Ms Debora Monego

PhD Candidate, PhD Student

Soft Matter Theory and Computation Laboratory

Debora uses molecular dynamics simulations to study the interaction between nanoparticles and how it depends on factors such as the ligand type, the particle size, the core and solvent nature, and the temperature. She aims to gain insight into the self-assembly of passivated colloidal nanoparticles, what will contribute to our fundamental understanding of exciton dynamics in these systems.

Qualifications: 
MSc Chemistry, Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil (2016)
BSc Physics, Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil (2016)
BSc Industrial Chemistry, Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil (2012)
Centre Research: 

Excitonic Systems for Solar Energy Conversion

Centre Research Themes: 
1. Excitonic Systems for Solar Energy Conversion
2. Control of Excitons

Publications

Journal Articles
Kister, T.; Monego, D.; Mulvaney, P.; Widmer-Cooper, A.; Kraus, T. Colloidal Stability of Apolar Nanoparticles: The Role of Particle Size and Ligand Shell Structure. ACS Nano 2018, 12 (6), 5969 - 5977 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b02202. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.8b02202
Monego, D.; Kister, T.; Kirkwood, N.; Mulvaney, P.; Widmer-Cooper, A.; Kraus, T. Colloidal Stability of Apolar Nanoparticles: Role of Ligand Length. Langmuir 2018, 34 (43), 12982 - 12989 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b02883. doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b02883