Publications

73. M. Ramamurthy, E. Pakhomenko, J. Keil, S. He, A. Kapur, Y. Zheng, K. W. Hershey, R. J. Holmes, V. E. Ferry, “Robust multi-objective OLED optimization for outcoupling efficiency, angular color shift, and color purity,” Opt. Exp., 34, 30670 - 30682 (2026).

72. W. Alvarez-Reyes, R. James, J. Milagres, R. El-Tanbouly, R. Tnakgavelu, V. E. Ferry, W. da Silva*, C. L. Haynes*, “dsRNA-loaded silica nanoparticles for the management of potato virus Y (PVY) in potato plants,” ACS Nano, 20, 10429 - 10441 (2026).

71. K. Q. Loh, N. J. Eylands, V. E. Ferry*, and U. R. Kortshagen*, “Quantum dot films as sunlight filters for increasing crop yields,” ACS Appl. Opt. Mater., 3, 2251 - 2256 (2025). 

70. Y. J. Donie, I. Welsch, M. Ramamurthy, C. D. Frisbie*, L. F. Francis*, and V. E. Ferry*, “High-resolution roll-to-roll additive patterning of functional materials on large areas via topographic discontinuous dewetting,” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 17, 53887 - 53900 (2025). 

69. R. D. Chakraborty, J. Liang, N. Nandakumaran, T. Fasasi, K. A. Stoerzinger, C. Leighton, and V. E. Ferry, “High metal-insulator topotactic cycling endurance in electrochemically gated La1-xSrxCoO3-d probed by humidity-dependent operando Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy,” ACS Nano, 19, 17627 - 17639 (2025). 

68. R. D. Chakraborty, C. Leighton, and V. E. Ferry, “Large near-infrared refractive index modulation in ion-gel-gated BaSnO3 for active metasurfaces,” ACS Appl. Opt. Mater., 3, 1153 - 1161 (2025). 

67. K. Q. Loh, K. Harbick, N. J. Eylands, U. R. Kortshagen*, and V. E. Ferry*, “Design guidelines for luminescent solar concentrator greenhouses in the United States,” Adv. Sustain. Syst., 9, 2400749 (2025).

66. U. R. Kortshagen and V. E. Ferry*, “Modeling the agrivoltaic potential for land-intensive commodity crops,” AgriVoltaics Conference Proceedings, 3 (2025). 

65. K. Q. Loh, K. Harbick, N. J. Eylands, U. R. Kortshagen*, and V. E. Ferry*, “Luminescent solar concentrator greenhouses for concurrent energy generation and lettuce production in the United States,” AgriVoltaics Conference Proceedings, 3 (2025). 

64. M. Ramamurthy, B. M. Cote, and V. E. Ferry, “Chiral optical properties of metasurfaces comprised of chiral media: effects of geometric and material chirality,” Opt. Express, 32, 45075 - 45087 (2024). 

63. E. K. McGuinness, B. R. Magruder, K. D. Dorfman, C. E. Ellison, and V. E. Ferry, “Circular dichroism of distorted double gyroid thin film metamaterials,” Phys. Rev. Mater., 8, 115201 (2024). 

62. Y. J. Donie, M. Ramamurthy, R. D. Chakraborty, L. F. Francis*, C. D. Frisbie*, and V. E. Ferry*, “Roll-to-roll compatible topochemical wetting control for metamaterial printing,” Adv. Opt. Mater., 2302785 (2024). 

61. V. E. Ferry, “Luminescent solar concentrator PV: technology status,” in Status Report on Emerging Photovoltaics, J. Photonics Energy, 13, 4, 042301 (2023). 

60. J. Keil, J. S. Silvia, D. M. Kroupa, and V. E. Ferry, “Optical coupling efficiency, photon loss, and efficiency estimates for c-Si PERC modules enhanced with downconverting films and nanocomposites,” ACS Appl. Energy Mater.6, 21, 10978 - 10986 (2023). 

