Jason Amsden
Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Current Research Interests
My area of interest is in the application of computational and compressive techniques to improve spectroscopic instrument design. Spectroscopic measurements are a convolution of the instrument response and the desired spectrum. Conventional spectroscopic instruments are designed such that the instrument response is a delta function and the measurements are essentially the desired spectrum. However, this design approach can limit the spectrometer performance. I use a different approach by designing the system response to maximize parameters of interest such as throughput and resolution, and then computationally deconvolve the system response from the measurements to achieve a spectrum – thus improving instrument performance.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
- Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering 2017
Contact Information
- Background
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Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Boston University 2008
- Research
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Selected Grants
- A high-resolution, large mass range cycloidal sector coded aperture miniature mass spectrometer for planetary exploration 2019 - 2022
- Portable Single Particle Analysis Machine (Portable-SPAM) 2019 - 2020
- PFI:BIC - A Smart, Flexible, Large-Scale Sensing and Response Service System (LASSaRESS) for Monitoring and Management of Ground, Air and Waterborne Contaminants awarded by National Science Foundation 2016 - 2020
- Isotope Ratio Coded Aperture Miniature Mass Spectrometer 2019 - 2020
- Radiation survivability of MEMS microelectronic circuits with carbon nanotube field emitters 2015 - 2019
- An Autonomous Coded Aperture Mini Mass Spectrometer (AUTOCANNS) Based Methane Sensing System 2015 - 2019
- Investigation of anode embodiments for a field emission heat engine 2014 - 2016
- Energy Harvesting Options to Enhance Energy Neutrality in an Enahnced Waste Management System for the Developing World awarded by Research Triangle Institute 2014 - 2015
- Publications & Artistic Works
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Selected Publications
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Academic Articles
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Amsden, Jason J., Philip J. Herr, David M. W. Landry, William Kim, Raul Vyas, Charles B. Parker, Matthew P. Kirley, et al. “Proof of Concept Coded Aperture Miniature Mass Spectrometer Using a Cycloidal Sector Mass Analyzer, a Carbon Nanotube (CNT) Field Emission Electron Ionization Source, and an Array Detector..” Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry 29, no. 2 (February 2018): 360–72. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13361-017-1820-y.Full Text
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Landry, David M. W., William Kim, Jason J. Amsden, Shane T. Di Dona, Heeju Choi, Lori Haley, Zachary E. Russell, Charles B. Parker, Jeffrey T. Glass, and Michael E. Gehm. “Effects of Magnetic and Electric Field Uniformity on Coded Aperture Imaging Quality in a Cycloidal Mass Analyzer..” Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry 29, no. 2 (February 2018): 352–59. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13361-017-1827-4.Full Text
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Radauscher, E. J., C. B. Parker, K. H. Gilchrist, S. Di Dona, Z. E. Russell, S. D. Hall, J. B. Carlson, et al. “A miniature electron ionization source fabricated using microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) with integrated carbon nanotube (CNT) field emission cathodes and low-temperature co-fired ceramics (LTCC).” International Journal of Mass Spectrometry 422 (November 1, 2017): 162–69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijms.2016.10.021.Full Text
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Kim, J. Y., J. Kim, J. J. Amsden, J. Roh, I. Park, D. Y. Yoon, H. Kim, and C. H. Lee. “Temperature Dependence and Impedance Characteristics of Hybrid Solar Cells Based on Poly(phenylene vinylene): ZnO Nanoparticles with Added Surfactants.” Ieee Journal of Photovoltaics 7, no. 4 (July 1, 2017): 1031–35. https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2017.2690862.Full Text
