DARYUSH ILA

Director of Alabama A&M University Research Institute

Director of Center for Irradiation of Materials at AAMU

Professor of Physics

Alabama A&M University Research Institute

P. O. Box 741

Department of Physics

Normal, Alabama 35762-0741

Phone : (256) 772-8703

FAX : (256) 772-8708

 

Over 160 Publications, presentations, and invited talks

Four Books + one book chapter

Over $10,000,000 Grants and Contracts as P.D./P.I.

Over $20,000,00 Grants and Contracts as Co.I.

 

Educational Background:

Ph.D., Condensed Matter Physics, University of Massachusetts,
            Lowell, MA. 1984-87

M.S., Physics (Nuclear Structure/Instrumentation), M. I. T.,
           Cambridge, MA. 1982

B.S., Physics, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran. 1978

Professional Experience (partial listing):

a) Director of AAMU Research Institute Jan. 99- present
        Alabama A&M University

b)    Director/Founder of Center for Irradiation of Materials Jan. 90- present
       Alabama A&M University

c) Professor of Physics, Sept. 1998-present
        Alabama A&M University

d) Associate Professor of Physics,
        Alabama A&M University, Physics Department Sept. 1992-1998

e) Assistant Professor of Physics,
        Alabama A&M University, Sept. 1987-1992

Teaching Elements of Materials Science, Magnetic and Optical
properties of materials, Mechanical behavior of materials,
Introduction to Solid State Physics, Interaction of Ions with
Matter, Ion Beam Analysis of Materials, Microelectronics
Materials processing, and Modern Physics.

More than 160 Refereed Papers, Presentations and Invited Talks

Four Books and one chapter

(SELECTED)

*STUDENT, #POST DOCTORAL RESEARCH

BOOKS:

  1. David B. Poker, Daryush ILA, Yang-Tse Cheng, Lloyd R. Harriott, Thomas W. Sigmon, Ion-Solid Interactions for Materials Modification and Processing, ISBN:1-55899-299-5- (MRS, Pittsburgh, 1996).
  2. Steve Moss and Daryush ILA,Cammarata, R. C. , Chason, E.H., Einstein, T. L., Williams, Thin Films: Structures and Morphology, ISBN:1-55899-342-2 (MRS, Pittsburgh, 1997).
  3. J. C. Barbour, D. ILA, S. Roorda, Atomistic Mechanisms in Beam Synthesis and Irradiation of Materials, ISBN: 1-55899-409-2 (MRS, Pittsburgh, 1998).
  4. S. Moss, D. ILA, H. Lee, Semiconductor Quantum Dots, ISBN: 1-55899-478-5 (MRS, Pittsburgh, 1999)

JOURNALS AND PROCEEDINGS (Refereed):

(Last Update June 2000)

