Jing Zhao

Associate Professor

Department of Chemistry

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Education

• Postdoctoral Fellow, MIT, 2008-2012
• Ph.D Northwestern University, 2008
• B.S. University of Science and Technology of China, 2003

Research Focus

• Characterize the optical and structural properties of nanoparticles at the single particle level;
• Understand the interaction between various materials, eg. exciton-plasmon interaction between colloidal quantum dots and noble metal nanoparticles; iii)
• Functionalize the nanoparticles and to control and optimize their properties for biological sensing and imaging, and energy related applications.
• Tools used include single particle/molecule spectroscopy, time-resolved fluorescence, Raman scattering, plasmonics, nanofabrication, electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, etc.

Publications

Chen Song, Li Zhou, Yongchen Wang, Chao Wang, Yu Lei, Yan Luo and Jing Zhao, Deep Learning-Assisted Ultrasensitive Detection of Gold Nanoparticles Using Light Microscopy Images Captured by a Cellphone Camera, Analytical Chemistry, 2024, ASAP.

Mariya Aleksich, Yeongsu Cho, Daniel W. Paley, Maggie C. Willson, Hawi N. Nyiera, Patience A. Kotei, Vanessa Oklejas, David W. Mittan-Moreau, Elyse A. Schriber, Kara Christensen, Ichiro Inoue, Shigeki Owada, Kensuke Tono, Michihiro Sugahara, Satomi Inaba-Inoue, Mohammad Vakili, Christopher J. Milne, Fabio DallAntonia, Dmitry Khakhulin, Fernando Ardana-Lamas, Frederico Lima, Joana Valerio, Huijong Han, Tamires Gallo, Hazem Yousef, Oleksii Turkot, Ivette J. Bermudez Macias, Thomas Kluyver, Philipp Schmidt, Luca Gelisio, Adam R. Round, Yifeng Jiang, Doriana Vinci, Yohei Uemura, Marco Kloos, Adrian P. Mancuso, Mark Warren, Nicholas K. Sauter, Jing Zhao, Tess Smidt, Heather J. Kulik, Sahar Sharifzadeh, Aaron S. Brewster, J. Nathan Hohman, Ligand-Mediated Quantum Yield Enhancement in 1-D Silver Organothiolate Metal–Organic Chalcogenolates, Advanced Functional Materials, 2024, 2414914.

Thi Kim Tran Tran, Hawi N. Nyiera, and Jing Zhao, Instability of colloidal lead halide perovskite nanocrystals: Causes, improvement, and evaluation, Nano Research, 2024, 17, 10607–10619.

Thi Kim Tran Tran, Hawi N. Nyiera, Courtney Brea, Sebastian Noguera Ruiz, Chao Wang, Haiyan Tan, Steven L. Suib, Guoxiang Hu, and Jing Zhao, Silica Surface Coating of Blue Light-Emitting CsPbBr3 Nanoplatelets for Improved Stability in Polar Solvents and Long-Term Storage, ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2024, 7, 10, 12153-12162.

Chen Song, Siqi Ji, Hongwei Sun, Yu Lei, and Jing Zhao, An Unconventional Immunosensor for Biomolecule Detection via Nonspecific Gold Nanoparticle–Antibody Interactions, Anal. Chem. 2024, 96, 19, 7367-7372.

Ann Wangari Mureithi, Chen Song, Thi Kim Tran Tran, Hawi N. Nyiera, Xueni Huang, Tejas S. Bhosale, Abiodun Daniel Aderibigbe, Ranjana Burman, Steven L. Suib and Jing Zhao, 3d (Co and Mn) and 4d (Ag) Transition Metal-Doped ZnO Nanoparticles Anchored on CdZnS for the Photodegradation of Rhodamine B, Crystals 2024, 14(1), 41.

Jin, Na; Sun, Yonglei; Shi, Wenwu; Wang, Ping; Nagaoka, Yasutaka; Cai, Tong; Wu, Rongzhen; Dube, Lacie; Nyiera, Hawi; Liu, Yuzi; Mani, Tomoyasu; Wang, Xinzhong; Zhao, Jing and Chen, Ou, Type-I CdS/ZnS Core/Shell Quantum Dot-Gold Heterostructural Nanocrystals for Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation. J Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 40, 21886–21896.

Thi Kim Tran Tran, Joseph A. Adewuyi, Yongchen Wang, M. Daniela Morales-Acosta, Tomoyasu Mani, Gaël Ung and Jing Zhao, Anionic ligand-induced chirality in perovskite nanoplatelets, Chem. Commun., 2023,59, 1485-1488. 

Yongchen Wang, Hawi N. Nyiera, Ann W. Mureithi, Yonglei Sun, Tomoyasu Mani, and Jing Zhao, Length-Dependent Photocatalytic Activity of Hybrid Ag-CdS Nanorods, J. Phys. Chem. C 2022, 126, 37, 15685–15693.

Ann W. Mureithi, Yonglei Sun, Tomoyasu Mani, Amy R. Howell, Jing Zhao, Impact of hole scavengers on photocatalytic reduction of nitrobenzene using cadmium sulfide quantum dots, Cell Reports Physical Science, 2022, 3(5), 100889.

Yonglei Sun, Yongchen Wang, Hua Zhu, Na Jin, Adnan Mohammad, Necmi Biyikli, Ou Chen, Kun Chen, and Jing Zhao, Excitation wavelength-dependent photoluminescence decay of single quantum dots near plasmonic gold nanoparticles, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2022, 156, 154701 (Invited). 

Chen Song, Yongchen Wang, Yu Lei, and Jing Zhao. SERS-Enabled Sensitive Detection of Plant Volatile Biomarker Methyl Salicylate The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2022, 126, 1, 772–778 (Invited).