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Alan W. Weimer
Peer Reviewed Publications

(1) Dahl, J.K., K.J. Buechler, A.W. Weimer, A. Lewandowski, and C. Bingham, “Solar-thermal Dissociation of Methane in a Fluid-wall Aerosol Flow Reactor,” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 29 (7), 725-736 (2004).

(2) Perkins, C. and A.W. Weimer, “Likely Near Term Solar-thermal Water Splitting Technologies,” in press, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (2004).

(3) Dahl, J.K., A.W. Weimer, A. Z’Graggen, and A. Steinfeld, “Two-dimensional Axisymmetric Model of a Solar-thermal Fluid-wall Aerosol Flow Reactor,” accepted for publication in Journal of Solar Energy Engineering (2004).

(4) Dahl, J.K. and A.W. Weimer, “Intrinsic Kinetics for Rapid Decabonization of Methane in a Solar-thermal Fluid-wall Aerosol Flow Reactor, “Accepted for Publication in International Journal of Hydrogen Energy,” (2004).

(5) Ferguson, J.D., A.R. Yoder, A.W. Weimer, and S.M. George, “TiO₂ Atomic Layer Deposition on ZrO₂ Particles Using Alternating Exposures of TiCl₄ and H₂O, Applied Surface Science, 226 (4), 393-404 (2004).

(6) Ferguson, J.D., E.R. Smith, A.W. Weimer, and S.M. George, “Atomic Layer Deposition of SiO₂ at Room Temperature using TEOS and H₂O with NH₃ as the Catalyst,” in press J. Electrochemical Society (January, 2003).

(7) Wank, J.R., George, S.M., and A.W. Weimer, “Nanocoating Individual Cohesive Boron Nitride Particles in a Fluidized Bed by ALD,” in press Powder Technology (2004).

(8) Wank, J.R., K.J. Buechler, L. Hakim, S.M. George, and A.W. Weimer, “Coating Fine Iron Particles with an Oxidation-Resistance g-Alumina Nanolayer Using ALD in a Fluidized Bed Reactor,” in Fluidization XI - Present and Future of Fluidization Engineering, ECI International (Brooklyn, NY) (U. Arena, R. Chirone, Ml. Miccio, and P. Salatino, editors), 603-610 (2004).

(9) Dahl, J.K., A.W. Weimer, A. Lewandowski, C. Bingham, F. Bruetsch, and A. Steinfeld, “Dry Reforming of Methane Using a Solar-thermal Aerosol Flow Reactor,” accepted for publication in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research (July, 2003).

(10) Wank, J.R., S.M. George, and A.W. Weimer, “Coating Fine Nickel Particles with Al₂O₃ Utilizing an Atomic Layer Deposition Fluidized Bed Reactor (ALD-FBR),” J. Amer Ceram. Soc., 87 (4), 762-765 (2004).

(11) Dahl, J.K. W.B. Krantz, and A.W. Weimer, “Sensitivity Analysis of the Rapid Decomposition of Methane in an Aerosol Flow Reactor,” Int. Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 29 (1), 57-65 (2004).

(12) Dahl, J.K., K.J. Buechler, R. Finley, T. Stanislaus, A.W. Weimer, A. Lewandowski, C. Binghman, A. Smeets, and A. Schneider, “Rapid Solar-thermal Dissociation of Natural Gas in an Aerosol Flow Reactor,” Energy, 29 (5-6), 715-725 (2004).

(13) Johnson, J.A., W.B. Krantz, C.M. Hrenya, and A.W. Weimer, “Sensitivity Analysis of the Rapid Carbothermal Reduction Synthesis of Ultra-fine Silicon Carbide Powders,” Journal of Aerosol Science and Technology, 36, 1087-1098 (2002).

(14) Ferguson , J.D., A.W. Weimer, and S.M. George, “Atomic layer Deposition of Boron Nitride Using Sequential Exposures of BCl3 and NH3,” Thin Solid Films, 413 (1-2), 16-25 (2002).

(15) Johnson, J.A., C.M. Hrenya, and A.W. Weimer, “Intrinsic Reaction and Self-diffusion Kinetics for Silicon Carbide synthesis by Rapid Carbothermal Reduction,” J. American Ceramic Society, 85 (9), 2273-2280 (2002).

(16) Wank, J.R., S.M. George, and A.W. Weimer, “Conformal Ultrathin Non-conducting Coatings on Conducting Fine Metal Particles,” Proceedings of the 2002 Int’l Conference on Functionally Graded Materials (Metal Powder Industries Federation), Princeton , NJ , 26-33 (2002).

(17) Dahl, J.K., V.H. Barocas, D.E.Clough, and A.W. Weimer, “Intrinsic Kinetics for Rapid Decomposition of Methane in an Aerosol flow Reactor,” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 27, 377-386 (2002).

(18) Dahl, J.K., J. Tamburini, A.W. Weimer, A. Lewandowski, R. Pitts, and C. Bingham, “Solar-thermal Processing of Methane to Produce Hydrogen and Syngas,” Energy and Fuels, 15, 1227-1232 (2001).

