Charan Srinivasan
[.Publications.] [.Talks.] [.Personal.] [.Weiss group stuff.]

Ph.D., M. S., The Pennsylvania State University, 2003- 2008,
....in Engineering Science and Mechanics,...
....coadvised by Mark W. Horn and Paul S. Weiss,
....thesis on Hybrid Strategies for Nanolithography and Chemical Patterning.
B. Tech., Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, 1999-2003,
....in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, minor degree in Physics,
....thesis on Synthesis and Characterization of Lead Sulfide Nanocrystals.

I have graduated. I now work for Intel Corp.'s NAND Flash Memory group.
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.Awards
<>  Paticipant, US-India NanoScience and Engineering Institute (USINSEI) (2008)
<>  Graduate Student Silver Award, Materials Research Society (2007)
<>  Apple Fellowship, The Pennsylvania State University (2007)
<>  Institute Blues Medal, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (2003)
.Publications and Theses
17. Nanolithography utilizing molecular films and processing
~~ .R. K. Smith, C. McGuiness, C. Srinivasan, P. S. Weiss, D. L. Allara
~~ .Oxford Handbook on Nanotechnology, invited book chapter in preparation (2008)

16. Hybrid strategies in nanolithography
~~ .H. M. Saavedra, T. J. Mullen, P. Zhang, C. Srinivasan, P. S. Weiss
~~ .Reports on Progress in Physics, invited review in preparation (2008)
15. Sub-30-nanometer patterning on quartz for nanolithgraphy imprint templates
~~ .C. Srinivasan, J. N. Hohman, M. E. Anderson, P. S. Weiss, M. W. Horn
~~ .Applied Physics Letters, under review (2008)
14. Hybrid approaches to nanometer-scale patterning exploiting tailored intermolecular interactions
~~ .T. J. Mullen, C. Srinivasan, M. J. Shuster, M. W. Horn, A. M. Andrews, P. S. Weiss
~~ .Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 10 in press (2008) Invited perspective
13. Hybrid strategies for nanolithography and chemical patterning
~~ .C. Srinivasan
~~ .Ph. D. Thesis, The Pennsylvania State University (2008)
12. Combining electrochemical desorption and metal deposition on patterned self-assembled monolayers
~~ .T. J. Mullen, P. Zhang, C. Srinivasan, M. W. Horn, P. S. Weiss
~~ .Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, in press (2008)
11. Radiation sensitive self-assembled monolayers and uses thereof
~~ .L. L. Kosbar, A. Afzali, C. R. Kagan, S. A. Swanson, C. Srinivasan
~~ .US Patent Number 20070278179 (2007)
10. Precise nanogaps using self-assembled multilayers and lithographic resists
~~ .C. Srinivasan
~~ .M. S. Thesis, The Pennsylvania State University (2007)
~9. Nanostructures using self-assembled films as molecular rulers and etch resists
~~ .C. Srinivasan, J. N. Hohman, M. E. Anderson, P. S. Weiss, M. W. Horn
~~ .Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B 25, 1985-1988 (2007)
~8. Scanning electron microscopy of nanoscale chemical patterns
~~ .C. Srinivasan, T. J. Mullen, J. N. Hohman, M. E. Anderson, A. A. Dameron, A. M. Andrews, E. C. Dickey, M. W. Horn, P. S. Weiss
~~ .ACS Nano 1, 191 (2007) (video)
~7. Molecular-ruler nanolithography
~~ .C. Srinivasan, J. N. Hohman, M. E. Anderson, P. Zhang, P. S. Weiss, M. W. Horn
~~ .Proceedings of SPIE 6517, 65171I (2007)
~6. Microcontact insertion printing (cover art, press)
~~ .T. J. Mullen, C. Srinivasan, J. N. Hohman, S. D. Gillmor, M. J. Shuster, M. W. Horn, A. M. Andrews, P. S. Weiss
~~ .Applied Physics Letters 90, 063114 (2007), and in the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology (abstract)
~5. Combining conventional lithography with molecular self-assembly for chemical patterning (press)
~~ .M. E. Anderson, C. Srinivasan, J. N. Hohman, M. W. Horn, P. S. Weiss
~~ .Advanced Materials 18, 3258 (2006)
~4. Extensions of molecular ruler technology for nanoscale patterning
~~ .C. Srinivasan, M. E. Anderson, E. M. Carter, J. N. Hohman, S. S. N Bharathwaja, S. Trolier-Mckinstry, P. S. Weiss, M. W. Horn
~~ .Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B 24, 3200 (2006)
~3. Self-assembled multilayers of transition metal - terpyridinyl complexes; formation and characterization
