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Research in physical chemistry, nanoscience, and solar energy conversion at University of Colorado Boulder

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@DukovicLab
Dukovic Lab
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We're hiring PhD students and postdocs! Postdoc candidates should have expertise in at least one of these areas: time-resolved spectroscopy of nanocrystals; interfacing nanomaterials and biomolecules; enzyme biochemistry; advanced electron microscopy; cryo-electron microscopy✨🔬
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@DukovicLab
Dukovic Lab
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Congratulations to @GordanaDukovic for being named one of 31 finalists for the 2022 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists the world’s largest unrestricted prize honoring early-career scientists and engineers! @BlavatnikAwards
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Dukovic Lab
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Excited to be at the long awaited and much anticipated 2020/2 Nanocrystal GRC.
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@DukovicLab
Dukovic Lab
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University of Colorado Boulder @CUBoulder is hiring an Assistant Professor of Chemistry. Help us spread the word!
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Dukovic Lab
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Congratulations to @GordanaDukovic for being one of 171 scientists, artists, writers, and scholars who were named 2023 Guggenheim Fellows by the Guggenheim Foundation ( @GuggFellows ). #guggfellows2023
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Dukovic Lab
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Dukovic group members and alumni reunited at the Semiconductor Nanocrystal GRC
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Dukovic Lab
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We are excited about this pandemic collaboration with the Bawendi Lab @ChemistryMIT : a summer seminar series called News in Nanocrystals. Find more information and register at .
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Dukovic Lab
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How time flies - Dukovic lab turns 10 years old. Here’s one of the early group photos and one from last week.
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@DukovicLab
Dukovic Lab
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Find out what’s got us all “charged” up- CdS nanocrystals capable of photocharging without added reductants, even under room lights alone! See our paper from @keshulenberger and @helenarkeller et al. in @JPhysChem ’s special 125 year anniversary issue:
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Dukovic Lab
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We are excited about this pandemic collaboration with the Bawendi Lab @ChemistryMIT : a summer seminar series called News in Nanocrystals. Tomorrow, we hear from @rubipy . Find more information and register at .
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Dukovic Lab
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News in Nanocrystals continues tomorrow with a talk from Prof. Brandi Cossairt @brandicossairt
@DukovicLab
Dukovic Lab
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We are excited about this pandemic collaboration with the Bawendi Lab @ChemistryMIT : a summer seminar series called News in Nanocrystals. Find more information and register at .
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@DukovicLab
Dukovic Lab
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Check out our recent @ACSChemRev review of Cd-chalcogenide nanorods! We take a dive into understanding the electronic structure and excited state properties of single component and heterostructure nanorods with an eye towards a range of applications.
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@DukovicLab
Dukovic Lab
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We are excited about our first publication with @Prof_SJE ’s group. It describes years of effort by multiple people to drive enzymatic carbon-carbon bond formation with light via CdS nanocrystals.
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Dukovic Lab
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@sascha_feldmann Cheers 🥂
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@DukovicLab
Dukovic Lab
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Interested students and postdocs should email Gordana to discuss their research interests. Don't miss this opportunity to join a dynamic and multidisciplinary lab with access to state-of-the-art facilities in the heart of beautiful Boulder, Colorado!
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Dukovic Lab
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What a great day! Congratulations to the chemistry Nobel laureates. Here is a “first reaction” interview with @GordanaDukovic ’s PhD advisor and wonderful human Louis Brus.
@NobelPrize
The Nobel Prize
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"This is a collaborative effort.” For Louis Brus the award of his 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been a team effort. Listen to our interview with him where he pays tribute to his many collaborators.
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Dukovic Lab
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The 2020 issue of Annual Reviews of Physical Chemistry us out. We have penned a description of electron transfer from nanocrystals to enzymes.
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Dukovic Lab
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Congratulations to @GordanaDukovic for being named one of eight 2024 Brown Investigators. We are excited about the new research directions that this award will make possible!
