ADDRESS:
1460E, 115S, FASB 383Salt Lake City, UT 84112
phone: (801)585-7071
e-mail: vlad.burtman@utah.edu
EDUCATION:
PhD in Applied Physics (June, 1996)
The
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Combined in Material Science, St.-Petersburg Polytechnic University, Russia
M.S. in Computer Science
St.-Petersburg State University,
Russia
SKILLS:
Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
Nanoscience
Hybrid materials
Conductivity in low dimensional systems
Magnetism and ultra-sensitive magnetic sensors
EXPERIENCE:
Research Scientist (10/2007 - present) CEMI at the University of Utah
Research Assistant Professor of
Physics/University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (2005-present)
Research Associate/ Phys. Dept., University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
(2003-05)
Research Associate /Dept. of Chemistry and Dept. of Material Science
and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
(2000-2002)
Research Associate/Inorganic Chemistry Department, The Hebrew
University of Jerusalem, Israel (1996-2000)
AWARDS
Research Council Award, University of Utah, Physics Department 2007Invitation to Gordon Conference (Biophysics), Nashville, TN 2005
Fellowship in program “Shaping the Future”, Israel 1999
Sally Berg Postdoctoral Fellowship, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. 1996
Young scientist award of the international crystallographic union, Netherlands 1995
Ph D Fellowship Ben-Gurion fund, Ministry of science & technology, Israel 1994
The Jerusalem Post (newspaper) prize of for outstanding young scientist, Israel 1994
MAJOR PUBLICATIONS
Accepted papers:1. V. Burtman “Organic Tunneling Devices and Field Transistors Based on Polycrystalline Naphthalene Diimine Frameworks.” Thin Films Solid, accepted, available on Thin Films Solid website.
2. V. Burtman and Z. V. Vardeny “Spin and Charge Transport Studies upon Dimensional transition in Self-Assembled Monolayer Devices” (invited paper) Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, accepted, to be published in 2008.
Submitted papers:
1. A. Pakolev, V. Burtman and D. Zaslavsky “Time-Resolved Measurements of the Interfacial Charge Transfers by Capacitive Voltage Probe”--PNAS.
2. V. Burtman, F. Wong and Z. V. Vardeny “Manipulating spins using spin-valves of self-assembled molecular wires ” --Nature Nanomaterials.
3. Book chapter: V. Burtman “Transport Properties of SAM Molecular Diodes with Structural Tunability” in Experimental Molecular Electronics, Spintronics and Device Physics”, Research Signpost.
Papers in preparation:
1. C. M. Teague, V. Burtman and A. A. Gewirth “Electrostatic self-assembling of polyoxametallites on silicon substrates.”
2. A. Pakolev and V. Burtman, “Single Molecular Transport: Beyond Tunneling Models” (full paper)
3. A. Pakolev, Z. V. Vardeny and V. Burtman, “Molecular Nanometrology” (letter).
(A) Manuscripts:
1. V. Burtman, G. Hukic, A. S. Ndobe, T. Drori, and Z. V. Vardeny “Electrical and Optical Studies of Gap States in Self-Assembled Molecular Aggregates, Journal of Applied Physics, 101, (2007) 054502. Article has been selected for issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology 1 (2007).
2. V. Burtman, A. S. Ndobe, and Z. V. Vardeny “Transport Studies of Isolated Molecular Wires in Self-Assembled Monolayer Devices” (full paper) Journal of Applied Physics 98, (2005) 034314. Article has been selected for issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology 12 (2005).
3. V. Burtman “Syntheses of a heterogeneous catalysts using vapor phase self-assembly”, cond-mat/0510453 (2005).
4. V. Burtman, A. S. Ndobe, and Z. V. Vardeny “Studies of Single Molecule Charge Transport Using Devices Based on Self-Assembled Monolayers” (invited) Solid State Communication, 9-10 (2005) 563.
5. V. Burtman, A. S. Ndobe and Z. V. Vardeny “Single Molecule Electrical and Spin Transport Using Self-assembling Monolayers” Synthetic Metals, 154 (2005) 329.
6. V. Burtman 'Comment on manuscript “Comparison of Electronic Transport Measurements on Organic Molecules” by Adi Salomon et al, Adv. Materials 2003, 15(22), 1881), Adv. Mater. vol 6, 2004 accepted 10.1002/adma.200400279
7. A. Pakolev, D. Zaslavsky and V. Burtman "From Electron Transfers to Electric Currents: Light-induced in-plane Currents in Monomolecular Films" cond-mat/0404240, J. Phys. Chem. B, 108 (2004) 15815.
8. K. I. Pokhodnya, V. Burtman, A. J. Epstein, J. W. Raebiger, J. S. Miller “Control of Coercivity in Organic-based Solid Solution VxCo1-x[TCNE]2*zCH2Cl2 Room Temperature Magnets” , Adv. Mater. 15, (2003) 1211.
9. V. Burtman, Y. Offir, S. Yitzhaik “In Situ Specroscopic Ellipsometry Monitoring of Multilayers Growth Dynamic via Molecular Layer Epitaxy” Langmuir, 17 (2000) 121.
10. V. Burtman, A. Teplitsky, A. Zelichenok “Quinolinium derived acentric single crystals”, Tetrahedron Letters, 41, (2000) 5359.
