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Group Page: Nanoelectronics Lab

Education
Ph.D. Applied Physics, Cornell University (2005)
M.S. Applied Physics, Cornell University (2002)
Lic., Engineering Physics, Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa (1998)

Research Interests
Nanoelectronic devices, electronic and thermal transport at small scales, non-volatile memory devices, large area electronics, solar cells, light emitting devices, nanofabrication techniques.

Memberships
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Senior Member
American Physical Society (APS)
Materials Research Society (MRS)

Publications

Journal Articles – under review

26) S. Fischer, C. Osorio, S. Ayas, N. Williams, H. Silva, A. Gokirmak, “Finite Element Modeling of Current-Induced Filaments in Nanocrystalline Silicon nanowires,” submitted to Nanotechnology (August 2012).

25) K. Cil, F. Dirisaglik, M. Wennberg, A. King, A. Faraclas, M. Akbulut, Y. Zhu, C. Lam, A. Gokirmak, H. Silva, “Electrical resistivity of liquid Ge₂Sb₂Te₅ nanostructures”, submitted to IEEE Trans. on Electronic Devices (Aug 2012).

24) K. Cil, Y. Zhu, J. Li, C. H. Lam, H. Silva, “Assisted cubic to hexagonal phase transition in GeSbTe thin films on silicon nitride,” submitted to Thin Solid Films (June 2012).

Journal Articles – published

23) G. Bakan, L. Adnane, A. Gokirmak, H. Silva, “Extraction of electrical resistivity and thermal conductivity up to melting temperature from self-heated silicon microwires,” in press, Journal of Applied Physics (Aug 2012).

22) N. Williams, H. Silva, A. Gokirmak, “Finite Element Analysis of Scaling of Micro Thermoelectric Generators to Nanowire Dimensions,” AIP Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy (in press, available online, July 2012).

21) N. Williams, H. Silva, A. Gokirmak, “Nanoscale ringFETs,” IEEE Electron Device Letters (in press, available online, June 2012).

20) A. Cywar,  A. Gokirmak, H. Silva, “Finite Element Modeling of a Nanowire-Based Oscillator Achieved Through Solid-Liquid Phase Switching for GHz Operation”, Solid State Electronics (in press, available online, 2012).

19) A. Cywar, J. Li, C. Lam, H. Silva, “The impact of heater-recess and load matching in phase change memory mushroom cells,” Nanotechnology 23, 22, 225201(2012).

18) M. Staruch, K. Cil, H. Silva, J. Xiong, Q.X. Jia, and M. Jain, “Effect of Mn Doping on the Properties of Sol-gel Derived Pb0.3Sr0.7TiO3 Thin Films,” Integrated Ferroelectrics (special issue, invited)

17) H. Silva, G. Bakan, A. Cywar, N. Williams, N. Henry, F. Dirisaglik, A. Gokirmak, “Crystallization of silicon microstructures through rapid self-heating for high-performance electronics on arbitrary substrates,” Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters (special issue, invited, in press, 2012)

16) H. Peng, K. Cil, A. Gokirmak, G. Bakan, Y. Zhu, C. Lai, C. Lam and H. Silva, "Thickness dependence of the amorphous-cubic and cubic-hexagonal phase transition temperatures of GeSbTe thin films on silicon nitride," Thin Solid Films, vol. 520, pp. 2976-2978, 2011.

15) A. Faraclas, N. Williams, A. Gokirmak and H. Silva, Modeling of Set and Reset Operations of Phase-Change Memory Cells, IEEE Electron Device Letters, 32, 12, 1737 – 1739 (2011).

14) A. Cywar, F. Dirisaglik, M. Akbulut, G. Bakan, S. Steen, H. Silva, and A. Gokirmak, “Scaling of silicon phase-change oscillators,” IEEE Electron Device Letters, 32, 11, 1486 – 1488 (2011).

13) G. Bakan, N. Khan, A. Cywar, K. Cil, M. Akbulut, A. Gokirmak and H. Silva, ‘Self-heating of silicon microwires: Crystallization and thermoelectric effects,’ Journal of Materials Research, 26: 1061-1071, Invited Feature Paper (2011).

12) A. Cywar, G. Bakan, H. Silva, A. Gokirmak, “Nanosecond Pulse Generation in a Silicon Microwire,” IEEE Electron Device Letters 31, 12, 1362-1364 (2010).

11) G. Bakan, A. Cywar, H. Silva and A. Gokirmak, "Melting and crystallization of nanocrystalline silicon microwires through rapid self-heating," Applied Physics Letters, 94, 251910-1 - 251910-3 (2009).

10) A. Cywar, G. Bakan, C. Boztug, H. Silva and A. Gokirmak, "Phase-change oscillations in silicon microwires," Applied Physics Letters, 94, 072111-1 – 072111-3 (2009).

9) K. M. Fan, C. S. Lai, H. Silva, C. F. Ai and C. R. Chen, "Programming Speed Enhancement by NH Plasma Nitridation of Tunneling Oxide for Ge Nanocrystals Memory," J. Electrochem. Soc., vol. 155, pp. H889 – H894, (2008).

8) K. J. Lee, R. LaComb, B. Britton, M. Shokooh-Saremi, H. Silva, E. Donkor, Y. Ding and R. Magnusson, "Silicon-Layer Guided-Mode Resonance Polarizer With 40-nm Bandwidth," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 20, 1857-1859 (2008).

7) H. Silva and S. Tiwari, "Random telegraph signal in nanoscale back-side charge trapping memories," Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 88, pp. 102105-1 – 102105-3 (2006).

6) H. Silva and S. Tiwari, "A nanoscale memory and transistor using backside trapping," IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnolog 3, 264-269 (2004).

5) H. Silva, M. K. Kim, U. Avci, A. Kumar and S. Tiwari, "Nonvolatile Silicon Memory at the Nanoscale," Materials Research Soceity Bulletin, 845-851 (2004).

4) M. K. Kim, S. D. Chae, H. S. Chae, J. H. Kim, Y. S. Jeong, J. W. Lee, H. Silva, S. Tiwari and C. W. Kim, "Ultrashort SONOS Memories," IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology 3, 417-424 (2004).

3) S. Tiwari, J. A. Wahl, H. Silva, F. Rana and J. J. Welser, "Small silicon memories: confinement, single-electron,. and interface state considerations," Applied Physics A, 71, 403-414 (2000).

2) V. Chu, H. Silva, L. M. Redondo, C. Jesus, M. F. Silva, J. C. Soares and J. P. Conde, "Ion implantation of microcrystalline silicon for low process temperature top gate thin film transistors," Thin Solid Films, vol. 337, pp. 203-207 (1999).

1) V. Chu, J. Jarego, H. Silva, T. Silva, M. Reissner, P. Brogueira and J. P. Conde, "Improved mobility of amorphous silicon thin-film transistors deposited by hot-wire chemical vapor deposition on glass substrates," Applied Physics Letters, 70, 2714-2716 (1997).

Conference Proceedings (full-length papers)

26) A. Faraclas, N. Williams, G. Bakan, A. Gokirmak, H. Silva, “Comparison of Instantaneous Crystallization and Metastable Models in Phase Change Memory Cells,” IEEE Device Research Conference 2012 (accepted)

25) A. Faraclas, N. Williams, A. Gokirmak, H. Silva, “Simulation comparison of reset operation for mushroom phase change memory cells with different access device,” IEEE 2011 Intl. Semiconductor Device Research Symposium (ISDRS) (2011).

24) S. Fischer, C. Osorio, N. Williams, H. Silva, A. Gokirmak, “Finite element modeling of current-induced filaments in nanocrystalline silicon”, IEEE 2011 Intl. Semiconductor Device Research Symposium (ISDRS) (2011).

23) N. Williams, A. Gokirmak, “Hydrodynamic Simulations of a nanoscale ringFET”, IEEE 2011 Intl. Semiconductor Device Research Symposium (ISDRS) (2011).

22) A. Cywar, G. Bakan, A. Gokirmak, H. Silva, “Silicon nanowire-based oscillator achieved through solid-liquid phase switching,” IEEE 2011 Intl. Semiconductor Device Research Symposium (ISDRS) (2011).

21) F. Dirisaglik, G. Bakan, A. Gokirmak, H. Silva, “Modeling of thermoelectric effects in phase change memory cells,” IEEE 2011 Intl. Semiconductor Device Research Symposium (ISDRS) (2011).

20) N. Williams, A. Gokirmak, H. Silva, “Finite Element Simulations on Scaling Effects of 3D SiGe Thermoelectric Generators,” Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Vol. 1388 (2012).

