Professor Maria Hepel

THE DEPARTMENT OF AT STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, POTSDAM N.Y. CHEMISTRY
Site map Home Professional activity Education Teaching Nanoscience in Curriculum University Service Research Research with Students List of Research Projects Learning through research Publications Presentations International Connection Raman Imaging and Spectroscopy Lab Chemical and Biological Applications of Raman Spectroscopy (pdf, 7 MB) Atomic Force Microscopy Lab AFM operation Tip interactions Lectures to other Departments Nanotechnology Lab Quartz Crystal Nanobalance Lab EQCN Principles EQCN Setup Studies Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Nanobalance (EQCN) technique utilizes quartz vibrations and piezoelectric effect to measure mass changes as small as a fraction of a monolayer of atoms Back to CHEMISTRY Dept.		Home Page Professor Maria Hepel hepelmr@potsdam.edu		Department of Chemistry Stowell Hall 44 Pierrepont Ave. Potsdam , NY 13676, U.S.A. Tel.: +1.315.267.2267 Fax: +1.315.267.3170
		Dr. Hepel research studies focus on novel nanoscience phenomena in electron transport in atomically-thin nanowires, catalysis on nanaparticles and nanoporous materials, chemical quantum interference, interactions of submonolayer films with biomolecules, and applications of new discoveries in emerging nanotechnologies. Her interest in incorporating interdisciplinary and nanoscience projects in undergraduate courses brings an exciting opportunity for students to learn skills and understanding of nanoscience for future careers in chemistry, biosensors, piezoimmunosensors for the detection of biomolecules, toxicants, and heavy metals, as well as in materials science, molecular electronics, and energy technologies, such as the fuel cells, solar photovoltaics, hydrogen energy, lithium batteries, electrochromic devices, etc. The cutting-edge research introduces students to the state-of-the-art modern instrumentation, including Atomic Force Microscope, Scanning Tunneling Microscope, Quartz Crystal Nanogravimetric and Immittance Spectroscopic instruments, Ultra-Fast Electrochemical Potentiostats, Quantum Nanobridge Impedance Spectroscopy, and others.		*Nanoporous TiO₂* for solar energy conversion and direct methanol fuel cells Degradation of dye pollutants Electron density surface with map of highest Occupied Molecular Orbitals (HOMO) for dye pollutant Remazol Blue Black. Decomposition of pollutants studied by photo-electrocatalytic method using TiO₂, WO₃, and MoO₃ semiconductor electrodes *Quantum Conductance Monatomic Nanobridge Devices* studied using conductanc spectroscopy and AFM/STM
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