Nanoplasmonics and Nanosynthesis

Presentations

• Versatile Nanoparticle Synthesis Platform Using Spent Coffee Grounds

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 8:00 AM – March 20, 2026, 8:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Brian Yust

    • Thomas Jefferson University

  Authors

  • Brian Yust

    • Thomas Jefferson University

  • Niny Rao

    • Thomas Jefferson University

  • Cindy Duong

  • Taranpreet Singh

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• Biosynthesis of Gold Nanoparticles Within Bacterial Cells for Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 8:12 AM – March 20, 2026, 8:24 AM

  Publication: Ozcicek, I. (2025). A critical review of in vitro and in vivo biomedical applications of gold nanoparticles: From toxicology to cancer therapy. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 190:118410. doi:10.1016/j.biopha.2025.118410.

  Presenters

  • GULNAZ ASHRAF

    • UPF-MELIS-PRBB

  Authors

  • GULNAZ ASHRAF

    • UPF-MELIS-PRBB

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• Iron Oxide-Based Nanocomposites for Removing 'Forever Chemicals' from Water

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 8:24 AM – March 20, 2026, 8:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Kristen Repa

    • SUNY Brockport

  Authors

  • Kristen Repa

    • SUNY Brockport

  • Avery Di Iulio

    • SUNY Brockport

  • Rachel Fister

  • Vijaysankar Kalappattil

    • Northeastern University

  • Nicholas Bingham

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• Lone-Pair-Driven Breaking of the ORR Scaling Relationship Activates Basal Planes in 2D Te/Se

  Oral-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 20, 2026, 8:36 AM – March 20, 2026, 8:48 AM

  Presenters

  • MEIJUAN CHANG

    • National University of Singapore

  Authors

  • MEIJUAN CHANG

    • National University of Singapore

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• The impact of photon interaction frequency on plasmon-driven charge transfer to methyl viologen

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 8:48 AM – March 20, 2026, 9:00 AM

  Publication: Koble, M. M.; Sarkar, A.; Frontiera, R. R.; Photon Interaction Frequency Is Essential to Maximize Plasmon-Driven Charge Transfer. Nano Letters 2025, Article ASAP. DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5c04287

  Presenters

  • MaKenna Koble

    • University of Minnesota

  Authors

  • MaKenna Koble

    • University of Minnesota

  • Arghya Sarkar

    • University of Minnesota

  • Renee Frontiera

    • University of Minnesota

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• Two-Photon Driven Tip-Enhanced Strong Coupling in MAPbBr₃ Perovskite Quantum Dots

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 9:00 AM – March 20, 2026, 9:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Thi Thu Trinh Phan

    • Utah State university

  Authors

  • Thi Thu Trinh Phan

    • Utah State university

  • Minh Tuan Trinh

  • Thi Thuy Kieu Nguyen

    • Utah State University

  • Trung Kien Mac

    • Utah State University

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• Influence of High Pressure on the Photoluminescence of CdSe/CdZnS Core/Shell Nanoplatelets

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 9:12 AM – March 20, 2026, 9:24 AM

  Publication: Leversee R, Chen Z, Ashokan A, Mulvaney P, WEBER JM. Optical Properties of CdSe/CdZnS Core/Shell Nanoplatelets at High Pressure. ChemRxiv. 2025; doi:10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-pxp3j This content is a preprint and has not been peer-reviewed.

  Presenters

  • River Leversee

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  Authors

  • River Leversee

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Zifei Chen

    • ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science, School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia

  • Arun Ashokan

    • ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science, School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia

  • Paul Mulvaney

    • ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science, School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia

  • J. Mathias Weber

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

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• Nanoscale chemistry on the surface of levitated gold nanoparticles

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 9:24 AM – March 20, 2026, 9:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Joyce Coppock

    • University of Maryland College Park

  Authors

  • Joyce Coppock

    • University of Maryland College Park

  • Sunghyun Kim

    • University of Maryland

  • Haarith Jayakumar

  • Sarah Westgate

  • B. E. Kane

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• Versatile Lithographic Technique for Generating Nanoscale Platelets for Levitation Experiments

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 9:36 AM – March 20, 2026, 9:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Sunghyun Kim

    • University of Maryland

  Authors

  • Sunghyun Kim

    • University of Maryland

  • Joyce Coppock

    • University of Maryland College Park

  • Luke Robertson

    • Laboratory for Physical Sciences

  • Bruce Kane

    • University of Maryland, College Park

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• Facile One-Pot Synthesis of Amino Acid-Templated Metal Nanoparticles using Protein Inspired Synthesis Approach

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 9:48 AM – March 20, 2026, 10:00 AM

  Presenters

  • Eirenee Fountzoulas

    • Army Research Laboratory

  Authors

  • Eirenee Fountzoulas

    • Army Research Laboratory

  • Karima Perry

    • US Army Research Laboratory

  • Anjana Asthana

  • Cameron Shock

    • DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory

  • Teja Kausik

  • Shashi Karna

    • US Army Research Lab Aberdeen

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• Frequency-upconversion in Multilayer MoS2 and Bio-templated Metal Nanoclusters

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 10:00 AM – March 20, 2026, 10:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Cameron Shock

    • DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory

  Authors

  • Cameron Shock

    • DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory

  • Karima Perry

    • US Army Research Laboratory

  • Eirenee Fountzoulas

    • Army Research Laboratory

  • Shashi Karna

    • US Army Research Lab Aberdeen

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