Luis Fernando Velásquez-García

  • Title: Principal Research Scientist
  • Department: Microsystems Technology Laboratories

Collaborators

  • A.I. Akinwande, EECS, MIT
  • K. K. Berggren, EECS, MIT
  • W. Graves, Nuclear, MIT
  • R. Gupta, Mass General Hospital
  • B. P. Horn, CSAIL, MIT
  • F. Kärtner, EECS, MIT
  • R. Lanza, Nuclear, MIT
  • C. Livermore, MechE, NU
  • P. Marek, US Army NSRDEC
  • M.A. Schmidt, EECS, MIT
  • K. Senecal, US Army NSRDEC
  • S. Teller, CSAIL, MIT

Graduate Students

  • E. V. Heubel, Research Assistant, MechE
  • V. Jayanti, Research Assistant, EECS
  • V. Knudsen, Sloan
  • D. Jeng, Research Assistant, EECS
  • P. Ponce de Leon, Research Assistant, MechE

Postdoctoral Associates

  • S. Cheng
  • A. Fomani
  • F. Hill
  • M. Swanwick

Undergraduate Students

  • M. R. Overlin, EECS, MIT
  • D. J. Webber, EECS, MIT

Support Staff

  • C. Collins, Administrative Assistant II

Publications

M. Swanwick, P. D. Keathley, F. X. Kärtner, and L. F. Velásquez-García, “Nanostructured Silicon Photo-cathodes for X-ray Generation”, Technical Digest of the 26th International Vacuum Nanoelectronics Conference, Roanoke VA, July 8 – 12 2013.

R. Hobbs, Y. Yang, P.D. Keathley, W.S. Graves, F.X. Kaertner, M.E. Swanwick, L.F. Velásquez-García, and K. Berggren, “Optically Actuated Nanostructured Electron-emitter arrays”, Technical Digest of the 26th International Vacuum Nanoelectronics Conference, Roanoke VA, July 8 – 12 2013.

A. Fomani, L. F. Velásquez-García, and A. I. Akinwande, “A Low-voltage High-pressure Field Ionizer for Portable Analytical Instruments”, Technical Digest 26th of the International Vacuum Nanoelectronics Conference, Roanoke VA, July 8 – 12 2013.

F. A. Hill, P. Ponce de Leon, and L. F. Velásquez-García, “High-Throughput Ionic Liquid Electrospray Sources Based on Dense Monolithic Arrays of Emitters with Integrated Extractor Grid and Carbon Nanotube Flow Control Structures”, Technical Digest of the 17th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems, Barcelona, Spain, June 16 – 20 2013.

M. Swanwick, P. D. Keathley, F. X. Kärtner, and L. F. Velásquez-García, “Ultrafast Photo-Triggered Field Emission Cathodes Using Massive, Uniform Arrays Of Nano-Sharp High-Aspect-Ratio Silicon Structures”, Technical Digest of the 17th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems, Barcelona, Spain, June 16 – 20 2013.

R. G. Hobbs, Y. Yang, P. D. Keathley, William S. Graves, F. X. Kärtner, K. K. Berggren, M. Swanwick, and L. F. Velásquez-García “Optically Actuated Nanostructured Electron-Emitter Arrays” Technical Digest of the 57th International Conference on Electron, Ion, and Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabrication, Nashville TN, May 28 – 31 2013.

E. V. Heubel and L. F. Velásquez-García, “Batch-Fabricated MEMS Retarding Potential Analyzer for High-Accuracy Ion Energy Measurements”, Technical Digest of the 26th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, Taipei, Taiwan, pp. 661 – 664, January 20 – 24, 2013.

P. D. Keathley, A. Sell, W. P. Putnam, S. Guerrera, L. F. Velásquez-García, and F. X. Kartner, “Strong-Field Photo-Emission From Silicon Field Emitter Arrays”, Annalen Der Physik, 2012.

S. Guerrera, L. F. Velásquez-García, and A. I. Akinwande, “Scaling of High-Aspect-Ratio Current Limiters for the Individual Ballasting of Large Arrays of Field Emitters”, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, Vol. 59, pp. 2524 – 2530, 2012.

P. Ponce de Leon, F. A. Hill, and L. F. Velásquez-García, “Batch-Microfabricated Arrays of Electrospinning Emitters for High Throughput Generation of Nanofibers”, Technical Digest of the 12th International Workshop on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications, Atlanta GA, USA, pp. 227 – 230, December 2-5, 2012.

E. V. Heubel, A. I. Akinwande, and L. F. Velásquez-García, “MEMS-Enabled Retarding Potential Analyzers for Hypersonic In-Flight Plasma Diagnostics”, Technical Digest of the 15th Solid-State Sensor, Actuator and Microsystems Workshop, pp. 324 – 327, Hilton Head Island SC, USA, June 3 – 7, 2012.

P. D. Keathley, W. P. Putnam, A. Sell, S. Guerrera, L. F. Velásquez-García, and F. X. Kaertner, “Laser Induced Annealing Dynamics of Photo-Electron Spectra from Silicon Field Emitter Arrays”, Technical Digest Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, San Jose, CA, May 6-11, 2012.

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