The GAO Materials Chemistry Research Group

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This dude is too lazy to write anything here, or too busy with science, or a superposition of both.

This dude is too lazy to write anything here, or too busy with science, or a superposition of both.

This dude is too lazy to write anything here, or too busy with science, or a superposition of both.

My main research interests focus on colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals in a variety of shapes and compositions. Specifically, I am working on how chemistry can contribute to both the understanding of the structures through methods such as Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) and X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS), and to a deeper understanding of the reaction pathways that take place in the formation of these interesting structures. In my spare time I like to play sports, cook/eat, and hang out with my lady.

I work on upconversion nanoparticles for enhanced efficiency solar cells. This effect allows us to ‘upconvert’ light whose wavelength is below the band gap of semiconducting solar cell materials into light that is at or above the band gap, extending the useful portion of the solar spectrum.

Research Area:

Mesochemistry: thin films of periodic mesoporous organosilica for use as novel low-dielectric-constant materials in semiconductor microprocessors; periodic mesoporous quartz; periodic mesoporous (organosilica) silica-graphene oxide composite materials.

Other interests include photonics, bionano interface, energy technology, and cleantech.

Favorite Scientist’s Quote

The best way to predict future is to invent it. — Alan Kay

Personal Website: http://wendongwang.info

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