Niti Garg           Graduate Student Department of Chemistry Carnegie Mellon University

Research

• Research Interests: shape controlled synthesis of metal nanoparticles, investigate novel nanoclusters of metals, nano-based chemical sensing, nano-Catalysis
  
• Brief Bio
• Graduate student since 2005 after I graduated with M.Sc. (Chemistry)  IIT Delhi and B.Sc. from St. Stephens College, Delhi University
• Advised by Professor Rongchao Jin
• Expected Graduation: December 2010
  
  
• Publications

  Zhu, Manzhou; Lanni, Eric; Garg, Niti; Bier, Mark E.; Jin, Rongchao, “Kinetic controlled high-yield synthesis of Au25 cluster” Journal of American Chemical Society, 2008, 130 (4),  1138-1139 Garg, Niti; Scholl, Clark; Mohanty, Ashok; Jin, Rongchao, “The role of bromide ions in seeding growth of Au nanorods.” Langmuir, 2010, 26 (12), 10271–10276 Mohanty Ashok;  Garg,  Niti; Jin Rongchao, “A universal approach for the synthesis of noble metal nanodendrites and their catalytic properties” Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) (2010), 49(29), 4962-6 Garg, Niti; Mohanty, Ashok;  Lazarus,Nathan; Santhanam, Suresh;  Schultz, Lawrence;  Snyder,  Jay L.; Weiss, Lee E.; Fedder, Gary K.; Jin, Rongchao, “Robust gold nanoparticles stabilized by trithiols for application in chemiresistive sensors”  Nanotechnology,21, 405501 Jin, Rongchao; Wu, Zhikun; Qian, Huifeng; Zhu, Yan; Zhu, Man-Zhou; Mohanty, Ashok; Garg,  Niti,  “Size Focusing: A Methodology for Synthesizing Atomically Precise Gold Nanoclusters” The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, ASAP (As Soon As Publishable), pp 2903–2910 Mohanty, Ashok; Garg,  Niti; Jin, Rongchao, “*******” (submitted to JACS) Zhu, Yan; Qian, Huifeng; Garg, Niti; Jin, Rongchao, “******” (submitted to Journal of Catalysis) Lazarus, Nathan;  Garg, Niti; Jin, Rongchao ; Santhanam, Suresh ; Schultz, Lawrence;  Snyder, Jay L.; Weiss, Lee E.; Fedder, Gary K., “Gold nanoparticle chemiresistive vapor sensors for respirator cartridge end-of-service-life indication” (under submission for IEEE Sensors) Garg, Niti; Yoon, Katherine;  Jin, Rongchao, “Investigation on the role of seeding in the development of Gold nanorods” (under submission for Langmuir)

 

 

•   Current Research Projects
• Light Induced synthesis of fluorescent Silver nanoclusters based on reverse micelle formation
• Design robust nanoparticle based systems for volatile organic vapor sensing
• Investigation on the role of additives and various environmental conditions oon the development of nanoparticles of anisotropic shapes

 

  Teaching Experience

• • Teaching Assistant (lab assistant)  Introduction to Experimental Chemistry (Fall 2005)

  • Teaching Assistant (recitation) Modern Chem I  (Fall 2007, Fall 2008)

  • Teaching Assistant (recitation) Modern Chem II (Spring 2006, Spring 2008, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010)

  • Teaching Assistant, Lab IV – Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamic (spring 2007, Spring 2009)

   

Hobbies and Interests

• Poetry, Painting, Cooking, Interior decoration and Singing

 

Misc

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Contact Info

Office: Mellon Institute Room 549
nitigarg@cmu.edu

412-513-8113

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