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Eli Ruckenstein

Distinguished Professor

504 Furnas Hall
(716) 645-1179
Fax: (716) 645-3822
FEAELIRU@buffalo.edu
Short bio Research Publications
1994-1998 1999-2001 2002-2004 Recent All

Patents

  • Eli Ruckenstein and Dennis B. Chung, Biocompatible Polymer Articles and Methods of Making Same, U.S. Patent Number 4,929,510, issued May, 1990.
  • Eli Ruckenstein and Jun S. Park, Hydrophilic-Hydrophobic Polymer Composites and Membranes, U. S. Patent Number 5,061,767, issued October, 1991.
  • I. Shushumna, R. K. Gupta and E. Ruckenstein, Stable High Solids, High Thermal Conductivity Pastes, U.S. Patent Number 5,098,609, issued March, 1992.  An exclusive License Agreement between the Research Foundation of the State University of New York and International Business Machines Corporation was signed in December, 1993.
  • E. Ruckenstein and L. Hong, Inverted Emulsion Pathways to Conductive Polymers, U. S. Patent Number 5,508,348 issued April, 1996.
  • E. Ruckenstein and Hangquan Li, Methods for Preparing Polymer Blends, U. S. Patent No. 5,969,031, Issued October, 1999.
  • E. Ruckenstein and Xianfang Zeng, Macroporous or Microporous Filtration Membrane, Method of Preparation and Use, U. S. Patent No. 5,993,661, issued November, 1999.
  • E. Ruckenstein and Hongmin Zhang, Breakable Crosslinkers and Use for Preparation of Polymers Using Same, U. S. Patent No. 6,323,360, issued November 2001.
  • E. Ruckenstein and Hongmin Zhang, Graft, Graft-block, Block-graft, and Star-shaped Copolymers and Methods of Making Them, U. S. Patent No. 6,384,146, issued May 2002.
  • E. Ruckenstein and Hongmin Zhang, Method of Making Graft, Block-Graft and Star-Shaped Copolymers by In-Situ Coupling Reaction, U. S. Patent No. 6,639,013, issued October 2003.

Books

  • E. Ruckenstein and I. Shulgin, Thermodynamics of Solutions: From Gases to Pharmaceutics to Proteins, 348 pages, Springer (New York), July 2009.
  • E. Ruckenstein and M. Manciu, Nanodispersions: Interactions, Stability and Dynamics, approx. 600 pages, Springer (New York), publication date November 2009.

