il Prof. Stanislaus S. Wong Synthesis, Characterization, and

DIPARTIMENTO
DI SCIENZE CHIMICHE
ITM-CNR
Venerdì 20 maggio 2011 alle ore 15:00 presso l’Aula G
il Prof.
Stanislaus S. Wong
State University of New York
and
Brookhaven National Laboratory
terrà il seminario dal titolo:
Synthesis, Characterization,
and Applications of
Metal Oxide Nanostructures
La presenza della S. V. sarà molto gradita
Enzo Menna
Il Direttore del Dipartimento
Paolo Scrimin
Il Responsabile ITM-CNR Padova
Gianfranco Scorrano
DIPARTIMENTO
DI SCIENZE CHIMICHE
ITM-CNR
Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications of
Metal Oxide Nanostructures
Stanislaus S. Wong
State University of NEW YORK
Brookhaven National Laboratory
One-dimensional (1D) nanostructures, such as nanowires, nanotubes, nanorods, and nanoribbons, have
attracted significant attention stemming from the plethora of interesting size-dependent and, m ore
importantly, structure-related properties resulting from confinement effects. In particular, the novel properties
of 1D nanostructures of metals and metal oxides (binary and ternary) render them as prime candidates for a
wide range of applications including the fabrication of nanoscale devices associated with solar cells, energy
storage, fuel cells, molecular computing and information storage, medical imaging, diagnosis and detection,
drug delivery, sensors and catalysis. Thus, it ha s been simultaneously necessary and critical to creat e
synthetic protocols for the production of these materials which not only are reliable and reproducible, but also
can generate compositionally pure, mo nodisperse, highly crystalline products of a desired 1D morphology.
Solution-based methodologies have demonstrated significant advantages over other approaches, as they
are facile, simple, flexible, ‘green’ by nature, an d can be applied to a wide range of na nomaterials with
diverse chemical compositions.
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DI SCIENZE CHIMICHE
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Stanislaus S. Wong
State University of NEW YORK
Brookhaven National Laboratory
[email protected] - http://www.chem.sunysb.edu/swong.html
Curriculum vitae
B.Sc., 1994, McGill University;
A.M., 1996, Harvard University;
Ph.D., 1999, Harvard University;
PostDoc Research Associate, 1999-2000, Columbia University;
Joint appointment with the Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Sciences Department, Brookhaven
National Laboratory, 2000-present.
Affiliated member of Biomedical Engineering and Biophysics programs at State University of NEW YORK
(SUNY) Stony Brook.
Selected Honors and Fellowships
Buck-Whitney Award (Eastern New York ACS Section)
2009
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship
2006-2008
CAREER Award for “Rational Synthesis and Studies of Functionalized
Carbon Nanotubes” (National Science Foundation)
2004-2008
3M Nontenured Faculty Award
2002-2004
Wong studies carbon nanotubes as well as metal oxide nanostructures in order to gain a basic
understanding of their synthesi s and properties. In addition, he modifies the nanotubes using chemical
strategies to make them suitable for various applications.
Wong in pa rticular, creates metal o xide and flu oride nanostructures of predictable size, chemical
composition, and sha pe using benign, green techniques. Specifically, he h as generated pure spherical
particles, cubes, arrays, a ggregates, and three -dimensional assemblies, as well as o ne-dimensional tubes
and wires in order to un derstand how their characteristics change with these controlled modifications in
structure.