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Congratulations! Kyle Roberts and Kyle Cattanach have developed a method to inkjet print films of single walled carbon nanotubes on any flexible substrates. See image of Gandhi (left) printed with a water based electronic ink containing single walled carbon nanotubes. Our joint UMass-Lowell/UT-Dallas manuscript on polyaniline nanofibers using hypochlorite published: Chemistry of Materials 2008, ASAP article. (July 17, 2008).
Dr. Xinyu Zhang's manuscript on parent polythiophene nanofibers published: Chemistry Letters 2008, 5, 526. (April 2008). Mr. Chintan Fafadia, Ms. Neerja Saran and Mr. Rashmi Rao's manuscript on polyaniline field effect devices published:Journal of Applied Physics 2008, 103, 094501. Chintan was the group's first graduate student in 2001. (May 2008).
Dr. Kyle Cattanach and Rashmi Kulkarni's manuscript on carbon nanotube sensors for nerve agent detection (Nanotechnology 2006, 17, 4123) downloaded 250 times (top 10%) (09/20/2006). Dr. Kyle Cattanach and Rashmi Kulkarni's manuscript on carbon nanotube sensors for nerve agent detection published: Nanotechnology 2006, 17, 4123. (07/28/2006). Our manuscript on nanofiber seeding of polyaniline makes the top 10 list of most cited papers by ISI Science Watch (July 2006 release). Dr. Xinyu Zhang's manuscript on fibrillar growth in polyaniline published Advanced Functional Materials 2006, 16, 1145. (06/26/2006). Our 2nd joint publication with AGM Institute in Jilin University, Changchun, China on a general synthesis of two-dimensional patterned conducting polymer-nanobowl sheet via chemical polymerization. Macromolecular Rapid Communications 2006, 27, 771. (06/07/2006) Dr. Xinyu Zhang's manuscript on microwave synthesis of nanocarbons from conducting polymers published. Chemical Communications 2006, 23, 2477. (05/29/2006). Sumedh Surwade wins 3rd Prize in 11th Annual Chem-Bio Symposium held on 03/31/2006 in UT-Dallas. Harsha Kolla's last day in UT-Dallas (03/31/2006). He will join Cytech Technologies in Stamford, CT on 04/03/2006. Harsha joined the group in 04/2003 as a research associate and has been very successful with 4 publications, including 2 communications in J. Am. Chem. Soc. We wish him well in his new adventure, and hope to enter into a fruitful collaboration with Cytech. Our first joint publication with AGM Institute in Jilin University, Changchun, China: Nanotechnology 2006, 17, 920. Dr. Xinyu Zhang's manuscript on mechanism of fibrillar growth of polyaniline accepted for publication in the journal Advanced Functional Materials (02/13/2006). Mr. Kunjal Parikh and Dr. Kyle Cattanach's manuscript on vapor sensing using carbon nanotubes now published: Sens. Actuators, B, 2006, 113, 55. (01/05/2006). Dr. Xinyu Zhang's manuscript on PEDOT nanotubes now published: Macromolecules, 2006, 39, 470. (01/01/2006). Dr. Aimei Wu's manuscript on controlled drug release published jointly with UT-SWMC and CEPS, Dharwad, India, now published: Targeted Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery through the Blood-Brain Barrier for Alzheimer's Disease, J. Contr. Rel., 2005, 108, 193. (11/21/2005) Harsha Kolla & Sumedh Surwade's manuscript on polyaniline published: Absolute Molecular Weight of Polyaniline, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127, 16770. (11/20/2005) Mr. Xinyu Zhang is now Dr. Zhang as he successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis on 11/04/2005. Dr. Zhang is our group's first graduate student who joined our group in summer 2002 and obtained his MS degree in Fall 2003. Dr. Zhang's Ph.D. dissertation was on Nanostructured Conducting Polymers and he will be continuing on as a post-doc in the group to investigate polymer metal composites, and a new synthetic approach to carbon nanotubes. Xinyu Zhang's manuscript on PEDOT nanofibers now published: Chem. Commun., 2005, 42, 5328. (10/26/2005). Xinyu Zhang's manuscript on polypyrrole nanotubes now published: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127, 14156. (10/15/2005). Xinyu Zhang's manuscript on PEDOT nanofibers was accepted for publication in the journal Chem. Commun. (08/21/2005). Dr. Aimei Wu's manuscript on surfactant-assisted synthesis of polypyrrole nanofibers now published: Macromolecules, 2005, 38, 7873 (09/29/2005). Xinyu Zhang wins the prestigious Outstanding Overseas Chinese Student Scholarship award. Ms. Aimei Wu is now Dr. Wu as she successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis and graduated on August 6, 2005. Aimei is our first Ph.D. student and her research was on surfactant-aided synthesis of nanostructured polypyrrole and poly(butylcyanoacrylate). Aimei has decided to stay on as a post-doc to work on hydrogen storage and polyazanes. Mr. Kyle Cattanach is now Dr. Cattanach as he too successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis last July. Kyle is our second Ph.D. student and his research was on using single-walled carbon nanotube sensors to detect organic vapors, including chemical warfare agent simulants. Kyle will start his industrial career in Advanced Concepts and Technologies International in Waco, TX, and will work on developing aqueous analyte sensors. He too, plans to be affiliated with the group as our collaboration with ACT-I evolves. Science History
Excerpts taken from: Obituary Notices of Royal Society, 1942-1944 vol 4 pp 251-270, plate, by J Baddiley
Louis Leakey
Born 7 Aug 1903; died 1 Oct 1972. Louis S(eymour) B(azett) Leakey, an archaeologist and anthropologist, was born in Kabete, Kenya, of English missionaries parents. Leakey was largely responsible for convincing scientists that Africa, rather than Java or China, was the most significant area to search for evidence of human origins. Leakey led fossil-hunting expeditions to eastern Africa from the 1920's. He married Mary D. Nicol in 1936 and the couple discovered many important fossils together. In 1964, on an expedition to the Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania, he found fossil remains of, he believed, the earliest member of the genus of human beings. He named the species Homo habilis.
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