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(William B. Knowlton)

Peer Reviewed Publications: (submitted and under review not listed; *denotes student author)

• Sorcha Yingst*, Kaci Bloxham*, Lisa Warner*, Raquel Brown, Jennifer Cole*, Linda Kenoyer, William B. Knowlton, Julia Thom Oxford, Characterization of Collagenous Matrix Assembly in a Chondrocyte Model System, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part A, accepted for publication, 2008.
• P.M. Lenahan, B Knowlton, J.F. Conley, B. Tonti, J. Suehle, and T. Grasser, Introduction to the Special Issue on the 2007 International Reliability Workshop, IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability, 8(3), (2008) p. 490.
• D. Estrada*, M. L. Ogas*, R. G. Southwick III*, P. M. Price*, R. J. Baker, W. B. Knowlton, Impact of Single pMOSFET Dielectric Degradation on NAND Circuit Performance, Microelectronics Reliability, 48(3) (2008) p. 354–363.
• J. Jozwiak, R. G. Southwick III*, V. N. Johnson*, W. B. Knowlton, and A. J. Moll, Integrating through-wafer interconnects with active devices and circuits, IEEE Transactions on Advanced Packaging, DOI: 10.1109/TADVP.2007.906235, 31(1) (2008) p. 4-13.
• P. Müllner, Z. Clark*, L. Kenoyer, W. B. Knowlton, and G. Kostorz, Nanomechanics of orthorhombic Ni-Mn-Ga martensite, Materials Science and Engineering A, Vol. 481–482 (2008) p. 66–72.
• K.M. Reddy, R. Benson*, J. Hays*, A. Thurber*, M.H. Engelhard, V. Shutthanandan, R. Hanson*, W.B. Knowlton, and A. Punnoose, On the room-temperature ferromagnetism of Zn_1−xCr_xO thin films deposited by reactive co-sputtering, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, Volume 91, Issues 15-16, (22 September 2007) p. 1496-1502.
• Southwick III*, Richard G. and William B. Knowlton, Stacked Dual Oxide MOS Energy Band Diagram Visual Representation Program, IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability, 6(2), (2006) p. 136-145. Band Diagram Program Link
• John F. Conley, Jr., Yuan Chen, Bill Knowlton, Tim Sullivan, Bill Tonti, Guest Editorial: Introduction to the Special Issue on the 2005 International Reliability Workshop, IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability, 6(2), (2006) p. 115-116.
• Moll, A.J. and W.B. Knowlton, What do you do with a B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering?, The Journal of Materials Education, 24, 15-22 (2002).
• Craigie, C.J.D., T. Sheehan, V.N. Johnson, A.J. Moll, and W.B. Knowlton, Polymer thickness effects on Bosch etch profiles, J.Vac. Sci. Tech. B, 20, (2002) p. 2229-2232.
• Amy J. Moll, William B. Knowlton, David E. Bunnell, and Susan L. Burkett, Materials Science and Engineering at Boise State University: Responding to an Industrial Need, The Journal of Materials Education, 23, 83-88 (2001).
• Schnee, R.W., Akerib,-D.-S.; Barnes,-P.-D.-,-Jr.; Bauer,-D.-A.; Brink,-P.-L.; Cabrera,-B.; Caldwell,-D.-O.; Clarke,-R.-M.; Colling,-P.; Crisler,-M.-B.; DaSilva,-A.; Davies,-A.-K.; Dougherty,-B.-L.; Eichblatt,-S.; Irwin,-K.-D.; Gaitskell,-R.-J.; Golwala,-S.-R.; Haller,-E.-E.; Jochum,-J.; Knowlton,-W.-B.; Kuzminov,-V.; Nam,-S.-W.; Novikov,-V.; Penn,-M.-J.; Perera,-T.-A.; Ross,-R.-R.; Sadoulet,-B.; Shutt,-T.; Smith,-A.; Sonnenschein,-A.-H.; Spadafora,-A.-L.; Stockwell,-W.-K.; Yellin,-S.; Young,-B.-A., Results and Status of the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS), Physics-Reports, 307(1-4), 283-90 (Dec. 1998). Download (Other CDMS publications)
• Shutt, T., D.S. Akerib, P.D. Barnes, Jr., A. Cummings, A. Da Silva, R. Diaz, J. Emes, S.R. Golwala, E.E. Haller, K. Itoh, B. Knowlton, F. Quéinnec, R.R. Ross, B. Sadoulet, D. Seitz, G. Smith, W. Stockwell, T. Trumbull, R. Therrien, S. White, and B.A. Young, Recent results with a 62 g Ge cryogenic dark matter detector, Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A, 370, 165 (1996). Download (Other CDMS publications)
• Sadoulet, B., D. Akerib, P. Barnes, Jr., A. Cummings, A.D. Silva, R. Diaz, J. Emes, S. Golwala, E.E. Haller, K. Itoh, W. Knowlton, F. Queinnec, R.R. Ross, D. Seitz, T. Shutt, G. Smith, W. Stockwell, and S. White, Particle detection and non-equilibrium phonons: experience with large germanium crystals and NTD Ge thermistors, Physica B, 219-220, 741-743 (1996). Download (Other CDMS publications)
• Barnes, P.D., Jr., D.S. Akerib, D. Bauer, P. Brink, B. Cabrera, D.O. Caldwell, B. Chugg, R.M. Clarke, A. Cummings, A. Davies, R. Diaz, B.L. Dougherty, J. Emes, S.R. Golwala, D. Hale, E.E. Haller, K.D. Irwin, W.B. Knowlton, V. Kuziminov, A. Lu, S.W. Nam, M.J. Penn, V. Novikov, B.V. Pritychenko, F. Quéinnec, R.R. Ross, B. Sadoulet, D. Seitz, T. Shutt, A. Smith, G. Smith, A. Sonnenschein, W. Stockwell, J.D. Taylor, R. Therrien, T. Trumbull, S. White, R.C. Wolgast, S. Yellin, and B.A. Young, Installation of the cryogenic dark matter search (CDMS), Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A, 370, 233 (1996). (Other CDMS publications)
• Knowlton, W.B., K.M. Itoh, J.W. Beeman, J.H. Emes, D. Loretto, and E.E. Haller, Ge-Au eutectic bonding of Ge {100} Crystals, Journal of Low Temperature Physics, 93, 343-348 (1993).

