Chiang Research Group

Publications

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Seeded-Growth Experiment Demonstrating Size- and Shape-Dependence on Gold Nanoparticle–Light Interactions
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Large-Scale Soft-Lithographic Patterning of Plasmonic Nanoparticles
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Scalable Fabrication of Quasi-One-Dimensional Gold Nanoribbons for Plasmonic Sensing
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In Situ Shape Control of Thermoplasmonic Gold Nanostars on Oxide Substrates for Hyperthermia-Mediated Cell Detachment
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Multiple-Patterning Nanosphere Lithography for Fabricating Periodic Three-Dimensional Hierarchical Nanostructures
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Photoinduced Charge Transfer in Single-Molecule p–n Junctions

Publications produced at UH

2025
32. Tareq AM, Dalman OE, Onuoha M, He X, Conti Y, Ikwugbado RI, Madison LR, Chiang N. Fabrication and evaluation of plasmonic nanopipets for near-field enhanced Raman spectroscopy. J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 2025, 43, 063103. [ Link ] (Scilight)
31. He, X., Scarabelli, L., & Chiang, N. Construction of a Scanning Ion-Conductance Microscope for Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy. Anal. Chem. 2025, 2025 97 (30), 16098-16103. [ Link ]
30. Chen YC, Li C, Tareq AM, Madison LR, Chiang N. Sub-Molecular Resolution Imaging of Self-Assembled Metallocene Dimer under Aqueous Environment. Opt. Commun. 2025, 591, 132119. [ Link ]
29. Conti, Y., He, X., Chen, Y.-C., Chiang, N. and Scarabelli, L., Enhanced Two-Photon Excited Emission of Quantum Emitters by Colloidal Plasmonic Metasurfaces. Adv. Photonics Res. 2025, 2500075. [ Link ]
2024
28. He X, Tareq AM, Qi K, Conti Y, Tung V, Chiang N.*, High-Resolution Distance Dependence Interrogation of Scanning Ion Conductance Microscopic Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Enabled by Two-Dimensional Molybdenum Disulfide Substrates. Nano Lett. 2024, 24 (43), 13805-13810. [ Link ]
27. Naimi, W., Vinnacombe-Willson, G.A.*, Saldana, S., Ronduen, L., Domjan, H. and Chiang, N.*, Teaching Acid–Base Fundamentals and Introducing pH Using Butterfly Pea Flower Tea. J. Chem. Educ. 2024, 101, 3, 1373–1378. [ Link ]
26. Conti, Y., Chiang, N., & Scarabelli, L., Colloidal Plasmonic Metasurfaces for the Enhancement of Non‐Linear Optical Processes and Molecular Spectroscopies. Chem. Nano. Mat. 2024, e202300566. [ Link ]
2023
25. G. Vinnacombe-Willson*, J. K. Lee, N. Chiang, L. Scarabelli, S. Yue, R. Foley, I. Frost, P. S. Weiss*, and S. Jonas*, “Exploring the Bottom-Up Growth of Anisotropic Gold Nanoparticles from Substrate-Bound Seeds in Microfluidic Reactors”, ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2023, 6, 8, 6454–6460. [ Link ]
2022
24. K. Barr, N. Chiang, A. Bertozzi*, J. Gilles, S. Osher* and P. S. Weiss*, “Extraction of Hidden Science from Nanoscale Images”, J. Phys. Chem. C 2022, 126, 1, 3–13. [ Link ]