11. V. Burtman, A. Zelichenok and S. Yitzchaik, “Organic Quantum-Confined Structures via Molecular Layer Epitaxy ” Angewandte Chemie International Edition, (1999), 38, 2041; German version: Angew. Chem. 111 (1999) 2078.
12. Zelichenok V. Burtman, N. Zeno, S. Yitzchaik, S. Di Bella, G. Meshulash and Z. Kotler, “Quinolinium Derived Acentric Crystals for Second-Order NLO Applications with Transparency in the Blue” J. Phys. Chem. B 103 (1999) 8702.
13. V. Burtman “New metalloorganic calixarene-base barium precursor for OMCVD applications” J. of Material Science Letters, 17 (1998) 1491.
14. V. Burtman, A. Zelichenok and S. Yitzchaik, “ Organic Superlattices via Chemical Vapor Deposition (CV-MLD) Processes” Polymer Preprints, 39 (1998) 167.
15. V. Burtman, M. Schieber, S. Yitzchaik, and Y. Yaroslavsky, “Kinetics of evaporation of barium THD precursors used for Organometallic Chemical Vapor Deposition (OMCVD) thin films”, J. of Crystal Growth, 174 (1997) 801.
16. V. Burtman O. Aleksuik, Z. Kotler, G. Meshulam, G. Berkovic and S. Yitzchaik “A New Calix[4]arene-based Barium Precursor for BaO-TiO2 Thin Film Deposition”, J. Chem. of Materials, 9 (1997) 3101.
17. V. Burtman, “Growth of high temperature superconducting thin films by organometalic chemical vapor deposition (OMCVD):, Ph.D. Dissertation, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1996.
18. V. Burtman, M. Schieber, Y. Yaroslavsky and I. Brodsky "Raman and infrared spectroscopic study of aging organometallic precursors used for the deposition of High-Tc superconducting films." J. of Crystal Growth,166 (1996) 832.
19. Y. Yaroslavsky, V. Burtman, V. Beilin, S. Litvin and M. Schieber "Doping of BiSrCaCuO compounds with V, As, Sb and Ge", Physica C 209 (1993) 179.
(B) Conference Proceedings:
20. V. Burtman, A. S. Ndobe and Z. V. Vardeny “Fabrication of Self-assembling Monolayers for Single Molecule Transport” ICSM 2004, p 77, Wallenberg, Australia.
21. V. Burtman and S. Yitzchaik “The MLE Route to Organic Single Quantum-Well Based Molecular Electronic Device” Proceeding of IEEE-NANO 2001 Workshop 2001 Maui, Hawaii, ed. M. Rathner.
22. V. Burtman, and S.Yitzchaik, “Chemical Vapor Molecular Layer Epitaxy (CV-MLE) of Planar-Conjugated Organic Molecules”, Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Vapor Growth and Epitaxy/ Twelfth International Conference on Crystal Growth, (1998), p749.
23. V. Burtman, O. Aleksuik and M. Schieber “New organometallic precursor for OMCVD of HTS films”, Proceeding of 1995 MRS Congress, 673.
24. H. Ando, S. Anzawa, Y. Arai, I. Brodsky, V. Burtman, H. Hermon, T. Nakamura, H. Sameshima, M. Schieber, Y. Yaroslavsky S. Yoda “Video imaging of the melting and solidification processes of the PbBr2-PbCl2 system under microgravity” Proceeding of Chemical Beam Epitaxy and Related Growth Techniques 1995, Lajolla CA, USA, 14 - 16 August 1995. Edited by C.R. Abernathy and C.W. Tu, p 266.
25. V. Burtman, Y. Yaroslavsky Beilin, H. Hermon, O. Aleksuk and M. Schieber “Characterization of OMCVD precursors for High Tc superconducting films. Israel Material Engineering Conference Proceedings, 7, (1994) 158.
26. Beilin, H. Hermon, Y. Yaroslavsky V. Burtman, A. Goldgirsh, and M. Schieber “On the evaporation of BiSCCO and YBCO single-source powder precursors in non-isotermal zone of hot-wall OMCVD reactor” Israel Material Engineering Conference Proceedings 7, (1994) 163.
27. M. Schieber, V. Burtman, Y. Yaroslavsky, V. Beilin, S. Litvin “ Textured films in the Bi-Ca-Cu-O system" Ninth American Conference on Crystal Growth Proceedings, (1993) Baltimore, 138.
28. V. Beilin, V. Burtman, Y. Yaroslavsky and M. Schieber "OMCVD of highly textured high Tc superconducting BSCCO and YBCO thin films from single-source powder precursor." (1993) Conference of the Israel Association for Crystal Growth Proceedings, 19.
(C) Chapters in books:
29. V. Burtman, V.; S. Yitzchaik "Self-Assembly Monolayers by Evaporation" in Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology Buschow, K. H. J, Cahn, R. W; Flemings, M. C.; Ilschner, B.; Kramer, E. J.; Mahajan, S.- Ed. Pergamon, Elseveir Science . Vol. 9 p 8315-8319 (2001).
30. V. Burtman, A. Zelichenok, A. Yakimov and S. Yitzchaik "Vapor Phase Molecular Layer Epitaxy via Self-Assembly Reactions" in "Semiconductive Polymers" Hsieh B.R. Ed. ACS Symp. Series 735 (1999) p 399.
(D) Patents:
31. V. Burtman, and S. Yitzchaik "Molecular Layer Epitaxy System Process and Molecular Electronic Derived Applications." US Patent No 6,316,098 B1 Nov.13 2001.
