News Archive
10/29/22 - Our collaborative work with Professor Stefan Bernhard at Carnegie Mellon University entitled "Photogeneration of Hydrogen from Glycerol and Other Oxygenates Using Molecular Photocatalysts and In Situ Produced Nanoparticulate Cocatalysts" is now Published in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering! Congratulations to all!
9/15/22 - Paige wins the PQI Fellowship! Great work Paige!!
7/7/22 - Riti wins a poster prize at the GRC and earns a cash award! Way to go Riti!!
5/30/22 - Paige's paper entitled "Relationship between Gel Mesh and Particle Size in Determining Nanoparticle Diffusion in Hydrogel Nanocomposites" is now Published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry B! Congratulations Paige!
5/16/22 - We are excited to welcome Dr. Sungjae Yoo as our new post-doc!
4/14/22 - Kaitlyn was awarded the Department of Chemistry's Phillips Medal as the graduating senior with the most outstanding record. Congratulations Kaitlyn!!
4/1/22 - Riti wins the Presenter Prize at the 2022 Pitt Grad Expo. Congratulations Riti!
2/25/22 - Tyler was awarded the 2022 Wass Summer Undergraduate Fellowship Award! Congratulations Tyler!!
9/15/22 - Paige wins the PQI Fellowship! Great work Paige!!
7/7/22 - Riti wins a poster prize at the GRC and earns a cash award! Way to go Riti!!
5/30/22 - Paige's paper entitled "Relationship between Gel Mesh and Particle Size in Determining Nanoparticle Diffusion in Hydrogel Nanocomposites" is now Published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry B! Congratulations Paige!
5/16/22 - We are excited to welcome Dr. Sungjae Yoo as our new post-doc!
4/14/22 - Kaitlyn was awarded the Department of Chemistry's Phillips Medal as the graduating senior with the most outstanding record. Congratulations Kaitlyn!!
4/1/22 - Riti wins the Presenter Prize at the 2022 Pitt Grad Expo. Congratulations Riti!
2/25/22 - Tyler was awarded the 2022 Wass Summer Undergraduate Fellowship Award! Congratulations Tyler!!
11/29/21 - Our collaborative work with Profs. Kitchin and Bernhard at Carnegie Mellon University entitled "Ligand Enhanced Activity of in situ Formed Nanoparticles For Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution" has been accepted in the European Society Journal for Catalysis! Congratulations to all!
11/22/21- Emily successfully defends her thesis! Congratulations Dr. Eikey!
7/22/21-Jill receives official notice of her promotion to Professor and as the Leo B. and Teresa Y. Wegemer Endowed Chair effective September 1, 2021.
5/27/21-Our collaborative work with Professor Karl Johnson entitled "Theoretical Study of the Impact of Vacancies and Disorder on the Electronic Properties of Cu2–xSe" is now published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C! Congratulations all!
5/21/21-Xing Yee and Riti's paper entitled "Connecting Cation Exchange and Metal Deposition Outcomes via Hume–Rothery-Like Design Rules Using Copper Selenide Nanoparticles" is now published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society! Congratulations Xing Yee and Riti!
3/25/21- Xing Yee successfully defends her thesis! Congratulations Dr. Gan!
1/18/21 - We are excited to welcome first years Jacob and Karli as our newest members!
11/22/21- Emily successfully defends her thesis! Congratulations Dr. Eikey!
7/22/21-Jill receives official notice of her promotion to Professor and as the Leo B. and Teresa Y. Wegemer Endowed Chair effective September 1, 2021.
5/27/21-Our collaborative work with Professor Karl Johnson entitled "Theoretical Study of the Impact of Vacancies and Disorder on the Electronic Properties of Cu2–xSe" is now published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C! Congratulations all!
5/21/21-Xing Yee and Riti's paper entitled "Connecting Cation Exchange and Metal Deposition Outcomes via Hume–Rothery-Like Design Rules Using Copper Selenide Nanoparticles" is now published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society! Congratulations Xing Yee and Riti!
3/25/21- Xing Yee successfully defends her thesis! Congratulations Dr. Gan!
1/18/21 - We are excited to welcome first years Jacob and Karli as our newest members!
12/15/20 - Xing Yee's nanopineapples won the C&EN's Chemistry in Pictures for the month of November! Congrats Xing Yee!
11/17/20 - Riti won the Poster Presentation Award from the virtual PQI Quantum2020 poster presentation event! Congratulations Riti!
5/29/20 - Jill's editorial entitled "The Design and Science on Polyelemental Nanoparticles" is now online on ACS Nano. Congratulations!
5/13/20 - Congratulations to first year Riti Sen for being awarded the Mary E. Warga fellowship!
5/5/20 - Excited to announce that we have received NSF support for our collaborative work with Profs Gilbertson, Haig, and Stout from Pitt Civil and Environmental Engineering and Special Pathogens Lab! Our project is entitled "Looking for the silver lining: Assessing the impact of silver in showerheads on opportunistic pathogen abundance and resistance." See Pitt SSOE news here.
3/28/20 - Paige takes you on our new lab tour!
3/6/20 - Our collaborative work with Profs. Kitchin, Bernhard, and Ulissi at Carnegie Mellon University entitled "Parallelized Screening of Characterized and DFT-Modeled Bimetallic Colloidal Cocatalysts for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution" is now published in ACS Catalysis! Congratulations all!
