Bruce Dunn, Ph.D.

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A Short Biography:

Bruce Dunn is the Nippon Sheet Glass Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at UCLA. He received his Ph.D. from UCLA in 1974 and then joined the General Electric Corporate Research and Development Center as a staff scientist. He returned to UCLA as an Associate Professor in 1980 and was promoted to Professor in 1985. His research interests concern the synthesis of inorganic materials and characterization of their electrical, optical, biological and electrochemical properties.
Work Titles
California NanoSystems Institute Member, California NanoSystems Institute
UCLA Nippon Sheet Glass Chair, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering Co-Director, FENA Member, Eli & Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine & Stem Cell Research Member, JCCC Cancer and Stem Cell Biology Program Area Member, Neuroengineering Training Program
Education:
Degrees:
Ph.D., UCLA, 1974
Professional Societies:
Electrochemical Society
American Chemical Society (Fellow)
Materials Research Society

Contact Information:

Email Address:

bdunn@ucla.edu


Website:

http://www.seas.ucla.edu/ms/faculty1/dunn.html

Fax Number:

(310) 206-7353

Work Phone Number:

(310) 825-1519

Work Address:

3121B Engineering V
Campus - 159510
Los Angeles, CA


Detailed Biography:

Bruce Dunn is the Nippon Sheet Glass Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at UCLA. After receiving his Ph.D. from UCLA in 1974, he was a staff scientist at the General Electric Corporate Research and Development Center in Schenectady, New York. He joined the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at UCLA in 1980. Professor Dunn has published some 250 papers in scientific and technical journals and has been awarded 13 patents with several pending. Among the honors he has received are a Fulbright research fellowship, invited professorships at the University of Paris, the University of Bordeaux, the University of Picardie (Jules Verne) and the Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) and two awards from DOE for his research in materials science. In 2003 he was named to the NSG Chair in Materials Science and Engineering.

Publications:

A selected list of publications:

