Materials Science & EngineeringSchool for Engineering of Matter, Transport, and Energy (SEMTE)Fulton School of EngineeringGraduate Faculty, Department of Chemistry

Guest lecturer and researcher in heterogeneous catalysis department

Peidong Yang Lab, Department of ChemistryNanostructured materials for photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical watersplitting

Yi Cui lab, Stanford Materials Science Department, Palo Alto, CAResearch on the synthesis, characterization, and application of nanostructures for electrochemical systems such as lithium ion batteries and electrochemical double-layer capacitorshttp://www.stanford.edu/group/cui_group/index.htmlPublications:Chan, Candace K.; Peng, Hailin; Liu, Gao; McIlwrath, Kevin; Zhang, Xiao Feng; Huggins, Robert A.; Cui, Yi. High-performance lithium battery anodes using silicon… Show more Yi Cui lab, Stanford Materials Science Department, Palo Alto, CAResearch on the synthesis, characterization, and application of nanostructures for electrochemical systems such as lithium ion batteries and electrochemical double-layer capacitorshttp://www.stanford.edu/group/cui_group/index.htmlPublications:Chan, Candace K.; Peng, Hailin; Liu, Gao; McIlwrath, Kevin; Zhang, Xiao Feng; Huggins, Robert A.; Cui, Yi. High-performance lithium battery anodes using silicon nanowires. Nature Nanotechnology (2008), 3, 31-35.Chan, Candace K.; Zhang, Xiao Feng; Cui, Yi. High capacity Li ion battery anodes using Ge nanowires. Nano Letters (2008), 8 (1), 307-309. Chan, Candace K., Peng, Hailin; Twesten, Ray D., Jarausch, Konrad, Zhang, Xiao Feng; Cui, Yi. Fast, completely reversible Li insertion in vanadium pentoxide nanoribbons. Nano Letters (2007), 7 (2), 490-495. Show less

Samuel Mao lab, Environmental Energy Technology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA (Summer Undergraduate Laboratory Internship)Studied low temperature spectroscopy of ZnO nanowires

May 2004 – Aug 2004Hsing-lin Wang lab, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM (NASA Undergraduate Research Fellowship)Developed multiple systems for biological/chemical detection using polyelectrolytes, conjugated polymers, and carbon nanotubes. June 2003 – Aug 2003Hsing-lin Wang lab, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM (NASA Undergraduate Research Fellowship)Solubilized individual carbon nanotubes by wrapping… Show more May 2004 – Aug 2004Hsing-lin Wang lab, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM (NASA Undergraduate Research Fellowship)Developed multiple systems for biological/chemical detection using polyelectrolytes, conjugated polymers, and carbon nanotubes. June 2003 – Aug 2003Hsing-lin Wang lab, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM (NASA Undergraduate Research Fellowship)Solubilized individual carbon nanotubes by wrapping them with polyelectrolytes and used them in biosensing experiments and for building thin films. Also characterized carbon nanotubes using Raman spectroscopy with excitation in 5 nm increments from 700-985 nm.Publications: O’Connell, Michael J.; Chan, Candace K.; Li, Wenguang; Hicks, Raea K.; Doorn, Stephen K., Wang, Hsing-Lin. Polyelectrolyte platform for sensitive detection of biological analytes via reversible fluorescence quenching. Polymer (2007), 48, 7582-7589. Show less

Sept 2003 – May 2005Richard Smalley lab, Rice Chemistry Department, Houston, TX (student)Research on cutting carbon nanotubes to lengths less than 50 nm long by using fluorination followed by pyrolysis and functionalization. Publication:Kirk J. Ziegler, Zhenning Gu, Jonah Shaver, Zheyi Chen, Erica L. Flor, Daniel J. Schmidt, Candace Chan, Robert H. Hauge, Richard E. Smalley. Cutting single-walled carbon nanotubes. Nanotechnology 16 (2005) S539-S544.Sept 2002 – May… Show more Sept 2003 – May 2005Richard Smalley lab, Rice Chemistry Department, Houston, TX (student)Research on cutting carbon nanotubes to lengths less than 50 nm long by using fluorination followed by pyrolysis and functionalization. Publication:Kirk J. Ziegler, Zhenning Gu, Jonah Shaver, Zheyi Chen, Erica L. Flor, Daniel J. Schmidt, Candace Chan, Robert H. Hauge, Richard E. Smalley. Cutting single-walled carbon nanotubes. Nanotechnology 16 (2005) S539-S544.Sept 2002 – May 2003 Jennifer West lab, Rice Bioengineering Department, Houston, TX Research on using nitric oxide (NO) releasing polymers as anti-thrombotics and to inhibit smooth muscle cell proliferation in order to prevent restenosis following balloon angioplasty. Show less