Richard Kaner, Ph.D.

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A Short Biography:

Professor Kaner received his Ph.D. in Chemistry in 1984 from the University of Pennsylvania. He is also a member of the following professional societies: Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; Associate Editor for Materials Research Bulletin; member of the American Chemical Society; the Electrochemical Society; and the Materials Research Society.
Work Titles
California NanoSystems Institute Member, California NanoSystems Institute
UCLA Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry Professor, Inorganic Chemistry Professor, Materials Science and Engineering Researcher, Inorganic Researcher, Nanoscience and Materials
Education:
Degrees:
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1984
Fellowship:
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow
2005 Australian-American Fulbright Fellow
1996 Guggenheim Fellow
1993 Sloan Fellow
1989 American Chemical Society, Exxon Fellowship in Solid State Chemistry
1989 Packard Fellow
Honors and Awards:
2012 ACS Award in the Chemistry of Materials
2005 Eka-Granules Lecturer University of Tasmania
2005 Visiting Professor University of Wollongong
2002 UCLA, UCLA Gold Shield Faculty Prize
1997 American Chemical Society, Buck Whitney Research Award
1991 Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar
1987 National Science Foundation, Presidential Young Investigator
Professional Societies:
American Chemical Society, Member
Electrochemical Society, Member
Materials Research Society, Member
Materials Research Bulletin, Associate Editor

Contact Information:

Email Address:

kaner@chem.ucla.edu

Work Email Address:

rbk@chem.ucla.edu


Website:

http://www.chem.ucla.edu/dept/Faculty/kaner/

Fax Number:

(310) 206-4038

Lab Number:

1 (310) 206-8393

Work Phone Number:

(310) 825-4208

1 (310) 825-5346

Laboratory Address:

Mol Sci Bldg 2220


Work Address:

Mol Sci Bldg 2515


Publications:

A selected list of publications:

