytic aggregation of gold nanoparticles, oral presentation at the 67th American Chemistry Society Northwest Regional Meeting (NORM 2012) (Boise, Idaho; June 24-27, 2012).
S. Takabayashi*, C. Onodera*, H. Bui, N. Robinson, J. Lee, W. Kuang, W. B. Knowlton, B. Yurke, E. Graugnard, W. L. Hughes, Nanoparticle attachment to DNA origami nanotubes, oral presentation at the 67th American Chemistry Society Northwest Regional Meeting (NORM 2012) (Boise, Idaho; June 24-27, 2012).
N. Hallstrom, G. Purnell, J. Minick, M. Goll, A. E. Delaney, E. Graugnard, B. Yurke, W. L. Hughes, Reaction kinetics of DNA and ZNA at low salt concentrations, poster presentation at the 67th American Chemistry Society Northwest Regional Meeting (NORM 2012) (Boise, Idaho; June 24-27, 2012).
E. Graugnard, S. Goltry, H. Huttanus, C. Onodera, H. Bui, J. Minick, N. Robinson, T. Clark, D. LaJoie, C. Jorcyk, J. Lee, W. Kuang, W. B. Knowlton, B. Yurke, W.L. Hughes, Engineering with DNA for biomedical applications, invited oral presentation at the 67th American Chemistry Society Northwest Regional Meeting (NORM 2012) (Boise, Idaho; June 24-27, 2012).
N. Q. Luong**, B. Yurke, W. B. Knowlton, E. Graugnard, J. Lee, W. Kuang, High sensitive spectroscopic measurement of optical rotatory dispersion, poster presentation at the 67th American Chemistry Society Northwest Regional Meeting (NORM 2012) (Boise, Idaho; June 24-27, 2012).
Elton Graugnard, Donald L. Kellis**, Hieu Bui*, Stephanie Barnes**, Wan Kuang, Jeunghoon Lee, William L. Hughes, William B. Knowlton, Bernard Yurke, Excitonic Waveguides Switchable by DNA Strand Invasion, oral presentation at the 2012 9th Annual Foundations of Nanoscience (FNANO12) Self-Assembled Architectures and Devices (Snowbird, Utah; April 16-19, 2012).
Elton Graugnard, Craig Onodera*, Sadao Takabayashi**, Nathan Robinson**, Hieu Bui, Jeunghoon Lee, Wan Kuang, William B. Knowlton, Bernard Yurke, and William L. Hughes, Yield of Nanoparticle Attachment to DNA Origami as a Function of Binding Site Design and Periodicity, poster presentation at the 2012 9th Annual Foundations of Nanoscience (FNANO12) Self-Assembled Architectures and Devices (Snowbird, Utah; April 16-19, 2012).
Elton Graugnard, Sara Goltry*, Jessica Minick**, Tyler Clark**, Jeunghoon Lee, Cheryl L Jorcyk, Bernard Yurke, and William L. Hughes, Operation of a DNA-Based Nanomachine in Human Blood, poster presentation at the 2012 9th Annual Foundations of Nanoscience (FNANO12) Self-Assembled Architectures and Devices (Snowbird, Utah; April 16-19, 2012). Received Runner Up Poster Award.
Lejmarc Snowball**, Donald Kellis**, Craig Onodera*, Heiu Bui, Jason Brotherton, Nick Schmidt**, Chris Buu**, Stephanie Barnes*, Elton Graugnard, William L. Hughes, Bernard Yurke, Wan Kuang, Jeunghoon Lee, and William B. Knowlton, Synthesis of End Thiolated DNA Origami Nanotubes Decorated with Gold Nanoparticles, poster presentation at the 2012 3rd Annual Pacific Northwest Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Conference (Oregon State University; Feb. 10-11, 2012). Received Best Poster Award.

