Jacek Jaroslaw Jasieniak

Status: PhD Student

Contact details:

Phone:

+61-3-8344-6493

Fax:

+61-3-9347-5180

E-mail:

J.Jasieniak@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au

Postal Address:

School of Chemistry

University of Melbourne

Parkville, VIC, 3010

Australia

Location: Room: 179 Building: Chemistry

Current Research Interests

The world of the nanoparticle is indeed small. In actual fact, these minute structures are only about a billionth of a metre in size. This makes them rather difficult to see. Fortunately for us some special types of nanoparticles, namely quantum dots, exhibit a very interesting phenomenon, confinement. This quantum mechanical affect allows the quantum dots to emit light of different colours depending on their size.

My current research interest involves utilizing this property of quantum dots and fabricating novel optically active nanostructures. Both polymeric and glass systems are being investigated with specific emphasis on waveguides and lasers. Further investigations relate inter-dot interactions in both solution and rigid systems (polymers and glasses). A more fundamental picture of the electronic and kinetic properties of quantum dots will be obtained from this facet of research.

By probing deeper into the electronic and physical properties of these structures it is anticipated that an understanding of how molecular systems gradually morph into their bulk crystalline counterparts will become apparent.