GANPATI RAMANATH Professor of Materials Science and ...

GANPATI RAMANATH Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

111 MRC, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 110 Eighth St., Troy, NY 12180, USA

Phone: (518) 522-2720 Email: [email protected]

www.rpi.edu/~ganapr Citizenship: USA

1. EDUCATION Ph.D. (1997) Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL. M.S. (1993) Materials Science and Engineering, University of Cincinnati, OH. B.Tech. (1990) Metallurgical Engineering IIT, Madras (now Chennai), India.

2. APPOINTMENTS 2006 – present Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 4/08 – 1/10 Director, Center for Future Energy Systems 5/03 – 12/06 Tenured Associate Professor, MS&E Department, RPI, Troy, NY 2003 – present Associate editor, IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology 2007 – present Editorial Board member, Research Letters in Materials Science 2005 – present Editorial Advisory Board member, Journal of Experimental Nanoscience 2007 – present Editorial Advisory Board member, The Open Materials Science Journal 6/07 – 7/07; 8/10 Visiting Professor, University of Wollongong, Australia 6/06 – 8/06 Visiting Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 9/04 – 8/05 Visiting Professor, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Germany 7/04 – 9/04; 7-8/10 Visiting Professor, ICYS & MANA, National Institute for Materials Science,

Tsukuba, Japan 7/98 – 5/03 Tenure-track Assistant Professor, MS&E Department, RPI, Troy, NY 3/98 – 7/98 Visiting Scientist, Physics Department, Linköping University, Sweden 1997 – 1998 Senior Engineer, Novellus Systems Inc, San Jose, CA 1993 – 1996 Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 1990 – 1992 Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant, University of Cincinnati, OH

3. HONORS AND AWARDS • Represented the US (one of 2 speakers) in the area of nanomaterials in Japan-America Frontiers of

Engineering (JAFOE) workshop, National Academy of Engineering, Irvine, CA (Nov 9-11, 2009) • Feted for excellence in faculty mentoring, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2009) • Organized and lead a US team consisting of 7 distinguished researchers and 20 junior researchers for

the first US-India Nanoscience and Engineering Institute (Chennai, India, Jan 9-18, 2008). • Best paper award, 7th IEEE conference on Nanotechnology “IEEE Nano 2007”, Hong Kong. • Work on “nanosculpture”and “nanoglue” featured as Science/Tech News in science portals

worldwide (Google “Ramanath nanosculpture” July 2008; “Ramanath nanoglue” May/June 2007). • Work on nanoglue was featured as Science/Tech News CNN, MSNBC, Scientific American, PC

World, MIT Tech Review, Reuters, AVS, MRS, Washington Post, Discovery Channel, Chemistry World, Science Daily, EETimes, AOL news, EurekaAlert, PC World, and local newspapers (May 2007). Google keywords: “Ramanath nano glue” and “Ramanath spiderman” (~800+ hits)

• Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship (2004) • Prof. Bergmann Memorial Young Scientist Award, US-Israel Binational Science Foundation (2003)

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• School of Engineering Research Excellence Award, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2003) • National Science Foundation early CAREER Award (2000) • IBM Research Partnership Award–University Partnership Program—co-recipient (1999-present) • MRS Graduate Student Award (a.k.a. Gold award), MRS Fall meeting, Boston, MA (1996) • Best Poster, High-temperature Intermetallics Symposium, MRS Fall, Boston (1992) • Ph.D. work was Technology News in Solid State Technology (2/97) & Wafer News (12/96) • Recent works featured on the cover page and editorial of the Wiley journal Small (Aug 2005), cited as

Research News in Materials Today (Jan ‘05), and in the first issue of Small (Jan ’05). • Works on nanotubes growth and optoacoustic properties were featured in Science News, Business

Review, Washington Times, C&E News, Eetimes, local TV channels (April/May 2002) • Elected member, Alpha Sigma Mu honor society (1990—); Phi Kappa Phi honor society (1995—)

4. ADVISEE AWARDS • Best presentation award (Saurabh Garg) Characterization of a buried Cu-silica interface:

toughening by nanomolecular ceramization, 57th AVS International symposium, Applied Surface Science Division, Albuquerque, NM (Oct. 2010).

• M.J. Collins Award finalist (Rutvik Mehta) for Innovations in Microwave Chemistry by CEM (Oct 2010). http://www.cem.com/content637.html

• Best student talk award (Gorun Butail) Voltage controlled branching of titania nanotubes and its application for photovoltaics, AVS Hudson Mohawk Chapter, RPI (March 25, 2010).

• Best poster award (Peter O’Brien) Metrology and manipulation of interfacial heat transport for nanoswitch architectures, Eastern NY ASM/ Mohawk-Hudson TMS/CDMMS (Nov 2009).

• Shared second Prize, Poster competition (Saurabh Garg) Molecular ceramization induced toughening of Cu-silica interface, Eastern NY ASM/Mohawk-Hudson TMS/CDMMS (11/09).

• Shared second Prize, Poster competition (Ashutosh Jain) Delamination nanomechanics of molecularly tailored copper-silica interfaces, Eastern NY ASM/Mohawk-Hudson TMS/CDMMS meeting (11/09).

• Best micrograph award (Rutvik Mehta) Nano-hexagram motifs, Eastern NY ASM, Mohawk-Hudson TMS and CDMMS Materials Poster & Micrograph Competition, RPI (Nov 2009).

• Best student talk award (Saurabh Garg), Metal-dielectric interfacial toughening by ceramization in a molecular nanolayer, AVS Hudson Mohawk Chapter meeting, Oct. 2009, Albany.

• Best Poster Award (Saurabh Garg) Copper silica interfacial adhesion by metal catalyzed ring opening in a molecular nano layer, Eastern NY ASM/Mohawk-Hudson TMS/CDMMS (11/08).

• Graduate Student Silver Award for outstanding conduct of Materials Research (Darshan Gandhi), Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston (November 2007). Colossal interfacial toughening of copper-silica interfaces using a molecular nanolayer for nanodevice wiring

• MRS Graduate Student Gold Award for outstanding conduct of Materials Research (M.S. Raghuveer), Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco (April 2005). Site-selective functionalization of carbon nanotubes (Among 12 out of 160+ worldwide competitors)

• Best poster finalist—top 6 of 250 (Dr. Gopal Ganesan), Materials Research Society Spring meeting, San Francisco (4/03). Polyelectrolyte nanolayers as barriers for copper diffusion into silica

• First prize, Student poster contest (D. D. Gandhi and A.P. Singh), TMS-Hudson-Mohawk chapter 11/06) Study of interfacial adhesion and mechanical properties of molecularly modified dielectrics.

• Second prize, Student poster contest (S. Agrawal), TMS-Hudson-Mohawk chapter (Nov 2006) Defect induced enhancement of intershell carrier transport in carbon nanotubes.

• First prize, Student micrograph contest (B. Singh and S. Agrawal), TMS-Hudson-Mohawk chapter (Nov 2006) Valley of Flowers.

• First prize, Professional micrograph contest (G. Pattanaik and S. Agrawal), TMS-Hudson-Mohawk chapter (Nov 2006) Rolling Stones.

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• First prize, Student poster contest (M.S. Raghuveer), TMS Hudson-Mohawk Chapter (November 2005) Exploring alternative techniques to functionalize carbon nanotubes. (1 out of ~20).

• First prize, poster contest--professionals category (Qingyu Yan), TMS Hudson Mohawk chapter (November 2005) Sb-doped FePt nanoparticles: synthesis, morphology, ordering and magnetic properties (1 out of ~15)

• First prize, micrograph contest (S. Agrawal. M. Raghuveer), ASM/TMS Hudson Mohawk chapter meeting (November 2005) Nanotube volcanic Eruptions (1 of ~15)

• Second Prize, micrograph contest (M.S. Raghuveer) TMS-CDMMS (Hudson-Mohawk Chapter), Troy (November 2005): Spider-web formations in carbon nanotubes thin films. (2 out of ~15).

• Second prize, micrograph contest (M.S. Raghuveer), ASM/TMS Hudson Mohawk chapter meeting (11/04)

• Second prize, poster competition, Ion-beam modification and Site-Selective Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes, (M. S. Raghuveer), NY-Nanotech (11/ 2004).

• Best poster (Dr. M.J. Frederick), ASM/TMS Hudson Mohawk chapter meeting (November 2003). Kinetics and mechanisms of microstructure evolution and interfacial reactions in Cu-Mg alloy films.

• Best micrograph award (M.J. Frederick), ASM/TMS Hudson Mohawk chapter meeting (2003). • Second Prize (out of ~20), poster, (T. Maddanimath), ASM/TMS Hudson Mohawk chapter meeting

(2003). Nanowire networks of metallic nanoparticles • Second Prize, poster, (Amanda Ellis), ASM/TMS Hudson Mohawk chapter meeting (Nov 2002).

Gold nanowire meshes by assembly of nanoparticles at room temperature • First Prize in poster competition (G. Cui), ASM/TMS Hudson Mohawk chapter meeting (Nov 2001).

Molecular layer adhesion enhancers for Cu-silica interfaces. • Second Prize in poster competition (H. Kim), ASM/TMS Hudson Mohawk chapter meeting (Nov

2001). Electromigration in single crystal copper lines. • Best micrograph prize (R. Leahy) Hudson Mohawk chapter TMS meeting (11/99, ‘01)

5. RESEARCH 5.1. Nanostructured materials and interfaces for applications in electronics and energy

Materials discovery and design through directed synthesis, assembly, modification and scalable processing. Atomic-/molecular-level engineering of structural and functional properties and stability of nanoscopic building blocks, their architectures and assemblies, and their interfaces. Synergistically combining multiple microscopy and microanalysis techniques together with device fabrication and testing to understand and manipulate atomistic/molecular/electronic structure-level phenomena (e.g., TEM and diffraction, and spectroscopies such as RBS, XPS, XANES, AES, SIMS, EDX).

5.1.1. Directed synthesis and assembly of nanoscopic building blocks and heteroarchitectures

F Devise strategies to synthesize and assemble nanostructures of desired size, shape, stability and

properties, and by combining chemical and/or physical guidance (e.g., molecularly-directed nanostructure sizing, shaping and doping; lithography, ion irradiation, microwave stimulation)

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with self-assembly and scalable non-vacuum processing. Understand and manipulate molecular/atomic-level mechanisms and relationships between processing parameters, nanostructure and assembly structure and chemistry, to tailor functional (thermal, mechanical and electronic) properties. Present projects: Nanostructured bulk high figure of merit thermoelectric materials, nanotube/nanowire/nanoparticle networks and composites for photovoltaics and heat management devices.

5.1.2. Molecularly tailored interfaces: understanding and manipulating properties

F Investigate and develop the use of molecular nanolayers to tailor the mechanical integrity, and

electrical and thermal transport properties of hard-soft and hard-hard interfaces, nanostructures and their assemblies for applications in nanoelectronics, energy and nano-/bio-composites. Directly access and tune nanoscale phenomena and properties (e.g., Fermi-level pinning, interfacial thermal conductance, charge capacity) and develop atomistic/molecular-level understanding of interface stability-property relationships. Present projects: Nanomechanics of interfacial fracture and corrosion at molecularly tailored interfaces, work function tuning at metal/high-k interfaces, thermal conductance manipulation for heat management, molecularly functionalized low-/high-k dielectrics for nanodevices and electrodes for energy storage.

Processing and microanalytical techniques F We are interested in, and adept at, synergistically combining and devising new processing

approaches for thin film/nanostructure synthesis, and utilizing multiple microanalysis techniques to understand and manipulate key features of atomistic/molecular-level phenomena. Our interests encompass bottom-up self-assembly and top-down nanofabrication tools, low-energy intensity and scalable techniques. Our growing toolbox of microanalytical techniques include electron microscopy (TEM, diffraction, SEM), related spatially resolved X-ray and electron spectroscopies, XRD, and various spectroscopies including RBS, XPS, AES, XANES, SIMS, EDX, IR, UV-visible, electrical, thermal and thermoelectric measurements, interface mechanical tests and electrical device testing (I-V, C-V, TVS, etc.).

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5.2. SCHOLARSHIP (seee section 8 for publication list) • 125+ refereed articles in refereed journals including Nature, Science, Nano Letters, Advanced

Materials, Journal of American Chemical Society, Physical Review B, Physical Review Letters, Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics, ACS Nano, to name a few.

• 20+ refereed conference articles (7 invited), 1 book chapter • 2800+ citations, H-index—28, Average citations per paper = 21 • Editor for 3 conference proceedings in refereed journals • 6 US patents issued, several pending • 250+ presentations (140+ invited) in conferences, universities, and industrial/national laboratories

5.3. RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS (see section 11 for proposal activity) • Average expenditure of ~$630k/year over the last 10 years, $800k/year in the last 5 years • 60+ funded proposals out of 135+ • Grants are from several federal agencies and industrial sources: NSF (including CAREER, 2

NERs and NSEC), Semiconductor Research Corporation, NY-state, MARCO-DARPA, Office of Naval Research, US-Israel Binational Science Foundation, IBM, Novellus, Philip Morris USA, Honda Research, SA Photonics.

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5.4. RESEARCH LEADERSHIP

5.4.1. As Director of the New York State Center for Future Energy Systems • Served as the director of the NY state Center for Future Energy Systems (CFES)—a NY-state

funded Center for Advanced Technology, from April 2008 to Jan 2010. CFES’ mission is to enable economic development in the energy arena through university-industry partnerships. This center comprised of two academic institutions: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Cornell University, with Rensselaer in the lead. I directed all key activities of CFES, including staffing, strategizing, fundraising, building industry partnerships, managing the Cornell subcontract, assembling and building multi-PI and multi-university research teams for large federal grants, organize symposia, outreach activities, and establishment and management of central laboratory facilities.

• As CFES director, I provided leadership to nearly quadruple the influx of funds into the center (see graph below) through new projects and initiatives.

Graph capturing the rapid growth of CFES research funds in 2008-2009 when Ramanath was director. The $ figures shown above reflect money raised each fiscal year except for fiscal year 2010 where the $ amount shown is for the first 6 months. All amounts are pro-rated per year. For example, only 1/3rd of a 3-year grant is included for each year. The Cornell part of the budget is not shown.

• Established three thrust areas: Energy nanomaterials synthesis and characterization, Device

development and testing, and Systems architectures and integration. Inducted new faculty into CFES from 8+ departments to boost these thrusts, and mentored the faculty to develop and win multi-PI proposals. Led and/or facilitated multi-PI pre-proposals/proposals/related initiatives to DARPA, ARPA-E, NY-BEST and companies (e.g., Paper battery company, SA Photonics, Siemens, Lockheed). Expanded the scope of the center by seeding new areas (e.g., petroleum reconnaissance) with new funding (e.g., $1M from Advanced Energy Consortium).

• Established a new CFES laboratory facility and set it up as a recharge center to initiate the conversion of the virtual center into a real one. The capabilities of the Energy materials and devices laboratory include synthesis, fabrication, characterization and testing of energy materials and architectures to complement extant facilities at RPI. Example capabilities include BET adsorption/desorption, solar cell test stations, battery fabrication and electrochemical test stations, infrared and UV-vis spectrometers.

• Hired associate director, financial manager and research staff, and positioned CFES and its affiliate faculty as key partners in strategic initiatives (e.g., NY Energy Policy Institute), expanded visibility nationally by organizing annual symposia and participating in various capacities (panelist, key stakeholder).

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5.4.2. Examples of lead or major role in large multi-PI grants/proposals • NSF-MRI: Acquisition of a multipurpose X-ray diffractometer system for Advanced Materials

Research and Education; Effort: Principal Investigator; $319,982; 5/07-4/08; Associates: Co-PIs: D. Gall, D. Lewis. Contribution: Leadership and 50%.

• NSF-MRI: Acquisition of Instrumentation for Nanoscale In-Situ Studies in Auger Electron and X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy; Effort: Co-PI; $500,895; 9/09-8/12; PI: Robert Hull, Co-PIs: Duquette, Wang, Lu. Contribution: 20%.

• NIST-Nanoelectronics Research Initiative: Heat Generation and Dissipation in Nanoelectronics Components and Assemblies: Metrology, Modeling and Mechanisms; Effort: Principal Investigator; Budget Amount: $375,000; Budget Period: 2009-2012; Associates: R.W. Siegel, T. Borca-Tasiuc, P. Keblinski. Contribution: Leadership and 30%.

• NSF-MRI: Acquisition of a Multi-Functional Dual-Beam System for Nanopatterning and Simultaneous Modification and Imaging of Surfaces/Interfaces With nm Scale Precision Effort: Co- Principal Investigator; $500,000; 2005; Co-PI: O. Nalamasu; Contribution: Leadership

• NSF NSEC—pre-proposal (2000) and full proposal (2001); Effort: Co-Principal Investigator; Center proposal lead by Dick Siegel, 2000; $10,000,000/5 years; Contribution: Key PI

• NSF-MRI Acquisition of a High Resolution TEM equipped with GIF and EDS (1999); Effort: Co-Principal Investigator; PIs: P. M. Ajayan and K. Rajan; Amount: $1,050,178

• NSF-MRI, Acquisition of a Micro-Raman Spectrometer (1999); Effort: Co-Investigator; PI: L. Schadler; Amount: $250,000

• Played a major role in putting together or was the lead PI in DoE-EFRC, ARPA-E, DARPA and company consortia proposals with $1M+ budgets. These were not funded.

• Expanded the scope of CFES by enabling a $1M project (PIs: N. Koratkar, Y. Shi) in a new energy area of petroleum reconnaissance from the Advanced Energy Consortium, TX.

6. MENTORING STUDENTS AND POST-DOCTORAL ASSOCIATES 6.1. CURRENT STUDENTS

1. Rutvik Mehta 2. Saurabh Garg 3. Gorun Butail 4. Peter O’Brien 5. Vijay Dandapani

6. Nikhil Balachander 7. Indira Seshadri 8. Priyanka Jood (Visitor from Australia) 9. Victor Malgras (Visitor from Australia)

6.2. GRADUATED 1. Ashutosh Jain (PhD, Dec 09)—Intel, Arizona 2. Binay Singh (PhD, May 09)—Intel, Oregon 3. Darshan Gandhi (PhD, May ’07)—MRS Student Silver Award; International Rectifiers, CA 4. Amit Pratap Singh (PhD, May ’07)— Intel, Oregon 5. Saurabh Agrawal (PhD, May ’07)—Intel, Oregon 6. M.S. Raghuveer (PhD, Jun ‘06); MRS Student Gold Award; Sandisk, CA 7. Matthew J. Frederick (PhD, Jul ‘03)—Knolls atomic power laboratory 8. Howard Kim (PhD, Jul ’05)—Samsung, Korea 9. Trupti Maddanimath (PhD, ‘06)—has a chemical characterization business 10. Wei Jiang (MS, Sept 2010)—start-up company in China 11. Mike Stukowski (MS, May 2003)—pursued PhD at Iowa State U 12. Guangchun Cui (MS, Dec. ‘02)—pursued PhD at Georgia Tech 13. Xiaoyun Guo (MS, Dec. ‘02) 14. Xiaochuan Wang (MS, Dec. ‘02) 15. Kaushik Chanda (MS, May ‘01)—IBM 16. Harmeet S. Goindi (MS, May ‘01)—Bank of America

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6.3. PREVIOUS POSTDOCTARAL AND VISITING SCHOLARS 1. Dr. Ranganath Teki (5/09-10/10)—Sematech 2. Dr. C. Karthik (2/08-2/09)—Research staff at Boise State University, ID 3. Dr. R. Mahima (2/08-1/09)—start-up company in Bangalore, India 4. Dr. Tie Wang (3/08-3/09)—post-doc in U Florida 5. Dr. A. Purkayastha (3/04-2/08)—Senior Scientist at Laird Technologies 6. Dr. Qingyu (Alex) Yan (1/05-11/07)— Assistant Professor at NTU Singapore. 7. Dr. Gyana Pattanaik (10/06-12/07)— Research Staff at Wright Patterson Airforce Base 8. Dr. K.C. Rajanna (09/07-11/07)—Professor at the University of Hyderabad 9. Dr. Huafang Li (2/06-10/06)—staff scientist at RPI 10. Dr. P. Victor (4/04-9/05)—Senior Engineer, Applied Materials Inc. 11. Dr. A. Kumar (11/03-05/05)—research staff at Rice University 12. Dr. P. G. Ganesan (9/02-9/04; 2/08-12/09)—Staff Scientist at University at Albany. 13. Dr. M.J. Frederick (8/03-5/04)—Staff Scientist at Lockheed Martin (KAPL, Niskayuna, NY) 14. Dr. Julie Gall (9/02-12/03)—homemaker 15. Dr. Amanda Ellis (2/02-4/03)—Associate Professor at Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia 16. Dr. A. Cao (1/02-1/03)—co-advised, currently Assistant Professor at U. Hawaii 17. Dr. K. Vijayamohanan (sabbatical 09/01-2/02), Senior Scientist at NCL, Pune, India. 18. Dr. R. Goswami (07/01-07/02), currently at NRL 19. Dr. B.Q. Wei (03/01-04/02)—co-advised, currently Assistant Professor at U Delaware. 20. Dr. A. Krishnamoorthy (11/99-12/00)—IME Singapore. 21. Dr. Z.J. Zhang (04/00-02/01) co-advised, currently Professor at Tsinghua U, China

6.4. PhD THESIS COMMITTEES (Committee member/mentor/collaborator/external examiner) 23. Prabhu Balasubramanian, PhD Candidate, Materials Science and Engineering Department,

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Advisor: Prof. Robert Hull 22. Yanliang Zhang, PhD candidate, Mechanical Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering,

Rensselaer. Advisor: Prof. T. Borca-Tasciuc 21. Swatilekha Saha, PhD candidate, Physics Department, RPI; Advisor: Prof. K.M. Lewis 20. Shashidhar Shintri, PhD Candidate, Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering,

Rensselaer. Advisor: Prof. I. Bhat 19. Eduardo Castillo, PhD Candidate, Mechanical Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering,

Rensselaer. Advisor: Prof. T. Borca-Tasciuc 18. Matthew Martin, PhD, Physics Department. Advisor: Prof. Eah. 17. Claudiu L. Hapenciuc, PhD Candidate, Mechanical Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering,

Rensselaer. Advisor: Prof. T. Borca-Tasciuc 16. Youngsuk Son, Study of anisotropic thermal properties and thermal transport at the

interface in nanostructured materials (Candidacy 2006). Advisor: T. Borca-Tasciuc 15. Raj K. Dash, PhD, Mechanical Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering, Rensselaer. Advisor:

Prof. T. Borca-Tasciuc 14. PhD Thesis Opponent, for Per Eklund, Physics Department, Linköping University, Sweden

(Apr 2007). Advisor: Prof. Lars Hultman 13. Kumin Yang, PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,

2006. Advisor: Prof. R. Ozisik 12. Nicole Lay, PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,

2006. Advisor: Prof. David Duquette 11. Huafang Li, PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University,

Singapore, 2006. Advisor: Prof. Raju Ramanujan. 10. Trupti Maddanimath, PhD, Pune University, India, 2006. Advisor: Dr. K. Vijayamohanan,

National Chemical Laboratories, Pune, India. 9. Du Siwei, PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University,

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Singapore, 2005. Advisor: Prof. Raju Ramanujan. 8. A. Hörling, PhD, Physics, Linköping University Sweden, 2005. Advisor: Prof. Lars

Hultman. 7. R. Saxena, PhD, Chemical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2005. Advisor:

Prof. Plawsky. 6. Y. Jung, PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2003.

