Contact Information
Educational Background
- PhD, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
- MS, University of Cluj – Napoca
- BS, University of Cluj – Napoca
Teaching and Research Interests:
- Nanostructural Materials
- Materials Science: Chemical and Physical Properties
- Nanotechnology
- Nanomedicine
- Tissue Engineering
- Nanoparticle and Carbon Nanotubes Generation
- Nanocomposite Materials
- Raman Spectroscopy
- Nano-Sensors and Bio Nano Sensors
- Coating Technology
- Hydrogen Interaction with Metals
- Alloys, and Carbon Nanostructures
- Ni-MH Batteries
Most Recent Publications
- Abhijit Biswas, Ilker S. Bayer, Zhongrui Li, Rajesh Sharma, Yang Xu, Fumiya Watanabe, Alexandru S. Biris, “Novel SERS substrates of tailored polymer-metal fractal nanocomposites”, Nanotechnology, 20(32), pp. 325705, 2009.
- Viney Saini, Zhongrui Li, Shawn Bourdo, Enkeleda Dervishi, Yang Xu, Xiaodong Ma, Vasyl P. Kunets, Gregory J. Salamo, Tito Viswanathan, Alexandru R. Biris, Divey Saini, and Alexandru S. Biris, “Electrical, Optical, and Morphological Properties of P3HT-MWNT Nanocomposites Prepared by in Situ Polymerization”, Journal Physical Chemistry C, 113, pp. 8023–8029, 2009.
- Rajesh Sharma, P.P. Das, M. Misra, V. Mahajan, J. Bock, Steve Trigwell, Alexandru S. Biris, and Malay K. Mazumder, Effect of Plasma Assisted Surface Modification on the Photoelectrochemical Behavior of Self-Ordered Titania Nanotubes, Nanotechnology, 20, pp. 075704, 2009
- Enkeleda Dervishi, Zhongrui Li, Yang Xu, Viney Saini, Fumiya Watanabe, Alexandru R. Biris, Alexandru S. Biris, “Large Scale Growth of Graphene Materials”, Chemical Communications, pp. 4061–4063, DOI: 10.1039/b906323d, 2009.
- Alexandru S. Biris, Ekaterina I. Galanzha, Zhongrui Li, Meena Mahmood, and Vladimir P. Zharov, “In vivo Raman flow cytometry for real-time detection of carbon nanotube kinetics in lymph, blood, and tissues, Journal of Biomedical Optics, 14(2), 021006, 2009.
- Zhongrui Li, Vasyl P. Kunets, Viney Saini, Yang Xu, Enkeleda Dervishi, Gregory J. Salamo, Alexandru R. Biris and Alexandru S. Biris, “Electrical and Optical Transport Properties of Single Wall Carbon Nanotube/n-Silicon Heterojunctions”, ACS Nano, 6(3), 1407-1414, 2009.
- Enkeleda Dervishi, Zhongrui Li, Fumiya Watanabe, Yang Xu, Viney Saini, Alexandru R. Biris, and Alexandru S. Biris, “Thermally controlled synthesis of single-wall carbon nanotubes with selective diameters”, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 18, pp 3004–3012, 2009.
- Alexandru S. Biris, Dorin Boldor, Jason Parker, William Monroe, Meena Mahmood, E. Dervishi, Yang Xu, Zhongrui Li, Ekaterina I. Galanzha, Vladimir P. Zharov, ”Nanophotothermolysis of multiple scattered cancer cells with carbon nanotubes guided by time-resolved infrared thermal imaging”, Journal of Biomedical Optics, 14(2), 021007, 2009.
- Yang Xu, Zhongrui Li, Enkeleda Dervishi, Viney Saini, Jingbiao Cui, Alexandru R. Biris, Dan Lupu, Alexandru S. Biris, “Surface Area and Thermal Stability Effect of the MgO Supported Catalysts for the Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes”, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 18, 5738, 2008
- Zhongrui Li, Vasyl P. Kunets, Viney Saini, Yang Xu, Enkeleda Dervishi, Gregory J. Salamo, Alexandru R. Biris and Alexandru S. Biris, “SOCl2 enhanced photovoltaic conversion of single wall carbon nanotube/n-silicon heterojunctions”, Applied Physics Letters, 93, 243117, 2008.
- Zhongrui Li, Yang Xu, Xiaodong Ma, Enkeleda Dervishi, Viney Saini, Alexandru R. Biris, Dan Lupu, and Alexandru S. Biris, “Influence of CO2 on Carbon Nanotube Growth by Using Hydrocarbon as Carbon Source”, Chemical Communications, 28, 3260-3262, 2008.
- Dorin Boldor, Nicholas M. Gerbo, William T. Monroe, Jason H. Palmer, Zhongrui Li, Alexandru S. Biris, “Temperature Measurement of Carbon Nanotubes using Infrared Thermography”, Chemistry of Materials, 20, 4011-4016, 2008.
- Alexandru R. Biris, Dan. Lupu, Alexander Grüneis, Paola Ayala, Mark H. Rümmel, Thomas Pichler, Zhongrui Li, Ioan Misan, Enkeleda Dervishi, Yang Xu, Alexandru S. Biris, “High Quality Double Wall Carbon Nanotubes Grown by a Cold-Walled Radio Frequency Chemical Vapor Deposition Process”, Chemistry of Materials, 20(10), 3466-3472, 2008.
- Shawn Bourdo, Zhongrui Li, Alexandru S. Biris, Fumiya Watanabe, Tito Viswanathan, Ioana Pavel “Structural, electrical, and thermal behavior of novel graphite-polyaniline composites with increased crystallinity”, Advanced Functional Materials, 18(3), 432-440, February, 2008.
- Zhongrui Li, Hom Kandel, Enkeleda Dervishi, Viney Saini, Alexandru R. Biris, Dan Lupu, Alexandru S. Biris, “Comparative Study on Different Carbon Nanotube Materials in Terms of Transparent Conductive Coatings”, Langmuir, 24(6), 2655-2662, 2008