Maher F. El-Kady, Veronica Strong, Sergey Dubin, Richard B. Kaner   Laser Scribing of High-Performance and Flexible Graphene-Based Electrochemical Capacitors Science, 2012; 335(6074): 1326-1330.
Rasool HI, Song EB, Allen MJ, Wassei JK, Kaner RB, Wang KL, Weiller BH, Gimzewski JK   Continuity of graphene on polycrystalline copper Nano Lett, 2011; 11(1): 251-6.
Dubin S, Gilje S, Wang K, Tung VC, Cha K, Hall AS, Farrar J, Varshneya R, Yang Y, Kaner RB   A one-step, solvothermal reduction method for producing reduced graphene oxide dispersions in organic solvents ACS Nano, 2010; 4(7): 3845-52.
Liao Y, Li XG, Kaner RB   Facile Synthesis of Water-Dispersible Conducting Polymer Nanospheres ACS Nano, 2010; 4(9): 5193-202.
Wang Y, Tran HD, Liao L, Duan X, Kaner RB   Nanoscale morphology, dimensional control, and electrical properties of oligoanilines J Am Chem Soc, 2010; 132(30): 10365-73.
Bux SK, Fleurial JP, Kaner RB   Nanostructured materials for thermoelectric applications Chem Commun (Camb), 2010; 46(44): 8311-24.
Gilje S, Dubin S, Badakhshan A, Farrar J, Danczyk SA, Kaner RB   Photothermal deoxygenation of graphene oxide for patterning and distributed ignition applications Adv Mater, 2010; 22(3): 419-23.
Suzuki Y (Suzuki, Yoko)1, Levine JB (Levine, Jonathan B.)2,3, Migliori A (Migliori, Albert)1, Garrett JD (Garrett, Jim D.)4, Kaner RB (Kaner, Richard B.)3,2, Fanelli VR (Fanelli, Victor R.)1, Betts JB (Betts, Jonathan B.)1   Rhenium diboride's monocrystal elastic constants, 308 to 5 K JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA , 2010; 127(5): 2797-2801.
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.
Kalantar-zadeh K, Tang J, Wang M, Wang KL, Shailos A, Galatsis K, Kojima R, Strong V, Lech A, Wlodarski W, Kaner RB   Synthesis of nanometre-thick MoO3 sheets Nanoscale, 2010; 2(3): 429-33.
Allen MJ, Tung VC, Kaner RB   Honeycomb Carbon: A Review of Graphene Chemical reviews, 2009; 110(1): 132-45.
Jonathan B. Levine, Sarah H. Tolbert, Richard B. Kaner   Advancements in the Search for Superhard Ultra-Incompressible Metal Borides ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, 2009; 19(22): 3519-3533.
Allen MJ, Wang M, Jannuzzi SA, Yang Y, Wang KL, Kaner RB   Chemically induced folding of single and bilayer graphene Chem Commun (Camb), 2009; (41): 6285-7.
Bux, S.; Fleurial, J.-P.; Blair, R.; Gogna, P.; Caillat, T.; Kaner, R.   High Temperature Thermoelectric Properties of Nano-Bulk Silicon and Silicon Germanium Materials and Devices for Thermal-to-Electric Energy Conversion, 2009; 53-8.
Tung, V. C. Chen, L. M. Allen, M. J. Wassei, J. K. Nelson, K. Kaner, R. B. Yang, Y.   Low-temperature solution processing of graphene-carbon nanotube hybrid materials for high-performance transparent conductors Nano Lett, 2009; 9(5): 1949-55.
Shafiei, M.; Arsat, R.; Yu, J.; Kalantar-zadeh, K.; Wlodarski, W.; Dubin, S.; Kaner, R.B.   Pt/graphene nano-sheet based hydrogen gas sensor IEEE Sensors, 2009; 395-8.
Fowler Jesse D, Allen Matthew J, Tung Vincent C, Yang Yang, Kaner Richard B, Weiller Bruce H   Practical chemical sensors from chemically derived graphene ACS nano, 2009; 3(2): 301-6.
Tung Vincent C, Allen Matthew J, Yang Yang, Kaner Richard B   High-throughput solution processing of large-scale graphene Nature nanotechnology, 2009; 4(1): 25-9.
Li Dan, Huang Jiaxing, Kaner Richard B   Polyaniline nanofibers: a unique polymer nanostructure for versatile applications Accounts of chemical research, 2009; 42(1): 135-45.