2011

Shem T. Purnell**, Shane K Pugmire**, Blake A. Rapp**, Ryan J. Thompson**, Richard G. Southwick III, Tibor Grasser, Ben Kaczer, and William B. Knowlton, Comparison of Trends in Cryogenic Measurements of SiO2 and HfO2/SiO2 pMOSFETs, poster presentation at the IEEE International Integrated Reliability Workshop (Fallen Leaf Lake, CA, Oct. 16-20, 2011).
Blake Rapp**, Christopher Buu*, Lejmarc Snowball**, Jason Brotherton, Nick Schmidt**, Amber Lay**, William B. Knowlton, Wan Kuang, William L. Hughes, Bernard Yurke, Elton Graugnard, Progress Toward the Synthesis and Electrical Characterization of Au-Functionalized DNA Origami Nanotubes, poster presentation at the IEEE International Integrated Reliability Workshop (Fallen Leaf Lake, CA, Oct. 16-20, 2011).
Ryan J. Thompson**, Richard G. Southwick III, Blake A. Rapp**, Christopher Buu*, Amit Jain, and William B. Knowlton, New Applications of the Boise State Band Diagram Program, poster presentation at the IEEE International Integrated Reliability Workshop (Fallen Leaf Lake, CA, Oct. 16-20, 2011).
Stephanie Barnes**, Donald L. Kellis**, Hieu Bui*, William Hughes, Bernard Yurke, William Knowlton, Wan Kuang, Jeunghoon Lee and Elton Graugnard, Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer by Strand Invasion Switching by Strand Invasion, poster presentation at the 17th International Conference on DNA Computing and Molecular Programming (Caltech, Pasadena, CA, September 19-23th, 2011).
E. Graungard, S. Goltry*, J. Minnick**, J. Lee, C. Jorcyk, B. Yurke, and W.L. Hughes, DNA Nanotechnology for Biomedical Applications, poster presentation at the NIH Cancer Detection and Diagnosis Technologies for Global Health (Bethesda, MD, August 22-24, 2011).
W.L. Hughes, B. Yurke, E. Graugnard, J. Lee, W. Kuang, C. Jorcyk, W.B. Knowlton, DNA as an Engineered Material, Invited Presentation – 10th Annual Idea Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) Conference (Moscow, ID, August 2-4, 2011).
G.R. Purnell**, E. Graugnard, B. Yurke, W.L. Hughes, Hybridization Kinetics of Zip DNA (ZNA), poster presentation at the 10th Annual Idea Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) Conference (Moscow, ID, August 2-4, 2011)
Lejmarc Snowball**, Donald L. Kellis**, Craig Onodera*, Heiu Bui*, Jason Brotherton, Nick Schmidt**, Chris Buu**, Stephanie Barnes**, Elton Graugnard, William L. Hughes, Bernard Yurke, Wan Kuang, Jeunghoon Lee, and William B. Knowlton, Synthesis of End thiolated DNA Origami Nanotubes Decorated with Gold Nanoparticles, poster presentation at the Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Program poster session (Boise, Idaho, July 28, 2011).
Chad Watson, Courtney Hollar**, Kimball Anderson**, William B. Knowlton, Peter Mullner, Stress-Induced Localized Twinning in NiMnGa Single Crystals, oral presentation at the 3rd (ICFSMA) International Conference on Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloys (Dresden, Germany, July 18-22, 2011).
Bernard Yurke, Catalytic DNA Networks, Invited talk – Gordon Research Conference on Nucleosides, Nucleotides & Oligonucleotides (Salve Regina Univeristy, Newport, RI; July 3-8, 2011).
Bernie Yurke, Craig Onodera*, Hieu Bui**, Elton Graugnard, Wan Kuang, Jeunghoon Lee, William B. Knowlton, and William L. Hughes, Using DNA to organize nanoparticles, Invited talk – 94th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition (Montreal, June 9, 2011).
Jessica Minick**, Elton Graugnard, Jeunghoon Lee, Wan Kuang, Bernard Yurke, and William L. Hughes, Operation of a DNA-Based Nanomachine in Human Blood, poster presentation at the 8th Annual Foundations of Nanoscience (FNANO) – Self-Assembled Architectures and Devices (Snowbird, Utah; April 11-15, 2011).
Hieu Bui*, William L. Hughes, Bernard Yurke, William B. Knowlton, Wan Kuang, Jeunghoon Lee, Elton Graugnard, Nanoscale Photonic Devices Fabricated Using DNA Origami Nanotubes, poster presentation at the 8th Annual Foundations of Nanoscience (FNANO) – Self-Assembled Architectures and Devices (Snowbird, Utah; April 11-15, 2011).
Stephanie Barnes**, Glen Purnell**, Hieu Bui, William L. Hughes, Bernard Yurke, William B. Knowlton, Wan Kuang, Jeunghoon Lee, Elton Graugnard, DNA Strand Invasion as an Optical Switch in Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer Transmission Lines, poster presentation at the 8th Annual Foundations of Nanoscience (FNANO) – Self-Assembled Architectures and Devices (Snowbird, Utah; April 11-15, 2011).
Nathan Robinson**, Bert Huttanus**, Elton Graugnard, Will Hughes, Bill Knowlton, Bernard Yurke, and Jeunghoon Lee, Quantitative Colorimetric Detection of DNA using Oligonucleotide-Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles, poster presentation at the 241st ACS National Meeting & Exposition (Anaheim, California, USA March 27-31, 2011) [paper# COLL 293].
Lytia A. Smith**, Jerry D. Harris, Theron Fereda**, Alex Punnoose, Aaron Thurber, William B. Knowlton, Boone Beausoleil**, Pamela Walker**, and Brian J. Frost, Synthesis and Characterization of Cobalt doped ZnO, poster presentation at the 241st ACS National Meeting & Exposition (Anaheim, California, USA March 27-31, 2011).
Jerry D. Harris, Joanna R. Walker**, Amanda R. Snyder**, Chad E. Larson**, Aaron Thurber, Pamela Walker**, William B. Knowlton, Alex Punnoose, and Brian J. Frost, Modification of ZnO Crystal Morphology by the Addition of Amines, poster presentation at the 241st ACS National Meeting & Exposition (Anaheim, California, USA March 27-31, 2011).

