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Research Interests:
 Complex
metal hydrides for hydrogen storage
Electrocatalysis
of multielectron redox processes
Semiconductor
photocatalysis and photoelectrochemistry,
inorganic photochemistry
Molecular
recognition of metal ions for electrochemical,
optical, and microcantilever sensors
Ion
exchange resins for selective separations
Awards:
FLC
Excellence in Technology Transfer Award, 2005
R&D100
Award for “ORNL Highly Selective, Regenerable
Perchlorate Treatment System,” 2004
Five ORNL Technical Achievement Awards 1997-2000
Professional Societies:
Interamerican Photochemical Society
Electrochemical
Society
American
Chemical Society
Chairman East Tennessee Section,
2001
Selected Patents:
S. D. Alexandratos, G. M. Brown, P.
V. Bonnesen, and B. A. Moyer, "Bifunctional Anion-Exchange Resins
with Improved Selectivity and Exchange Kinetics," US Patent No. 6,059,975,
May 9, 2000.
G. M. Brown, B. Gu, B. A. Moyer, and
P. V. Bonnesen, "Regeneration of Anion Exchange Resins by Sequential
Chemical Displacement," U. S. Patent 6,448,299, September 10, 2002.
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Selected Publications:
- J-C Zhao, D. A. Knight, G.M. Brown, J.
W. Reiter, R. C. Bowman, Jr., J. A. Zan, J. G. Kulleck, C. Kim, and
S.-J. Hwang, “Study of Aluminoborane Compound AlB4H11 for Hydrogen
Storage,” J. Phys Chem. C, 2009, 113, 2-11
- B. Gu, G. M. Brown, and C-C Chiang, “Treatment
of Perchlorate-Contaminated Groundwater Using Highly Selective, Regenerable
Ion-Exchange Technologies,” Environ. Sci. Technol, 2007,
41, 6277-6282.
- G. M. Brown and B. Gu, “The Chemistry
of Perchlorate in the Environment,” in Perchlorate Environmental
Occurrence, Interactions and Treatment, B. Gu and J. D. Coates, ed,
Springer, New York, 2006, p17-47.
- D. G. Hafeman, J. B. Harkins IV, C. E.
Witkowski II, N. S. Lewis, R. J. Warmack, G. Brown, and T. Thundat,
“Optically Directed Molecular Transport and Three-Dimensional Isoelectric
Positioning of Amphoteric Biomolecules,” Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci.,
2006, 103, 6436-6441.
- J. K. Böhlke, N. C. Sturchio, B.
Gu, J. Horita, G. M. Brown, W. A. Jackson, J. Batista, and P. B. Hatzinger,
“Perchlorate Isotope Forensics,” Anal. Chem., 2005,
77, 7838-7842.
- V. I. Boiadjiev, G. M. Brown, L. A. Pinnaduwage,
G. Goretzki, P. V. Bonnesen, T. Thundat, “Photochemical hydrosilylation
of 11-undecenyltriethylammonium bromide with hydrogen-terminated Si
surfaces for the development of robust microcantilever sensors for Cr(VI),”
Langmuir, 2005, 21, 1139-1142.
- G.M. Brown, F. Tian, J. Pei, and T. Thundat,
“Detection of Copper with Potentiostatically Controlled Microcantilever
Sensors,” in Chemical Sensors VI: Chemical and Biological Sensors
and Analytical Methods – C. Bruckner-Lea, P. Vanysek, G. Hunter,
M. Egashira, N. Miura, and F. Mizutani, Ed, The Electrochemical Society,
2004, p 244.
- H. Xu, X. Xu, R. Dabestani, G. M. Brown,
L. Fan, S. Patton and H. F. Ji, “Supramolecular Fluorescent Probes
for the Detection of Mixed Alkali Metal Ions That Mimic the Function
of Integrated Logis Gates,” J. Chem. Soc. Perkins Trans
2, 2002, 636-643.
- H. F. Ji, T. Thundat, R. Dabestani, G.
M. Brown, P. F. Britt, and P. V. Bonnesen, “Ultrasensitive Detection
of CrO42- Using a Microcantilever Sensor,” Anal. Chem. 2001,
73,1572-1576.
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Gilbert
M. Brown
