Laurent Pilon

Laurent Pilon, Ph.D.
(Purdue University, 2002)

pilon@seas.ucla.edu
37-132, Eng IV
(310) 206-5598

Link(s):

Laurent Pilon's Research Group

Areas of Interest:

Radiation transfer, applied optics, interfacial and transport phenomena, nanostructured materials for energy applications such as pyroelectric energy conversion, energy storage systems, photosynthetic production of biofuels.

Selected Recent Publications:

Macroporous and Mesoporous Materials for Energy Applications

N. Hutchinson, T. Coquil, E. Richman, S. Tolbert, and L. Pilon, 2010. Reflectance of Surfactant-Templated Mesoporous Silica Thin Films: Simulations Versus Experiments. Thin Solid Films, Vol. 518, pp. 2134-2140.

N. Hutchinson, A. Navid, T. Coquil, and L. Pilon, 2010. Effective Optical Properties of Highly Ordered Mesoporous Thin Films. Thin Solid Films, Vol. 518, pp. 2141-2146.

T. Coquil, E. Richman, N. Hutchinson, S. Tolbert, and L. Pilon, 2009. Thermal Conductivity of Cubic and Hexagonal Mesoporous Silica Thin Films, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 106, no.3, 034910.

K.M. Katika and L. Pilon, 2008. The Effect of Nanoparticles on Thermal Conductivity of Nanocomposite Thin Films at Low Temperatures, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 103, no.11, 114308. Selected to appear in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology, Vol. 17, no. 25.

R. Kitamura and L. Pilon, 2009. Radiative Heat Transfer in Enhanced Hydrogen Outgassing of Glass. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 34, no.16, pp. 6690-6704.

J. Zhao, S. Pillai, and L. Pilon, 2009. Rheology of Microfoams Made From Ionic and Non-Ionic Surfactant Solutions, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, Vol. 348, no. 1-3, pp. 93–99.

Pyroelectric Energy Conversion

A. Navid, C.S. Lynch, and L. Pilon, 2010. Synthesis and Characterization of Commercial, Purified, and Porous Vinylidene Fluoride-Trifluoroethylene P(VDF-TrFE) Thin Films. Smart Materials and Structures, Vol. 19, 055006.

D. Vanderpool, J.H. Yoon, and L. Pilon, 2008. Simulations of a Prototypical Device Using Pyroelectric Materials For Harvesting Waste Heat. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 51, no.21-22, pp. 5052-5062.

Photobiological Fuel Production and Carbon Dioxide Fixation

H. Berberoğlu and L. Pilon, 2010. Maximizing Solar to H₂ Energy Conversion Efficiency of Outdoor Photobioreactors Using Mixed Cultures. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 35, pp. 500-510.

H. Berberoğlu, P. Gomez, and L. Pilon, 2009. Radiation Characteristics of Botryococcus braunii, Chlorococcum littorale, and Chlorella sp. Used For CO₂ Fixation and Biofuel Production, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, Vol. 110, no.17, pp. 1879-1893.

H. Berberoğlu, L. Pilon, and A. Melis, 2008. Radiation Characteristics of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii CC125 and Its Truncated Chlorophyll Antenna Transformants tla1, tlaX, and 37RP1-tla1, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 33, no.22, pp. 6467-6483.

Biomedical Optics

D. Yudovsky and L. Pilon, 2010. Rapid and Accurate Estimation of Blood Saturation, Melanin Content, and Epidermis Thickness from Spectral Diffuse Reflectance. Applied Optics, Vol. 49, no. 10, pp. 1707–1719.

D. Yudovsky and L. Pilon, 2009. Simple and Accurate Expressions for Diffuse Reflectance of Semi-Infinite and Two-Layer Absorbing and Scattering Media. Applied Optics, Vol. 48, no. 35, pp. 6670-6683.