Vicki L. Colvin
Kenneth S. Pitzer-Schlumberger Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Professor Colvin’s research explores how nanoscale particles interact with the environment and living systems. Her research draws on both synthetic chemistry for the preparation and control of novel nanophase systems as well as physical chemistry for the investigation of their unusual behavior. Currently her projects draw on the unique and responsive behavior of nanoparticles to solve problems related to water purification and targeted cell death.
Publications
Zhang, C., Bets, K., Lee, S. S., Sun, Z., Mirri, F., Colvin, V. L., Yakobson, B. I., Tour, J. M., Hauge, R. H. Closed-Edged Graphene Nanoribbons from Large Diameter Collapsed Nanotubes. ACS Nano, 6 2012: 6023-6032
Lee, S. S., Zhang, C. G., Lewicka, Z., Cho, M., Mayo, J. T., Yu, W. W., Hauge, R. H., Colvin, V. L. Control Over Diameter, Length, and Structure of Carbon Nanotube Carpets Using Aluminum Ferrite and Iron Oxide Nanocrystals as Catalyst Precursors. J. Phys. Chem. C, 116 2012: 10287-10295
Lee, S. S., Zhu, H., Contreras, E. Q., Prakash, A., Puppula, H., Colvin, V. High Temperature Decomposition of Cerium Precursors to Form Ceria Nanocrystal Libraries for Biological Applications. Chem. Mater., 24 2012: 424-432
Benoit, D., Zhu, H., Lilierose, M., Verm, R., Ali, N., Morrison, A., Fortner, J., Avendano, C., Colvin, V. Measuring the Grafting Density of Nanoparticles in Solution by Analytical Ultracentrifugation and Total Organic Carbon Analysis. Anal. Chem., 84 2012: 9238-9245
Gullapalli, S., Grider, J., Bagaria, H., Lee, K. S., Cho, M., Colvin, V. L., Jabbour, G. E., Wong, M. S. Molten-droplet Synthesis of Composite CdSe Hollow Nanoparticles. Nanotechnol., 23 2012: 495605
Xiu, Z. M., Zhang, Q. B., Puppula, H. L., Colvin, V. L., Alvarez, P. J. J. Negligible Particle-Specific Antibacterial Activity of Silver Nanoparticles. Nano Lett., 12 2012: 4271-4275
Jing, J., Zhang, Y., Liang, J., Zhang, Q., Bryant, E., Avendano, C., Colvin, V. L., Wang, Y., Li, W., Yu, W. W. One-step reverse precipitation synthesis of water-dispersible superparamagnetic magnetite nanoparticles. J. Nanopart. Res., 14 2012: 827
Jing, J., Li, W., Boyd, A., Zhang, Y., Colvin, V., Yu, W. Photocatalytic Degradation of Quinoline in Aqueous TiO2 Suspension. J. Hazard. Mater., 237 2012: 247-255
Tang, W., Peng, Z., Li, L., Yue, T., Wang, J., Li, Z., Li, R., Chen, J., Colvin, V., Yu, W. Porous stainless steel supported magnetite crystalline membranes for hexavalent chromium removal from aqueous solutions. J. Membr. Sci., 392 2012: 150-156
Yang, Y., Wang, J., Zhu, H., Colvin, V. C., Alvarez, P. J. Relative Susceptibility and Transcriptional Response of Nitrogen Cycling Bacteria to Quantum Dots. Environ. Sci. Technol., 46 2012: 3433-3441
Liu, M., Mo, X. X., Liu, Y. Y., Xiao, H. L., Zhang, Y., Jing, J. Y., Colvin, V. L., Yu, W. W. Selective Hydrogenation of O-Chloronitrobenzene Using Supported Platinum Nanoparticles Without Solvent. Appl. Catal., A, 438 2012: 192-196
J. T. Mayo, S. S. Lee, C. T. Yavuz, W. Yu, A. Prakash, J. Falkner, V. L. Colvin A multiplexed separation of iron oxide nanocrystals using variable magnetic fields. Nanoscale, 3 2011: 4560-4563
J. A. Jamison, E. L. Bryant, S. B. Kadali, M. S. Wong, V. L. Colvin, K. S. Matthew Altering protein surface charge with chemical modification modulates protein-gold nanoparticle aggregation. J. Nanopart. Res., 13 2011: 625-636
Y. Yang, H. Zhu, V. L. Colvin, P. J. Alvarez Cellular and transcriptional response of pseudomonas stutzeri to quantum dots under aerobic and denitrifying conditions. Environ. Sci. Technol., 45 2011: 4988-4994
G. Roebben, S. Ramirez-Garcia, V. Hackley, M. Roesslein, F. Klaessig, V. Kestens, I. Lynch, C. Garner, A. Rawle, A. Elder, V. Colvin, W. Kreyling, H. F. Krug, Z. Lewicka, S. McNeil, A. Nel, A. Patri, P. Wick, M. Wiesner, T. Xia, G. Oberdoerster, K. A. Dawson Interlaboratory comparison of size and surface charge measurements on nanoparticles prior to biological impact assessment. J. Nanopart. Res., 13 2011: 2675-2687
Y. Zhang, Q. Dai, X. Li, J. Liang, V. L. Colvin, Y. Wang, W. W. Yu PbSe/CdSe and PbSe/CdSe/ZnSe Hierarchical Nanocrystals and Their Photoluminescence. Langmuir, 27 2011: 9583-9587
J. Jing, M. H. Liu, V. L. Colvin, W. Li, W. Yu Photocatalytic degradation of nitrogen-containing organic compounds over TiO(2). J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem., 351 2011: 7-8
