About

Dr. Veronika A. Williams is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Russian and Slavic Studies at the University of Arizona. She received her Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching in 2016 and her MA in Russian Studies in 2010 from the same university. Her doctoral research focuses on learner autonomy in language learning, specifically examining the effectiveness and benefits of targeted learner autonomy training for language learners. Her areas of interest include methodology in Russian language teaching, intercultural competence, and the intersection of Russian language and culture. Recently, she has worked on cultural aspects of Russian rap. In addition to her teaching responsibilities, Dr. Williams serves as the Director of the Russian Basic Language Program and collaborates closely with Graduate Teaching Assistants to ensure excellence in Russian language instruction. She teaches a variety of courses ranging from elementary Russian to advanced topics in Russian language, literature, and folklore, including courses on Eastern European cinema, multicultural Russia, contemporary Russia, and Slavic folklore. Her work emphasizes both language acquisition and cultural understanding, contributing to the department's mission of fostering comprehensive Russian and Slavic studies.

Research topics

• Materials science
• Optoelectronics
• Optics
• Molecular physics
• Chemical physics

Selected publications

• CCDC 955215: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination

  The Cambridge Structural Database · 2016-01-01

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  An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available from the CCDC and typically includes 3D coordinates, cell parameters, space group, experimental conditions and quality measures.

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• Organic/Inorganic Molecular Beam Epitaxy (O/I-MBE): Formation and Characterization of Ordered Phthalocyanine Thin Films – Photoelectrochemical Processes

  Molecular crystals and liquid crystals science technology. Section A, Molecular crystals and liquid crystals/Molecular crystals and liquid crystals science and technology. Section A, Molecular crystals and liquid crystals · 1994-08-01 · 8 citations

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  Abstract – Photoelectrochemical processes are described for epitaxial phthalocyanine thin films on SnS2 single crystal photoelectrodes. Square lattice formation is indicated during the nucleation of the ordered monolayers of the trivalent metal Pc's (e.g. InPc-CI) and the tetravalent metal Pc's (e.g. VOPc). Multilayer growth leads to packing structures which strongly red-shift (VOPc, InPc-CI) or blue-shift (AIPc-F) the Q-band photocurrent spectra, in accordance with established models for exciton coupling effects. Quantum yields for photocurrent production versus Pc coverage are consistent with the requirement for exciton diffusion from the point of excitation in the Pc multilayer to the SnS2 interface, where charge injection occurs.

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• RHEED and optical characterization of ordered multilayers of phthalocyanine⧸C60 and phthalocyanine/perylene-tetracarboxylicdianhydride (PTCDA)

  Surface Science · 1994-04-01 · 40 citations

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• Biexcitons in phthalocyanine thin films

  International Quantum Electronics Conference · 1994-05-08

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  Advances in organic molecular beam epitaxy techniques1 have made it possible to investigate the nonlinear optical properties of ordered organic supramolecular assemblies. The epitaxial thin films have optical absorptions that are much narrower than polycrystalline absorptions. Central questions that need to be resolved in this context are the nature of intermolecular interactions and whether or not the nonlinear optical properties are determined by the molecular hyperpolarizabilities alone.

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• Polarization-Dependent Femtosecond Dynamics of MBE-Grown Phthalocyanine Organic Thin Films

  Springer series in chemical physics · 1993-01-01

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• Epitaxial phthalocyanine thin films and phthalocyanine/C60 multilayers

  Synthetic Metals · 1993-03-01 · 35 citations

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• Biexcitonic absorption in an epitaxial chloro-indium phthalocyanine thin film

  Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference · 1993-05-02

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• Femtosecond excited-state dynamics in fluoro- and chloroaluminum phthalocyanine thin films

  The Journal of Physical Chemistry · 1992-05-01 · 42 citations

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  ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTFemtosecond excited-state dynamics in fluoro- and chloroaluminum phthalocyanine thin filmsV. S. Williams, S. Mazumdar, N. R. Armstrong, Z. Z. Ho, and N. PeyghambarianCite this: J. Phys. Chem. 1992, 96, 11, 4500–4505Publication Date (Print):May 1, 1992Publication History Published online1 May 2002Published inissue 1 May 1992https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/j100190a069https://doi.org/10.1021/j100190a069research-articleACS PublicationsRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views229Altmetric-Citations42LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail Other access options Get e-Alerts

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• Ultrafast polarization-dependent spectral hole-burning in a nearly amorphous fluoro-aluminum phthalocyanine thin film

  Chemical Physics Letters · 1992-06-01 · 9 citations

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• Ultrafast Excited-State Dynamics in a Fluoro-Aluminum Phthalocyanine Thin Film

  MRS Proceedings · 1992-01-01 · 1 citations

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Frequent coauthors

• Neal R. Armstrong

  University of Arizona

  10 shared

• N. Peyghambarian

  University of Arizona

  9 shared

• Z. Z. Ho

  Physical Optics Corporation

  6 shared

• Sandalphon

  Areté Associates (United States)

  4 shared

• C. D. England

  4 shared

• S. Mazumdar

  Assam University

  4 shared

• Lai‐Kwan Chau

  National Chung Cheng University

  3 shared

• Kenneth W. Nebesny

  University of Arizona

  3 shared

Labs

• Russian Basic Language ProgramPI