Zheng Chen, Jing Wen, Chunzhu Yan, Lynn Rice, Hiesang Sohn, Meiqing Shen, Mei Cai, Bruce Dunn, Yunfeng Lu   High-Performance Supercapacitors Based on Hierarchically Porous Graphite Particles Advanced Energy Materials, 2011; Epub ahead of print: .
Torsten Brezesinski, John Wang, Robert Senter, Kirstin Brezesinski, Bruce Dunn and Sarah H. Tolbert   On the Correlation between Mechanical Flexibility, Nanoscale Structure, and Charge Storage in Periodic Mesoporous CeO2 Thin Films ACS Nano, 2010; 4(2): 967-77.
Torsten Brezesinski, John Wang, Sarah H. Tolbert & Bruce Dunn   Ordered mesoporous α-MoO3 with iso-oriented nanocrystalline walls for thin-film pseudocapacitors Nature Materials, 2010; 9: 146-51.
Wassei JK, Tung VC, Jonas SJ, Cha K, Dunn BS, Yang Y, Kaner RB   Stenciling graphene, carbon nanotubes, and fullerenes using elastomeric lift-off membranes Adv Mater, 2010; 22(8): 897-901.
Brezesinski, K., Wang, J., Haetge, J., Reitz, C., Steinmueller, S.O., Tolbert, S.H., Smarsly, B.M., Dunn, B. and Brezesinski, T.   Pseudocapacitive Contributions to Charge Storage in Highly Ordered Mesoporous Group V Transition Metal Oxides with Iso-Oriented Layered Nanocrystalline Domains Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2010; 132(20): 6982–90.
Fang, J. Zhou, J. C. Lan, E. H. Dunn, B. Zink, J. I.   Bio-hybrid materials for immunoassay-based sensing of cortisol Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, 2009; 50(2): 176-183.
Zhou J.C., Wang S., Xue M., Xu Z., Lau J., Hamasaki T., Yang Y., Wang K., Dunn B.   Characterization of Gold Nanoparticle Binding to Microtubule Filaments J. Mater Sci. and Engineering C, 2009; .
Ganguli R., Dunn B.   Kinetics of Anode Reactions for a Yeast-Catalysed Microbial Fuel Cell, Fuel Cells, 2009; 9: 44-52.
Augustyn V., Dunn B.   Vanadium Oxide Aerogels: Nanostructured Materials for Enhanced Energy Storage C.R. Chimie, 2009; 13(1-2): 130-141.
Brezesinski, T. Wang, J. Polleux, J. Dunn, B. Tolbert, S. H.   Templated Nanocrystal-Based Porous TiO2 Films for Next-Generation Electrochemical Capacitors Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2009; 131(5): 1802-1809.
Liu J.R., Mao Y.B., Lan E., Banatao D.R., Forse G.J., Lu J., Blom H-O., Yeates T.O., Dunn B., Chang J.P.   Generation of Oxide Nanopatterns by Combining Self-Assembly of S-Layer Proteins and Area-Selective Atomic Layer Disposition, J. Amer. Chem. Soc, 2008; 130: 16908-16913.
Bahram Valamehr, Steven J. Jonas, Julien Polleux, Rong Qiao, Shuling Guo, Eric H. Gschweng, Bangyan Stiles, Korey Kam†, Tzy-Jiun M. Luo, Owen N. Witte, Xin Liu, Bruce Dunn, Hong Wu   Hydrophobic Surfaces for enhanced Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Embryoid Bodies Proc. of the National Academy of Sciences, 2008; 105: 14459-14464.
Huang M.H., Soyez H.M., Dunn B.S., Zink J.I., Sellinger A., Brinker C.J.   In Situ Fluorescence Probing of the Chemical and Structural Changes During Formation of Hexagonal Phase Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide and Lamellar Phase CTAB/Poly (dodecylmethacrylate) sol-gel silica thin films J Sol-Gel Science and Technol 47, 2008; 300-310.
Umeda G.A., Chueh W.C., Noailles L., Haile S.M., Dunn B.   Inverse Opal Ceria-zirconia: Architectural Engineering for Heterogeneous Catalysis Energy and Environ. Science, 2008; 1: 484-486.
Zhou, J. C. Gao, Y. Martinez-Molares, A. A. Jing, X. Yan, D. Lau, J. Hamasaki, T. Ozkan, C. S. Ozkan, M. Hu, E. Dunn, B.   Microtubule-based gold nanowires and nanowire arrays Small, 2008; 4(9): 1507-15.
Dunn B., Long J.W., Rolison D.R.   Rethinking Multifunctions in Three Dimensions for Miniaturizing Electrical Energy Storage, Interface, 2008; 17(3): 49.
Lim J, Cirigliano N, Wang J, Dunn B.   Direct electron transfer in nanostructured sol-gel electrodes containing bilirubin oxidase Phys Chem Chem Phys, 2007; 9(15): 4348-52.