2010

Richard G. Southwick III*, Aaron Sup, Amit Jain, Michael Baker*, and William B. Knowlton, Interactive Simulation Program for Complex Multilayer Dielectric Devices, poster presentation at the IEEE International Integrated Reliability Workshop (Fallen Leaf Lake, CA; Oct. 17-21, 2010).
W. Hanson**, J.D. Harris, L.A. Smith**, A. Snyder**, A. Thurber, W.B. Knowlton, A. Punnoose, and B. Beausoleil**, Working toward the synthesis of phosphorous-doped ZnO from single source chemical precursors, poster presentation at the 19th Regional Conference on Undergraduate Research of the Murdock College Science Research Program (McMinnville, OR, November 12-13, 2010).
L.A. Smith**, J.D. Harris, T.R. Fereday**, A. Punnoose, A. Thurber, W.B. Knowlton, B. Beausoleil**, P. Walker**, and B.J. Frost, Synthesis and characterization of cobalt doped ZnO, poster presentation at the 19th Regional Conference on Undergraduate Research of the Murdock College Science Research Program (McMinnville, OR, November 12-13, 2010).
L.A. Smith**, T.R. Fereday**, J.D. Harris, A. Thurber, J. Brotherton, W.B. Knowlton, A. Punnoose and B.J. Frost**, Synthesis and characterization of cobalt doped ZnO, 240th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (Paper # INOR 755, Boston, MA, August 22-26, 2010).
J. Minick**, E. Graugnard, A. Cox**, B. Yurke, W.B. Knowlton, W.L. Hughes, Preliminary Operation of a DNA-based Nanomachine in Human Serum and Blood, poster presentation at the Idea Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) Annual Conference (Moscow, ID, August 2-4, 2010).
Hieu Bui*, Craig Onodera*, Carson Kidwell**, YerPeng Tan, Elton Graugnard, Wan Kuang, Jeunghoon Lee, William L. Hughes, William B. Knowlton, and Bernard Yurke, Quantum dot arrays with controlled periodicity using DNA origami nanotubes, oral presentation at the 16th International Conference on DNA Computing and Molecular Programming – DNA 16 (Hong Kong, China; June 14-17, 2010).
Amber Cox**, Elton Graugnard, William L. Hughes, Jeunghoon Lee, Cheryl L. Jorcyk, and Bernard Yurke, Reaction Kinetics of a DNA-Based Amplifier for use in Detection of Cancer-Related miRNAs, poster presentation at the 7th Annual Foundations of Nanoscience (FNANO) – Self-Assembled Architectures and Devices (Snowbird, Utah; April 27-30, 2010).
Elton Graugnard, Amber Cox**, Jeunghoon Lee, Cheryl Jorcyk, Bernard Yurke, and William L. Hughes, Point-of-Contact, DNA-Based Amplifier for Detecting Cancer-Related Micro-RNA in Blood Serum, poster presentation at the 7th Annual Foundations of Nanoscience (FNANO) – Self-Assembled Architectures and Devices (Snowbird, Utah; April 27-30, 2010).
Hieu Bui*, Craig Onodera*, Carson Kidwell**, YerPeng Tan*, Elton Graugnard, Wan Kuang, Jeunghoon Lee, William L. Hughes, William B. Knowlton, and Bernard Yurke, Quantum dot arrays with controlled periodicity using DNA origami nanotubes, accepted for poster presentation at the 2010 Conference on Foundations of Nanoscience (FNANO) – Self-Assembled Architectures and Devices (Snowbird, Utah; April 27-30, 2010).
S. Barnes**, C. Buu*, J. Brotherton**, H. Bui*, A. Johnson*, M. Yates*, E. Graugnard, W. Kuang, J. Lee, W. L. Hughes, W. B. Knowlton, B. Yurke, Radial Dielectrophoretic Trap for Trapping Microparticles, accepted for oral and poster presentation at the 2010 Conference on Foundations of Nanoscience (FNANO) – Self-Assembled Architectures and Devices (Snowbird, Utah; April 27-30, 2010).
Stephanie Barnes**, Christopher Buu*, Jason Brotherton**, Hieu Bui*, Austin Johnson, Mallory Yates, Elton Graugnard1, Wan Kuang, Jeunghoon Lee, William Knowlton, Bernard Yurke, William L. Hughes, Towards A Radial Dielectrophoretic Trap for Nanostructures, poster presentation at the 2010 IEEE Workshop on Microelectronic Devices (Boise, ID; April 16, 2010).
Ross M. Butler**, Richard G. Southwick III* and William B. Knowlton, Cryogenic Characterization of Charge Trapping in MOSFET High-k Dielectrics, poster presentation at the 2010 IEEE Workshop on Microelectronic Devices (Boise, ID; April 16, 2010).
Jonathan Henderson*, Chad Watson, William L. Hughes and William B. Knowlton, Multi-scale Mechanical Property Evaluation of Soft Materials, poster presentation at the 2010 Spring Meeting of the Materials Research Society in the Symposium “Biological Materials and Structures in Physiologically Extreme Conditions and Disease”, (San Francisco, CA; April 7, 2010).
Lytia A. Smith**, Theron R. Fereday**, Jerry D. Harris, Jason Brotherton**, Aaron Thurber, William B. Knowlton, Alex Punnoose and Brian J. Frost, Synthesis and Characterization of Transition Metal-doped ZnO, poster presentation at the Spring 2010 National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (San Francisco, California, March 21 – 25, 2010).
Amanda R. Snyder**, Lytia A. Smith**, Theron R. Fereday**, Jerry D. Harris, Aaron Thurber, Jason Brotherton, Pamela Walker, William B. Knowlton, and Alex Punnoose, Synthesis and Characterization of ZnO Sol-gel Powders, poster presentation at the Spring 2010 National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (San Francisco, California, March 21 – 25, 2010).
Theron Fereday**, Lytia Smith**, Amanda Snyder**, Jerry D. Harris, Aaron Thurber, Jason Brotherton**, William B. Knowlton, Alex Punnoose, Seth M. Hubbard, and Brian J. Frost, Growth and Characterization of ZnO Thin Films, poster presentation at the Spring 2010 National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (San Francisco, California, March 21 – 25, 2010).
William B. Knowlton, Engineering Research at Boise State University – a Global Perspective, Invited Talk – Governmental Affairs Committee – Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce (Boise, ID, Jan. 8, 2010).

