Tuesday, March 2, 2021 featured:
Professor Stanislaus S. Wong from the State University of New York at Stony Brook
"Solution-based Synthesis and Applications of Multi-functional Nanoscale Systems"
Abstract:
Our group is fundamentally interested in the design of a series of novel multi-functional nanoscale systems, using diverse chemical strategies. Such a multi-functional material often possesses unique catalytic and optoelectronic properties that are distinctive from and at times, superior to those of its individual constituent components. In essence, our hope and expectation is that chemical synthesis can be used to tune and tailor structure – property correlations. In this presentation, we focus on the applications of fundamental chemical principles with respect to the synthesis of metal-containing and metal-oxide-containing nanostructures. In particular, we describe advances in the use of complementary, sustainable, and cost-effective solution-based methodologies that allow us to generate functional nanomaterials with high quality, purity, and crystallinity, in addition to control over size and shape. We have subsequently created a number of different architectures for gaining valuable insights into solar and fuel cell applications.
Bio:
Stanislaus S. Wong is a Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Stony Brook University, and has earned recognition for his work investigating not only the covalent surface chemistry of carbon nanotubes but also the synthesis, characterization, and applications of metal-containing nanostructures. He and his group are interested in developing viable sustainable strategies for producing novel nanomaterials of relevance not only for batteries, fuel cells, and solar cells, but also for nanomedicine and theranostics. Elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Royal Society of Chemistry, and the National Academy of Inventors, Dr. Wong has received the American Chemical Society Inorganic Nanoscience Award, an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, the ACS Buck-Whitney Award, a National Science Foundation CAREER Award, in addition to the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities. Professor Wong has served as a Section Editor for Nanotechnology and is currently an Executive Editor for ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces.