Atomically Precise Nanomaterials and Functions
Our research group is advancing the understanding and control of atomically precise materials for life. Some of our specific research directions are mentioned in the following section.
Nanoclusters
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Fundamentals of synthesis, the origin of physicochemical properties, molecular surgery, surface functionalization, and structure-property correlations.
Related papers :
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021 (link)
Small, 2022 (link)
Adv. Mater, 2021 (link)
Chem. Rev. 2017 (link)
Nano Lett. 2012 (link)
Nanoscale Dynamics
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Understanding the dynamics of intra and inter nanocluster structural and physical changes, nanocluster-small molecule interactions, nanoscale reactions etc. by means of spectroscopy and mass spectrometry.
Related papers :
Small, 2020 (Link)
J. Chem. Edu, 2020 (Link)
Part. Part. Sys. Charact, 2019 (link)
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016 (link)
Nanoscale 2014 (Link)
Nanohybrids
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Synthesis, In-situ and ex-situ spectroscopic and microscopic investigation of physical properties of hybrid materials, reaction dynamics, and applications especially in carbon capture and utilization.
Related papers :
Small, 2023 (link)
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2021 (link)
ACS Materials Lett. 2019 (link)
J. Phys. Chem. C, 2016 (link)
Adv. Mater. 2016 (link)
Biomaterials
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The sustainable approach in NPs, spectroscopic analysis of their interaction with biological systems, understanding the bio-degradation pathway, enzymatic degradations, and bio-mimicking.
Related papers :
Chem. Mater., 2020 (link)
ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. 2019 (link)
Adv. Mater. Interface. 2019 (link)
Bioconjug. Chem. 2018 (link)
Nanomaterial-Based Devices
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Transforming colloidal molecular materials to cluster-solids via thin films and self-assembly; development of molecular material-based devices for chemical & biological sensing, electrochemical sensing, transport properties, disease identifications, etc.
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