Publications resulting from work prior to UH

2021
23. N. Chiang*[1], L. Scarabelli*[1], G. Vinnacombe-Willson, L. Pérez, C. Dore, A. Mihi, P. S. Weiss* and S. Jonas*, “Large-scale Soft Lithographic Patterning of Plasmonic Nanoparticles”, ACS Materials Lett. 2021, 3, 3, 282–289. ( [1] equal contribution ) [ Link ]
2020
22. G. Vinnacombe-Willson, N. Chiang, P. S. Weiss, S. Tolbert* and L. Scarabelli*, “Seeded-Growth Experiment Demonstrating Size- and Shape-Dependence on Gold Nanoparticle-Light Interactions”, J. Chem. Educ. 2021, 98, 2, 546–552. [ Link ]
21. G. Vinnacombe-Willson, N. Chiang, L. Scarabelli*, Y. Hu, L. Heidenreich, X. Li, Y. Gong, D. Inouye, T. Fisher, P. S. Weiss* and S. Jonas*, “In Situ Shape Control of Thermoplasmonic Gold Nanostars on Oxide Substrates for Hyperthermia-Mediated Cell Detachment”, ACS Cent. Sci. 2020, 6, 11, 2105–21165. [ Link ]
20. J. Belling, L. Heidenreich, Z. Tian, A. Mendoza, T-T. Chiou, Y. Gong, N. Chen, T. Young, N. Wattanatorn, J. Park, L. Scarabelli, N. Chiang, J. Takahashi, S. Young, A. Stieg, S. De Oliveira, T. Huang, P. S. Weiss* and S. Jonas*, "Acoustofluidic Gene Delivery to Human Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells", Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 2020, 117, 10976. [ Link ]
19. C. Zhao, X. Xu, A. Ferhan, N. Chiang, J. Jackman, Q. Yang, W. Liu, A. Andrews*, N-J. Cho* and P. S. Weiss*, "Scalable Fabrication of Quasi-One-Dimensional Au Nanoribbons for Plasmonic Sensing" Nano Lett. 2020, 20, 1747. [ Link ]
2019
18. S. Wang, N. Chiang, H. Gao, N. Wattanatorn, K. Barr, P. Sautet, A. Alexandrova* and P. S. Weiss*, "Distribution of Photoinduced Charges in Titanyl Phthalocyanine Self-Assembled Monolayer", Chem. Mater. 2019, 31, 10109. [ Link ]
17. S. Wang, N. Wattanatorn, N. Chiang, Y. Zhao, M. Kim, H. Ma, A. Jen and P. S. Weiss*, "Photo-Induced Charge Transfer in Single-Molecule p-n Junctions", J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2019, 10, 2175. [ Link ]
2018
16. D. Nguyen, G. Kang, N. Chiang, X. Chen, T. Seideman, M. Hersam, G. Schatz and R. P. Van Duyne*, "Probing Molecular-Scale Catalytic Interactions between Oxygen and Cobalt Phthalocyanine Using Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 5948. [ Link ]
2017
15. N. Chiang, N. Jiang*, L. Madison, E. Pozzi, G. Goubert, M. Wasielewski, T. Seideman, M. Ratner, M. Hersam, G. Schatz and R. P. Van Duyne*, "Probing Intermolecular Vibrational Symmetry Breaking in Self-Assembled Monolayers with Ultrahigh Vacuum Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 18664. [ Link ]
14. X. Xu, Q. Yang, N. Wattanatorn, C. Zhao, N. Chiang, S. J. Jonas and P. S. Weiss*, "Multiple-Patterning Nanosphere Lithography for Fabricating Periodic Three-Dimensional Hierarchical Nanostructures", ACS Nano 2017, 11, 10384. [Cover Article] [ Link ]
13. D. Kurouski*, N. Large, N. Chiang, A-I. Henry, T. Seideman, G. C. Schatz and R. P. Van Duyne*, "Unraveling Near- and Far-Field Relationship of 2D SERS Substrates Using Wavelength-Scan Surface-Enhanced Raman Excitation Spectroscopy (WS-SERES)", J. Phys. Chem. C 2017, 121, 14737. [ Link ]
12. A. Zrimsek, N. Chiang, M. Mattei, S. Zaleski, C. Chapman, M. McAnally, A-I. Henry, G. Schatz and R. P. Van Duyne*, "Probing Single Molecule Chemistry with SERS and TERS", Chem. Rev. 2017, 117, 7583. [ Link ]
