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 Nanoparticle induced fluorescence enhancement of fluorophores for applications in biomedical imaging and optical tomography
- Conjugate antibodies to gold nanoshells for cancer targeting and therapy
- Synthesize and utilize plasmonic nanostructures for sensing and detection of biomolecular species
- Fabricate novel photonic materials for applications in solar cells, photocatalysis and ferrofluids.
Patents
N. J. Halas, R.Bardhan, H.Wang, "ZnO nanostructures and core-shell ZnO nanoparticles as white light emitters", US Patent, pending
Publications
- A. Joshi, R. Bardhan, M. Bartels, S. Ke, and N.J. Halas, " Nanoshell enhanced near-infrared fluorescent contrast agents for optical tomography" in preparation
- R. Bardhan, O. Neumann, N. Mirin, H. Wang and N.J. Halas, " Au-nanorice assembled into hierarchical mesostars via aqueous suspension electrolysis " in preparation
- R. Bardhan, N.K. Grady, J.R. Cole, A. Joshi, and N.J. Halas, " Nanoengineered Near-Infrared Fluorescence Enhancement via Au Nanostructures" in preparation
- R. Bardhan, N.K. Grady, and N.J. Halas, " Nanoscale Control of Near-Infrared Fluorescence Enhancement via Gold Nanoshells " Small, 2008, in press
- B.E. Brinson, J.B. Lassiter, R. Bardhan, C. S. Levin, N. Mirin, N. J. Halas, " Nanoshells made easy: Improving Au layer growth on nanoparticle surfaces" 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
- "Near-Infrared Fluorescence Enhancement via Gold Nanoshells and Biomedical Applications", R. Bardhan, N. K. Grady, A. Joshi, M. Bartels, S. Ke, N. J. Halas, Rice Quantum Institute Summer Research Colloquium, Houston, TX, August 2008
- "Nanoscale Control of Near-Infrared Fluorescence Enhancement via Gold Nanoshells", R. Bardhan, N. K. Grady, N. J. Halas, Gordon Research Conference, Tilton, NH, July 2008
- “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