Nanoparticles

After degrees in Chemistry (BSc, 1986; MSc, 1990) from the State University of São Paulo (Brazil), Celso de Mello Donega moved to the Netherlands, where he worked under the supervision of Prof. George Blasse from 1991 to 1994, being awarded a PhD degree in Chemistry from Utrecht University in 1994. Upon his return to Brazil in 1995, he was appointed Associate Professor at the Federal State University of Pernambuco. He moved back to the Netherlands in 2000 to join the Condensed Matter and Interfaces Group of the Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science at Utrecht University, where he currently holds a tenured Associate Professor position. His expertise is in the field of synthesis and optical spectroscopy of luminescent materials. His research is focused on the chemistry and optoelectronic properties of nanomaterials, with particular emphasis on colloidal nanocrystals and heteronanocrystals.

• The Nanoscience Paradigm: “Size Matters!”.- Size effects on semiconductor nanoparticles.- Metal nanoparticles for microscopy and spectroscopy.- Nanoporous materials and confined liquids.- Supported nanoparticles.- The challenge of colloidal nanoparticle synthesis.- Electron microscopy techniques.- Scanning probe microscopy and spectroscopy.- Electron paramagnetic resonance based spectroscopic techniques.- Solution NMR toolbox for colloidal nanoparticles.