52nd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Seattle, Washington, June 9–14, 2024

  • Montes-Bojorquez, J.R., Villa-Bracamonte, M.F., Knebel, K.J., and Ayón, A. A.
    Exploiting the Optical Limits of Down-Shifting Enhanced Solar Cells
  • Villa-Bracamonte, M.F., Montes-Bojorquez, J.R., Knebel, K.J., and Ayón, A. A.
    Optical Modeling of Roughness and Degradation Effects in Perovskite Solar Cells
    (Best Poster Award-Area 5: Characterization Methods)
  • Knebel, K.J., Montes-Bojorquez, J.R., Villa-Bracamonte, M.F., and Ayón, A. A.
    Investigation of Cd Pb Free Quantum Dots for the Application of Dye Sensitized Solar Cells

50th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 11–16, 2023

  • Montes-Bojorquez, J.R., Villa-Bracamonte, M.F., Knebel, K.J., and Ayón, A. A.
    Combining Perovskites and Quantum Dots: Application in Solar Cell
  • Villa-Bracamonte, M.F., Montes-Bojorquez, J.R., Lopez-Becerra, A., and Ayón, A.A.
    Carbon Quantum Dots and their Possible Application in Perovskites Passivation

8th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC-8), Milan, Italy, September 26–30, 2022

  • Jose Raul Montes Bojorquez, Maria Fernanda Villa Bracamonte, Arturo Ayón
    Efficient Light-Harvesting Employing Size-Gradient Quantum Dot Film
  • Maria Fernanda Villa Bracamonte, Jose Raul Montes Bojorquez, Arturo Ayón
    Modeling the Optical Properties of a Perovskite Solar Cell Film Stack

32nd International Conference on Diamond and Carbon Materials, Lisbon, Portugal, September 4-8, 2022

  • Jose Raul Montes Bojorquez, Aldo Romeo Vasquez-Briceño, Maria Fernanda Villa-Bracamonte, Alan Lopez-Becerra, and Arturo Ayón
    Utilization of Graphene Quantum Dots for Silicon Solar Cells Applications
  • Alan Lopez Becerra, Gabriela Romero, Arturo Ayón
    Neuronal Photostimulation through Carbon Quantum Dots

XXX International Materials Research Congress, Cancun, Mexico, August 14–19, 2022

  • Rogelio Guerrero Gonzalez, J Elias Pelayo Ceja, Rubén Ruelas, Marco Leopoldo García Guaderrama, Emmanuel Saucedo Flores, Oscar Ceballos, Arturo Ayón
    Synthesis of CdTe Quantum Dots with Down Conversion Photoluminescence Targeted for Chlorophyll Red Absorption to Enhance Plant Photosynthesis
  • Rogelio Guerrero Gonzalez, J Elias Pelayo Ceja, Rubén Ruelas, Marco Leopoldo García Guaderrama, Emmanuel Saucedo Flores, Oscar Ceballos, Arturo Ayón
    Use of Green Route Produced Carbon Nanoparticles with Down-Conversion Photoluminescence Fine-Tuned to Chlorophyll Absorption

Nanotech France 2022, Paris, France, June 15–17, 2022

  • K.J. Knebel, J.R. Montes-Bojorquez and A.A. Ayón
    CuInS/ZnS Core-Shell Quantum Dots A Green Alternative to Cd and Pb Core-Shell Quantum Dots

49th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Philadelphia, PA, June 5–10, 2022

  • Jose Raul Montes-Bojorquez, Maria Fernanda Villa-Bracamonte, and Arturo Ayón
    Designing a Multi-Quantum-Dot Array for Efficient Light Harvesting in Solar Cells
    (Best Poster Award-Area 1: Quantum Structures, Hot Carriers and Novel Materials)
  • Maria Fernanda Villa-Bracamonte, Jose Raul Montes-Bojorquez, and Arturo Ayón
    Complex Refractive Index and Complex Dielectric Function Modelling of Film Stack in Perovskite Solar Cells Using Spectroscopic Ellipsometry

SPIE OPTO, San Francisco, CA, January 22–27, 2022

  • Jose Raul Montes-Bojorquez and Arturo A. Ayón
    Light Management for Photovoltaics Using Multi-Size QDs Arrays
  • Jose Raul Montes-Bojorquez and Arturo A. Ayón
    Optimization of n-Type Silicon Solar Cell Front Side Contacts
  • Maria Fernanda Villa-Bracamonte, Jose Raul Montes-Bojorquez and Arturo Ayón
    Determination of the Complex Refractive Index of Glass/ITO/PEDOT:PSS/MAPbI3 Film Stack for Perovskite Solar Cells Application
    DOI:10.1117/12.2626530

7th Nano Today Virtual Conference, November 16–18, 2021

  • J. Raul Montes-Bojorquez, Maria F. Villa-Bracamonte, and Arturo Ayón
    Enhancing Silicon Solar Cells with Quantum Dot Luminescent Down-Shifting Layers
  • Maria Fernanda Villa-Bracamonte, Jose Raul Montes-Bojorquez, and Arturo Ayón
    Spectroscopy Ellipsometry Study of a Multilayer Film Stack in Perovskite Solar Cells

XVIII Engineering Conference, Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, Mexico, October 25, 2021

  • Arturo Ayón
    Metamaterials, Quantum Dots and Spintronics: Challenges and Perspectives