59. Y. Liu, J. Keil, V. E. Ferry, and U. R. Kortshagen, “Energy and thermal performance analysis of quantum dot luminescent solar concentrators in greenhouses,” Adv. Sustain. Syst.7, 8, 2300107 (2023). 

58. R. D. Chakraborty, W. Postiglione, S. Ghosh, K. A. Mkhoyan, C. Leighton, and V. E. Ferry, “Optical properties of electrochemically gated La1-xSrxCoO3-d as a topotactic phase-change material,” Adv. Opt. Mater., 11, 16, 2300098 (2023). 

57. J. Keil, B. M. Cote, V. Chandrasekaran, A. Los, and V. E. Ferry, "Minimizing roughness induced optical losses for a four-terminal CdTe/Si tandem solar cell,” PRX Energy, 2, 023004 (2023). 

56. K. Q. Loh, V. E. Ferry, and U. R. Kortshagen, “Tunable, high intensity photoluminescence from Si/SiO2 core/shell quantum dots via high-pressure water vapor annealing,” ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 6, 7, 6444-6453 (2023). 

55. M. Ramamurthy, P. Pachidis, B. M. Cote, and V. E. Ferry, “Circularly polarized photoluminescence from nanostructured arrays of light emitters,” ACS Appl. Opt. Mater., 1, 1, 491-499 (2023). 

54. B. M. Cote, W. R. Lenart, C. J. Ellison, and V. E. Ferry, “Surface structure dependent circular dichroism in single and double gyroid metamaterials,” Adv. Opt. Mater, 10, 2200363 (2022). 

53. J.Keil*, Y. Liu*, U. Kortshagen, and V. E. Ferry, “Bilayer luminescent solar concentrators with enhanced absorption and efficiency for agrivoltaic applications,” ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 4, 14102 – 14110 (2021). 

52. V. Chaturvedi, W. Postiglione, R. D. Chakraborty, B. Yu, W. Tabis, S. Hameed, N. Biniskos, A. Jacobson, Z. Zhang, H. Zhou, M. Greven, V. E. Ferry, and C. Leighton, Doping- and strain-dependent electrolyte-gate-induced perovskite to brownmillerite transformation in epitaxial La1-xSrxCoO3-d films,” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 13, 51205-51217 (2021). 

51. B. M. Cote, I. M. Slauch, T. J Silverman, M. G. Deceglie, and V. E. Ferry, Insulation or irradiance: exploring why bifacial photovoltaics run hot,” 2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaics Specialists Conference (PVSC), 1228-1232 (2021). 

50. J. Keil, Y. Liu, U. Kortshagen, and V. E. Ferry, Evaluating tandem luminescent solar concentrator performance based on luminophore selection,” 2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaics Specialists Conference (PVSC), 1680 – 1684, (2021).  

49. B. M. Cote, I. M. Slauch, T. J Silverman, M. G. Deceglie, and V. E. Ferry, Light management in bifacial photovoltaics with spectrally-selective mirrors,” ACS Appl. Energy Mater.4, 6, 5397-5402 (2021). 

48. I. M. Slauch, M. G. Deceglie, T. J Silverman, and V. E. Ferry, Optical approaches for passive thermal management in c-Si photovoltaic modules,” Cell Rep. Phys. Sci., 2, 100430,(2021). 

47. H. R. Lee, D. W. Kim, V. Jones, Y. Choi, V. E. Ferry, M. A. Geller, and S. M. Azarin, Sonosensitizer-functionalized graphene nanoribbons for adhesion blocking and sonodynamic ablation of ovarian cancer spheroids,” Adv. Healthc. Mater., 10, 13, 2001368 (2021)

46. I. M. Slauch, M. G. Deceglie, T. J Silverman, and V. E. Ferry. “Modeling spectrally-selective reflection for thermal management in mono facial and bifacial modules,” 2020 IEEE 47th Photovoltaics Specialists Conference (PVSC), 1388 - 1390 (2020).  

