sankaran laboratory

Department of Chemical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University

2009

 

Nanoengineering Ni_xFe_1-x catalysts for gas-phase, selective synthesis of semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes

W-H. Chiang, M. Sakr, X. Gao, and R. M. Sankaran, ACS Nano, in press.

 

Triboelectric charging of lunar regolith stimulant

K. M. Forward, D. J. Lacks., and R. M. Sankaran, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 114, A10109, doi:10.1029/2009JA014559.

 

Linking catalyst composition to chirality distributions of as-grown single-walled carbon nanotubes by tuning Ni_xFe_1-x nanoparticles

W-H. Chiang and R. M. Sankaran, Nature Materials, Vol. 8, 882 (2009) PDF

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Particle-size dependent bipolar charging of Martian regolith simulant

K. M. Forward, D. J. Lacks., and R. M. Sankaran, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 36, L13201 (2009) PDF

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Relating carbon nanotube growth parameters to the size and composition of nanocatalysts

W-H. Chiang and R. M. Sankaran, Diam. Rel. Mater., Vol. 18, 946 (2009) PDF

 

Methodology for studying particle-particle triboelectrification in granular materials

K. M. Forward, D. J. Lacks, and R. M. Sankaran, J. Electrostatics, Vol. 67, 178 (2009) PDF

 

Triboelectric charging of granular mixtures due solely to particle-particle interactions

K. M. Forward, D. J. Lacks, and R. M. Sankaran, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., Vol. 48. 2309 (2009) PDF

 

Charge segregation depends on particle size in triboelectrically charged granular materials

K. M. Forward, D. J. Lacks, and R. M. Sankaran, Phys. Rev. Lett., Vol. 102, 028001 (2009) PDF

 

2008

 

Synergistic effects in bimetallic nanoparticles for low temperature carbon nanotube growth

W-H. Chiang and R. M. Sankaran, Adv. Mater., Vol. 20, 4857 (2008) PDF

 

In-flight dimensional tuning of metal nanoparticles by microplasma synthesis for selective production of diameter-controlled carbon nanotubes

W-H. Chiang and R. M. Sankaran, J. Phys. Chem. C, Vol. 112, 17920 (2008) PDF

 

Plasma-liquid electrochemistry: Rapid synthesis of colloidal metal nanoparticles by microplasma reduction of aqueous cations

C. Richmonds and R. M. Sankaran, Appl. Phys. Lett., Vol. 93, 131501 (2008) PDF

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2007

 

Microplasma synthesis of metal nanoparticles for gas-phase studies of catalyzed carbon nanotube growth

W-H. Chiang and R. M. Sankaran, Appl. Phys. Lett., Vol. 91, 121503 (2007) PDF

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Nonlithographic fabrication of surface-enhanced Raman substrates (SERS) using a rastered atmospheric-pressure microplasma source

W-H. Chiang, M. Cochey, C. Virnelson, and R. M. Sankaran, Appl. Phys. Lett., Vol. 91, 021501 (2007) PDF

 

Prior to 2007

 

Synthesis of blue luminescent Si nanoparticles using atmospheric-pressure microdischarges

R. M. Sankaran, D. Holunga, R. C. Flagan, and K. P. Giapis, Nano Lett. Vol. 5, 537 (2005) PDF

 

Magnetic tests for magnetosome chains in martian meteorite ALH84001

B. P. Weiss, S. S. Kim, J. L. Kirschvink, R. E. Kopp, R. M. Sankaran, A. Kobayashi, and A. Komeili, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., Vol. 101, 8281 (2004) PDF

 

Ferromagnetic resonance and low temperature magnetic tests for biogenic magnetite

B. P. Weiss, S. S. Kim, J. L. Kirschvink, R. E. Kopp, R. M. Sankaran, A. Kobayashi, and A. Komeili, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., Vol. 224, 73 (2004) PDF

 

Argon excimer emission from high-pressure microdischarges in metal capillaries

R. M. Sankaran, K. P. Giapis, M. Moselhy, and K. H. Schoenbach, Appl. Phys. Lett., Vol. 83, 4728 (2003) PDF

 

High-pressure microdischarges in etching and deposition applications

R. M. Sankaran and K. P. Giapis, J. Phys. D, Vol. 36, 2914 (2003) PDF

Hollow cathode sustained plasma microjets: Characterization and application to diamond deposition

R. M. Sankaran and K. P. Giapis, J. Appl. Phys., Vol. 92, 2406 (2002) PDF

Maskless etching of silicon using patterned microdischarges

R. M. Sankaran and K. P. Giapis, Appl. Phys. Lett., Vol. 79, 593 (2001) PDF

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