Our research is on the interface of synthetic inorganic chemistry and physical chemistry. Most of our projects involve chemical assembly of nanostructures from inorganic nanomaterials (nanospheres, nanosheets, and nanowires). The resulting nanostructures function as optical waveguides, chemical sensors, photocatalysts, and magnetic actuators. Currently the group focuses on nanostructures for chemical sensing and renewable energy applications. Details on the projects can be found here:

 

  1. Nanowire-Based Chemical Sensors

    2. Structure-Property Relationships in
            Nanoparticle Clusters

  3. Nanoparticle-Based Catalysts for

      Photochemical Splitting of Water

Some video files of our research can be found below:
 

'Photocatalytic H₂ generation (3.5 MB, wmv)'

'Multicolor Microscale Mirrors (3 MB, wmv)'

'Magnetic Manipulation of 2-D Colloidal Particles (3 MB, wmv)'
 

'Colloid Based Magneto-Optical Devices (4 MB, mpeg)'

'Synthesis of CdS nanoparticles'(18MB, mpeg)

'Synthesis of CdSe nanoparticles' (8 MB, mpeg)

'A Magnetic Liquid Crystal' (3.5MB, mpeg)

'Microscope Facility' (9.2 MB, mpeg)