Research Interests:
Functional regenerative nanostructures, binary oxides and rare earth oxides, Solgel, microemulsion, nanotoxicity, surface modification and engineering of nanomaterials and phase stabilization, nanobiotechnology, sensors, protective and catalytics coatings for high temperatures, plasma spray and nanomanufacturing of bulk materials, energy materials, green manufacturing and other energetics applications for aerospace.
Degrees:
- Post Doc: Lawrence Berkeley Lab, UC-Berkeley, 1997
- Ph.D. University of Wisconsin (UWM), USA, 1996
- M.S. University of Sheffield, UK, 1992
- B.Tech (Hons). IIT, India, 1990
Recent Publications:
- D. Sayle, S. Seal, Z. Wang, B. Mangil, , D. Price, A. Karakoti, S.
Kuchibatla, Q. Hao, G. Moebus, X. Xu, and T. X. T. Sayle, Mapping
Nanostructure; A Systematic Enumeration of Nanomaterials by Assembling
Nanobuilding Blocks at Crystallographic Positions, ACS NANO, 2(6),
1237-51, 2008.
- A. Karakoti, S. Kuchibatla, D. Baer, S. Thevutsan, D. C. Sayle and S.
Seal, *Self assembled nanostructures using ice molds*, SMALL, (2008).
- E. Heckert, S. Seal, and W. Self, *Fenton-like reaction catalyzed by
the rare earth inner transition metal cerium*, Environmental Science and
Technology, 2008.
- K. Balani, T. Zhang, A. Karakoti, W. Li, S. Seal and A. Agarwal, *In
situ carbon nanotube reinforcements in plasma sprayed aluminum oxide
coatings*, Acta Materilia, 56(3), 571-579, 2008.
- R. Theenaru, S. Patil, S. Deshpande and S. Seal, *Effect of trivalent
rare earth dopants in nanocrystalline ceria coatings for high
temperature oxidation resistance*, Acta Materilia, 55, 3457-66, 2007.
- D. Reid, A. Russo, R. Carro, M. Stephens, A. LePage, E. Peterson, T.
Spallding and S. Seal, *Nanoscale additives tailor energetic reactions*,>
Nanoletters, 7(7), 2157-2161, 2007.
- C. Korsvik, S. Patil, S. Seal and W. Self,*Vacancy engineered ceria
oxide nanoparticles catalyze superoxide dismutase activity*, Chemical
Communications, 10, 1056-1058, 2007.
- Invited:S. Seal, C. Drake, D. Bera, S. Deshpande, *Metallic
Nanostructured Materials for Sensors*, International Materials Review,
52(5), 259-317, 2007.
- Invited:S. Seal, A. Karakoti, S. Kuchibhatla and D. Bera, *One-D
nanostructures*, Progress in Materials Science, 52, 699-913, 2007. (As
of Mar 07, this article: 25 hottest article as selected by Progress in
Materials Science)
- C. Drake, S. Deshpande, S. Shukla, and S. Seal, *Detection of free
carrier density and space charge layer variations in nano-oxides using
FTIR*, Applied Physics Letters, 89 (1), 2006.
- Invited:V. Vishwanathan, T. Laha, K. Balani and A. Agarwal and S. Seal,
*Challenges and Advances in Bulk Nanocomposite Fabrication*, Materials
Science and Engineering Reports MSE-R, 54(5-6), 121-285, 2006.
- J. Chen, S. Patil, S. Seal and J. McGinnis, *Rareearth nanoparticles
prevent Retinal degeneration induced by intracellular peroxides*, NATURE
Nanotechnology, 2006.
- R. Tarnuzzer, J. Colon, S. Patil, and S. Seal,
*Vacancy Engineered Ceria nanostructures for protection from
radiation induced cellular damage*, NANO LETTERS, 5(12), 2573-2577,
2005.
- S. Shukla, S. Seal, R. Viz, S. Bandyopadhyay, *Reduced Activation
Energy for Grain Growth in Nanocrystalline Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia*,
Nanoletters, 3 (3), 397-401 2003.
- S. Shukla, S. Seal, Z. Rahman, R. Viz. and S. Bandopadhyay, *Effect of
Nanocrystallite morphology on the metastable Tetragonal Phase Stability
in Zirconia*, NANO LETTERS, 2, 989-993, 2002.
Scientific and Professional Societies:
- American Society of Metals
- American Vacuum Society
- National Association of Corrosion Engineers
- Material Research Society
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- American Chemical Society
- Electrochemical Society
Recent Awards:
- 2002 Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award
- 2002 Nanoscience and Technology Coordinator
- 2002 UCF Research Incentive Award, UCF
- 2003 Teaching Incentive Award * TIP, UCF
- 2004 Japan Society of Promotion of Science Award, NIMS, Japan
- 2004 ASM IIM Lecture Award
- 2005 GOLD Award * Graduate of the Last Decade * UWM
- 2006 Alexander Von Humboldt Fellowship, RWTH-Aachen, Germany
- 2006 Marquis WHO*s WHO selected
- 2007 UCF Research Incentive Award
- 2008 Royal Academy of Engineering Distinguished Visting Professor at
Imperial College, London, UK
- 2008 ASM (American Society of Materials International) Fellow (FASM)
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