2021 TechConnect World Innovation Conference, Washington, DC, October 18–20, 2021

  • Jose Raul Montes-Bojorquez, Maria Fernanda Villa-Bracamonte, and Arturo A. Ayón
    Fabrication and Opto-Electronic Modeling of Down-Shifting Enhanced Photovoltaics
  • Maria Fernanda Villa-Bracamonte, Jose Raul Montes-Bojorquez, and Arturo Ayón
    Characterization of Perovskite Solar Cells Using Spectroscopic Ellipsometry

48th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Virtual Conference, June 20–25, 2021

  • Raul Montes and Arturo Ayón
    Enhanced Performance of a Solar Cell Based on Polyelectrolyte-Quantum Dot Multilayered Films

Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, Mexico, March 11, 2020

  • Arturo A. Ayón
    Skyrmions and Spin Pumping for Next Generation Electronics

Simposio Internacional de Ingeniería, Sistemas y Tecnología, Hermosillo, Mexico, March 10–13, 2020

  • Arturo A. Ayón
    Quantum Dots: Physics and Applications

XXIV Reunión Universitaria de Investigación en Materiales (RUIM 2019), Hermosillo, Mexico, November 4–8, 2019

  • A.A. Ayón
    Quantum Dots: Physics and Applications

Nanotechnology Week, Mexico, October 28–November 1, 2019

  • A.A. Ayón
    Quantum Dots: Physics and Applications

15th Nanotech Congress, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, October 21–25, 2019

  • K. Knebel, H. Lara, J.A. Zepeda-Galvez, J.A. Garcia-Monge, J. Lopez-Ribot, K. Mayer, and A.A. Ayón
    Si Quantum Dot Utilization as a Fungicide on Common Surfaces

Design, Test, Integration and Packaging of MEMS (DTIP) 2019, Paris, France, May 12–15, 2019

  • A. Zazueta-Raynaud, A. Cordova-Rubio, R. Lopez-Delgado, J.E. Pelayo-Ceja, R. Carrillo-Torres, R. Sanches-Zeferino, M.E. Alvarez-Ramos, and A.A. Ayón
    ZnS and ZnO Nanocomposite for Near White Light Tuning Applications
  • Alvaro Flores-Pacheco, Mario Enrique Álvarez-Ramos, and Arturo A. Ayón
    Optimization of ZnO Down-Shifting Photoluminescent Quantum Dots Thin Film Layers and their Influence on Single-Crystal Silicon Solar Cells
  • Juan Adrian Zepeda-Galvez, Clarissa D. Vazquez-Colon, Daniel Shreiber, and Arturo A. Ayón
    Computational Modeling of 3D Metamaterial Wire Arrays for Terahertz Operation
  • Clarissa D. Vazquez-Colon, Juan A. Zepeda-Galvez, Roberto Guzman, and Arturo A. Ayón
    Reconfigurable X-shaped THz Metamaterials Employing Quantum Dots

SPIE OPTO 2019, San Francisco, CA, February 2–7, 2019

  • Janeth Alexandra Garcia-Monge, Itzel Alexia Garcia-Monge, Maria Fernanda Villa-Bracamonte, Juan Adrian Zepeda-Galvez, and Arturo A. Ayón
    Tailoring and Controlling Fermionic Properties in Heterogeneous Quantum Dot Colloidal Solutions
  • Alvaro Flores-Pacheco, José Raúl Montes-Bojórquez, Mario Enrique Álvarez-Ramos, and Arturo A. Ayón
    Evaluation of pH-Tuned ZnO Down-Shifting Photoluminescent Quantum Dots and their Influence on Single-Crystal Silicon Solar Cells
  • Clarissa D. Vazquez-Colon, David C. Look, and Arturo A. Ayón
    Simple Ohmic Contact Formation in HEMT Structures: Application to AlGaN/GaN

LXI Congreso Nacional de Física, Puebla, México, October 7–12, 2018

  • Itzel Alexia García Monge, Juan Adrián Zepeda-Gálvez, Janeth Alexandra García-Monge, and Arturo A. Ayón
    Síntesis y Caracterización de Puntos Cuánticos de Carbono y su Aplicación como Bactericida
  • María Fernanda Villa Bracamonte, Janeth Alexandra García Monge, and Arturo A. Ayón
    Caracterización de Puntos Cuánticos y su Posible Aplicación en Dispositivos Fotovoltaicos
  • José Raúl Montes Bojórquez, Alvaro Flores Pacheco, and Arturo A. Ayón
    Influencia de una Variedad de Puntos Cuánticos en la Eficiencia de Celdas Solares

44th International Conference on Micro and Nanoengineering, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 24–27, 2018

  • Juan Adrian Zepeda, Clarissa D. Vazquez-Colon, John Cetnar, and Arturo Ayón
    Stability of Carbon Quantum Dots in the THz regime under Temperature Variations
  • E. Saucedo-Flores, R. Ruelas, V.M. Rangel-Cobian, M.L. Garcia Guaderrama, A. Perez-Centerno, J.E. Pelayo-Ceja, and A. Ayón
    Fundamental Losses in Silicon Solar Cells from an Engineering Design Perspective
  • Clarissa D. Vazquez-Colon, Juan A. Zepeda-Galvez, Roberto Guzman, and Arturo A. Ayón
    Synthesis and Characterization of Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles
  • Clarissa D. Vazquez-Colon, Juan A. Zepeda-Galvez, Geoffrey Xiao, Daniel Shreiber, and Arturo A. Ayón
    Reconfigurable Metamaterials at THz Frequencies Using Quantum Dots

XXVII International Materials Research Congress, Cancun, Mexico, August 19–24, 2018

