Rina Tannenbaum Resume October 2012

1

Rina Tannenbaum, D.Sc.

Personal Data

Name: Rina (Irena) Tannenbaum

Phone: +1-404-394-3223 (mobile)

Email: [email protected] (also [email protected])

Status: US Citizen and Israeli Citizen

Links: http://www.uab.edu/engineering/school-profile/fac-staff-dir/82-be/30-

tannenbaum-rina

http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=14LfpXEAAAAJ&hl=en

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/?term=Rina+Tannenbaum

Education

1974 B.Sc., Chemistry and Physics, the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.

1978 M.Sc., Polymer Physical Chemistry, the Weizmann Institute of Science,

Rehovot, Israel. Advisor: Professor Alexander Silberberg.

1982 D.Sc., Chemical Engineering and Catalysis, ETH, the Swiss Federal Institute

of Technology, Zürich, Switzerland. Advisors: Professors Piero Pino and

Luigi Venanzi.

1982-85 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Materials Science and Engineering,

University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, U.S.A. Advisor: Professor

Eugene Goldberg.

1985-86 Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Chemistry, McGill University,

Montreal, Quebec H3A 2K6, Canada. Advisor: Professor Adi Eisenberg.

Academic Positions

2012- Professor, Department Biomedical Engineering and the School of Medicine,

Senior Scientist, Experimental Therapeutics Program, UAB Comprehensive

Cancer Center and Senior Scientist, UAB BioMatrix Engineering and

Regenerative Medicine Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham,

Birmingham, AL 35294, U.S.A.

2011- Research Professor, Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical

Engineering and the Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Boston

University, Boston, MA, USA. (on unpaid leave).

2006-11 Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, the Program for

Bioengineering and Biotechnology and the Program for Paper Science and

Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, U.S.A.

2005-10 Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute

of Technology, Technion City, Haifa 32000, Israel.

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.uab.edu/engineering/school-profile/fac-staff-dir/82-be/30-tannenbaum-rina

http://www.uab.edu/engineering/school-profile/fac-staff-dir/82-be/30-tannenbaum-rina

http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=14LfpXEAAAAJ&hl=en

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/?term=Rina+Tannenbaum

2

1999-06 Associate Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia

Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, U.S.A.

1996-99 Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials

Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, U.S.A.

1992-96 Research Associate and Adjunct Professor, Department of Chemical

Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis,

MN 55455, U.S.A.

1989-92 Senior Lecturer (non tenure track), Department of Chemistry, Technion -

Israel Institute of Technology, Technion City, Haifa 32000, Israel.

1986-89 Research Associate, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials

Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, U.S.A.

Areas of Interest

Soft condensed matter and complex fluids, bio-based functional materials,

nanocomposites from renewable resources, biomaterials for bone implants and tissue

engineering, bioadhesion, nanofluids, bio-nanostructures and hierarchical nanoplatforms

for targeted drug delivery, self-assembly of nanostructures, interfacial and surface

phenomena, hierarchical materials design, nucleation and growth of nanostructures,

mechanical, electrical and thermal properties of nanocomposites, nanostructures for

optoelectronic applications, inorganic reactions in viscous media, photonic materials and

thin films, catalysis.

Graduate Students

Since 1982, I have advised 7 postdoctoral associates, 29 Ph.D. students, 19 M.Sc.

students and 48 undergraduate assistants.

Teaching Experience

Advanced Inorganic Chemistry.

Physical Methods in Surface Analysis.

Chemical Applications of Group Theory.

General Chemistry.

Physical Chemistry and Thermodynamics.

Electrochemistry.

Transport Processes and Unit Operations.

Introduction to Materials Science.

Principles of Polymer Science.

Fluid Mechanics

Reactor Engineering and Kinetics.

Process Control.

3

Chemical Engineering Design

Unit Operations and Separations

Selected Topics in Interfacial Chemistry.

Catalytic Processes.

Conductive Polymers.

Soft Condensed Matter.

Nanosciece and Nanotechnology.

Biomaterials.

Professional Activities

Session Chair. Spring 2000 American Chemical Sociaty National Meeting, March 23-

25, 2000, San Francisco, California.

Member of Discussion Panel. NIH Symposium on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology,

June 24-26, 2000, Bethesda, Maryland.

Session Chair. Fall 2000 Materials Research Society Meeting, November 28-December

1, 2000, Boston, Massachusetts.

Symposium Organizer. Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, April 16-20, 2001,

San Francisco, California, U.S.A. Symposium Y: Synthesis, Functional Properties, and

Applications of Nanostructures.

Session Chair. Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, April 16-20, 2001, San

Francisco, California, U.S.A. Symposium Y: Synthesis, Functional Properties, and

Applications of Nanostructures.

Session Organizer. The 77th ACS Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, June 15-

18, 2003, Atlanta, Georgia. Session on Rheology and Dynamics of Complex Fluids.

Session Chair. The 77th ACS Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, June 15-18,

2003, Atlanta, Georgia. Session on Rheology and Dynamics of Complex Fluids.

Co-Organizer and Co-Chair (with Dr. R. Moore/GTRI). Workshop on Self-Assembly

of Functional Nanomaterials, August 17-19, 2003, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA.

Sponsored by AFOSR.

Session Chair. APHYS 2003, 1st International Meeting on Applied Physics, October 14-

18, 2003, Badajos, Spain. Session 6: Imaging Techniques, Microscopy, Nanoscience and

Nanotechnology.

Session Chair. Fall 2003 Materials Research Society Meeting, December 1-5, 2003,

Boston, Massachusetts. U.S.A. Symposium L: “Continuous Nanophase and

Nanostructured Materials.”

International Advisory Board, Nano 2004, 7th International Conference on

Nanostructured Materials, June 20-24, 2004, Wiesbaden, Germany.

Program Committee, Nano 2004, 7th International Conference on Nanostructured

Materials, June 20-24, 2004, Wiesbaden, Germany.

Session Chair. NANO 2004, 7th International Conference on Nanostructured Materials,

June 20-24, 2004, Wiesbaden, Germany.

4

Session Chair. 228th ACS National Meeting, August 22-26, 2004, Philadelphia, PA,

U.S.A., Session on Complex Fluids.

Symposium Organizer. The 2004 ASME International Mechanical Engineering

Congress & Exposition, Symposium on Nanostructured Polymer Composites, November

13-19, 2004, Anaheim, California, U.S.A.

Session Chair. The 2004 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress &

Exposition, Symposium on Nanostructured Polymer Composites, November 13-19, 2004,

Anaheim, California, U.S.A.

Session Chair. Fall 2004 Materials Research Society Meeting, November 29-

December 3, 2004, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Symposium EE: Organic/Inorganic

Hybrid Materials.”

Vice Chair of the Polymer Committee of the Materials Division, American Society of

Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2005-2009.

Session Chair: 232nd ACS National Meeting, September 10-14, 2006, San Francisco,

California, U.S.A.

Session Chair: The 2006 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress &

Exposition, Symposium on Nanocomposites Fabrication and Characterization, November

5-10, 2006, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

Session Chair: 2006 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Symposium M: Quantum

Dots – Growth, Behavior, and Applications, November 26-30, 2006, Boston,

Massachusetts, U.S.A.

International Advisory Board, the Seventh Framework Program (FP7) Commmission,

the European Union, Brussels, 2007-2009.

Session Chair: International Joint Conference on Knowledge Management for

Composite Materials (KMCM 2007), July 3-6, Düsseldorf, Germany.

Plenary Session Chair: The 36th Meeting of the Israel Polymer and Plastics Society,

December 12, 2007, Ben-Gurion Airport City, Israel.

Session Chair: 2007 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Symposium F: Interfaces

in Organic and Molecular Electronics III,, November 26-30, 2007, Boston,


Meeting Chair, 37th Israel Polymer and Plastics Society, December 15, 2008, Tel Aviv,

Israel.

International Advisory Board Member, 2nd

International Conference on Advanced

Nanomaterials, June 22-25, 2008, Aveiro, Portugal.

Session Chair, 2nd

International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials, June 22-25,

2008, Aveiro, Portugal.

Session Chair, 3rd

International Conference on Polymer Behavior (ICPB3), November 3-8, 2008, Marrakech, Morocco.

International Steering Committee, The Israel Polymer and Plastics Society, 2009-

present.

Article reviewer for the following journals: Nature Materials, Science, Advanced

Functional Materials, Advanced Materials, Journal of the American Chemical Society,

Biomacromolecules, Biomaterials, Journal of Physical Chemistry, A, B and C, Langmuir,

Macromolecules, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Polymer, Carbon, European

5

Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, Journal of Materials Chemistry, Physics Review B,

Physics Review Letters, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, and other journals in the

areas of nanoscience, macromolecules, biomaterials, surface science, etc.

Proposal reviewer and panel review member for the National Science Foundation,

Division of Materials Research.


Division of Chemistry.


Division of Engineering.


Division of Biological Infrastructure (2009).

Member of the NSF Panel on EPSCoR Grants (2010).

Proposal reviewer for the American Chemical Society, the Petroleum Research Fund.

Proposal reviewer for the Israel Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Proposal reviewer for the US – Israel Binational Science Foundation.

Proposal reviewer for the European Union – Seventh Framework Program (FP7) Call

(2006-present).

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Panel, European Union – Seventh Framework

Program (FP7), NanoSci-ERA / NanoSci-E+ Review (2008-2009).

Guest editor for Inorganica Chimica Acta, Volume 227(1), special volume honoring

Professor György Bor.

Editorial Board, Journal of Materials Science: 2005-2007, Dataset Papers in Materials

Science: 2012-present, Journal of Crystallization Process and Technology (JCPT): 2012-

present, International Journal of Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering (IJMECH):

2012-present, Journal of Composites, 2012-present, Open Journal of Organic Polymer

Materials (OJOPM), 2012-present.

Professional Society Membership: Member of the American Chemical Society (since

1982); Member of the Materials Research Society (1986); Member of the American

Physical Society (intermittent since 1986); Member of the Israeli Chemical Society

(intermittent since 1994) and Member of the Israeli Polymer and Plastics Society (since

2005).

Honors and Awards

The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, Full Scholarship, 1976-78.

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France), Research Award, 1978.

NATO Summer Fellowship, 1979.

The Wyler Fund Fellowship, Ministry of Justice, Jerusalem, Israel, 1978-79.

Prize for Outstanding Zullassungsprüfung (doctoral qualifying exam), ETH-Zürich,

Switzerland, 1980.

The Henry Gutwirth Prize For the Advancement of Scientific Research, 1990.

The Kunin-Lunenfeld Foundation Award, 1991.

6

Plenary Speaker, Rencontres de Moriond 94 Workshop, Short and Long Chains at

Interfaces, Gif-sur-Yvette, France, 1995.

Plenary Speaker, the 9th International Symposium on Plasticity, Aruba, 2002.

Best Paper Award, 1st International Meeting on Applied Physics, Badajos, Spain, 2003.

Sigma Chi Best Thesis Advisor Award, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia, USA., 2004.

Plenary Speaker, the 35th Meeting of the Israel Polymer and Plastics Society, Herzelyia,

Israel, 2006.

Outstanding Proceedings Paper Award, MRS Proceedings Vol. 959E, 2007, Eds. E. A.

Stach, C. R. Taylor, Z. M. Wang and Q.-K. Xue, The Materials Research Society, 2007.

Best Paper Award, SAIC paper competition, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 2007.

IGERT Nanoparticle Science and Engineering Seminar Series Speaker, University of

Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA, 2007.

Plenary Speaker, Cancer Nanotech Conference, Paris, France, 2007.

Best Paper Presentation Award, the 2nd

International Conference on Advanced Nano-

Materials, Aveiro, Portugal, 2008.

Keynote Speaker, 2nd

International Conference on Advanced Nano-Materials, Aveiro,

Portugal, 2008.

Plenary Speaker, TechTextil North America, Atlanta, GA, USA, 2008.

Distinguished Lecture Series and the WISE 10th Anniversary Speaker, University of

Southern California, California, USA, 2009.


Keynote Speaker, TMS 2011 Annual Meeting and Exibition, San Diego, California,

USA, 2011.

Outstanding Contribution, Society for Biomaterials 2011 Annual Meeting & Exposition,

April 13-16, 2011, Orlando, Florida, USA.