2/14/20 - Xing Yee's paper entitled "Optoelectronic Impacts of Particle Size in Water-Dispersible Plasmonic Copper Selenide Nanoparticles" is now published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry C! Congratulations Xing Yee!
1/31/20 - Emily's paper entitled "Efficient Control of Atom Arrangement in Ternary Metal Chalcogenide Nanoparticles Using Precursor" is now published in Chemistry of Materials! Congratulations Emily!
1/1/20 - We are excited to welcome first years Riti and Brianna as our newest members!
11/17/20 - Riti won the Poster Presentation Award from the virtual PQI Quantum2020 poster presentation event! Congratulations Riti!
5/29/20 - Jill's editorial entitled "The Design and Science on Polyelemental Nanoparticles" is now online on ACS Nano. Congratulations!
5/13/20 - Congratulations to first year Riti Sen for being awarded the Mary E. Warga fellowship!
5/5/20 - Excited to announce that we have received NSF support for our collaborative work with Profs Gilbertson, Haig, and Stout from Pitt Civil and Environmental Engineering and Special Pathogens Lab! Our project is entitled "Looking for the silver lining: Assessing the impact of silver in showerheads on opportunistic pathogen abundance and resistance." See Pitt SSOE news here.
3/28/20 - Paige takes you on our new lab tour!
3/6/20 - Our collaborative work with Profs. Kitchin, Bernhard, and Ulissi at Carnegie Mellon University entitled "Parallelized Screening of Characterized and DFT-Modeled Bimetallic Colloidal Cocatalysts for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution" is now published in ACS Catalysis! Congratulations all!
2/14/20 - Xing Yee's paper entitled "Optoelectronic Impacts of Particle Size in Water-Dispersible Plasmonic Copper Selenide Nanoparticles" is now published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry C! Congratulations Xing Yee!
1/31/20 - Emily's paper entitled "Efficient Control of Atom Arrangement in Ternary Metal Chalcogenide Nanoparticles Using Precursor" is now published in Chemistry of Materials! Congratulations Emily!
1/1/20 - We are excited to welcome first years Riti and Brianna as our newest members!
8/29/19 - Xing Yee was awarded a student travel award for the upcoming Chemical Biological Defense Science and Technology Conference organized by DTRA in November. Congratulations Xing Yee!
8/15/19 - Excited and grateful to receive DOE support for our collaborative work with Profs. Kitchin, Bernhard, and Ulissi at Carnegie Mellon. Our project is entitled, "Data-directed synthesis of multicomponent materials for light-driven hydrogen production from oxygenates." Exciting problems, awesome team!
8/8/19: Katie's review entitled "Connecting Concepts of Coinage Metal Stability Across Length Scales" is now published in Environmental Science:Nano! Congratulations Katie!
7/30/19: Scott's work on MOF-based sensors for high-value rare earth elements with NETL is now published in ACS Sensors! Congratulations Scott!
7/19/19: Katie's collaborative work with the Wheeler group at Santa Clara University on characterizing silver nanoparticle and ion interactions with zinc finger peptides is now online in Environmental Science: Nano! Congrats Katie!
6/13/19: We are excited to welcome Rachel Garwick from University of California Santa-Barbara to Pitt for the SURF program this summer!
5/28/19: Jenny is selected to be the new PQI Executive Co-Director! Congratulations Jenny! We can't wait to see your contributions to PQI!
5/1/19: Scott successfully defends his thesis! Congratulations Dr. Crawford!
4/26/19: Jill won the award for Excellence in Chemical Science from the Greater Pittsburgh Area Women Chemists Committee! Congratulations Jill!
4/19/19: Emily won the PQI Poster Award! Congratulations on another great performance Emily! This award comes with a $1k travel stipend.
3/22/19: Emily won the Grad Expo Outstanding Oral Presenter Award! Congratulations Emily! (pic)
3/13/19: Katie successfully defends her thesis! Congratulations Dr. Johnston! (pic)
3/11/19: Xing Yee's paper in collaboration with the Frontiera group at University of Minnesota entitled "Plasmon-Enhanced Chemical Conversion Using Copper Selenide Nanoparticles" is published in Nano Letters! Congratulations Xing Yee and Emily!
2/29/19: Xing Yee wins University of Pittsburgh's prestigious Mellon Pre-Doctoral Fellowship. Awesome work and congratulations Xing Yee!
2/11/19: Scott's review entitled " Surface Chemistry Mediated Near-Infrared Emission of Small Coinage Metal Nanoparticles" is published in Acc. Chem. Res.! Congratulations Scott!
1/12/19: Our collaborative work with the Rosi group entitled "Multivariate Stratified Metal-Organic Frameworks: Diversification Using Domain Building Blocks" is published in J. Am. Chem. Soc.!
1/7/19: We are excited to welcome first year Zoe (A&S fellow) as our newest member!
8/15/19 - Excited and grateful to receive DOE support for our collaborative work with Profs. Kitchin, Bernhard, and Ulissi at Carnegie Mellon. Our project is entitled, "Data-directed synthesis of multicomponent materials for light-driven hydrogen production from oxygenates." Exciting problems, awesome team!
8/8/19: Katie's review entitled "Connecting Concepts of Coinage Metal Stability Across Length Scales" is now published in Environmental Science:Nano! Congratulations Katie!
