Plasma Synthesis of Silicon Quantum Dots Dr. Lorenzo Mangolini Mechanical Engineering University of California, Riverside This talk will highlight the advantages of a gas-phase, non-thermal plasma approach for the synthesis of silicon nanocrystals.  For the case of silicon, standard wet-chemistry techniques fail to produce…

Photomechanical, Photothermal and Photothermomechanical Mechanisms of Interaction of Nanosecond-Long Laser Pulses With Artificial Tissue Models and PigmentedMelanoma Cells in Medical Applications Department of Mechanical Engineering Advisor: Professor Guillermo Aguilar Nanosecond-long  laser  pulses  are …