  • Symposium A2 Nano-Alloys: Theory, Synthesis & Characterization
    Invited Speaker: Arturo Ayón and Gregoy Guisbiers
    Utilization of Photoluminescent Down-Converting Quantum Dots in Photovoltaic Structures and Characterization of the Anomalous Red-Shift Exhibited by Colloidal Quantum Dot Solutions
  • Symposium B4: Innovative Smart Materials for Flexible/Wearable and Large-Area Electronics
    Keynote Speaker: Arturo A. Ayón
    Thin Film Hybrid Photovoltaic Structures
  • Symposium F7: Preparing the Next Generation of Materials Scientists with New Approaches
    Invited Speaker: Arturo A. Ayón
    Heroic Physics: Lessons of Learning and Discovery to be Incorporated in the Physics and Math Curricula

Microscopy and Microanalysis 2018 Meeting (MM), Baltimore, MD, August 5–9, 2018

  • A. Zazueta-Raynaud, J.E. Pelayo, R. Lopez-Delgado, M.E. Álvarez-Ramos, and A. Ayón
    CdTe Photo-Luminescent Quantum Dots as a Possible New Method to Improve Solar Cell Efficiency
  • Julio Melendres, Enrique Alvarez, and Arturo Ayón
    Utilization of ZnS Quantum Dots for Photovoltaic Applications
  • A Cordova-Rubio, R Lopez-Delgado, A Zazueta-Raynaud, O Velásquez, M E Alvarez-Ramos, and A Ayón
    Solar Cell Power Conversion Efficiency Dependence on Multilayered Si and ZnO QD Films

Design, Test, Integration and Packaging of MEMS (DTIP) 2018, Rome, Italy, May 22–25, 2018

  • J.C. Melendres-Sanchez, Alejandra Córdoba-Rubio, Rosendo López-Delgado, M.E. Álvarez-Ramos, and A. Ayón
    ZnO Quantum Dots Coated with PVP to Enhance Solar Cell Performance
  • J.A. García-Monge, C. Vazquez-Colon, G. Guisbiers, and A.A. Ayón
    Synergistic Interaction of Si and CdTe Photoluminescent Quantum Dots for Photovoltaic Applications
  • A Cordova-Rubio, R Lopez-Delgado, A Zazueta-Raynaud, M E Alvarez-Ramos, and A Ayón
    Influence of Photoluminescent Si and ZnO QD Multilayered Films on Solar Cell Efficiency, ZnO Quantum Dots Coated with PVP to Enhance Solar Cell Performance
  • J.E. Pelayo-Ceja, A. Zazueta-Raynaud, R. Lopez-Delgado, E. Saucedo-Flores, R. Ruelas-Lepe, F. Orona-Magallanes, R. Guerrero-Gonzalez, and A. Ayón
    Anomalous Stokes Shift in Colloidal Solutions of Carbon and CdTe Quantum Dots

5th Nano Today Conference, Kona, HI, December 6–10, 2017

  • J.C. Melendres-Sanchez, Rosendo Lopez-Delgado, M.E. Álvarez-Ramos,and A. Ayón
    Rare Earth Doping of SiO2 Nanoparticles for Photovoltaic Applications
  • Rosendo Lopez-Delgado, J.C. Melendres-Sanchez, M.E. Álvarez-Ramos, A. Ayón
    Improving the Efficiency of Solar Cells Employing Photoluminescent Rare Earth Doped Films
  • Juan Adrian Zepeda-Galvez, Clarissa D. Vazquez-Colon, Daniel Shreiber, and Arturo A. Ayón
    Determination of the Optical Properties under UV Excitation of Carbon Quantum Dots in the Terahertz Regime
  • Clarissa D. Vázquez-Colón, Juan Adrián Zepeda-Galvez, Daniel Shreiber, and Arturo Ayón
    Characterization of CdTe Quantum Dots for Terahertz Applications

Power MEMS 2017, Kanazawa, Japan, November 14–17, 2017

  • Rosendo Lopez-Delgado, J.C. Melendres-Sanchez, M.E. Álvarez-Ramos, and Arturo Ayón
    Solar Cell Efficiency Improvement by Photon Absorption Enhancement Employing Rare Earth Doped Films

43rd International Conference on Micro and Nanoengineering, Braga, Portugal, September 18–22, 2017

  • Juan Adrian Zepeda-Galvez, Clarissa D. Vazquez-Colon, Arturo A. Ayón
    UV-Tunable Terahertz Characterization of Carbon Quantum Dots
  • Rosendo Lopez-Delgado, J.C. Melendres-Sanchez, M.E. Álvarez-Ramos, and A. Ayón
    Silicon Solar Cell Performance Enhancement Employing Films Doped with Down-Shifting Rare Earth Ions
  • Clarissa D. Vázquez-Colón, Juan Adrián Zepeda-Galvez, Daniel Shreiber, and Arturo Ayón
    Terahertz Characterization of CdTe Quantum Dots under UV Excitation

42nd International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves, Cancún, Mexico, August 27–September 1, 2017

  • Juan Adrian Zepeda-Galvez, Clarissa D. Vazquez-Colon, D. Shreiber, and Arturo A. Ayón
    Effect of UV Light on Systematic Errors in THz-TDS Spectroscopy

2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Washington, DC, June 25–30, 2017

  • Aldo Zazueta-Raynaud, J Elias Pelayo, Rosendo Lopez-Delgado, and Arturo Ayón
    Influence of Photo-Luminescent ZnO Quantum Dots with Down Shifting Effect on Solar Cell Design

III Simposio de Nanociencias y Nanomateriales, Ensenada, Mexico, June 13–16, 2017