Longer Term Invitations

Visiting Scientist, Department of Materials Research, The Weizmann Institute of

Science, Rehovot, Israel, January-July 1982.

Visiting Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer

Sheva , Israel, November 1984-March 1985.

Visiting Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of

Technology, Haifa, Israel, July-August 1988.

Visiting Professor, Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Vezsprém,

Vezsprém, Hungary, October-November 1993.

Visting Professor, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Modena, Modena,

Italy, March-April 1996.

Visiting Professor, Department of Materials Science, Technische Universität Darmstadt,

Darmstadt, Germany, May 2005.

7

Visiting Professor, Department of Materials Technologies, CRP Henri Tudor Center,

University of Luxemburg, Luxemburg, June 2010.

Published Books and Parts of Books

1. Decomposition of iron carbonyl in solid polymer matrices: preparation of novel metal-

polymer composites, R. Tannenbaum, E. P. Goldberg and C. L. Flenniken, in Metal-

Containing Polymeric Systems, eds. C. Carraher, J. Sheats and C. Pittman, Plenum Press,

1985, p. 303-340.

2. Metal cluster growth limited by polymer surface interactions, R. Tannenbaum, in

Current Trends in Polymer Science , Vol. 3, published by Research Trends, Trivandrum,

India, 1998, p. 81-98.

3. Synthesis, Functional Properties, and Applications of Nanostructures, 2001 Spring

Meeting Proceedings, MRS Proceedings Vol 676, eds. H. Hahn, R. Tannenbaum, D. L.

Feldheim, C. P. Kubiak and R. W. Siegel, The Materials Research Society 2002.

4. Polymer-metal nanocluster composites, H. Rotstein and R. Tannenbaum, in

Functionalization and Surface Treatment of Nanoparticles, in “Advances in Nanoscale

Materials and Nanotechnology” Book Series, ed. M.-I. Baraton, American Scientific

Publishers, California, U.S.A. 2003, p. 103-126.

5. Surfactant effects on the particle size and formation of iron oxides via a sol-gel

process, E. Camponeschi, J. Walker, H. Garmestani and R. Tannenbaum, ACS

Symposium Series on "Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Stabilization, Passivation and

Functionalization," Ed. R. Nagarajan. ACS Symposium Series 2008, 996(10), p. 124-138.

6. Magnetic Carbon Nanotubes: Synthesis, Characterization, and Anisotropic Electrical

Properties, I. T. Kim and R. Tannenbaum, in Carbon Nanotubes (ISBN: 978-953-307-

189-3), Ed. J. M. Marulanda, InTech – Open Access Publisher, Vienna, Austria, 2011, p.

33-54.

7. Biobased composites by in-situ polymerization, L. Pranger, G. Nunnery and R.

Tannenbaum, in In-Situ Synthesis of Polymer Nanocomposites, Ed. Vikas Mittal, Polymer

Micro, Macro and Nanocomposites Series. Wiley, Germany, 2011, p. 123-168.

Refereed Journal Publications

1. Convenient synthetic routes to the cyclopentadienyl ruthenium dicarbonyl chloride and

bromide, A. Eisenstadt, R. Tannenbaum and A. Efraty, J. Organometal. Chem. 1981,

221, 317-321.

2. Evidence for a mechanical coupling of glycoprotein microfibrils with collagen fibrils

in Wharton's jelly, F. A. Meyer, Z. Laver-Rudich and R. Tannenbaum, Biochim. Biophys.

Acta 1983, 755(3), 376-387.

3. Ionomeric blends V: FTIR spectroscopic studies of ionic interactions in polyurethane-

styrene blends, R. Tannenbaum, M. Rutkowska and A. Eisenberg, J. Polym. Sci. B:

Polym. Phys. Ed. 1987, 25, 663-671.

4. The carbonylation of RuCl3.3H2O in ethanol: an infrared spectroscopic study, R.

Tannenbaum, Inorg. Chim. Acta 1987, 130(1), 49-53.

8

5. The solid-state decomposition and oxidation of dicobaltoctacarbonyl in a polymer

matrix, R. Tannenbaum, C. L. Flenniken and E. P. Goldberg, J. Polym. Sci. B: Polym.

Phys. Ed. 1987, 25, 1341-1358.

6. The synthesis and characterization of some Ru(II) complexes containing carbon

monoxide and isocyanide groups, R. Tannenbaum, Inorg. Chim. Acta 1988, 148, 199-

202.

7. A quantitative infrared spectroscopic method for the determination of concentrations of

cobalt carbonyls in a multi-component system, R. Tannenbaum, U. K. Dietler and G. Bor,

Inorg. Chim. Acta 1988, 154, 109-114.

8. Magnetic metal-polymer composites: the thermal and oxidative decompositions of

Fe(CO)5 and Co2(CO)8 in a poly(vinylidenefluoride) matrix, R. Tannenbaum, C. L.

Flenniken and E. P. Goldberg, J. Polym. Sci. B: Polym. Phys. Ed. 1990, 28, 2421-2433.

9. Activation of molecular hydrogen in cobalt-catalyzed hydroformylation, P. Pino, A.

Major, F. Spindler, R. Tannenbaum, G. Bor and I. T. Horvath, J. Organometal. Chem.

(special issue dedicated to P. Pino) 1991, 417, 65-76.

10. Segment level chemistry in the reactive adsorption of poly(methylmethacrylate) on

aluminum oxide surfaces, F. Kostandinidis, B. Thakkar, A. K. Chakraborty, L. Potts, R.

Tannenbaum, M. Tirrell and J. Evans, Langmuir 1992, 8, 1307-1317.

11. Infrared spectroscopic studies of the reactions between Co2(CO)8, H2 and D2, R.

Tannenbaum and G. Bor, Inorg. Chim Acta. 1992, 201, 87-93.

12. Synthesis and characterization of three-dimensional coordination polymers of Ru(+2)

with 1,4- diisocyanobenzene ligands and their catalytic activity, R. Tannenbaum, Chem.

Mater. 1994, 6, 550-555.

13. Thermal decomposition of cobalt carbonyl complexes in viscous media, R.

Tannenbaum, Inorg. Chim. Acta 1994, 227, 233-240.

14. Radiation enhancement of the catalytic properties of three dimensional coordination

polymers of Ru(II) with diisocyanobenzene ligands, R. Tannenbaum, J. Molec. Catal. A:

Chemical 1996, 107, 207-215.

15. Polymer matrix influence on the kinetics of some fundamental inorganic colloidal

reactions, R. Tannenbaum, Langmuir 1997, 13, 5506-5561.

16. Gelation and cluster growth with cluster-wall interactions, H. Rotstein, A. Novick-

Cohen and R. Tannenbaum, J. Stat. Phys. 1998, 90, 119-141.

17. Fundamental metal carbonyl equilibria, V: reinvestigation of the equilibrium between

dicobalt octacarbonyl and cobalt tetracarbonyl hydride under hydrogen pressure, R.

Tannenbaum, U. K. Dietler, G. Bor and F. Ungváry, J. Organometal. Chem. 1998, 570,

39-47.

18. Selected reactions of cobalt carbonyl complexes placed under vacuum conditions, R.

Tannenbaum and G. Bor, J. Organometal. Chem. 1999, 586, 18-22.

19. Cluster coagulation and growth limited by surface interactions with polymers, H.

Rotstein and R. Tannenbaum, J. Phys. Chem. B 2002, 106(1), 146-151.

20. Spatial distribution of metal nanoclusters in block copolymers, E. H. Tadd, John

Bradley and R. Tannenbaum, Langmuir 2002, 18(6), 2378-2384.

21. Spectroscopic study of the chemistry at the Cr-PMMA interface, R. Tannenbaum, C.

Hakanson, A. D. Zeno and M. Tirrell, Langmuir 2002, 18(14), 5592-5599.

9

22. Shape control of iron oxide nanoclusters in polymeric media R. Tannenbaum, S.

Reich, C. L. Flenniken and E. P. Goldberg, Adv. Mat. 2002, 14(19), 1402-1405.

23. Kinetic analysis and solvent effects in the carbonylation of RuCl3·3H2O, R.

Tannenbaum, J. Phys. Chem. A. 2002, 106(41), 9502-9505.

24. Miscibility behavior and coil overlap in ionic blends of phenylated polytriphenylene

oxide/poly(methyl methacrylate), R. Murali, A. Natansohn, A. Eisenberg, and R.

Tannenbaum , J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2003, 89, 728-733.

25. Wetting characteristics of plasma modified porous polyethylene, G. Greene, G. Yao,

and R. Tannenbaum, Langmuir 2003, 19(14), 5869-5874.

26. FTIR studies of ionic interactions in perfluorinated acid copolymer blends, R.

Tannenbaum, M. Rajagopalan and A. Eisenberg, J. Polym. Sci. B: Polym. Phys. Ed.

2003, 41(15), 1814-1823.

27. Infrared spectra of isotopically substituted XCo(CO)4 (X = H, EtC(O), EtOC(O),

EtOC(O)CH2) molecules, G. Bor, G. Fachinetti, C. D. Hoff, G. Pályi, C. Zucchi, F.

Ungváry and R. Tannenbaum, Inorg. Chim. Acta 2003, 353C, 168-176.

28. Adsorption and polymer film formation on metal nanoclusters, E. H. Tadd, A. Zeno,

M. Zubris, N. Dan and R. Tannenbaum, Macromolecules 2003, 36(17), 6497-6502.

29. Kinetics of nucleation, growth and stabilization of cobalt oxide nanoclusters, S. King,

K. Hyunh, and R. Tannenbaum, J. Phys. Chem. B 2003, 107(44), 12097-12104.

30. Polymer-mediated alignment of carbon nanotubes under high magnetic fields, H.

Garmestani, M. S. Al-Haik, K. Dahmen, R. Tannenbaum, D. Li, S. S. Sablin and M. Y.

Hussaini, Adv. Mater. 2003, 15(22), 1918-1921.

31. Mechanical Properties of Magnetically Oriented Epoxy, M. S. Al-Haik, H.

Garmestani, D. Li, M. Y. Hussaini, S. S. Sablin, R. Tannenbaum , K. Dahmen, J. Polym.

Sci. B: Polym. Phys. Ed. 2003, 42(9), 1586-1600.

32. Adsorption and wetting characteristics of polyelectrolyte multilayers on plasma

modified porous polyethylene, G. Greene, G. Yao,

and Rina Tannenbaum, Langmuir

2004, 20(7), 2739-2745.

33. Re-evaluation of the mechanism of the stoichiometric hydroformylation of olefins

with cobalt carbonyls as catalysts, R. Tanenbaum and G. Bor, J. Molec. Catal. A 2004,

215(1-2), 33-43.

34. Infrared study of the kinetics and mechanism of adsorption of acrylic polymers on

alumina surfaces, R. Tannenbaum, S. King, J. Lecy, M. Tirrell and L. Potts, Langmuir

2004, 20(11), 4507-4514.

35. Adsorbtion of polyelectrolyte multilayers on plasma-modified porous polyethylene,

G. Greene and Rina Tannenbaum, Appl. Surf. Sci. 2004, 233(1-4), 336-342.

36. Distribution patterns due to diffusion in a coagulation-fragmentation process with

cluster-wall interactions, H. Rotstein and R. Tannenbaum, Chem. Eng. Comm. 2004,

191(9), 1234-1257.

37. Chemical and environmental stability of surface-modified porous polyethylene

membranes, G. Greene, and Rina Tannenbaum, J. Disper. Sci. Technol. 2004, 25(5), 611-

619.

38. Isotope effects in the hydroformylation of olefins with cobalt carbonyls as catalysts,

R. Tannenbaum and G. Bor, J. Phys. Chem. A 2004, 108(34), 7105-7111.

10

39. Two-point probability function analysis of Co-polymer nano-composites, G.

Jefferson, H. Garmestani, R. Tannenbaum, A. Gokhale and E. Tadd, Intl. J. Plasticity

2005, 21, 185-198.

40. Experimental trends in polymer nanocomposites – a review, J. Jordan, K. I. Jacob, R.

Tannenbaum, M. A. Sharaf and I. Jasiuk, Mater. Sci. Eng. A 2005, 393(1-2), 1-11.

41. Kinetics of Fe-Co Nanoalloy Formation via Decomposition of their Carbonyl

Precursors, M. Zubris, R. B. King and R. Tannenbaum, J. Mater. Chem. 2005, 15, 1277-

1285.

