MRSEC Center for Nanostructured Materials



Selected MRSEC Publications

"Metal Acetylacetonates; General Precursors for the Synthesis of Early Transmission Metal Oxide Nanocrystals," A. L. Willis, Z. Chen, J. He, Y. Zhu, N. J. Turro and S. O?Brien, J. Nanomaterials 2007, 14858 (2007).PDF

"Viscoplastic and Granular Behavior in Films of Colloidal Nanocrystals," D. Lee, S. Jia, S. Banerjee, J. Bevk, I. P. Herman, and J. W. Kysar, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 026103 (2007). PDF

"Observation of First-Order Fano Asymmetry in Raman Spectra of SrTiO3 and CaxSr1-xTiO3 Perovskite Nanocubes," S. Banerjee, D.-I. Kim, R. D. Robinson, I. P. Herman, Y. Mao, and S. S. Wong, Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 223130 (2006).PDF

"Modular Assembly of Binary Nanocrystal Superlattices as a Route to Multifunctional Nanocomposites (Metamaterials)," E. V. Shevchenko, D. V. Talapin, C. B. Murray and S. O?Brien, accepted to J. Am. Chem. Soc., (2006).

"Exciton Polarizability in Semiconductor Nanoparticles," F. Wang, J. Shan, M. A. Islam, I. P. Herman, M. Bonn, and T. F. Heinz, Nat. Mater. 5, 861-864 (2006).PDF

"Raman Microprobe Analysis of Elastic Strain and Fracture in Electrophoretically-Deposited CdSe Nanocrystal Films," S. Banerjee, S. Jia, D. I. Kim, R. D. Robinson, J. Kysar, J. Bevk, and I. P. Herman, Nano Lett. 6, 175-180 (2006).PDF

"Barium Titanate Nanocrystals and Nanocrystal Thin Films: Synthesis, Ferroelectricity and Dielectric Properties," L. Huang, Z. Chen, J. D. Wilson, S. Banerjee, R. D. Robinson, I. P. Herman, R. Laibowitz, and S. P. O?Brien, J. Appl. Phys. 100, 034316 (2006).PDF

"Phase Stability in Ceria-Zirconia Binary Oxide Nanoparticles: The Effect of the Ce3+ Concentration and the Redox Environment," F. Zhang, C.-H. Chen, J. M. Raitano, J. C. Hanson, W. A. Caliebe, S. Khalid, and S.-W. Chan, J. Appl. Phys. 99, 084313-8 (2006).PDF

"Structural Characterization of Self-Assembled Multifunctional Binary Nanoparticle Superlattices," E. V. Shevchenko, D. V. Talapin, C. B. Murray, and S. O'Brien, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128, 3620-3637 (2006). PDF

"Phases in Ceria-Zirconia Binary Oxide (1-x)CeO2-xZrO2 Nanoparticles: The Effect of Particle Size," F. Zhang, C.-H. Chen, J. C. Hanson, R. D. Robinson, I. P. Herman, and S. W. Chan, J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 89, 1028-1036 (2006).PDF

"Quantitative Analysis of Copper Oxide Nanoparticle Composition and Structure by X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy," C.-H. Wu, Y. Ming, S. O?Brien and J. T. Koberstein, Chem. Mater. 18, 6054-6058 (2006). PDF

"Materials Science and Engineering Outreach Program," S. W. Chan and B. Flinn, J. Mater. Ed. 27, 65-74 (2005).

"Martensitic Phase Transformation of Isolated HfO2, ZrO2 and HfxZr1-xO2 (0< x<1) Nanocrystals," J. Tang, F. Zhang, P. Zoogman, J. Fabbri, S. W. Chan, Y. Zhu, L. E. Brus, and M. L. Steigerwald, Adv. Funct. Mater. 15, 1595-1602 (2005). PDF

"An Organometallic Synthesis of TiO2 Nanoparticles," J. Tang, F. X. Redl, Y. Zhu, T. Siegrist, L. E. Brus, and M. L. Steigerwald, Nano Lett. 5, 543-548 (2005). PDF

