Zeev Rosenzweig

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Contact Information
Office: MEYR 247A
Phone: 410-455-2521

Professor

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Dr. Rosenzweig’s research program aims to develop new techniques for the synthesis of 2D and 3D luminescent and electronic nanomaterials. We are focusing primarily on replacing currently used toxic and rare nanomaterials with benign and earth abundant nanomaterials to minimize adverse effects on human health and the environment while reducing the cost of nanotechnology applications. Current research projects in the laboratory involve the synthesis of luminescent quantum dots, luminescent polymer dots, luminescent rare earth containing nanocrystals and 2D materials including but not limited to InSe and Mxenes. We are investigating the role the materials’ composition and surface chemistry play in their functional properties chemical stability, and environmental and human health impact. Of particular interest is the formation of new nanomaterial architectures that combine 2D materials with nanoparticles to form new materials with newly defined functions. We are also investigating the feasibility of using our MXene 2D materials, with or without conjugated luminescent nanoparticles, as delivery vectors in agricultural applications. Finally, we are exploring the use of measurement techniques commonly used in our laboratory in combination with computational techniques (in collaboration with the Bennett laboratory) to interrogate works of art to better understand the impact of various adsorbates on their chemical stability and appearance. Research in our laboratory is supported by research grants from NSF, DOE and the Mellon Foundation.

 

SELECT PUBLICATIONS

  • Shreyasi Sengupta, Swapnil B. Ambade, Tana L. O’Keefe, Falak Tawakalna, Jenny K. Hedlund Orbeck, Robert J. Hamers, Z. Vivian Feng, Christy L. Haynes, and Zeev Rosenzweig. Colloidal Stabilization of Hydrophobic InSe 2D Nanosheets in a Model Environmental Aqueous Solution and their Impact on Shewanella oneidensis MR-1. Sci.: Nano 2024, 11, 627-636. Link to manuscript
  • Jessica E. Heimann, Zeev Rosenzweig, and Joseph W. Bennett. Understanding the Effects of Amine and Morpholine Adsorption on Unglazed Earthenware Using Density Functional Theory. Cult. Herit. 2023, 61, 168-176. Link to manuscript
  • Laura A. Kesner, Zeke A. Piskulich, Qiang Cui, and Zeev Rosenzweig. Untangling the Interactions between Anionic Polystyrene Nanoparticles and Lipid Membranes Using Laurdan Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Molecular Simulations. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145(14), 7962-7973. Link to manuscript
  • Swapnil B. Ambade, Laura A. Kesner, Mohammed K. Abdel-Rahman, D. Howard Fairbrother, and Zeev Rosenzweig. Interactions of Ti3C2 MXene with Aqueous Zwitterionic Biological Buffers: Implications for Applications in Biological Systems. ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2023, 6, 4898-4909. Link to manuscript
  • Connor Riahin, Kushani Mendis, Brandon Busick, Marcin Ptaszek, Mengran Yang, Gary Stacey, Amar Parvate, James E. Evans, Jeremiah C. Traeger, Dehong Hu, Galya Orr, and Zeev Rosenzweig. Near Infrared Emitting Semiconductor Polymer Dots for Bioimaging and Sensing. Sensors 2022, 22(19), 7218. Link to manuscript
  • Connor Riahin, Adam Meares, Nopondo N. Esemoto, Marcin Ptaszek, Michael LaScola, Narendra Pandala, Erin Lavik, Mengran Yang, Gary Stacey, Dehong Hu, Jeremiah C. Traeger, Galya Orr, and Zeev Rosenzweig. Hydroporphyrin-Doped Near-Infrared-Emitting Polymer Dots for Cellular Fluorescence Imaging. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2022, 14, 18, 20790-20801. Link to manuscript
  • Jessica E. Heimann, Jasper D. Tucker, Layla S. Huff, Ye Rin Kim, Jood Ali, Kaylor Stroot, Xavier J. Welch, Harley E. White, Marcus L. Wilson, Cecelia E. Wood, Glenn A. Gates, Zeev Rosenzweig, and Joseph W. Bennett. Density Functional Theory (DFT) as a Nondestructive Probe in the Field of Art Conservation: Small-Molecule Adsorption on Aragonite Surfaces. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2022, 14, 11, 13858-13871. Link to manuscript
  • Jessica E. Heimann, Tory H. Williams, Joseph W. Bennett, and Zeev Rosenzweig Baltimore SCIART: A Fully Virtual Undergraduate Research Experience at the Interface of Computational Chemistry and Art.  Chem. Educ.2021, 98, 3172-3179. Link to Manuscript
  • Jessica E. Heimann, Ryan T. Grimes, Zeev Rosenzweig, and Joseph W. Bennett. A Density Functional Theory (DFT) Investigation of How Small Molecules and Atmospheric Pollutants Relevant to Art Conservation Adsorb on Kaolinite.  Clay Sci.2021, 206, 106075. Link to Manuscript
  • Denise N. Williams, Julia S. Saar, Vera Bleicher, Sibylle Rau, Karen Lienkamp, and Zeev Rosenzweig. Poly(oxanorbornene)-Coated CdTe Quantum Dots as Antibacterial Agents. ACS Bio Mater. 2020, 3, 2, 1097–1104. Link to manuscript
  • Richard P. Brown, Miranda J. Gallagher, D. Howard Fairbrother, and Zeev Rosenzweig. Synthesis and Degradation of Cadmium-Free InP and InPZn/ZnS Quantum Dots in Solution. Langmuir, 2018, 34 (46), 13924-13934. Link to manuscript
  • Denise N. Williams, Sunipa Pramanik, Richard P. Brown, Bo Zhi, Eileen McIntire, Natalie V. Hudson-Smith, Christy L. Haynes, and Zeev Rosenzweig. Adverse Interactions of Luminescent Semiconductor Quantum Dots with Liposomes and Shewanella oneidensis. ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2018, 1 (9), 4788–4800. Link to manuscript
  • Zheng Zheng, Julia Saar, Bo Zhi, Tian A. Qiu, Miranda J. Gallagher, D. Howard Fairbrother, Christy L. Haynes, Karen Lienkamp, and Zeev Rosenzweig. Structure–Property Relationships of Amine-rich and Membrane-Disruptive Poly(oxonorbornene)-Coated Gold Nanoparticles. Langmuir 2018, 34 (15), 4614-4625. Link to manuscript