Levine Jonathan B, Nguyen Sandy L, Rasool Haider I, Wright Jeffrey A, Brown Stuart E, Kaner Richard B   Preparation and properties of metallic, superhard rhenium diboride crystals Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2008; 130(50): 16953-8.
Tran Henry D, Wang Yue, D'Arcy Julio M, Kaner Richard B   Toward an understanding of the formation of conducting polymer nanofibers ACS nano, 2008; 2(9): 1841-8.
A.Z. Sadek, W. Wlodarski, K. Shin, R.B. Kaner and K. Kalantar-Zadeh   A polyaniline/WO3 nanofiber composite-based ZnO/64° YX LiNbO3 SAW hydrogen gas sensor Synthetic Metals, 2008; 158: 29-32 .
L. Al-Mashat, H.D. Tran, W. Wlodarski, R.B. Kaner and K. Kalantar-Zadeh   Conductometric hydrogen gas sensors based on polypyrrole nanofibers IEEE Sensors, 2008; 8(4): 365-370.
H.-Y. Chung, M.B. Weinberger, J.-M. Yang, S.H. Tolbert and R.B. Kaner   Correlation between hardness and elastic moduli of the ultra-incompressible transition metal diborides RuB2, OsB2 and ReB2 Appl. Phys. Lett, 2008; 92: 261904.
D. Li and R.B. Kaner   Graphene-Based Materials Science, 2008; 320(5880): 1170-1171.
L. Al-Mashat, H.D. Tran, W. Wlodarski, R.B. Kaner and K. Kalantar-Zadeh,   Hydrogen gas sensor fabricated from polyanisidine nanofibers deposited on 36°YX LiTaO3 layered surface acoustic wave transducer Proc. SPIE, 2008; 6799: 67991B-67998.
C.O. Baker, B. Shedd, P.C. Innis, P.G. Whitten, G.M.  Spinks, G.G. Wallace, and R.B. Kaner   Monolithic actuators from flash welded polyaniline nanofibers Adv. Mater, 2008; 20: 155-158 .
H. Qasim, A.Z. Sadek, R. Arsat, W. Wlodarski, I, Belski, R.B. Kaner, K. Kalantar-Zadeh   Optical and conductivity dependence on doping concentration of polyaniline nanofibers Proc. SPIE, 2008; 6800: 680012-1.
T. Lam, H. Tran, W. Yuan, Z. Yu, S.M. Ha, R. Kaner and Q. Pei   Polyaniline nanofibers as a novel electrode material for fault-tolerant dielectric elastomer actuators Proc. SPIE, 2008; 6927: 69270O-4 .
L. Al-Mashat, H.D. Tran, W. Wlodarski, R.B. Kaner and K. Kalantar-Zadeh   Polypyrrole nanofiber surface acoustic wave gas sensors Sensors and Actuators B, 2008; 134(2): 826-831 .
J.B. Levine, S.L. Nguyen, H.I. Rasool, J.A. Wright, S.E. Brown and R.B. Kaner   Preparation and properties of metallic, superhard rhenium diboride crystals J. Am. Chem. Soc, 2008; 130: 16953.
D. Li, B. Muller, S. Gilje, R.B. Kaner and G.G. Wallace,   Processable aqueous dispersions of graphene nanosheets Nature Nanotechnology , 2008; 3: 101 - 105.
H.D. Tran, I. Norris, J.M. D'Arcy, H. Tsang, Y. Wang, B.R. Mattes and R.B. Kaner   Substituted polyaniline nanofibers produced via rapid initiated polymerization Macromolecules, 2008; 41(20): 7405-7410.
M.J. Allen, J.D. Fowler, V.C. Tung, Y. Yang, B.H. Weiller and R.B. Kaner,   Temperature dependent Raman spectroscopy of chemically derived graphene Appl. Phys. Lett, 2008; 93: 193119/1.
H.D. Tran, Y. Wang, J.M. D-Arcy and R.B. Kaner   Toward an understanding of the formation of conducting polymer nanofibers ACS Nano, 2008; 2(9): 1841–1848.
M.S. Dresselhaus, G. Chen, Z. Ren, J.-P. Fleurial, P. Gogna, M.Y. Tang, D. Vashaee, H. Lee, X. Wang, G. Joshi, G. Zhu, D. Wang, R. Blair, S. Bux and R.B. Kaner   “Nanocomposites to enhance ZT in thermoelectrics” in Thermoelectric Power Generaton, Mater. Res Soc. Symp. Proc, 2008; 785(29): .
Li Dan, Kaner Richard B   Materials science. Graphene-based materials Science (New York, N.Y.), 2008; 320(5880): 1170-1.
Li Dan, Müller Marc B, Gilje Scott, Kaner Richard B, Wallace Gordon G   Processable aqueous dispersions of graphene nanosheets Nature nanotechnology, 2008; 3(2): 101-5.
