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 Theory, [TD]DFT) 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:
July.15 - ACS Energy Lett. "Enhancing Catalyst Stability with Plasmonic Hot Carriers for Nitrous Oxide Decomposition, Carbon Monoxide Oxidation, and Steam Methane Reforming." Yigao Yuan, Shan Deneed, Aaron Bayles, et al.
May.27 - Optica. "SCREEN: SCatteREr ENabled optical asymmetry." Yongyi Zhao, Sean M. Farrell, Christian R. Jacobson, et al.
May.14 - Nature Water. "Resonant energy transfer for membrane-free, off-grid solar thermal humidification-dehumidification desalination." William Schmid, Aleida Machorro-Ortiz, Qian Ye, et al.
May.8 - PNAS. "In silico machine learning-enabled detection of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from contaminated soil." Yilong Ju, Oara Neumann, Sara B. Denison, et al.
Apr.21 - ACS Nano. "2D Plasmonic Photocatalyst Enables Highly Efficient Hot-Electron-Mediated Surface Reactions under Red Light Irradiation." Yaxi Gan, Ataollah Kalantari Osgouei, Alexander Ahrens, et al.
Mar.17 - Nat. Commun. "The dynamics of plasmon-induced hot carrier creation in colloidal gold." Anna Wach, Robert Bericat-Vadell, Camila Bacellar, et al.
Feb.10 - PNAS. "Machine learning-enhanced surface-enhanced spectroscopic detection of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the human placenta." Oara Neumann, Yilong Ju, Andres B. Sanchez-Alvarado, et al.
Feb.3 - Nano Lett. "Spatially Controlled Growth of Ultrathin MoO2 Polymorphs by Physical Vapor Deposition." Jacob Elkins, Sathvik Ajay Iyengar, Ojasvi Verma, et al.
Jan.14 - Adv. Opt. Mater. "The Influence of the Supporting Substrate on Single-Particle Circular Differential Scattering of DNA Assembled Nanorod Dimers." Amrita Chakraborty, Ojasvi Verma, Gopal Narmada Naidu, et al.
Dec.23 - Chem. Soc. Rev. "Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy: a half-century historical perspective." Jun Yi, En-Ming You, Ren Hu, et al.
Dec.2 - ACS Energy Lett. "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. "Steam methane reforming using a regenerable antenna-reactor plasmonic photocatalyst." Yigao Yuan, Jingyi Zhou, Aaron Bayles, et al.
Oct.14 - ACS Nano. "Impact of Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy in Catalysis." Andrei Stefancu, Javier Aizpurua, Ivano Alessandri, et al.