45. S. K. E. Hill, R. Connell, J. Held, C. Peterson, M. A. Hillmyer, L. F. Francis, V. E. Ferry, and U. Kortshagen, “Poly(methyl methacrylate) films with high concentrations of silicon quantum dots for visibly transparent luminescent solar concentrators,” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 12, 4572 - 4578 (2020).

44. R. Connell, J. Keil, C. Peterson, M. A. Hillmyer, and V. E. Ferry, “CdSe/CdS-poly(cyclohexylethylene) thin film luminescent solar concentrators,” APL Mater., 7, 101123 (2019). Read the Scilight!

43. P. Pachidis, B. M. Cote, and V. E. Ferry, "Tuning the polarization and directionality of photoluminescence of achiral quantum dot films with chiral nanorod dimer arrays: implications for luminescent applications,” ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 2, 5681 – 5687 (2019). 

42. S. Salehi, S. Cotner, S. M. Azarin, E. E. Carlson, M. Driessen, V. E. Ferry, W. Harcombe, S. McGaugh, D. Wassenberg, A. Yonas, and C. J. Ballen, “Gender performance gaps across different assessment methods and the underlying mechanisms: the case of incoming preparation and test anxiety,” Front. Educ.4, 107 (2019). 

41. C. J. Ballen, S. M. Aguillon, A. Awwad, A. E. Bjune, D. Challou, A. G. Drake, M. Driessen, A. Ellozy, V. E. Ferry, E. E. Goldberg, W. Harcombe, C. Jorgensen, Z. Koth, S. McGaugh, C. Mitry, B. Mosher, H. Mostafa, R. H. Petipas, P. A. G. Soneral, S. Watters, D. Wassenberg, S. L. Weiss, A. Yonas, K. R. Zamudio, and S. Cotner, “Smaller classes promote equitable student participation in STEM,” BioScience, 69, 669 – 680 (2019).

40. I. M. Slauch, M. G. Deceglie, T. J Silverman, and V. E. Ferry, “Outdoor testing of c-Si photovoltaic modules with spectrally-selective mirrors for operating temperature reduction,” 2019 IEEE 46th Photovoltaics Specialists Conference (PVSC), Chicago, IL, 0112 - 0117 (2019).

39. I. M. Slauch, M. G. Deceglie, T. J Silverman, and V. E. Ferry, “Model for characterization and optimization of spectrally selective structures to reduce the operating temperature and improve the energy yield of photovoltaic modules,” ACS Appl. Energy Mater.2, 3614 - 3623 (2019).

38. D. B. Dement, M. K. Quan, and V. E. Ferry, "Nanoscale patterning of colloidal nanocrystal films for nanophotonic applications using direct write electron beam lithography," ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces11, 14970 – 14979 (2019). 

37. R. A. Gnabasik, D. T. Valley, M. K. Quan, V. E. Ferry, and D. J. Flannigan, “Direct imaging of incoherent-to-coherent structural dynamics in plasmonic nanorods with ultrafast electron microscopy,” Microsc. Microanal., 25 (Suppl. 2), 2002 - 2003 (2019).  

36. T. Zhang, D. B. Dement, V. E. Ferry , and R. J. Holmes, "Intrinsic measurements of exciton transport in photovoltaic cells," Nat. Commun., 10, 1156 (2019). 

35. S. K. E. Hill*, R. Connell*, C. Peterson, J. Hollinger, M. A. Hillmyer, U. Kortshagen, and V. E. Ferry, “Silicon quantum dot – poly(methyl methacrylate) nanocomposites with reduced light scattering for luminescent solar concentrators,” ACS Photonics, 6, 170 – 180 (2019).

34. D. B. Dement, M. Puri, and V. E. Ferry, “Determining the complex refractive index of neat CdSe/CdS quantum dot films,” J. Phys. Chem. C122, 21557 – 21568 (2018). 

33. I. M. Slauch, M. G. Deceglie, T. J Silverman, and V. E. Ferry, “Two-layer anti-reflection coatings with optimized sub-bandgap reflection for solar modules,” Proceedings of SPIE, 10759, 1075911 (2018). 

