RESEARCH INTERESTS
of Rana Biswas
- Photonics. Design and simulation of photonic band gap crystals. Electromagnetic simulations and wave propagation in photonic crystals. Development of novel electromagnetic applications in the microwave, millimeter-wave, infrared and optical frequencies utilizing photonic crystals (theory and experiment). Nanostructured materials and ceramics for nano-photonics applications.
- Microelectronics/Semiconductors. Simulation of the structure, metastability, light-induced defects and hydrogen motion in solar cell materials and devices. Amorphous silicon and nanocrystalline materials for renewable energy applications. Molecular dynamics simulations at the nanoscale.
- Sensors. High-sensitivity miniaturized on-chip plasmonic MEMS sensors for detection of gases and toxic agents. Applications development with industrial collaborators. Directional antennas and receivers. Finite-difference-time-domain simulations. Design of infrared sources and emitters using periodic crystals.
http://www.mrc.iastate.edu/research_programs/subwave.htm
- Nanotechnology. Modeling matter and processes at the nanoscale with atomistic-level simulations. Use of parallel-computing methodologies. Chemical-mechanical planarization. Nanomachining, nanocrystalline metals, novel device engineering and nanotechnology applications.
http://www.mrc.iastate.edu/research_programs/nas.htm
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