Education

PhD in Condensed Matter Physics

University of Denver

BS in Physics

Metropolitan State University of Denver

BS in Psychology

Mississippi State University

Published Works

Mason,S. J.., Hojem,A.., Wesenberg,D. J.., Avery,A. D.., Zink,B. L.. (2020). Determining absolute Seebeck coefficients from relative thermopower measurements of thin films and nanostructures. Journal of Applied Physics, 127(8), 085101. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5143447. Wesenberg, J. D., Roos, J. M., Avery, D. A., Blackburn, L. J., Ferguson, J. A., Zink, L. B. (2020). Size- and Temperature-Dependent Suppression of Phonon Thermal Conductivity in Carbon Nanotube Thermoelectric Films. Advanced Electronic Materials, 6(11), 2000746. https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.202000746. Norton-Baker, B., Ihly, R., Gould, E. I., Avery, D. A., Owczarczyk, R. Z., Ferguson, J. A., Blackburn, L. J. (2016). Polymer-Free Carbon Nanotube Thermoelectrics with Improved Charge Carrier Transport and Power Factor. ACS Energy Letters, 1(6), 1212-1220. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.6b00417. Avery, D. A., Zhou, H. B., Lee, J., Lee, E., Miller, M. E., Ihly, R., Wesenberg, D., Mistry, S. K., Guillot, L. S., Zink, L. B., Kim, Y., Blackburn, L. J., Ferguson, J. A. (2016). Tailoring semiconducting carbon nanotube networks with enhanced thermoelectric properties. Nature Energy, 1(4), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1038/nenergy.2016.33. Guillot, L. S., Mistry, S. K., Avery, D. A., Richard, J., Dowgiallo, A., Ndione, F. P., van de Lagemaat, J., Reese, O. M., Blackburn, L. J. (2015). Precision printing and optical modeling of ultrathin SWCNT/C60 heterojunction solar cells. Nanoscale, 7(15), 6556-6566. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5NR00205B. Avery, D. A., Mason, J. S., Bassett, D., Wesenberg, D., Zink, L. B. (2015). Thermal and electrical conductivity of approximately 100-nm permalloy, Ni, Co, Al, and Cu films and examination of the Wiedemann-Franz Law. Physical Review B, 9214410. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.92.214410. Avery, D. A., Zink, B. (2013). Peltier Cooling and Onsager Reciprocity in Ferromagnetic Thin Films. Physical Review Letters, 111(12). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.126602. Sultan, R., Avery, D. A., Underwood, J., Mason, S., Bassett, D., Zink, B. (2013). Heat transport by long mean free path vibrations in amorphous silicon nitride near room temperature. Physical Review B, 87(21). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.87.214305. Avery, D. A., Pufall, M., Zink, B. (2012). Determining the planar Nernst effect from magnetic-field-dependent thermopower and resistance in nickel and permalloy thin films. Physical Review B, 86(18). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.86.184408. Avery, D. A., Pufall, M., Zink, B. (2012). Observation of the Planar Nernst Effect in Permalloy and Nickel Thin Films with In-Plane Thermal Gradients. Physical Review Letters, 109(19). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.196602. Mitchell, G. D., Quine, W. R., Tseitlin, M., Weber, T. R., Meyer, V., Avery, D. A., Eaton, S. S., Eaton, R. G. (2011). Electron Spin Relaxation and Heterogeneity of the 1:1 α,γ-Bisdiphenylene-β-phenylallyl (BDPA)/Benzene Complex. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 115(24), 7986-7990. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp201978w. Avery, D. A., Sultan, R., Bassett, D., Wei, D., Zink, B. (2011). Thermopower and resistivity in ferromagnetic thin films near room temperature. Physical Review B, 83(10). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.83.100401. Zink, B., Avery, D. A., Sultan, R., Bassett, D., Pufall, M. (2009). Exploring thermoelectric effects and Wiedemann-Franz violation in magnetic nanostructures via micromachined thermal platforms. Solid State Communications, 150(11-12), 514-518. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssc.2009.11.003. Sultan, R., Avery, D. A., Stiehl, G., Zink, B. (2009). Thermal Conductivity of Micromachined Low-stress Silicon-nitride Beams from 77 to 325 K. Journal of Applied Physics, 105(4). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3078025.