Santa Clara University

Recent Publications

R. P. Barber, Jr., R.D. Gomez, W.N. Herman, and D.B. Romero, "Organic Photovoltaic Devices Based on a Block Copolymer / Fullerene Blend", Organic Electronics, 7, 508, (2006).

R. P. Barber, Jr., Shih-Ying Hsu, J.M. Valles, Jr., R. C. Dynes and R. E. Glover, III, "Negative magnetoresistance, negative electroresistance, and metallic behavior on the insulating side of the two-dimensional superconductor-insulator transition in granular Pb films," Physical Review B, 73, 134516 (2006).

Cryogenic Dark Matter Search Collaboration (B. A. Young) "Limits on Spin-Independent Interactions of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles with Nucleons from the Two-Tower Run of the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search," Physical Review Letters 96, 011302 (2006).

T. Le, D. R. Verley, J. M. Goaillard, D. I. Messinger, A. E. Christie and J. T. Birmingham, "Bistable behavior in the axon of a crustacean motor neuron," Journal of Neurophysiology, 95 1356, (2006).

A. Giustini and R. P. Barber, Jr., "Transport and tunneling measurements of quench-condensed Bi films", Physica C, 433, 167, (2006).

J. T. Birmingham, "Simple mechanism for stabilizing motor output. Focus on “Temperature compensation of neuromuscular modulation in Aplysia” " Journal of Neurophysiology  94, 2997, (2005).

R. P. Barber, Jr., M. Breban, R.D. Gomez, W.N. Herman, and D.B. Romero, "Organic photocells based on block copolymer / C60 blends", SPIE Proceedings: Organic Photovoltaics VI, 5938, 341, (2005).

D. I. Messinger, K. K. Kutz, T. Le, D. R. Verley, Y. A. Hsu, C. T. Ngo, S. D. Cain, J. T. Birmingham, L. Li and A. E. Christie, "Identification and characterization of a tachykinin-containing neuroendocrine organ in the commissural ganglion of the crab Cancer productus" Journal of Experimental Biology 208, 3303, (2005).

S. W. Deiker, W. Doriese, G. C. Hilton, K. D. Irwin, W. H. Rippard, J. N. Ullom, L. R. Vale, S. T. Ruggiero, A. Williams and B. A. Young, "Superconducting transition edge sensor using dilute AlMn alloys," Applied Physics Letters 85, 2137 (2004).

B. A. Young, J. R. Williams, S. W. Deiker, S. T. Ruggiero and B. Cabrera, "Using ion implantation to adjust the transition temperature of superconducting films," Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 520, 307, (2004).

J. T. Birmingham, D. M. Graham and D. L. Tauck, "Lymnaea stagnalis and the development of neuroelectric technologies," Journal of Neuroscience Research, 76, 277 (2004).

J.T. Birmingham , C.P. Billimoria, T.R. DeKlotz, R. A. Stewart , E. Marder, “Diffferential and history-dependent modulation of a stretch receptor in the stomatogastric system of the crab, Cancer borealis.” Journal of Neurophysiology, 90, 3608 (2003).

B. Kain and R. P. Barber, Jr., "Resistive transitions in quench-condensed Bi films near a normal-metal ground plane", Physical Review B, 68, 134502, (2003).

B.A. Young, T. Saab, B. Cabrera, A.J. Miller, P.L. Brink, J.P. Castle, "Effect of Implanted Metal Impurities on Superconducting Tungsten Films," Journal of Applied Physics, 91, 6516 (2002).