John P. Ferraris, Ph.D.
Professor; Department Head
Electroactive polymers
Research Group
Education
B.A., St. Michael’s College (1969): Chemistry
M.A., The Johns Hopkins University (1971): Organic Chemistry
Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University (1973): Organic Chemistry
National Research Council Postdoctoral Associate, NBS (1973–75)
Affiliations
Research Description
The main research thrusts of Prof. Ferraris' group are on electroactive polymers. In the past few years, Ferraris' group has contributed significantly to the scientific literature on various issues regarding electrochromics, electrochemical capacitors, light emitting polymers, membranes for gas separations, polymeric solar cells, and fuel cell membranes.
Selected Publications
"Transformation of mesoporous benzene silica to nanoporous carbon." D. Coutinho, B. Gorman, J. P. Ferraris, D. J. Yang, K. J. Balkus, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials (2006), 91(1-3), 276-285.
"Fuel-Powered Artificial Muscles." V. H. Ebron, Z. Yang, D. J. Seyer, M. E. Kozlov, J. Oh, H. Xie, J. Razal, L. J. Hall, J. P. Ferraris, A. G. MacDiarmid, R. H. Baughman. Science (Washington, DC, United States) (2006), 311(5767), 1580-1583.
"Single molecule studies of elecronic energy transfer in a diblock conjugated polymer." J. K. Grey, D. Y. Kim, Y. J. Lee, J. J. Gutierrez, N. Luong, J. P. Ferraris, P. F. Barbara, Angewandte Chemie, Int. Ed. 44 (38), 6207-6210 (2005)
"Spinning solid and hollow polymer-free carbon nanotube fibers." M. E. Kozlov, R. C. Capps, W. M. Sampson, V. H. Ebron, J. P. Ferraris, R. H. Baughman. Adv. Mater. 17(5), 614-617 (2005)
"Multifunctional carbon nanotube composite fibers." Edgar Munoz, Alan B. Dalton, Steve Collins, Mikhail Kozlov, Joselito Razal, Jonathan N. Coleman, Bog G. Kim, Von Howard Ebron, Miles Selvidge, John P. Ferraris, Ray H. Baughman. Advanced Engineering Materials 2004 6(10), 801-804
"Exciton-dopant and exciton-charge interactions in electronically doped OLEDs." Christopher Williams, Sergey Lee, John Ferraris, A. Anvar Zakhidov. Journal of Luminescence 2004 110(4), 396-406
"Super Tough Carbon Nanotube Composite Fibers for Electronic Textiles." A. B. Dalton, S. Collins, E. Muñoz, J. M. Razal, V. H. Ebron, J. P. Ferraris, J. N. Coleman, B. G. Kim and R. H. Baughman. Nature 423(6941) (2003) 703.
"Electrospun MEH-PPV/SBA-15 Composite Nanofibers Using a Dual Syringe Method." S. Madhugiri, A.Dalton, J. Gutierrez, J. P. Ferraris, K. J. Balkus, Jr. Journal of the American Chemical Society 125(47) (2003) 14531-14538.
- Updated: July 30, 2008
