SANKAR NAIR RESEARCH GROUP  
                    		       at the Georgia Institute of Technology

 Engineering Materials and Chemical Processes at the Nanoscale 

 

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Publications 

We are happy to provide reprints of articles not available as PDF below. Please contact Sankar Nair.

Journal Articles

T.-H. Bae, J. S. Lee, W. J. Koros, C. W. Jones, S. Nair, "Facile High-Yield Solvothermal Deposition of Inorganic Nanostructures on Zeolite Crystals for Mixed-Matrix Membrane Fabrication" (submitted). A. Greenstein, Y. Hudiono, S. Graham, S. Nair, "Effects of Non-Framework Metal Cations and Phonon Scattering Mechanisms on the Thermal Transport Properties of Polycrystalline Zeolite LTA Films" (submitted). C. H. Ko, J. S. Bae, J. H. Yeum, S. Nair, W. Oh, "Application of Photoacoustic Spectroscopy on Spatially Resolved, Non-Destructive Measurement of Organics Distributed in a Zeolite Membrane", Journal of Ceramic Processing Research (in press). J. Zang, S. Konduri, S. Nair, D. S. Sholl, "Self-Diffusion of Water and Simple Alcohols in Single-Walled Aluminosilicate Nanotubes" ACS Nano, 3(6), p. 1548-1556 (2009). PDF Link Y. Hudiono, S. Choi, S. Shu, W. J. Koros, M. Tsapatsis, S. Nair, "Porous Layered Oxide/Nafion Nanocomposite Membranes for Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Applications", Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 118, p. 427-434 (2009). PDF S. Konduri, H. M. Tong, S. Chempath, S. Nair, "Water in Single-Walled Aluminosilicate Nanotubes: Diffusion and Adsorption Properties", Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 112(39), p. 15367-15374 (2008). PDF Link S. Choi, J. Coronas, J. Sheffel, E. Jordan, W. Oh, S. Nair, D. F. Shantz, M. Tsapatsis, "Layered silicate by proton exchange and swelling of AMH-3", Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 115, p. 75-84 (2008). PDF C.-H. Cheng, T.-H. Bae, B. A. McCool, R. R. Chance, S. Nair, C. W. Jones, "Functionalization of the Internal Surface of Pure-Silica MFI Zeolite with Aliphatic Alcohols", Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 112(10), p. 3543-3551 (2008). PDF Link S. Choi, J. Coronas, E. Jordan, W. Oh, S. Nair, F. Onorato, D. F. Shantz, M. Tsapatsis, "Layered silicates by swelling of AMH-3 and nanocomposite membranes", Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 47(3), p. 552-555 (2008). PDF S. Konduri, S. Mukherjee, S. Nair, "Controlling Nanotube Dimensions: A Correlation between Composition, Diameter and Internal Energy of Single-Walled Mixed Oxide Nanotubes" ACS Nano, 1(5), p. 393-402 (2007). PDF Link Y. Hudiono, A. Greenstein, C. Kuete, B. Olson, S. Graham, S. Nair, "Effects of Composition and Phonon Scattering Mechanisms on Thermal Transport in MFI Zeolite Films", Journal of Applied Physics, 102, art. 053523 (2007). PDF S. Mukherjee, K. Kim, S. Nair, "Short, Highly Ordered, Single-Walled Mixed-Oxide Nanotubes Assemble from Amorphous Nanoparticles", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 129(21), p. 6820-6826 (2007). PDF Link L.A. Villaescusa, I. Díaz, P.A. Barrett, S. Nair, J.M. Lloris-Cormano, R. Martínez-Mañez, M. Tsapatsis, Z. Liu, O. Terasaki, and M.A. Camblor, “The Pure Silica Large Pore Zeolite ITQ-7: Synthetic Strategies, Structure-Directing Effects and Control and Nature of Structural Disorder”, Chemistry of Materials, 19(7), p. 1601-1612 (2007). PDF Link S. Konduri, S. Nair, "A Computational Study of Gas Molecule Transport in a Polymer/Nanoporous Layered Silicate Nanocomposite Membrane Material", Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 111, p. 2017-2024 (2007). PDF Link A. Greenstein, Y. Hudiono, S. Nair, S. Graham, "Thermal Properties and Lattice Dynamics of Polycrystalline MFI Films", Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, 10 (4), p. 321-331 (2006). PDF Link S. Bhattacharya, S. Nair, A. Chatterjee, "An Accurate DNA Sensing and Diagnosis Methodology using Fabricated Silicon Nanopores", IEEE Transactions on Circuits & Systems - I: Special Issue on Advances in Life Science Systems and Applications, 53 (11), p. 2377-2383 (2006). PDF S. Konduri, S. Mukherjee, S. Nair, "Strain Energy Minimum and Vibrational Properties of Single-Walled Aluminosilicate Nanotubes" Physical Review B, 74, art. 033401 (2006). PDF (also selected for the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology) W. Oh, S. Nair, "Spatially Resolved Measurements of Guest Molecule Transport in a Nanoporous Polycrystalline Membrane", Applied Physics Letters, 87, art. 151912 (2005). PDF (also selected for the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology) S. Mukherjee, V. M. Bartlow, S. Nair, " Phenomenology of the Growth of Single Walled Aluminosilicate and Aluminogermanate Nanotubes of Precise Dimensions", Chemistry of Materials, 17, p. 4900-4909 (2005). PDF Link S. Nair, Z. Chowdhuri, I. Peral, D. A. Neumann, H.