Publications

Patent

  • V.Borra, D. Georgiev, and S. Itapu, “Sn Whisker Growth Mitigation Using NiO Sublayers”, April 2021, US Pat. No. 10,967,463.

Journals and Conferences

  • Borra, S. Itapu, D. G. Georgiev, and V. G. Karpov, “Modification of Tin (Sn) metal surfaces by surface plasmon polariton excitation.” Scripta Materialia 208 (2022): 114357.
  • Itapu, S., Borra, V., Li, F. X., Cortes, P., & Kumar, M. H. (2022). “Effect of laser irradiation on the tribological properties of RF-sputtered nickel oxide (NiO) thin films.” Vacuum, 111461.
  • Devkota, S., Nyako, K., Borra, V., Karpov, V., Georgiev, D., Li, F. and Cortes, P.,. Threshold Switching in CdTe Photovoltaics. ECS Transactions (accepted).
  • Nyako, K., Devkota, S., Borra, V., Li, F. and Cortes, P., “Understanding Trust in Microelectronics: An Overview”, IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems (Under review).
  • Alsharif, K. I., Pesch, A. H., Borra, V., Li, F. X., Cortes, P., MacDonald, E., & Choo, K. (2022).,”A Coupled Thermo-Mechanical Dynamic Characterization of Cylindrical Batteries,” in IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 51708-51722, 2022.
  • Alsharif, K. I., Pesch, A. H., Borra, V., Li, F. X., Cortes, P., MacDonald, E., & Choo, K. (2022)., “A Novel Modal Representation of Battery Dynamics,” in IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 16793-16806, 2022.
  • Devkota, S., Nyako, K., Borra, V., Karpov, V., Georgiev, D., Li, F. and Cortes, P., 2022. Threshold Switching in CdTe Photovoltaics. ECS 242nd ECS Meeting, 2022 | Atlanta, GA.
  • Borra, V., Itapu, S., Garretto, J., Yarwood, R., Morrison. G., Cortes, P., MacDonald, E., & Li, F. A 3-D printed UWB microwave imaging antenna. ECS Transactions, 2022, 8631-8639, 107(1).
  • Lamsal, S., Garretto, J., Itapu, S., Li, F., Cortes, P., and Borra, V., 2022. Aerosol Printed Asymmetric Coupled Stripline (ACS) fed Microstrip Antenna for Biomedical Applications. 64th Electronic Materials Conference.
  • Alsharif, K.I., Pesch, A.H., Borra, V., Cortes, P., MacDonald, E., Li, F.X. and Choo, K., Transient Thermal and Electrical Characteristics of a Cylindrical LiFeS2 Cell with Equivalent Circuit Model. Dimensions [mm], Proceedings of the 9 th International Conference on Fluid Flow, Heat and Mass Transfer (FFHMT’22), 14, pp.50-5.
  • Devkota, S., Nyako, K., Borra, V., Karpov, V., Georgiev, D., Li, F. and Cortes, P., 2022. Threshold Switching in CdTe Photovoltaics. Bulletin of the American Physical Society.
  • Appiah S., Li, F., Cortes, P., and Borra, V., 2022. Corrosion Detection in Oil and Gas Pipeline Using 3-D Bluetooth Printed Microsensor. MS&T22: Materials Science & Technology.
  • Gonzalez-Garcia J., Li, F., Cortes, P., and Borra, V., 2022. 3D Printing of Biomaterials and Devices. MS&T22: Materials Science & Technology.
  • D. Buchanan, V. Borra, M. Islam, D. G. Georgiev, and S. Itapu, “Tin Whisker Growth Suppression Using NiO Sublayers Fabricated by Dip Coating,” Condens. Matter, vol. 7, no. 1, 2022.
  • Borra, V., Itapu, S., Itapu, S., Yarwood, R. ., Garretto, J. ., Cortes, P., MacDonald, E., & Li, F.. “A 3-D printed UWB microwave imaging antenna.” SPAST, 1(01) Vol. 1 No. 01 (2021): Smart Green Connected Societies, Nov 29-30, 2021, (Virtual).
  • Itapu, V. Borra, and D. Georgiev, “Fabrication of Ni bumps using laser irradiation”, IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, vol. 19, pp. 455-460, 2020.
  • Oudat, V. Borra, D. G. Georgiev and V. G. Karpov, “The statistics of tin whisker diameters versus the underlying film grains”, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 52, 2019.
  • Borra, Georgiev, D. G., Karpov, V. G., & Shvydka, D. (2017). Microscopic structure of metal whiskers. Physical Review Applied 9 (5), 054029, May 2018.
  • Borra, O. Oudat, D. G. Georgiev, V. G. Karpov and D. Shvydka, “Metal Whisker Growth Induced by Localized, High-Intensity DC Electric Fields”, MRS Adv., 2018.
  • Itapu, S.; Borra; Mossayebi, F. “A Computational Study on the Variation of Bandgap Due to Native Defects in non-stoichiometric NiO and Pd, Pt Doping in Stoichiometric NiO”. Condensed Matter, Condens. Matter 3(4), 46, 2018.
  • Borra, S. Itapu, and D. Georgiev, “Sn whisker mitigation using a NiO underlying layer”, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2017.
  • Borra, D. G. Georgiev, and V. G. Karpov, “Cultivating Metal Whiskers by Surface Plasmon Polariton Excitation”, MRS Adv., vol. 1, no. 12, pp. 805–810, Feb. 2016.
  • Borra, D. G. Georgiev, and C. R. Grice, “Fabrication of optically smooth Sn thin films”, Thin Solid Films, vol. 616, 2016.
  • Killefer, V. Borra, A. Al-Bayati, D. G. Georgiev, V. G. Karpov, E I Parsai, and D. Shvydka, “Whisker growth on Sn thin film accelerated under gamma-ray induced electric field”, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2017.
  • Borra et al., “Whisker characterization: Multiple thin filament study using Focused Ion Beam and Transmission Electron Microscope”, Presented as two parts in the Tin Whisker Group Teleconference, DBI corporation, Oct (2017).
  • Shvydka, V. Borra et al., “Whisker growth on Sn thin film accelerated under gamma-ray induced electric field”, Presented in the Tin Whisker Group Teleconference, DBI corporation, July (2017).
  • Borra, D. Georgiev and V. Karpov “Metal Whisker Growth Induced by Localized, High-Intensity DC Electric Fields”, Poster presented at MRS Spring 2018 meeting, Phoenix, AZ, 2018.
  • Borra et al., “Gamma-ray induced growth of metal whiskers”, Med. Physics 44, p.2830 (2017) 59th American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Denver, CO, 2017.
  • Itapu, V. Borra, and D. Georgiev, “Fabrication of microbumps on nickel thin films by nanosecond pulsed laser irradiation” American Vacuum Society – Michigan chapter 41st Spring Symposium, Ann Arbor, MI, 2017.
  • Borra, D. Georgiev and V. Karpov “Cultivating Metal Whiskers by Surface Plasmon Polariton Excitation”, Material Research Society Fall 2015 meeting, Boston, MA, 2015.
  • Borra et al., “Electric field stimulated growth of Zn and Sn whiskers”, 9th International Symposium on Tin Whiskers, CALCE, Essen, Germany, 2015.