Selected Recent Publications
- Silica particles convert thiol-containing molecules to disulfides, Y. Li, K. W. Kolasinski, R. N. Zare, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 2023, 120, e2304735120.
- Characterization of Mechanochemical Modification of Porous Silicon with Arginine, J. A. DiPietro, K. W. Kolasinski, Surfaces 2022, 5, 143-154.
- Metal-Assisted Catalytic Etching (MACE) for Nanofabrication of Semiconductor Powders, K. W. Kolasinski, Micromachines 2021, 12, 776.
- Photochemical and Nonthermal Chemical Modification of Porous Silicon, K. W. Kolasinski, in Porous Silicon for Biomedical Applications (Ed.: H. Santos), Elsevier, 2021.
- Low-Load Metal-Assisted Catalytic Etching Produces Scalable Porosity in Si Powders, K. Tamarov, R. Kiviluoto, J. D. Swanson, B. A. Unger, A. T. Ernst, M. Aindow, J. Riikonen, V.-P. Lehto, K. W. Kolasinski, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2020, 12, 48969-48981.
- Controlling the nature of etched Si nanostructures: High versus low load metal-assisted catalytic etching (MACE) of Si powders, K. Tamarov, J. D. Swanson, B. A. Unger, K. W. Kolasinski, A. T. Ernst, M. Aindow, V.-P. L. Lehto, J. Riikonen, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2020, 12, 4787-4796.
- Hierarchical Nanostructuring of Porous Silicon with Electrochemical and Regenerative Electroless Etching, E. Mäkilä, A.-M. Anton Willmore, H. Yu, M. Irri, M. Aindow, T. Teesalu, L. T. Canham, K. W. Kolasinski, J. Salonen, ACS Nano 13, 13056 (2019).
- Crystallographically Determined Etching and Its Relevance to the Metal-Assisted Catalytic Etching (MACE) of Silicon Powders, K. W. Kolasinski, B. A. Unger, A. T. Ernst, M. Aindow, Frontiers in Chemistry 6, 651 (2019).
- Crystallographically Defined Silicon Macropore Membranes; S. C. Knight, B. A. Unger, K. W. Kolasinski, Open Material Science 4, 33-41 (2018).
- Plume and Nanoparticle Formation During Laser Ablation; K. W. Kolasinski, M. C. Gupta, L. V. Zhigilei in Reference Module in Chemistry, Molecular Sciences and Chemical Engineering, Elsevier, 2018.
- Regenerative Electroless Etching of Silicon; K. W. Kolasinski, N. J. Gimbar, H. Yu, M. Aindow, E. Mäkilä, and J. Salonen, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl. 55, 624-627 (2017).
- Controlled Microfabrication of High-Aspect-Ratio Structures in Silicon at the Highest Etching Rates: The Role of H2O2 in the Anodic Dissolution of Silicon in Acidic Electrolytes; C. Cozzi, G. Polito, K. W. Kolasinski, and G. Barillaro, Adv. Func. Mater., 27, 1604310 (2017).
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Selected Citations to my publications from the patent literature
Patents and patent applications that cite publications by KW Kolasinski
REGENERATIVE ELECTROLESS ETCHING, US 2019/0169766 A1
Kurt W Kolasinski, Jarno Salonen and Ermei Mäkilä
This application claims the benefit of priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application
Serial Number 62/595,116 filed on December 6, 2017.
33. Investigations of the photochemical etching of Si and porous Si in aqueous HF, Lynne Koker and Kurt W. Kolasinski, Phys Chem. Chem. Phys. 2, 277-281 (2000).
US 9,871,244 B2 Method of fabricating structured particles composed of silicon or a silicon-based material and their use in lithium rechargeable batteries
US 9,871,249 B2 Silicon anode for a rechargeable battery
38. Laser–assisted formation of porous silicon in diverse fluoride solutions: Kinetic and mechanistic implications, Lynne Koker and Kurt W Kolasinski, J. Phys. Chem. B 105, 3864-3871 (2001).
