Research Techniques and Protocols
- Hot injection (air-free) synthesis of nanocrystals
- Room temperature supersaturated recrystallization synthesis of nanocrystals
- Centrifugation and purification of nanocrystals
- Citrate-based reduction method for synthesis of gold nanoparticles
- Python tutorial and introduction to computational methods
- Ultraviolet-visible (absorbance) spectroscopy
- Photoluminescence (emission) spectroscopy
- Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
- Phase-transfer and surface functionalization
- Microwave synthesis
Lab Equipment
- Ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometer
- Photoluminescence spectrophotometer
- Inert atmosphere glovebox
- Thermal gravimetric analyzer
- Microwave reactor
- Ultraviolet transilluminator
- Schlenk line for inert atmosphere synthesis
- Fourier transform infrared spectrophotometer
- Ultrasonicator
- Analytical microbalance
- Microcentrifuge
Key Peer-Reviewed Publications
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- Protesescu, L.; Yakunin, S.; Bodnarchuk, M. I.; Krieg, F.; Caputo, R.; Hendon, C. H.; Yang, R. X.; Walsh, A.; Kovalenko, M. V. Nano Lett. 2015, 15 (6), 3692-3696.
- Li, X.; Wu, Y.; Zhang, S.; Cai, B.; Gu, Y.; Song, J.; Zeng, H. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2016, 26, 2435-2445.
- Juran, T. R.; Smeu, M. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2017, 19, 20684-20690.
- Zhu, J.; Yang, X.; Zhu, Y.; Wang, Y.; Cai, J.; Shen, J.; Sun, L.; Li, C. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2017, 8 (17), 4167-4171.
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