Department of Chemistry

School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Jie Zheng
Assistant Professor
RL 2.412
972-883-5768


Jie Zheng , Ph.D.

Nanomaterial Synthesis, Single-Molecule Microscopy, Bioimaging

Research Webpage

Zheng Lab

Educational Experience

B.S., Inner Mongolian University (1994)

Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology (2005)

Postdoctoral Associate, Harvard University (2005–08)

Research Description

Our research is centered on investigating fundamental structure-property relationships of nanomaterials at bulk and single molecular level and exploring their applications in bioimaging, catalysis and energy conversion

Selected Publications

  1. J. Zheng, Yong Ding, Bozhi Tian, Zhong Lin Wang, X.W. Zhuang, “Fluorescent and Raman active silver nanoparticles with polycrystalline structure”, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 2008,130, 10472 - 10473

  2. J. Zheng, P.R. Nicovich, R.M. Dickson, “Highly Fluorescent Noble Metal Quantum Dots”, Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem., 2007, 58, 409

  3. J. Zheng, C.W. Zhang, R.M. Dickson, “Highly fluorescent, water soluble, size-tunable, gold quantum dots”, 2004, Phys. Rev. Lett., 93, 077402 (Highlighted as a cover)

  4. J. Zheng, J.T. Petty, R.M. Dickson, “High Quantum Yield Blue Emission from Water-Soluble Au8 Nanodots”, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 2003,125, 7780-7781 (Highlights in Science 300, 1849, 2003)

  5. J. Zheng, R.M. Dickson, “Individual Water-Soluble Dendrimer-Encapsulated Silver Nanodot Fluorescence”, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 2002, 124, 13982-13983

  • Updated: August 21, 2008