19) G. Bakan, N. Khan, H. Silva and A. Gokirmak, "Thermoelectric effects in current induced crystallization of silicon microstructures," in MEMS and Nanotechnology, Volume 4, Springer, 2011, pp. 9-16.

18) G. Bakan, A. Cywar, C. Boztug, M. Akbulut, H. Silva and A. Gokirmak, "Annealing of nanocrystalline silicon micro-bridges with electrical stress," in Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Fall 2008, 2009, pp. LL03-25.

17) G. Bakan, K. Cil, A. Cywar, H. Silva and A. Gokirmak, "Measurements of liquid silicon resistivity on silicon microwires," in Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Spring 2009, 2009, pp. AA06-06.

16) G. Bakan, A. Cywar, K. Cil, F. Dirisaglik, H. Silva and A. Gokirmak. Phase-change oscillations in silicon wires. Presented at IEEE Device Research Conference Digest. IEEE DRC 2009

15) C. Boztug, G. Bakan, M. Akbulut, N. Henry, A. Gokirmak and H. Silva, "Numerical modeling of electrothermal effects in silicon nanowires," in Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Spring 2008, 2008, pp. R04-11.

14) Thompson, M.D., Morehouse, P.W., Ramesh, P., Shaw, J.G., Silva, H., “Electrical properties of a magnetic brush using a high resolution field probe,” 2007 International Conference on Digital Printing Technologies, pp. 48-52.

13) A. Gokirmak and H. Silva. Composite shallow trench isolation using silicon nitride and doped polysilicon for ultra-low-power CMOS. Presented at 212th Electrochem. Soc. Meeting. 212th Electrochem. Soc. Meeting, Washington D.C. (2007).

12) A. Gokirmak, H. Silva, “PentaGate silicon MOSFET,” IEEE Device Research Conference Digest, IEEE DRC 2007.

11) S. Tiwari, A. Kumar, C. C. Liu, H. Lin, S. K. Kim and H. Silva, "Electronics at nanoscale: Fundamental and practical challenges, and emerging directions," in 2006, pp. 481-486. Emerging Technologies-Nanoelectronics, 2006 IEEE Conference on

10) H. Silva and S. Tiwari, "Back-side storage non-volatile memories: Ultra-thin silicon single crystal silicon layers with complex thin film structure underneath," in Proc. of Mater. Res. Soc. 2004, pp. D1.4.

9) S. Tiwari, H. Silva, M. K. Kim, A. Kumar and U. Avci, “Non-Volatile Silicon Memories at the Nanoscale,”Invited Paper, Proceedings of the International Electron Devices and Materials Symposia, 11-14(2004)

8) S. Tiwari, U. E. Avci, C. C. Liu, L. Xue, A. Kumar, S. K. Kim and H. Silva, "Are we there yet? looking beyond the end of scaling in the nanometer era," in 2003, pp. 456. Proceedings of SPIE

7) H. Silva, M. K. Kim, A. Kumar, U. Avci and S. Tiwari, "Few electron memories: Finding the compromise between performance, variability and manufacturability at the nano-scale," in 2003, pp. 10.5. Electron Devices Meeting, 2003.IEDM'03 Technical Digest. IEEE International (2003).

6) H. Silva, M. K. Kim, C. W. Kim and S. Tiwari, "Scaled front-side and back-side trapping SONOS memories on SOI," in 2003, pp. 105-106. SOI Conference, 2003. IEEE International

5) M.K. Kim, S.D. Chae, J.H. Kim, S.W. Yoon, Y.S. Jeong, H. Silva, S. Tiwari, and C.W. Kim, “Ultra-Short SONOS Memories,” Technical Digest of IEEE Silicon Nanoelectronics Workshop (2003)

4) H. Silva and S. Tiwari, “A Scalable Nano-Transistor and Memory using Back-Side Trapping,” Tech. Dig. of IEEE Silicon Nanoelectronics Workshop (2003)

3) V. Chu, J. Jarego, H. Silva, T. Silva, M. Boucinha and J. P. Conde, "Amorphous silicon thin-film transistors with a hot-wire active-layer deposited at high growth rate," in 1999, pp. 905-909. Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Vol. 467

2) J. P. Conde, H. Silva and V. Chu, "The effect of hydrogen dilution on hot-wire thin-film transistors," in 1999, pp. 909-914. Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Vol. 467

1) J. A. Wahl, H. Silva, A. Gokirmak, A. Kumar, J. J. Welser and S. Tiwari, "Write, erase and storage times in nanocrystal memories and the roleof interface states," in 1999, pp. 375-378. IEEE 1999 Intl. Electron Devices Meeting (1999).

