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Pamela Norris

Dept of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
University of Virginia

Publications

BOOK CHAPTERS:

P.M. Norris and S. Shrinivasan, “Aerogels: Unique Material, Fascinating Properties & Unlimited Applications.” Annual Review of Heat Transfer: In Memory of Chang-Lin Tien, Vol. 14, Begell House Inc., New York, pp. 385-408, 2005.

A.N. Smith and P.M. Norris, “Microscale Heat Transfer,” Handbook of Heat Transfer, edited by Adrian Bejan and Allan Kraus, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Ch. 18, pp. 1309-1358, 2003.

P.M. Norris and B. Hosticka, “Temperature Measurements,” The Mechatronics Handbook, edited by Robert H. Bishop, CRC Press, pp. 19-73 – 19-88, 2002.

K. Richter, P.M. Norris, and C.L. Tien, “Aerogels: Applications, Structure, and Heat Transfer Phenomena.” Annual Review of Heat Transfer, Vol. 6, Begell House Inc., New York, pp. 61-114, 1995.

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

C.V. Haden, D.A. Jordan and P.M. Norris, “Deposition of Polypyrrole Onto Bucky Gel for Use in a Biomimetic Artificial Excitable Cell Membrane,” J. Nanotechnol. Eng. Med. 2, 024501, 2011.

M.L. Bauer, C.M. Bauer, M.C. Fish, R.E. Matthews, G.T. Garner, A.W. Litchenberger, P.M. Norris, “Thin-film Aerogel Thermal Conductivity Measurements via 3ω,” Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 357, 2960–2965, 2011.

J. C. Duda, T. S. English, W. A. Soffa, D. A. Jordan, P. M. Norris. “Reducing thermal conductivity of binary alloys below the alloy limit via chemical ordering, ”Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 23, 205401, 2011.

J.C. Duda, P. M. Norris, and P. E. Hopkins, “On the Linear Temperature Dependence of Phonon Thermal Boundary Conductance in the Classical Limit,” Journal of Heat Transfer, 133, Iss.7, 74501, 2011.

J.C. Duda, C.B. Saltonstall, P.M. Norris, and P.E. Hopkins. “Assessment and Prediction of Thermal Transport at Solid-SAM Junctions,” Journal of Chemical Physics, 134, 094704, 2011.

P.E. Hopkins, M.L. Bauer, J.C. Duda, J.L. Smoyer, T.S., English, P.M. Norris, T.E. Beechem, and D.A. Stewart, “Ultrafast thermoelectric properties of gold under conditions of strong electron-phonon nonequilibrium,” Journal of Applied Physics, 108, 104907, 2010.

P.E. Hopkins, J.C. Duda, and P.M. Norris, “Anharmonic Phonon Interaction at Interfaces and Contributions to Thermal Boundary Conductance,” Journal of Heat Transfer, 133, 062401, 2011.

P.E. Hopkins, M.L. Bauer, J.C. Duda, J.L. Smoyer, T.S., English, P.M. Norris, T.E. Beechem, and D.A. Stewart, “Ultrafast Thermoelectric Properties of Gold Under Conditions of Strong Electron-Phonon Nonequilibrium,” Journal of Applied Physics, 108, 104907, 2010. (Selected for the December, 2010 issue of the Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science)

T.E. Beechem, J.C. Duda, P.E. Hopkins, and P.M. Norris, “Contribution of Optical Phonons to Thermal Boundary Conductance,” Applied Physics Letters, 97, 061907, 2010.

J.C. Duda, T. E. Beechem, J. L. Smoyer, P. M. Norris, and P.E. Hopkins, “Role of Dispersion on Phononic Thermal Boundary Conductance,” Journal of Applied Physics, 108, 073515, 2010.

J.C. Duda, P.E. Hopkins, T.E. Beechem, J.L. Smoyer, and P.M. Norris, “Inelastic Phonon Interactions at Solid-Graphite Interfaces,” Superlattices and Microstructures, 47, 550-555, 2010.

J.C. Duda, P.E. Hopkins, J.L. Smoyer, M.L. Bauer, T.E. English, C.B. Saltonstall, and P.M. Norris, “On the Assumption of Detailed Balance in Prediction of Diffusive Transmission Probability During Interfacial Transport,” Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, 14, 21-33, 2010.

