Methods
Experimental methods
Micro time-domain thermoreflectance (TDTR)
An optical pump-probe method for local thermal measurements of nanostructures.
Brillouin light scattering (BLS) spectroscopy
An optical method for measurements of the frequency spectra of elastic modes in materials and nanostructures.
A contact method to measure surface topography with atomic scale resolution.
Photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy
Group of optical methods for measurements of the optical emission from nanoscale objects.
An optical method for measuring optical phonon frequencies and probing strain, crystal quality, and phonon confinement in nanostructures.
Simulation methods
Free and open-source implementation of Monte Carlo algorithm that simulates trajectories of phonons in 3D models of nanostructures.
Method to numerically solve differential equations for complex geometries, when analytical solution is not available.
Fluctuational electrodynamics simulations (SCUFF-EM)
Boundary element method for computing near-field and far-field radiative heat transfer via surface phonon-polaritons in polar nanostructures.
Fabrication methods
Clean room methods of nanofabrication for the creation of MEMS and NEMS.