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Amsden, Jason J., Michael E. Gehm, Zachary E. Russell, Evan X. Chen, Shane T. Di Dona, Scott D. Wolter, Ryan M. Danell, et al. “Coded Apertures in Mass Spectrometry..” Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry (Palo Alto, Calif.) 10, no. 1 (June 2017): 141–56. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-anchem-061516-045256.Full Text
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Radauscher, E. J., K. H. Gilchrist, S. T. Di Dona, Z. E. Russell, J. R. Piascik, J. J. Amsden, C. B. Parker, B. R. Stoner, and J. T. Glass. “Improved Performance of Field Emission Vacuum Microelectronic Devices for Integrated Circuits.” Ieee Transactions on Electron Devices 63, no. 9 (September 1, 2016): 3753–60. https://doi.org/10.1109/TED.2016.2593905.Full Text
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Russell, Zachary E., Shane T. DiDona, Jason J. Amsden, Charles B. Parker, Gottfried Kibelka, Michael E. Gehm, and Jeffrey T. Glass. “Compatibility of Spatially Coded Apertures with a Miniature Mattauch-Herzog Mass Spectrograph..” Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry 27, no. 4 (April 2016): 578–84. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13361-015-1323-7.Full Text
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Mitropoulos, A. N., B. Marelli, G. Perotto, J. Amsden, D. L. KapLan, and F. G. Omenetto. “Towards the fabrication of biohybrid silk fibroin materials: Entrapment and preservation of chloroplast organelles in silk fibroin films.” Rsc Advances 6, no. 76 (January 1, 2016): 72366–70. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6ra13228f.Full Text
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Radauscher, Erich J., Adam D. Keil, Mitch Wells, Jason J. Amsden, Jeffrey R. Piascik, Charles B. Parker, Brian R. Stoner, and Jeffrey T. Glass. “Chemical ionization mass spectrometry using carbon nanotube field emission electron sources..” Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry 26, no. 11 (November 2015): 1903–10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13361-015-1212-0.Full Text
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Parker, Charles B., Jason J. Amsden, Qing Peng, Brian R. Stoner, and Jeffrey T. Glass. “Achieving Excellence in Graduate Research: A Guide for New Graduate Students..” Advanced Science (Weinheim, Baden Wurttemberg, Germany) 2, no. 10 (October 2015). https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.201500203.Full Text
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Chen, Evan X., Zachary E. Russell, Jason J. Amsden, Scott D. Wolter, Ryan M. Danell, Charles B. Parker, Brian R. Stoner, Michael E. Gehm, Jeffrey T. Glass, and David J. Brady. “Order of Magnitude Signal Gain in Magnetic Sector Mass Spectrometry Via Aperture Coding..” Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry 26, no. 9 (September 2015): 1633–40. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13361-015-1178-y.Full Text
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Russell, Zachary E., Evan X. Chen, Jason J. Amsden, Scott D. Wolter, Ryan M. Danell, Charles B. Parker, Brian R. Stoner, Michael E. Gehm, David J. Brady, and Jeffrey T. Glass. “Two-dimensional aperture coding for magnetic sector mass spectrometry..” Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry 26, no. 2 (February 2015): 248–56. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13361-014-1051-4.Full Text
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Tao, Hu, Jana M. Kainerstorfer, Sean M. Siebert, Eleanor M. Pritchard, Angelo Sassaroli, Bruce J. B. Panilaitis, Mark A. Brenckle, et al. “Implantable, multifunctional, bioresorbable optics..” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 109, no. 48 (November 12, 2012): 19584–89. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1209056109.Full Text
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Meister, M., J. J. Amsden, I. A. Howard, I. Park, C. Lee, D. Y. Yoon, and F. Laquai. “Parallel pool analysis of transient spectroscopy reveals origins of and perspectives for ZnO hybrid solar cell performance enhancement using semiconducting surfactants.” Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 3, no. 18 (September 20, 2012): 2665–70. https://doi.org/10.1021/jz3006207.Full Text
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Toffanin, S., S. Kim, S. Cavallini, M. Natali, V. Benfenati, J. J. Amsden, D. L. Kaplan, R. Zamboni, M. Muccini, and F. G. Omenetto. “Low-threshold blue lasing from silk fibroin thin films.” Applied Physics Letters 101, no. 9 (August 27, 2012). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4748120.Full Text