42. Polymer-directed nanocluster synthesis: control of particle size and morphology, R.

Tannenbaum, M. Zubris, E. P. Goldberg, S. Reich and N. Dan, Macromolecules 2005,

38(10), 4254-4259.

43. Competitive self-assembly of symmetrical, di-functional molecules on copper

surfaces, L. Pranger, A. Goldstein and R. Tannenbaum, Langmuir 2005, 21(12), 5396-

5404.

44. Protein binding properties on surface-modified porous polyethylene membranes, G.

Greene, H. Radakrishna and R. Tannenbaum, Biomaterials 2005, 26(30), 5972-5982.

45. Preparation and characterization of alumina nanoparticles from aluminum alkoxides,

Y. -K. Park, E. H. Tadd, M. Zubris and R. Tannenbaum, Mater. Res. Bull. 2005, 40(9),

1506-1512.

46. Photonic crystals fabricated using patterned nanorod arrays, X. Wang, C. Neff, E.

Graugnard, Y. Ding, J. S. King, L. A. Pranger, R. Tannenbaum, Z. L. Wang and C. J.

Summers, Adv. Mater. 2005, 17, 2103-2106.

47. Self-Assembly of 1,4-phenylene diisocyanide and terephthalic acid on Ni, Cu and Pt,

L. Pranger and R. Tannenbaum, J. Coll. Interf. Sci. 2005, 292, 71-78.

48. Effect of polymeric media on the kinetics of nanocluster nucleation and growth, N.

Dan, M. Zubris and R. Tannenbaum, Macromolecules 2005, 38(22), 9243-9250.

49. Uniform directional alignment of single-walled carbon nanotubes in viscous polymer

flow, E. Camponeschi, J. Stokes, B. Florkowski, G. Garrett, H. Garmestani and R.

Tannenbaum, Langmuir 2006, 22(4), 1858-1862.

50. Characterization of the morphology of the interfaces between metallic particles and

polymer matrices in nanocomposites, R. Tannenbaum, M. Zubris, K. David, D. Ciprari, I.

Jasiuk, K. Jacob and N. Dan, J. Phys. Chem. B 2006, 110(5), 2227-2232.

51. Using carbon nanotubes as Raman sensors to measure the sulfur vulcanization of

natural rubber, Q. Zhao, R. Tannenbaum and K. Jacob, Carbon 2006, 44(9), 1740-1745.

52. Synthesis of FeNi3 alloyed nanoparticles by hydrothermal reduction, Q. Liao, R.

Tannenbaum and Z. L. Wang, J. Phys. Chem B. 2006, 110(29), 14262-14265.

53. Interphase Morphology in Polymer-Based Nanocomposites and its impact on

mechanical properties, D. Ciprari, K. Jacob and R. Tannenbaum, Macromolecules 2006,

39(19), 6565-6573.

54. Characterization of the sol-gel formation of iron (III) oxide nanonetworks from weak

base molecules, J. Walker and R. Tannenbaum, Chem. Mater. 2006, 18(20), 4793-4801.

55. Effect of polymer architecture on metal nanoclusters, K. David, E. H. Tadd, R.

Tannenbaum, S. Tikku and N. Dan, Polymer 2006, 47(25), 8344-8349.

11

56. Competitive adsorption of polymers on metal nanoclusters, K. David, N. Dan and R.

Tannenbaum, Surf. Sci. 2007, 601(1), 1781-1788.

57. Hierarchical conjugate structure of γ-Fe2O3 nanoparticles and PbSe

quantum dots for biological applications, L. Etgar, E. Lifshitz and R. Tannenbaum, J.

Phys. Chem.C 2007, 111(17), 6238-6244.

58. Properties of epoxy-based composites reinforced with carbon nanotubes aligned in a

magentic field, E. Camponeschi, R. Vance, H. Garmestani

and R. Tannenbaum, Carbon

2007, 45, 2037-2046.

59. Polymer adsorption on curved surfaces: A geometric approach, E. Hershkovitz, A.

Tannenbaum and R. Tannenbaum, J. Phys. Chem. C 2007, 111(33), 12369-12375.

60. Sol-gel synthesis of hydrous ruthenium oxide nanonetworks from 1,2 epoxides, J.

Walker, R. Bruce King and R. Tannenbaum, J. Solid State Chem. 2007, 180(8), 2290-

2297.

61. Chemical stability and characterization of rhodium-diisocyanide coordination

polymers, C. G. Carson, R. A. Gerhardt and R Tannenbaum, J. Phys. Chem B 2007,

111(51), 14114-14120.

62. Oxidation of polycrystalline copper thin films at ambient conditions, I. Platzman, R.

Brener, H. Haick, and R. Tannenbaum, J. Phys. Chem. C 2008, 112(4), 1101-1108.

63. Biobased nanocomposites prepared by in situ polymerization of furfuryl alcohol with

cellulose whiskers or montmorillonite clay, L. Pranger and R. Tannenbaum,

Macromolecules 2008, 41(22), 8682-8687.

64. Effect of temperature on the kinetics of nanocluster nucleation and growth in

polymeric media, O. Gazit, N. Dan and R. Tannenbaum, Macromolecules 2008, 41(6),

2164-2171.

65. Synthesis of water soluble PbSe quantum dots, L. Etgar, E. Lifshitz and R.

Tannenbaum, J. Mater. Res. 2008, 23(4), 899-903.

66. Scaling aspects of block co-polymer adsorption on curved surfaces from non-

preferential solvents, E. Hershkovitz, A. Tannenbaum and R. Tannenbaum, J. Phys.

Chem. B. 2008, 112(17), 5317-5326.

67. Adsorption of block co-polymers from selective solvents on curved surfaces, E.

Hershkovitz, A. Tannenbaum and R. Tannenbaum, Macromolecules 2008, 41(9), 3190-

3198.

68. Surfactant effects on the particle size of iron (III) oxides formed by sol-gel synthesis,

E. Camponeschi, J. Walker, H. Garmestani and R. Tannenbaum, J. Noncrystal. Solids

2008, 354(34), 4063-4069.

69. Self-assembled diblock copolymer "nanoreactors" as catalysts for metal nanoparticle

synthesis, O. Gazit, R. Khalfin, Y. Cohen and R. Tannenbaum, J. Phys. Chem. C 2009,

113(2), 576-583.

70. Control of branched amphiphilic Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane (POSS-M)p-

(R)x-(R)y nanoparticles assembly and properties by functional groups driven self-

assembly, R. Gunawidjaja, F. Huang, G. A. Nunnery, M. Gumenna, N. Klimenko, V.

Shevchenko, R. Tannenbaum and V. V. Tsukruk, Langmuir 2009, 25(2), 1196–1209.

71. Physical properties of magneto-optical conjugated structures composed of PbSe

quantum dots and γ-Fe2O3 nanoparticles L. Etgar, G. Leitus, Y. G. Assaraf, R.

Tannenbaum and E. Lifshitz, ChemPhysChem. 2009, 10(13), 2235-2241.

12

72. Synthesis and structure of copper terephthalate metal organic frameworks with N,N-

dimethylformamide, C. G. Carson, K. Hardcastle, J. Schwartz, X. Liu, C. Hoffmann, R.

A. Gerhardt and R. Tannenbaum, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2009, 16, 2338-2343.

73. Adsorption of PMMA on concave Al2O3 surfaces in nano-porous membranes. G. A.

Nunnery, E. Hershkovits, A. Tannenbaum and R. Tannenbaum, Langmuir 2009, 25(16),

9157–9163.

74. Sol-gel-derived iron oxide thin films on silicon: Surface properties and interfacial

chemistry. C. D. Park, J. Walker, R. Tannenbaum, A. E. Stiegman, J. Frydrych, and L.

Machala, ACS Appl. Mater. Interf. 2009, 1(9), 1843-1846.

75. Magnetic alignment of iron (III) oxide decorated CNT polymer composites, E.

Camponeschi, J. Walker, H. Garmestani and R Tannenbaum, Micros. Microanal. 2009,

15(S2), 1060-1061.

76. Formation of Ultrasmooth and Highly Stable Copper Surfaces through Annealing and

Self-Assembly of Organic Monolayers, I. Platzman, C. Saguy, R. Brener, R.

Tannenbaum and H. Haick, Langmuir 2001, 26(1), 191-202.

77. Metal Organic Framework Mixed Matrix Membranes for Gas Separations, R. Adams,

C. Carson, J. Ward, R. Tannenbaum and W. Koros, Micropor. Mesopor. Mater. 2010,

131(1-3), 13-20.

78. Targeting of PbSe--Fe2O3 Nanoplatforms by External Magnetic Field under Viscous

Flow conditions, L. Etgar,

A. Nakhmani, A. Tannenbaum, E. Lifshitz and R.

Tannenbaum, Sensor Letters 2010, 8, 383-386.

79. Physical Gelation of Cellulose Acetate Propionate Mediated by metal carbonyl

complexes, G. A. Nunnery, K. I. Jacob and R. Tannenbaum, Polymer 2010, 51(5), 1082-

1087.

80. Facile Alignment of Carbon Nanotubes Mediated by Tethered Maghemite

Nanoparticles, I. T. Kim, G. A. Nunnery, K. Jacob, J. Schwartz, X. Liu and R.

Tannenbaum, J. Phys.Chem.C 2010, 114(15), 6944–6951.

81. Directed Self-Assembly of Cr2O3 Nanoparticles in Block-Copolymer Periodic

Structures, O. Gazit, Y. Cohen and R. Tannenbaum, Polymer 2010, 51, 2185-2190.

82. Trajectory Control of PbSe - -Fe2O3 Nanoplatforms under Viscous Flow and an

External Magnetic Field, L. Etgar, A. Nakhmani, A. Tannenbaum, E, Lifshitz and R,

Tannenbaum, Nanotechnology 2010, 21, 175702.

83. Magnetic Alignment of Cellulose Nanowhiskers in an All-Cellulose Composite, D.

Li, Z. Liu, M. Al-Haik, R. Tannenbaum, H. Garmestani, F. Murray and I. Rudman,

Polym. Bull. 2010, 65(6), 635-642.

84. Capture/Release Ability of Thermo-Responsive Polymer Particles, B. Simpson, G. A.

Nunnery, R. Tannenbaum and K. Kalaitzidou, J. Mater. Chem. 2010, 20(17), 3496-3501.

85. Self-Assembly of Organic Monolayers as Protective and Conductive Bridges for

Nanometric Surface-Mount Applications, I. Platzman, H. Haick, and R. Tannenbaum,

ACS Appl. Mater. Interf. 2010, 2(9), 2585-2593.

86. Visual Motion Analysis of Nanoplatforms Flow under an External Magnetic Field.

A. Nakhmani, L. Etgar, A. Tannenbaum, E. Lifshitz, R. Tannenbaum. Nanotech 2010, 2,

504-507.

http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=5913956&fulltextType=&fileId=

http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=MAM

http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayBackIssues?jid=MAM&volumeId=15

http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?jid=MAM&volumeId=15&seriesId=0&issueId=S2

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/la902006v?prevSearch=%255Bauthor%253A%2BTannenbaum%255D&searchHistoryKey=

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/la902006v?prevSearch=%255Bauthor%253A%2BTannenbaum%255D&searchHistoryKey=

13

87. Anisotropic conductivity of magnetic carbon nanotubes embedded in epoxy matrices,

I. T. Kim, A. Tannenbaum and R. Tannenbaum, Carbon 2011, 49, 54-61.

88. The effects of combined micron-/submicron-scale surface roughness and nanoscale

features on cell proliferation and differentiation, R. A. Gittens I., T. McLachlan, Y. Cai,

S. Bemer, R. Tannenbaum, Z. Schwartz, K. H. Sandhage and B. D. Boyan, Biomaterials

2011, 32, 3395-3403.

89. Enhancement of Surface Wettability via the Modification of Microstructured

Titanium Implant Surfaces with Polyelectrolytes, J. H. Park, Z. Schwartz, R. Olivares-

Navarrete, B. D. Boyan, and R. Tannenbaum, Langmuir 2011, 27(10), 5976-5985.

90. Non-parametric clustering for studying RNA conformations, X. Le Faucheur, E.

Hershkovitz, R. Tannenbaum, and A. Tannenbaum, IEEE Trans. Comp. Biol. Bioinform.

2011, 8(6), 1604-1619.