  • Aldo Zazueta-Raynaud, Rosendo Lopez-Delgado, J Elias Pelayo, M.E. Alvarez, and Arturo Ayón
    Utilization of Down Shifting Photoluminescent ZnO Quantum Dots on Solar Cells

Design, Test, Integration and Packaging of MEMS (DTIP) 2017, Bordeaux, France, May 29–June 1, 2017

  • C.D. Vázquez-Colón, A. Zepeda, D. Shreiber, and A. Ayón
    Reconfigurable Behavior of CdTe Quantum Dots at Terahertz Frequencies Employing UV Excitation
  • F.A. Orona-Magallanes, R. Guerrero-Gonzalez, J.E. Pelayo, A. Zazueta-Raynaud, R. Ruelas, E. Saucedo, and A. Ayón
    Synthesis and Characterization of the Interaction of ZnO and CdTe Photoluminescent Quantum Dots for Photovoltaic Applications

Power MEMS 2016, Paris, France, December 6–9, 2016

  • A. Zazueta, E. Pelayo, R. Lopez, D. Berman-Mendoza, and A. Ayón
    ZnO Photoluminescent Quantum Dots with Down-Shifting Effect Applied in Solar Cells
  • Elias Pelayo, Aldo Zazueta, Rosendo Lopez, Emmanuel Saucedo, Ruben Ruelas, and Arturo Ayón
    Red-Shift of the Photoluminescent Emission Peaks of CdTe due to the Synergistic Interaction with Carbon Quantum Dot Mixtures
  • Rosendo Lopez-Delgado, H.J. Higuera-Valenzuela, A. Zazueta-Raynaud, A. Ramos-Carrazco, J.E. Pelayo, D. Berman-Mendoza, M.E. Álvarez-Ramos, and Arturo Ayón
    Enhancing Power Conversion Efficiency of Solar Cells Employing Down-Shifting Silicon Quantum Dots
  • Rosendo Lopez-Delgado, Yufeng Zhou, Aldo Zazueta-Raynaud, Haiguang Zhao, J.E. Pelayo, Alberto Vomiero, M.E. Álvarez-Ramos, Federico Rosei, and Arturo Ayón
    Influence of Photo-Luminescent CdSe/CdS Core-Shell Quantum Dots on Solar Cell Efficiency

42nd International Conference on Micro and Nanoengineering, Vienna, Austria, September 19–23, 2016

  • Clarissa D. Vázquez-Colón and A. Ayón
    Computational Modeling of a Metamaterial made of 2D Metal Arrays in the Terahertz Regime
  • K.C. Mayfield, J R. Lopez, and A. Ayón
    Silicon Solar Cell Performance Improvement Employing Photoluminescent Photosystem I and CdTe Quantum Dots
  • A. Zepeda, C.D. Vazquez-Colon, and A. Ayón
    Synthesis and Characterization of CdTe Quantum Dots for THz Applications
  • Elias Pelayo, Aldo Zazueta, Rosendo Lopez, Emmanuel Saucedo, Ruben Ruelas, and Arturo Ayón
    Anomalous Red-Shift of the Down-Shifted Photoluminescent Emission Peaks of Carbon and CdTe Quantum Dots
  • Rosendo Lopez-Delgado, H.J. Higuera-Valenzuela, A. Zazueta-Raynaud, A. Ramos-Carrazco, J. E. Pelayo, D. Berman-Mendoza, M. E. Álvarez-Ramos, and Arturo Ayón
    Solar Cell Efficiency Improvement by Harvesting UV Light Using Silicon Quantum Dots
  • Rosendo Lopez-Delgado, Yufeng Zhou, Aldo Zazueta-Raynaud, Haiguang Zhao, J.E. Pelayo, Alberto Vomiero, M.E. Álvarez-Ramos, Federico Rosei, and Arturo Ayón
    Enhanced Conversion Efficiency of Solar Cells Employing Photo Luminescent Down-Shifting CdSe/CdS Core Shell Quantum Dots
  • A. Zazueta, E. Pelayo, R. Lopez, D. Berman-Mendoza, and A. Ayón
    Application of Down Shifting Photo Luminescent ZnO Quantum Dots in Solar Cells

XXV International Materials Research Congress, Design and Fabrication of MEMS and NEMS Devices Symposium, Cancun, Mexico, August 14–19, 2016

  • Clarissa D. Vázquez-Colón and A. Ayón
    Computational Modeling of 2D Metal Arrays at Terahertz Frequencies
  • J.E. Pelayo, A. Zazueta, R. Lopez, E. Saucedo, R. Ruelas and A Ayón
    Synergistic Effects of Photoluminescent Carbon and CdTe Quantum Dot Mixtures on Silicon Solar Cell Performance
  • V.O. Alvarado-Rosas, A.L. Herrera-May, L. A. Aguilera-Cortés, and A.A. Ayón
    Development of a Wall-Climbing Microrobot with Compact Structure for Non-Destructive Testing
  • A. Zazueta, J.E. Pelayo, R. Lopez, D. Mendoza, and A. Ayón
    Synthesis, Characterization and Application of Photoluminescent ZnO Quantum Dots in Solar Cells
  • K.C. Mayfield, J.E. Pelayo, A. Zazueta, R. Lopez, and A. Ayón
    Effects of Photoluminescent Photosystem I on Silicon Solar Cell Performance
  • Rosendo Lopez-Delgado, Hiram J. Higuera-Valenzuela, Aldo Zazueta-Raynaud, J.E. Pelayo, D. Berman-Mendoza, M.E. Álvarez-Ramos, and Arturo Ayón
    Harvesting of UV light Using Photoluminescent Silicon Quantum Dots for Solar Cell Efficiency Improvement
  • Rosendo Lopez-Delgado, Yufeng Zhou, Aldo Zazueta, Haiguang Zhao, J Elías Pelayo, Alberto Vomiero, Mario Enrique Álvarez Ramos, Federico Rosei, and Arturo Ayón
    Performance Improvement of Solar Cells Using Photo Luminescent Down-Shifting CdSe/CdS Quantum Dots

