Dr. Ashley Smith
Current Position Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Saint Francis University (link) Education B.S. Washington & Jefferson University (2011) Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh (2017) - "Quantitative Analysis of Metal Nanoparticle Ligand Shells" Postdoc University of Pittsburgh (2018) |
Awards
Publications (Pitt)
- NSF S-STEM Fellowship (2017)
- Strem Travel Award (2016)
- Safford Teaching Award (2012)
- Mary E. Warge Fellowship (2012)
Publications (Pitt)
- Huston, E. M., Milligan, J. A., Powell, J. A., Smith, A. M., Neal, D., Duval, K. M., DiNardo, M. A., Stoffard, C., Bell, P. A., Berning, A. W., Wipf, P., Bandik, G. C. "Development of an Undergraduate Course in Chemical Laboratory Safety through an Academic/Industrial Collaboration" J. Chem. Ed. 2018, 95, 577. link
- Johnston, K. A., Stabryla, L. M., Smith, A. M., Gan, X. Y., Gilbertson, L. M., Millstone, J.E. “Impacts of Broth Chemistry on Silver Ion Release, Surface Chemistry Composition, and Bacterial Cytotoxicity of Silver Nanoparticles” Environ. Sci.: Nano 2018, 5, 304. link
- Andolina, C. M., Crawford, S. E., Smith, A. M., Johnston, K. A., Straney, P. J., Marbella, L. E., Tolman, N. L., Hochuli, T. J., Millstone, J. E. “Near-Infrared Photoluminescence from Small, Coinage Metal Nanoparticle ChemNanoMat 2018, 4, 265. link cover art
- Straney, P. J., Diemler, N. A., Smith, A. M., Eddinger, Z. E., Gilliam, M. S., Millstone, J. E. “Ligand Mediated Deposition of Noble Metals at Nanoparticle Plasmonic Hotspots”, Langmuir 2018, 34, 1084. link
- Crawford, S. E., Andolina, C. M., Kaseman, D. C., Ryoo, B. H., Smith, A. M., Johnston, K. A., Millstone, J. E. “Efficient Energy Transfer from Near-Infrared Emitting Gold Nanoparticles to Pendant Ytterbium (III)” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 17767. link
- Merg, A. D., Zhou, Y., Smith, A. M., Millstone, J. E., Rosi, N. L., “Ligand Exchange for Controlling the Surface Chemistry and Properties of Nanoparticle Superstructures” ChemNanoMat 2017, 3, 745. link cover art
- Smith, A. M., Millstone, J. E. "Ligand Exchange and 1H NMR Quantification of Single and Mixed-Moiety Thiolated Ligand Shells on Gold Nanoparticles" Biomedical Nanotechnology, pp 17. link
- Smith, A. M., Johnston, K. A., Crawford, S. E., Marbella, L. E., Millstone, J. E. "Ligand Density Quantification on Colloidal Inorganic Nanoparticles" Analyst 2017, 142, 11. link; "Hot review of 2016"
- Johnston, K. A., Smith, A. M., Marbella, L. E., Millstone, J. E. “Impact of As-Synthesized Ligands and Low-Oxygen Conditions on Silver Nanoparticle Surface Functionalization” Langmuir 2016, 32, 3820. link
- Marbella, L. E., Chevrier, D. M., Tancini, P. D., Shobayo, O., Smith, A. M., Johnston, K. A., Andolina, C. M., Zhang, P., Mpourmpakis, G., Millstone, J. E. “Description and Role of Bimetallic Pre-nucleation Species in the Formation of Small Nanoparticle Alloys” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015,137, 15852. link
- Crawford, S. E., Andolina, C. M.,Smith, A. M., Marbella, L. E., Johnston, K. A., Straney, P. J., Hartmann, M. J., Millstone, J. E. “Ligand-mediated ‘Turn On,’ High Quantum Yield Near-Infrared Emission in Small Gold Nanoparticles” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 14423. link
- Smith, A. M., Marbella, L. E., Johnston, K. A., Hartmann, M. J., Crawford, S. E., Kozycz, L. M., Seferos, D. S. and Millstone, J. E. ” Quantitative Analysis of Thiolated Ligand Exchange on Gold Nanoparticles Monitored by 1H NMR Spectroscopy” Anal. Chem. 2015, 87, 2771. link; Selected by ACS Publications for virtual issue on NMR Developments and Applications
- Marbella, L. E., Andolina, C. M., Smith, A. M., Hartmann, M. J., Johnston, K. A., Daly, O. H., Millstone, J. E. “Gold-Cobalt Nanoparticle Alloys Exhibiting Tunable Compositions, Near-Infrared Emission, and High T2 Relaxivity” Adv. Funct. Mater. 2014, 24, 6532. link