Nikhil Koratkar

Publications: Prof. Nikhil A. Koratkar

In Refereed Journals

Koratkar is the corresponding author on the Papers listed below except for Papers 3, 15, 19, 29 and 42.

(1) C. Li, Z. Wang, P.-I. Wang, Y. Peles, N. Koratkar and G. P. Peterson, “Nanostructured copper interfaces for enhanced boiling”, Small, accepted for publication, in-press (2008). This work was featured by Nature in their news section (04 July 2008), doi: 10.1038/news.2008.935

[2007 ISI impact factor for Small is 6.408]

(2) J. P. Singh, R. Teki, L. Ci, P. Ajayan and N. Koratkar, “Detecting mechanical resonance in carbon nanotubes via inter-tube electrical transport measurements”, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 8, 436-438 (2008).

(3) C. Ma, L.J. Ji, R.P. Zhang, Y.F. Zhu, W. Zhang and N. Koratkar, “In-situ alignment and dispersion of functionalized carbon nanotubes in polymer composites by AC electric field”, Carbon 46, 706-710 (2008).

(4) S. Kim, S. Pal, P. Ajayan, T. Borca-Tasciuc and N. Koratkar, “Electrical breakdown gas detector featuring carbon nanotube array electrodes”, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 8, 416-419 (2008).

(5) W. Zhang, R.C. Picu and N. Koratkar, “Effect of carbon nanotube dimensions and dispersion on the fatigue behavior of epoxy nanocomposites” Nanotechnology, 19, 285709 (2008).

(6) J. Suhr and N. Koratkar, “Energy dissipation in carbon nanotube composites- A review”, Journal of Materials Science, 43, 4370-4382 (2008).

(7) R. Teki, T. C. Parker, H. Li, N. Koratkar, T.-M. Lu, and S. Li, “Low temperature synthesis of single crystalline ZnO nanorods by oblique angle deposition”, Thin Solid Films, 516, 4993–4996 (2008).

(8) R. Teki, T.-M. Lu, and N. Koratkar, “Effect of tip geometry on photo-electron-emission from nanostructures”, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology accepted for publication, in-press (2008).

(9) Z. Wang and N. Koratkar, “Electrically controlled wetting and dewetting transition on silicon micro-pillar arrays”, Advanced Science Letters, accepted for publication (2008).

(10) Z. Wang, L. Ci, L. Chen, S. Nayak, P. Ajayan and N. Koratkar, “Polarity-dependent electrochemically controlled transport of water through carbon nanotube membranes”, Nano Letters 7, 697-702 (2007).

[This paper was featured on the American Chemical Society (ACS) website as a "Hot Paper" as defined by Thomson Scientific (ISI) Essential Science Indicators. Hot Papers are articles published within the last two years receiving the most citations over the most recent two-month period.

[2007 ISI impact factor for Nano Letters is 9.627]

(11) W. Zhang, V. Sakalkar, and N. Koratkar, “In situ health monitoring and repair in composites using carbon nanotube additives”, Applied Physics Letters 91, 133102 (2007).

[This paper was featured in the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology. The Virtual Journal, published by American Institute of Physics and the American Physical Society in cooperation with numerous other societies and publishers, is an edited compilation of links to articles from participating publishers, covering a focused area of frontier research]

(12) Z. Wang, C. Lopez, A. Hirsa and N. Koratkar, “Impact dynamics and rebound of water droplets on superhydrophobic carbon nanotube arrays”, Applied Physics Letters 91, 023105 (2007).

(13) Z. Wang, Y. Ou, T.-M. Lu and N. Koratkar, “Wetting and electrowetting properties of carbon nanotube templated parylene films”, Journal of Physical Chemistry B 111, 4296-4299 (2007).

(14) Z. Wang, L. Ci, P. Ajayan and N. Koratkar, “Combined micro/nanoscale surface roughness for enhanced hydrophobic stability in carbon nanotube arrays”, Applied Physics Letters 90, 143117 (2007).

(15) L. Chen, Y. Zhang, N. Koratkar, P. Jena, and S. K. Nayak, “First principles study of interaction of molecular hydrogen with Li doped carbon nano peapod”, Physical Review B, 77, 033405 (2007).

(16) W. Zhang, R. C. Picu and N. Koratkar, “Suppression of fatigue crack growth in carbon nanotube composites”, Applied Physics Letters, 91, 193109 (2007).

(17) Z. Wang, A. Joshi, R. Kane and N. Koratkar, “Creep mitigation in composites using carbon nanotube additives”, Nanotechnology 18, 185703 (2007).

(18) J. Suhr, A. Joshi, L. Schadler, R. Kane and N. Koratkar, “Effect of filler geometry on interfacial friction damping in polymer nano-composites”, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 7, 1684-1687 (2007).

(19) J. Ryoo, P. Hajela, J. Suhr and N. Koratkar, “Estimation of Young’s modulus of singlewalled carbon nanotubes using cellular automata”, Advances in Engineering Software 38, 531-537 (2007).

(20) W. Zhang, J. Suhr and N. Koratkar, “Observation of high buckling stability in carbon nanotube polymer composites”, Advanced Materials 18, 452-456 (2006).

[2007 ISI impact factor for Advanced Materials is 8.191].

(21) R. Teki, N. Koratkar, T. Karabacak and T.-M. Lu, “Enhanced photo-emission from nanostructured surface topologies”, Applied Physics Letters 89, 193116 (2006).

(22) S. Kim, T. Karabacak, T.-M. Lu and N. Koratkar, “Water Electrolysis Activated by Ru Nanorod Array Electrodes”, Applied Physics Letters 88, 263106 (2006).

