Yijin Kang

Yijin Kang

Ph.D. Candidate, Former Member

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Synthesis of alloy and intermetallic nanoparticles and investigation of their catalytic and magnetic properties for fuel clel, electrochemical catalysis, energy storage, and data storage applications.

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Zac Iton

Zac Iton

B.S.E. Candidate in Materials Science, B.A. Candidate in Chemistry

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Microwave-assisted synthesis of oxide nanoparticles for smart-material applications.

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Tom Gordon

Tom Gordon

Ph.D. Candidate, Former Member

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Synthesis and characterization of wide band gap semiconductors for solar-to-fuel photocatalysis applications.

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E. Ashley Gaulding

E. Ashley Gaulding

Materials Science and Engineering Ph.D. Candidate, Former Member

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Investigates the affects of surface chemistry and composition on transport within semiconductor nanocrystal thin films, extending to heterostructured films formed from core/shell particles or multi-component structures.

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Albert Fan

Albert Fan

M.S.E. Candidate, B.S.E. Candidate, Former Member

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Nanocrystalline PbSe and PbS Thermophotovoltaics for Waste Heat Capture

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Angang Dong

Angang Dong

Postodoctoral Fellow, Former Member

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Self-assembled nanoparticle arrays and their collective property studies.

Vicky Doan-Nguyen

Vicky Doan-Nguyen

Materials Science and Engineering Ph.D. Candidate, Former Member

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Synthesis, characterization, and investigation of bimetallic nanoparticles for use in fuel reforming catalysis. Characterization involves usage of synchrotron light source (ESRF) for obtaining total scattering data of transition metal, bimetallic alloy, and magnetic nanoparticles.

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Benjamin Diroll

Benjamin Diroll

Chemistry Ph.D. Candidate, Former Member

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Research on structural, electronic, and optical properties of nanocrystal thin-films as well as the optical properties of semiconducting nanocrystals, particularly anisotropic particles, in solutions.

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Jun Chen

Jun Chen

Ph.D. Candidate, Former Member

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Synthesis of oxide nanocrystals and investigation of their electrical and magnetic properties.

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Matteo Cargnello

Matteo Cargnello

Post-doctoral Fellow

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Optical metamaterials with low loss and tunability

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Zixuan Li

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Zixuan Li

MSE Master’s Candidate

email: lizixuan@seas.upenn.edu

 


Research on surface activation of nanocrystal catalysts

Han-Yu Tang

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M.S.E. Master’s Candidate

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email: tanghanyu@gmail.com


Research on solution-base synthesized thermoelectric nano-composites materials.

Mingliang Zhang

Mingliang Zhang

Post-doctoral Fellow

email: mizhang@seas.upenn.edu

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Research: Plasmonic and magnetic nanoparticles, environmental applications, nano-patterning and nanoscrystal self-assembly

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Haoran Yang

Haoran Yang

Post-doctoral Fellow

email: haorany@sas.upenn.edu

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Non-toxic and earth-abundant thermoelectric nanomaterials for waste heat recovery; Electrical and thermal transport in nanocrystal thin films.

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Jissy Jose

Jissy Jose

Post-doctoral Fellow

email: jissy@seas.upenn.edu

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Engineering 3D architecture of nano-catalysts based on Ceria particles and understanding the role of metal-metal oxide interface on catalytic activity, with direct applications in three-way catalytic convertors for the efficient reduction of toxic pollutants from automobile exhaust.

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Blaise Fleury

Blaise Fleury

Post-doctoral Fellow

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email: blaise.fleury@polytechnique.edu

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Nanoparticle formation mechanisms extended from classical to non-classical pathway for synthesis engineering. Nanoparticle assemblies self-driven or not for optical,electrical and energy applications. Major use of X-Ray characterization techniques and electron microscopy. Read More

Natalie Gogotsi

Natalie Gogotsi

Ph.D. Candidate, MSE

email: ngogotsi@seas.upenn.edu


Research: Investigating structural and electronic properties of semiconducting nanoparticles, including both traditional materials such as II-VI and IV-VI chalcogenides and greener alternatives such as CZTS(Se)

Nicholas Greybush

Nicholas Greybush

Materials Science and Engineering Ph.D. Candidate

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email: greybush@seas.upenn.edu


Self-assembly and characterization of plasmonic and luminescent nanocrystal structures.

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Jennifer D Lee

Jennifer D. Lee

Ph.D. Candidate, Chemistry

email: jleed@sas.upenn.edu


Research: Magnetic properties of oxide nanoparticles, nanocrystals for catalysis

Yaoting Wu

Yaoting Wu

Chemistry Ph.D. Candidate

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email: yaotingw@sas.upenn.edu

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Research on optical properties of quantum dots and semiconductors

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Meiyang Cui

Meiyang Cui

M.S.E. Master’s Candidate

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email: meiyangc@seas.upenn.edu


The development of new synthesis techniques for doping metal oxide nanoparticles for catalysis.

Tianfeng Lu

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Tianfeng Lu

M.S.E. Master’s Candidate

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email: tianfeng@seas.upenn.edu


Synthesized rare-earth element upconversion nanophosphors via various solvothermal methods. Developed new techniques for coating large (100+ nm) nanophosphors with silica to enhance their optical properties.