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Pulickel M. Ajayan

Associate Professor of Materials Engineering
112 Materials Research Center
Tel: 518.276.2322 / 6448
E-mail: ajayan@rpi.edu

 



Journal Publications:(*13 Most recent listed)

  1. P. M. Ajayan and O. Zhou, "Applications of carbon nanotubes", to appear in Carbon Nanotubes (ed. M. S. Dresselhaus and G. Dresselhaus), Springer-Verlag Publications (2000).

  2. L. B. Kish, R. Vajtai and P. M. Ajayan, "Random walk in an eddy and tube formation from fine particles", Chaos, Submitted.

  3. D. Tekleab, R. Czerw, A. Rubio and P. M. Ajayan, Y. Liang and D. Carroll, "Measuring carbon nanotube - substrate interactions", Appl. Phys. Lett., Submitted.

  4. P. M. Ajayan, Z. J. Zhang, B. Wei and G. Ramanath, "Carbon nanotube crystals", Nature, Submitted.

  5. Z. J. Zhang, G. Ramanath and P. M. Ajayan, D. Goldberg and Y. Bando, "Radial patterns of carbonated silica microfibers", Adv. Mater., Submitted.

  6. Z. J. Zhang, B. Wei, G. Ramanath and P. M. Ajayan, "Substrate self-selctive growth of aligned carbon nanotubes", Appl. Phys. Lett., Submitted.

  7. A. B. Dalton, C. Stephan, J. Coleman, B. McCarthy, P. M. Ajayan, S. Lefrant, P. Bernier, W. J. Blau, and H. J. Byrne "Size-selection of carbon nanotubes", J. Phys. Chem, In press.

  8. B. Wei, Z. J. Zhang, G. Ramanath and P. M. Ajayan, "Liftup growth of carbon nanotubes on patterned substrates", Appl. Phys. Lett., In press.

  9. D. Tekleab, R. Czerw, P.M. Ajayan and D.L. Carroll, "Electronic structure of kinked multiwalled carbon nanotubes", Appl. Phys. Lett., 76, 3594, 2000.

  10. M. Terrones, H. Terrones, F. Banhart, J. -C. Charlier and P. M. Ajayan, "Coalescence of singlewalled carbon nanotubes", Science, 288, 1227, 2000.

  11. P. M. Ajayan, L. S. Schadler, C. Giannaris and A. Rubio, "Mechanical response of singlewalled carbon nanotubes in polymer nanocomposites", Adv. Mater., 12, 750, 2000.

  12. P. M. Ajayan, J. Nugent and R. W. Siegel, "Autocatalytic growth of carbon micro-trees", Nature, 404, 243, 2000.

  13. J. N. Coleman, A. B. Dalton, S. Curran, A. Rubio, A. P. Davey, A. Drury, B. McCarthy, B. Lahr, P. M. Ajayan, S. Roth, R. C. Barklie and W. J. Blau, "Phase separation of carbon nanotubes and turbostratic graphite using a functional organic polymer", Adv. Mater., 12, 213 (2000).


Books & Monographs:

  1. Novel Carbon Structures: Fullerenes, Volume 2 (In the Book Series on "CARBON" by Gordon and Breach Publishers.
    Book Editors: P. M. Ajayan and Yves Rubin.
    Series Editor: Pierre Delhaes
    Expected Date of Publication: Summer 2001

  2. Nanocomposite Science and Technology, by VcH/Wiley Publishers
    Book Authors: P. M. Ajayan, L. Schadler and P. Braun.
    Expected Date of Publication: Winter 2001


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