Dr. Vladimir Merkulov was one of the first MENT Research Staff
Members and the key contributor to the controlled synthesis
of carbon nanofibers. Before joining the MENT group, he received
his BS degree in Computational Physics from St. Petersburg
State University, Russia in 1992. In 1997, he earned his Ph.D.
degree in Physics from Pennsylvania State University.
His doctoral research focused on studies of electronic and
vibrational states and bonding in nanocrystalline carbon and
amorphous diamond films and on the semimetal-to-semiconductor
transition in carbon nanoparticles.
During his time in the MENT group, Dr. Merkulov authored or co-authored more than 30 papers, including the following seven first authorships:
- Merkulov, V. I., D. K. Hensley, A. V. Melechko, M. A. Guillorn,
D. H. Lowndes, and M. L. Simpson. "Control Mechanisms
for the Growth of Isolated Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanofibers."
J. Phys. Chem. B 106, 2002, 10570-10577.
- Merkulov, V. I. , A. V. Melechko, M. A. Guillorn, D. H.
Lowndes, and M. L. Simpson. "Growth rate of plasma-synthesized
vertically aligned carbon nanofibers." Chem. Phys. Letts.
361, Aug. 6, 2002, 492-498.
- Merkulov, V. I., A. V. Melechko, M. A. Guillorn, D. H.
Lowndes, M. L. Simpson, J. H. Whealton, R. J. Raridon. "Controlled
alignment of carbon nanofibers in a large-scale synthesis
process." Appl. Phys. Lett. 80(25), June 24, 2002, 4816-4818.
- Merkulov,V. I., A. V. Melechko, M. A. Guillorn, D. H. Lowndes,
and M. L. Simpson. "Effects of spatial separation on
the growth of vertically aligned carbon nanofibers produced
by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition." Appl.
Phys. Lett., 80(3), January 21, 2002, 476-478.
- Merkulov, V. I., A. V. Melechko, M. A. Guillorn, D. H.
Lowndes, and M. L. Simpson. "Sharpening of carbon nanocone
tips during plasma-enhanced chemical vapor growth."
Chem. Phys. Letts. 350(5-6), December 28, 2001, 381-385.
- Merkulov, V. I., A. V. Melechko, M. A. Guillorn, D. H.
Lowndes, and M. L. Simpson. "Alignment mechanism of
carbon nanofibers produced by plasma-enhanced chemical-vapor
deposition." Appl. Phys. Lett., 79(18), October 29,
2001, 2970-2972.
- Merkulov, V. I. , M. A. Guillorn, D. H. Lowndes, M. L. Simpson, E. Voelkl, "Shaping carbon nanostructures by controlling the synthesis process." Appl. Phys. Lett., 79(8), August 20, 2001, 1178-1180.
