1. A. Lakhtakia, M.F. Iskander, C.H. Durney & H. Massoudi, 'Irradiation of prolate spheroidal models of humans and animals in the near field of a small loop antenna,' North American Radio Science Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 2-6, 1980.
2. A. Lakhtakia, M.F. Iskander, C.H. Durney & H. Massoudi, 'Near-field absorption in prolate spheroidal models exposed to a small loop antenna of arbitrary orientation,' Second Annual Meeting of the Bioelectromagnetics Society, San Antonio, Texas, USA, Sept 14-18, 1980.
3. A. Lakhtakia, M.F. Iskander, C.H. Durney & H. Massoudi, 'Absorption characteristics of prolate spheroidal models in the near fields of electrically small apertures,' Second Annual Meeting of the Bioelectromagnetics Society, San Antonio, Texas, USA, Sept 14-18, 1980.
4. A. Lakhtakia, M.F. Iskander, C.H. Durney & H. Massoudi, 'Scattering and absorption of lossy dielectric objects irradiated by the near fields of aperture source,' IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, Los Angeles, California, USA, June 16-19, 1981.
5. M.F. Iskander, A. Lakhtakia & C.H. Durney. 'Scattering and absorption by dielectric objects : An improved extended boundary condition method of solution,' IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, May 24-28, 1982.
6. M.F. Iskander, A. Lakhtakia, C.H. Durney & H. Massoudi, 'Iterative solution to improve the stability and frequency range of the EBCM,' Fourth Annual Meeting of the Bioelectromagnetics Society, Los Angeles, California, USA, June 28-July 2, 1982.
7. A. Lakhtakia, M.F. Iskander & C.H. Durney, 'On the use of the iterative EBCM to solve for absorption by composite dielectric objects -- The introduction of mixed basis functions,' IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, Houston, Texas, USA, May 23-26, 1983.
8. A. Lakhtakia, M.F. Iskander & C.H. Durney, 'Theoretical and experimental evaluation of the average SARs at and beyond resonance,' Fifth Annual Meeting of the Bioelectromagnetics Society, Boulder, Colorado, USA, June 12-16, 1983.
9. A. Lakhtakia, V.K. Varadan & V.V. Varadan, 'The T-matrix approach to scattering by rough surfaces,' 107th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Norfolk, Virginia, USA, May 7-10, 1984.
10. A. Lakhtakia, V.K. Varadan & V.V. Varadan, 'Iterative approaches in overcoming the instabilities of the T-matrix method for scattering by non-spherical objects,' 107th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Norfolk, Virginia, USA, May 7-10, 1984.
11. A. Lakhtakia, V.V. Varadan & V.K. Varadan, 'Scattering of elastic waves by rough interfaces,' Fourth Review of Progress in Quantitative Non-Destructive Evaluation, La Jolla, California, USA, July 8-13, 1984.
12. A. Lakhtakia, V.K. Varadan & V.V. Varadan, 'Scattering by partially-illuminated, doubly-periodic, doubly-infinite impenetrable surfaces,' 109th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Austin, Texas, USA, April 8-12, 1985.
13. A. Lakhtakia, V.V. Varadan & V.K. Varadan, 'Reflection and transmission characteristics of a periodic array of cylinders embedded in a plane slab or in a homogeneous material space,' 110th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, November 4-8, 1985.
14. V.K. Varadan, A. Lakhtakia & V.V. Varadan, 'Design of polymer-chiral composites for absorption of electromagnetic waves at radar and optical frequencies,' Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, December 2-7, 1985.
15. J.-H. Jeng, V.V. Varadan, A. Lakhtakia & V.K. Varadan, 'The finite element method and geometric fractals: Preliminary investigations,' US National Radio Science Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, June 9-13, 1986.
16. A. Lakhtakia, V.K. Varadan & V.V. Varadan, 'Self-similar fractals and Fourier transforms,' US National Radio Science Meeting, Philadelphia, USA, June 9-13, 1986.
17. A. Lakhtakia, V.V. Varadan & V.K. Varadan, 'Radiation characteristics of thin wires in an isotropic chiral medium,' US National Radio Science Meeting, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA, June 15-19, 1987.
18. A. Kouki, V.V. Varadan, A. Lakhtakia & V.K. Varadan, 'Scattering of electromagnetic waves by fractal surfaces,' US National Radio Science Meeting, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA, June 15-19, 1987.
19. A. Lakhtakia, V.K. Varadan & V.V. Varadan, 'A highly steerable and directional array factor,' US National Radio Science Meeting, Syracuse, New York, USA, June 6-10, 1988.
20. A. Lakhtakia, V.K. Varadan & V.V. Varadan, 'Propagation in structurally chiral composites: Intrinsic anisotropy and form chirality,' US National Radio Science Meeting, Syracuse, New York, USA, June 6-10, 1988.
21. Y. Ma, V.V. Varadan, A. Lakhtakia & V.V. Varadan, 'Wave propagation in a particulate random medium: Fractal size distribution,' US National Radio Science Meeting, Syracuse, New York, USA, June 6-10, 1988.
22. A. Lakhtakia, V.V. Varadan & V.K. Varadan, 'On left- and right-circularly polarized waves in isotropic noncentrosymmetric elastic media,' Second Joint Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America and the Acoustical Society of Japan, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, November 14-18, 1988.
23. A. Lakhtakia, V.K. Varadan & V.V. Varadan, 'Review of recent progress in the electromagnetic theory of chiral media,' First Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, July 25-26, 1989.
24. V.K. Varadan, Y. Ma, V.V. Varadan & A. Lakhtakia, 'Electromagnetic wave propagation in chiral composite materials,' First Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, July 25-26, 1989.
25. V.V. Varadan, A. Lakhtakia, Y. Ma & V.K. Varadan, 'Long and intermediate wavelength models for the effective properties of a chiral composite material,' URSI 13th Triennial International Symposium on Electromagnetic Theory, Stockholm, Sweden, August 14-17, 1989.
26. V.V. Varadan, D.K. Ghodgaonkar, V.K. Varadan & A. Lakhtakia, 'Artificial chiral composites,' Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, November 27-December 2, 1989.
27. V.K. Varadan, D.K. Ghodgaonkar, V.V. Varadan & A. Lakhtakia, 'Micro-encapsulated chiral polymer composites,' Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, November 27-December 2, 1989.
28. V.K. Varadan, H.S. Dewan, V.V. Varadan & A. Lakhtakia, 'Microwave joining of polymers and polymeric composites,' ANTEC Meeting of the Society of Plastic Engineers, Dallas, Texas, USA, May 4-7, 1990.
29. A. Lakhtakia, V.K. Varadan & V.V. Varadan, 'Scattering of elastic waves by solid chiral half-spaces and spheres,' 119th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, State College, Pennsylvania, USA, May 21-25, 1990.
30. Y.W. Kim, V.V. Varadan & A. Lakhtakia, 'Elastic wave scattering from debonded fibers in composite materials,' 119th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, State College, Pennsylvania, USA, May 21-25, 1990.
31. A. Lakhtakia (Invited Lecture), 'Tales of dragons' tails: Unsuspected dangers of truncation,' AIP Physics Computing '91, San Jose, California, USA, June 10-14, 1991.
32. A. Lakhtakia, 'Review of the inverse blackbody radiation problem,' Second Progress in Electro-magnetics Research Symposium, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, July 1-5, 1991.
33. A. Lakhtakia, 'Chirality and the illegitimate child of Gauss,' Second Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, July 1-5, 1991.
34. R. Depine & A. Lakhtakia, 'Coeficientes de reflexion y saltos de fase en interfases quirales,' 76a Reunion Nacional de Física, Asociación Física Argentina, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina, October 7-10, 1991.
35. R. Depine, V. Brudny & A. Lakhtakia, 'Teoria de redes de difraccion en materiales anistropos: medios uniaxiales con el eje optico paralelo al plano de los surcos,' 76a Reunion Nacional de Física, Asociación Física Argentina, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina, October 7-10, 1991.
36. A.K. Bhattacharyya & A. Lakhtakia, 'Skew incidence scattering from a circular chiral cylinder,' US National Radio Science Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, USA, June 18-25, 1992.
37. A. Lakhtakia & W.S. Weiglhofer, 'Bianisotropic sphere in a uniaxial medium with application to complex composites,' URSI 14th Triennial International Symposium on Electromagnetic Theory, Sydney, Australia, August 17-20, 1992.
38. A. Lakhtakia, 'Axial propagation in piezoelectric, continuously twisted, structurally chiral medium,' 127th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, June 6-10, 1994.
39. W.S. Weiglhofer & A. Lakhtakia, 'Super-cholesteric materials,' US National Radio Science Meeting, Seattle, Washington, USA, June 20-24, 1994.
40. W.S. Weiglhofer & A. Lakhtakia, 'Optical propagation in helicoidal bianisotropic media,' US National Radio Science Meeting, Seattle, Washington, USA, June 20-24, 1994.
41. W.S. Weiglhofer & A. Lakhtakia, 'Electromagnetic fields in source regions of anisotropic media,' US National Radio Science Meeting, Seattle, Washington, USA, June 20-24, 1994.
