Ongoing and Current Research, 2008

Professor A. Navrotsky - Peter A. Rock Thermochemistry Laboratory, UC Davis

Shushu Chen (postdoc):
  • Interface and surface energy of cubic yittria-stablized-zrconia
  • Mg2SiO4 nanoparticle energetics

    • Yunchul Cho (postdoc):
  • Thermochemistry of Mn oxide nanomaterials

    • Gustavo Costa (visiting Ph.D. student):
  • Calorimetry of yttria-stabilized zirconia nanopowders

    • Ben Hanken (Ph.D. student, joint with Prof. Mark Asta):
  • Thermochemistry of UO2-CeO2 solid solutions

    • Seyedeh Mahboobeh Hosseini (Ph.D. student):
  • Energetics of nanoparticle and dense nanophase oxides

    • Nihan Kemik (Ph.D. student, joint with Prof. Yayoi Takamura):
  • Comparison of bulk and thin film energetics of La(Sr)FeO3 and La(Sr)MnO3 perovskites by high temperature calorimetry

    • Andrey Levchenko (postdoc):
  • Energetics of formation of TiO2 nanophases
  • Confinement in organic-inorganic composites

    • Chengcheng Ma (Ph.D. student):
  • Energetics of polymer dervied SiCNO ceramics

    • Yuanyuan Ma (Ph.D. student):
  • Energetics of Ge-Se and other glasses

    • Nissim Navi (visiting scientist):
  • Energetics of perovskite relevant to immobilization of nuclear waste with short half-life elements

    • John Neil (Senior Science Researcher):
  • Improvement of XRD techniques
  • Phases and thermodynamics of urates
  • Thermodynamics of hemimorphite

    • Tae-Jin Park (postdoc):
  • Calorimetry of Cs- and/or Ba-silicotitanates (e.g., Ba-Cs-Ti-Si-O systems) for nuclear waste remedation
  • Energetics of TiO2 nanostructures with different morphologies

    • Tatiana Shvareva (postdoc):
  • Thermochemistry of Ce2Zr2O7
  • Thermochemistry of UO2-CeO2 solid solutions (with M. Asta and B. Hanken)
  • Developing methods for the study of interactions of uranyl species and iron oxides nanoparticles

    • Olga Trofymluk (postdoc):
  • Energetics of mesoporous materials
  • Thermodynamics of silica nanoparticle self-assembly
  • Thermodynamics of mesoporous silica synthesis (organic-inorganic interactions)
  • Energetics of [Ca12Al14O32](2H) and [Ca12Al14O32](2OH) samples

    • Sergey Ushakov (Senior Research Associate):
  • High temperature phase transitions in rare earth oxides
  • Size and water adsorption effects on phase stability in oxides
  • Miscibility in rare earth orthophosphate systems (with Lynn Boatner (ORNL) and Pavel Mogilevsky (WPAFB))
  • Application of thermal analysis for assessment of the effects of fires on soils
  • Construction of laser ablation system for synthesis of anhydrous nanoparticles

    • Radha Venkat (postdoc):
  • Nano m-zirconia
  • Calorimetry of the ordered layered double hydroxides (LDH)
  • Calorimetry of lanthanum zirconate
  • Calorimetry of calcium carbonate nanoparticles

    • Fen Xu (postdoc):
  • Calorimetry of Cd-S-Se, Zn-S-Se, Cd-Zn-S, Cd-Zn-Se and Fe-Ni-S compounds

    • Wei Zhou (Ph.D. student):
  • Energetics of hafnia-based thin films and nanoparticles


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