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Frank Osterloh
Associate Professor

Email: osterloh@chem.ucdavis.edu
Phone:(530) 754-6242

Diploma in Chemistry, University of Oldenburg, Germany, 1994.
Ph.D., University of Oldenburg, Germany, 1997.
DFG Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, 1997-2000.
Assistant Professor, University of California, Davis, 2000-2005.
Associate Professor, University of California, Davis, 2006-.
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Principal Research Interests
Dr. Osterloh's research interests at UC Davis center on the chemistry and properties of inorganic nanomaterials. His group has developed a nanoparticle cluster assembly approach that allows assembly of metallic, magnetic, and luminescent particles into freely dispersible pseudo-0, 1-, 2-, and 3-dimensional multicomponent nanostructures with useful properties. Examples include nanoscale compasses and magnetic liquid crystals, uni- and bidirectional nanoscale light emitters (for displays, microlasers, and as optical probes), and chemically responsive nanostructures that detect alkane thiols. The group also discovered that LiMo3Se3 nanowire films respond to chemical vapors with changes of their electrical conductivity. Currently, the group is developing chemical and biochemical sensors based on LiMo3Se3 nanowires. An additional project involves the design and synthesis of nanoparticle-based structures as catalysts for artificial photosynthesis.
Representative Publications

Planar Polarized Light Emission From CdSe Nanoparticle Clusters, Jin Young Kim, Hiroki Hiramatsu, Frank E. Osterloh, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, DOI: 10.1021/ja0541377

Fe3O4-LiMo3Se3 Nanoparticle Clusters as Superparamagnetic Nanocompasses, Frank E. Osterloh, Hiroki Hiramatsu, R. K. Dumas, Kai Liu, Langmuir, 2005, 21(21), 9709-9713.

ZnO-CdSe Nanoparticle clusters as directional photoemitters with tunable wavelength, Jin Young Kim, Frank E. Osterloh, J. Am. Chem. Soc, 2005, 127 (29), 10152-10153.

Chemical Sensing with LiMo3Se3 Nanowire Films, Xiubin Qi, Frank E. Osterloh, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127(21); 7666-7667.

A Simple Large Scale Synthesis of Nearly Monodisperse Gold and Silver Nanoparticles with Adjustable Sizes and with Exchangeable Surfactants, Hiroki Hiramatsu, Frank E. Osterloh, Chem. Mater., 2004, 16, 2509-2511.

Solution Self-Assembly of Magnetic Light Modulators from Exfoliated Perovskite and Magnetite Nanoparticles, Osterloh, F. J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2002; 124(22); 6248-6249.