Silvija Gradečak

  • Title: Thomas Lord Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
  • Department: Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Collaborators

  • V. Bulović, EECS
  • M. Bawendi, Chemistry
  • J. Kong, EECS

Graduate Students

  • J. W. J. Cheng, Research Assistant, MSE
  • J. Chesin, Research Assistant, MSE
  • S. Crawford, Research Assistant, MSE
  • S. Ermez, Research Assistant, MSE
  • J. Hanson, Research Assistant, NSE
  • E. Jones, Research Assistant, MSE
  • P.l Rekemeyer, Research Assistant, MSE
  • M. Smith, Research Assistant, MSE
  • X. Zhou, Research Assistant, MSE

Support Staff

  • B. MacEachern, Administrative Assistant II

Publications

S. Ren, N. Zhao, S. Crawford, V. Bulovic, S. Gradečak, “Heterojunction photovoltaics using GaAs nanowires and conjugated polymers,” Nano Letters, vol. 11, pp 408-413, 2011.

M. Brewster, X. Zhou, S. K. Lim, S. Gradečak, “Role of Au in the growth and nanoscale optical properties of ZnO nanowires,” Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, vol. 2, pp. 586-591, 2011.

M. Brewster, M.-Y. Lu, S. K. Lim, M. Smith, X. Zhou, and S. Gradečak, “The growth and optical properties of ZnO nanowalls,” Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, vol. 2, pp. 1940-1945, 2011.

S. Ren, L.-Y. Chang, S. K. Lim, N. Zhao, M. Smith, V. Bulović, M. Bawendi, S. Gradečak, “Inorganic-organic nanohybrid solar cell: bridging quantum dots and conjugated polymer nanowires,” Nano Letters, vol. 11, pp. 3998-4002, 2011.

M. Smith, Y.-T. Lin, M.-J. Sher, M. Winkler , E. Mazur, S. Gradečak, “Pressure-induced phase transformations during femtosecond-laser doping of silicon,” vol. 110, pp. 053524(1-8), 2011.

M. Azize, O. Saadat, A. Hsu, M. Smith, S. Guo, S. Gradečak, T. Palacios, “High electron mobility transistors based on InAlN/GaN nano-ribbons,” IEEE Electron Device Letters, vol. 32, pp. 1680-1682, 2011.

M. Smith, M. Winkler, M.-J. Sher, Y.-T. Lin, E. Mazur, S. Gradečak, “Effects of a thin film dopant precursor on the structure and properties of femtosecond-laser doped silicon,” Applied Physics A, vol. 105, pp. 795-800, 2011.

S. Ren, M. Bernardi, R. R. Lunt, V. Bulovic, J. C. Grossman, S. Gradečak, “Towards efficient carbon nanotube / P3HT solar cells: active layer morphology, electrical and optical properties,” Nano Letters, vol. 11, pp. 5316-5321, 2011.

M. Brewster, X. Zhou, M. Y. Lu, and S. Gradečak, “The interplay of structure and optical properties in individual ZnO nanostructures”, Nanoscale, vol. 4, pp. 1455-1462, 2012.

S. K. Lim, S. Crawford, G. Haberfehlner, S. Gradečak, “Controlled modulation of diameter and composition along individual III-V nitride nanowires”, Nano Letters, pp. 1-6, published online February 7th, 2012.

M. T. Winkler, M.-J. Sher, Y.-T. Lin, M. Smith, H. Zhang, S. Gradečak, E. Mazur, “Studying femtosecond-laser hyperdoping by controlling surface morphology”, Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 111, pp. 093511(1-7), 2012.

F. Qian, M. Brewster, S. K. Lim, C. Greene, O. Laboutin, J. W. Johnson, S. Gradečak, Y. Cao, Y. Li, “Synthesis and optical studies of AlN/GaN multiple quantum well nanowire structures”, Nano Letters, vol. 12, pp. 3344–3350, 2012.

X. Zhou, J. Chesin, S. Crawford, S. Gradečak, “Using seed particle composition to control structural and optical properties of GaN nanowires”, accepted for publication in Nanotechnology, 2012.

Faculty & Topics