7/30/19: Scott's work on MOF-based sensors for high-value rare earth elements with NETL is now published in ACS Sensors! Congratulations Scott!
7/19/19: Katie's collaborative work with the Wheeler group at Santa Clara University on characterizing silver nanoparticle and ion interactions with zinc finger peptides is now online in Environmental Science: Nano! Congrats Katie!
6/13/19: We are excited to welcome Rachel Garwick from University of California Santa-Barbara to Pitt for the SURF program this summer!
5/28/19: Jenny is selected to be the new PQI Executive Co-Director! Congratulations Jenny! We can't wait to see your contributions to PQI!
5/1/19: Scott successfully defends his thesis! Congratulations Dr. Crawford!
4/26/19: Jill won the award for Excellence in Chemical Science from the Greater Pittsburgh Area Women Chemists Committee! Congratulations Jill!
4/19/19: Emily won the PQI Poster Award! Congratulations on another great performance Emily! This award comes with a $1k travel stipend.
3/22/19: Emily won the Grad Expo Outstanding Oral Presenter Award! Congratulations Emily! (pic)
3/13/19: Katie successfully defends her thesis! Congratulations Dr. Johnston! (pic)
3/11/19: Xing Yee's paper in collaboration with the Frontiera group at University of Minnesota entitled "Plasmon-Enhanced Chemical Conversion Using Copper Selenide Nanoparticles" is published in Nano Letters! Congratulations Xing Yee and Emily!
2/29/19: Xing Yee wins University of Pittsburgh's prestigious Mellon Pre-Doctoral Fellowship. Awesome work and congratulations Xing Yee!
2/11/19: Scott's review entitled " Surface Chemistry Mediated Near-Infrared Emission of Small Coinage Metal Nanoparticles" is published in Acc. Chem. Res.! Congratulations Scott!
1/12/19: Our collaborative work with the Rosi group entitled "Multivariate Stratified Metal-Organic Frameworks: Diversification Using Domain Building Blocks" is published in J. Am. Chem. Soc.!
1/7/19: We are excited to welcome first year Zoe (A&S fellow) as our newest member!
11/15/18: Michael successfully defends his thesis. Congratulations Dr. Hartmann!
10/27/18: Scott and Xing Yee win the PQI Veteran's Poster Awards!
10/10/18: Derrick's paper entitled "Evolution of Surface Copper(II) Environments in Cu2-xSe Nanoparticles" is now online on Chem. Mater.! Congratulation Derrick!
9/15/18: We are excited to welcome Dr. Jenny Stein as our new post-doc!
8/23/18: Scott, Xing Yee, and Lauren organized an ACS Analytical Division symposium "Enabling Spectroscopies for Nanomaterial Applications: Energy Conversion to Therapeutic" at the 2018 National Meeting in Boston.
8/20/18 - JEM delivered the Kavli Emerging Leader in Chemistry address at the ACS National meeting in Boston.
7/31/18: Scott's JACS paper is selected for the 2018 ACS Young Investigators Virtual Issue!
7/15/18 - Xing Yee is elected co-chair of the Colloidal Semiconductor Nanocrystals GRS in 2020!
7/9/18 - Xing Yee wins Pitt's Graduate Excellence fellowship - congratulations Xing Yee!
7/4/18 - Our collaborative work with the Gilbertson group entitled "Emerging Investigator Series: It's Not All About the Ion: Support for Particle-Specific Contributions to Silver Nanoparticle Antimicrobial Activity" is now published on Environ. Sci.: Nano. Congrats Lisa and Katie!
6/17/18: Scott serves as Discussion Leader at the Noble Metal Nanoparticle GRS.
4/1/18: Scott begins fellowship as part of the ORISE Professional Internship Program at NETL
04/18 - Katie and Xing Yee are selected to speak at the Noble Metal Nanoparticle GRS and Colloidal Semiconductor Nanocrystals GRS, respectively, recognizing great work!
2/27/18 - JEM wins the Chancellor's Distinguished Researcher Award
2/23/18 - Scott and Nathan win Vacuum Society Poster Awards!
2/19/18 - Nathan's image appears on the cover of ChemNanoMat celebrating Scott's recent publication!
1/22/18 - Michael's paper entitled, "Ligand Mediated Evolution of Size Dependent Magnetism in Cobalt Nanoclusters" is published in Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.!
1/7/18 - First year Paige officially joins the group as a join student with the Laaser group! Welcome Paige!
10/27/18: Scott and Xing Yee win the PQI Veteran's Poster Awards!
10/10/18: Derrick's paper entitled "Evolution of Surface Copper(II) Environments in Cu2-xSe Nanoparticles" is now online on Chem. Mater.! Congratulation Derrick!
9/15/18: We are excited to welcome Dr. Jenny Stein as our new post-doc!
8/23/18: Scott, Xing Yee, and Lauren organized an ACS Analytical Division symposium "Enabling Spectroscopies for Nanomaterial Applications: Energy Conversion to Therapeutic" at the 2018 National Meeting in Boston.
8/20/18 - JEM delivered the Kavli Emerging Leader in Chemistry address at the ACS National meeting in Boston.
7/31/18: Scott's JACS paper is selected for the 2018 ACS Young Investigators Virtual Issue!
7/15/18 - Xing Yee is elected co-chair of the Colloidal Semiconductor Nanocrystals GRS in 2020!
