CONTACT INFORMATION
| Phone: (216) 368-4017 |
| Fax: (216) 368-4671 |
| Email: kenneth.singer@case.edu |
Office: 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106-7079
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EDUCATION
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Ph.D. in Physics University of Pennsylvania
B.S. in Physics The Ohio State University |
ACTIVE RESEARCH
Nonlinear Optics
Investigating the nonlinear optical properties of organic materials, including polymeric one- and two-dimensional photonic crystals, photorefractive liquid crystals, chiral polymeric and liquid crystal media, and potentiometric dyes for biological imaging including near-field imaging. |
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Electronic Transport
Investigating mechanisms of electronic transport in self-organizing organic media as well as the assembly and fabrication of these materials into functional nanostructures.
POTENTIAL IMPACT
This research is aimed at the fundamental understanding of electronic and optical properties of organic media. Both molecular and supramolecular mechanisms are studied using a variety of nonlinear optical and electrical measurements. The phenomena studied have potential applications for the next generation of photonic and electronic devices for information technology, energy conversion, and for optical probes of biological media.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
J. Merlin, E. Chao, M. Winkler, K. D. Singer, P. Korneychuk, and Yu. Reznikov, “All optical switching in a nematic liquid crystal twist cell,” Optics Express 13, 5024-5029 (2005).
V. Percec, M. Glodde, T. K. Bera, Y. Miura, I. Shiyanovskaya, K. D. Singer, V. S. K. Balagurusamy, P. A. Heiney, I. Schnell, A. Rapp, H.-W. Spiess, S. D. Hudson & H. Duan, “Self-Organization of Supramolecular Helical Dendrimers into Complex Electronic Materials,” Nature, 419, 384-387 (2002).
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