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Stephen B. Cronin is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a particular focus on subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Biomedical Engineering, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

Their research topics include Plasma Applications and Diagnostics, Electrochemical Analysis and Applications, Quantum Dots Synthesis and Properties, Graphene Research and Applications, Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies, and Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research.

Their recent publications include:

  • Asymmetric response of interfacial water to applied electric fields, 2021, Nature
  • (Photo)Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction at the Defective Anatase TiO2 (101) Surface, 2020, ACS Catalysis
  • Probing the Mechanisms of Strong Fluorescence Enhancement in Plasmonic Nanogaps with Sub-nanometer Precision, 2020, ACS Nano
  • In Situ Investigation of Ultrafast Dynamics of Hot Electron-Driven Photocatalysis in Plasmon-Resonant Grating Structures, 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • CO2 Reduction to Higher Hydrocarbons by Plasma Discharge in Carbonated Water, 2021, ACS Energy Letters

The scientist frequently publishes in several venues, including:

  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • ACS Nano
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • Nano Letters

Collaborations play a significant role in their research output. Frequent co-authors working with them include Indu Aravind, Zhi Cai, Ruoxi Li, Sizhe Weng, and Bofan Zhao, reflecting a collaborative approach across various projects.

Best Publications

  • A Review of Surface Plasmon Resonance‐Enhanced Photocatalysis

    Wenbo Hou;Stephen B. Cronin

  • Plasmon Resonant Enhancement of Photocatalytic Water Splitting Under Visible Illumination

    Zuwei Liu;Wenbo Hou;Prathamesh Pavaskar;Mehmet Aykol

  • Photocatalytic Conversion of CO2 to Hydrocarbon Fuels via Plasmon-Enhanced Absorption and Metallic Interband Transitions

    Wenbo Hou;Wei Hsuan Hung;Prathamesh Pavaskar;Alain Goeppert

  • Graphene-Silicon Schottky Diodes

    Chun-Chung Chen;Mehmet Aykol;Chia-Chi Chang;A. F. J. Levi

  • Stacking-dependent band gap and quantum transport in trilayer graphene

    Wenzhong Bao;Lei Jing;J. Velasco;Y.-W. Lee

  • Bismuth nanowire arrays: Synthesis and galvanomagnetic properties

    J. Heremans;C. M. Thrush;Yu-Ming Lin;S. Cronin

  • Black Arsenic–Phosphorus: Layered Anisotropic Infrared Semiconductors with Highly Tunable Compositions and Properties

    Bilu Liu;Marianne Köpf;Ahmad N. Abbas;Xiaomu Wang

  • Giant optical anisotropy in a quasi-one-dimensional crystal

    Shanyuan Niu;Graham Joe;Huan Zhao;Yucheng Zhou

  • Low-dimensional thermoelectric materials

    M. S. Dresselhaus;G. Dresselhaus;X. Sun;Z. Zhang

  • Nanoscale temperature mapping in operating microelectronic devices

    Matthew Mecklenburg;William A. Hubbard;E. R. White;Rohan Dhall

  • Formation of Thick Porous Anodic Alumina Films and Nanowire Arrays on Silicon Wafers and Glass

    O. Rabin;P.R. Herz;Y.-M. Lin;A.I. Akinwande

  • Recent Progress on Stability and Passivation of Black Phosphorus.

    Yohannes Abate;Deji Akinwande;Sampath Gamage;Han Wang

  • Plasmonic nanoparticle arrays with nanometer separation for high-performance SERS substrates.

    Jesse Theiss;Prathamesh Pavaskar;Pierre M. Echternach;Richard E. Muller

  • Electrical and Optical Characterization of Surface Passivation in GaAs Nanowires

    Chia-Chi Chang;Chun-Yung Chi;Maoqing Yao;Ningfeng Huang

  • Measuring the uniaxial strain of individual single-wall carbon nanotubes: resonance Raman spectra of atomic-force-microscope modified single-wall nanotubes.

    S. B. Cronin;A. K. Swan;M. S. Ünlü;B. B. Goldberg

  • Transport properties of Bi nanowire arrays

    Yu-Ming Lin;Stephen B. Cronin;Jackie Y. Ying;M. S. Dresselhaus

  • Resonant Raman spectroscopy of individual metallic and semiconducting single-wall carbon nanotubes under uniaxial strain

    S. B. Cronin;S. B. Cronin;A. K. Swan;M. S. Ünlü;B. B. Goldberg

  • Experimental proof-of-principle investigation of enhanced Z3DT in (001) oriented Si/Ge superlattices

    T. Koga;T. Koga;S. B. Cronin;M. S. Dresselhaus;J. L. Liu

  • Plasmon Resonant Enhancement of Carbon Monoxide Catalysis

    Wei Hsuan Hung;Mehmet Aykol;David Valley;Wenbo Hou

  • Plasmonic enhancement of photocatalytic decomposition of methyl orange under visible light

    Wenbo Hou;Zuwei Liu;Prathamesh Pavaskar;Wei Hsuan Hung

Frequent Co-Authors

Yu-Ming Lin
Yu-Ming Lin Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (Taiwan)
Li Shi
Li Shi The University of Texas at Austin
Bennett B. Goldberg
Bennett B. Goldberg Northwestern University
Jackie Y. Ying
Jackie Y. Ying King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
Michael Tinkham
Michael Tinkham Harvard University
Chongwu Zhou
Chongwu Zhou University of Southern California
Marc Bockrath
Marc Bockrath The Ohio State University
Han Wang
Han Wang University of Southern California
Vikram Deshpande
Vikram Deshpande Harvard University

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