Daniel Silverstein

Pennsylvania State University

Projects

Optical properties of silver nano-quantum-dots using long-range corrected TDDFT

Lead Institution

Pennsylvania State University

Principal Investigator

Lasse Jensen

Project type

Exploratory Research

Strong fluorescence has been observed for small Ag and Au clusters encapsulated in organic dendrimers or peptide matrices. However, the chemical and physical properties of these small encapsulated…

Theoretical Studies of Enhanced Optical Properties of Molecule-Metal Clusters

Lead Institution

Pennsylvania State University

Principal Investigator

Lasse Jensen

Project type

Exploratory Research

The interactions between molecules and metal clusters often lead to new enhanced optical properties which are of great interest for chemical and biological sensing. Understanding the optical…