Holder of the Kieffer Science Fellowship
Harold T. Johnson Professor of Aviation or Pre-Engineering

Specializations

• Functional nanomaterials
• Crystal growth and Design
• Optics
• Nano-bio interfaces
• Biomedical applications of nanoparticles
• Environmental applications of nanomaterials
• Photocatalysis

Publications and Presentations

• S. Tek, B. A. Vincent, L. C. Mimun, A. Ponce, K. L. Nash, Atomic-Scale Structural Analysis of Homoepitaxial LaF3:Yb,Tm Core-shell Upconversion Nanoparticles Synthesized Through Microwave Route, Crystal Growth & Design 2020, 20 (4), 2153-2163
• Balati, A.; Tek, S.; Nash, K.; Shipley, H., Nanoarchitecture of TiO2 microspheres with expanded lattice interlayers and its heterojunction to the laser modified black TiO2 using pulsed laser ablation in liquid with improved photocatalytic performance under visible light irradiation. Journal of colloid and interface science 2019, 541, 234-248.
• S. Tek, B.A. Vincent, C.A. Baker, A.N. Tran, K.L. Nash, Upconversion nanoparticles for photobiomodulation of neuronal cells, Colloidal Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications XIV, International Society for Optics and Photonics, 2019, pp. 108920N.
• S. Tek, B. A. Vincent, C.A. Baker, K.L. Nash, Optimization of Irradiation Conditions for Upconversion Nanoparticle Assisted Photobiomodulation of Neuronal Cells, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Optical Society of America, San Jose, California, 2018, pp. AM3P.2.
• S. Tek, B. A. Vincent, L.C. Mimun, A.N. Tran, B. Shrestha, L. Tang, K.L. Nash, Lanthanum fluoride upconverting nanoparticles for photo-biomodulation of cell function, Proc. of SPIE Vol, 2017, pp. 1007804-1007801.