7/9/18 - Xing Yee wins Pitt's Graduate Excellence fellowship - congratulations Xing Yee!
7/4/18 - Our collaborative work with the Gilbertson group entitled "Emerging Investigator Series: It's Not All About the Ion: Support for Particle-Specific Contributions to Silver Nanoparticle Antimicrobial Activity" is now published on Environ. Sci.: Nano. Congrats Lisa and Katie!
6/17/18: Scott serves as Discussion Leader at the Noble Metal Nanoparticle GRS.
4/1/18: Scott begins fellowship as part of the ORISE Professional Internship Program at NETL
04/18 - Katie and Xing Yee are selected to speak at the Noble Metal Nanoparticle GRS and Colloidal Semiconductor Nanocrystals GRS, respectively, recognizing great work!
2/27/18 - JEM wins the Chancellor's Distinguished Researcher Award
2/23/18 - Scott and Nathan win Vacuum Society Poster Awards!
2/19/18 - Nathan's image appears on the cover of ChemNanoMat celebrating Scott's recent publication!
1/22/18 - Michael's paper entitled, "Ligand Mediated Evolution of Size Dependent Magnetism in Cobalt Nanoclusters" is published in Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.!
1/7/18 - First year Paige officially joins the group as a join student with the Laaser group! Welcome Paige!
12/19/17 - Chris and Scott's paper, "Near-Infrared Photoluminescence from Small, Coinage Metal Nanoparticles" accepted today to ChemNanoMat!
12/ 11/17 - Our collaborative work with the Gilbertson group, "Impacts of Broth Chemistry on Silver Ion Release, Surface Chemistry Composition, and Bacterial Cytotoxicity of Silver Nanoparticles" is published in Environmental Science: Nano. Congrats Katie and Lisa!
12/1/17 - JEM joins ACS Nano as an associate editor, and the ACS Inorganic Division as chair-elect of the Nanoscience subdivision!
11/28/17 - Scott's paper, "Efficient Energy Transfer from Near-Infrared Emitting Gold Nanoparticles to Pendant Ytterbium(III)" is accepted to JACS! Congratulations Scott!
11/25/17 - Our collaborative work with the Link group, "Correlated Absorption and Scattering Spectroscopy of Individual Platinum-Decorated Gold Nanorods Reveals Strong Excitation Enhancement in the Nonplasmonic Metal" is published in ACS Nano!
11/8/17 - Patrick and Nathan's paper, "Ligand Mediated Deposition of Noble Metals at Nanoparticle Plasmonic Hotspots" is accepted to Langmuir!
10/20/17 - Emily wins the Safford Teaching Award for excellence in teaching undergraduate general chemistry - Great work Emily!
8/1/17 – Ashley's collaborative work with the Rosi group is accepted to ChemNanoMat!
6/27/17 – Xing Yee attends the Plasmonically Powered Processes GRC in Hong Kong and is one of six poster presenters selected to give a 10 minute presentation on her research - way to go Xing Yee!
6/22/17 - Katie turns it up! Katie attended the Environmental Nanotechnology GRC and wins an Outstanding Graduate Student Poster Award. She was also one of only three attendees selected to deliver an elevator pitch about her research. Congratulations Katie!
6/21/17 - Xing Yee wins the 2017-2018 PQI Graduate Student Research Award and a fellowship for a full semester - congratulations Xing Yee!
6/5/17 – Scott wins the national Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship and begins his summer internship at NETL - congratulations Scott!
5/10/17 - Repeat! Xing Yee wins the PQI poster award again, and earns a travel fellowship to boot!
5/4/17 - Emily wins the Mary E. Warga Fellowship from the University of Pittsburgh and fellowship for the summer semester - great work Emily!
3/23/17 - Millstone PhD #3! Ashley successfully defends her thesis - congratulations Ashley!!
3/14/17 - Congratulations to Lauren, Xing Yee, and Derrick on their new paper, "Correlating Carrier Density and Emergent Plasmonic Features in Cu2-xSe Nanoparticles" just accepted to Nano Letters!
3/1/17 - Scott wins the University of Pittsburgh's prestigious Mellon Fellowship. Awesome work and congratulations Scott!
2/28/17 - Ashley's book chapter on ligand quantification protocols is now out in the book Biomedical Nanotechnology. Congratulations Ashley and thanks to book editors, Profs. Sarah Petrosko and Emily Day for the opportunity!
1/30/17 - Ashley's on a roll! Our recent Analyst article is selected as a Hot Review of 2016 and her original report in Analytical Chemistry was highlighted in the ACS Publications virtual issue on NMR developments and applications. Nice work team!
12/ 11/17 - Our collaborative work with the Gilbertson group, "Impacts of Broth Chemistry on Silver Ion Release, Surface Chemistry Composition, and Bacterial Cytotoxicity of Silver Nanoparticles" is published in Environmental Science: Nano. Congrats Katie and Lisa!
12/1/17 - JEM joins ACS Nano as an associate editor, and the ACS Inorganic Division as chair-elect of the Nanoscience subdivision!
11/28/17 - Scott's paper, "Efficient Energy Transfer from Near-Infrared Emitting Gold Nanoparticles to Pendant Ytterbium(III)" is accepted to JACS! Congratulations Scott!
11/25/17 - Our collaborative work with the Link group, "Correlated Absorption and Scattering Spectroscopy of Individual Platinum-Decorated Gold Nanorods Reveals Strong Excitation Enhancement in the Nonplasmonic Metal" is published in ACS Nano!
