Alexander Al-Zubeidi
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D. Chemistry, Rice University
M.A. Chemistry, Rice University
M.Sci. Chemistry, Imperial College London
I'm interested in answering fundamental scientific questions in photonics and materials chemistry relevant to energy and environmental challenges. My current research focuses on using plasmonic metal nanoparticles for the photocatalytic inactivation of pathogens.
A. Al-Zubeidi, B. Ostovar, C. C Carlin, B. Cam Li, S. A Lee, W.-Y. Chiang, N. Gross, S. Dutta, A. Misiura, E. K Searles, A. Chakraborty, S. T Roberts, J. A Dionne, P. J Rossky, C. F Landes, S. Link, Mechanism for plasmon-generated solvated electrons, Proc. Natl., Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2023, 120 (3), e2217035120
A. Al-Zubeidi, F. Stein, C. Flatebo, C. Rehbock, S. A. Hosseini Jebeli, C. F. Landes, S. Barcikowski, and S. Link, Single-Particle Hyperspectral Imaging Reveals Kinetics of Silver Ion Leaching from Alloy Nanoparticles. ACS Nano, 2021, 15, 8363–8375
A. Al-Zubeidi, L. A. McCarthy, A. Rafiei-Miandashti, T. S. Heiderscheit, S. Link, Single-particle scattering spectroscopy: fundamentals and applications, Nanophotonics, 2021, 10, 1621–1655
A. Al-Zubeidi, B. S. Hoener, S. S. E. Collins, W. Wang, S. R. Kirchner, S. A. Hosseini Jebeli, A. Joplin, W.-S. Chang, S. Link, and C. F. Landes, Hot Holes Assist Plasmonic Nanoelectrode Dissolution, Nano Lett., 2019, 19, 1301–1306
A. Al-Zubeidi, D.Godfrey, T.Albrecht, Disentangling chemical effects in ionic-liquid-based Cu leaching from chalcopyrite. J. Electroanal. Chem., 2018, 819, 130-135