Conference Presentations (short abstracts)

48) F. Dirisaglik, G. Bakan, A. Gokirmak, H. Silva, “Finite Element Analysis of Thermoelectric Effect in Phase-change Memory Cells,” Mat. Res. Soc. Spring Meeting F2.4 (2012).

47) A. Faraclas, H. Silva, A. Gokirmak, “Modeling of Phase Change Memory Mushroom Cells with Thermoelectric Effects,” Mat. Res. Soc. Spring Meeting F5.5 (2012).

46) L. Lucera, L. Adnane, K. Cil, V. Manthina, A. Agrios, H. Silva, A. Gokirmak, “Light emission from electrically stressed ZnO nanorods,” Americal Physical Society March Meeting 2012, http://meetings.aps.org/link/BAPS.2012.MAR.L28.14 (2012).

45) L. Adnane, F. Dirisaglik, M. Akbulut, Y. Zhu, C. Lam, A. Gokirmak, H. Silva, “High Temperature Seebeck Coefficient and Electrical Resistivity of GeSbTe Thin Films,” Americal Physical Society March Meeting 2012, http://meetings.aps.org/link/BAPS.2012.MAR.Q28.6 (2012).

44) K. Cil, F. Dirisaglik, M. Wennberg, A. King, A. Faraclas, M. Akbulut, Y. Zhu, C. Lam, A. Gokirmak, H. Silva, Electrical Resistivity of Liquid Ge2Sb2Te5 in Patterned Nanostructures,” Americal Physical Society March Meeting 2012, http://meetings.aps.org/link/BAPS.2012.MAR.J23.13 (2012).

43) K. Cil, F. Dirisaglik, M. Wennberg, A. King, A. Faraclas, M. Akbulut, Y. Zhu, C. Lam, A. Gokirmak, H. Silva , “Crystallization Times of GeSbTe Nanostructures as a Function of Temperature,” Americal Physical Society March Meeting 2012, http://meetings.aps.org/link/BAPS.2012.MAR.J23.12 (2012).

42) A. Faraclas, G. Bakan, A. Gokirmak, H. Silva, “Thermoelectric Effects in Simulations of Phase Change Memory Mushroom Cells,” Americal Physical Society March Meeting 2012, http://meetings.aps.org/link/BAPS.2012.MAR.Q28.7 (2012).

41) S. Fischer, C. Osorio, N. Williams, H. Silva, A. Gokirmak, “Finite Element Modeling of Current-Induced Filaments in Nanocrystalline Silicon,” Americal Physical Society March Meeting 2012, http://meetings.aps.org/link/BAPS.2012.MAR.L18.5 (2012).

40) K. Cil, Y. Zhu, C. Lam, H. Silva, “The Effect of Substrate and Film Thickness on Phase Transition Temperatures of GST Thin Films,” Mat. Res. Soc. Fall Meeting, vol. SS7.54, 2011.

39) S. Fischer, N. E. Williams, C. Osorio, A. Gokirmak, H. Silva, “Finite Element Simulations of Current-Induced Filamentations in Nanocrystalline Silicon,” Mat. Res. Soc. Fall Meeting, vol. BB20.2, 2011.

38) M. Wennberg, A. King, A. Cywar, F. Dirisaglik, A. Gokirmak, H. Silva, “Nanosecond voltage pulsing and DC voltage sweeping on nano-scale Ge₂Sb₂Te₅wires,” Mat. Res. Soc. Fall Meeting, vol. BB4.6, 2011.

37) G. Bakan, A. Gokirmak, H. Silva, “Thermoelectric Transport under Large Temperature Gradients in Self-Heated Silicon Microwires,” Mat. Res. Soc. Fall Meeting, vol. W6.10, 2011.

36) L. Adnane, N. E. Williams, A. Gokirmak, H. Silva, “High Temperature Seebeck Coefficient and Resistivity Measurement Setup,” Mat. Res. Soc. Fall Meeting, vol. O8.12, 2011.

35) N. Khan, G. Bakan, A. Gokirmak and H. Silva, " Analysis of Light Emission from Self-Heated Nanocrystalline Silicon Microwires," Mat. Res. Soc. Fall Meeting, vol. W7.5, 2011.