11/8/17 - Patrick and Nathan's paper, "Ligand Mediated Deposition of Noble Metals at Nanoparticle Plasmonic Hotspots" is accepted to Langmuir!
10/20/17 - Emily wins the Safford Teaching Award for excellence in teaching undergraduate general chemistry - Great work Emily!
8/1/17 – Ashley's collaborative work with the Rosi group is accepted to ChemNanoMat!
6/27/17 – Xing Yee attends the Plasmonically Powered Processes GRC in Hong Kong and is one of six poster presenters selected to give a 10 minute presentation on her research - way to go Xing Yee!
6/22/17 - Katie turns it up! Katie attended the Environmental Nanotechnology GRC and wins an Outstanding Graduate Student Poster Award. She was also one of only three attendees selected to deliver an elevator pitch about her research. Congratulations Katie!
6/21/17 - Xing Yee wins the 2017-2018 PQI Graduate Student Research Award and a fellowship for a full semester - congratulations Xing Yee!
6/5/17 – Scott wins the national Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship and begins his summer internship at NETL - congratulations Scott!
5/10/17 - Repeat! Xing Yee wins the PQI poster award again, and earns a travel fellowship to boot!
5/4/17 - Emily wins the Mary E. Warga Fellowship from the University of Pittsburgh and fellowship for the summer semester - great work Emily!
3/23/17 - Millstone PhD #3! Ashley successfully defends her thesis - congratulations Ashley!!
3/14/17 - Congratulations to Lauren, Xing Yee, and Derrick on their new paper, "Correlating Carrier Density and Emergent Plasmonic Features in Cu2-xSe Nanoparticles" just accepted to Nano Letters!
3/1/17 - Scott wins the University of Pittsburgh's prestigious Mellon Fellowship. Awesome work and congratulations Scott!
2/28/17 - Ashley's book chapter on ligand quantification protocols is now out in the book Biomedical Nanotechnology. Congratulations Ashley and thanks to book editors, Profs. Sarah Petrosko and Emily Day for the opportunity!
1/30/17 - Ashley's on a roll! Our recent Analyst article is selected as a Hot Review of 2016 and her original report in Analytical Chemistry was highlighted in the ACS Publications virtual issue on NMR developments and applications. Nice work team!
12/14/16 - Patrick successfully defends his thesis. Congratulations, Dr. Straney! Good luck at Intel!
12/1/16 - Scott is the featured graduate student of DSAS for the month of December - congratulations on the well-deserved recognition Scott!
11/30/16 - Ashley's review on quantitative nanoparticle surface chemistry analysis is published today in the Analyst! Great work Ashley and team!
11/29/16 - Happy to announce that second year student, Xing Yee Gan, was awarded the DSAS Arts & Sciences fellowship for the coming academic year. This one year, full scholarship recognizes outstanding academic achievement in the first year. Congratulations Xing Yee!
11/22/16 - We're excited to announce 3 new first years joining the group, Austin Durham, NSF GRFP winner (!!) Emily Eikey, and Bo Ryoo. Welcome all!
9/28/16 - Excited to welcome our newest post-doc, Dr. Marcus Tofanelli!
9/12/16 - How to describe energy transfer in hybrid plasmonic nanoparticles? Our collaboration with the Camden group at Notre Dame and Masiello group at the University of Washington sheds some light!
7/26/16 - Congratulations Dr. Marbella! Lauren successfully defends her thesis and is on to big things at Cambridge!
7/26/16 - Happy to announce our collaborative effort to detect and destroy hazardous materials through support of the DTRA!
6/21/16 - Scott wins the Eastern Analytical Society Graduate Student Award. Congratulations Scott!
6/2/16 - Michael wins the Pittsburgh Quantum Institute poster prize!
5/20/16 - The first publication from our collaborative work with Prof. Julia Bursten is out now in J. Phys. Chem. Lett.! We discuss conceptual analysis in nanoscience, and why it matters whether you call something a molecule or a cluster.
5/17/16 - Jill receives official notice of her promotion to Associate Professor starting 1 September 2016.
4/30/16 - Our remarkable undergraduates: Zach, Matt, Taylor, and Bo graduate and move on to great things! Congratulations all, we'll miss you!
4/18/16 - Our collaboration with the Ringe group gives new insights into the structure and properties of Pt islands on Au nanoprisms. See the data here!
4/1/16 - Michael's paper, "Surface Chemistry Controls Magnetism in Cobalt Nanoclusters" is accepted to J. Phys. Chem. C!
3/29/16 - Katie's paper, "Impact of As-Synthesized Ligands and Low-Oxygen Conditions on Silver Nanoparticle Surface Functionalization" is accepted to Langmuir!
3/24/16 - Xing Yee wins the Mary E. Warga Fellowship. Congratulations Xing Yee! And! Scott wins the Goldblatt Summer Research Fellowship. Congratulations Scott!
3/20/16 - Lauren's manuscript, "Observation of uniform ligand environments and 31P-197Au coupling in phosphine-terminated Au nanoparticles" is accepted to the Emerging Investigator Issue of ChemComm!
3/3/16 - Michael wins the prestigious Andrew Mellon Fellowship from the University of Pittsburgh. Congratulations Michael!