91. Electrical Implications of Corrosion for Osseointegration of Titanium Implants, R. A.

Gittens I., R. Olivares-Navarrete, R.Tannenbaum, B. D. Boyan, Z. Schwartz, J. Dental

Res. 2011, 90(12), 1389-1397.

92. Mechanical Behavior of a Cellulose-Reinforced Scaffold for Vascular Tissue

Engineering, P. Pooyan, R. Tannenbaum and H Garmestani, J. Mech. Behav. Biomed.

Mater. 2012, 7, 50-59.

93. Effect of structural properties of electrospun TiO2 nano-fibrous meshes on their

osteogenic potential, X. Wang, R. A. Gittens I., R. Song, R. Tannenbaum, R. Olivares-

Navarrete, Z. Schwartz, H. Chen and B. D. Boyan, Acta Biomater. 2012, 8(2), 878-885.

94. Mechanism of the nanoparticle-catalyzed polymerization of furfuryl alcohol and the

thermo-mechanical properties of the resulting nanocomposites, L. A Pranger, G. A.

Nunnery and R. Tannenbaum, Composites B 2012, 43(3), 1139-1146.

95. Effect of cleaning and sterilization on titanium implant surface properties and cellular

responses, J. H. Park, R. Olivares-Navarrete, R. E. Baier, A. E. Meyer, R.Tannenbaum,

B. D. Boyan and Z. Schwartz, Acta Biomater. 2012, 8(5), 1966-1975.

96. Crystallization kinetics and anisotropic properties of polyethylene oxide/magnetic

carbon nanotubes composite films, I. T. Kim, J. Lee, M. Shofner, K. Jacob and R.

Tannenbaum, Polymer 2012, 53(12), 2402-2411.

97. Use of polyelectrolyte thin films to modulate osteoblast response to microstructured

titanium surfaces, J. H. Park, R. Olivares-Navarrete, C. Wasilewski, Z. Schwartz, R.

Tannenbaum, B. D. Boyan, Biomaterials 2012, 33(21), 5267-5277.

98. Synthesis of polymer-decorated hydroxyapatite nanoparticles with a dispersed

copolymer template, J. H. Lee, I. T. Kim, R. Tannenbaum, and M. L. Shofner, J. Mater.

Chem. 2012, 22(23), 11556-11560.

99. Dopant controlled crystallization in metal-organic frameworks: The role of Cu(II) in

zinc 1,4–benzenedicarboxylate, C. G. Carson, J. Ward, X. Liu, J. Schwartz, R. A.

Gerhardt and R. Tannenbaum, J. Phys. Chem. C 2012, 116(29), 15322–15328.

100. The responses to surface wettability gradients induced by chitosan nanofilms on

microtextured titanium mediated by specific integrin receptors, J. H. Park,

C. E.

Wasilewski, N. Almodovar, R. Olivares-Navarrete, B. D. Boyan, R. Tannenbaum and Z.

Schwartz, Biomaterials 2012, 33(30), 7386-7393.

http://www.textsrv.com/click?v=VVM6MTIyMTk6MTIxOmVsZWN0cmljYWw6NjZhZTNhOGI3ZDkxZTA0YWY0YTZhNzE2N2M4YjI2ZjM6ei0xMDY1LTExODI1Ompkci5zYWdlcHViLmNvbQ%3D%3D

14

101. Synthesis and electrochemical performance of reduced graphene oxide/maghemite

composite as an anode material for lithium ion batteries, I. T. Kim , A. Magasinski

, G.

Yushin, K. Jacob and R. Tannenbaum, Carbon 2012, in press (available online

September 7, 2012).

102. Reactive adsorption of PS-PMMA block copolymers on concave alumina surfaces,

G. A. Nunnery, K. I. Jacob and R. Tannenbaum, Langmuir 2012, in press (available

online September 25, 2012).

103. Design of a cellulose-based nanocomposite as a potential bio-scaffold for tissue

engineering, P. Pooyan, I. T. Kim, K. I. Jacob, R. Tannenbaum and H. Garmestani,

accepted to Polymer.

104. The roles of titanium surface micro/nanotopography and wettability on the

differential response of human osteoblast lineage cells, R. A. Gittens, R. Olivares-

Navarrete, A. Cheng, D. M. Anderson, T. McLachlan, I. Stephan, J. Geis-Gerstorfer, K.

H. Sandhage, A. G. Fedorov, F. Rupp, B. D. Boyan, R. Tannenbaum and Z. Schwartz,

accepted to Acta Biomater.

105. Solvent and composition effects on the morphology and phase behavior of metal

clusters-block copolymer nanocomposites, K. David, N. Dan and R. Tannenbaum,

submitted to Polymer.

106. Influence of the co-decomposition of Fe and Co carbonyl complexes on the

nucleation and growth of Fe-Co nanoalloys, M. Zubris and R. Tannenbaum, submitted to

J. Phys. Chem. C.

107. The effect of metal oxide morphology in the design and characterization of Fe2O3/Al

nanoenergetic materials, J. Walker and R. Tannenbaum, submitted to ACS Appl. Mater.

Interf.

108. Correlation of the mechanical properties of polymer-based nanocomposites with

interphase morphology, D. Ciprari, K. Jacob and R. Tannenbaum, submitted to J. Polym.

Sci. Polym. Phys.

109. Synthesis of highly-sulfonated atactic polystyrene ionomers by an in-situ reaction,

E. Sokol and R. Tannenbaum, submitted to J. Polym. Sci. Polym. Chem.

110. Characterization of single crystals of copper terephthalate coordination polymers

having intrinsic molecular porosity, C. Carson, R. Gerhardt and R. Tannenbaum,

submitted to Chem. Mater.

111. Self-assembly of a conductive organic monolayer of diisocyanobenzene molecules

adsorbed on Cu, I. Platzman, H. Haick and R. Tannenbaum, submitted to Langmuir.

112. Base stacking classification via automated clustering method, X. Le Faucheur, E.

Hershkovitz, R. Tannenbaum, and A. Tannenbaum, submitted to Nucl. Acid. Res.

113. Structure solution from powder diffraction of copper 1,4-benzenedicarboxylate, C.

G. Carson, G. Brunnello, S. G. Lee, S. S. Jang, R. A. Gerhardt and R. Tannenbaum,

submitted to Cryst. Growth. Des.

114. Synthesis of magnetic nanohybrid materials from carbon-based nanostructures, I. T.

Kim, R. Tannenbaum, submitted to Mater. Chem. Phys.

115. Differential responses of osteoblast lineage cells to nanotopographically-modified,

microroughened titanium-aluminum-vanadium alloy surfaces, R. A. Gittens, R. Olivares-

Navarrete, T. McLachlan, Y. Cai, S. L. Hyzy, J. M. Schneider, Z. Schwartz, R.

Tannenbaum, K. H. Sandhage and B. D. Boyan, submitted to Biomaterials.

15

116. Impact of an applied magnetic field on the mechanical properties of an epoxy matrix

embedded with decorated carbon nanotubes , E. Camponeschi , J. Walker, H. Garmestani

and R Tannenbaum, submitted to Composites B.

117. The role of magnetic domain structure in the formation of maghemite

nanoparticle chains, M. Zubris, A. W. Harter, G. Mohler and R. Tannenbaum, submitted

to Adv. Mater.

118. Nano-morphology modulation of titanium surfaces and the effect on implant

osseointegration, R. Tannenbaum, Chem. Rev. (invited review), in preparation.

Refereed Conference Proceedings

1. Polymer matrix influence on the kinetics of some fundamental inorganic colloidal

reactions, R. Tannenbaum, Moriond 94 Workshop, Short and Long Chains at Interfaces ,

Eds. J. Daillant, P. Guenoun, C. Marques, P. Muller, J. Trân Thanh Vân, Edition

Frontieres, Gif-sur-Yvette, France 1995, (invited paper), p. 95-100.

2. Self-assembly of metal nanoclusters in block co-polymers, E. H. Tadd, J. Bradley, E.

P. Goldberg and R. Tannenbaum, “Nanophase and Nanocomposite Materials IV,” in

2001 Fall Meeting Proceedings, MRS Proceedings Vol 703, 2002, eds. S. Komarneni et

al., The Materials Research Society (invited paper), p. 33-42.

3. Shape variations and control in self-assembled metal nanoclusters, M. Zubris, M.

Solimando, R. B. King, E. P. Goldberg and R. Tannenbaum, “Three-Dimensional

Nanoengineered Assemblies,” in 2002 Fall Meeting Proceedings, MRS Proceedings Vol

739, 2003, eds. T. M. Orlando, L. Merhari, K. Ikuta, D. P. Taylor, The Materials

Research Society (invited paper), p. 71-81.

4. Synthesis by self-assembly of iron-cobalt nanoalloys, M. Zubris, and R. Tannenbaum,

“Three-Dimensional Nanoengineered Assemblies,” in 2002 Fall Meeting Proceedings,

MRS Proceedings Vol 739, 2003, eds. T. M. Orlando, L. Merhari, K. Ikuta, D. P. Taylor,

The Materials Research Society, p. 89-94.

5. Formation of Nanostructured Energetic Materials via Modified Sol-Gel Synthesis, J.

Walker and R. Tannenbaum, “Synthesis, Characterization and Properties of

Energetic/reactive Nanomaterials, “ in 2003 Fall Meeting Proceedings, MRS Proceedings

Vol. 800, 2004, Eds. N. Thadhani, R. Armstrong, W. Wilson, J. Gilman and Z. Munir,

The Materials Research Society, (invited paper), 305-314.

6. Kinetics and Mechanism of Nucleation, Growth and Stabilization of Metal Oxide

Nanoparticles, R. Tannenbaum, M. Zubris, S. King, K. David and N. Dan, “Continuous

Nanophase and Nanostructured Materials,” in 2003 Fall Meeting Proceedings, MRS

Proceedings Vol. 788, 2004, Eds. S. Komarneni, J. Watkins and J. C. Parker, The

Materials Research Society, (invited paper), 3-11.

7. "Uniform directional alignment of single-walled carbon nanotubes in viscous polymer

flow." E. Camponeschi, B. Florkowski, R. Vance, G. Garrett, H. Garmestani and R.

Tannenbaum, PMSE Preprints 2006, 94, 297-298.

8. "Synthesis of Water Soluble PbSe Quantum Dots," L. Etgar, E. Lifshitz and

R.Tannenbaum, in "Quantum Dots – Growth, Behavior, and Applications," Eds. E. A.

Stach, C. R. Taylor, Z. M. Wang and Q.-K. Xue, Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 2007,

Vol. 959E, 0959-M03-03.

16

9. "Effect of Temperature on the Kinetics of Nanocluster Nucleation and Growth in

Polymeric Media," O. Gazit and R.Tannenbaum, in "Thermodynamics and Kinetics of

Phase Transformations in Inorganic Materials," Eds. C. Ambromeit, P. Bellon, J.-L.

Bocquet, D. N. Seidman, Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 2007, Vol. 979E, 0979-HH15-02.

10. "Dielectric Properties of [Rh(1,4-diisocyanobenzene)+

4/2Cl–]n with respect to

moisture," C. G. Carson, R. Gerhardt, R. Tannenbaum, PMSE Preprints 2007, 96 238-

239.

11. "Effects of different dispersing agents on polymer-carbon nanotube composites," E.

Camponeschi, H. Garmestani and R. Tannenbaum, PMSE Preprints 2007, 96, 284-285.

12. “The kinetics and mechanism of the self-assembly of metal nanoparticles in block co-

polymers.” O. Gazit and R. Tannenbaum, Polymer Preprints 2007, 48(2), 615-616.

13. “Influence of Self-Assembled Organic Thin Film Monolayer on Ambient Copper

Surfaces Oxidation. I. Platzman, H. Haick and R. Tannenbaum in "Interfaces in Organic

and Molecular Electronics III," Eds. J. W. P. Hsu, L. Kronik, G. G. Malliaras and N.

Ueno, Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 2008, Vol. 1029E, 1029-F03-08.

14. “Non-Parametric Clustering for Studying RNA Conformations,” X. Le Faucheur, E.

Hershkovits, R. Tannenbaum and A. Tannenbaum, Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics 2008,

Springer Verlag.

15. Facile Alignment of Carbon Nanotubes Mediated by Tethered Maghemite

Nanoparticles, I. T. Kim, G. A. Nunnery, K. Jacob, J. Schwartz, X. Liu and R.