Advisor: Prof. Ajayan 5. Jon Ward, PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,

2002. Advisor: Prof. Ajayan 4. Yi-Cheng Chen, PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic

Institute, 2000. Advisor: Prof. Rajan 3. Pratima Rao, PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,

2001. Advisor: Prof. Doremus 2. Jin-Young. Kim, PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic

Institute, 2000. Advisor: Prof. Rymaszewski 1. Lennart Karlsson, PhD., Physics, Linköping University Sweden, 1999. Advisor: Prof. Lars

Hultman.

6.6. UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHERS Directed a 30-student NSF-REU program (2001-03), and advised 38 undergraduates in my group.

1. Michele Bustamante (Spr ’11— ) 2. Brandon Sweeney (Spr ’10— ) 3. Arvind Ramachandran (Sum ‘09) 4. Erik Lustgarten (Sum ’09) 5. Clare Maltman (Spr ’09) 6. Meagan Lazor (Spr ’09. Fall ’09) 7. A. Nirmalan (Brown U., Sum ‘07) 8. Svetlana Tancheva (2008-09) 9. Sarah Burch (RPI, ’06- ) 10. Mike Dibiccari (RPI, ’06- ) 11. Andrew Levine (RPI, ’06) 12. Adam Plate (RPI, ’06) 13. Nikki Bishop (RPI, ’04-’05) 14. Adam Wise(RPI, ‘04 - 05) 15. Will Joost (RPI, Spring, ‘03 -) 16. Scott Anderson (Wash. State, ‘03) 17. Lauren Snedeker (Mich. Tech. ‘03) 18. Jon Reindieu (RPI, ‘03) 19. Jen Michalicek (RPI, ‘02) 20. Leah Underwood (RPI, ’03)

21. Kevin Dusling (Cooper Union, ‘02) 22. Casey Rhodes (RIT, '02) 23. Andy Giagnacova (Lincoln U, '02) 24. Ohia Ahmadi (Yale, '01) 25. Louis Klapp, (Cornell, '00) 26. Tom Goeppinger, (U of Illinois, '99) 27. Jairaj Patel (RPI, ‘03) 28. Chitra Baid (RPI, ’00-‘02) 29. Erin McLellan (RPI, '01) 30. Ji-Hun Kim (RPI, ‘01) 31. John Marzano (RPI, ’01) 32. Ray Pang (RPI, ‘00) 33. Mike Ziegerhofer (RPI, ’00) 34. Dirk Scholvin (RPI, ‘99, ‘00) 35. Rory Leahy (Trinity, Ireland, ‘99) 36. Mark Wilkinson (RPI, ‘99) 37. Matt Stowe (RPI, ‘99) 38. Greg Verni (RPI, ‘99) 39. Jon Belfort (U. Roch, ‘98)

6.7. INITIATIVES FOR STUDENT EDUCATION AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT In addition to advising graduate students on their projects and teaching them hands-on skills in a variety of microscopy and spectroscopy techniques, film deposition, nanostructure synthesis and assembly, and property measurements, I have taken several additional initiatives to provide a holistic educational experience to graduate and undergraduate students, and post-doctoral associates. Some examples are listed below. • Organized—through the Archer Center—a team building and leadership workshop for my group

to foster the development of non-technical professional skills in graduate students and post-doctoral associates.

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• Provided industry exposure to students by organizing summer internships for students, and inviting industry visitors (e.g., IBM, Intel, Novellus, Motorola) to Rensselaer. For example, G. Cui, D. Gandhi, G. Butail, R. Mehta, A. Singh, S. Agrawal, S. Garg, H. Kim spent summers at IBM, General Electric, Intel, Seagate and Micron. Many of them were feted for their outstanding work during their internship; e.g., for contributing to new intellectual property development.

• Provided opportunities to students and post-docs for interacting with faculty at other academic institutions worldwide through exchange visits for periods between one week to a couple of months. For example, Saurabh Garg collaborated with Prof. Katsuhiko Ariga at the Center for Materials Nanoarchitechtronics (MANA) in NIMS, Japan; Matt Frederick collaborated with Prof. Lars Hultman, Linköping University, Sweden; Howard Kim interacted with Profs. Ivan Petrov and Joe Greene at University of Illinois; Amit Singh and Darshan Gandhi interacted with Prof. Moshe Eizenberg at the Technion, Israel, and Dr. Satya Nitta at IBM; Ashutosh Jain was, and Saurabh Garg and Vijayashankar are, being co-mentored by Dr. Michael Lane at Emory and Hentry College, VA. These interactions have broadened the students’ skillset and perspectives on materials research, spawned new ideas, and led to co-advising of students (e.g., T. Maddanimath, P. Jood, Victor Malgras) and post-doctoral associates, or the collaborators serving on thesis committees.

• Mentored each student to deliver at least one conference presentation (talk/poster) each year. This, together with their outstanding work contributed to the students winning numerous awards in local, national and international society meetings (see awards section).

• In addition to advising about 2-3 undergraduate students (total 38) each year on projects in my laboratory, I mentored 30 undergraduates as the director for the NSF-REU program (2001-3). I was successful in recruiting a substantial number of women and minority undergraduates (12 women and 8 African American out of total 30) for the NSF-REU program.

• As an instructor of the undergraduate core-courses and involving undergraduate researchers in my laboratory, I was instrumental in attracting at least 1-3 students each year to choose Materials Science and Engineering as their major. Examples are Andrew Detor, Jason Kane, Dirk Scholvin, Kevin Pepperl, Leah Underwood, Tressa Fruchtnicht, Kelly Hutchinson, to name a few. Many of them have either obtained or are pursuing graduate degrees.

7. TEACHING AND CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT 7.1. SUMMARY OF COURSES TAUGHT

7.1.1. Graduate courses (average rating 4+/5 last 3 yrs; range: 3.9-5; 5/5 in Spring 2010) o Advanced Structure and Bonding in Materials (Spring ’06, ’07, ’08) o Materials Characterization (Fall ’99, ’01, ’03, ’05, ’07, Spr ‘10) Onsite + distance-learning

(e.g., IBM, GE, KAPL) until 2005. o Nanostructured Materials (Spr ’03). o Advanced Materials Analysis (Fall ’05)

7.1.2. Undergraduate courses (average rating last 3 years ~4/5; range: 3.7-4.2) o Materials Science for Engineers (Spr ’04, Fall ’05, ’08, ‘10) o Chemistry of Materials II (Spr ’99, ’00, ’01, ’02, Fall ’00) o Chemistry of Materials I (Fall ’98, ’99) o Introduction to Engineering Analysis (Statics and Linear Algebra); Fall ‘06

7.1.3. Organizer of the Department colloquium seminar series o MTLE 6900-01— 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007

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7.1.4. Short courses for professionals o Chemically directed synthesis functionalization and properties of anistotropic

nanostructures and assemblies, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India (Feb 2010)—approximately 40 professionals with graduate degrees in physics or chemistry.

o Directed Assembly of Nanostructures, the National Institute of Advanced Studies, IISc, Bangalore (Jul 2006)—approximately 50 professionals with graduate degrees in physics, chemistry or engineering.

o Nanomaterials 101, at the BCC conference on Nanoparticles (Fall 2003). Topics included Synthesis, assembly, processing, properties and applications of nanostructures. About 30 scientists and engineers from across several fields, hailing from all around the world.

o Guest lectures for undergraduates on Nanomaterials at Union College and Sienna (2003-9)

7.1.5. Detailed teaching record

Term Course # Course (U-undergraduate, G-graduate) Size Rating

Spr ‘11 MTLE 6460 Advanced Structure and Bonding G 19 - Fall ‘10 ENGR 1600 Materials Science for Engineers U 56 2.8/5.0 Spr ‘10 MTLE 6430 Materials Characterization

Graduate elective G 11 5.0/5.0

Fall ‘08 ENGR 1600 Materials Science for Engineers U 56 3.1/5.0 Spr ‘08 MTLE 6962 Advanced Structure and Bonding

MSE Graduate core course G 22 3.0/5.0

Fall ‘07 MTLE 6430 Materials Characterization Graduate elective

G 16 4.1/4.0

Spr ‘07 MTLE 6962 Advanced Structure and Bonding MSE Graduate core course

G 18 3.9/5.0

Fall ‘06 ENGR 1100 Introduction to Engineering Analysis Core Engineering

U 57 4.2/5.0

Spr ‘06 MTLE 6962 Advanced Structure and Bonding Conceived and developed course

G 11 3.9/5.0

Fall 2005

MTLE 6430 Materials Characterization (distance learning)

G 13 4.3/5.0

Fall ‘05 ENGR 1600 Materials Science for Engineers G 53 3.7/5.0 Fall ‘05 MTLE 6940 Advanced Materials Analysis

G 3 Special

topic, n/a Spr ‘04 ENGR 1600 Materials Science for Engineers U 54 3.5/5.0 Spr ‘03 ENGR 1600 Materials Science for Engineers U 56 3.4/5.0 Fall ‘03 MTLE 6430 Materials Characterization

(distance learning) G 20 4.1/5.0

Spr ‘03 MTLE 6963 Nanostructured Materials G 24 4.1/5.0 Spr ‘02 CHEM1600 Chemistry of Materials II U 57 3.1/5.0 Fall ‘01 MTLE 6430 Materials Characterization

(distance learning) G 36 3.1/5.0

Spr ‘01 CHEM1600 Chemistry of Materials II U 58 3.7/5.0 Fall ‘00 CHEM 1600 Chemistry of Materials II U 36 3.0/5.0 Spr ‘00 CHEM 1600 Chemistry of Materials II U 45 3.3/5.0 Fall ‘99 CHEM 1500 Chemistry of Materials I U 55 3.6/5.0 Fall ‘99 MTLE 6430 Materials Characterization

(distance learning). G 24 3.9/5.0

Spr ‘99 CHEM 1600 Chemistry of Materials II U 39 3.3/5.0 Fall ‘98 CHEM 1500 Chemistry of Materials I

U 56 3.1/5.0

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7.2. CURRICULUM AND COURSEWARE DEVELOPMENT

7.2.1. Graduate curriculum in Materials Science and Engineering (Fall 2003) • As chairman of the Graduate Curriculum Committee (2002-2006), led the effort to revamp

the core-graduate curriculum in Materials Science and Engineering. The new core-courses are being implemented from Fall 2004. The newly structured curriculum spawned the development of five new courses directly, and provided a robust framework for structuring and redevelopment of electives and dual-level courses. These improved the learning experience and performance of graduate students hailing from diverse backgrounds (e.g., in their PhD qualifying examination).

7.2.2. Advanced Structure and Bonding in Materials (Spring 2006) • Conceived and developed the graduate core course on structure and bonding in solids. Covers

advanced crystallography, diffraction, and solid-state physics and chemistry descriptions of bonding in materials with the aim to provide graduate students the knowledge to learn and appreciate the intimate connections between structure, bonding, electronic structure, and properties of solids. Introduced an oral examination in the course to facilitate preparation for the PhD qualifying examination.

7.2.3. Nanostructured materials (Spring 2003) • Redeveloped and restructured the course material. Configured the course format to develop

modules for the undergraduate course on nanomaterials, introduced new topics (e.g., layered nanostructures, anchoring strategies, hybrid assemblies, and measurement challenges), and incorporated a team exercise. Introduced a new examination format to increase student participation. In addition to a half-hour oral presentation (which was the only way used to test the students by the earlier instructors) each student had to present a 10-page term paper on a complementary topic, and participate in reviewing one cornerstone paper with 2 other students and lead a 15 minute discussion in class. The web modules from the oral and term paper presentations are being used for the undergraduate nanomaterials course.

7.2.4. Materials characterization (Fall 1999-2005) • Developed lectures on various electron spectroscopies and surface scanning probe

microscopies, ion spectroscopies, depth profiling, diffraction, and high resolution imaging techniques. Incorporated software, visual, and video demos.

• Adapted the course to WebCT-based instruction for email exchanges, query resolution. Introduced two web-discussion forums for asynchronous interactions between the students, and between the students and the instructor. Provided internet access for course notes.

• Conceived and directed 2 video modules on X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (Summer 01) and Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry (summer 1999), and integrated them into the course. The footage was shot in Rensselaer and SUNY Albany.

• Created and incorporated a visual make-it-yourself gadget to understand reciprocal lattice and X-ray diffraction. This demo-gadget consists of transparencies with k vectors representing incoming and diffracted beams, anchored by pins and paperclips to an underlying pad with reciprocal lattice points. Rotating transparency pieces about different angles visually described diffraction from for single crystals, random polycrystals, and textured polycrystals; was also used in the Advanced Structures course

7.2.5. Chemistry of Materials (Summer 1999-2006)— now Materials Science for Engineers • Integrated several “special” materials seminars into the Chemistry of Materials Course to

provide a broader picture of materials science and engineering to undergraduates. Topics included solidification, crystal growth, crystallography, diffusion, phase formation, surface chemical reactions in deposition and etching, with device fabrication being the unifying

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theme. Integrated research work on thin films and nanotubes. Delivered several guest lectures in many class sections of colleagues on nanostructures, energy, molecules, and advanced materials.

• Developed class session notes pertaining to electrical properties of solids (metals, semiconductors, and insulators), and device fabrication. Prepared a 1-2 hour-long demonstration of key aspects of device processing and fabrication. Contributed to course reorganization efforts with the course coordinator.

8. PUBLICATIONS • 125+ refereed articles, 6 US patents, several pending applications, 1 book chapter • 2800+ citations, H-index—28, Average citations per article ~21.

8.1. BOOK CHAPTER / EDITORSHIP OF JOURNAL VOLUMES

4. Editor, Special Issue on Emerging Multifunctional Nanostructures, H. Y. Fan, Y. F. Lu, G. Ramanath, J. A. Pomposo, J. Nanomater. Editorial (2009).

3. Editor, Proceedings of the International conference for metallic coatings and thin films, Y. Pauleau, P. Mayrhofer A. Erdemir, A. Inspektor, G. Ramanath, Surface Coatings and Technology, 203(5-7) 399-400 (2008).

2. Editor, Proceedings of the International conference for metallic coatings and thin films, Y. Pauleau, P. Mayrhofer A. Erdemir, A. Inspektor, G. Ramanath, Thin Solid Films, 517(3) 1009-10 (2008).

1. Thin Film Deposition and Treatment, G. Ramanath, H. S. Goindi, and D. B. Bergstrom in Intermetallic Compounds, Principles and Practice vol. 3, pp. 663-680, edited by J.H. Westbrook and R.L. Fleischer (Wiley, 2002). Invited book chapter in an edited compilation of a book series on intermetallic compounds.

8.2. JOURNAL ARTICLES

2010-11 131. Synthesis and thermoelectric properties of thin film assemblies of bismuth telluride

nanocrystal polyhedra, A. Purkayastha, A. Jain, C. Hapenciuc, R. Buckley, B. Singh, C. Karthik, T. Borca-Tasciuc, G. Ramanath Chem. Mater. (2011) accepted.

130. Atomistic fracture energy partitioning at a metal-ceramic interface using a nanomolecular monolayer, A. Jain, B. Singh, S. Garg, N. Ravishankar, M. Lane, G. Ramanath, Phys. Rev. B. 83, 035412 (2011).

129. A non-contact thermal microprobe for local thermal conductivity measurement, Y. Zhang, E. E. Castillo, R. J. Mehta, G. Ramanath, T. Borca-Tasciuc, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 82, 024902 (2011).

128. High electrical conductivity antimony selenide nanocrystals and assemblies, R. J. Mehta, C. Karthik, Wei Jiang, B. Singh, N. Ravishankar, Y. Shi, T. Borca-Tasciuc, G. Ramanath, Nano Lett. 10, 4417-22 (2010).

127. Seebeck tuning in chalcogenide nanoplate assemblies by nanoscale heterostructuring, R. J. Mehta, C. Karthik, B.Singh, T. Borca-Tasciuc, G. Ramanath, ACS Nano 4(9), 5055-60 (2010).

126. Ring-opening-induced toughening of a low-permittivity polymer-metal interface, B. Singh, S. Garg, J. Rathore, R. Moore, N. Ravishankar, L. Interrante, G. Ramanath, ACS Appl. Mater. Interf. 2(5), 1275-1280 (2010). Cover page feature

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125. Metal-dielectric interface toughening by molecular nanolayer decomposition, S. Garg, A. Jain, C. Karthik, B. Singh, R. Teki, V. S. Smentkowski, M. W. Lane, G. Ramanath. J. Appl. Phys. 108, 034317 (2010).

124. Selective deposition of a crosslinked low-permittivity polycarbosilane on copper, A.P. Singh, J.Y. Hyun, D. Gandhi, B. Singh, Z. Wu, L. Interrante, G. Ramanath, ACS Appl. Mater. Interf. 2 (8), 2180–2184 (2010).

123. Nanoscale heterostructures with molecular-scale single-crystal metal wires, P. Kundu, A. Halder, B. Viswanath, D. Kundu, G. Ramanath, N. Ravishankar, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 132 (1), 20-1 (2010).

122. Microsphere bouquets of bismuth telluride nanoplates: room-temperature synthesis and thermoelectric properties, T. Wang R. Mehta, C. Karthik, P. G. Ganesan, B. Singh, W. Jiang, N. Ravishankar, T. Borca-Tasciuc, G. Ramanath, J. Phys. Chem. C 114, 1796–9 (2010).

121. Metal-dielectric interface toughening by catalyzed ring opening in a monolayer, S. Garg, B. Singh, X. Liu, A. Jain, N. Ravishankar, L. Interrante, G. Ramanath, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 1, 336-340 (2010).

120. A microprobe technique for simultaneously measuring thermal conductivity and Seebeck coefficient of thin films, Y. Zhang, C. L. Hapenciuc, E. E. Castillo, T. Borca-Tasciuc, R. J. Mehta, C. Karthik, G. Ramanath Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 062107 (2010).

119. Hydrophobic fluoroalkylsilane nanolayers for inhibiting copper diffusion into silica, S. Garg, B. Singh, R. Teki, M. W. Lane, G. Ramanath Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 143121 (2010).

118. Surface diffusion driven nanoshell formation by controlled sintering of mesoporous nanoparticle aggregates, E. A. Anumol, B. Viswanath, Yunfeng Shi, P. G. Ganesan, G. Ramanath, N. Ravishankar, Nanoscale 2, 1423 (2010).

117. Branched copper single-crystal nanorods by room-temperature galvanic displacement, R. Mahima, C. Karthik, S. Garg, R. Mehta, R. Teki, N. Ravishankar, G. Ramanath, Cryst. Growth Des. 10, 3925–3928 (2010).

116. Effects of molecular functionalization sequence on mesoporous silica film properties, B. Singh, S. Garg, A. Jain, D. D. Gandhi, R. Moore, G. Ramanath, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 29, 010602 (2011).

115. Kinetics of titania nanotube array formation by anodization, G. Butail, P. G. Ganesan, R. Mahima, N. Ravishankar, D. Duquette, G. Ramanath Thin Solid Films 519, 1821-24 (2011).

Under review/revision/preparation

• A new class of doped nanobulk high figure of merit thermoelectrics by scalable bottom-up assembly, R. J. Mehta, Y. Zhang, C. Karthik, B. Singh, E. Castillo, R.W. Siegel, T. Borca-Tasciuc, G. Ramanath, Nature Materials (2011) submitted.

• Atomistic mechanisms of moisture-induced fracture at noble metal-silica interfaces, D. Vijayashankar, Hong Zhu, S. Garg, R. Teki, R. Ramprasad, M. W. Lane, and G. Ramanath, Appl. Phys. Lett. (2011) under review.

• Branched titania nanotubes through anodization voltage control, G. Butail, P. G. Ganesan, R. Teki, R. Mahima, N. Ravishankar, D. J. Duquette, G. Ramanath Thin Solid Films (2011) under review.

• Dye sensitized solar cells using branched titania nanotube arrays, G. Butail, R. Teki, P. G. Ganesan, N. Ravishankar, G. Ramanath, Thin Solid Films (2011) under review.

• High photoelectrochemical efficiency composites by direct attachment of quantum dots on nanoporous titania, B. Mukherjee, S. Mahima, C. Karthik, D. Banerjee, S. S. Sinha, G. Ramanath, N. Ravishankar, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. (2011) submitted.

• Non-classical heat conduction across a metal nanowire/bulk substrate interface, M. Mazumder, W. Jiang, G. Ramanath, T. Borca-Tasciuc Nano Lett. (2011) under review.

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• Threshold conductivity switching in sulfurized antimony selenide nanowires, C. Karthik, R. J. Mehta, W. Jiang, T. Borca-Tasciuc, G. Ramanath, Nano Lett. (2011) submitted.

• Factorial heterointerfacial thermal conductance increase using a monolayer, P. O’Brien, J.-X. Liu, R. Teki, P. Keblinski, M. Yamaguchi, G. Ramanath (2011) in preparation.

• Thermal conductivity and effect of sulfur doping photoconduction on individual single-crystal antimony selenide nanorods, W. Jiang, R. J. Mehta, C. Karthik, T. Borca-Tasciuc, G. Ramanath (2011) in preparation.

• High-temperature bulk nanostructured thermoelectrics from doped zinc oxide nanocrystals, P. Jood, R. J. Mehta, Y. Zhang, C. Karthik, R. W. Siegel, T. Borca-Tasciuc, S. Dou, G. Ramanath, (2011) in preparation.

• Directed rapid synthesis and bulk assembly of sculpted nanocrystals with tailored properties for thermoelectric energy conversion, R. J. Mehta, P. Jood, Y. Zhang, C. Karthik, B. Singh, R. W. Siegel, T. Borca-Tasciuc, G. Ramanath, (2011) in preparation.

• Means and mechanisms of factorial toughening at microcorrugated metal-ceramic interfaces, S. Garg, R. Teki, M. W. Lane, G. Ramanath (2011) in preparation.

• Structurally stabilized olivine lithium phosphate cathodes with enhanced electrochemical properties through Fe doping, Y. M. Kang, Y. I. Kim, M. W. Oh, R. Z. Yin, D. W. Han, H. S. Kwon, J. H. Kim, G. Ramanath (2011).

