Current Positions

Professor, Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Principal Investigator, Nanomaterial Fabrication Research Lab

Education

Ph.D., Engineering Physics, McMaster University, Canada

Research Interests

In the Nanomaterial Fabrication Laboratory, Prof. Neretina and her research team are advancing the application, understanding, and material fabrication methods for noble metal nanostructures, an extraordinary class of materials that are used in the environmental remediation, chemical synthesis, and sensing technologies. Fabrication methods such as nanoimprint lithography, self-assembly, and solution-phase redox reactions are used in combination to define periodic arrays of complex noble metal nanostructures that collectively express the photo- and chemically active surfaces needed to prototype photovoltaic and sensing devices. These same nanostructures are also being investigated as catalysts for hydrogen generation and as photocatalysts capable of promoting green chemical syntheses powered by sunlight.

Key Words

Catalysis, Hydrogen, Nanofabrication, Nanomaterials for Energy Applications, Plasmonic Nanomaterials, Solar Photovoltaics

Relevant Energy Publications

1. Zhang, Qiushi, Robert Douglas Neal, Dezhao Huang, Svetlana Neretina, Eungkyu Lee, and Tengfei Luo. "Surface bubble growth in plasmonic nanoparticle suspension." ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 12, no. 23 (2020): 26680-26687.
2. Preston, Arin S., Robert A. Hughes, Trevor B. Demille, and Svetlana Neretina. "Plasmonics under attack: protecting copper nanostructures from harsh environments." Chemistry of Materials 32, no. 15 (2020): 6788-6799.
3. Demille, Trevor B., Robert A. Hughes, Nathaniel Dominique, Jacob E. Olson, Sergei Rouvimov, Jon P. Camden, and Svetlana Neretina. "Large-area periodic arrays of gold nanostars derived from HEPES-, DMF-, and ascorbic-acid-driven syntheses." Nanoscale 12, no. 31 (2020): 16489-16500.
4. Neal, Robert D., Robert A. Hughes, Pitambar Sapkota, Sylwia Ptasinska, and Svetlana Neretina. "Effect of nanoparticle ligands on 4-nitrophenol reduction: reaction rate, induction time, and ligand desorption." ACS Catalysis 10, no. 17 (2020): 10040-10050.
5. Porcu, Stefania, Micaela Castellino, Ignazio Roppolo, Carlo Maria Carbonaro, Simonetta Palmas, Laura Mais, Maria Francesca Casula et al. "Highly efficient visible light phenyl modified carbon nitride/TiO2 photocatalyst for environmental applications." Applied Surface Science 531 (2020): 147394.

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