P.E. Hopkins, T.E. Beechem, J.C. Duda, J.L. Smoyer, and P.M. Norris, “Effects of Sub-Conduction Band Excitations on Thermal Conductance at Metal-Metal Interfaces,” Applied Physics Letters, 96, 011907, 2010.

P.E. Hopkins, P.M. Norris, M.S. Tsegaye, and A.W. Ghosh, “Extracting Phonon Thermal Conductance Across Nanoscale Junctions: Nonequilibrium Green’s Function Approach Compared to Semiclassical Methods,” Journal of Applied Physics, 106, 063503, 2009.

J.C. Duda, J.L. Smoyer, P.M. Norris, and P.E. Hopkins, “Extension of the Diffuse Mismatch Model for Thermal Boundary Conductance between Isotropic and Anisotropic Materials,” Applied Physics Letters, 95, 031912, 2009.

P.E. Hopkins, J.L. Kassebaum, and P.M. Norris, “Effects of Electron Scattering at Metal-Nonmetal Interfaces on Electron-Phonon Equilibration in Gold Films,” Journal of Applied Physics, 105, 023710, 2009.

P.M. Norris and P.E. Hopkins, (Invited), “Examining Interfacial Diffuse Phonon Scattering through Transient Thermoreflectance Measurements of Thermal Boundary Conductance,” Journal of Heat Transfer, 131, 043207, 2009.

P.E. Hopkins and P.M. Norris, “Contribution of Ballistic Electron Transport to Energy Transfer During Electron-phonon Nonequilibrium in Thin Metal Films,” Journal of Heat Transfer, 131, 043208, 2009

P. E. Hopkins, J. C. Duda, R. N. Salaway, J. L. Smoyer, P. M. Norris, “Effects of intra- and interband transitions on electron-phonon coupling and electron heat capacity after short-pulsed laser heating.” Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, 12, pp. 320-333, 2008.

P.E. Hopkins and P.M. Norris, “Relative Contribution of Inelastic and Elastic Phonon Scattering on Thermal Boundary Conductance Across Solid Interfaces,” Journal of Heat Transfer, 131, 022402, 2009.

P.E. Hopkins, J.C. Duda, R.N. Salaway, J.L. Smoyer, and P.M. Norris, “Effects of Intra- and Interband Transitions on Electron-Phonon Coupling and Electron Heat Capacity After Short-Pulsed Laser Heating,” Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, 12, 320-333, 2008.

R.N. Salaway, P.E. Hopkins, P.M. Norris, and R.J. Stevens, “Phonon Contribution to Thermal Boundary Conductance at Metal Interfaces using Embedded Atom Method Simulations,” International Journal of Thermophysics, 29, 1987-1996, 2008.

P.E. Hopkins, P.M. Norris, L.M. Phinney, S.A. Polycastro, and R.G. Kelly, “Thermal Conductivity in Nanoporous Gold Films during Electron-phonon Nonequilibrium,” Journal of Nanomaterials, 418050, 2008.

P.E. Hopkins, P.M. Norris, R.J. Stevens, T.E. Beecham, and S. Graham, “Influence of Interfacial Mixing on Thermal Boundary Conductance across a Chromium/silicon Interface,” Journal of Heat Transfer, 130, 011806, 2008.

P.E. Hopkins, P.M. Norris, and R.J. Stevens, “Influence of Inelastic Scattering at Metal-dielectric Interfaces,” Journal of Heat Transfer, 130, 022401, 2008.

T. Borca-Tasciuc, et al., “Report on 6th U.S. – Japan Joint Seminar on Nanoscale Transport Phenomena – Science and Engineering,” Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, 12, 273-293, 2008.

P.E. Hopkins and P.M. Norris, “Effects of Joint Vibrational States on Thermal Boundary Conductance,” Microscale and Nanoscale Thermophysical Engineering, 11, 247-258, 2007.

P.E. Hopkins, R.N. Salaway, R.J. Stevens, and P.M. Norris, “Temperature-Dependent Thermal Boundary Conductance at Al/Al2O3 and Pt/Al2O3 Interfaces,” International Journal of Thermophysics, 28, 947-957, 2007.

