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104
Citations
42620
World Ranking
1041
National Ranking
414

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1998 - US President's National Medal of Science "For his pioneering theories of the thermodynamics of microemulsions, hydrodynamics of thin films, interfacial phenomena, nucleation, scaling of transport phenomena, and for imaginative technological and experimental achievements in the areas of catalysis polymer composites, metal-support interactions, and protein separation.", Presented by President William Jefferson Clinton at a White House (East Room) ceremony on Tuesday, April 27, 1999.
  • 1996 - E. V. Murphree Award in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, American Chemical Society (ACS)

Overview

Eli Ruckenstein was affiliated with the University at Buffalo, State University of New York in the United States. Their research primarily focused on fields such as Engineering and Materials Science, with significant contributions in subfields including Materials Chemistry, Atmospheric Science, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Catalysis.

The scientist's main research topics included nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions, lignin and wood chemistry, advancements in battery materials, graphene research and applications, advanced battery materials and technologies, biochemical and biochemical processes, and free radicals and antioxidants.

Coauthors frequently collaborating with Eli Ruckenstein comprised Houyang Chen, Donghai Wu, Baocheng Yang, Rubik Asatryan, and Y. S. Djikaev.

Their scientific work was published regularly in several notable venues: Advanced Sustainable Systems, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Science, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, and EcoMat.

Among recent published papers were:

  • Comment on "Dry reforming of methane by stable Ni-Mo nanocatalysts on single-crystalline MgO", 2020, Science
  • Reshaping two-dimensional MoS2 for superior magnesium-ion battery anodes, 2021, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • Vacancy-vacancy pairs induced new phase formation in carbon boride: A design principle to achieve superior performance Li/Na-ion battery anodes, 2021, EcoMat
  • New Findings on an Old Question: Can Defect-Free Graphene Monolayers be Superior Metal-Ion Battery Anodes?, 2020, Advanced Sustainable Systems
  • Screening and Improving Porous Materials for Ultradeep Desulfurization of Gasoline, 2020, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research

Eli Ruckenstein received several awards during their career. These included the US President's National Medal of Science in 1998, which was presented by President William Jefferson Clinton for pioneering theories in thermodynamics of microemulsions, hydrodynamics of thin films, interfacial phenomena, nucleation, scaling of transport phenomena, along with achievements in catalysis, polymer composites, metal-support interactions, and protein separation. Additionally, they were honored with the E. V. Murphree Award in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry by the American Chemical Society in 1996.

Best Publications

  • Theory of surfactant self-assembly : a predictive molecular thermodynamic approach

    R. Nagarajan;E. Ruckenstein

  • Spontaneous rupture of thin liquid films

    Eli Ruckenstein;Rakesh K. Jain

  • Sorption by solids with bidisperse pore structures

    E. Ruckenstein;A.S. Vaidyanathan;G.R. Youngquist

  • Water-Soluble Poly(acrylic acid) Grafted Luminescent Silicon Nanoparticles and Their Use as Fluorescent Biological Staining Labels

    Z. F. Li;E. Ruckenstein

  • Carbon dioxide reforming of methane over nickel alkaline earth metal oxide catalysts

    Eli Ruckenstein;Yun Hang Hu

  • Catalytic Conversion of Methane to Synthesis Gas by Partial Oxidation and CO2 Reforming

    Yun Hang Hu;Eli Ruckenstein

  • BINARY MgO-BASED SOLID SOLUTION CATALYSTS FOR METHANE CONVERSION TO SYNGAS

    Yun Hang Hu;Eli Ruckenstein

  • Adsorption and desorption of particles and their chromatographic separation

    Eli Ruckenstein;Dennis C. Prieve

  • Growth kinetics and the size distributions of supported metal crystallites

    E. Ruckenstein;B. Pulvermacher

  • Carbon Deposition and Catalytic Deactivation during CO2 Reforming of CH4 over Co/γ-Al2O3 Catalysts

    E. Ruckenstein;H.Y. Wang

  • Surface modification and functionalization through the self-assembled monolayer and graft polymerization.

    E. Ruckenstein;Z.F. Li

  • Decay of standing foams: drainage, coalescence and collapse

    Ashok Bhakta;Eli Ruckenstein

  • Efficient surface grafting of luminescent silicon quantum dots by photoinitiated hydrosilylation.

    Fengjun Hua;Mark T. Swihart;Eli Ruckenstein

  • Carbon dioxide reforming of methane to synthesis gas over supported rhodium catalysts: the effect of support

    H.Y Wang;E Ruckenstein

  • Critical micelle concentration and the transition point for micellar size distribution

    E. Ruckenstein;R. Nagarajan

  • Thermal and dynamic mechanical analysis of PVA/MC blend hydrogels

    J.-S Park;J.-W Park;E Ruckenstein

  • Two kinds of self-preserving size spectra of a cloud of particles

    B. Pulvermacher;E. Ruckenstein

  • Unusual selectivity in solubilization by block copolymer micelles

    R. Nagarajan;Maureen. Barry;E. Ruckenstein

  • Stability of microemulsions

    Eli Ruckenstein;J. C. Chi

  • Cross-linked macroporous chitosan anion-exchange membranes for protein separations

    Xianfang Zeng;Eli Ruckenstein

Frequent Co-Authors

Yun Hang Hu
Yun Hang Hu Michigan Technological University
Liang Hong
Liang Hong National University of Singapore
Panagiotis G. Smirniotis
Panagiotis G. Smirniotis University of Cincinnati
Dennis C. Prieve
Dennis C. Prieve Carnegie Mellon University
Ashutosh Sharma
Ashutosh Sharma Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Joseph W. Bozzelli
Joseph W. Bozzelli New Jersey Institute of Technology
Rakesh K. Jain
Rakesh K. Jain Harvard University
Horia Metiu
Horia Metiu University of California, Santa Barbara
Mark T. Swihart
Mark T. Swihart University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Bing Gong
Bing Gong University at Buffalo, State University of New York

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