Specialties

Photonics

Eric Borguet
Physical/Analytical
Nanotechnology and nanoscale processes at interfaces, plasmonics, nonlinear optics, ultrafast dynamics, environmental chemistry, nanomaterials, scanning probe microscopy, sensors for biological and chemical agents
Hai-Lung Dai
Physical/Analytical
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 molecule
Robert J. Levis
Physical/Analytical
​Ultra-intense laser fields, universal materials characterization via laser electrospray mass spectrometry, high spatial resolution tissue imaging, nanomaterials by design, remote detection of threat signatures by filament based Raman spectroscopy
Francis C. Spano
Theory/Computation
Theory of electronic excited states in molecular aggregates, crystals and thin films; the impact of electron-vibrational coupling and disorder on photophysical properties and energy/charge transport in organic materials
Yugang Sun
Physical/Analytical
Nanomaterials synthesis, nanofabrication, in-situ and operando characterization, plasmonics, nanophotonics, photocatalysis, electrochemical catalysis, electrochemical energy storage, sensing
Katherine (Kallie) Willets
Physical/Analytical
Plasmonics; optical microscopy/spectroscopy; electrochemistry; nanoparticle synthesis, fabrication, functionalization