42. S.F. Nagle & A. Lakhtakia, 'Dependence of axial propagation modes on piezoelectric coupling coefficients in a piezoelectric, continuously twisted, structurally chiral medium (PCTSCM),' 128th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Austin, Texas, USA, November 28-December 2, 1994.
43. S.A. Wymer, A. Lakhtakia & R.S. Engel, 'Concerning the extinction cross-section of an arbitrary body in a Stokesian fluid flow,' 128th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Austin, Texas, USA, November 28-December 2, 1994.
44. S.A. Wymer, R.S. Engel & A. Lakhtakia, 'Point-matching technique for scattering of Stokesian flows around axisymmetric bodies,' 128th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Austin, Texas, USA, November 28-December 2, 1994.
45. S.F. Nagle & A. Lakhtakia, 'Axial shear wave transducer constructed of a piezoelectric continuously twisted structurally chiral medium,' 129th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Washington, DC, USA, May 30-June 3, 1995.
46. A. Lakhtakia, 'The Lorentz force vetoes the existence of Tellegen media,' Fifth Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium, Seattle, Washington, USA, July 24-28, 1995.
47. W.S. Weiglhofer, S.F. Nagle & A. Lakhtakia, 'Axial propagation in helicoidal bianisotropic media: Dependence of mode handedness on pitch,' Fifth Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium, Seattle, Washington, USA, July 24-28, 1995.
48. W.S. Weiglhofer & A. Lakhtakia, 'Linear constitutive relations and Maxwell's equations: The case for mathematical consistency,' Fifth Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium, Seattle, Washington, USA, July 24-28, 1995.
49. B. Michel & A. Lakhtakia, 'Effective medium theory for homogenizing chiral particulate composites with strong property fluctuations,' Fifth Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium, Seattle, Washington, USA, July 24-28, 1995.
50. A. Lakhtakia, 'Maxwell Garnett model for nonlinear particulate composites with bi-isotropic host materials,' Kleinhaubacher Tagung (German National Radio Science Meeting), Kleinheubach, Germany, October 2-6, 1995.
51. A. Lakhtakia & W.S. Weiglhofer, 'Constraint on the constitutive relations of a general linear, spatiotemporally nonlocal medium,' US National Radio Science Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, July 21-26, 1996.
52. A. Lakhtakia & W.S. Weiglhofer, 'Exact analytic solution for oblique propagation in helicoidal bianisotropic mediums,' US National Radio Science Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, July 21-26, 1996.
53. W.S. Weiglhofer & A. Lakhtakia (Invited Lecture), 'Dilute nonlinear particulate composites,' XXV General Assembly of the International Union of Radio Science, Lille, France, August 28-September 5, 1996.
54. W.S. Weiglhofer & A. Lakhtakia, 'Wave propagation in helicoidal bianisotropic media,' XXV General Assembly of the International Union of Radio Science, Lille, France, August 28-September 5, 1996.
55. W.S. Weiglhofer & A. Lakhtakia, 'On constitutive equations for linear materials,' XXV General Assembly of the International Union of Radio Science, Lille, France, August 28-September 5, 1996.
56. A. Lakhtakia, 'Exact analytic solutions for propagation and radiation in a piezoelectric, continuously twisted, structurally chiral medium,' Euromech Colloquium 354: Stress Waves in Solids for Material Characterization, Chania, Greece, September 17-20, 1996.
57. B. Michel, A. Lakhtakia & W.S. Weiglhofer, 'The depolarization dyadic in uniaxial dielectric media with application to homogenization theory,' Kleinhaubacher Tagung (German National Radio Science Meeting), Kleinheubach, Germany, September 30-October 4, 1996.
58. K. Robbie, M.J. Brett & A. Lakhtakia, 'Sculptured thin solid films with nano-engineered microstructure for optical, chemical and biological applications,' 43rd Annual Meeting of the American Vacuum Society, Philadelphia, USA, October 14-18, 1996.
60. S.T.S. Bukkapatnam, A. Lakhtakia & S.R.T. Kumara, 'Nonstationary chaos in acoustic emission from lathes,' 133rd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, State College, Pennsylvania, USA, June 15-20, 1997.
61. V.C. Venugopal & A. Lakhtakia, 'On Bragg reflection bands of helicoidal bianisotropic mediums,' 1998 Annual Meeting of the Optical Society of America, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, October 4-9, 1998.
62. E. Ertekin & A. Lakhtakia, 'Sculptured thin films for sensing gas concentration,' 1998 Annual Meeting of the Optical Society of America, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, October 4-9, 1998.
63. I. Hodgkinson, Q.h. Wu & A. Lakhtakia, 'Vacuum deposition of chiral thin films: Fabrication of circular polarizers,' 9th National Physics Meeting, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, July 7-9, 1999.
64. A. Lakhtakia (Invited Lecture), 'Sculptured thin films - Optical modeling and applications,' DARPA Metamaterials Workshop, Strategic Analysis, Inc., Arlington, Virginia, USA, November 9-10, 1999.
65. A. Lakhtakia (Invited Lecture), 'Sculptured thin films: Accomplishments and promises,' 2000 March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, March 20-24, 2000.
66. G.Ya. Slepyan, S.A. Maksimenko, A. Lakhtakia & O.M. Yevtushenko, 'Electromagnetic response of carbon nanotubes and nanotube ropes,' 2000 Spring Meeting of the European Materials Research Society, Strasbourg, France, May 30-June 2, 2000.
67. A. Lakhtakia (Invited Lecture), 'Sculptured thin films: Accomplishments and emerging uses,' 2001 Spring Meeting of the European Materials Research Society, Strasbourg, France, June 5-8, 2001.
68. S.A. Maksimenko, G.Ya. Slepyan, A. Lakhtakia & O.M. Yevtushenko, 'Linear electrodynamics of carbon nanotubes,' Nanotube 2001 -- II. International Workshop on the Science and Application of Nanotubes, Potsdam, Germany, July 22-25, 2001.
69. J.B. Geddes III & A. Lakhtakia, 'Time-domain manifestation of the circular Bragg phenomenon in an axially excited chiral sculptured thin film,' 2001 Annual Meeting of the Optical Society of America, Long Beach, California, USA, October 14-18, 2001.
70. A. Lakhtakia (Invited Lecture), 'Fabrication, properties and applications of sculptured thin films,¹ 89th Indian Science Congress, Lucknow, UP, India, January 3-7, 2002.
71. I.L. Lyubchanskii, N.N. Dadoenkova, M.I. Lyubchanskii, E.A. Shapovalov, A. Lakhtakia & Th. Rasing, 'Photonic band gap effects in magnetic film with stripe domain structure,' Bianisotropics 2002: 9th International Conference on Electromagnetics of Complex Media, Marrakech, Morocco, May 8-11, 2002.
72. T.G. Mackay, A. Lakhtakia & W.S. Weiglhofer, 'Homogenization via the strong-property-fluctuation theory: Third-order implementation and convergence,' Bianisotropics 2002: 9th International Conference on Electromagnetics of Complex Media, Marrakech, Morocco, May 8-11, 2002.
73. A. Lakhtakia & W.S. Weiglhofer, 'Promiscuity-promoting perambulations in the polarizabilities of a poly-isotropic sphere,' Bianisotropics 2002: 9th International Conference on Electromagnetics of Complex Media, Marrakech, Morocco, May 8-11, 2002.
74. F. Wang, A. Lakhtakia & R. Messier, 'Piezoelectric control of sculptured thin films,' 143rd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, June 3-7, 2002.
75. A. Lakhtakia (Invited Lecture), 'Fabrication and applications of sculptured thin films,' NY Nanotech 2002, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA, August 6-8, 2002.
76. J.A. Sherwin & A. Lakhtakia, 'Nominal microstructure-based model for chiral sculptured thin films: dielectric and bianisotropic properties,' 39th Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science, State College, PA, USA, October 13-16, 2002.
77. T.G. Mackay & A. Lakhtakia, 'The propagation of Voigt waves in dielectric composites: homogenization studies,' The Physics Congress 2003, Herriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK, March 23-27, 2003.
78. C.M. Krowne & A. Lakhtakia (Invited Lecture), 'Field contouring and focusing: Prospects for devices based on fundamental physics,' DARPA Negative Index Metamaterials Workshop, Strategic Analysis, Inc., Arlington, Virginia, USA, May 12-13, 2003.
79. M.W. Horn, M. Pickett, P. Sunal, R. Messier & A. Lakhtakia, 'Evaluation of oblique angle deposition of nanocolumnar metal and dielectric sculptured thin films on lithographically-defined topography,' MNE2003: Micro and Nano Engineering, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK, September 22-25, 2003.
80. M.W. Horn, F. Wang, A. Nwanko & A. Lakhtakia, 'Near-field phase-shifting contact lithography using broad-band illumination and anti-reflection coatings,' MNE2003: Micro and Nano Engineering, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK, September 22-25, 2003.
81. M.W. Horn, M.D. Pickett, R. Messier & A. Lakhtakia, 'Nanowire sculptured thin films on lithographically defined topography,' 48th International Conference on Electron, Ion, and Photon Beam Technology & Nanofabrication, San Diego, CA, USA, June 1-4, 2004.