US 9,871,244 B2 Method of fabricating structured particles composed of silicon or a silicon-based material and their use in lithium rechargeable batteries
US 9,871,249 B2 Silicon anode for a rechargeable battery
48. Fabrication of ordered arrays of silicon cones by optical diffraction in ultrafast laser etching with SF6, D. Riedel, J.L. Hernández-Pozos, K.W. Kolasinski and R.E. Palmer, Appl. Phys. A 78, 381-385 (2004).
US 8,524,139 B2 Gas-assisted laser ablation
US 8,846,551 B2 Systems and methods of laser texturing of material surfaces and their applications
49. Laser-assisted restructuring of silicon over nano-, meso- and macro-scales, K.W. Kolasinski, in Recent Research Developments in Applied Physics, edited by S.G. Pandalai (Transworld Research Network, Kerala, India, 2004), Vol. 7, pp. 267-292.
US 9,871,244 B2 Method of fabricating structured particles composed of silicon or a silicon-based material and their use in lithium rechargeable batteries
US 9,871,249 B2 Silicon anode for a rechargeable battery
50. Laser-etched silicon pillars and their porosification, David Mills and Kurt W. Kolasinski, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 22, 1647-1651 (2004).
US 8,846,551 B2 Systems and methods of laser texturing of material surfaces and their applications
US 9,871,244 B2 Method of fabricating structured particles composed of silicon or a silicon-based material and their use in lithium rechargeable batteries
US 9,871,249 B2 Silicon anode for a rechargeable battery
53. Non-lithographic method to form ordered arrays of silicon pillars and macropores, David Mills and Kurt W. Kolasinski, J. Phys D. 38, 632-636(2005).
US 9,871,244 B2 Method of fabricating structured particles composed of silicon or a silicon-based material and their use in lithium rechargeable batteries
US 9,871,249 B2 Silicon anode for a rechargeable battery
54. The composition of fluoride solutions, Kurt W. Kolasinski, J. Electrochem. Soc., 152, J99–J104 (2005).
Erratum: J. Electrochem. Soc., 153, L28-L29 (2006).
US 2016/0362331 A1 Methods of etching glass substrates and glass substrates
55. Stain etching of silicon pillars and macropores, David Mills, Mona Nahidi and Kurt W. Kolasinski, phys. stat. sol. (a) 202, 1422–1426 (2005).
US 9,871,244 B2 Method of fabricating structured particles composed of silicon or a silicon-based material and their use in lithium rechargeable batteries
US 9,871,249 B2 Silicon anode for a rechargeable battery
56. The effects of stain etchant composition on the photoluminescence and morphology of porous silicon, Mona Nahidi and Kurt W. Kolasinski, J. Electrochem. Soc., 153, C19–C26 (2006).
US 9,540,246 B2 Porous Silicon
US 9,871,244 B2 Method of fabricating structured particles composed of silicon or a silicon-based material and their use in lithium rechargeable batteries
US 9,871,249 B2 Silicon anode for a rechargeable battery
59. Solidification driven extrusion of spikes during laser melting of silicon pillars, David Mills and Kurt W. Kolasinski, Nanotechnology 17, 2741-2744 (2006).
US 8,846,551 B2 Systems and methods of laser texturing of material surfaces and their applications
US 2010/0143744 A1 Systems and methods of laser texturing of material surfaces and their applications
US 2010/0219506 A1 Systems and methods of laser texturing and crystallization of material surfaces
US 2014/0273535 A1 Systems and methods of laser texturing and crystallization of material surfaces
61. Silicon nanostructures from electroless electrochemical etching, Kurt W. Kolasinski, Curr. Op. Solid State & Mater. Sci. 9, 73-83 (2005).