Conference Publications: (*denotes students authors)

• Richard Southwick III*, J. Reed*, C. Buu*, H. Bui*, R. Butler*, G. Bersuker, and W.B. Knowlton, Temperature (5.6-300K) Dependence Comparison of Carrier Transport Mechanisms in HfO₂/SiO₂ and SiO₂ MOS Gate Stacks, paper presentation at the 2008 IEEE International Integrated Reliability Workshop, (October 12-16, 2008), p.48-54. Invited to submit an extended version of this paper to IEEE Transactions on Materials and Device Reliability.
• M. Reinhold*, Linda Kenoyer, W.B. Knowlton, and P. Müllner, Characterizing Twin Structure and Magnetic Domain Structure of Ni-Mn-Ga Through Atomic Force Microscopy, presented at the International Conference on Martensitic Transformations ICOMAT (Santa Fe, New Mexico, June 29, 2008) to be published.
• M. Chmielus*, V.A. Chernenko, W.B. Knowlton, G. Kostorz, and P. Müllner, Training, constraints, and high-cycle magneto-mechanical properties of Ni-Mn-Ga magnetic shape-memory alloys, The European Physical Journal – Special Topics. 158, 79-85 (2008).
• D. Araujo*, P. Price*, J. Brotherton*, D. Estrada*, K. Coonse*, J.T. Oxford, A.J. Moll, and W.B. Knowlton, Self-Assembled Collagen Fibrils as Novel Biomolecular Nanowires for Sensor Applications, presentation at the 2007 Symposium on Environmental Sensing (Boise, Idaho; October 25-26, 2007) p.78-82.
• Dale D. Russell, Noah Minskoff*, Taylor Dixon*, Richard Cox*, Jonathan Scaggs*, Brian Cawrse*, and William B. Knowlton, Electrochemical sensors for water-borne contaminants, presentation at the 2007 Symposium on Environmental Sensing (Boise, Idaho; October 25-26, 2007) p. 109-113.
• Markus Chmielus*, Volodymyr A. Chernenko, W.B. Knowlton, G. Kostorz, P. Müllner, Training, constraints, and high-cycle magneto-mechanical properties of Ni-Mn-Ga magnetic shape-memory alloys, presented at the European Materials Research Society Meeting, (September 17 - 21, 2007; Warsaw University of Technology – Warsaw, Poland).
• D. Araujo*, P. Price*, J. Brotherton*, K. Coonse*, R. G. Southwick III*, A.J. Moll, J.T. Oxford, and W.B. Knowlton, On the Nature of Self-Assembled Biomolecular Nanowires for Sensor Applications, presented at the Workshop on Microelectronic Devices, (Boise, Idaho; April 20, 2007) p. 49-50.
• D. Temple, M. Lannon, D. Malta, J. E. Robinson, P. R. Coffman, T. B. Welch M.R. Skokan, A.J. Moll, and W.B. Knowlton, Advances in 3-D Integration of Heterogeneous Materials and Technologies, in Proceedings of SPIE Defense & Security Symposium, Vol. #6544 (Orlando, Florida; April 9-13, 2007).
• D. Temple, D. Malta, A. Huffman, M. Lueck, J. E. Robinson, P. R. Coffman, T. B. Welch M.R. Skokan, A.J. Moll, and W.B. Knowlton, 3-D Process Technologies for Highly Integrated Microsystems, invited talk, in Proc. of the 3-D System Integration Conference (Tokyo, Japan; March 2007).
• Amy J. Moll, William B. Knowlton, and Rex Oxford, Through Wafer Interconnects for 3-D Microelectronic Packaging, presentation and paper in 2006 Fall MRS Conference Proceedings "Enabling Technologies for 3-D Integration", edited by C.A. Bower, P. Garrou, K. Takahashi, P. Ramm, Volume 970 (Boston November, 2006) 0970-Y01-06.
• Richard Southwick III*, Mark Elgin*, Gennadi Bersuker, Rino Choi, and William B. Knowlton, Preliminary Study of the Breakdown Strength of TiN/HfO2/SiO2/Si MOS Gate Stacks, paper and poster presentation at the 2006 IEEE International Integrated Reliability Workshop, (October 2006) p. 146-147.
• Melinda Seevers, John Gardner, William Knowlton, Patricia Pyke, Cheryl Schrader, Engineering undergraduate retention via research and internships, in Proceedings of the 2006 American Society for Engineering Education Conference (Chicago June 18-21,2006) p. 2486.
• T. L. Gorseth*, D. Estrada*, J. Kiepert*, M. L. Ogas*, B. J. Cheek*, P.M. Price*, R. J. Baker, G. Bersuker, W.B. Knowlton, Preliminary Study of NOR Digital Response to Single pMOSFET Dielectric Degradation, presented at the Workshop on Microelectronic Devices (Boise, Idaho; April 14, 2006)
• M. L. Ogas*, P. M. Price*, J. Kiepert*, R. J. Baker, G. Bersuker, and W. B. Knowlton, Degradation of Rise Time in NAND Gates Using 2.0 nm Gate Dielectrics, oral presentation and publication at the 2005 IEEE Integrated Reliability Workshop, (October 2005).
