Atmospheric pressure plasmas – physics, chemistry and materials processing
Semiconductor nanotechnology
Surface chemistry of materials
Notable Publications and Books
Das, U., Raghavachari, K., Woo, R. L., and Hicks, R. F., “Phosphine Adsorption on the In-rich InP (001) Surface: Evidence of Surface Dative Bonds at Room Temperature,” Langmuir 23, 10109-10115, 2007.
Lewis G. T., Nowling G. R., Hicks R. F., and Cohen Y., “Inorganic Surface Nanostructuring by Atmospheric Pressure Plasma-Induced Graft Polymerization,” Langmuir 23, 10756-10764, 2007.
Cheng, S. F., Gao, L., Woo, R. L., Pangan, A., Malouf, G., Goorsky, M. S., Wang, K. L., and Hicks, R. F., “Selective Area Metalorganic Vapor-Phase Epitaxy of Gallium Arsenide on Silicon,” J. Crystal Growth 310, 562-569, 2007.
Woo, R. L., Malouf, G., Cheng, S. F., Woo, R. N., Goorsky, M., and Hicks, R. F., “Red shift in photoluminescence of indium gallium arsenide nitride induced by annealing in nitrogen trifluoride,” J. Crystal Growth 310, 579-583, 2008.
Ladwig, A. M., Koch, R. D., Wenski, E. G., and Hicks, R. F., “Atmospheric Plasma Deposition of Diamond-Like Carbon Coatings,” submitted to Diamond and Related Materials February 6, 2008.
Gonzalez II, E., Barankin, M. D., Guschl, P. C., and Hicks, R. F., “Remote Atmospheric-Pressure Plasma Activation of the Surfaces of Polyethylene Terephthalate and Polyethylene Naphthalate,” Langmuir 24(21), 12636-12643, 2008.
Woo, R. L., Xiao, R., Kobayashi, Y., Gao, L., Goel, N., Hudait, M. K., Mallouk, T. E., and Hicks, R. F., “Effect of twinning on the photoluminescence and photoelectrochemical properties of indium phosphide nanowires grown on silicon (111),” Nano Letters 8(12), 4664-4669, 2008.
Barankin, M. D., Gonzalez II, E., Habib, S. B., Gao, L., Guschl, P. C., and Hicks, R. F., “Hydrophobic films by atmospheric plasma curing of spun-on liquid precursors,” Langmuir 25(4), 2495-2500, 2009.
Gao, L, Woo, R. L., Liang, B., Pozuelo, M., Prikhodko, S., Jackson, M., Goel, N., Hudait, M. K., Huffaker, D., Goorsky, M. S., Kodambaka, S., and Hicks, R. F., “Self-Catalyzed Epitaxial Growth of Vertical Indium Phosphide Nanowires on Silicon,” Nano Letters 9(6), 2223-2228, 2009.
Woo, R. L., Gao, L, Kodambaka, S., Wang. K. L., Goel, N., Hudait, M. K., and Hicks, R. F., “Kinetic control of self-catalyzed indium phosphide nano- wires, cones, and pillars,” Nano Letters 9(6), 2207-2211, 2009.
Gonzalez II, E., Barankin, M. D., Guschl, P. C., and Hicks, R. F., “Surface activation of polymethyl-methacrylate via remote atmospheric pressure plasma,” Plasma Process. Poly. 6, 000, 2010.
Habib, S. B., Gonzalez II, E., and Hicks, R. F., “Atmospheric oxygen plasma activation of silicon (100) surfaces,” J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 28, 476-485, 2010.
Gonzalez II, E., and Hicks, R. F., “Surface analysis of polymers treated by remote atmospheric pressure plasma,” Langmuir 26, 3710-3719, 2010.
Education
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, 1977
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1984
Awards and Recognition
Fellow, American Vacuum Society, 2001
R&D 100 Award, 1999
One of the Most Technologically Significant New Products of 1999
Chemical Engineering Department Professor of the Year Award: 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2008 and 2010.