Falcao EHL (Falcao, Eduardo H. L.), Blair RG (Blair, Richard G.), Mack JJ (Mack, Julia J.), Viculis LM (Viculis, Lisa M.), Kwon CW (Kwon, Chai-Won), Bendikov M (Bendikov, Michael), Kaner RB (Kaner, Richard B.), Dunn BS (Dunn, Bruce S.), Wudl F (Wudl, Fired)   Microwave exfoliation of a graphite intercalation compound Carbon, 2007; 45(6): 1367-1369.
Dunn B, Zink JI   Molecules in Glass: Probes, Ordered Assemblies, and Functional Materials Accounts of Chemical Research, 2007; 40(9): 747-755.
Marchioni F (Marchioni, Filippo), Star K (Star, Kurt), Menke E (Menke, Erik), Buffeteau T (Buffeteau, Thierry), Servant L (Servant, Laurent), Dunn B (Dunn, Bruce), Wudl F (Wudl, Fred)   Protection of lithium metal surfaces using chlorosilanes LANGMUIR, 2007; 23(23): 11597-11602.
Wang J, Polleux J, Lim J, Dunn B   Pseudocapacitive contributions to electrochemical energy storage in TiO2 (anatase) nanoparticles JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C, 2007; 111(40): 14925-14931.
Falcao EHL, Yeh YT, Dunn B, Wudl F   Electrochemical and physical chemical properties of sp(2) carbon microrods CARBON, 2006; 44(9): 1718-1724.
Baudrin E, Sudant G, Larcher D, Dunn B, Tarascon JM   Preparation of Nanotextured VO2[B] from Vanadium Oxide Aerogels Chemistry of Materials, 2006; 18(18): 4369-4374.
Falcao EHL, Yeh YT, Dunn BS, Wudl F   Carbon microrods as a high lithium capacity material, Abstracts of Papers od the American Chemical Society, 2005; 229: U1097-U1097.
Kim DJ, Dunn B, Cole P, Turpin GC, Ernst RD, Pugmire RJ, Kang M, Lee HI, Kim JM, Eyring EM   Mesoporous silica supported cobalt catalysts for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis: Reducibility of cobalt oxides and catalytic activity Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 2005; 229: U608-U608.
Minoofar PN, Dunn BS, Zink JI   Multiply doped nanostructured silicate sol-gel thin films: Spatial segregation of dopants, energy transfer, and distance measurements Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2005; 127(8): 2656-2665.
Luo TJM, Soong R, Lan E, Dunn B, Montemagno C   Photo-induced proton gradients and ATP biosynthesis produced by vesicles encapsulated in a silica matrix Nature Materials, 2005; 4(3): 220-224.
Kickhoefer VA, Garcia Y, Mikyas Y, Johansson E, Zhou JC, Raval-Fernandes S, Minoofar P, Zink JI, Dunn B, Stewart PL, Rome LH   Engineering of vault nanocapsules with enzymatic and fluorescent properties Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. , 2005; 102(12): 4348-52.
Long JW, Dunn B, Rolison DR, White HS   Three-dimensional battery architectures Chemical reviews. , 2004; 104(10): 4463-92.
Wang C, Taherabadi L, Jia G, Madou M, Yeh Y, Dunn B   "C-MEMS for the Manufacture of 3D Microbatteries" Electrochem. and Solid-State Letts. , 2004; 7: A435.
Zhou JC, Chuang MH, Lan EH, Dunn B, Gillman PL, Smith SM   "Immunoassays for Cortisol using Antibody-Doped Sol-Gel Silica" J. Mater. Chem, 2004; 14: 2311.
Rickus JL, Chang PL, Tobin AJ, Zink JI, Dunn B   "Photochemical Coenzyme Regeneration in an Enzymatically Active Optical Material" J. Phys. Chem. B, 2004; 108: 9325.
Deval J, Umali TA, Lan EH, Dunn B, Ho C-H   "Reconfigurable Hydrophobic/Hydrophilic Surfaces in Microelectromechanical Systems" J. Micromech. Microeng, 2004; 14: 91.
Sudant G, Baudrin E, Dunn B, Tarascon J-M   "Synthesis and Electrochemical Properties of Vanadium Oxide Aerogels Prepared by a Freeze Drying Process" J. Electrochem. Soc, 2004; 151: A666.
Skadtchenko BO, Trudeau M, Kwon C-W, Dunn B, Antonelli D   "Synthesis and Electrochemistry of Li-and Na-Fulleride Doped Mesoporous Ta Oxides" Chem. Mater, 2004; 16: 2886.
Sun D, Kwon C-W, Baure G, Richman E, MacLean J, Dunn B, Tolbert SH   "The Relationship Between Nanoscale Structure and Electrochemical Properties of Vanadium Oxide Nanorolls" Advanced Functional Materials, 2004; 14: 1197.
Noailles LD, Peng H-h, Starkovich J, Dunn B   "Thermal Expansion and Phase Formation of ZrW2O8 Aerogels" Chem. Mater. , 2004; 16: 1252.
