J. C. Sit – Research – Publications

Listed on this page are selected, recent publications from the Engineered Nanomaterials Laboratory. 

Recent journal papers

• N. G. Wakefield, J. B. Sorge, M. T. Taschuk, L. W. Bezuidenhout, M. J. Brett, and J. C. Sit,
  Modification of the principal refractive indices in biaxial metal oxide films,
  Journal of the Optical Society of America A 289, 1830–1840 2011. 10.1364/JOSAA.28.001830
• N. G. Wakefield and J. C. Sit,
  On the uniformity of films fabricated by glancing angle deposition,
  Journal of Applied Physics 1098, 084332/1–10 2011. 10.1063/1.3559748
  This paper is the culmination of an extensive study on the thickness and density uniformity of thin films fabricated by oblique and glancing angle deposition.  We present a generalised, geometric framework applicable to low-pressure PVD onto substrates of arbitrary size and in arbitrary position and orientation.  Learn more...
• J. K. Kwan and J. C. Sit,
  The use of ion-milling to control clustering of nanostructured, columnar thin films,
  Nanotechnology 2129, 295301/1–6 2010. 10.1088/0957-4484/21/29/295301
• K. M. Krause, M. T. Taschuk, K. D. Harris, D. A. Rider, N. G. Wakefield, J. C. Sit, J. M. Buriak, M. Thommes, and M. J. Brett,
  Surface area characterization of obliquely deposited metal oxide nanostructured thin films,
  Langmuir 266, 4368–4376 2009. 10.1021/la903444e
• A. Burke, J. C. Sit, and A. M. Knight,
  Bistable current-pulse-excited magnetic reluctance microvalve simulation,
  IEEE Transactions on Magnetics 4510, 4895–4898 2009. 10.1109/tmag.2009.2025514
• M. R. Kupsta, M. T. Taschuk, M. J. Brett, and J. C. Sit,
  Reactive ion etching of columnar nanostructured TiO₂ thin films for modified relative humidity sensor response time,
  IEEE Sensors Journal 912, 1979–1986 2009. 10.1109/JSEN.2009.2032413

Selected, older journal papers

• V. Leontyev, N. G. Wakefield, K. Tabunshchyk, J. C. Sit, M. J. Brett, and A. Kovalenko, Selective transmittance of linearly polarized light in thin films rationally designed by FDTD and FDFD theory and fabricated by glancing angle deposition, Journal of Applied Physics 10410, 104302/1–9 2008. 10.1063/1.3019429
• K. D. Harris, A. C. van Popta, J. C. Sit, D. J. Broer, and M. J. Brett, A birefringent, transparent electrical conductor, Advanced Functional Materials 1815, 2147–2153 2008. 10.1002/adfm.200800146
• D. E. Rollings, S. Tsoi, J. C. Sit, and J. G. C. Veinot, Formation and aqueous surface wettability of polysiloxane nanofibres prepared via surface initiated, vapour-phase polymerisation of organotrichlorosilanes, Langmuir 2310, 5275–5278 2007. 10.1021/la063604a
• A. C. van Popta, J. J. Steele, S. Tsoi, J. G. C. Veinot, M. J. Brett, and J. C. Sit, Porous nanostructured optical filters rendered insensitive to humidity by vapor-phase functionalization, Advanced Functional Materials 1610, 1331–1336 2006. 10.1002/adfm.200500899
• J. Gospodyn and J. C. Sit, Characterisation of dielectric columnar thin films by variable angle Mueller matrix and spectroscopic ellipsometry, Optical Materials, 292–3, 318–325 2006. 10.1016/j.optmat.2005.10.004
• A. C. van Popta, M. J. Brett, and J. C. Sit, Double-handed circular Bragg phenomena in polygonal helix thin films, Journal of Applied Physics 988, 083517/1–9 2005. 10.1063/1.2115092
• S. Tsoi, E. Fok, J. C. Sit, and J. G. C. Veinot, Super-hydrophobic, high surface area, 3-D SiO₂ nanostructures through siloxane-based surface functionalisation, Langmuir 2024, 10771–10774 2004.  10.1021/la0482507

Conference proceedings and presentations

• N. G. Wakefield, M. Debije, S. Tsoi, D. J. Broer, C. W. M. Bastiaansen, and J. C. Sit,
  Modification of mesogen alignment in porous thin films via surface functionalisation,
  oral presentation at International Liquid Crystals Conference, Jul. 2010.
• J. K. Kwan and J. C. Sit,
  Modification of nanostructured thin films by ion-milling for use in biochemical sensing applications in aqueous environments,
  oral presentation at MRS Spring Meeting, Apr. 2010.
• N. G. Wakefield and J. C. Sit,
  On the uniformity of thin films fabricated by glancing angle deposition,
  oral presentation at AVS International Symposium, Nov 2009.