@Caltech
Caltech
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The newly formed Brown Institute for Basic Sciences at Caltech announced the 2024 class of Brown Investigators. Each investigator, recognized for curiosity-driven research in chemistry or physics, will receive up to $2 million over five years.
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@DukovicLab
Dukovic Lab
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Now in @JChemPhys : Shulenberger et al. report that biexciton transient absorption spectra of CdSe quantum dots have lower intensities than usually assumed and uncover the impact of surface chemistry on exciton and biexciton spectral shapes and intensities.
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Dukovic Lab
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5th year @kvrouwen won this beaker mug as a prize in the 2019 writing contest hosted by @ScienceBuffs . Congrats Kristina - just don't bring it in the wet lab!
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Dukovic Lab
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Congratulations to 5th year @kvrouwen on her excellent @CU_STEMinar , "Just Add Sunlight and Water: Designing Photocatalysts for Solar Fuels"! #scicomm
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Dukovic Lab
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News in Nanocrystals continues tomorrow with a talk from Prof. Raffaella Buonsanti (EPFL) @lnce_epfl
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Dukovic Lab
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We are excited about this pandemic collaboration with the Bawendi Lab @ChemistryMIT : a summer seminar series called News in Nanocrystals. Find more information and register at .
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Dukovic Lab
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Congratulations to all @CUBoulder Chem/Biochem graduates, including our own James Utterback!
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Dukovic Lab
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Congratulations to Lauren Pellows on a fantastic dissertation defense.
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Dukovic Lab
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Congratulations Katie! 🎉 Brandeis and your future students are lucky to get such an amazing scientist, teacher, and mentor 🧪🥼😎 We’re going to miss you!
@keshulenberger
Katie Shulenberger
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I am incredibly excited to announce I will be joining the faculty at Brandeis University as an assistant professor of chemistry this summer. Looking forward to a few more decades of all things nanocrystals. Let the photon counting begin! @brandeischem
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Dukovic Lab
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James defends his dissertation. In the theater. Congratulations to James - a fabulous performance!
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Dukovic Lab
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News in Nanocrystals continues tomorrow with a talk from @JM_Luther . Details at
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Dukovic Lab
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We are excited about this pandemic collaboration with the Bawendi Lab @ChemistryMIT : a summer seminar series called News in Nanocrystals. Tomorrow, we hear from @rubipy . Find more information and register at .
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Dukovic Lab
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How does heterogeneity affect the absorption spectra of (Ga1-xZnx)(N1-xOx) nanocrystals? In our article from @BFHammel , Leah Hall et al, valence electron energy loss spectroscopy reveals absorption spectra with nm spatial resolution! @JPhysChem @STROBE_STC
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Dukovic Lab
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In a recent publication in @JPhysChem C, Pearce, Duncan, Damrauer, and Dukovic show direct measurements of ultrafast hole transfer from photoexcited cadmium sulfide quantum dots to a molecular water oxidation catalyst.
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Dukovic Lab
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Happy holidays from the Dukovic group!
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Dukovic Lab
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Cool paper in @NatureComms latest issue on smart window coatings that can also act as mood lighting - read about it in 3rd year Kristina Vrouwenvelder's latest Chembite! @kvrouwen @chembiters
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Dukovic Lab
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Fall ACS meeting in Denver is in full swing; we have many group members and alumna @keshulenberger floating around
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Dukovic Lab
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Last night, 9 Research and Innovation Office Fellows, including @GordanaDukovic , gave short talks about their research and creative work at @CUBoulder to the Boulder community. #CUBoulderImpact
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Dukovic Lab
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Congrats to Dr. Marta Sulima, our 6th PhD in just over a year. Phew, we are going to take a little break from PhD defenses.
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Dukovic Lab
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Congratulations to @kvrouwen who defended her PhD last week. We will miss you, Kristina!
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Dukovic Lab
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News in Nanocrystals continues tomorrow with a talk by Lea Nienhaus @NienhausFSU
@DukovicLab
Dukovic Lab
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We are excited about this pandemic collaboration with the Bawendi Lab @ChemistryMIT : a summer seminar series called News in Nanocrystals. Tomorrow, we hear from @rubipy . Find more information and register at .