34) N. E. Williams, A. Gokirmak and H. Silva, " Finite Element Simulations on Scaling Effects of Thermoelectric Generators," Mat. Res. Soc. Fall Meeting, vol. F4.1, 2011.

33) C. Osorio, G. Bakan, H. Silva and A. Gokirmak, "Two-dimensional Numerical Modeling of Nanocrystalline Silicon Structures Generating Randomly Distributed Circular Crystalline Domains in an Amorphous Matrix," Mat. Res. Soc. Spring Meeting, vol. A8.8, 2011.

32) F. Dirisaglik, G. Bakan, A. Gokirmak and H. Silva, "Numerical Modeling of The Thermoelectric Effects on Self-heated GST Bridge Structures," Mat. Res. Soc. Spring Meeting, vol. R1.9, 2011.

31) N. E. Williams, A. Gokirmak and H. Silva, "Finite Element Analysis of Micro/Nano Thermoelectric Generators," Mat. Res. Soc. Spring Meeting, vol. I3.4, 2011.

30) N. Khan, G. Bakan, H. Silva and A. Gokirmak, "Optical observations of thermoelectric effects on self-heated nanocrystalline microwires,"Mat. Res. Soc. Fall Meeting. AA12.5 ,2010

29) M. B. Akbulut, F. Dirisaglik, H. Silva and A. Gokirmak, "Pentagate si MOSFETs with spacer-like side-gate structures,"Mat. Res. Soc. Fall Meeting. G11.49, 2010

28) S. Ayas, G. Bakan, N. E. Williams, A. Gokirmak and H. Silva, "Finite element simulation of filamentation in nanocrystalline silicon films under electrical stress,"Mat. Res. Soc. Fall Meeting. AA17.64, 2010

27) G. Bakan, N. Khan, H. Silva and A. Gokirmak, "Optical observations and numerical modeling of the thermoelectric thomson effect on self-heating silicon microwires,"Mat. Res. Soc. Fall Meeting. LL8.2, 2010.

26) K. Cil, G. Bakan, H. Silva and A. Gokirmak, "Temperature dependence of electrical resistivity of highly doped nanocrystalline and amoprhous silicon thin films,"Mat. Res. Soc. Fall Meeting. AA17.65, 2010

25) M. B. Akbulut, H. Silva and A. Gokirmak, "Pentagate approach to restrain off-state leakage currents in si MOSFETs,"Mat. Res. Soc. Fall Meeting. AA17.47, 2010

24) A. Cywar, G. Bakan, H. Silva and A. Gokirmak, "Electromigration of silicon in molten and crystalline silicon microwires under electrical stress,"Mat. Res. Soc. Fall Meeting. AA17.54, 2010

23) N. E. Williams, A. Gokirmak and H. Silva, "Benedicks effect on multi-contact nanocrystalline microstructures heated through alternating electrical signals,"Mat. Res. Soc. Fall Meeting. LL10.6, 2010

22) N. Williams, E. Carpena, K. Cil, H. Silva and A. Gokirmak, "Temperature dependent electrical characterization and crystallization of nanocrystalline silicon," A17.9, Mat. Res. Soc. Spring Meeting, 2010.

21) Gokirmak, G. Bakan, A. Cywar, K. Cil, F. Dirisaglik, N. Khan, N. Williams, M. Akbulut and H. Silva, "Growth from melt and phase change oscillations in silicon micro- and nano-wires," P13.17, Mat. Res. Soc. Spring Meeting, 2010.

20) A. Cywar, G. Bakan, H. Silva and A. Gokirmak, "Electromigration of liquid silicon in nanocrystalline silicon microwires during phase-change oscillations," A8.5, Mat. Res. Soc. Spring Meeting, 2010.

19) M. B. Akbulut, F. Dirisaglik, H. Silva and A. Gokirmak, "Controlling peripheral leakage currents in ultra-narrow MOSFETs using a penta-gate approach," I2.7, Mat. Res. Soc. Spring Meeting, 2010.

18) Gokirmak, G. Bakan, A. Cywar, K. Cil, N. Williams and H. Silva, "Crystallization of Patterned Nanocrystalline Micro-structures Through Self-heating," Mat. Res. Soc. Fall Meeting 2009, vol. C2.3, 2009.

