Publications

(If you need a pdf copy of a paper, please e-mail Dr. Chen: chen168@ucsd.edu)

    2013

  1. P. Soman, P. H. Chung, A. Zhang, S.C. Chen, "Microfabrication of user-defined 3D microstructures in cell-laden hydrogels", Biotechnology and Bioengineering, accepted 2013
  2. W. Zhang, P. Soman, K. Meggs, X. Qu and S.C. Chen, "Tuning the Poisson's ratio of biomaterials for investigating cellular responses", Advanced Functional Materials, first published online on Feb 6 2013.
  3. S.P. Grogan, P. H. Chung, P. Soman, P. Chen, M. K. Lotz, S.C. Chen, D. D'Lima, "Digital-Micromirror-Device Projection Printing System for Meniscus Tissue Engineering", Acta Biomaterialia, in press.
  4. J.W. Lee, K-J, Kim, K.S. Kang, S.C. Chen, J-W, Rhie, D-W Cho, "Reconstruction of cranial-bone defects with adipose-derived stem cells and a solid free-form fabrication (SFF)-based functional scaffold", Journal of Biomedical Materials Research-Part A, in press.

    5. 2012

  5. A. P. Zhang, X. Qu, P. Soman, K. C. Hribar, J. W. Lee, S.C. Chen, and S. He, "Rapid Fabrication of Complex 3D Extracellular Microenvironments by Dynamic Optical Projection Stereolithography", Advanced Materials, Vol. 24 (no. 31), pp. 4266-4270. 2012.
  6. P. Soman, J. A. Kelber, J. W. Lee, T. Wright, K. S. Vecchio, R. L. Klemke, and S.C. Chen, "Cancer cell migration within 3D layer-by-layer microfabricated photocrosslinked PEG scaffolds with tunable stiffness" Biomaterials, Vol. 33 (no. 29) pp. 7064-7070, 2012.
  7. P. Soman, B. T. D. Tobe , J.W. Lee, A. Winquist , I. Singec, K. S. Vecchio, E. Y. Snyder, and S. C. Chen, "Three-dimensional scaffolding to investigate neuronal derivatives of human embryonic stem cells", Biomedical Microdevices, Vol. 14 (no. 5), pp. 829-838, 2012.
  8. P. Zorlutuna, N. Annabi, G. Camci-Unai, M. Nikkah, J. M. Cha, J. Nichol, A. Manbachi, H. Bae. S.C. Chen and A. Khademhosseini, “Microfabricated Biomaterials for Engineering 3D Tissues”, Advanced Materials, Vol. 24 (no. 14), pp. 1782–1804, 2012.
  9. R. Gauvin, Y.-C. Chen, J. W. Lee, P. Soman, P. Zorlutuna, J. Nichol, S.C. Chen and A. Khademhosseini, “Microfabrication of complex porous tissue engineering scaffolds using 3D projection stereolithography”, Biomaterials, Vol. 33 (no.15), pp. 3824-3834, 2012.
  10. P. Soman, D. Fozdar, J. W. Lee, A. Phadke, S. Varghese and S.C. Chen, "Three-dimensional Polymer Constructs Exhibiting a Zero Poisson’s Ratio",Soft Matter, Vol. 8 (no. 18), pp. 4946-4951, 2012.
  11. W. Wang, S. M. Wu, K. Reinhardt, Y. L. Lu, and S. C. Chen, "Enhanced Photon Absorption and Carrier Generation in Nanowire Solar Cells",Optics Express, Vol. 20 (no. 4), pp.3733-3743, 2012.
  12. P. Soman, J. W. Lee, A. Phadke, S. Varghese and S.C. Chen, Spatial Tuning of Negative and Positive Poisson's Ratio in a Multi-layer Scaffold”, Acta Biomaterialia, Vol. 8, pp. 2587-2594, 2012.

