Our research focuses on understanding and manipulating fundamental interactions at the nanoscale. Our expertise includes synthesis and characterization of novel nanomaterials, including:

• Nano-assembled actuable materials
• Nano-plasmonics 
• Nano-structured photovoltaics 

Recent papers:
Low temperature energy transfer via self-trapped excitons in Mn-doped 2D organic halide perovskites. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. (2020)
Impact of Bis(imino)pyridine Ligands on Mesoscale Properties of CdSe/ZnS Quantum Dots. J. Phys. Chem. C, (2020)

Boe Mendewala is the campus GladSlam winner!  
​Her presentation is titled “The Solar Solution: Upgrading Energy" Technology”

UC Merced, NASA working to develop spray-on solar cells to be used in space (reported on KFSN-TV)