Recent Publications

  • H. Huang, M. Manciu and E. Ruckenstein , On the Restabilization of Protein-Covered Latex Colloids at High Ionic Strengths, Langmuir, 21, 94 (2005).
  • F. Hua and E. Ruckenstein, Hyperbranched sulfonated polydiphenyl amine as a novel self-doped conducting polymer and its pH response, Macromolecules, 38, 888 (2005).
  • E. Ruckenstein, I. L. Shulgin, J. L. Tilson, Treatment of Dilute Clusters of Methanol and Water by Ab Initio Quantum Mechanical Calculations, J. Phys. Chem., 109, 807 (2005).
  • Eli Ruckenstein and I. Shulgin, Solubility of Drugs in Aqueous Solutions. Part 5: Thermodynamic Consistency Test for the Solubility Data, International. J. Pharmaceutics, 292, 87 (2005).
  • F. Hua and E. Ruckenstein, Preparation of Densely-Grafted Poly(aniline-2-sulfonic acid-co-aniline) as Novel Water-Soluble Conducting Copolymers, J. Polym. Sci: Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 43, 1090 (2005).
  • F. Hua, X. Yang, B. Gong, and E. Ruckenstein, Preparation of Oligoamide-Ended Poly(ethylene glycol) and Hydrogen-Bonding-Assisted Formation of Aggregates and Nanoscale Fibers, J. Polym. Sci: Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 43, 1119 (2005).
  • E. Ruckenstein and Z. F. Li, Surface Modification and Functionalization through the Self-Assembled Monolayer and Graft Polymerization, Advances in Coll. & Interface Sci., 113, 43 (2005).
  • E. Ruckenstein and I. Shulgin, Solubility of Hydrophobic Organic Pollutants in Binary and Multicomponent Aqueous Solvents, Environ. Sci. Technol., 39, 1623 (2005).
  • G. O. Berim and E. Ruckenstein, Microscopic Treatment of a Barrel Drop on Fibers and Nanofibers, J. Colloid & Interface Sci., 286, 681 (2005).
  • Y. H. Hu, N. Y. Yu and E. Ruckenstein, Hydrogen Storage in Li3N: Deactivation Caused by a High Dehydrogenation Temperature, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 44, 4304 (2005).
  • H. Huang and E. Ruckenstein, Thermodynamically Stable Dispersions Induced by Depletion Interactions, J. Coll. Interface Sci., 290, 336 (2005).
  • G. O. Berim and E. Ruckenstein, Cylindrical Droplet on Nanofibers: A Step toward the Clam-Shell Drop Description, J. Phys. Chem. B, 109, 12515 (2005).
  • F. Hua, M. T. Swihart and E. Ruckenstein, Efficient Surface Grafting of Luminescent Silicon Quantum Dots by Photoinitiated Hydrosilylation, Langmuir, 21, 6054 (2005).
  • G. O. Berim and E. Ruckenstein, Microscopic interpretation of the dependence of the contact angle on roughness, Langmuir, 21, 7743 (2005).
  • Y. H. Hu and E. Ruckenstein, Endohedral Chemistry of C60-Based Fullerene Cages, J. American Chemical Society, 127, 11277 (2005).
  • M. Manciu and E. Ruckenstein, Polarization of Water near Dipolar Surfaces: a Simple Model for Anomalous Dielectric Behavior, Langmuir, 21, 11749 (2005).
  • E. Ruckenstein and Y. S. Djikaev, Recent Developments in the Kinetic Theory of Nucleation, Advances Coll. Interface Sci., 118, 51 (2005).
  • I. L. Shulgin and E. Ruckenstein, A Protein Molecule in an Aqueous Mixed Solvent: Fluctuation theory outlook, J. Chem. Phys., 123, 054904-1 (2005).
  • M. Manciu and E. Ruckenstein, On the interactions of ions with the air/water interface, Langmuir, 21, 11312 (2005).
  • I. L. Shulgin and E. Ruckenstein, Relationship Between Preferential Interaction of a Protein in an Aqueous Mixed Solvent and Its Solubility, Biophysical Chemistry, 118, 128 (2005).
  • Y. H. Hu and E. Ruckenstein, Density functional theory calculations for endohedral complexes of non-π C60H60 cage with small guest molecules, J. Chem. Phys., 123, 144303 (2005).
  • Y. S. Djikaev and E. Ruckenstein, Kinetic theory of nucleation based on a free energy passage time analysis: Improvement by the density functional theory, J. Chem. Phys., 123, 214503 (2005).
  • I. L. Shulgin and E. Ruckenstein, A Protein Molecule in a Mixed Solvent: The Preferential Binding Parameter Via The Kirkwood-Buff Theory, Biophysical Journal, 90, 704 (2006).
  • Y. H. Hu and E. Ruckenstein, Bond order bond polarizability model (BOBP) for fullerene cages and nanotubes, J. Chem. Phys., 123, 214708 (2005).
  • Y. H. Hu and E. Ruckenstein, Hydrogen Storage o f Li2NH Prepared by Reacting Li with NH3, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 45 (1), 182 (2006).
  • G. O. Berim and E. Ruckenstein, Nanodroplets on a planar solid surface: Temperature, pressure and size dependence of their density and contact angles, Langmuir, 22, 1063 (2006).
  • H. Huang and E. Ruckenstein, Steric and Bridging Interactions between Two Plates Induced by Grafted Polyelectrolytes, Langmuir, 22, 3174 (2006).