Gilje Scott, Han Song, Wang Minsheng, Wang Kang L, Kaner Richard B   A chemical route to graphene for device applications Nano letters, 2007; 7(11): 3394-8.
W. Wlodarski, A.Z. Sadek, K. Kalantar-Zadeh, C. Baker and R.B. Kaner   Camphor sulfonic acid doped polyaniline nanofiber based 64°YX LiNbO3 SAW hydrogen gas sensor, Proc. SPIE, 2007; 64141Q-64145Q.
R.J. Tseng, C.O. Baker, B. Shedd, J. Huang, J. Ouyang, R.B. Kaner and Y. Yang   Charge Transfer Effect in Polyaniline-Gold Nanoparticles Memory System Appl. Phys. Lett, 2007; 90(5): 53101-53104.
S. Virji, R.B. Kaner and B.H. Weiller   Detection of toxic chemicals for homeland security using polyaniline nanofibers” in “Anti-Terrorism and Homeland Defense Polymers and Materials, American Chemical Society Symposium Series 980, 2007; 101-115.
A.Z. Sadek, W. Wlodarski, K. Kalantar-Zadeh, C. Baker and R.B. Kaner   Doped and dedoped polyaniline nanofiber based conductometric hydrogen gas sensors Sensors and Actuators A, 2007; 139: 53-57.
H. Kim, H.T. Hahn, L.M. Viculis and R.B. Kaner   Graphite/polystyrene nanocomposites: How intercalation stage affects electrical conductivity Carbon, 2007; 45(7): 1578-1582.
D. Li and R.B. Kaner   How nucleation affects the aggregation of nanoparticles J. Mater. Chem, 2007; 17: 2279-2282.
E.H.L. Falcao, R.G. Blair, J.J. Mack, L.M. Viculis, C.-W. Kwon, M. Bendikov, R.B. Kaner, B.S. Dunn, and F. Wudl   Microwave exfoliation of a graphite intercalation compound Carbon, 2007; 45(6): 1364-1366.
L. Hu,  G. Gruner, D. Li, R.B. Kaner and J. Cech   Patternable transparent carbon nanotube films for electrochromic devices J. Appl. Phys, 2007; 101(1): 16102-16105.
R.B. Kaner   Periodic Table,, McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 2007; 10: .
A.Z. Sadek, C. Baker, D.A. Powell, W. Wlodarski, R.B. Kaner and K. Kalantar-zadeh   Polyaniline nanofiber based surface acoustic wave gas sensors – effect of nanofiber diameter on H2 response IEEE Sensors, 2007; 7(2): 213-221 .
H.-Y. Chung, M.B. Weinberger, J.B. Levine, A. Kavner, J.-M. Yang, S.H. Tolbert and R.B. Kaner   Synthesis of ultra-incompressible superhard rhenium diboride at ambient pressure Science, 2007; 316(5823): 436-439.
Gallon Benjamin J, Kojima Robert W, Kaner Richard B, Diaconescu Paula L   Palladium nanoparticles supported on polyaniline nanofibers as a semi-heterogeneous catalyst in water Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2007; 46(38): 7251-4.
Chung Hsiu-Ying, Weinberger Michelle B, Levine Jonathan B, Cumberland Robert W, Kavner Abby, Yang Jenn-Ming, Tolbert Sarah H, Kaner Richard B   Synthesis of ultra-incompressible superhard rhenium diboride at ambient pressure Science (New York, N.Y.), 2007; 316(5823): 436-9.
Virji Shabnam, Kaner Richard B, Weiller Bruce H   Direct electrical measurement of the conversion of metal acetates to metal sulfides by hydrogen sulfide Inorganic chemistry, 2006; 45(26): 10467-71.
Virji Shabnam, Kaner Richard B, Weiller Bruce H   Hydrogen sensors based on conductivity changes in polyaniline nanofibers The journal of physical chemistry. B, 2006; 110(44): 22266-70.
Tran, H. D. Kaner, R. B.   A general synthetic route to nanofibers of polyaniline derivatives Chem Commun (Camb), 2006; volume(37): 3915-7.
Tran Henry D, Kaner Richard B   A general synthetic route to nanofibers of polyaniline derivatives Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), 2006; 110(37): 3915-7.
Mack Julia J, Tari Susanne, Kaner Richard B   Enhanced solid-state metathesis routes to carbon nanotubes Inorganic chemistry, 2006; 45(10): 4243-6.