82. A. Lakhtakia (Invited Lecture), 'Sculptured thin-film sensors,' Great Lakes Photonics Symposium, Cleveland, OH, USA, June 7-11, 2004.
83. A. Lakhtakia, J.B. Geddes III & F. Wang (Invited Lecture), 'Intermeshing of phase, length, and time as a salient attribute of optical nanotechnology,' Great Lakes Photonics Symposium, Cleveland, OH, USA, June 7-11, 2004.
84. T.G. Mackay & A. Lakhtakia, 'The propagation of Voigt waves in homogenized composite mediums,' Photon 04, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK, September 6-9, 2004.
85. T.G. Mackay & A. Lakhtakia, 'Plane waves with negative phase velocity in a chiroferrite composite medium,' Photon 04, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK, September 6-9, 2004.
86. A. Lakhtakia & T.G. Mackay (Invited Lecture), 'Negative refraction in outer space,' EPFL Latsis Symposium 2005, Negative Refraction: Revisiting Electromagnetics from Microwaves to Optics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, February 28-March 2, 2005.
87. J. Xu, A. Lakhtakia, J. Liou, D. Cui & M. Gerhold, 'Circularly polarized light emission from microcavity light emitting devices based on sculptured chiral reflectors,' IEEE Device Research Conference, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, June 22-24, 2005.
88. J. Reyes Cervantes & A. Lakhtakia, 'Electrically controlled bandgap in a chiral material,' 2006 March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, March 13-17, 2006.
89. J. Geddes & A. Lakhtakia, 'Average speeds and durations of pulsed plane waves transmitted through chiral sculptured thin films,' 2006 March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, March 13-17, 2006.
90. A. Lakhtakia (Invited Lecture), 'Emerging directions in sculptured-thin-film research,' Annual Meeting of German Physical Society, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany, March 27- 31, 2006.
91. S.A. Maksimenko, G.Ya. Slepyan, M.V. Shuba & A. Lakhtakia, 'Carbon nanotubes as optical and THz nanoantennas,' Nanotube 2006: Seventh International Conference on the Science and Application of Nanotubes, Nagano, Japan, June 18-23, 2006.
92. F. Chiadini, V. Fiumara, A. Lakhtakia & A. Scaglione, 'Filtro polarizzatore a banda stretta con struttura superreticolare,' XVI Riunione Nazionale di Elettromagnetismo, Genova, Italy, September 18-21, 2006.
93. M.C. Demirel, A. Lakhtakia & A. Singh, 'Novel nanostructured polymer thin films for applications in nanomedicine,' 210th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Cancun, Mexico, October 29-November 3, 2006.
94. A. Lakhtakia (Invited Lecture), 'Sculptured thin films,' Nanomec 06, Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy, November 19-23, 2006.
95. J. Xu, F. Zhang, A. Lakhtakia, S. Pursel & M. Gerhold, 'Circularly polarized emission from colloidal nanocrystal quantum dots confined in sculptured thin film based microcavities,' 2007 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Baltimore, MD, USA, May 6-11, 2007.
96. A. Lakhtakia (Invited Lecture), 'Evolution of metamaterials,' NSF Chemistry Workshop on Complexity and Emergent Phenomena, Arlington, Virginia, USA, May 13-15, 2007.
97. J. Xu, F. Zhang, A. Lakhtakia & S. M. Pursel, 'Circularly polarized emission from colloidal nanocrystal quantum dots confined in sculptured thin film based microcavities,' OSA Topical Conference on Nanophotonics, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China, June 18-21, 2007.
98. A. Lakhtakia (Invited Lecture), 'Surface-plasmon wave at the planar interface of a metal film and a chiral sculptured thin film,' 5th Symposium on Photonics, Networks and Computing, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, July 18-20, 2007.
99. A. Lakhtakia (Invited Lecture), 'Brave new nanoworld, without apologies to Aldous Huxley,' Plenary on NanoScience and Engineering, Optics and Photonics 2007 (SPIE), San Diego, CA, USA, August 26-30, 2007.
100. J.B. Geddes III, T.G.Mackay & A. Lakhtakia, 'Determination of sign of refractive index of active media via time-domain calculation,' Frontiers in Optics 2007 (OSA), San Diego, CA, USA, September 16-20, 2007.
101. D. Farber, M.T. Pietrucha & A. Lakhtakia, 'Systems and scenarios for a philosophy of engineering,' WPE-2007 Workshop on Philosophy and Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, October 29-31, 2007.
102. A. Lakhtakia (Invited Lecture), 'Sculptured thin films exemplify nanostructured metamaterials,' Chandra S. Vikram Memorial Lectures, Huntsville Electro-Optics Society, Huntsville, AL, USA, February 28, 2008.
103. A. Lakhtakia (Plenary Lecture), 'Elastodynamics of inorganic and polymeric sculptured thin films,' 7th Iberian Vacuum Meeting and 5th European Topical Conference on Hard Coatings, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal, June 23-25, 2008.
104. T.G. Mackay & A. Lakhtakia, 'Electro-optic particulate composite materials,' Photon 08, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK, August 26-29, 2008.
105. A.J. Duncan, T.G. Mackay & A. Lakhtakia, 'On conventional approaches to homogenization applied to unconventional composite materials,' Photon 08, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK, August 26-29, 2008.
106. I. Abdulhalim, A. Karabchevky, J. Xu, C. Patzig, F. Zhang, A. Lahav, A. Lakhtakia & B. Rauschenbach (Invited Lecture), 'Towards the biosensing applications of metallic sculptured thin films,' 1st Mediterranean Conference on Nano-Photonics: MediNano-1, Istanbul, Turkey, October 6-7, 2008.
107. A. Lakhtakia (Invited Lecture), 'Sculptured thin films: Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue,' 55th International Symposium and Exhibition, American Vacuum Society, Boston, MA, USA, October 19-24, 2008.
108. A. Sharma, C.E. Bakis, A. Lakhtakia & K.-w. Wang, 'Electric field distribution to effectively align carbon nanofibers in epoxy composites,' International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Boston, MA, USA, October 31-November 6, 2008.
109. A. Lakhtakia (Invited Tutorial Lecture), 'Sculptured thin films as nanoengineered metamaterials,' Photonics 2008: International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics, New Delhi, India, December 14-17, 2008.
110. J. Mease, T. Gilani & A. Lakhtakia, 'Spectral calculations for columnar thin films deposited on periodically decorated substrates,' 2009 March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, March 16-20, 2009.
111. F. Zhang, C. Zhang, J. Xu & A. Lakhtakia, 'Stable circularly-polarized emission from vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers,' CLEO 09: Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Baltimore, MD, USA, May 31-June 5, 2009.
112. Y.J. Jen, A. Lakhtakia & C.W. Yu, 'A glancing angle deposited metamaterial thin film,' Nanophotonics and Meta-Materials 2009, Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, April 29-May 1, 2009.
113. A. Lakhtakia (Invited Lecture), 'Sculptured thin films: Nanoengineered metamaterials,' 2009 Symposium on Nano-sculptured Optical Thin Films, Department of Electro-optical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, May 13, 2009.
114. A. Lakhtakia (Invited Lecture), 'Replication of bugs' eyes and wings, etc.,' 2009 Symposium on Nano-sculptured Optical Thin Films, Department of Electro-optical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, May 13, 2009.
115. J. Han, A. Lakhtakia, Z. Tian, J. Gu, X. Lu & W. Zhang, 'Terahertz semiconductor metamaterials for magnetostatic and thermal tunability,' CLEO 09: Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Baltimore, MD, USA, May 31-June 5, 2009.
116. A. Lakhtakia (Invited Lecture), 'Nanoengineering, metamaterials, and sculptured thin films,' Annual Conference of Society for Experimental Mechanics, Albuquerque, NM, USA, June 1-4, 2009.
117. A. Lakhtakia (Invited Lecture), 'Thin-film metamaterials called sculptured thin films,' Joint IFIN-HH/ICTP/IAEA Workshop on Trends in Nanoscience: Theory, Experiment, Technology, Sibiu, Romania, August 23-30, 2009.
118. A. Lakhtakia (Inaugural Lecture), 'Nanotechnology and metamaterials: A marriage made in heaven,' XXIV URSI Spanish National Symposium, Santander, Spain, September 16-18, 2010.
119. D.P. Pulsifer, A. Lakhtakia & R.J. Martí:n-Palma, 'Towards the development of optical biomimetic devices,' NanoSpain2010, Malaga, Spain, March 23-26, 2010.
120. A. Lakhtakia (Keynote Lecture), 'What is needed to excite multiple surface plasmon polariton waves at a given frequency,' Annual Conference of Society for Experimental Mechanics, Indianapolis, IN, USA, June 7-10, 2010.
121. G.Ya. Slepyan, M.V. Shuba, S.A. Maksimenko, C. Thomsen & A. Lakhtakia (Invited Lecture), 'Electromagnetic properties of composite materials containing carbon nanotubes,' URSI 20th Triennial International Symposium on Electromagnetic Theory, Berlin, Germany, August 16-19, 2010.