-K. Jeong, G. Tompsett, L. C. Dickinson, M. Tsapatsis, “Translational Dynamics of Water in a Nanoporous Layered Silicate”, Physical Review B, 71, art. 104301 (2005). PDF (also selected for the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology) H.-K. Jeong, W. Krych, H. Ramanan, S. Nair, E. Marand, M. Tsapatsis, “Fabrication of Polymer/Selective-Flake Nanocomposite Membranes and Their Use in Gas Separation”, Chemistry of Materials, 16, p. 3838-3845 (2004). PDF Link W. Oh, S. Nair, "Concentration Profiling of a Molecular Sieve Membrane by Step Scan Photoacoustic Spectroscopy", Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 108, p. 8766-8769 (2004). PDF Link S. Nair, R. M. Dimeo, D. A. Neumann, A. J. Horsewill, M. Tsapatsis, "Methyl Rotational Tunneling Dynamics of p-Xylene Confined in a Crystalline Zeolite Host", Journal of Chemical Physics, 121(10), p. 4810-4819 (2004). PDF S. Nair, M. Tsapatsis, "Infrared Reflectance Measurements of Zeolite Film Thickness, Refractive Index and Other Characteristics", Microporous and Mesoporous Materials , 58(2), p. 81-89 (2003). PDF H.-K. Jeong, S. Nair, T. Vogt, L. C. Dickinson, M. Tsapatsis, "A Highly Crystalline Layered Silicate with 3-Dimensionally Microporous Layers", Nature Materials, 2(1), p. 53-58 (2003). PDF S. Nair, M. Tsapatsis, B.H.Toby, S.M. Kuznicki, "A Study of Heat-Treatment Induced Framework Contraction in Sr-ETS-4 by Powder Neutron Diffraction and Vibrational Spectroscopy", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 123, p. 12781-12790 (2001). PDF Link S. Nair, H.-K. Jeong, A. Chandrasekaran, C.M. Braunbarth, M. Tsapatsis, S.M. Kuznicki, "Synthesis and Structure Determination of ETS-4 Single Crystals", Chemistry of Materials, 13, p. 4247-4254 (2001). PDF Link S. Nair, Z. Lai, V. Nikolakis, G. Xomeritakis, G. Bonilla, M. Tsapatsis, "Separation of Close-boiling Hydrocarbon Mixtures by MFI and FAU Membranes made by Secondary Growth", Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 48, p. 219-228 (2001). PDF S.M. Kuznicki, V.A. Bell, S. Nair, H.W. Hillhouse, C.M. Braunbarth, R.M. Jacubinas, B.H. Toby, M. Tsapatsis, " A Titanosilicate Molecular Sieve with Adjustable Pores for Size-Selective Adsorption of Molecules", Nature , 412, p. 720-723 (2001). PDF (also selected for the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology) C.M. Braunbarth, H.W. Hillhouse, S. Nair, M. Tsapatsis, A. W. Burton, R. F. Lobo, R.M. Jacubinas, S.M. Kuznicki, "Structure of Strontium Ion-Exchanged ETS-4 Microporous Molecular Sieves", Chemistry of Materials, 12, p. 1857-1865 (2000). PDF Link S. Nair, M. Tsapatsis, "The Location of o- and m-xylene in Silicalite by Powder X-ray Diffraction", Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 104, p. 8982-8988 (2000). PDF Link T. Okubo, T. Wakihara, J. Plevert, S. Nair, M. Tsapatsis, Y. Ogawa, H. Komiyama, M. Yoshimura, M. E. Davis, "Heteroepitaxial Growth of a Zeolite", Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 40(6), p. 1069-1071 (2001). PDF G. Xomeritakis, S. Nair, M. Tsapatsis, "Transport Properties of Alumina-Supported MFI Membranes made by Secondary (Seeded) Growth", Microporous & Mesoporous Materials, 38, p. 61-73 (2000). PDF S. Nair, A. N. Bhaskarwar, "Washing Kinetics of Pollution-Preventing Lithographic Inks", Chemical Engineering Science, 55, p. 1921-1923 (2000). PDF G. Xomeritakis, A. Gouzinis, S. Nair, T. Okubo, M. He, R. M. Overney, M. Tsapatsis, "Growth, Microstructure, and Permeation Properties of Supported Zeolite (MFI) Films and Membranes Prepared by Secondary Growth", Chemical Engineering Science, 54, p. 3521-3531 (1999). PDF S. Nair, L. A. Villaescusa, M. A. Camblor, M. Tsapatsis, "Zeolite-Beta Grown Epitaxially on SSZ-31 Nanofibers", Chemical Communications, p. 921-922 (1999). PDF