2009

A.R. Snyder**, L.A. Smith**, T.R. Fereday**, J.D. Harris, W.B. Knowlton and A. Thurber, Synthesis and characterization of ZnO from single source precursors, 18th Regional Conference on Undergraduate Research of the Murdock College Science Research Program (Spokane, WA, October 30-31, 2009).
Ross M. Butler*, Richard G. Southwick III* and William B. Knowlton, Cryogenic Characterization of Charge Trapping in MOSFET High-k Dielectrics, poster presentation at the International Integrated Reliability Workshop (Fallen Leaf Lake, CA; Oct. 18-22, 2009).
William B. Knowlton, Hieu Bui*, Craig Onodera*, Bernard Yurke, William L. Hughes, Elton Graugnard, Wan Kuang, Jeunghoon Lee, Chris Buu*, Stephanie Barnes*, Amber Cox*, Davis Daniel*, Mallory Yates*, Pammy Walker*, Jonathan Henderson*, Chad Watson, Jason Brotherton*, DNA Self-Assembled Nanostructures for Device Applications, Invited Tutorial – International Integrated Reliability Workshop (Fallen Leaf Lake, CA, Oct. 18, 2009).
William B. Knowlton, Hieu Bui*, Craig Onodero*, Bernard Yurke, William L. Hughes, Elton Graugnard, Wan Kuang, Jeunghoon Lee, Chris Buu*, Stephanie Barnes**, Amber Cox**, Davis Daniel**, Mallory Yates**, Pammy Walker**, Jonathan Henderson**, Chad Watson, Jason Brotherton**, DNA Self-Assembled Nanostructures for Device Applications, Invited Tutorial – International Integrated Reliability Workshop (Fallen Leaf Lake, CA, Oct. 18, 2009).
Wan Kuang, Alex English*, Z.-C. Chang, M. H. Shih, William B. Knowlton, Jeunghoon Lee, William L. Hughes, Bernard Yurke, Enhanced Transmission in Plasmonic Crystals: Interactions of Cavity Resonance and Surface Mode, accepted for oral & paper presentation OSA’s 93rd Annual Meeting Frontiers in Optics and APS/DLS 25th Annual Meeting Laser Science Joint Conferences, (October 11-15, 2009; San Jose, California) – proceedings to be published.
Stephanie Barnes*, Christopher Buu*, Jason Brotherton*, Hieu Bui*, Austin Johnson*, Mallory Yates*, Wan Kuang, Jeunghoon Lee, William L. Hughes, William Knowlton, Bernard Yurke, Radial Dielectrophoretic Trap For Future Manipulation Of Individual DNA Origami Nanostrutures, accepted for oral and paper presentation at the Nanoelectronic Devices for Defense & Security Conference, (9/28-10/3/2009, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; September 28 – October 3, 2009).
Stephanie Barnes**, Christopher Buu*, Jason Brotherton*, Hieu Bui*, Austin Johnson**, Mallory Yates**, Wan Kuang, Jeunghoon Lee, William L. Hughes, William Knowlton, Bernard Yurke, Radial Dielectrophoretic Trap For Future Manipulation Of Individual DNA Origami Nanostrutures, oral and paper presentation at the Nanoelectronic Devices for Defense & Security Conference, (9/28-10/3/2009, Ft. Lauderdale, FL).
Jonathan Henderson*, Mallory Yates*, Chad Watson, William L. Hughes, and William B. Knowlton, Exploratory Comparative Study of Nano-Mechanical Techniques on Soft Materials, poster presentation at the 8th Annual INBRE Research Conference (Pocatello, ID; August 3-5, 2009).
Amber Cox*, Elton Graugnard, William L. Hughes, Jeunghoon Lee, Cheryl Jorcyk, William B. Knowlton, and Bernard Yurke, Point-of-contact, DNA based amplifier for detecting cancer-related micro-RNAs in serum, poster presentation at the 8th Annual INBRE Research Conference (Pocatello, ID; August 3-5, 2009).
Stephanie Barnes*, Christopher Buu*, Jason Brotherton*, Hieu Bui*, Austin Johnson*, Mallory Yates*, Wan Kuang, Jeunghoon Lee, William Knowlton, Bernard Yurke, and William L. Hughes, A Radial Dielectrophoretic Trap for Individual Nanostructures, poster presentation at the 8th Annual INBRE Research Conference (Pocatello, ID; August 3-5, 2009). [2nd Place Faculty Choice Undergraduate Poster Award]
M. Reinhold**, W.B. Knowlton, and P. Müllner, Characterizing Twin Structure and Magnetic Domain Structure of Ni-Mn-Ga Through Atomic Force Microscopy, presented at the International Conference on Martensitic Transformations ICOMAT (Santa Fe, New Mexico, June 29-July 5, 2008), in the Proceedings of the International Conference on Martensitic Transformations, Editors: G.B. Olson, D.S. Lieberman, and A. Saxena (TMS,-The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society, 2009).
D. Kellis*, M. Hagler*, V. A. Chernenko, M. Ohtsuka, William Knowlton, Peter Müllner, Effect of Film Thickness on Texture and Magnetic Anisotropy of NI-Mn-GA Films on (100) Silicon, poster presentation at the 2nd International Conference on Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloys, (University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain; July 1-3, 2009).
William L. Hughes, Bernard Yurke, Hieu Bui*, Yerpeng Tan*, Ross Butler*, William McNeil*, Chad Watson, William B. Knowlton, Wan Kuang, Jeunghoon Lee, DNA-based nanotubes: A tool for understanding entropic effects of DNA self-assembly, poster presentation at the 2009 International Workshop on DNA-Based Nanotechnology: Construction, Mechanics, and Electronics, (Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany; May 11-15, 2009).
M. Reinhold*, D. Kiener, G. Dehm, W.B. Knowlton, and P. Müllner, Magneto-mechanics of Ni-Mn-Ga on the Mesoscopic Scale, Oral presentation at the Materials Research Society Spring 2009 Meeting – Symposium II: Probing Mechanics at Nanoscale Dimensions, (San Francisco, CA; April 13 – 17, 2009).
Bernard Yurke, Will Hughes, Wan Kuang, Jeunghoon Lee, Bill Knowlton (presenting author), Hieu Bui*, Jason Brotherton**, Jonathan Henderson**, William McNeil*, Stephanie Barnes**, Amber Cox**, Davis Daniel**, Mallory Yates**, New Research Direction – From Collagen to DNA – Engineering Nanostructures, Invited talk, at the INBRE Research Symposium (Boise, ID, April 5, 2009).
Hieu Bui*, Yerpeng Tan*, Ross Butler*, Bernard Yurke, William B. Knowlton, William L. Hughes, Wan Kuang, Jeunghoon Lee, Attempts at DNA Origami Towards Nanofabrication of Electronic Structures, poster presentation at the 2009 IEEE Workshop and Microelectronic Devices, (Boise, ID; April 3, 2009).

2008

M. Reinhold*, W.B. Knowlton, and P. Müllner, Characterizing Twin Structure and Magnetic Domain Structure of Ni-Mn-Ga Through Atomic Force Microscopy, Presented at 17th Annual National McNair Research Conference and Graduate Fair, (Delavan, WI; October 31- November 2, 2008).
J. Reed, Richard Southwick III* and W.B. Knowlton, Experimental Evidence for Polaron Hopping Conduction in HfO₂ – A Cryogenic Study, poster presentation at the 2008 IEEE International Integrated Reliability Workshop, (October 12-16, 2008).
Richard Southwick III*, Aaron Sup, Amit Jain, and W.B. Knowlton, Multi-Layer Metal-Insulator-Semiconductor (MIS) Energy Band Diagram Program, poster presentation at the 2008 IEEE International Integrated Reliability Workshop, (October 2008).
Jonathan Henderson*, Watson, Julia T. Oxford, W.B. Knowlton, Investigating the Nanomechanical Properties of Biomaterials Using Atomic Force Microscopy, poster presentation at the 7th Annual INBRE Research Conference, (Boise, ID; August 6, 2008).
H. Bui*, Y. Tan*, T. Lee*, R. Butler*, B. Yurke, W.B. Knowlton, Preliminary Investigation of Entropy-Driven Effect in Synthesized DNA Nanostructures, poster presentation at the 7th Annual INBRE Research Conference, (Boise, ID; August 6, 2008).
Kristy A. Campbell, Morgan Davis*, Richard Southwick III*, Hieu Bui*, Justin Reed*, William B. Knowlton, and Jeffrey M. Peloquin, Chalcogenide-Metal Alloys and Layered Chalcogenide Material Devices for Application in Multi-State Phase-Change Electronic Memory, Invited talk – 2008 Spring MRS Meeting, (San Francisco, CA; March 24-27, 2008). Received Outstanding Symposium Paper Award. Invited to submit the paper to the Journal of Materials Research.