Design, Test, Integration and Packaging of MEMS (DTIP) 2016, Budapest, Hungary, May 30–June 2, 2016

  • J. Elias Pelayo, A. Zazueta, R. Lopez, E. Saucedo, R. Ruelas, and A Ayón
    Silicon Solar Cell Efficiency Improvement Employing the Photoluminescent Down-Shifting Effects of Carbon Quantum Dots
  • Manisha Sharma and Arturo A. Ayón
    Influence of Au Nanoclusters on the Power Conversion Efficiency of Hybrid Solar Cells

Applied Nanotechnology Nanoscience International Conference, Paris, France, November 5–7, 2015

  • Arturo A. Ayón
    Influence of Quantum and Multispiked Au/Ag Nanoparticles on Solar Cell Performance

VIII International Conference on Surfaces, Materials and Vacuum (VIII ICSMV), Puebla, Mexico, September 21–25, 2015

  • Marcial, M.F.; Garcia, G.L.; Hernandez, T.J.; and Ayón, A.A.
    Influence of Silicon Dioxide Nanoparticles on the Mechanical Properties of Concrete Mixtures

XXIV International Materials Research Conference, Cancun, Mexico, August 16–20, 2015

  • Invited Speaker: Arturo A. Ayón
    Influence of CdTe Quantum Dot Down Shifting Photoluminescent Nanostructures and Nanotexturization in Solar Cell Performance

18th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, Anchorage, AK, June 21–25, 2015

  • A. Ayón, U. Tronco-Jurado, R. López-Delgado, M. Sharma, E. Saucedo-Flores, and E. Alvarez-Ramos
    Influence of Au/Ag Nanostars and CdTe Quantum Dots on Photon Manipulation

2015 IEEE 42nd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), New Orleans, LA, June 14–19, 2015

  • Manisha Sharma and Arturo A. Ayón
    Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Solar Cell Efficiency Improvement by Employing Gold Nanoclusters
  • Ulises Tronco-Jurado, Emmanuel Saucedo-Flores, Ruben Ruelas, Rosendo Lopez, and Arturo A. Ayón
    Efficiency Improvement Employing CdTe Quantum Dot Based Luminescent Down Shifting Nanostructures on c-Silicon Solar Cells
  • Rosendo Lopez, Mario Enrique Alvarez, and Arturo A. Ayón
    Performance of Inorganic Photovoltaic Structures Employing Heterojunctions with Large Band Gap Materials

Nanotechnology Week, Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, Mexico, May 25, 2015

  • Arturo A. Ayón
    Influence of Nanotechnology Techniques in the Power Conversion Efficiency of Photovoltaic Devices

III Congreso de Ciencias Exactas, Naturales y Didácticas de las Ciencias, Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, Mexico, April 16, 2015

  • Arturo A. Ayón
    Robotics Workshop

American Physical Society Meeting, San Antonio, TX, March 2–6, 2015

  • Invited Speaker: Arturo A. Ayón
    Influence of Quantum Dots and Surface Nanotexturization on Solar Cell Performance
  • Manisha Sharma, Pushpa Raj Pudasaini, and Arturo A Ayón
    Au Nanocluster Assisted PCE Improvement in PEDOT: PSS - Si Hybrid Devices
  • Diana Strickland, Arturo A Ayón, and Andrea Alu
    Electrodynamic Tensor Properties of Periodic Arrays

XIX Reunión Universitaria de Investigación en Materiales, Hermosillo, Mexico, November 19–21, 2014

  • Invited Speaker: Arturo A. Ayón
    Utilization of Nanotexturization, Nanoparticles and Quantum Dots in Inorganic and Hybrid Solar Cells

VII International Conference on Surfaces, Materials and Vacuum, Ensenada, Mexico, October 6–10, 2014

  • Plenary Speaker: Arturo A. Ayón
    Utilization of Nanotexturization and Nanoparticles in Organic/Inorganic Heterojunction Hybrid Solar Cells

XIV Research Seminar, Mérida, Mexico, October 2-3, 2014

  • Keynote Speaker: Arturo A. Ayón
    Photon Capture and Photon Scattering Employing Nanotexturizatino, Nanoparticles and Quantum Dots

International Symposium on Materials for Enabling Nanodevices, Tainan, Taiwan, September 3–5, 2014

  • Invited Presentation: Arturo A. Ayón
    Utilization of Nanotexturization for Photon Capture and Nanoparticles in Single Crystal and Hybrid Solar Cells

2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), Denver, CO, June 8–13, 2014

  • Manisha Sharma, Pushpa Raj Pudasaini, and Arturo A Ayón
    Plasmonic Light Trapping in Ultrathin Single Crystal Silicon Membrane for Solar Cells Applications
  • (Pushpa Raj Pudasaini, Manisha Sharma, Francisco Ruiz-Zepeda, and Arturo Ayón
    Ultrathin, Flexible, Hybrid Solar Cells in Sub-Ten Micrometer Single Crystal Silicon Membrane

Design, Test, Integration and Packaging of MEMS (DTIP) 2014, Cannes, France, April 1–4, 2014

  • Pushpa Raj Pudasaini and Arturo Ayón
    Electrical Characterization of Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Solar Cells Based on Silicon Nanopillars-poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate), pp. 227-230