(19) Thompson-Grieshaber , S.A. , K.J. Buechler, P.M. Hilbert, E. White, P. Czerpak, and A.W. Weimer, “Fluidization of Supported Liquids on Particles,” in Fluidization X, 469-476, United Engineering Foundation, New York (2001).

(20) Wank, J.R, A.W. Weimer, J.D. Ferguson , and S.M. George, “Conformal Encapsulation of Fine Boron Nitride Particles with Oxide Nanolayers,” in Functionally Graded Materials 2000, Ceramic Transactions, 114, 441-449 (K. Trumble, K. Bowman, I. Reimanis, and S. Sampath (editors), The American Ceramic Society, Westerville , OH (2001).

(21) Chacon, D., D.R. Scott, K.J. Buechler, and A.W. Weimer, “Effect of Promoters of the Product Quality of Nanophase SiC/a-Si₃N₄ Composite Powders Synthesized through Carbothermal Reduction Nitridation,” Journal of Materials Science, 36 (14), 3395-3402 (2001).

(22) Wank, J.R., S.M. George, and A.W. Weimer, “Vibro-fluidization of Fine Boron Nitride Powder at Low Pressure,” Powder Technology, 121, 195-204 (2001).

(23) Ferguson , J.D., A.W. Weimer, and S.M. George, “Atomic Layer Deposition of Al₂O₃ and SiO₂ on BN Particles Using Sequential Surface Reactions,” Applied Surface Science, 162/163, 280-292 (2000).

(24) Ferguson , J.D., A.W. Weimer, and S.M. George, “Atomic Layer Deposition of Ultrathin and Comformal Al₂O₃ Films on BN Particles,” Thin Solid Films, 371, 95-104 (2000).

(25) Ferguson , J.D., A.W. Weimer, and S.M. George, “Atomic Layer Deposition of SiO₂ films on BN Particles Using Sequential Surface Reactions,” Chemistry of Materials, 12 (11), 3472-3480 (2000).

(26) Weimer, A.W. and R. Bordia, “Synthesis and Processing of Nanophase Reinforced SiC/Si₃N₄ Composites,” Composites: Part B (Engineering), 30, 647-655 (1999).

(27) Lock, J.P., B.L. Peterson, A.W. Weimer, R.J. Pitts, C.E. Bingham, and A.A. Lewandowski, “Aluminum Nitridation in a Solar-Heated Vibrating Fluidized Bed Reactor,” Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, 121, 224 (1999).

(28) Weimer, A.W., D.F. Carroll, D.W. Susnitzky, and D.R. Beaman, “Morphology and Sinterability of Thermally Treated Carbothermally Synthesized Silicon Nitride Powders,” Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 82 (6), 1635 (1999).

(29) Weimer, A.W., “Effect of Si Metal Addition to C/SiO₂ Precursors for Synthesizing Si₃N₄ by Carbothermal Nitridation,” Journal of Materials Science Letters, 17, 123 (1998).

(30) Weimer, A.W., G.A. Eisman, D.W. Susnitzky, and D.R. Beaman, "Mechanism and Kinetics of the Carbothermal Nitridation Synthesis of alpha-Silicon Nitride," Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 80 (11), 2853 (1997).

(31) Carroll, D.F., A.W. Weimer, G.A. Eisman , S.D. Dunmead, G.A. Cochran, and C. Conner, "Processing and Properties of Carbothermally Prepared Nanophase SiC/Si₃N₄ Composites," AIChE Journal, 43 (11A), 2624 (1997).

(32) Weimer, A.W., J.R. Cassiday, D.W. Susnitzky, C.K. Black, and D.R. Beaman, "Carbothermal Nitridation Synthesis of alpha-Si₃N₄ from Pyrolyzed Rice Hulls," Journal of Materials Science, 31, 6005 (1996).

(33) Carroll, D.F., G.A. Cochran, C.L. Conner, S.D. Dunmead, G.A. Eisman, C.J. Hwang, and A.W. Weimer, "Evaluation of a High Quality, Low Cost Carbothermal Silicon Nitride Powder for use in Making Cost-Effective Engine Components," Int. Symp. Ceram . Mater. Compon. Engines, 5th, E. Yan, X. Fu, and S. Shi (editors), World Scientific: Singapore, Singapore (1995).

(34) Pratsinis, S.E., G. Wang, S. Panda, T. Guiton, and A.W. Weimer, "Aerosol Synthesis of Aluminum Nitride by Nitridation of Aluminum Vapor and Clusters," J. Mater. Res., 10(3), 512 (1995).

(35) Weimer, A.W., G.A. Cochran, C.L. Conner, G.A. Eisman, D.F. Carroll, S.D. Dunmead, and C.J. Hwang, "The Synthesis of a High Quality, Low Cost Silicon Nitride Powder by the Carbothermal Reduction of Silica," Key Engineering Materials,, 3 (1994).

(36) Weimer, A.W., G.A. Cochran, G.A. Eisman, J.P. Henley, B.D. Hook, L.K. Mills, T.A. Guiton, N.R. Nicholas, J.E. Volmering, W.G. Moore, and A.K. Knudsen, "Rapid Process for Manufacturing Aluminum Nitride Powder," J. Amer. Ceram. Soc., 77 (1), 3 (1994).

