Faculty Directory

EDUCATION

• Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
• M.S., Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehobot, Israel
• B.A., Chemistry, Technion, Haifa, Israel

BACKGROUND

Professor Rabin received a B.A. degree in chemistry from the Technion, Haifa, Israel, an M.Sc. degree in chemistry from the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehobot, Israel, and a Ph.D. degree in physical chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA in 2004.  He completed postdoctoral training at the Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School and at the University of California, Berkeley.   He joined the University of Maryland in 2007.

HONORS AND AWARDS

• NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award (2012)
• Fulbright Award, 2022

Google Scholar

• Synthesis and physical properties of nanoparticles, nanowires and porous thin films
• Electrical and thermal transport in low dimensional systems
• Interfacial nanoscience (including organic-inorganic systems, controlled assembly, scattering, and surface plasmons)
• Transverse Effects in Thermoelectric Systems
• Plasmonics, SERS, SEIRA, SHG
• Applications in sensing (chemical sensors, heat flux sensors)

Recent years have seen significant progress in the fabrication of nanoscale structures and in understanding the unusual physics that govern their properties. Dr. Rabin's efforts will be concentrated in developing methodologies to prepare new types of nanostructures that will have characteristics not found in larger materials. He is also interested in investigating the ways in which nanostructures interact differently with their environment: can they promote chemical reactions, absorb molecules, and manipulate light and electrons and spins.

Dr. Rabin's research interests also include chemical sensing and molecule-nanoparticle interactions; advanced materials for thermoelectric energy generation; applications of nanoparticles as biomarkers for imaging, diagnosis, and repair; porous anodic alumina scaffolds; and molecular and nanoparticle transport in microfluidic devices.

Current Projects:

• The transverse Seebeck effect and heat-flux sensing.
• Surface Enhanced IR Absorption (SEIRA)
• Second Harmonic Generation (SHG) from plasmonic nanostructures.

Prior Projects:

• Enhancement of performance of metallic wires by carbon nanostructures.
• Sensing microbial growth in biofuel storage tanks.
• Fabrication of 3D plasmonic nanostructures for chiroptical studies.
• Remote chemical sensing with optic fiber SERS (Raman) technology.
• Directed self-assembly of silver nanocubes for SERS (Raman) sensing.
• Bulk nanostructures and Porous Films as improved thermoelectric materials.
• Nanoparticle formulations for x-ray tomography (medical imaging)

Professor Rabin teaches:

• ENMA 300: Introduction to Engineering Materials (undergraduate coure course)

• ENMA 301: Modern Materials Engineering (undergraduate coure course)