Photonic and Phononic Properties of Engineered Nanostructures (SPIE OPTO), San Francisco, CA, Feb. 1–6, 2014

  • D. Strickland, A. Alu, and A.A. Ayón
    Magnetoelectric Coupling in Cylindrical Inclusions

XIV School of Molecular Physics, Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, Mexico, December 11–12, 2013

  • Arturo A. Ayón
    Utilization of Nanoparticles and Nanotexturization in Organic/Inorganic Heterojunction Hybrid Solar Cells

13th International Conference on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications, London, United Kingdom, December 3–6, 2013

  • Pushpa Raj Pudasaini and Arturo Ayón
    Low-Cost, High-Efficiency Organic/Inorganic Heterojunction Hybrid Solar Cell for Next Generation Photovoltaic Devices
    Journal of Physics Conference Series, 2013 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 476 012140

39th International Conference on Micro and Nano Engineering, London, United Kingdom, September 16–19, 2013

  • Pushpa Raj Pudasaini and Arturo Ayón
    Effect of Al 2O 3 Recombination Barrier Layer on Silicon Nanopillar-Polymer, Hybrid Solar Cells

The 7th International Congress on Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics, Metamaterials' 2013, Bordeaux, France, September 16–19, 2013

  • D. Strickland, A. Alu, and A.A. Ayón
    Dynamic Polarizability Tensor for Cylindrical Rods and their Application to the Homogenization of Uniaxial Metamaterials

MEMS Summer School, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, July 22–24, 2013

  • Arturo A. Ayón
    MEMS Technology: Challenges and Perspectives

39th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Tampa, FL, June 16–21, 2013

  • Pushpa Raj Pudasaini, David Elam, and Arturo Ayón
    Radial Junction Nanopillar Array Textured n-Type Silicon Solar Cells

Design, Test, Integration and Packaging of MEMS (DTIP) 2013, Barcelona, Spain, April 16–18, 2013

  • Pushpa Raj Pudasaini and Arturo Ayón
    High Performance Nanopillar Array Silicon Solar Cells, pp. 89-93

Academic Surgical Congress, New Orleans, LA, February 5–7, 2013

  • H. Nanda Kumar, K.R. Van Sickle, A. Parikh, C. Louden, J. Michalek, A.A. Ayón, and S.M. Cohn
    Development of an Animal Model to Investigate Optimal Laparoscopic Trocar Site Fascial Closure

The 12th International Workshop on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications, Power MEMS 2012, Atlanta, GA, December 2–5, 2012

  • Pushpa R. Pudasaini and A. Ayón
    Sub-Wavelength Nanotextured Plasmonics Silicon Solar Cells

19th International Symposium, Exhibit & Workshops on Electro- and Liquid Phase-Separation Techniques, Baltimore, MD, September 30–October 3, 2012

  • E.T. da Costa, C. Neves, G. Hotta, D. Vidal, M. F. Barros, A.A. Ayón, C.D. Garcia and C.L. do Lago
    Unmanned Platform for Long-Range Remote Analysis of Volatile Compounds in Air Samples

38th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Austin, TX, June 3–8, 2012

  • Pushpa Raj Pudasaini and Arturo A. Ayón
    Plasmon Enhanced Optical Absorption in Silicon Nanohole Arrays for Thin Film Solar Cell Applications

Design, Test, Integration and Packaging of MEMS (DTIP) 2012, Cannes, France, April 25–27, 2012

  • Dylan Ginn and Arturo A. Ayón
    Modeling a Monolithic Silicon Carbide Pintle Rocket Injector, pp. 144-147
  • Pushpa Raj Pudasaini and Arturo A. Ayón
    Plasmon Enhanced Optical Absorption in Silicon Nanohole Arrays for Thin Film Solar Cells Applications

SPIE OPTO, San Francisco, California, January 21–26, 2012

  • Diana Strickland, Ramakrishna Kotha, Arturo Ayón, and Jerome Hellfrich
    Design of a Metallic Wire Media Hyperlens

5th International Congress on Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics, Barcelona, Spain, October 10–15, 2011

  • D. Strickland, J. Helffrich, R. Kotha, and A. Ayón
    Design of a Mid Infrared Hyperlens

XX International Materials Research Congress, Cancun, Mexico, August 14–19, 2011

  • Joseph Barrios, Ramakrishna Kotha, and Arturo Ayón
    The Fabrication of Metallic Nano Wires Using Electroplating
  • R. Kotha, D. Strickland, and A. Ayón
    Multi-Dimensional Silver Nanowires Grown in Anodic Al2O3 Membranes by Electroless Deposition
  • D. Strickland, R. Kotha, and A. Ayón
    Impedance Matching a Nanostructured Subdiffraction Imaging Lens

3rd International Conference from Nanoparticles and Nanomaterials to Nanodevices and Nanosystems, Crete Island, Greece, June 26–29, 2011

  • Ramakrishna Kotha, Joseph Barrios, and Arturo A Ayón
    Nanowire Fabrication in Porous Alumina Templates Using Electroless Deposition and Electroplating, p. 6

2011 Mathematics and Engineering International Conference, Honolulu, HI, June 13–15, 2011

  • Dylan Ginn and Arturo A. Ayón
    Modeling a Monolithic Silicon Carbide Pintle Rocket Injector
  • Ramakrishna Kotha, Diana Strickland, and Arturo A Ayón
    Characterization of Silver Nanowire Growth in Porous Aluminum Oxide Templates Produced Employing Sulphuric Acid, Oxalic Acid and Phosphoric Acids
  • David Elam, Anastasiia Nemashkalo, Yuri Strzhemechny, Chonglin Chen, Arturo Ayón, and Andrey Chabanov
    Structural and Photoluminescence Properties of ALD Zinc Oxide Thin Films