    13. 2011

  13. W. Zhang and S.C. Chen, Femtosecond Laser Nanofabrication of Hydrogel Biomaterial", MRS Bulletin, Vol. 36 (12), pp 1028 - 1033, 2011.
  14. S. Suri, L.H. Han, W. Zhang, A. Singh, S.C. Chen, C. E. Schmidt, “Solid Freeform Fabrication of Designer Scaffolds of Hyaluronic Acid for Tissue Engineering, Biomedical Microdevices, Vol. 13 (6), pp. 983-993, 2011.
  15. D. Y. Fozdar, P. Soman, J. W. Lee, L.-H. Han, S.C. Chen, "Three-dimensional Polymer Constructs Exhibiting a Tunable Negative Poisson's Ratio", Advanced Functional Materials, Vol. 21 (No. 14), pp. 2712–2720, 2011.
  16. P. Soman, W. Zhang, A. Umeda, Z. J. Zhang*, and S.C. Chen, "Femtosecond laser-assisted optoporation for drug and gene delivery into single mammalian cells," Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology, Vol. 7 (No. 3), pp. 334-341, 2011.
  17. P. Soman, M. Darnell, M. D. Feldman and S.C. Chen, "Growth of High-aspect Ratio Horizontally-aligned ZnO Nanowire Arrays", Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Vol. 11 (No. 8), pp. 6880-6885, 2011
  18. J. Wakil, E. G. Colgan, S.C. Chen, “Back-End-of-Line and Micro-C4 Thermal Resistance Contributions to 3-D Stack Packages”,IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 1 (No. 7), pp. 1007-1014, 2011.
  19. J. Wakil, P. Dehaven, N. Klymko, S.C. Chen, "Thermo-mechanical Response of Thru-Silicon Vias Under Local Thermal Transients Using Experimentally Validated Finite Element Models", Journal of Electronic Packaging, Vol. 133, pp. 031001, 2011.
  20. L.H. Han, S. M. Wu, J. C. Condit, N. J. Kemp, T. E. Milner, M. D. Feldman, S.C. Chen, "Light-Powered Micromotor: Design, Fabrication, and Mathematical Modeling", Journal of MicroElectroMechanical Systems, Vol. 20 (No. 2), pp 487-496, 2011.

    21. 2010

  21. D. Y. Fozdar, J. Lee, C. E. Schmidt, S.C. Chen, "Hippocampal neurons respond uniquely to topographies of various sizes and shapes", Biofabrication, Vol. 2 (No.3), 035005 (1-11), 2010.
  22. D. Y. Fozdar, J. Lee, C. E. Schmidt, S.C. Chen, "Selective axonal growth of embryonic hippocampal neurons to competing topographical features of various size and shape", International Journal of Nanomedicine, Vol. 2011 (no. 6), pp. 45-57, 2010.
  23. L. H. Han, S. Suri, C. E. Schmidt, S.C. Chen, "Fabrication of Three-dimensional Scaffolds for Heterogeneous Tissue Engineering", Biomedical Microdevices, Vol. 12 (no. 4), pp. 721-725, 2010.
  24. L.H. Han, S. M. Wu, , J. C. Condit, N. J. Kemp, T. E. Milner, M. D. Feldman, S.C. Chen, "Light-Powered Micromotor Driven by Geometry-Assisted, Asymmetric Photon-heating and Subsequent Gas Convection", Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 96 (No. 21), pp. 213509 (1-3), 2010.
  25. W. Wang, Y. L. Lu, R. J. Knize, K. Reinhardt, and S. C. Chen, "Tuning the extraordinary transmission in a metallic/dielectric CDC hole array by changing the temperature", Optics Express, Vol. 18 (No. 15), pp. 15553-15559, 2010.
  26. S. M. Wu, W. Wang, K. Reinhardt, Y. L. Lu, and S. C. Chen, "Absorption Enhancement in Thin Film Silicon Solar Cells by Two-dimensional Periodic Nanopatterns", Journal of Nanophotonics, Vol. 4, 043515 (1-8), 2010.
  27. W. Wang, S. M. Wu, K. Reinhardt, Y. L. Lu, and S. C. Chen, "Broadband Solar Absorption Enhancement in Thin-Film Solar Cells", Nano Letters, Vol. 10 (6), pp 2012-2018, 2010.
  28. L.H. Han, J. A. Easley, C. J. Ellison, S.C. Chen, "Fluorinated Colloidal Emulsion of Photo-changeable Rheological Behavior as a Sacrificial Agent to Fabricate Organic, 3D Microstructures", Langmuir, Vol. 26 (9), pp.6108-6110, 2010.
  29. W. Zhang, L.H. Han, S.C. Chen, "Fabrication of Nanoimprinting Molds by Two-photon Polymerization", Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Vol. 132, no. 3, pp. 030907(1-5), 2010.

    30. 2009

  30. C. A. Aguilar, A. Mavrokefalos, B. A. Korgel, S. C. Chen, R. A. Haight, "Probing Electronic Properties of Molecular Engineered Zinc Oxide Nanowires with Photoelectron Spectroscopy", ACS Nano, Vol. 3 (No. 10), pp. 3057-3062, 2009.
  31. S. M. Wu, L. H. Han, S. C. Chen, "Three Dimensional Selective Growth of Nanoparticles on a Polymer Microstructure", Nanotechnology, Vol. 20, pp. 285312 (1-4), 2009.
  32. W. Wang, Y. L. Lu, R. J. Knize, K. Reinhardt, and S. C. Chen, "Tunable and polarization-selective THz range transmission properties of metallic rectangular array with a varying hole channel shape", Optics Express, Vol. 17 (9), pp. 7361-7367, 2009.
  33. R. Caslaru, M.P. Sealy, Y.B. Guo, S. C. Chen, "Fabrication and Characterization of Micro Dent Array Produced by Laser Shock Peening on Aluminum Surfaces", Transactions of NAMRI/SME, Vol. 37, 2009, pp. 159-166, 2009.
  34. L. H. Han, W. Wang, Y. L. Lu, R. J. Knize, K. Reinhardt, J. R. Howell, and S. C. Chen, "Analytical and Experimental Investigation of Electromagnetic Field Enhancement among Nanospheres with Varying Spacing", Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 131, pp. 033110, 2009.

    35. 2008

  35. D. Y. Fozdar, X. M. Wu, C.W. Patrick, and S.C. Chen, "Micro-well Texture Printed into PEG Hydrogels Using the FILM Nanomanufacturing Process Affects the Behavior of Preadipocytes", Biomedical Microdevices, Vol. 10 (6), pp 839-849, 2008.
  36. D.Y. Fozdar, W. Zhang, M. Palard, C.W. Patrick, and S.C. Chen, "Flash Imprint Lithography Using a Mask Aligner (FILM): a Method for Printing Nanostructures in Photosensitive Hydrogels", Nanotechnology, Vol. 19, pp. 215303, 2008.
  37. Y. Lu and S. C. Chen, "Direct-write of Microlens Array Using Digital Projection Photopolymerization", Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 92 (4), pp. 041109 (1-3), 2008.
  38. D.B. Shao and S.C. Chen, "Surface Plasmon Assisted Contact Scheme Nanoscale Photolithography Using a UV Lamp", Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, Vol. 26 (1), pp. 227-231, 2008.
  39. L. H. Han, G. Mapili, S.C. Chen, K. Roy, "Projection Micro-Printing of Three-Dimensional Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering", Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Vol. 130, pp. 021005-1-4, 2008.
  40. A. J. Heltzel, S. Theppakuttai, S. C. Chen, and J. R. Howell, "Surface Plasmon-Based Nanopatterning Assisted by Gold Nanospheres", Nanotechnology, Vol. 19, pp. 025305, 2008.

    41. 2007

  41. A. Battula, Y. L. Lu, R. J. Knize, K. Reinhardt, S. C. Chen, "Extraordinary Transmission and Enhanced Emission with Metallic Gratings Having Converging-Diverging Channels", Active and Passive Electronic Components, pp. 24084, December 2007.
  42. A. Battula, Y. L. Lu, R. J. Knize, K. Reinhardt, S. C. Chen, "Tunable extraordinary optical transmission at 100 THz through a metallic hole array with a varying hole shape", Optics Express, Vol. 15 (no. 22), pp. 14629-14635, 2007.
  43. A. Battula and S. C. Chen, "Tunable Plasmonic-Crystal Superlens for Sub-wavelength Imaging", Physical Review B, Vol. 76 (no.19), pp. 193408 (1-4), 2007.
  44. A. Battula, S. C. Chen, Y. L. Lu, R. J. Knize, K. Reinhardt, "Tuning the extraordinary optical transmission through subwavelength hole array by applying a magnetic field", Optics Letters, Vol. 32 (18), pp. 2692-2694, 2007.
  45. K. C. Dickey, S. Subramanian, J. E. Anthony, L. H. Han, S.C. Chen, and Y.L. Loo, "Large-area patterning of a solution-processable organic semiconductor to reduce parasitic leakage and off currents in thin-film transistors", Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 90, 244103, 2007.
  46. A. J. Heltzel, A. Battula, J. R. Howell, and S. C. Chen, "Nanostructuring Borosilicate Glass with Near-field Enhanced Energy Using a Femtosecond Laser Pulse", Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 129 (no.1), pp.53-59, 2007.
  47. A.W. Warren, Y.B. Guo, S.C. Chen, "Massive parallel laser shock peening: Simulation, analysis, and validation", International Journal of Fatigue, Vol. 30, pp. 188-197, 2007.
  48. N. Gomez, S.C. Chen, and C. Schmidt, "Polarization of Hippocampal Neurons with Competitive Surface Stimuli: Contact Guidance Cues are Preferred over Chemical Ligands", Journal of the Royal Society Interface, Vol. 4, pp. 223-233, 2007.

    49. 2006

  49. A. Battula and S. C. Chen, "Monochromatic Polarized Coherent Emitter Enhanced by Surface Plasmons and Cavity Resonance", Physical Review B, Vol. 74 (24), pp. 245407-1-7, 2006.
  50. D.B Shao and S.C. Chen, "Direct Patterning of Three-dimensional Periodic Nanostructures by Surface Plasmon Assisted Nanolithography", Nano Letters, Vol. 6 (10), pp. 2279-2283, 2006.
  51. L.H. Han, T.J. Tang, S.C. Chen, "Turning the Absorption of Au Nanospheres on a Micro-Shell by Photo-Deformation", Nanotechnology, Vol. 17, pp. 4600-4605, 2006.
  52. N. Gomez, Y. Lu, S.C. Chen, and C. Schmidt, "Immobilized Nerve Growth Factor and Microtopography Have Distinct Effects on Polarization Versus Axon Elongation in Hippocampal Cells in Culture", Biomaterials, Vol. 28 (2), pp. 271-284, 2006.
  53. A. Battula and S. C. Chen, "Extraordinary Transmission in a Narrow Energy Band for Metallic Nano-gratings with Converging-Diverging Channels", Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 89 (13), pp 131113, 2006.
  54. H. W. Kang, H. Lee, S.C. Chen, and A. J. Welch, "Enhancement of Bovine Bone Ablation Assisted by a Transparent Liquid Layer on Target Surface", IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, Vol. 42, No. 7, pp. 633-642, 2006.
  55. Y. Lu, G. Mapili, G. Suhali, S.C. Chen, K. Roy, "A Digital Micro-mirror Device (DMD)-based System for the microfabrication of Complex, Spatially Patterned Tissue Engineering Scaffolds", Journal of Biomedical Materials Research A, Vol. 77A (2), pp. 396-405, 2006.
  56. S. Li, M. Ali, H. Li, D.Y. Fozdar, D.B. Shao, M.G. Olsen, J. T. McDevitt, S.C. Chen, "A Continuous-flow Polymerase Chain Reaction Microchip with Regional Velocity Control", Journal of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems, vol.15(1), pp. 223-236, 2006.
  57. A. Battula, S. Theppakuttai, and S. C. Chen, "Direct Parallel Nano-patterning of SiC by Laser Nanosphere Lithography", Journal of Microlithography, Microfabrication, and Microsystems, vol.5(1), pp. 011009, 2006.
  58. D. Y. Fozdar, S. Li, S. C. Chen, D. M. Vykoukal, J.V. Vykoukal, P.R.C. Gascoyne, T. Mautner, "Continuous-flow Polymerase Chain Reaction Chips for Rapid DNA Analysis", Encyclopedia of Sensors, Vol. 8, pp 141-163, 2006.

