Svetlana Neretina
Concurrent Professor
- Office
- 370 Fitzpatrick Hall Of Engineering
Notre Dame, IN 46556 - Phone
- +1 574-631-6127
- snereti1@nd.edu
Research Areas
- Physical/Analytical Chemistry
Research Specialties
- Materials
Prospective Graduate Students
Biography
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2022-present | Concurrent Professor, Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame |
| 2022-present | Professor, Dept. of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame |
| 2018-2022 | Concurrent Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame |
| 2016-2022 | Associate Professor, Dept. of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame |
| 2009-2016 | Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Temple University |
| 2007-2009 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 2007 | Ph.D. in Engineering Physics, McMaster University |
Selected Awards
2011 NSF CAREER Award
Research Interests
Svetlana Neretina and her research team are advancing the application, understanding, and material fabrication methods for noble metal nanostructures, an extraordinary class of materials that are used in the diagnosis and treatment of disease, environmental remediation, chemical synthesis, and sensing technologies. Fabrication methods such as nanoimprint lithography, self-assembly, and solution-phase redox reactions are used in combination to define periodic arrays of complex noble metal nanostructures that collectively express the photo- and chemically active surfaces needed to prototype photovoltaic and sensing devices. These same nanostructures are also being investigated as catalysts for hydrogen generation and as photocatalysts capable of promoting green chemical syntheses powered by sunlight. Emphasis is also placed on the development of new instrumentation and in situ monitoring tools needed to fabricate these nanomaterials in a manner that is responsive to the scalability and throughput needs of a manufacturing setting.
Selected Publications
- Panda, D.; Nizam, M. R.; Tuff, W. J.; Wyant, C. C.; Zhukovskyi, M.; Rosenberger, M. R.; Sánta, B.; Kinzel, E. C.; Hughes, R. A. and Neretina, S. "Template-Confined Synthesis of Shape-Engineered Single-Crystal Gold Microplates in Lithographically-Defined Polymeric Patterns" 2026 Advanced Functional Materials, e76188. DOI: 10.1002/adfm.76188.
- Nieukirk, B. D.; Zhang, S. Y.; Tang, R. Z.; Xu, K. K.; Rosenberger, M. R.; Hughes, R. A.; Fichthorn, K. A. and Neretina, S. "Monoalcohol-Directed Shape Control in a Surfactant-Free Gold Nanoplate Synthesis" 2026 Small Methods, e70731. DOI: 10.1002/smtd.70731.
- Sheardy, A. T.; Santa, B.; Neretina, S.; Krantz, J. T.; Zhukovskyi, M. A.; Kinzel, E. C.; Matous, K. and Mukasyan, A. S. "Formation of Silicon Nitride by High-Fluence Femtosecond Laser Treatment" 2025 Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 200, 109929. DOI: 10.1016/j.mssp.2025.109929.
- Svetlana, D. S.; Neretina, S.; Pichon, B. and Ricci, C. "Advanced Sustainable Materials for Energy Applications" 2025 Sustainable Materials and Technologies, 44, e01369. DOI: 10.1016/j.susmat.2025.e01369.
- Lawson, Z. R.; Ciambriello, L.; Nieukirk, B. D.; Howe, J.; Tang, R. Z.; Servin, I. A.; Gavioli, L.; Hughes, R. A. and Neretina, S. "Light-Mediated Growth of Gold Nanoplates Carried Out in Total Darkness" 2025 ACS Nano, 19 (9), pp.9378–9389. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5c01191.
- Nieukirk, B. D.; Tang, R. Z.; Hughes, R. A. and Neretina, S. "Site-Selective Deposition of Silica Nanoframes and Nanocages Onto Faceted Gold Nanostructures Using a Primer-Free Tetraethyl Orthosilicate Synthesis" 2024 ACS Nano, 18 (29), pp.19257–19267. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c05258.