(37) Weimer, A.W., G.A. Cochran, G.A. Eisman, J.P. Henley, T.A. Guiton, A.K. Knudsen, and N.R. Nicholas, "Controlling Thermophoresis in the Exothermic Nitridation of an Aluminum Aerosol," Aerosol Science and Technology, 19, 491 (1993).

(38) Weimer, A.W., K.J. Nilsen, G.A. Cochran, and R.P. Roach, "Kinetics of Carbothermal Reduction Synthesis of Beta Silicon Carbide," AIChE Journal, 39 (3), 493 (1993).

(39) Weimer, A.W., W.G. Moore, R.P. Roach, J.E. Hitt, R.S. Dixit, and S.E. Pratsinis, "Kinetics of Carbothermal Reduction Synthesis of Boron Carbide," J. Amer. Ceram. Soc., 75 (9), 2509 (1992).

(40) Xiong, Y., S.E. Pratsinis, and A.W. Weimer, "Modeling the Formation of Boron Carbide Particles in an Aerosol Flow Reactor," AIChE Journal, 38 (11), 1685 (1992).

(41) Weimer, A.W., W.G. Moore, R.P. Roach, C.N. Haney, and W. Rafaniello, "Rapid Carbothermal Reduction of Boron Oxide in a Graphite Transport Reactor," AIChE Journal, 37, 759 (1991).

(42) Weimer, A.W., G.J. Quarderer, G.A. Cochran, and M.M. Conway, "Design and Performance of a High-Pressure, Fischer-Tropsch, Fluidized Bed Reactor," Fluidization VI, J.R. Grace, L.W. Shemilt, and M.A. Bergougnou, Ed., Engineering Foundation, New York , 343 (1989).

(43) Jacob, K.V. and A.W. Weimer, " Normal Bubbling of Fine Carbon Powders in High-Pressure Fluidized Beds," AIChE Journal, 34, 1395 (1988).

(44) Jacob, K.V. and A.W. Weimer, "High Pressure Particulate Expansion and Minimum Bubbling of Fine Carbon Powders," AIChE Journal, 33, 1698 (1987).

(45) Weimer, A.W. and K.V. Jacob, "Bed to Surface Heat Transfer for Vertical U-Tubes in a High Pressure Slugging Hydrogen Fluidized Bed of Carbon Supported Catalyst Powder," Powder Technology, 48, 247 (1986).

(46) Weimer, A.W. and K.V. Jacob, "On Bed Voidage and Apparent Dilute Phase Hold-up in High Pressure - Turbulent Fluidized Beds of Fine Powders, in Fluidization V, K. Ostergaard and A. Sorensen, ed., Engineering Foundation, New York , 313 (1986).

(47) Weimer, A.W., D.C. Gyure, and D.E. Clough, "Application of a Gamma-Radiation Density Gauge for Determining Hydrodynamic Properties of Fluidized Beds," Powder Technology, 44, 179 (1985).

(48) Weimer, A.W. and G.J. Quarderer, "On Dense Phase Voidage and Bubble Size in High Pressure Fluidized Beds of Fine Powders," AIChE Journal, 31, 1019 (1985).

(49) Weimer, A.W. and D.E. Clough, "Time Dependent Behavior of Bubble Volume in Fluidized Beds," Ind. Eng. Chem. Fundam., 24, 235 (1985).

(50) Weimer, A.W. and G.J. Quarderer, "Effect of Temperature on the Dense Phase in High Pressure Fluidized Beds of Fine Powders," Fluidization and Fluid-Particle Systems: Recent Advances, G.E. Klinzing, ed., 80, 79 (1984).

(51) Weimer, A.W. and D.E. Clough, "On the Rise Velocity of Slugs in Fluidized Beds," Chem. Eng. Commun., 21, 175 (1983).

(52) Weimer, A.W. and D.E. Clough, "Improved Bubble Velocity Equation for Bubbling Fluidized Beds," AIChE Journal, 29, 411 (1983).

(53) Weimer, A.W. and D.E. Clough, "The Influence of Jetting-Emulsion Mass and Heat Interchange in a Fluidized Bed Coal Gasifier," Recent Advances in Fluidization and Fluid-Particle Systems, D.V. Punwani, ed., 77, 51 (1981).

(54) Weimer, A.W. and D.E. Clough, "Modeling a Low Pressure, Steam-Oxygen Fluidized Bed Coal Gasifying Reactor," Chem. Eng. Sci., 36, 549 (1981).

(55) Weimer, A.W. and D.E. Clough, "Modeling of Char Particle Size/Conversion Distributions in a Fluidized Bed Gasifier: Non-Isothermal Effects," Powder Technology, 27, 85 (1980).

(56) Weimer, A.W. and D.E. Clough, "Dynamics of Particle Size/Conversion Distributions in Fluidized Beds: Application to Char Gasification," Powder Technology, 26, 11 (1980).

(57) Weimer, A.W. and D.E. Clough, "A Critical Evaluation of the Semiimplicit Runge-Kutta Methods for Stiff Systems," AIChE Journal, 25, 730 (1979).