Atomic Engineering Laboratory

Better Materials through Better Chemistry

Publications

Books, Book Chapters, or Reviews

*               LaLena, J. N.; Cleary, D. A.; Carpenter, E. E.; Dean, N. F. Inorganic Materials Synthesis and Fabrication. John Wiley and Sons:  New York, NY, 2008.

*               Morrison, S. A.; Harris, V. G.; Carpenter, E. E. Chemistry and Physics of Doped Mixed Metal Ferrites Nanoparticles, In Doped Nanomaterials and Nanodevices; Chen, W., Ed.; American Scientific Press: 2008; Vol. 5, 87-96.

                 Willard, M. A.; Kurihara, L. K.; Carpenter, E. E.; Calvin, S.; Harris, V. G., Chemically prepared magnetic nanoparticles. In Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology; Nalwa, H.S., Ed 2004, 2, 815-848.

                 Willard, M. A.; Kurihara, L. K.; Carpenter, E. E.; Calvin, S.; Harris, V. G., Chemically prepared magnetic nanoparticles. International Materials Reviews 2004, 49, (3-4), 125-170.

 

Peer-Reviewed Publications

                 Synthesis and characterization of iron(II) and iron(III) complexes of a tripodal ligand derived from tris(2-aminoethyl)methane Inorganica Chimica Acta, Accepted 2009

                 Shultz, M. D.; Braxton, W.; Taylor, C.; Carpenter, E. E. “One Parameter Control of the Size of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Synthesized in Reverse Micelles.” Journal of Applied Physics 2009, 105, 07A522.

                 Shultz, M. D.; Marin, J. R.; Naik, S. H.; Wilkins, J.; Laza, J. M.; Vilas, J. L.; Leon, L. M.; Carpenter, E. E. “Poly(styrene-co-vinylbenzylchloride-co-divinylbenzene) Coated Iron Oxide: Synthesis and Effects on Size and Morphology.” Journal of Applied Physics 2009,105, 07B318.  Also highlighted in the AIP virtual Journal of Nanoscience and Technology

                 Poddar,P; Morales, M.B.; Frey, N.A.; Morrison, S.A.; Carpenter, E.E.; Hariharan, S. “Transverse susceptibility study of the effect of varying dipolar interactions on anisotropy peaks in a three-dimensional assembly of soft ferrites” Journal of Applied Physics, 2008, 104, 063901.

                 Pettigrew, K. A.; Long, J. W.; Carpenter, E. E.; Baker, C. C.; Lytle, J. C.; Chervin, C. N.; Logan, M. S.; Stroud, R. M.; Rolison, D. R. "Nickel Ferrite Aerogels with Monodisperse Nanoscale Building Blocks the Importance of Processing Temperature and Atmosphere" ACS Nano 2008, 2, 784-790.

                 Pradhan, A. K.; Hunter, D.; Williams, T.; Lasley-Hunter, B.; Bah, R.; Mustafa, H.; Rakhimov, R.; Zhang, J.; Sellmyer, D. J.; Carpenter, E. E.; Sahu, D. R.; Huang, J. L. "Magnetic properties of La_0.6Sr_0.4MnO₃ thin films on SrTiO₃ and buffered Si substrates with varying thickness" Journal of Applied Physics 2008, 103, 023914.

                 Naik, S.; Carpenter, E. E. "Poly (D,L-lactide-co-glycolide) microcomposite containing magnetic iron core nanoparticles as a drug carrier" Journal Of Applied Physics 2008, 103, 07A313.  Also highlighted in the AIP virtual Journal of Nanoscience and Technology and the AIP virtual journal of Biological Physic Research.

                 Shultz, M. D.; Calvin, S.; Fatouros, P. P.; Morrison, S. A.; Carpenter, E. E. "Enhanced ferrite nanoparticles as MRI contrast agents" Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 2007, 311, 464-468.

