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Contact information Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
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Education
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan 2012
M.S.E., Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan 2011
M.S.E., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan 2010
B.S., Engineering Physics, University of California at Berkeley 2007
Research
Large-area carbon nanotube synthesis and complementary X-ray characterization tools for dynamic, multifunctional fabrics that protect against bio and chemical threats.
Recent publications
R. Thevamaran, E.R. Meshot, C. Daraio. Shock formation and rate effects in impacted carbon nanotube foams (submitted).
E.R. Meshot, Z. Zhao, W. Lu, A.J. Hart. Self-ordering of small-diameter metal nanoparticles by dewetting on hexagonal mesh templates. Nanoscale, 2014 (in press).
S. Kim, F. Fornasiero, H. Park, J. B. In, E.R. Meshot, G. Giraldo, M. Stadermann, M. Fireman, J. Shan, C. P. Grigoropoulos, O. Bakajin. Fabrication of flexible, aligned carbon nanotube/polymer composite membranes by in-situ polymerization. Journal of Membrane Science 460:91-98, 2014. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2014.02.016]
M.J. Roberts, M.K. Leach, M. Bedewy, E.R. Meshot, D. Copic, J.M. Corey, A.J. Hart. Growth of primary motor neurons on horizontally aligned carbon nanotube thin films and striped patterns. Journal of Neural Engineering 11:036013, 2014. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1741-2560/11/3/036013]
M.J. Roberts, N. Bhatt, C.M. Voge, E.R. Meshot, J.P. Stegemann, A.J. Hart. Self-assembly of suspended collagen films and their viability as cell culture substrates. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 1 (37) 4711-4718, 2013. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3tb20800a]
C.R. Oliver, E.S. Polsen, E.R. Meshot, S. Tawfick, S.J. Park, M. Bedewy, A.J. Hart. A statistical analysis of variation in laboratory growth carbon nanotube forests and recommendations for improvement of process consistency. ACS Nano, 7(4):3565-3580, 2013. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nn400507y]
M. Bedewy, E.R. Meshot, A.J. Hart. Diameter-dependent activation and deactivation kinetics in carbon nanotube population growth. Carbon 50(14):5106-5116, 2012. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2012.06.051]
E.R. Meshot, E. A. Verploegen, M. Bedewy, S. Tawfick, A.R. Woll, K.S. Green, M. Hromalik, L.J. Koerner, H.T. Philipp, M.W. Tate, S.M. Gruner, A.J. Hart. High-speed in situ X-ray scattering of carbon nanotube film nucleation and self-organization. ACS Nano, 6(6):5091-5101, 2012. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nn300758f]
E.R. Meshot, K.D. Patel, S. Tawfick, K.A. Juggernauth, M. Bedewy, E.A. Verploegen, M.F.L. De Volder, A.J. Hart. Photoconductive hybrid films via directional self-assembly of C60 on aligned carbon nanotubes. Advanced Functional Materials, 22(3):577-584, 2012. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201102393]
Bedewy, E.R. Meshot, M.J. Reinker, A.J. Hart. Population growth dynamics of carbon nanotubes. ACS Nano, 5(11):8974-8989, 2011. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nn203144f]
G.D. Nessim, M. Seita, D.L. Plata, K.P. O’Brien, A.J. Hart, E.R. Meshot, C.M. Reddy, P.M. Gschwend, C.V. Thompson. Precursor gas chemistry determines the crystallinity of carbon nanotubes synthesized at low temperature. Carbon 49(3):804-810, 2011. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2010.10.018]
D.L. Plata,†E.R. Meshot,† (†equal contribution) C.M. Reddy, A.J. Hart, P.M. Gschwend. Multiple alkynes react with ethylene to enhance carbon nanotube synthesis, suggesting polymerization-like formation mechanism. ACS Nano 4(10):7185-7192, 2010 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nn101842g]
E.R. Meshot,† M.Bedewy,† (†equal contribution) K.M. Lyons, A.R. Woll., K.A. Juggernauth, S. Tawfick, A.J. Hart. Measuring the lengthening kinetics of aligned nanostructures by spatiotemporal correlation of height and orientation. Nanoscale 2:896–900, 2010. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b9nr00343f]
M.F.L. De Volder, D.O. Vidaud, E.R. Meshot, S. Tawfick, A.J. Hart. Self-similar organization of arrays of individual carbon nanotubes and carbon nanotube micropillars. Microelectronic Engineering 87(5–8):1233–1238, 2010. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mee.2009.11.139]
M. Bedewy, E.R. Meshot, H. Guo, E.A. Verploegen, W. Lu, A.J. Hart. Collective mechanism for the evolution and self-termination of vertically aligned carbon nanotube growth. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 113:20576–20582, 2009. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp904152v]
E.R. Meshot, D.L. Plata, S. Tawfick, Y. Zhang, E. Verploegen, A.J. Hart. Engineering vertically aligned carbon nanotubes by decoupled thermal treatment of precursor and catalyst. ACS Nano 3(9):2477–2486, 2009. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nn900446a]
E.R. Meshot, A.J. Hart. Abrupt self-termination of vertically aligned carbon nanotube growth. Applied Physics Letters 92:113107, 2008. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2889497]