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Assistant Professor Oded Rabin

Joint appointment with the Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics (IREAP)
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 2004
Room 1110B Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Building
E-mail: oded@umd.edu
Phone: (301) 405-3382
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Research Interests

• Nanowires: Synthesis and Physical Properties
• Porous Thin Films: Synthesis and Physical Properties
• Electrical and Thermal Transport in Low Dimensional Systems
• Nanoporous Membranes: Applications in Sensing, Microfluidics, and Chromatography
• Interfacial Nanoscience: Organic-Inorganic Systems, Controlled Assembly, Scattering, Surface Plasmons

Dr. Rabin conducts his research in the Materials and Interface Nanotechnology Lab, located in Room 0145, Energy Research Building.

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Teaching

Dr. Rabin is currently teaching "Nanosized Materials: Synthesis and Applications (ENMA 489G/698G)" at the undergraduate and graduate level.

Honors and Awards

• Research supported by the Department of Business and Economic Development's Nano-Biotechnology Initiative
• Best Poster Award, Electrochemical Society Meeting, Orlando, 2003.
• Cambridge Science Foundation Travel Grant, 2003.
• Electrochemical Society Membership Award, 2003.
• Best Poster Award, Thermoelectrics Symposium, Materials Research Society Conference, Boston, 2001.
• "Zeevi Fund" Fellowship for research in chemistry, 1995.
• President’s Honors, the Technion (1994, 1995, 1996).
• "Excellence Program" Fellowship during undergraduate studies.

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Publications

Rabin, O.; Perez, J. M.; Grimm, J.; Wojtkiewicz, G.; Weissleder, R., An X-ray computed tomography imaging agent based on long-circulating bismuth sulphide nanoparticles. Nature Materials 2006, 5, (2), 118-122.

Rabin, O.; Nielsch, K.; Dresselhaus, M. S., Enhancement of weak anti-localization signatures in the magneto-resistance of bismuth anti-dot thin films. Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing 2006, 82, (3), 471-474.

Cronin, S. B.; Barnett, R.; Tinkham, M.; Chou, S. G.; Rabin, O.; Dresselhaus, M. S.; Swan, A. K.; Unlu, M. S.; Goldberg, B. B., Electrochemical gating of individual single-wall carbon nanotubes observed by electron transport measurements and resonant Raman spectroscopy. Applied Physics Letters 2004, 84, (12), 2052-2054.

Rogacheva, E. I.; Nashchekina, O. N.; Tavrina, T. V.; Us, M.; Dresselhaus, M. S.; Cronin, S. B.; Rabin, O., Quantum size effects in IV-VI quantum wells. Physica E-Low-Dimensional Systems & Nanostructures 2003, 17, (1-4), 313-315.

Dresselhaus, M. S.; Lin, Y. M.; Rabin, O.; Jorio, A.; Souza, A. G.; Pimenta, M. A.; Saito, R.; Samsonidze, G. G.; Dresselhaus, G., Nanowires and nanotubes. Materials Science & Engineering C-Biomimetic And Supramolecular Systems 2003, 23, (1-2), 129-140.

Dresselhaus, M. S.; Lin, Y. M.; Rabin, O.; Dresselhaus, G., Bismuth nanowires for thermoelectric applications. Microscale Thermophysical Engineering 2003, 7, (3), 207-219.

Rabin, O.; Herz, P. R.; Lin, Y. M.; Akinwande, A. I.; Cronin, S. B.; Dresselhaus, M. S., Formation of thick porous anodic alumina films and nanowire arrays on silicon wafers and glass. Advanced Functional Materials 2003, 13, (8), 631-638.

Fu, R. W.; Lin, Y. M.; Rabin, O.; Gresselhaus, G.; Dresselhaus, M. S.; Satcher, J. H.; Baumann, T. F., Transport properties of copper-doped carbon aerogels. Journal Of Non-Crystalline Solids 2003, 317, (3), 247-253.

Cronin, S. B.; Lin, Y. M.; Rabin, O.; Black, M. R.; Ying, J. Y.; Dresselhaus, M. S.; Gai, P. L.; Minet, J. P.; Issi, J. P., Making electrical contacts to nanowires with a thick oxide coating. Nanotechnology 2002, 13, (5), 653-658.

Bendikov, M.; Quadt, S. R.; Rabin, O.; Apeloig, Y., Addition of nucleophiles to silenes. A theoretical study of the effect of substituents on their kinetic stability. Organometallics 2002, 21, (19), 3930-3939.

Cronin, S. B.; Lin, Y. M.; Rabin, O.; Black, M. R.; Dresselhaus, G.; Dresselhaus, M. S.; Gai, P. L., Bismuth nanowires for potential applications in nanoscale electronics technology. Microscopy And Microanalysis 2002, 8, (1), 58-63.

Lin, Y. M.; Rabin, O.; Cronin, S. B.; Ying, J. Y.; Dresselhaus, M. S., Semimetal-semiconductor transition in Bi1-xSbx alloy nanowires and their thermoelectric properties. Applied Physics Letters 2002, 81, (13), 2403-2405.

Black, M. R.; Lin, Y. M.; Cronin, S. B.; Rabin, O.; Dresselhaus, M. S., Infrared absorption in bismuth nanowires resulting from quantum confinement. Physical Review B 2002, 65, (19).

