Education
- Doctor of Philosophy, Chemistry May, 2010
(in progress)
Rice University, Houston, TX - Master of Science, Chemistry May, 2007
Rice University, Houston, TX - Bachelor of Arts, Chemistry and Mathematics May, 2005
Westminster College, Fulton, MO
Current Research Interests
- Gold nanoshell induced fluorescence enhancement of fluorophores for applications in biomedical imaging and optical tomography
- Design nanoparticles to utilize as luminescent materials for device fabrication
- Fabricate novel photonic materials for applications in solar cells and photocatalysis
- Synthesize and utilize plasmonic nanostructures for sensing and detection of biomolecular species
Patents
N. J. Halas, R.Bardhan, H.Wang, "ZnO nanostructures and core-shell ZnO nanoparticles as white light emitters", US Patent, pending
Publications
- R. Bardhan, O. Neumann, H. Wang and N.J. Halas*, " Au-Nanorice induced Nanostar via Electrochemical Method" manuscript in preparation
- R. Bardhan, N.K. Grady, O. Neumann, A. Joshi, and N.J. Halas*, " Optimal Plasmonic Nanostructure for Near-Infrared Fluorescence Enhancement" manuscript in preparation
- R. Bardhan, N.K. Grady, and N.J. Halas*, " Nanoscale Control of Near-Infrared Fluorescence Enhancement via Gold Nanoshells " manuscript submitted
- Mi-Ran Choi, Katie J. Stanton-Maxey, C. S. Levin, R. Bardhan, Demir Akin, Jennifer Sturgis, J. Paul Robinson, Rashid Bashir, Naomi J. Halas and Susan E. Clare, " A Cellular Trojan Horse for Delivery of Therapeutic Nanoparticles into Tumors ", Nano Letters , 7 (12) , 2007 , 3759 - 3765
- R. Bardhan, H.Wang, F. Tam, and N.J. Halas*, " A Facile Chemical Approach to ZnO Submicron Particles with Controllable Morphologies ", Langmuir, 23 (11), 2007, 5843 -5847
- M. W. Knight, N.K. Grady, R. Bardhan, F. Hao, P. Norlander, N. J. Halas*, "Nanoparticle mediated Coupling of Light into a Nanowire", Nano Letters, 7 (8), 2007, 2346 - 2350
- C. S. Levin, B. G. Janesko, R.Bardhan, G. E. Scuseria, J. D. Hartgerink, N. J. Halas*, " Chain Length Dependent Vibrational Resonances in Alkanethiol Self-Assembled Monolayers Observed on Plasmonic Nanoparticle Substrates ", Nano Letters, 6(11), 2006, 2617 – 2621
Conference Presentations
- “Distance Dependent Fluorescence Enhancement of Indocyanine Green via Au Nanoshells”, R. Bardhan, N. K. Grady, N. J. Halas, Materials Research Society National Meeting, Boston, MA, November 2007
- “Plasmonic Modification of Adjacent Molecules and Materials: Routes to Active Plasmonic Devices”, N. K. Grady, R. Bardhan, S. P. Sundararajan, S. Grabtchak, N. J. Halas, SPIE – Optics and Photonics National Meeting, San Diego, CA, August 2007
- "A Facile Chemical Approach to ZnO Submicron Particles with Controllable Morphologies", R. Bardhan, H. Wang, F. Tam, N.J. Halas, Materials Research Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 2007
- "Tailoring the Morphology of White-Light Emitting ZnO Nanostructures", R. Bardhan, H. Wang, F. Tam, N.J. Halas, American Chemical Society Regional Meeting, Houston, TX, October 2006
- "Gold Nanoshells with Wide Band-Gap Semiconductor Coatings", R. Bardhan, H. Wang, F. Tam, N.J. Halas, Rice Quantum Institute Summer Research Colloquium, Houston, TX, August 2006
- "Characterization of the nonlinear behavior of the chlorite-sulfite pH-oscillator in a CSTR", G. A. Frerichs*, J. Zastrow, J. Shatto, R.Bardhan, Gordon Research Conference, Lewiston, ME, July 2004