Overview
Dr. April Brown received her B.S.E.E. from North Carolina State University in 1981, her M.S.E.E. and Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1984 and 1985, respectively. She worked at the Hughes Research Laboratories (now HRL LLC) in Malibu, Ca. from 1986-1993, and spent one year at the Army Research Office in the Physics Division (1988). She joined the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1994 as an Associate Professor and was promoted to Professor in 1999. She was Associate Dean in the College of …
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
·
2002 - Present
Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Pratt School of Engineering
Recent Publications
Gallium Plasmonic Nanoantennas Unveiling Multiple Kinetics of Hydrogen Sensing, Storage, and Spillover.
Journal Article Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · July 2021 Hydrogen is the key element to accomplish a carbon-free based economy. Here, the first evidence of plasmonic gallium (Ga) nanoantennas is provided as nanoreactors supported on sapphire (α-Al2 O3 ) acting as direct plasmon-enhanced pho ... Full text CitePolymorphic gallium for active resonance tuning in photonic nanostructures: From bulk gallium to two-dimensional (2D) gallenene
Journal Article Nanophotonics · October 1, 2020 Reconfigurable plasmonics is driving an extensive quest for active materials that can support a controllable modulation of their optical properties for dynamically tunable plasmonic structures. Here, polymorphic gallium (Ga) is demonstrated to be a very pr ... Full text CitePlasmonics beyond noble metals: Exploiting phase and compositional changes for manipulating plasmonic performance
Journal Article Journal of Applied Physics · August 28, 2020 Reconfigurable plasmonics constitutes an exciting and challenging new horizon in nanophotonics. This blooming field aims at providing plasmonic nanostructures that present a dynamic and active plasmonic response that can be switched or manipulated by exter ... Full text CiteRecent Grants
Eager: Quantum Manufacturing: Demonstration of a New Scalable Process for NV Center Formation in Diamond
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2023 - 2025Quantum Systems Manufacturing Workshop
ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2021 - 2022CEMRI: On Structured Interfaces
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Wisconsin · 2011 - 2017View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Cornell University ·
1985
Ph.D.