Ph. D. Thesis

1. Ulick Stafford, Ph.D. (University of Notre Dame, May 1995)
   Photocatalytic oxidation of a model halogenated aromatic compound. A mechanistic study


2. Daniel Schmelling, Ph.D. (Univ. of Notre Dame, May 1996)
   The photocatalytic behavior of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene in titanium dioxide systems: Photochemical, electrochemical and radiolytic investigations


3. Di Liu, Ph.D. (Univ. of Notre Dame, November 1996)
   Photophysics, photochemistry and photoelectrochemistry of dye-capped semiconductor nanoclusters study


4. Julie Peller, Ph.D. (University of Notre Dame, May 2003)
   Hydroxyl radical mediated transformations of Herbicide, 2, 4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and related compounds study


5. V. Subramanian, Ph.D. (Dept. of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering University of Notre Dame. May 2004)
   Photoelectrochemical and photocatalytic aspects of semiconductor-metal nanocomposites study


6. Roxana Nicolaescu, Ph.D. (Department of Chemistry, University of Notre Dame, June 2004)
   Radical Induced Transformations of N-Heterocyclic Compounds. Mechanistic and Kinetic Aspects study


7. Istvan Robel, Ph.D. (Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, May 2007)
   Molecularly Wired Nanocomposites:Charge Transfer in Semiconductor, Metal, and Carbon Nanotube Architectures


8. Brian Seger, Ph.D.(Dept. of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering University of Notre Dame. June 2009)
   Electrocatalytic and Photoelectrocatalytic Aspects of Proton Exchange Membrane Based Nanostructured Assemblies


9. Yanghai Yu, Ph.D. (Dept. of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame. June 2010 Co-Advisor: M. Ken Kuno)
   Photoelectronic Properties of CdSe and CdTe Nanowires


10. Kevin Tvrdy, Ph.D.(Department of Chemistry, University of Notre Dame, March 2011)
    Electron Transfer Reactions in Quantum Dot Sensitized olar Cells


11. David Baker, Ph.D.(Dept. of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, March 2011)
    On the Advancement of Quantum Dot Solar Cell Performance Through Enhanced Charge Carrier Dynamics.


12. Cliffton Harris, Ph.D. (Department of Chemistry, University of Notre Dame, March 2011)
    Photoinduced Electron Transfer Processes of Semiconductor Quantum Dots in Confined Media


13. Matthew Becker, Ph.D. (Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, December 2011)
    Toward the Structural Understanding and Improved Performance of Quantum Dot Solar Cells


14. Benjamin Meekins, Ph.D. (Dept. of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, April 2012)
    Controlling Interfacial Transfer Processes for Improved Photoelectrochemical Performance


15. Ian Lightcap, Ph.D. (Dept. of Chemical, University of Notre Dame, April 2012)
    Excited State Interactions in Graphene Oxide-Semiconductor/Metal Nanoparticle Architectures for Sensing and Energy Conversion


16. Sean Murphy, Ph.D. (Dept. of Chemistry, University of Notre Dame, April 2013)
    Metal Nanoparticle-Graphene Oxide Composites: Photophysical Properties and Sensing Applications

Masters Thesis

1. Di Liu, M.S. (University of Notre Dame May 1994)
   Photoelectrochemical behavior of thin CdSe and coupled TiO2-CdSe films


2. Julie Peller, M.S. (Univ. of Notre Dame, July 1999)
   Radiolytic and sonolytic degradation of 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid


3. Ben Merritt, M.S. (Department of Chemistry, University of Notre Dame, May 2007)
   The Effect of 1.4-Diaminoanthraquinone as a Conductive Linker in Chromophore Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles

Ph. D. Degree

Research Work conducted at Notre Dame, Thesis Submitted to External Universities

1. Idriss Bedja, Ph.D. (Univ. of Quebec, Canada, December 1996)
   Photoelectrochimie des systemes a semiconducteurs nanocristallins:Spectroelectro-chimie des effets de stockage d'electrons et du processus de photosensibilisation


2. C. Nasr, Ph.D. (Univ. of Quebec, Canada, Thesis December 1998)
   Étude de la photosensibilisation et du transferet inverse d'électrons dans les cellules photoelectrochimiques basées sur les semiconducteurs nanocristallins SnO2.


3. Adam Zacheis, Ph.D. (Northwestern Univ., April 2001)
   Degradation of contaminants adsorbed to Heterogeneous surfaces using Ionizing Radiation.

Masters Degree

Research Work conducted at Notre Dame, Thesis Submitted to External Universities

1. Ali Chami Khazraji, M.S. (U. of Quebec, Trois Riveres December 1999)
   Contrôle d'agrégation du sensibilisateur organique, la mérocyanine 540 (MC 540), afin d'obtenir des cellules photoélectrochimiques efficaces.


2. Said Barazzouk, M.S. (U. of Quebec, Trois Riveres December 2000)
   Caractérisation des états excités de pinacyanol et de la cellule-photoélectrochimique utilisant le pinacyanol comme sensibilisateur

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