122. T.G. Mackay & A. Lakhtakia (Invited Lecture), 'A plethora of negative-refraction phenomenons in relativistic and non-relativistic scenarios,' URSI 20th Triennial International Symposium on Electromagnetic Theory, Berlin, Germany, August 16-19, 2010 [corrected version: arxiv:1008.4282v1].
123. A.M. Nemilentsau, G.Ya. Slepyan, S.A. Maksimenko, A. Lakhtakia & S.V. Rotkin, 'Influence of a finite-length metallic carbon nanotube on the spontaneous decay of an emitterÕs excited state,' 3rd International Workshop on Theoretical and Computational Nano-Photonics, Physikzentrum, Bad Honnef, Germany, November 3-5, 2010 [doi:10.1063/1.3506135].
124. S.V. Rotkin, A.M. Nemilentsau, G.Ya. Slepyan, S.A. Maksimenko & A. Lakhtakia, 'Near-field 1D probes with single-wall nanotube antennas,' 219th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Montreal, Canada, May 1-6, 2011.
125. S.A. Muhlberger, D.P. Pulsifer, A. Lakhtakia & R.C. Shaler (Invited Lecture), 'Optimized deposition of columnar thin films for visualization of latent fingerprints,' Nanoelectronic Devices for Defense & Security Conference, Polytechnic Institute of New York University, Brooklyn, NY, USA, August 29-September 1, 2011.
126. S.A. Muhlberger, D.P. Pulsifer, R.J. Martín-Palma, R.C. Shaler & A. Lakhtakia, 'Optimized deposition of columnar thin films for visualization of latent fingerprints,' 39th Annual Symposium of American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors, Denver, CO, USA, September 18-22, 2011 (Poster).
127. D.P. Pulsifer, S.A. Muhlberger, R.J. Martín-Palma, R.C. Shaler & A. Lakhtakia, 'Optimal conditions for visualization of fingerprints with the conformal-evaporated-film-by-rotation technique,' 58th Annual International Symposium of American Vacuum Society, Nashville, TN, USA, October 30-November 4, 2011.
128. A.E. Loiselle, L. Wei, G. Lewis, E.M. Paul, A. Lakhtakia & H.J. Donahue, 'Resurfacing bone with a specific-scale hydroxyapatite nanotopographic coating enhances cortical bone graft healing,' TERMIS North America 2011 Annual Conference and Exposition, Houston, TX, USA, December 11-14, 2011 (Poster).
129. A. Lakhtakia (Invited Lecture), 'Sculptured thin films as nanoengineered metamaterials,' XIV Simposio Internacional de Física: Física del Mañana, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, February 23-25, 2012.
130. A. Lakhtakia (Key Lecture),
'Surface multiplasmonics,' FANEM' 12: Fundamental and Applied NanoElectroMagnetics, Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus, May 22-25, 2012.
131. M. Shuba, A. Paddubskaya, A. Plushch, P. Kuzhir, G. Slepyan, S. Maksimenko, V. Ksenevich, P. Buka, D. Seliuta, J. Macutkevic, G. Valusis & A. Lakhtakia,
'Localized plasmon resonance in composite materials containing single-wall carbon nanotubes: theory and experiments,' FANEM' 12: Fundamental and Applied NanoElectroMagnetics, Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus, May 22-25, 2012.
Conference Papers (Full Papers)
1. A. Lakhtakia, V.K. Varadan & V.V. Varadan, 'On an improved T-matrix approach to study the scalar scattering response of doubly periodic surfaces,' Transactions of the Second Army Conference on Applied Mathematics and Computing (ARO Report 85-1), Troy, New York, USA, May 20-23, 1984, 471-481.
2. V.K. Varadan, V.V. Varadan, Y. Ma & A. Lakhtakia, 'Piezoelectric, ferrite and chiral polymer composites,' Proceedings of the Symposium on Multiple Scattering of Waves in Random Media and Random Rough Surfaces, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA, July 29-Aug 2, 1985, 503-521.
3. V.K. Varadan, V.V. Varadan & A. Lakhtakia, 'Electromagnetic wave scattering by dielectric beaded helices, chiral spheres and composites,' Proceedings of the 1986 CRDC Scientific Conference on Obscuration and Aerosol Research, Ed. R.H. Kohl, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Virginia, USA, June 23-26, 1986 (in press).
4. A. Lakhtakia, V.K. Varadan & V.V. Varadan, 'Elastodynamic radiation from line sources buried in layered media having periodically varying interfaces,' Paper No. 86-WA/NCA-9, ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, USA, December 6-12, 1986.
5. V.V. Varadan, A. Lakhtakia & V.K. Varadan, 'Transmission of SH waves by a periodic array of elastic cylinders,' Paper No. 86-WA/NCA-5, ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, USA, December 6-12, 1986.
6. V.K. Varadan, V.V. Varadan & A. Lakhtakia, 'Electromagnetic absorption in a chiral composite layer,' Proceedings of the 1987 CRDC Scientific Conference on Obscuration and Aerosol Research, Eds. E.H. Engquist & K.A. Sistek, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Virginia, USA, June 23-26, 1987, 597-601.
7. V.K. Varadan, V.V. Varadan & A. Lakhtakia, 'Principles of microwave interaction with polymeric and organic materials,' Proceedings of MRS 124: Microwave Processing of Materials, Eds. W.H. Sutton, M.H. Brooks & I.J. Chabinsky, Reno, Nevada, USA, April 5-8, 1988, 59-67.
8. V.K. Varadan, Y. Ma, A. Lakhtakia & V.V. Varadan, 'Microwave sintering of ceramics,' Proceedings of MRS 124: Microwave Processing of Materials, Eds. W.H. Sutton, M.H. Brooks & I.J. Chabinsky, Reno, Nevada, USA, April 5-8, 1988, 45-57.
9. V.K. Varadan, V.V. Varadan, Y. Ma & A. Lakhtakia, 'Ferrite and chiral polymer composites: Electro-magnetic applications,' Proceedings of SPIE 927: Wave Propagation and Scattering in Varied Media, Eds. V.K. Varadan & V.V. Varadan, Orlando, Florida, USA, April 4-8, 1988, 213-219.
10. V.K. Varadan, V.V. Varadan & A. Lakhtakia, 'Wave propagation and scattering in chiral elastic solids,' Proceedings of the International Congress on Recent Developments in Air Structure-Borne Sound and Vibration, Ed. M.J. Crocker, Auburn University, Auburn, Georgia, USA, March 6-8, 1990, 557-563.
11. A. Lakhtakia, 'Regarding the scattering of electromagnetic waves in a chiral medium by a perfectly conducting sphere,' Proceedings of the International Conference on Millimeter Wave & Microwave, Defense Electronics Applications Laboratory, Dehra Dun, India, December 19-21, 1990, 223-226.
12. A. Lakhtakia, 'Strategies for tunable frequency selective surfaces,' Proceedings of SPIE 1489: Aerospace Structures Sensing and Control, Eds. J. Breakwell & V.K. Varadan, Orlando, Florida, USA, April 2-3, 1991, 108-111.
13. A. Lakhtakia, V.K. Varadan & V.V. Varadan, 'Sparse random distribution of noninteracting small chiral spheres in a chiral host medium,' Proceedings of SPIE 1558: Wave Propagation and Scattering in Varied Media II, Ed. V.K. Varadan, San Diego, California, USA, July 21-26, 1991, 22-27.
14. A. Lakhtakia, V.K. Varadan & V.V. Varadan, 'Normally-incident plane waves on a chiral slab with linear property variations,' Proceedings of SPIE 1558: Wave Propagation and Scattering in Varied Media II, Ed. V.K. Varadan, San Diego, California, USA, July 21-26, 1991, 120-126.
15. A. Lakhtakia, 'Planewave scattering by a simply moving, electrically small, bianisotropic sphere: Dyadic analysis,' Proceedings of SPIE 1688: Atmospheric Propagation and Remote Sensing, Eds. A. Kohnle & W.B. Miller, Orlando, Florida, USA, April 21-23, 1992, 118-122.
16. B. Shanker & A. Lakhtakia, 'Algorithms for the scattering of Beltrami fields,' Proceedings of Eleventh Army Conference on Applied Mathematics and Computing (ARO Report 94-1), Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, June 8-10, 1993, 391-404.
17. A. Lakhtakia, 'Stratified planar chiral shields,' Proceedings of 1993 IEEE International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility, Dallas, Texas, USA, August 9-13, 1993, 179-182.
18. S.T.S. Bukkapatnam, S.R.T. Kumara & A. Lakhtakia, 'Applying theory of chaos to neural network based machine tool monitoring,' Proceedings of 1994 NSF Design and Manufacturing Grantees Conference, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, January 5-7, 1994, 171-172. (Published by Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Dearborn, Michigan, USA)
19. A. Lakhtakia & R. Messier, 'The key to a thin film HBM: The Motohiro-Taga interface,' Proceedings of Chiral '94: 3rd International Workshop on Chiral, Bi-isotropic and Bi-anisotropic Media, Perigueux, France, May 18-20, 1994, 125-130.
20. W.S. Weiglhofer & A. Lakhtakia, 'Exact solutions of Maxwell's equations for propagation in helicoidal bianisotropic media,' Proceedings of Chiral '94: 3rd International Workshop on Chiral, Bi-isotropic and Bi-anisotropic Media, Perigueux, France, May 18-20, 1994, 155-159.
