Research Projects of Graduate Students
Following
graduates from the University of Notre Dame, Northwestern University
and University of Quebec have carried out their thesis
research in our laboratory. See list of publications for their contributions
to our research program.
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. 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 (University
of Notre Dame, May 2003)
Hydroxyl
radical mediated transformations of Herbicide, 2,
4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
and related compounds study
5.
V.
Subramanian
(Dept. of Chemical &
Biomolecular Engineering
University of Notre Dame.
May 2004)
Photoelectrochemical
and photocatalytic aspects of semiconductor-metal nanocomposites study
6. Roxana
Nicolaescu (Department of Chemistry, University
of Notre Dame, June 2004)
Radical
Induced Transformations of N-Heterocyclic Compounds. Mechanistic and
Kinetic
Aspects study
7. Istvan Robel (Department of Physics, University
of Notre Dame, May 2007) Molecularly Wired Nanocomposites:Charge Transfer in Semiconductor,
Metal, and Carbon Nanotube Architectures
8.
Brian Seger (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 (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 (Department of Chemistry, University
of Notre Dame, March 2011)
Electron Transfer Reactions in Quantum Dot Sensitized olar Cells
11. David Baker (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 (Department of Chemistry, University
of Notre Dame, March 2011)
Photoinduced Electron Transfer Processes of Semiconductor Quantum Dots in Confined Media
Research Work conducted at Notre Dame, Thesis Submitted to External Universities
Masters Degree
1.
Ali
Chami Khazraji (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 (U. of Quebec,
Trois Riveres December
2000),
Caractérisation des
états excités de pinacyanol et de la
cellule-photoélectrochimique
utilisant le pinacyanol comme sensibilisateur
Ph. D. Degree
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 (Northwestern
Univ., April 2001),
Degradation
of contaminants adsorbed to Heterogeneous surfaces using Ionizing
Radiation.