R.J. Stevens, L.V. Zhigilei, and P.M. Norris, “Effects of Temperature and Disorder on Thermal Boundary Conductance at Solid-Solid Interfaces: Nonequilibrium Molecular Dynamics Simulations,” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 50, 3977-3989, 2007.

J.M. Klopf and P.M. Norris, “Probing Nonequilibrium Dynamics with White-light Femtosecond Pulses,” Applied Surface Science, 253, 6305-6309, 2007.

P.E. Hopkins and P.M. Norris, “Substrate Influence in Electron-Phonon Coupling Measurements of Thin Au Films,” Applied Surface Science, 253, 6289-6294, 2007.

P.E. Hopkins, J.M. Klopf, and P.M. Norris, “Influence of Interband Transitions on Electron-phonon Coupling Measurements in Ni Films,” Applied Optics, 46, 2076-2083, 2007.

T. Beechem, S. Graham, P. Hopkins, and P. Norris, “The Role of Interface Disorder on Thermal Boundary Conductance Using a Virtual Crystal Approach,” Applied Physics Letters, 90, 054104, 2007.

P.E. Hopkins and P.M. Norris, “Thermal Boundary Conductance Response to a Change in Cr/Si Interfacial Properties,” Applied Physics Letters, 89, 131909, 2006.

R. Stevens, A. Smith, and P.M. Norris, “Signal Analysis and Characterization of Experimental Setup for the Transient Thermoreflectance Technique,” Review of Scientific Instruments, 77, 084901, 2006.

S. Shrinivasan, P.M. Norris, J.P. Landers and J.P. Ferrance, “A Low-cost, Low-power Consumption Miniature Laser Induced Fluorescence System for DNA Detection on a Microfluidic Device,” Journal of the Association for Laboratory Automation, 11, 254-259, 2006.

Q. Wu, J.M. Bienvenue, B.J. Hassan, Y.C. Kwok, B.C. Giordano, P.M. Norris, J.P. Landers, J.P. Ferrance, “Microchip-based Macroporous Silica Sol-gel Monolith for Efficient Isolation of DNA from Clinical Samples,” Analytical Chemistry, 78, 5704-10, 2006.

A. Caffrey, P. Hopkins, M. Klopf and P.M. Norris, “Microchip-based Macroporous Silica Sol-gel Monolith for Efficient Isolation of DNA from Clinical Samples,” Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, 9, 365-377, 2005.

R. J. Stevens, A.N. Smith, and P.M. Norris, “Measurement of Thermal Boundary Conductance of a Series of Metal-Dielectric Interfaces by the Transient Thermoreflectance Technique,” Journal of Heat Transfer, 127, 315-322, 2005.

J.M. Klopf and P.M. Norris, “Thermalization of Photoexcited Carriers in InP Based Films,” International Journal of Thermophysics, 26, 127-140, 2005.

J.T. McLeskey and P.M. Norris, “The Femtosecond Energy Diffusion Sensor: A Non-contact Tool for Photovoltaic Characterization,” ASME Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, 127, 131-137, 2005.

M. Miner, B. Hosticka, and P.M. Norris, “The Effects of Humidity on the Surface Chemistry and Mechanical Properties of Silica Aerogel,” Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 350, 285-288, 2004.

J. Phinney, B. Hosticka, M.E. Power, J. Ferrance, J. Landers, and P.M. Norris.,”The Design and Testing of a Silica Sol-gel Based Hybridization Array,” Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 350, 39-45, 2004.

S. Shrinivasan, M.C. Breadmore, T.M. Harrell, B. Hosticka, J.P. Landers, and P.M. Norris, “Toward Optimization of Mesoporous Silica Sol Gels for Application to Capillary or Microchip-Based CEC and LC,” Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 350, 391-396, 2004.

T.Harrell, B. Hosticka, M.E. Power, R.Hull, and P.M. Norris, “Selective Deposition of Biocompatible Sol-Gel Materials,” Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, 31, 349-352, 2004.

C.E. Davis, J.J. Rychak, B. Hosticka, S.C. Davis, P.M. Norris, and R. Moorman, “A Novel Method for Measuring Dynamic Changes in Cell Volume,” Journal of Applied Physiology, 96, 1886-1893, 2004.

