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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For contributions to our fundamental understanding of nonlinear electron transport and plasmananoparticle interactions in low temperature plasmas and the development of plasmabased synthesis of nanoparticles
  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Uwe R. Kortshagen is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within materials science and engineering, with a strong focus on nanoscale materials and plasma-related phenomena.

The primary fields of study covered by Kortshagen include:

  • Materials Science
  • Engineering

Their subfields of expertise further specify the scope of their research:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

Kortshagen's main research topics cover a wide range of themes within nanotechnology and plasma physics:

  • Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence
  • Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Semiconductor materials and devices
  • Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications
  • Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies
  • Copper-based nanomaterials and applications

Their most frequent co-authors, indicating collaborative networks, include:

  • Himashi P. Andaraarachchi
  • Zichang Xiong
  • Vivian E. Ferry
  • Mohammad Ali Eslamisaray
  • Mark J. Kushner

Kortshagen's work is published in a variety of journals, highlighting interdisciplinary approaches. The venues with the greatest number of publications are:

  • Nanomaterials
  • Journal of Physics D Applied Physics
  • Journal of Applied Physics
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Advanced Sustainable Systems

Selected recent papers include:

  • "Plasma-driven solution electrolysis" (2021), Journal of Applied Physics
  • "Physics and applications of dusty plasmas: The Perspectives 2023" (2023), Physics of Plasmas
  • "Bright Silicon Nanocrystals from a Liquid Precursor: Quasi-Direct Recombination with High Quantum Yield" (2020), ACS Nano
  • "Poly(methyl methacrylate) Films with High Concentrations of Silicon Quantum Dots for Visibly Transparent Luminescent Solar Concentrators" (2020), ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • "Aluminum Oxide Nanoparticle Films Deposited from a Nonthermal Plasma: Synthesis, Characterization, and Crystallization" (2020), ACS Omega

They have been recognized as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2018 for contributions to nonlinear electron transport and plasma nanoparticle interactions in low temperature plasmas, as well as the development of plasma-based nanoparticle synthesis.

In 2009, Kortshagen was named Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Best Publications

  • Photosensitization of ZnO nanowires with CdSe quantum dots for photovoltaic devices

    Kurtis S. Leschkies;Ramachandran Divakar;Joysurya Basu;Emil Enache-Pommer

  • The 2017 Plasma Roadmap: Low temperature plasma science and technology

    I. Adamovich;S. D. Baalrud;A. Bogaerts;P. J. Bruggeman

  • High-yield plasma synthesis of luminescent silicon nanocrystals.

    L. Mangolini;E. Thimsen;U. Kortshagen

  • The 2012 Plasma Roadmap

    Seiji Samukawa;Masaru Hori;Shahid Rauf;Kunihide Tachibana

  • Silicon nanocrystals with ensemble quantum yields exceeding 60

    David Jurbergs;Elena Rogojina;Lorenzo Mangolini;Uwe R Kortshagen

  • Hybrid solar cells from P3HT and silicon nanocrystals.

    Chin-Yi Liu;Zachary C. Holman;Uwe R. Kortshagen

  • Nanoscale design to enable the revolution in renewable energy

    Jason Baxter;Zhixi Bian;Gang Chen;David Danielson

  • Nonthermal Plasma Synthesis of Nanocrystals: Fundamental Principles, Materials, and Applications

    Uwe R. Kortshagen;R. Mohan Sankaran;Rui N. Pereira;Rui N. Pereira;Steven L. Girshick

  • Highly efficient luminescent solar concentrators based on earth-abundant indirect-bandgap silicon quantum dots

    Francesco Meinardi;Samantha Ehrenberg;Lorena Dhamo;Francesco Carulli

  • Universal size-dependent trend in auger recombination in direct-gap and indirect-gap semiconductor nanocrystals.

    István Robel;Ryan Gresback;Uwe Kortshagen;Richard D. Schaller

  • High-Efficiency Silicon Nanocrystal Light-Emitting Devices

    Kai Yuan Cheng;Rebecca Anthony;Uwe R. Kortshagen;Russell J. Holmes

  • Nonthermal plasma synthesis of semiconductor nanocrystals

    Uwe Kortshagen

  • Plasma‐Assisted Synthesis of Silicon Nanocrystal Inks

    Lorenzo Mangolini;Uwe Kortshagen

  • Modeling of particulate coagulation in low pressure plasmas.

    Uwe R Kortshagen;U. Bhandarkar

  • Doping efficiency, dopant location, and oxidation of Si nanocrystals

    X. D. Pi;R. Gresback;R. W. Liptak;S. A. Campbell

  • Phosphorus-doped silicon nanocrystals exhibiting mid-infrared localized surface plasmon resonance.

    David J. Rowe;Jong Seok Jeong;K. Andre Mkhoyan;Uwe R. Kortshagen

  • Size-dependent intrinsic radiative decay rates of silicon nanocrystals at large confinement energies

    Milan Sykora;Lorenzo Mangolini;Richard D. Schaller;Uwe Kortshagen

  • Air-stable full-visible-spectrum emission from silicon nanocrystals synthesized by an all-gas-phase plasma approach.

    X D Pi;R W Liptak;J Deneen Nowak;N P Wells

  • Hybrid Silicon Nanocrystal-Organic Light-Emitting Devices for Infrared Electroluminescence

    Kai Yuan Cheng;Rebecca Anthony;Uwe R. Kortshagen;Russell J. Holmes

  • On the Origin of Photoluminescence in Silicon Nanocrystals: Pressure-Dependent Structural and Optical Studies

    Daniel C. Hannah;Jihua Yang;Paul Podsiadlo;Maria K.Y. Chan

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen A. Campbell
Stephen A. Campbell University of Minnesota
Eray S. Aydil
Eray S. Aydil New York University
Xiaodong Pi
Xiaodong Pi Zhejiang University
K. Andre Mkhoyan
K. Andre Mkhoyan University of Minnesota
Terrence W. Simon
Terrence W. Simon University of Minnesota
Zachary C. Holman
Zachary C. Holman Arizona State University
Jane H. Davidson
Jane H. Davidson University of Minnesota
Richard D. Schaller
Richard D. Schaller Argonne National Laboratory
Richard J Goldstein
Richard J Goldstein University of Minnesota
Kumar K. Tamma
Kumar K. Tamma University of Minnesota

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