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Kim, J. Y., S. Noh, Y. M. Nam, J. Roh, M. Park, J. J. Amsden, D. Y. Yoon, C. Lee, and W. H. Jo. “Effect of nanoscale SubPc interfacial layer on the performance of inverted polymer solar cells based on P3HT/PC 71 BM.” Acs Applied Materials and Interfaces 3, no. 11 (November 23, 2011): 4279–85. https://doi.org/10.1021/am2009458.Full Text
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White, R. D., C. Gray, E. Mandelup, J. J. Amsden, D. L. Kaplan, and F. G. Omenetto. “Rapid nano impact printing of silk biopolymer thin films.” Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 21, no. 11 (November 1, 2011). https://doi.org/10.1088/0960-1317/21/11/115014.Full Text
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Noh, S., D. Lee, J. Y. Kim, Y. Park, C. Lee, and J. J. Amsden. “Area and light intensity dependence of buffer layers on P3HT: PCBM solar cells.” Journal of the Korean Physical Society 59, no. 2 (August 12, 2011): 207–10. https://doi.org/10.3938/jkps.59.207.Full Text
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Capelli, R., J. J. Amsden, G. Generali, S. Toffanin, V. Benfenati, M. Muccini, D. L. Kaplan, F. G. Omenetto, and R. Zamboni. “Integration of silk protein in organic and light-emitting transistors.” Organic Electronics 12, no. 7 (January 1, 2011): 1146–51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgel.2011.04.005.Full Text
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Park, I., Y. Lim, S. Noh, D. Lee, M. Meister, J. J. Amsden, F. Laquai, C. Lee, and D. Y. Yoon. “Enhanced photovoltaic performance of ZnO nanoparticle/poly(phenylene vinylene) hybrid photovoltaic cells by semiconducting surfactant.” Organic Electronics 12, no. 3 (January 1, 2011): 424–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgel.2010.12.002.Full Text
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Mondia, Jessica P., Jason J. Amsden, Dianmin Lin, Luca Dal Negro, David L. Kaplan, and Fiorenzo G. Omenetto. “Rapid nanoimprinting of doped silk films for enhanced fluorescent emission..” Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) 22, no. 41 (November 2010): 4596–99. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201001238.Full Text
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Tao, Hu, Jason J. Amsden, Andrew C. Strikwerda, Kebin Fan, David L. Kaplan, Xin Zhang, Richard D. Averitt, and Fiorenzo G. Omenetto. “Metamaterial silk composites at terahertz frequencies..” Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) 22, no. 32 (August 2010): 3527–31. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201000412.Full Text
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Boriskina, S. V., S. Y. K. Lee, J. J. Amsden, F. G. Omenetto, and L. D. Negro. “Formation of colorimetric fingerprints on nano-patterned deterministic aperiodic surfaces.” Optics Express 18, no. 14 (July 5, 2010): 14568–76. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.18.014568.Full Text
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Lee, Sylvanus Y., Jason J. Amsden, Svetlana V. Boriskina, Ashwin Gopinath, Alexander Mitropolous, David L. Kaplan, Fiorenzo G. Omenetto, and Luca Dal Negro. “Spatial and spectral detection of protein monolayers with deterministic aperiodic arrays of metal nanoparticles..” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 107, no. 27 (July 2010): 12086–90. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1002849107.Full Text
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Kim, Dae-Hyeong, Jonathan Viventi, Jason J. Amsden, Jianliang Xiao, Leif Vigeland, Yun-Soung Kim, Justin A. Blanco, et al. “Dissolvable films of silk fibroin for ultrathin conformal bio-integrated electronics..” Nature Materials 9, no. 6 (June 2010): 511–17. https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat2745.Full Text
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Amsden, Jason J., Peter Domachuk, Ashwin Gopinath, Robert D. White, Luca Dal Negro, David L. Kaplan, and Fiorenzo G. Omenetto. “Rapid nanoimprinting of silk fibroin films for biophotonic applications..” Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) 22, no. 15 (April 2010): 1746–49. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.200903166.Full Text
