Jonathan Melman, Ph.D.
Principal at Melman Consulting
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Non-Rare-Earth Na3AlF6:Cr3+ Phosphors for Far-Red Light-Emitting Diodes
ACS Applied Electronic Materials / Oct 07, 2019
Yu, D., Zhou, Y., Ma, C., Melman, J. H., Baroudi, K. M., LaCapra, M., & Riman, R. E. (2019). Non-Rare-Earth Na3AlF6:Cr3+ Phosphors for Far-Red Light-Emitting Diodes. ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 1(11), 2325–2333. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.9b00527
Cubane Clusters Containing Lanthanide Ions: (py)8Yb4Se4(SePh)4 and (py)10Yb6S6(SPh)6
Inorganic Chemistry / Aug 01, 1998
Freedman, D., Melman, J. H., Emge, T. J., & Brennan, J. G. (1998). Cubane Clusters Containing Lanthanide Ions: (py)8Yb4Se4(SePh)4 and (py)10Yb6S6(SPh)6. Inorganic Chemistry, 37(17), 4162–4163. https://doi.org/10.1021/ic9805832
Trivalent Lanthanide Compounds with Fluorinated Thiolate Ligands: Ln−F Dative Interactions Vary with Ln and Solvent
Inorganic Chemistry / Dec 06, 2001
Melman, J. H., Rohde, C., Emge, T. J., & Brennan, J. G. (2001). Trivalent Lanthanide Compounds with Fluorinated Thiolate Ligands: Ln−F Dative Interactions Vary with Ln and Solvent. Inorganic Chemistry, 41(1), 28–33. https://doi.org/10.1021/ic0104813
Trivalent Lanthanide Chalcogenolates: Ln(SePh)3, Ln2(EPh)6, Ln4(SPh)12, and [Ln(EPh)3]n (E = S, Se). How Metal, Chalcogen, and Solvent Influence Structure
Inorganic Chemistry / May 01, 1998
Lee, J., Freedman, D., Melman, J. H., Brewer, M., Sun, L., Emge, T. J., Long, F. H., & Brennan, J. G. (1998). Trivalent Lanthanide Chalcogenolates: Ln(SePh)3, Ln2(EPh)6, Ln4(SPh)12, and [Ln(EPh)3]n (E = S, Se). How Metal, Chalcogen, and Solvent Influence Structure. Inorganic Chemistry, 37(10), 2512–2519. https://doi.org/10.1021/ic9716161
Covalent Bonding and the Trans Influence in Lanthanide Compounds
Inorganic Chemistry / Dec 21, 2009
Krogh-Jespersen, K., Romanelli, M. D., Melman, J. H., Emge, T. J., & Brennan, J. G. (2009). Covalent Bonding and the Trans Influence in Lanthanide Compounds. Inorganic Chemistry, 49(2), 552–560. https://doi.org/10.1021/ic901571m
Fluorinated Thiolates of Divalent and Trivalent Lanthanides. Ln−F Bonds and the Synthesis of LnF3
Inorganic Chemistry / Feb 01, 2001
Melman, J. H., Emge, T. J., & Brennan, J. G. (2001). Fluorinated Thiolates of Divalent and Trivalent Lanthanides. Ln−F Bonds and the Synthesis of LnF3. Inorganic Chemistry, 40(5), 1078–1081. https://doi.org/10.1021/ic0006908
Chalcogen Rich Lanthanide Clusters from Halide Starting Materials (II): Selenido Compounds
Inorganic Chemistry / Dec 14, 2001
Kornienko, A., Melman, J. H., Hall, G., Emge, T. J., & Brennan, J. G. (2001). Chalcogen Rich Lanthanide Clusters from Halide Starting Materials (II): Selenido Compounds. Inorganic Chemistry, 41(1), 121–126. https://doi.org/10.1021/ic010740o
Chalcogen Rich Lanthanide Clusters from Halide Starting Materials (II): Selenido Compounds
Inorganic Chemistry / Dec 14, 2001
Kornienko, A., Melman, J. H., Hall, G., Emge, T. J., & Brennan, J. G. (2001). Chalcogen Rich Lanthanide Clusters from Halide Starting Materials (II): Selenido Compounds. Inorganic Chemistry, 41(1), 121–126. https://doi.org/10.1021/ic010740o
Chalcogen-Rich Lanthanide Clusters from Lanthanide Halide Starting Materials: A New Approach to the Low-Temperature Synthesis of LnSx Solids from Molecular Precursors
Journal of the American Chemical Society / Oct 14, 1999
Melman, J. H., Fitzgerald, M., Freedman, D., Emge, T. J., & Brennan, J. G. (1999). Chalcogen-Rich Lanthanide Clusters from Lanthanide Halide Starting Materials: A New Approach to the Low-Temperature Synthesis of LnSx Solids from Molecular Precursors. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 121(43), 10247–10248. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja991860m
Octanuclear Lanthanide Sulfido Clusters: Synthesis, Structure, and Coordination Chemistry
Inorganic Chemistry / Apr 09, 1999
Melman, J. H., Emge, T. J., & Brennan, J. G. (1999). Octanuclear Lanthanide Sulfido Clusters: Synthesis, Structure, and Coordination Chemistry. Inorganic Chemistry, 38(9), 2117–2122. https://doi.org/10.1021/ic981122j