2009

114. Effect of nanoparticles on the liquid-gas surface tension of Bi2Te3 nanofluids, S. Vafaei, A. Purkayastha, A. Jain, G. Ramanath, T. Borca-Tasciuc, Nanotechnology 20(18), 185702 (2009).

113. Effects of silylation on fracture and mechanical properties of mesoporous silica films interfaced with copper, D. D. Gandhi, B. Singh, A. P. Singh, R. Moore, E. Simonyi, M. W. Lane, G. Ramanath, J. Appl. Phys. 106, 054502 (2009).

112. Directed synthesis of rocksalt AuCl crystals, Aditi Halder, Paromita Kundu, N. Ravishankar, G. Ramanath, J. Phys. Chem. C 113 (14), 5349-5351 (2009).

111. Pore-orientation dependent mechanical and electrical properties of mesoporous silica thin films, A. P. Singh, D. D. Gandhi, B. K. Singh, E. Simonyi, E. G. Liniger, M. W. Lane, S. V. Nitta, G. Ramanath. Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 093502 (2009).

110. Oriented nanocrystal arrays of selectable polymorphs by chemical sculpture, X. Yang, C. Karthik, X. Li, J. Fu, X. Fu, C. Liang, N. Ravishankar, M. Wu, G. Ramanath, Chem. Mater. 21(14), 3197–3201 (2009).

109. High-coercivity FePt nanoparticle assemblies embedded in silica thin films, Q. Yan, A. Purkayastha, A. Singh, H. Li, R. Ramanujan, G Ramanath, Nanotechnology 20, 025609 (2009).

2008

107. Surfactant-templated synthesis and catalytic properties of patterned nanoporous titania supports loaded with platinum nanoparticles, J. Sarkar, V.T. John, J. He, C. Brooks, D. Gandhi, A. Nunes, G. Ramanath, A. Bose, Chem. Mater. 20(16), 5301-5306 (2008).

106. Aging susceptibility of terrace-like pentacene films, H. Yang, Hoichang, L. Yang, M. Ling, S. Lastella, D. Gandhi, G. Ramanath, Z. Bao, C.-Y. Ryu, J. Phys. Chem. C 112 (42), 16161-65 (2008).

105. Surfactant-directed synthesis of branched bismuth telluride-sulfide core-shell nanorods, A. Purkayastha, Q. Yan, M.S. Raghuveer, D. D. Gandhi, H. Li, W. Liu, R. Ramanujan, T. Borca-Tasciuc, G. Ramanath, Adv. Mater. 20, 2679–2683 (2008). Received wide media coverage

104. Sequential organic-inorganic templating and thermoelectric properties of high-aspect-ratio

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single-crystal lead telluride nanorods, A. Purkayastha, Q. Yan, D. D. Gandhi, H. Li, A. Bose, T. Borca-Tasciuc, G. Ramanath, Chem. Mater. 20(15); 4791-4793 (2008).

103. Stabilization of mesoporous silica films using multiple organosilanes, B. Singh, D. D. Gandhi, A. P. Singh, R. Moore, G. Ramanath, Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 113516 (2008).

2007

102. Annealing-induced interfacial toughening using a molecular nanolayer, D. D. Gandhi, M. Lane, Y. Zhou, A.P. Singh, S. Nayak, U. Tisch, M. Eizenberg, G. Ramanath, Nature 447, 299-302 (2007). Received wide media coverage

101. Electro-actuation of microdroplets of aqueous bismuth telluride nanoparticle suspensions, R.K. Dash, T. Borca-Tasciuc, A. Purkayastha, G. Ramanath, Nanotechnology 18, 475711. (2007).

100. High-coercivity rod-shaped assemblies of FePt-PtTe2 through dynamic templating, Q. Yan, M. S. Raghuveer, H. Li, B. Singh, T. Kim, M. Shima, G. Ramanath, Adv. Mater. 19, 4348 (2007).

99. Directed synthesis of molecularly braided magnetic nanoparticle chains using polyelectrolyte and difunctional couplers, Q. Yan, H. Li, D. Gandhi, A. Purkayastha, G. Ramanath Adv. Mater. 19 (20) 3286-3290 (2007).

98. Multishell carrier transport in multiwalled carbon nanotubes, S. Agrawal, M. S. Raghuveer, R. Ramprasad, G. Ramanath IEEE Trans. Nanotech. 6(6) 722-726 (2007).

97. UV-oxidized mercaptan-terminated organosilane nanolayers as diffusion barriers at Cu-silica interfaces, D. D. Gandhi, U. Tisch, B. K. Singh, M. Eizenberg, G. Ramanath Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 143503 (2007).

96. Thermal stability of molecularly functionalized mesoporous silica thin films, A. P. Singh, D. D. Gandhi, R. Moore, G. Ramanath J. Appl. Phys. 102, 044507 (2007).

95. Surfactant synthesis of micro-sized nanoplatelets of gold from a chemically active mixed surfactant mesophase, J. Sarkar, G. Ramanath, V. John, A. Bose Interfacial processes, phenomena and molecular aggregation eds. R. Narayanan, Springer, Heidelberg, (2008) pp. 231-246.

94. Molecular-nanolayer-induced suppression of in-plane Cu transport at Cu-silica interfaces, D. D. Gandhi, P.G. Ganesan, V. Chandrasekhar, Z. Gan, S. G. Mhaisalkar, H. Li, G. Ramanath, Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 163507 (2007).

93. Cu diffusion and mechanical toughness at Cu-silica interfaces glued with polyelectrolyte nanolayers, D. D. Gandhi and A.P. Singh, M. Lane, M. Eizenberg, G. Ramanath, J. Appl. Phys. 101, 084505 (2007).

92. Defect-induced electrical conductivity increase in multiwalled carbon nanotubes, S. Agrawal, M. S. Raghuveer, H. Li, G. Ramanath, Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 193104 (2007).

2006

91. Electrical current-induced structural changes and chemical functionalization of carbon nanotubes, S. Agrawal, M. S. Raghuveer, R. Kröger, G. Ramanath, J. Appl. Phys. 100, 094314 (2006). Featured in Virtual Journal of Nano Sci & Tech.

90. Molecularly-protected bismuth telluride nanoparticles: microemulsion synthesis, and thermoelectric transport properties, A. Purkayastha, P.G. Ganesan, A. Kumar, S.-Y. Kim, T. Borca-Tasciuc, G. Ramanath, Adv. Mater. 18, 2958-2963 (2006).

89. Suppression of chemical and electrical instabilities in mesoporous silica films by molecular capping, A.P. Singh, D. Gandhi, E. Lipp, M. Eizenberg, G. Ramanath, J. Appl. Phys. 100, 114504 (2006).

88. Monodisperse high magnetic coercivity silica-capped FePt nanoparticles of tunable size, composition and thermal stability from microemulsions, Q. Yan, A. Purkayastha, T. Kim,

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R. Kröger, A. Bose, G. Ramanath Adv. Mater. 18, 2569–2573 (2006). 87. Microwave-assisted single-step functionalization and in-situ derivatization of carbon

nanotubes with gold nanoparticles, M. S. Raghuveer, S. Agrawal, N. Bishop (undergraduate student), G. Ramanath, Chem. Mater. 18, 1390-1393 (2006).

86. Magnetic Properties of Sb-doped FePt Nanoparticles, Q. Yan, T. Kim, A. Purkayastha, Y. Xu, M. Shima, R. J. Gambino, G. Ramanath, J. Appl. Phys. 99, 08N709 (2006).

85. Site-selective functionalization of carbon nanotubes, M.S. Raghuveer, A. Kumar, M.J. Frederick, G.P. Louie (high school teacher), P.G. Ganesan, G. Ramanath, Adv. Mater. 18, 547-552 (2006).

84. Low-temperature templateless synthesis of single-crystal bismuth telluride nanorods, A. Purkayastha, F. Lupo, S. Kim, T. Borca-Tasciuc, G. Ramanath, Adv. Mater. 18, 496-500 (2006).

83. Synthesis of carbon-silica shell-core hybrid structures and carbon nanoshells by a template method, P. Victor, A. Kumar, F. Lupo, D. Gandhi, S. Agrawal, G. Ramanath, O. Nalamasu, Carbon 44, 1595-1598 (2006).

82. Effect of nanoparticles on sessile droplet contact angle, S. Vafaei, T. Borca-Tasciuc, M. Z. Podowski, A. Purkayastha, G. Ramanath, P. Ajayan, Nanotechnology 17, 2523-27 (2006).

81. Characterization and catalytic performances of three dimensional mesoporous FeSBA-1 catalysts, A.Vinu, T. Krithiga, V. Balasubramanian, A. Asthana, P. Srinivasu, T.Mori, K. Ariga, G. Ramanath, P.G. Ganesan, J. Phys. Chem. B 110, 11924-31 (2006).

2005

80. Moisture-induced capacitance-voltage instabilities in mesoporous silica thin films, A.P. Singh, P. Victor, P.G. Ganesan, O. Nalamasu, G. Ramanath, Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 253506 (2005).

79. Kinetics and mechanisms of void nucleation and agglomeration in copper nanolayers on silica, R. Saxena, M. Frederick, G. Ramanath, W. N. Gill, J. L. Plawsky, Phys. Rev. B 72, 115425 (2005).

78. Directed growth and electrical-transport properties of carbon nanotube architectures on indium tin oxide films on silicon based substrates, S. Agrawal, M. J. Frederick, F. Lupo, P. Victor, O. Nalamasu, G. Ramanath Adv. Func. Mater. 15, 1922-1926 (2005).

77. Enhanced chemical ordering and coercivity in FePt alloy nanoparticles by Sb-doping, Q. Yan, T. Kim, A. Purkayastha, P. G. Ganesan, M. Shima, G. Ramanath, Adv. Mater. 17, 2233 (2005).

76. Hybrid microstructures from aligned carbon nanotubes and silica particles, S. Agrawal, A. Kumar, M. J. Frederick, G. Ramanath, Small 1 (8-9), 823-826 (2005). Coverpage feature

75. Irradiation induced magnetism in carbon nanostructures, S. Talapatra, P.G. Ganesan, T. Kim, R. Vajtai, M. Huang, M. Shima, G. Ramanath, D. Srivastava, S.C. Deevi, P.M. Ajayan, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 097201-0 (2005).

74. Surface oxide reduction and bilayer molecular assembly of a thiol terminated organosilane on Cu, P. G. Ganesan, A. Kumar, G. Ramanath Appl. Phys. Lett. 87(1), 011905 (2005).

73. Wet-chemical templateless assembly of metal nanowires from nanoparticles, T. Maddanimath, A. Kumar, J. D’Arcy-Gall, P.G. Ganesan, K. Vijayamohanan, G. Ramanath, Chem. Comm. 11, 1435-37 (2005). Among top 10 articles accessed at the journal website

72. Synthesis of Au-catalyzed ZnO nanowires by pulsed laser vaporization, P.G. Ganesan, K. McGuire, H. Kim, N. Gothard, S. Mohan, A. M. Rao, G. Ramanath, J. Nanosci. Nanotech. 5(7) 1113–1117 (2005).

71. Phase transitions in octanethiol-capped Ag nanocluster microfilm assemblies, A.V. Ellis, J. D’Arcy-Gall, K. Vijayamohanan, R. Goswami, P.G. Ganesan, C. Ryu, G. Ramanath, Thermochim. Acta. 426, 207-212 (2005).

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70. Effects of amine- and pyridine-terminated molecular nanolayers on adhesion at Cu-SiO2 interfaces, P.G. Ganesan, G. Cui, K. Vijayamohanan, M. Lane, G. Ramanath, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 23 (1), 327-331 (2005).

2004

69. Diffusion barrier properties of carboxyl- and amine-terminated molecular nanolayers, P.G. Ganesan, A. P. Singh, and G. Ramanath, Appl. Phys. Lett. 85(4), 579-581 (2004).

68. Template-less assembly of gold nanowire networks from nanoparticles, G. Ramanath, J. D'Arcy-Gall, T. Maddanimath, A.V. Ellis, R. Goswami, P. G. Ganesan, A. Kumar, K. Vijayamohanan, Langmuir 20, 5583-5587 (2004).

67. Self-assembled molecular layers as nanocathodes for rechargeable energy storage modules, T. Maddanimath, G. Ramanath and K. Vijayamohanan, Chem. Phys. Lett. 396, 277-281 (2004).

66. Nanomachining carbon nanotubes with ion beams, M.S. Raghuveer, P. G. Ganesan, J. Mabon, I. Petrov, J. D’Arcy-Gall, G. Ramanath, Appl. Phys. Lett. 84(22), 4484-4486 (2004). Featured in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Sci. & Technol. 9(20) 2004.

65. Interfacial phase formation in Cu-Mg alloy films on SiO2, M.J. Frederick and G. Ramanath J. Appl. Phys. 95(6), 3202-3205 (2004).

64. Building and testing organized architectures of carbon nanotubes, R. Vajtai, B. Wei, Y. J. Jung, A. Cao, S. K. Biswas, G. Ramanath, P. M. Ajayan IEEE Trans. Nanotech. 2(2), 355-361 (2004).

63. Silicon oxide thickness-dependent growth of aligned carbon nanotubes by chemical vapor deposition, A. Cao, R. Baskaran and K. Turner, P. M. Ajayan, G. Ramanath, Appl. Phys. Lett. 84(1), 109-111 (2004).

2003

62. Tailoring structure and electrical properties of carbon nanotubes using kilo-electron-volt ions, B. Q. Wei, J. D’Arcy-Gall, P. M. Ajayan, G. Ramanath Appl. Phys. Lett. 83(17), 3581 (2003). Featured in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology

61. Kinetics of interfacial phase formation and diffusion in Cu-Mg alloy films on SiO2, M. Frederick and G. Ramanath J. Appl. Phys. 95, 363 (2003).

60. Polyelectrolyte nanolayers as diffusion barriers for Cu metallization, P.G. Ganesan, J. Gamba, A. Ellis, R.S. Kane, G. Ramanath, Appl. Phys. Lett. 83, 3302 (2003). Featured in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology

59. Self assembled nanolayers as adhesion enhancers and diffusion barriers, G. Ramanath, G. Cui, M. Stukowski, X. Guo, P. G. Ganesan, A.V. Ellis, K. Vijayamohanan, P. Doppelt, M. Lane, Appl. Phys. Lett. 83(2), 383 (2003).

58. Exclusive horizontal growth of aligned carbon nanotubes with controlled site-selectivity and length, A. Cao, R. Baskaran, M.J. Frederick, P. M. Ajayan, K. Turner, G. Ramanath, Adv. Mater. 15(13), 1105 (2003).

57. Near-zero-thickness self-assembled molecular layers for future device structures: Interfacial adhesion and diffusion barrier properties, P. G. Ganesan, G. Cui, A. Ellis, R.S. Kane, and G. Ramanath, Mater. Sci. Forum 426-432, 3487-3492 (2003).

56. Assembly of mm-scale macro-bridges with carbon nanotube bundles, A. Cao, P. M. Ajayan, G. Ramanath, Appl. Phys. Lett., 83(2), 356 (2003).

55. Sequence of Mg segregation and interfacial MgO formation in Cu-Mg alloy films on SiO2 during vacuum annealing, M. Frederick, R. Goswami, G. Ramanath, J. Appl. Phys. 93, 5966 (2003).

54. Assembly of highly organized carbon nanotube architectures by CVD, B. Wei, R. Vajtai, Y. Jung, J. Ward, R. Zhang, G. Ramanath and P. Ajayan, Chem. Mater. 15, 1598 (2003).

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53. Hydrophobic attachment of gold nanoclusters to carbon nanotubes, A. Ellis, K. Vijayamohanan, R. Goswami, N. Chakrapani, L. Ramanathan, P. Ajayan, G. Ramanath, Nano. Lett. 3(3), 279-282 (2003).

2002

52. Organized assemblies of carbon nanotubes, B.Q. Wei, R. Vajtai, Y. Jung, J. Ward, Y. Zhang, G. Ramanath, P.M. Ajayan, Nature 416, 495 (2002).

51. Igniting Nanotubes with a flash, P. Ajayan, G. Ramanath, M. Terrones, T.W. Ebbesen, Science 297, 192-193 (2002) in response to B. Bockrath, J.K. Johnson, D.S. Sholl, B. Howard, C. Matranga, W. Shi, D. Sorescu.

50. Nanotubes in a flash: ignition and reconstruction, P.M. Ajayan, M. Terrones, A. de la Guardia, V. Huc, N. Grobert, B.Q. Wei, H. Lezec, G. Ramanath, T. Ebbesen, Science 296, 705 (2002).

49. Growth of aligned carbon nanotubes on self-similar macroscopic templates, A. Cao, B. Wei, Y. Jung, R. Vajtai, P.M. Ajayan, and G. Ramanath, Appl. Phys. Lett. 81(7), 1297 (2002). Featured in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology

48. Massive Icosahedral Boron Carbide Crystals, B.Q. Wei, R. Vajtai, Y. Jung, F.R. Banhart, G. Ramanath, and P.M. Ajayan, J. Phys. Chem. 106(23), 5807 (2002).

47. The influence of thermal annealing on residual stresses and mechanical properties of arc-evaporated TiCxN1-x (x = 0.15 and 0.45) thin films, L. Karlsson, A. Hörling, M. Johansson, L. Hultman, and G. Ramanath, Acta. Mater. 50(20), 5103-5114 (2002).

46. Simultaneous growth of SiC nanorods and carbon nanotubes by chemical vapor deposition, B.Q. Wei, J. W. Ward, R. Vajtai, R. Ma, P.M. Ajayan, and G. Ramanath, Chem. Phys. Lett. 354, 264-268 (2002).

45. Growth pillars of densely-packed carbon nanotubes on Ni-coated silica, B. Wei, Z.J. Zhang, P.M. Ajayan, and G. Ramanath, Carbon 40, 47-51 (2002).

44. Building carbon nanotubes and their smart architectures R. Vajtai, B.Q. Wei, Z.J. Zhang, Y. Jung, G. Ramanath, P. Ajayan, Smart Materials and Structures 11(5), 691-698 (2002).

2001

43. Self assembled near-zero thickness molecular layers as diffusion barriers for Cu metallization, A. Krishnamoorthy, K. Chanda, S. P. Murarka, J. G. Ryan and G. Ramanath, Appl. Phys. Lett. 78(17) 2467 (2001).

42. Carbon nanotube-MgO cube networks, B. Wei, R. Vajtai, Z. J. Zhang, G. Ramanath and P. M. Ajayan, J. Nanosci. Nanotech. 1, 35-38 (2001).

41. Growth, structure and optical properties of carbon-reinforced silica fibers, Z. Zhang, P. Ajayan, G. Ramanath, J. Vacik and Y. Xu, Appl. Phys. Lett., 78(24), 3794 (2001).

40. Reflection high energy diffraction from carbon nanotubes, J. T. Drotar, B.-Q. Wei, Y.-P. Zhao, G. Ramanath, P. M. Ajayan, T.-M. Lu, and G.-C. Wang, Phys. Rev. B 64, 125417 (2001).

39. Select pathways to carbon nanotube film growth, Z. J. Zhang, B. Wei, R. Vajtai, J. Ward. G. Ramanath and P. M. Ajayan, Adv. Mater. 13 (23), 1767 (2001).

38. Frequency dependent electrical transport in carbon nanotubes, Y.-P. Zhao, B. Q. Wei, P. M. Ajayan, G. Ramanath, T.-M. Lu, and G.-C. Wang, A. Rubio, S. Roche, Phys. Rev. B 64, 201402 R (2001).

37. Thickness dependent electrical resistivity of ultrathin (< 40 nm) Cu films, H.-D. Liu, Y.-P. Zhao, G. Ramanath, S. P. Murarka, and G.-C. Wang, Thin Solid Films 384, 151-156 (2001).

36. Creation of Radial Patterns of Carbonated Silica Fibers on Planar Silica Substrates, Z. J. Zhang, G. Ramanath, P. Ajayan, D. Goldberg, Y. Bando, Adv. Mater. 13, 197-200, (2001).

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2000 and earlier

35. Lift-up growth of aligned carbon nanotube patterns, B.Q. Wei, Z.J. Zhang, G. Ramanath, and P.M. Ajayan, Appl. Phys. Lett. 77(19), 2985 (2000).

34. Substrate-site selective growth of aligned carbon nanotubes, Z.J. Zhang, B. Q. Wei, G. Ramanath, and P.M. Ajayan, Appl. Phys. Lett. 77(23), 3764 (2000).

33. Channeling-induced profile distortion during SIMS depth profiling of TiN/Ti/TiN(001) thin films, G. Ramanath, J. E. Greene, I. Petrov, J. E. Baker, L. H. Allen and G. Gillen, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 18(3) 1369-1374 (2000).

32. Kinetic rate expression for tungsten chemical vapor deposition in different WF6 flow regimes from step coverage measurements, E. J. McInerney, E. Srinivasan, D. C. Smith, G. Ramanath, Zeitschrift Für Metallkunde, 91(7), 573 (2000).

31. W deposition and titanium fluoride formation: reaction path and mechanisms, G. Ramanath, J. E. Greene, J. R. A. Carlsson, V. C. Hornback, D. J. Allman and L. H. Allen, J. Appl. Phys., 85, 1961 (1999).

30. Kinetics of thin film reactions of Cu/a-Ge bilayers, Z. Wang, G. Ramanath, J. Doyle, L. H. Allen, B. B. Svensson and A. Rockett, Appl. Phys. Lett. 82, 3281(1997).

29. Heat capacity measurements of nanoscale Sn particles using a thin-film differential scanning calorimeter with 0.2 nJ sensitivity, S. L. Lai, G. Ramanath, P. Infante and L. H. Allen, Appl. Phys. Lett., 70, 43 (1997).

28. Gas-phase transport of WF6 through annular TiN nanopipes during W chemical vapor deposition on TiN/Ti/SiO2 structures for integrated circuit fabrication, G. Ramanath, J. Carlsson, J. E. Greene, V. C. Hornback, D. J. Allman and L. H. Allen, Appl. Phys. Lett. 61, 3179 (1996).

27. Au-mediated low-temperature solid phase epitaxial growth of a SiGe alloy on Si(001), G. Ramanath, H. Z. Xiao, S. L. Lai, L. H. Allen and T. L. Alford, J. Appl. Phys. 79, 3094 (1996).

26. Size-dependent melting properties of small Sn particles: nanocalorimetric measurements, S. L. Lai, J. Y. Guo, V. Petrova, G. Ramanath, L. H. Allen, Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 99 (1996).

25. Evolution of microstructure of nanocrystalline Mo-Cu thin films during thermal annealing, G. Ramanath, H. Z. Xiao, L. C. Yang, A. Rockett and L. H. Allen J. Appl. Phys. 78, 2435 (1995).

