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Details of Pulickel M. Ajayan
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Associate Professor of Materials Engineering
112 Materials Research Center
Tel: 518.276.2322 / 6448
E-mail: ajayan@rpi.edu Education: B. Tech in Metallurgical Engineering (1985), Banaras Hindu University, India
Ph. D in Materials Science & Engineering (1989), Northwestern University, IL, U.S.A.
Professional Background: 1990 - May 1993: Post-doctoral Researcher, Fundamental Research Laboratories, NEC Corporation, 34 Miyukigaoka, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan May 1993 - July 1995: Research Scientist, Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Bat. 510, Universite Paris-Sud, CNRS , Orsay, France August 1995 - December 1996: Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow, Max-Planck-Institut für Metallforschung, Institut für Werkstoffwissenschaft, Seestrasse 92, Stuttgart, Germany January 1997 - Present: Assistant Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Research Interests: Structure-Property Correlations in Carbon Based Materials (Carbon Fibers, Nanotubes, Fullerenes, Diamond)
Nanostructured Materials (Clusters, Ceramics, Composites)
Melting and Related Phase Transitions, Capillarity Induced Effects
Electron Microscopy & Spectroscopy (Electron Diffraction, Imaging, EELS)
Membership in Technical Societies & Organizations: Microscopy Society of America, 1997-1999
Electrochemical Society, Inc., 1997-1998
Materials Research Society, 1999-2000
American Vacuum Society, 2000
American Society for Engineering Education, 1998
Journal Publications:(*13 Most recent listed) - P. M. Ajayan and O. Zhou, "Applications of carbon nanotubes", to appear in Carbon Nanotubes (ed. M. S. Dresselhaus and G. Dresselhaus), Springer-Verlag Publications (2000).
- L. B. Kish, R. Vajtai and P. M. Ajayan, "Random walk in an eddy and tube formation from fine particles", Chaos, Submitted.
- D. Tekleab, R. Czerw, A. Rubio and P. M. Ajayan, Y. Liang and D. Carroll, "Measuring carbon nanotube - substrate interactions", Appl. Phys. Lett., Submitted.
- P. M. Ajayan, Z. J. Zhang, B. Wei and G. Ramanath, "Carbon nanotube crystals", Nature, Submitted.
- Z. J. Zhang, G. Ramanath and P. M. Ajayan, D. Goldberg and Y. Bando, "Radial patterns of carbonated silica microfibers", Adv. Mater., Submitted.
- Z. J. Zhang, B. Wei, G. Ramanath and P. M. Ajayan, "Substrate self-selctive growth of aligned carbon nanotubes", Appl. Phys. Lett., Submitted.
- A. B. Dalton, C. Stephan, J. Coleman, B. McCarthy, P. M. Ajayan, S. Lefrant, P. Bernier, W. J. Blau, and H. J. Byrne "Size-selection of carbon nanotubes", J. Phys. Chem, In press.
- B. Wei, Z. J. Zhang, G. Ramanath and P. M. Ajayan, "Liftup growth of carbon nanotubes on patterned substrates", Appl. Phys. Lett., In press.
- D. Tekleab, R. Czerw, P.M. Ajayan and D.L. Carroll, "Electronic structure of kinked multiwalled carbon nanotubes", Appl. Phys. Lett., 76, 3594, 2000.
- M. Terrones, H. Terrones, F. Banhart, J. -C. Charlier and P. M. Ajayan, "Coalescence of singlewalled carbon nanotubes", Science, 288, 1227, 2000.
- P. M. Ajayan, L. S. Schadler, C. Giannaris and A. Rubio, "Mechanical response of singlewalled carbon nanotubes in polymer nanocomposites", Adv. Mater., 12, 750, 2000.
- P. M. Ajayan, J. Nugent and R. W. Siegel, "Autocatalytic growth of carbon micro-trees", Nature, 404, 243, 2000.
- J. N. Coleman, A. B. Dalton, S. Curran, A. Rubio, A. P. Davey, A. Drury, B. McCarthy, B. Lahr, P. M. Ajayan, S. Roth, R. C. Barklie and W. J. Blau, "Phase separation of carbon nanotubes and turbostratic graphite using a functional organic polymer", Adv. Mater., 12, 213 (2000).
Books & Monographs: - Novel Carbon Structures: Fullerenes, Volume 2 (In the Book Series on "CARBON" by Gordon and Breach Publishers.
Book Editors: P. M. Ajayan and Yves Rubin.
Series Editor: Pierre Delhaes
Expected Date of Publication: Summer 2001
- Nanocomposite Science and Technology, by VcH/Wiley Publishers
Book Authors: P. M. Ajayan, L. Schadler and P. Braun.
Expected Date of Publication: Winter 2001
Honors & Awards: Conference Chair, Engineering Foundation Conference: "Nanocomposites, Design & Application", Girdwood, Alaska, March 28-April2, 1999
National Science Foundation 1998 CAREER Award
Burton Medal, Microscopy Society of America, 1997
Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship, 1995
Advisory Editor Board Member of Zeitschrift für Metallkunde
Editorial board Member : TIP Revista Especialzada en Ciencias Quimico-Biologicas (Spanish trans: Specialty Magazine in the Science of Biological Chemicals)
Presidential Student Award, Electron Microscopy Society of America, 1989.
Hadfield Medal for Outstanding Metallurgist, Calcutta (India), 1985.
Bachelor of Technology Gold Medal, Banaras Hindu University (India), 1985. 
Category: General Engineering
Type: Scientist & Engineers
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