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Leslie H. Allen
Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
OFFICE 182 Engineering Sciences Building
Telephone 217-333-7918 Fax 217-333-2736
Mail Address Department of Materials Science and Engineering
1304 W. Green St., Urbana, IL 61801
S. L. Lai, J. Y. Guo, V. Petrova, G. Ramanath, and L. H. Allen, "Size-Dependent Melting Properties of Small Tin Particles: Nanocalorimetric Measurements," Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, (1996): 99.
S. L. Lai, J. Carlsson and L. H. Allen, "Melting Point Depression of Al Clusters Generated During the Early Stages of Film Growth: Nanocalorimetry Measurements," Appl. Phys. Lett. 72, (1998): 1098.
S. S. Sengupta, S. M. Park, D. A. Payne and L. H. Allen, "Origins and evolution of stress development in sol-gel derived thin layers and multi-deposited coatings of lead titanate," J. Appl. Phys. 83, (1998): 2291.
L. H. Allen and S. L. Lai, "MEMS-based Scanning Calorimeter for Thermodynamic Properties of Nanostructures," Microscale Thermophysical Engineering 2, (1998): 11.
G. Ramanath, J. E. Greene, J. R. A. Carlsson, V. C. Hornback, D. J. Allman, L. H. Allen, "W deposition and titanium fluoride formation during WF/sub 6/ reduction by Ti: Reaction path and mechanisms," J. Appl. Phys. 85, (1999): 1961.
D. J. Allman, V.C. Hornback G. Ramanath, and L. H. Allen, Method for Tungsten Nucleation from WF6 Using Titanium as a Reducing Agent. US Patent, 5,963,828, filed Oct. 1999.
G. Ramanath, J. E. Greene, I. Petrov, J. E. Baker, G. Gillen, L. H. Allen, "Channeling-induced asymmetric distortion of depth profiles from polycrystalline-TiN /Ti /TiN(001) trilayers during secondary ion mass spectrometry," Journal Vacuum Science and Technology B, JVST B, 18, (2000): 1369.
M. Y. Efremov, F. Schiettekatte, M. Zhang, E. A. Olson, A. T. Kwan, R. S. Berry and L. H. Allen, "Discrete Periodic Melting Points in Nanostructure," Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, (2000): 3560.
M. Zhang, M. Y. Efremov, F. Schiettekatte, E. A. Olson, A. T. Kwan, L. S. Lai, J. E. Greene and L. H. Allen, "Melting Point Depression of Nanostructures using Heat Capacity Measurements: Nanocalorimetry Technique," Phys. Rev. B., 62, (2000): 10548.
E. A. Olson, M. Yu. Efremov, A. T. Kwan, S. Lai, F. Schiettekatte, J. T. Warren, T. Wisleder, M. Zhang, V. Petrova, and L. H. Allen, "Scanning Nanocalorimeter for Nanoliter Scale Liquid Samples," Appl. Phys. Lett. 77, (2000): 2671.
A. T. Kwan, M. Yu. Efremov, E. A. Olson, F. Schiettekatte, M. Zhang, P. H. Geil, L. H. Allen, "Nanoscale calorimetry of isolated polyethylene single crystals," Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 39, no. 11 (2001): 1237-45.
M. Yu. Efremov, J. T. Warren, E. A. Olson, M. Zhang, A. T. Kwan, and L. H. Allen, "Thin-film Differential Scanning Calorimetry: a New Probe for Assignment of the Glass Transition of Ultra Thin Polymer Films," Macromolecules 35, no. 26 (2001): 1481.
M. Zhang, M. Yu. Efremov, E. A. Olson, Z. S. Zhang, and L. H. Allen, “Real-time heat capacity measurement during thin-film deposition by scanning nanocalorimetry,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 81 (2002): 3801.
E. A. Olson, M. Yu. Efremov, M. Zhang, Z. S. Zhang, and L. H. Allen, “The Design and Operation of a MEMS Differential Scanning Nanocalorimeter for High-speed Heat Capacity Measurements of Ultrathin Films,” IEEE J. Microelectromech. Sys. 13 (2003): 355.
M. Yu. Efremov, E. A. Olson, M. Zhang, and L. H. Allen, “Glass Transition of Thin Films of Poly(2-vinyl pyridine) and Poly(methyl methacrylate): Nanocalorimetry Measurements,” Thermochimica Acta, 403 (2003): 37.
M. Y. Efremov, E. A. Olson, M. Zhang, Z. Zhang & L. H. Allen. “Glass transition in ultra-thin polymer films: calorimetric study,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, (2003): 85703.
M. Y. Efremov, Eric A. Olson, Ming Zhang, Zishu Zhang, F. Schiettekatte, and Leslie H. Allen, RSI “Ultra-Sensitive Thin-Film Differential Scanning Calorimeter,” Rev. of Sci. Inst. 75 (2004): 179.
M. Yu. Efremov, E. A. Olson, M. Zhang, S. L. Lai, F. Schiettekatte, Z. S. Zhang, and L. H. Allen, “Thin-Film Differential Scanning Nanocalorimetry: Heat Capacity Analysis” Thermochimica Acta, 412, (2004) :13.
M. Y. Efremov, E. A. Olson, M. Zhang, Z. Zhang & L. H. Allen. “Glass transition in ultra-thin polymer films: calorimetric study: Annealing Study,” Macromolecule, 37, (2004): 4607.
Z. S. Zhang, O.M. Wilson, M. Y. Efremov, E. A. Olson, M. Zhang, P. V. Braun, C. Ober, W. Senaratne & L. H. Allen, "Heat Capacity Measurements of Two-Dimensional Self-Assembled Monolayers On Polycrystalline Gold," Appl. Phys. Lett. 84 (2004): 5198.
E. A. Olson, M. Yu. Efremov, M. Zhang, Z. Zhang, L. H. Allen, “Size-dependent melting of Bi nanoparticles,” J. Appl. Phys. 97 (2005): 034304.
M. Zhang, E. A. Olson, R. D. Twesten, J. G. Wen, M. Marshall, L. H. Allen, I.M. Robertson, and I. Petrov, “Operating MEMS devices in the TEM: A new approach for real-time, in situ studies of nanoscale materials,” JMR J. Materials Research: Special Microscopy Issue Ian Robertson (July 2005).