  • I. L. Shulgin and E. Ruckenstein, Preferential Hydration and Solubility of Proteins in Aqueous Solutions of Polyethylene Glycol, Biophysical Chemistry, 120, 188 (2006).
  • Y. H. Hu and E. Ruckenstein, Clathrate Hydrogen Hydrate -- A Promising Material for Hydrogen Storage, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 45, 2011 (2006).
  • Y. S. Djikaev and E. Ruckenstein, Kinetic theory of binary nucleation based on a first passage time analysis, J. Chem. Phys., 124, 124521 (2006); Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology (April 2006).
  • J. Feng and E. Ruckenstein, Self-recognition and aggregation between diblock (charged/neutral) polyelectrolyte by Monte Carlo simulations, J. Chem. Phys., 124, 124913 (2006).
  • F. Hua, F. Erogbogbo, M. T. Swihart and E. Ruckenstein, Organically capped silicon nanoparticles with blue photoluminescence prepared by hydrosilylation followed by oxidation, Langmuir, 22, 4363-4370 (2006).
  • H. Huang and E. Ruckenstein, Effect of Steric, Double Layer and Depletion Interactions on the Stability of Colloids in Systems Containing a Polymer and an Electrolyte, Langmuir, 22, 4541-4546 (2006).
  • E. Ruckenstein and I. L. Shulgin, Effect of Salts and Organic Additives on the Solubility of Proteins in Aqueous Solutions, Advances in Coll. Interface Sci., 123-126, 97-103 (2006).
  • J. Feng and E. Ruckenstein, Monte Carlo simulations of interactions between nano particles, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 281, 254 (2006).
  • Y. S. Djikaev and E. Ruckenstein, A kinetic approach to the theory of heterogeneous nucleation on soluble particles during deliquescence stage, J. Chem. Phys., 124, 194709 (2006).
  • I. L. Shulgin and E. Ruckenstein, The Kirkwood-Buff Theory of Solutions and the Local Composition of Liquid Mixtures, J. Phys. Chem. B3, 110, 12707 (2006).
  • J. Feng and E. Ruckenstein, Morphologies of AB diblock copolymer melts in nano cylindrical tubes, Macromolecules, 39, 4899 (2006).
  • Y. H. Hu and E. Ruckenstein, Applicability of Dubinin-Astakhov Equation to CO2 Adsorption on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes, Chem. Phys. Lett., 425, 306 (2006).
  • Y. H. Hu and E. Ruckenstein, Ultra-fast Reaction Between Li3N and LiNH2 to Prepare the Effective Hydrogen Storage Material Li2NH, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 45, 4993 (2006).
  • M. Manciu, O. Calvo and E. Ruckenstein, Polarization Model for Poorly-Organized Interfacial Water: Hydration Forces between Silica Surfaces, Advances in Coll. Interface Sci., 127, 29 (2006).
  • I. L. Shulgin and E. Ruckenstein, Simple Computer Experiments with Ordinary Ice, J. Phys. Chem., 110, 21381 (2006).
  • J. Feng and E. Ruckenstein, Morphology transitions of AB diblock copolymer melts confined in nano cylindrical tubes, J. Chem. Phys., 125, 164911 (2006).
  • G. O. Berim and E. Ruckenstein, Fluid in a closed narrow slit, J. Chem. Phys., 125, 164717 (2006).
  • Y. S. Djikaev and E. Ruckenstein, A New Approach to the Kinetics of Heterogeneous Unary Nucleation on Liquid Aerosols of a Binary Solution, J. Chem. Phys., 125, 244707 (2006).
  • Y. H. Hu and E. Ruckenstein, Nano-structured Li2O from LiOH by electron-irradiation, Chem. Phys. Lett., 430, 80 (2006).
  • M. Manciu and E. Ruckenstein, Ions at the air/water interface, J. Coll. Interface Sci., 304, 541-544 (2006).
  • Y. S. Djikaev and E. Ruckenstein, Model for the Nucleation Mechanism of Protein Folding, J. Phys. Chem. B, 111, 886 (2007).
  • M. Manciu and E. Ruckenstein, On possible microscopic origins of the swelling of neutral lipid bilayers induced by simple salts, J. Coll. & Interface Sci., 309, 56 (2007).
  • J. Feng and E. Ruckenstein, Self-assembling of ABC Linear Triblock Copolymers in Nanocylindrical Tubes, J. Chem. Phys., 126, 124902 (2007).
  • G. O. Berim and E. Ruckenstein, Symmetry breaking of the fluid density profiles in closed nanoslits, J. Chem. Phys., 126, 124503 (2007).
  • Gersh O. Berim and E. Ruckenstein, Fluid Density Profile Transitions and Symmetry Breaking in a Closed Nanoslit, J. Phys. Chem., 111, 2514 (2007).
  • I. L. Shulgin and E. Ruckenstein, Local Composition in the Vicinity of a Protein Molecule in an Aqueous Mixed Solvent, J. Phys. Chem. B, 111, 3990 (2007).
  • Y. S. Djikaev and E. Ruckenstein, A ternary nucleation model for the nucleation pathway of protein folding, J. Chem. Phys., 126, 175103 (2007).
  • Y.H. Hu and E. Ruckenstein, Tunable delocalization of unpaired electrons of nitroxide radicals for sickle-cell disease drug improvements, J. Phys. Chem. B., (2007), In Press.
  • I.L. Shulgin and E. Ruckenstein, Solubility and local structure around a dilute solute molecule in an aqueous solvent:  From gases to biomolecules, Fluid Phase Equilibria, (2007), In Press.