(23) J. Suhr, W. Zhang, P. Ajayan and N. Koratkar, “Temperature activated interfacial friction damping in carbon nanotube polymer composites”, Nano Letters 6, 219-223 (2006).

[2007 ISI impact factor for Nano Letters is 9.627]

(24) Z. Wang and N. Koratkar, “Suppressing electrostatic screening in nanostructured electrode arrays”, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 6, 1979-1984 (2006).

(25) W. Zhang, J. Suhr and N. Koratkar, “Carbon nanotube/polycarbonate composites as multifunctional strain sensors”, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 6, 960-964 (2006).

(26) J. Suhr and N. Koratkar, “Effect of pre-strain on interfacial friction damping in carbon nanotube polymer composites”, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 6, 483-486 (2006).

(27) D.-B. Cho, J. Suhr and N. Koratkar, “Carbon nanotube thin film coating for improved thermal management in piezoceramic sheet actuators”, Intelligent Materials Systems and Structures 17, 209-216 (2006).

(28) J. Suhr, N. Koratkar, D.-X. Ye and T.-M. Lu, “Damping properties of epoxy films with nanoscale fillers”, Intelligent Materials Systems and Structures 17, 255-260 (2006).

(29) P. Ajayan, J. Suhr and N. Koratkar, “Utilizing interfaces in carbon nanotube reinforced polymer composites for structural damping”, Journal of Materials Science 41, 7824-7829 (2006).

(30) N. Koratkar, “Nanoscale field ionization sensors- a review”, International Journal of Nanoscience 4, 945-949 (2005).

(31) J. Suhr, N. Koratkar, P. Keblinski and P. Ajayan, “Viscoelasticity in carbon nanotube composites,” Nature Materials 4, 134-137, (2005). Paper cited 51 times.

[Nature Materials is ranked #1 for Materials Science; 2007 ISI impact factor is 19.78]

(32) N. Koratkar, J. Suhr, A. Joshi, R. Kane, L. Schadler, P. Ajayan, and S. Bartolucci, “Characterizing energy dissipation in single-walled carbon nanotube polycarbonate composites”, Applied Physics Letters 87, 063102 (2005).

[This paper was featured in the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology. The Virtual Journal, published by American Institute of Physics and the American Physical Society in cooperation with numerous other publishers, is an edited compilation of links to articles from participating publishers, covering a focused area of frontier research]

(33) J. Kim and N. Koratkar, “Feasibility study to develop a Mach-scaled swashplateless rotor model,” Smart Materials and Structures 14, 79-86 (2005).

(34) J. Kim and N. Koratkar, “Effect of unsteady blade pitching motion on aerodynamic performance of micro-rotorcraft,” Journal of Aircraft, 42, 874-881 (2005).

(35) J. Nelson and N. Koratkar, “Eng. Note: Effect of miniaturized Gurney flaps on aerodynamic performance of micro-scale rotors,” Journal of Aircraft 42, 557-561 (2005).

(36) J. P. Singh, N. Koratkar, T. Karabacak, T.-M. Lu and G.-C. Wang, “Field ionization of argon using b-phase W nanorods,” Applied Physics Letters 85, 3226-3228 (2004).

(37) N. Koratkar, A. Modi, J. Kim, B. Wei, R. Vajtai, S. Talapatra and P. Ajayan, “Mobility of carbon nanotubes in high electric fields,” Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 4, 69-71, (2004).

(38) N. Koratkar, A. Modi, E. Lass, and P. Ajayan, “Temperature effects on resistance of aligned multi-walled carbon nanotube films,” Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 4, 744-748 (2004).

(39) N. Koratkar, B. Wei and P. Ajayan, “Multifunctional structural reinforcement featuring carbon nanotube films”, Composites Science and Technology 63, 1525-1531, (2003).

(40) W. Zhang, J. Kim and N. Koratkar, “Energy-absorbent composites featuring embedded shape memory alloys” Smart Materials and Structures 12, 642-646 (2003).

(41) A. Modi, N. Koratkar, E. Lass, B. Wei and P. Ajayan, “Miniaturized gas ionization sensors using carbon nanotubes”, Nature 424, 171-174, (2003). Paper cited 172 times.

[Nature is the ranked #1 in the area of multidisciplinary science; 2007 ISI impact

factor is 28.751]

(42) J. Kim, Z. Rusak, and N. Koratkar, “Small-scale airfoil aerodynamic efficiency improvement by surface temperature and heat transfer” AIAA Journal 41, 2105-2113, (2003).

(43) N. Koratkar, B. Wei, and P. Ajayan, “Carbon nanotube films for damping applications”, Advanced Materials 14, 997-1000 (2002).

[2007 ISI impact factor for Advanced Materials is 8.191]

(44) N. Koratkar, and I. Chopra, “Closed-loop wind tunnel testing of a smart rotor model with trailing-edge flaps”, Journal of the American Helicopter Society 47, 263-272, (2002).

(45) N. Koratkar, and I. Chopra, “Open-loop hover testing of a smart rotor model”, AIAA Journal 40, 1495-1502 (2002).

(46) N. Koratkar, and I. Chopra, “Wind tunnel testing of a Mach-scaled rotor model with trailing-edge flaps”, Smart Materials and Structures 10, 1-14 (2001).

(47) N. Koratkar, and I. Chopra, “Analysis and testing of a Mach-scaled rotor with trailing-edge flaps”, AIAA Journal 38, 1113-1124 (2000).

(48) N. Koratkar, and I. Chopra, “Analysis and testing of a Froude-scaled helicopter rotor with piezoelectric bender actuated trailing-edge flaps”, Intelligent Material Systems and Structures 8, 553-630 (1997).

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