Carolina Novo

PhD Student

Nanoscience Laboratory
Bio21 Institute and School of Chemistry
Bio21 Institute
30 Flemington Road
The University of Melbourne
Victoria, 3010
Australia

Telephone: +61 3 8344 6493
Fax: +61 3 9348 1595
e-mail: c.novo@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
Current Project Single Particle Spectroscopy of Gold Nanorods
Research Interests

* Metallic Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Optical Properties, Electronic Properties

* Single Particle Spectroscopy

* Electron Transfer / Charging of Nanosystems

* Characterization of Metal Nanoparticles / Microscopy

Education

Bachelor of Chemistry at Campinas State University (Chemistry Institute), from January/2001 to December/2004.

Bachelor of Technological Chemistry at Campinas State University (Chemistry Institute), from January/2001 to December/2004.

Previous Research Experience

Development of research activities in the Natural Products Laboratory at the Chemistry Institute at Campinas State University from January/2002 to June/2002.

Development of the project "Synthesis and Properties of Colloidal Metal Nanoparticles" from August/2002 to March/2003 at the National Synchrotron Light Laboratory.

Development of the project "Controlling the Morphology of Colloidal Metal Nanoparticles" from April/2003 to April/2004 at the National Synchrotron Light Laboratory.

Languages

English
Portuguese

Curriculum Vitae

Publications

Novo, C., Gomez, D., Perez-Juste, J., Zhang, Z., Petrova, H., Reismann, M., Liz-Marzan, L., Mulvaney, P. and Hartland, G.V. "Contributions from Radiation Damping and Surface Scattering to the Linewidth of the Longitudinal Plasmon Band of Gold Nanorods: A Single Particle Study", Accepted for publication, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006.