Nanomaterials for Next-generation Technologies
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University
Our research interest is in functional nanomaterials for highly efficient photonic devices, near-field nanoimaging, and ultrafast magneto-optical spectroscopy.
Research
News
10-30-2024. Dr. Trinh hosts Dr. Matt Beard from National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Dr. Beard delivers his talk "Chiral Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Semiconductors" to the department.
10-16-2024. Dr. Trinh hosts Prof. Tho Nguyen from the University of Georgia, Dr. Nguyen delivers his talk of "Rapid Optical and Electrical Sensing of Hydrogen Using Templated Control of Nano-hydride Geometry and Magnetic Composition" to the department.
10/9/2024. Dr. Trinh hosts Prof. Hartland from the University of Notre Dame as an Olsen Lecture in Physical Chemistry: Shining Light on Nanotech: Single Particle Studies Topic for USU's Olsen Lecture Oct. 9
6/6/2024 Group research is on the USU news
4/20-2024 Welcome Baahozhonni Little and Khiara Kinsel, "Native American Summer Mentorship Program", joins us this summer as undergrad research experience
3/2024 Welcome Liam Luvai, undergraduate student, joins the team
8/2023: Welcome Kieu Nguyen, Kien Mac, and Caleb joining the group
5//22/2023: Welcome Antonio Richards, a "Native American Summer Mentorship Program", joins us this summer as undergrad research experience
4/3/2023: after 4 months of delay, eventually the NTEGRA II-AFM optical near-field system is being installed.
2/10/2023: Welcome Chase Pyrah, an undergraduate student, to join the team.
1/1/2023: Welcome Thu Trinh Phan, a Ph.D. student, to join the team.
Magneto-optics, nonlinear optical spectroscopy, and single-photon detection are up and running
Dr. Trinh starts a new research group at Utah State University, July 2022