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Group Member
Nathaniel Grady
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AREAS OF INTEREST:
- Near Field Optical Microscopy (NSOM) and Spectroscopy
- Simulation, Characterization, and Fabrication of Nanophotonic Devices and Systems From a Physics Perspective
- Understanding the basic processes responsible for surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)
- Sub-λ Energy Transport and Control in Rationally Designed Plasmonic Nanosystems
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS:
- Surbhi Lal, Nathaniel K. Grady, Janardan Kundu, Carly S. Levin, J. Britt Lassiter and Naomi J. Halas, "Tailoring plasmonic substrates for surface enhanced spectroscopies", Chem.
Soc. Rev. 37, 898-911 (2008).
- Sri Priya Sundararajan, Nathaniel K. Grady, Nikolay Mirin, and Naomi J. Halas, "Nanoparticle-Induced Enhancement and
Suppression of Photocurrent in a Silicon Photodiode", Nano Lett. 8, 624-630 (2008).
- Mark W. Knight, Nathaniel R. Grady, Rizia Bardhan, Feng Hao, Peter Nordlander, and Naomi J. Halas.
"Nanoparticle-mediated Coupling of Light into a Nanowire", Nano Lett.
7, 2346-2350 (2007).
- Daniel R. Ward, Nathaniel K. Grady, Carly S. Levin, Naomi J. Halas, Yanpeng Wu, Peter Nordlander, and Douglas Natelson,
"Electromigrated Nanoscale Gaps for Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy,"
Nano Lett. 7, 1396-1400 (2007).
- Surbhi Lal, Nathaniel K. Grady, Glenn P. Goodrich, and Naomi J. Halas,
"Profiling the Near Field of a Plasmonic Nanoparticle with Raman-Based
Molecular Rulers," Nano Lett. 6, 2338-2343 (2006).
- Carly S. Levin, Sandra Whaley Bishnoi, Nathaniel K. Grady, and Naomi J. Halas,
Determining the Conformation of Thiolated Poly(ethylene glycol) on Au
Nanoshells by Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Spectroscopic Assay," Anal. Chem. 78, 3277-3281 (2006).
- Hui Wang, Felicia Tam, Nathaniel K. Grady, Naomi J. Halas,
"Cu Nanoshells: Effects of Interband Transitions on the Nanoparticle
Plasmon Resonance," J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 18218-18222 (2005).
- Chad E. Talley, Joseph B. Jackson, Chris Oubre, Nathaniel K. Grady, Christopher W. Hollars, Stephen M. Lane, Thomas R. Huser, Peter Nordlander, and Naomi J. Halas, "Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering from Individual Au Nanoparticles and Nanoparticle Dimer Substrates," Nano Lett. 5, 1569-1574 (2005).
- Colleen L. Nehl, Nathaniel K. Grady, Glenn P. Goodrich, Felicia Tam, Naomi J. Halas, and Jason H. Hafner, "Scattering Spectra of Single Gold Nanoshells," Nano Letters 4,
2355-2359 (2004).
- N.K. Grady, N.J. Halas, and P. Nordlander, "Influence of dielectric function properties on the optical response of plasmon resonant metallic nanoparticles," Chem. Phys. Lett. 399, 167-171 (2004).
BOOK CHAPTERS
- J.M. Steele, N.K. Grady, P. Nordlander, and N.J. Halas, "Plasmon Hybridization in Complex Nanostructures," in M. L.
Brongersma and P. G. Kik (Eds.), Surface
Plasmon Nanophotonics (Springer, 2007).
PRESENTATIONS:
- Nathaniel K. Grady, Rizia Bardhan, Felicia Tam, Naomi J. Halas, "Plasmonic modification of adjacent molecules and materials: Reengineering the Emission Properties of Near-IR Fluorophores ," SPIE Optics+Photonics, San Deigo, CA (August 2007).
- Nathaniel K. Grady, Sri Priya Sundararajan, Naomi J. Halas, "Effect of individual nanoparticles on the response of Si photodiodes," SPIE Optics+Photonics, San Deigo, CA (August 2007).
- Nathaniel K. Grady, Naomi J. Halas, "Plasmon Hybridization: Mesoscopic Quantum Analogs of Atomic and Molecular Systems," Gordon Research Conference on Atomic Physics, Tilton, NH (June 2005).
- Nathaniel K. Grady, Naomi J. Halas, Peter Nordlander, "Influence of Dielectric Function Properties on the Optical
Response of Plasmon Resonant Metallic Nanoparticles," American Physical Society March Meeting, Los Angeles, CA (March 2005).
- Nathaniel K. Grady, Surbhi Lal, Glenn P. Goodrich, Naomi J. Halas, "Profiling the Nanoshell Near Field With
SERS," American Physical Society March Meeting, Los Angeles, CA (March 2005).
BACKGROUND:
Nathaniel Grady came to Rice University in 2002 after receiving a BS in Physics from the SUNY College at Fredonia Physics Department. He was inducted into the ΣΠΣ honor society in May 2002. During his tenure at Fredonia, he was president to the physics and engineering society.
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Last Modified 23 Dec. 2005