Kevin L. Shuford
Staff Scientist

Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Florida
BS, Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Research Interests:

theory,
modeling,
simulation,
computational method development,
nanoparticle optics,
nanophotonics,
surface plasmons,
surface enhanced spectroscopies,
sensor applications,
ultrafast spectroscopy,
nonlinear optics,
relaxation processes,
surface science,
electrical energy storage,
photovoltaics,
coherent control,
optimization algorithms,
continuum electrodynamics,
classical molecular dynamics,
quantum dynamics.

Professional Societies:

Materials Research Society,
American Physical Society
American Chemical Society
Sigma Xi

Selected Publications

1. Li, C., Shuford, K. L., Chen, M., Lee, E. J., and Cho, S. O. "A Facile Polyol Route to Uniform Gold Octahedra with Tailorable Size and Their Optical Properties," ACS Nano, 2, 1760 (2008).
2. Shuford, K. L., Meyer, K., Li, C., Cho, S. O., Whitten, W. B., and Shaw, R. W. "Nanoscale Coupling Effects on Single Particle Microscopy," Invited Paper, Proc. SPIE, 7033, 7033I (2008).
3. Bok, H.-M., Shuford, K. L., Kim, S. and Park, S. "Multipole Surface Plasmon Modes for a Colloidal Solution of Nanoporous Gold Nanorods and Their Comparison to Smooth Gold Nanorods," Nano Lett., 8, 2265-2270 (2008).
4. Shuford, K. L., Lee, J., Odom, T. W., and Schatz, G. C., "Optical Properties of Gold Pyramidal Shells," J. Phys. Chem. C, 112, 6662-6666 (2008).
5. Kim, S., Shuford, K. L., Bok, H.-M., Kim, S. K., and Park, S., "Intraparticle Surface Plasmon Coupling in One-Dimensional Nanostructures," Nano Lett., 8, 800-804 (2008).
6. Li, C., Shuford, K. L., Park, Q-H., Cai, W., Li, Y., Lee, E. J., and Cho, S. O. "High-Yield Synthesis of Single-Crystalline Gold Nanooctahedra," Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 46, 3264-3268 (2007).
7. Shuford, K. L., Gray, S. K., Ratner, M. A., and Schatz, G. C., "Substrate Effects on Surface Plasmons in Single Nanoholes," Chem. Phys. Lett., 435, 123-126 (2007).
8. Boneberg, J., König-Birk, J., Münzer, H.-J., Leiderer, P., Shuford, K. L., and Schatz, G. C. "Optical Nearfields of Triangular Nanostructures," Appl. Phys. A, 89, 299-303 (2007).
9. Achermann, M., Shuford, K. L., Schatz, G. C., Dahanayaka, D. H., Bumm, L. A., and Klimov, V. "Near-Field Spectroscopy of Surface Plasmons in Flat Gold Nanoparticles," Opt. Lett., 32, 2254-2256 (2007).
10. Shuford, K. L., Ratner, M, A., Gray, S. K., and Schatz, G. C. "Electric Field Enhancement and Light Transmission in Cylindrical Nanoholes," J. Comput. Theor. Nanosci., 4, 239-246 (2007).
11. Henzie, J., Shuford, K. L., Kwak, E.-S., Schatz, G. C., and Odom, T. W., "Manipulating the Optical Properties of Pyramidal Nanoparticle Arrays," J. Phys. Chem. B, 110, 14028-14031 (2006).
12. Shuford, K. L., Ratner, M. A., Gray, S. K., and Schatz, G. C., "Finite-Difference Time-Domain Studies of Light Transmission Through Nanohole Structures," Appl. Phys. B, 84, 11-18 (2006).
13. Payne, E. K., Shuford, K. L., Park, S., Schatz, G. C., and Mirkin, C. A., "Multipole Plasmon Resonances in Gold Nanorods," J. Phys. Chem. B, 110, 2150-2154 (2006).
14. Shuford, K. L., Ratner, M. A., and Schatz, G. C., "Multipolar Excitation in Triangular Nanoprisms," J. Chem. Phys., 123, 114713 (2005).
15. Millstone, J. E., Park, S., Shuford, K. L., Qin, L., Schatz, G. C., and Mirkin, C. A., "Observation of a Quadrupole Plasmon Mode for a Colloidal Solution of Gold Nanoprisms," J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 127, 5312-5313 (2005).