| Jan M. Yarrison-Rice | Faculty Profile » |
Research Area:
Fabrication and Optical Characterization of Nanoscale Materials and Devices
Experiment / Theory:
Experiment
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Research Summary:
Jan Yarrison-Rice’s current research involves the fabrication and optical characterization of nanostructures and devices, in particular photonic band gap devices and semiconductor nanowires and their application in biosensing, as well as pedagogical research in active learning in the classroom, the development of critical thinking skills, and women in science.
In particular, one project on plasmon-enhanced nanowire biosensors which is funded through NSF through a collaboration at University of Cincinnati, another project is studying the optical and electronic properties of various semiconductor nanowires in an NSF funded international collaboration between the U.S. and Australia. Research is ongoing in the study of photonic band gap optoelectronic devices, and pedagogical methods for enhancing critical thinking at all levels in Physics courses.
Since 2000, along with 6 graduate and 8 undergraduate students in Physics at Miami, Yarrison-Rice has been involved in this exciting nanophotonics research.
The NanoPhotonics World is alive and thriving at Miami!
Representative Publications:
“Polarized photoluminescence and time-resolved photoluminescence from single CdS nanosheets,” Hoang TB, Titova LV, Mishra A, Smith LM, Jackson HE, Yarrison-Rice JM, Lee KY, Rho H, Choi YJ, Choi KJ, and Park JG, Appl. Phys. Lett., 92, 143112[1-3] (2008).
Full-cycle assessment of critical thinking in an ethics and science course,” J. M. Blue, B.A.P. Taylor, and J.M. Yarrison-Rice, Inter. J. Schol. Teach. Learn., 2, Article #9 [pp.1-24] (2008).