WO/2010/003629 Thermoelectric apparatus and methods of manufacturing the same
EP 2 662 069 A3 Porous materials
US 7,402,829 B2 Structured silicon anode
US 7,683,359 B2 Structured silicon anode
US 8,384,058 B2 Structured silicon anode
US 8,585,918 B2 Method of etching a silicon-based material
US 8,597,831 B2 Method of fabricating fibres composed of silicon or a silicon-based material and their use in lithium rechargeable batteries
US 8,940,437 B2 Method of fabricating structured particles composed of silicon or a silicon-based material and their use in lithium rechargeable batteries
US 9,012,079 B2 Electrode comprising structured silicon-based material
US 9,184,438 B2 Method of fabricating structured particles composed of silicon or a silicon-based material and their use in lithium rechargeable batteries
US 9,240,328 B2 Arrays of long nanostructures in semiconductor materials and methods thereof
US 9,242,855 B2 Bulk nano-ribbon and/or nano-porous structures for thermoelectric devices and methods for making the same
US 9,243,144 B2 Composition containing loaded and capped porous silica particles
US 9,583,762 B2 Method of fabricating fibres composed of silicon or a silicon-based material and their use in lithium rechargeable batteries
US 9,647,263 B2 Electroactive material
US 9,853,292 B2 Electrode composition for a secondary battery cell
US 9,871,244 B2 Method of fabricating structured particles composed of silicon or a silicon-based material and their use in lithium rechargeable batteries
US 9,871,248 B2 Porous electroactive material
US 9,871,249 B2 Silicon anode for a rechargeable battery
US 9,947,920 B2 Electroactive material
US 2011/0250252 A1 Colouring techniques
US 2011/0236493 A1 Porous materials
US 2011/0229540 A1 Cosmetic formulations comprising porous silicon
63. Laser assisted and wet chemical etching of silicon nanostructures, Kurt W. Kolasinski, David Mills and Mona Nahidi, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 24, 1474-1479 (2006).
US 9,540,246 B2 Porous Silicon
US 9,871,244 B2 Method of fabricating structured particles composed of silicon or a silicon-based material and their use in lithium rechargeable batteries
US 9,871,249 B2 Silicon anode for a rechargeable battery
65. Surface texturing of Si, porous silicon and TiO2 by laser ablation, D. Mills, T. Kreouzis, A. Sapelkin, B. Unal, N. Zyuzikov and K. W. Kolasinski, Appl. Surf. Sci. 253, 6575-6579 (2007).
US 9,871,244 B2 Method of fabricating structured particles composed of silicon or a silicon-based material and their use in lithium rechargeable batteries
US 9,871,249 B2 Silicon anode for a rechargeable battery
66. Ultrafast-laser-assisted chemical restructuring of silicon and germanium surfaces, Barada Nayak, Mool C. Gupta and Kurt W. Kolasinski, Appl. Surf. Sci. 253, 6580-6583 (2007).
US 8,846,551 B2 Systems and methods of laser texturing of material surfaces and their applications
68. Spontaneous formation of nano-spiked microstructures in germanium by femtosecond laser irradiation, Barada K. Nayak, Mool C. Gupta and Kurt W. Kolasinski, Nanotechnology 18, 195302 (2007).
US 8,524,139 B2 Gas-assisted laser ablation
US 8,846,551 B2 Systems and methods of laser texturing of material surfaces and their applications
US 10,267,567 Monolithic heat-transfer device
70. Catalytic growth of nanowires: Vapor-liquid-solid, vapor-solid-solid, solution-liquid-solid
and solid-liquid-solid growth, Kurt W. Kolasinski, Curr. Op. Solid State & Mater. Sci. 10, 182-191(2006).
