Colvin, Vicki L. - Rice University - Department of Chemistry

个人简介

B.S. Stanford University (1988) Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley (1994)

研究领域

Professor Colvin’s research explores how nanoscale particles interact with the environment and living systems. Her research draws on both synthetic chemistry for the preparation and control of novel nanophase systems as well as physical chemistry for the investigation of their unusual behavior. Currently her projects draw on the unique and responsive behavior of nanoparticles to solve problems related to water purification and targeted cell death. We are a group of chemists who make, study, and use a variety of interesting materials. Our areas of interest include confined liquids and glasses, porous solids, and size-exclusion chromatography. The projects in this group all involve the control and understanding of material properties on nanometer length scales. Some of us develop new chemical approaches to forming uniform nanocrystals and highly ordered porous solids. Others focus on using these materials as tools for answering fundamental questions about nature, such as the characteristic length scales in glasses and liquids. Finally, all of our materials research may impact emerging technologies in areas as diverse as bioinformatics and photonics. We are committed to exploring these exciting directions and identifying the underlying scientific issues which will be central to their eventual success.

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"Virus inactivation by silver doped titanium dioxide nanoparticles for drinking water treatment", Liga, M.V., Bryant, E.L, Colvin, V.L. and Li, Q, Water Research, Volume 45, Issue 2, January 2011, Pages 535-544. "Near-Infrared-Resonant Gold/Gold Sulfide Nanoparticles as a Photothermal Cancer Therapeutic Agent", Gobin, A.M., Watkinks, E.M., Quevedo, E.C., Colvin, V.L., West, J.L., Small, Volume 6, Issue 6, Pages 745-752, March 2010. "Pollution Magnet: nano-magnetite for arsenic removal from drinking water", Yavuz, C.F., Mayo, J.T., et al., Environmental Geochemistry and Health, Volume 32, Number 4, 2010, 327-334. "Quantification of Water Solubilized CdSe/ZnS Quantum Dots in Daphnia magna", Nastassja A. Lewinski, Huiguang Zhu, Hun-Je Jo, Don Pham, Rashmi R. Kamath, Clare R. Ouyang, Christopher D. Vulpe, Vicki L. Colvin and Rebekah A. Drezek, Environ. Sci.Technol., 2010, 44 (5), pp 1841-1846. "Magnetic Separations: From Steel Plants to Biotechnology", Yavuz, C. T.; Prakash, A.; Mayo, J. T.; Colvin, V. L., Chemical Engineering Science 2009, 64, 2510-2521. "Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy of Magnetite Nanocrystal Diffusion", Tcherniak, A.; Prakash, A.; Mayo, J. T.; Colvin, V. L.; Link, S., Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2009, 113, 844-848. "Phase Transfer Agents for Nanocrystals Prepared in Nonpolar Solvents", Prakash, A.; Zhu, H. G.; Jones, C. J.; Benoit, D. N.; Ellsworth, A. Z.; Bryant, E. L.; Colvin, V. L., Bilayersas Acs Nano 2009, 3, 2139-2146. "Applying Analytical Ultracentrifugation to Nanocrystal Suspensions", Jamison, J. A.; Krueger, K. M.; Mayo, J. T.; Yavuz, C. T.; Redden, J. J.; Colvin, V. L., Nanotechnology 2009, 20. "Quantitative Determination of Skin Penetration of Peg-Coated Cdse Quantum Dots in Dermabraded but Not Intact Skh-1 Hairless Mouse Skin", Gopee, N. V.; Roberts, D. W.; Webb, P.; Cozart, C. R.; Siitonen, P. H.; Latendresse, J. R.; Warbitton, A. R.; Yu, W. W.; Colvin, V. L.; Walker, N. J., et al., Toxicological Sciences 2009, 111, 37-48. "Biological Interactions of Quantum Dot Nanoparticles in Skin and in Human Epidermal Keratinocytes", Zhang, L. W.; Yu, W. W.; Colvin, V. L.; Monteiro-Riviere, N. A., Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology 2008, 228, 200-211. "Biological Interactions of Quantum Dot Nanoparticles in Skin and in Human Epidermal Keratinocytes", Prasad, T.; Colvin, V. L.; Mittleman, D. M Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics 2008, 25, 633-644. "Photostability of Quantum Dots withAmphiphilic Polymer-Based Passivation Strategies", Nida, D. L.; Nitin, N.; Yu, W. W.; Colvin, V. L.; Richards-Kortum, R., Nanotechnology 2008, 19. "Quantum Dot Weathering Results in Microbial Toxicity", Mahendra, S.; Zhu, H. G.; Colvin, V. L.; Alvarez, P. J, Environmental Science & Technology 2008, 42, 9424-9430. "Electrically Driven Phase Transition in Magnetite Nanostructures", Lee, S.; Fursina, A.; Mayo, J. T.; Yavuz, C. T.; Colvin, V. L.; Sofin, R. G. S.; Shvets, I. V.; Natelson, D., Nature Materials 2008, 7, 130-133. "Size-Dependent Sedimentation Properties of Nanocrystals", Jamison, J. A.; Krueger, K. M.; Yavuz, C. T.; Mayo, J. T.; LeCrone, D.; Redden, J. J.; Colvin, V. L., Acs Nano 2008, 2, 311-319. "Forming Biocompatible and Nonaggregated Nanocrystals in Water Using AmphiphilicPolymers", Yu, W. W.; Chang, E.; Falkner, J. C.; Zhang, J. Y.; Al-Somali, A. M.; Sayes, C. M.; Johns, J.; Drezek, R.; Colvin, V. L., Journal of the American Chemical Society 2007, 129, 2871-2879. "Pulmonary Bioassay Studies withNanoscale and Fine-Quartz Particles in Rats: Toxicity Is Not Dependent Upon Particle Size but on Surface Characteristics", Warheit, D. B.; Webb, T. R.; Colvin, V. L.; Reed, K. L.; Sayes, C. R., Toxicological Sciences 2007, 95, 270-280. "Effect of Structural Disorder on Guided Resonances in Photonic Crystal Slabs Studied with Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy", Prasad, T.; Colvin, V. L.; Mittleman, D. M., The Optics Express 2007, 15, 16954-16965. "Superprism Effect in a Metal-Clad Terahertz Photonic Crystal Slab", Prasad, T.; Colvin, V. L.; Jian, Z. P.; Mittleman, D. M, Optics Letters 2007, 32, 683-685.