Specialties

Hai-Lung Dai

Laura H. Carnell Professor of Chemistry
Physical/Analytical
Office: Sullivan G19
Phone: 215-204-4775
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Biography

1981 - 1984

1981

1974

Selected Awards
Postdoctoral researcher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley

B.S. National Taiwan University

Michael P. Malone International Leadership Award, Association of Public and Land Grant Universities. Langmuir Lecturer Award, Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry. Fellow, American Chemical Society. Distinguished Achievement in Research Award, US Chinese Institute of Engineers. ​Ellis Lippincott Award in Spectroscopy, Optical Society of America, Society of Applied Spectroscopy, and Coblentz Society.

Interests

Nonlinear optical and spectroscopic/microscopic studies of the structure and dynamics of surfaces and interfaces, colloidal particles, aerosols, nanoparticles, micelles, liposomes and biological cells; structure and dynamics of new energy materials including RTIL, DSSS, and organic crystals and thin films; energy transfer and reactions of highly excited molecules.

Select Publications

Wilhelm, Michael J.; Sheffield, Joel B.; Sharifian Gh., Mohammad; et al. Gram's stain does not cross the bacterial cytoplasmic membrane.  ACS Chemical Biology (2015), In Press (DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.5b00042)

Zeng, Jia; Eckenrode, Heather M.; Dai, Hai-Lung; and Wilhelm, Michael J. Adsorption and transport of charged vs. neutral molecules at the membrane of murine erythroleukemia (MEL) cells. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces (2015) 127: 122-129.

Wilhelm, Michael J.; Sheffield, Joel B.; Gonella, Grazia; Wu, Yajing; et al. Real-time molecular uptake and membrane-specific transport in living cells by optical microscopy and nonlinear light scattering. Chemical Physical Letters (2014) 605: 158-163. [Cover]

Gonella, Grazia; Dai, Hai-Lung. Second harmonic light scattering from the surface of colloidal objects: Theory and applications. Langmuir (2014) 30: 2588-2599. [Cover]

Smith, Jonathan M.; Nikow, Matthew; Ma, Jianqiang; Wilhelm; Michael J., et al.  Chemical Activation through Super Energy Transfer Collisions.  Journal of the American Chemical Society (2014)136: 1682-1685. [Communication]

Maidecchi, Giulia; Gonella, Grazia; Zaccaria, Remo Proietti; et al. Deep Ultraviolet Plasmon Resonance in Aluminum Nanoparticle Arrays.  ACS Nano (2013) 7: 5834-5841.