S.L. Jaiswal, J.T. Simpson, S.P. Withrow, C.W. White, and P.M. Norris, “Design of a Nanoscale Silicon Laser,” Applied Physics A, 77, 57-61, 2003.

M.C. Breadmore, K.A. Wolfe, I.G. Arcibal, W.K. Leong, D. Dickson, B.C. Giordano M.E. Power, J.P. Ferrance, S. Feldman, P.M. Norris, and J.P. Landers, “Microchip Based Purification of DNA from Biological Samples,” Analytical Chemistry, 75, 1880-1886, 2003.

M.C. Breadmore, S. Shrinivasan, J. Karlinsey, J.P. Ferrance, P.M. Norris and J.P. Landers, “Towards a Microchip Based Chromatographic Platform. Part 2: Sol-Gel Phases Modified with Polyelectrolyte Multilayers for Capillary Electrochromatography,” Electrophoresis, 24, 1261-1270, 2003.

P.M. Norris, A.P. Caffrey, R. Stevens, J.M. Klopf, J.T. McLeskey, and A.N. Smith, “Femtosecond Pump-Probe Nondestructive Evaluation of Materials,” Review of Scientific Instruments, 74, 400-406, 2003.

J.T. McLeskey, and P.M. Norris, “Femtosecond Transmission Studies of n-type and p-type Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Pumped in the Exponential Band Tails,” Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 318, 254-261, 2003.

M.C. Breadmore, S. Shrinivasan, K.A. Wolfe, M.E. Power, J.P. Ferrance, B. Hosticka, P.M. Norris and J.P. Landers, “Towards a Microchip Based Chromatographic Platform. Part 1: Evaluation of Sol-Gel Phases for Capillary Electrochromatography,” Electrophoresis, 23, 3487-3495, 2002.

K.A. Wolfe, M.C. Breadmore, J.P. Ferrance, M.E. Power, J.F.C. Conroy, P.M. Norris, and J.P. Landers, “Toward a Microchip-Based Solid-Phase Extraction Method for Isolation of Nucleic Acids,” Electrophoresis, 23, 727-733, 2002.

D.A. Bostain, J.S. Brenizer, Jr., and P.M. Norris, “Neutron Radioscopic Measurement of Water Adsorption Coefficients in Aerogels,” Research in Nondestructive Evaluation, 14, 47-57, 2002.

A.N. Smith and P.M. Norris, “Influence of Intraband Transitions on the Electron Thermoreflectance Response of Metals,” Applied Physics Letters, 78, 1240-1242, 2001.

J. Martin, B. Hosticka, C. Lattimer, and P.M. Norris, “Mechanical and Acoustical Properties as a Function of PEG Concentration in Macroporous Silica Gels, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 285, 222-229, 2001.

M.E. Power, B. Hosticka, E. Black, C.E. Daitch and P.M. Norris, “Aerogels as Biosensors: Viral Particle Detection by Bacteria Immobilized on Large Pore Aerogel,” Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 285, 303-308, 2001.

M. Guise, B. Hosticka, B. Earp, and P.M. Norris, “An Experimental Investigation of Aerosol Collection Utilizing Packed Beds of Silica Aerogel Microspheres,” Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 285, 317-322, 2001.

J. Sun, J.P. Longtin, and P.M. Norris, “Ultrafast Laser Micromachining of Silica Aerogels,” Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 281, 39-47, 2001.

J. McLeskey and P.M. Norris, “Femtosecond Transmission Studies of a-Si:H, a-SiGe:H and a-SiC:H Alloys Pumped in the Exponential Band Tails,” Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells, 69, 165-173, 2001.

M. Bunzendahl, P. Lee-Van Schaick, J.F.C. Conroy, C.E. Daitch and P.M. Norris, “Convective Self-Assembly of Stoeber Sphere Arrays,” Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 182, 275-283, 2001.

J.F.C. Conroy, M.E. Power, J. Martin, B. Earp, B. Hosticka, C. Daitch, and P.M. Norris, “Cells in Sol-Gels I: A High Hydrolysis Ratio, Aqueous Route for the Production of Macroporous Cytocompatible Silica Gels,” Journal of Sol-Gel Science & Technology, 18, 269-283, 2000.