Design, Test, Integration and Packaging of MEMS (DTIP) 2011, Aix en Provence, France, May 11–13, 2011

  • R. Hackworth, J. Moreira, R. Kotha, R. Maxwell, and A.A. Ayón
    Piezoelectric Charging for Smart Fabric Applications, pp. 138-141
  • G. Collins, E. Silva, M. Liu, C. Ma, A. Chabanov, A.A. Ayón, and C.L. Chen
    Integration Ferroelectric BaTiO3 on Metallic Ni Tapes for Energy Generation, pp. 72-74
  • David Elam, Anastasiia Nemashkalo, Yuri Strzhemechny, Chonglin Chen, Arturo Ayón, and Andrey Chabanov
    Structural and Photoluminescence properties of ALD Zinc Oxide Thin Films

2010 Fall Meeting of the Texas Section of the American Physical Society, San Antonio, TX, October 22–23, 2010

  • R. Hackworth, J. Moreira, R. Kotha, R. Maxwell, and A. Ayón
    Piezolectric Charging for Smart Fabric Applications
  • J. Barrios, M. Cabral, E. Carrilho, C. Garcia, and A. Ayón
    Application of Carbon Nanotubes as Working Electrodes for Cyclic Voltammetry & Impedance Spectroscopy
  • D. Elam, R. Kotha, A. Ayón, and A. Chabanov
    Residual Stress in Zinc Oxide Thin Films Deposited by Atomic Layer Deposition

17th International Symposium on Capillary Electroseparation Techniques (ITP 2010), Baltimore, MD, August 29–September 1, 2010

  • C. L. do Lago, C. Neves, E. Tavares, G. Minoru, M. Fagundes, T. Garcia, A.A. Ayón, and C.D. Garcia
    Integration of Microchips, Capillary Electrophoresis, and Electrochemical Detection with Robotic Platforms to Perform Remote Chemical Analysis

Design, Test, Integration and Packaging of MEMS (DTIP) 2010, Seville, Spain, May 5–7, 2010

  • Ramakrishna Kotha, David Elam, Chonglin Chen, Andrey Chabanov, and Arturo A Ayón
    Atomic Layer Deposited (ALD) Zinc Oxide Film Characterization for NEMS and MEMS, pp. 185-189
  • R. Moreira, D. Elam, R. Kotha, and A. Ayón
    Utilization of Atomic-Layer-Deposition in the Microfabrication and Testing of Dye-Sensitized-Solar-Cells, pp. 182-184
  • G. Collins, D. Elam, R. Hackworth, R. Kotha, J. Pusateri, A. Ayón, A. Chabanov, and C. Chen
    Utilization of Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD) to Produce Low-Temperature Barium Titanate (BTO) Films on Flexible Fabrics, pp. 301-304
  • D. Elam, R. Kotha, R. Hackworth, A. Ayón, C. Chen, and A. Chabanov
    Influence of Deposition Temperature of ZnO Thin Films for Self-Powered Wearable Fabrics Using ALD, pp. 305-308
  • R. Kotha, D. Elam, A. Chabanov, and A.A. Ayón
    Phase Shifting Microwave Structure Employing Atomic Layer Deposited (ALD) and Ferroelectric Films on Flexible Substrates, pp. 232-234

Symposium on Nanotechnology in Active Materials, Honolulu, HI, March 14–17, 2010

  • Invited Presentation: A.A. Ayón, C. Chen, A. Chabanov, D. Elam, R. Kotha, J. Hoy, G. Collins and R. Hackworth
    Microstructure Evolution of Atomic Layer Deposited Zinc-Oxide Films

20th International Conference on Electronics, Communications and Computers, Cholula, Mexico, February 22–24, 2010

  • G. Collins, D. Elam, R. Hackworth, R. Kotha, J. Pusateri, A. Ayón, A. Chabanov, and C. Chen
    Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD) Employed in the Fabrication of Low Temperature Barium Titanate (BTO) Films on Carbon Fibers
  • D. Elam, R. Kotha, R. Hackworth, A. Ayón, C. Chen, and A. Chabanov
    Temperature Dependence of ZnO Thin Film Growth and Its Application to Self-Powered Fabrics

NanoMex’09, Ensenada, Mexico, November 10–11, 2009

  • G. Collins, D. Elam, R. Hackworth, R. Kotha, J. Pusateri, A. Ayón, A. Chabanov, and C. Chen
    Low Temperature Fabrication of Barium Titanate (BTO) Films on Carbon Fiber Employing Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD)

2009 Villa Conference on Complex Oxide Heterostructures, Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands, September 13–18, 2009

  • R. Kotha, R. Moreira, D. Elam, J. Hoy, H. Ji, C. Garcia, A. Chabanov, CL. Chen, A.A. Ayón
    Characterization of ZnO and Al2O3 Atomic Layer Deposited (ALD) Films for Nanoscale Applications

2009 Nanotech Conference, Houston, TX, May 3–7, 2009

  • R. Kotha, C. Garcia, and A. Ayón
    Characterization of Atomic Layer Deposited (ALD) Al2O3 and ZnO Films for Nano and Micro Applications

Design, Test, Integration and Packaging of MEMS (DTIP) 2009, Rome, Italy, April 1–3, 2009

