Nikolai Kouklin - Associate Professor


Contact Information

Office Address:
EMS 1019
3200 North Cramer Street
Milwaukee, WI 53211
Phone: 414-229-4679
Fax: 414-229-6958
Email: nkouklin@uwm.edu
WWW: http://www.uwm.edu/~nkouklin

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 784
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI 53201

 Nikolai Kouklin

Education


1998-2001        Ph.D., Engineering (Electrical)        University of Nebraska-Lincoln
1996-1997        M.S., Applied Math and Physics      Moscow Institute of Phys&Tech
1992-1996        B.S., Applied Math and Physics       Moscow Institute of Phys&Tech

Research Interests 

Novel nanophotonic and nanoelectronics materials, related effects and devices; controlled nanofabrication; Vapor Liquid Solid growth of nanowires; bio-nanofunctionaliztion; solid-state electronics and energy conversion devices
Selected Publications
  • S.Sen and N.Kouklin (invited),  “Nanofabrication Based on Self-Assembled Alumina Templates”, chapter in “Nanofabrication: Fundamentals and Applications”, World Scientific, (2006)
  • N.Kouklin (invited), S.Sen and J.Liang "Self-Assembled Nano-semiconductors and Oxides by Nanometric Alumina Templates: Device Properties and Applications", chapter in “Handbook of Nanoceramics and Their Based Nanodevices”, American Scientific Publishers, (2006)
  • S.Bandyopadhyay, N.Kouklin, L.Menon (invited) “Device and circuit  applications of electrochemically self-assembled quantum dots and wires” , chapter in “Quantum Dots and Nanowires”,  American Scientific Publishers, (2003)
  • D.Chowdhary, W.Kim and N.Kouklin, “ Unstable micellarization of carbon nanotube solutions for low loss reactivity and crosslinking”, Small, 3, 226 (2006)
  • N.Kouklin , S.Sen “Towards Controlled Assembly and Manipulation of ZnO nanowires for nanoscale imaging applications”, Applied Physics Letters , 89, 123114 (2006)
  • N.Kouklin, S.Sen and M.Gajdardziska-Josifovska, “Self-driven formation of Zn3As2 Single Crystal Platelets by CVD”,  Applied Physics Letters , 89, 071901 (2006), also selected for inclusion in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology (August, 2006)
  • N.Kouklin and J.Liang “Ultra-dense GaN nanopillar and nanopore by self-assembly nanopatterning ”, Journal of Electronic Materials, 35, 1133  (2006)
  • N.Kouklin, W.Kim, A.Lazareck and J.Xu “Carbon Nanotube Probes for Single Cell Experimentation and Assays”, Applied Physics Letters, 87, 173901 (2005); selected for publication in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology (issue October 31, 2005) and Virtual Journal for Biological Physics Research (November , 2005)
  • N.Kouklin “Self-Assembled Network of Carbon Nanotubes Synthesized by CVD in Alumina Porous  Template”, Applied Physics Letters, 87, 203105 (2005)

Recent Journal Publications

  1. N. Kouklin et. al. "Infrared absorption properties of carbon nanotubes synthesized by chemical vapor depositionCVD", Applied Physics Letters,85,4463 (2004)
  2. H. Chik, J.Liang, S. Cloutier, N.Kouklin, J.M.Xu "Periodic Array of uniform ZnO nanorods by Second Order Self-Assembly", Applied Physics Letters , 84, 3376 (2004)
  3. S.Bandyopadhyay, N.Kouklin, L.Menon, book chapter "Device and circuit applications of electrochemically self-assembled quantum dots and wires" , chapter in "Quantum Dots and Nanowires", copyright ©American Scientific Publishers, (2003)
  4. N. Kouklin, H. Chik et. al. "Highly periodic, 3D arranged InGaAsN:Sb quantum dot arrays fabricated nonlithographically for optical devices", Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 36 (21), 2634 (2003)
  5. J. Liang, S.-K. Hong, N. Kouklin et. al. "Nanoheteroepitaxy of GaN on a Nanopore Array Si Surface", Applied Physics Letters, 83, 1752 (2003), selected for publ. in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology ( Sept.'03)

Recent Conferences

  1. N.Kouklin, et. al "Functionalization Enhancement of Carbon Nanotubes for Bio-Assays", 206 ECS Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii (2004)
  2. J. Liang, S.-K. Hong, N. Kouklin et. al. "Nanoheteroepitaxy of GaN on a Nanopore Array Surface", presented on IEEE-NANO-2003, CA, San-Francisco (August 2003)
  3. N.Kouklin, H.Chik, et. al. "Ultra-high dense InGaAsN:Sb/GaAs quantum dot arrays fabricated nonlithographically for long wavelength optical devices", 2003-TMS EMC conference, UT, Salt-Lake City (June 2003)