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Dukovic Lab
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Congratulations to all 2023 NSF GRFP recipients, including our own Olivia Bird ( @OliviaFayeBird ) and Benjamin Hammel ( @BFHammel )! 🎉
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Who is getting excited about the Colloidal Semiconductor Nanocrystal GRC? Don’t forget to apply!
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Dukovic Lab
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News in Nanocrystals continues tomorrow with a talk from @GordanaDukovic
@DukovicLab
Dukovic Lab
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We are excited about this pandemic collaboration with the Bawendi Lab @ChemistryMIT : a summer seminar series called News in Nanocrystals. Tomorrow, we hear from @rubipy . Find more information and register at .
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Dukovic Lab
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Congrats to former group member @AmandaGrennell , who has been awarded an @AAASMassMedia fellowship! Sponsored by @AmerChemSociety , Amanda will be reporting the latest science news for @NewsHour this summer. #CUBoulder #scicomm
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Dukovic Lab
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Ever wonder how to calculate quenching efficiency from complex photoexcited donor decays? Check out this @JPhysChem C article from James Utterback et al to learn more:
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Dukovic Lab
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In @NanoLetters @AmandaGrennell et al comprehensively describe #heterostructure #nanocrystal excited-state dynamics
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Dukovic Lab
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@GordanaDukovic has been awarded tenure and promotion to associate professor. Hooray!
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Dukovic Lab
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Congratulations to the 2020 @NSFGRFP recipients, including our own Madison Jilek! @CUBoulder
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Dukovic Lab
3 years
Congratulations, @keshulenberger , exciting news!
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Katie Shulenberger
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Very excited to be continuing my postdoctoral work in the @DukovicLab as a Cottrell Fellow this coming year! So very thankful to the @RCSA1 and @NSF for the opportunity.
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Dukovic Lab
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Junior chemistry faculty: application deadline for the 2018 Early Career Investigator Workshop is coming up soon!
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Dukovic Lab
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Congratulations to group member @AmandaGrennell , who defended her PhD today!!!
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Dukovic Lab
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Thanks to @DeliaMilliron and vice chairs for organizing an outstanding Nanocrystal Gordon Conference.
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Dukovic Lab
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We are thrilled to participate in the special issue of @JPhysChem honoring CU colleague Veronica Vaida.
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Dukovic Lab
4 years
We are getting closer to understanding why photo-excited hole transfer from CdS nanocrystals to these water-oxidation catalysts is super fast. Work of group alum Orion Pearce in collaboration with co-advisor Niels Damrauer @madrauer :
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Dukovic Lab
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We are excited to be a part of this new EFRC. Congratulations to @ArdoShane and team!!!
@JustinSambur
Justin Sambur
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Excited to be a PI of Ensembles of Photosynthetic Nanoreactors (EPN), a $10.5M EFRC led by ⁦ @ArdoShane ⁩! Our team will understand, predict, and control the activity, selectivity, and stability of nano-reactors for solar water splitting!⁦
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Dukovic Lab
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Congratulations to the new members of the National Academy of Sciences including our cherished colleague Veronica Vaida
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Dukovic Lab
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Congrats to all the finalists! Can you spot @GordanaDukovic ?
@BlavatnikAwards
Blavatnik Awards
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"Tonight, we celebrate the 31 Finalists of the 2022 Blavatnik National Awards. Together, they represent one of the most diverse arrays of young scientists in the @blavatnikawards history." @NYASciences #Blavatnik2022
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Dukovic Lab
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Tomorrow’s News in Nanocrystals features 3 student/postdoc talks.
@DukovicLab
Dukovic Lab
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We are excited about this pandemic collaboration with the Bawendi Lab @ChemistryMIT : a summer seminar series called News in Nanocrystals. Find more information and register at .
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Dukovic Lab
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It's been a fun ride with @Prof_SJE and his lab. We are excited to see where our collaboration takes us!