  • D.C. Valdez, C. Berg, P. Bergeron, M.F. Mora, C.D. Garcia, and A.A. Ayón
    Wireless Control of Microchip Capillary Electrophoresis with a Mobile Platform, pp. 150-152
  • J. Ficklen, J. Weaver, C. Chen, and A.A. Ayón
    High Permittivity Ferroelectric Actuators for Radar Applications, pp. 412-414

Congreso Internacional de Quimica, Monterrey, Mexico, March 2009

  • Maria F. Mora, Jessica Felhofer, Gabrielle Guy, Carla Giacomelli, Arturo Ayón, and Carlos D. Garcia
    Robots, Chips, and Nanomaterials: Novel Strategies for the Analysis of Biologically Active Compounds

XVII Simpósio Brasileiro de Eletroquímica e Eletroanalítica, Fortaleza, Brasil, February, 2009

  • C.D. Garcia, M.F. Mora, J. Felhofer, G. Guy, C. Giacomelli, J. Wehmeyer, R. Bizios, and A.A. Ayón
    Smaller is Better: A Tale about Surfaces and Microfluidics

Latin American Capillary Electrophoresis Meeting, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, December, 2008

  • Carlos D. Garcia, Maria F. Mora, Jessica Felhofer, Gabrielle Guy, Carlos A. Neves, and Arturo Ayón
    Microfluidics and Nanostructured Surfaces
  • C. Neves, A. Ayón, and C. Garcia
    LOAR²: A Newly Designed Integrated System for Remote Chemical Sensing

Third International Workshop on Multianalyte Biosensing Devices, Athens, Greece, September 18–19, 2008

  • D.C. Valdez, C. Berg, P. Bergeron, M.F. Mora, C.D. Garcia, and A.A. Ayón
    Wireless Control of Microchip Capillary Electrophoresis with Electrochemical Detection
  • M.F. Mora, R. Hackworth, R. Kotha, C.E. Giacomelli, C.D. Garcia, and A. Ayón
    Combining Surfaces, Enzymes and Microfluidic Structures

34th International Conference on Micro and Nano Engineering, Athens, Greece, September 15–18, 2008

  • Ross Hackworth, Ramakrishna Kotha, Carlos D. Garcia, and Arturo A. Ayón
    Enhanced Electrochemical Responses of Glassy Carbon and Gold Electrodes Modified with Gold Nanoparticles, p. 300.

50th Annual Rocky Mountain Conference on Analytical Chemistry, Breckenridge, CO, July 27–31, 2008

  • M.F. Mora, J. Felhofer, G. Guy, J. Wehmeyer, R. Bizios, A. Ayón, and Carlos D. Garcia
    Analysis of Biologically Relevant Compounds Using Microchips, Capillary Electrophoresis and Biosensors

Third Nanotechnology Conference, Lagos de Moreno, Mexico, July 28–30, 2008

  • Arturo A. Ayón
    Nanotechnology: Challenges and Opportunities

59th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, New Orleans, LA, March 1–7, 2008

  • C. Garcia, L. Blanes, M.F. Mora, C.L. do Lago, and A. Ayón
    Lab-on-a-Chip Biosensor for Glucose Based on a Packed Immobilized Enzyme Reactor

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics Conference 2008, Cancun, Mexico, February 21–24, 2008

  • Maria F. Mora, Jessica Felhofer, Arturo Ayón, and Carlos D. Garcia
    What Can We Do to Improve the Analysis of Phenolic Compounds by Microchip Capillary Electrophoresis?
  • C. Berg, D.C. Valdez, P. Bergeron, M.F. Mora, C.D. Garcia, and A. Ayón
    Microfluidics Chip with a Reciprocating MEMS Micropumpfor Gaseous Sample Diffusion, Wirelessly Controlled and Integrated on a Robotic Platform: LAB-ON-A-ROBOT

LACE 2007, Santiago de Chile, Chile, December 2–5, 2007

  • Maria F. Mora, Jessica Felhofer, Karen Scida, Arturo Ayón, Carla Giacomelli, and Carlos D. Garcia
    What Can We Do to Improve the Analysis of Phenolic Compounds by Capillary Electrophoresis?

34th Conference of the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS), Memphis, TN, October 14–18, 2007

  • C. Garcia, L. Blanes, M. Mora, C. do Lago, and A. Ayón
    Development of Lab-on-a-Chip Biosensor for Glucose Based on a Packed Immobilized Enzyme Reactor

Wireless Hive Networks Symposium, Austin, TX, August 8, 2007

  • Madhavi Adusumilli, Arturo Ayón, and Paul Cotae
    Wireless Sensor Networks for Health Monitoring

Symposium for Space Applications of Wireless and RFID, IEEE Galveston Bay Section, Houston, TX, May 8–9, 2007

  • M. Adusumilli, A. A. Ayón, and P. Cotae
    Continuous Health Monitoring Using Wearable Bio-Sensors

32nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Biomaterials, Chicago, IL, April 18–21, 2007

  • Mani G, Johnson DM, Marton D, Dougherty V, Feldman M, Patel D, Ayón A, and Agrawal CM
    Immobilization of Therapeutics on Metal Surfaces Using Self-Assembled Monolayers, Vol. 30, Abstract 4
  • Mani G, Johnson DM, Marton D, Dougherty V, Feldman M, Patel D, Ayón A, and Agrawal CM
    Stability of Self-Assembled Monolayers on Titanium for Biomedical Applications, Vol. 30, Abstract 758

Annual Iberoamerican Research and Development Summit, Albuquerque, NM, March 19–21, 2007

  • Keynote Speaker: Arturo A. Ayón
    Revolutions in Materials