Ph.D. in Applied Physics, Rice University (2013)

M.S. in Applied Physics, Rice University (2011)

B.S. in Physics, Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics, University of Dallas

Dissertation

Bleach Imaged Plasmon Propagation (BlIPP) of Metallic Nanoparticle Waveguides
Bleach Imaged Plasmon Propagation (BIIPP) in Single Gold Nanowires

Publications

S. Nauert, A. Paul, Y.-R. Zhen, D. Solis, L. Vigderman, W.-S. Chang, E. R. Zubarev, P. Nordlander, and S. Link, Influence of Cross Sectional Geometry on Surface Plasmon Polariton Propagation in Gold Nanowires, ACS Nano 8, 572 (2014).
D. Solis, Jr., A. Paul, W.-S. Chang, S. Link, Mechanistic Study of Bleach-Imaged Plasmon Propagation (BlIPP), J. Phys. Chem. B, 117, 4611 (2013). 
J. Olson, P. Swanglap, W.-S. Chang, S. Khatua, D. Solis, S. Link, Detailed mechanism for the orthogonal polarization switching of gold nanorod plasmons, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 15, 419 (2013). 
D. Solis, A. Paul, J. Olson, L. S. Slaughter, P. Swanglap, W.-S. Chang, and S. Link, Turning the Corner: Efficient Energy Transfer in Bent Plasmonic Nanoparticle Chain Waveguides, Nano Lett. 13, 4779 (2013).
D. Solis, Jr., B. Willingham, S. L. Nauert, L. S. Slaughter, J. Olson, P. Swanglap, W.-S. Chang, S. Link, Electromagnetic Energy Transport in Nanoparticle Chains via Dark Plasmon Modes, Nano Lett. 12, 1349 (2012). View article
A. Paul, D. Solis, Jr., K. Bao, W.-S. Chang, S. Nauert, L. Vidgerman, E. R. Zubarev, P. Nordlander, S. Link, Identification of Higher Order Long Range Surface Plasmon Polariton Modes in Chemically Prepared Gold Nanowires, ACS Nano 6, 8105 (2012).
D. Solis, W.-S. Chang, B. P. Khanal, K. Bao, P. Nordlander, E. Zubraev, S. Link, Bleach-Imaged Plasmon Propagation (BlIPP) in Single Gold Nanowires, Nano Lett. 10, 3482 (2010). 
A. Tcherniak, D. Solis, S. Khatua, A. A. Tangonan, T. R. Lee, S. Link, Chain-length dependent nematic ordering of conjugated polymers in a liquid crystal solvent. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130, 12262 (2008).