• M. Gerritsen*, J.M. Callahan, W. Knowlton, J. T. Oxford, L.R. Warner, D. Araujo*, Z. Clark*, Collagen Fibrillogenesis on Ti-6Al-4V, in proceedings of Coatings 2005, Materials Science & Technology 2005, Ed. N. Padture, L. Francis, J. Callahan, N. Dahotre, (September 2005), pp. 97-100.
• Moll Amy J., William B. Knowlton, Michelle Sabick, Pat Pyke, and John Gardner, Peanut Butter Cracker Sandwich Manufacturing Module, accepted for presentation and publication, 2005 Conference of the American Society of Engineering Education (June 13-14, 2005).
• Ogas* M. L., R. G. Southwick III* B. J. Cheek* R. J. Baker, G. Bersuker, W. B. Knowlton, Survey of Oxide Degradation in Inverter Circuits Using 2.0nm MOS Devices, in proceedings of the 2004 IEEE International Integrated Reliability Workshop, (Oct. 2004), pp. 32-36.
• Cheek* Betsy J., Stutzke* Nate, Santosh Kumar, R. Jacob Baker, Amy J. Moll and William B. Knowlton, Investigation of Circuit-Level Oxide Degradation and its Effect on CMOS Inverter Operation Performance and MOSFET Characteristics, in proceedings of the 2004 IEEE International Reliability Physics Symposium (April, 25-29, 2004) pp. 110-116.
• Kumar, Santosh, William B. Knowlton, Sridhar Kasichainula and Cesar Payan, SRAM Subthreshold Current Recovery after unipolar AC stressing, in proceedings of the 2004 IEEE International Reliability Physics Symposium (April, 25-29, 2004) pp. 46-48.
• Lawrence* Timothy, Sean Donovan, William Knowlton, and Amy Moll, Electrical Characterization of Through-Wafer Interconnects, oral and paper presentation at the 2004 IEEE Workshop on Microelectronics and Electron Devices, (April 16, 2004) pp. 99-102.
• Stutzke*, N., B.J. Cheek*, S. Kumar, R.J. Baker, A.J. Moll and W.B. Knowlton, Effects of Circuit-Level Stress on Inverter Performance and MOSFET Characteristics, in proceedings 2003 IEEE International Integrated Reliability Workshop, (Oct, 20-23, 2003) pp. 71-79.
• Payan, C., S. Kumar, A. Thupil, S. Kasichainula and W.B. Knowlton, Leakage Current Recovery in SRAM after AC stressing, in proceedings 2003 IEEE International Integrated Reliability Workshop, (Oct, 20-23, 2003) pp. 67-70.
• Lawrence*, C.E., B.J. Cheek*, T.E. Lawrence*, Santosh Kumar, A. Haggag, R.J. Baker, and W.B. Knowlton, Gate Dielectric Degradation Effects on nMOS Devices Using a Noise Model Approach, in Proceedings of the 15th Biennial IEEE University/Government/Industry Microelectronics (UGIM) Symposium, June 30 - July 2, 2003, pp.263-266. Download
• Kumar, Santosh and William B. Knowlton, Alternate method of TDDB study for aluminum oxide using magneto-resistance. in IEEE International Integrated Reliability Workshop, (2002) pp. 180-183. Download
• Craigie, C., T. Sheehan, V.N. Johnson*, S.L. Burkett, A.J. Moll and W.B. Knowlton, Polymer thickness effects on Bosch etch profile, AVS Third International Conference on Microelectronics and Interfaces, Feb. 11-15, 2002.
• Knowlton, W.B., T. Caldwell*, J.J. Gomez*, and S. Kumar. On the nature of ultrathin gate oxide degradation during pulse stressing of nMOSCAPs in accumulation. in IEEE International Integrated Reliability Workshop, (2001) pp. 87-88. Download
• Moll, A.J. and W.B. Knowlton. What do you do with a B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering? in International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT) - Symp. H, (2001).
• Moll, A.J., W.B. Knowlton, D.E. Bunnell, and S.L. Burkett. Materials science and engineering at Boise State University: Responding to an industrial need. in Proceedings of Symposium GG: Impacting Society through Materials Science and Engineering Education, (2001) p. GG5.4.1-GG5.4.6. Download
• Burkett, S., J. Lusth, D. Russell, W.B. Knowlton, and S. Parke. Undergraduate research opportunities in microelectronics at Boise State University. in Proceedings of the 14th Biennial University/Government/Industry Microelectronics Symposium, (2001) p. 78-82.
