Khachatur V. Manukyan
2013 Best Electron Microscopy Publication Imaging Award
The 2013 Best Electron Microscopy Imaging Publication was awarded to Khachatur V. Manukyan, Ph.D., a post-doctoral research associate in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Manukyan and coworkers published a series of three related publications describing studies of the combustion synthesis of novel nanostructured materials with tailored properties. The mechanisms of structural transformations, which occur in the combustion wave, were studied at micro-, nano-, and atomic levels. A unique combination of combustion diagnostics and SEM, FESEM, SEM/FIB, TEM techniques revealed microstructure-reactivity relationships for a variety of rapid heterogeneous reactions. The discoveries open new avenues for the synthesis of ultra-low dimensional solids. The three studies were published in the Carbon, the Journal of Applied Physics, and the Journal of Materials Research.