MNT-CURN Seminar Series: Ultrafast Spectroscopy of Nanomaterials

This video is part of a series from the Micro Nano Technology Education Center's (MNT-EC) Micro Nano Technology Collaborative Undergraduate Research Network (MNT-CURN) Research Program. In this program, students gain hands-on research experience and build nanotechnology technical education skills. Throughout this video series, viewers "... will hear and see nanotechnology and microtechnology professors presenting about their own research and work -- from biosensors to underwater drones to nanomaterials." Each video covers a different specialty that students may want to learn about and pursue as an undergraduate research project.

During this presentation, Aziz Boulesbaa, assistant professor of chemistry at California State University, Northridge (CSUN), explores the concept of nanomaterial and discusses research in this field at CSUN. Boulesbaa provides an overview of nanomaterials studied in the lab, including types like quantum dots and plasmonics, and highlights various applications of nanomaterials, such as in solar cells or photothermal therapy. Boulesbaa further details the process of researching nanomaterial in the CSUN lab, including equipment used and the interpretation of data. Also discussed are examples of publications co-authored by Boulesbaa's undergraduate students.

This video runs 25:16 minutes in length. Additional videos from this series are available to view separately.