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• Email: chow@ucf.edu
• Phone: 407-823-2333
• Fax: 407-823-5112
• Department of Physics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816-2385

Present Position: Professor & Associate Chair

Education

• Ph.D. - Clark University, 1981
• B.S. - National Central University , 1972

Professional Activities

• Member, American Physical Society

Teaching

• Courses Taught
  

  • PHY2053, College Physics I
  • PHY2054, College Physics II
  • PHY2049H, Honors Physics for Scientists and Engineers II
  • PHY3323, Electricity and Magnetism I
  • PHY4324, Electricity and Magnetism II
  • PHY3802, Intermediate Physics Laboratory
  • PHY4803, Advanced Physics Laboratory
  • PHY3930, Introduction to Nanophysics
  • PHZ5405, Condensed Matter Physics
  • PHY6938, Physics Summer Research Seminar
  • PHY6839, Nuclear Condensed Matter Physics


• Dissertations and Theses Supervised
  

  • Fatma Salman, Ph.D. 2007, "Experimental Study of Profiles of Implanted Species into Semiconductor Materials using Secondary Mass Spectrometry".
  • Guangyu Chai, Ph.D., 2004, "Focused Ion Beam Assisted Fabrication of individual Carbon Nanotubes".
  • Peng Zhang, MS, 2001, "Diffusion Profiles of Cr and V ions Implanted into (100) single crystalline Silicon".
  • Clay Inman, MS, 2000, "Mossbauer Studies of LaMnO₃ Compounds"
  • Perry Heard, M. S. 2000, "Applications of Random Walks".
  • Stephen Kleckley, Ph.D.,Aug. 1999,"Synthesis of Novel Carbon Materials"
  • Isaiah O. Oladeji, Ph.D. May, 1999, "Chemical Bath Deposition of II-VI Compounds"
  • Asoka Peiris, MS, 1994, " Pressure and Temperature Dependence of Hyperfine Fields in Fe-Ni Alloys"
  • Alan Horner, MS, 1992, "CVD Diamond Thin Films on a Silicon Substrate in a Microwave Plasma"
  • Michael Steffancin, MS, 1992, " Mossbauer Student of Fe-Ni Alloys"
  • Xin Zhou, MS, 1991, "Pressure and Temperature Dependence of the Cd Hyperfine Fields in Ni"
  
  
• Current Graduate Students



• Hani Khallaf, Ph.D. Student, "Chemical Bath Deposition of Solar cell thin films"
• Current Undergraduate Student

• Justin White, Physics, "TBD"

Research

• Novel Carbon Materials
• Diffusion in Silicon
• Thin Films Deposition



• Recent Publications (Click here for full publication list)
  