• Akerib, D. S.; Barnes, P.D., Jr.; Bauer, D.A.; Brink, P.L.; Cabrera, B.; Caldwell, D.O.; Clarke, R.M.; Da Silva, A.; Davies, A.K.; Dougherty, B.L.; Irwin, K.D.; Gaitskell, R.J.; Golwala, S.R.; Haller, E.E.; Jochum, J.; Knowlton, W.B.; Kuzminov, V.; Nam, S.W.; Novikov, V.; Penn, M.J.; Perera, T.A.; Ross, R.R.; Sadoulet, B.; Schnee, R.W.; Shutt, T.; Smith, A.; Sonnenschein, A.H.; Spadafora, A.L.; Stockwell, W.K.; Yellin, S.; Young, B.A., Preliminary limits on the WIMP-nucleon cross section from the cryogenic dark matter search (CDMS), Nuclear-Physics-B,-Proceedings-Supplements. 70 (Jan. 1999) pp. 64-8. (Other CDMS publications)
• Schnee, R.W.; Akerib, D.S.; Bolodyzynya, A.; Perera, T.A.; Barnes, P.D., Jr.; Bauer, D.A.; Caldwell, D.O.; Nelson, H.; Sonnenschein, A.H.; Yellin, S.; Brink, P.L.; Cabrera, B.; Clarke, R.M.; Colling, P.; Davies, A.K.; Dougherty, B.L.; Irwin, K.D.; Nam, S.W.; Penn, M.J.; Crisler, M.B.; Dixon, R.; Eichblatt, S.; Da Silva, A.; Gaitskell, R.J.; Golwala, S.R.; Jochum, J.; Sadoulet, B.; Shutt, T.; Spadafora, A.L.; Stockwell, W.K.; Haller, E.E.; Knowlton, W.B.; Ross, R.R.; Smith, A.; Smith, G.; Young, B.A., Results and status of the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS), in Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium Particles, Strings and Cosmology: PASCOS-98, (1999) p. 149-156. (Other CDMS publications)
• Clarke, R.M.; P.L. Brink, B. Cabrera, P. Colling, A.K. Davies, K.D. Irwin, S.W. Nam, M.J. Penn, D.S. Akerib, A. Bolodyzynay. T.A. Perera, R.W. Schnee, D.A. Bauer, D.O. Caldwell, H. Nelson, A. Sonnenschein, S. Yellin, M.B. Crisler, R. Dixon, D. Driscoll, S. Eienblatt, A. Da Silva, R.J. Gaitskell, S.R. Golwala, J. Jochum, P.D. Barnes, B. Sadoulet, T. Shutt, A.L. Spadafora, W.K. Stockwell, E.E. Haller, W.B. Knowlton, R.R. Ross, A. Smith, G. Smith, B.A. Young, B. Neuhauser, F. Lipschultz, J.M. Martinis, and M. Huber; Results of the cryogenic dark matter search (CDMS) obtained using a new athermal phonon mediated detector, in Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on the Identification of Dark Matter, Buxton (UK), Sept. 7-11, 1998 (World Scientific, Singapore, 1999) p. 353-358. Download
• Knowlton, W.B., J.T. Walton, Y.K. Wong, I.A. Mason, and E.E. Haller. High silicon self-interstitial diffusivity as revealed by lithium ion drifting. in Defects and Diffusion in Silicon Processing, Spring MRS Meeting/1997, (1997) p. 77-82.
• Nam, S.W., D.S. Akerib, P.D. Barnes, Jr., D. Bauer, P. Brink, B. Cabrera, D.O. Caldwell, B. Chugg, R.M. Clarke, A. Da Silva, A.K. Davies, B.L. Dougherty, J. Emes, D. Hale, K.D. Irwin, M.J. Penn, R.J. Gaitskell, S.R. Golwala, E.E. Haller, J. Jochum, W.B. Knowlton, V. Kuziminov, V. Novikov, T.A. Perera, R.R. Ross, B. Sadoulet, R. Schnee, D. Seitz, T. Shutt, A. Smith, G. Smith, A. Sonnenschein, W. Stockwell, J.D. Taylor, R. Therrien, S. White, S. Yellin, and B.A. Young, Status and Results from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS), in Proceedings of the VIIth International Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors (LTD-7), 27 July-2 August, 1997, Munich, Germany (ed. S. Cooper) 217-220 (1997).
• Walton, J.T., E.E. Haller, W.B. Knowlton, Y.K. Wong, W. von Ammon, and W. Zulehner. Lithium-Ion Drifting: Application to the Study of Point Defects in Floating-Zone Silicon. in Diagnostic Techniques for Semiconductor Materials and Devices, Spring ECS Meeting/1997, (1997) p. 221.
• T. Shutt, P.D. Barnes, Jr., A. Da Silva, R.J. Gaitskell, S.R. Golwala, B. Pritychenko, R.R. Ross, B. Sadoulet, D. Seitz. W. Stockwell, R.Therrien, T.L. Trumbull, S. White, J.Emes, E.E. Haller, W.B. Knowlton, A. Smith, G. Smith, J.D. Taylor, P. Brink, B. Cabrera, B. Chugg, R.M. Clarke, A. Davies, B.L. Dougherty, K.D. Irwin, S.W. Nam, M.J. Penn, D.S. Akerib, R. Schnee, T. Perera, D. Bauer, D.O. Caldwell, D. Hale, A. Sonnenchein, S. Yellin, B.A. Young, V. Kuzminov, and V. Novikov, First data from the cryogenic dark matter search (CDMS) Experiment, in Proceedings of the Eighteenth Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology : 'Texas in Chicago', Chicago, 15-20 December 1996 (Angela Olinto, David N. Schramm, Joshua A. Frieman, eds), (World Scientific, Singapore, 1998) p. 318-320.
• Sonnenschein, A.; D. Bauer, D.O. Caldwell, D. Hale, S. Yellin, P.D. Barnes, Jr., A. DaSilva, R.J. Gaitskell, S.R. Golwala, R.R. Ross, B. Sadoulet, D. Seitz, T. Shutt, G. Smith, W. Stockwell, R. Therrien, S. White, P. Brink, B. Cabrera, B. Chugg, R.M. Clarke, B.L. Dougherty, A. Davies, K. Irwin, S.W. Nam. M.J. Penn, D.S. Akerib, T.A. Perera, R. Schnee, J. Emes, E.E. Haller, W.B. Knowlton, A. Smith, J.D.Taylor, and B.A. Young, The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) in Generation of Cosmological Large-Scale Structure, D.N. Schramm and P. Galeotti (eds.), Proc. Of ASI, Erice (Italy), 1996 (Klewer Academic, The Netherlands, ISBN: 0-7923-4816-8, 1997) 311-316.
• Knowlton, W.B., J.T. Walton, J.S. Lee, D. Lewak, Y.K. Wong, and E.E. Haller. Properties of silicon point defects as revealed by lithium ion drifting. in Process Physics and Modeling in Semiconductor Technology, Spring ECS Meeting/1996, (1996) p. 324-335.
• Walton, J.T., J.S. Lee, D. Lewak, Y.K. Wong, A.C. Cummings, R.A. Mewaldt, M.E. Wiedenbeck, W.B. Knowlton, and E.E. Haller. Past, present, and future cosmic ray identification applications for large area silicon detectors. in Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on High Purity Silicon, Fall ECS Meeting/1996, (1996) p. 406.