  1. D. ILA, E. K. Williams, David B. Poker and Dale K. Hensley, "Post Implantation Irradiation Induced Nucleation of Nano-crystals", Nucl. Instr. & Meth. in Phys. Res. B166-167, 845-850 (2000).
  2. S. Sarkisov, M.J.Curley, E.K. Williams, D. ILA, V.L. Svetchnikov, H.W. Zandbergen, G.A. Zykov, C. Banks, J.-C. Wang, D.B. Poker, and D.K. Hensley, "Nonlinear optical waveguides produced by MeV ion implantation in LiNbO3", Nucl. Instr. & Meth. in Phys. Res. B166-167, 750-757 (2000).
  3. R. L. Zimmerman, D. ILA, E. K. Williams, B. Gasic, A. Elsamadicy, A. L. Evelyn, D. B. Poker, D. K. Hensley and David J. Larkin, "Gold, silver and copper nanocrystal formation in SiC by MeV implantation", Nucl. Instr. & Meth. in Phys. Res. B166-167, 892-896 (2000).
  4. E. K. Williams, D. ILA, D. B. Poker, D. K. Hensley and David J. Larkin, Proceedings of ICSCRM’99, Int’l Conf. on SiC and Related Materials, held October 10-15, 1999, Research Triangle Park, NC.(in press).
  5. C. I. Muntele, D. ILA, E. K. Williams, D. B. Poker, D. K. Hensley, David J. Larkin, (Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 585, Pittsburg, PA, 2000) (in press).
  6. E. K. Williams, D. ILA, D. B. Poker, D. K. Hensley, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 588, 215-220 (2000).
  7. C. I. Muntele, D. ILA, E. K. Williams, D. B. Poker, D. K. Hensley, David J. Larkin, Iulia Muntele, Proceedings of ICSCRM’99, Int’l Conf. on SiC and Related Materials, held October 10-15, 1999, Research Triangle Park, NC.(in press)
  8. George, M. A., Ayoub, M.A., ILA, D., Larkin, D. J., "Elevated Temperature Silicon Carbide Chemical Sensors", Mat. Res. Soc. Proc. Vol.572, 123 (1999).
  9. ILA, D., Williams*, E. K., Sarkisov, S., Smith*, C. C., Poker, D. B. and Hensley, D. K., Formation of Metallic Nanoclusters in Silica by Ion Implantation", Nucl. Instr. & Meth. in Phys. Res. B141 (1998) 289-293.
  10. Darwish, A., ILA, D., Poker, D.B. and Hensley, D.K., "Investigation of Mn Implanted LiNbO3 Applying Electron Paramagnetic Resonance", Nucl. Instr. & Meth. in Phys. Res. B141 (1998) 679-683.
  11. Williams*, E.K., ILA, D., Sarkisov, S., Curley*, M., Cochrane, J.C., Poker, D.B., Hensley, D.K. and Borel*, C., "Study of the Effects of MeV Ag and Au Implantation on the Optical Properties of LiNbO3", Nucl. Instr. & Meth. in Phys. Res. B141 (1998) 268-273.
  12. Taylor*, T., ILA, D., Zimmerman, R.L., Cochrane, J.C., Ashley, P.R., Poker, D.B. and Hensley, D.K, "Temperature Effects on the Fabrication of Optical Channels in Planar GaAs/AlGaAs Waveguides using MeV Ions", Nucl. Instr. & Meth. in Phys. Res. B141 (1998) 704-708.
  13. Zimmerman, R.L., ILA, D., Williams*, E.K., Sarkisov, S., Poker, D. B. and Hensley, D. K., "Fabrication of Copper and Gold Nanoclusters in MgO (100) by MeV IonImplantation", Nucl. Instr. & Meth. in Phys. Res. B141 (1998) 308-311.
  14. Evelyn*, A. L., ILA, D., Zimmerman, R. L. and Bhat, K., Poker, D.B., Hensley, D.K., "Effects of MeV Ions on PE and PVDC", Nucl. Instr. & Meth. in Phys. Res. B141 (1998) 164-168.
  15. Sarkisov, S. S., Williams*, E., Smith*, C., ILA, D., Venkateswarlu, P., Poker, D. B. and Hensley, "Nonlinear optical waveguides based on metal nanocluster composites produced by ion beam implantation", Proceedings of SPIE 3283 (1998).
  16. C. C. Smith, D. ILA, S. Sarkisov, E. K. Williams, D. B. Poker and D. K. Hensley, "the optical properties of ion implanted silica", Mat. Res. Soc. Proc. Vol.504, (1998).
  17. D. ILA, E. K. Williams, S. S. Sarkisov, D. B. Poker and D. K. Hensley, "CHANGE IN THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF SAPPHIRE INDUCED BY ION IMPLANTATION ", Mat. Res. Soc. Proc. Vol.504, (1998).
  18. E. K. Williams, D. ILA, S. Sarkisov, C. C. Smith, P. Venkateswarlu, D.B. Poker and D. K. Hensley, "STUDY OF EFFECTS OF MeV Cu, Sn, Ag AND Au IMPLANTATION ON OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF LiNbO3", Mat. Res. Soc. Proc. Vol.504, (1998).
  19. E. K. Williams, D. ILA, T. R. Watkins, D. K. Hensley, and D. B. Poker, "MeV He ION BEAM INDUCED DISORDER IN LiNbO3 CRYSTAL", Mat. Res. Soc. Proc. Vol.504, (1998) .
  20. S. S. Sarkisov, D. ILA, R. L. Zimmerman, E. K. Williams, P. Venkateswarlu, D.B. Poker and D.K. Hensley, "THIRD ORDER OPTICAL NONLINEARITY OF COLLOIDAL METAL NANOCLUSTERS FORMED BY MeV ION IMPLANTATION", Mat. Res. Soc. Proc. Vol.504, (1998).
