UV-VIS and Photoluminescence Spectroscopy for Nanomaterials Characterization

Geometrically Tunable Optical Properties of Metal Nanoparticles by Hao Jing, Li Zhang, and Hui Wang.- Optical Properties of Metallic Semishells - breaking the symmetry of plasmonic nanoshells by Jian Ye and Pol Van Dorpea.- Exploiting the tunable optical response of metallic nanoshells by Ovidio Peña-Rodrígue and Umapada Pal.- UV-Vis spectroscopy for characterization of metal nanoparticles formed from reduction of metal ions during ultrasonic irradiation by Kenji Okitsu.- Size-dependent optical properties of metallic nanostructures by Lucía B. Scaffardia, Daniel C. Schincaa, Marcelo Lester, Fabián A. Videla, Jesica M. J. Santillána and Ricardo M. Abraham Ekeroth.- Modelling and optical characterization of the localized surface plasmon resonances of tailored metal nanoparticles by J. Toudert.- Tailoring the Optical Properties of Silver Nanomaterials for Diagnostic Applications by Jae-Seung Lee.- Optical Properties of Oxides Films Dispersed with Nanometal Particles by Moriaki Wakaki and Eisuke Yokoyama.- Optical Properties of Silicon Nanowires by Michael M. Adachi, Mohammedreza Khorasaninejad, Simarjeet S. Saini, Karim S. Karim.- Optical properties of oxide nanomaterials by A. B. Djuri_si_c, X. Y. Chen, J. A. Zapien, Y. H. Leung, A. M. C. Ng.- UV-VIS Spectroscopy/ Photoluminescence for Characterization of silica coated Core-shell nanomaterials by Masih Darbandi.- Optical and Excitonic Properties of Crystalline ZnS Nanowires by Rui Chen, Dehui Li, Qihua Xiong, and Handong Sun.- Optical Properties of Nanocomposites by Timothy O'Connor and Mikhail Zamkov.- Biomedical and Biochemical Tools of Förster Resonance Energy Transfer Enabled by Colloidal Quantum Dot Nanocrystals for Life Sciences by Urartu Özgür.- Probing Photoluminescence Dynamics in Colloidal Semiconducto - Nanocrystal/Fullerene heterodimers with Single Molecule Spectroscopy by Zhihua Xu.

Dr. Challa S.S.R. Kumar is Director of Nanofabrication and Nanomaterials at the Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, USA. He is also President and CEO of Magnano Technologies and has some years of industrial R&D experience working for Imperial Chemical Industries and United Breweries. His main research interests are the development of novel synthetic methods, including those based on microfluidic reactors, for the synthesis of multifunctionals nanomaterials. Dr. Kumar is the winner of the 2006 Nano 50 Technology Award for his work in magnetic-based nanoparticles for cancer imaging and treatment. he is the editor and author of several books and journals articles, and a former editor of the Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology.