Jon Camden
Professor; Director of Undergraduate Studies
- Office
- 140E Mccourtney Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556 - Phone
- +1 574-631-1059
- jon.camden@nd.edu
Research Areas
- Physical/Analytical Chemistry
Research Specialties
- Energy
- Measurement
Prospective Graduate Students
Biography
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2020-present | Director of Undergraduate Studies, University of Notre Dame |
| 2019-present | Professor, University of Notre Dame |
| 2014-2019 | Associate Professor, University of Notre Dame |
| 2013-2014 | Gleb Mamantov Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN |
| 2008-2013 | Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN |
| 2005-2008 | Postdoctoral Researcher, Northwestern University |
| 2005 | Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, Stanford University |
| 2000 | B.S. in Chemistry and Music, University of Notre Dame |
Selected Awards
2022 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
2020 Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C, Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
2014 Chancellor's Award for Professional Promise, University of Tennessee
2013 Research and Creative Achievement Award, University of Tennessee
2012 NSF CAREER Award
2001-2004 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Research Interests
It is well known that plasmonic nanostructures are capable of harvesting light and concentrating it in the near field. This special behavior results from the collective oscillation of the conduction electrons in a metallic nanostructure, and has enabled a plethora of exciting applications such as plasmon-enhanced solar cells, photonic circuits, superlenses, chemical and biological sensing, and the detection of single molecules. Underlying many of these processes is the ability of plasmon excitation to greatly enhance electromagnetic fields at the particle surface. The Camden group is working to develop new applications of plasmonic nanostructures and to understand fundamental features of the molecule-plasmon couplings underlying these applications. Our current research efforts include: (1) Understanding the flow of plasmonic energy from nanoparticles at interfaces and into molecules, (2) Development of fast, portable, and cost-effective analytical methods for small molecules based on SERS, and (3) Exploration of surface-enhanced nonlinear spectroscopy, and (4) Direct imaging of plasmon-enhanced fields using electron microscopy.
Selected Publications
- Beutler, E. K.; Kumar, V.; Duddy, G.; Bourgeois, M. R.; Srijanto, B. R.; Hachtel, J. A.; Masiello, D. J. and Camden, J. P. "Localizing Low-Grade Heat using Hybrid Photonic-Phononic Materials" 2024 ACS Energy Letters, 9 (3), pp.941-947. DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.3c02573.
- Dominique, N. L.; Chandran, A.; Jensen, I. M.; Jenkins, D. M. and Camden, J. P. "Unmasking the Electrochemical Stability of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Monolayers on Gold" 2024 Chemistry-A European Journal, 30, e202303681. DOI: 10.1002/chem.202303681.
- Jensen, I. M.; Chowdhury, S.; Hu, G. H.; Jensen, L.; Camden, J. P. and Jenkins, D. M. "Seeking a Au-C Stretch on Gold Nanoparticles with 13C-Labeled N-Heterocyclic Carbenes" 2023 Chemical Communications, 59 (98), pp.14524-14527. DOI: 10.1039/d3cc04973f.
- Kaur, G.; Dominique, N. L.; Hu, G. H.; Nalaoh, P.; Thimes, R. L.; Strausser, S. L.; Jensen, L.; Camden, J. P. and Jenkins, D. M. "Reactivity Variance between Stereoisomers of Saturated N-Heterocyclic Carbenes on Gold Surfaces" 2023 Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 10 (21), pp.6282-6293. DOI: 10.1039/d3qi01541f.
- Pellitero, M. A.; Jensen, I. M.; Dominique, N. L.; Ekowo, L. C.; Camden, J. P.; Jenkins, D. M. and Arroyo-Curras, N. "Stability of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Monolayers Under Continuous Voltammetric Interrogation" 2023 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 15 (29), pp.35701-35709. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c06148.
- Thimes, R. L.; Santos, A.; Chen, R.; Kaur, G.; Jensen, L.; Jenkins, D. M. and Camden, J. P. "Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy to Unravel the Wingtip-Dependent Orientation of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes on Gold Nanoparticles" 2023 Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 14 (18), pp.4219-4224. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c00588.