3/1/16 - Excited to announce that Dr. Derrick Kaseman will be joining us as a post-doc in July 2016! Welcome Derrick! Check out his education and research achievements!
2/15/16 - Lauren presents at the 2016 PANIC meeting in Houston.
1/5/16 - First years Nathan and Xing Yee officially joins the Millstone group! Welcome!
12/1/16 - Scott is the featured graduate student of DSAS for the month of December - congratulations on the well-deserved recognition Scott!
11/30/16 - Ashley's review on quantitative nanoparticle surface chemistry analysis is published today in the Analyst! Great work Ashley and team!
11/29/16 - Happy to announce that second year student, Xing Yee Gan, was awarded the DSAS Arts & Sciences fellowship for the coming academic year. This one year, full scholarship recognizes outstanding academic achievement in the first year. Congratulations Xing Yee!
11/22/16 - We're excited to announce 3 new first years joining the group, Austin Durham, NSF GRFP winner (!!) Emily Eikey, and Bo Ryoo. Welcome all!
9/28/16 - Excited to welcome our newest post-doc, Dr. Marcus Tofanelli!
9/12/16 - How to describe energy transfer in hybrid plasmonic nanoparticles? Our collaboration with the Camden group at Notre Dame and Masiello group at the University of Washington sheds some light!
7/26/16 - Congratulations Dr. Marbella! Lauren successfully defends her thesis and is on to big things at Cambridge!
7/26/16 - Happy to announce our collaborative effort to detect and destroy hazardous materials through support of the DTRA!
6/21/16 - Scott wins the Eastern Analytical Society Graduate Student Award. Congratulations Scott!
6/2/16 - Michael wins the Pittsburgh Quantum Institute poster prize!
5/20/16 - The first publication from our collaborative work with Prof. Julia Bursten is out now in J. Phys. Chem. Lett.! We discuss conceptual analysis in nanoscience, and why it matters whether you call something a molecule or a cluster.
5/17/16 - Jill receives official notice of her promotion to Associate Professor starting 1 September 2016.
4/30/16 - Our remarkable undergraduates: Zach, Matt, Taylor, and Bo graduate and move on to great things! Congratulations all, we'll miss you!
4/18/16 - Our collaboration with the Ringe group gives new insights into the structure and properties of Pt islands on Au nanoprisms. See the data here!
4/1/16 - Michael's paper, "Surface Chemistry Controls Magnetism in Cobalt Nanoclusters" is accepted to J. Phys. Chem. C!
3/29/16 - Katie's paper, "Impact of As-Synthesized Ligands and Low-Oxygen Conditions on Silver Nanoparticle Surface Functionalization" is accepted to Langmuir!
3/24/16 - Xing Yee wins the Mary E. Warga Fellowship. Congratulations Xing Yee! And! Scott wins the Goldblatt Summer Research Fellowship. Congratulations Scott!
3/20/16 - Lauren's manuscript, "Observation of uniform ligand environments and 31P-197Au coupling in phosphine-terminated Au nanoparticles" is accepted to the Emerging Investigator Issue of ChemComm!
3/3/16 - Michael wins the prestigious Andrew Mellon Fellowship from the University of Pittsburgh. Congratulations Michael!
3/1/16 - Excited to announce that Dr. Derrick Kaseman will be joining us as a post-doc in July 2016! Welcome Derrick! Check out his education and research achievements!
2/15/16 - Lauren presents at the 2016 PANIC meeting in Houston.
1/5/16 - First years Nathan and Xing Yee officially joins the Millstone group! Welcome!
Group News from 2015
12/31/15 - Chris moves on to greener pastures! Good luck in your new lab Chris, we'll miss you!
12/17/15 - Lauren, Ashley and Jill present at Pacifichem and Lauren wins a poster prize!
12/2/15 - Lauren's paper, "Description and Role of Bimetallic Pre-nucleation Species in the Formation of Small Nanoparticle Alloys" is accepted to JACS - congratulations Lauren and co!11/2/15 - Ashley wins an A&S Graduate Travel Fellowship!
10/20/15 - Scott's paper, "Ligand-Mediated “Turn On,” High Quantum Yield Near-Infrared Emission in Small Gold Nanoparticles" is accepted to JACS - congratulations Scott and team!
9/1/15 - Pride! Our group wins Pitt's "2015 EH&S Collaborator Lab Award" from the EH&S team at the University of Pittsburgh. This award is given to a lab group demonstrating exemplary safety practices for at least three consecutive years.
8/11/15 - Ashley wins a STREM travel grant for her upcoming trip to Pacifichem 2015 - congratulations Ashley!
7/27/15 - Patrick's invited contribution to the special "Controlled Nanocrystal Growth" issue of Israel Journal of Chemistry is out in early view! Thanks to guest editors Drs. Isabel Pastoriza-Santos, Marek Grzelczak and Jorge Pérez-Juste!
6/16/15 - Millstone group hits the ACS Colloids Meeting! Ashley and Patrick present posters, Lauren gives a talk, and Jill delivers the Unilever Award Plenary Lecture. pics
5/1/15 - Undergraduate Zach Eddinger wins the Wass Fellowship for research and new undergraduate Taylor Hochuli wins the Chancellor's Fellowship for Undergraduate Research. Congratulations guys!
4/28/15 - Lauren's cover art appears in Chem. Mater.!
3/20/15 - Michael's paper is accepted to J. Phys. Chem. C !