Tang PE, et al.   "V2O5 Aerogel as a Versatile Host for Metal Ions" J. Non-Cryst. Solids, 2004; (350): 67.
Paik JA, Fan SK, Chang H, Kim CJ, Wu MC, Dunn B   Development of spin coated mesoporous oxide films for MEMS structures Journal of Electroceramics, 2004; 13(1-3): 423-428.
Zink JI, Minoofar P, Harnandez R, Dunn B, Stoddart JF   Functional mesostructured silica supports for energy transfer, electron transfer, and molecular machines, Abstracts of papers of the American Chemical Society, 2004; 227: U873-U873.
Dunn B, Yeh Y, Lim J, Tang P   Incorporating nanostructured materials in lithium polymer batteries, Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 2004; 227: U1240-U1240.
Noailles L, Dunn B, Larson D, Starkovich J, Peng H   Preparation of ZrW2O8 xerogel and aerogels by sol-gel chemistry, Key Engineering Materials, 2004; 264-268: 363-366.
Falcao EHL, Viculis LM, Mack JJ, Kwon CW, Kaner RB, Dunn BS, Wudl F   Preparation of nanostructured molybdenum disulfide for nanobattery electrode application, Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 2004; 227: U1456-U1456.
Saha S, Flood A, Griffiths K, Tseng HR, Stoddart JF, Bonet F, Dunn B   Tetrathiafulvalene-porphyrin-fullerene triad based solar cell, Abstracts of Papers of the American Society, 2004; 227: U141-U141.
Song DW, Shen WN, Dunn B, Moore CD, Goorsky MS, Radetic T, Gronsky R, Chen G   Thermal conductivity of nanoporous bismuth thin films Applied Physics Letters, 2004; 84(11): 1883-1885.
Hart R, White HS, Dunn B, Rolison DR   "3D Microbatteries", Electrochem. Comm. , 2003; 5: 120.
Meng H, Tucker D, Chaffins S, Chen YS, Helgeson R, Dunn B, Wudl F   An unusual electrochromic device based on a new low-bandgap conjugated polymer Advanced Materials, 2003; 15(2): 146.
Dong W, Sakamoto J, Dunn B   Electrochemical properties of vanadium oxide aerogels and aerogel nanocomposites Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, 2003; 26(1-3): 641-644.
Hernandez R, Minoofar P, Huang M, Franville AC, Chia SY, Dunn B, Zink JI   Strategies for spatially separating photoactive molecules in mesostructured sot-gel silicate films, Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis, 2003; 146: 413-418.
Dunn B, Bonet F, Noailles L, Tang P   Using mesoporous nanoarchitectures to improve battery performance Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 2003; 225: U987-U987.
Minoofar PN, Hernandez R, Chia S, Dunn B, Zink JI, Franville AC   Placement and characterization of pairs of luminescent molecules in spatially separated regions of nanostructured thin films Journal of the American Chemical Society. , 2002; 124(48): 14388-96.
Sakamoto JS, Dunn B   "Hierarchical Battery Electrodes Based on Inverted Opal Structures" J. Mater. Chem, 2002; 12: 2589.
Paik J-A, Fan S-K, Kim C-J, Wu MC, Dunn B   "Micromachining of Mesoporous Oxide Films for MEMS Structures" J. Mater. Res, 2002; 17: 2121.
Sakamoto J, Dunn B   "Vanadium Oxide ? Carbon Nanotube Composite Electrodes for Use in Secondary Lithium Batteries" J. Electrochem. Soc, 2002; 149: 26.
Huang MH, Kartono F, Dunn B, Zink JI   Hexagonal to lamellar mesostructural changes in silicate films caused by organic additives Chemistry of Materials, 2002; 14(12): 5153-5162.
Meng H, Wudl F, Tucker D, Dunn B   Highly stable low band gap conjugated polymers for electrochromic device applications, Abstracts of Papers of the American Society, 2002; 223: D66-D66.
Nguyen DT, Smit M, Dunn B, Zink JL   Stability of creatine kinase in silicate sol-gel matrices, Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 2002; 223: A48-A49.
Nguyen DT, Smit M, Dunn B, Zink JI   Stabilization of creatine kinase encapsulated in silicate sol-gel materials and unusual temperature effects on its activity Chemistry of Materials, 2002; 14(10): 4300-4306.

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