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:
Impact of Bis(imino)pyridine Ligands on Mesoscale Properties of CdSe/ZnS Quantum Dots. J. Phys. Chem. C, (2020)
Modulating charge carrier dynamics and transfer via surface modification in organo-metallic halide perovskite quantum dots. J. Phys.  Chem.  Lett. 11, 7886, (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)