• ENMA 430/630: Quantum Size Effects in Nanomaterials

• ENMA 660: Thermodynamics in Materials Science

• ENMA 661: Kinetics of Reactions in Materials

• ENMA 688: Seminar in Materials Science and Engineering

For a complete list of publications, please visit Professor Rabin's web site

• Kenneth McAfee, Hannah S. Alpert, and Oded Rabin, Reconstruction of Thermal Protection System Aeroheating Using a Green’s Function Approach. AIAA SCITECH 2025 Forum, AIAA 2025-2704 (18 pages). [Abstract][PDF]
• Kenneth McAfee, Hannah Alpert, Peter B. Sunderland and Oded Rabin, A Green’s Function Sensor Fusion Approach for Evaluating Spacecraft Entry Heating From On-Board Thermal Instrumentation. AIAA Aviation Forum and ASCEND 2024 Conference Proceedings, AIAA 2024-4033 (22 pages). [Abstract][PDF]
• Kenneth McAfee, Peter B. Sunderland and Oded Rabin, A Heat Flux Sensor Leveraging the Transverse Seebeck Effect in Elemental Antimony. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical 2023, 363, 14729. [Open Access Article][PDF][Open Access Preprint (early version)]
• Xin Zhang, Kunyi Zhang, Hasso Von Bredow, Christopher Metting, George Atanasoff, Robert M. Briber and Oded Rabin, Remote Chemical Sensing by SERS with Self-Assembly Plasmonic Nanoparticle Arrays on a Fiber. Frontiers in Physics 2021, 9, 752943. [Open Access Article][PDF][Supp.Material]
• X. Ge, C. Klingshirn, M. Morales, M. Wuttig, O. Rabin, S. Zhang and L.G. Salamanca-Riba, Electrical and Structural Characterization of Nano-carbon–aluminum Composites Fabricated by Electro-charging-assisted Process. Carbon 2021, 173, 115-125. [Abstract][PDF]
• Kunyi Zhang, Andrew P. Lawson, Chase T. Ellis, Matthew S. Davis, Thomas E. Murphy, Hans A. Bechtel, Joseph G. Tischler and Oded Rabin, Plasmonic nanoarcs: a versatile platform with tunable localized surface plasmon resonances in octave intervals. Optics Express 2020, 28, 30889-30907. [Abstract][Open Access PDF Article][PDF]
• Nick T. Tiliakos, Jeff DeSorbo, Nick Martin, Valerio Viti, Stuart J. Laurence and Oded Rabin, A Roadmap for Obtaining and Implementing Heat Flux Measurements in the Hypersonic Environment (23rd AIAA International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference). Hypersonics 2020 Conference Proceedings 2020, AIAA 2020-2448. [Abstract][PDF]
• Isaacs, R. A.; Iftekhar Jaim, H. M.; Cole, D. P.; Gaskell, K.; Rabin, O.; Salamanca-Riba, L. G., Synthesis and Characterization of Copper-Nanocarbon Films with Enhanced Stability. Carbon 2017, 122, 336-343. [Abstract][PDF]
• Fujimoto, K.; Gibu, M.; Yamaguchi, Y.; Aimi, A.; Nishio, K.; Rabin, O.; Takeuchi, I., Thermoelectric properties of bismuth-substituted calcium manganite Ca_1-xBi_xMnO_3-δ prepared via the electrostatic spray deposition method. Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan 2017, 125, 308-312. [Abstract][PDF]
• Isaacs, R. A.; Zhu, H.; Preston, Colin; Mansour, A.; LeMieux, M.; Zavalij, P. Y.; Iftekhar Jaim, H. M.; Rabin, O.; Hu, L.; Salamanca-Riba, L. G., Nanocarbon-Copper Thin Film as Transparent Electrode. Applied Physics Letters 2015, 106, 193108 (5 pages). [Abstract][PDF]
• Cornett, J. E.; Rabin, O., Pulsed Laser Deposition and Annealing of Bi_2-xSb_xTe₃ Thin Films for p-type Thermoelectric Elements. Solid State Electronics 2014, 101, 106-119. [Abstract][PDF]
• Hung. L.; Lee, S. Y.; McGovern O.; Rabin, O.; Mayergoyz I. D., Calculation and measurement of radiation corrections for plasmon resonances in nanoparticles. Physical Review B 2013, 88, 075424. [Abstract][PDF]
• Lee, W.; Lee, S. Y.; Zhang, X.; Rabin, O.; Briber, R. M., Hexagonally Ordered Nanoparticles Templated Using a Block Copolymer Film Through Coulombic Interactions. Nanotechnology 2013, 24, 045305. Abstract
• Rabin, O., Self-Assembly: Judging a Nanocubes by its Cover. Nature Nanotechnology 2012, 7, 419–420. Abstract
• Cornett, J. E.; Rabin, O., Effect of the Energy Dependence of the Carrier Scattering Time on the Thermoelectric Power Factor of Quantum Wells and Nanowires. Applied Physics Letters 2012, 100, (24), 242106 (4 pages). Abstract This article was selected for the June 25, 2012 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology.
• Rabin, O.; Lee, S. Y., SERS Substrates by the Assembly of Silver Nanocubes – High Throughput and Enhancement Reliability Considerations. Journal of Nanotechnology 2012, vol. 2012, Article ID 870378. Open Access Article Online | PDF
• Lee, S. Y.; Rabin, O., A Unique Solid-Solid Transformation of Silver Nanoparticles on Reactive Ion-Etching-Processed Silicon. Nanotechnology 2012, 23, 065301. Abstract
• Cornett, J. E.; Rabin, O., Universal Scaling Relations for the Thermoelectric Power Factor of Semiconducting Nanostructures. Physical Review B 2011, 84, 205410. Abstract
• Lee, W.; Lee, S. Y.; Briber, R. M.; Rabin, O., Self-Assembled SERS Substrates with Tunable Surface Plasmon Resonances. Advanced Functional Materials 2011, 21, (18), 3424-3429. Abstract
• Cornett, J. E.; Rabin, O., Thermoelectric Figure of Merit Calculations for Semiconducting Nanowires.Applied Physics Letters 2011, 98, (18), 182104. Abstract This article was selected for the May 16, 2011 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology.
• Tkachuk, S.; Lang, G.; Krafft, C.; Mayergoyz, I. D.; Rabin, O., Plasmon Resonance Enhancement of Faraday Rotation in Thin Garnet Films. Journal of Applied Physics 2011, 109, (7), 07B717. Abstract
• Lee, S. Y.; Hung, L.; Lang, G. S.; Cornett, J. E.; Mayergoyz, I. D.; Rabin, O., Dispersion in the SERS Enhancement with Silver Nanocube Dimers. ACS Nano 2010, 4, (10), 5763-5772. Abstract
• Mayergoyz, I. D.; Lang, G.; Hung, L.; Tkachuk, S.; Krafft, C.; Rabin, O., Plasmon resonance enhancement of magneto-optic effects in garnets. Journal of Applied Physics 2010, 107, (9), 09A925. Abstract