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Theoretical Nanophotonics at Rice University
We are a theoretical group performing research in the field of nanophotonics and plasmonics. We use a wide range of numerical methods (FDTD, FEM, BEM, DDA, Mie, TDDFT) to investigate the optical properties of metallic, semiconductor, and graphene nanostructures, plasmonic, excitonic, and hybrid systems.
News:
We are now searching to fill two postdoctoral openings in theoretical nanophotonics! Please find details here or email nordland@rice.edu.
Image: Peter Nordlander and Naomi Halas receive the prize medals from the president of the Italian republic, Sergio Mattarella.
Peter Nordlander and Naomi Halas win the Eni Energy Transition Award!
New Publications:
Dec.2 - ACS Energy Lett., 2024 December 02. "Light-Driven Dehydrogenation of Propane Using Plasmonic Al@TiO2 Core-Shell Nanoparticles with Pt Single Atoms and Clusters." Parmeet Dhindsa, Silvia Marino, Alexander Ahrens, et al.
Nov.1 - Nat. Catal., 2024 November 01. "Steam methane reforming using a regenerable antenna-reactor plasmonic photocatalyst." Yigao Yuan, Jingyi Zhou, Aaron Bayles, et al.
Oct.14 - ACS Nano, 2024 October 14. "Impact of Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy in Catalysis." Andrei Stefancu, Javier Aizpurua, Ivano Alessandri, et al.
July.15 - Nature Physics, 2024 July 15. "Electronic excitations at the plasmon-molecule interface." Andrei Stefancu, Naomi J. Halas, Peter Nordlander, and Emiliano Cortes.
July.11 - ACS Nano, 2024 July 11. "Quantifying Ultrafast Energy Transfer from Plasmonic Hot Carriers for Pulsed Photocatalysis on Nanostructures." Andrea Schirato, Stephen Keith Sanders, Remo Proietti Zaccaria, et al.
Jun.26 - ACS Photonics, 2024 June 26. "Routes to Optimizing Photothermal Cancer Therapy through a Comprehensive Theoretical Model." Gopal Narmada Naidu, Yara Kadria-Vili, Oara Neumann, et al.
May.28 - Nano Lett., 2024 May 28. "Reduced-Dimensionality Al Nanocrystals: Nanowires, Nanobars, and Nanomoustaches." David Solti, Christian R. Jacobson, J. Alexander Orion Yates, et al.
May.16 - J. Phys. Chem. C, 2024 May 16. "Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy: from the Few-Analyte Limit to Hot-Spot Saturation." Oara Neumann, Jingyi Zhou, Yilong Ju, et al.
Mar.5 - PNAS, 2024 Mar. 5. "Tailoring the Aluminum Nanocrystal Surface Oxide for All-Aluminum-Based Antenna-Reactor Plasmonic Photocatalysts." Aaron Bayles, Catherine J. Fabiano, Chuqiao Shi, et al.
Feb.26 - Adv. Optical Mater, 2024 Feb. 26. "Golden Plasmophores with Tunable Photoluminescence and Outstanding Thermal and Photothermal Stability." Mustafa Gharib, A.J. Yates, Stephen Sanders, et al.
Dec.29 - Nano Lett., 2023 Dec. 29. "A Quasi-Bound States in the Continuum Dielectric Metasurface-Based Antenna-Reactor Photocatalyst." Lin Yuan, Yage Zhao, Andrea Toma, et al.
Dec.8 - ACS Nano, 2023 Dec. 8. "Combined Surface-Enhanced Raman and Infrared Absorption Spectroscopies for Streamlined Chemical Detection of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon-Derived Compounds." Andrés B. Sánchez-Alvarado, Jingyi Zhou, Peixuan Jin, et al.