Chemical synthesis and management

Sau Nguyen

Department of Chemistry

University of Northern Colorado

Ross Hall 3480, Campus Box 98

Greeley, CO 80639

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Phone: 832-***-****

Objective

A research position related to the synthesis, characterization, and development of new inorganic materials.

Work experiences

• Synthesized and characterized new rare-earth alloys and metal chalcogenides, 2013-present.

• Synthesized and characterized new polar oxides for non-linear optical crystals, 2008-2012.

• Synthesized and characterized Nitrogen-doped TiO 2 thin firm as catalysts for water splitting, 2007.

• Developed method of extraction of SiO2 and synthesized fine silica powder from rice husk, 2006-2007.

• Synthesized and determined the degradation mechanism of N719 sensitizer in dye solar cells, 2005-2006.

• Developed a rapid phosphate coating layer on steel for corrosion resistance, 2000-2002.

Skills

• Synthetic inorganic material chemistry: Hydrothermal, flux, arc-melting, wet chemistry.

• Structural analysis and characterization: XRD, SEM, TEM, UV-Vis, IR, PDF.

• Computational and modeling chemistry.

• Safety and chemicals managements.

Employment history

• Postdoctoral research associate, University of Northern Colorado, 2013-present.

• Teaching and research assistants, University of Houston, 2008-2012.

• Junior lecturer, Ho Chi Minh University of Sciences, 2002-2007.

Education

• PhD in Synthetic Inorganic Solid State Chemistry, University of Houston, 2008-2012

• MS in Inorganic Chemistry, Roskilde University, 2004-2006

• BS in Inorganic Chemistry, Ho Chi Minh University of Sciences, 1998-2002

Affiliation

• American Chemical Society (ACS)

Selected publications

• Pr1.33Pt4Ga10: Superstructure and magnetism, J. Solid State Chem. 2014, 220, 9.

• BiO(IO3): A New Polar Iodate that Exhibits an Aurivillius-type (Bi 2O2)2+ Layer and a Large SHG Response”, J.

Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 12422.

• Determination of the Light-Induced Degradation Rate of the Solar Cell Sensitizer N719 on TiO2 Nanocrystalline

Particles”, J. Phys. Chem. B 2005, 109, 22413

References

• Available upon request

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