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Dr. Ryan Gordan

 Assistant Professor, Department of Physics
Office Location: Currens Hall 519F
Phone Number: (309) 298-1551
E-mail: rt-gordon@wiu.edu

Education

  • Ph.D. – Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 1995

Courses

  • PHYS 211 - University Physics I
  • PHYS 211 Labs - University Physics I
  • PHYS 124 Labs (Fall) -General Physics I
  • PHYS 213 Labs (Fall)-Electricity and Magnetism

Research Interests

 

  • Synthesis of metal, alloy and semiconducting nanoparticles.
  • Study of the optical properties of nanoparticles confined in dielectric media.
  • Investigating quantum size effects on surface plasmon resonance using optical absorption.
  • Tuning the fluorescence properties of rare-earth nanoparticles embedded in glass matrices.

 

Selected Publications

  • "Proton dynamics in layered double hydroxides: A 1H T1 relaxation and line width investigation",M. X. Reinholdt, P. K. Babu, R. J. Kirkpatrick, J. Phys. Chem. C113 (2009) 10623.
  • "CO surface diffusion on platinum fuel cell catalysts by electrochemical NMR",P. K. Babu, J. H. Chug, E. Oldfield, A. Wieckowski, Electrochim. Acta, 53 (2008) 6672.
  • "Selenium becomes metallic in Ru-Se fuel cell catalysts: An EC-NMR and XPS investigatio",P. K. Babu, A. Lewera, J,-H. Chung, R. Hunger, W. Jaegermann, N. Alonso-Vante, A. Wieckowski, E. Oldfield, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129 (2007) 15140.
  • "C-13 NMR spectroscopy of carbon nanohorns", H. Imai, P. K. Babu, E. Oldfield, A. Wieckowski, D. Kasuya, T. Azami, Y. Shimakawa, M. Yudasaka, Y. Kubo, S. Ijima, Phys. Rev. B 73 (2006) 125405.
  • "An NMR determination of CO diffusion on platinum electrocatalysts", T. Kobayashi, P. K. Babu, L. Gancs, J.-H. Chung, E. Oldfield, A. Wieckowski, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127 (2005) 14164.
  • "Bonding and motional aspects of CO adsorbed on the surface of Pt nanoparticles decorated with Pd", P. K. Babu, H.-S. Kim, J.-H. Chung, E. Oldfield, A. Wieckowski, J. Phys. Chem. B 108 (2004) 20228.
  • "Electronic alterations caused by Ru in Pt-Ru alloy nanoparticles as revealed by electrochemical NMR", P. K. Babu, H.-S. Kim, E. Oldfield, A. Wieckowski, J. Phys. Chem. B 107 (2003) 7595.
  • "Peak effect in the superconducting mixed state of bulk Mo-Re alloys: a dc magnetization study", S. Chaudhary, S. B. Roy, P. Chaddah, P. K. Babu, R. Nagarajan, L. C. Gupta, Phil. Mag. B 80 (2000) 1393.
  • "Effect of in-chain and off-chain doping on the spin-Peierls transition in CuGeO3 single crystals", S. Elizabeth, P. K. Babu, H. L. Bhat, Solid State Commn. 106 (1998) 149.