Marissa Martinez's research is focused on understanding how light-matter interactions and surface chemistry in quantum dots (QDs) can be tuned with molecular capping ligands and how they arrange on nanocrystal surfaces. Marissa graduated from San Francisco State University with bachelor's and master's degrees in chemistry and completed their doctorate in materials chemistry at the University of Colorado Boulder working under Arthur Nozik and Matthew Beard.

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Research Interests

Colloidal QD surface chemistry

Solid-state ligand exchange in QD films

Ultra-fast processes in QD-organic systems

Education

Ph.D., Materials Chemistry, University of Colorado Boulder

M.S., Chemistry, San Francisco State University

B.S., Chemistry, San Francisco State University

Featured Work

Size-Dependent Janus-Ligand Shell Formation on PbS Quantum Dots, J. Phys. Chem. C. (2021)

Transforming Energy Using Quantum Dots, Energy & Environmental Science (2020)

Designing Janus Ligand Shells on PbS Quantum Dots using Ligand–Ligand Cooperativity, ACS Nano (2019)

Theoretical Limits of Multiple Exciton Generation and Singlet Fission Tandem Devices for Solar Water Splitting, J. Chem. Phys. (2019)