Research Projects
Development of nanostructured materials using self-assembly schemes
- Synthesis of custom-designed molecular and nanoparticle building blocks
- Self-assembly of molecular and nanoparticle components using coordination and electrostatic binding
- Construction of 2D and 3D hybrid nanostructures
Nanostructured metal and metal oxide films
- Metal nano-island films prepared by evaporation and annealing
- Thermal dewetting of just-percolated evaporated gold films
- Immobilized gold and silver nanoparticle films
- Chemically deposited copper nanoparticle films
- Morphologically controlled copper (I) oxide nanocrystalline films
Localized plasmon transducers for sensing applications
- Localized plasmon transducers for sensing applications
- Plasmonic copper nanoparticle films prepared by chemical deposition
- Study of critical parameters of localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) transducers
- Optimization of LSPR transducers
- Study of biological interactions using LSPR sensing
- LSPR biosensing for diagnostic applications