21. A. Lakhtakia, 'Microscopic basis of the Beltrami-Maxwell postulates,' Proceedings of Chiral '94: 3rd International Workshop on Chiral, Bi-isotropic and Bi-anisotropic Media, Perigueux, France, May 18-20, 1994, 297-302.
22. W.S. Weiglhofer & A. Lakhtakia, 'Dyadic Green functions, radiation and scalar potentials in the time-dependent Beltrami formulation for free space,' Proceedings of Chiral '94: 3rd International Workshop on Chiral, Bi-isotropic and Bi-anisotropic Media, Perigueux, France, May 18-20, 1994, 335-340.
23. A. Lakhtakia, 'Beltrami-Maxwell postulates for time-varying electromagnetism in materials,' Proceedings of 1994 IEEE International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility, Chicago, Illinois, USA, August 22-26, 1994, 330-332.
24. S.T.S. Bukkapatnam, S.R.T. Kumara & A. Lakhtakia
(Novel Engineering Applications Award), 'Fractal estimation of flank wear in turning using time-delay neural networks,' Proceedings of ANNIE'94: Artificial Neural Networks in Engineering, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, November 13-16, 1994, 975-980.
25. S.T.S. Bukkapatnam, S.R.T. Kumara & A. Lakhtakia, 'Chaos in the turning operation on a lathe: Implications for monitoring and control,' Proceedings of 1995 NSF Design and Manufacturing Grantees Conference, La Jolla, California, USA, January 4-6, 1995, 393-394. (Published by Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Dearborn, Michigan, USA).
26. F.G. Bass, G.Ya. Slepyan, S.A. Maksimenko, A.V. Gurevich & A. Lakhtakia, 'Beltrami-Maxwell vector solitons in nonlinear chiral media,' Proceedings of URSI 15th Triennial International Symposium on Electromagnetic Theory, St. Petersburg, Russia, May 23-26, 1995, 793-795.
27. A. Lakhtakia & W.S. Weiglhofer, 'On the causal constitutive relations of magnetoelectric media,' Proceedings of 1995 IEEE International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, August 14-18, 1995, 611-613.
28. A. Lakhtakia (Keynote Speech), 'Optics of chiral media, and simulation of linear and nonlinear properties,' Proceedings of First LAAS International Conference on Computer Simulation, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, Sept 1-4, 1995, 16-29.
29. S.T.S. Bukkapatnam, A. Lakhtakia & S.R.T. Kumara, 'The concept of chaos theory based optimal cutting tool chatter control,' Proceedings of SPIE 2595 Machine Tool, In-Line, and Robot Sensors and Controls, Eds. B.O. Nnaji & K.C. Lau, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, October 25-26, 1995, 2-10.
30. S.T.S. Bukkapatnam, A. Lakhtakia, S.R.T. Kumara & G. Satapathy, 'Characterization of nonlinearity by cutting tool vibrations and chatter,' Proceedings of ASME Intelligent Manufacturing and Material Processing Symposium, San Francisco, California, USA, November 12-17, 1995, 1207-1223.
31. S.R.T. Kumara, S.T.S. Bukkapatnam & A. Lakhtakia, 'Theory of chaos based techniques for process monitoring,' Proceedings of 5th Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 18-20, 1996, 223-228.
32. S.A. Maksimenko, G.Ya. Slepyan & A. Lakhtakia, 'Pulse distortion by a lossy, resonant chiral medium,' Advances in Complex Electromagnetic Materials (Proceedings of Chiral '96, St.Petersburg-Moscow, Russia, July 23-30, 1996), 103-113. (Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands).
33. G.Ya. Slepyan, A. Lakhtakia & S.A. Maksimenko, 'Weakly nonlinear chiral composites: The Bruggeman and the Maxwell Garnett models,' Advances in Complex Electromagnetic Materials (Proceedings of Chiral '96, St.Petersburg-Moscow, Russia, July 23-30, 1996), 155-162. (Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands).
34. A. Lakhtakia & W.S. Weiglhofer, 'Source-region electromagnetic field in a uniaxial dielectric-magnetic medium,' Proceedings of 1996 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, Ed. R.S. Gupta, New Delhi, India, December 17-20, 1996, 217-220.
35. A. Lakhtakia, R. Messier, K. Robbie & M.J. Brett, 'Sculptured thin films-Nano-engineered matter for optical and submillimeter wave applications,' Proceedings of 1996 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, Ed. R.S. Gupta, New Delhi, India, December 17-20, 1996, 1091-1094.
36. S.T.S. Bukkapatnam, S.R.T. Kumara & A. Lakhtakia, 'Analysis of acoustic emission signals in machining,' Proceedings of 6th Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Miami Beach, Florida, May 17-18, 1997, 450-455.
37. A. Lakhtakia (Key Lecture), 'Dali's dalliances: sculptured thin films,' Proceedings of Bianisotropics '97: International Conference and Workshop on Electromagnetics of Complex Media, Glasgow, UK, June 5-7, 1997, 63-68.
38. V.C. Venugopal & A. Lakhtakia, 'Axial excitation of a nonlinear dielectric TFHBM slab: second harmonic generation,' Proceedings of Bianisotropics '97: International Conference and Workshop on Electromagnetics of Complex Media, Glasgow, UK, June 5-7, 1997, 73-76.
39. W.S. Weiglhofer & A. Lakhtakia, 'Homogenization of cubically nonlinear, gyrotropic, composite media,' Proceedings of Bianisotropics '97: International Conference and Workshop on Electromagnetics of Complex Media, Glasgow, UK, June 5-7, 1997, 111-114.
40. G. Ya. Slepyan, S.A. Maksimenko, O.M. Yevtushenko, A. Lakhtakia & A.V. Gusakov, 'Electron transport and electromagnetic properties of chiral carbon nanotubes,' Proceedings of Bianisotropics '97: International Conference and Workshop on Electromagnetics of Complex Media, Glasgow, UK, June 5-7, 1997, 115-118.
41. S.T.S. Bukkapatnam, S.R.T. Kumara & A. Lakhtakia, 'Real-time chatter control in machining using chaos theory,' Proceedings of 31st CIRP Seminar on Manufacturing Sustems, Berkeley, California, USA, May 26-28, 1998, 327-332.
42. V.C. Venugopal & A. Lakhtakia, 'Planewave response characteristics of axially excited slabs of dielectric thin-film helicoidal bianisotropic mediums,' Proceedings of URSI 16th Triennial International Symposium on Electromagnetic Theory, Thessaloniki, Greece, May 25-28, 1998, 208-210.
43. A. Lakhtakia & V.C. Venugopal, 'Electromagnetic fields in sculptured thin films: Solutions and applications,' Proceedings of URSI 16th Triennial International Symposium on Electromagnetic Theory, Thessaloniki, Greece, May 25-28, 1998, 217-219.
44. B. Michel, W.S. Weiglhofer & A. Lakhtakia, 'Homogenization of bianisotropic particulate composites,' Proceedings of URSI 16th Triennial International Symposium on Electromagnetic Theory, Thessaloniki, Greece, May 25-28, 1998, 220-222.
45. W.S. Weiglhofer, A. Lakhtakia & B. Michel, 'On chiroplasmas and chiroferrites,' Proceedings of Bianisotropics'98: 7th International Conference on Complex Media, Braunschweig, Germany, June 3-6, 1998, 9-12.
46. V.C. Venugopal & A. Lakhtakia, 'Oblique propagation in dielectric thin-film helicoidal bianisotropic mediums,' Proceedings of Bianisotropics'98: 7th International Conference on Complex Media, Braunschweig, Germany, June 3-6, 1998, 25-28.
47. A. Lakhtakia, G. Ya. Slepyan, S.A. Maksimenko, A.V. Gusakov & O.M. Yevtushenko, 'Effective dielectric response of a composite with carbon nanotubes,' Proceedings of Bianisotropics'98: 7th International Conference on Complex Media, Braunschweig, Germany, June 3-6, 1998, 121-124.
48. G. Ya. Slepyan, S.A. Maksimenko, A. Lakhtakia, O.M. Yevtushenko & A.V. Gusakov, 'Surface wave dispersion and dissipation in carbon nanowaveguides in the infrared regime,' Proceedings of Bianisotropics'98: 7th International Conference on Complex Media, Braunschweig, Germany, June 3-6, 1998, 125-128.
49. G. Ya. Slepyan (Invited Lecture), S.A. Maksimenko, O.M. Yevtushenko & A. Lakhtakia, 'Chiral nanostructures and nanocomposites: Electronic and electromagnetic properties,' Proceedings of Bianisotropics'98: 7th International Conference on Complex Media, Braunschweig, Germany, June 3-6, 1998, 171-174.
50. W.S. Weiglhofer & A. Lakhtakia, 'The Post constraint revisited,' Proceedings of Bianisotropics'98: 7th International Conference on Complex Media, Braunschweig, Germany, June 3-6, 1998, 241-244.
