Office: 2251 NPB
352.392.5656

Lab: B-150 NPB
352.392.5657

rinzler@phys.ufl.edu















































Andrew Rinzler

Associate Professor


Education

PhD University of Connecticut (1991)

Research Group

Experimental Particle Astrophysics - Condensed Matter Experiment / MAG Lab - Center for Condensed Matter Sciences (CCMS) - Institute for High Energy Physics and Astrophysics (IHEPA)

Research Interest

Exploitation of nanoscale materials for scientific and technological gain, particularly with respect to electronic and optical properties.

Selected Publications

Transparent, Conductive Nanotube Films, Z. Wu, Z. Chen, X. Du, J. M. Logan, J. Sippel, M. Nikolou, K. Kamaras, J. R. Reynolds, D. B. Tanner, A. F. Hebard, A. G. Rinzler, Science 305, 1273 (2004).

Metallic/Semiconducting Nanotube Separation and Ultra-thin, Transparent Nanotube Films, Z. Chen, Z. C. Wu, J. Sippel and A. G. Rinzler, Proceedings of the XVIII Winterschool on the Electronic Properties of Novel Electronic Materials, American Institute of Physics, NY 2004.

Single wall carbon nanotubes for p-type Ohmic contacts to GaN light-emitting diodes, K. Lee, Z. Wu, Z. Chen, F. Ren, S. J. Pearton, A. G. Rinzler, Nano Lett. 4, 911 (2004)

Purification and Separation of Carbon Nanotubes, R. C. Haddon, J. Sippel, A. G. Rinzler, F. Papadimitrakopoulos, Materials Research Society Bulletin 29, 252 (2004).

Enhanced functionality of nanotube atomic force microscopy tips by polymer coating, A. Patil, J. Sippel, G. W. Martin, A. G. Rinzler, Nano Letters, 4 303 (2004)

Bulk Separative Enrichment in Metallic or Semiconducting Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes, Z. Chen, X. Du, M-H. Du, C. D. Rancken, H-P. Cheng, A. G. Rinzler, Nano Letters 3 1245 (2003).

Length sorting cut single wall carbon nanotubes by high performance liquid chromatograph.y, E. Farkas, M. E. Anderson, Z. Chen, A.G. Rinzler, Chemical Physics Letters 363, 111-116 (2002).

Two-photon excitation spectroscopy of Cr3+: K2NaScF6 elpasolite: I. Experimental aspects, G.R. Wein, D.S. Hamilton, U. Sliwczuk, A.G. Rinzler, R.H. Bartram, Journal of Physics, Condensed Matter, 13, 2363 (2001).

Polarized Reflectance and Absorption Spectroscopy of Aligned Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes, J. Hwang,a H. H. Gommans, A. Ugawa, H. Tashiro R. Haggenmueller, K. I. Winey, J. E. Fischer, D. B. Tanner, and A. G. Rinzler, Phys. Rev. B 62, R13310 (2000).