Kansas State University

Departemnt of Chemistry

 
 
 

Publications

1. Tuinenga, C.; Jasinski, J.; Iwamoto, T.; Chikan, V., In Situ Observation of Heterogeneous Growth of CdSe Quantum Dots: Effect of Indium Doping on the Growth Kinetics. ACS Nano 2008, 2, (7), 1411-1421.
2. Dani, R. K.; Kang, M.; Kalita, M.; Smith, P. E.; Bossmann, S. H.; Chikan, V., MspA porin-gold nanoparticle assemblies: Enhanced binding through a controlled cysteine mutation. Nano Letters 2008, 8, (4), 1229-1236.
3. Dahal, N.; Jasinski, J.; Leppert, V. J.; Chikan, V., Synthesis of Water-Soluble Iron-Gold Alloy Nanoparticles. Chemistry of Materials 2008, submitted.
4. Dagtepe, P.; Chikan, V., Effect of Cd/Te Ratio on the Formation of CdTe Magic Size Quantum Dots during Aggregation. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2008, submitted.
5. Mandal, P. K.; Chikan, V., Plasmon-phonon coupling in charged n-type CdSe quantum dots: A THz time-domain spectroscopic study. Nano Letters 2007, 7, (8), 2521-2528.
6. Howle, C. R.; Arrowsmith, A. N.; Chikan, V.; Leone, S. R., State-resolved dynamics of the CN(B-2 Sigma(+)) and CH(A(2)Delta) excited products resulting from the VUV photodissociation of CH3CN. Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2007, 111, (29), 6637-6648.
7. Dagtepe, P.; Chikan, V.; Jasinski, J.; Leppert, V. J., Quantized growth of CdTe quantum dots; Observation of magic-sized CdTe quantum dots. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2007, 111, (41), 14977-14983.
8. Chikan, V.; Fournier, F.; Leone, S. R.; Nizamov, B., State-resolved dynamics of the CH(A(2)Delta) channels from single and multiple photon dissociation of bromoform in the 10-20 eV energy range. Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2006, 110, (9), 2850-2857.
9. Arrowsmith, A. N.; Chikan, V.; Leone, S. R., Dynamics of the CH(A(2)Delta) product from the reaction of C2H with O-2 studied by Fourier transform visible Spectroscopy. Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2006, 110, (24), 7521-7526.
10. McDonough, L. A.; Chikan, V.; Kim, Z. H.; Leone, S. R.; Hinsberg, W. D., Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy studies of water-polymer interactions in chemically amplified photoresists. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B 2005, 23, (2), 344-348.
11. Chikan, V.; Leone, S. R., Vibrational distributions of the CO(v) products of the C2H2+O(P-3) and HCCO+O(P-3) reactions studied by FTIR emission. Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2005, 109, (11), 2525-2533.
12. Chikan, V.; Leone, S. R., Vibrational and rotational distributions of the CH(A(2)Delta) product of the C2H+O(P-3) reaction studied by Fourier transform visible (FTVIS) emission spectroscopy. Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2005, 109, (47), 10646-10653.
13. Tu, H.; Yang, S.; Chikan, V.; Kelley, D. F., Spectroscopy of GaSe nanoparticle aggregates. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2004, 108, (15), 4701-4710.
14. Chikan, V.; Nizamov, B.; Leone, S. R., Product state distributions of vibrationally excited CO(v) for the CH((XII)-I-2) and CH(A(2)Delta) channels of the C2H+O(P-3) reaction. Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2004, 108, (49), 10770-10782.
15. Tu, H.; Chikan, V.; Kelley, D. F., Electron and hole intraband spectroscopy of GaSe nanoparticles. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2003, 107, (38), 10389-10397.
16. Chikan, V.; Kelley, D. F., Synthesis of highly luminescent GaSe nanoparticles. Nano Letters 2002, 2, (2), 141-145.
17. Chikan, V.; Kelley, D. F., Size-dependent spectroscopy of MoS2 nanoclusters. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2002, 106, (15), 3794-3804.
18. Chikan, V.; Kelley, D. F., Carrier relaxation dynamics in GaSe nanoparticles. Nano Letters 2002, 2, (9), 1015-1020.
19. Chikan, V.; Kelley, D. F., Relaxation dynamics in photoexcited GaSe nanoparticles. Journal of Chemical Physics 2002, 117, (19), 8944-8952.
20. Chikan, V.; Waterland, M. R.; Huang, J. M.; Kelley, D. F., Relaxation and electron transfer dynamics in bare and DTDCI sensitized MoS2 nanoclusters. Journal of Chemical Physics 2000, 113, (13), 5448-5456.
21. Chikan, V.; Molnar, A.; Balazsik, K., One-step synthesis of methyl isobutyl ketone from acetone and hydrogen over Cu-on-MgO catalysts. Journal of Catalysis 1999, 184, (1), 134-143.