2007

Richard G. Southwick III*, Justin C. Reed*, Gennadi Bersuker, and William B. Knowlton, Preliminary Study of Temperature Dependence of TiN/3nm HfO₂/1.1nm SiO₂/Si Gated MOSFETs, poster presentation at the 2007 IEEE International Integrated Reliability Workshop, (October 15-18, 2007).
Aaron Sup, Richard G. Southwick III*, Amit Jain, William B. Knowlton, Arbitrary Oxide Multi-Layer MIM Energy Band Diagram Program, poster presentation at the 2007 IEEE International Integrated Reliability Workshop, (October 15-18, 2007).
Amy J. Moll, William Knowlton, Patricia Pyke, and Melinda Seevers, Turning Weakness into Strength: Freshman/Sophomore MSE Research Interns Achieve Success, abstract and poster presentation at the Engineering Education National Science Foundation Conference, (Arlington, VA; Sept. 27, 2007).
Markus Chmielus*, Volodymyr A. Chernenko, W. B. Knowlton, G. Kostorz, P. Müllner, Training, constraints, and high-cycle magneto-mechanical properties of Ni-Mn-Ga magnetic shape-memory alloys, presented at and in the proceedings of the European Materials Research Society Meeting (Warsaw University of Technology – Warsaw, Poland; September 17 – 21, 2007).
William B. Knowlton, David Araujo**, Patrick Price**, Jason Brotherton**, Kendra Coonse*, Veronica Hendricks**, Ricki Southwick III*, Jonathan Henderson**, Julie Oxford, Amy Moll, Wan Kuang, and Jake Baker, Progress Towards a Biomolecular Nanowire Sensor Array for Biomedical Applications, invited talk at the 6th Annual INBRE/COBRE Research Conference (Moscow, ID; August 6, 2007).
Veronica J. Hendricks**, Kendra Coonse*, David Araujo*, Patrick Price**, Julia T. Oxford and William B. Knowlton, Characterization of Collagen Type I Nanowires for use in Biomolecular Sensors, 6th Annual INBRE/COBRE Research Conference (Moscow, ID; August 6, 2007) – [2nd Place Undergraduate Poster Presentation Award]
Bill Knowlton, David Araujo*, Patrick Price*, Jason Brotherton*, Kendra Coonse*, Veronica Hendricks*, Ricki Southwick III*, Jonathan Henderson*, Julie Oxford, Amy Moll, Wan Kuang, and Jake Baker, Progress Towards a Biomolecular Nanowire Sensor Array for Biomedical Applications, Invited talk – 6th Annual INBRE/COBRE Research Conference, (Moscow, ID; August 6, 2007).
W.B. Knowlton, Kaci Bloxham*, J.T. Oxford, A nanometer scale perspective on cartilage genesis, presented at the Biomedical/Bio-related Materials, Part II session for the program of the 88th annual meeting of the AAAS, Pacific Division, (Boise, ID; June 2007).
W.B. Knowlton, David Araujo*, Patrick Price*, Jason Brotherton*, Kendra Coonse*,Ricki Southwick*, Julie Oxford, Amy Moll, Jake Baker, and Wan Kuang, Development of Biomolecular Nanostructure Sensor Arrays, presented at the Sensors and Sensor Technology session for the program of the 88th annual meeting of the AAAS, Pacific Division, (Boise, ID; June 2007).
D. Temple, D. Malta, A. Huffman, M. R. Lueck, J. E. Robinson, P. R. Coffman, M. R. Skokan, T. B. Welch, A. J. Moll and W. B. Knowlton, 3D Integration Technology, Proc. of 3D/SiP Advanced Packaging Symposium, (Research Triangle Park, NC; May 9-10, 2007).
Bill Knowlton, Wan Kuang, David Araujo*, Patrick Price*, Jason Brotherton*, Kendra Coonse*, Lincoln Bollschweiler, Ricki Southwick*, Julie Oxford, Amy Moll, and Jake Baker, Nanofabrication of 3D Sensor Arrays for Detection, Advanced Fuel Cycle Workshop, (Boise, ID; May 8-9, 2007).
D. Estrada*, A. Oblea*, C. Perkins*, D. Araujo*, P. Price*, J. Brotherton*, J. Oxford, A.J. Moll, W.B. Knowlton, Preliminary Investigation of Electrical Characterization Techniques for Biological Nanowire Contacts, poster presented at the 2007 IEEE Workshop on Microelectronics and Electron Devices, (Boise, ID; April 20, 2007). [Best Poster Award]
D. Temple, D. Malta, A. Huffman, M. Lueck, J. E. Robinson, P. R. Coffman, T. B. Welch M.R. Skokan, A.J. Moll, and W.B. Knowlton, 3-D Process Technologies for Highly Integrated Microsystems, invited talk, in Proc. of the 3-D System Integration Conference (Tokyo, Japan; March 2007).
D. Temple, D. Malta, C. A. Bower, J. E. Robinson, P. R. Coffman, M. R. Skokan, T. B. Welch, A. J. Moll, and W.B. Knowlton, 3-D Process Technologies for Highly Integrated Microsystems, poster presentation at the 2007 DARPA Microsystems Technology Office Symposium, (March 2007).