32. I. M. Slauch, M. G. Deceglie, T. J Silverman, and V. E. Ferry. “Performance of low-complexity spectrally selective one-dimensional mirrors for photovoltaic thermal management,” 2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC) (A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC & 34th EU PVSEC), Waikoloa, HI, USA, 2933 - 2938 (2018). 

31. P. Pachidis and V. E. Ferry, “Tunable optical chirality in a metamaterial platform with off-resonantly coupled metal-dielectric components,” Opt. Exp., 26, 17289 – 17298 (2018). 

30. I. M. Slauch, M. G. Deceglie, T. J Silverman, and V. E. Ferry, “Spectrally-selective mirrors with combined optical and thermal benefit for photovoltaic module thermal management,” ACS Photonics, 5, 1528 – 1538 (2018). 

29. R. Connell, C. Pinnell, and V. E. Ferry, “Designing spectrally-selective mirrors for use in luminescent solar concentrators,” J. Opt., 20, 024009 (2018).

28. M. O. Ogunyankin*, J. E. Shin*, D. O. Lapotko, V. E. Ferry, and J. A. Zasadzinski, “Optimizing the NIR fluence threshold for nanobubble formation by controlled synthesis of 10 – 40 nm hollow gold nanoshells,” Adv. Funct. Mater., 28, 1705272 (2018). 

27. T. J Silverman, M. G. Deceglie, I. Subedi, N. J. Podraza, I. M. Slauch, V. E. Ferry, and I. Repins, “Reducing operating temperature in photovoltaic modules,” IEEE J. Photovolt., 8, 532 – 540 (2018). 

26. M. Puri and V.E. Ferry, "Circular dichroism of CdSe nanocrystals bound by chiral carboxylic acids," ACS Nano, 11, 12240-12246 (2017).

25. R. Connell and V. E. Ferry. "Integrating photonics with luminescent solar concentrators: optical transport in the presence of photonic mirrors, "  J. Phys. Chem. C., 120, 20991 – 20997 (2016). 

24. D. T. Valley, V. E. Ferry, and D. J. Flannigan. “Imaging intra- and inter-particle acousto-plasmonic vibrational dynamics with ultrafast electron microscopy,” Nano Lett.16, 7302 – 7308 (2016). 

23. V. E. Ferry*, M. Hentschel*, and A. P. Alivisatos, "Circular dichroism in off-resonantly coupled plasmonic nanosystems, " Nano Lett., 15, 8336 (2015).

22. N. D. Bronstein, Y. Yao, L. Xu, E. O'Brien, A. S. Powers, V. E. Ferry, A. P. Alivisatos, and R. G. Nuzzo, "Quantum dot luminescent concentrator cavity exhibiting 30-fold concentration, " ACS Photonics2, 1576 (2015). 

21. M. Hentschel, V. E. Ferry, and A. P. Alivisatos, "Optical rotation reversal in the response of chiral plasmonic nano systems: the role of plasmon hybridization, " ACS Photonics2, 1253 (2015). 

20. S. V. Boriskina, J. Tong, V. E. Ferry, J. Michel, and A. Kildishev, "Breaking the limits of optical energy conversion," Optics and Photonics News, 26, 7, 48 - 51 (2015). 

19. V. E. Ferry, "Nanophotonic designs for luminescent solar concentrators", SPIE Newsroom (2015). 

18. S. E. Lee, Q. Chen, R. Bhat, S. Petkiewicz, J. M. Smith, V. E. Ferry, A. L. Correia, A. P. Alivisatos, M. J. Bissell, "Reversible aptamer-Au plasmon rulers for secreted single molecules," Nano Lett.15, 4564 (2015). 

17. V. E. Ferry, J. M. Smith, A. P. Alivisatos, "Symmetry breaking in chiral plasmonic nanoparticle assemblies," ACS Photonics1, 1189 (2014).

