My research interests lie at the intersection of materials science, electrochemistry, and biology, with broad interests in the areas of biomaterials, bioelectronics, and biocatalysis. Research projects in my laboratory include the synthesis of new biocomposites (biocatalysts/conducting polymers/nanofibers) for use in batteries, fuel cells, and biomedical applications (e.g., biosensors, tissue engineering); and the design and fabrication of devices that use these new materials.

Biography

Tayhas Palmore is an electrochemist/materials engineer specializing in materials for energy conversion and storage. She received her Ph.D. in chemistry from MIT and was an NSF postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University. She joined the Materials Group in the Division of Engineering at Brown in 2000 and co-founded the graduate program in Biomedical Engineering in 2002. Her teaching experience includes courses on biomaterials, engineering thermodynamics, materials science, analytical methods of materials characterization, and organic chemistry. Her research is focused on new materials and device designs as they relate to fuel cells, batteries, sensors, and the bio/material/electronic interface. She is widely published in journals such as Advanced Materials, Chemistry of Materials, Biomaterials, Nature, and Science. She is a topic editor for the journal Crystal Growth and Design.

Awards

Grass Fellow, Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Study, Harvard University, 2006-2007
Center of Excellence Lectureship, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, October, 2005
National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 1998-2004
DuPont Science and Engineering Educational Award, 2000-2001
Invited Speaker, Gordon Research Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry, Holderness, NH, July, 2001
University of California New Faculty Award, 1994-1996
National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1993-1994
Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1993 (declined)

Affiliations

Materials Research Society
International Society of Electrochemistry
Electrochemical Society
American Chemical Society

Funded Research

My research is supported by NSF, NIH, DOD, and private foundations.

Teaching Experience

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ENGN0410-Materials Science
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Relationship between the structure of matter and its engineering properties. Topics: primary and secondary bonding; crystal structure; atomic transport in solids; defects in crystals; mechanical behavior of materials; phase diagrams and their utilization; heat treatment of metals and alloys; electrical, optical, and magnetic properties of materials; strengthening mechanisms in solids and relationships between microstructure and properties; corrosion and oxidation.

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ENGN0720-Thermodynamics
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An introduction to macroscopic thermodynamics and some of its engineering applications. Presents basic concepts related to equilibrium, and the zeroth, first and second laws for both closed and open systems. Examples include analysis of engines, turbines, and other engineering cycles, phase equilibrium and separation processes, chemical reactions, surface phenomena, magnetic and dielectric materials.

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ENGN1400-Analytical Methods in Biomaterials
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Analytical methods and instrumentation currently used to characterize biomaterials. Specific methods/instrumentation covered include: molecular scale analysis (NMR, FTIR, UV-Vis spectroscopy); surface anaylsis (AFM, SEM, XPS, contact angle goniometry, ellipsometry, quartz crystal microbalance, electrochemistry, grazing angle IR); bulk analysis (DSC, mechanical testing) and biological analyis (bioassays, flourescence and confocal microscopy).

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ENGN1470-Structure and Properties of Nonmetallic Materials
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A study of the structure and properties of nonmetallic materials such as glasses, polymers, elastomers, and ceramics. The crystal structure of ceramics and polymers, and the noncrystalline networks and chains of glasses, polymers, and elastomers and the generation of microstructures and macrostructures are considered. The mechanical, chemical, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties and their dependence on structure are developed.

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ENGN1490-Biomaterials
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Biomaterials science, the study of the application of materials to problems in biology and medicine, is characterized by medical needs, basic research, and advanced technological development. Topics covered in this course include materials used in bone and joint replacement, the cardiovascular system, artificial organs, skin and nerve regeneration, implantable electrodes and electronic devices, drug delivery, and ophthalmology.

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ENGN1970/1971-Independent Studies in Engineering
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Various topics.

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ENGN2980-Special Projects, Reading, Research and Design
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Various topics.

Courses Taught

• Analytical Methods in Biomaterials (ENGN1400)
• Biomaterials (ENGN1490)
• Materials Science (ENGN0410)
• Structure and Properties of Nonmetallic Materials (ENGN1470)
• Thermodynamics (ENGN0720)

