Current interests lie in understanding the fundamental properties and behaviour of materials at nanoscale, aimed particularly at solar energy harvesting with plasmonic metal nanostructures and quantum dots. My current research involves fine-tuning the core as well as the surface properties of nanomaterials to maximize the fundamental steps in photocatalysis: charge generation, separation and its extraction. In particular, I design plasmonic metal nanoparticles and quantum dots with appropriate surface chemistry to install favourable catalyst-reactant interactions between the chosen photocatalyst and reactants to drive challenging and multielectron reactions such biological cofactor regeneration for perpetual synthesis of fine chemicals and ammonia synthesis using visible light.
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