Huang, J Kaner, RB   The intrinsic nanofibrillar morphology of polyaniline Chemical Communications , 2006; (4): 367-76.
Li, D. Kaner, R. B.   Shape and aggregation control of nanoparticles: not shaken, not stirred J Am Chem Soc, 2006; 128(3): 968-75.
Li Dan, Kaner Richard B   Shape and aggregation control of nanoparticles: not shaken, not stirred Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2006; 128(3): 968-75.
Huang Jiaxing, Kaner Richard B   The intrinsic nanofibrillar morphology of polyaniline Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), 2006; 45(4): 367-76.
Li, D Kaner, RB   Processable stabilizer-free polyaniline nanofiber aqueous colloids Chemical Communications, 2005; (26): 3286-8.
Li Dan, Kaner Richard B   Processable stabilizer-free polyaniline nanofiber aqueous colloids Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), 2005; 128(26): 3286-8.
Tseng Ricky J, Huang Jiaxing, Ouyang Jianyong, Kaner Richard B, Yang Yang   Polyaniline nanofiber/gold nanoparticle nonvolatile memory Nano letters, 2005; 5(6): 1077-80.
Kaner, RB Gilman, JJ Tolbert, SH   Materials science. Designing superhard materials Science, 2005; 308(5726): 1268-9.
Cumberland, RW Weinberger, MB Gilman, JJ Clark, SM Tolbert, SH Kaner, RB   Osmium diboride, an ultra-incompressible, hard material Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2005; 127(20): 7264-5.
Huang, J. Kaner, R. B.   Nanofiber formation in the chemical polymerization of aniline: a mechanistic study Angew Chem Int Ed Engl, 2004; 43(43): 5817-21.
Huang, J Kaner, RB   Flash welding of conducting polymer nanofibres Nature materials. , 2004; 3(11): 783-6.
Jiaxing Huang, Shabnam Virji, Bruce H. Weiller and Richard B. Kaner   "Nanostructured Polyaniline Sensors" (invited "Concept" paper), Chem. Eur. J, 2004; 10: 1314.
Shabnam Virji, Jiaxing Huang, Richard B. Kaner and Bruce H. Weiller   "Polyaniline Nanofibers as Gas Sensors: Response to Classes of Vapors and Comparison to Thin Films", Nano Lett, 2004; 4(3): 591.
Huang, J. Kaner, R. B.   Flash welding of conducting polymer nanofibres Nat Mater, 2004; 3(11): 783-6.
Huang, J Virji, S Weiller, BH Kaner, RB   Nanostructured polyaniline sensors Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) , 2004; 10(6): 1314-9.
Huang, J Kaner, RB   A general chemical route to polyaniline nanofibers Journal of the American Chemical Society. , 2004; 126(3): 851-5.
Jiaxing Huang, Veronica M. Egan, Hailan Guo, Jeong-Yeol Yoon, Alejandro L. Briseno, Iris E. Rauda, Robin L. Garrell, Charles M. Knobler, Feimeng Zhou and Richard B. Kaner   "Enantioselective Discrimination of D- and L-Phenylalanine by Chiral Polyaniline Thin Films", Adv. Mater, 2003; 15(1158): .
Janes, R. A. Low, M. A. Kaner, R. B.   Rapid solid-state metathesis routes to aluminum nitride Inorg Chem, 2003; 42(8): 2714-9.
Viculis, L. M. Mack, J. J. Kaner, R. B.   A chemical route to carbon nanoscrolls Science, 2003; 299(5611): 1361.
Huang, J. Virji, S. Weiller, B. H. Kaner, R. B.   Polyaniline nanofibers: facile synthesis and chemical sensors J Am Chem Soc, 2003; 125(2): 314-5.
R.B. Kaner   Gas, liquid and enantiomeric separations using polyaniline, Synth. Met, 2002; 125(65): .
Ding, Z., Viculis, L., Cronin, S., Koga, T., Dresselhaus, M., Huang, S.-C. and Kaner, R.B.   Solution chemical routes to two-dimensional bismuth tellurides for thermoelectric applications , Thin films: preparation, characterization applications, Kluwer Academic Press, 2002; 157-169.

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