Tannenbaum in “Low-Dimensional Functional Nanostructures--Fabrication,

Characterization and Applications,” Eds. H. Riel, W. Lee, M. Zacharias, M. McAlpine,

T. Mayer, H. Fan, M. Knez, S. Wong, Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 2010, Volume 1258,

1258-R04-05.

16. Bacterial Adhesion on Polyelectrolyte Modified Microstructured Titanium Surfaces,

A. Almaguer-Flores, Y. R. Sanchez-Cruz, Jung Hwa Park, R. Olivares-Navarrete, M.

Dard, R. Tannenbaum, B. D. Boyan and Z. Schwartz, Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 2010,

Volume 1277, 1-6.

17. Visual motion analysis of nanoplatforms flow under an external magnetic field. A.

Nakhmani, L. Etgar, A. Tannenbaum, E. Lifshitz and R. Tannenbaum. Nanotech

Conference & Expo 2010: An Interdisciplinary Integrative Forum on Nanotechnology,

Biotechnology and Microtechnology, Anaheim, CA, United States, June 21-24, 2010

Vol. 2, p. 504-507.

18. Polyelectrolyte Adsorption on Microstructured Titanium Surface to Increase

Wettability, J. H. Park, Z. Schwartz, R. Olivares-Navarrete, B. D. Boyan, and R.

Tannenbaum, Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 2011.

19. Elastic behavior of silica/poly(dimethylsiloxane) nanocomposites: nano-size effects,

I. A. M. Ibrahim, A. A. F. Zikry, M. A. Sharaf, J. E. Mark, K. Jacob, I. M. Jasiuk, and R.

Tannenbaum, IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering 2012, 40, 012008.

20. Dielectric behavior of silica/poly(dimethylsiloxane) nanocomposites: nano-size

effects, I. A. M. Ibrahim, A. A. F. Zikry, M. A. Sharaf, J. E. Mark, K. Jacob, I. M. Jasiuk,

and R. Tannenbaum, IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering 2012, 40,

012011.

17

Other Publications

1. The chemistry of some cyclopentadienyl ruthenium carbonyl complexes, A. Eisenstadt,

R. Tannenbaum, F. Frolow and A. Efraty, Proceedingd of the 48th Meeting of the Israeli

Chemical Society, Beer-Sheva, Israel, October 1981.

2. Reactions of cobalt carbonyl complexes with CO and H2: a high pressure infrared

spectroscopic study, R. Tannenbaum, G. Bor and U. K. Dietler, Proceedings of the 48th

Meeting of the Israeli Chemical Society, Beer-Sheva, Israel, October 1981.

3. Magnetic metal-polymer composites: Fe(CO)5 and Co2(CO)8 decompositions in

polyvinylidene fluoride, R. Tannenbaum, S. Reich, C. L. Flenniken and E. P. Goldberg,

Proceedings of the 57th Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, Toronto, Ontario,

Canada, June 1983.

4. Metal-polymer composites by phase separation decomposition of organometallics in

solid polymer matrices, E. P. Goldberg, R. Tannenbaum, C. L. Flenniken and S. Reich,

Proceedings of the 186th National ACS Meeting, PMSE Division, Vol. 49, p. 373,

Washington D. C., U.S.A., August 1983 (invited paper).

5. The decomposition and oxidation of Co2(CO)8 in solution and in a polymeric matrix,

R. Tannenbaum, C. L. Flenniken and E. P. Goldberg, Abstracts of the XI International

Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, Pine Mountain, Georgia, U.S.A., October

1983 (invited paper).

6. FTIR studies of ionic interactions in polyurethane-styrene blends, R. Tannenbaum, M.

Rutkowska and A. Eisenberg, Abstracts of the 191st National ACS Meeting, Polymer

Division, Polymer Preprints, 24(1), 345-346, New York, New York, U.S.A., April 1986.

7. FTIR studies of in-situ decomposition and oxidation of metal carbonyls in solid

polymer matrices, R. Tannenbaum, Abstracts of the 193rd National ACS Meeting,

Colloid and Surface Chemistry Division, Denver, Colorado, U.S.A., April 1987.

8. Chemistry at PMMA-metal interfaces, R. Tannenbaum. B. Thakkar and M. Tirrell,

Proceedings of the Biennial Inorganic Chemistry Symposium, Cambridge,

Massachusetts, U.S.A., July 1987.

9. FTIR studies of specific interactions in polymer blends, R. Tannenbaum, Proceedings

of the IUPAC Symposium on Polymers for Advanced Technologies, Jerusalem, Israel,

August 1987.

10. XPS study of the chemistry at the PMMA-Cr/Cr oxide interface, R. Tannenbaum, B.

Thakkar and M. Tirrell, Abstracts of the Materials Research Society Fall Meeting,

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., December 1987.

11. Interactions at PMMA-metal interfaces, R. Tannenbaum, B. Thakkar and M. Tirrell,

Abstracts of the March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Symposium on

Polymer Surfaces, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A., March 1988.

12. Spectroscopic studies of the chemistry at PMMA-metal interfaces, B. Thakkar, A.

Chakraborty, R. Tannenbaum and M. Tirrell, Abstracts of the Fall Meeting of the

Electrochemical Society, Symposium on Metallized Plastics, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.,

October 1988.

13. Fundamental studies of the chemistry at Cr-PMMA interfaces, R. Tannenbaum and

M. V. Tirrell, Proceedings of the 63rd Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, June

1989, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.

18

14. Spectroscopic studies of the chemical interactions at the PMMA-metal oxide

interfaces, R. Tannenbaum and M. V. Tirrell, Abstracts of the Materials Research Society

Spring Meeting, San Francisco, California, U.S.A., April 1990.

15. Three-dimensional coordination polymers of Ru(II) with diisocyanobenzene ligands

and their catalytic activity, R. Tannenbaum, Abstracts of the 199th National ACS

Meeting, Polymer Chemistry Division, Polymer Preprints, 31(1), 714-715, Boston,

Massachusetts, U.S.A., April 1990.

16. Comparison of the chemisorption of poly(methylmethacrylate) on the native oxides of

chromium and nickel, R. Tannenbaum, L. W. Potts, M. V. Tirrell and J. F. Evans,

Abstracts of the March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Symposium on

Adhesion, Fracture and Interfaces, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A., March 1991.

17. Three-dimensional coordination polymers of Ru(II) with 1,4-diisocyanobenzene

ligands and their catalytic activity, R. Tannenbaum, Proceedings of the 1st Journal of

Organometallic Conference on Applied Organometallic Chemistry, Münich, Germany,

November 1993.

18. Isotope effect of D2 on the stoichiometric hydroformylation of olefins, R.

Tannenbaum, Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Homogeneous

catalysis, Jerusalem, Israel, August 1994.

19. Biographical sketch – Professor György Bor, R. Tannenbaum, Inorg. Chim. Acta

1994, 227(2), R11-R14.

20. Radiation enhancement of the catalytic properties of three dimensional coordination

polymers of Ru(II) with diisocyanobenzene ligands, R. Tannenbaum, Proceedings of the

8th International Symposium on Relations between Homogeneous and Heterogeneous

Catalysis, Balatonfüred, Hungary, September 1995 (invited paper).

21. The role of interfacial adhesion in the stabilization of colloidal cobalt particles in

polymer solutions, R. Tannenbaum, Proceedings of the 1st International Congress on

Adhesion Science and Technology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, October 1995 (invited

paper).

22. Kinetics of inorganic colloidal reactions in polymer solutions, R. Tannenbaum,

Abstracts of the Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts,

U.S.A., November 1995.

23. Control of metal nanoparticle size distribution in metal-polymer composites, T. Cao,

K. Huynh and R. Tannenbaum, Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on

Composite Engineering, July 6-12, 1997, Kohala Coast, Big Island, Hawaii (invited

paper).

24. Surface limiting factors of the growth of nanoscale metal clusters, H. Rotstein, A.

Novick-Cohen and R. Tannenbaum, Abstracts of the 46th American Vacuum Society

Meeting, October 25-29, 1999, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.

25. Small angle X-ray scattering measurements of metal nanoclusters–polymer adhesion,

H. Bianco, H. Rotstein and R. Tannenbaum, Abstracts of the Materials Research Society

Fall Meeting, November 29-December 3, 1999, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

26. Polymer-induced metal nanoparticle aggregation, E. H. Tadd, H. Rotstein and R.

Tannenbaum, Abstracts of the AIChE 2000 Annual Meeting, November 12-17, 2000, Los

Angeles, California, U. S. A. (invited paper, session on Liquid Phase Synthesis of

Nanoparticles).

19

27. Self-developing, confined spatial arrangement of metal nanoclusters, R. Tannenbaum

and E. H. Tadd, Proceedings of the Sackler Colloquia Series: Nanoscience – Underlying

Physical Concepts and Phenomena, National Academy of Sciences, May 18-20, 2001,

Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

28. Polymer-controlled metal nanoparticle aggregation, E. H. Tadd, H. Rotstein and R.

Tannenbaum, Abstracts of the AIChE 2001 Annual Meeting, November 4-9, 2001, Reno,

Nevada, U. S. A. (invited paper, Symposium on Cure and Degradation Kinetics of

Network Forming Systems).

29. Nanostructures by design: selective spatial distribution of metal nanoclusters in

polymer matrices, R. Tannenbaum, E. H. Tadd and H. Rotstein in “Plasticity, Damage

and Fracture at Macro, Micro and Nano Scales”, eds. A. S. Khan and O. Lopez-Pamies,

Neat Press, Maryland, USA, 2002, p. 48-50 (invited paper).

30. Two point probability distribution functions: application to block co-polymer

nanocomposites, G. Jefferson, B. L. Adams, S. Lin, R. Tannenbaum, and H. Garmestani

in “Plasticity, Damage and Fracture at Macro, Micro and Nano Scales”, eds. A. S. Khan

and O. Lopez-Pamies, Neat Press, Maryland, USA, 2002, p. 24-26 (invited paper).

31. Kinetics and mechanism of nucleation, growth and stabilisation of metal oxide

nanoparticles, M. Zubris, S. King, K. David and R. Tannenbaum, Proceedings of the 7th

International Conference on Nanostructured Materials, June 20-24, 2004, Wiesbaden,

Germany (invited paper).

Invited Lectures

Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Montreal, Quebec,

Canada, May 1985. “FTIR studies of ionic interactions in polyurethane-styrene blends.”

Michigan Molecular Institute, Midland, Michigan, U.S.A., April 1988. “Spectroscopic

studies of the adsorption of polymers on metal oxide surfaces.”

Department of Chemistry, University of Münich, Germany, October 1993. “Fundamental

studies of the chemistry at Al-PMMA interfaces.”

Hungarian Institute of Petrochemistry and Department of Organic Chemistry, University

of Veszprém, Veszprém, Hungary, November 1993. “Three-dimensional coordination

polymers of Ru(II) with diisocyanobenzene ligands and their catalytic activity.”

Materials Seminar Series, Institute of Chemistry and Kasali Institute for Applied

Chemistry, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, March 1994. “Three-dimensional

coordination polymers of Ru(II) with diisocyanobenzene ligands and their catalytic

activity.”

Department of Applied and Industrial Chemistry, ETH-Zürich, Switzerland, February

1995. “Polymer matrix influence on the kinetics of some fundamental inorganic colloidal

reactions.”

Department of Physics, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel, March 1995. “Nucleation

and growth of inorganic clusters in viscous media.”

Department of Chemistry, University of Parma, Parma Italy, March 1996. “Fundamental

inorganic colloidal reactions in viscous media.”

Department of Chemistry, University of Modena, Modena, Italy, March 1996.

“Fundamental inorganic colloidal reactions in viscous media.”

20

Department of Chemistry, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy, March 1996.

“Fundamental inorganic colloidal reactions in viscous media.”

Mathematics and Materials Seminar, Department of Mathematics, University of St.

Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A., November 1997. “Cluster Coagulation and Growth

Limited by Surface Interactions with Polymers.”

Distinguished Lectures in Materials Science, Colleges of Science and Engineering,

University of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, Romania, October 1998. Lecture 1: “Three-dimensional

coordination polymers: synthesis, structure and catalytic activity.” Lecture 2: “Polymer

matrix influence on the kinetics of some fundamental inorganic colloidal reactions.”

