AREAS OF INTEREST:

• Plasmon Enhanced Fluorescence
• Optical Properties of mid-IR Nanoshells
• Nanoshell Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensing
• Plasmonics and Nanophotonics

BACKGROUND:

Felicia Tam came to Rice in May of 2002 after completing her B.S. in Physics at Stanford Univerisity. She received her M.S. in Physics from Rice in 2005 for her work involving the use of gold nanoshells as surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensors.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

• Hui Wang, Felicia Tam, Nathaniel K. Grady, Naomi J. Halas, "Cu Nanoshells: Effects of Interband Transitions on the Nanoparticle Plasmon Resonance," J. Phys. Chem. B, 109, 18218 (2005).
• Felicia Tam, Cristin E. Moran, Naomi J. Halas, "Geometrical Parameters Controlling Sensitivity of Nanoshell Plasmon Resonances to Changes in Dielectric Environment," J. Phys. Chem. B 108, 17290 (2004).
• Felicia Tam, Naomi J. Halas, "Plasmon Response of Nanoshell Dopants in Organic Films: A Simulation Study," Progress in Organic Coatings 47, 275 (2003).

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS:

• "Gold Nanoparticle Enhanced Fluorescence of Indocyanine Green," Felicia Tam, Glenn P. Goodrich, Naomi J. Halas, Rice Quantum Institute Summer Research Colloquium, August 2005.
• "Investigating Parameters Controlling Nanoshell SPR Sensitivity," Felicia Tam, Cristin E. Moran, Naomi J. Halas, American Physical Society March Meeting, Montreal, Canada, March 2004.

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