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Thin Film & Interfacial Chemistry

Our interests are in thin film and interfacial chemistry, generally. We are interested in learning how to actively control the spatial and temporal placement of molecules on the nanometer length scale, a capability which in different guises can be important in sensors, molecular separations, and advanced materials. We are part of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Notre Dame. We have research labs located in the Stinson-Remick Hall of Engineering and we are active participants in the Advanced Diagnostics and Therapeutics Initiative.

Group News

April 2012

• Congratulations to Sean Branagan and Windy McNerney on successfully defending their doctoral theses!

• Sean Branagan and Nick Contento's paper is accepted for publication in JACS:
  • Branagan, S.P.; Contento, N.M.; Bohn, P.W. "Enhanced Electron Transfer Reactions at Annular Nanoband Electrodes Embedded in Nanocapillary Array Membranes," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, in press. [DOI: 10.1021/ja3017158]

• Congratulations to Jingying Zhang on her successful M.S. thesis defense!

• Xuewen Geng and Barrett Duan's paper is accepted for publication in Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells:
• Geng, X.; Qi, Z.; Li, M.; Duan, B.K.; Zhao, L.; Bohn, P.W.  “Fabrication of Antireflective Layers on Silicon Using Metal-Assisted Chemical Etching with In Situ Deposition of Silver Nanoparticle Catalysts,” Solar Energy Mater. Solar Cells, 2012, 103, 98-107. [DOI 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.04.020]

March 2012

• Xuewen Geng, Barrett Duan, and Dane Grismer's paper is accepted for publication in Electrochemistry Communications:
  • Geng, X.; Duan, B.K.; Grismer, D.A.; Zhao, L.; Bohn, P.W. "Monodisperse GaN Nanowires Prepared by Metal-Assisted Chemical Etching with In Situ Catalyst Deposition," Electrochem. Comm. 2012, in press. [DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2012.03.011]

• Best wishes to our departing visiting researcher, Xuewen Geng!

February 2012

• Congratulations to Dane Grismer and Larry Gibson on their successful candidacy exams!

January 2012

• Barrett Duan and Jingying Zhang's latest article made the cover of Analytical Chemistry!

• Bei Nie and Rachel Masyuko's paper is accepted for publication in Analyst:
  • Nie, B.; Masyuko, R.N.; Bohn, P.W. "Correlation of Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy and Laser Desorption-Ionization Mass Spectrometry Acquired from Silver Nanoparticle Substrates," Analyst, 2012, 137, 1421-1427. [DOI: 10.1039/C2AN15790J]

December 2011

• Best wishes to our departing postdoc, Lindsay Elliott!

• Congratulations to Tai-Wei Hwang and Nick Contento on their successful candidacy exams!

November 2011

• Welcome to our new graduate students Sneha Polisetti and Yang Yang from the Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Department, and Billy Wichert, Min Yu, and Larry Zaino from the Chemistry & Biochemistry Department!

• Best wishes to our departing postdoc, Francesca Carpino!

• Jing Zhao & Sean Branagan's paper is accepted for publication in Appl. Spectrosc.:
  • Zhao, J.; Branagan, S.P; Bohn, P.W. "Single Molecule Enzyme Dynamics of Monomeric Sarcosine Oxidase in a Au-Based Zero-Mode Waveguide," Appl. Spectrosc. 2012, 66, 163-169 [DOI 10.1366/11-06464]