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David Tománek
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NationalityTschechische Republik
CitizenshipUnited States, Switzerland
OccupationProfessor of Physics
Academic background
Alma materFreie Universität Berlin
Doctoral advisorKarl-Heinz Bennemann
Other advisorsMichael A. Schlüter, Steven G. Louie
Academic work
Disciplinetheoretical physics
Sub-disciplinecondensed matter physics, atomic clusters, carbon nanotubes, phosphorene
InstitutionsFreie Universität Berlin, Bell Labs, University of California, Berkeley, Michigan State University
Websitehttps://nanoten.com/tomanek/

David Tománek (born July 1954) is a U.S.-Swiss physicist of Czech origin and researcher in nanoscience and nanotechnology. He is Professor of Physics at Michigan State University, and a Fellow of the American Physical Society. He is known for predicting the structure and calculating the electronic properties of surfaces, atomic clusters including the C60 buckminsterfullerene, nanotubes,[1] nanowires and nanohelices,[2] graphene,[3] and 2D materials including phosphorene.[4][5]

Academic career

Tománek earned a doctoral degree in Physics from the Freie Universität Berlin in 1983 under the supervision of Karl-Heinz Bennemann and became Hochschulassistent[6] (equivalent to Assistant Professor) at FU Berlin in 1984.[citation needed] Between 1985-1987 he worked as postdoctoral researcher at the Bell Labs [citation needed] under the supervision of Michael A. Schlüter and the University of California, Berkeley under the supervision of Steven G. Louie. Since 1987, he has been Professor of Physics at Michigan State University, where he directs the[7] at the Department of Physics and Astronomy[8].[citation needed]

Forschung

Tománek and his research group have made contributions to areas in nanoscience and nanotechnology. As a graduate student at FU Berlin, he studied structural end electronic properties of surfaces, including reconstruction and photoemission spectra. He was intrigued by the unusual structure and electronic properties of atomic clusters.[9] [10], including collective electronic excitations [11] and superconductivity[12]. His computational studies of growth regimes of silicon[13] and carbon[14] clusters have revived the use of the semi-quantitative Linear Combination of Atomic Orbitals (LCAO) or tight-binding method.[clarification needed][citation needed]

During his 1994 sabbatical stay at the laboratory of Richard E. Smalley, he turned his full interest to the unique properties of nanotubes formed of carbon (CNTs) and other materials. He studied their morphology[15], formation, mechanical stiffness,[16] their ability to conduct heat[17] and electrons, and field electron emission[18].

Honors and awards

In 2004 Tománek was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society[19] and in 2005 he received the prestigious Alexander-von-Humboldt Senior Scientist Award[20] (Germany). In 2008 he received the Japan Carbon Award for Life-Time Achievement and was chosen by the American Physical Society as member of the Outstanding Referees Program[21] for excellence in peer review. In 2016 he received the Lee Hsun Research Award for Materials Science[22] from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. His achievements in Science were recognized by the Michigan State University Natural Science Outstanding Faculty Award[23] and the William J. Beal Outstanding Faculty Award[24].

References

  1. ^ "New York Times: Of nanotubes and buckyballs".
  2. ^ "Helix".
  3. ^ "Physical Review Focus: Diamonds Aren't Forever".
  4. ^ "Nature: Phosphorene excites materials scientists".
  5. ^ "Science News: Phosphorene introduced as graphene alternative"".
  6. ^ "Hochschulassistent". Wikipedia (de).
  7. ^ "Computational Nanotechnology Laboratory".
  8. ^ "MSU Department of Physics and Astronomy".
  9. ^ Tomanek, D; Mukherjee, S; Bennemann, KH (1983). "Simple theory for the electronic and atomic structure of small clusters". Phys. Rev. B. 28 (2): 665-673. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.28.665.
  10. ^ Tomanek, D; Mukherjee, S; Bennemann, KH (1984). "Erratum: Simple theory for the electronic and atomic structure of small clusters". Phys. Rev. B. 29 (2): 1076. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.28.665.
  11. ^ Bertsch, George F.; Bulgac, Aurel; Tomanek, David; Wang, Yang (1991). "Collective plasmon excitations in C60 clusters". Phys. Rev. Lett. 67 (19): 2690-2693. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.67.2690.
  12. ^ Schluter, M; Lannoo, M; Needels, M; Baraff, GA; Tomanek, D (1992). "Electron-phonon coupling and superconductivity in alkali-intercalated C60 solid". Phys. Rev. Lett. 68 (4): 526. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.68.526.
  13. ^ Tomanek, D.; Schlüter, M A (1986). "Calculation of magic numbers and the stability of small Si clusters". Phys. Rev. Lett. 56 (10): 1055. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.56.1055.
  14. ^ Tomanek, David; Schluter, Michael A. (1991). "Growth regimes of carbon clusters". Phys. Rev. Lett. 67 (17): 2331-2334. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.67.2331.
  15. ^ Thess, Andreas; Lee, Roland; Nikolaev, Pavel; Dai, Hongjie; Petit, Pierre; Robert, Jerome; Xu, Chunhui; Lee, Young Hee; Kim, Seong Gon; Colbert, Daniel T.; Scuseria, Gustavo; Tománek, David; Fischer, John E.; Smalley, Richard E. (1996). "Crystalline ropes of metallic carbon nanotubes". Science. 273 (5274): 483. doi:10.1126/science.273.5274.483.
  16. ^ Overney, G.; Zhong, W.; Tománek, D. (1993). "Structural Rigidity and Low Frequency Vibrational Modes of Long Carbon Tubules". Z. Phys. D. 27: 93. doi:10.1007/BF01436769.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  17. ^ Berber, Savas; Kwon, Young-Kyun; Tománek, David (2000). "Unusually High Thermal Conductivity of Carbon Nanotubes". Phys. Rev. Lett. 84: 4613. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.4613.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  18. ^ Rinzler, A.G.; Hafner, J.H.; Nikolaev, P.; Lou, L.; Kim, S.G.; Tománek, D.; Nordlander, P.; Colbert, D.T.; Smalley, R.E. (1995). "Unraveling Nanotubes: Field Emission from an Atomic Wire". Science. 269 (5230): 1550. doi:10.1126/science.269.5230.1550.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  19. ^ American Physical Society Fellows. "David Tomanek becomes APS fellow in 2004". Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  20. ^ "Alexander-von-Humboldt Senior Scientist Award".
  21. ^ "APS Outstanding Referees program".
  22. ^ "Lee Hsun Research Award for Materials Science".
  23. ^ "Natural Science Outstanding Faculty Award".
  24. ^ "William J. Beal Outstanding Faculty Award".


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