Horia Metiu

Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Chemistry & Biochemistry

Horia Metiu

Contacts

Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106 - 9510

tel: (805) 893- 2256
fax: (805) 893- 4120
metiu@chem.ucsb.edu

Personal web site

Research Description

Time-dependent statistical mechanics with applications to reaction rates, hydrogen diffusion on surfaces, desorption rate; catalysis by metal nanoparticles on oxide supports; simulations of fuel-cell membranes.

Biography

After postdoctoral research at MIT and the University of Chicago, Dr. Metiu came to Santa Barbara in 1976. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and of the Japan Association for the Promotion of Science.


Awards/Honors

  • UCSB Faculty Research Lectureship, 1987
  • Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, 1979
  • Exxon Solid State Chemistry ACS award, 1979
  • Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, 1978

Selected Publications

  • Cation-Vacancy Ordering in Dehydrated Na6[AlSiO4]6, S. R. Shannon, B. J. Campbell, J. Chem. Phys., 2006, H. Metiu, and N. P. Blake, web link
  • Nucleation and Coarsening During Epitaxy on a Substrate Subject to Periodic Strain: Spatial Ordering and Size Uniformity, J. Chem. Phys., 2006, T. R. Mattsson and H. Metiu
  • Using Genetic Programming to Solve the Schr?dinger Equation, J. Phys. Chem., 2006, D. E. Makarov and H. Metiu
  • Kinetics of Spin Coherence of Electrons in a Semiconductor Quantum Well,, Phys. Rev., B 61, 2000, 2945-2956, M. W. Wu and H. Metiu
  • Why are Clathrates Good Candidates for Thermoelectric Materials?, J. Solid State Chem., 149, 2000, 455-458, B. B. Iversen, A. E. C. Palmqvist, D. Cox, G. S. Nolas, G. D. Stucky, N. P. Blake, and H. Metiu