BTC’s Recent Scientific Contributions
Welcome to Science Updates, a listing from the most recent of BTC’s contributed scientific papers, conference presentations and contract awards.
2026
Early 2026, Principal Author: Henry Chen, also Susan Kutcher, Cory Rosemeier, Julie Wen, Sudir Trivedi; Crystal growth and spectroscopic performance of CdMgTe radiation detector; Journal of Crystal Growth; web link: www.elsevier.com/locate/jcrysgro.
2025
December 14; Authors: Bower, D.M.; McAdam, A.C.; Yang, C.S.C.; Jin, F.; Millan, M.; Christiann, C.; Mussetta, M.; Knudson, C.; Jarvis, J.; Johnson, S., et al; Minerals as Windows into Habitability on Lava Tube Basalts: A Biogeochemical Study at Lava Beds National Monument, CA. Minerals 2025, 15, 1303; web link: https://doi.org/10.3390/min15121303.
November 19-21; Principal Speaker: H. Chen, also W. Palosz, C. Yang, F.Jin, J.Wen, S. Kutcher, S.Trivedi, U.Hommerich, J.O.Jensen and J.Jensen; P-Terphenyl as Novel Organic Scintillator for Alpha Spectroscopy, X-ray, Beta and Neutron Detection as well as other Advanced Applications; poster presentation at 2025 Defense TechConnect Innovation Summit and Expo, National Harbor, MD.
September 1; Authors: E. Brown, Z. Fleischman, L. Merkle, V. Hommerich, W. Palosz, S. Trivedi and M. Dubinski; Evaluating mid-IR laser potential of Er3+ vs.Dy3+ in low-maximum-phonon-energy hosts for 4.1-4.8 μm applications, Optical Materials Express, Vol. 16, No. 9.
August 4; Authors: Hansen, K., García-Hernández, D. A., Campbell, E. E. B., Yang, C. S. C., Jin, F., Trivedi, S., et al; Roadmap on carbon molecular nanostructures in space; European Physical Journal D, 79, 94 (2025); web link: https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/s10053-025-00984-1.
July 21; Principal Presenter: Henry Chen, Sue Kutcher, Cory Rosemeier, Julie Wen and Sudhir Trivedi; Spectroscopic Performance of All-Inorganic Single Crystal Perovskite CsPbBr3 “Planar” Detector; Sorma West 2025; poster paper.
July 17; Principal Speaker: Yingyun Liu, Feng Jin, Sudhir Trivedi; Title of Presentation: Collecting Open-Source Resources for Hyperspectral Imaging; Forum: 2025 Vision Spectra Conference; web link: https://www.photonics.com/Webinar.aspx?WID=1245.
June 1; Principal Author: W. Palosz, also S. Trivedi, J.L. Jensen, and J. Jensen; Infrared Photoconductive Detectors based on PbSe Colloidal Quantum Dots Responsive up to 3.3 micrometer; Optical Materials Express, Vol. 15, No. 5, 1 June 2025.
May1; Principal Investigator: Clayton S.-C. Yang, Sudhir Trivedi, Feng Jin, Ashok Kumar Meivazhagan; Quantum NMR RF Sensing of Phosphorous-31 (31P) and Fluorine-19 (19F) Using Pentacene-Doped Organic Crystals for Precision-Threat Identification; U.S. Army Phase I SBIR award; technical abstract
April 30; Lead Author: Clayton S.-C. Yang; Other BTC Contributing Authors: Feng Jin, Sudhir Trivedi, Journal, Exploring Anthracene in Laser-Induced Carbon Plasma Studies with Long-Wave Infrared Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy for Understanding Carbon Microstructure Formation in Space; web link: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.5c00001.
2024
October 9; Henry Chen, also Joo-Soo Kim, Priyanthi Amarasinghe, Julie Wen, Susan Kutcher, and Sudhir Trivedi; Versatile Hg2Br2 scintillation detector for wearable, real-time detection of alpha-particles in drinking water as well as other forms of nuclear radiations with excellent radiation hardness; SPIE Conference proceedings; web link: https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/13151/1315103/Versatile-Hg2Br2-scintillation-detector-for-wearable-real-time-detection-of/10.1117/12.3027256.short.
September 20; Principal Investigator: Feng Jin; Development of Handheld, Optical Speckle-Tolerant Non-Contact Laser Near-Infrared Photoacoustic Imager with Photonics Integrated Circuit; U.S. Army Phase II SBIR award; technical abstract
September 16: Principal Investigator: Feng Jin; Low-Cost Imaging in the MM Wave Region Using Plasma Waves in High Mobility Transistor; U.S. Army Phase II SBIR award; technical abstract
August 28; Principal Investigator: Chen-Chia Wang; Robust, Speckle-Tolerant, Handheld Non-Contact Vital Sign Monitor with Photonics IC; U.S. Army Phase II SBIR Award; technical abstract
August 7; Principal Investigator: Priyanthi Amarasinghe, UV/Visible Alpha-Barium Borate Acousto Optic for Atomic Interferometry Application, Phase I SBIR; technical abstract
July 29; Principal Investigator; Clayton Yang; Fast Elemental and Molecular Interrogation Sensor (FEMIS) for In Situ Lunar and Martian Resource Utilization; Phase I NASA SBIR; technical abstract
July 24; Principal Investigator: Clayton Yang, Portable Integrated Diamond Nitrogen Vacancy Radio Frequency (RF) Magnetometry System for Enhanced Detection of Person-Borne Improvised Explosive Devices, Phase I SBIR; technical abstract
April 19; Principal Investigator: Sudhir Trivedi; Development of Process to Produce Wafer Scale Zinc Selenide (ZnSe) Crystals; Phase I SBIR; technical abstract