24. High-speed (104 °C/s) scanning microcalorimetry with monolayer sensitivity (1 J/m2), S. L. Lai, G. Ramanath, L. H. Allen, Z. Ma and P. Infante, Appl. Phys. Lett. 67, 1229 (1995).

23. 106 °C/s thin film electrical heater: In situ resistivity measurements of Ti/Si films during electrical thermal annealing, L. H. Allen, G. Ramanath, S. L. Lai, and D. J. Allman, Appl. Phys. Lett. 64, 417 (1994).

8.3. CONFERENCE ARTICLES 8.3.1. Invited

25. Lithography for sub<30 nm Design Rules: Materials Challenges, O. Nalamasu, G. Ramanath, T.-M. Lu, Inter. Conf. Solid State and Integr. Circ. Technol., IEEE (Shanghai, China, October 2004)

24. Self-assembled molecular nanolayers for device structures, P.G. Ganesan, G. Ramanath, In International Workshop on the Physics of Semiconductor Devices, Ed. K.N. Bhat, A. DasGupta, (Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, India) p.1120, (2004).

23. Near-zero-thickness self-assembled molecular layers for future device structures: Interfacial adhesion and diffusion barrier properties, P. G. Ganesan, G. Cui, A. Ellis, R.S. Kane, G. Ramanath, THERMEC international conference on processing and

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manufacturing of advanced materials, (July 7-11, 2003), Leganes, Spain. 22. Directed assembly of highly organized nanotube architectures, B. Q. Wei, Y. Jung, A.

Cao, P. M. Ajayan, G. Ramanath, Proceedings of the international Symposium on Advanced Applications for Carbon Materials, (Sept 12-13, 2002), Organized by NSF-USA, Carbon Societies of Korea and Japan; Jeju Island, Korea.

21. Electromigration in Epitaxial Cu(001) lines, G. Ramanath, H. Kim, H. S. Goindi, M. J. Frederick, C.-S. Shin, R. Goswami, I. Petrov, J. E. Greene, AIP Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Stress-Induced Phenomena in Metallization, edited by S.P. Baker, M. Korhonen, E. Arzt and P. Ho (2001), p. 10.

20. Critical challenges and newly emerging strategies in diffusion barrier technology, G. Ramanath, M. Stukowski, H. Kim, M. J. Frederick, X. Guo, VLSI Mult. Intercon. Conf. Proc. 18 (Library of Congress No. 89-644090), 153 (2001).

19. Interfacial barriers for the 100-nm node and beyond: key challenges and emerging strategies, G. Ramanath, M. Stukowski, H. Kim, M. J. Frederick, Inter. Conf. Solid State and Integr. Circ. Technol., published by IEEE (Shanghai, China, Oct 2001) pp 391-96.

18. Building carbon nanotube architectures, R. Vajtai, B. Q. Wei, G. Ramanath, P.M. Ajayan, International SPIE Proceedings on BioMEMS and Smart Nanostructures, edited by L.B. Kish, E.C. Harvey, W.B. Spillman Jr, (Adelaide, Australia, Dec. 17-19 2001) p. 121.

8.3.2. Contributed

17. Surface wettability through asymtotic contact angle, S. Vafaei, D. Wen, G. Ramanath, T. Borca-Tasciuc, 11th ASME International Symposium on Gas-Liquid Two-Phase Flows, Vail, Colorado (2009).

16. Electrowetting of nanofluids containing silver nanoparticles, L. Laroque, A. Jain, T. Wang, C. Karthik, G. Ramanath, T. Borca-Tasciuc, Proc. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress, 13, 1039-1040 (2009).

15. Analysis of nanowire heat pumps for local hot spot cooling, E. Castillo, G. Ramanath, T. Borca-Tasciuc, Proc. ASME Intern. Mechanical Eng. Congress, 13, 821-824 (2009).

14. Templating of carbon nanotube growth by glancing angle deposition, D. Gall and G. Ramanath, Proceedings of the National Science Foundation Grantees Conference, Division of Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation, Scottsdale AZ, Jan. 3-6, (2005).

13. Field emission from aligned carbon nanotubes grown on patterned oxide layers, B.S. Satyanarayana, B.Q. Wei, Y. Jung, G. Ramanath, P. M. Ajayan, Tech. Digest of IVMC 213 (2003).

12. Phase transitions in octanethiol-capped Ag, Au and CdS nanocluster assemblies A.V. Ellis, K. Vijayamohanan, C. Ryu, G. Ramanath, MRS Symp. Proc. Fall Meeting (Dec 2002).

11. Interfacial adhesion of Cu to self-assembled monolayers on SiO2, G. Cui, M. Lane, K. Vijayamohanan, and G. Ramanath, MRS Symp. Proc. 695, Thin Films: Stresses and Mechanical Properties IX, 329-334 (Dec 2001).

10. Controlling the aligned growth of carbon nanotubes by substrate selection and patterning, Y. Jung, B. Q. Wei, R. Vajtai, J. Ward, R. Zhang, G. Ramanath and P. M. Ajayan, MRS Symp. Proc. 706, Z3.11 (Dec 2001).

9. Electromigration in epitaxial Cu lines, H. S. Goindi, C.-S. Shin, M. J. Frederick, Y. Shusterman, H. Kim, I. Petrov, and G. Ramanath, in Growth, Evolution, and Properties of Surfaces, Thin Films, and Self-Organized Structures MRS Symp. Proc. 648, 11.37 (2001).

8. Understanding microchemical changes leading to delamination of TiN/Ti barriers during W CVD, G. Ramanath, J. Greene, J. Carlsson, V. Hornback, D. Allman, and L. Allen, VLSI Mult. Intercon. Conf. Proc. 14, 246 (1997).

7. F accumulation in Ti: the cause of adhesion failure of TiN/Ti liner on SiO2 during W CVD? G. Ramanath, V. C. Hornback, D. J. Allman, J. R. A. Carlsson and L. H. Allen,

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VLSI Mult. Intercon. Conf. Proc. 13, 333 (1996). 6. An ultrafast thin film microcalorimeter with monolayer sensitivity, S. L. Lai, G. Ramanath,

P. Infante, and L. H. Allen, MRS Symp. Proc. 398, 469 (1996). 5. Evolution of microstructure during low-temperature solid phase epitaxial growth of SiGe

on Si(001), G. Ramanath, H.Z. Xiao, S. Lai, L.H. Allen, MRS Symp. Proc. 355, 365 (1994).

4. The α→ γ transformation during continuous cooling in Ti-(47-48) at% Al alloys, D. Veeraraghavan, G. Ramanath, P. Wang, V.K. Vasudevan, Solid State Phase Transformations, W.C. Johnson, J.M. Howe, D.E. Laughlin, W.A. Soffa(eds.), pp. 273-278 (1994).

3. Formation of TiSi2 during rapid thermal annealing: in situ resistance measurements at heating rates from 1 to 25000 °C/s, G. Ramanath, S. Koh, Z. Ma, L. H. Allen and S.Lee, MRS Symp. Proc. 303 , 63 (1993).

2. Mechanism of C49 to C54 transformation in TiSi2 during thermal annealing, Z. Ma, G. Ramanath, and L. H. Allen, MRS Symp. Proc. 320, 361 (1993).

1. The α → γ transformation during continuous cooling in Ti-48 at% alloys, G. Ramanath and Vijay K. Vasudevan, MRS Symp. Proc. 288, 223 (1992).

8.4. PATENTS AND DISCLOSURES

8.4.1. Issued Patents 23. Method of transforming carbon nanotubes, P.M. Ajayan, G. Ramanath, A. de la Guardia,

US patent 7,217,404 (May 15, 2007). 22. Diffusion barriers comprising a self-assembled monolayer, G. Ramanath, A.

Krishnamoorthy, K. Chanda, S.P. Murarka, US patent 7,202,159 (April 10, 2007). 21. Directed assembly of highly-organized carbon nanotube architectures, P.M. Ajayan, G.

Ramanath, A. Cao, US patent 7,189,430 (March 13, 2007). 20. Self-assembled sub-nanolayers as interfacial adhesion enhancers and diffusion barriers, G.

Ramanath, P.G. Ganesan, K. Vijayamohanan, US patent 7,026,716 (April 11, 2006). 19. Polyelectrolyte layers as diffusion barriers in semiconductor devices, G. Ramanath, P.G.

Ganesan, R.S. Kane, US Patent 7,081,674 (July 25, 2006). 18. A new method for promoting tungsten nucleation during W chemical vapor deposition, G.

Ramanath, V. C. Hornback, D. J. Allman, L. H. Allen, US Patent 5,963,828 (1999).

9.4.2. Disclosures and applications 17. Highly ordered titania and platinum/titania nanocomposites for advanced catalytic

applications, J. Sarkar, C. J. Brooks, A. Bose, V. John, G. Ramanath, US Patent Application 12/542666 (2009).

16. A non-contact thermal microprobe technique for microscale thermal characterization, Y. Zhang, T. Borca-Tasciuc, R. Mehta, G. Ramanath, US Patent Application 61/612219 (2011); disclosure 2010.

15. Nanostructured bulk materials made from compaction of molecularly functionalized plate shaped nanostructures synthesized by microwave methods, US Patent Application 12/856264 (2010).

14. Electrical current-induced structural changes and chemical functionalization of carbon nanotubes, G. Ramanath, S. Agrawal, R. S. Makala, US patent application 11/874543 (2008).

13. A general method for enhancing interface strength and toughness using a molecular nanoglue, G. Ramanath and D.D. Gandhi, US Patent Application 7/024276 (2007).

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12. Synthesis and assembly of monodisperse high-coercivity silica-capped nanomagnets of tunable size, composition and thermal stability from microemulsions, G. Ramanath, Q. Yan, A. Purkayastha, US Patent Application 20090311556 (2009).

11. Use of microwaves to functionalize and derivatize carbon nanotubes with nanoparticles and applications thereof, G. Ramanath, M.S. Raghuveer, S. Agrawal, A. P. Singh, Invention disclosure (Feb 2006).

10. Low-temperature templateless synthesis of single-crystal bismuth telluride nanorods, G. Ramanath, A. Purkayastha, T. Borca-Tasciuc (Dec 29, 2005) Disclosure # 1027.

9. Method for site-selective functionalization of carbon nanotubes and uses thereof, G. Ramanath, M.S. Raghuveer. Disclosure # 0990, Oct 2005.

8. Transfer of aligned multiwalled carbon nanotubes on the metal films and its properties, P. Victor, O. Nalamasu and G. Ramanath. Disclosure #0992, Aug 2005.

7. In-situ back-contact formation and site-selective assembly of highly aligned carbon nanotubes, G. Ramanath, S. Agrawal, M.J. Frederick Disclosure #0943, Jan 2005.

6. Synthesizing nanotube-nanoparticle hybrids, G. Ramanath, S. Agrawal. Disclosure # 0957, Jan 2005; US patent Application 20070035226 (Feb 15, 2007).

5. Templateless room-temperature assembly of nanowires and their networks from nanoparticles, G. Ramanath, A V. Ellis, R. Goswami, and K. Vijayamohanan (2003).

4. Nanotube based non-linear optics and methods of making same, S. Curran, P. Ajayan, A. Ellis, G. Ramanath, disclosure 2003; US patent Application 20060257657 (Nov 16, 2006).

3. Directed assembly of highly-organized carbon nanotubes, P.M. Ajayan, G. Ramanath, Y.J. Jung, B.Q. Wei, and Z. Zhang, Docket # 60-356,069 (Filed Feb 11, 2002) (RPI 702).

2. Directed assembly of highly organized carbon nanotube architectures by P.M. Ajayan, G. Ramanath, and B.Q. Wei, (filed June 3, 2002) Application # 60/385,393 (RPI 702A).

1. Nanotubes in a flash: ignition and reconstruction, P.M. Ajayan, G. Ramanath, and A. de la Guardia, (Filed February 19, 2002) Docket#60/358,082 (RPI 619).

9. PROFESSIONAL TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS (reverse chronological)

• 145+ invited talks in conferences, colloquia at universities and laboratories • 100+ contributed conference presentations

9.1. INVITED TALKS 146. SPIE Conference 8035 on Energy Harvesting and Storage: Materials, Devices, and

Applications II; Advanced thermoelectric devices session (27 April 2011): High figure of merit bulk thermoelectric nanomaterials from directed synthesis and assembly of sculpted chalcogenide and oxide nanocrystals

145. Surface Analysis 2011: 33rd symposium on applied surface analysis, CNSE, SUNY Albany (April 11-13, 2011): Nanostructured assemblies, surfaces and interfaces: Spectroscopic interrogation and molecular level tailoring of properties for applications

144. Université des Antilles et de la Guyane - Guadeloupe, Pointe-a-Pitre, Physics and Chemistry Joint seminar (March 18, 2011), Molecularly-sculpted nanostructures, assemblies and interfaces for applications

143. Rutgers University, NJ, Laboratory for Surface Modification (Feb 3, 2011), Molecularly-sculpted nanostructures, assemblies and interfaces for applications

142. Nanyang Technological University, Energy Research Institute, Singapore (Jan 12, 2011), Molecularly-sculpted nanostructures, assemblies and interfaces for applications

141. Electronics packaging symposium, General Electric Global Research Center, Niskayuna, NY (September 9, 2010), Tailoring chemomechanical interface properties: A nanomolecular approach

140. University of Wollongong, Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials,

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Australia (Aug 16, 2010), Molecularly-directed sculpture and tailoring of nanostructures, assemblies and interfaces

139. Deakin University, Institute for technology and research innovation, Geelong, Australia (Aug 10, 2010), Molecularly-directed sculpture and tailoring of nanostructures, assemblies and interfaces

138. World Premier Institue for Materials Nanoarchitechtronics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan (Jul 26, 2010), Molecularly-directed sculpture and tailoring of nanostructures, assemblies and interfaces

137. St. Joseph’s Engineering College, Anna University, Chennai, India (Jul 2, 2010), Transmuting nanoscience to nanotechnology: How to make nanoscale building blocks and assemble them for enabling new engineering applications

136. 12th International Ceramics Congress (CIMTEC): Disclosing phenomena at the nanoscale, Montecatini Therme, Italy, (Jun 6-11, 2010): Tailoring chemomechanical interface properties: A nanomolecular approach

135. Keynote Lecture, ICONSAT 2010, IIT Bombay (Feb 19, 2010): Molecular sculpture and tailoring of nanostructures, assemblies and interfaces

134. Satellite workshop on Anisotropic nanustructures: synthesis to functionalization, TIFR, Mumbai (Feb 17, 2010): Chemically-directed synthesis, functionalization and properties of anisotropic nanostructures and assemblies

133. North Carolina State University, Materials Science and Engineering Department , Raleigh, NC (Jan 21, 2010): Molecular sculpture and tailoring of nanostructures, assemblies and interfaces

132. Indian Institute of Science, Materials Research Centre, Bangalore, India (Dec 17, 2009): Molecularly sculpted nanostructures, assemblies and interfaces for applications

131. International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnolgy (ICANN), IIT Guwahati, India (Dec. 11, 2009): Molecularly sculpted nanostructures, assemblies and interfaces for applications

130. Sienna College, Loudonville, NY (Oct 23, 2009): Engineering materials for emerging energy technologies: challenges and opportunities

129. Applied Materials Inc., Santa Clara, CA (Nov 17, 2009): Thermoelectric nanomaterials for refrigeration and power harvesting

128. Japan-America Frontiers of Engineering (JAFOE), National Academy of Engineering, Irvine, CA (Nov 10, 2009): Molecularly-directed nanostructure synthesis, assembly and interfacial engineering for emerging applications

127. Materials Science and Technology Conference, Session: Microstructures and Mechanisms, Pittsburgh, PA (Oct 27, 2009): Nanostructured magnetic microstructures—directed synthesis, assembly and properties

126. Nanoelectronics Devices for Defense and Security Conference (Nano DDS), Session: Interface Science & Phenomenology at the Nanoscale (Sep 28, 2009): Directed synthesis and assembly of hierarchical materials

125. University of Connecticut, Materials Science and Engineering Department, Storrs, CT (Oct 21, 2009): Molecularly sculpted nanostructures, assemblies and interfaces for novel properties and applications

124. Symposium on Chemical-Mechanical Planarization, Lake Placid, NY (Aug 10, 2009): Tailoring the integrity of hybrid interfaces—a nanomolecular approach

123. 13th International Conference and Surface and Colloid Science, Columbia University, NY (June 18, 2009): Molecularly sculpted nanostructures and interfaces: directed synthesis and novel properties

122. Brookhaven National Laboratory, NY, Basic Energy Sciences Division (June 5, 2009): Molecularly sculpted nanostructures, assemblies and interfaces for energy applications

121. New York State Future Energy Symposium, Cornell University, Ithaca (May 19, 2009):

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Center for Advanced Technology for Future Energy Systems 120. Plenary Lecture, ASM/TMS Symposium on Materials Challenges for Alternative Energy,

GE Global Research Center (May 11, 2009): Engineering Materials for Emerging Energy Technologies: Challenges and Opportunities

119. University of California, LA, Materials Science and Engineering Department (April 3, 2009): Molecularly sculpted nanostructures, assemblies and interfaces for applications

118. International Workshop on Electronic Materials and their Applications, University of Wollongong, Australia (March 19, 2009): Energy nanomaterials through directed synthesis, assembly and interface modification

117. Tata Institute for Fundamental Research, Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department, Mumbai, India (Feb 25, 2009): Directed nanostructure synthesis, assembly and interface modification for applications

116. First International Conference on Tissue Engineering and Stem Cell Research using Nanomaterials held at the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences—NanoBio 2009, Kochi, India (Feb 17, 2009): Tailoring the integrity of hybrid interfaces—A nanomolecular approach

115. IIT Guwahati, Chemistry and Physics Departments and Nanotechnology Center, Guwahati, India (Feb 12, 2009): Directed nanostructure synthesis, assembly and interface modification for applications

114. IIT Kanpur, Chemical Engineering Department, Kanpur, India (Feb 9, 2009): Directed nanostructure synthesis, assembly and interface modification for applications

113. University of Cincinnati, OH, Materials Science and Engineering Department (Jan 29, 2009): Directed nanostructure synthesis, assembly and interface modification for applications

112. Center for Advanced Materials Processing annual meeting, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY (Oct 16, 2008): Energy nanomaterials and interfaces

111. Gigascale Research Corporation meeting, Stanford University, CA (26 July 2008): Molecularly functionalized interfaces and porous dielectrics for nanodevice wiring architectures.

110. International MRS Conference, Electronic Materials Symposium, Chemistry-directed synthesis and assembly of functional nanostructures for novel device properties and applications (June 11, 2008): Chongqing, China.

109. TMS Annual meeting, Nanomaterials Symposium (March 14, 2008): Chemistry-directed sculpture and properties of functional nanostructures and nanolayers for applications

108. Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research (Jan 16, 2008): Chemistry-directed atomic-scale sculpture and assembly of nanostructures for novel properties and applications

107. US- India Advanced Studies Institute, Chennai, India (Jan 11, 2008): Chemistry-directed atomic-scale sculpture and origami of nanostructures and assemblies for novel properties and applications

106. Hong Kong Baptist University, (Dec 19, 2007): Sculpture and origami of nanostructures and assemblies for applications

105. Sun Yat Sun University, Fuel Cell Institute, Guangzhou, (Dec 14, 2007): Sculpture and novel properties of nanostructures and their assemblies for applications

104. University of Pennsylvania, MSE Department Colloquium (Oct 11, 2007): Sculpture and novel properties of nanostructures and their assemblies for applications

103. Adhesives and Sealants Council Annual Meeting, Kansas City (Oct 8, 2007): Molecular nanolayer seals and glues for applications

102. Plenary lecture, 6th International Conference on Materials Processing for Properties and Performance, Beijing, China (Sept 14, 2007): Sculpture and assembly of nanostructures for novel properties and applications

101. University of Aalborg, Center for Nanobiotechnology, Aalborg, Denmark (Aug 15, 2007):

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Sculpture and novel properties of nanostructures and their assemblies for applications 100. Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India, (Aug 7,

2007): Sculpture and novel responses of functional nanostructures and assemblies for applications

99. Institute for Materials Research and Engineering, Singapore (Aug 1, 2007): Sculpture, directed assembly and novel properties of nanostructures for applications

98. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, School of Materials Engineering (July 31, 2007): Sculpture and novel responses of functional nanostructures and assemblies for applications

97. University of Sydney, Australia, Applied Physics Dept (July 24, 2007): Sculpture and novel responses of functional nanostructures and assemblies for applications

96. University of New South Wales, Australia, Materials Department (July 24, 2007): Sculpture and novel responses of functional nanostructures and assemblies for applications

95. Monash University, Australia, Chemistry and Materials Depts. (July 18, 2007): Sculpture and novel responses of functional nanostructures and assemblies for applications

94. University of Queensland, Australia, Australian Institute of Bioenegineering and Nanotechnology (July 11, 2007): Sculpture and novel responses of functional nanostructures and assemblies for applications

93. Australian National University, Canberra, Australia; Research School of Physical Sciences, The Australian Research Council Nanotechnology Network Seminar (June 29, 2007): Sculpture and novel responses of nanostructures and their assemblies for applications

92. University of Wollongong, Australia, Institute for superconducting and electronic materials (June 21, 2007): Sculpture and novel responses of functional nanostructures and assemblies for applications

91. University of Wollongong, Australia, Institute for superconducting and electronic materials (June 14, 2007): Nanotube origami— directed assembly and modification for applications

90. Linköping University, Sweden, Thin Film Physics Division, Physics Department (April 19, 2007): Directed synthesis and assembly of nanoscopic lego blocks and their properties

89. University of Texas at Arlington, Materials Science and Engineering Department Colloquium (March 9, 2007): Sculpting nanostructures and their mesoarchitectures for applications

88. Union College, Schenectady, NY, Chemistry Department (March 8, 2007): Harnessing nanostructures for applications—directed synthesis, assembly and novel properties

87. Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra, Indo-US Shared Vision Workshop on Soft Quantum & Nano Computing (SQUAN), Feb 22-25 2007: Transmuting nanostructures for nanocomputing technologies—Directed synthesis, assembly and accessing novel properties of functional nanostructures

86. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Materials Science and Engineering Department Colloquium (January 29, 2007) Harnessing nanostructures for applications: directed synthesis, assembly and novel properties

85. The fifth international conference on materials processing, properties and performance, Singapore (Dec 15, 2006): Functional nanoparticles and molecular nanolayers—Directed assembly and novel responses for device applications

84. Keynote lecture, The fifth international conference on materials processing, properties and performance, Singapore (Dec 14, 2006): New strategies to direct the assembly, functionalization and modification of carbon nanotubes

83. Nano 2006—Eighth International Conference on Nanostructured Materials (Aug 24, 2006): Harnessing nanostructures for applications through directed surface/interface

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modification 82. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, Chemical Engineering Department (Aug 10,

2006): Hybrid mesoarchitectures from nanostructures: Directed synthesis, assembly and properties

81. General Electric Global Research Center, Bangalore, India (Aug 9, 2006): Hybrid mesoarchitectures from nanostructures: Directed synthesis, assembly and properties

80. Advanced Research Corporation International, Hyderabad, India (July 25, 2006): Hybrid mesoarchitectures from nanostructures—Directed synthesis, assembly and properties

79. University of Hyderabad, India, School of Physics and Nanotechnology Center (July 24, 2006): Hybrid mesoarchitectures from nanostructures—Directed synthesis, assembly and properties

78. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, Metallurgy Department (Jul 19, 2006): Hybrid mesoarchitectures from nanostructures: Directed synthesis and properties

77. NIAS-DST Workshop on Dimensions of Nanotechnology: Science, Technology and Society, National Institute for Advanced Studies, Bangalore (June 28, 2006): Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Education—A perspective on opportunities and challenges.