~~ .L. L. Kosbar, C. Srinivasan, A. Afzali, T. Graham, M. Copel, L. Krusin-Elbaum
~~ .Langmuir 22, 7631 (2006) 
~2. Electrically isolated nanostructures fabricated using self-assembled multilayers and a novel negative-tone bi-layer resist stack
~~ .C. Srinivasan, M. E. Anderson, R. Jayaraman, P. S. Weiss, M. W. Horn
~~ .Microelectronic Engineering 83, 1517 (2006) 
~1. Utilizing self-assembled multilayers in lithographic processing for nanostructure fabrication: Initial evaluation of the electrical integrity of nanogaps
~~ .M. E. Anderson, C. Srinivasan, R. Jayaraman, P. S. Weiss, M. W. Horn
~~ .Microelectronic Engineering 78-79, 248 (2005)
.Talks
16. US-India Nanoscience and Engineering Institute (USINSEI), Chennai, India, January 2008. (talk)
15. System in Package Devices, Philips Research, Eindhoven, Netherlands, December 2007. (invited talk)
14. Graduate Student Awards Talk, 2007 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, November 2007. (invited talk)
13. 2007 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, November 2007. (talk)
12. High Frequency Technology Center, Agilent Technologies, Santa Rosa, CA, November 2007. (invited talk)
11. NAND Flash Memory Group, Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA, September 2007. (invited talk)
10. Electron, Ion and Photon Beam technology and Nanofabrication (EIPBN), Denver, CO, June 2007. (talk)
~9. IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA, February 2007. (invited talk)
~8. SPIE Conference on Advanced Lithography, San Jose, CA, February 2007. (talk)
~7. 2006 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, November 2006. (poster)
~6. International Conference on Micro and Nano Engineering (MNE) 2006, Barcelona, Spain, September 2006. (talk)
~5. 8th International Conference on Nanostructured Materials, Bangalore, India, August 2006. (talk)
~4. Electron, Ion and Photon Beam technology and Nanofabrication (EIPBN), Baltimore, MD, June 2006. (poster)
~3. 2005 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, November 2005. (talk)
~2. International Conference on Micro and Nano Engineering (MNE) 2005, Vienna, Austria, September 2005. (talk)
~1. International Conference on Micro and Nano Engineering (MNE) 2004, Rotterdam, Holland, November 2004. (talk)
.Other presentations
~6. Introduction to lithography (Guest lecture for ESc 481: Elements of Nano/Micro-electromechanical Systems Processing and Design), Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, University Park, PA, November 2007
~5. Precise nanogaps with self-assembled multilayers and lithographic resists, MRSEC Seminar, University Park, PA, October 2007
~4. Imaging chemical patterns with scanning electron microscopy, MRSEC Seminar, University Park, PA, June 2007
~3. Advances in hybrid strategies in  nanolithography and chemical patterning, MRSEC Seminar, University Park, PA, November 2006
~2. Molecular resists enabling nanofabrication, College of Engineering Research Symposium, University Park, PA, March 2006
~1. Molecular resists enabling nanofabrication, ESM Today: Graduate Research Symposium, University Park, PA, February 2006
.Personal
<>  Academic timeline - Ph.D. (Penn State), 2008;  B. Tech. (IIT Madras), 2003; High school (Vidya Mandir, Madras), 1999.
<>  I am from a South Indian city called Chennai.  My high school was Vidya Mandir, in the same city. Colonial Chennai used to be called Madras, which has a type of fabric (famous in the US during the'60s) named after it.
<>  My father has a Ph. D. in organic chemistry; my mother teaches math at primary school; my younger sister is an architect and carnatic musician; and my brother-in-law is a grad student at UC Berkeley.
<>  When I am not playing cricket and/or basketball, I try and get some research done (while I am listening to music).
<>  I wish I had a middle initial at the least, if not a middle name; unfortunately I have neither. That is just the how South Indian nomenclatures go by. I expect that some parts of hell will break loose in the near future.
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