    59. 2005

  59. D.B. Shao, and S.C. Chen, "Surface-Plamon-Assisted Nanoscale Photolithography", Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 86, pp 2531071-2531073, 2005.
  60. A. J. Heltzel, S. Theppakuttai, J. R. Howell, and S. C. Chen, "Analytical and Experimental Investigation of Laser-Nanosphere Interaction for Nanoscale Surface Modification", Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 127, pp.1231-1235, 2005.
  61. D.B. Shao, and S.C. Chen, "Numerical Simulation of Surface-Plamon-Assisted Nanolithography", Optics Express, Vol. 13 (18), pp. 6964-6973, 2005.
  62. G. Mapili, Y. Lu, S.C. Chen, K. Roy, "Laser-layered micro-fabrication of spatially patterned, functionalized tissue engineering scaffolds", Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, Vol. 75B (2), pp.414-424, 2005.
  63. C. A. Aguilar, Y. Lu, and S.C. Chen, "Micro-patterning of Biodegradable Polymers Using UV and Femtosecond Lasers", Biomaterials, Vol. 26 (36), pp. 7642-7649, 2005.
  64. S.C. Chen, Y. Lu, and C. A. Aguilar, "Shaping Biodegradable Polymers as Nanostructures: Fabrication and Applications", Drug Discovery Today, Vol. 2 (1), 97-102, 2005.
  65. L.H. Han and S. C. Chen, "A Wireless Bimorph Micro-actuator by Pulsed Laser Heating", Sensors and Actuators A, Vol. 121 (1), pp. 35-43, 2005.
  66. Y. Lu, D. B. Shao and S. C. Chen, "Nanoparticle-enhanced Laser Micromachining of Nanocomposite", Transactions of NAMRI/SME, Vol. 33, pp. 243-249, 2005.
  67. S. Li, P. N. Floriano, N. Christodoulides, D. Y. Fozdar, D.B. Shao, M. F. Ali, P. Dharshan, D. Neikirk, J. T. McDevitt, S. C. Chen, "Disposable Polydimethylsiloxane/Silicon Hybrid Chips for Protein Detection", Bioseonsors and Bioelectronics, Vol. 21(4), pp. 574-580, 2005.

    68. 2004

  68. D.B. Shao, S. F. Li and S.C. Chen, "Near-field Enhanced, Mold-assisted, Parallel Direct Nanostructuring of a Gold Thin Film on Glass", Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 85(22), pp, 5346 - 5348, 2004.
  69. Y. Lu, D. B. Shao, and S. C. Chen, "Laser-assisted Photothermal Imprinting of Polymeric Nanocomposites", Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 85 (9), pp.1604-1606, 2004.
  70. Theppakuttai, S., Lu, Y., Chen, S.C., "Near-field enhanced massively parallel nanoscale modification of solids", Transactions of NAMRI/SME, Vol. 32, pp. 33-38, 2004.
  71. Lu, Y. and Chen, S.C., "Micro and Nano-fabrication of Degradable Microdevices for Drug Delivery", Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, Vol. 56, pp. 1621-1633, 2004.
  72. Theppakuttai, S., Shao, D., and Chen, S.C., "Localized Laser Transmission Bonding for Microsystem Fabrication and Packaging", Journal of Manufacturing Processes, Vol. 6 (1), pp. 24-31, 2004.
  73. Li, S. and Chen, S.C., "Design, Simulation, and Micro-fabrication of a Heat Conduction DNA Chip with Integrated Microheaters", Journal of Manufacturing Processes, Vol. 6 (1), pp. 81-87, 2004.
  74. Theppakuttai, S., Chen, S.C., "Submicron Ripple Formation on a Glass Substrate upon Laser-nanoparticle Interaction", J. Applied Physics, Vol. 95 (9), pp. 5049-5052, 2004.

