Korgel Group :: Vince Holmberg

Vincent Holmberg

Hertz Fellow, NSF Graduate Research Fellow

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 2011

M.S., Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 2010

B.Ch.E., Chemical Engineering, Summa Cum Laude, High Distinction, University of Minnesota, 2006

B.S., Chemistry, High Distinction, University of Minnesota, 2006

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Semiconductor Nanowires

In Situ Electron Microscopy

Impurity Diffusion in Nanostructures

Mechanical and Optical Properties of Nanomaterials

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Holmberg, Vincent C.; Bogart, Timothy D.; Chockla, Aaron M.; Hessel, Colin M.; Korgel, Brian A., Optical Properties of Silicon and Germanium Nanowire Fabric. Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2012), 116(42), 22486-22491. [link]

Chockla, Aaron, M.; Holmberg, Vincent C.; Korgel, Brian A., Germanium Nanorod Extinction Spectra: Discrete Dipole Approximation Calculations and Experiment. Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2012), 116(42), 22625-22630. [link]

Chockla, Aaron, M.; Panthani, Matthew G.; Holmberg, Vincent C.; Hessel, Colin M.; Reid, Dariya K.; Bogart, Timothy D.; Harris, Justin T.; Mullins, C. Buddie; Korgel, Brian A., Electrochemical Lithiation of Graphene-Supported Silicon and Germanium for Rechargeable Batteries. Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2012), 116(22), 11917-11923. [link]

Hahn, Nathan T.; Holmberg, Vincent C.; Korgel, Brian A.; Mullins, C. Buddie, Electrochemical Synthesis and Characterization of p-CuBi2O4 Thin Film Photocathodes. Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2012), 116(10), 6459-6466. [link]

Chockla, Aaron, M.; Harris, Justin T.; Akhavan, Vahid A.; Bogart, Timothy D.; Holmberg, Vincent C.; Steinhagen, Chet; Mullins, C. Buddie; Stevenson, Keith J.; Korgel, Brian A., Silicon Nanowire Fabric as a Lithium Ion Battery Electrode Material. Journal of the American Chemical Society (2011), 133(51), 20914-20921. [link]

Holmberg, Vincent C.; Patel, Reken N.; Korgel, Brian A., Electrostatic Charging and Manipulation of Semiconductor Nanowires. Journal of Materials Research (2011), 26(17), 2305-2310. [link]

Holmberg, Vincent C.; Collier, Katharine A.; Korgel, Brian A., Real-Time Observation of Impurity Diffusion in Silicon Nanowires. Nano Letters (2011), 11(9), 3803-3808. [link]

Steinhagen, Chet; Akhavan, Vahid A.; Goodfellow, Brian W.; Panthani, Matthew G.; Harris, Justin T.; Holmberg, Vincent C.; Korgel, Brian A., Solution-Liquid-Solid Synthesis of CuInSe2 Nanowires and Their Implementation in Photovoltaic Devices. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2011), 3(5), 1781-1785. [link]

Smith, Damon A.; Holmberg, Vincent C.; Rasch, Michael R.; Korgel, Brian A., Optical Properties of Solvent-Dispersed and Polymer-Embedded Germanium Nanowires. Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2010), 114(49), 20983-20989. [link]

Holmberg, Vincent C.; Rasch, Michael R.; Korgel, Brian A., PEGylation of Carboxylic Acid-Functionalized Germanium Nanowires. Langmuir (2010), 26(17), 14241-14246. [link]

Holmberg, Vincent C.; Korgel, Brian A., Corrosion Resistance of Thiol- and Alkene-Passivated Germanium Nanowires. Chemistry of Materials (2010), 22(12), 3698-3703. [link]

Smith, Damon A.; Holmberg, Vincent C.; Korgel, Brian A., Flexible Germanium Nanowires: Ideal Strength, Room Temperature Plasticity, and Bendable Semiconductor Fabric. ACS Nano (2010), 4(4), 2356-2362. [link]

Holmberg, Vincent C.; Panthani, Matthew G.; Korgel, Brian A., Phase Transitions, Melting Dynamics, and Solid-State Diffusion in a Nano Test Tube. Science (2009), 326, 405-407. [link] Supporting Online Material [link]

Smith, Damon A.; Holmberg, Vincent C.; Lee, Doh C.; Korgel, Brian A., Young's Modulus and Size-Dependent Mechanical Quality Factor of Nanoelectromechanical Germanium Nanowire Resonators. Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2008), 112(29), 10725-10729. [link]

Mrozek, Randy A.; Kim, Byeong-Su; Holmberg, Vincent C.; Taton, T. Andrew, Homogeneous, Coaxial Liquid Crystal Domain Growth from Carbon Nanotube Seeds. Nano Letters (2003), 3(12), 1665-1669. [link]