5th year graduate in Analytical Chemistry and Nanotechnology at the University of Washington

previous degrees:
M.S.(Chemistry)-University of Washington 2001, B.S.(Chemistry, Physics)-Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA 1998

interests : Electrooptic materials, Carbon Nanotubes, Nanotechnology

research : Carbon Nanotube Actuation, Noncovalent Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes

publications:

Leonard S. Fifield, Larry R. Dalton, Geoffrey M. Spinks. Investigation of the Capacitance Minimum of Unannealed Single-walled Carbon Nanotube Papers in Aqueous Sodium Chloride. Proc. SPIE-Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. (2002), 4807-45 (submitted).

Geoffrey M. Spinks, Gordon G. Wallace, Leonard S. Fifield, Larry R. Dalton, Alberto Mazzoldi, Danilo De Rossi, Ilyas I. Kharyrullin, Ray H. Baughman. Pneumatic Carbon Nanotube Actuators. Advanced Materials (2002), 14(23), 1728-1732.

Geoffrey M. Spinks, Gordon G. Wallace, Leonard S. Fifield, Larry R. Dalton, Alberto Mazzoldi, Danilo De Rossi, Ilyas I. Kharyrullin, Ray H. Baughman. Pneumatic Actuator Response from Carbon Nanotube Sheets. Mat. Res. Soc. Proc. Vol. 706 2002 Z9.22.1-6.

Spinks, Geoffrey M.; Wallace, Gordon G.; Carter, Christopher D.; Zhou, Dezhi; Fifield, Leonard S.; Kincaid, Clint R.; Baughman, Ray H. Conducting polymer, carbon nanotube, and hybrid actuator materials. Proc. SPIE-Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. (2001), 4329(Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices), 199-208.

Spinks, Geoffrey M.; Wallace, Gordon G.; Lewis, Trevor W.; Fifield, Leonard S.; Dai, Liming; Baughman, Ray H. Electrochemically driven actuators from conducting polymers, hydrogels, and carbon nanotubes.Proc. SPIE-Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. (2001),4234(Smart Materials), 223-31.

Dalton, Larry R.; Steier, William H.; Robinson, Bruce H.; Zhang, Chang; Ren, Albert; Garner, Sean; Chen, Antao; Londergan, Timothy; Irwin, Lindsey; Carlson, Brenden; Fifield, Leonard; Phelan, Gregory; Kincaid, Clint; Amend, Joseph; Jen, Alex. From molecules to opto-chips: organic electro-optic materials. J. Mater. Chem. (1999), 9(9), 1905-1920.

Riley, Scott A.; Fifield, Leonard S.; Brubaker, Kristen; Rosbrugh, Ian; Marten, D. F.; Martin, K. A.; Nishimura, A. M. Detection of multiple trap sites in alpha-deuterated 2-indanone using optically detected magnetic resonance. J. Lumin. (1998), 78(3), 179-186.

Riley, Scott A.; Fifield, Leonard S.; Martin, K. A.; Nishimura, A. M. A computer program to calculate the percent total deuteration in an exchange reaction.Chem. Educ. (1997), 2 (5), ISSN: 1430-4171. http://journals.springer-ny.com/sam-bin/swilma/cmp.879368386.html

Riley, Scott A.; Fifield, Leonard S.; Nishimura, A. M. An Inexpensive Photon Counter Interface for the Personal Computer, J. Chem. Ed. (1997), 74, 1243

Purvis, Kathleen L.; Wiemelt, Staci P.; Maras, Tami; Blue, Margaret; Melkonian, Valery; Ashby, P. D.; Riley, Scott A.; Fifield, Leonard S.; Martin, K. A.; Nishimura, A. M. Dephasing of Spin-echo in the phosphorescent triplet state of crystalline 2-indanone. J. Lumin. (1997), 71(3), 199-205.