                 Shultz, M. D.; Allsbrook, M. J.; Carpenter, E. E. "Control of the cation occupancies of MnZn ferrite synthesized via reverse micelles" Journal of Applied Physics 2007, 101, 09M518. Also featured in Virtual Journal of AIP virtual Journal of Nanoscience and Technology

                 Michaels, M. A.; Sherwood, S.; Kidwell, M.; Allsbrook, M. J.; Morrison, S. A.; Rutan, S. C.; Carpenter, E. E. "Quantitative Model for Prediction of Hydrodynamic Size of Nonionic Reverse Micelles" Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 2007, 311, 70-76.

                 Chinnasamy, C. N.; Yang, A.; Yoon, S. D.; Hsu, K.; Shultz, M. D.; Carpenter, E. E.; Mukerjee, S.; Vittoria, C.; Harris, V. G. "Size dependent magnetic properties and cation inversion in chemically synthesized MnFe₂O₄ nanoparticles" Journal of Applied Physics 2007, 101, 09M509.

                 Brewer, G.; Brewer, C.; Butcher, R. J.; Carpenter, E. E.; May, L.; White, G. "N-Alkylation of tripodal iron(III) imidazolate complexes: Reactivity and structure" Inorganica Chimica Acta 2007, 360, 2153-2161.

                 Brewer, C. T.; Brewer, G.; Butcher, R. J.; Carpenter, E. E.; Schmiedekamp, A. M.; Viragh, C., Synthesis and characterization of a spin crossover iron(II)-iron(III) mixed valence supramolecular pseudo-dimer exhibiting chiral recognition, hydrogen bonding, and pi-pi interactions. Dalton Transactions 2007, (3), 295-298.

                 Shultz, M.D.; Reveles, J.U.; Khanna, S. N.; Carpenter, E. E. “Reactive Nature of Dopamine as a Surface Functionalization Agent in Iron Oxide Nanoparticles”, Journal of the American Chemical Society 2007, 129(9), 2482-2487.

                 Poddar, P.; Gass, J.; Rebar, D. J.; Srinath, S.; Srikanth, H.; Morrison, S. A.; Carpenter, E. E., Magnetocaloric effect in ferrite nanoparticles. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 2006, 307, 227-231.

                 Brewer, C.; Brewer, G.; Butcher, R. J.; Carpenter, E. E.; Cuenca, L.; Noll, B. C.; Scheidt, W. R.; Viragh, C.; Zavalij, P. Y.; Zielaski, D., Synthesis and characterization of manganese(II) and iron(III) d(5) tripodal imidazole complexes. Effect of oxidation state, protonation state and ligand conformation on coordination number and spin state. Dalton Transactions 2006, (8), 1009-1019.

                 Brewer, G.; Brewer, C.; Butcher, R. J.; Carpenter, E. E., Synthesis and characterization of Cu(II) and Ni(II) complexes of a tripodal ligand containing imidazoles. Inorganica Chimica Acta 2006, 359, (4), 1263-1268.

                 Carpenter, E. E.; Long, J. W.; Rolison, D. R.; Logan, M. S.; Pettigrew, K.; Stroud, R. M.; Kuhn, L. T.; Hansen, B. R.; Morup, S., Magnetic and Mossbauer spectroscopy studies of nanocrystalline iron oxide aerogels. Journal of Applied Physics 2006, 99, 08N711

                 Shultz, M. D.; Carpenter, E. E.; Morrison, S. A.; Calvin, S., Cation occupancy determination in manganese zinc ferrites using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Journal of Applied Physics 2006, 99, 08M901

                 Morrison, S. A.; Cahill, C. L.; Carpenter, E. E.; Harris, V. G., Production Scaleup of Reverse Micelle Synthesis. Industrial Engineering and Chemistry Research 2006, 45, (3), 1217-1220.

                 Morrison, S. A.; Cahill, C. L.; Carpenter, E. E.; Calvin, S.; Harris, V. G., Atomic engineering of mixed ferrite and core-shell nanoparticles. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 2005, 5, (9), 1323-1344.

                 Brewer, C.; Brewer, G.; Butcher, R. J.; Carpenter, E. E.; Cuenca, L.; Schmiedekamp, A. M.; Viragh, C., Synthesis and characterization of seven-coordinate tripodal imidazole complexes of iron(II) and manganese(II). Dalton Transactions 2005, (22), 3617-3619.

