The Ginger Research Group pioneers techniques such as time-resolved electrostatic force microscopy (trEFM) and photoconductive atomic force microscopy (pcAFM) to study nanostructured solar cells, energy efficient light-emitting diodes, and biosensors.
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- Mon, Jul 20
- ~ Potluck @ David's
- Mon, Jul 27
- ~ Group Meeting: DJM, KM
- Mon, Aug 10
- Mariners Game!
- Wed, Aug 26
- Rice University, Chemistry | David Ginger (invited)
- Aug 24-28
- GEMSEC Annual Retreat, Friday Harbor, WA | KM
- Mon, Sep 21
- Micro Nano Breakthrough Conference 2009
- Nov 8-13
- 56th AVS Meeting, San Jose, CA | David Ginger (invited)
- Dec 2009
- Fall MRS Meeting | David Ginger (invited)
Conjugated polymer blends are promising materials for the next generation of low-cost photovoltaic materials.
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Autumn 2009: Prospective PhD students interested in working on nanostructured solar cells, plasmonics, or quantum dot surface chemistry should check out our publications to learn more about what we have done recently, and are encouraged to start coming to our weekly group meetings. Please contact David Ginger directly -- we have a number of positions, but preference will be given to those making contact early.
Autumn 2009: Undergraduate research positions are available on solar energy and nanotechnology projects. Students looking to conduct research should be able to commit an average of 15 hours per week to a project for one year. Interested students should send a resume and unofficial transcript to David Ginger by email indicating what research topics from our website they find most interesting.20 Sep 2009 9:02 pm -
Press Release describing our recent Nano Letters paper and how we use nanoscale imaging tools like photoconductive atomic force microscopy (pcAFM) to help better understand the operation of plastic solar cells is covered by dozens of outlets including:
Scientific American
Chemie.de
Photonics Online
Laser Focus World
Business Week Business Exchange
The DOE Office of Science Front Page (full article here)4 Aug 2009 -
Dr. Liam Pingree's (now at Boeing) paper that images the evolution of transport and photocurrent collection networks during processing of bulk heterojunction solar cells appears online in Nano Letters9 July 2009
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Kevin Noone receives an NSF IGERT fellowship from the Center for Nanotechnology congrats Kevin!June 2009
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Undergrad researchers Nick Anderson and Noah Horwitz both receive departmental awards. Nick the Merck Index award (for 2009), and Noah the CRC Freshman Achievement Award (for 2008, recognized at the 2009 awards banquet). With offers from schools including Berkeley, Northwestern, and Columbia, Nick heads to Columbia to study for his PhD.June 2009
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Dr. Abhishek Kulkarni's paper on phase transfer of silver nanoprisms appears online in Langmuir and Kevin Noone's paper about charge transfer in PbSe/conjugated polymer blends (and the implications for IR-sensitized quantum dot solar cells using nanocrystal/polymer blends) appears in ACS NanoMay 2009
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Yeechi Chen and Joseph Wei both successfully defend their PhD theses. Congratulations to Dr. Chen and Dr. WeiMarch 2009
