Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
| helena.silva@uconn.edu | |
| Mailing Address | Electrical and Computer Engineering 371 Fairfield Way U-4157 Storrs, Connecticut 06269-4157 |
| Campus | Storrs |
| Link | Department Page |
| Google Scholar Link | |
Brief Bio
Dr. Silva's research focuses on materials and devices for electronic logic and memory, including nanoelectronic devices, electronic and thermal transport at small scales, non-volatile memory devices, phase-change memory, thermoelectric materials and devices, and nanofabrication techniques. She holds a B.S. in Engineering Physics from the University of Lisbon (1998) and a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Cornell University (2005).
Dr. Silva joined the University of Connecticut in August 2006 as an Assistant Professor, becoming an Associate Professor in August 2013 and a Professor in August 2021. She was a research staff member at Xerox Webster Research Center from 2005 to 2006. Lastly, she is also associated with the Connecticut Power Electronics Center of Excellence and the Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute at UConn.
- Nanoelectronic devices,
- electronic and thermal transport at small scales,
- non-volatile memory devices,
- phase-change memory,
- thermoelectric materials and devices,
- nanofabrication techniques.
| Modeling of thermoelectric effects in phase change memory cells
A Faraclas, G Bakan, LH Adnane, F Dirisaglik, NE Williams, A Gokirmak, ...
IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices 61 (2), 372-378
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| Silicon-layer guided-mode resonance polarizer with 40-nm bandwidth
KJ Lee, R LaComb, B Britton, M Shokooh-Saremi, H Silva, E Donkor, ...
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 20 (22), 1857-1859
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| Small silicon memories: confinement, single-electron,. and interface state considerations
S Tiwari, JA Wahl, H Silva, F Rana, JJ Welser
Applied Physics A: Materials Science & Processing 71 (4), 403-414
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| High speed, high temperature electrical characterization of phase change materials: metastable phases, crystallization dynamics, and resistance drift
F Dirisaglik, G Bakan, Z Jurado, S Muneer, M Akbulut, J Rarey, L Sullivan, ...
Nanoscale 7 (40), 16625-16630
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| Extracting the temperature distribution on a phase-change memory cell during crystallization
G Bakan, B Gerislioglu, F Dirisaglik, Z Jurado, L Sullivan, A Dana, C Lam, ...
Journal of Applied Physics 120 (16)
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| Modeling of Set and Reset Operations of Phase-Change Memory Cells
A Faraclas, N Williams, A Gokirmak, H Silva
Electron Device Letters, IEEE, 1-3
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| Electrical Resistivity of Liquid |
| Based on Thin-Film and Nanoscale Device Measurements
K Cil, F Dirisaglik, L Adnane, M Wennberg, A King, A Faraclas, ...
IEEE transactions on electron devices 60 (1), 433-437
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| High-temperature thermoelectric transport at small scales: Thermal generation, transport and recombination of minority carriers
G Bakan, N Khan, H Silva, A Gokirmak
Scientific reports 3 (1), 2724
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| High temperature electrical resistivity and Seebeck coefficient of Ge2Sb2Te5 thin films
L Adnane, F Dirisaglik, A Cywar, K Cil, Y Zhu, C Lam, AFM Anwar, ...
Journal of Applied Physics 122 (12)
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| Self-heating of silicon microwires: Crystallization and thermoelectric effects
G Bakan, N Khan, A Cywar, K Cil, M Akbulut, A Gokirmak, H Silva
Journal of Materials Research 26 (09), 1061-1071
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| Nanoscale semiconductor memories: technology and applications
SK Kurinec, K Iniewski
CRC press
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| Thickness dependence of the amorphous-cubic and cubic-hexagonal phase transition temperatures of GeSbTe thin films on silicon nitride
HK Peng, K Cil, A Gokirmak, G Bakan, Y Zhu, CS Lai, CH Lam, H Silva
Thin Solid Films
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| Write, erase and storage times in nanocrystal memories and the role of interface states
JA Wahl, H Silva, A Gokirmak, A Kumar, JJ Welser, S Tiwari
Electron Devices Meeting, 1999. IEDM Technical Digest. International, 375-378
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| Modeling and impacts of the latent heat of phase change and specific heat for phase change materials
J Scoggin, RS Khan, H Silva, A Gokirmak
Applied Physics Letters 112 (19)
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| Improved mobility of amorphous silicon thin-film transistors deposited by hot-wire chemical vapor deposition on glass substrates
V Chu, J Jarego, H Silva, T Silva, M Reissner, P Brogueira, JP Conde
Applied physics letters 70, 2714
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| Nanoscale RingFETs
N Williams, H Silva, A Gokirmak
IEEE electron device letters 33 (10), 1339-1341
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| Melting and crystallization of nanocrystalline silicon microwires through rapid self-heating
G Bakan, A Cywar, H Silva, A Gokirmak
Applied Physics Letters 94, 251910
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| Ultrashort SONOS memories
MK Kim, SD Chae, HS Chae, JH Kim, YS Jeong, JW Lee, H Silva, S Tiwari, ...
IEEE Transactions on nanotechnology 3 (4), 417-424
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| Activation energy of metastable amorphous Ge2Sb2Te5 from room temperature to melt
S Muneer, J Scoggin, F Dirisaglik, L Adnane, A Cywar, G Bakan, K Cil, ...
AIP Advances 8 (6)
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| High temperature setup for measurements of Seebeck coefficient and electrical resistivity of thin films using inductive heating
L Adnane, N Williams, H Silva, A Gokirmak
Review of Scientific Instruments 86 (10)
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