Dr. Latha Gearheart

Dr. Gearheart – Curriculum Vitae »

Education

Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 2001
B. S., University of Mary Washington 1995

Courses Taught

CHEM 101/101L: General Chemistry I
CHEM 102/102L: General Chemistry II
CHEM 401/401L: Physical Chemistry I: Thermochemistry
CHEM 402/402L: Physical Chemistry II: Quantum Chemistry and Spectroscopy
CHEM 458: Chemistry of Art

Research Interests

My research interests combine areas of analytical chemistry, physical chemistry, materials science, and biophysical chemistry.  In general, I am interested in studying the optical properties of semiconductor and metal nanoparticles with emphasis on their applications as luminescent probes (in the case of semiconductor nanoparticles) or surface-enhanced Raman scattering substrates (in the case of metal nanoparticles).  I am also interested in the assembly of nanoparicles through chemical linkage, such as DNA mediated assembly, and through self-assembly.

Publications

C. J. Orendorff, L. A. Gearheart, N. R. Jana, C. J. Murphy “Aspect Ratio Dependence on Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering Using Silver and Gold Nanorod Substrates,” Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2006, 8, 165-170.

S. Sen, L. A. Gearheart, E. Rivers, H. Liu, R. S. Coleman, C. J.  Murphy, M. A. Berg, “Role of Monovalent Counterions in the Ultrafast Dynamics of DNA” Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 2006; 110(26); 13248-13255.

X. Xu, R. Ray, Y. Gu, H. Ploehn, L. Gearheart, K. Raker, W. A. Scrivens “Electrophoretic Analysis and Purification of Fluorescent Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Fragments,” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2004, 126(40), 12736-12737.

L. A. Gearheart, M. M. Somoza, W. E. Rivers, R. S. Coleman, C. J. Murphy, M. A. Berg “Sodium Ion Binding to DNA: Detection by Ultrafast Time-Resolved Stokes Shift Spectroscopy.” Journal of the American Chemical Society2003, 125, 11812-11813.