@RCSA1
Research Corporation for Science Advancement
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Eight years after brainstorming the idea for a collaborative project at the 2nd #Scialog : Solar Energy Conversion conference, Gordana Dukovic & Sean Elliott published their results in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Congrats!
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Dukovic Lab
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Thank you to all who have shown interest already! We now have a form for postdoc applicants, please submit here: "
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Dukovic Lab
4 years
Tomorrow!
@NiNC_Seminar
News in Nanocrystals Seminar
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Who says “surface”-level can’t be in-depth too? Tomorrow: Prof. Jonathan De Roo @jonathan_deroo tells us about “The Surface Chemistry of Colloidal Nanocrystals; Empowered by NMR” The Zoom webinar will open at 8 AM PST/11 AM EST/5 PM CET. Register here:
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Dukovic Lab
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University of Colorado Boulder is hiring an electron microscopy scientist: . Help us spread the word!
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Dukovic Lab
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Glad to see our lab members putting safety first! Don't want any #ChemistryHorror in this lab...
@kvrouwen
Kristina Vrouwenvelder
5 years
#HappyHalloween everyone! I dressed up as a witch with a book of potions (my lab notebook) and a magic wand (my laser pointer). Witches, don't forget to take off your shiny jewelry before entering the laser lab! #phdchat #ScienceTwitter
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Dukovic Lab
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ACS meeting via Zoom. @GordanaDukovic is speaking Monday at noon Eastern at
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Linda Wang
5 years
I am VERY impressed with how ACS COLL Division is presenting every single #ACSPhilly session on Zoom -- from Sun - Tues: Check it out. If u know of other ACS technical divisions doing virtual sessions, pls comment below for a story I'm writing for @cenmag .
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Dukovic Lab
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Great job @BFHammel
@IMOD_STC
IMOD STC
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The best way to hear about the science is to get the students and postdocs who did the work to talk about it. Ben Hammel from the Dukovic lab tells us about the exploration of particle shapes
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Dukovic Lab
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Branching out from #nanomaterials to #OuterSpace today: 3rd year Kristina Vrouwenvelder's piece on the #science of #TheMartian was just published on @ScienceBuffs !
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Dukovic Lab
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News in Nanocrystals continues tomorrow with a talk from Prof. Pat Kambhampati
@DukovicLab
Dukovic Lab
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We are excited about this pandemic collaboration with the Bawendi Lab @ChemistryMIT : a summer seminar series called News in Nanocrystals. Find more information and register at .
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Dukovic Lab
7 years
James Utterback has been selected to give his talk in "Best of the Young Meeting" session at #ISF2 : Sunday 2:45pm in PC Theater
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Dukovic Lab
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Check out group member Kristina Vrouwenvelder's piece in Scientific American! @kvrouwen @sciam
@sciam
Scientific American
6 years
Could a space helicopter find life on Saturn's moon Titan? Hard to say, but it’s not as crazy as it might sound
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Dukovic Lab
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Congrats to @DeliaMilliron , @brian_korgel , and team!
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Dukovic Lab
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Thank you for the 2+ years of keeping the community connected
@NiNC_Seminar
News in Nanocrystals Seminar
2 years
It’s been a little over two years since the start of NiNC! The seminar is now at 1500+ subscribers - thank you to all participants and countless great speakers over these years. We look forward to seeing you again in the fall 🙌
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Dukovic Lab
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🎉🎉🎉
@GordanaDukovic
Gordana Dukovic
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I have been promoted to the rank of Full Professor effective Fall 2021. So much gratitude to members of @DukovicLab , past and present, for their contributions recognized by this promotion, as well as to my colleagues and collaborators.
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@DukovicLab
Dukovic Lab
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We now have another science writer in the group: 3rd year @helenarkeller ! Check out her first @chembiters piece on glassy water: #scicomm
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Dukovic Lab
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Well done @nguyen_anh_hao @BFHammel and the rest of the @IMOD_STC team!