• Gaitskell, S.R., P.D. Barnes, Jr., A. Da Silva, S.R. Golwala, J. Jochum, R.R. Ross, B. Sadoulet, D. Seitz, T.Shutt, G. Smith, W. Stockwell, R. Therrien, S. White, A. Sonnenschein, D.O. Caldwell, D. Hale, S. Yellin, P. Brink, B. Cabrera, B. Chugg, R.M. Clarke, B.L. Dougherty, A. Davies, K.D. Irwin, S.W. Nam, M.J. Penn, D.S. Akerib, T.A. Perera, R. Schnee, J. Emes, E.E. Haller, W.B. Knowlton, A. Smith, J.D. Taylor, B.A. Young, V. Kuzminov and V. Novikov, The cryogenic dark matter search (CDMS) Experiment, Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on the Identification of Dark Matter, (ed. N.J.C. Spooner) Sheffield, England, September 8-12, 1996 (World Scientific, Singapore, 1997) p. 440-447. Download
• Farhoomand, J., B. Knowlton, R. McMurray, Jr., and E.E. Haller. Preliminary test results of a resonant Ge:Ga far-infrared photoconductor. in Millimeter & Submillimeter Waves III, 3rd SPIE Millimeter & Submillimeter Waves Conference, (1996) p. 390-395.
• Shutt, T., D.S. Akerib, P.D. Barnes, Jr., D. Bauer, P. Brink, B. Cabrera, B. Chugg, R.M. Clarke, A. Da Silva, A. Davies, B.L. Dougherty, J. Emes, R.J. Gaitskell, S.R. Golwala, D. Hale, E.E. Haller, K.D. Irwin, W.B. Knowlton, V. Kuzminov, A. Lu, M. Muno, S.W. Nam, V. Novikov, M.J. Penn, R.R. Ross, B. Sadoulet, D. Seitz, A. Smith, G. Smith, A. Sonnenschein, W. Stockwell, J.K. Taylor, R. Therrien, T. Trumbull, S. White, S. Yellin, and B.A. Young, Progress of the cryogenic dark matter search (CDMS) experiment, Nuclear Physics B (proc. Suppl.), 51B, 318-322 (1996). (Other CDMS publications)
• Knowlton, W.B., J.T. Walton, J.S. Lee, Y.K. Wong, E.E. Haller, W.v. Ammon, and W. Zulehner. Microdefects in nitrogen doped FZ silicon revealed by Li+ drifting. in Proc. of 18th ICDS, 18th International Conference on Defects in Semiconductors, (1995) p. 1761-1765.
• Da Silva, A.; D.S. Akerib, P.D. Barnes, Jr., D. Bauer, P. Brink, B. Cabrera, D.O. Caldwell, B. Chugg, R.M. Clarke, A. Davies, B.L. Dougherty, J. Emes, R.J. Gaitskell, S.R. Golwala, D. Hale, E.E. Haller, W.B. Knowlton, V. Kuzminov, A. Lu, S.W. Nam, M.J. Penn, V. Novikov, B.V. Pritychenko, R.R. Ross, B. Sadoulet, D. Seitz, T. Shutt, A. Smith, G. Smith, A. Sonnenschein, A.L. Spadafora, W. Stockwell, J.D. Taylor, R. Therrien, T. Trumbull, S. White, R.C. Wolgast, S. Yellin, and B.A. Young, Status of the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search, Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on the Dark Side of the Universe: Experimental Efforts and Theoretical Framework, Rome, Italy, November 13-14, 1995, (R. Bernabei and A. Incicchitti, eds.), (World Scientific, Singapore, 1996) pp. 187-191. Download

Conference Presentations, Posters and Extended Abstracts: (primarily to show inclusion of undergraduate and graduate students as authors*)

• William L. Hughes, Bernard Yurke, Hieu Bui*, Yerpeng Tan*, Ross Butler*, William McNeil*, Chad Watson, William B. Knowlton, Wan Kuang, Jeunghoon Lee, DNA-based nanotubes: A tool for understanding entropic effects of DNA self-assembly, poster presentation at the 2009 International Workshop on DNA-Based Nanotechnology: Construction, Mechanics, and Electronics (Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems Dresden, Germany, May 11-15, 2009).
• M. Reinhold*, D. Kiener, G. Dehm, W.B. Knowlton, and P. Müllner (presenting author), Magneto-mechanics of Ni-Mn-Ga on the Mesoscopic Scale, Oral presentation at the Materials Research Society Spring 2009 Meeting - Symposium II: Probing Mechanics at Nanoscale Dimensions, (San Francisco, CA; April 13 – 17, 2009).
• Bernard Yurke, Will Hughes, Wan Kuang, Jeunghoon Lee, Bill Knowlton (presenting author), Hieu Bui*, Jason Brotherton*, Jonathan Henderson*, William McNeil*, Stephanie Barnes*, Amber Cox*, Davis Daniel*, Mallory Yates*, New Research Direction – From Collagen to DNA – Engineering Nanostructures, invited talk at the INBRE Research Symposium (Boise, ID, April 5, 2009).
• Hieu Bui*, Yerpeng Tan*, Ross Butler*, Bernard Yurke, William B. Knowlton, William L. Hughes, Wan Kuang, Jeunghoon Lee, Attempts at DNA Origami Towards Nanofabrication of Electronic Structures, poster presentation at the 2009 IEEE Workshop and Microelectronic Devices (Boise, ID, April 3, 2009).
• J. Reed, Richard Southwick III* and W.B. Knowlton, Experimental Evidence for Polaron Hopping Conduction in HfO₂ - A Cryogenic Study, poster presentation at the 2008 IEEE International Integrated Reliability Workshop, (October 12-16, 2008).
