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About
Dr. William B. Knowlton (Bill) joined the faculty in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Boise State University in 2000 after working for Hewlett Packard Labs and Insight Analytical Labs. After coming to Boise State, he co-developed five new programs and the Micron School of Materials Science and Engineering. He has established two research laboratories and co-established another, brought more than $16.5M in funding to Boise State, and has published over 70 papers in peer reviewed journals or conferences. Dr. Knowlton's research activities include device reliability physics, materials characterization, nanofabrication, biomaterials, magnetic materials and molecular electronic devices, and he and his colleagues have developed a collaborative, multidisciplinary research cohort in which they share ideas, students, and resources.
Educational Background
Dr. Knowlton received his B.S in 1992, M.S. in 1995, and Ph.D. in 1998, in materials science and engineering from the University of California at Berkeley under the direction of Professor Eugene Haller. For his master of science work, he fabricated one of the first prototype dark matter particle (weakly interacting massive particle candidate or WIMP) detectors operating at 20 mK using phonon transparent ultra pure Ge eutectically bonded to neutron transmutation doped Ge. His doctoral work included the study of point defects and modeling diffusion in silicon and the development, fabrication, characterization of x-ray detectors and far-infrared resonant detectors.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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DNA-Controlled Dye Aggregation ¿ A Path to Create Quantum Entanglement
Knowlton, B. (PI)
15/08/23 → 14/08/25
Project: Research
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Optimizing DNA-assembled dye aggregates for quantum coherent exciton devices
Knowlton, B. (PI)
15/08/19 → …
Project: Research
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Mechanics of Magnetic Shape-Memory Nanostructures
Mullner, P. (PI) & Knowlton, B. (CoPI)
15/09/11 → 31/08/15
Project: Research
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Materials World Network: Deformation via the Transformation of Hierarchical Microstructures
Mullner, P. (PI), Knowlton, B. (CoPI) & Lindquist, P. (CoPI)
15/08/10 → 31/07/14
Project: Research
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IDR: Self-Assembling Nanophotonic and Nanoelectronic Devices on DNA Nanobreadboards
Yurke, B. B. (PI), Knowlton, B. (CoPI), Kuang, W. W. (CoPI), Lee, J. (CoPI) & Hughes, W. W. L. (CoPI)
15/08/10 → 31/07/15
Project: Research
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Influence of Substituents on the Vectorial Difference Static Dipole Upon Excitation in Synthetic Bacteriochlorins
Ketteridge, M. N., Watt, D. R., Duncan, K. M., Barcenas, G., Shaw, K., Knowlton, W. B., Yurke, B., Pensack, R. D., Mass, O. A. & Li, L., 12 Sep 2024, In: Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 128, 36, p. 7581-7592 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Minimizing Structural Heterogeneity in DNA Self-Assembled Dye Templating via DNA Origami-Tuned Conformations
Cervantes-Salguero, K., Kadrmas, M., Ward, B. M., Lysne, D., Wolf, A., Piantanida, L., Pascual, G. & Knowlton, W. B., 14 May 2024, In: Langmuir. 40, 19, p. 10195-10207 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Spatiotemporal Dispersion Compensation for a 200-THz Noncollinear Optical Parametric Amplifier
Carbery, W. P., Bizimana, L. A., Barclay, M. S., Wright, N. D., Davis, P. H., Knowlton, W. B., Pensack, R. D., Arpin, P. C. & Turner, D. B., 1 Mar 2024, In: Review of Scientific Instruments. 95, 3, 033002.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Structural Insight into a Sixteen Cyanine Dye Construct via Exciton-Exciton Annihilation
Huff, J. S., Patten, L. K., Turner, D. B., Knowlton, W. B., Lee, J., Yurke, B. & Pensack, R. D., 8 Aug 2024, In: Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 15, 31, p. 8018-8025 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Towards tunable exciton delocalization in DNA Holliday junction-templated indodicarbocyanine 5 (Cy5) dye derivative heterodimers
Pascual, G., Díaz, S. A., Roy, S. K., Meares, A., Chiriboga, M., Susumu, K., Mathur, D., Cunningham, P. D., Medintz, I. L., Yurke, B., Knowlton, W. B., Melinger, J. S. & Lee, J., 20 Sep 2024, In: Nanoscale Horizons. 9, 12, p. 2334-2348 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prizes
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2007 - Professor of the Year, College of Engineering, Boise State University
Knowlton, W. B. (Recipient), 2007
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Datasets
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Dataset for Exciton Delocalization and Scaffold Stability in Bridged Nucleotide-Substituted, DNA Duplex-Templated Cyanine Aggregates
Roy, S. K. (Data Collector) & Knowlton, W. B. (Data Collector), 28 Mar 2023
DOI: 10.18122/quantum_data.1.boisestate, https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/quantum_data/1
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