51. A. Lakhtakia (Invited Lecture), 'Batman presents: Applications of sculptured thin films with chiropterous flavor,' Proceedings of Bianisotropics'98: 7th International Conference on Complex Media, Braunschweig, Germany, June 3-6, 1998, 297-300.
52. A. Lakhtakia, P.D. Sunal, V.C. Venugopal & E. Ertekin
(Invited Lecture), 'Homogenization and optical response properties of sculptured thin films,' Proceedings of SPIE 3790: Engineered Nanostructural Films and Materials, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 22-23, 1999, 77-83.
53. V.C. Venugopal, E. Ertekin & A. Lakhtakia, 'Optical and electronic applications of sculptured thin films,' Proceedings of SPIE 3790: Engineered Nanostructural Films and Materials, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 22-23, 1999, 195-204.
54. V.C. Venugopal & A. Lakhtakia, 'On absorption by non-axially excited layers of dielectric thin-film helicoidal bianisotropic mediums,' Proceedings of SPIE 4097: Complex Mediums, San Diego, California, USA, July 30-August 1, 2000, 215-220.
55. J.A. Sherwin & A. Lakhtakia, 'Ellipsoid-based model of structure-response relationships for chiral sculptured thin films,' Proceedings of SPIE 4097: Complex Mediums, San Diego, California, USA, July 30-August 1, 2000, 250-253.
56. J.B. Geddes III & A. Lakhtakia, 'Pulse bleeding in thin-film helicoidal bianisotropic mediums,' Proceedings of SPIE 4097: Complex Mediums, San Diego, California, USA, July 30-August 1, 2000, 352-355.
57. W.S. Weiglhofer & A. Lakhtakia, 'Waves and fields: From uniaxial to biaxial mediums, in between and beyond,' Proceedings of Bianisotropics 2000: 8th International Conference on Complex Media, Lisbon, Portugal, September 27-29, 2000, 3-6.
58. A. Lakhtakia, M.N. Lakhtakia & W.S. Weiglhofer, 'Homogenization formalisms for nonlinear particulate composite mediums,' Proceedings of Bianisotropics 2000: 8th International Conference on Complex Media, Lisbon, Portugal, September 27-29, 2000, 23-26.
59. B. Michel, A. Lakhtakia, W.S. Weiglhofer & T.G. Mackay, 'The incremental and differential Maxwell Garnett formalisms for bianisotropic composites,' Proceedings of Bianisotropics 2000: 8th International Conference on Complex Media, Lisbon, Portugal, September 27-29, 2000, 27-30.
60. T.G. Mackay, A. Lakhtakia & W.S. Weiglhofer, 'Strong-property-fluctuation theory for homogenization of bianisotropic composites,' Proceedings of Bianisotropics 2000: 8th International Conference on Complex Media, Lisbon, Portugal, September 27-29, 2000, 31-34.
61. A. Lakhtakia (Invited Lecture), 'Filamentary, my dear Watson!' Proceedings of Bianisotropics 2000: 8th International Conference on Complex Media, Lisbon, Portugal, September 27-29, 2000, 169-174.
62. E. Ertekin & A. Lakhtakia, 'Space-guides: Efficient thin-film optical interconnects,' Proceedings of Bianisotropics 2000: 8th International Conference on Complex Media, Lisbon, Portugal, September 27-29, 2000, 181-184.
63. N.A. Krapivin, G.Ya. Slepyan, S.A. Maksimenko, A. Lakhtakia & O.M. Yevtushenko, 'Electromagnetic wave scattering by the edge of a carbon nanotube,' Proceedings of Bianisotropics 2000: 8th International Conference on Complex Media, Lisbon, Portugal, September 27-29, 2000, 253-256.
64. A. Lakhtakia (Invited Lecture), 'Sculptured thin films and bioluminescence sensors,' Proceedings of Symposium on Advances in Electronics-ELECTRO-2001, Varanasi, India, January 4-6, 2001, 3-6.
65. W.S. Weiglhofer, A. Lakhtakia & T.G. Mackay, 'Propagation and radiation in a material combining mirror conjugation and racemic chirality,' Proceedings of the URSI 17th Triennial International Symposium on Electromagnetic Theory, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, May 13-17, 2001, 193-195.
66. T.G. Mackay, A. Lakhtakia & W.S. Weiglhofer, 'Homogenization of bianisotropic composites via strong-property-fluctuation theory,' Proceedings of the URSI 17th Triennial International Symposium on Electromagnetic Theory, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, May 13-17, 2001, 377-379.
67. A. Lakhtakia, 'Microscopic model for static and dynamic loading of chiral sculptured thin films,' Proceedings of SPIE 4467: Complex Mediums II: Beyond Linear Isotropic Dielectrics, San Diego, California, USA, July 30-August 1, 2001, 121-127.
68. T.G. Mackay, A. Lakhtakia & W.S. Weiglhofer, 'The strong-property-fluctuation theory applied to the homogenisation of linear bianisotropic composites,' Proceedings of SPIE 4467: Complex Mediums II: Beyond Linear Isotropic Dielectrics, San Diego, California, USA, July 30-August 1, 2001, 243-255.
69. T.G. Mackay, A. Lakhtakia & W.S. Weiglhofer, 'Trilocally approximated strong-permittivity-fluctuation theory for nonlinear composite mediums,' Proceedings of SPIE 4806: Complex Mediums III: Beyond Linear Isotropic Dielectrics, Seattle, Washington, USA, June 7-11, 2002, 100-111.
70. M.W. McCall & A. Lakhtakia, 'Volume and surface gratings combined,' Proceedings of SPIE 4806: Complex Mediums III: Beyond Linear Isotropic Dielectrics, Seattle, Washington, USA, June 7-11, 2002, 129-140.
71. V.C. Venugopal & A. Lakhtakia, 'Towards graded-index planar waveguides using 2D sculptured thin films,' Proceedings of SPIE 4806: Complex Mediums III: Beyond Linear Isotropic Dielectrics, Seattle, Washington, USA, June 7-11, 2002, 141-149.
72. A. Lakhtakia, M.W. McCall, W.S. Weiglhofer, J. Gerardin & J. Wang, 'On mediums with negative phase velocity: a brief overview,' Proceedings of SPIE 4806: Complex Mediums III: Beyond Linear Isotropic Dielectrics, Seattle, Washington, USA, June 7-11, 2002, 176-180.
73. F. Wang, A. Lakhtakia & R.F. Messier, 'Piezoelectric control of lasing in polymeric chiral sculptured thin films,' Proceedings of SPIE 4806: Complex Mediums III: Beyond Linear Isotropic Dielectrics, Seattle, Washington, USA, June 7-11, 2002, 258-263.
74. I.L. Lyubchanskii, N.N. Dadaoenkova, M.I. Lyubchanskii, E.A. Shapovalov, Th. Rasing & A. Lakhtakia, 'Magnetic films with periodically striped-domain as tunable photonic crystals,' Proceedings of SPIE 4806: Complex Mediums III: Beyond Linear Isotropic Dielectrics, Seattle, Washington, USA, June 7-11, 2002, 302-306.
75. A. Lakhtakia (Key Lecture), 'Is nanotechnology a PLT sandwich?,' Proceedings of SPIE 5218: Complex Mediums IV: Beyond Linear Isotropic Dielectrics, San Diego, California, USA, August 3-8, 2003, 29-39.
76. J.A. Polo Jr. & A. Lakhtakia, 'Investigation of exact analytic solution for oblique propagation in chiral sculptured thin films and smectic liquid crystals,' Proceedings of SPIE 5218: Complex Mediums IV: Beyond Linear Isotropic Dielectrics, San Diego, California, USA, August 3-8, 2003, 59-68.
77. T.G. Mackay & A. Lakhtakia, 'Voigt wave propagation via homogenization,' Proceedings of SPIE 5218: Complex Mediums IV: Beyond Linear Isotropic Dielectrics, San Diego, California, USA, August 3-8, 2003, 173-180.
78. A. Gomez, M.A. Solano, A. Vegas & A. Lakhtakia, 'Analysis of waveguides with periodic layered mediums as electromagnetic band-gap structures,' Proceedings of SPIE 5218: Complex Mediums IV: Beyond Linear Isotropic Dielectrics, San Diego, California, USA, August 3-8, 2003, 191-200.
79. A. Lakhtakia, 'What are sculptured thin films?,' Proceedings of SPIE 5219: Nanotubes and Nanowires, San Diego, California, USA, August 3-8, 2003, 74-82.
80. J.B. Geddes III & A. Lakhtakia, 'Phase effects on reflection of narrow-extent optical pulses from axially excited chiral sculptured thin films,' Proceedings of SPIE 5219: Nanotubes and Nanowires, San Diego, California, USA, August 3-8, 2003, 83-91.
81. Á. Gómez Gómez, M.A. Solano, Á. Vegas & A. Lakhtakia, 'Band gaps electro-magnéticos unidimensionales en guía de onda rectangular,' Proceedings of XVIII URSI Spanish National Symposium, La Coruña, Spain, September 10-12, 2003, Reference Code S1A2.1 (4 pages; CD-ROM).