@nguyen_anh_hao
Hao Nguyen
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What is the max size for core/shell quantum dots? Inspired by J. Hollingsworth’s and O. Chen’s works, our article on @acsnano explores pushing the size limit of CdSe/CdS QDs for deterministic positioning of single photon emitters.
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Dukovic Lab
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Group member Kristina Vrouwenvelder ( @kvrouwen ) has just published another Chembite - this time on using micro-mirrors to look at blinking in quantum dots!
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Dukovic Lab
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@KamatlabND @CUBoulder Pleasure having @KamatlabND at CU today. Great discussions as always.
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Dukovic Lab
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In @ACSNano from Tongying etal: how synthesis temperature controls elemental distribution in oxynitride nanocrystals
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Dukovic Lab
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Congratulations @AmandaGrennell !!!
@AmandaGrennell
Amanda Grennell
5 years
WE *WON* A PEABODY!!!???!!! 🤯🤩🤗😵🥳 Making this video & the engagement it generated was the cherry on top of a wildly amazing summer, thanks to @NewsHour , @AAASMassMedia & @AmerChemSociety . And without @MoNscience , @juliagulia49 & @jamie_lev it never would have happened!
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Dukovic Lab
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ACS in SF: @GordanaDukovic is speaking Monday morning
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Dukovic Lab
8 years
Nanocrystals drive N2 fixation:
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Dukovic Lab
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Congratulations to @CUBoulder Chemistry colleague @RumblesG and collaborators.
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Garry Rumbles
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Delighted to see this great piece of science published. A true collaborative effort: @NREL @rasei @CUBoulder @KAUST_Solar @ukychem
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Dukovic Lab
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ACS in SF: visit the session on Light-Driven Chemistry, co-organized by @GordanaDukovic
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Dukovic Lab
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Congratulations to @PaulAlivisatos !!!!
@cenmag
C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News)
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UC Berkeley's @PaulAlivisatos receive's @AmerChemSociety 's highest honor for his pioneering work in #nanomaterials and service to the science community: @UCB_Chemistry #materials
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Dukovic Lab
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Dukovic group on a rollercoaster ride
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Dukovic Lab
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@lnce_epfl @EPFL_CHEM_Tweet @NCCR_Catalysis @ACSCatalysis Wonderful news and so well deserved. Congratulations!!!
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Dukovic Lab
9 years
Thank you @AFOSR for funding to expand our experimental capabilities
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Dukovic Lab
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We are delighted to contribute to this great work from @IMOD_STC @gingerlabUW and @TheRappeGroup
@IMOD_STC
IMOD STC
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This collaboration, between 3 IMOD groups, brings together expertise in theory ( @TheRappeGroup ), characterization ( @DukovicLab ), and heterointegration( @gingerlabUW ), to understand how ligand chelation of quantum dots influences the physical properties.
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Dukovic Lab
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Dr. Grennell's first piece for PBS News Hour!
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Amanda Grennell
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Dukovic Lab
2 years
This review was the result of excellent work by Katie Shulenberger ( @keshulenberger ), Madison Jilek ( @MadisonJilek ), Skylar Sherman, and Ben Hohman 💪
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Dukovic Lab
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For #NSFbday , @AmandaGrennell , 5th year in our group, wrote another article for @ScienceBuffs !
@ScienceBuffs
Science Buffs
8 years
First "electronic eye" brought #selfies to the masses #ThanksScience #TechIsCool #science
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Dukovic Lab
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Check out group alum Dr. Amanda Grennell's piece in Scientific American! @AmandaGrennell @sciam
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Amanda Grennell
5 years
Scientists solved LA's photochemical smog problem in the 1950s, but it took more than 20 years to put their solution in place. How they did it can help scientists address much different air pollution today. My latest for @sciam , thanks to @joesbigidea !
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Dukovic Lab
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How many grad students does it take to open a giant shipping box? New toys for the #laserlab ! #ultrafast #Halcyone http://t.co/bgaphrWDT4
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