Group Members

 • Group Leader

 • PostDocs & Staff

 • Graduate Students

 • Prior Members

Biosketch

• A.B. Physics and Mathematics, The University of Chicago, IL, 2001.

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Research Area

• Detailed study of the vapor-solid growth mechanism, particularly in synthesizing II-VI semiconducting one-dimensional nanostructures and their functionalized use in optoelectronic or electrochemical/biomedical applications.
• Functionalization of nanostructured materials, including use as solid state sensors.
• Analytical methods with electron microscopes (including TEM, HR-TEM, SEM, AFM/STM).
• Biomedical applications of nanoparticles.

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Publications

1. ""Growth of anisotropic one-dimensional ZnS nanostructures", D. Moore and Z.L. Wang J.Mater. Chem., 2006 (16) 3898-3905.
2. "Hierarchical Structured Nanohelices of ZnS", D. Moore, Y. Ding and Z.L. Wang Angwe. Chem. Intern. Ed., 45 (2006) 5150-5154.
3. "Nanobelt and nanosaw structures of II-VI semiconductors", C. Ma, D. F. Moore, Y. Ding, J. Li and Z. L. Wang, Int. J. Nanotechnology 1 (2004) 431-451.
4. "Crystal Orientation-Ordered ZnS Nanowire Bundles", D. F. Moore, Y. Ding, and Zhong L. Wang, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 126 (2004) 14372-14373.
5. "Wurtzite ZnS nanosaws produced by polar surfaces", D. F. Moore, C. Ronning, C. Ma, and Z. L. Wang, Chem. Phys. Letts., 385 (2004) 8-11.
6. "Single-Crystal CdSe Nanosaws", C. Ma, Y. Ding, D. F. Moore, X. D. Wang and Z. L. Wang, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 126 (2004) 708-709 (featured by Nature 427 (2004) 497).
7. "Nanobelts, Nanocombs and Nano-windmills of Wurtzite ZnS", C. Ma, D. F. Moore, J. Li and Z. L. Wang, Adv. Mater., 15, (2003) 228-231.
8. "Wurtzite ZnS Nanostructures: Synthesis and Characterization", ACS 77th Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, (2003).

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Research Highlights

• Biomedical Nanostructures, TEM imaging and techniques, Functionalization of nanostructures.

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Honors & Awards

• School of Materials Science and Engineering Advanced Publication Award (2005)
• Sam Nunn International Security Fellow (2005-06)
• NSF Student and Teacher Enhancement Partnership (STEP) Fellowship (2005-2006)
• Awarded Georgia Tech Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (NaST) Fellowship, 2003.
• Awarded MDI Fellowship, 2002-03.

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