76. NIAS-DST Workshop on Dimensions of Nanotechnology: Science, Technology and Society, National Institute for Advanced Studies, Bangalore (June 27, 2006): Hybrid mesoarchitectures from nanostructures—Directed synthesis, assembly and properties

75. Wright Patterson Airforce Base, Materials Laboratory, Dayton, OH (May 26, 2005): Directed synthesis, assembly, stability and properties of low dimensional structures

74. University of Montreal/Ecole Polytechnique (May 10, 2006): Directed synthesis, assembly, stability and properties of low dimensional structures

73. TMS Annual meeting (March 15, 2006): Low-temperature high-coercivity Fe-Pt nanoparticles by Sb-doping.

72. Academia Sinica, Applied Sciences Laboratory (Feb 15, 2006): Hybrid nanostructures for device applications: Directed synthesis, modification and properties

71. National Taiwan University Bio-Nanoworkshop (Feb14, 2006): Hybrid nanostructures for device applications: Directed synthesis, modification and properties

70. Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel (Jan 12, 2006): Nanotubes, nanowires, nanoparticles and molecular nanolayers for device applications: Directed synthesis, modification and properties

69. Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India (Dec 20, 2005): Synthesis, assembly, modification and properties of nanostructures

68. International Workshop on Physics of Semiconductor Devices, New Delhi, India (Dec 15, 2005): Harnessing Nanostructures for Device Technologies: Synthesis, Directed Assembly and Properties.

67. Topical workshop on nanowires, American Institute of Chemical Engineers meeting, Cincinnati, OH (Nov 1, 2005): Templateless synthesis, self-assembly, and properties of nanorods and nanowire networks

66. Laboratory for Nanoscale Materials Science, EMPA, Switzerland (June 20, 2005): Mesoscale architectures using nanotubes, nanoparticles and nanolayers: directed growth, modification and properties.

65. Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Bremen, Germany (May 25, 2005): Mesoscale architectures using nanotubes, nanoparticles and nanolayers: directed growth, modification and properties.

64. Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland (April 25, 2005): Directed assembly of nanostructures: growth, modification and applications.

63. Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland (April 22, 2005): Directed assembly of nanostructures: growth, modification and applications.

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62. Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences (April 20, 2005): Directed assembly of nanostructures: growth, modification and applications.

61. Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Germany, Nanoscale Science Department Seminar (April 6, 2005): Directed assembly and applications of architectures built from nanostructures.

60. Advanced Micro Devices, East Fishkill NY, (January 27, 2005): Self-assembled nanolayers in nanodevice wiring structures: chemical isolation, adhesion enhancement, thermal stability, and integration with porous dielectric materials.

59. Advanced Micro Devices, East Fishkill NY, (January 27, 2005): Directed assembly and properties of hybrid mesoarchitectures built from nanostructures.

58. Rutgers University, NJ, Materials Science and Engineering Department Colloquium (September 14, 2004): Directed assembly and properties of nanoscale units and hybrid mesoarchitectures.

57. Nagoya University, Chemical Physics Department (Prof. Shinohara), Nagoya, Japan (August 30, 2004): Directed assembly and properties of mesoassemblies from nanounits

56. Tokyo Institute of Technology, Physics Department (Prof. Munekata), Yokohoma, Japan (August 30, 2004): Directed assembly and properties of nanoscale units and mesoarchitectures

55. Tohoku University, Institute for Materials Research (Prof. Kawazoe), Sendai, Japan (August 23, 2004): Directed assembly and properties of nanoscale units and mesoarchitectures

54. International Center for Young Scientists Special Seminar, NIMS, Tsukuba, Japan (Jul 30, 2004): Directed assembly and properties of mesoassemblies from nanounits

53. Nano 2004, 7th International Conference on Nanostructured Materials, Wiesbaden, Germany (June 24, 2004), Novel processing technologies session: Directed assembly and modification of carbon nanotube mesoarchitectures

52. National Institute for Materials Science Nanocharacterization department seminar, Tsukuba, Japan (June 9, 2004): Directed assembly and modification of 0-D, 1-D and 2-D nano-scale units and meso-scale assemblies

51. Cornell University, Electrical Engineering Department Colloquium (March 2004): Mesoarchitectures from nanoscale building blocks: directed assembly and applications

50. TMS Annual meeting—Metals for the future symposium, Charlotte, NC (March 2004): Self-assembled near-zero-thickness nanolayers for nanodevice metallization: Interfacial adhesion and chemical isolation

49. TMS Annual meeting—Surfaces and interfaces in nanostructured materials symposium, Charlotte, NC (March 2004): Directed assembly of mesoarchitectures and networks from 0-D and 1-D nanounits

48. International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies—organized by IUMRS at Singapore (Dec, 2003): Directed assembly and properties of highly-organized architectures comprised of 1D nanostructures

47. Twelfth International Workshop on Physics of Semiconductor Devices, Chennai, India (Dec 2003): Use of self-assembled molecular layers for future devices

46. Cabot corporation, MA (Dec 2, 2003): Synthesis and directed assembly of hybrid heterostructures and mesoscale architectures from 0-D and 1-D nanoscale building blocks

45. Workshop at the Nanoparticles 2003 Conference, Boston, MA (October 26, 2003): Synthesis and Properties of 1-D Nanostructures.

44. US-Japan Exchange of young scientists at MIT, organized by National Science Foundation, (September 26, 2003): Assembly of mesoarchitectures from nanoscale units

43. THERMEC ‘2003—organized by TMS at Madrid, Spain (July 7-11, 2003): Near-zero-thickness self-assembled molecular layers for future device structures: Interfacial

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adhesion and diffusion barrier properties 42. Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Chemistry Department (June 24 2003): Cool

Nanostructures:Directed assembly and new applications 41. Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Physics Department (June 19 2003): Cool

Nanostructures:Directed assembly and new applications 40. University of Paris, Chemistry Department (Dr. Pileni) Jussieu, Paris, France, (June 11,

2003): Directed assembly of one-dimensional nanostructures: strategies and applications 39. ENEA, Centro Ricerche Casaccia, UTS Materiali e Nuove Tecnologie, Brindisi, Italy,

(June 13, 2003): Directed assembly of one-dimensional nanostructures: strategies and applications

38. ENEA, Centro Ricerche Casaccia, UTS Materiali e Nuove Tecnologie, Rome, Italy, (June 12, 2003): Directed assembly of one-dimensional nanostructures: strategies and applications

37. Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Joint seminar organized by Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science Research Center (May 7, 2003): Cool Nanostructures: Directed assembly and new applications

36. International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films (ICMCTF), Symposium B, San Diego (April 24-28, 2003): Directed assembly of organized nanotube architectures

35. North-East New York chapter of the American Nuclear society, keynote talk, Troy, NY (March 26, 2003): Carbon Nanotubes: Architecture and Applications

34. IBM weekly seminar, T.J. Watson Center, Yorktown Heights, NY (March 21, 2003): Fabrication and assembly of nanostructures into complex architectures and devices

33. Florida International University, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering Departments, joint seminar (March 10, 2003): Highly-organized architectures from 1D nanostructures: directed assembly and future devices

32. US-Japan Symposium on Tools and Metrology for Nanofabrication at Cornell Nanofabrication Facility, Ithaca, NY (Jan 23, 2003): A perspective on critical challenges and emerging strategies in fabrication and characterization of mesoscale architectures built with nanoscale units

31. Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, Department of Engineering Sciences (November 4, 2002): Highly-organized one-dimensional nanostructures: Strategies for directed assembly and new applications

30. International symposium on Advanced Applications for Carbon Materials Organized by NSF, Carbon Societies of Korea and Japan; Jeju Island, Korea (Sept 12-13, 2002): Directed assembly of highly organized nanotube architectures

29. Philip Morris USA, Richmond, VA (August 19, 2002): Harnessing multiple microanalysis techniques for studies of complex materials systems and phenomena in engineering applications

28. Technion, Haifa, Israel, Department of Materials Engineering (July 29, 2002): Near-zero-thickness diffusion barriers and adhesion enhancers by self assembly

27. RWTH, Aachen, Germany, Department of Materials Chemistry (June 24, 2002): Directed assembly of organized networks of high-aspect ratio nanostructures

26. ESPCI-CNRS, Paris, France, Department of Materials Chemistry (June 18, 2002): Directed assembly of organized networks of high-aspect ratio nanostructures

25. University of California, Santa Barbara, CA Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Materials (April 29, 2002): Directed assembly of organized networks of high-aspect ratio nanostructures

24. 6th International Workshop on Stress-Induced Phenomena in Metallization Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (July 2001): Electromigration in Epitaxial Cu(001) lines

23. SPIE’s International Symposium on Microelectronics & MEMS, Adelaide, Australia

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(Dec. 17-19 2001): Interfacial isolation in nanostructures. 22. Sixth Inter. Conf. Solid State and Intergr. Circ. Technol. (IEEE, Shanghai, China, October

2001): Interfacial barriers for the 100-nm node and beyond: key challenges and emerging strategies

21. VLSI Multilevel Interconnection Conference (November 2001): Critical challenges and newly emerging strategies in diffusion barrier technology

20. University of Technology, Sydney, Australia (December 13, 2001): A bottom up approach to growing highly oriented carbon nanotubes in multiple orientations

19. University of Melbourne, Chemistry Department, Australia (December 20, 2001): Highly oriented carbon nanotubes architectures by chemical vapor deposition and catalyst templating

18. Monash University, Melbourne, School of Physics and Materials Engineering, Australia (December 19, 2001): Controlled growth of highly oriented nanotubes architectures by chemical vapor deposition

17. Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Physics Department (August 13, 2001): Interfacial isolation in thin film device structures: reaction pathways, surface.

16. Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Physics Department (August 14, 2001): Tailoring the structure, orientation, alignment and site-selectivity of tubular nanostructures on planar substrates.

15. National Chemical Laboratories, Pune, India (August 10, 2001): Tailoring the structure, orientation, alignment and site-selectivity of tubular nanostructures on planar substrates.

14. Pune University, Physics Department, Pune, India (August 11, 2001): Interfacial isolation in thin film device structures: understanding reaction pathways, and atomic-level engineering of surfaces.

13. University at Binghamton (SUNY), Binghamton, NY, a joint colloquium organized by the Physics and Mechanical Engineering Departments (November 14, 2001): Interfacial barriers for future device applications: understanding reaction pathways & surface-molecular engineering.

12. University at Buffalo (SUNY), Buffalo, NY, Electrical Engineering Department Colloquium (Apr 7, 2001): Thin film diffusion barriers for interconnect applications: from conventional technologies to atomic-level engineering.

11. Advanced Vision Technologies, Rochester, NY, (April 6, 2001): Placement and multidirectional growth of carbon nanotube arrays by CVD.

10. Materials Research Center, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India (Jul 28, 2000): Growth of, and interfacial interactions in, tubular and layered structures.

9. Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore (Jul 24, 2000): Tailoring the structure, alignment and site-selectivity of tubular nanostructures on planar substrates by catalyst templating.

8. Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore (Jul 25, 2000): Understanding interfacial interactions and phase formation paths in thin film interconnect structures during IC fabrication.

7. Bhaba Atomic Research Center, Materials Colloquium, Mumbai, India (Jul 17, 2000): Synthesis and interactions in layered and tubular nanostructures.

6. Physics Department, Clemson University, Clemson, SC (Jan. 2000): Phase formation at buried interfaces during tungsten chemical vapor deposition from WF6.

5. Materials Science and Engineering Department, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (Feb. 1997): Interactions of WF6 with buried surfaces in sputter-deposited TiN/Ti bilayers during W CVD.

4. Materials Science and Engineering Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY (Sept. 1997): Interactions of WF6 with buried surfaces in TiN/Ti during W CVD.

3. Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras,

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(December 1997): Phase formation and Reactions in TiN/Ti barriers during W CVD. 2. Physics Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India, (December 1997):

Interfacial reactions of WF6 with TiN/Ti films. 1. Advanced Process Development Division, Symbios Logic Inc.(now LSI Logic), Colorado

Springs, CO (June 1996), Delamination of TiN/Ti barriers during W CVD. 9.2. CONTRIBUTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (incomplete)

124. AVS 57th International Symposium, Albuquerque, NM (2010), Characterization of a buried Cu-silica interface: toughening by nanomolecular ceramization, S. Garg, R. Teki, A. Jain, V. Smentkowski, M. Lane, G. Ramanath. Poster AS-TuP23. Best presentation award

123. AVS 57th International Symposium, Albuquerque, NM (October 2010), High figure of merit nanostructured bulk thermoelectrics from doped pnictogen chalcogenide nanoplate crystals, R. J. Mehta, Y. Zhang, C. Karthik, B. Singh, E. Castillo, R. W. Siegel, T. Borca-Tasciuc, G. Ramanath. Talk.

122. AVS 57th International Symposium, Albuquerque, NM, (Oct 2010), Synthesis and application of branched titania nanotubes in dye-sensitized solar cells, EN-MoA-11, G. Butail, G. Ganesan, R. Mahima, R. Teki, N. Ravishankar, G. Ramanath. Talk

121. AVS Hudson Mohawk 2010 Chapter, Troy, NY (March 2010), Voltage controlled branching of titania nanotubes and their applications for photovoltaics, T6, G. Butail, R. Mahima, P.G. Ganesan, N. Ravishankar and G. Ramanath, Talk. Best Student Talk Prize

120. TMS/ASM Hudson Mohawk Chapter (Nov 2010), Quantum dot sensitized solar cells: A step towards clean energy, G. Butail, R. Mahima, P.G. Ganesan, N. Ravishankar, G. Ramanath, Poster.

119. MRS Spring meeting, San Francisco, CA (April 2010), High figure of merit nanostructured bulk thermoelectrics from doped pnictogen chalcogenide nanoplate crystals, R. J. Mehta, C. Karthik, B. Singh, Y. Zhang, E. Castillo, T. Borca-Tasciuc, G. Ramanath. Talk.

118. MRS Spring meeting, San Francisco (2010), Fluoroalkylsilane organosilane nanolayers for inhibiting copper diffusion into silica, S. Garg, B. Singh, M. Lane, G. Ramanath, Talk F2.2

117. MRS Spring meeting, San Francisco (2010), Metal-dielectric interface toughening by ceramization of a molecular nanolayer, S. Garg, B. Singh, A. Jain, M. Lane, N. Ravishankar, G. Ramanath. Poster F4.16

116. MRS Spring meeting, San Francisco, CA (2010), Tuning interfacial heat transport through bond strength modification with molecular nanolayers, P. O'Brien, J. Liu, S. Shenogin, M. Yamaguchi, P. Keblinksi, G. Ramanath. Talk

115. NRI-NIST Index Symposium, SUNY Albany, NY (Sept 2010), Metrology and Manipulation of adhesion and thermal conductance of graphene at metal-dielectric interfaces. P. O’Brien, J. Liu, R. Teki, P. Keblinski, M. Yamaguchi, G. Ramanath. Poster.

114. Electronics Packaging Symposium (Sept 2010), GE Global Research Campus Niskayuna, NY. Metrology and manipulation of heat transport at metal-dielectric interfaces. P. O'Brien, J. Liu, S. Shenogin, M. Yamaguchi, P. Keblinksi, G. Ramanath. Poster.

113. MRS Fall 2009 meeting, Boston, MA, (Nov 2009), Electrochemical synthesis of branched titania nanotube thin films, (R11.48), G. Butail, P.G. Ganesan, R. Mahima, N. Ravishankar, G. Ramanath. Poster.

112. MRS Fall meeting, Boston, MA (2009), Nanostructured Sb2Se3 Thermoelectrics with Controlled Doping: Rapid Synthesis, Shaping and Factorial ZT Enhancement, R. J. Mehta, C. Karthik, B. Singh, Y. Zhang, E. Castillo, W. Jiang, T. Borca-Tasciuc, G. Ramanath. Talk

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111. MRS Fall meeting, Boston, MA (2009), Threshold switching in wet-chemically synthesized Sb2Se3 nanowires, C. Karthik, W. Jiang, R. Mehta, G. Ramanath and T. Borca-Tasciuc. Talk

110. Eastern NY ASM, Mohawk-Hudson TMS and CDMMS Meeting (Nov 2009), Metrology and manipulation of interfacial heat transport for nanoswitch architectures, P. O’Brien, J.-X. Liu, R. Teki, P. Keblinski, M. Yamaguchi, G. Ramanath. Best poster award

109. Eastern NY ASM, Mohawk-Hudson TMS and CDMMS Meeting (Nov 2009), Molecular ceramization induced toughening of Cu-silica interface, S. Garg, A. Jain, C. Karthik, M. Lane, V. Smentkowski, G. Ramanath. Shared second prize in poster competition

108. Eastern NY ASM, Mohawk-Hudson TMS and CDMMS Meeting (Nov 2009), Delamination nanomechanics of molecularly tailored copper-silica interfaces, A. Jain, B. Singh, M. Lane, G. Ramanath. Shared second prize in poster competition

107. Eastern NY ASM, Mohawk-Hudson TMS and CDMMS Meeting (Nov 2009), High figure of merit nanostructured thermoelectrics from pnictogen chalcogenide nanocrystals, R. J. Mehta, C. Karthik, B. Singh, Y. Zhang, E. Castillo, S. Zhang, T. Borca-Tasciuc, G. Ramanath. Poster

106. AVS Hudson Mohawk Chapter meeting, CNSE, Albany (Oct. 2009), Copper-silica toughening using a nanolayer, S. Garg, B. Singh, A. Jain, L.V. Interrante, G. Ramanath. Best Talk Award

105. NRI-NIST Index Mid-Year Review Meeting (2009), College of Nanoscience and Engineering, Albany, NY (Sept 2009), Metrology and Manipulation of Interfacial Heat Transport for Nanoswitch Architectures P. O’Brien, J.-X. Liu, R. Teki, P. Keblinski, T. Borca-Tasciuc, M. Yamaguchi, G. Ramanath. Poster.

104. TMS Electronics Materials Conference, Penn State University, PA (Jun 2009), Thermal and Thermoelectric Characterization of single crystal individual Sb2Se3 nanorods, W. Jiang, R. Mehta, C. Karthik, E. Castillo, T. Borca-Tascius, G. Ramanath. Talk

103. TMS Electronics Materials Conference, Penn State University, PA (Jun 2009), Ultrafast Microwave-Stimulated Sculpting and Thermoelectric Properties of Bismuth and Antimony Chalcogenide Nanoplates, R. J. Mehta, C. Karthik, B. Singh, Y. Zhang, E. Castillo, W. Jiang, N. Ravishankar, T. Borca-Tasciuc, G. Ramanath. Talk

102. TMS-Electronic materials conference Penn State University, PA (Jun 2009), Non-linear I-V characteristics in wet-chemically synthesized Sb2Se3 nanowires, C. Karthik, W. Jiang, R. Mehta, G. Ramanath and T. Borca-Tasciuc. Talk

101. MRS Spring meeting, San Francisco, (2009), Toughening copper-silica interfaces by metal-catalyzed molecular ring opening in a nanolayer, S. Garg, B. Singh, G. Ramanath, Talk D7.2

100. MRS Spring meeting San Francisco (2009), Partitioning fracture energy of a molecularly tailored interface: Bond cleavage and plasticity, A. Jain, Y. Zhou, S. Nayak, M. Lane, G. Ramanath.

99. MRS Fall 2008 Meeting, Boston, MA, 4th Dec. 2008, Sculpting 1-D nanocrystals of chalcogenides: sacrificial templating and surfactant-directed core-shell branching, G. Ramanath. Talk

98. MRS Fall 2008 Meeting, Boston, MA, 4th Dec. 2008, Ultrafast Microwave-Stimulated Sculpting and Thermoelectric Properties of Bismuth and Antimony Chalcogenide Nanoplatelets, (PP12.11), R. J Mehta, C. Karthik, B. Singh, E. Castillo, W. Jiang, T. Borca-Tasciuc and G. Ramanath. Nominated for Best Poster Award

97. MRS Fall 2008 Meeting, Boston, MA, 4th Dec. 2008, Room-Temperature Synthesis and Thermoelectric Properties of Microspheres of Biphasic Bi2Te3-Sb2Te3 Nanostructures, (PP12.10), T. Wang, R. Mehta, C. Karthik, B. Singh, W. Jiang, T. Borca-Tasciuc and G. Ramanath. Talk

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96. MRS Fall 2008 meeting, Boston, MA, (Dec 2008), Aligned titania nanotube array thin films for sunlight harvesting: electrochemical kinetics and photovoltaic characteristics, (M10.2), P.G. Ganesan, G Butail, David J. Duquette, G. Ramanath. Talk.

95. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress, Boston, MA (2008), Electro wetting on dielectric effect in nanofluids containing noble metal nanoparticles, C. Karthik, A. Jain, T. Wang, G. Ramanath, and T. Borca-Tasciuc.

94. IMECE Boston, MA (2008), Analysis of nanowire heat pumps for local hot spot cooling, E. Castillo, C. Karthik, W. Jiang, T. Wang, T. Borca-Tasciuc, and G. Ramanath (Poster).

93. TMS/CDMMS Poster and Micrographic Contest and Meeting, 19th Nov. 2008, RPI, Troy, NY Toughening metal-dielectric interfaces by metal-catalyzed ring opening in a molecular nanolayer, S. Garg, B. Singh, X. Liu, P. G. Ganesan, N. Ravishankar, L. Interrante and G. Ramanath. Best Student Poster Award.

