This project aims toward fundamental research into greehouse gas (GHG) detection, capture, utilization, and storage. It combines a group of chemists and a physicist with expertise in optical sensing and the physical and chemical properties of GHGs. For example, there is currently a huge need for large GHG (methane) sensing for reducing the impact of fugitive emissions from energy production, transport, and storage. There is also a large effort aimed toward converting, eliminating, or indefinitely storing CO2 from energy production. The research team has a focus on fudamental research and development in these areas.
Bioconjugation of Silicon Quantum Dots with Active Enzymes
Conference/Workshop
Catalytic Photoluminescent Bioinorganic Hybrids from Enzymes and Silicon Nanocrystals
Conference/Workshop
Functional Bioinorganic Hybrids from Enzymes and Silicon Quantum Dots
Conference/Workshop
Functional Bioinorganic Hybrids from Enzymes and Silicon-Based Quantum Dots
Conference/Workshop
H-SiNP: Cutting Through the Layers Using 29Si MAS and DNP NMR
Conference/Workshop
Identifying catalytic Environments using Adsorbed Trimethylphosphine Oxide in Lewis Acid Zeolite via 31P MAS NMR Spectroscopy
Conference/Workshop
Interfacing Enzymes with Silicon Nanocrystals
Conference/Workshop
Interfacing Enzymes with Silicon Nanocrystals
Conference/Workshop
Interfacing Enzymes with Silicon-Based Nanoparticles through the Amide Coupling Reaction
Conference/Workshop
Isolation of a Low-Valent Silver(I) Cation using an Extremely Bulky N-Heterocyclic Carbene
Conference/Workshop
Preparation of Enzyme-Silicon Nanocrystal Hybrids Through the Amide Coupling and Thiol-Ene Reactions
Conference/Workshop
RGB fluorescence in polymer and polyelectrolyte films doped with an organic chromophore
Conference/Workshop
Ratiometric Detection of Nerve Agents Using Silicon-Based Quantum Dots and Green Fluorescent Protein
Conference/Workshop
Surface Functionalization of Photoluminescent Silicon Nanocrystals with Active Enzymes
Conference/Workshop
The Stabilization of Low-Valent Inorganic Cations using a Bulky N-Heterocyclic Carbene
Conference/Workshop
The Stabilization of a pseudo-Monocoordinate Silver (I) Cation
Conference/Workshop
Thermally Responsive Photoluminescent Hybrids from Silicon Quatum Dots and Elastin-Like Polypeptides
Conference/Workshop
Using Anionic N-Heterocyclic Olefins to Access New Cyclic Bonding Motifs in the Main Group
Conference/Workshop
Waveguide Resonances in Capillaries for Microlasing and Sensing
Conference/Workshop
2019 Petro Canada Young Innovators
Award
Dalton Transactions Award
Award
Graduate Student Award for Outstanding Paper in E-MRS Fall Meeting 2018 Symposium E: Bioinspired and Biointegrated Materials as New Frontiers Nanomaterials VIII
Award
MITACS Globalink Research Award
Award
MITACS Globalink Research Award
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NSERC PGS D3
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NSERC PGS-D Award
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PDF Award
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A metal-organic framework with color-switching and strongly polarized emission
Scholarly Refereed Journal
Alkaline Earth Metal-Organic Frameworks with Tailorable Ion Release: A Path for Supporting Biomineralization
Scholarly Refereed Journal
Co-aromatization of methane with propane over Zn/HZSM -5: The methane reaction pathway and the effect of Zn distribution
Scholarly Refereed Journal
Distinguishing Active Site Identity in Sn-Beta Zeolites using 31P MAS NMR of Absorbed Trimethylphosphine Oxide
Scholarly Refereed Journal
Endogenous Dynamic Nuclear Polarization NMR of Hydride-Terminated Silicon Nanoparticles
Scholarly Refereed Journal
Functional Bioinorganic Hybrids from Enzymes and Luminescent Silicon-Based Nanoparticles
Scholarly Refereed Journal
Impact of Al sites on the methane co-aromatization with alkanes over Zn/HZSM -5
Scholarly Refereed Journal
Interfacing enzymes with silicon nanocrystals through the thiol-ene reaction
Scholarly Refereed Journal
Mechanistic Investigation on Catalytic Deoxygenation of Phenol as a Model Compound of Biocrude Under Methane
Scholarly Refereed Journal
New Insights on χ(3) Measurements: Comparing Non-Resonant Second Harmonic Generation and Resonant Sum Frequency Generation at the Silica/Aqueous Electrolyte Interface
Scholarly Refereed Journal
Ratiometric Detection of Nerve Agents by Coupling Complementary Properties of Silicon-Based Quantum Dots and Green Fluorescent Protein
Scholarly Refereed Journal
Reverse Transcription Lesion-Induced DNA Amplification: An Instrument-Free Isothermal Method to Detect RNA
Scholarly Refereed Journal
Ultrabright Fluorescent and Lasing Microspheres from a Conjugated Polymer
Scholarly Refereed Journal
Wide-gamut lasing from a single organic chromophore.
Scholarly Refereed Journal