Poster Presentations

Post-Annealing Immersion Study of Sol-Gel Silicate Glasses Containing Rare Earth Dopants, A.J. Silversmith, S.M. Fobes, Z.A. Glauber, D.M. Boye, K.R. Hoffman, ICL11, Ann Arbor, MI, June 2011.
Cross-relaxation between Tb3+ ions as a probe of rare earth distribution in solids, Erin Bessette-Kirton, Hamilton College August 2011.
Post Annealing Immersion: A New Technique to Study Rare Earth Ions in Sol-Gel Glass and Other Porous Materials, K.E. Arpino, A.J. Silversmith, D.M. Boye, K.R. Hoffman, DPC10, Chicago, June 2010.
Effect of Drying Control Chemical Additives (DCCAs) on Rare Earth Doped Sol-Gel Glasses, A.P. Beyler, A.J. Silversmith, D.M. Boye, K.R. Hoffman, DPC10, Chicago, June 2010.
Nano-crystal Formation and Luminescence Efficiency of RE doped Sol-Gel glasses, K.R. Hoffman, T. Harvey, H. Alazar, A.J. Silversmith, D.M. Boye, DPC10, Chicago, June 2010.
Pulsed upconversion of Tm³⁺ doped sol-gel silicate glasses, C.P. Ortiz, D.M. Boye,  DPC 2007, Segovia , Spain, June, 2007.
Rare-earth ion distribution in sol-gel glasses co-doped with Al³⁺, A.J. Silversmith, N.T.T.Nguyen, B.W. Sullivan, D.M. Boye, C. Ortiz, K.R. Hoffman,  DPC 2007, Segovia , Spain, June, 2007.
Effects of Gadolinium co-doping on terbium emission in sol-gel glasses, K.R. Hoffman, J.P. Hutchinson, K.S. Young, A.J. Silversmith, D.M. Boye, C.P. Ortiz, DPC 2007, Segovia , Spain, June, 2007.
Upconversion Spectroscopy of Tm³⁺Doped Sol-Gel Glasses, Ortiz, C.P. & Boye, D.M., Optics in the Southeast, Charlotte, 2006.
The Effects of Annealing Conditions and Concentration on ⁵D₃ → 7F_J Emission in Terbium-Doped Sol-Gel Glasses, Gillespie, C.; Boye, D. M.; Silversmith, A. J. ( Davidson College Science and Math Student Research Symposium, 2005).
Fluorescence of Rare Earth Ions in Binary Silica Sol-Gel Glasses, Callahan, J.R.; Brewer, K.S.; Silversmith, A.J. (227th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Anaheim , CA , 2004).
Energy Transfer from Chelated Ligands to Rare Earth Cations in a Sol-Gel Matrix, Brewer, K.S.; Magyar, A.P.; Silversmith, A.J.; Boye, D.M. (227th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Anaheim, CA, 2004).
Eu³⁺ Doped Y₂O₃ Nanocrystals, Armstrong, Greg; Burke, Peter; Silversmith, A. J.; Brewer, K. S. (Hamilton College Summer Student Research Symposium, 2004).
Spectroscopic Analysis of Tb³⁺ Doped Sol-Gels, Sullivan, B. W.; Silversmith, A. J.; Brewer, K. S. (Hamilton College Summer Student Research Symposium, 2004).
Fluorescence Enhancement by Chelation of Eu³⁺ and Tb³⁺ Ions in Sol Gels, Silversmith, A. J.; Magyar, A. P.; Brewer, K. S.; Boye D. M. (Dynamic Processes in the Excited State Conference, Christchurch, NZ, 2003).
Transient and Persistent Spectral Hole Burning in Eu³⁺-Doped Sol-Gel Produced SiO₂ Glass, Boye, D. M.; Valdes, T. S.; Nolen, J. H.; Silversmith, A. J.; Brewer, K. S.; Anderman, R. E; Meltzer, R. S. (Dynamic Processes in the Excited State Conference, Christchurch, NZ, 2003).
Red-to-Green Upconversion in Er-Doped SiO₂ and SiO₂/TiO₂ Sol-Gel Silicate Glasses, Boye, D. M; Silversmith, A. J.; Nolen, J; Rumney, L.; Shaye, D.; Smith, B. C.; Brewer, K. S. (Dynamic Processes in the Excited State Conference, Lyons, France, 2001).
Fluorescence Line Narrowing and Decay Dynamics in Sol-Gel Glasses Containing Eu³⁺, Silversmith, A.J.; Anderman, R. E.; McComb, J.; Brewer, K. S.; Boye, D. M. (Dynamic Processes in the Excited State Conference, Lyons, France, 2001).