Alec La Grow, PhD

Scalable syntheses of shape controlled nanoparticles for catalytic applications.

• Synthesis of Copper Hydroxide Branched Nanocages and Their Transformation to Copper Oxide
  A.P. LaGrow, L. Sinatra, A. Elshewy, K-W. Huang, K. Katsiev, A.R. Kirmani, A. Amassian, D. H. Anjum, O. M. Bakr
  J. Phys. Chem. C, 2014, 118 (33), 19374–19379
  


• CdSe Quantum Dot Growth on Magnetic Nickel Nanoparticles
  W.R. Siah, A.P. LaGrow, M.J. Banholzer, R.D. Tilley
  Crystal Growth & Design 13 (6), 2486-2492​


• Effect of Surfactant Concentration and Aggregation on the Growth Kinetics of Nickel Nanoparticles​
  A.P. LaGrow, B. Ingham, M.F. Toney, R.D. Tilley
  J. Phys. Chem. C 117 (32), 16709-16718


• Can Polymorphism be Used to form Branched Metal Nanostructures?
  A.P. LaGrow, S. Cheong, J. Watt, B. Ingham, M. F. Toney, D. A. Jefferson, R. D. Tilley
  Adv. Mater. (2013)


• Synthesis, alignment, and magnetic properties of monodisperse nickel nanocubes
  A.P. LaGrow, B. Ingham, S. Cheong, GV Williams, C Dotzler, MF Toney, DA Jefferson, EC Corbos, PT Bishop, J Cookson, RD Tilley
  J Am Chem Soc., 134(2):855-8, (2012)

• Ph.D., Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, 2012
• B.Sc (Hons), Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, 2008

• 2013–present: Postdoctoral Fellow, Functional nanomaterials lab, Solar & Photovoltaics Engineering Research Center, KAUST, Saudi Arabia