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Washington University in St. Louis News & Information > Faculty Experts at Washington University in St. Louis >

William E. Buhro

Professor of Chemistry in Arts & Sciences

Expertise: nanomaterials, materials, inorganic chemistry, nanotubes, nanowires

Bio:
William Buhro
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William H. Buhro, Ph.D., professor of chemistry and associate director of the Center for Materials Innovation, specializes in nanotechnology. He and his group are engaged in synthesis on the nanometer-scale. They design reactions and mechanisms for the growth of inorganic crystals having dimensions of 1-100 nanometers. Such nanocrystallites are larger than conventional molecules but smaller than the structures manipulated in the engineering of conventional electronic, optical, magnetic, and mechanical devices. The fabrication of nanocrystals and other nanoscale elements, and their assembly into the smallest achievable functional devices is the goal of nanotechnology, an emerging field. However, the synthesis, precise manipulation, and interconnection of nanometer-sized structures into complex assemblies are not yet generally possible. Thus, nanotechnology is now largely a theoretical rather than an experimental enterprise. Our work in nanoscale synthesis, which is in an early stage of development, contributes to an increasing array of techniques to support experimental nanoscience and technology. Buhro came to the University as an assistant professor in 1987 after serving for two years as a postdoctoral fellow at Indiana University in Bloomington. In 1980, he earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry, magna cum laude, from Hope College in Holland, Mich. He received a doctorate in chemistry in 1985 from the University of California, Los Angeles.

WUSTL Contact Information:
Work:(314) 935-4269
Fax:(314) 935-4481
E-mail:buhro@wustl.edu
Address:Campus Box 1134
One Brookings Drive
St. Louis, MO 63130

Education:
  • Ph.D. in Chemistry at University of Califoria, Los Angeles
  • Sc.B. in Chemistry at Hope College



Additional Background: Selected Publications

* "Spray Chemical Vapor Deposition of CuInS2 Thin Films for Application in Solar Cell Devices". Hollingsworth, J. A.; Buhro, W. E.; Hepp, A. F.; Jenkins, P. P.; Stan,M. A. Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 1998, 495, 171-176 ("Chemical Aspects of Electronic Ceramics Processing"; P. N. Kumta, A. F. Hepp, D. B. Beach, B. Arkles, and J. J. Sullivan, Eds.).

* "Low-Temperature, Solution-Based Routes to Nanocrystalline InS Powders and Thin Films". Hollingsworth, J. A.; Buhro, W. E. Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 1998, 495, 197-202 ("Chemical Aspects of Electronic Ceramics Processing"; P. N. Kumta, A. F. Hepp, D. B. Beach, B. Arkles, and J. J. Sullivan, Eds.).

* "Kinetic Instability of Nanocrystalline Aluminum Prepared by Chemical Synthesis; Facile Room-Temperature Grain Growth". Haber,J. A.; Buhro, W. E. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998, 120, 10847-10855.

* "Morphologically Selective Synthesis of Nanocrystalline Aluminum Nitride". Haber, J. A.; Gibbons, P. C.; Buhro, W. E. Chem. Mater. 1998, 10, 4062-4071.

* "Plastic deformation of nanocrystalline Cu and Cu-0.2 wt.% B". Suryanarayanan Iyer, R.; Frey, C. A.; Sastry, S. M. L.; Waller, B. E.; Buhro, W. E. Mater. Sci. Eng. A 1999, A264, 210-214.

* "Spray CVD of Copper Indium Disulfide Films. Control of Microstructure and Crystallographic Orientation". Hollingsworth, J. A.; Hepp, A. F.; Buhro, W. E. Chem. Vap. Deposition 1999, 5, 105-108.


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