Research Interests

Physical chemistry and applications of complex fluids, colloids, and interfaces including:

• synthesis of quantum-confined metal and semiconductor nanowires
• applications of nanowires and carbon nanotubes such as electronic device generation, thermoelectrics, and nanoelectromechanical devices
• reaction equilibria
• catalysis
• electrorheological fluids
• zeolites
• synthesis of porous materials such as mesoporous silicas and anodized aluminum oxides
• thin film formation

Experience

University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering and Affiliate of Materials Science & Engineering, 2005-present

Rice University, Houston, Texas, Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2003-2005

University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, Enterprise Ireland Postdoctoral Fellow, 2001-2003

University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, Ph.D. Chemical Engineering 2001

University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, B.S. Chemical Engineering 1996

Selected Publications

K.J. Ziegler. Developing implantable optical bionsensors. Trends Biotechnol. 2005, 23, 440. [PDF]

K.J. Ziegler, D.J. Schmidt, U. Rauwald, K.N. Shah, E.L. Flor, R.H. Hauge, and R.E. Smalley. Length-dependent extraction of single-walled carbon nanotubes. Nano Lett. 2005. 5, 2355 [PDF].

K.J. Ziegler, Z. Gu, H. Peng, E.L. Flor, R.H. Hauge, and R.E. Smalley. Controlled oxidative cutting of single-walled nanotubes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 1541. [PDF]

K.J. Ziegler, D.M. Lyons, J.D. Holmes, D. Erts, B. Polyakov, H. Olin, E. Olsson, and K. Svensson. Bistable nanoelectromechanical devices. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2004, 84, 4074. [PDF]

K.J. Ziegler, B. Polyakov, J.S. Kulkarni, T.A. Crowley, K.M. Ryan, M.A. Morris, D. Erts, and J.D. Holmes. Conductive films of ordered nanowire arrays. J. Mater. Chem. 2004, 14, 585. [PDF]

J.D. Holmes, D.M. Lyons, and K.J. Ziegler. Supercritical fluid synthesis of metal and semiconductor nanowires. Chem. Eur. J. 2003, 9, 2144. [PDF]

K.J. Ziegler, R.C. Doty, K.P. Johnston, and B.A. Korgel. Synthesis of organically-stabilized copper nanoparticles in supercritical water. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 7797. [PDF]

J.D. Holmes, K.J. Ziegler, R.C. Doty, L.E. Pell, K.P. Johnston, and B.A. Korgel. Highly luminescent silicon nanocrystals with discrete optical transitions. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 3743. [PDF]