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Sandra J. Rosenthal

Sandra J. Rosenthal

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
56
Citations
12395
World Ranking
8208
National Ranking
2025

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Sandra J. Rosenthal is affiliated with Vanderbilt University in the United States. Their research contributions span multiple interdisciplinary fields, mainly focusing on Materials Science, Engineering, and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Within these fields, the scientist has produced work particularly concentrated in subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Molecular Biology.

The researcher's work encompasses a variety of topics, including Quantum Dots Synthesis and Properties, Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films, Advanced Biosensing and Bioanalysis Techniques, Circadian Rhythm and Melatonin, Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures, Bipolar Disorder and Treatment, as well as Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research.

Frequent publication venues for the scientist include The Journal of Chemical Physics, Chemistry of Materials, Translational Psychiatry, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Sandra J. Rosenthal include the following:

  • "Synthesis, Surface Chemistry, and Fluorescent Properties of InP Quantum Dots," 2023, Chemistry of Materials
  • "Seasonal effects on bipolar disorder: A closer look," 2020, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • "Role of shell composition and morphology in achieving single-emitter photostability for green-emitting "giant" quantum dots," 2020, The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • "Effect of indium alloying on the charge carrier dynamics of thick-shell InP/ZnSe quantum dots," 2020, The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • "Enlightened: addressing circadian and seasonal changes in photoperiod in animal models of bipolar disorder," 2021, Translational Psychiatry

Sandra J. Rosenthal has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Oleg Kovtun
  • Sophia M. Click
  • Travis Josephs
  • James R. McBride
  • Ruben Torres

The scientist also has contributed to book publications through WS EDUCATION eBooks, with titles such as "Who Me? (Set 2)," "I'm a Cancer Biologist Now!," "I'm a Quantum Dot Chemist Now!," and "I'm a Radiation Oncologist Now!," all published in 2023.

Award recognition includes being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2011.

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Femtosecond solvation dynamics in acetonitrile: Observation of the inertial contribution to the solvent response

    Sandra J. Rosenthal;Xiaoliang Xie;Mei Du;Graham R. Fleming

  • 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

  • Ultrafast Carrier Dynamics in CdSe Nanocrystals Determined by Femtosecond Fluorescence Upconversion Spectroscopy

    David F. Underwood;and Tadd Kippeny;Sandra J. Rosenthal

  • Surface modification to reduce nonspecific binding of quantum dots in live cell assays.

    Elizabeth L. Bentzen;Ian D. Tomlinson;John Mason;Paul Gresch

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

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

  • Femtosecond to nanosecond solvation dynamics in pure water and inside the γ-cyclodextrin cavity

    Štefan Vajda;Štefan Vajda;Ralph Jimenez;Sandra J. Rosenthal;Sandra J. Rosenthal;Vlastimil Fidler;Vlastimil Fidler

  • 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

  • Ultrafast solvent dynamics: Connection between time resolved fluorescence and optical Kerr measurements

    Minhaeng Cho;Sandra J. Rosenthal;Norbert F. Scherer;Lawrence D. Ziegler;Lawrence D. Ziegler

  • Bar-coding biomolecules with fluorescent nanocrystals.

    Sandra J. Rosenthal

  • White Light-Emitting Diodes Based on Ultrasmall CdSe Nanocrystal Electroluminescence

    Michael A. Schreuder;Kai Xiao;Ilia N. Ivanov;Sharon M. Weiss

  • Femtosecond spontaneous-emission studies of reaction centers from photosynthetic bacteria.

    Mei Du;Sandra J. Rosenthal;Xiaoliang Xie;Theodore J. Dimagno

  • Semiconductor Nanocrystals: A Powerful Visual Aid for Introducing the Particle in a Box

    Tadd Kippeny;Laura A. Swafford;Sandra J. Rosenthal

  • Solvation dynamics in methanol: Experimental and molecular dynamics simulation studies

    Sandra J. Rosenthal;Ralph Jimenez;Graham R. Fleming;P.V. Kumar

  • Photosystem I - based biohybrid photoelectrochemical cells.

    Peter N. Ciesielski;Frederick M. Hijazi;Amanda M. Scott;Christopher J. Faulkner

  • Fluorescence upconversion study of cis‐stilbene isomerization

    David C. Todd;John M. Jean;Sandra J. Rosenthal;Anthony J. Ruggiero

Frequent Co-Authors

James R. McBride
James R. McBride Vanderbilt University
Randy D. Blakely
Randy D. Blakely Florida Atlantic University
Stephen J. Pennycook
Stephen J. Pennycook University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Graham R. Fleming
Graham R. Fleming University of California, Berkeley
Sokrates T. Pantelides
Sokrates T. Pantelides Vanderbilt University
Andrew R. Lupini
Andrew R. Lupini Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Leonard C. Feldman
Leonard C. Feldman Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Sharon M. Weiss
Sharon M. Weiss Vanderbilt University
John P. Wikswo
John P. Wikswo Vanderbilt University
Han Htoon
Han Htoon Los Alamos National Laboratory

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