"Polymorphism in AB13 Nanoparticle Superlattices: An Example of Semiconductor-Metal Metamaterials," E. V. Shevchenko, D. V. Talapin, S. P. O'Brien, C. B. Murray, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127, 8741-8747 (2005). PDF

"Copper Oxide Nanocrystals," M. Yin, C-H. Wu, Y. Lou, C. Burda, J. T. Koberstein, Y. Zhu, and S. P. O'Brien, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127, 9506-9511 (2005). PDF

"Bio-Functionalization of Monodisperse Magnetic Nanoparticles and Their Use as Biomolecular Labels in a Magnetic Tunnel Junction Based Sensor," S. Grancharov, H. Zeng, S. Sun, S. X. Wang, S. P. O'Brien, C. B. Murray, J. R. Kirtley, G. A. Held, J. Phys. Chem. B. 109, 13030-13035 (2005). PDF

"Magnetic, Electronic and Structural Characterization of Non-Stoichiometric Iron Oxides at the Nanoscale," F. X. Redl, C. T. Black, G. C. Papaefthymiou, R. L. Sandstrom, M. Yin, H. Zeng, C. B. Murray, S. P. O'Brien, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126 14583-14599 (2004). PDF

"Comparative Study of Cerium Oxidation State in Ceria Nanoparticles Using X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy and X-Ray Absorption Near Edge Spectroscopy," F. Zhang, P. Wang, J. Koberstein, S. Khalid and S. W. Chan, Surf. Sci. 563, 74-82 (2004). PDF

"Influence of Capping Groups on the Synthesis of Gamma-Fe2O3 Nanocrystals," M. Yin, A. Willis, F. Redl, N.J. Turro, and S.P. O'Brien, J. Mater Res. 19, 1208-1215 (2004). PDF

"Solid-Solution Nanoparticles: Use of a Nonhydrolytic Sol-Gel Synthesis To Prepare HfO2 and HfxZr1-xO2 Nanocrystals," J. Tang, J. Fabbri, R. D. Robinson, Y. Zhu, I. P. Herman, M. L. Steigerwald, and L. E. Brus, Chem. Mater. 16, 1336 -1342 (2004). PDF

"Theory of Optical Second-Harmonic Generation from a Sphere of Centrosymmetric Material: Small-particle Limit," J. I. Dadap, J. Shan, and T. F. Heinz, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 21, 1328-1347 (2004). PDF

"Three-dimensional Binary Superlattices of Magnetic Nanocrystals and Semiconductor Quantum Dots," F. X. Redl, K.-S. Cho, C. B. Murray, and S. O'Brien, Nature. 423, 968-971 (2003). PDF

"Addition, Suppression, and Inhibition in the Electrophoretic Deposition of Nanocrystal Mixture Films for CdSe Nanocrystals with Gamma-Fe2O3 and Au Nanocrystals," M. A. Islam, Y. Xia, M. L. Steigerwald, M. Yin, Z. Liu, S. O'Brien, R. Levicky, and I. P. Herman, Nano Letters. 3, 1603-1606 (2003). PDF

"Synthesis of Monodisperse Nanocrystals of Manganese Oxides," M. Yin and S. O'Brien. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 125, 10180-10181 (2003). PDF

"Photoionization of Individual CdSe/CdS Core/Shell Nanocrystals on Silicon with 2nm Oxide Depends upon Surface Band Bending," O. Cherniavskaya, L. Chen, M. Islam, and L. Brus, Nano Letters. 3, 497-501 (2003). PDF

"Drying-Mediated Self-Assembly of Nanoparticles", E. Rabani, D. R. Reichman, P. L. Geissler, and L. E. Brus, Nature. 426, 271-274 (2003). PDF

"Quantitative Noncontact Electrostatic Force Imaging of Nanocrystal Polarizability", O. Cherniavskaya, L. Chen, V. Weng, L. Yuditsky, and L. Brus, J. Phys. Chem. B, 107, 1525-1531 (2003). PDF

"Cooperative Assembly of Magnetic Nanoparticles and Block Copolypeptides in Aqueous Media," L. E. Euliss, S. G. Grancharov, S. O.Brien, T. J. Deming, G. D. Stucky, C.B. Murray, and G.A. Held, Nano Letters, (Communication). 3, 1489-1493, (2003). PDF

"Microwave absorption by nanostructural ferric oxide encapsulated within MCM-41," H. Guo, W. Xu, M.-H. Cui, N.-L. Yang, and D. L. Akins, Chem. Commun. 12, 1432-1433 (2003).

