JENNIFER SHUMAKER-PARRY portrait
  • Professor, Chemistry
  • Biotechnology Track Director, Professional Master of Science and Technology Program, Graduate School
  • Associate Professor, Chemistry
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Publications

  • Lancaster, C.; Shumaker-Parry, J.S., “Surface Preparation of Gold Nanostructures on Glass by UV Ozone and Oxygen Plasma for Thermal Atomic Layer Deposition of Al2O3,” Thin Solid Films (2016) 612: 141-146. Published, 08/01/2016.
  • Quast, A.; Bornstein, M.; *Greydanus, B.J.; Zharov, I.; Shumaker-Parry, J.S., “Robust Polymer-coated Diamond Supports for Noble Metal Nanoparticle Catalysts,” ACS Catalysis (2016) 6:4729-4738. Published, 06/22/2016.

Research Statement

Metal nanoparticles and naonstructures exhibit unique plasmonic behavior induced by interactions with light. By tailoring the plasmonic nanomaterials, we investigate tuning of the optical behavior, including nanoscale manipulation of light. As the size of the metal nanoparticles is scaled down to a few nanometers, the catalytic properties become important. We are studying the catalytic behavior based on structural properties of the nanoparticles, including the influence of size, shape  and ligands. For more details, check out our research website and publications (http://shumaker.chem.utah.edu/).

We share our enthusiasm for science and engineering with the local community through hands-on nanomaterials and spectroscopy activities with students in K-12, mentoring in-coming freshman women through the College of Science ACCESS Program, and a partnership with the MESA Club at the Salt Lake Center for Science Education, a grade 6-12 lab school in the Salt Lake City School District.

Research Keywords

  • Surface Chemistry
  • Spectroscopy
  • Sensing
  • Self-assembly
  • Plasmonics/ Plasmonic materials
  • Nanoparticles
  • Microfluidics
  • Immunogenicity
  • High-throughput Techniques
  • Catalysis