92. TMS/CDMMS Poster Contest and Meeting, (Nov 2008) RPI, Troy, NY, Nanostructure synthesis and assembly for heat management at nanodevice junctions and interfaces, R. J. Mehta, C. Karthik, B. Singh, W. Jiang, T. Borca-Tasciuc, G. Ramanath. Poster

91. TMS/CDMMS Poster and Micrographic Contest and Meeting, 19th Nov. 2007, RPI, Troy, Ultrafast Microwave-Stimulated Sculpting and Thermoelectric Properties of Bismuth and Antimony Chalcogenide Nanoplatelets, R. J Mehta, C. Karthik, B. Singh, E. Castillo, W. Jiang, T. Borca-Tasciuc and G. Ramanath. Poster

90. TMS/CDMMS Poster and Micrographic Contest and Meeting, 19th Nov. 2008, RPI, Troy, Mesoporous Silica Films with Enhanced Electrical and Mechanical Stability Through Molecular Functionalization During and After Synthesis, B. Singh, A. Jain, D. D Gandhi, R. Moore and G. Ramanath. Poster

89. MRS Fall 2007 Meeting, Boston, MA, 28th Nov. 2007, Mesoporous Silica Films with Enhanced Stability by Passivation with Multifunctional Organosilanes, (M4.11), B. Singh, D. D. Gandhi, A. P. Singh, R. Moore, G. Ramanath.

88. MRS Fall 2007 Meeting, Boston, MA, 29th Nov. 2007, Rod-shaped Assemblies of Biphasic Nanostructures Through Dynamic Templating, (HH11.3), Q. Yan, M. R. Raghuveer, H. Li, B. Singh, T. Kim, M. Shima, A. Bose and G. Ramanath.

87. TMS/CDMMS Poster and Micrographic Contest and Meeting, Nov. 2007, RPI, Troy, Stabilization of mesoporous silica films using organosilanes with different termini, B.Singh, D. D. Gandhi, A. P. Singh, R. Moore, G. Ramanath. Poster

86. MRS Fall 2007 Meeting, Boston, MA, 28th Nov. 2007, " Fracture Pathways in Molecularly-passivated Mesoporous Silica Films Interfaced with Copper Wiring in Nanodevices", (M4.5) D. D. Gandhi, A. P. Singh, B. Singh, R. Moore, E. Simonyi, M. W. Lane, G. Ramanath. Talk

85. MRS Fall 2007 Meeting, Boston, MA, 29th Nov. 2007, Colossal Interfacial Toughening of Copper-Silica Interfaces Using a Molecular Nanolayer for Nanodevice Wiring, (M5.4) D. D. Gandhi, Y. Zhou , A. P. Singh, S. Nayak, M. W. Lane and G. Ramanath. Talk

84. AVS 55th International Symposium, Boston, MA, 21st Oct 2008, "Partitioning fracture energy of a molecularly tailored interface: Bond cleavage and plasticity", A. Jain, Y. Zhou, S. Nayak, P. G. Ganesan, M. Lane and G. Ramanath. Talk

83. TMS/CDMMS Poster and Micrographic Contest and Meeting, Troy, NY, 19th Nov 2008, Partitioning fracture energy of a molecularly tailored interface: Bond cleavage and plasticity, A. Jain, Y. Zhou, S. Nayak, P. G. Ganesan, M. Lane and G. Ramanath. Poster

82. Interconnect Focus Center Annual Review Meeting, 1-2nd Oct. 2008, "Nanostructure Synthesis And Assembly For Heat Removal At Interconnect Junctions And Interfaces" Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, R. J. Mehta, C. Karthik, W. Jiang, B. Singh, T. Wang, T. Borca-Tasciuc, G. Ramanath. Poster

81. Interconnect Focus Center/FCRP Workshop on the Integration, Design and test platforms for Post-Cu CMOS Interconnects, 19th June 2008, SUNY Albany, Nanostructure Synthesis

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And Assembly For Heat Removal At Interconnect Junctions And Interfaces, C. Karthik, W. Jiang, B. Singh, T. Wang, T. Borca-Tasciuc

, G. Ramanath. Poster 80. Interconnect Focus Center annual meeting, Georgia Tech., Atlanta (2008), Thermal

Management Solutions using Nanowire Peltier HeatPumps and Engineered Thermal Transport Across Nano-Interconnect Interfaces, C. Karthik, E. Castillo, W. Jiang, M. Mazumdar, Y. Son, R. Mehta, G. Ramanath and T. Borca-Tasciuc.

79. CFES Annual Review Meeting, 9th Dec. 2008, RPI, Troy, NY "Toughening copper-silica interfaces by copper-catalyzed ring opening in a molecular nanolayer", S. Garg, B. Singh, X. Liu, P. G. Ganesan, N. Ravishankar, L. Interrante and G. Ramanath. Talk

78. Center for Future Energy Systems, Annual Review and Industrial Advisory Board Meeting, RPI, Troy, NY, 9th Dec. 2008, Voltage Induced Branching in Titania Nanotubes, G. Butail, P. G. Ganesan, I. B. Bhat, N. Ravishankar, G. Ramanath. Poster

77. Center for Future Energy Systems, Annual Review and Industrial Advisory Board Meeting, RPI, Troy, NY, 9th Dec. 2008, Aligned Titania Nanotube Array Thin Films for Sunlight Harvesting: Electrochemical Kinetics", P. G. Ganesan, G. Butail, D. J. Duquette , N. Ravishankar, G. Ramanath. Poster

76. MRS Fall 2008 Meeting, Boston, MA, 3rd Dec. 2008, Aligned titania nanotube array thin films for sunlight harvesting: electrochemical kinetics and photovoltaic characteristics (Talk M10.2), P. G. Ganesan, G. Butail, D. J. Duquette, G. Ramanath. Talk

75. MRS Fall meeting, Boston (2008), Electrochemical synthesis of branched titania nanotube thin films (R11.48), G. Butail, P.G. Ganesan, R. Mahima, N. Ravishankar, G. Ramanath. Poster

74. TMS/CDMMS Poster and Micrographic Contest and Meeting, 19th Nov. 2008, RPI, Troy, "Bamboo Forests", G. Butail, G. Ramanath. Poster

73. Directed assembly and novel responses of functional nanoparticles and nanolayers for future devices, G. Ramanath, 7th International Conference on Nanotechnology, Hong Kong (IEEE-Nano 2007). Best conference paper award

72. Directed synthesis of high aspect ratio single crystal lead telluride nanorods, A. Purkayastha , Q. Yan, B. Sing, D. D. Gandhi, H. Li, T. Borca-Tasciuc, G. Ramanath, MRS Spring meeting, San Francisco, April 9-13, (2007). Talk

71. Thermoelectric Transport Measurements in Thin Films using a Scanning Hot Probe Technique, C. L. Hapenciuc, T. Borca-Tasciuc, A. Purkayastha and G. Ramanath, MRS Spring meeting, San Francisco, April 9-13, (2007). Talk

70. Directed synthesis and properties of thermoelectric nanorods and assemblies for cooling hotspots in nanodevice wiring, A. Purkayastha, G. Pattanaik, C.L. Hapenciuc, T. Borca-Tasciuc, and G. Ramanath, Workshop on Interconnects for Hybrid and Monolithic Integration, Albany, NY, June 21, (2007). Talk

69. Nanostructure synthesis and thin film assembly for heat removal at junctions and interfaces of nanointerconnects, G. Ramanath, T. Borca-Tasciuc, A. Purkayastha, R. Mehta, IFC Annual review, Atlanta, GA, Oct 3-4, 2007. Poster/talk

68. Characterization of nanostructures, junctions and interfaces for thermal management in nanoscale interconnects, T. Borca-Tasciuc, G. Ramanath G. Pattanaik, Y. Son, A. Purkayastha, C.L. Hapenciuc, IFC Annual review, Atlanta, GA, Oct 3-4, 2007. Poster/talk

67. Thermoelectric Transport in Nanostructured Thin Films, C. L. Hapenciuc, T. Borca-Tasciuc, A. Purkayastha, and G. Ramanath, 2nd Energy Nanotechnolocy Conference, Santa Clara, CA, Sept-4-7, 2007. Talk

66. Heat generation and dissipation in junctions and interfaces of nanoscale interconnects, Thermal management and power delivery workshop, Atlanta, GA, May 7 2007. Talk

65. Study of interfacial adhesion and mechanical properties of molecularly modified dielectrics, D. D. Gandhi, A.P. Singh, M. W. Lane, Y. Zhou, S. Nayak, E. Simonyi, G. Ramanath, TMS-Hudson-Mohawk chapter (Nov 2006). Best Poster Award

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64. “Rolling Stones”, S. Agarwal, G. Pattanaik, G. Ramanath, Micrograph contest (Ist prize) TMS/CDMMS Mohawk Hudson chapter (Nov 2006).

63. Defect-induced Enhancement of Carrier Transport in Individual Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes and their networks, S. Agrawal, M. S. Raghuveer, R. Ramprasad, G. Ramanath, MRS Fall Meeting, Boston (2006). Q15.9 Poster

62. Directed synthesis of molecularly braided magnetic nanoparticle chains using polyelectrolyte and difunctional couplers, Q.Yan, A. Purkayastha, D. Gandhi, H. Li, T. Kim, M. Shima, G. Ramanath, MRS Fall meeting, Boston (2006). Poster

61. Thermoelectric transport in bismuth telluride nanostructured films, T. Borca-Tasciuc, Y. Son, S. Kim, C. Hapenciuc, A. Jain, A. Purkayastha, G. Ramanath, Energy Nanotechnology International conference (ENIC), MIT, Cambridge (2006). 19038 poster

60. Nanobrush ‘Science as Art’ competition, A. Purkayastha, Raghuveer S. Makala, T. Borca-Tascuic, G. Ramanath, MRS spring meeting , San Francisco (2006), P 42 Poster

59. Low-temperature Synthesis, Assembly, and Properties, of Monodisperse FePt-silica core-shell Nanomagnets of Tunable Size, Composition and Thermal Stability. Qingyu Yan, A. Purkayastha, T. Kim, R. Kroger, A. Bose, T. Borca-Tasciuc, G. Ramanath, MRS Spring meeting San Francisco (2006). O6.2 Talk.

58. Suppression of Moisture-induced Electrical Instabilities in Mesoporous Silica Films Through Molecular Capping. Amit P Singh, Darshan D Gandhi, V. Pushpraj, G. Ramanath MRS Spring meeting, San Francisco (2006) F2.3 Talk.

57. Low-temperature Templateless Synthesis and Thermoelectric Properties of Single-crystal Bismuth Telluride Nanorods. A. Purkayastha, M. Raghuveer2, F. Lupo, Seong-yul Kim, T. Borca-Tasciuc, G. Ramanath, MRS Spring meeting, San Francisco (2006). P8.7 Poster.

56. Enhanced chemical ordering and coercivity in FePt alloy nanoparticles by Sb-doping, Q. Yan, A. Purkayastha, T. Kim, Y. Xu, M. Shima, R. J. Gambino, G. Ramanath, MRS Fall meeting, Boston (2005), II7.17 Poster

55. Microwave assisted single-step functionalization and in-situ derivatization of carbon nanotubes with nanoparticles, M. S. Raghuveer, S. Agrawal, A.P. Singh, Q. Yan, G. Ramanath, MRS Fall meeting, Boston (2005), Ra 22.11/ Rb 22.11, Poster.

54. Electrical-current induced structural modification and chemical functionalization of carbon nanotubes, S. Agrawal, M. S. Raghuveer, G. Ramanath, MRS Fall meeting, Boston (2005), Q 1.1, Talk.

53. Low–temperature chemical ordering in FePt nanoparticles by Sb doping, Q. Yan, T. Kim, A. Purkayastha, Y. Xu, M. Shima, R. J. Gambino and G. Ramanath, 50th MMM conference, San Jose (2005), EW-03 Poster

52. Low temperature synthesis and thermoelectric properties of molecularly capped bismuth telluride nanoparticles from microemulsions, A. Purkayastha, P. G. Ganesan, A. Kumar, S.Y. Kim, T. Borca-Tasciuc and G. Ramanath, MRS Fall Meeting, Boston (2005), Ra23.6 Talk

51. Sb-doped FePt nanoparticles: synthesis, morphology, ordering and magnetic properties, Q. Yan, A. Purkayastha, T. Kim, Y. Xu, M. Shima, R. J. Gambino and G. Ramanath, TMS/CDMMS Hudson-Mohawk Chapter, Troy (2005), #15 Poster

50. New concepts of device interconnections and thermal management using nanostructures, G. Ramanath, SEMICON Europe (2005), G. Ramanath, Poster

49. Site-selective functionalization of carbon nanotubes, M.S. Raghuveer, A.Kumar, M.J. Frederick, G.P. Louie, P.G. Ganesan, and G. Ramanath, MRS Spring meeting, San Francisco (2005), U 7.6, Talk.

48. Kinetics of Moisture-Induced Electrical Property Changes in Ordered Nanoporous Silica Low-k Dielectrics, A.P. Singh, P. Victor, P.G. Ganesan, G. Ramanath, MRS Spring meeting, San Francisco (2005), B4.5, Talk.

47. Annealing-Induced Adhesion Enhancement at Cu-SiO2 Interfaces Modified with

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Organosilane Nanolayers. D.D. Gandhi, P. G. Ganesan, A.P. Singh and G. Ramanath, MRS Spring meeting, San Francisco (2005), B.8.6, Talk.

46. Hybrid Architectures from aligned carbon nanotubes on SiO2 microsphere assemblies; fabrication and alignment mechanism, S. Agrawal, A Kumar, A.A. Farajian, M.J. Frederick, Y. Kawazoe, and G. Ramanath, MRS Spring meeting, San Francisco (2005), U 3.15, Talk.

45. Hybrid nano-bio-structures: Directed assembly, properties and device concepts, G. Ramanath, S. Agrawal, M.S. Raghuveer, A. Kumar, National Academies Keck Foundation Initiative Conference on Nanotechnology and Medicine, Irvine, CA (Nov 2004). Poster.

44. Assembly of hybrid nanostructures and their properties, S. Agrawal, M.J. Frederick, G. Ramanath, Hudson Mohawk ASM-TMS chapter annual meeting (Nov 2004).

43. Site-selective functionalization of carbon nanotubes, M.S. Raghuveer, A.Kumar, P.G. Ganesan, G.P. Louie, and G. Ramanath, MRS Fall meeting, Boston (2004), GG 5.4 Talk

42. In-situ synthesis and directed assembly of gold nanoparticles of different shape from molecularly templated microemulsions, A. Kumar, V. Agarwal, A.Bose and G. Ramanath, MRS Fall meeting, Boston (2004). Talk GG 7.8.

41. Aligned carbon nanotubes on indium tin oxide: growth and electrical properties for multifunctional mesodevices, S. Agrawal, M. J. Frederick, P. Victor, G. Ramanath, MRS Fall meeting, Boston (2004). Talk HH8.10

40. Thermal stability and enhanced interfacial adhesion of Cu-capped self-assembled molecular nanolayer barriers on SiO2, D. D. Gandhi, P.G. Ganesan, G. Ramanath, MRS Fall meeting, Boston (2004), Poster GG 10.32

39. Carboxyl terminated molecular assemblies as interfacial inhibitors for future nano-devices, P.G. Ganesan, A. Singh, G. Ramanath, MRS spring meeting, San Francisco (April 21-25, 2004). Talk

38. Carboxyl terminated molecular assemblies as interfacial diffusion inhibitors for nanodevices, P.G. Ganesan, A.P. Singh and G. Ramanath, MRS Spring meeting, San Francisco (2004). F2.3 Talk.

37. Site-selective anchoring of nanoparticles heteroassemblies, M.S. Raghuveer, T. Maddanimath, P.G. Ganesan, G. Ramanath, MRS Fall meeting, Boston (2003). Poster

36. Layered molecular assemblies as interface isolators and adhesion enhancers for devices, P.G. Ganesan, and G. Ramanath, MRS Fall meeting, Boston (2003). Poster

35. Welding, Slicing, and Doping, of Carbon Nanotubes with Ion Beams, M.S. Raghuveer, J. D’Arcy-Gall, M. Marshal, I. Petrov, G. Ramanath, MRS Fall meeting, Boston (2003). Poster

34. Templateless self-assembly of nanowire cages, T. Maddanimath, J. D’Arcy-Gall, A.V. Ellis, R. Goswami, P. G. Ganesan, K. Vijayamohanan, and G. Ramanath, MRS Fall meeting, Boston (2003). Poster

33. Silicon Oxide Thickness-dependent Growth of Carbon Nanotubes, A. Cao, R. Baskaran, K. Turner, P.M. Ajayan, G. Ramanath, MRS Fall meeting, Boston (2003). Talk, M1.8

32. Templateless self-assembly of nanowire cages, A.V. Ellis, J. D’Arcy-Gall, R. Goswami, and G. Ramanath, ICMCTF, San Diego (2003). Talk

31. Self-assembled molecular nanolayers as interfacial adhesion enhancers, G. Ramanath, G. Cui, S. McConaughy, M. Stukowski, P.G. Ganesan, and A. Ellis, MRS Spring meeting (2003). Talk

30. Templateless self-assembly of nanowire cages, A.V. Ellis, J. D’Arcy-Gall, R. Goswami, P. G. Ganesan, and G. Ramanath, MRS Spring meeting (2003). Talk

29. Sequence and mechanisms of Mg segregation and self-organized interfacial MgO formation in Cu-Mg alloy films on SiO2, M.J. Frederick and G. Ramanath, MRS Spring meeting (2003). Talk

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28. Ultrathin Polymeric Diffusion Barriers for Cu metallization, P. G. Ganesan, S. McConaughy, G. Cui, S. Kanagalingam, R. Kane, and G. Ramanath, MRS Spring meeting (2003). Poster

27. Self-assembled nanolayers as adhesion enhancers at Cu/SiO2 interfaces, G. Cui, M. Stukowski, X. Guo, A. Ellis, K. Vijayamohanan, P. Doppelt, G. Ramanath MRS Fall meeting (2002). Talk

26. Phase transitions in octanethiol-capped nanocluster assemblies, A. Ellis, R. Goswami, K. Vijayamohanan, C. Ryu, G. Ramanath, Symposium H6 MRS Fall meeting (2002). Talk

25. Hydrophobic attachment of gold nanoclusters to carbon nanotubes, K. Vijayamohanan, A.V. Ellis, R. Goswami, N. Chakrapani, L.S. Ramanathan, P.M. Ajayan, G. Ramanath H7.14 MRS Fall meeting (2002). Poster

24. Interfacial phase formation in Cu-Mg thin films grown on oxidized Si, M.J. Frederick, R. Goswami, G. Ramanath, Symposium Z3.39 MRS Fall meeting (2002). Poster

23. Building macro-scale networks and bridges of aligned carbon nanotubes, A. Cao, B. Wei, P. Ajayan, G. Ramanath, Symposium H7.9 MRS Fall meeting (2002). Poster

22. Near-zero thickness self-assembled layers for interfacial isolation in future device structures, G. Ramanath, M. Stukowski, G. Cui, X. Guo, and S. Nitta, Symposium A9.6, MRS Fall meeting (2001). Talk

21. Adhesion of Cu to self-assembled monolayers on SiO2 G. Cui, M. Lane, K. Vijayamohanan, G. Ramanath, MRS Fall Meeting symposium L7.7 (Dec 2001). Talk

20. Microstructure Evolution and Interfacial Reactions in Cu-Mg Alloy Films on SiO2, M. J. Frederick, R. Goswami, and G. Ramanath, 48th AVS International Symposium, San Francisco, CA (November 2001). Talk

19. Effect of Interfacial Underlayers on Electromigration in Epitaxial Cu(001) Lines, R. Goswami, H. S. Goindi, H. Kim, M. J. Frederick, G. Ramanath, C.-S. Shin, I. Petrov, and J. E. Greene, 48th AVS International Symposium, San Francisco, CA, (2001). Poster

18. Near-zero-thickness molecular-layer diffusion-barriers for interconnect applications, G. Ramanath, K. Chanda, X. Guo, and M. Stukowski, 48th AVS International Symposium, San Francisco, CA, November 2001. Poster

17. Thermal stability of arc-evaporated Ti1-xAlxN thin films, A. Hörling, L. Hultman, M. Oden, G. Ramanath, P.H. Mayrhofer, C. Mitterer, J. Sjolen, L. Karlsson, 48th AVS International Symposium, San Francisco, CA, November 2001. Talk

16. Towards building three dimensional architectures of carbon nanotubes, B. Q. Wei, Y. Jung, R. Vajtai, G. Ramanath, P. M. Ajayan, in Symposium Z: Making Functional Materials with Nanotubes, MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, USA (Nov. 2001). Talk

15. Energy-filtered reflection high-energy electron diffraction from carbon nanotubes, J. T. Drotar, B.Q. Wei, Y.P. Zhao, G. Ramanath, and P.M. Ajayan, T.M. Lu, and G.C. Wang, AVS 48th International Symposium, San Francisco, USA, (Oct 29-Nov 2, 2001). Talk

14. Tailoring growth and properties of nanotube networks for applications, B.Q. Wei, Y. P. Zhao, P.M. Ajayan, and G. Ramanath, AVS 48th International Symposium, San Francisco, USA (Oct 29-Nov 2, 2001). Talk

13. Tailored growth of aligned nanotube arrays of both vertical and horizontal configurations, G. Ramanath, Moletronics meeting (ONR & DARPA), Lake Tahoe, NV (8/2000). Talk

12. Forming aligned nanotube interconnections between thin Ni layers and Si(001), Bingqing Wei, Z. J. Zhang, P.M. Ajayan, and G. Ramanath, Symposium A: Nanotubes and Related Materials MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA (2000). Talk

11. Selective growth of aligned nanotubes on SiO2/Si patterns from xylene-metallocene mixtures, Z. J. Zhang, B. Q. Wei, P. M. Ajayan and G. Ramanath, Symposium A: Nanotubes and Related Materials MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA (2000). Talk

10. Modifying the structure and properties of carbon nanotubes by Ga+ irradiation, B. Q. Wei, G. Ramanath, and P.M. Ajayan, Symposium O: Ion Beam Synthesis and Processing of

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Advanced Materials MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA (2000). Talk 9. Aligned growth of tubular nanostructures by CVD, G. Ramanath, P. M. Ajayan, R. Leahy,

Z. Zhang, Nanospace 2000, Houston, TX (Jan, 2000). Talk 8. Determination of kinetic rate expressions using experimental sticking coefficients with

application to W CVD, E. J. McInerney, G. Ramanath, E. Srinivasan, D. C. Smith, AVS Meeting, Baltimore, MD (1998). Talk

7. Diffusion and phase formation phenomena during WF6 attack of TiN/Ti liners, G. Ramanath, J. E. Greene, L. H. Allen, V. C. Hornback, D. J. Allman, and H. A. Withers, Adv. Metall. Intercon. Syst., San Diego, CA (1997). Poster

6. Understanding microchemical changes leading to delamination of TiN/Ti barriers during W CVD, G. Ramanath, J. Greene, J. Carlsson, V. Hornback, D. Allman, and L. Allen, VLSI Mult. Intercon. Conf. Santa Clara, CA (1997). Talk