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Domachuk, P., H. Perry, J. J. Amsden, D. L. Kaplan, and F. G. Omenetto. “Bioactive "self-sensing" optical systems.” Applied Physics Letters 95, no. 25 (December 1, 2009). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3275719.Full Text
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Kim, D. H., Y. S. Kim, J. Amsden, B. Panilaitis, D. L. Kaplan, F. G. Omenetto, M. R. Zakin, and J. A. Rogers. “Erratum: Silicon electronics on silk as a path to bioresorbable, implantable devices (Applied Physics Letters (2009) 95 (133701)).” Applied Physics Letters 95, no. 26 (December 1, 2009). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3274132.Full Text
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Adato, Ronen, Ahmet A. Yanik, Jason J. Amsden, David L. Kaplan, Fiorenzo G. Omenetto, Mi K. Hong, Shyamsunder Erramilli, and Hatice Altug. “Ultra-sensitive vibrational spectroscopy of protein monolayers with plasmonic nanoantenna arrays..” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 106, no. 46 (November 2009): 19227–32. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0907459106.Full Text
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Amsden, Jason J., Hannah Perry, Svetlana V. Boriskina, Ashwin Gopinath, David L. Kaplan, Luca Dal Negro, and Fiorenzo G. Omenetto. “Spectral analysis of induced color change on periodically nanopatterned silk films..” Optics Express 17, no. 23 (November 2009): 21271–79. https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.17.021271.Full Text
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Kim, D. H., Y. S. Kim, J. Amsden, B. Panilaitis, D. L. Kaplan, F. G. Omenetto, M. R. Zakin, and J. A. Rogers. “Silicon electronics on silk as a path to bioresorbable, implantable devices.” Applied Physics Letters 95, no. 13 (October 12, 2009). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3238552.Full Text
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Parker, S. T., P. Domachuk, J. Amsden, J. Bressner, J. A. Lewis, D. L. Kaplan, and F. C. Omenetto. “Biocompatible silk printed optical waveguides.” Advanced Materials 21, no. 23 (June 19, 2009): 2411–15. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.200801580.Full Text
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Amsden, Jason J., Joel M. Kralj, Vladislav B. Bergo, Elena N. Spudich, John L. Spudich, and Kenneth J. Rothschild. “Different structural changes occur in blue- and green-proteorhodopsins during the primary photoreaction..” Biochemistry 47, no. 44 (November 2008): 11490–98. https://doi.org/10.1021/bi800945t.Full Text
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Chieffo, L. R., J. T. Shattuck, E. Pinnick, J. J. Amsden, M. K. Hong, F. Wang, S. Erramilli, and L. D. Ziegler. “Nitrous oxide vibrational energy relaxation is a probe of interfacial water in lipid bilayers.” Journal of Physical Chemistry B 112, no. 40 (October 9, 2008): 12776–82. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp8012283.Full Text
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Kralj, Joel M., Vladislav B. Bergo, Jason J. Amsden, Elena N. Spudich, John L. Spudich, and Kenneth J. Rothschild. “Protonation state of Glu142 differs in the green- and blue-absorbing variants of proteorhodopsin..” Biochemistry 47, no. 11 (March 2008): 3447–53. https://doi.org/10.1021/bi7018964.Full Text
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Chieffo, L., J. Shattuck, J. J. Amsden, S. Erramilli, and L. D. Ziegler. “Ultrafast vibrational relaxation of liquid H2O following librational combination band excitation.” Chemical Physics 341, no. 1–3 (November 15, 2007): 71–80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemphys.2007.06.024.Full Text
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Amsden, J. J., J. M. Kralj, L. R. Chieffo, X. Wang, S. Erramilli, E. N. Spudich, J. L. Spudich, L. D. Ziegler, and K. J. Rothschild. “Subpicosecond protein backbone changes detected during the green-absorbing proteorhodopsin primary photoreaction.” Journal of Physical Chemistry B 111, no. 40 (October 11, 2007): 11824–31. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp073490r.Full Text
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Bergo, Vladislav B., Maria Ntefidou, Vishwa D. Trivedi, Jason J. Amsden, Joel M. Kralj, Kenneth J. Rothschild, and John L. Spudich. “Conformational changes in the photocycle of Anabaena sensory rhodopsin: absence of the Schiff base counterion protonation signal..” The Journal of Biological Chemistry 281, no. 22 (June 2006): 15208–14. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.m600033200.Full Text
