Professional Preparation:

Professional Appointments

Merck Professor of Chemistry, 2007-2011
Professor, Chemistry, UMN, 2003-present
Visiting Professor, Advanced Materials Laboratory, Fudan University, China, 2005
Visiting Professor, Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Canada 2004-2005
Associate Professor, Chemistry, UMN, 2000-2003, Assistant Professor, 1994-2000

Selected Publications

C-Z. Lai, M. Fierke, A. Stein, P. Buhlmann, "Ion-Selective Electrodes with Three-Dimensionally Ordered Macroporous Carbon as the Solid Contact", Anal. Chem., 79, 4621-4626 (2007)

Z. Wang, F. Li, N.S. Ergang, A. Stein, "Effects of Hierarchical Architecture on Electronic and Mechanical Properties of Nanocast Monolithic Porous Carbons and Carbon-carbon Nanocomposites", Chem. Mater., 18, 5543-5553 (2006)

N.S. Ergang, J. C. Lytle, K.T. Lee, S.M. Oh, W. H. Smyrl, A. Stein, "Photonic Crystal Structures as a Basis for an Interpenetrating Electrochemical Cell System", Adv. Mater. 18, 1750-1753 (2006)

K.T. Lee, J.C. Lytle, N.S. Ergang, S.M. Oh, A. Stein, "Synthesis and Rate Performance of Monolithic Macroporous Carbon Electrodes for Lithium Secondary Batteries", Adv. Funct. Mater., 15, 547-556 (2005)

C.F. Blanford, C.B. Carter, A. Stein, "Determination of Void Arrangements in Inverse Opals by Transmission Electron Microscopy", J. Phys.: Conf. Series, 26, 264-267 (2005).

Z. Wang, N.S. Ergang, M.A. Al-Daous, A. Stein, "Synthesis and Characterization of Three-Dimensionally Ordered Macroporous Carbon/Titania Nanoparticle Composites", Chem. Mater., 17, 6805-6813 (2005)

R.C. Schroden, A. Stein, "3D Ordered Macroporous Materials", Colloids and Colloid Assemblies: Synthesis, Modification, Organization and Utilization of Colloid Particles, F. Caruso (ed.), Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 465-493 (2004)

J.C. Lytle, H. Yan, N.S. Ergang, W.H. Smyrl, A. Stein, "Structural and Electrochemical Properties of Three-Dimensionally Ordered Macroporous Tin(IV) Oxide Films", J. Mater. Chem., 14, 1616-1622 (2004)

Y. Toivola, A. Stein, R.F. Cook, "Depth-Sensing Indentation Response of Ordered Silica Foam", J. Mater. Res., 19, 260-271 (2004)

A. Stein, R.C. Schroden, "Designing Porous Solids Over Multiple Pore Size Regimes" in Nanostructured Catalysts, S.L. Scott, C.M. Crudden, C.W. Jones (eds.), Nanostructure Science and Technology Vol. 3, Kluwer-Plenum: Dordrecht, Netherlands, 257-276, (2002).