Refereed Papers in Conference Proceedings:

1.      Enhanced Photon Harvesting in a-Si:H solar cells with photonic crystals, D. Zhou, R. Biswas, Proceedings 35^th IEEE –PVSEC (May 2008).

2.      Improved Photon Absorption in a-Si:H Solar Cells using Photonic Crystal Architectures, R. Biswas, D. Zhou, Proceedings Symposium A MRS (2008).

3.       Theory of Thermal Emissivity and Enhanced Absorption in Sub-wavelength Metallodielectric Photonic Crystals, R. Biswas, I. Puscasu, M. Pralle, M. McNeal, J. Daly, A. Greenwald, E. Johnson, S. Neginhal, C.G. Ding, MRS Symposium Proceedings 1014E, AA 11.5 (2007).

4.       Enhancing Light-trapping and Efficiency of Solar Cells with Photonic Crystals, R. Biswas and D. Zhou, MRS Symposium Proceedings 989, A3.2 (2007).

5.       Simulations of Sub-wavelength Metallo-dielectric Photonic Crystals for Gas Sensing, R. Biswas, I. Puscasu, M. Pralle, M. McNeal, J. Daly, A. Greenwald, E. Johnson, S. Neginhal, C.G. Ding, MRS Symp. Proceedings Symposium 952E, F 2.2 (2006)

6.       R. Biswas and B. C. Pan, “Simulation of realistic core shell nanowires”, MRS Symposium Proceedings 910, 15 (2006).

7.       R. Zhang, P. Shrotriya, R. Biswas, A. Chandra, “Molecular approach to material detachment mechanism during the material removal process”, 2nd CIRP International Conference on High Performance cutting.(2006)

8.       R. Biswas, V. Selvaraj, and B.C. Pan, “Microcrystalline and Nanocrystalline silicon- simulation of material properties” MRS Symposium Proceedings 862, 133 (2005).

9.       R. Biswas and B. C. Pan, “H evolution from nanocrystalline silicon – comparison of theory and experiment”  MRS Symposium Proceedings  808, 65 (2004).

10.   Y. Ye, R. Biswas, A. Bastawaros, and A. Chandra, “Atomistic Mechanisms underlying Chemical Mechanical Planarization of Copper”, Proceedings 2003 MRS Spring Meeting 767, F1.8 (2003).

11.   R. Biswas and B. C. Pan, Atomistic nature of nano crystalline silicon, Proceedings MRS 762, A11.4.1 (2003).

12.   M. Pralle, E.A. Johnson, I. Puscascu, A. C. Greenwald, J. T. Daly, B. Kinkade, M. McNeal, N. Moelders, T. George and D. S. Choi, I. El-Kady, R. Biswas  Photonic crystals for narrow-band infrared emission  Proc. SPIE 4574, 193 (2002)

13.   I. Puscascu, M. Pralle, Mark P. McNeal, Nicholas Moelders, L. List, W. Ho, A. C. Greenwald, J. T. Daly, E. A. Johnson, I. El-Kady, R. Biswas, Frequency selective surfaces for MEMS Gas Sensor, Proceedings MRS 722, 395 (2002).

14.   R. Biswas, B.C. Pan, “Nature of Charged metastable defects in network rebonding model”, Proceedings Materials Research Society 715, 429 (2002).

15.   Y. Ye, R. Biswas, J. Morris, A. Bastawaros, and A. Chandra, Simulation of Nanoscale polishing of copper with molecular dynamics”, Proceedings, Materials Research Society, 732E, I4.8 (2002).

16.   R. Biswas, E. Ozbay, B. Temelkuran, M. Bayindir,  M.M. Sigalas, and K-M. Ho, “Antenna Applications of Photonic band gap crystals”, Invited paper T23.24, Proceedings, URSI-2001 Symposium on Electromagnetic Theory, page 341. 

17.   R. Biswas, B.C. Pan and Y. Ye, “Network rebonding model for metastability in amorphous silicon”, Proceedings Materials Research Society 664, A14.1 (2001).

18.   R. Biswas, Y.-P. Li, and B.C. Pan, “Mechanisms of metastability in hydrogenated amorphous silicon”, Proceedings MRS 609,  A3.5 (2000). Invited paper

19.   Anton C. Greenwald, J. T. Daly, E. A. Johnson, B. Kinkade, M. McNeal, M. Pralle, and N. Moelders, Ion Optics, Inc, T. George and D. S. Choi, JPL, R. Biswas and I. El-Kady. “Narrow band emission from lithographically defined photonic bandgap structures in silicon: matching theory and experiment”, MRS Proceedings 637, E2.6.1 (2000). (Microphotonics- Materials, Physics  and Applications).