5. Interactions of WF6 with TiN/Ti barriers during W CVD: Diffusion, interfacial reaction and phase formation pathways, and delamination mechanism, G. Ramanath, MRS Boston Meeting (1996). Talk. MRS Graduate Student Award—now called Gold Award

4. F accumulation in Ti: the cause of adhesion failure of TiN/Ti liner on SiO2 during W CVD? G. Ramanath, V. C. Hornback, D. J. Allman, J. R. A. Carlsson and L. H. Allen, VLSI Mult. Intercon. Conf. Santa Clara, CA (1996). Poster

3. Evolution of microstructure during low-temperature solid phase epitaxial growth of SixGe1-x on Si(001), G. Ramanath, H. Z. Xiao, S. L. Lai, and L. H. Allen, MRS Fall Meeting Boston, MA (1994). Poster

2. Formation of TiSi2 during rapid thermal annealing: in situ resistance measurements at heating rates from 1 to 25000 °C/s, G. Ramanath, S. Koh, Z. Ma, L. H. Allen and S.Lee, MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA (1993). Talk

1. The α → γ transformation during continuous cooling in Ti-48 at% alloys, G. Ramanath and Vijay K. Vasudevan, MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA (1992). Best Poster Prize

10. OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 10.1. Memberships, editorships and other (*Elected/invited)

• Chair elect (2012) AVS Hudson Mohawk Chapter, NY. • *Represented the US (one of 8 speakers, all below age 45) in the area of nanomaterials in Japan-

America Frontiers of Engineering (JAFOE), National Academy of Engineering, Irvine, CA (Nov 9-11, 2009)

• *US team member (total 10): Young Scientists in Nanotechnology, for US-Japan Young Scientist Exchange Program (2003)

• *Panelist, Solar Thermal Consortium of New York (Oct 22, 2009), Kingston, NY. • *Editor, Special Issue of Journal of Nanomaterials on Emerging Multifunctional Nanostructures

(2009). • *Editor, Proceedings of International Conference for Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films,

published in Thin Solid Films and Surface Coatings and Technology (2008). • *Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology (Oct 2003-) • *Editorial Advisory Board member, Journal of Experimental Nanoscience (2005-) • *Associate Editor, Research letters in Materials Science (2007-). • *Editorial Board member, The Open Materials Science Journal (2007- ) • Director, NSF-REU summer program at the MS&E Department (2001-2003) • Board Member, Upstate NY chapter of American Vacuum Society (2002-2003) • Member

o *Alpha Sigma Mu honor society (1990—)

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o *Phi Kappa Phi honor society (1995—) o Materials Research Society (1992-present) o American Vacuum Society (1997-present) o The Metals Minerals and Materials Society (2001-present) o IEEE (2007-)

10.2. Conference Chair and Executive Committees o *Co-organizer, Nanomaterials for defense devices & systems, Fort Lauderdale, FL (Sept ‘09). o *Lead organizer of the US-India Nanotechnology Institute (Jan 9-18, 2008) o *Member of the technical program committee for the 7th IEEE International Conference on

Nanotechnology –IEEE Nano 2007 (Aug 2- Aug 5). o *Member of the international advisory committee for the 6th international conference on

materials processing, properties and performance (MP3 2007), Beijng (Sept 14-16). o *Advisory board member for Nanoscale Devices & System Integration (IEEE-NDSI)

conference (2005) o NY-NANOTECH “Workshop on the Science and Fabrication of Nanosystems”, Upstate NY

chapter of American Vacuum Society (August 6-8, 2002).

10.3. Symposium Chair o “Nanomaterials: fabrication, properties applications, 137th TMS conf., New Orleans (2008). o Topical symposium “Nanostructured thin film assemblies and composites” ICMCTF, San

Diego (April 2007). o Lead-organizer of the Symposium on “Nanofunctional Materials” in the Eighth International

Conference on Nanostructured Materials (Nano 2006), Bangalore, India. This is a part of the conference series held every 2 years in a different continent.

o Lead organizer, "Mesoscale architectures from nanounits: assembly, fabrication and properties" (GG) Materials Research Society Fall meeting (Dec 2004)

o Lead organizer "New Horizons in coatings and thin films" International Conference for Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films, San Diego (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006)

10.4. Session Chair o International Conference for Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Guwahati, India

(Dec 2009). o Interface Properties in Micro-to-Macro Building Blocks, Nanoelectronics devices for defense

and security DDS conference, Fort-Lauderdale (Sept 2009). o Symposium D, IMRS, Chongqing, China (June 2008). o Nanosystem architecture and reliability, IEEE Nano, Hong Kong (Aug 2007) o “Nanostructured thin film assemblies and composites” ICMCTF, San Diego (April 2007). o “Magnetic nanomaterials”, the fifth international conference on materials processing, properties

and performance (Dec 12, 2006), Singapore. o “New science and novel materials”, the eighth international conference on nanostructured

materials (Nano 2006, Aug 21-25), Bangalore, India o “Phase transformations in magnetic materials”, TMS (2006), San Antonio, TX. o “Science and applications of nanomaterials”, International Conference for Metallurgical

Coatings and Thin Films, San Diego (April 2002, 2003, 2004) o “Environmental effects in nanomaterials”, Schenectady area ASM/TMS Spring Symposium on

Environmental Effects on Advanced Materials at GE (April 2002). o “Nanoscale systems for sensing and imaging” Symposium on BioMEMS and smart

nanostructures, SPIE conference on Micro/MEMS, Adelaide, Australia (Dec 2001)

10.5. Judge o Materials Research Society Graduate Student Awards (2002, 2005) o Columbus Foundation Invention Award for the Discover Magazine (1999).

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o Poster competition TMS/ASM—Albany-Mohawk Chapter, November (2001).

10.6. Referee for journals 1. Nature 2. Advanced Materials 3. Advanced Functional Materials 4. Angewandte Chemie 5. Applied Physics Letters 6. Journal of American Chemical Society 7. Small 8. Journal of Applied Physics 9. Chemistry of Materials 10. Langmuir 11. Nano Letters 12. Journal of Physical Chemistry 13. Journal of Solid State Chemistry 14. Chemical Physics Letters 15. European Journal of Chemistry 16. Journal of Colloids and Interfaces 17. Thin Solid Films

18. IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

19. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

20. Materials Letters 21. Materials Science and Engineering 22. Journal of Vacuum Science &

Technology 23. Surface Coatings and Technology 24. Applied Surface Science 25. Vacuum 26. Physics Letters A 27. Physica Status Solidi 28. IEEE transactions on dielectrics and

electrical insulation 29. Journal of Heat Transfer

10.7. Referee for funding agencies 1. National Science Foundation (many divisions: DMR, ECS, CBET,.., NSEC reviews, MRI...) 2. Department of Energy 3. Petroleum Research Fund 4. Rhode Island Department of Transportation 5. Academic Research Fund, Ministry of Education, Singapore 6. American Association for Advancemet of Science (AAAS)

10.8. University Committees o Co-chair, MSE Graduate Recruiting Committee (June 2006-2008, 2010-present) o Chair, MS&E Department Graduate Curriculum Committee (August 2002-2006) o Chair, MS&E Department Colloquium and Distinguished Lecture series(2000-2008) o Chair, Undergraduate Recruitment Committee (1999-2003) o Chair, Undergraduate Fellowship Program (2000-2002) o Member, Department Colloquium committee (2008-present) o Member, Faculty recruitment committee (2007-2009) o Member, Department strategic planning committee (2001-present) o Member, Committee for faculty search in nanomaterials (Jul 2001-present) o Member, Undergraduate curriculum committee (1999-2000) o Member, Department Diversity committee (2000) o Member, Nanotechnology Task Force (2010)

10.9. Faculty advisor o NSF-REU program at the MS&E Department at RPI (1999-2002) o MS&E undergraduates (Spring 1999, 2000) o Undeclared-major undergraduates (Fall 1999-2002)

10.10. External examiner/PhD committees o PhD Thesis Opponent, Physics Department, Linköping University, Sweden (Apr 2007). o External PhD thesis examiner, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India (2008). o External examiner 5 PhD theses on nanostructured materials for students in, Materials Science

Division, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (2005-09). o External examiner of PhD thesis for a student at the Chemistry Dept., IIT Guwahati, India.

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o Committees of more than 15 PhD candidates in Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering.

10.11. Recent Outreach Activities o Delivered a guest lecture that highlighted the connection between nanotechnology and Sienna

College students majoring in pure sciences and mathematics to increase their awareness of future career opportunities in the nanotechnology and energy fields (Oct. 2009).

o Delivered a guest lecture that highlighted the connection between nanotechnology and high-school science education to a group of guidance counselors representing Warren, Washington and Saratoga county school districts in order to help them guide their students develop a greater understanding of future career opportunities, and skills and educational requirements in nanotech-related jobs (Feb 2007).

o Guest lecturer, Undergraduate course on nanotechnology, Union College (2007, 2004, 2003). o Hosted a high-school student for learning nanoscience through hands-on experiments (summer

2006) o Organized half-day long lecture demonstrations and site visits for high-school and middle

school students on exciting concepts in science, Knickerbacker High (2001) o Coordinated visits for Shenendehowa high-school students and teachers (Clifton Park, NY) to

expose them to the state-of-the-art research laboratories in our University (1998-2000). o Hosted a high school biology teacher in my laboratory for 10 weeks (Summer 2004).

10.12. Community and Public Service and Other Miscellaneous Activities • Delivered 2-3 hour Indian classical vocal recitals in the US (2001, 2009), India (June 2006) and

Australia (July 2007, Aug 2010). • President, Pallavi of the Capital District, a non-profit organization that promotes and organizes

classical Music Concerts (2008-2009). • Board member Pallavi of the Capital District, a non-profit organization that promotes and

organizes classical Music Concerts.(2000-2001) • Conceived, directed, and performed a popular dance sequence based on a multilingual musical

medley of Indian film hits for Spring Festival 2004 (Empire Plaza, Albany, NY) • Instructor, Indian Heritage class; included narration of ancient Indian epics (Ramayana,

Mahabharata etc.) to children in the age group 5-15 (2001-) • Instructor, Summer Indian Heritage Youth Camp which included day-long activities in social

work, cultural activities, and sports, for 1 week (Summer 2002) • Organized and coordinated Indian classical music class sessions once a year for a two-month

interval (typically April-June or Sept-December) for 12 students, by inviting a renowned musicologist and teacher from India (1999—2007)

• Conceived and organized five 1-hour sessions in chanting of scriptural hymns and devotional songs for 3-16 year olds. Teach children 3-16 year olds about ethics, extract values from Indian mythology and its application in personality development, scriptural hymns, devotional songs, and Indian heritage every week in the Hindu temple (1999—present).

• Prepared 3-16 year olds in reciting poems, singing songs, and playing musical instruments, for entertaining elderly people at old-age homes in the Albany area (1999—present).

• Member, Board of Directors (Honorary) on Tamil Sangam of Capital District: multicultural activities (2000-2003)

• Delivered a lecture-demonstration for pre-school kids on Indian classical music (2001). • Honorary Secretary of Pallavi (member of the executive board) of the Capital District, an

organization that organizes Indian Classical Music Concerts.(2000-2001) • Conceived, directed, and performed (vocals) in a multilingual musical medley for Spring

Festival 2001 (Empire Plaza, Albany, NY)

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• Conducted Indian classical music classes (2000). • Co-compered radio programs in WRPI—Rensselaer’s FM radio channel—“Tamil Osai” on

Sundays—interviewed visiting professionals and performers on various topics pertaining to social work, classical music, science and politics (1999-2000).

• Host visiting performing artistes in various cultural spheres, e.g., theater, music, dance (1999—present).

11. PROPOSAL ACTIVITY (60+ funded/recommended/pending, out of a total 140+)

11.1. FUNDED / PENDING PROJECTS (62) 2010-11 9 funded, 1 recommended

1. NSF ECCS: MOSFETs with atomically engineered metal/high-k interfaces, Effort: Principal Investigator; $220,000, 9/10-8/13. Funded

2. NSF CMMI: Collaborative research: understanding mechanical and thermal properties and their coupling at nanomolecularly modified metal-ceramic interfaces; Effort: Principal Investigator; $349,600; 5/1/11-4/14; Lead + 50%; Co-PI: M. Lane E&H College, Funded

3. DARPA/SA-Photonics sub-contract: Development of materials and processes and nanothermalvalve design for reconfigurable thermal networks phase II, Effort: PI; $190,000; 10/10-9/11; Co-PI: T. Borca-Tasciuc. Contribution: 50% + leadership. Funded

4. NSF-MRI: Development of Terahertz multi-dimensional spectrometer for materials research; Effort: Co-PI; $485,579; 1/11-12/12; Contribution: 20%. Funded

5. Intel: Realization of Low Thermal Contact Parasitics to Enable TE Devices for Die-Level On-Demand Localized Hotspot Temperature Suppression; Effort: PI; $300,000; 7/11-6/14; Co-PI: T. Borca-Tasciuc. Contribution: 50% + leadership. Funded

6. US Army: Nanostructured bulk thermoelectrics for electrical energy harvesting from low grade heat, Effort: Principal Investigator; $200,000; 9/1/10-8/11; Co-PI: Theo Borca-Tasciuc. Contribution: 70% and leadership Recommended for funding

7. IBM Research Partnership Award Thermal interface materials from metal nanowire networks for device packaging, Effort: Principal Investigator; $75,000; 10/1/10-9/11; Contribution: Leadership + 70%; Co-PIs: Theo Borca-Tasciuc, L.S. Schadler, Pawel Keblinski; Funded

8. Brookhaven National Laboratory beam time (Oct 2010): Understanding the effects of sulfur on the electronic band structure of bulk assemblies of pnictogen chalcogenide nanocrystal for energy harvesting applications, PI, Contribution: 100%. Funded.

9. MIT EFRC Year 2 Seed funding: Scalable High ZT Bulk Chalcogenides from Nanoplates; Effort: Principal Investigator; $70,000; 1/1/11-12/11; Co-PI: Theo Borca-Tasciuc; Contribution: 50%. Funded

10. Paper battery company gift: Energy materials for battery applications; Effort: Principal Investigator; $3500; Contribution: 100%. Funded

2009— Expenditure: $1666,336 6 funded proposals

11. MIT EFRC seed funding: High Figure-of-Merit N-Type Nanostructured Bulk Thermoelectrics; Effort: Principal Investigator; $70,000; 1/1/10-12//10; Co-PI: Theo Borca-Tasciuc; Contribution: 50%. Funded

12. NSF-MRI: Acquisition of Instrumentation for Nanoscale In-Situ Studies in Auger Electron and X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy; Effort: Co-PI; $500,895; 9/09-8/12; PI: Robert Hull, Co-PIs: Duquette, Wang, Lu. Contribution: 20%. Funded

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13. Paper battery company gift: Energy materials for battery applications; Effort: Principal Investigator; $3500; Contribution: 100%. Funded

14. IBM gift grant for work in materials for thermal management, Effort: Co-PI (along with Dick Siegel); $120,000; my portion: 50%; 1/09-12/09. Funded

15. NY State: Focus Center - New York, Rensselaer: Interconnections for Gigascale Integration; Effort: Co-PI $1,500,000; 1/09-10; Associates: Borca-Tasciuc, Nayak (PI), Le Coz, Lu, Zhang; My contribution: 15%. Funded

16. SA photonics (DARPA subcontract): Reconfigurable thermal networks Phase I, Effort: PI; $25,000; 5/09-11/09; Co-PIs: Borca-Tasciuc, Keblinski; Contribution: 34%. Funded

2008— Expenditure: $1,025,428 5 funded proposals

17. NSF-MRI: Acquisition of a multipurpose X-ray diffractometer system for Advanced Materials Research and Education; Effort: Principal Investigator; $319,982; 5/07-4/08; Associates: Co-PIs: D. Gall, D. Lewis. Contribution: Leadership and 50%.

18. NIST-Nanoelectronics Research Initiative grant RFP # S200709: Heat Generation and Dissipation in Nanoelectronics Components and Assemblies: Metrology, Modeling and Mechanisms; Effort: Principal Investigator; Budget Amount: $375,000; Budget Period: 2009-2012; Associates: R.W. Siegel, T. Borca-Tasiuc, P. Keblinski. My contribution: Leadership and 30%.

19. IBM gift grant: Self-assembled molecular nanostructures for device applications, Effort: Co-Principal Investigator (along with Dick Siegel); $180,000; my portion: 50%; Sept 2007-Dec 2008

20. NY State: Focus Center - New York, Rensselaer: Interconnections for Gigascale Integration; Effort: PI $2,500,000; Oct 1, 2007-Sep 30 2008; Associates: Borca-Tasciuc, Nayak, Le Coz, Lu, Zhang; My contribution: 15%

21. DARPA Phase I Reconfigurable Thermal Networks; Effort: PI; $25,000; 2/09-1/10; Associates: P. Keblinski, T. Borca-Tasciuc; My contribution 33%

2007— Expenditure: $507,297 5 funded proposals 22. National Science Foundation: US-India Advanced Studies Institute on Nanoscale Science and

Engineering; Effort: PI $98,000; 8/07-8/08; Associates: None; Funded; Contribution: 100% 23. NY-STAR-TTIP: Commercialization of carbosilane-based low dielectric constant materials for

integrated circuit manufacture; Effort: Co-PI; $500,000; Aug 2006–July 2008; Associates: L.V. Interrante (PI), T.-M. Lu (Co-PI). Funded Contribution: 40%

24. IBM gift grant: Self-assembled molecular nanostructures for device applications, Effort: Co-Principal Investigator (along with Dick Siegel); $120,000; my portion: 50%; Sept 2006-Aug 2007

25. NY State: Focus Center - New York, Rensselaer: Interconnections for Gigascale Integration; Effort: PI $2,500,000; Oct 1, 2007-Sep 30 2008; Associates: Borca-Tasciuc, Nayak, Le Coz, Lu, Zhang; My contribution: 15%

26. Australian Research Council: Linkage Proposal for Collaborative Research: Development of nano-structured thermoelectric materials for power generation from heat; The money was awarded to University of Wollongong to provide for travel and research expenses incurred by students visiting from my group to Australia. Effort: Co-PI AUS$50,000; Aug 2007- July 2010; Associates: X.X. Xi, Penn State, Shi Dou, University of Wollongong; Funded; Cy contribution: 33%


27. NY-STAR-TTIP: Commercialization of carbosilane-based low dielectric constant materials for integrated circuit manufacture; Effort: Co-PI; $500,000; Aug 2006–July 2008; Associates: L.V. Interrante (PI), T.-M. Lu (Co-PI). Funded

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28. NSF REU supplement for undergraduate research; Effort: Principal Investigator; $6000; May 2006-Apr 2007. Funded

29. MARCO-DARPA/NY-state: Heat generation and dissipation in junctions and interfaces of emerging nanoscale interconnects; Effort: Principal Investigator; $720,000; Sept 2006-Aug 2009; Associates: T. Borca-Tasciuc (Co-PI). Funded


30. National Science Foundation: A New-Class of Molecularly-Engineered Nanoporous Dielectric Materials for Insulation in Device Wiring for Integrated Circuits; Effort: Principal Investigator $368,337; Sept 2005 – Aug 2009; Fund:A11624.2270; Associates: None

31. National Science Foundation: Self-assembled molecular nanolayers for interfacial isolation in device interconnections, Effort: Principal Investigator; $210,000; May 2005 – April 2008; Fund: A11603.2320; Associates: None

32. Focus Center RPI-NY: Nanostructured assemblies for gate interconnects, data storage, and cooling; Seed fund. Effort: Principal Investigator; $50,000, Sept 2005 to Sept 2006; Associates: None

33. IBM gift grant; Effort: Co-Principal Investigator; $100,000 Sept 2005-Aug 2007 34. Honda Gift: Single-step scaleable synthesis of nanocatalyst-support composites; Effort: Co-

Principal Investigator; $50,000; Jan 1, 2006-Dec 31, 2006; Associate: Arijit Bose, U. Rhode Island


35. Acquisition of a Multi-Functional Dual-Beam System for Nanopatterning and Simultaneous Modification and Imaging of Surfaces/Interfaces With nm Scale Precision (NSF ECS-0420946, Fund Number: A11537); Effort: Co-Principal Investigator; $500,000; 2004 – 2005; Associates: O. Nalamasu

36. NSF: MEMS From Organized Mesoscale Architectures of Carbon Nanotubes NSF Fund Number: A11525); Effort: Principal Investigator; $170,000; 2004-2007

37. Focus Center RPI-NY: Aligned nanotubes for gate interconnects and on-chip communication, Effort: Principal Investigator, $50,000 Sept 2004 to Aug 2005

38. IBM gift: Self-assembled molecular nanostructures for device applications, Effort: Principal Investigator, $50,000 Sept 2004-Aug 2005

39. Professor Bergmann Memorial Award US-Israel Binational Science Foundation, Effort: Principal Investigator; $5,000 Sept 2004 – May 2006


40. ONR: High brightness electron source development; Effort: Principal Investigator; Subcontract from the College of William and Mary, PI: Brian Holloway; $52,000, July 2003 to May 2004

41. Israel-USA Binational Science Foundation (BSF): Self-Assembled Near-Zero-Thickness Diffusion Barriers and Adhesion Enhancers for Copper Metallization in Advanced Microelectronic Devices; Effort: Principal Investigator; Co-PI: Moshe Eizenberg (Technion); $150,000 for 3 years starting October 2003

42. NSF-NER: Shaping and assembly of hybrid architectures by nanotemplating; Effort: Co-Principal Investigator; Co-PI: Daniel Gall; $90,000 for 1 year

43. NSF-NER: Exploring thermoelectric energy conversion in nanostructured assemblies; Effort: Co-Principal Investigator; Co-PIs: T. Borca, P.M. Ajayan; $100,000 July 1, 2003-2005

44. NSF CAREER supplement for graduate research; Effort: PI, $29,999, 3/03 45. NSF CAREER supplement for undergraduate research; Effort: PI; $7500, 3/03 46. IBM gift grant; Effort: Co-Principal Investigator; $50,000 Sept 2003-Aug 2004 47. Philip Morris gift grant; Effort: Principal Investigator; $50000 Jan 2004-Dec 2004

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2002— Expenditure: $542,505 5 funded proposals Prorated influx: $670,885 48. Semiconductor Research Corporation: Sub 5-nm Self-Assembled Polymeric Barriers For <50-

nm Cu/low-k Structures; Effort: Principal Investigator; $346,385 Jan 2002 to Dec 2004 49. NSF CAREER supplement for graduate research; Effort: Principal Investigator; $15,000 Feb

2002 50. NSF CAREER supplement for undergraduate research; Effort: Principal Investigator; $7500