2006

P. Mullner, Z. Clark*, L.Kenoyer, W. B. Knowlton, and G. Kostorz, Magnetoplasticity and nano-mangeto-mechanics of magnetic shape-memory alloys, Invited talk – Fall 2006 Materials Research Society, (November 2006).
David Estrada*, Michael Ogas*, Terry Gorseth*, William B. Knowlton, Investigation of the Effects of Single pMOSFET ultra-Thin Oxide Degradation on NOR LogicCircuit Operability, poster presentation at the 2006 IEEE International Integrated Reliability Workshop, (October 2006).
Bill Knowlton, Julie Oxford, Jen Cole*, Kaci Bloxham*, Linda Kenoyer, YerPeng Tan*, Jonathan Henderson*, Lisa Warner*, Zach Heuman*, Sorcha Yingst, Zak Clark*, and David Araujo*, Exploring the Extracellular Matrix with Atomic Force Microscopy, (Coeur DAlene, ID; August 6-9, 2006).
Michael Hagler*, Zak Clark*, Linda Kenoyer, Bill Knowlton, V. A. Chernenko, M. Ohtsuka, H. Rumpf, Peter Mullner, Nano-Magneto-Mechanics of Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloy Single Crystals and Thin Films, poster presented at the Thin Film and Small Scale Mechanical Behavior Gordon Research Conference, (Colby College, Waterville, ME; July 30-August 4, 2006).

2005

Richard Southwick III*, Michael Ogas* and William B. Knowlton, Interactive dual oxide MOS energy band diagram program, poster presentation at the 2005 IEEE International Integrated Reliability Workshop, (October 2005).
Z. Clark*, W. B. Knowlton, P. Müllner and G. Kostorz, Nano-magneto-mechanics of Ni-Mn-Ga Heusler alloys, 2005 Workshop on Magnetic Shape Memory Alloys, (Ascona, Switzerland; September 11-16, 2005).
M. Hagler*, P. Müllner, W. B. Knowlton, A. Punnoose, M. Aguirre and G. Kostorz, Magneto-mechanical properties of Ni-Mn-Ga with different microstructures, 2005 Workshop on Magnetic Shape Memory Alloys, (Ascona, Switzerland; September 11-16, 2005).
Zach Heuman*, Jennifer Cole*, Lisa Warner*, Sorcha Cusack, Zak Clark*, David Araujo*, Julia T. Oxford, William B. Knowlton, Determining Nanomechanical Properties of Biomaterials via Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), poster presented at the Fourth Annual Idaho biomedical Research Infrastructure Research Conference, (Boise, ID; August 2005).
K. M. Reddy, J. Hays*, A. Thurber*, R. Hansen*, R. Benson*, M. H. Engelhard, V. Shutthanandan, C. Wang, S. Thevuthasan, W. B. Knowlton and A. Punnoose, Optical and magnetic properties of transition metal doped ZnO and TiO2, Invited poster presentation, at 2005 DOE/NSF EPSCoR Conference, (Morgantown, WV; June 14-16, 2005).
Moll Amy J., William B. Knowlton, Michelle Sabick, Pat Pyke, and John Gardner, Peanut Butter Cracker Sandwich Manufacturing Module, accepted for presentation and publication, 2005 Conference of the American Society of Engineering Education (June 13-14, 2005).
K. M. Reddy, R. Benson*, Z. Clark**, R. Hansen*, J. Hays*, A. Thurber*, D. Araujo**, M. H. Engelhard, V. Shutthanandan, S. Thevuthasan, W. B. Knowlton and A. Punnoose, On the Room Temperature Ferromagnetism of Zn1-xCrxO Thin films Deposited by Reactive Co-sputtering, presented at the 50th Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Conference, 2005

2004

Ogas, Michael*, Dorian Kiri*, Ouahid Salhi*, Richard Southwick III*, Betsy Cheek*, William B. Knowlton, Investigation of ultra Thin Gate Oxide Reliability in MOS Devices and Simple ICs, poster presentation at Workshop on Microelectronics and Electron Devices, (Boise, ID; April 16, 2004), and at 2004 IEEE International Integrated Reliability Workshop, (Oct. 2004).
Betsy J. Cheek*, Richard G. Southwick III*, Michael L. Ogas*, Patrick E. Nagler*, David Whelchel*, Santosh Kumar, R. Jacob Baker, William B. Knowlton, Preliminary Soft Breakdown (SBD) Effects In CMOS Building Block Circuits, poster presentation at 2004 IEEE International Integrated Reliability Workshop, (Oct. 2004).
Richard G. Southwick III*, Vaughn Johnson*, Joe Lindsey*, Tim Lawrence*, Jim Jozwiak, Amy Moll, William B. Knowlton, Through Wafer Interconnects: Preliminary Investigation Of Plasma Induced Damage In pMOSFETs By BOSCH DRIE, poster presentation at 2004 IEEE International Integrated Reliability Workshop, (Oct. 2004).
Cole*, Jen, Lisa Warner*, Andrew Oler*, Julia Oxford, Cheryl Jorcyk, and William Knowlton, Applications of AFM in Biomaterials Research, oral presentation at the Third Annual Idaho Biomedical Research Infrastructure Research Conference, (Pocatello, ID; August 9-11, 2004).
Warner*, Lisa, Jen Cole*, Sorcha Cusack, William Knowlton, Julia Oxford, Design and Testing of Biosynthetic Cartilage, oral presentation at the Third Annual Idaho Biomedical Research Infrastructure Research Conference, (Pocatello, ID; August 9-11, 2004).
Ogas*, Michael, Richard Southwick III*, Betsy Cheek*, Carrie Lawrence*, BSU, Santosh Kumar, Amr Haggag, Jacob Baker, and William Knowlton, Multiple Waveform Pulse Voltage Stress Technique for Modeling Noise in ultra Thin Oxides, poster presentation at Workshop on Microelectronics and Electron Devices, (Boise, ID; April 16, 2004).
Kiri, Dorian*, William B. Knowlton, Dale D. Russell, Lisa Warner*, and Jonathan M. Scaggs*, Chemical FET Sensor for Uranyl Cation (UO22+) Detection, poster presentation at Workshop on Microelectronics and Electron Devices, (April 16, 2004).
Meyer*, Ryan L., Dale D Russell, William Knowlton, Lisa R Warner*, Jonathan Scaggs* and Dorian Kiri*, Design and Development of Heavy Metal Sensors using Conductive, Chelating Polymers, oral presentation at the 2004 Pittsburg Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, (Chicago, IL; March 9, 2004).
Russell, Dale D., Jonathan Scaggs*, Ryan L Meyer*, William Knowlton, Dorian Kiri*, and Lisa R Warner*, Field Portable Sensor for Uranium and Plutonium, oral presentation at the 2004 Pittsburg Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, (Chicago, IL; March 9, 2004).
Kiri, Dorian*, William B. Knowlton, Dale Russell, John Scaggs*, and Lisa Warner*, Heavy Metal Chem-FET Sensors Fabricated Using Nanoliter Electrochemical Deposition of Polymer, oral presentation at the 2004 Pittsburg Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, (Chicago, IL; March 9, 2004).
William B. Knowlton, and R. Jacob Baker, Degradation in 3.2 nm Gate Oxides: Effects on Inverter Performance and MOSFET Characteristics, invited talk at the Micron Engineering Leading Edge Program (March 5, 2004).

