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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1995 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For work on organic electronic materials, including the prediction and discovery of superconductivity in alkalidoped carbon60
  • 1993 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Robert C. Haddon was affiliated with the University of California, Riverside in the United States. Their research spanned several interdisciplinary areas primarily within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

Their work explored subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Molecular Biology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

Primary topics addressed in their research included:

  • Carbon Nanotubes in Composites
  • Fullerene Chemistry and Applications
  • Mechanical and Optical Resonators
  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
  • Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research
  • Cellular Transport and Secretion
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts

Some of the recent research papers authored or co-authored by Robert C. Haddon included:

  • "Origin of the Giant Enhanced Raman Scattering by Sulfur Chains Encapsulated inside Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes," 2021, published in ACS Nano
  • "Chemically Functionalized Water-Soluble Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Obstruct Vesicular/Plasmalemmal Recycling in Astrocytes Down-Stream of Calcium Ions," 2020, published in Cells
  • "Headache and Neurological Deficits with Cerebrospinal Fluid Lymphocytosis in a Helicopter Pilot," 2025, published in Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance

Their frequent co-authors included:

  • Elena Bekyarova
  • Viviane V. Nascimento
  • Wellington Q. Neves
  • Rafael S. Alencar
  • Guanghui Li

Their publications appeared repeatedly in venues such as ACS Nano, Cells, and Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance.

Robert C. Haddon was recognized as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 1995 for work on organic electronic materials including the prediction and discovery of superconductivity in alkali-doped C60. Additionally, they were named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1993.

Best Publications

  • Superconductivity at 18 K in potassium-doped C60

    A.F. Hebard;M.J. Rosseinsky;R.C. Haddon;D.W. Murphy

  • Solution Properties of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

    Jian Chen;Mark A. Hamon;Hui Hu;Yongsheng Chen

  • Chemistry of single-walled carbon nanotubes.

    S Niyogi;M A Hamon;H Hu;B Zhao

  • Solution Properties of Graphite and Graphene

    Sandip Niyogi;Elena Bekyarova;Mikhail E. Itkis;Jared L. Mcwilliams

  • Conducting films of C60 and C70 by alkali-metal doping

    R. C. Haddon;A. F. Hebard;M. J. Rosseinsky;D. W. Murphy

  • Graphite Nanoplatelet−Epoxy Composite Thermal Interface Materials

    Aiping Yu;Palanisamy Ramesh;Mikhail E. Itkis;and Elena Bekyarova

  • Chemistry of the fullerenes: the manifestation of strain in a class of continuous aromatic molecules.

    R. C. Haddon

  • Enhanced Thermal Conductivity in a Hybrid Graphite Nanoplatelet – Carbon Nanotube Filler for Epoxy Composites

    Aiping Yu;Palanisamy Ramesh;Xiaobo Sun;Elena Bekyarova

  • Multiscale carbon nanotube-carbon fiber reinforcement for advanced epoxy composites.

    Bekyarova E;Thostenson Et;Yu A;Kim H

  • Superconductivity at 28 K in RbxC60.

    M. J. Rosseinsky;A. P. Ramirez;S. H. Glarum;D. W. Murphy

  • Chemical Modification of Epitaxial Graphene: Spontaneous Grafting of Aryl Groups

    Elena Bekyarova;Mikhail E. Itkis;Palanisamy Ramesh;Claire Berger

  • Electronic structure and bonding in icosahedral C60

    R.C. Haddon;L.E. Brus;Krishnan Raghavachari

  • Bone cell proliferation on carbon nanotubes

    Laura P. Zanello;Bin Zhao;Hui Hu;Robert C. Haddon

  • New Phases of C60 Synthesized at High Pressure

    Y. Iwasa;T. Arima;R. M. Fleming;T. Siegrist

  • Dissolution of Full-Length Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

    Jian Chen;Apparao M. Rao;Sergei Lyuksyutov;Mikhail E. Itkis

  • Chemically Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes as Substrates for Neuronal Growth.

    Hui Hu;Yingchun Ni;Vedrana Montana;Robert C. Haddon

  • Electronic structure, conductivity and superconductivity of alkali metal doped (C60)

    Robert C Haddon

  • Dissolution of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

    Mark A. Hamon;Jian Chen;Hui Hu;Yongsheng Chen

  • C60 thin film transistors

    R. C. Haddon;A. S. Perel;R.C. Morris;Thom T.M. Palstra

  • Relation of structure and superconducting transition temperatures in A3C60

    R. M. Fleming;A. P. Ramirez;M. J. Rosseinsky;D. W. Murphy

  • Proton exchange membrane fuel cells with carbon nanotube based electrodes

    Cheng Wang;Mahesh Waje;Xin Wang;Jason M. Tang

Frequent Co-Authors

Mikhail E. Itkis
Mikhail E. Itkis University of California, Riverside
Elena Bekyarova
Elena Bekyarova University of California, Riverside
Richard T. Oakley
Richard T. Oakley University of Waterloo
Arthur F. Hebard
Arthur F. Hebard University of Florida
R. M. Fleming
R. M. Fleming Sandia National Laboratories
Aiping Yu
Aiping Yu University of Waterloo
Arthur P. Ramirez
Arthur P. Ramirez University of California, Santa Cruz
Thomas Palstra
Thomas Palstra University of Twente
Fook S. Tham
Fook S. Tham University of California, Riverside
Donald W. Murphy
Donald W. Murphy Alcatel Lucent (Germany)

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