"Morphology Selection of Nanoparticle Dispersions by Polymer Media," J. U. Kim and B. O'Shaughnessy, Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 238301(1-4)(2002). PDF

"Electrodeposition of Patterned CdSe Nanocrystal Films using Thermally Charged Nanocrystals," M. A. Islam and I. P. Herman, Appl. Phys. Lett. 80, 3823-3825 (2002). PDF

"Organization of Nanoparticles on Soft Polymer Surfaces," Z. Liu, K. Pappacena, J. Cerise, J. Kim, C. J. Durning, B. O'Shaughnessy, and R. Levicky, Nano Letters. 2, 219-224 (2002). PDF

"Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles: Size-selective Formation and Structure Analysis," F. Zhang, S.-W. Chan, J. E. Spanier, E. Apak, Q. Jin, R. D. Robinson, and I. P. Herman, Appl. Phys. Lett. 80, 127-129 (2002). PDF

"Synthesis of Monodisperse Nanoparticles of Barium Titanate: Towards a Generalized Strategy of Oxide Nanoparticle Synthesis," S. O'Brien, L. Brus, and C. B. Murray, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 123, 12085-12086 (2001). PDF This article was also cited in "Science Editor's Choice Section" Science. 294, 2251 (2001). PDF

"Fast Surface Diffusion of Large Disk Nanocrystal Aggregates," G. Ge and L. E. Brus, Nano Letters. 1, 219-222 (2001). PDF

"Size-Dependent Properties of CeO2-y Nanoparticles as Studied by Raman Scattering," J. E. Spanier, F. Zhang, R. D. Robinson, S.-W. Chan, and I. P. Herman, Phys. Rev. B 64, 245407(1-8) (2001). PDF

"Enforced Stacking in Crowded Arenes," M. L. Bushey, A. Hwang, P. W. Stephens, and C. Nuckolls, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 123, 8157-8158 (2001).
PDF "This article was also cited in "Science Editor's Choice Section" Science. 293, 1225 (2001). PDF

"Charge and Photoionization Properties of Single Semiconductor Nanocrystals," T. D. Krauss, S. O'Brien, and L. E. Brus, J. Phys. Chem. B 105, 1725-1733 (2001). PDF

"Interdot Interactions and Band Gap Changes in CdSe Nanocrystal Arrays at Elevated Pressure," B. Kim, M. Islam, L. Brus, and I. P. Herman, J. Appl. Phys. 89, 8127-8140 (2001).PDF

"Evidence for Spinodal Phase Separation in Two-Dimensional Nanocrystal Self-Assembly," G. Ge and L. E. Brus, J. Phys. Chem. B 104, 9573-9575 (2000). PDF

"Adsorption of Poly(amidoamine) Dendrimers on Gold", K. M. A. Rahman, C. J. Durning, N.J. Turro and D. A. Tomalia, Langmuir. 16, 10154-10160 (2000).PDF

"Organic Ligand and Solvent Kinetics during the Self Assembly of CdSe Nanocrystal Arrays using Infrared Attenuated Total Reflection," B. Kim, L. Avila, L. Brus, and I. P. Herman, Appl. Phys. Lett. 76, 3715-3717 (2000). PDF

"Use of Hybrid Phenomenological and Statistical Effective- Medium Theories of Dielectric Functions to Model the Infrared Reflectance of Porous Silicon Carbide," J. E. Spanier and I. P. Herman, Phys. Rev. B 61, 10437 (2000). PDF

"Charge, Polarizability, and Photoionization of Individual Semiconductor Nanocrystals," T. D. Krauss and L. E. Brus, Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 4840-4843 (1999) PDF