• Jonathan Henderson*, Watson, Julia T. Oxford, W.B. Knowlton, Investigating the Nanomechanical Properties of Biomaterials Using Atomic Force Microscopy, poster presentation at the 7th Annual INBRE Research Conference (Boise, ID; August 6, 2008).
• H. Bui*, Y. Tan*, T. Lee*, R. Butler*, B. Yurke, W.B. Knowlton, Preliminary Investigation of Entropy-Driven Effect in Synthesized DNA Nanostructures, poster presentation at the 7th Annual INBRE Research Conference (Boise, ID; August 6, 2008).
• Kristy A. Campbell, Morgan Davis*, Richard Southwick III*, Hieu Bui*, Justin Reed*, William B. Knowlton, and Jeffrey M. Peloquin, Chalcogenide-Metal Alloys and Layered Chalcogenide Material Devices for Application in Multi-State Phase-Change Electronic Memory, invited talk at the 2008 Spring MRS Meeting (San Francisco, March 24-27, 2008). Received Outstanding Symposium Paper Award. Invited to submit the paper to the Journal of Materials Research.
• Richard G. Southwick III*, Justin C. Reed*, Gennadi Bersuker, and William B. Knowlton, Preliminary Study of Temperature Dependence of TiN/3nm HfO₂/1.1nm SiO₂/Si Gated MOSFETs, poster presentation at the 2007 IEEE International Integrated Reliability Workshop, (October 15-18, 2007).
• Aaron Sup, Richard G. Southwick III*, Amit Jain, William B. Knowlton, Arbitrary Oxide Multi-Layer MIM Energy Band Diagram Program, poster presentation at the 2007 IEEE International Integrated Reliability Workshop, (October 15-18, 2007).
• Amy J. Moll, William Knowlton, Patricia Pyke, and Melinda Seevers, Turning Weakness into Strength: Freshman/Sophomore MSE Research Interns Achieve Success, abstract and poster presentation at the Engineering Education National Science Foundation Conference (Arlington, Virginia Sept. 27, 2007).
• Bill Knowlton, David Araujo*, Patrick Price*, Jason Brotherton*, Kendra Coonse*, Veronica Hendricks*, Ricki Southwick III*, Jonathan Henderson*, Julie Oxford, Amy Moll, Wan Kuang, and Jake Baker, Progress Towards a Biomolecular Nanowire Sensor Array for Biomedical Applications, invited talk presented at the 6th Annual INBRE/COBRE Research Conference (Moscow, ID; August 6, 2007)
• W.B. Knowlton, David Araujo*, Patrick Price*, Jason Brotherton*, Kendra Coonse*,Ricki Southwick*, Julie Oxford, Amy Moll, Jake Baker, and Wan Kuang, Development of Biomolecular Nanostructure Sensor Arrays, presented at the Sensors and Sensor Technology session for the program of the 88th annual meeting of the AAAS, Pacific Division, (June 2007, Boise, ID)
• W.B. Knowlton, Kaci Bloxham*, J.T. Oxford, A nanometer scale perspective on cartilage genesis, presented at the Biomedical/Bio-related Materials , Part II session for the program of the 88th annual meeting of the AAAS, Pacific Division, (June 2007, Boise, ID)
• Bill Knowlton, Wan Kuang, David Araujo*, Patrick Price*, Jason Brotherton*, Kendra Coonse*, Lincoln Bollschweiler, Ricki Southwick*, Julie Oxford, Amy Moll, and Jake Baker, Nanofabrication of 3D Sensor Arrays for Detection, Advanced Fuel Cycle Workshop (May 8-9, 2007; Boise, ID)
• D. Estrada*, A. Oblea*, C. Perkins*, D. Araujo*, P. Price*, J. Brotherton*, J. Oxford, A.J. Moll, W.B. Knowlton, Preliminary Investigation of Electrical Characterization Techniques for Biological Nanowire Contacts, poster presented at the 2007 IEEE Workshop on Microelectronics and Electron Devices (Boise, Idaho; April 20, 2007), Best Poster Award.
• D. Temple, D. Malta, C. A. Bower, J. E. Robinson, P. R. Coffman, M. R. Skokan, T. B. Welch, A. J. Moll, and W.B. Knowlton, 3-D Process Technologies for Highly Integrated Microsystems, poster presentation at the 2007 DARPA Microsystems Technology Office Symposium, (March 2007).
• P. Mullner, Z. Clark*, L.Kenoyer, W. B. Knowlton, and G. Kostorz, Magnetoplasticity and nano-mangeto-mechanics of magnetic shape-memory alloys, invited talk given at the Fall 2006 Materials Research Society, November 2006).
• David Estrada*, Michael Ogas*, Terry Gorseth*, William B. Knowlton, Investigation of the Effects of Single pMOSFET ultra-Thin Oxide Degradation on NOR LogicCircuit Operability, poster presentation at the 2006 IEEE International Integrated Reliability Workshop, (October 2006).
• Bill Knowlton, Julie Oxford, Jen Cole*, Kaci Bloxham*, Linda Kenoyer, YerPeng Tan*, Jonathan Henderson*, Lisa Warner*, Zach Heuman*, Sorcha Yingst, Zak Clark*, and David Araujo*, Exploring the Extracellular Matrix with Atomic Force Microscopy, (Coeur D’Alene, ID, August 6-9, 2006).
• Michael Hagler*, Zak Clark*, Linda Kenoyer, Bill Knowlton, V. A. Chernenko, M. Ohtsuka, H. Rumpf, Peter Mullner, Nano-Magneto-Mechanics of Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloy Single Crystals and Thin Films, poster presented at the Thin Film and Small Scale Mechanical Behavior Gordon Research Conference (Colby College Waterville, ME, July 30 - August 4, 2006).
• Richard Southwick III*, Michael Ogas* and William B. Knowlton, Interactive dual oxide MOS energy band diagram program, poster presentation at the 2005 IEEE International Integrated Reliability Workshop, (October 2005).
