Michael Zach - Publications and Patents

Publications

1.       A, Rydh, R. Xie, M. Zach, U. Welp, W. K. Kwok, G. W. Crabtree, S. Bending, M. V. Milosevic, F. M. Peeters, Magnetization of a few-fluxoid lead crystal, Physica C, submitted.
2.       M. Zach, K. Brown, J. Corsolini, Argonne’s Ultrafast, Ultrasensitive Hydrogen Sensors, Video and R&D 100 Award Application Package, Submitted March 2006.
3.       T. Xu*, M. P. Zach, Z.L.Xiao, D.Rosenmann, U.Welp, W.K.Kwok, G.W.Crabtree, Self-Assembled Monolayer-Enhanced Hydrogen Sensing with Ultrathin Palladium Films, Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 203104 (2005)
4.       M.P.Zach, J.Newberg, L.Sierra, J.Hemminger, R.M.Penner*, Chemical Vapor Deposition of Silica Micro- and Nanoribbons Using Step-Edge Localized Water, J. Phys. Chem., B, 107 (23) 5393-5397.
5.       E.C. Walter, M.P. Zach, F. Favier, B.J. Murray, K. Inazu, J.C. Hemminger, and R.M. Penner*, Metal Nanowire Arrays by Electrodeposition, ChemPhysChem (2003) 4 (2) 131-138.
6.       M.P.Zach, K.Inazu, K.H. Ng, J.Hemminger, R.M.Penner*, Synthesis of Molybdenum Nanowires with Millimeter-Scale Lengths Using Electrochemical StepEdge Decoration, Chem. Mater. 14 (2002) 3206-3216.
7.       E.C. Walter, M.P. Zach, F. Favier, B.J. Murray, K. Inazu, J.C. Hemminger, and R.M. Penner* " Electrodeposition of Portable Metal Nanowire Arrays ", in: Physical Chemistry of Interfaces and Nanomaterials, Proc., Eds. Jin Z. Zhang, Zhong L. Wang, SPIE 2002 (2002) ISBN 0-8194-4575-4.
8.       E.C. Walter, R.M. Penner, H. Liu, K.H. Ng, M.P. Zach, F. Favier*, Sensors From Electrodeposited Metal Nanowires, Surface and Interface Analysis, 34 (1) 409-412.
9.       E.C. Walter, K. Ng, M.P. Zach, R.M. Penner, F. Favier, Electronic devices from electrodeposited metal nanowires, Microelectronic Engineering, 61-2: 555-561(2002).
10.    F. Favier, E.Walter, M.P.Zach, T.Benter, R.M.Penner, Hydrogen Sensors and Switches from Electrodeposited Palladium Nanowires, Science, V293, 2227-2231 (2001).
11.    H.Liu, F.Favier, K.Ng, M.P.Zach, and R.M. Penner*, A General Method for the Electrodeposition of Dimensionally Uniform Meso-Scale Metal Particles, Electrochimica Acta, 47 (2001) 671.
12.    P.D. Markowitz, M.P. Zach, P.D. Gibbons, R.M. Penner, and W. E. Buhro*, Phase Separation in  AlxGa1-xAs Nanowhiskers Grown by the Solution-Liquid-Solid Mechanism, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 123 (2001) 4502.
13.    S. Gorer, H. Liu, R.M. Stiger, M.P. Zach, James V. Zoval, and R.M.  Penner*, "The Handbook of Metal Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications." C.Foss and D. Feldheim, Eds., Marcel-Dekker Inc., (2001).
14.    M.P. Zach, K.H. Ng and R.M. Penner*, Molybdenum Nanowires by Electrodeposition, Science, V290, 2120-2123 (2000) (Selected as cover story). view
15.    M.P. Zach and R.M. Penner, Size-Monodisperse and Nanocrystalline Nickel Nanoparticles, Adv.  Mat., 12 (2000) 878.

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U.S. Patents

1.       Method for Deployment of Ultrafast Hydrogen Sensors for Safety, M.P.Zach, Patent Application in Argonne’s internal review.
2.       Combinatorial Electrodeposition System, M.P.Zach, US Patent Application # 60/704,558 filed August 2, 2005.
3.       Ultrafast And Ultrasensitive Hydrogen Sensors Based on Self-Assembly Monolayer Promoted 2-Dimensional Palladium Nanoclusters, T.Xu, M.P.Zach, Z.L.Xiao, US Patent Application #11/001,193 filed December 1, 2004. Licensed.
4.       Methods for Fabricating Metal Nanowires, R.M.Penner, M.P.Zach, F.Favier, filed December 2000, issued January 18, 2005, US Patent # 6,843,902. Licensed.