Superlattice structures; phonons; Hicks-Dresselhaus Theory; Saito-Fujita-Dresselhaus Model; Tang-Dresselhaus Theory

Known for work in carbon nanotubes graphite graphite intercalation compounds fullerenes & low-dimensional thermoelectrics; holds 17 patents

Universal methodology to synthesize diverse 2-dimensional heterostructures; Si/SiGe superlattice structures for use in thermoelectric devises; superlattice structures for use in thermoelectric devises; process for fabricating an array of nanowires; nanowire arrays; large-area single-and few-layer graphene on arbitrary substrate; superlattice structures having related carrier pocket & related methods; thick porous anodic alumina films & nanowire arrays grown on a solid substrate; superlattice structures for thermoelectric devises; fabrication of carbon nanoribbons from carbon nanotube arrays; metal-doped semiconductor nanoparticles & methods of synthesis thereof; solar thermoelectric conversion; methods for synthesis of semiconductor nanocrystals & thermoelectric compositions; nanocomposites with high thermoelectric figures of merit;methods for high figure-of-merit in nanostructured thermoelectric materials

Category:
Nanotechnologist

Completion Status:
yes

Patent Number:
9812525;6060656;6452206;6231744;6359288;8535553;6627809;7267859;7875195;7465871;10646846;7586033;8168879;7255846;8293168;9011763;8865995

Co-Inventor:
Jing Kong; Tomas A. Palacios; Xi Ling; Yuxian Lin;Theodore C. Harman; Stephen B. Cronin; Takaaki Koga; Xiangzhong Sun; Kang L. Wang; David L. Spears; Michael P. Walsh; Jackie Y. Ying; Zhibo Zhang; Lei Zhang; Alfonso Reina Cecco; Oded Rabin; Paul R. Herz; Akintunde I. Akinwande; Yu-Ming Lin; Yung Joon Jung; Hyun Young Jung; Swastik Kar; Chi Won Ahn; Paulo Antonio Trindade Araujo; Zhifeng Ren; Gang Chen; Bed Poudel; Shankar Kumar; Wenzhong Wang; Xiaoyuan Chen; Yucheng Lan; Dezhi Wang; Qing Hao; Yi Ma; Xiao Yan; Xiaowei Wang; Joshi R. Giri; Bo Yu