  
  1. "Nanostructured ZnO thin films gas sensors by successive ionic adsorption and reaction method and rapid photothermal processing", O. Lupan, S. Shishiyanu, L. Chow, T. Shishiyanu. Thin Solid Films,516 3338-3345 (2008).
  2. "Properties of Si:Cr Annealed under Enhanced Stress Conditions", A. Misiuk, A. Barcz, L. Chow, B. Surma, J. Bak-Misiuk, and M. Prujszczyk. Solid State Phenomena, 131-133, 375-380 (2008).
  3. "Bio-polymer-assisted self-assembly of ZnO spheres from nanorods", O. Lupan, L. Chow, G. Chai, A. Schulte, O. Lopatiuk-Tirpak, and L. Chernyak. Superlattices and Microstructures, 43, 292-302 (2008).
  4. "Optimization of Chemical Bath Deposited CdS Thin Films Using NTA as a Complexing Agent", H. Khallaf, I. Oladeji, and L. Chow. Thin Solid Films, 516, 5967-5973 (2008).
  5. "Diffusion Profiles and Magnetic Properties of Mn-Implanted Silicon after Thermal Annealing", L. Chow, J. C Gonzalez; E. Del Barco; R. Vanfleet; A. Misiuk; M. Prujszczyk; A. Shunmugavelu; G. Chai; J. Bak-Misiuk, J. Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, In Press.
  6. "Characterization of CdS thin films grown by chemical bath deposition using four different Cadmium sources", H. Khallaf, Isaiah O. Oladeji, G. Chai, and L. Chow. Thin Solid Films, 516, 7306 - 7312 (2008).
  7. "Electron transport through a single, well aligned Carbon Nanotubes", G. Chai, H. Heinrich, L. Chow, and T. Schenkel, Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 103101 (2007).
  8. "Re-distribution of implanted species Polycrystalline silicon films", F. Salman, J. Arnold, P. Zhang, G. Chai, F. A. Stevie, and L. Chow. Defects and Diffusion Data, Vol. 264, 7-12 (2007).
  9. "Diffusion of implanted species in Tantalum silicide", F. Salman, P. Zhang, F. A. Stevie, and L. Chow. Defects and Diffusion Data, Vol. 264, 151-154 (2007).
  10. "Focused Ion Beam Fabrication of Individual Carbon Nanotube Devices", L. Chow and G. Chai, in "Ion-Beam-Based Nanofabrication", Ed. By D. Ila, J. Baglin, N. Kishimoto, and P. K. Chu, MRS Symposium Proceedings, Vol. 1020, pages 221-230 (2007).
  11. "Rapid thermal annealing induced change of the mechanism of multiphonon resonant Raman scattering from ZnO nanorods". V. V. Ursaki, O. I. Lupan, L. Chow, I. M. Tiginyanu, and V. Zalamai. Solid State Comm. 143, 437-441 (2007).
  12. "Fabrication of ZnO nanorod-based hydrogen gas sensor", O. Lupan, G. Chai, and L. Chow, J. Microelectronics Journal, 38, 1211-1216 (2007).
  13. "Nanofabrication and Characterization of ZnO nanorod arrays and branched microrods by aqueous solution route and rapid thermal processing". O. Lupan, L. Chow, G. Chai, B. Roldan-Cuenya, A. Naitabdi, Park, A. Schulte, and H. Heinrich. Materials Science and Engineering. B, 145, 57-66 (2007).
  14. "Silicon based materials for applications in spintronics", A. Misiuk, L. Chow, A. Barcz, J. Bak-Misiuk, W. Osinnity, and M. Prujszczyk. Sensor Electronics and Microsystem Technologies, 3, 54-59 (2007).
  15. "Electron Emission from the side wall of individual multiwall carbon nanotube" G. Chai and L. Chow, Carbon, 45, 281-284 (2007).


• Patents
  
  
  1. "Method for Growing a Diamond Thin Film on a substrate" US patent No. 5,240,749, August 31, 1993.
  2. "CVD method of Growing and doping of Fullerenes" US patent No. 5,510,098, April 23, 1996.
  3. "Carbon Nanotube with a graphitic outer layer: Process and Applications" US patent No.6,582,673, June 24, 2003.
  4. "Electrochemical Deposition of Carbon Nanoparticles from Organic Solutions" US patent No. 6,758,957 , July, 6, 2004
  5. "Nano Scale Temperature Sensors and Heaterss" US patent No.6,905,736, June 14, 2005.
  6. "Fabrication of nano-scale temperature sensors and heaters" US patent No.7,009,487, March 7, 2006.
  7. "Carbon Nanotube with a Graphitic Outer Layer: Part II" US patent No.7,011,884, March 14, 2006.
  8. "Method to attach carbon nanotube probe to scanning probe microscopy tips", SN#: US 10/961,929. Filed Oct. 8th, 2004.
  9. "A multiwall carbon nanotube field emitter fabricated by FIB", US 11/098,247, Filed July 16, 2006.
  10. "Electron emission from the sidewall of Curved CNT: Device and Application", SN# US 11/487,543. Filed Filed utility application 7/16/09..