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Selected Publications

• Fei, J.; Lim, K.-G.; Palmore, G. T. R. "A polymer composite with three electrochromic states" Chemistry of Materials 2008, in press.(2008)
• Bedekar, A. S.; Feng, J. J.; Krishnamoorthy, S.; Lim, K. G.; Palmore, G. T. R.; Sundaram, S. "Oxygen Limitation in Microfluidic Biofuel Cells" Chemical Engineering Communications 2008, 195, 256.(2008)
• Palmore, G. T. R. "Biofuel Cells" in Bioelectrochemistry: Fundamentals, Experimental Techniques and Applications, Ed. P. N. Bartlett, John Wiley and Sons, Inc. New York, 2008, Chapter 10, in press.(2008)
• Lim, K. G.; Palmore, G. T. R. "Microfluidic Biofuel Cells: The Influence of Electrode Boundary Layer on Performance" Biosensors and Bioelectronics 2007, 22, 941.(2007)
• Lee, J.; Lim, K.-G.; Palmore, G. T. R.; Tripathi, A. "Optimization of Microfluidic Fuel Cells Using Transport Principles" Analytical Chemistry 2007, 79, 7301.(2007)
• Reddy, G. S.; Robinson, M.; Wang, G.; Palmore, G. T. R.; Gennaro, L.; Vourous, P.; DeClercq, P.; Vandewalle, M.; Yong, W.; Ling, S.; Verstuyf, A.; Bouillon, R., "Removal of C-Ring from the CD-Ring skeleton of 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 does not alter its target tissue metabolism significantly" Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 2007, 460, 254.(2007)
• Fei, J.; Palmore, G. T. R. "A Biopolymer Composite that Catalyzes the Reduction of Oxygen to Water" Chemistry of Materials 2007, 19, 1565.(2007)
• Khang, D.; Kim, S.-Y., Siu-Snyder, P.; Palmore, G. T. R.; Durbin, S. M.; Webster, T. J. "Enhanced fibronectin adsorption on carbon nanotube/poly(carbonate) urethane: Independent role of surface nano-roughness and associated surface energy" Biomaterials 2007, 28, 4756.(2007)
• Fei, J.; Basu, A.; Xue, F.; Palmore, G. T. R. "Two polymerizable derivatives of 2,2'-azino-bis(3-ethyl benzthiazoline-6-sulfonic acid)" Org. Lett. 2006, 8, 3.(2006)
• Song, H-K; Palmore, G. T. R. "Redox-active Polypyrrole: Toward polymer-based batteries" Advanced Materials 2006, 18, 1764(2006)
• Song, H-K; Toste, B.; Ahmann, K.; Hoffman-Kim, D.; Palmore, G. T. R. "New Materials for Neurite Extension of Dorsal Root Ganglia: Micro-Patterning of Polymers Doped with Positive Guidance Cues" Biomaterials 2006, 27, 473.(2006)
• Zhang, J.; Venkataramania, S.; Xua, H.; Song, Y-K.; Song, H-K.; Palmore, G.T.R.; Fallon, J.; Nurmikko, A.V. "Combined topographical and chemical micropatterns for templating neuronal networks" Biomaterials 2006, 27, 5734.(2006)
• Reddy, G. S.; Omdahl, J. L.; Robinson, M.; Wang, G.; Palmore, G. T. R.; Vicchio, D.; Yergey, A. L.; Tserng, K-Y.; Uskokovic, M. R. "23-carboxy-24,25,26,27-tetranorvitamin D3 (Calcioic acid) and 24-carboxy- 25,26,27-trinorvitamin D3 (Cholacalcioic acid): End products of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 metabolism in rat kidney through C-24 oxidation pathway" Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 2006, 455, 18.(2006)
• Song, H-K; Palmore, G. T. R. "Conductive Polypyrrole via Enzyme Catalysis" J. Phys. Chem. B 2005, 109, 19278.(2005)
• MacDonald, J. C.; Luo, T.-J. M.; Palmore, G. T. R. "Supramolecular behavior of an isostructural series of five bis(2-methylimidazolium 2,6-dicarboxypyridine) M(II) complexes" Crystal Growth & Design, 2004, 4, 1203.(2004)
• Luo, T.-J. M.; MacDonald, J. C.; Palmore, G. T. R. "Fabrication of complex crystals using kinetic control, chemical additives, and epitaxial growth" Chem. Mater., 2004, 16, 4916.(2004)
• Luo, T.-J. M.; MacDonald, J. C.; Palmore, G. T. R. "In situ AFM studies on the growth of crystals of bis(imidazolium 2,6-dicarboxylatepyridine) Cu(II) dihydrate" Transactions ACA, 2004, 39, 73.(2004)
• Palmore, G.T.R. "Bioelectric Power Generation" Trends in Biotechnology, 2004, 22, 99.(2004)
• Luo, T-J. M.; Fei, J.; Lim, K. G.; Palmore, G. T. R. "Membraneless Fuel Cells: An Application of Microfluidics" in Nanotechnology-Enabled Green Energy and Power Sources, Eds. B. Karn, T. Masciangioli, W. Zhang, V. Colvin, and P. Alivisatos, ACS Symposium Series No. 890, 2004, Chapter 10.(2004)