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  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society

Overview

William E. Buhro is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis, United States. Their research primarily focuses on materials science and engineering, with specific expertise in materials chemistry and electrical and electronic engineering. The scientist's work also touches upon biomedical engineering to a lesser extent.

Their main research topics cover a range of advanced materials and their properties, including:

  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications
  • Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • ZnO doping and properties
  • 2D Materials and Applications

William E. Buhro has published extensively in several scientific journals. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Chemistry of Materials
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • Inorganic Chemistry

Recent research papers by Buhro showcase a focus on semiconductor materials and nanostructures. Some notable publications are:

  • Methods for the ICP-OES Analysis of Semiconductor Materials, 2020, Chemistry of Materials
  • Reversible Z-Type to L-Type Ligand Exchange on Zinc-Blende Cadmium Selenide Nanoplatelets, 2020, Chemistry of Materials
  • Excitation Energy Dependence of Photoluminescence Quantum Yields in Semiconductor Nanomaterials with Varying Dimensionalities, 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Contrasting Ligand-Exchange Behavior of Wurtzite and Zinc-Blende Cadmium Telluride Nanoplatelets, 2021, Chemistry of Materials
  • Reactivity of Magic-Size Nanoclusters (CdSe)13 and (CdTe)13 with Acids: Rapid, Low-Temperature Formation of Flat Colloidal Nanocrystals, 2020, Chemistry of Materials

Buhro collaborates frequently with other researchers in their field. Regular co-authors include:

  • Richard A. Loomis
  • Fudong Wang
  • Calynn E. Morrison
  • Haochen Sun
  • William M. Sanderson

In recognition of their career, William E. Buhro was named a Fellow of the American Chemical Society in 2010.

Best Publications

  • Solution-Liquid-Solid Growth of Crystalline III-V Semiconductors: An Analogy to Vapor-Liquid-Solid Growth

    Timothy J. Trentler;Kathleen M. Hickman;Subhash C. Goel;Ann M. Viano

  • Kinetics and Mechanisms of Aggregative Nanocrystal Growth

    Fudong Wang;Vernal N. Richards;Shawn P. Shields;William E. Buhro

  • CVD Growth of Boron Nitride Nanotubes

    Oleg R. Lourie;Carolyn R. Jones;Bart M. Bartlett;Patrick C. Gibbons

  • Two- versus three-dimensional quantum confinement in indium phosphide wires and dots

    Heng Yu;Jingbo Li;Richard A. Loomis;Lin-Wang Wang

  • Solution-liquid-solid growth of semiconductor nanowires.

    Fudong Wang;Angang Dong;Jianwei Sun;Rui Tang

  • Cadmium selenide quantum wires and the transition from 3D to 2D confinement

    Heng Yu;Jingbo Li;Richard A Loomis;Patrick C Gibbons

  • Semiconductor nanocrystals: Shape matters.

    William E. Buhro;Vicki L. Colvin

  • Crystalline Boron Nanowires

    Carolyn Jones Otten;Oleg R Lourie;Min-Feng Yu;John M Cowley

  • Heterogeneous seeded growth: a potentially general synthesis of monodisperse metallic nanoparticles.

    Heng Yu;Patrick C. Gibbons;K. F. Kelton;William E. Buhro

  • Lamellar Assembly of Cadmium Selenide Nanoclusters into Quantum Belts

    Yi Hsin Liu;Fudong Wang;Yuanyuan Wang;Patrick C. Gibbons

  • The Trouble with TOPO; Identification of Adventitious Impurities Beneficial to the Growth of Cadmium Selenide Quantum Dots, Rods, and Wires

    Fudong Wang;Rui Tang;William E. Buhro

  • Solution−Liquid−Solid Growth of Indium Phosphide Fibers from Organometallic Precursors: Elucidation of Molecular and Nonmolecular Components of the Pathway

    Timothy J. Trentler;Subhash C. Goel;Kathleen M. Hickman;Ann M. Viano

  • Solution–Liquid–Solid Growth of Soluble GaAs Nanowires

    Heng Yu;William E. Buhro

  • Kinetic Instability of Nanocrystalline Aluminum Prepared by Chemical Synthesis; Facile Room-Temperature Grain Growth

    Joel A. Haber and;William E. Buhro

  • Solution–Liquid–Solid Synthesis, Properties, and Applications of One-Dimensional Colloidal Semiconductor Nanorods and Nanowires

    Fudong Wang;Angang Dong;William E. Buhro

  • Size- and Shape-Controlled Synthesis of Bismuth Nanoparticles

    Fudong Wang;Rui Tang;Heng Yu;Patrick C. Gibbons

  • Spectroscopic Identification of Tri-n-octylphosphine Oxide (TOPO) Impurities and Elucidation of Their Roles in Cadmium Selenide Quantum-Wire Growth

    Fudong Wang;Rui Tang;Jeff L.-F. Kao;Sean D. Dingman

  • Silver chloride as a heterogeneous nucleant for the growth of silver nanowires.

    Waynie M. Schuette;William E. Buhro

  • Bismuth, tellurium, and bismuth telluride nanowires

    Heng Yu;Patrick C. Gibbons;William E. Buhro

  • The Magic-Size Nanocluster (CdSe) 34 as a Low-Temperature Nucleant for Cadmium Selenide Nanocrystals; Room-Temperature Growth of Crystalline Quantum Platelets.

    Yuanyuan Wang;Ying Zhang;Fudong Wang;Daryl E. Giblin

Frequent Co-Authors

John A. Gladysz
John A. Gladysz Texas A&M University
Malcolm H. Chisholm
Malcolm H. Chisholm The Ohio State University
John C. Huffman
John C. Huffman Indiana University
Kirsten Folting
Kirsten Folting Indiana University
Kenneth F. Kelton
Kenneth F. Kelton Washington University in St. Louis
Lin-Wang Wang
Lin-Wang Wang Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Angang Dong
Angang Dong Fudan University
Rodney S. Ruoff
Rodney S. Ruoff Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Jennifer A. Hollingsworth
Jennifer A. Hollingsworth Los Alamos National Laboratory
William E. Streib
William E. Streib Indiana University

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