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  • 2013 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For pioneering studies of novel thermoelectric materials, especially cagelike compounds with low thermal conductivity
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

George S. Nolas is affiliated with the University of South Florida in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on materials science and engineering, with specific attention to materials chemistry and electrical and electronic engineering. The work encompasses several subfields including electronic, optical and magnetic materials, atomic and molecular physics and optics, and condensed matter physics.

The scientist's research interests extend to advanced thermoelectric materials and devices, chalcogenide semiconductor thin films, quantum dots synthesis and properties, phase-change materials and chalcogenides, crystal structures and properties, optical properties and cooling technologies in crystalline materials, and solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography.

Recent publications by George S. Nolas include:

  • Nano- and Micro-Structures Formed during Laser Processing of Selenium Doped Bismuth Telluride, 2021, Advanced Materials Interfaces
  • Synthesis, transport properties and electronic structure of p-type Cu1+xMn2−xInTe4 (x = 0, 0.2, 0.3), 2020, Dalton Transactions
  • Grain orientation and transport properties of textured Bi2Te3 alloys, 2021, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing
  • Synthesis, structure, electronic and thermal properties of sphalerite CuZn2InS4, 2021, Dalton Transactions
  • Synthesis, Bottom up Assembly and Thermoelectric Properties of Sb-Doped PbS Nanocrystal Building Blocks, 2021, Materials

Frequent co-authors include Wilarachchige D. C. B. Gunatilleke, Oluwagbemiga P. Ojo, Hsin Wang, W. Wong-Ng, and Adam J. Biacchi.

Publications have appeared predominantly in venues such as Dalton Transactions, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, SSRN Electronic Journal, Scripta Materialia, and Inorganic Chemistry.

Recognized achievements include being named a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2013 for pioneering studies of novel thermoelectric materials, especially cagelike compounds with low thermal conductivity, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2012.

Best Publications

  • Thermoelectrics: Basic Principles and New Materials Developments

    G.S. Nolas;J Sharp;H.J. Goldsmid

  • SKUTTERUDITES : A phonon-glass-electron crystal approach to advanced thermoelectric energy conversion applications

    G. S. Nolas;D. T. Morelli;Terry M. Tritt

  • Semiconducting Ge clathrates: Promising candidates for thermoelectric applications

    G. S. Nolas;J. L. Cohn;G. A. Slack;S. B. Schujman

  • Glasslike Heat Conduction in High-Mobility Crystalline Semiconductors

    J. L. Cohn;G. S. Nolas;V. Fessatidis;T. H. Metcalf

  • Effect of partial void filling on the lattice thermal conductivity of skutterudites

    G. S. Nolas;J. L. Cohn;G. A. Slack

  • High figure of merit in partially filled ytterbium skutterudite materials

    G. S. Nolas;M. Kaeser;R. T. Littleton;T. M. Tritt

  • Recent developments in bulk thermoelectric materials

    George S. Nolas;Joe Poon;Mercouri Kanatzidis

  • The effect of rare‐earth filling on the lattice thermal conductivity of skutterudites

    G. S. Nolas;G. A. Slack;D. T. Morelli;T. M. Tritt

  • Enhanced Seebeck coefficient through energy-barrier scattering in PbTe nanocomposites

    J. Martin;Li Wang;Lidong Chen;G. S. Nolas

  • Structural properties and thermal conductivity of crystalline Ge clathrates

    G. S. Nolas;T. J. R. Weakley;J. L. Cohn;R. Sharma

  • Better thermoelectrics through glass-like crystals

    Matt Beekman;Donald T. Morelli;George S. Nolas

  • High figure of merit in Eu-filled CoSb3-based skutterudites

    G. A. Lamberton;S. Bhattacharya;R. T. Littleton;M. A. Kaeser

  • Structural disorder and thermal conductivity of the semiconducting clathrate Sr8Ga16Ge30

    B.C. Chakoumakos;B.C. Sales;D.G. Mandrus;G.S. Nolas

  • Model of transport properties of thermoelectric nanocomposite materials

    A. Popescu;L. M. Woods;J. Martin;G. S. Nolas

  • Chapter 6 Semiconductor clathrates: A phonon glass electron crystal material with potential for thermoelectric applications

    George S. Nolas;Glen A. Slack;Sandra B. Schujman

  • Inorganic clathrate-II materials of group 14: synthetic routes and physical properties

    M. Beekman;G. S. Nolas

  • Thermoelectric properties of Sn-filled skutterudites

    G. S. Nolas;H. Takizawa;T. Endo;H. Sellinschegg

  • Thermal and Electrical Conductivity of Size‐Tuned Bismuth Telluride Nanoparticles

    Matthew R. Dirmyer;Joshua Martin;George S. Nolas;Ayusman Sen

  • PbTe nanocomposites synthesized from PbTe nanocrystals

    J. Martin;G. S. Nolas;W. Zhang;L. Chen

  • Why are Clathrates Good Candidates for Thermoelectric Materials

    Bo B. Iversen;Anders E.C. Palmqvist;David E. Cox;George S. Nolas

Frequent Co-Authors

Terry M. Tritt
Terry M. Tritt Clemson University
Jihui Yang
Jihui Yang University of Washington
Raphaël P. Hermann
Raphaël P. Hermann Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Hariharan Srikanth
Hariharan Srikanth University of South Florida
Glen A. Slack
Glen A. Slack Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Mercouri G. Kanatzidis
Mercouri G. Kanatzidis Northwestern University
Manh-Huong Phan
Manh-Huong Phan University of South Florida
Fernande Grandjean
Fernande Grandjean Missouri University of Science and Technology
Angus P. Wilkinson
Angus P. Wilkinson Georgia Institute of Technology
Gary J. Long
Gary J. Long Missouri University of Science and Technology

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