US 8,580,432 B2 Nano graphene reinforced nanocomposite particles for lithium battery electrodes
US 8,669,171 B2 Method for eliminating the metal catalyst residues on the surface of wires produced by catalytic growth
US 8,936,874 B2 Conductive nanocomposite-based electrodes for lithium batteries
US 8,968,820 B2 Process for producing hybrid nano-filament electrodes for lithium batteries
US 9,093,693 B2 Process for producing nano graphene reinforced composite particles for lithium battery electrodes
US 9,564,629 B2 Hybrid Nano-filament anode compositions for lithium ioin batteries
US 9,593,012 B2 Method for producing a micromechanical component, and corresponding micromechanical component
US 9,812,699 B2 Silicon nanostructure active materials for lithium ion batteries and processes, compositions, components and devices related thereto
US 9,871,244 B2 Method of fabricating structured particles composed of silicon or a silicon-based material and their use in lithium rechargeable batteries
US 9,871,249 B2 Silicon anode for a rechargeable battery
US 2009/0305135 A1 Conductive nanocomposite-based electrodes for lithium batteries
US 2009/0169996 A1 Hybrid nano-filament anode compositions for lithium ion batteries
US 2009/0176159 A1 Mixed nano-filament electrode materials for lithium ion batteries
US 2009/0186276 A1 Hybrid nano-filament cathode compositions for lithium metal or lithium ion batteries
US 2009/0269511 A1 Process for producing hybrid nano-filament electrodes for lithium batteries
US 2010/0176337 A1 Process for producing nano graphene reinforced composite particles for lithium battery electrodes
US 2016/0023895 A1 Method for producing a micromechanical component, and corresponding micromechanical component
US 10,243,207 B2 Nanostructured battery active materials and methods of producing same
71. Pillars formed by laser ablation and modified by wet etching, K.W. Kolasinski, M.E. Dudley, B.K. Nayak, and M.C. Gupta, Proc. SPIE, 6586, 65860H (2007).
US 9,871,244 B2 Method of fabricating structured particles composed of silicon or a silicon-based material and their use in lithium rechargeable batteries
US 9,871,249 B2 Silicon anode for a rechargeable battery
72. Formation of nano-textured conical microstructures in titanium metal surface by femtosecond laser irradiation, Barada Nayak, Mool C. Gupta and Kurt W. Kolasinski, Appl. Phys. A 90, 399-402 (2008).
US 8,846,551 B2 Systems and methods of laser texturing of material surfaces and their applications
US 10,267,567 B1 Monolithic heat-transfer device
73. Wet Etching of Pillar Covered Silicon Surface: Formation of Crystallographically Defined Macropores, Kurt W. Kolasinski and Margaret E. Dudley, J. Electrochem. Soc. 155, H164-H171 (2008).
US 2011/0212622 A1 Surface texturing using a low quality dielectric layer
77. Solid Structure Formation During the Liquid/Solid Phase Transition, Kurt W. Kolasinski, Curr. Op. Solid State & Mater. Sci., 11, 76-85 (2007).
US 9,871,244 B2 Method of fabricating structured particles composed of silicon or a silicon-based material and their use in lithium rechargeable batteries
US 9,871,249 B2 Silicon anode for a rechargeable battery
79. Stain etching with Fe(III), V(V) and Ce(IV) to form microporous silicon, Margaret E. Dudley and Kurt W. Kolasinski, Electrochem. Solid State Lett. 12, D22-D26 (2009).
US 9,540,246 B2 Porous Silicon
81. Structure and photoluminescence studies of porous silicon formed in ferric ion containing stain etchants, Margaret E. Dudley and Kurt W. Kolasinski, Phys. Status Solidi A 206, 1240-1244 (2009).
US 9,540,246 B2 Porous Silicon
85. Charge Transfer and Nanostructure Formation During Electroless Etching of Silicon, Kurt W. Kolasinski, J. Phys. Chem. C 114, 22098-22105 (2010).
US 9,276,382 B2 Quantum-size-controlled photoelectrochemical etching of semiconductor nanostructures
97. Porous Silicon Formation by Stain Etching, Kurt W. Kolasinski, in Handbook of Porous Silicon, 2nd Edition, edited by Leigh T. Canham, (Springer Verlag, Berlin, 2014) pp. 35–48.
US 9,871,244 B2 Method of fabricating structured particles composed of silicon or a silicon-based material and their use in lithium rechargeable batteries
US 9,871,249 B2 Silicon anode for a rechargeable battery
US 10,002,990 B2 Porous-silicon light-emitting device and manufacturing method thereof
Textbooks
Kurt W. Kolasinski, Physical Chemistry: How Chemistry Works. (John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, 2016)
Kurt W. Kolasinski, Surface Science: Foundations of Catalysis and Nanoscience, 4th Edition (John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, 2019).
US RE 46921 E1 Nanostructured catalyst supports
Accompanying website for the book, including the figures in pdf format, supplemental material and exercises.