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Theodorian Borca-Tasçiuc Assistant Professor 2030 Jonsson Engineering Center Tel: (518) 276-2627; Fax: (518) 276-6025; E-Mail: borcat@rpi.edu Research URL: nanotec.mech.rpi.edu [ MANE || Faculty ] |
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Theodorian Borca-Tasçiuc Assistant Professor 2030 Jonsson Engineering Center Tel: (518) 276-2627; Fax: (518) 276-6025; E-Mail: borcat@rpi.edu Research URL: nanotec.mech.rpi.edu [ MANE || Faculty ] |
Professor Borca-Tasciuc received a B.S. degree in Physics from Bucharest University, Romania, in 1995 and a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California-Los Angeles in 2000. He joined the Rensselaer faculty in Spring 2001.
Research Interests and Activities:
Nanoscale/ Microscale Heat Transfer and Thermal Phenomena, Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems (MEMS), Nanotechnology, Energy Conversion
Visit the Nanoscale Thermophysics of Energy Conversion Laboratory (NanoTEC)
Selected Publications:
Picu, R. C., Borca-Tasciuc, T., and Pavel, M. C.
"Strain and size effects on heat
transport in nanostructures"
Journal of Applied Physics, in press
Borca-Tasciuc, T., Song, D. W., Meyer, J. R., Vurgaftman, I.,
Yang, M.-J., Nosho, B. Z., Whitman, L. J., Lee, H., Martinelli,
R. U., Turner, G. W., Manfra, M. J., and Chen, G.
"Thermal Conductivity of AlAs0.07Sb0.93
and Al0.9Ga0.1As0.07Sb0.93 alloys and (AlAs)1/(AlSb)1 digital
alloy superlattices"
Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 92, pp. 4994-4998,
2002. (link
to journal)
Borca-Tasciuc, T., Achimov, D., Liu, W. L., Chen, G., Ren,
H.-W., Lin, C.-H., and Pei, S. S.
"Thermal Conductivity of InAs/AlSb
Superlattices"
Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, Vol.
5 pp. 225-231, 2001. (link
to journal)
Borca-Tasciuc, T., Kumar, A. R., and Chen, G.
"Data Reduction in 3w Method for
Thin-Film Thermal Conductivity Determination"
Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 72, pp.2139-2147,
2001. (link
to journal)
Liu, W. L., Borca-Tasciuc, T., Chen, G., Liu, J.L., and Wang,
K. L.
"Anisotropic Thermal Conductivity
of Ge-Quantum Dot and Symmetrically Strained Si/Ge superlattices"
Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Vol.
1, pp. 39-42, 2001. (link
to journal)
Liu, J. L., Khitun, A., Wang, K. L., Borca-Tasciuc, T., Liu,
W. L., Chen, G., and Yu, D. P.
"Growth of Ge quantum dot superlattices
for thermoelectric applications"
Journal of Crystal Growth, Vol. 227-228, pp.
1111-1115, 2001. (link
to journal)
Song, D. W., Liu, W. L., Zeng, T., Borca-Tasciuc, T., Chen,
G., Caylor, J. C., and Sands, T. D.
"Thermal Conductivity of Skutterudite
Thin Films and Superlattices"
Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 77, pp. 1-4, 2000.
(link
to journal)
Borca-Tasciuc, T., Liu, W. L., Liu, J. L., Zeng, T., Song,
D. W., Moore, C. D., Chen, G., Wang, K. L., Goorsky, M. S., Radetic,
T., Gronsky, R., Sun, X., and Dresselhauss, M. S.
"Thermal Conductivity of Symmetrically
Strained Si/Ge Superlattices"
Superlattices and Microstructures, Vol. 28,
pp. 199-206, 2000. (link
to journal)
Chen, G., Zeng, T., Borca-Tasciuc, T., and Song, D.
"Phonon Engineering in Nanostructures
for Solid-State Energy Conversion"
Materials Science and Engineering A, Vol. 292,
pp.155-161, 2000. (link
to journal)
Liu, J. L., Wang, K. L., Moore, C. D., Goorsky, M. S., Borca-Tasciuc,
T., and Chen, G.
"Experimental Study of a Surfactant-Assisted
SiGe Graded Layer and a Symmetrically Strained Si/Ge Superlattice
for Thermoelectric Applications"
Thin-Solid Films, Vol. 369, pp. 121-125, 2000.
(link
to journal)
Chen, G., Borca-Tasciuc, T., Yang, B., Song, D., Liu, W. L.,
Zeng, T., and Achimov, D. A.
"Heat Conduction Mechanisms and
Phonon Engineering in Superlattice Structures"
Thermal Science and Engineering, Vol. 7, pp.
43-51, 1999. (PDF)
Borca-Tasciuc, T. and Chen, G.
"Thin-film Thermophysical Property
Characterization by Scanning Laser Thermoelectric Microscope"
International Journal of Thermophysics, Vol.
19, pp. 557-567, 1998.
Chen, G. and Borca-Tasciuc, T.
"Applicability of Photothermal Radiometry
for Temperature Measurement of Semiconductors"
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer,
Vol.41, pp. 2279-2285, 1998. (link
to journal)
Borca-Tasciuc, T. and Chen, G.
"Temperature Measurement of Fine
wires by Photothermal Radiometry"
Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol.68, pp. 4080-4083, 1997.
(link
to journal)
Chen, G., Borca-Tasciuc, T., and R.B. Fair
"Photon Effect on Radiative Properties
of Silicon During Rapid Thermal Processing"
Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 82, pp. 830-835,
1997. (link
to journal)