3/20/15 - Jill wins the 2015 Unilever Award for Outstanding Young Investigator in Colloid & Surfactant Science!
3/2/15 - Lauren is selected as one of 55 students to represent the United States at the 65th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting!
2/24/15 - Julia accepts a faculty position in the Department of Philosophy at San Francisco State. Congratulations Julia!!
2/22/15 - Lauren's perspective is accepted to Chem. Mater. and is selected for the cover and Editor's choice!
2/12/15 - Jill wins the Cottrell Scholar Award!
2/8/15 - Jill and Julia present our work at the Multiscale Modeling and Emergence Conference held by Prof. Bob Batterman.
2/6/15 - Lauren wins a travel fellowship to the ENC Conference in Asilomar!
1/20/15 - Ashley's paper is accepted to Anal. Chem.!
12/17/15 - Lauren, Ashley and Jill present at Pacifichem and Lauren wins a poster prize!
12/2/15 - Lauren's paper, "Description and Role of Bimetallic Pre-nucleation Species in the Formation of Small Nanoparticle Alloys" is accepted to JACS - congratulations Lauren and co!11/2/15 - Ashley wins an A&S Graduate Travel Fellowship!
10/20/15 - Scott's paper, "Ligand-Mediated “Turn On,” High Quantum Yield Near-Infrared Emission in Small Gold Nanoparticles" is accepted to JACS - congratulations Scott and team!
9/1/15 - Pride! Our group wins Pitt's "2015 EH&S Collaborator Lab Award" from the EH&S team at the University of Pittsburgh. This award is given to a lab group demonstrating exemplary safety practices for at least three consecutive years.
8/11/15 - Ashley wins a STREM travel grant for her upcoming trip to Pacifichem 2015 - congratulations Ashley!
7/27/15 - Patrick's invited contribution to the special "Controlled Nanocrystal Growth" issue of Israel Journal of Chemistry is out in early view! Thanks to guest editors Drs. Isabel Pastoriza-Santos, Marek Grzelczak and Jorge Pérez-Juste!
6/16/15 - Millstone group hits the ACS Colloids Meeting! Ashley and Patrick present posters, Lauren gives a talk, and Jill delivers the Unilever Award Plenary Lecture. pics
5/1/15 - Undergraduate Zach Eddinger wins the Wass Fellowship for research and new undergraduate Taylor Hochuli wins the Chancellor's Fellowship for Undergraduate Research. Congratulations guys!
4/28/15 - Lauren's cover art appears in Chem. Mater.!
3/20/15 - Michael's paper is accepted to J. Phys. Chem. C !
3/20/15 - Jill wins the 2015 Unilever Award for Outstanding Young Investigator in Colloid & Surfactant Science!
3/2/15 - Lauren is selected as one of 55 students to represent the United States at the 65th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting!
2/24/15 - Julia accepts a faculty position in the Department of Philosophy at San Francisco State. Congratulations Julia!!
2/22/15 - Lauren's perspective is accepted to Chem. Mater. and is selected for the cover and Editor's choice!
2/12/15 - Jill wins the Cottrell Scholar Award!
2/8/15 - Jill and Julia present our work at the Multiscale Modeling and Emergence Conference held by Prof. Bob Batterman.
2/6/15 - Lauren wins a travel fellowship to the ENC Conference in Asilomar!
1/20/15 - Ashley's paper is accepted to Anal. Chem.!
Group News from 2014
12/5/14 - Lauren presents at the Metals in Bio Symposium at Duquesne University.
11/20/14 - Jill visits Albright College
11/19/14 - Lauren and Jill travel to the Eastern Analytical Symposium where Lauren presents her work and receives the Graduate Student Research Award!
11/13/14 - Jill presents at UIUC
10/22/14 - Jill visits Trinity University in San Antonio and meets great faculty and students!
8/10/14 - Jill presents two talks at the ACS National Meeting in San Francisco and has a great time listening to speakers in the Surface Chemistry Symposium she co-organized with Career Staff Scientist at LBL, Dr. Brett Helms. Thank you to all our great speakers!
7/1/14 - Lauren's paper is accepted in Adv. Funct. Mater.!
6/25/14 - O.O Patrick's paper is spotlighted in JACS!
6/16/14 - Jill, Lauren and Patrick present at the Noble Metal Nanoparticle GRC.
6/3/3014 - Lauren wins the Eastern Analytical Symposium Graduate Student Award. Congrats to Lauren!
5/23/2014 - Patrick's paper is published in JACS! Congrats to Patrick, Lauren and team!
3/5/2014 - Undergraduate Zachary Eddinger wins the McKeever Summer Research Fellowship - Congrats Zach!
2/28/2014 - Lauren wins the Andrew Mellon Predoctoral Fellowship. Congratulations Lauren!
1/4/2014 - Scott Crawford officially joins our group as a first year graduate student and is an A&S Fellow. Welcome and Congratulations Scott! Zachary Eddinger joins us as a new undergraduate. Welcome Zach!
11/20/14 - Jill visits Albright College
11/19/14 - Lauren and Jill travel to the Eastern Analytical Symposium where Lauren presents her work and receives the Graduate Student Research Award!
11/13/14 - Jill presents at UIUC
10/22/14 - Jill visits Trinity University in San Antonio and meets great faculty and students!