NRL        NRL

                 Poddar, P.; Wilson, J. L.; Srikanth, H.; Morrison, S. A.; Carpenter, E. E., Magnetic properties of conducting polymer doped with manganese-zinc ferrite nanoparticles. Nanotechnology 2004, 15, (10), S570-S574.

                 Long, J. W.; Logan, M. S.; Carpenter, E. E.; Rolison, D. R., Synthesis and characterization of Mn-FeOx aerogels with magnetic properties. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 2004, 350, 182-188.

                 Morrison, S. A.; Cahill, C. L.; Carpenter, E. E.; Calvin, S.; Swaminathan, R.; McHenry, M. E.; Harris, V. G., Magnetic and structural properties of nickel zinc ferrite nanoparticles synthesized at room temperature. Journal of Applied Physics 2004, 95, (11), 6392-6395.

                 Calvin, S.; Carpenter, E. E.; Cestone, V.; Kurihara, L. K.; Harris, V. G.; Brown, E. C., Automated system for x-ray absorption spectroscopy of nanoparticle nucleation and growth. Review of Scientific Instrumentation 2005, 76, (1), 016103.

                 Poddar, P.; Srikanth, H.; Morrison, S. A.; Carpenter, E. E., Inter-particle interactions and magnetism in manganese-zinc ferrite nanoparticles. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 2005, 288, 443-451.

                 Long, J. W.; Logan, M. S.; Rhodes, C. P.; Carpenter, E. E.; Stroud, R. M.; Rolison, D. R., Nanocrystalline Iron Oxide Aerogels as Mesoporous Magnetic Architectures. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2004, 126, (51), 16879-16889.

                 Poddar, P.; Wilson, J. L.; Srikanth, H.; Morrison, S. A.; Carpenter, E. E., Magnetic properties of conducting polymer doped with manganese-zinc ferrite nanoparticles. Nanotechnology 2004, 15, (10), S570-S574.

                 Morrison, S. A.; Cahill, C. L.; Carpenter, E. E.; Calvin, S.; Swaminathan, R.; McHenry, M. E.; Harris, V. G., Magnetic and structural properties of nickel zinc ferrite nanoparticles synthesized at room temperature. Journal of Applied Physics 2004, 95, (11), 6392-6395.

                 Calvin, S.; Carpenter, E. E.; Harris, V. G., Characterization of passivated iron nanoparticles by x-ray absorption spectroscopy. Physical Review B 2003, 68, (3), 033411-1-033411-4

                 Morrison, S. A.; Cahill, C. L.; Carpenter, E. E.; Calvin, S.; Harris, V. G., Preparation and characterization of MnZn-ferrite nanoparticles using reverse micelles. Journal of Applied Physics 2003, 93, (10), 7489-7491.

                 Cheng, S. F.; Woods, G. T.; Bussmann, K.; Mazin, II; Soulen, R. J.; Carpenter, E. E.; Das, B. N.; Lubitz, P., Growth and magnetic properties of single crystal Fe1-xCoxS2 (x=0.35-1). Journal of Applied Physics 2003, 93, (10), 6847-6849.

                 Harris, V. G.; Fatemi, D. J.; Cross, J. O.; Carpenter, E. E.; Browning, V. M.; Kirkland, J. P.; Mohan, A.; Long, G. J., One-step processing of spinel ferrites via the high-energy ball milling of binary oxides. Journal of Applied Physics 2003, 94, (1), 496-501.

                 Jones, H. N.; Feng, C. R.; Osofsky, M.; Carpenter, E. E.; Cooper, K. P., Synthesis of MgB2 by exposure of polycrystalline boron to magnesium vapor. IEEE Transactions On Applied Superconductivity 2003, 13, (2), 3056-3059.

                 Carpenter, E. E.; Cestone, V.; Landry, G.; Harris, V. G.; Kemner, K. M., Synthesis of amorphous lepidocrocite thin films via spin-spray ferrite plating. Chemistry of Materials 2003, 15, (6), 1235-1236.

