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  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Arun Majumdar is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of engineering. Their research spans multiple subfields, including materials chemistry, biomedical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, catalysis, and mechanical engineering.

The scientist's recent publications reflect diverse interests in energy, materials, and chemical processes. Notable papers include:

  • Five thermal energy grand challenges for decarbonization, 2020, Nature Energy
  • Coloured low-emissivity films for building envelopes for year-round energy savings, 2021, Nature Sustainability
  • Fluids and Electrolytes under Confinement in Single-Digit Nanopores, 2023, Chemical Reviews
  • A framework for a hydrogen economy, 2021, Joule
  • Technoeconomics and carbon footprint of hydrogen production, 2023, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

The principal topics addressed in their work cover advanced electron microscopy techniques and applications, chemical looping and thermochemical processes, electron and X-ray spectroscopy techniques, catalytic processes in materials science, carbon dioxide capture technologies, energy and environment impacts, and catalysis and oxidation reactions.

Frequent collaborators include Joel Martis, Haokun Li, Ram Rajagopal, Jimmy Rojas, and N. R. Aluru.

Publication venues where Arun Majumdar has frequently contributed include arXiv (Cornell University), Nature Energy, Cell Reports Physical Science, Nature Communications, and Joule.

Recognition of their work includes being named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2013.

Best Publications

  • Enhanced thermoelectric performance of rough silicon nanowires

    Allon I. Hochbaum;Renkun Chen;Raul Diaz Delgado;Wenjie Liang

  • Thermal transport measurements of individual multiwalled nanotubes.

    P. Kim;Li Shi;A. Majumdar;P. L. McEuen;P. L. McEuen

  • Nanoscale thermal transport

    David G. Cahill;Wayne K. Ford;Kenneth E. Goodson;Gerald D. Mahan

  • Thermal conductivity of individual silicon nanowires

    Deyu Li;Yiying Wu;Philip Kim;Li Shi

  • Nanoscale thermal transport. II. 2003–2012

    David G. Cahill;Paul V. Braun;Gang Chen;David R. Clarke

  • Fractal Model of Elastic-Plastic Contact Between Rough Surfaces

    A. Majumdar;B. Bhushan

  • Nanostructured Thermoelectrics: Big Efficiency Gains from Small Features

    Christopher J. Vineis;Ali Shakouri;Arun Majumdar;Arun Majumdar;Mercouri G. Kanatzidis

  • Solid state thermal rectifier

    Chih-Wei Chang;Arunava Majumdar;Alexander K. Zettl

  • Bioassay of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) using microcantilevers.

    Guanghua Wu;Ram H. Datar;Karolyn M. Hansen;Thomas Thundat

  • Thermoelectricity in Semiconductor Nanostructures

    Arun Majumdar

  • Role of Fractal Geometry in Roughness Characterization and Contact Mechanics of Surfaces

    A. Majumdar;B. Bhushan

  • Microscale Heat Conduction in Dielectric Thin Films

    A. Majumdar

  • Thermal conductance and thermopower of an individual single-wall carbon nanotube.

    Choongho Yu;Li Shi;Zhen Yao;Deyu Li

  • Thermoelectricity in Molecular Junctions

    Pramod Reddy;Sung Yeon Jang;Sung Yeon Jang;Rachel A. Segalman;Rachel A. Segalman;Arun Majumdar;Arun Majumdar

  • Thermal conductivity reduction and thermoelectric figure of merit increase by embedding nanoparticles in crystalline semiconductors.

    Woochul Kim;Joshua Zide;Arthur Gossard;Dmitri Klenov

  • Fractal characterization and simulation of rough surfaces

    A. Majumdar;C.L. Tien

  • Measuring Thermal and Thermoelectric Properties of One-Dimensional Nanostructures Using a Microfabricated Device

    Li Shi;Deyu Li;Choongho Yu;Wanyoung Jang

  • Nanowires for enhanced boiling heat transfer.

    Renkun Chen;Ming Chang Lu;Vinod Srinivasan;Zhijie Wang

  • Electrostatic control of ions and molecules in nanofluidic transistors.

    Rohit Karnik;Rong Fan;Min Yue;Deyu Li

  • Origin of nanomechanical cantilever motion generated from biomolecular interactions.

    Guanghua Wu;Haifeng Ji;Karolyn Hansen;Thomas Thundat

  • Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance in Rough Silicon Nanowires

    Renkun Chen;Allon I. Hochbaum;Raul Diaz Delgado;Wenjie Liang

Frequent Co-Authors

Rachel A. Segalman
Rachel A. Segalman University of California, Santa Barbara
Peidong Yang
Peidong Yang University of California, Berkeley
Ali Shakouri
Ali Shakouri Purdue University West Lafayette
Deyu Li
Deyu Li Vanderbilt University
John E. Bowers
John E. Bowers University of California, Santa Barbara
Arthur C. Gossard
Arthur C. Gossard University of California, Santa Barbara
Ramamoorthy Ramesh
Ramamoorthy Ramesh Rice University
Li Shi
Li Shi The University of Texas at Austin
Rong Fan
Rong Fan Yale University

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