17) G. Bakan, H. Silva and A. Gokirmak, "Electrical Conduction and Heat Transfer Simulations of Nanocrystalline Silicon Microwires Including the Thermoelectric Thomson Effect," Mat. Res. Soc. Fall Meeting 2009, vol. LL5.22, 2009.

16) H. Silva, G. Bakan and A. Gokirmak, "Electron-phonon Interactions in Silicon Microwires under Extreme Electrical Stress," Mat. Res. Soc. Fall Meeting 2009, vol. Z6.2, 2009.

15) M. Akbulut, F. Dirisaglik and A. Gokirmak, "Electrostatic passivation of peripheral interface trap charges and electrostatic doping in accumulated body transistors,"Mat. Res. Soc. Fall Meeting. A5.5, 2009

14) G. Bakan, K. Cil, A. Cywar, H. Silva and A. Gokirmak, "Measurements of liquid silicon resistivity on silicon microwires," AA06-06, 1178, Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Spring 2009.

13) Gokirmak, G. Bakan, C. Boztug, A. Cywar and H. Silva, "Observation of Strong Phonon-drag Effect in Pulse Voltage Stressed Silicon Micro-bridges," Mat. Res. Soc. Spring Meeting 2009, vol. T6.8, 2009.

12) G. Bakan, Niaz Khan, H. Silva and A. Gokirmak, "Optical Observations of Strong Thermoelectric Thomson Effect on Self-heated Nanocrystalline Silicon Microwires," Mat. Res. Soc. Fall Meeting 2009, vol. CC1.5, 2009.

11) Cywar, G. Bakan, C. Boztug, H. Silva and A. Gokirmak, "Phase-change Oscillations in Silicon Micro-wires," Mat. Res. Soc. Spring Meeting 2009, vol. A11.4, 2009.

10) Cywar, G. Bakan, F. Dirisaglik, K. Cil, H. Silva and A. Gokirmak, "Rapid Solid-Liquid Phase-Change Oscillations in Nanocrystalline Silicon Wires," Mat. Res. Soc. Fall Meeting 2009, vol. MM7.7, 2009.

9) K.-M. Fan, H. Silva, C. S. Lai and S. Tiwari, "Charge Trapping in Low Power Back-Side ONO Non-Volatile Memory Devices," Mat. Res. Soc. Fall Meeting 2008, vol. A13.5, 2008.

8) G. Bakan, M. Akbulut, C. Boztug, N. Henry, H. Silva and A. Gokirmak, "Crystallization of Nanocrystalline Si Wires Through Self-heating," Mat. Res. Soc. Spring Meeting 2008, vol. A17.1, 2008.

7) Gokirmak, G. Bakan, C. Boztug, A. Cywar, N. Henry, M. Akbulut and H. Silva, "Pulsed Current Annealing of Lithographically Defined Si Wires on Insulating Substrates for Single Crystal Si Ribbon Formation for 3D Integration," Mat. Res. Soc. Fall Meeting 2008, vol. E4.6, 2008.

6) A. Cywar, G. Bakan, C. Boztug, M. Akbulut, N. Henry, H. Silva and A. Gokirmak, "Pulsed Electrical Stressing of Amorphous/Nano-Crystalline Silicon Wires," Mat. Res. Soc. Fall Meeting 2008, vol. NN3.10, 2008.

5) Gokirmak, N. Henry and H. Silva, "Crystallization of Amorphous Silicon Nanowires Through Self-Heating," Mat. Res. Soc. Spring Meeting 2007, vol. A16.5, 2007.

4) H. Silva, N. Henry and A. Gokirmak, "Experimental observation of heat transport in silicon nanowires," Mat. Res. Soc. Spring Meeting 2007, vol. I15.12, 2007.

3) Gokirmak, N. Henry and H. Silva, "Pulsed Current Annealing Of Lithographically Defined Nano-Crystalline Si Nanowires for Low-Temperature High-Speed Roll-To-Roll Crystallization," Mat. Res. Soc. Fall Meeting 2007, vol. G5.7, 2007.

2) H. Silva and S. Tiwari, “Study of Defects and Interface States in Silicon Memories,” APS Digest of March Meeting, A24.003 (2003).

1) H. Silva and S. Tiwari, “A Novel Silicon-Based Transistor-Memory Device,” Digest of APS March Meeting, N8.009 (2003).