D. Stewart and P.M. Norris, “Size Effects on the Thermal Conductivity of Thin Metallic Wires: Microscale Implications,” Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, 4, 89-101, 2000.

J.F.C. Conroy, M.E. Power, and P.M. Norris, “Applications for Sol-Gel-Derived Materials in Medicine and Biology,” feature cover story also reprinted in Spanish, Journal of the Association for Laboratory Automation, 52-57, 2000.

A.N. Smith, J.L. Hostetler, and P.M. Norris, “Thermal Boundary Resistance Measurements Using a Transient Thermoreflectance Technique,” Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, 4, 51-60, 2000.

J.L. Hostetler, A.N. Smith, and P.M. Norris, “Interpretation of Femtosecond Thermoreflectance Data in the Presence of Interband Transitions and Nonequilibrium Heating,” Thermal Science and Engineering, 7, 61-68, 1999.

J.F.C. Conroy, B. Hosticka, S.C. Davis, A.N. Smith, and P.M. Norris, “Microscale Thermal Relaxation during Acoustic Propagation in Aerogel and Other Porous Media,” Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, 3, 199-215, 1999.

J.L. Hostetler, A.N. Smith, D.M. Czajikowsky, and P.M. Norris, “Measurement of the Electron-Phonon Coupling Factor Dependence on Film Thickness and Grainsize in Au, Cr and Al.” Applied Optics, Vol. 38, pp. 3614-3620, 1999.

A.N. Smith, J.L. Hostetler, and P.M. Norris, “Nonequilibrium Heating in Metal Films: An Analytical and Numerical Analysis.” Numerical Heat Transfer A, Vol. 35, pp. 859-874, 1999.

M.E.F. Kasarda, P.E. Allaire, P.M. Norris, C. Mastrangelo, and E.H. Maslen, “Experimentally Determined Rotor Power Losses in Homopolar and Heteropolar Magnetic Bearings.” Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power Vol. 121, No. 4, pp. 697-702, 1999. J25.

J.L. Hostetler, A.N. Smith, and P.M. Norris, “Simultaneous Measurement of Thermophysical and Mechanical Properties of Thin Films.” International Journal of Thermophysics, Vol. 19, pp. 569-577, 1998.

B. Hosticka, P.M. Norris, J.S. Brenizer, and C.E. Daitch, “Gas Flow through Aerogels.” Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, Vol. 225, pp. 293-297, 1998.

J.L. Hostetler, D. Stewart, C.S. Ashley, C.E. Daitch, and P.M. Norris, “Optical Polarized Reflectance Characterization of Thin Aerogel and Xerogel Films.” Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, Vol. 225, pp. 19-23, 1998.

P.M. Norris and S.C. Palmer, “Effectiveness of the Woodruff School Doctoral Teaching Intern Program.” Journal of Engineering Education, 87, 223-226, 1998.

P.M. Norris, “Application of Experimental Design Methods to Assess the Effect of Uncertain Boundary Conditions in Inverse Heat Transfer Problems.” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 41, pp. 313-322, 1998.

J.L. Hostetler, A.N. Smith, and P.M. Norris, “Thin Film Thermal Conductivity and Thickness Measurements Using Picosecond Ultrasonics.” Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, Vol. 1, pp. 237-244, 1997.

A.S. Lee and P.M. Norris, “A New Optical Method for Measuring Surface Temperature at Large Incidence Probe Angles.” Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 68, pp. 1307-1311, 1997.

C.L. Tien, T.Q. Qiu, and P.M. Norris, “Microscale Thermal Phenomena in Contemporary Technology.” Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering, Vol. 2, pp. 1-11, 1994.

P.M. Norris, K. Hoag, and W. Wepfer, “Heat Transfer Regimes in the Coolant Passages of a Diesel Engine Cylinder Head.” Experimental Heat Transfer, Vol. 7, pp. 43-53, 1994.

P.M. Norris, G. Chen, and C.L. Tien, “Size Effects on the Temperature Rise in Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser Diodes.” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 37, Suppl. 1, pp. 9-18, 1994.

P.M. Norris, M. Hastings, and W. Wepfer, “An Experimental Investigation of Liquid Coolant Heat Transfer in a Diesel Engine.” SAE Paper NO 891898, SAE Transactions - Journal of Engines, 1989.
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