20.   M. Bayindir, B. Temelkuran, E. Ozbay, R. Biswas, G. Tuttle, M.M. Sigalas, and K-M. Ho,  Photonic crystal based resonant antenna with a very high directivity, Proceedings, Antennas and Propagation, Davis, Switzerland (April 2000).

21.   M. Bayindir, B. Temelkuran, E. Ozbay, R. Biswas, G. Tuttle, M.M. Sigalas, and K-M. Ho, Microwave Applications of Photonic crystals, Proceedings European Microwave Conference, page 520, (2000).

22.   G. Subramania, K. Constant, R. Biswas, M. M. Sigalas, and K.-M. Ho, “Optical Photonic Crystals Synthesized from Nanocrystalline Titania”, Proceedings of Fine, Ultrafine and Nano Powders 2000 .

23.   R. Biswas, and Y.P. Li, “H-flip model for metastable structural changes of amorphous silicon”, Materials Research Society Symp. Proc. 557, 371 (1999).

24.   R. Biswas and B.C. Pan, “Microscopic nature of light-induced defects”, MRS Symposium 507, 607 (1998).

25.   M. Sigalas, R. Biswas, K.-M. Ho, C.M. Soukoulis and D. Crouch, “Waveguides in photonic band gap crystals”, submitted to Proceedings 14th annual review of progress in Applied Computational Electromagnetics  p. 144 (1998).

26.   R. Biswas, Q. Li, B.C. Pan, and Y. Yoon, “Reactivity and migration of H in a-Si:H”, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings 467, 135 (1997).

27.   M. Sigalas, R. Biswas, K.-M. Ho, W. Leung, G. Tuttle, and D. Crouch, “Applications of photonic band gap materials” Proceedings 12th annual review of progress in Applied Computational Electromagnetics  p. 412 (1997).

28.   R. Biswas and Q. Li, “Local structural changes around charged dangling bonds”, Materials Research Society Proceedings 420, 673 (1996).

29.   Q. Li and R. Biswas, “Metastable defects in a-Si:H from bond-length disorder”, Materials Research Society Proceedings 420, 623 (1996).

30.   M. M. Sigalas, R. Biswas, C. T. Chan, K.M. Ho and C.M. Soukoulis, “Theoretical studies of photonic band gap materials”, Proceedings 12th annual review of progress in Applied Computational Electromagnetics  p. 436 (1996).

31.   Q. Li and R. Biswas, “Metastable defect formation by hydrogen relocation and rebonding”, Materials Research Society Proceedings 377, 407 (1995).

32.   Q. Li, R. Biswas and C.M. Soukoulis, "New Approaches to molecular dynamics simulations of a-Si:H," Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 336, 219 (1994).

33.   R. Biswas, K. Roos, and M. Tringides, " Low Temperature Growth Mechanisms for RHEED oscillations," Mater. Res. Soc.. Symp. Proc. 312, 249 (1993).

34.   Kwon, R. Biswas, " Structure and stability of microvoids in a-Si:H" Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 297,  225 (1993).

35.   C. R. Wronski, N. Maley, R. Biswas et al, "Findings and plans of the stable Materials Advisory Research Team," Proceedings 11th European Photovoltaic solar energy conference (1992) pages 72-75.

36.   R. Biswas, I. Kwon, and C. M. Soukoulis, "Assessment of weak Si-Si bond breaking mechanisms of the Staebler-Wronski effect," Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proceedings 219, 99 (1991).

37.   R. Biswas and I. Kwon, "New Interpretations of the Staebler-Wronski effect in a- Si:H with molecular dynamics simulations," AIP Conference Proceedings 234, 45 (1991).

38.   R. Biswas, I. Kwon, and C. M. Soukoulis, "Molecular dynamics simulations of the structural, vibrational, and electronic properties of amorphous silicon," Materials Research Society Symposium  Proceedings 192, 251 (1990) (invited paper).

39.   W. A. Kamitakahara, R. Biswas, A. M. Bouchard, F. Gompf and J. B. Suck, "Vibrational Spectra for hydrogenated amorphous semiconductors," Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings 166, 361 (1990).

40.   R. Biswas, A. M. Bouchard, W. A. Kamitakahara, G. S. Grest, and C. Soukoulis, "Vibrational spectra and vibrational localization in amorphous silicon," Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 41, 213 (1989).

41.   D. R. Hamann and R. Biswas, "Classical models for silicon structural energies," Proceedings, 18th International Conference on Physics of Semiconductors, Stockholm (1986).

R. Biswas and D. R. Hamann, "Classical two- and three-body interatomic potentials for silicon simulations," Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 63, 173 (1985).