82. Á. Gómez, J. Herrán, D. Cordobés, Á. Vegas, J.M. Zamanillo, J.S. Ipiña, M.A. Solano, & A. Lakhtakia, 'Filtering properties of electromagnetic band-gap structures in rectangular waveguides,' Proceedings of 27th European Space Agency Antenna Workshop on Innovative Periodic Antennas: Electroctromagnetic Bandgap, Left-handed Materials, Fractal and Frequency Selective Surfaces, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, March 9-11, 2004, 83-91.
83. J.B. Geddes III & A. Lakhtakia, 'Pulsed-beam propagation through a chiral sculptured thin film,' Proceedings of SPIE 5509: Nanomodeling, Denver, Colorado, USA, August 2-6, 2004, 83-93.
84. J.A. Polo. Jr. & A. Lakhtakia, 'Periodically perturbed chiral sculptured thin films,' Proceedings of SPIE 5509: Nanomodeling, Denver, Colorado, USA, August 2-6, 2004, 93-102.
85. F. Wang & A. Lakhtakia, 'Responses of slanted chiral sculptured thin films to plane waves and finite sources,' Proceedings of SPIE 5509: Nanomodeling, Denver, Colorado, USA, August 2-6, 2004, 123-132.
86. F. Chiadini, V. Fiumara, A. Lakhtakia & A. Scaglione, 'Design of periodic structures made of columnar and sculptured thin films,' Proceedings of SPIE 5508: Complex Mediums V: Light and Complexity, Denver, Colorado, USA, August 2-6, 2004, 41-46.
87. J.P. McIlroy, M.W. McCall, A. Lakhtakia & I.J. Hodgkinson, 'Strong coupling of a surface grating to a structurally chiral volume grating,' Proceedings of SPIE 5508: Complex Mediums V: Light and Complexity, Denver, Colorado, USA, August 2-6, 2004, 65-84.
88. A. Lakhtakia (Key Lecture), 'Ten years past the Post,' Proceedings of SPIE 5508: Complex Mediums V: Light and Complexity, Denver, Colorado, USA, August 2-6, 2004, 85-94.
89. I.L. Lyubchanskii, N.N. Dadaoenkova, M.I. Lyubchanskii, E.A. Shapovalov, A. Lakhtakia & Th. Rasing, 'Bigyrotropic photonic crystals,' Proceedings of SPIE 5508: Complex Mediums V: Light and Complexity, Denver, Colorado, USA, August 2-6, 2004, 184-191.
90. R.A. Depine & A. Lakhtakia, 'Planewave diffraction by gratings made of isotropic negative phase-velocity materials,' Proceedings of SPIE 5508: Complex Mediums V: Light and Complexity, Denver, Colorado, USA, August 2-6, 2004, 268-276.
91. F. Wang, K.E. Weaver, A. Lakhtakia & M.W. Horn, 'Electromagnetic modeling of phase-shifting contact lithography by broadband ultraviolet illumination,' Proceedings of SPIE 5515: Nanoengineering: Fabrication, Properties, Optics, and Devices, Denver, Colorado, USA, August 2-6, 2004, 195-202.
92. A. Gómez, J. Herrán, D. Cordobés, A. Vegas, J.S. Ipiña, M.A. Solano and A. Lakhtakia, 'Band-gaps electromagnéticos con celdas unidad de tres dieléctricos,' Proceedings of the XIX URSI Spanish National Symposium, Barcelona, Spain, September 8-10, 2004. (4 pages; CD-ROM) ISBN: 84-688-7736-0.
93. J.B. Geddes III and A. Lakhtakia, 'Shaping of electromagnetic pulsed beams by chiral sculptured thin films,' Proceedings of XVI Asia Pacific Microwave Conference, New Delhi, India, December 15-18, 2004. (Paper No. 832; 4 pages; CD-ROM).
94. J.A. Todd, A. Lakhtakia and C.B. Masters, 'Innovations in multidisciplinary engineering programs: Focus on multilevel communication skills,' Proceedings of 2005 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Portland, Oregon, USA, June 13-15, 2005. (Paper No. 2; Session No. 3471; 12 pages; CD-ROM).
95. A. Lakhtakia (Invited Lecture), 'Sculptured thin films,' Proceedings of Symposium R, 3rd International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, Singapore, July 3-8, 2005, 97-102 (published by World Scientific, Singapore, 2005).
96. A. Lakhtakia, T.G. Mackay and S. Setiawan (Key Lecture), 'Negative-phase-velocity propagation of electromagnetic waves in the relativistic context,' Proceedings of SPIE 5924: Complex Mediums VI: Light and Complexity, San Diego, California, USA, July 31-August 2, 2005, Paper No. 592407.
97. T.G. Mackay and A. Lakhtakia, 'Interacting percolation thresholds in three-phase particulate dielectric composites,' Proceedings of SPIE 5924: Complex Mediums VI: Light and Complexity, San Diego, California, USA, July 31-August 2, 2005, Paper No. 59240K.
98. A. Lakhtakia (Invited Lecture), 'Bragging electrically,' Proceedings of SPIE 6320: Complex Photonic Media, San Diego, California, USA, August 13-17, 2006, Paper No. 63200L.
99. S.A. Maksimenko, G.Ya. Slepyan, M.V. Shuba and A. Lakhtakia, 'Optical scattering by achiral carbon nanotubes and application as nanoantennas and composite mediums,' Proceedings of SPIE 6328: Nanomodeling II, San Diego, California, USA, August 13-17, 2006, Paper No. 632807.
100. T.G. Mackay and A. Lakhtakia, 'Enhancement of group velocity via homogenization: isotropic and anisotropic dielectric scenarios,' Proceedings of SPIE 6328: Nanomodeling II, San Diego, California, USA, August 13-17, 2006, Paper No. 63280H.
101. J.B. Geddes III and A. Lakhtakia, 'Durations and average speeds of ultrashort optical pulses shaped by chiral sculptured thin films,' Proceedings of SPIE 6328: Nanomodeling II, San Diego, California, USA, August 13-17, 2006, Paper No. 632811.
102. A. Lakhtakia (Invited Lecture), 'Polarization engineering through nanoengineered morphology,' Proceedings of SPIE 6462: Micromachining Technology for Micro-Optics and Nano-Optics V and Microfabrication Process Technology XII, San Jose, California, USA, January 22-24, 2007, Paper No. 64620Q.
103. T.G. Mackay and A. Lakhtakia, 'A simple recipe for negatively refracting metamaterials via homogenization,' Proceedings of SPIE 6581: Metamaterials II, Prague, Czech Republic, April 16-18, 2007, Paper No. 658105.
104. T.G. Mackay and A. Lakhtakia, 'Metamaterial phenomenons via uniform motion,' Proceedings of SPIE 6581: Metamaterials II, Prague, Czech Republic, April 16-18, 2007, Paper No. 65810A.
105. A. Lakhtakia and J.A. Reyes (Invited Lecture), 'Electro-optic structurally chiral materials,' Proceedings of Symposium P, 4th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, Singapore, July 1-6, 2007, 11-17 (published by World Scientific, Singapore, 2007).
106. M. Dixit and A. Lakhtakia, 'Electrically controlled Bragg resonances of an ambichiral electro-optic structure: oblique incidence,' Proceedings of SPIE 6638: Photonic Metamaterials, San Diego, California, USA, August 26-30, 2007, Paper No. 663810.
107. B.M. Ross and A. Lakhtakia (Invited Lecture), 'Light pressure on chiral sculptured thin films,' Proceedings of SPIE 6638: Photonic Metamaterials, San Diego, California, USA, August 26-30, 2007, Paper No. 66380M.
108. J.B. Geddes III and A. Lakhtakia, 'Swamping of circular Bragg phenomenon revealed by durations and average speeds of videopulses transmitted through chiral sculptured thin films,' Proceedings of SPIE 6638: Photonic Metamaterials, San Diego, California, USA, August 26-30, 2007, Paper No. 66380O.
109. S.M. Pursel, M.W. Horn and A. Lakhtakia, 'Tailored circular Bragg phenomenon in TiO2 sculptured thin films by post-deposition processing,' Proceedings of SPIE 6645: Nanoengineering: Fabrication, Properties, Optics, and Devices IV, San Diego, California, USA, August 26-30, 2007, Paper No. 66450X.
110. F. Chiadini, V. Fiumara, A. Scaglione and A. Lakhtakia, 'Narrowband, linear-polarization rejection filter based on columnar-thin-film superlattice,' Proceedings of SPIE 6645: Nanoengineering: Fabrication, Properties, Optics, and Devices IV, San Diego, California, USA, August 26-30, 2007, Paper No. 664511.
111. T.G. Mackay and A. Lakhtakia, 'Light emission from a point-dipole source embedded in a metal-capped chiral sculptured thin film,' Proceedings of SPIE 6988: Nanophotonics II, Strasbourg, France, April 8-10, 2008, Paper No. 69880B.
112. T.G. Mackay and A. Lakhtakia, 'On negative reflection in a bianisotropic medium,' Proceedings of SPIE 6987: Metamaterials III, Strasbourg, France, April 8-10, 2008, Paper No. 69871X.