Departmental Seminar, Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens,

Georgia, U.S.A., January 1999. “Polymer matrix influence on the kinetics of some

fundamental inorganic colloidal reactions.”

Materials Seminar, Departments of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials

Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, March 1999.

“Polymer matrix influence on the kinetics of some fundamental inorganic colloidal

reactions.”

Complex Fluids Seminar, Department of Chemical Engineering, Technion, Haifa, Israel,

December 1999. “Cluster Coagulation and Growth Limited by Surface Interactions with

Polymers.”

Joint Materials Seminar, Departments of Materials and Interfaces and Organic Chemistry,

Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, January 2000. “Surface limiting factors

in the growth of metal nanoparticles.”

Departmental Seminar, Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis,

Minnesota, U.S.A., February 2000. “Surface limiting factors in the growth of metal

nanoparticles.”

Complex Systems Seminar, Department of Chemistry and the Volen Center for Complex

Systems, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, U.S.A., November 2000.

“Cluster Coagulation and Growth Limited by Surface Interactions with Polymers.”

ICASE Colloquium, Langley Research Center (LaRC), NASA Langley Air-Force Base,

Virginia, U.S.A., May 2001. “Seggregation of Metal Nanoclusters by Self-Assembly in

Block Copolymers.”

Departmental Seminar, Department of Chemical Engineering, Drexel University,

Philadelphia, Pennsylavania, U.S.A., October 2001, “Controlled aggregation of metal

nanoclusters in polymeric media.”

Materials Seminar, MARTEC, Departments of Chemistry and College of Engineering,

Florida State University, Plorida, U.S.A., April 1, 2002. “Self-assembly of metal

nanocluster composites.”

Departmental Seminar, Department of Materials and Interfaces, Weizmann Institute of

Science, Rehovot, Israel, July 2002. “Polymer-controlled nucleation and growth of metal

nanoclusters.”

ICASE Colloquium, Langley Research Center (LaRC), NASA Langley Air-Force Base,

Virginia, U.S.A., August 15-16, 2002. “Design and self-assembly of multifunctional

composite nanostructures .”

Physical Chemistry Seminar, Institute of Chemistry, Hebrew University, Jerusalem,

Israel, December 26, 2002. “Self-assembly of nanocomposites.”

21

Complex Fluids Seminar, Department of Chemical Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute

of Technology, Haifa, Israel, December 31, 2002. “Design and self-assembly of

multifunctional nanocomposites.”

Departmental Seminar, Departments of Materials and Interfaces and Organic Chemistry,

Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, July 9, 2003. “Kinetics and Mechanism

of Nucleation, Aggregation and Stabilization of Metal Nanoclusters.”

Physics Colloquim, Department of Physics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.,

September 12, 2003. “Nucleation, aggregation and stabilization of metal nanoparticles.”

Departmental Seminar, Department of Chemical Engineering, Ben Gurion University of

the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel, December 30, 2003. “Nucleation, aggregation,

stabilization and spatial dispersion of metal nanoparticles.”

Departmental Seminar, Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Heidelberg,

Heidelberg, Germany, June 23, 2004. “Characterization of metal-polymer interfaces in

nanocomposites and the Implications to mechanical properties.”

Physics Colloquim, Department of Physics, University of Göttingen, Göttingen,

Germany, June 25, 2004. “Nucleation, Aggregation and Stabilization of Metal and Metal

Oxide Nanoparticles.”

Institute-Wide Seminar, Institute of Physics, University of the Republic of Uruguay,

Montevideo, Uruguay, November 2004. “Nucleation, aggregation and stabilization of

metal and metal oxide nanoparticles.”

Engineering Seminar, College of Engineering and Department of Ceramics, University of

the Republic of Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay, November 2004. “Characterization of

metal-polymer interfaces in nanocomposites and the implications to mechanical

properties.”

Departmental Seminar, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan,

January 2005. “The effect of a polymeric environment on the kinetics of nanocluster

nucleation and growth.”

Corporate Colloquim, Siemens Corporate Research, Inc., Intelligent Vision & Reasoning

Department, East Princeton, NJ, USA, May 2005. “Application-driven design of

nanomaterials.”

Departmental Seminar, Department of Materials Science, Technische Universität

Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany, May 2005. “Magnetic properties of iron oxide-polymer

nanocomposites.”

Departmental Seminar, Laboratoire des Matériaux Mésoscopiques et Nanomètriques

Faculty of Science, University Pierre & Marie Curie, Paris, France, June 2005.

“Nucleation and growth of metal nanoclusters in polymeric media.”

Departmental Seminar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at

Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA, January 2007. “Impact of interfacial

interactions on the mechanical properties of metal-polymer nanocomposites."

IGERT Nanoparticle Science and Engineering Seminar Series, University of Minnesota,

Minneapolis, MN, USA, September 28, 2007. “Interfacial engineering in

inorganic/organic nanocomposites.”

Departmental Seminar, Department of Chemistry, Ben Gurion University of the Negev,

Beer Sheva, Israel, December 17, 2007. "Reactive adsorption of polymer on metal oxide

surfaces."

http://www.nanoigert.umn.edu/Seminar/Fall%202007/Tannebaum28Sep074p.htm

http://www.nanoigert.umn.edu/Seminar/Fall%202007/Tannebaum28Sep074p.htm

22

Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham,

Birmingham, AL, USA, April 30, 2008. “Merging engineering and life sciences: A vision

for potential applications of nanotechnology.”

Department of Materials Science, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden, June 4, 2008.

“Lateral flow characteristics of surface-modified porous polyethylene membranes.”

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL,

USA, August 22, 2008. “Hierachical design of periodic organic/inorganic

nanocomposites.”

Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, CNMS Discovery Seminar, Oak Ridge

National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA, September 5, 2008. “Bio-based

nanocomposites.”

Distinguished Lecture Series and the WISE 10th Anniversary Speaker, University of

Southern California, California, USA, November 19, 2009. “Conjugate nanostructures

and their potential applications.”

Departmental Seminar, Department of Chemical Engineering, Ben Gurion University,

Beer Sheva, Israel. April 25, 2010.

Departmental Colloquium, Department of Materials Engineering, ETH – Zürich,

Switzerland, May 26, 2010. “Conjugate nanostructures and their potential applications.”

Departmental Seminar, Department of Chemical Engineering, Northeastern University,

Boston, Massachussetts, USA, February 22, 2011. "Hierarchical nanostructures and their

potential bio-applications."

Departmental Seminar, Department of Chemical Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of

New York University, New York City, New York, USA, April 4, 2011. "Hierarchical

multifunctional nanostructures and their biological applications."

Departmental Seminar, Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, Houston,

Texas, USA, May 17, 2011. "Self-assembly of multifunctional, conjugate bio-active

nanostructures."

Departmental Seminar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boston University,

Boston, Massachusetts, USA, October 21, 2011. "Self-assembly of multifunctional,

conjugate bio-active nanostructures."

Departmental Colloquium, Program in Chemical and Molecular Engineering, Stony

Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA, October 21, 2011. "Nanoengineering:

Engineering Design with Applications in Nanotechnology."

Invited Conference Presentations

186th ACS National Meeting, August 28-September 2, 1983, Washington D.C., U.S.A.

(invited speaker). “Metal-polymer composites by phase separation decomposition of

organometallics in solid polymer matrices.”

XI International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, October 10-14, 1983, Pine

Mountain, Georgia, U.S.A. (invited speaker). “The decomposition and oxidation of

Co2(CO)8 in solution and in a polymeric matrix.”

23

NSF Workshop on Molecular Engineering of Thin Films, February 18-20, 1987, Davis,

California, U.S.A. (invited speaker and discussion leader). “Chemistry at PMMA-

metal interfaces.”

XXXth Rencontres de Moriond, Condensed Matter Physics Meeting on Short and Long

Chains at Interfaces, January 21-28, 1995, Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland (invited

speaker). “Polymer matrix influence on the kinetics of some fundamental inorganic

colloidal reactions.”

8th International Symposium on Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis, September

10-14, 1995, Balatonfüred, Hungary (invited speaker). “Radiation enhancement of the

catalytic properties of three dimensional coordination polymers of Ru(II) with

diisocyanobenzene ligands.”

1st International Congress on Adhesion Science and Technology, October 16-20 1995,

Amsterdam, The Netherlands (invited speaker). “The role of interfacial adhesion in the

stabilization of colloidal cobalt particles in polymer solutions.”

4th International Conference on Composite Engineering, July 6-12, 1997, Kohala Coast,

Big Island, Hawaii (invited speaker). “Control of metal nanoparticle size distribution in

metal-polymer composites.”

1st International Conference on Molecular Engineering in Homogeneous Catalysis,

October 16-17, 1998, Veszprém, Hungary (plenary speaker). “Selected reactions of

cobalt carbonyl complexes in polymer thin films.”

AIChE 2000 Annual Meeting, Symposium on the Liquid Phase Synthesis of

Nanoparticles, November 12-17, 2000, Los Angeles, California, U. S. A. (invited

speaker). “Polymer-induced metal nanoparticle aggregation.”

AIChE 2001 Annual Meeting, Symposium on Cure and Degradation Kinetics of Network

Forming Systems, November 4-9, 2001, Reno, Nevada, U. S. A. (invited speaker).

“Polymer-controlled metal nanoparticle aggregation.”

Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Symposium V: Nanophase and Naocomposite

Materials IV, November 26-30, 2001, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (invited speaker).

“Self-assembly of metal nanoclusters in block co-polymers.”

The Ninth International Symposium on Plasticity, January 3-9, 2002, Aruba (invited

speaker). “Nanostructures by design: selective spatial distribution of metal nanoclusters

in polymer matrices.”

Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Symposium H: Three-Dimensional

Nanoengineered Assemblies, December 1-5, 2002, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

(invited speaker). “Shape variations and control in self-assembled of metal

nanoclusters.”

APHYS 2003, 1st International Meeting on Applied Physics, October 14-18, 2003,

Badajos, Spain. (invited speaker). “Adsorption and polymer film formation on metal

nanoclusters.”

APHYS 2003, 1st International Meeting on Applied Physics, October 14-18, 2003,

Badajos, Spain. (invited speaker). “Polyelectrolyte multilayers on plasma-modified

porous polyethylene.”

Nanocomposites 2003, Session 5: Medical and Biomaterials Applications of

Nanocomposites, November 10-12, 2003, Crowne Plaza Union Square,

San Francisco, California, U.S.A. (invited speaker). “Characterization of metal-polymer

interfaces in nanocomposites and the implications to mechanical properties.”

24

The 2003 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition,

Symposium on Behavior of Nano-Particle Reinforced Polymers, November 15-21, 2003,

Washington D.C., U.S.A. (invited speaker). “Design of nanocomposites properties via

control of metal-polymer interfacial interactions.”

Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Symposium AA: Synthesis, Characterization

and Properties of Energetic/Reactive Nanomaterials, December 1-5, 2003, Boston,

Massachusetts, U.S.A. (invited speaker). “Modified sol-get synthesis of nanoenergetic

materials.”

Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Symposium L: Continuous Nanophase and

Nanostructured Materials, December 1-5, 2003, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (invited

speaker). “Kinetics and mechanism of nucleation, growth and stabilization of metal

oxide nanoparticles.”

IMEC 2003 – The 11th Israel Materials Science Conference, December 24-25, 2003,

Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. (invited speaker). “The role of

interfacial interactions in polymers-nanoparticles composite materials.”

Particles 2004 – Particle Synthesis, Characterization, and Particle-Based Advanced

Materials, March 6-9, 2004, Rosen Centre Hotel, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A. (invited

speaker). "Dynamics of nucleation, aggregation and stabilization of metal oxide

nanoparticles"

NANO 2004 , 7th International Conference on Nanostructured Materials, June 20-24,

2004, Wiesbaden, Germany. (invited speaker).

228th ACS National Meeting, August 22-26, 2004, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A. (invited

session speaker). "Extent of interfacial interactions between metal nanoclusters and

polymers in nanocomposites."


Symposium on Nanostructured Polymer Composites, November 13-19, 2004

Anaheim, California, U.S.A. (invited speaker). “Effect of interphase structure on the

mechanical properties of nanocomposites.”

2004 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Symposium EE: Organic/Inorganic

Hybrid Materials, November 29-December 3, 2004, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

(invited speaker). “The structure of the interphase formed between metallic nanoclusters

and adsorbed polymer matrices.”