2003

Kiri, Dorian*, William B. Knowlton, Dale Russell, Jonathan Scaggs*, and Lisa Warner*, and Ryan Meyer*, Reliability of Molecular Electronic Chemical FET Sensors, poster presentation at the 2003 IEEE International Integrated Reliability Workshop, (Oct. 20-23, 2003).
Ogas*, M. L., R. G. Southwick III, B. J. Cheek*, C. E. Lawrence*, S. Kumar, A. Haggag, R. J. Baker, W. B. Knowlton, Investigation of Multiple waveform pulse voltage stress (MWPVS) technique in ultrathin oxides, poster presentation at the 2003 IEEE International Integrated Reliability Workshop, (Oct. 20-23, 2003).
William B. Knowlton, Dale D. Russell, Dorian Kiri**, Jonathan M. Scaggs*, Lisa Warner* and Ryan Meyer*, Fabrication of ChemFETs for uranium detection in geological subsurface groundwater, Invited talk – 2003 Subsurface Science Symposium (October 5-8, 2003).
Scaggs*, J.M., D.D. Russell, W.B. Knowlton, L.R. Warner*, R. Meyer*, and D. Kiri*, Field portable electrochemical sensors for heavy metals, extended abstract presented at the 2003 Subsurface Science Symposium, (October 5-8, 2003).
Cole, Jennifer*, Megan Kane*, Zak Clark*, Julia Oxford and William Knowlton, Imaging and characterization of fetal cartilage with atomic force microscopy, poster session at the 2nd Annual Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network Research Conference, (Boise, ID; August 11-14, 2003).
Southwick III, R.G. *, Betsy Cheek* and William B. Knowlton, Charge pumping techniques for MOS devices, oral presentation and poster at the 2003 Micron Foundation Summer Technical Conference, (Boise, ID; August 8, 2003).
Kiri, Dorian*, William B. Knowlton, Dale Russell, Lisa Warner* and Jon Scaggs*, Electrochemical deposition for chemical field effect transistors (ChemFETs), oral presentation and poster at the 2003 Micron Foundation Summer Technical Conference, (Boise, ID; August 8, 2003).
Stutzke*, Nate, Betsy J. Cheek*, and William B. Knowlton, Circuit-level stress and gate dielectric degradation in MOSFETs, oral presentation and poster at the 2003 Micron Foundation Summer Technical Conference, (Boise, ID; August 8, 2003). [Awarded Best Poster Award]
Meyer, Ryan*, Dale D. Russell, Jonathan Scaggs*, William Knowlton, Lisa Warner**, Dorian Kiri**, and William Bauer and Tedd Lister, Design and development of heavy metal chem-FET sensors using semi-conductive chelating polymers, poster session at the American Chemical Society 225th National Meeting, (New Orleans, LA; March 23-27, 2003).
Meyer, Ryan*, Dale D. Russell, Jonathan Scaggs*, William Knowlton, Lisa Warner*, Dorian Kiri*, and William Bauer and Tedd Lister, Development and analysis of heavy metal chem-FET sensors using semi-conductive chelating polymers, presented at the American Chemical Society 225th National Meeting, (New Orleans, LA; March 23-27, 2003).
Scaggs, Jonathan*, Dale Russell, Ryan Meyer*, Lisa Warner*, Bill Knowlton, Dorian Kiri*, Zak Clark*, William Bauer and Tedd Lister, Chem-FET sensors for the trans-uranics, poster session at American Chemical Society 225th National Meeting, (New Orleans, LA; March 23-27, 2003).

2002

Moll, Amy and William B. Knowlton, Industrial Emphasis in the Materials Science Engineering Curriculum, presented at the Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society, Symposium JJ-The Undergraduate Curriculum in Materials Science and Engineering, (December 2-4, 2002).
Cheek, Betsy*, Carrie Lawrence*, Tim Lawrence*, Jose Gomez*, Theodora Caldwell*, Dorian Kiri*, Santosh Kumar, Jake Baker, Amy J. Moll and William B. Knowlton, Gate dielectric degradation effects on nMOS devices and simple IC building blocks (SICBBs), extended abstract accepted for poster session at IEEE/EDS Workshop on Microelectronics and Electron Devices, (October 25, 2002).
Cheek*, B., C. Lawrence, T. Lawrence*, T. Caldwell*, D. Kiri*, S. Kumar, J. Baker, A. J. Moll and W. B. Knowlton, Circuit level reliability of ultrathin gate oxides for SICBBs: Preliminary study concentrated on the effect of stress on the NMOSFET of an inverter, poster session at the IEEE International Integrated Reliability Workshop, (October 21-24, 2002).
Lawrence*, C., B. Cheek*, T. Caldwell*, T. Lawrence*, D. Kiri*, S. Kumar, J. Baker, A. J. Moll and W. B. Knowlton, Pulse voltage stressing of ultrathin gate oxides in NMOS devices, poster session at the IEEE International Integrated Reliability Workshop, (October 21-24, 2002).
Scaggs*, Jonathan, Dale Russell, Ryan Meyer*, William Knowlton, Michael Hill, William Bauer and Todd Lister, Field portable electrochemical sensors for heavy metals, presented at the Subsurface Science Symposium, (Boise, ID; October 13-16, 2002).
Plumlee*, D.G., Y. Morales*, W.B. Knowlton, and A.J. Moll, Pressure Sensors built in Low Temperature Co-Fired Ceramic Materials, presented at IMAPS Advanced Technology Workshop, (Denver, CO; September 6-8, 2002).
Knowlton, William B., Research efforts in materials science related areas at Boise State University, Invited talk, at Idaho State University-Idaho Accelerator Center Workshop on “Application of Novel X-ray sources to Biological and Materials Science,” (September 5-6, 2002).
Russell, Dale D., Jonathan Scaggs*, Ryan L. Meyer*, William B. Knowlton, Michael W. Hill, William Bauer and Tedd Lister, Electrochemical sensors for the tranuranics, poster session at the American Chemical Society 224th National Meeting, (Boston, MA; August 18-22, 2002).
Scaggs*, Jonathan, Dale D. Russell, Ryan L. Meyer*, William B. Knowlton, Michael W. Hill, William Bauer and Tedd Lister, Field portable electrochemical sensors for heavy metals, poster session at the American Chemical Society 224th National Meeting, (Boston, MA; August 18-22, 2002).

