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Shengli Zou is affiliated with the University of Central Florida in the United States and has published extensively in the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their research spans multiple subfields including Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics.

The primary focus of Zou's work revolves around the synthesis and applications of gold and silver nanoparticles, as well as plasmonic and surface plasmon research. Other significant topics include quantum dots synthesis and properties, protein interaction studies and fluorescence analysis, photochemistry and electron transfer studies, nanocluster synthesis and applications, and copper-based nanomaterials and applications.

Shengli Zou's frequent publishing venues reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their research:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • ACS Nano
  • ACS Nanoscience Au

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Zou are:

  • Morphology-Invariant Metallic Nanoparticles with Tunable Plasmonic Properties, 2021, ACS Nano
  • Quantification of the Photon Absorption, Scattering, and On-Resonance Emission Properties of CdSe/CdS Core/Shell Quantum Dots: Effect of Shell Geometry and Volumes, 2020, Analytical Chemistry
  • Colloidal Assembly of Au-Quantum Dot-Au Sandwiched Nanostructures with Strong Plasmon-Exciton Coupling, 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Interband and Intraband Hot Carrier-Driven Photocatalysis on Plasmonic Bimetallic Nanoparticles: A Case Study of Au-Cu Alloy Nanoparticles, 2024, ACS Nanoscience Au
  • Near-Infrared Light Absorbing Silver-Coated Hollow Gold Nanostars for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Detection of Bovine Serum Albumin Using Capping Ligand Exchange, 2022, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Zou's research collaborations include frequent co-authorship with scholars such as Ankai Wang, Dongmao Zhang, Max Wamsley, Jin Z. Zhang, and Pathum Wathudura.

This profile reflects Zou's involvement in advancing materials science through experimental and theoretical studies related to nanotechnology, plasmonics, and photochemical processes applied to metallic nanoparticles and quantum dots.

Best Publications

  • Silver nanoparticle array structures that produce remarkably narrow plasmon lineshapes.

    Shengli Zou;Nicolas Janel;Nicolas Janel;George C. Schatz

  • A nanoscale optical biosensor: The long range distance dependence of the localized surface plasmon resonance of noble metal nanoparticles

    Amanda J. Haes;Shengli Zou;George C. Schatz;Richard P. Van Duyne

  • Plasmonic Materials for Surface-Enhanced Sensing and Spectroscopy

    Amanda J. Haes;Christy L. Haynes;Adam D. McFarland;George C. Schatz

  • Confined Plasmons in Nanofabricated Single Silver Particle Pairs: Experimental Observations of Strong Interparticle Interactions

    Linda Gunnarsson;Tomas Rindzevicius;Juris Prikulis;Bengt Kasemo

  • A comparative analysis of localized and propagating surface plasmon resonance sensors: the binding of concanavalin a to a monosaccharide functionalized self-assembled monolayer.

    Chanda Ranjit Yonzon;Eunhee Jeoung;Eunhee Jeoung;Shengli Zou;George C. Schatz

  • Dark-field microscopy studies of single metal nanoparticles: understanding the factors that influence the linewidth of the localized surface plasmon resonance

    Min Hu;Carolina Novo;Alison Funston;Haining Wang

  • Controlling Plasmon Line Shapes through Diffractive Coupling in Linear Arrays of Cylindrical Nanoparticles Fabricated by Electron Beam Lithography

    Erin M. Hicks;Shengli Zou;George C. Schatz;Kenneth G. Spears

  • Designing, fabricating, and imaging Raman hot spots

    Lidong Qin;Shengli Zou;Can Xue;Ariel Atkinson

  • Silver nanoparticle array structures that produce giant enhancements in electromagnetic fields

    Shengli Zou;George C. Schatz

  • Narrow plasmonic/photonic extinction and scattering line shapes for one and two dimensional silver nanoparticle arrays.

    Shengli Zou;George C. Schatz

  • Localized surface plasmon resonance nanosensor: a high-resolution distance-dependence study using atomic layer deposition.

    Alyson V. Whitney;Jeffrey W. Elam;Shengli Zou;Alex V. Zinovev

  • Optical properties of metal nanoshells

    Encai Hao;Shuyou Li;Ryan C. Bailey;Shengli Zou

  • Interaction of Plasmon and Molecular Resonances for Rhodamine 6G Adsorbed on Silver Nanoparticles

    Jing Zhao;Lasse Jensen;Jiha Sung;Shengli Zou;Shengli Zou

  • Nanoscale Optical Biosensor : Short Range Distance Dependence of the Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance of Noble Metal Nanoparticles

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  • Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Spectroscopy near Molecular Resonances

    Amanda J. Haes;Shengli Zou;Jing Zhao;George C. Schatz

  • Controlling the shape, orientation, and linkage of carbon nanotube features with nano affinity templates

    Yuhuang Wang;Daniel Maspoch;Shengli Zou;George C. Schatz

  • DNA Directed Self-Assembly of Anisotropic Plasmonic Nanostructures

    Suchetan Pal;Zhengtao Deng;Haining Wang;Shengli Zou

  • Removal of Molecular Adsorbates on Gold Nanoparticles Using Sodium Borohydride in Water

    Siyam M. Ansar;Fathima S. Ameer;Wenfang Hu;Shengli Zou

  • Plasmonic properties of film over nanowell surfaces fabricated by nanosphere lithography

    Erin M. Hicks;Xiaoyu Zhang;Shengli Zou;Olga Lyandres

  • Fluorescence quenching of quantum dots by gold nanoparticles: a potential long range spectroscopic ruler.

    Anirban Samanta;Yadong Zhou;Shengli Zou;Hao Yan

  • A Global ab Initio Potential Energy Surface for Formaldehyde

    Xiubin Zhang;Shengli Zou;Lawrence B. Harding;Joel M. Bowman

Frequent Co-Authors

George C. Schatz
George C. Schatz Northwestern University
Richard P. Van Duyne
Richard P. Van Duyne Northwestern University
Joel M. Bowman
Joel M. Bowman Emory University
Ou Chen
Ou Chen Brown University
Yan Liu
Yan Liu Arizona State University
Hao Yan
Hao Yan Arizona State University
Charles U. Pittman
Charles U. Pittman Mississippi State University
Mikael Käll
Mikael Käll Chalmers University of Technology
Jin Z. Zhang
Jin Z. Zhang University of California, Santa Cruz
Chad A. Mirkin
Chad A. Mirkin Northwestern University

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