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Dr. SAHAR SAM
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Title
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Dr.
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First Name
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SAHAR
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Last Name
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SAM
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University/Institution
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University of Victoria
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samm@uvic.ca
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City
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Victoria
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Canada
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State
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British Columbia
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V8P 5C2
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Department
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Mechanical Engineering
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Area of Research
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Nanofabrication
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Area of Expertise
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Materials Science, Nanotechnology, Electrochemistry
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Brief Description of Research Interest :
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As a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Victoria I am working on developing a low-cost technique for fabrication of large-size flexible transparent electrodes, an essential layer in optoelectronic devices including solar cells and touchscreens. I have a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and M.Sc. in Materials Science Engineering with 11 years of academic and industrial experience in leading design and manufacturing projects. My research interest includes nanofabrication and investigating the properties of nano and micron-size structures for applications such as solar cells, fuel cells, biosensors and touch screens. Being able to manipulate small-size structures, we can use their extraordinary electrical, optical and chemical properties to fabricate devises with very high sensitivity, fast chemical reactivity, or tunable electrical and optical properties. During my Master’s program(2005 – 2008) I worked on fabrication of thin-film solar cells by electrochemical technique. My research was honored in an annual competition at Shiraz University-Iran and registered as an innovation for developing a new and creative method of fabricating cost-effective solar cells. Pursuing my Ph.D. degree, I joined Dr. Bhiladvala’s laboratory (Nanoscale Transport, Mechanics& Materials (NTMM)) at the University of Victoria in 2011. Knowing the importance of clean energy and the obstacles in increasing the efficiency of solar cells, I proposed a creative method of fabricating transparent electrodes to decrease the fabrication cost and improve the properties of the transparent electrodes. I also demonstrated a framework for fabricating large number of nanowire biosensors at low cost, which can be used for early-stage cancer detection. I was also involved in collaboration with Mercedes Benz Fuel Cell Division in Vancouver. I proposed a sensor for pressure inside fuel cell stacks and the design was investigated.
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Representative Publications :
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1. Sam,M., Alsaif, J., & Bhiladvala, R. B. (2017). Fabrication of Flexible Transparent Electrodes by Using Field‐Assisted Nanowire Chaining. In SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers, 48, 1463-1465.
2. Sam,M., Moghimian, N. & Bhiladvala, R. B. (2016). Field-directed chaining of nanowires: Towards transparent electrodes.Materials Letters, 163, 205-208.
3. Sam, M., Moghimian, N.& Bhiladvala, R. B. (2016). Field-directed assembly of nanowires: identifying directors, disruptors and indices to maximize device yield. Nanoscale, 8, 889-900.
4. Moghimian,N., Sam, M., & Bhiladvala, R. B. (2013). Rhodium nanowires: Synthesis and nanostructure tailoring by controlling hydrogen evolution. Materials Letters, 113, 152-155.
5. Moghimian,N., Sam, M., Coelho, J. D., Warwick, S. D., & Bhiladvala, R. B. (2013). Suppressing electroless growth allows cyanide-free electrodeposition of straight separable gold nanowires. Electrochimica Acta, 114,643-648.
6. Sam,M., Bayati, M., Mojtahedi, M., & Janghorban, K. (2010). Growth of Cu2S/CdS nano-layered photovoltaic junctions for solar cell applications. Applied Surface Science, 257, 1449-1453
7. Sam,M., Bhiladvala, R. Method that identifies disruptive forces when aligning nanowires. US patent application number 62/411,345.Filed October 21, 2016
8. Sam,M., Bhiladvala, R. & Moghimian, N. Nanowire devices, systems, and methods of production. US provisional patent application 15/331,554. Filed October 21, 2016
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