8/10/14 - Jill presents two talks at the ACS National Meeting in San Francisco and has a great time listening to speakers in the Surface Chemistry Symposium she co-organized with Career Staff Scientist at LBL, Dr. Brett Helms. Thank you to all our great speakers!
7/1/14 - Lauren's paper is accepted in Adv. Funct. Mater.!
6/25/14 - O.O Patrick's paper is spotlighted in JACS!
6/16/14 - Jill, Lauren and Patrick present at the Noble Metal Nanoparticle GRC.
6/3/3014 - Lauren wins the Eastern Analytical Symposium Graduate Student Award. Congrats to Lauren!
5/23/2014 - Patrick's paper is published in JACS! Congrats to Patrick, Lauren and team!
3/5/2014 - Undergraduate Zachary Eddinger wins the McKeever Summer Research Fellowship - Congrats Zach!
2/28/2014 - Lauren wins the Andrew Mellon Predoctoral Fellowship. Congratulations Lauren!
1/4/2014 - Scott Crawford officially joins our group as a first year graduate student and is an A&S Fellow. Welcome and Congratulations Scott! Zachary Eddinger joins us as a new undergraduate. Welcome Zach!
Group News from 2013
12/12/2013 - Owen wins the Brackenridge Fellowship for undergraduate research. Congratulations Owen!
12/1/2013 - Bo Hyung Ryoo joins our group for some serious undergraduate research. Welcome Bo!
11/26/2013 - Brandon Smith successfully defends his master's thesis. Congratulations Brandon!
11/1/2013 - Ashley Smith passes her comprehensive exam and is admitted to candidacy. Way to go Ashley!
08/4/2013 - Jill and Lauren present at the Clusters, Nanocrystals, and Nanostructures GRC.
6/11/2013 - Michael adds it up to win Pitt's prestigious Arts and Sciences Fellowship!
6/10/2013 - Jill talks about our work in the latest issue of Snapshot.
5/17/2013 - The alloys are featured by WESA, the Materials Research Society, and the Pitt homepage!
5/1/2013 - Undergraduate Owen Daly officially joins the group. Welcome Owen!
March 2013 - Chris's paper is accepted to JACS, Patrick's paper is accepted to Langmuir, Lauren and Patrick win GradExpo awards!
1/21/13 - First year Katie Johnston joins our lab. Welcome Katie!
1/8/13 - First year Michael Hartmann officially joins the group after a productive Fall with us. Welcome Michael!
12/1/2013 - Bo Hyung Ryoo joins our group for some serious undergraduate research. Welcome Bo!
11/26/2013 - Brandon Smith successfully defends his master's thesis. Congratulations Brandon!
11/1/2013 - Ashley Smith passes her comprehensive exam and is admitted to candidacy. Way to go Ashley!
08/4/2013 - Jill and Lauren present at the Clusters, Nanocrystals, and Nanostructures GRC.
6/11/2013 - Michael adds it up to win Pitt's prestigious Arts and Sciences Fellowship!
6/10/2013 - Jill talks about our work in the latest issue of Snapshot.
5/17/2013 - The alloys are featured by WESA, the Materials Research Society, and the Pitt homepage!
5/1/2013 - Undergraduate Owen Daly officially joins the group. Welcome Owen!
March 2013 - Chris's paper is accepted to JACS, Patrick's paper is accepted to Langmuir, Lauren and Patrick win GradExpo awards!
1/21/13 - First year Katie Johnston joins our lab. Welcome Katie!
1/8/13 - First year Michael Hartmann officially joins the group after a productive Fall with us. Welcome Michael!
Group News from 2012
12/11/12 -JEM receives the NSF-CAREER award.
09/06/12 - Ashley wins the Safford Award for excellence in graduate teaching - Congratulations Ashley!
8/27/12 - Lauren joins the group and leads our NMR efforts. Welcome Lauren!
8/10/12 - JEM attends Cottrell Scholars Workshop for New Faculty.
6/19/12 - JEM presents at the Gordon Research Conference on Noble Metal Nanoparticles.
4/29/12 - Josh graduates Magna Cum Laude. Good luck in med school Josh!
3/22/12- Patrick wins the Poster Prize at Grad Expo 2012. Congratulations Patrick!
3/2/12- Celebrated the opening of our new labs!
1/4/12- Ashley wins the Mary E. Warga Predoctoral Fellowship. Congratulations Ashley!
1/2/12 - Graduate students Brandon Smith and Ashley Smith join the group, along with undergraduates Andy Dewar and Colin Murray. Welcome guys!
09/06/12 - Ashley wins the Safford Award for excellence in graduate teaching - Congratulations Ashley!
8/27/12 - Lauren joins the group and leads our NMR efforts. Welcome Lauren!
8/10/12 - JEM attends Cottrell Scholars Workshop for New Faculty.
6/19/12 - JEM presents at the Gordon Research Conference on Noble Metal Nanoparticles.
4/29/12 - Josh graduates Magna Cum Laude. Good luck in med school Josh!
3/22/12- Patrick wins the Poster Prize at Grad Expo 2012. Congratulations Patrick!
3/2/12- Celebrated the opening of our new labs!
1/4/12- Ashley wins the Mary E. Warga Predoctoral Fellowship. Congratulations Ashley!
1/2/12 - Graduate students Brandon Smith and Ashley Smith join the group, along with undergraduates Andy Dewar and Colin Murray. Welcome guys!