Peer-Reviewed Conference Papers

A.M. Greenstein, Y.C. Hudiono, S. Graham, S. Nair, “The Effects of Material Composition on the Thermal Conductivity of Zeolite MFI”, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (2007). S. Bhattacharya, V. Natarajan, A. Chatterjee, S. Nair, "Efficient DNA Sensing with Fabricated Nanopores: Diagnosis Methodology and Algorithms", Proceedings of 19th International Conference on VLSI Design (2006). PDF A.M. Greenstein, Y.C. Hudiono, S. Graham, S. Nair, “Modeling Lattice Dynamics and Heat Capacities of Zeolites”, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (2006).

Patents and Published Patent Applications

S. Nair, S. Bhattacharya, V. Natarajan, A. Chatterjee, "Methods and Systems for Evaluating the Length of Elongated Elements", US Patent Application #20070099191. M. Tsapatsis, H.-K. Jeong, S. Nair, "Layered Silicate Material and Applications of Layered Materials with Porous Layers", US Patent #6,863,983 and US Patent #7,087,288 (2005).

Book Chapters

A. G. Ahmadi, S. Nair, "Engineered Nanopores", in: BioNanoFluidic MEMS (Editor: P. J. Hesketh), Springer (2007). S. Nair, M. Tsapatsis, "Synthesis and Properties of Zeolitic Membranes", in: Handbook of Zeolite Science & Technology (Editors: S.M. Auerbach, K.A. Carrado, P.K. Dutta), Marcel Dekker (2003).

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