Z. A. Lewicka, A. F. Benedetto, D. N. Benoit, W. W. Yu, J. D. Fortner, V. L. Colvin The structure, composition, and dimensions of TiO(2) and ZnO nanomaterials in commercial sunscreens. J. Nanopart. Res., 13 2011: 3607-3617
N. T. Alvarez, F. Li, C. L. Pint, J. T. Mayo, E. Z.Fisher, J. M. Tour, V. L. Colvin, R. H. Hauge Uniform Large Diameter Carbon Nanotubes In Vertical Arrays from Premade Near-Monodisperse Nanoparticles. Chem. Mater., 23 2011: 3466-3475
M. V. Liga, E. L. Bryant, V. L. Colvin, Q. L. Li Virus inactivation by silver doped titanium dioxide nanoparticles for drinking water treatment. Water Res., 45 2011: 535-544
Gobin, A. M., Watkins, E., Quevedo, E., Colvin, V. L., West, J. L. Near-Infrared-Resonant Gold/Gold Sulfide Nanoparticles as a Photothermal Cancer. Small, 6 2010: 745-752
J. A. Jamison, K. M. Krueger, J. T. Mayo, C. T. Yavuz, J. J. Redden, V. L. Colvin Applying analytical ultracentrifugation to nanocrystal suspensions. Nanotechnol., 20 2009: 355702(10pp)
A. Prakash, H. Zhu, C. Jones, D. Benoit, A. Ellsworth, E. Bryant, V. Colvin Bilayers as Phase Transfer Agents for Nanocrystals Prepared in Nonpolar Solvents. ACS Nano, 3 2009: 2139-2146
I. Linkov, J. Steevens, G. Adlakha-Hutcheon, B. Gitanjali, E. Bennett, M. Chappell, V. Colvin, J. M. Davis, T. Davis, A. Elder, S. F. Hansen, P. B. Hakkinen, S. M. Hussain, D. Karkan, R. Korenstein, I. Lynch, C. Metcalfe, A. B. Ramadan, F. K. Satterstrom Emerging methods and tools for environmental risk assessment, decision-making, and policy for nanomaterials: summary of NATO Advanced Research Workshop. J. Nanopart. Res., 11 2009: 513-527
A. Tcherniak, A. Prakash, J. T. Mayo, V. L. Colvin, S. Link Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy of Magnetite Nanocrystal Diffusion. J. Phys. Chem. C, 113 2009: 844-848
C. T. Yavuz, A. Prakash, J. T. Mayo, V. L. Colvin Magnetic separations: From steel plants to biotechnology . Chem. Eng. Sci., 64 2009: 2510-2521
N. V. Gopee, D. W. Roberts, P. Webb, C. R. Cozart, P. H. Siitonen, J. R. Latendresse, A. R. Warbitton, W. W. Yu, V. L. Colvin, N. J. Walker, P. C. Howard Quantitative Determination of Skin Penetration of PEG-Coated CdSe Quantum Dots in Dermabraded but not Intact SKH-1 Hairless Mouse Skin. Toxicol. Sci., 111 2009: 37-48
P. J. J. Alvarez, V. L. Colvin, J. Lead, V. Stone Research Priorities to Advance Eco-Responsible Nanotechnology. ACS Nano, 3 2009: 1616-1619
L. W. Zhang, W. W. Yu, V. L. Colvin, N. A. Monteiro-Riviere Biological interactions of quantum dot nanoparticles in skin and in human epidermal keratinocytes. Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol. 2008: 200-211
N. Lewinski, V. Colvin, and R. Drezek Cytotoxicity of Nanoparticles. Small, 4 2008: 26-49
S. Lee, A. Fursina, J. T. Mayo, C. Yavuz, V. L. Colvin, R. G. Sumesh Sofin, I. V. Shvets, and D. Natelson Electrically driven phase transition in magnetite nanostructures. Nature Mater., 7 2008: 130-133
D. L. Nida, N. Nitin, W. W. Yu, V. L. Colvin, and R. Richards-Kortum Photostability of quantum dots with amphiphilic polymer-based passivation strategies. Nanotechnology, 19 2008: 1-6
S. Mahendra, H. Zhu, V. Colvin, P. Alvarez Quantum Dot Weathering Results in Microbial Toxicity. Environ. Sci. Technol., 42 2008: 9424-9430
J. A. Jamison, J. M. Krueger, C. T. Yavuz, J. T. Mayo, D. LeCrone, J. J. Redden, and V. L. Colvin Size-Dependent Sedimentation Properties of Nanocrystals. ACS Nano, 2 2008: 311-319
Yu, William W., Chang, Emmanuel, Falkner, Joshua C., Zhang, Junyan, Al-Somali, Ali M., Sayes, Christie M., Johns, Judah, Drezek, RebekahColvin, Vicki L Forming biocompatible and nonaggregated nanocrystals in water using amphiphilic polymers. J. American Chemical Society, 129 2007: 2871-2879
Krueger, Karl M., Al-Somali, Ali M., Mejia, Michelle, Colvin, Vicki L The hydrodynamic size of polymer stabilized nanocrystals. Nanotechnology, 18 2007: 475709-475715
Chang, Emmanuel, Thekkek, Nadhi, Yu, William, Colvin, Vicki, Drezek, Rebekah Evaluation of Quantum Dot Cytotoxicity Based on Intracellular Uptake. Small, 2 2006: 1412-1417
Yavuz, Cafer T., Mayo, JT, Yu, William, Prakash, Arjun, Falkner, Joshua, Yean, Sujin, Cong, Lili, Shipley, Heather, Kan, Amy, Tomson, Mason, Colvin Vicki L. Low-Field Magnetic Separation of Monodisperse Fe3O4. Science, 314 2006: 964-967