Feb 2002 51. NSF-NSEC seed: Organization and site-selective anchoring of nanocluster heteroassemblies;

Effort: Principal Investigator; $100,000 Sept 2002 to Aug 2004 52. Philip Morris gift grant: Synthesis and assembly of nanostructures; Effort: Co-Principal

Investigator; Co-PIs: P. M. Ajayan, P. Keblinski; $450,000, Jan 2001 to Dec 2003; Fund H70188

2001—Expenditure: $421,500 4 funded proposals Prorated influx: $1,036,438

53. NSF: Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Materials Science & Engineering; Effort: Principal Investigator; Co-PI: L. Schadler; $256,209, January 2001 to Dec 2003; Fund: B10393

54. NSF CAREER supplement with IBM co-sponsorship; Effort: Principal Investigator; $25,000, January 2001

55. NSF Nanotechnology Science and Engineering Center for Directed Assembly of Nanostructures; Effort: Co-Principal Investigator; Principal Investigator: R.W. Siegel, 12 other co-PIs; $10,000,000, Sept 2001 to August 2006

56. NY state grant through the Interconnect Focus Center: Self-assembled monolayers for 3D device integration; Effort: Co- Investigator; $50,000; Jan 2001-Dec 2001; Fund: A50314

2000— Expenditure: $326,279 3 funded proposals Prorated influx: $808,877

57. NSF CAREER DMR 998 4478: Microstructure evolution and interfacial reaction paths in Cu thin films; Effort: Principal Investigator; $406,811, Jan 2000 to Dec 2003

58. Office of Naval Research: Tailored Growth of Aligned Nanotube Arrays of Both Vertical and Horizontal Configurations by Selective Chemical Vapor Deposition on Patterned Catalyst Templates on Planar Substrates; Effort: Principal Investigator; Co-PI: P. Ajayan; $444,133, Jan 2000 to July 2003. A11007

59. IBM Research Partnership Award through Nanotechnology center: Investigations of properties of self-assembled monolayers and low-k dielectrics for future devices; Effort: Co-Principal Investigator; Co-PIs: R.W. Siegel; $360,000, September 2000-August 2003; Fund: H50043

1999— Expenditure: $113,180 3 funded proposals Prorated influx: $172,707

60. MARCO-DARPA/ NY State Focus Center for Interconnect Research: Tailoring Cu surfaces by surfactants to reduce surface/interface-scattering-induced-resistivity in ultra-thin Cu films; Effort: Co-Principal Investigator; Co-PIs: Prof. S. Murarka, and Prof. G.-C. Wang; $368,121, January 1999-Dec 2000; Fund: A30274 & A50254

61. IBM Research Partnership Award: Investigations of high conductivity ternary Cu alloys with enhanced electromigration reliability; Effort: Co-Principal Investigator; Co-Principal Investigator: S.P. Murarka; $60,000, August 1999; Fund: H70163

62. Novellus Gift: Investigation of electromigration behavior in Cu films; Effort: Principal Investigator; $30,000, July 1999; Fund: H70161

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11.1. PROPOSALS THAT WERE NOT FUNDED (78) 2010-11

63. Ephesus Technologies and NY State: Nanostructured bulk materials for high coefficient of performance thermoelectric cooling; Effort: Co-PI; $150,000; 1/11-12//11; PI: Theo Borca-Tasciuc; Contribution: 50%. Not funded

64. NSF: EFRI-RESTOR Systematic Investigation and Development of Battery and Energy Storage Technologies; Effort: Co-PI; my portion: $420,000; 1/11-12/14; PI: P. Haldar (SUNY Albany), and other Co-PIs from outside RPI; Contribution: 20%. Not funded

65. Ioxus Inc. (NYSERDA subcontract): High specific energy ultracapacitors using interfacial molecular dipoles; Effort: Principal Investigator; $200,000; 1/1/11-12/12; Contribution 100%; Not funded

66. NSF CBET: Thermal Transport Engineering in Novel Nanostructured Bulk Thermoelectrics; Effort: Co-PI; $338,624; 6/10-/13; PI: Theo Borca-Tasciuc; Contribution: 50%. Not funded

67. NSF CBET/DOE: Integrated high heat flux, compact, and efficient thermoelectric power generator, Effort: Co-PI; $1,483,000; 2/11-1/14; PI: PI: Y. Peles, others: T. Borca-Tasciuc, P. Keblinski, Contribution: 25%. Not funded

68. Applied Materials: Scalable processing of nanostructured Li-Mn-Ni-Co oxide cathodes by soft-templating; Effort: Principal Investigator; $100,000; 9/1/10-8/11; Contribution: 100%. Not funded

69. Paper Battery Company (NYSERDA subcontract), Testing and Evaluating Advanced Carbon Materials; Effort: Principal Investigator; $8000; 6/10-12/10; Contribution: 100%. Not funded

70. Paper Battery Company (NYSERDA subcontract), Product development of the power wrapper; Effort: Principal Investigator: $39,817; 4/10-6/11; Contribution: 100%. Not funded

71. NSF: Understanding fracture at molecularly modified metal-ceramic interfaces; Effort: Principal Investigator; $347,166; 8/1/10-7/13; Contribution 100%. Not funded

72. ARPA-E: Scalable Nanobulk Thermoelectrics for Compact Air Conditioning; Effort: PI; $500,000; 9/1/10-3/12; Co-PIs: Borca-Tasciuc (RPI), G. Chen(MIT), Ramprasad (U Conn), J. Sharp (Marlow); Contribution: 40% + leadership. Not Funded

73. DARPA Compass whitepaper: Advanced NanoStructured Oxides for Solid State ThermoElectric Generators, Effort: PI; $4,650,000; 1/1/11-12/15; Co-PIs: Borca-Tasciuc (RPI), R. Hull, P. Keblinski, Ramprasad (U Conn), Patrick Taylor (ARL), D. Krommenhoek (High Z Tech); Contribution: 40% + leadership. Declined

74. DARPA Compass whitepaper: High ZT bulk chalcogenides from nanoplatelet assemblies for thermoelectric refrigeration by scalable microwave synthesis and surfactant-directed doping, Effort: Co-PI, $232,000/year starting 1/11/. Co-PI:T. Borca-Tasciuc. Lead: Marlow Inc. Declined

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75. ARPA-E: Inversely doped single-phase nanostructured bulk thermoelectrics for ultra-high efficiency refrigeration devices; Effort: Principal Investigator; $2,128,641; 1/10-12/12; Co-PIs: Borca-Tasciuc, Keblinski, Ramprasad (UConn), and 2 company partners. Contribution: Leadership and 40%. Was invited to write a full proposal. Not funded

76. DARPA: Thermoelectric Cooling Modules from High ZT Nanoplatelet Bulk Chalcogenides, Effort: Co-PI; $1,500,000; 6/09-12; PI: Theo Borca-Tasciuc; Contribution: 50%. Not funded

77. Advanced Energy Consortium: Subterranean Thermometry from Nanoparticle Assembly Microstructure Fingerprinting; Effort: Co-PI; $999,396; 1/1/10-12/12; PI: Liping Huang; Co-PI: Keblinski; Contribution: 33%. Not funded

78. Advanced Energy Consortium: Subterranean Thermometry from Nanoparticle Assembly Microstructure Fingerprinting; Effort: Co-PI; $998,043; 1/1/10-12/12; PI: Yunfeng Shi; Contribution: 50%. Not funded

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79. Advanced Energy Consortium: Thermoelectric and Resistive Nanostructures for Heat Injection and Extraction for Oil Reservoir Sensing and Modification, Effort: PI; $1,500,000; 1/1/10-12/12; Co-PIs: Borca-Tasciuc, Shengbai Zhang; Contribution: 34%. Not funded

80. Starfire, Enhancing copper-polysiloxane interface adhesion using organosilane nanolayers, Effort: PI; $276,422, 2/09-12; Contribution: 100%. Not funded

81. NIST-ARA: Nanoscale Thermoelectric Metrology for Highly Efficient Thermoelectric Nanomaterials and Nanodevices, Effort: Co-PI; $1,500,000; 6/10-/13; PI: Theo Borca-Tasciuc; Contribution: 50%. Not funded

82. NSF ECSE: MOSFETs with molecularly engineered metal/high-k interfaces: Work function tuning, stability and fabrication; Effort: PI; $300,000; Sept/09-12; Contribution: 100%. Not funded

2008 83. DoE EFRC: Thermally adaptive nanomaterials for crosscutting energy paradigms (TANCEP);

Effort: PI; $18,770,652; 7/09-6/14; Associates: 26, 2 national labs 2 universities; My contribution: Leadership and 20%

84. Nanostructured surfaces for enhancing change-of-phase heat and mass transfer operations in microgravity, Effort: Co-PI; $300,000; 1/1/09-12/31/11; PI-Joel Plawsky; My contribution: 50%

85. US-Israel Binational Science Foundation: Molecularly tailored metal/high-k dielectric interfaces for nanodevice applications; Effort: Principal Investigator; $92,000; 9/1/09-8/31/13; Associate: Moshe Eizenberg Technion, Haifa. My contribution: 100%

86. NSF: Fundamental Investigations of Electrowetting in Nanofluids;Effort: Co-PI; $330,000; 2/9/09-1/30/12; Associates: T. Borca-Tasciuc; My contribution: 40%

87. NSF: STC pre-proposal; Effort Co-PI; thrust leader; My contribution: 10% 88. NSF Nanomaterials for Energy Applications and Technology (NEAT) - International Materials

Institute (IMI); Effort: Co-PI; Lead: P. Haldar, SUNY-Albany 89. SRC/GRC: Thermomechanical reliability enhancement of 3D interconnects with molecular

nanolayers; Effort: PI; $399,000; 1/09-12/11; My contribution: 100% 90. SRC/GRC: A new class of high thermal conductivity interface materials from novel self-

assembled metal-polymer nanocomposites; Effort: PI; $399,000; 1/09-12/11; My part: 33% 91. DARPA: High thermal conductivity interface materials from wet-chemically processed

nanoparticle network assemblies; Effort: PI; $1,624,821; 1/09-6/10; My contribution: leadership and 20%.

2007 92. Department of Energy: Directed Synthesis and Photoelectric Properties of Thin-film Lead

Selenide – Titania-core-shell Nanowire Heterostructures for High-efficiency Low-cost Solar Cells; Effort: PI; $900,000; Jan 2008-Dec 2010; Associates: Nag Patibandla, Energy CAT, RPI, Arijit Bose, Univ. Rhode Island, Peter D. Persans, Physics Dept. RPI; My contribution: Leadership and 40%

93. Nanoelectronics Research Initiative Consortium-NSF initiative: Thermal management in nanoelectronics components and assemblies; Effort: Principal Investigator; Budget Amount: $500,000; Budget Period: May 2007- April 2010; Associates: R. W. Siegel, P. Keblinski, T. Borca-Tasciuc. My contribution: Leadership and 25%.

94. NSF-MRI: Acquisition of a multipurpose X-ray diffractometer system for Advanced Materials Research and Education; Effort: Principal Investigator; $389,982; 5/07-4/08; Associates: Co-PIs: D. Gall, D. Lewis. Not funded; Contribution: Leadership and 50%.

95. National Science Foundation: Whitepaper for MRSEC on Hierarchical Responsive and Active Materials (HiRAM) Effort: Co-PI; $900k; 8/08-12/14; Associates: 20 Co-PIs Lead: L. Schadler.

96. Semiconductor Research Corporation: Delamination repair and prevention with chemistry-specific coupling agents to mitigate CPI failures. $471,260 PI, Co-PI: Michael Lane, Emory and Henry College, Contribution: 50%

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97. Semiconductor Research Corporation: Stability of thin metal layers on nanoporous dielectrics engineered with molecular nanolayers PI:--contribution 50%; Co-PI: Plawsky.

98. Semiconductor Research Corporation: Nanostructured surfaces/interfaces for enhanced phase-change heat transfer and device cooling $492008 Joel Plawsky 2/08 – 3/11 50/50

99. Modeling the Performance of Self Assembled Monolayer Barriers: - Transport and Blocking Mechanisms for the 32nm Mode and Beyond $486075 C Contribution: 50%, Co-PIs: Plawsky and Gill

2006 100. DOE: Identifying primary degradation mechanisms for carbon support structures in PEMFCs:

Novel strategies for producing catalyst support materials having improved durability, Effort: Co-Principal Investigator; ~$600,000 [RPI portion], Oct 2006-Sept 2008, Associates: Oakridge Co-Is: K. L. More, T. Besmann, S. Dai, D. Myers, Rensselaer Co-PI: D. Gall; Aerogel Composites Co-PI: F. Luczak. Not funded

101. NSF: Collaborative research: Protein-anchored carbon nanotube sensor architectures—bridging nanofabrication with system-level design; Effort: Principal Investigator; $470,090; Aug 2006 – July 2009; Associates: V. Narayanan (Penn State, with separate budget), J. Dordick (Co-investigator). Not funded

102. NSF-MRI: Acquisition of a multipurpose X-ray diffractometer system for Advanced Materials Research and Education; Effort: Principal Investigator; $352,623; May 2006-Apr 2007; Associates: Co-PIs: L. Schadler, D. Gall, D. Lewis. Not funded

103. NSF: Thermoelectric energy conversion in self-assembled nanostructured materials and devices; Effort: Co-Principal Investigator; $349,711; Sept 2006-Aug 2009; Associates: T. Borca-Tasciuc (PI). Not funded

104. ONR: Exploiting Stimulated Assembly of Nanostructures for Forensic Sensing; Effort: Principal Investigator; $300,000; Sept 2006-Aug 2009; Associates: P. Keblinski (Co-PI). Not funded

105. ONR: Thermal energy scavenging for powering autonomous devices using nanostructures; Effort: Principal Investigator; $300,000; Sept 2006-Aug 2009; Associates: T. Borca-Tasciuc (Co-PI). Not funded

106. ONR: Protein-anchored carbon nanotube hybrids for biochemical sensing; Effort: Principal Investigator; $300,000; Sept 2006-Aug 2009; Associates: None. Not funded

2005 107. Nanoelectronics Research Initiative Consortium: Thermal management in nanoelectronics

components and assemblies; Effort: Principal Investigator; Budget Amount: $599,998 ; Budget Period: May 2006- April 2009; Associates: R. W. Siegel, P. Keblinski, T. Borca-Tasciuc, D.G. Cahill (U of Illinois). Not funded

108. NSF Materials World Network: Nanomagnet Arrays in Conducting Polymers—Synthesis, Assembly, and Properties; Effort: Principal Investigator; Budget Amount: $556,439; Associates: M. Shima and others at NTU, Singapore

109. NSF Materials World Network: Hierarchical Surfaces and Nanostructured Colloids for Thermal Management Applications; Effort: Co-Principal Investigator; Budget Amount: $533,803; Budget Period: 8/1/2006-7/31/2009; Associates: P. Keblinski (PI) and Y. Ding (Leeds)

110. NIST Center for Neutron Research: Understanding reactant-driven liquid-phase pattern formation and correlations with nanostructure size and shape; Effort: Principal Investigator; Associates: None

111. NSF-SRC: Heat generation and dissipation in nanodevice components/assemblies; Effort: Lead Co-Principal Investigator; Budget Amount: $599,998; Associates: R. W. Siegel, P. Keblinski, T. Borca-Tasciuc, D.G. Cahill

112. NSF: Collaborative Research—SST: Carbon Nanotube Architectures for Nanoscale Sensing and Recognition— Bridging Nanofabrication with System-level Design; Effort: Principal Investigator; Budget Amount: $465,305; Associates: Jonathan S. Dordick, and Vijay Narayanan (Penn State)

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113. A New Class of Spin-on Polycarbosilanes as Low-k Dielectric Materials (Semiconductor Research Corporation, Applied Materials, Novellus etc; multiple parallel submissions); Effort: Co-Principal Investigator; Funds Requested: $561,000; Associates: L.V. Interrante, Co-Principal Investigator

114. Keck foundation: Nanodevices with nanoscale addressing: Bridging device fabrication with system design; Effort: Principal Investigator; Funds Requested: $75,000; Associates: V. Narayanan (Penn State U.)

115. NSF-NIRT: Site Selectivity Anchored Electro-Active Proteins in Chemically Coded Nanscale Segments of Carbon Nanotubes: Assembly Properties and Device Concepts Effort: Principal Investigator (lead); Budget Amount: $1,949,954; Associates: Pawel Keblinski (Co-Investigator) + collaborators in Rutgers & MSU.

116. NSF-NIRT: Designing Junctions, Interfaces and Defects for Tailored Properties of Carbon-Based Nanostructures; Effort: Co-Principal Investigator; Budget Amount: $1,993,070; Associates: Pawel Keblinski (Principal Investigator), S. Nayak and others in other institutions

2004 117. Self-assembled molecular nanolayers for interfacial isolation in device interconnections

(National Science Foundation); Effort: Principal Investigator; Funds Requested: $312,414; Contract Period: 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2007

118. Self-passivated high-mechanical-integrity nanoporous dielectrics for diffusion-barrier-less interconnect schemes (Semiconductor Research Corporation); Effort: Principal Investigator; Funds Requested: $557,000

119. Stability of thin metal layers on surfaces of nanoporous dielectrics modified with molecular layers (Semiconductor Research Corporation); Effort: Principal Investigator; Funds Requested: $555,000; Associates: J.L. Plawsky, Co-Principal Investigator

120. A New Class of Spin-on Polycarbosilanes as Low-k Dielectric Materials (Semiconductor Research Corporation); Effort: Co-Principal Investigator; Funds Requested: $561,000; Contract Period: 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2007; Associates: L.V. Interrante, Co-Principal Investigator

121. Self-assembled molecular nanolayers for interfacial isolation in device interconnections (National Science Foundation); Effort: Principal Investigator; Funds Requested: $332,205;

122. NSF NIRT: Nano-bio-hybrid Mesoarchitectures for Devices by Site-Specific Protein Anchoring Onto Chemically Modulated Carbon Nanotube Templates; Effort: Principal Investigator; Requested: $1,998,280; Associates: J. S. Dordick, O. Nalamasu

123. NSF NER: Creation of nanotube networks during continuous processing of composite fibers; Co-Principal Investigator; Requested Amount: $129,993; Associates: Rahmi Osizik

124. NSF NIRT: Computational and experimental study of fundamental energy transport mechanism for carbon-nanotube enhanced heat exchangers, Effort: Co-Principal Investigator; Requested: $1687,784; Associates: 3 Co-PIs from University of Central Florida

2003 125. NSF: Microdevices from organized mesoarchitectures of carbon nanotubes; Effort: Principal

Investigator; Funds Requested: $300,000 126. DURIP: AFOSR, ARO, ONR: Acquisition of A Scanning Auger Nanoprobe with a focused ion

beam (FIB) attachment for high spatial-resolution compositional analysis and nanostructuring; Effort: Principal Investigator (lead); $1,000,000; Associate: Timothy S. Cale

127. Fuel Cell Acquisition Group: Bifunctional Fuel Cell Nanocatalysts By Combinatorial Platform; Effort: Co-Principal Investigator; Funds Requested: $30,000

128. NSF: Acquisition of a dual beam DEM/FIB Strata DB235 system with nabity nanopattern generation capability; Effort: Principal Investigator; Funds Requested: $666,704; Associates: O. Nalamasu, T.S. Cale

129. MIT consortium: Hierarchical Assembly of Nanoscale Building Blocks; Effort: Co-Principal Investigator; Funds Requested: $3,488,810; Associates: O. Nalamasu and others

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130. NSF: Research experience for undergraduates in Materials Science & Eng.; Effort: Co-Principal Investigator; Funds Requested: $274,979; Associates: Rahmi Ozisik (Co-PI)

2002

131. ONR: Organized mesoarchitectures based on aligned nanowires and anchored nanoclusters; Effort: Principal Investigator; $500,000 for 3 years; Co-PI: P.M. Ajayan

132. US Army—Feb 2002: Institute of Soldier Nanotechnologies at Rensselaer; Effort: Task-Leader (characterization thrust); Principal Investigator: Dick Siegel; $15,000,000/year

133. NSF-Major Research Instrumentation (MRI)—Feb 2002: Acquisition of a Scanning Auger Nanoprobe (SAN) with a Focused Ion Beam (FIB) Attachment for High Spatial-Resolution Compositional Analysis & Local Modification of Surfaces; Effort: Principal Investigator; Co-PIs: J.B. Hudson, C. Steinbruchel, and T.S. Cale; $1,166,000

2001 134. NSF-Nanotechnology Interdisciplinary Research Team (NIRT)—Dec 2001: Flexible

multilayered architectures; Effort: Principal Investigator; Co-PIs: C. Ryu, P.M. Ajayan, L. Schowalter, M. Shur; $541,992/year for 5 years

135. Semiconductor Research Corporation—Oct 2001: Low-temperature electromigration in epitaxial Cu lines measured by electrical Noise; Effort: Principal Investigator; Co-PIs: J.E. Greene, I. Petrov (University of Illinois), and L.B. Kish (Texas A&M); $450,000/3 years

136. Major Research Instrumentation (MRI)—Jan 2001: Acquisition of a Scanning Auger Nanoprobe (SAN) with a Focused Ion Beam (FIB) Attachment for High Spatial-Resolution Compositional Analysis & Local Modification of Surfaces; Effort: Principal Investigator; Co-PIs: J.B. Hudson, C. Steinbruchel, and T.S. Cale; $1,089,000

2000 137. NSF Instrumentation for Materials Research, Acquisition of a high-resolution X-ray

diffractometer (2000); Effort: Co-Principal Investigator; PIs: L. Schadler and K. Rajan; Amount: ~$250,000

1999 138. Rockwell Internal Research Fund Conformal Ultra-thin Barrier and Seed Layer Formation by

Atomic Layer Self-Assembly for Cu Interconnect Applications (1999); Effort: Co-Principal Investigator; Co-PIs: S.P. Murarka, T.-M. Lu; Amount requested: ~ $30,000/year

139. Office of Naval Research MURI: Functionally graded hierarchical coatings for high temperature applications (1999); Effort: Co-Principal Investigator; Co-PIs: Dave Duquette, R.W. Siegel, P. M. Ajayan and others. ~ $5,00,000 for 5 years

140. National Science Foundation MRSEC (Nantostar 1999); Effort: Co-Principal Investigator; Co-PIs: R.W. Siegel, P. M. Ajayan, L. S. Schadler and others; Amount requested: ~ $5,500,000 for 5 years

141. Petroleum Research Fund (Administered by ACS), Kinetics and mechanisms of epitaxial cubic-AlN formation in Al/transition metal nitride thin film bilayers (1999); Effort: Principal Investigator; ~ $25,000 for two years.

1998 142. NSF CAREER: Microstructure evolution and interfacial reaction paths in Cu thin films; Effort:

Principal Investigator; $400,000.

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