    75. 2003

  75. Theppakuttai S. and Chen, S. C., "Nanoscale Surface Modification of Glass Using a 1064 nm Pulsed Laser", Applied Physics Letters, vol. 83 (4), pp.758-760, 2003.
  76. Lee, Y. C., Amirparviz, B., Chiou, A. and Chen, S.C., "Packaging for Microelectromechanical and Nanoelectromechanical Systems", IEEE Transactions on Advanced Packaging, Vol. 26 (3), pp. 217-226, 2003.
  77. Li, S. and Chen, S. C., "Polydimethylsiloxane Fluidic Interconnects for Microfluidic Systems", IEEE Transactions on Advanced Packaging, Vol. 26 (3), pp. 242-247, 2003.
  78. Lu, Y., Theppakuttai,S., and Chen, S. C., "Marangoni Effect in Nanosphere-enhanced Laser Nanopatterning of Silicon", Applied Physics Letters, vol.82 (23), pp.4143-4145, 2003.
  79. Lu, Y. and Chen, S. C., "Nanopatterning of a Silicon Surface by Near-Field Enhanced Laser Irradiation", Nanotechnology, vol. 14(5), pp.505-508, 2003.
  80. Li, S. and Chen, S. C., "Analytical Analysis of a PZT-actuated Valveless Micropumps", Sensors and Actuators A, Vol.104(2), pp. 151-161, 2003.
  81. Chen, S. C., Kancharla, V., and Lu, Y., "Laser-based Microscale Patterning of Biodegradable Polymers for Biomedical Applications", International Journal of Materials and Product Technology, Vol. 18, No.4, pp.457-468, 2003.

    82. 1997-2002

  82. Zheng, W. and Chen, S.C., "Continuous Flow, nano-liter Scale Polymerase Chain Reaction System", Transactions of NAMRI/SME, Vol. 30, pp. 551-555, 2002.
  83. Kancharla, V. and Chen, S.C., "Fabrication of Biodegradable Polymeric Micro-devices Using Laser Micromachining", Biomedical Microdevices, Vol. 4 (2), pp. 105-109, 2002.
  84. Schwarz-Selinger, T., Cahill, D. G., Chen, S. C., Moon, S. J., and Grigoropoulos, C. P., "Micro-scale modifications of Si surface morphology by pulsed-laser texturing", Physical Review B., Vol. 64 (15), pp. 155323-1-155323-7, 2001.
  85. Kancharla, V. and Chen, S.C., "Laser Micromachining of a Biodegradable Polymer", Transactions of NAMRI/SME, Vol. 29, pp. 407-412, 2001.
  86. Chen, S. C., Cahill, D. G., and Grigoropoulos, C. P., "Melting and Surface Deformation in Pulsed Laser Surface Micro-modification of NiP Disks", Journal of Heat Transfer, vol.122 (1), pp.107-12, 2000.
  87. Chen, S. C., Grigoropoulos, C. P., Park, H. K., Kersterns, P. Tam, A. C., "Photothermal Displacement Detection and Transient Imaging of Bump Growth Dynamics in Laser Zone Texturing of Ni-P Disk Substrates", Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 85 (8), pp. 5618-5620, 1999.
  88. Zerogioti, I., Mailis, S., Fotakis, C., Chen, S. C., and Grigoropoulos, C. P., "Microdeposition of Metals by Femtosecond Excimer Laser", Applied Surface Science, Vol. 127-129, pp. 601-605, 1998.
  89. Chen, S. C., Grigoropoulos, C. P., Park, H. K., Kersterns, P., Tam, A. C., "Photothermal Displacement Measurement of Transient Melting and Surface Deformation During Pulsed Laser Heating", Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 73 (15), pp. 2093-2095, 1998.
  90. Chen, S. C. and Grigoropoulos, C. P., "Non-contact Nanosecond-time-resolution Temperature Measurement in Excimer Laser Heating of Ni-P Disk Substrates", Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 71 (22), pp. 3191-3193, 1997.