                 Carpenter, E. E.; Calvin, S.; Stroud, R. M.; Harris, V. G., Passivated iron as core-shell nanoparticles. Chemistry of Materials 2003, 15, (17), 3245-3246.

                 Calvin, S.; Carpenter, E. E.; Ravel, B.; Harris, V. G.; Morrison, S. A., Multiedge refinement of extended x-ray-absorption fine structure of manganese zinc ferrite nanoparticles. Physical Review B 2002, 66, (22), 033411.

                 Calvin, S.; Carpenter, E. E.; Harris, V. G.; Morrison, S. A., Use of multiple-edge refinement of extended x-ray absorption fine structure to determine site occupancy in mixed ferrite nanoparticles. Applied Physics Letters 2002, 81, (20), 3828-3830.

                 Zhong, Q.; Steinhurst, D. A.; Carpenter, E. E.; Owrutsky, J. C., Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy of Azide Ion in Reverse Micelles. Langmuir 2002, 18, (20), 7401-7408.

                 Son, S.; Taheri, M.; Carpenter, E.; Harris, V. G.; McHenry, M. E., Synthesis of ferrite and nickel ferrite nanoparticles using radio-frequency thermal plasma torch. Journal of Applied Physics 2002, 91, (10), 7589-7591.

                 Taheri, M.; Carpenter, E. E.; Cestone, V.; Miller, M. M.; Raphael, M. P.; McHenry, M. E.; Harris, V. G., Magnetism and structure of ZnxFe3-xO4 films processed via spin- spray deposition. Journal of Applied Physics 2002, 91, (10), 7595-7597.

                 Ravel, B.; Carpenter, E. E.; Harris, V. G., Oxidation of iron in iron/gold core/shell nanoparticles. Journal of Applied Physics 2002, 91, (10), 8195-8197.

                 Zhou, W. L.; Carpenter, E. E.; Lin, J.; Kumbhar, A.; Sims, J.; O'Connor, C. J., Nanostructures of gold coated iron core-shell nanoparticles and the nanobands assembled under magnetic field. European Physical Journal D 2001, 16, (1-3), 289-292.

                 Brewer, C.; Brewer, G.; Scheidt, W. R.; Shang, M. Y.; Carpenter, E. E., Synthesis and structural and magnetic characterization of discrete phenolate and imidazolate bridged Gd(III)-M(II) M = Cu, Ni dinuclear complexes. Inorganica Chimica Acta 2001, 313, (1-2), 65-70.

                 Carpenter, E. E., Iron nanoparticles as potential magnetic carriers. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 2001, 225, (1-2), 17-20.

                 Srikanth, H.; Carpenter, E. E.; Spinu, L.; Wiggins, J.; Zhou, W. L.; O'Connor, C. J., Dynamic transverse susceptibility in Au-Fe-Au nanoparticles. Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing 2001, 304, 901-904.

                 Lin, J.; Zhou, W. L.; Kumbhar, A.; Wiemann, J.; Fang, J. Y.; Carpenter, E. E.; O'Connor, C. J., Gold-coated iron (Fe@Au) nanoparticles: Synthesis, characterization, and magnetic field-induced self-assembly. Journal of Solid State Chemistry 2001, 159, (1), 26-31.

                 Tamoria, M. R.; Carpenter, E. E.; Miller, M. M.; Claassen, J. H.; Das, B. N.; Stroud, R. M.; Kurihara, L. K.; Everett, R. K.; Willard, M. A.; Hsiao, A. C.; McHenry, M. E.; Harris, V. G., Magnetism, structure and the effects of thermal aging on (Fe_{1- x}Mn_x)_(73.5)Si_13.5B₉Nb₃Cu₁ alloys. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics 2001, 37, (4), 2264-2267.

                 Cheng, S. F.; Nadgorny, B.; Bussmann, K.; Carpenter, E. E.; Das, B. N.; Trotter, G.; Raphael, M. P.; Harris, V. G., Growth and magnetic properties of single crystal Co₂Mn_X (X = Si, Ge) Heusler alloys. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics 2001, 37, (4), 2176-2178.