113. A. Lakhtakia, J.A. Polo, Jr. and M.A. Motyka (Invited Lecture), 'Sculptured-thin-film plasmonic-polaritonics,' Proceedings of 26th International Conference on Microelectronics (MIEL 2008), Nis, Serbia, May 11-14, 2008, 3-8 [doi: 10.1109/ICMEL.2008.4559213].
114. I. Abdulhalim, A. Lakhtakia, A. Lahav, F. Zhang and J. Xu, 'Porosity effect on surface plasmon resonance from metallic sculptured thin films,' Proceedings of SPIE 7041: Nanostructured Thin Films, San Diego, California, USA, August 10-14, 2008, Paper No. 70410C.
115. J.A. Polo, Jr. and A. Lakhtakia (Invited Lecture), 'Review of surface-wave propagation at the planar interface of a columnar or chiral sculptured thin film and an isotropic substrate,' Proceedings of SPIE 7041: Nanostructured Thin Films, San Diego, California, USA, August 10-14, 2008, Paper No. 70410E.
116. M.A. Motyka and A. Lakhtakia, 'Excitation of surface plasmon polaritons at the interface of a metal and a sculptured nematic thin film,' Proceedings of SPIE 7041: Nanostructured Thin Films, San Diego, California, USA, August 10-14, 2008, Paper No. 70410F.
117. J. Xu, F. Zhang, A. Lakhtakia, S.M. Pursel and M.W. Horn, 'Circular polarization emission from an external cavity diode laser,' Proceedings of SPIE 7041: Nanostructured Thin Films, San Diego, California, USA, August 10-14, 2008, Paper No. 70410S.
118. S.R. Nelatury, J.A. Polo, Jr. and A. Lakhtakia, 'Review of the role of dielectric anisotropy in Dyakonov surface-wave propagation,' Proceedings of SPIE 7041: Nanostructured Thin Films, San Diego, California, USA, August 10-14, 2008, Paper No. 70410T.
119. F. Benkabou and A. Lakhtakia, 'Analysis of silver columnar thin films by atomic force microscopy,' Proceedings of SPIE 7041: Nanostructured Thin Films, San Diego, California, USA, August 10-14, 2008, Paper No. 704112.
120. R.J. Martín-Palma, A. Lakhtakia and C.G. Pantano (Invited Lecture), 'Replication of biotemplates for the development of highly efficient biomimetic optical metamaterials and devices,' Proceedings of SPIE 7205: Advanced Fabrication Technologies for Micro/Nano Optics and Photonics II, San Jose, California, USA, January 25-29, 2009, Paper No. 720507.
121. A.J. Duncan, T.G. Mackay and A. Lakhtakia (Invited Lecture), 'On the homogenization of piezoelectric metamaterials via the strong-property-fluctuation theory: a numerical study,' Proceedings of SPIE 7392: Metamaterials: Fundamentals and Applications II, San Diego, California, USA, August 1-6, 2009, Paper No. 73920K.
122. N. Dushkina and A. Lakhtakia (Invited Lecture), 'Structural colors, cosmetics and fabrics,' Proceedings of SPIE 7401: Biomimetics and Bioinspiration, San Diego, California, USA, August 1-6, 2009, Paper No. 740106.
123. A. Lakhtakia, R.J. Martín-Palma and C.G. Pantano, 'Towards replication of the exoskeleton of Lamprocyphus augustus for photonic applications,' Proceedings of SPIE 7401: Biomimetics and Bioinspiration, San Diego, California, USA, August 1-6, 2009, Paper No. 74010H.
124. T.G. Mackay, A. Lakhtakia and A.J. Duncan (Invited Lecture), 'On limitations of conventional approaches to homogenization applied to uniaxial dielectric composite materials,' Proceedings of SPIE 7404: Nanostructured Thin Films II, San Diego, California, USA, August 1-6, 2009, Paper No. 740406.
125. D.P. Pulsifer, A. Lakhtakia and R.J. Martín-Palma, 'Modification of conformal evaporated-film-by-rotation technique to improve uniformity of replicas of nonplanar
biotemplates,' Proceedings of SPIE 7591: Advanced Fabrication Technologies for Micro/Nano Optics and Photonics III, San Francisco, California, USA, January 23-28, 2010, Paper No. 75910T.
126. R.C. Shaler, A. Lakhtakia, J.W. Rogers, D.P. Pulsifer and R.J. Martín-Palma (Invited Lecture), 'Columnar-thin-film acquisition of fingerprint topology,' Proceedings of SPIE 7766: Nanostructured Thin Films III, San Diego, California, USA, August 1-5, 2010, Paper No. 776607.
127. J. Gao, A. Lakhtakia and M. Lei, 'Dyakonov-Tamm waves localized to the planar interface of two chiral sculptured thin films,' Proceedings of SPIE 7766: Nanostructured Thin Films III, San Diego, California, USA, August 1-5, 2010, Paper No. 77660K.
128. M. Faryad and A. Lakhtakia, 'Coupled surface-plasmon-polariton waves in a sculptured nematic thin film with a metallic defect layer,' Proceedings of SPIE 7766: Nanostructured Thin Films III, San Diego, California, USA, August 1-5, 2010, Paper No. 77660L.
129. T.G. Mackay and A. Lakhtakia, 'On the theory of optical sensing via infiltration of sculptured thin films,' Proceedings of SPIE 7766: Nanostructured Thin Films III, San Diego, California, USA, August 1-5, 2010, Paper No. 77660O.
130. A. Lakhtakia (Invited Lecture), 'Huygens, Mackintosh, Dalí, and Medusa: Polarization engineering (and more?),' Proceedings of SPIE 7782: The Nature of Light: Light in Nature III, San Diego, California, USA, August 1-5, 2010, Paper No. 778201.
131. F. Chiadini, V. Fiumara, A. Scaglione and A. Lakhtakia, 'Prismatic bioinspired compound lenses for solar cells,' Proceedings of SPIE 7975: Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication, San Diego, California, USA, March 7-9, 2011, Paper No. 79750H.
132. D.P. Pulsifer, A. Lakhtakia, R.J. Martín-Palma and C.G. Pantano, 'Engineered biomimicry: polymeric replication of surface features found on insects,' Proceedings of SPIE 7975: Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication, San Diego, California, USA, March 7-9, 2011, Paper No. 79750O.
133. A. Lakhtakia, 'Surface multiplasmonics,' Proceedings of SPIE 8104: Nanostructured Thin Films IV, San Diego, California, USA, August 21-25, 2011, Paper No. 810403 [doi: 10.1117/12.893129].
134. T.H. Anderson, T.G. Mackay and A. Lakhtakia (Invited Lecture), 'Geometric-optical studies for metamaterial representations of curved spacetime,' Proceedings of SPIE 8093: Metamaterials: Fundamentals and Applications IV, San Diego, California, USA, August 21-25, 2011, Paper No. 80931N [doi: 10.1117/12.892522].
135. M. Faryad and A. Lakhtakia, 'Enhanced absorption of light due to multiple surface-plasmon-polariton waves,' Proceedings of SPIE 8110: Thin Film Solar Technology III, San Diego, California, USA, August 21-25, 2011, Paper No. 81100F [doi: 10.1117/12.893492].
136. T.G. Mackay and A. Lakhtakia (Invited Lecture), 'Modeling sculptured thin films as platforms for surface-plasmonic-polaritonic optical sensing,' Proceedings of ICEAA '11 (13th Edition): 2011 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, Torino, Italy, September 12-16, 2011, 102-105.
137. G.Ya. Slepyan, A.M. Nemilentsau, M.V. Shuba, P.P. Kuzhir, A. Paddubskaya, D. Bychanok, A. Plushch, S.A. Maksimenko, P.N. D'yachkov, K.N. Lapko, A.G. Kurenya, A.N. Okotrub and A. Lakhtakia (Invited Lecture), 'Effective conductivity of a composite material containing carbon nanotubes in the GHz and THz frequency ranges,' Proceedings of ICEAA '11 (13th Edition): 2011 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, Torino, Italy, September 12-16, 2011, 355-358.
138. F. Chiadini, V. Fiumara, A. Scaglione and A. Lakhtakia, 'Arrays of bioinspired compound lenses for solar cells,' Proceedings of SPIE 8339: Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication 2012, San Diego, California, USA, March 11-15, 2012, Paper No. 83390D [doi: 10.1117/12.912845].
139. D.P. Pulsifer, A. Lakhtakia, J. Kumar, T.C. Baker and R.J. Martín-Palma, 'Toward pest control via mass production of realistic decoys of insects,' Proceedings of SPIE 8339: Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication 2012, San Diego, California, USA, March 11-15, 2012, Paper No. 83390H [doi: 10.1117/12.915924].
140. L. Wei and A. Lakhtakia, 'Towards bioinspired parylene-C coatings of implant surfaces,' Proceedings of SPIE 8339: Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication 2012, San Diego, California, USA, March 11-15, 2012, Paper No. 83390R [doi: 10.1117/12.914939].
141. A. Lakhtakia (Invited Lecture), 'Surface multiplasmonics for optical sensing and solar-energy harvesting,' Proceedings of 28th International Conference on Microelectronics (MIEL 2012), Nis, Serbia, May 14-16, 2012, 3-5 (published by IEEE, 2012).
