Publications

54. 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). https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.5c19462

53. 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). https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaom.5c00338

52. 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). https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5c09721

51. 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). https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.5c01256

50. 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). https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaom.5c00110

49. 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). https://doi.org/10.1002/adsu.202400749

48. U. R. Kortshagen and V. E. Ferry*, “Modeling the agrivoltaic potential for land-intensive commodity crops,” AgriVoltaics Conference Proceedings, 3 (2025). https://doi.org/10.52825/agripv.v3i.1368

47. 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). https://doi.org/10.52825/agripv.v3i.1376

46. 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). https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.540182

45. 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). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysReveMaterials.8.115201

44. 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). https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202302785

43. V. E. Ferry, “Luminescent solar concentrator PV: technology status,” in Status Report on Emerging Photovoltaics, J. Photonics Energy, 13, 4, 042301 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JPE.13.042301

42. 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). https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.3c01792

41. 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). https://doi.org/10.1002/adsu.202300107

40. 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). https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202300098

39. 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). https://doi.org/10.1103/PRXEnergy.2.023004

38. 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). https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.3c01130

37. 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). https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaom.2c00130

36. 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). https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202200363

35. 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). https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.1c02860

34. 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). https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c13828

33. 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).  http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9518868

32. 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).  http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9518707

31. 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). https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.1c01236

30. 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). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrp.2021.100430

29. 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). https://doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202001368

28. 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).  http://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC45281.2020.9300678

27. 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). https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b22903

26. 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). http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5121441

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25. 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). http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.9b01198

24. 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). http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2019.00107

23. 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). http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biz069

22. 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). http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8981160

21. 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). http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.9b00347

20. 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. Interfaces, 11, 14970 – 14979 (2019). http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b01159

19. 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).  https://doi.org/10.1017/S1431927619010742

18. 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).  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09062-8

17. 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). http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.8b01346

16. D. B. Dement, M. Puri, and V. E. Ferry, “Determining the complex refractive index of neat CdSe/CdS quantum dot films,” J. Phys. Chem. C, 122, 21557 – 21568 (2018). http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b04522

15. 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). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2323145

14. 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). http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2018.8547965

13. 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). https://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.26.017289

12. 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). http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.7b01586

11. R. Connell, C. Pinnell, and V. E. Ferry, “Designing spectrally-selective mirrors for use in luminescent solar concentrators,” J. Opt., 20, 024009 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1088/2040-8986/aaa074

10. 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). http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201705272

9. 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). http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2017.2779842

8. M. Puri and V.E. Ferry, "Circular dichroism of CdSe nanocrystals bound by chiral carboxylic acids," ACS Nano, 11, 12240-12246 (2017). http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.7b05690

7. 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). http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b03304

6. 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). http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b03975

5. V. E. Ferry*, M. Hentschel*, and A. P. Alivisatos, "Circular dichroism in off-resonantly coupled plasmonic nanosystems, " Nano Lett., 15, 8336 (2015). http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b03970

4. 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 Photonics, 2, 1576 (2015). http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.5b00334

3. 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 Photonics, 2, 1253 (2015). http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.5b00354

2. 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). https://doi.org/10.1364/OPN.26.7.000048

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

Pre-Minnesota:

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). http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b01161

17. V. E. Ferry, J. M. Smith, A. P. Alivisatos, "Symmetry breaking in chiral plasmonic nanoparticle assemblies," ACS Photonics, 1, 1189 (2014). http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ph5002632

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 Nano, 8, 44 (2014). http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nn404418h

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 Nano, 7, 6774 (2013). http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nn401657n

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). http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2013.2240764

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). http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nl301435r

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). http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nl300483y

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). https://doi.org/10.1088/2040-8978/14/2/024002

10. V. E. Ferry, A. Polman, H. A. Atwater, "Modeling light trapping in nanostructured solar cells," ACS Nano, 5, 10055 (2011). http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nn203906t

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). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms1528

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). http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nl202226r

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 Nano, 5, 8140 (2011). http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nn202786g

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). https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.18.00A237

5. V. E. Ferry, J. N. Munday, H. A. Atwater, "Design considerations for plasmonic photovoltaics," Adv. Mater., 22, 4794 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201000488

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). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3256187

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). https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.020975

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). http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nl8022548

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. B, 108, 1537 - 1543 (2004). http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp0301406