  21. A. L. Evelyn, D. ILA, R. L. Zimmerman, K. Bhat, D. B. Poker and D. K. Hensley, "STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF MeV IONS ON PS AND PES", Mat. Res. Soc. Proc. Vol.504, (1998).
  22. R. L. Zimmerman, D. ILA, E. K. Williams, S. Sarkisov, D. B. Poker and D. K. Hensley, "FORMATION OF NANOCLUSTERS COLLOIDS OF TIN, GOLD, and COPPER IN MAGNESIUM OXIDE BY MeV ION IMPLANTATION", Mat. Res. Soc. Proc. Vol.504, (1998).
  23. Williams, E.K., ILA, D., Sarkisov, S.,Venkateswarlu, P., Poker, D.B., and Hensley, D.K., "Loss measurements and stoichiometric dependence of Ti and O implanted LiNbO3 waveguides," Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research B 127/128 (1997) 512-514
  24. Zimmerman, R. L., ILA, D., Jenkins, G. M., Hirvonen, J. K., and Maleki#, H., "NRA of Hydrogen in Glassy Polymeric Carbon", in Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry, eds. J. L. Duggan and I. L Morgan,, CP392 (AIP Press, New York, 1997) 685-688.
  25. ILA, D., Wu*, Z., Zimmerman, R. L. , Sarkisov, S. , Qian, Y., Poker, D. B. and Hensley, D. K., "Formation of Silver Metal Nanoclusters in MgO by MeV Ag Implantation", in Modification and Synthesis by Ion Beam Processing, eds. D. E. Alexander, N. W. Cheung, B. Park, and W. Skorupa, MRS Sym. Proc. 438, 417-422 (1997).
  26. ILA, D., Wu*, Z., Smith*, C.C., Poker, D.B., Hensley, D.K., Klatt, C., Kalbitzer, S., "Post bombardment enhanced optical absorption in gold implanted silica," Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research B 127 (1997) 570-573.
  27. Evelyn*, A.L., ILA, D., Zimmerman, R. L., Bhat, K., Poker, D. B. and Hensley, D. K., "Effects of MeV Ion Beam on Polymers", in Materials Modification and Synthesis by Ion Beam Processing, eds., D.E. Alexander, N.W. Cheung, B. Park, and W. Skorupa, MRS Sym. Proc. 438 (1997) 499-504 .
  28. Zimmerman, R. L., ILA, D., Poker, D. B. and Withrow, S. P., "Permeability Control of GPC Drug Delivery by Ion Implantation", in Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry, eds. J.L. Duggan and I.L. Morgan, CP392 (AIP Press, New York, 1997)957-959.
  29. Zimmerman, R. L., ILA, D., Poker, D. B. and Withrow, S. P., "Permeability control ofGPC drug Delivery System", Nucl. Inst. & Meth. B127/128, (1997) 1023-1026
  30. Taylor*, T., ILA, D., and Zimmerman, R. L.,Ashley, P.R., Poker, D.B., Hensley, D.K., "Optical changes induced in GaAs/AlGaAs waveguides by MeV ion bombardment", Nucl. Inst. & Meth. B 127/128 (1997) 442-445
  31. Evelyn*, A. L., ILA, D., Zimmerman, R. L. and Bhat, K., Poker, D.B., Hensley, D.K.,"Resolving the electronic and nuclear effects of MeV ions in polymers", Nucl. Inst. & Meth. B127/128 (1997) 694-697
  32. Qian*, Y., ILA, D., Zimmerman, R. L. Poker, D.B., Boatner, L.A., Hensley, D.K., "MeV silver ion implantation induced changes in optical properties of MgO(100)", Nucl. Inst. & Meth. B 127/128 (1997) 524-527
  33. E.K. Williams*, D. ILA, S. Sarkisov, P. Venkateswarlu, D.B.Poker, P.R. Ashley, "Loss Measurements of Stoichiometric Ti and O Implanted LiNbO3 Channel Waveguides", Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. 396, 361 (1996).
  34. S.S. Sarkisov, E.K. Williams*, D. ILA, and P. Venkateswarlu, D.B. Poker, "VanishingOptical Isolation Barrier in Double Ion-Implanted Lithium Niobate Waveguide" Appl.Phys. Lett. 68 (17), 2329 (1996).
  35. A.L. Evelyn*, D. ILA, J. Fisher*, "Ion Beam Modification of PVDC and PE Polymers",Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. 396, 323 (1996).
  36. R. Pandey*, A.W. Eberhardt, D. ILA and R.L. Zimmerman, "Effects of Near-Surface Residual Stresses on Hardness in Ion-Implanted Ti-6A1-4V", Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Presentation (1996).
  37. Y. Qian*, D. ILA, K.X. He, M. Curley*, D.B. Poker, "Ion Beam-Induced Changes inOptical Properties of MgO", Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. 396, 423 (1996).
  38. T. Taylor*, D. ILA, P.R. Ashley, D.B. Poker, "MeV Ion Beam Induced Index of Refraction Changes in Layered GaAs/AlGaAs", Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. 396, 371 (1996).
  39. E.K. Williams*, D. ILA, S. Sarkisov, P. Venkateswarlu and D.B. Poker, "Ion Beam and Optical Characterization of Multilayer Waveguides In Lithium Niobate", Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Presentation, (1996).
  40. H. Maleki#, D. ILA, R. L. Zimmerman, G.M. Jenkins, D.B. Poker, "A Carbon Drug Delivery System for Lithium", Mat. Res. Soc. Symp.Proc. 414, 107-112 (1996)

