Stephen P. O'Brien

Stephen P. O'Brien
(lab) 1144 S.W. Mudd
(mail) 200 S.W. Mudd, Mail Code: 4701
New York, NY 10027
Phone: +1 212 854 9478
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Research Specialty

Synthesis and characterization of nanostructured materials. Self-assembled organic-inorganic materials. Nanotechnology.

Education

Balliol College, Oxford University, UK. Ph.D. - 1998
(Inorganic Solid State Chemistry)

Sussex University, UK. B.Sc. - 1994
(Chemistry - First Class Honors)

Honors

English Speaking Union Lindemann Trust Fellowship for research in the physical sciences, UC Santa Barbara (1998)

Sasakawa and EPSRC research awards, Waseda University, Tokyo (1995)

Erasmus Scholarship, Uppsala University, Sweden (1993)

Nuffield Scholarship for undergraduate research (1992)

Professional

1999 - 2000: MRSEC Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Material Science, Columbia University and IBM T. J. Watson Research Center.

Synthesis and characterization of novel elemental and binary nanocrystalline materials with optical/electronic applications.

1998 - 1999: Post-Doctoral Research in Materials Chemistry, University of California at Santa Barbara.

Synthesis of Mesoporous Materials with Applications in Catalysis

Publications (Highlights)

M. Yin, and S. O'Brien, "Synthesis of Monodisperse Nanocrystals of Manganese Oxides" J. Am Chem. Soc.,, 10180-10181 (2003).

F. X. Redl, K.-S. Cho, C. B. Murray, S. O’Brien, "Three-Dimensional Binary Superlattices of Magnetic Nanocrystals and Semiconductor Quantum Dots" Nature, 423, 968 (2003).

L. Huang, S. J. Wind, S. P. O’Brien, "Controlled Growth of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes from an Ordered Mesoporous Silica Template" Nanoletters, 3, 299 (2003).

C. Zhang, S. O’Brien, L. Balogh, "Comparison and Stability of CdSe Nanocrystals Covered with Amphiphilic Poly(amidoamine) dendrimers" J. Phys. Chem., 106, 10316 (2002).

N. J. Turro, P. H. Lakshminarasimhan, S. Jockusch, S. P. O’Brien, S. G. Grancharov, F. X. Redl, "Spectroscopic Probe of the Surface of Iron Oxide Nanocrystals" Nanoletters, 2, 325 (2002).

S. O'Brien, C. B. Murray, L. E. Brus, "Synthesis and Characterization of Nanocrystals of Barium Titanate, Toward a Generalized Synthesis of Oxide Nanoparticles" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 123, 12085 (2001).
(Editors Choice in Science Magazine, Dec. 4 Issue)

T. D. Krauss, S. O'Brien, L. E. Brus, "Photoluminescent and Electrostatic Properties of Core/Shell Semiconductor Nanocrystals" Phys. Rev. B, 2000, In Press.

M. Morey, S. O'Brien, S. Schwarz, G. Stucky, "Hydrothermal and Post-Synthesis Incorporation of Titanium into MCM-48 and SBA-15" Chem. Mater., 2000, 12, 898-911.

D. O'Hare, J. S. O. Evans, A. Fogg, S. O'Brien, "Time-resolved, in situ X-ray diffraction studies of intercalation in lamellar hosts" Polyhedron, 2000, 19, 297-305.

A. M. Fogg, S. J. Price, R. J. Francis, S. O'Brien, D. O'Hare, "Determination of the kinetics of crystallization of gibbsite using time resolved in situ energy dispersive powder X-ray diffraction" J. Mater. Chem., 2000, 10, 2355-2357.

R. J. Francis, S. O'Brien, A. M. Fogg, P. S. Halasyamani, D. O'Hare, T. Loiseau, G. Ferey, "Time-resolved in-situ energy and angular dispersive X-ray diffraction studies of the formation of the microporous gallophosphate ULM-5 under hydrothermal conditions" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1999, 121, 1002-1015.

S. O'Brien, R. J. Francis, A. Fogg, D. O'Hare, N. Okazaki, K. Kuroda, "Time-resolved in situ X-ray powder diffraction study of the formation of mesoporous silicates" Chem. Mat., 1999, 11, 1822-1832.

S. O'Brien, J. Tudor, D. O'Hare, "Solid state H-2 NMR study of the orientation and dynamics of cobaltocenium intercalated in the layered silicate LaponiteRD" J. Mater. Chem., 1999, 9, 1819-1824.

D. O'Hare, J. S. O. Evans, R. Francis, S. Price, S. O'Brien, In Epdic 5, Pts 1 and 2, 1998; Vol. 278-2; pp 367-378.

S. O'Brien, J. M. Keates, S. Barlow, M. J. Drewitt, B. R. Payne, D. O'Hare, "Synthesis and characterization of ferrocenyl-modified mesoporous silicates" Chem. Mat., 1998, 10, 4088-4099.

S. O'Brien, J. Tudor, S. Barlow, M. J. Drewitt, S. J. Heyes, D. O'Hare, "Modification of MCM-41 via ring opening of a strained [1]ferrocenophane" Chem. Commun., 1997, 641-642.

R. J. Francis, S. J. Price, S. O'Brien, A. M. Fogg, D. O'Hare, T. Loiseau, G. Ferey, "Formation of an intermediate during the hydrothermal synthesis of ULM-5 studied using time-resolved, in situ X-ray powder diffraction" Chem. Commun., 1997, 521-522.

D. O'Hare, R. J. Francis, S. J. Price, S. O'Brien, A. M. Fogg, "In-situ energy dispersive diffraction studies on the hydrothermal synthesis of microporous materials" Abstr. Pap. Am. Chem. Soc., 1997, 213, 593-INOR.

S. O'Brien, J. Tudor, T. Maschmeyer, D. O'Hare, "EXAFS analysis of a chiral alkene polymerization catalyst incorporated in the mesoporous silicate MCM-41" Chem. Commun., 1997, 1905-1906.

R. J. Francis, S. J. Price, J. S. O. Evans, S. O'Brien, D. O'Hare, S. M. Clark, "Hydrothermal synthesis of microporous tin sulfides studied by real-time in situ energy-dispersive X-ray diffraction" Chem. Mat. , 1996, 8, 2102-2108.

S. J. Price, D. O'Hare, R. J. Francis, A. Fogg, S. O'Brien, "Formation of surfactant intercalates of MnPS3 as observed by real time in situ powder X-ray diffraction" Chem. Commun., 1996, 2453-2454.

S. O'Brien, R. J. Francis, S. J. Price, D. O'Hare, S. M. Clark, N. Okazaki, K. Kuroda, "Formation of Silica-Surfactant Mesophases Studied by Real-Time in Situ X-ray Powder Diffraction" J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Commun., 1995, 2423-2424.