  • E. Ruckenstein, Ivan L. Shulgin and Leonid I. Shulgin, Cooperativity in ordinary ice and breaking of hydrogen bonds, J. Phys. Chem. B., (2007), In Press.
  • Y. Djikaev and E. Ruckenstein, A kinetic model for the premelting of a crystalline structure, Physica A, 387, 134 (2008).
  • G. O. Berim and E. Ruckenstein, Two-dimensional symmetry breaking of fluid density distribution in closed nanoslits, J. Chem. Phys., 128, 024704 (2008).
  • Y. S. Djikaev and E. Ruckenstein, Effect of ionized protein residues on the nucleation pathway of protein folding, J. Chem. Phys., 128, 025103 (2008).
  • J. Feng and E. Ruckenstein, Self-assembling of hydrophobic-hydrophilic copolymers in hydrophobic nanocylindrical tubes: formation of channels, J. Chem. Phys., 128, 074903 (2008).
  • Y. H. Hu and E. Ruckenstein, Hydrogen storage in LiNH2/Li3N Material for H2/CO2 Mixture Gas as Hydrogen Source, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 47, 48 (2008).
  • I. L. Shulgin and E. Ruckenstein, Excess around a central molecule with application to binary mixtures, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 10, 1097 (2008).
  • Y. H. Hu and E. Ruckenstein, Complexes of a bio-molecule and a C60 Cage, J. Mol. Structure: THEOCHEM, 850, 67 (2008).
  • Y. Djikaev and E. Ruckenstein, A Kinetic Model for the Sublimation of a Solid and Evaporation of Colloidal Particles from a Solid Substrate, J. Phys. Chem. C, 112, 1621 (2008).
  • Y. S. Djikaev and E. Ruckenstein, Effect of ionized protein residues on the nucleation pathway of protein folding, J. Chem. Phys., 128, 025103 (2008).
  • I. L. Shulgin and E. Ruckenstein, Local Composition in Solvent + Polymer or Biopolymer Systems, J. Phys. Chem., 112, 3005 (2008).
  • I. Shulgin and E. Ruckenstein, Reply to the Comment of Ben-Naim &lquot;A Critique of the Shulgin-Ruckenstein Article on the Kirkwood-Buff Integrals&rquot;, J. Phys. Chem. B, 112, 5876 (2008).
  • G. O. Berim and E. Ruckenstein, Microscopic calculation of the sticking force for nanodrops on an inclined surface, J. Chem. Phys., 129, 114709 (2008); Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Sci. & Technology.
  • I. L. Shulgin and E. Ruckenstein, An Improved Local Composition Expression and Its Implication for Phase Equilibrium Models, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 47, 7877 (2008).
  • I. L. Shulgin and E. Ruckenstein, An Improved Local Composition Expression and Its Implication for Phase Equilibrium Models, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 47, 7877 (2008).
  • Y. S. Djikaev and E. Ruckenstein, Temperature effects on the nucleation mechanism of protein folding and on the barrierless thermal denaturation of a native protein, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 10, 6281 (2008); Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Sci. & Technology.
  • H. Chen and E. Ruckenstein, The driving force of channel formation in triheteropolymers confined in nanocylindrical tubes, J. Chem. Phys., 130, 024901 (2009).
  • Y. S. Djikaev and E. Ruckenstein, First passage time analysis of protein folding via nucleation and of barrierless protein denaturation, Adv. Coll. Interface Sci., 146, 18-30 (2009).
  • G. O. Berim and E. Ruckenstein, Simple expression for the dependence of the nanodrop contact angle on liquid-solid interactions and temperature, J. Chem. Phys., 130, 044709 (2009).
  • Cheng-Gao Sun, Li Tao, Mei-Lian Fan, Cai-Juan Huang, Eli Ruckenstein and Zi-Sheng Chao, Replication Route Synthesis of Mesoporous Titanium-Cobalt Oxides and Their Photocatalytic Activity in the Degradation of Methyl Orange, Catalysis Letters, 129, 26 (2009).
  • G. O. Berim and E. Ruckenstein, Dependence of the Macroscopic Contact Angle on the Liquid-Solid Interaction Parameters and Temperature, J. Chem. Phys., 130, 184712 (2009).
  • Y. S. Djikaev and E. Ruckenstein, The effect of hydrogen bonding on the solvent-mediated interaction of composite plates, J. Coll. Interface Sci., 336, 575 (2009).
  • Y. S. Djikaev and E. Ruckenstein, The role of hydrogen bond networks in the barrierless thermal denaturation of a native protein, J. Chem. Phys., 131, 045105 (2009).
  • G. O. Berim and E. Ruckenstein, Contact Angles of Nanodrops on Chemically Rough Surfaces, Langmuir, 25, 9285 (2009).
  • H. Chen and E. Ruckenstein, The Structure of Nanochannels Formed by Block Copolymer Solutions Confined in Nanotubes, J. Chem. Phys., 131, 114904 (2009).
  • Y. S. Djikaev and E. Ruckenstein, Homogeneous crystal nucleation in droplets as a method for determining the line tension of a crystal-liquid-vapor contact, Chem. Eng. Sci., 64, 4498 (2009).

Last Updated: October 2009