UNO        UNO

                 Lin, J.; Zhou, W. L.; Carpenter, E.; O'Connor, C., Influence of capping ligands on the self-organizations of gold nanoparticles into superlattice from CTAB reverse micelles. Chinese Journal of Chemistry 2002, 20, (2), 127-134.

                 Sims, J.; Kumbhar, A.; Lin, J.; Agnoli, F.; Carpenter, E.; Sangregorio, C.; Frommen, C.; Kolesnichenko, V.; O'Connor, C. J., Synthesis and manipulation of nanophase magnetic materials. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 2002, 379, 113-120.

                 O'Connor, C. J.; Kolesnichenko, V.; Carpenter, E. E.; Sangregorio, C.; Zhou, W.; Kumbhar, A.; Sims, J.; Agnoli, F., Fabrication and Properties of Magnetic Particles with Nanometer Dimensions. Synthetic Metals 2001, 8838, 1-11.

                 Li, S. C.; John, V. T.; O'Connor, C.; Harris, V.; Carpenter, E., Cobalt-ferrite nanoparticles: Structure, cation distributions, and magnetic properties. Journal of Applied Physics 2000, 87, (9), 6223-6225.

                 Carpenter, E. E.; Sims, J. A.; Wienmann, J. A.; Zhou, W. L.; O'Connor, C. J., Magnetic properties of iron and iron platinum alloys synthesized via microemulsion techniques. Journal of Applied Physics 2000, 87, (9), 5615-5617.

                 Spinu, L.; Srikanth, H.; Carpenter, E. E.; O'Connor, C. J., Dynamic radio-frequency transverse susceptibility in magnetic nanoparticle systems. Journal of Applied Physics 2000, 87, (9), 5490-5492.

                 Wiemann, J. A.; Carpenter, E. E.; Wiggins, J.; Zhou, W. L.; Tang, J. K.; Li, S. C.; John, V. T.; Long, G. J.; Mohan, A., Magnetoresistance of a (gamma-Fe2O3)(80)Ag-20 nanocomposite prepared in reverse micelles. Journal of Applied Physics 2000, 87, (9), 7001-7003.

                 Tong, B.; Chang, S. C.; Carpenter, E. E.; O'Connor, C. J.; Lay, J. O.; Norman, R. E., Di-mu-halo-bis{ tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine-kappa N- 4 nickel(II)} bis(triethylammonium) tetraperchlorate: Magnetostructural studies. Inorganica Chimica Acta 2000, 300, 855-861.

                 Lalena, J. N.; Falster, A. U.; Simmons, W. B.; Carpenter, E. E.; Wiggins, J.; Hariharan, S.; Wiley, J. B., Synthesis and characterization of new mixed-metal triple- layered perovskites, Na2La2Ti3-xRuxO10 (x <= 1.0). Chemistry of Materials 2000, 12, (8), 2418-2423.

                 Carpenter, E. E.; Kumbhar, A.; Wiemann, J. A.; Srikanth, H.; Wiggins, J.; Zhou, W. L.; O'Connor, C. J., Synthesis and magnetic properties of gold-iron-gold nanocomposites. Materials Science and Engineering a-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing 2000, 286, (1), 81-86.

                 Carpenter, E. E., Synthesis of ferrite nanoparticle using reverse micelles. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 2000, 78, 2045.

                 Wiggins, J.; Carpenter, E. E.; O'Connor, C. J., Phenomenological Magnetic Modelling of Au:Fe:Au Nano-Onions. Journal of Applied Physics 2000, 87, (9), 5651-5653.

                 Carpenter, E. E.; O'Connor, C. J.; Harris, V. G., Atomic structure and magnetic properties of MnFe2O4 nanoparticles produced by reverse micelle synthesis. Journal of Applied Physics 1999, 85, (8), 5175-5177.

                 O'Connor, C. J.; Seip, C. T.; Carpenter, E. E.; Li, S. C.; John, V. T., Synthesis and reactivity of nanophase ferrites in reverse micellar solutions. Nanostructured Materials 1999, 12, (1-4), 65-70.