Lin, Y. M.; Cronin, S. B.; Rabin, O.; Ying, J. Y.; Dresselhaus, M. S., Transport properties of Bi1-xSbx alloy nanowires synthesized by pressure injection. Applied Physics Letters 2001, 79, (5), 677-679.

Rabin, O.; Lin, Y. M.; Dresselhaus, M. S., Anomalously high thermoelectric figure of merit in Bi1-xSbx nanowires by carrier pocket alignment. Applied Physics Letters 2001, 79, (1), 81-83.

Black, M. R.; Padi, M.; Cronin, S. B.; Lin, Y. M.; Rabin, O.; McClure, T.; Dresselhaus, G.; Hagelstein, P. L.; Dresselhaus, M. S., Intersubband transitions in bismuth nanowires. Applied Physics Letters 2000, 77, (25), 4142-4144.

Koga, T.; Rabin, O.; Dresselhaus, M. S., Thermoelectric figure of merit of Bi/Pb1-xEuxTe superlattices. Physical Review B 2000, 62, (24), 16703-16706.

Rabin, O.; Vigalok, A.; Milstein, D., A novel approach towards intermolecular stabilization of para-quinone methides. First complexation of the elusive, simplest quinone methide, 4-methylene-2,5-cyclohexadien-1-one. Chemistry-A European Journal 2000, 6, (3), 454-462.

Rabin, O.; Vigalok, A.; Milstein, D., Metal-mediated generation, stabilization, and controlled release of a biologically relevant, simple para quinone methide: BHT-QM. Journal Of The American Chemical Society 1998, 120, (28), 7119-7120.

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Book Chapters

Nanowires. M.S. Dresselhaus, et al., in Springer Handbook of Nanotechnology, 2nd Ed., editor B. Bhushan, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany, 2007. (In Press)

Carbon nanotubes and Bismuth Nanowires, M. S. Dresselhaus, Ado Jorio, O. Rabin, in Nanoengineering of Structural, Functional, and Smart Materials, editor M. J. Shultz, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2006.

Nanowires. M.S. Dresselhaus, et al., in Springer Handbook of Nanotechnology, 1st Ed., editor B. Bhushan, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany, pp. 99-145, 2004.

Overview of Bismuth Nanowires for Thermoelectric Applications, M. S. Dresselhaus, et al., in Chemistry, Physics and Materials Science of Thermoelectric Materials: Beyond Bismuth Telluride, editor M. G. Kanatzidis, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, NY, pp. 1-17, 2003.

Quantum Wells and Quantum Wires for Potential Thermoelectric Applications. M.S. Dresselhaus, et al., in Semiconductors and Semimetals: Recent Trends in Thermoelectric Materials Research III, "Low dimensional thermoelectricity", editor T. M. Tritt, Academic Press, vol. 71, pp. 1-121, 2001.

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Conference Papers and Proceedings

Rabin, O.; Dresselhaus, M. S., Anomalous Magnetoresistance Behavior of Bismuth Antidot Arrays, in Continuous Nanophase and Nanostructured Materials, MRS Symp. Proc., Boston, vol. 788, L12.1, edited by S. Komarneni, J.C. Parker, J. Watkins, MRS Press, Pittsburg, PA, 2004.

Rabin, O.; Chen, G.; Dresselhaus, M. S., Crystallographically-oriented electrochemically-deposited bismuth nanowires, in Thermoelectric Materials 2003 - Research and Applications, MRS Symp. Proc., Boston, vol. 793, pp. 127-132, edited by J. Nolas, et al., MRS Press, Pittsburg, PA, 2004.

Rabin, O.; Herz, P. R.; Cronin, S. B.; Lin, Y. M.; Akinwande, A. I.; Dresselhaus, M. S., Arrays of Nanowires on Silicon Wafers, in The 21st International Conf. on Thermoelectrics; ICT Symp. Proc., Long Beach, pp. 276-279, edited by T. Caillat and J. Snyder, IEEE, Inc. Piscataway, NJ, 2002.

Lin, Y. M.; Rabin, O.; Dresselhaus, M. S., Segmented Nanowires: A Theoretical Study of Thermoelectric Properties, in The 21st International Conf. on Thermoelectrics; ICT Symp. Proc., Long Beach, pp. 265-268, edited by T. Caillat and J. Snyder, IEEE, Inc. Piscataway, NJ, 2002.

Rabin, O.; Lin, Y. M.; Cronin, S. B.; Dresselhaus, M. S., Thermoelectric Nanowires by Electrochemical Deposition, in Thermoelectric Materials 2001 - Research and Applications,MRS Symp. Proc., Boston, vol. 691, G8.20, edited by G.S. Nolas, et al., MRS Press, Pittsburg, PA, 2002.

Rabin, O.; Herz, P. R.; Cronin, S. B.; Lin, Y. M.; Akinwande, A. I.; Dresselhaus, M. S., Nanofabrication Using Self-Assembled Alumina Templates, in Nonlithographic and Lithographic Methods of Nanofabrication, MRS Symp. Proc., Boston, vol. 636, D4.7, edited by L. Merhari, et al., MRS Press, Pittsburg, PA, 2001.

Invited Talks

Nanowire Studies Motivated by Thermoelectric Applications. Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center, Columbia University, New York, NY, 2004.

Nanotechnology for Engineers: Nanowire Synthesis. IEEE Boston Section Workshop (Bedford, MA), 2003.