Cubic lanthanide sulfido clusters: Ln8S6(SPh)12(thf)8 (Ln = Pr, Nd, Gd)
Chemical Communications / Jan 01, 1997
Melman, J. H., & Emge, T. J. (1997). Cubic lanthanide sulfido clusters: Ln8S6(SPh)12(thf)8 (Ln = Pr, Nd, Gd). Chemical Communications, 23, 2269–2270. https://doi.org/10.1039/a706129c
Synthesis and partial characterization of biodiesel via base-catalyzed transesterification
Bioenergy / Jan 01, 2020
McCarthy, S. M., Melman, J. H., Reffell, O. K., & Gordon-Wylie, S. W. (2020). Synthesis and partial characterization of biodiesel via base-catalyzed transesterification. In Bioenergy (pp. 519–524). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-815497-7.00024-5
Process to measure particulate down-converting phosphors and create well-correlated software models of LED performance
Light-Emitting Diodes: Materials, Devices, and Applications for Solid State Lighting XV / Feb 10, 2011
Zollers, M. W., Yang, H., Melman, J. H., David, S. R., Wang, G., & Xu, X. (2011). Process to measure particulate down-converting phosphors and create well-correlated software models of LED performance. In K. P. Streubel, H. Jeon, L.-W. Tu, & N. Linder (Eds.), SPIE Proceedings. SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.875259
Narrow emitting red phosphors for improving pcLED efficacy
May 29, 2019
Nordsell, R., Bugaris, D., Chasapis, T., Melman, J., Jain, A., & Ong, S. P. (2019). Narrow emitting red phosphors for improving pcLED efficacy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI). https://doi.org/10.2172/1543131
Narrow emitting red phosphors for improving pcLED efficacy
May 29, 2019
Nordsell, R., Bugaris, D., Chasapis, T., Melman, J., Jain, A., & Ong, S. P. (2019). Narrow emitting red phosphors for improving pcLED efficacy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI). https://doi.org/10.2172/1543131
Final Technical Report for GO15052 Intematix: Combinatorial Synthesis and High Throughput Screening of Effective Catalysts for Chemical Hydrides
Feb 22, 2017
Melman, J. (2017). Final Technical Report for GO15052 Intematix: Combinatorial Synthesis and High Throughput Screening of Effective Catalysts for Chemical Hydrides. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI). https://doi.org/10.2172/1344370
New approaches to biomaterials design
Nature Materials / Nov 01, 2004
Kohn, J. (2004). New approaches to biomaterials design. Nature Materials, 3(11), 745–747. https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat1249
Education
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry / 2003
University of Vermont
Post-Doctoral Study, Nanomaterials & Inorganic Chemistry / 2005
Northwestern University
B.A., Chemistry
Experience
Melman Consulting, LLC
Principal/CTO / May, 2020 — Present
Assist Clients in Chemistry, materials science, LED Lighting, Displays, especially where Rare Earth Elements are involved. Primarily Science and Engineering side, but also some business experience
GE Current
Phosphor Scientist / 2019 — 2020
Developed novel phosphor compositions for LED display applications. Set-up acquired analytical, LED applications and LED reliability labs.
Lumenari (EIE Materials)
Co-Founder, CTO, VP Product / 2013 — 2018
Started company in Silicon Valley to develop novel LED phosphor materials. Oversaw R&D, Applications, Analytical, and IP
Intematix Corporation
[Field] Applications Engineering / 2008 — 2012
Applications Enginnering of LED systems, modules, packages, and phosphor materials. Sales Support. Failure analysis. Application Notes.
Sr. Research Scientist / 2005 — 2008
Early employee at a Silicon Valley Start-Up. R&D of Combinatorial Materials Discovery and Development related to biomedical applications, Hydrogren Storage, Photovoltaics.
The University of Vermont
Post Doctoral Research Associate / 2003 — 2005
Researched nano-magnetic molecular switching. Mentored Graduate and Undergraduate Students
Green Technologies, LLC
Director of R&D / 2004 — 2005
Directed R&D related to biodiesel production and downstream value-added products
New Jersey Center of Biomaterials
Research Assistant / 2002 — 2003
Synthesized biodegradable polymers for biomedical applications
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