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Mildred S. Dresselhaus

Mildred S. Dresselhaus

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Materials Science
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2017 - Benjamin Franklin Medal, Franklin Institute
  • 2015 - IEEE Medal of Honor For leadership and contributions across many fields of science and engineering.”
  • 2010 - ACS Award for Encouraging Women into Careers in the Chemical Sciences, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 2008 - Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize, American Physical Society For pioneering contributions to the understanding of electronic properties of materials, especially novel forms of carbon.
  • 1990 - US President's National Medal of Science "For her studies of the electronic properties of metals and semimetals, and for her service to the Nation in establishing a prominent place for women in physics and engineering.", Presented by President Bush at a White House East Room Ceremony on November 13, 1990.
  • 1986 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1985 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1972 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS)

Overview

Mildred S. Dresselhaus was affiliated with MIT in the United States. Their research spanned multiple fields, primarily focusing on materials science, engineering, and chemistry. The subfields of their work included electronic, optical and magnetic materials, electrical and electronic engineering, and inorganic chemistry.

The main topics covered in their research involved supercapacitor materials and fabrication, advancements in battery materials, and metal-organic frameworks: synthesis and applications.

Throughout their career, Mildred S. Dresselhaus contributed to the publication of research in venues such as Nano Letters. One notable paper authored by Dresselhaus, published in 2021, was titled "Supermolecule Cucurbituril Subnanoporous Carbon Supercapacitor (SCSCS)" in the journal Nano Letters.

  • Jiaqing Cui
  • Jie Yin
  • Jiashen Meng
  • Yan Liu
  • Mingyue Liao

  • Nano Letters

Their work led to several awards and recognitions over the decades. These included the Benjamin Franklin Medal from the Franklin Institute in 2017, the IEEE Medal of Honor in 2015 for leadership and contributions across many fields of science and engineering, and the ACS Award for Encouraging Women into Careers in the Chemical Sciences in 2010. They also received the Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize from the American Physical Society in 2008 for pioneering contributions to understanding electronic properties of materials, especially novel forms of carbon.

Earlier honors included the US President's National Medal of Science in 1990 for studies of the electronic properties of metals and semimetals and for service establishing a prominent place for women in physics and engineering. They were recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1986 and a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1985. Dresselhaus was also a Fellow of the American Physical Society since 1972.

Best Publications

  • Large Area, Few-Layer Graphene Films on Arbitrary Substrates by Chemical Vapor Deposition

    Alfonso Reina;Xiaoting Jia;John Ho;Daniel Nezich

  • Raman spectroscopy in graphene

    L.M. Malard;M.A. Pimenta;G. Dresselhaus;M.S. Dresselhaus

  • High-Thermoelectric Performance of Nanostructured Bismuth Antimony Telluride Bulk Alloys

    Bed Poudel;Qing Hao;Yi Ma;Yucheng Lan

  • Carbon nanotubes

    Mildred Dresselhaus

  • Raman spectroscopy of carbon nanotubes

    Millie S. Dresselhaus;G. Dresselhaus;R. Saito;A. Jorio

  • Alternative energy technologies

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  • Studying Disorder in Graphite-Based Systems by Raman Spectroscopy

    M. A. Pimenta;G. Dresselhaus;M. S. Dresselhaus;L. G. Cançado

  • Edge state in graphene ribbons: Nanometer size effect and edge shape dependence.

    Kyoko Nakada;Mitsutaka Fujita;Gene Dresselhaus;Mildred S. Dresselhaus

  • Effect of quantum-well structures on the thermoelectric figure of merit.

    L. D. Hicks;M. S. Dresselhaus

  • New Directions for Low-Dimensional Thermoelectric Materials**

    Mildred S. Dresselhaus;Gang Chen;Ming Y. Tang;Ronggui Yang

  • Electronic structure of chiral graphene tubules

    R. Saito;M. Fujita;G. Dresselhaus;M. S Dresselhaus

  • Perspectives on Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene Raman Spectroscopy

    Mildred S. Dresselhaus;Ado Jorio;Mario Hofmann;Gene Dresselhaus

  • Carbon nanotubes : synthesis, structure, properties, and applications

    M. S. Dresselhaus;G. Dresselhaus;Phaedon Avouris

  • Thermoelectric figure of merit of a one-dimensional conductor.

    L. D. Hicks;M. S. Dresselhaus

  • Intercalation compounds of graphite

    M. S. Dresselhaus;G. Dresselhaus

  • Diameter-Selective Raman Scattering from Vibrational Modes in Carbon Nanotubes

    Apparao M. Rao;E. Richter;Shunji Bandow;Bruce Chase

  • Hydrogen Storage in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes at Room Temperature

    C. Liu;Y. Y. Fan;M. Liu;H. T. Cong

  • Bulk nanostructured thermoelectric materials: current research and future prospects

    A. J. Minnich;M. S. Dresselhaus;Z. F. Ren;G. Chen

  • Structure-based carbon nanotube sorting by sequence-dependent DNA assembly.

    Ming Zheng;Ming Zheng;Ming Zheng;Anand Jagota;Anand Jagota;Anand Jagota;Michael S. Strano;Michael S. Strano;Michael S. Strano;Adelina P. Santos;Adelina P. Santos;Adelina P. Santos

  • The Hydrogen Economy

    George W. Crabtree;Mildred S. Dresselhaus;Michelle V. Buchanan

  • Electronic structure of graphene tubules based on C 60

    Riichiro Saito;Mitsutaka Fujita;G. Dresselhaus;M. S. Dresselhaus

Frequent Co-Authors

Riichiro Saito
Riichiro Saito Tohoku University
Morinobu Endo
Morinobu Endo Shinshu University
Ado Jorio
Ado Jorio Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Mauricio Terrones
Mauricio Terrones Pennsylvania State University
Yoong Ahm Kim
Yoong Ahm Kim Chonnam National University
Takuya Hayashi
Takuya Hayashi Shinshu University
Marcos A. Pimenta
Marcos A. Pimenta Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Xi Ling
Xi Ling Boston University

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