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  • 2009 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For theoretical contributions to the dynamics of semiconductors, solar materials, and photonic crystals

Overview

Rana Biswas is affiliated with Iowa State University in the United States. The primary focus of their research lies in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with significant specialization in various subfields including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Spectroscopy, Materials Chemistry, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their research contributions span several main topics such as Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research, Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices, Conducting Polymers and Applications, Advanced Chemical Physics Studies, Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics, Thin-Film Transistor Technologies, and Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications.

Selected recent papers highlight the scope and diversity of their work:

  • High Light Outcoupling Efficiency from Periodically Corrugated OLEDs, 2021, ACS Omega
  • A framework for glass-box physics rule learner and its application to nano-scale phenomena, 2020, Communications Physics
  • OLEDs on planarized light outcoupling-enhancing structures in plastic, 2022, Organic Electronics
  • Chlorination of Hydrogenated Silicon Nanosheets Revealed by Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, 2023, Chemistry of Materials
  • Stability and temporal decay of nanopatterned tribocharge on nanotextured elastomer surfaces, 2020, Nano Energy

Frequent coauthors in their publications include J. Shinar, Ruth Shinar, Jaeyoun Kim, Erik Dykstra, and W. Dennis Slafer, demonstrating ongoing collaborative research efforts.

Their work has appeared repeatedly in certain publication venues, notably ACS Omega and Organic Electronics with two papers each, followed by contributions to ECS Meeting Abstracts, Chemistry of Materials, and Communications Physics.

Rana Biswas received the Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) award in 2009. The award citation recognizes theoretical contributions to the dynamics of semiconductors, solar materials, and photonic crystals.

Best Publications

  • A three-dimensional photonic crystal operating at infrared wavelengths

    S. Y. Lin;J. G. Fleming;D. L. Hetherington;B. K. Smith

  • Photonic band gaps in three dimensions: New layer-by-layer periodic structures

    Km Ho;Che Ting Chan;CM Soukoulis;R. Biswas

  • All-metallic three-dimensional photonic crystals with a large infrared bandgap

    J. G. Fleming;S. Y. Lin;I. El-Kady;R. Biswas

  • Interatomic potentials for silicon structural energies.

    R. Biswas;D. R. Hamann

  • Photonic crystal enhanced light-trapping in thin film solar cells

    Dayu Zhou;Rana Biswas

  • Measurement of a three-dimensional photonic band gap in a crystal structure made of dielectric rods.

    E. Özbay;A. Abeyta;G. Tuttle;M. Tringides

  • Micromachined millimeter‐wave photonic band‐gap crystals

    E. Özbay;E. Michel;G. Tuttle;R. Biswas

  • Photonic crystal enhanced narrow-band infrared emitters

    M. U. Pralle;N. Moelders;M. P. McNeal;I. Puscasu

  • Transferable tight-binding models for silicon.

    I. Kwon;R. Biswas;C. Z. Wang;K. M. Ho

  • Optical photonic crystals fabricated from colloidal systems

    G. Subramania;R. Biswas;M. M. Sigalas

  • New classical models for silicon structural energies

    R. Biswas;D. R. Hamann

  • Metallic photonic crystals at optical wavelengths

    I. El-Kady;M. M. Sigalas;R. Biswas;K. M. Ho

  • Molecular-dynamics simulation of thermal conductivity in amorphous silicon

    Young Hee Lee;R. Biswas;C. M. Soukoulis;C. Z. Wang

  • Photonic crystal-based resonant antenna with a very high directivity

    B. Temelkuran;Mehmet Bayindir;E. Ozbay;R. Biswas

  • Simulated annealing of silicon atom clusters in Langevin molecular dynamics.

    R. Biswas;D. R. Hamann

  • Photonic band gaps in colloidal systems

    R. Biswas;M. M. Sigalas;G. Subramania;K.-M. Ho

  • Molecular dynamics simulation of nanoscale machining of copper

    Y Y Ye;R Biswas;J R Morris;A Bastawros

  • Complex tetrahedral structures of silicon and carbon under pressure

    Rana Biswas;Richard M. Martin;R. J. Needs;O. H. Nielsen

  • Terahertz spectroscopy of three-dimensional photonic band-gap crystals

    E. Özbay;E. Michel;G. Tuttle;R. Biswas

  • Generation of amorphous-silicon structures with use of molecular-dynamics simulations.

    R. Biswas;Gary S. Grest;C. M. Soukoulis

Frequent Co-Authors

Mihail M. Sigalas
Mihail M. Sigalas University of Patras
Costas M. Soukoulis
Costas M. Soukoulis Iowa State University
Kai-Ming Ho
Kai-Ming Ho Iowa State University
Bicai Pan
Bicai Pan University of Science and Technology of China
Ekmel Ozbay
Ekmel Ozbay Bilkent University
Shawn-Yu Lin
Shawn-Yu Lin Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Joseph Shinar
Joseph Shinar Iowa State University
Mehmet Bayindir
Mehmet Bayindir Universität Hamburg
Gary S. Grest
Gary S. Grest Sandia National Laboratories
Abhijit Chandra
Abhijit Chandra Jadavpur University

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