• Z. Clark*, W. B. Knowlton, P. Müllner and G. Kostorz, Nano-magneto-mechanics of Ni-Mn-Ga Heusler alloys, 2005 Workshop on Magnetic Shape Memory Alloys, (Ascona, Switzerland, 11-16 September, 2005).
• M. Hagler*, P. Müllner, W. B. Knowlton, A. Punnoose, M. Aguirre and G. Kostorz, Magneto-mechanical properties of Ni-Mn-Ga with different microstructures, 2005 Workshop on Magnetic Shape Memory Alloys, (Ascona, Switzerland, 11-16 September, 2005).
• Zach Heuman*, Jennifer Cole*, Lisa Warner*, Sorcha Cusack, Zak Clark*, David Araujo*, Julia T. Oxford, William B. Knowlton, Determining Nanomechanical Properties of Biomaterials via Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), poster presented at the Fourth Annual Idaho biomedical Research Infrastructure Research Conference (Boise, Idaho, August 2005).
• K. M. Reddy, J. Hays*, A. Thurber*, R. Hansen*, R. Benson*, M. H. Engelhard, V. Shutthanandan, C. Wang, S. Thevuthasan, W. B. Knowlton and A. Punnoose, Optical and magnetic properties of transition metal doped ZnO and TiO2, Invited poster presentation at 2005 DOE/NSF EPSCoR Conference, (Morgantown, WV, June 14-16, 2005).
• Betsy J. Cheek*, Richard G. Southwick III*, Michael L. Ogas*, Patrick E. Nagler*, David Whelchel*, Santosh Kumar, R. Jacob Baker, William B. Knowlton, Preliminary Soft Breakdown (SBD) Effects In CMOS Building Block Circuits, poster presentation at 2004 IEEE International Integrated Reliability Workshop, (Oct. 2004).
• Richard G. Southwick III*, Vaughn Johnson*, Joe Lindsey*, Tim Lawrence*, Jim Jozwiak, Amy Moll, William B. Knowlton, Through Wafer Interconnects: Preliminary Investigation Of Plasma Induced Damage In pMOSFETs By BOSCH DRIE, poster presentation at 2004 IEEE International Integrated Reliability Workshop, (Oct. 2004).
• Cole*, Jen, Lisa Warner*, Andrew Oler*, Julia Oxford, Cheryl Jorcyk, and William Knowlton, Applications of AFM in Biomaterials Research, oral presentation at the Third Annual Idaho Biomedical Research Infrastructure Research Conference (Pocatello, Idaho, August 9-11, 2004).
• Warner*, Lisa, Jen Cole*, Sorcha Cusack, William Knowlton, Julia Oxford, Design and Testing of Biosynthetic Cartilage, oral presentation at the Third Annual Idaho Biomedical Research Infrastructure Research Conference, (Pocatello, Idaho, August 9-11, 2004).
• Ogas*, Michael, Richard Southwick III*, Betsy Cheek*, Carrie Lawrence*, BSU, Santosh Kumar, Amr Haggag, Jacob Baker, and William Knowlton, Multiple Waveform Pulse Voltage Stress Technique for Modeling Noise in ultra Thin Oxides, poster presentation at Workshop on Microelectronics and Electron Devices, (Boise, Idaho, April 16, 2004).
• Kiri, Dorian*, William B. Knowlton, Dale D. Russell, Lisa Warner*, and Jonathan M. Scaggs*, Chemical FET Sensor for Uranyl Cation (UO22+) Detection, poster presentation at Workshop on Microelectronics and Electron Devices, (April 16, 2004).
• Ogas, Michael*, Dorian Kiri*, Ouahid Salhi*, Richard Southwick III*, Betsy Cheek*, William B. Knowlton, Investigation of ultra Thin Gate Oxide Reliability in MOS Devices and Simple ICs, poster presentation at Workshop on Microelectronics and Electron Devices, (Boise, Idaho, April 16, 2004) and at 2004 IEEE International Integrated Reliability Workshop, (Oct. 2004).
• Kiri, Dorian*, William B. Knowlton, Dale Russell, John Scaggs*, and Lisa Warner*, Heavy Metal Chem-FET Sensors Fabricated Using Nanoliter Electrochemical Deposition of Polymer, oral presentation at the 2004 Pittsburg Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, (Chicago, March 9, 2004).
• Russell, Dale D., Jonathan Scaggs*, Ryan L Meyer*, William Knowlton, Dorian Kiri*, and Lisa R Warner*, Field Portable Sensor for Uranium and Plutonium, oral presentation at the 2004 Pittsburg Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, (Chicago, March 9, 2004).
• Meyer*, Ryan L., Dale D Russell, William Knowlton, Lisa R Warner*, Jonathan Scaggs* and Dorian Kiri*, Design and Development of Heavy Metal Sensors using Conductive, Chelating Polymers, oral presentation at the 2004 Pittsburg Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, (Chicago, March 9, 2004).
• Kiri, Dorian*, William B. Knowlton, Dale Russell, Jonathon Scaggs*, and Lisa Warner*, and Ryan Meyer*, Reliability of Molecular Electronic Chemical FET Sensors, poster presentation at the 2003 IEEE International Integrated Reliability Workshop (Oct, 20-23, 2003).
• Ogas*, M. L., R. G. Southwick III, B. J. Cheek*, C. E. Lawrence*, S. Kumar, A. Haggag, R. J. Baker, W. B. Knowlton, Investigation of Multiple waveform pulse voltage stress (MWPVS) technique in ultrathin oxides, poster presentation at the 2003 IEEE International Integrated Reliability Workshop (Oct, 20-23, 2003).
• Scaggs*, J.M., D.D. Russell, W.B. Knowlton, L.R. Warner*, R. Meyer*, and D. Kiri*, Field portable electrochemical sensors for heavy metals, extended abstract presented at the 2003 Subsurface Science Symposium (5-8 October 2003).
