Jennifer Brand

Jennifer Brand.

Professor Emeritus

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

245N Scott Engineering Center
Lincoln NE 68588
(402) 472-9320 jbrand@unl.edu
Research Interests
  • Supercritical processing
  • Solid-state Radiation Detection
  • Polymers for harsh environments

Inventions/Patents
  • Caruso; Anthony N., Dowben; Peter A., Brand; Jennifer I., Boron carbide particle detectors, No. 7,368,794 (2008)
Selected Publications
  • Schemm N, Balkir S, Hoffman MW, Bauer M, Schultz D, Petrosky JC, McClory JW, Natta M, Brand JI, Tang J, Wang W. A single chip computational sensor system for neutron detection applications IEEE Sensors Journal. 10: 1226-1233. (2010) DOI: 10.1109/Jsen.2010.2040731
  • Schultz D, Blasy B, Santana JC, Young C, Petrosky JC, McClory JW, LaGraffe D, Brand JI, Tang J, Wang W, Schemm N, Balkir S, Bauer M, Ketsman I, Fairchild RW, et al. The K-shell Auger electron spectrum of gadolinium obtained using neutron capture in a solid state device Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. 43: 075502. (2010) DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/43/7/075502
  • Dowben PA, Kizilkaya O, Liu J, Montag B, Nelson K, Sabirianov I, Brand JI. 3d transition metal doping of semiconducting boron carbides Materials Letters. 63: 72-74. (2009) DOI: 10.1016/J.Matlet.2008.09.004
  • Ketsman I, Losovyj YB, Sokolov A, Tang J, Wang Z, Natta ML, Brand JI, Dowben PA. Gd-doping of HfO2 Applied Surface Science. 254: 4308-4312. (2008) DOI: 10.1016/J.Apsusc.2008.01.060
  • Balaz S, Caruso AN, Platt NP, Dimov DI, Boag NM, Brand JI, Losovyj YB, Dowben PA. The influence of the molecular dipole on the electronic structure of isomeric icosahedral dicarbadodecaborane and phosphacarbadodecaborane molecular films. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. B. 111: 7009-16. (2007) PMID 17539674 DOI: 10.1021/Jp0703760
  • Natta ML, Brand JI. Efficiency in photovoltaic heteroisomeric boron carbide diodes ECS Transactions. 2: 135-139. (2007) DOI: 10.1149/1.2409037
  • Ignatov AY, Losovyj YB, Carlson L, Lagraffe D, Brand JI, Dowben PA. Pairwise cobalt doping of boron carbides with cobaltocene Journal of Applied Physics. 102. (2007) DOI: 10.1063/1.2799053
  • Carlson L, Lagraffe D, Balaz S, Ignatov A, Losovyj YB, Choi J, Dowben PA, Brand JI. Doping of boron carbides with cobalt, using cobaltocene Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing. 89: 195-201. (2007) DOI: 10.1007/S00339-007-4086-6
  • Balaz S, Boag NM, Platt NP, Dimov DI, Brand JI, Dowben PA. The Electronic Structure of 1,7-PCB 10 H 11 Molecular Films MRS Proceedings. 967. (2006) DOI: 10.1557/Proc-0967-U05-01
  • Flores OB, Balaz S, Brand JI. Boron carbide heterojunction diodes: Temperature effects, band offsets, and intrinsic and extrinsic carriers ECS Transactions. 3: 437-445. (2006) DOI: 10.1149/1.2357235