INVITED TALKS: (SELECTED)

  1. D. ILA, "Surface Intensive Materials Processing for Multi-Functional Purposes", 5th International Symposium on Advanced Physical Fields (APF5), Tsukuba-shi, Japan, March 2000.
  2. D. ILA, " Irradiation Assisted Formation of Metallic Nanoclusters in silicon", Surface Modification of Materials by Ion Beam (SMMIB), Beijing, China, Sept. 1999.
  3. D. ILA, "Summer Training Program on IBMM and IBA", Application of Accelerators in Teaching Workshop, Fifteenth International Conference on Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry, Denton, Texas, November 1998.
  4. D. ILA, "MeV Alpha Particle Effects on Polymers", The Fourteenth International Conference on Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry, Denton, Texas, November 1996.
  5. D. ILA, "Fabrication of Metalic Quantum Dots in Photorefractive Materials By MeV Ion Implantation", Max Planck Institute, Heidelberg, Germany, May 1996.
  6. D. ILA, "Research and Development at the Center for Irradiation of Materials of Alabama A&M University", Max Planck Institute, Heidelberg, Germany, July 1996.
  7. D. ILA, "Ion Beam Modification of Materials I", Application of Accelerators in Teaching Workshop, Thirteenth International Conference on Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry, Denton, Texas, November 1994.
  8. D. ILA, "Ion Beam Modification of Polymers", Thirteenth International Conference on Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry, Denton, Texas, November 1994.
  9. D. ILA, "Novel Ion Beam Analysis and Applications", Thirteenth International Conference on Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry, Denton, Texas, November 1994.
  10. D. ILA, " Ion Beam Induced Carbonization of Partially Cured Phenolic Resin", Seventh International Conference on Radiation Effects on Insulators, Nagoya, Japan Sept. 1993.
  11. D. ILA, "Ion Beam Analysis of Materials I", Application of Accelerators in Teaching Workshop, Twelve International Conference on Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry, Denton, Texas, November