• Cole, Jennifer*, Megan Kane*, Zak Clark*, Julia Oxford and William Knowlton, Imaging and characterization of fetal cartilage with atomic force microscopy, poster session at the 2nd Annual Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network Research Conference, Boise, ID (August 11-14, 2003).
• Stutzke*, Nate, Betsy J. Cheek*, and William B. Knowlton, Circuit-level stress and gate dielectric degradation in MOSFETs, oral presentation and poster at the 2003 Micron Foundation Summer Technical Conference, Boise, ID (August 8, 2003). [Awarded Best Poster Award]
• Kiri, Dorian*, William B. Knowlton, Dale Russell, Lisa Warner* and Jon Scaggs*, Electrochemical deposition for chemical field effect transistors (ChemFETs), oral presentation and poster at the 2003 Micron Foundation Summer Technical Conference, Boise, ID (August 8, 2003).
• Southwick III, R.G. *, Betsy Cheek* and William B. Knowlton, Charge pumping techniques for MOS devices, oral presentation and poster at the 2003 Micron Foundation Summer Technical Conference, Boise, ID (August 8, 2003).
• Meyer, Ryan*, Dale D. Russell, Jonathan Scaggs*, William Knowlton, Lisa Warner*, Dorian Kiri*, and William Bauer and Tedd Lister, Development and analysis of heavy metal chem-FET sensors using semi-conductive chelating polymers, presented at the American Chemical Society 225th National Meeting, New Orleans, MA (March 23-27, 2003).
• Meyer, Ryan*, Dale D. Russell, Jonathan Scaggs*, William Knowlton, Lisa Warner*, Dorian Kiri*, and William Bauer and Tedd Lister, Design and development of heavy metal chem-FET sensors using semi-conductive chelating polymers, poster session at the American Chemical Society 225th National Meeting, New Orleans, MA (March 23-27, 2003).
• Scaggs, Jonathan*, Dale Russell, Ryan Meyer*, Lisa Warner*, Bill Knowlton, Dorian Kiri*, Zak Clark*, William Bauer and Tedd Lister, Chem-FET sensors for the trans-uranics, poster session at American Chemical Society 225th National Meeting, New Orleans, MA (March 23-27, 2003).
• Moll, Amy and William B. Knowlton, Industrial Emphasis in the Materials Science & Engineering Curriculum, presented at the Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society, Symposium JJ-The Undergraduate Curriculum in Materials Science and Engineering, (December 2-4, 2002).
• Cheek, Betsy*, Carrie Lawrence*, Tim Lawrence*, Jose Gomez*, Theodora Caldwell*, Dorian Kiri*, Santosh Kumar, Jake Baker, Amy J. Moll and William B. Knowlton, Gate dielectric degradation effects on nMOS devices and simple IC building blocks (SICBBs), extended abstract accepted for poster session at IEEE/EDS Workshop on Microelectronics and Electron Devices, (October 25, 2002). Download
• Lawrence*, C., B. Cheek*, T. Caldwell*, T. Lawrence*, D. Kiri*, S. Kumar, J. Baker, A. J. Moll and W. B. Knowlton, Pulse voltage stressing of ultrathin gate oxides in NMOS devices, poster session at the IEEE International Integrated Reliability Workshop, (October 21-24, 2002). Download
• Cheek*, B., C. Lawrence, T. Lawrence*, T. Caldwell*, D. Kiri*, S. Kumar, J. Baker, A. J. Moll and W. B. Knowlton, Circuit level reliability of ultrathin gate oxides for SICBBs: Preliminary study concentrated on the effect of stress on the NMOSFET of an inverter, poster session at the IEEE International Integrated Reliability Workshop, (October 21-24, 2002).
• Scaggs*, Jonathan, Dale Russell, Ryan Meyer*, William Knowlton, Michael Hill, William Bauer and Todd Lister, Field portable electrochemical sensors for heavy metals, presented at the Subsurface Science Symposium, Boise, ID (October 13-16, 2002).
• Plumlee*, D.G., Y. Morales*, W.B. Knowlton, and A.J. Moll, Pressure Sensors built in Low Temperature Co-Fired Ceramic Materials, presented at IMAPS Advanced Technology Workshop, Denver, CO (September 6-8, 2002).
• Knowlton, William B., Research efforts in materials science related areas at Boise State University, invited talk at Idaho State University-Idaho Accelerator Center Workshop on "Application of Novel X-ray sources to Biological and Materials Science" (September 5 & 6, 2002).
• Russell, Dale D., Jonathan Scaggs*, Ryan L. Meyer*, William B. Knowlton, Michael W. Hill, William Bauer and Tedd Lister, Electrochemical sensors for the tranuranics, poster session at the American Chemical Society 224th National Meeting, Boston, MA (August 18-22, 2002).
• Scaggs*, Jonathan, Dale D. Russell, Ryan L. Meyer*, William B. Knowlton, Michael W. Hill, William Bauer and Tedd Lister, Field portable electrochemical sensors for heavy metals, poster session at the American Chemical Society 224th National Meeting, Boston, MA (August 18-22, 2002).
• Knowlton, W.B., H. Bracht, J.T. Walton, Y. Wong, J.S. Lee*, D. Suhartono*, and E.E. Haller. Microdefects in FZ silicon studied by Li+ drifting, TEM and process modeling. extended abstract in Bulletin of the American Physical Society, March Meeting of the American Physical Society, (1998) p. 545.

Other:

• Knowlton, W.B., Microdefects and self-interstitial diffusion in crystalline silicon, Ph.D. Thesis, University of California at Berkeley, p. 214, (1998). Download
• Knowlton, W.B., Structural and phonon transmission study of Ge-Au-Ge eutectically bonded interfaces, Master of Science Thesis, University of California at Berkeley, p. 180, (1995).

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