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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2000 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1992 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his elucidations of the structures and phase transitions of lipid monolayers

Overview

Pulak Dutta is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of chemistry and physics and astronomy, with a focus on several key subfields such as atomic and molecular physics, optics, physical and theoretical chemistry, organic chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, and catalysis.

Their work addresses a variety of main topics including spectroscopy and quantum chemical studies, surfactants and colloidal systems, electrostatics and colloid interactions, ionic liquids properties and applications, electrochemical analysis and applications, electrowetting and microfluidic technologies, as well as the materials and fabrication of supercapacitors.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Pulak Dutta include:

  • Sangjun Yoo
  • Travis Douglas
  • Wei Bu
  • Y Li
  • Baofu Qiao

They have published in various scientific venues, with recurrent publications appearing in:

  • Langmuir
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Solid State Sciences
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Recent publications by Pulak Dutta include:

  • "Specific Ion Effects in Lanthanide-Amphiphile Structures at the Air-Water Interface and Their Implications for Selective Separation" (2022) in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • "Ionic Liquid Solutions Show Anomalous Crowding Behavior at an Electrode Surface" (2022) in Langmuir
  • "Interfacial Density Profiles of Polar and Nonpolar Liquids at Hydrophobic Surfaces" (2020) in Langmuir
  • "Hydrothermal growth of vanadium pentoxide nanofibers on carbon nanofiber mat: An anodic material for solid-state asymmetric supercapacitors" (2024) in Solid State Sciences
  • "Modifying Specific Ion Effects: Studies of Monovalent Ion Interactions with Amines" (2024) in The Journal of Physical Chemistry B

They have been recognized by their scientific peers with fellowships in prominent organizations, including being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2000 and a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 1992, with the latter citation noting their elucidations on the structures and phase transitions of lipid monolayers.

Best Publications

  • Low-frequency fluctuations in solids: 1/f noise

    P. Dutta;P. M. Horn

  • Structure and phase transitions in Langmuir monolayers

    Vladimir M. Kaganer;Helmuth Möhwald;Pulak Dutta

  • Energy Scales for Noise Processes in Metals

    P. Dutta;P. Dimon;P. M. Horn

  • High-performance hole-transport layers for polymer light-emitting diodes. Implementation of organosiloxane cross-linking chemistry in polymeric electroluminescent devices.

    He Yan;Paul Lee;Neal R. Armstrong;Amy Graham

  • Observation of Molecular Layering in Thin Liquid Films Using X-Ray Reflectivity

    C.-J. Yu;A. G. Richter;A. Datta;M. K. Durbin

  • X-ray diffraction studies of organic monolayers on the surface of water.

    Pulak Dutta;J. B. Peng;J. B. Peng;B. Lin;John B Ketterson

  • A Highly Ordered Self-Assembled Monolayer Film of an Azobenzenealkanethiol on Au(111): Electrochemical Properties and Structural Characterization by Synchrotron in-Plane X-ray Diffraction, Atomic Force Microscopy, and Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

    W. Brett Caldwell;Dean J. Campbell;Kaimin Chen;Brian R. Herr

  • Molecular layering in a liquid on a solid substrate: an X-ray reflectivity study

    C.-J Yu;A.G Richter;A Datta;M.K Durbin

  • Phase diagram of a lipid monolayer on the surface of water

    B. Lin;M. C. Shih;T. M. Bohanon;G. E. Ice

  • Covalently bound hole-injecting nanostructures. Systematics of molecular architecture, thickness, saturation, and electron-blocking characteristics on organic light-emitting diode luminance, turn-on voltage, and quantum efficiency.

    Qinglan Huang;Guennadi A. Evmenenko;Pulak Dutta;Paul Lee

  • X‐ray diffraction study of a Langmuir monolayer of C21H43OH

    S. W. Barton;S. W. Barton;B. N. Thomas;E. B. Flom;Stuart A. Rice

  • The MRCAT insertion device beamline at the Advanced Photon Source

    C. U. Segre;N. E. Leyarovska;L. D. Chapman;W. M. Lavender

  • X-Shaped electro-optic chromophore with remarkably blue-shifted optical absorption. Synthesis, characterization, linear/nonlinear optical properties, self-assembly, and thin film microstructural characteristics.

    Hu Kang;Guennadi Evmenenko;Pulak Dutta;Koen Clays

  • TILTED PHASES OF FATTY ACID MONOLAYERS

    V. M. Kaganer;I. R. Peterson;I. R. Peterson;R. M. Kenn;R. M. Kenn;M. C. Shih;M. C. Shih

  • Layer-by-Layer Self-Assembled Pyrrole-Based Donor-Acceptor Chromophores as Electro-Optic Materials

    Antonio Facchetti;Antonio Facchetti;Alessandro Abbotto;Luca Beverina;Milko E. Van der Boom

  • Controlling structure from the bottom-up: structural and optical properties of layer-by-layer assembled palladium coordination-based multilayers.

    Marc Altman;Atindra D. Shukla;Tatiana Zubkov;Guennadi Evmenenko

  • Analytic Form for the Static Structure Factor for a Finite Two-Dimensional Harmonic Lattice

    P. Dutta;S. K. Sinha

  • SELF-ASSEMBLY PROCESSES FOR ORGANIC LED ELECTRODE PASSIVATION AND CHARGE INJECTION BALANCE

    Joshua E. Malinsky;Ghassan E. Jabbour;Sean E. Shaheen;Jeffrey D. Anderson

  • Anode Interfacial Engineering Approaches to Enhancing Anode/Hole Transport Layer Interfacial Stability and Charge Injection Efficiency in Organic Light-Emitting Diodes

    Ji Cui;Qinglan Huang;Jonathan C.G. Veinot;He Yan

  • X-ray-diffraction study of the superliquid region of the phase diagram of a Langmuir monolayer

    M. C. Shih;T. M. Bohanon;J. M. Mikrut;P. Zschack

Frequent Co-Authors

John B Ketterson
John B Ketterson Northwestern University
Tobin J. Marks
Tobin J. Marks Northwestern University
Milko E. van der Boom
Milko E. van der Boom Weizmann Institute of Science
Bernard Kippelen
Bernard Kippelen Georgia Institute of Technology
Antonino Gulino
Antonino Gulino University of Catania
George K. Wong
George K. Wong Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Michal Lahav
Michal Lahav Weizmann Institute of Science
Robert P. H. Chang
Robert P. H. Chang Northwestern University
Sean E. Shaheen
Sean E. Shaheen University of Colorado Boulder
Neal R. Armstrong
Neal R. Armstrong University of Arizona

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