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LINDA S. SCHADLER

Career Highlights

Professor Schadler received her Ph.D. in materials science and engineering in 1990 from the University of Pennsylvania. She held a post-doctoral research position at IBM's T.J. Watson Research Center from 1990-1992 and joined the faculty at Drexel University in 1992 as an assistant professor. While at Drexel she received a National Young Investigator Award. She joined the Rensselaer faculty in 1996. She is a winner of the Bradley Staughton Teaching Award from ASM International and the American Society of Engineering Education Dow Outstanding New Faculty award for the St. Lawrence section. Schadler has been the Education and Outreach Coordinator RPI led NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center for Directed Assembly of Nanostructures, involving efforts at RPI, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Los Alamos National Laboratory. She is now the NSEC Thrust 3 (Serving Society) leader. Professor Schadler has also served as a member of the National Materials Advisory Board, advisor for the local student professional chapter, and advisor for the student affairs office for local ASM/TMS chapter. She continues to play a major role in women in engineering activities and other community service.

Research Areas

Schadler has a strong interest in polymer nanocomposites with both nanoparticle and nanotube fillers. The goal of her work is to understand and control the fundamental interaction of the polymer chains with the reinforcement, and to tailor the dispersion and interface properties to maximize the bulk mechanical and electrical properties. Her group studies the effect of particle size, dispersion state, filler/matrix interface properties, aspect ratio, filler and matrix type on properties. The current focus is on understanding and developing multifunctional materials.

Selected Publications

• P.L. Dickrell, W.G. Sawyer, N.R. Raravikar, L.S. Schadler and P.M. Ajayan, “Measurement of Coefficient of Friction on a Bed of Aligned Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes,” Tribology Letters 18, 59-62 (2005)
• N.R. Raravikar, A.S. Vijayaraghavan, P. Keblinski, L.S. Schadler, and P.M. Ajayan, “Embedded Carbon Nanotube Stiffened Polymer Surfaces," Small 1 (3): 317-320 (2005)
• B.J. Ash, R.W. Siegel, L.S. Schadler, “Mechanical Behavior of Alumina/Poly(methyl methacrylate) Nanocomposites,” Macromolecules 37(4), 1358-1369 (2004)
• D. Ma, R.W. Siegel, J-I. Hong, and L.S. Schadler, E. Mårtensson, C. Önneby,“Influence of Nanoparticle Surfaces on the Electrical Breakdown Strength of Nanoparticle- filled Low-density Polyethylene.” Journal Materials Research 19(3), 857-863 (2004)
• B.J. Ash, R.W. Siegel, L.S. Schadler, “Glass-Transition Temperature Behavior of Alumina/PMMA Nanocomposites,” J. Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 42, 4371-4383 (2004)
• K. Rege, N.R. Raravikar, D.-Y. Kim, L.S. Schadler, P.M. Ajayan, and J.S. Dordick, "Enzyme-Polymer-Single Walled Carbon Nanotube Composites as Biocatalytic Films," Nano Letters 3, 829-832 (2003)
• A. Eitan, K. Jiang, R. Andrews, L.S. Schadler, "Surface modification of multi-walled carbon nanotubes: Towards the tailoring of the interface in polymer composites," Chemistry of Materials 15 (16): 3198-3201 (2003)
• W.G. Sawyer, K.D. Fruedenberg, P. Bhimaraj, L.S. Schadler, "A Study on the Friction and Wear Behavior of PTFE Filled with Alumina Nanoparticles," Wear 254, 573-580, (2003)
• I.J. Beyerlein, C.H. Zhou, and L.S. Schadler, "A Time Dependent Micromechanical Fiber Composite Model for Inelastic Zone Growth in Viscoelastic Matrices," International Journal of Solids and Structures 40, 2171-2194 (2003)
• K. Jiang, A. Eitan, L.S. Schadler, P.M. Ajayan, R.W. Siegel, N. Grobert, M. Mayne, M. Reyes-Reyes, H. Terrones and M. Terrones, "Selective Attachment of Gold Nanoparticles to Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanotubes," Nano Letters 3, 275-277 (2003)
• J.I. Hong, L.S. Schadler, and R.W. Siegel, "Re-scaled Electrical Properties of ZnO/LDPE Nanocomposites," Applied Physics Letters 82, 1956 (2003)
• Y.-C. Chen, N.R. Raravikar, Y.-P. Zhao, L.S. Schadler, P.M. Ajayan, T.-M. Lu, G -C. Wang, and X. -C. Zhang, "Ultrafast Optical Switching Properties of Single-wall Carbon Nanotube Polymer Composites at 1.55 Micrometers," Applied Physics Letters 81(6): 975-977 (2002)
• B.J. Ash, D.F. Rogers, C.J. Wiegand, L.S. Schadler, R.W. Siegel, B. C. Benicewicz, T. Apple, "Mechanical Properties of Al2O3 / Polymethylmethacrylate Nanocomposites," Polymer Composites 23(6), 1014-1025 (2002)
• N.R. Ravarikar, P. Keblinski, A.M. Rao, M.S. Dresselhaus, L.S. Schadler, P.M. Ajayan, "Temperature Dependence of Radial Breathing Mode Frequency in Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes," Physical Review B 66 (23): 235424/1-9 (2002)
• B.J. Ash, L.S. Schadler, R.W. Siegel, "Glass Transition Behavior of Alumina/Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) Nanocomposites," Materials Letters 55, 83-87 (2002)

Professional Appointments

2003-Present		Professor, Materials Science and Engineering Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
1999-2003		Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
1996-1999		Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Troy, NY.
1992-1996		Assistant Professor, Materials Engineering Department, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA.
1990-1992		Post Doctoral Fellow, IBM, Yorktown Heights

Professional Preparation

University of Pennsylvania		Materials Science & Engineering		Ph.D. 1990
Cornell University		Materials Science & Engineering		B.S. 1985