Dr. Sunil Gyawali and Professor Alan Bristow, members of the Ultrafast Nanophotonics Group at West Virginia University, worked with chemists from the University of South Florida to understand the photoexcited charge transfer mechanisms responsible for this enhancement. The hybrid nanostructures enabled the carbon–carbon coupling reaction, under normal room temperature and pressure, opening the process to convert solar energy and atmospheric hydrocarbons into useful fuels.
Read the article in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Vol. 17/Issue 18.
Gyawali completed his dissertation in Spring 2025 under the supervision of Bristow. Professor Bristow is the Associate Chair for Graduate Studies and Research in WVU Physics and Astronomy and leads the Nanophotonics Group.
Gyawali completed his dissertation in Spring 2025 under the supervision of Bristow. Professor Bristow is the Associate Chair for Graduate Studies and Research in WVU Physics and Astronomy and leads the Nanophotonics Group.