                 Carpenter, E. E.; Sangregorio, C.; O'Connor, C. J., Effects of shell thickness on blocking temperature of nanocomposites of metal particles with gold shells. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics 1999, 35, (5), 3496-3498.

                 Carpenter, E. E.; Sangregorio, C.; O'Connor, C. J., Synthesis of antiferromagnetic macromolecular particles. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section a-Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 1999, 334, 641-649.

                 Kodenkandath, T. A.; Lalena, J. N.; Zhou, W. L.; Carpenter, E. E.; Sangregorio, C.; Flaster, A. U.; O'Connor, W. B. S. J.; O'Connor, C. J.; Wiley, J. B., Assembly of Metal-Anion Arrays within a Perovskite Host. Low-Temperature Synthesis of New Layered Copper-Oxyhalides, (CuX)LaNb2O7,X) Cl, Br. Journal of the American Chemical Society 1999, 121, 10743-10746.

                 Sangregorio, C.; Carpenter, E. E.; O'Connor, C. J., Synthesis and Characterization of antiferromagnetic KMnF₃ nanoparticles. Materials Research Bulletin 1999, in press.

                 Carpenter, E. E.; Seip, C.; O'Connor, C. J., Magnetism of Nanophase Metal and Metal Alloy Particles Formed in Ordered Phases. Journal of Applied Physics 1999, 85, (8), 5184-5187.

                 Seip, C. T.; Carpenter, E. E.; O'Connor, C. J.; John, V. T.; Li, S. C., Magnetic properties of a series of ferrite nanoparticles synthesized in reverse micelles. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics 1998, 34, (4), 1111-1113

                 Lalena, J. N.; Cushing, B. L.; Falster, A. U.; Simmons, W. B.; Seip, C. T.; Carpenter, E. E.; O'Connor, C. J.; Wiley, J. B., A multistep topotactic route to the new mixed-valence titanate, Na2-x+yCax/2La2Ti3O10. Electron localization effects in a triple-layered perovskite. Inorganic Chemistry 1998, 37, (18), 4484-4485.

                 d'Avray, A. T. D.; Carpenter, E. E.; O'Connor, C. J.; Cole, R. B., Characterization of ferrite nanoparticles by laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry. European Mass Spectrometry 1998, 4, (6), 441-449.

                 Batchelor, J. D.; Carpenter, E. E.; Holder, G. N.; Eagle, C. T.; Fielder, J.; Cummings, J., Recreation of Wohler's Synthesis of Urea: An Undergraduate Organic Laboratory Exercise. The Chemical Educator 1998, 3, (6), 12.1.1998.

Non Peer reviewed (* work completed at VCU)            Non Peer reviewed (* work completed at VCU)

*               Calvin, S.; Carpenter, E. E..  Advantages of an automated chemical processor for XAFS analysis of novel materials.    AIP Conference Proceedings  2007,  882(X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure (XAFS13)),  878-880.

*               Kemner, K; O'Loughlin, E; Kelly, S; Ravel, B; Boyanov, M; Sholto-Douglas, D; Lai, B; Cook, R; Carpenter, E; Harris, V; Nealson, K.  XAFS and X-ray and electron microscopy investigations of radionuclide transformations at the mineral-microbe interface.    AIP Conference Proceedings  2007,  882(X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure (XAFS13)),  250-252

*               Calvin, S.; Riedel, C. J.; Carpenter, E. E.; Morrison, S. A.; Stroud, R. M.; Harris, V. G., Estimating Crystallite Size in Polydispersed Samples using EXAFS. Physica Scripta 2005, T115, 744-748.

                 O'Connor, C. J.; Carpenter, E. E.; Sangregorio, C., Nanophase Magnetic Materials: Synthesis and Properties. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 1998, 335, 423-442.

                 O'Connor, C. J.; Carpenter, E. E.; Seip, C. T., Synthesis and Reactivity of Nanophase Ferrites in Reverse Micellar Solutions. Nanophase '98 1998.