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Robert Meulenberg

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Robert Meulenberg
OccupationPhysicist

Robert Meulenberg is a physicist and professor at the University of Maine, where he works in the Department of Physics. His research uses synchrotron X-ray spectroscopy to study the electronic structure of colloidal nanocrystals and other nanoscale materials.[1]

Career

Meulenberg holds a position as Professor of Physics at the University of Maine.[2]

Research

Meulenberg's publications, indexed by Semantic Scholar, total 73 papers with a combined 2,234 citations and an h-index of 26.[3] His work has addressed magnetic ordering in doped semiconductor quantum dots, exciton binding energies in CdSe nanocrystals, the electronic structure of titania aerogels, and the composition of doped nanocrystals studied through soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy.[4]

He has received three grants from the National Science Foundation totaling $1,075,543. These include "A New Look at Classic Materials Systems: Advanced Synchrotron X-ray Characterization of Colloidal Nanocrystals" ($307,543, awarded April 11, 2017), "Surface Termination and Shape Effects on Surface Induced Magnetism in Quantum Dots" ($377,000, awarded May 30, 2012), and an MRI award for "Acquisition of a SQUID magnetometer for analysis of advanced materials" ($391,000, awarded September 18, 2010), all administered through the University of Maine.[5]

Selected publications

  • Meulenberg, R. et al. "Magnetic ordering in doped Cd(1-x)Co(x)Se diluted magnetic quantum dots." Journal of the American Chemical Society (2002).[6]
  • Meulenberg, R. et al. "Determination of the exciton binding energy in CdSe quantum dots." ACS Nano (2009).[7]
  • Meulenberg, R. et al. "Effects of support identity and metal dispersion in supported ruthenium hydrodeoxygenation catalysts." (2014).[8]
  • Meulenberg, R. et al. "Electronic structure of titania aerogels from soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy." (2004).[9]
  • Meulenberg, R. et al. "Structure and Composition of Cu-Doped CdSe Nanocrystals Using Soft X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy." (2004).[10]
  • Meulenberg, R. et al. "Complete Dopant Substitution by Spinodal Decomposition in Mn-Doped Two-Dimensional CsPbCl3 Nanoplatelets." Chemistry of Materials (2018).[11]
  • Meulenberg, R. et al. "Effects of pore diameter on particle size, phase, and turnover frequency in mesoporous silica supported cobalt Fischer–Tropsch catalysts." (2010).[12]
  • Meulenberg, R. et al. "Structural development of mercaptophenol self-assembled monolayers and the overlying mineral phase during templated CaCO3 crystallization from a transient amorphous film." Journal of the American Chemical Society (2007).[13]
  • Meulenberg, R. et al. "Compressive and tensile stress in colloidal CdSe semiconductor quantum dots." (2004).[14]
  • Meulenberg, R. et al. "Porous Organic Polymer Nanotrap for Efficient Extraction of Palladium." Angewandte Chemie (2020).[15]
  1. ORCID record 0000-0003-2696-8792
  2. ORCID record 0000-0003-2696-8792
  3. Semantic Scholar author profile for Robert Meulenberg
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  5. National Science Foundation award records
  6. Semantic Scholar author profile for Robert Meulenberg
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