2005 Vibrational Spectroscopy Research Symposium Series, Santa Fe, New Mexico,

U.S.A., February 8, 2005. "FTIR studies of nanocomposite properties".

2005 Minerva Workshop on Mesoscale Maromolecular Engineering, May 19-24, 2005,

Ohalo, Israel (invited speaker). “Stabilization of metal nanoparticles via polymer

adsorption.”

230th ACS National Meeting, August 28-September 1, 2005, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

(invited session speaker). (1) "Polymer-controlled nanoparticle size: Kinetic vs.

equilibrium mechanism." (2) Protein adsorption on surface-modified porous polyethylene

membranes.”

2nd

International Workshop on Polymer/Metal Nanocomposites, September 26-27, 2005,

GKSS Research Center, Geesthacht, Germany (invited speaker). “Characterization of

Metal-Polymer Interfaces in Nanocomposites and the Implications to Mechanical

Properties.”

25

231th ACS National Meeting, March 26-30, 2006, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A. (invited session

speaker). "Characterization of interphase morphology on nanocomposites and its impact

on mechanical properties."

TechTextil North America 2006, March 28-30, 2006, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A. (invited

speaker). “Control of the interfacial interactions in inorganic/organic nanocomposites.”

232nd ACS National Meeting, September 10-14, 2006, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.

(invited speaker). "Sol-gel synthesis of hydrous ruthenium oxide nanonetworks from 1,2

epoxide."

2006 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Symposium HH: Thermodynamics and

Kinetics of Phase Transformations in Inorganic Materials, November 26-30, 2006,

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (invited speaker). "Effect of temperature on the kinetics

of nanocluster nucleation and growth in polymeric media."

The 35th Meeting of the Israel Polymer and Plastics Society, December 11, 2006,

Herzelyia, Israel (plenary speaker).

NSF-AFOSR joint workshop on “Image processing applications for Nanotechnology,”

March 4-7, 2007, Breckenridge, CO, USA (invited speaker and discussion panel

member). “Challenges for Solving Problems Associated with Imaging and Properties

Correlations in Nanoscale System.”

Cancer Nanotech Conference 2007, June 26-28, 2007, Paris, France (invited speaker).

"Conjugate between γ-Fe2O3 nanoparticles and PbSe quantum dots for biological

applications."

International Joint Conference on Knowledge Management for Composite Materials

(KMCM 2007), July 3-6, Düsseldorf, Germany (invited speaker). "Design of interfacial

morphology in inorganic/organic nanocomposites."

2007 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Symposium F: Interfaces in Organic and

Molecular Electronics III, November 26-30, 2007, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

(invited speaker). “Influence of Self-Assembled Organic Thin Film Monolayer on

Ambient Copper Surfaces Oxidation.”


Herzelyia, Israel (plenary speaker).

TechTextil North America 2008, April 1-3, 2008, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A. (plenary

speaker). “Design of interfacial morphology in inorganic/organic nanocomposites.”

13th European Conference on Composite Materials, June 2-6, 2008 Stockholm, Sweden

(invited speaker). “Alignment of dispersed single-walled carbon nanotubes in viscous

polymer flow.”

2nd

International Conference on Advanced Nano Materials, June 22-25, 2008, Aveiro,

Portugal (invited speaker). “Hierarchical, multifunctional nanostructures and their

biological applications.”

3rd

International Conference on Polymer Behavior (ICPB-3), November 3-7, 2008,

Marrakech, Morocco, (plenary speaker). “Adsorption of Polymers on Curved

Surfaces.”

2008 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Symposium FF: Nanofunctional

Materials, Structures, and Devices for Biomedical Applications, December 1-5, 2008,

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (invited speaker). “Trajectory control of nanoparticles

under viscous fluid flow and an external magnetic field.”

http://www.mrs.org/s_mrs/bin.asp?CID=13669&DID=208268&DOC=FILE.PDF

http://www.mrs.org/s_mrs/bin.asp?CID=13669&DID=208268&DOC=FILE.PDF

26


Herzelyia, Israel (plenary speaker and conference chair).

237th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, March

2009.

2009 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, April 13-17, 2009, San Francisco, CA,

USA.

TechTextil North America 2009, April 21-23, 2009, Atlanta, GA, USA. (plenary

speaker). “Orientation of carbon nanotubes under shear forces.”

10th International Symposium on Polymers for Advanced Technologies (PAT2009),

October 10-14, 2009, Jerusalem, Israel (invited speaker). “Adsorption of poly(methyl

methacrylate) to concave alumina nanostructures.”

2011 International Symposium on Plasticity and its Applications, January 3-8, 2011,

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, 2011 (keynote speaker). “Thermo-mechanical properties of

bio-based nanocomposites formed by nanoparticle-catalyzed polymerization of furfuryl

alcohol.”

TMS 2011 Annual Meeting & Exhibition, February 27-March 3, 2011, San Diego, CA,

USA (keynote speaker). “Bio-Based Nanocomposites formed by Nanoparticle-

Catalyzed Polymerization of Furfuryl Alcohol.”

Composites at Lake Louise, October 30- November 4, 2011, Fairmont Chateau Lake

Louise Hotel, Alberta, Canada (keynote speaker). "Development of Periodic

Nanocomposites" and "The Formation of Biobased Composites."

Colloids and Nanomedicine 2012, July 15-17, 2012, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

(invited speaker). "Flow modulation of drug delivery nanovectors by an external

magnetic field."

XI International Nanostructured Materials Conference (NANO 2012), August 26-31,

2012, Rhodes, Greece (invited speaker). "Electrical and mechanical properties of

magnetic carbon nanotubes embedded in polymer matrices."

Material Science-2012: International Conference and Expo on Material Science &

Engineering, October 22-24, 2012, Chicago-North Shore, IL, USA (invited speaker).

"Kinetics and Mechanism of Nucleation, Growth and Stabilization of Metal Oxide

Nanoparticles."

Third International Conference on Natural Polymers, Bio-Polymers, Bio-Materials,

their Composites, Blends, IPNs, Polyelectrolytes and Gels: Macro to Nano Scales (ICNP

– 2012), October 26-28, 2012, Kottayam, Kerala, India (keynote speaker). "Biopolymer-

based Composite Materials."

Contributed Conference Presentations

The 48th Meeting of the Israeli Chemical Society, October 21-22, 1981, Beer-Sheva,

Israel.

The 57th Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, June 12-15, 1983, Toronto, Ontario,

Canada.

191st ACS National Meeting, April 13-18, 1986, New York, New York, U.S.A.

27

March Meeting of the American Physical Society, March 16-20, 1987, New York, New

York, U.S.A.

193rd ACS National Meeting, April 5-10, 1987, Denver, Colorado, U.S.A.

Biennial Inorganic Chemistry Symposium, July 8-10, 1987, Harvard University,

Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, U.S.A.

IUPAC International Symposium on Polymers for Advanced Technologies, August 16-

21, 1987, Jerusalem, Israel.

1987 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, November 30-December 4, 1987, Boston,


Gordon Conference on Organic Thin Films, February 15-19, 1988, Oxnard, California,

U.S.A.

March Meeting of the American Physical Society, March 21-25, 1988, New Orleans,

Louisiana, U.S.A.

Fall Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, October 10-14, 1988, Chicago, Illinois,

U.S.A.

The 63rd Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, June 17-21, 1989, Seattle,

Washington, U.S.A.

Gordon Conference on Organic Thin Films, February 12-16, 1990, Ventura, California,

U.S.A.

1990 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, April 16-20, 1990, San Francisco,

California, U.S.A.

199th ACS National Meeting, April 23-27, 1990, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

March Meeting of the American Physical Society, March 18-22, 1991, Cincinnati, Ohio,

U.S.A.

1st Journal of Organometallic Conference on Applied Organometallic Chemistry,

November 4-5, 1993, Münich, Germany.

9th International Symposium on Homogeneous Catalysis, August 21-26, 1994,

Jerusalem, Israel.



46th Meeting of the American Vacuum Society, October 25-29, 1999, Seattle,

Washington, U.S.A.



219th ACS National Meeting, March 25-30, 2000, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

NIH/BECON Symposium on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology: Shaping Biomedical

Research, June 25-26, 2000, Bethesda, Maryland, U. S. A.

Sackler Colloquia Series, “Nannoscience – Underlying Physical Concepts and

Phenomena,” National Academy of Sciences, May 18-20, 2001, Washington, D.C.,

U.S.A.

28

2002 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Symposium H: Three-Dimensional

Nanoengineered Assemblies, December 1-5, 2002, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

“Synthesis by self-assembly of iron-cobalt nanoalloys.” (with M. Zubris).


Symposium on Nanocomposite Materials and Structures – II, November 17-22, 2002,

New Orleans, LA, U.S.A. “Polymer matrix composites: experiments and modeling.”

(with J. Jordan, I. Jasiuk, M. Sharaf and K. Jacob).

ACS 77th Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, June 15-18, 2003, Atlanta, GA,

U.S.A. “Synthesis and microstructure of FeCO nanoalloys.” (with M. Zubris).


U.S.A. “polymer adsorption and stabilizing film formation on metal nanoclusters.” (with

E. Tadd, M. Zubris and N. Dan).


U.S.A. “Plasma activation and surface modifications of porous polyrthylene

membranes.” (with G. Greene and G. Yao).


U.S.A. “Lateral flow properties and protein binding on chemically modified porous

polyethylene membranes.” (with G. Greene and H. Radakrishna).

Workshop on Bio-inspired Processes for Design, Assembly, and Repair of

Electromagnetic and Structural Composites, August 19-20, 2003, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.

“Formation of nanoenergetic structural materials via sol-gel synthesis.” (with J. Walker).



“Synthesis by self-assembly and microstructure of FeCo nanoalloys.” (with M. Zubris).



“Morphology control of magnetic Fe2O3 nanoclusters.” (with M. Zubris).



“Relative competitiveness of polystyrene and poly(methyl methacrylate) at the surface of

cobalt nanoclusters.” (with K. David).



“Self-assembled difunctional monolayers as intrinsically conductive molecular adhesives

for circuit boards.” (with L. Pranger).


Symposium on Behavior of Nano-Particle Reinforced Polymers, November 15-21, 2003,

Washington D.C., U.S.A. “Nano versus micro size reinforcement in Polymer matrix

composites.” (with J. Jordan, I. Jasiuk, K. Jacob, and H. Mahfuz).

228th ACS National Meeting, August 22-26, 2004, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A."Wetting

characteristics of self-assembled polyelectrolyte multilayers on plasma-modified porous

polyethylene." (with G. Greene and G. Yao)

2004 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Symposium AA: Applications of Micron

and Nanoscale Materials in Biology and Medicine, November 29-December 3, 2004,

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. “Protein binding properties of surface-modified porous

polyethylene membranes.” (with G. Greene and H. Radakrishna).

29

229th ACS National Meeting, March 13-17, 2005, San Diego, CA, U.S.A." Competitive

adsorption of polymers on metallic nanoparticles." (with K. David and N. Dan)

230th ACS National Meeting, August 28-September 1, 2005, Wasington, D.C., U.S.A.

"Self-assembly of difunctional phenylene molecules on Cu, Ni and Pt." (with L. Pranger)

2006 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Symposium HH: Thermodynamics and

Kinetics of Phase Transformations in Inorganic Materials, November 26-30, 2006,

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. "Effect of temperature on the kinetics of nanocluster

nucleation and growth in polymeric media." (with O. Gazit, D. Droz and N. Dan)

2006 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Symposium M: Quantum Dots – Growth,

Behavior, and Applications, November 26-30, 2006, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

"Synthesis of Water Soluble PbSe Quantum Dots." (with L. Etgar and E. Lifshitz).

233rd

ACS National Meeting, PMSE, General Papers and New Concepts in Polymeric

Materials, Chicago, IL, March 25-29, 2007. “Effects of different dispersing agents on

polymer carbon nanotube composites.” (with E. Camponeschi and H. Garmestani).

233rd

ACS National Meeting, PMSE, Conjugated Oligomers and Polymers, Chicago, IL,

March 25-29, 2007. “Dielectric properties of [Rh(1,4-diisocyanobenzene)+

4/2 (Cl)-]n with

respect to moisture.” (with C. Carson and R. Gerhardt).

