Category Archives: Research
Our SpaceX Clickbait Contribution
A few months ago I was on X (the website) and I saw that Phil Metzger (@PhilTill) initiated a citizens science project related to SpaceX’s first Starship launch on 4/20/2023 (I was there). On that first launch, the Super Heavy … Continue reading
New Paper: Raman Spectra of Anthraquinones
Our combined TDDFT/Experimental study of the Raman spectrum of three anthraquinones came out in Astrobiology earlier this month. We found that accurate spectra could be calculated and that certain peaks were highly conformation dependent. We also showed that one peak … Continue reading
We’re Alive
I haven’t posted for about 5 years. I’ve been …. busy with stuff. We had a great summer 2022! Aobo successfully defended his thesis on the surface chemistry of gold nanorods (manuscript in preparation). Mathieu has a paper in press … Continue reading
New Paper: Structural Analysis by Enhanced Raman Scattering (SABERS)
Paper | Rice News | Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) provides strong vibrational spectra from molecules near a metal surface using scattered visible light. These are the ingredients for a powerful sensing technology, and SERS has been rabidly pursued as such over … Continue reading
New Paper: Ultraviolet
Have you ever looked at the UV optical extinction of plasmon resonant gold nanoparticles? I mean really looked? While you wouldn’t expect any interesting plasmonic effects in the UV, some insight might be gained regarding other molecules in the nanoparticle solution. … Continue reading
New Paper: Lipids on Nanorods
Our latest paper has been published in Langmuir. It describes the structure and state of lipid bilayers on gold nanorods. These structures have been made before, but here we have taken a very close look with LSPR sensing and SERS … Continue reading