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Maji, Samir K., Jason J. Amsden, Kenneth J. Rothschild, Margaret M. Condron, and David B. Teplow. “Conformational dynamics of amyloid beta-protein assembly probed using intrinsic fluorescence..” Biochemistry 44, no. 40 (October 2005): 13365–76. https://doi.org/10.1021/bi0508284.Full Text
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Bergo, Vladislav, Jason J. Amsden, Elena N. Spudich, John L. Spudich, and Kenneth J. Rothschild. “Structural changes in the photoactive site of proteorhodopsin during the primary photoreaction..” Biochemistry 43, no. 28 (July 2004): 9075–83. https://doi.org/10.1021/bi0361968.Full Text
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Conference Papers
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Gilchrist, K. H., J. R. Piascik, B. R. Stoner, E. J. Radauscher, J. J. Amsden, C. B. Parker, and J. T. Glass. “Platform for integrated vacuum microelectronic circuits.” In Ieee International Vacuum Electronics Conference, Ivec 2014, 155–56, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1109/IVEC.2014.6857536.Full Text
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Tao, H., S. M. Siebert, E. M. Pritchard, A. Sassaroli, B. Panilaitis, M. A. Brenckle, J. J. Amsden, et al. “Implantable resorbable micro-prism arrays for real-time drug release monitoring.” In 2012 Conference on Lasers and Electro Optics, Cleo 2012, 2012.
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Tao, H., S. M. Siebert, E. M. Pritchard, A. Sassaroli, B. Panilaitis, M. A. Brenckle, J. J. Amsden, et al. “Implantable resorbable micro-prism arrays for real-time drug release monitoring.” In Cleo: Science and Innovations, Cleo Si 2012, 2012.
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Lee, C., J. Y. Kim, J. J. Amsden, D. Lee, and D. Y. Yoon. “Polymer-nanoparticle hybrid solar cell.” In Technical Digest 2012 17th Opto Electronics and Communications Conference, Oecc 2012, 101–2, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1109/OECC.2012.6276391.Full Text
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Adato, R., A. A. Yanik, J. J. Amsden, D. L. Kaplan, F. G. Omenetto, M. K. Hong, S. Erramilli, and H. Altug. “Ultra-sensitive infrared spectroscopy of proteins with collective excitations of nanoplasmonic arrays.” In Optics Infobase Conference Papers, 2010.
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Adato, R., A. A. Yanik, J. J. Amsden, D. L. Kaplan, F. G. Omenetto, M. K. Hong, S. Erramilli, and H. Altug. “Radiative engineering of nanoantenna arrays for ultra-sensitive vibrational spectroscopy of proteins.” In Proceedings of Spie the International Society for Optical Engineering, Vol. 7757, 2010. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.861031.Full Text
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Lee, S. Y., J. J. Amsden, S. V. Boriskina, F. G. Omenetto, and L. D. Negro. “Biosensing with colorimetric signatures of deterministic aperiodic metal nanoparticle arrays.” In Optics Infobase Conference Papers, 2010.
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Adato, R., A. A. Yanik, J. J. Amsden, D. L. Kaplan, F. G. Omenetto, M. K. Hong, S. Erramilli, and H. Altug. “Ultra-sensitive infrared spectroscopy of proteins with collective excitations of nanoplasmonic arrays.” In Lasers and Electro Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference: 2010 Laser Science to Photonic Applications, Cleo/Qels 2010, 2010.
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Tao, H., J. J. Amsden, A. C. Strikwerda, K. Fan, D. L. Kaplan, F. G. Omenetto, R. D. Averitt, and X. Zhang. “Large area spraying of terahertz materials on free-standing biocompatible silk films.” In Technical Digest Solid State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems Workshop, 138–41, 2010.
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Amsden, J. J., A. Gopinath, L. D. Negro, D. L. Kaplan, and F. G. Omenetto. “Silk fibroin biosensor based on imprinted periodic nanostructures.” In Optics Infobase Conference Papers, 2009.
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Amsden, J. J., A. Gopinath, L. Dal Negro, D. L. Kaplan, and F. G. Omenetto. “Silk fibroin biosensor based on imprinted periodic nanostructures.” In 2009 Conference on Lasers and Electro Optics and 2009 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, Cleo/Qels 2009, 2009.
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