11. E. Pozzi, G. Goubert, N. Chiang, N. Jiang, C. Chapman, M. McAnally, A-I. Henry, T. Seideman, G. Schatz, M. Hersam and R. P. Van Duyne*, "Ultrahigh Vacuum Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy", Chem. Rev. 2017, 117, 4961. [Cover Article] [ Link ]
2016
10. N. Chiang, X. Chen, G. Goubert, D. Chulhai, X. Chen, E. Pozzi, N. Jiang, M. Hersam, T. Seideman, L. Jensen and R. P. Van Duyne*, "Conformational Contrast of Surface-Mediated Conformational Switches Yields Angstrom-Scale Spatial Resolution in Ultrahigh Vacuum Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy", Nano Lett. 2016, 16, 7774. [C&EN News Article] [ Link ]
9. B. Sharma, L. Madison, P. Bugga, A-I. Henry, M. Blaber, N. Greeneltch, N. Chiang, M. Mrksich, G. Schatz and R. P. Van Duyne*, "Bisboronic Acids for Selective, Physiologically Relevant Direct Glucose Sensing with Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 38, 18952. [ Link ]
8. E. Pozzi, N. Gruenke, N. Chiang, D. Zhdanov, N. Jiang, T. Seideman, G. Schatz, M. Hersam and R. P. Van Duyne*, "Operational Regimes in Pulsed-Excitation Ultrahigh-Vacuum SERS", J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2016, 7, 2971. [ Link ]
7. N. Jiang*, D. Kurouski, E. Pozzi, N. Chiang, M. Hersam and R. P. Van Duyne*, "Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy: From Concepts to Practical Applications", Chem. Phys. Lett. 2016, 659, 16. [Cover Article] [ Link ]
6. N. Jiang*, N. Chiang, L. Madison, E. Pozzi, M. Wasielewski, T. Seideman, M. Ratner, M. Hersam, G. Schatz and R. P. Van Duyne*, "Nanoscale Chemical Imaging of a Dynamic Molecular Phase Boundary with Ultrahigh Vacuum Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy", Nano Lett. 2016, 16, 3898. [ Link ]
5. D. Kurouski, N. Large, N. Chiang, N. Greeneltch, K. T. Carron, T. Seideman, G. C. Schatz and R. P. Van Duyne*, "Unraveling Near-Field and Far-Field Relationships of 3D SERS Substrates - A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Analysis", Analyst 2016, 141, 1779. [ Link ]
2015
4. N. Chiang, N. Jiang*, D. Chulhai, E. Pozzi, M. Hersam, L. Jensen, T. Seideman and R. P. Van Duyne*, "Molecular-Resolution Interrogation of a Porphyrin Monolayer by Tip-Enhanced Raman and Fluorescence Spectroscopy", Nano Lett. 2015, 15, 4114. [ Link ]
3. P. P. Pal, N. Jiang, M. D. Sonntag, N. Chiang, E. T. Foley, M. C. Hersam, R. P. Van Duyne* and T. Seideman*, "Plasmon Enhanced Transport in Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopic Junctions", J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2015, 6, 4210. [ Link ]
2014
2. E. A. Pozzi, M. D. Sonntag, N. Jiang, N. Chiang, T. Seideman, M. C. Hersam, and R. P. Van Duyne*, "Ultrahigh Vacuum Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy with Picosecond Excitation", J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2014, 5, 2657. [ Link ]
2011
1. E. Loginov, L. F. Gomez, N. Chiang, A. Halder, N. Guggemos, V. V. Kresin* and A. F. Vilesov*, "Photoabsorption of AgN(N∼6–6000) Nanoclusters Formed in Helium Droplets: Transition from Compact to Multicenter Aggregation", Phys. Rev. Lett. 2011, 106, 233401. [ Link ]