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James R. McBride is a researcher primarily affiliated with Vanderbilt University in the United States. Their academic work spans the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with a significant focus on Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Their research prominently covers topics such as Quantum Dots Synthesis and Properties, Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films, and Copper-based Nanomaterials and Applications. Additional areas of study include Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization, Semiconductor Materials and Devices, Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications, and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion.

McBride has contributed to several scientific publications, with recent papers including:

  • Automatic Targetless Extrinsic Calibration of a 3D Lidar and Camera by Maximizing Mutual Information (2021), published in Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
  • geopandas/geopandas: v0.8.1 (2020), published in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Water splitting with silicon p-i-n superlattices suspended in solution (2023), published in Nature
  • Surface passivation extends single and biexciton lifetimes of InP quantum dots (2020), published in Chemical Science
  • Highly Efficient Plasmon Induced Hot-Electron Transfer at Ag/TiO2 Interface (2021), published in ACS Photonics

Frequent collaborators in McBride's research include Sandra J. Rosenthal, Tianquan Lian, Wenxing Yang, David J. Hill, and James F. Cahoon.

The researcher's work has appeared repeatedly in several publication venues, notably:

  • Nature
  • Nano Letters
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • ACS Photonics

Best Publications

  • Efficient hot-electron transfer by a plasmon-induced interfacial charge-transfer transition

    K. Wu;Jacqueline Chen;James R McBride;Tianquan Lian

  • White-Light Emission from Magic-Sized Cadmium Selenide Nanocrystals

    Michael Bowers;James McBride;Sandra Rosenthal

  • Biocompatible Quantum Dots for Biological Applications

    Sandra J. Rosenthal;Jerry C. Chang;Oleg Kovtun;James R. McBride

  • Targeting cell surface receptors with ligand-conjugated nanocrystals.

    Sandra J Rosenthal;Ian Tomlinson;Erika M Adkins;Sally Schroeter

  • Continuous-wave lasing in colloidal quantum dot solids enabled by facet-selective epitaxy

    Fengjia Fan;Oleksandr Voznyy;Randy P. Sabatini;Kristopher T. Bicanic

  • Homogeneously Alloyed CdSxSe1-x Nanocrystals: Synthesis, Characterization, and Composition/Size-Dependent Band Gap

    Laura A. Swafford;Lauren A. Weigand;Michael J. Bowers;James R. McBride

  • Structural basis for near unity quantum yield core/shell nanostructures.

    James McBride;Joe Treadway;L. C. Feldman;Stephen J. Pennycook

  • Synthesis, Surface Studies, Composition and Structural Characterization of CdSe, Core/Shell, and Biologically Active Nanocrystals

    Sandra J. Rosenthal;James McBride;Stephen J. Pennycook;Leonard C. Feldman;Leonard C. Feldman

  • Spectroscopy of single- and double-wall carbon nanotubes in different environments.

    Tobias Hertel;Axel Hagen;Vadim Talalaev;Katharina Arnold

  • Near-Unity Emitting Copper-Doped Colloidal Semiconductor Quantum Wells for Luminescent Solar Concentrators.

    Manoj Sharma;Kivanc Gungor;Aydan Yeltik;Murat Olutas

  • Bright White Light Emission from Ultrasmall Cadmium Selenide Nanocrystals

    Teresa E. Rosson;Sarah M. Claiborne;James R. McBride;Benjamin S. Stratton

  • Synthesis of Ultrasmall and Magic-Sized CdSe Nanocrystals

    Sarah M. Harrell;James R. McBride;Sandra J. Rosenthal

  • Efficient and ultrafast formation of long-lived charge-transfer exciton state in atomically thin cadmium selenide/cadmium telluride type-II heteronanosheets.

    Kaifeng Wu;Qiuyang Li;Yanyan Jia;James R McBride

  • Water splitting with silicon p–i–n superlattices suspended in solution

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  • Two-Dimensional Morphology Enhances Light-Driven H2 Generation Efficiency in CdS Nanoplatelet-Pt Heterostructures.

    Qiuyang Li;Fengjiao Zhao;Chen Qu;Qiongyi Shang

  • Review—Quantum Dots and Their Application in Lighting, Displays, and Biology

    Talitha Frecker;Danielle Bailey;Xochitl Arzeta-Ferrer;James McBride

  • Dynamic fluctuations in ultrasmall nanocrystals induce white light emission

    Timothy J. Pennycook;James R. McBride;Sandra J. Rosenthal;Stephen J. Pennycook

  • Universal Length Dependence of Rod-to-Seed Exciton Localization Efficiency in Type I and Quasi-Type II CdSe@CdS Nanorods

    Kaifeng Wu;Lawrence J. Hill;Jinquan Chen;James R. McBride

  • Synthesis of Magic-Sized CdSe and CdTe Nanocrystals with Diisooctylphosphinic Acid

    Albert D. Dukes;James R. McBride;Sandra J. Rosenthal

  • Synthesis of SnS nanocrystals by the solvothermal decomposition of a single source precursor

    Dmitry S Koktysh;James R McBride;Sandra J Rosenthal

  • Structure and Ultrafast Dynamics of White-Light-Emitting CdSe Nanocrystals

    Michael J Bowers;James McBride;Maria Danielle Garrett;Jessica A. Sammons

  • Band Edge Recombination in CdSe, CdS and CdSxSe1−x Alloy Nanocrystals Observed by Ultrafast Fluorescence Upconversion: The Effect of Surface Trap States

    Maria Danielle Garrett;Albert D. Dukes;James R. McBride;Nathanael J. Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Sandra J. Rosenthal
Sandra J. Rosenthal Vanderbilt University
Stephen J. Pennycook
Stephen J. Pennycook University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Sokrates T. Pantelides
Sokrates T. Pantelides Vanderbilt University
Tianquan Lian
Tianquan Lian Emory University
Andrew R. Lupini
Andrew R. Lupini Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Leonard C. Feldman
Leonard C. Feldman Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Hilmi Volkan Demir
Hilmi Volkan Demir Bilkent University
Jennifer A. Hollingsworth
Jennifer A. Hollingsworth Los Alamos National Laboratory
Han Htoon
Han Htoon Los Alamos National Laboratory
Kaifeng Wu
Kaifeng Wu Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics

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