233rd

ACS National Meeting, Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry, Nanoparticles:

Synthesis, Passivation, Stabilization, and Functionalization, Chicago, IL, March 25-29,

2007. “Surfactant effects on the particle size and formation of sol-gel iron(III) oxides.”

(with E. Camponeschi and H. Garmestani).

235th ACS National Meeting, Division of Inorganic Chemistry, April 6-10, 2008 New

Orleans, LA, USA. “Novel transition metal terephthalate frameworks: Structural and

electrical properties.” (with C. G. Carson, S. S. Jung and R. A. Gerhardt).

237th American Chemical Society National Meeting, March 22-26, 2009, Salt Lake City,

UT, USA. “Nucleation and growth of MOF-2 directed by presence of Cu(II) salt.” (with

C. G. Carson and R. A. Gerhardt).

237th American Chemical Society National Meeting, March 22-26, 2009, Salt Lake City,

UT, USA. “Assembly of functionalized POSS-M nanoparticles.” (with R. Gunawidjaja,

G. Nunnery and V. Tsukruk).

2nd

Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS)

World Congress (in conjunction with 2009 Seoul Stem Cell Symposium), August 31 –

September 3, 2009, Seoul, Republic of Korea. “Enhancement of surface energy and

osteoblast proliferation via the modification of microstructured titanium surfaces with

polyelectrolytes.” (with J. H. Park, Z. Schwartz, R. Olivares-Navarrete and B. D.

Boyan).

XVIII International Materials Research Congress (IMRC 2009), August 16 – 21, 2009,

Cancún, Mexico. “Effect of Cleaning and Sterilizations on Titanium Implants.” (with J.

H. Park, Z. Schwartz, R. Olivares-Navarrete and B. D. Boyan).

XVIII International Materials Research Congress (IMRC 2009), August 16 – 21, 2009,

Cancún, Mexico. “Surface chemical modification with polyelectrolytes increase surface

energy and osteoblast proliferation on microstructured titanium surfaces.” (with J. H.

Park, Z. Schwartz, R. Olivares-Navarrete and B. D. Boyan).

http://oasys2.confex.com/acs/233nm/techprogram/index.html









30

2010 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, April 5-9, 2010, San Francisco, CA,

USA. “Facile Alignment of Carbon Nanotubes Mediated by Tethered Maghemite

Nanoparticles,” (with I. T. Kim, G. A. Nunnery, K. Jacob, J. Schwartz and X. Liu).

IADR General Session, July 14-17, 2010, Barcelona, Spain. “Increased Nano-scale

Roughness Created Under Controlled Oxidative Environments Enhances Osteoblast

Differentiation.” (with R. Gittens, T. McLachlan, Y. Cai, K. Sandhage M. Dard, Z.

Schwartz and B. D. Boyan).

BioInterface 2010 Meeting, October 18-20, 2010, Atlanta, GA, USA. “ Increased Nano-

Scale Roughness Created Under Controlled Oxidative Environments Enhances

Osteoblast Differentiation.” (with R. A. Gittens, T. McLachlan, Y. Cai, S. Bemer, K. H.

Sandhage, Z. Schwartz and B. D. Boyan).


CA, USA. “Polyelectrolyte Adsorption on Microstructured Titanium Surface to Increase

Wettability.” (with J. H. Park, Z. Schwartz, R. Olivares-Navarrete and B. D. Boyan).

2011 Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, January 13-16, 2011, Long

Beach, CA, USA. “Influence of chemical modification on titanium microstructured

surfaces on the osteoblast cell response.” (with J. H. Park, Z. Schwartz, R. Olivares-

Navarrete and B. D. Boyan).

TMS 2011 Annual Meeting & Exhibition, February 27-March 3, 2011, San Diego, CA,

USA. “Fabrication of a cellulosic nanocomposite scaffold with improved supermolecular

structure as a potential cardiovascular tissue engineered graft.” (with P. Pooyan, I. T.

Kim and H. Garmestani).

15th Annual Hilton Head Workshop, “Regenerative Medicine: Innovations for Clinical

Applications,” March 16-19, 2011, Sea Pines Resort, Hilton Head, SC, USA. “A

Cellulose Nanocomposite as a Potential Scaffold in Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering

(with with P. Pooyan, I. T. Kim and H. Garmestani).

APS March Meeting 2011, March 21-25, 2011, Dallas, TX, USA. The Anisotropic

Physical Properties of Polyethylene Oxide/Magnetic Carbon Nanotubes Composite Films

(with I. T. Kim and A. Tannenbaum).

Society for Biomaterials 2011 Annual Meeting and Exposition, April 13-16, 2011,

Orlando, FL, USA . "Fabrication of TiO2 Nano-fiber Meshes by Electrospinning and

Evaluation of their Osteoblast Differentiation Potential" (with R. A. Gittens, R. Olivares-

Navarette, K. H. Sandhage, Z. Schwartz and B. D. Boyan).

Society for Biomaterials 2011 Annual Meeting and Exposition, April 13-16, 2011,

Orlando, FL, USA . "Influence of Surface Chemistry of Microtextured Titanium on the

Osteoblast Cell Response" (with J. H. Park, Z. Schwartz, R. Olivares-Navarrete and B. D.

Boyan).

TMS 2012 Annual Meeting & Exhibition, March 11-15, 2012, Orlando, FL, USA.

“Cellulose-Based Nanocomposites as a Potential Scaffold in Cardiovascular Tissue

Engineering,” (with P. Pooyan and H. Garmestani).

9th World Biomaterials Congress (WBC), June 1-5, 2012, Chengdu, China. "Fabrication

of a Cellulose-based Nanocomposite as a Potential Scaffold in Cardiovascular Tissue

Engineering," (with P. Pooyan and H. Garmestani).

TMS 2013 Annual Meeting & Exhibition, March 3-7, 2013, San Antonio, TX, USA. "Fabrication of a Nanobiomaterial from Renewable Resources as a Potential Scaffold in

Vascular Tissue Engineering" (with P. Pooyan and H. Garmestani).

http://www.iadr.com/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3854

http://www.ors.org/annual_meeting.html

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Chengdu%2C+China%2C+1-5+June

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=China%2C+1-5+June%2C+2012

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Chengdu%2C+1-5+June%2C+2012

31

Grants and Contracts

1. “Size Control of Metal Clusters and Their Interactions with Reactive Polymers”,

PI, US – Israel Binational Science Foundation, September 1990 – August 1993,

$108,000.

2. “Reactive Adsorption of Polymers onto Metal Oxide Surfaces”, PI, The Israeli

Academy of Sciences, Jerusalem, Israel, August 1991 – July 1994, $144,000.

3. Composite Materials Research Center, Consultant, AFOSR, 1996 – 2001, $25,000.

4. “Control of Nanoparticle Size in Viscous Media”, PI, Grant-in-Aid, The Graduate

School, University of Minnesota, February 1997 – August 1999, $16,000.

5. “Template-Induced Self Assembly of Nanostructures”, Investigator and Project

Leader, Optoelectrinic Thrust, NSF – ERC, Packaging Reseach Center, June 2001 – May

2002, $50,000.

6. “Propagation of Chiral Interactions”, Focus Research Program in Complex Fluids, PI,

Georgia Institute of Technology Seed Funding, August 2001 – July 2004, $30,000.

7. “Surface Modification of Porous Polyethylene Membranes,” Porex Corporation, PI,

August 2001 – July 2004, $120,000.

8. “Energetic Structural Materials”, MURI 2002, Topic 13: Design of Multifuctional

Materials, AFOSR, co-PI, May 2002– April 2007, ~$1,000,000/yr. (Tannenbaum share:

~100,000/yr. + $50,000 for equipment).

9. “Metamaterials,” DARPA, co-PI, May 2002 – April 2005, ~500,000/yr. (Tannenbaum

share: ~80,000/yr.).

10. “Self–Assembled Di-Functional Monolayers as Precision Adhesives for Printed

Circuit Components,” CBAR, Georgia Tech, PI, November 2002 – October 2003,

~15,000/yr.

11. “Polymer Characterization Equipment”, Georgia Tech – Technology Fee Funds,

October 2002, $63,440.

12. “The Design of Metal Nano-Clusters Using Charged Polymers,” BSF – US-Israel

Binational Science Foundation, co-PI, January 2004 – December 2005, $45,000.

13. Institute of Paper Science and Technology, Paper Science and Engineering Graduate

Fellowships, PI, September 2004 – August 2008, $120,000/yr.

14. Self-Assembly of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Periodic Materials, ACS – Petroleum

Research Fund, PI, September 2003 – August 2006, $120,000.

15. “Acquisition of a unique facility for high temperature high magnetic field processing

and characterization,” DoD-DURIP Equipment Grant, co-PI, April 2004, $140,000.

16. “Graduate assistance in areas of national need (GAANN): an interdisciplinary

program in polymer science and engineering at Georgia Tech,” Department of Education,

co-PI, August 2004-July 2004, $390,600.

17. “The impact of the interphase structure in metal-polymer nanocomposites,” ACS –

Petroleum Research Fund, PI, September 2005 – August 2008, $120,000.

18. "Design of Nanocomposite Interfacial Morphology," EU PF6 Marie Curie

International Reintegration Grant, PI, April 2006 – March 2008, €80,000.

32

19. “Self-Assembly of Periodic Hybrid Organic/Inorganic Nanocomposites,” Israel

Science Foundation (ISF) Personal Research Grant, PI, August 2006 – July 2009, NIS

593,326.

20. “Variable Angle Spectroscopic Ellipsometer,” Israel Science Foundation (ISF)

Equipment Grant, PI, August 2006-July 2007, $52,500.

21. “Organized Organic Thin Films as “Smart” Nano Interconnects,” Russell Berrie

Nanotechnology Institute Seed Grant, PI, August 2006 – December 2007, $34,500.

22. “Centers of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence, CNNE,” NIH, Co-PI, September

2005 – August 2010, $6,089,150 (Tannenbaum share: $268,000).

23. “Mechanisms of cell/surface interactions,” NIH-R01, Co-PI, August 2005 – July

2009, $1,841,180.

24. “Organized organic thin films as “smart” nano-interconnects,” NSF-ECS, PI, August

2005 – July 2008, $70,000.







28. “Biocompatible polymer nanocomposites with cellulose whiskers as the particulate

phase reinforcement,” Institute of Paper Science and Technology Innovation Grant, PI,

May 2008 – June 2010, $100,000.

29. "Molecular-level interfacial engineering in inorganic/organic nanocomposites," Israel

Science Foundation (ISF) Personal Research Grant, PI, August 2009 – July 2013, NIS

968,481

30. “Mechanisms of cell/surface interactions,” NIH-R01, Co-PI, August 2010 – July

2015, $2,602,821.


Fellowships, September 2010 – August 2014, $40,000/yr.

Institutional Service Activities

2012- UAB, College of Engineering Representative, Institutional Conflict of

Interest Review Board.

2010-11 Georgia Tech, School of Materials Science and Engineering – Co-chair of

Seminar Committee.

2006-10 Georgia Tech, School of Materials Science and Engineering – Chair of

Seminar Committee.

2006-08 Georgia Tech, College of Engineering – Reappointment, Promotion and

Tenure Committee (Associate to Full).

2005-08 Georgia Tech, School of Materials Science and Engineering – Graduate

Studies Committee.

33

2005-06 Georgia Tech, Chair of the Sigma Chi Best Thesis Committee, Atlanta, GA,

USA.

2005-08 Georgia Tech – Institute Review Committee.

2003-07 Georgia Tech, School of Materials Science and Engineering – Graduate

Curriculum Committee.

2001-02 Georgia Tech, School of Materials Science and Engineering – 2001

Freshmen Advisor.

2001-05 Georgia Tech, School of Materials Science and Engineering – Undergraduate

Curriculum Committee.

2001-03 Georgia Tech – Strategic Planning Committee, Polymer Education Research

Center (PERC).

2000-02 Georgia Tech, College of Engineering – Information Technology

Committee.

2000-03 Georgia Tech, School of Materials Science and Engineering – Safety

Coordinator.

1999-02 Georgia Tech, School of Materials Science and Engineering – Faculty Search

Committee

1999-06 School of Materials Science and Engineering – Departmental Seminar

Committee.

1996-99 University of Minnesota, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials

Science – Departmental Safety Officer.

Documents

Rina Tannenbaum Resume October 2012