Patents/Inventions

Title: DNA Ink—Near-Field Absorption Coupling for Colorimetric Detection, DNA Ink, Chromic Photoswitches, and Chromic Molecular Ruler

Inventors: William B. Knowlton, Bernard Yurke, Brittany Cannon, and Elton Graugnard
Patent No. Issued: 11,385,235
Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
Abstract: The invention relates generally to near-field absorption coupling. More specifically, the invention pertains to colorimetric detection, DNA ink, chromic photoswitches, and chromic molecular rulers. When two or more chromophores are held within a nucleotide architecture, they can be spaced sufficiently close enough together (nanospaced) such that near-field interactions, such as but not limited to electromagnetic dipole-dipole interactions or orbital overlap, form and result in a change in absorption of wavelengths. The change in absorption and its measurement are key to the different cited applications. For the nucleotide architecture that controls the positioning of the chromophores (and hence their degree of coupling), the individual nucleotides can be polymerized into oligomers. The design of the oligomers, such as their length, can be tailored to the design of the overall architecture.

Title: Enhanced DNA Sensing via Catalytic Aggregation of Gold Nanoparticles by DNA Hybridization Chain Reaction

Inventors: Jeunghoon Lee, Bernard Yurke, Elton Graugnard, Will Hughes, and Bert Huttanus
Patent No. Issued: 9,914,960
Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for colorimetric detection schemes for detecting a variety of biomolecules. The compositions and methods employ DNA hybridization chain reaction for catalytic aggregation of gold nanoparticles. In this catalytic aggregation scheme, a single target DNA strand triggers the formation of multiple interparticle linkages in contrast to the single linkage formed in conventional direct aggregation schemes.

Title: Data storage methods and devices

Inventors: Chad S. Watson, William B. Knowlton, and Peter Mullner
Patent No. Issued: 8,670,267
Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
Abstract: A data storage method includes writing data to a ferromagnetic shape-memory material in its ferromagnetic state, the material exhibiting more than two stable states. A data storage device includes a non-volatile memory element containing a ferromagnetic shape-memory alloy in a martensite state, the shape-memory alloy being ferromagnetic in a plurality of stable states of the memory element.

Title: Surface Plasmon Optical Modulator

Inventors: Wan Kuang
Patent No. Issued: 8,314,985
Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
Abstract: A high-speed optical modulator based on Surface PlasmonPolariton (SPP) at the hetero-junction of a metal-insulatorsemiconductor (MIS) tunneling diode and including a phasematching optical element, such as a prism or gold-lattice structure, is described. An investigation using the coupled mode theory shows that the applied bias across the heterojunction changes the optical reflectance of an optically coupled MIS tunneling diode, such as a prism-coupled MIS tunneling diode or a gold lattice-coupled MIS tunneling diode, while the modulation efficiency achievable of the device depends on the thickness of the metal film used to construct the tunneling diode.

Title: Multi-state memory and multi-functional devices comprising magnetoplastic and magnetoelastic materials

Inventors: Peter Mullner and William B. Knowlton
Patent No. Issued: 7,710,766
Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
Abstract: Apparatus and methods are disclosed that enable writing data on, and reading data of multi-state elements having greater than two states. The elements may be made of magnetoplastic and/or magnetoelastic materials, including, for example, magnetic shape-memory alloy or other materials that couple magnetic and crystallographic states. The writing process is preferably conducted through the application of a magnetic field and/or a mechanical action. The reading process is preferably conducted through atomic-force microscopy, magnetic-force microscopy, spin-polarized electrons, magneto-optical Kerr effect, optical interferometry or other methods, or other methods/effects. The multifunctionality (crystallographic, magnetic, and shape states each representing a functionality) of the multi-state elements allows for simultaneous operations including read&write, sense&indicate, and sense&control. Embodiments of the invention may be used, for example, for storing, modifying, and accessing data for device, sensor, actuator, logic and memory applications. Embodiments may be particularly effective for non-volatile memory or other read&write, sense&indicate, and/or sense&control functions in computer or other applications; such simultaneous operation of two (or more) of said multiple functionalities open new pathways for miniaturization of devices.

Title: Electrochemical deposition method utilizing microdoplets of solution

Inventors: William B. Knowlton and Dale Russell
Patent No. Issued: 7,628,902
Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
Abstract: A method of electrochemical deposition uses microdroplets of electrolytic solution over a targeted small circuit element. Only the targeted circuit element is electrically biased so that deposition occurs on the surface of that element, underneath the microdroplet, and nowhere else unless it is under other microdroplet(s). The invented method achieves extremely accurate and selective electrochemical deposition with a tiny amount of electrolytic solution, compared to conventional submersive and/or immersive methods, and eliminates the need for masking or etching, reducing the costs of manufacture and amount of waste electrolytic solution produced.

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