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Editors: James A. Schwarz; Cristian I. Contescu; Karol Putyera ;
ISBN: 978-0-8247-5055-8 (hardback) 978-0-8247-5046-6 (electronic)
Original Publication Date: 13 April 2004
Last Updated: 20 December 2007

Editors

James A. Schwarz

  • Chair of Colloid Division of the American Chemical Society (2004)
  • Senior Fulbright Fellow to Romania (1997)
  • American Chemical Society Langmuir Award (2001)
  • Chancellor's Citation for Academic Excellence at Syracuse University (2002)
Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York

Biography

AMES A. SCHWARZ is a Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York. The author or coauthor of numerous professional publications, presentations, and patents, Dr. Schwarz was President of the California Catalysis Society and is a member of the American Vacuum Society, the American Chemical Society, and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. He is the 2004 Chair of the Colloid and Surface Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society. He received the B.S. degree (1965) in science and the M.S. degree (1966) in chemistry from Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, and the Ph.D. degree (1969) in chemistry from Stanford University, California.

Cristian I. Contescu

  • Symposia Chair for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (2001, 2002, and 2004)
  • "Gheorghe Spacu" National Award of the Romanian Academy Division of Chemical Sciences (1991)
  • International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX) fellowship (1990)
  • Special Merit Diploma from Bucharest University (1971)
Materials Methods
LLC, Newport Beach, California

Biography

CRISTIAN I. CONTESCU is Senior Research Scientist at Material Methods, LLC, Newport Beach, California, and was an Adjunct Assistant Professor, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York. The author or coauthor of many peer-reviewed publications, book chapters, and patents, Dr. Contescu is a cochair of the Colloid and Surface Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society symposia on nanoscience and nanotechnology. He is a member of the American Carbon Society and the American Chemical Society. He received the M.Sc. degree (1971) in physical chemistry from Bucharest University, Romania, and the Ph.D. degree (1979) in physical chemistry from Bucharest Polytechnic Institute, Romania.

Karol Putyera

  • Japanese Society for Promotion of Science Fellowship (1996)
  • Slovak Academy of Sciences "Golden Plaque" for young research scientists from the Slovak Academy of Sciences (1990)
Shiva Technologies, Inc.
Syracuse, New York

Biography

KAROL PUTYERA is Vice President, Technology and Corporate Development, Shiva Group of Companies, Syracuse, New York. His scientific interests include applied research in trace- and ultra-trace element characterization of advanced materials and near-surface chemistry of thin films and coatings. He received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in physical chemistry from Charles University, Prague, and the Ph.D. degree from the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava.

Editorial Board

Frank Armatis

Advanced Materials Technology Center
3M Corporation
St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A.

R. Terry K. Baker

Catalytic Materials, Ltd.
Holliston, MA, U.S.A.

Robert Birge

Department of Chemistry
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT, U.S.A.

Vijoleta Braach-Maksvytis

CSIRO Executive Management Council
Australian Government
Lindfield, NSW, Australia

Gianfranco Cerofolini

STMicroelectronics,
Catania, Italy

Stephen Y. Chou

Department of Electrical Engineering
Princeton University
Princeton, NY, U.S.A.

Morinobu Endo

Department of Engineering
Shinshu University
Nagano, Japan

Toshiaki Enoki

Department of Chemistry
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Tokyo, Japan

Gerhard Ertl

Department of Physical Chemistry
Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Berlin, Germany

Robert Glass

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Livermore, CA, U.S.A.

D. Wayne Goodman

Department of Chemistry
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX , U.S.A.

Elias Greenbaum

Chemical Sciences Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, TN, U.S.A.

Hans-Joachim Guumlntherodt

Institut fuumlr Physik der Universitaumlt Basel
Basel, Switzerland

Norbert Hampp

Department of Chemistry
Philipps University
Marburg, Germany

Tim Harper

CMP-Cientifica S.L.
Madrid, Spain

Arthur Hubbard

Santa Barbara Science Project
Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.

Enrique Iglesia

Department of Chemical Engineering
University of California
Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Mietek Jaroniec

Department of Chemistry
Kent State University
Kent, OH, U.S.A.

Andy Kaldor

ExxonMobil Research and Engineering
Annandale, NJ, U.S.A.

Juumlrgen Kirschner

Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics
Halle, Germany

Laszlo B. Kish

Department of Electrical Engineeering
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX, U.S.A.

Kenneth Klabunde

Department of Chemistry
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS, U.S.A.

James Leckie

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Stanford University
Stanford, CA, U.S.A.

Charles M. Lieber

Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.

Chad Mirkin

Department of Chemistry
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL, U.S.A.

Shuming Nie

Department of Chemistry
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.

Jens K. Norskov

Department of Physics
Technical Institute of Denmark
Lyngby, Denmark

Mark Reed

Department of Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics
Yale University
New Haven, CT, U.S.A.

David C. Rees

Astex Technology Ltd.
Cambridge, U.K.

Stacey L. Ristinmaa-Soumlrensen

Department of Physics
University of Lund
Lund, Sweden

John A. Rogers

Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Beckman Institute
University of Illinois
Urbana, IL, U.S.A.

Debra R. Rolison

Surface Chemistry Branch
Naval Research Laboratory
Washington, DC, U.S.A.

Jurgen Ruhe

Institute for Microsystem Technology
Albert-Ludwig University
Freiberg, Germany

Purnesh Seegopaul

Umicore USA Inc.
Hillsborough, New Jersey, U.S.A.
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