16. N. D. Bronstein, L. Li, Y. Yao, L. Xu, V. E. Ferry, A. P. Alivisatos, R. G. Nuzzo, "Luminescent solar concentration with semiconductor nanorods and transfer-printed micro-silicon solar cells," ACS Nano8, 44 (2014). 

15. M. Scheele,  J. H. Engel, V. E. Ferry, D. Hanifi, Y. Liu, A. P. Alivisatos, "Nonmonotonic size dependence in the hole mobility of methoxide stabilized PbSe quantum dot solids," ACS Nano7, 6774 (2013). 

14. M. G. Deceglie, V. E. Ferry, A. P. Alivisatos, H. A. Atwater, "Accounting for material quality in the optoelectronic design of thin-film solar cells," IEEE J. Photovolt.99, 1 (2013). 

13. Y. Yu, V. E. Ferry, A. P. Alivisatos, L. Cao, "Dielectric core-shell optical antennas for strong solar absorption enhancement," Nano Lett.12, 3674 (2012).

12. M. G. Deceglie, V. E. Ferry, A. P. Alivisatos, H. A. Atwater, "Design of nanostructured solar cells using coupled optical and electrical modeling," Nano Lett.12, 2894 (2012). 

11. P. Spinelli, V. E. Ferry, J. van de Groep, M. C. van Lare, M. A. Verschuuren, R. E. I. Schropp, H. A. Atwater, A. Polman, "Plasmonic light trapping in thin-film Si solar cells," J. Opt.14, 024002 (2012). 

10. V. E. Ferry, A. Polman, H. A. Atwater, "Modeling light trapping in nanostructured solar cells," ACS Nano5, 10055 (2011).

9. K. Aydin, V. E. Ferry, R. M. Briggs, H. A. Atwater, "Broadband, polarization-independent resonant absorption using ultra-thin plasmonic super absorbers," Nat. Commun.2, 517 (2011). 

8. V. E. Ferry, M. A. Verschuuren, M. C. van Lare, R. E. I. Schropp, H. A. Atwater, A. Polman, "Optimized spatial correlations for broadband light trapping nanopatterns in high efficiency ultra-thin film a-Si:H solar cells," Nano Lett.11, 4239 (2011). 

7. W. Ma, S. L. Swisher, T. Ewers, J. Engel, V. E. Ferry, H. A. Atwater, A. P. Alivisatos, "Photovoltaic performance of ultra-small PbSe quantum dots," ACS Nano5, 8140 (2011). 

6. V. E. Ferry, M. A. Verschuuren, H. B. T. Li, E. Verhagen, R. J. Walters, R. E. I. Schropp, H. A. Atwater, A. Polman, "Light trapping in ultrathin plasmonic solar cells," Opt. Exp., 18, A237 (2010). 

5. V. E. Ferry, J. N. Munday, H. A. Atwater, "Design considerations for plasmonic photovoltaics," Adv. Mater., 22, 4794 (2010).

4. V. E. Ferry, M. A. Verschuuren, H. B. T. Li, R. E. I. Schropp, H. A. Atwater, A. Polman, "Improved red-response in thin film a-Si:H solar cells with soft-imprinted plasmonic back reflectors," Appl. Phys. Lett.95, 183503 (2009). 

3. P. N. Saeta, V. E. Ferry, D. Pacifici,  J. N. Munday, H. A. Atwater, "How much can guided modes enhance absorption in thin solar cells?" Opt. Exp., 17, 20975 (2009). 

2. V. E. Ferry, L. A. Sweatlock, D. Pacifici, H. A. Atwater, "Plasmonic nanostructure design for coupling light into solar cells," Nano Lett.8, 4391 - 4397 (2008).

1. C. B. Murphy, Y. Zhang, T. Troxler, V. Ferry, W. E. Jones Jr., "Probing Forster and Dexter energy transfer mechanisms in fluorescent conjugated polymer chemosensors," J. Phys. Chem. B108, 1537 - 1543 (2004).