Brock, Stephanie L. - Wayne State University

个人简介

Stephanie Brock is a native of the Pacific Northwest. She attended the University of Washington as an undergraduate (B.S. Chemistry, 1990), performing research on oxygen-atom transfer reactions under the direction of Professor James M. Mayer. Brock attended graduate school at U. C. Davis, where she worked with Professor Susan M. Kauzlarich in the area of solid state chemistry. Her dissertation focused on the synthesis and structure-magnetic property investigations of layered pnictide and pnictide oxide compounds of Mn and Zn. She graduated in March of 1995 and then stayed on for several months as a postdoctoral associate where she studied mixed metal pnictide oxides. Brock began a postdoctoral position at the University of Connecticut in August of 1995 with Professor Steven Suib. There, she developed expertise in soft chemistry routes to nanomaterials through the synthesis and characterization of novel manganese oxide colloids. She also worked with ac-glow discharge plasmas for hydrogen generation and carbon dioxide decomposition. In the Fall of 1999, Brock began a tenure-track position in the Department of Chemistry at Wayne State University. She was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2005 and the rank of Professor in 2009. Brock is also adjunct in the Department of Chemical Engineering/Materials Science at WSU. EDUCATION Ph. D., Inorganic Chemistry, University of California, Davis, March 1995. Dissertation: Synthesis and Structure-Property Investigations of Layered Pnictide, and Pnictide Oxide Compounds of Manganese and Zinc. Advisor: Professor Susan M. Kauzlarich. Bachelor of Science, Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, June 1990. POSITIONS HELD Professor, Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, 8/09-present Adjunct Professor, Chemical Engineering/Materials Science & Engineering, 8/07-present Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, 8/05-8/09 Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, 8/99-8/05 Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, 8/95-7/99 Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Chemistry, U. C. Davis, 3/95-8/95

研究领域

Our research efforts are centered on the synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/solid state materials with unique and tunable properties, particularly nanomaterials. The research is highly interdisciplinary, with the aim to develop a fundamental understanding of how structure, particle size, and material physical properties are related in order to advance technologies such as information storage, sensors, energy conversion, and catalysis. Specifically, we focus on developing new synthetic methods that will permit formation of nanoparticles with new and more complex chemistries than those we presently know how to make, and on developing methods for linking nanoparticles together with each other, or organic molecules/polymers, to create functional devices.

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K. L. Silva, L. Silmi, S. L. Brock, “Effect of Metal Ion Solubility on the Oxidative Assembly of Metal Sulfide Quantum Dots.” Journal of Chemical Physics, 2019. https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.5128932 J. Davis, K. L. Silva, S. L. Brock. “Exploiting kinetics for assembly of multicomponent nanoparticle networks with programmable control of heterogeneity.” Chemical Communications, 2019. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2019/cc/c9cc09027d#!divAbstract S. Mutinda, D. Li, J. Kay, and S. L. Brock, “Synthesis and Characterization of Co2-xRhxP Nanoparticles and their Catalytic Activity Towards the Oxygen Evolution Reaction” Journal of Material Chemistry A, 2018. http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2018/ta/c8ta02016g#!divAbstract I. K. Hewavitharana and S. L. Brock, “Application of Aqueous-Based Covalent Crosslinking Strategies to the Formation of Metal Chalcogenide Gels and Aerogels” Zeitschrift fur Physikalische Chemie, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1515/zpch-2018-1171. I. K. Hewavitharana and S. L. Brock, “When Ligand Exchange Leads to Ion Exchange: Nanocrystal Facets Dictate the Outcome” ACS Nano, 2017. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsnano.7b05534 D. Liyanage, D. Li, Q. B. Cheek, H. Baydoun, S. L. Brock, “Enhanced Activity by Dilution of the Noble Metal: Synthesis and Oxygen Evolution Reaction (OER) Catalytic Performance of Ni2-xRuxP nanocrystals” Journal of Material Chemistry A, 2017, Accepted L. Korala, J. Germain, E. Chen, I. Pala, D. Li and S. L. Brock, “CdS Aerogels as Efficient Photocatalysts for Degradation of Organic Dyes under Visible Light Irradiation ” Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 2017, Advance Article http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2017/qi/c7qi00140a J. Davis, A. Chalifoux, S. L. Brock, “Role of Crystal Structure and Chalcogenide Redox Properties on the Oxidative Assembly of Cadmium Chalcogenide Nanocrystals” Langmuir, 2017, Article ASAP. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b01118 R. Pimmachcharige, Y. Zhang, R. Regmi, G. Lawes and S. L. Brock, “Solution-Phase Growth Mechanism of Phosphours-doped MnAs Nanoparticles: Size, Polydispersity, and Dopant Control on the Nanoscale ” Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2017, 5, 3352-3358. http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2017/TC/C7TC00579B#!divAbstract D. Li, H. Baydoun, B. Kulikowsk, S. L. Brock, “Boosting Catalytic Performance of Iron Phosphide Nanorods for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction by Incorporation of Manganese” Chemistry of Materials, 2017, Accepted. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b00055 M. Hettiarachchi, E. Abdellhamid, B. Nadgorny, S. L. Brock, “Synthesis of Colloidal MnSb Nanoparticles: Consequences of Size and Surface Characteristics on Magnetic Properties. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2016, 4, 6790-6797. http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2016/tc/c6tc01478j#!divAbstract D. Li, M. P. Arachchige, B. Kulikowski, G. Lawes, T. Seda, S. L. Brock, “Control of Composition and Size in Discrete CoxFe2-xP Nanoparticles: Consequence for Magnetic Properties” Chemistry of Materials, 2016, 28, 3920-3927. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b01185 D. Li, H. Baydoun, C. N. Verani, S. L. Brock, “Efficient Water Oxidation Using CoMnP Nanoparticles” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2016, 138, 4006-4009. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jacs.6b01543 S. Danforth, D. Liyanage, A. Hitihami-Mudiyanselage, B. Ilic, S. L. Brock, M. Bussell “Probing hydrodesulfurization over bimetallic phosphides using monodisperse Ni2-xMxP nanoparticles encapsulated in mesoporous silica” Surface Science, 2016, 648, 126-135 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S003960281500309X D. James, X. Lu, D. Morelli, S. L. Brock “Solvothermal Synthesis of Tetrahedrite: Speeding Up the Process of Thermoelectric Material Generation” ACS Appl. Mater. Interface, 2015, 7, 23623–23632 http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsami.5b07141 A. Hitihami-Mudiyanselage, M. Arachchige, T. Seda, G. Lawes, S. L. Brock “Synthesis and Characterization of Discrete FexNi2–xP Nanocrystals (0