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Department of Chemistry

Susil Baral

Assistant Professor - Physical Chemistry
Office
SLB Science Laboratory Building 311
Office Hours
Mon. 10-11; Tues. 9:30-10:30 / or by appt.
Office Phone
(309) 438-3698office
phone
Email
sbaral1@ilstu.eduemail
Website
https://scholar.google.com/citation... website
  • About
  • Education
  • Selected Research

Current Courses

CHE 299.001 Independent Honor Study In Chemistry

CHE 499.001 Independent Research For The Master's Thesis

CHE 362.001 Physical Chemistry II

CHE 462.001 Physical Chemistry II

CHE 361.001 Physical Chemistry Laboratory I

CHE 363.001 Physical Chemistry Laboratory II

CHE 290.001 Research in Chemistry

CHE 490.001 Research In Chemistry

Teaching Interests & Areas

Physical Chemistry
Nanoscience
Single Polymer Dynamics

Research Interests & Areas

Research in our lab focuses on developing and applying single-molecule microscopy and spectroscopy techniques to understand the fundamental behavior of materials. In the first direction, we use magnetic tweezers microscopy to investigate the single-chain conformation and dynamics of the synthetic polymers to acquire knowledge for developing polymer materials with tailored mechanical properties. In the second direction, we use fluorescence microscopy to study the light-matter interactions in plasmonic nanoparticles to acquire knowledge for developing nanoscale materials with enhanced optical properties.

Post-Doc

Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

PhD Chemistry

Ohio University
Athens, OH

Book, Authored

Photo-Thermal Spectroscopy with Plasmonic and Rare-Earth Doped (Nano) Materials: Basic Principles and Applications
Ali Rafiei Miandashti, Susil Baral, Eva Yazmin Santiago, Larousse Khosravi Khorashad, Alexander O Govorov, Hugh H Richardson.
(2019), Springer

Journal Article

Tuning Single-Polymer Growth via Hydrogen Bonding in Conformational Entanglements
Susil† Baral, Chunming† Liu, Xianmen Mao, Geoffrey W Coates, Peng Chen.
ACS Cent. Sci., (2022)
Real-Time Single-Polymer Growth towards Single-Monomer Resolution
Chunming† Liu, Susil† Baral, Kai Gu, Xianwen Mao, Peng Chen.
Trends Chem., (2021)
Single-chain polymerization dynamics and conformational mechanics of conjugated polymers
Susil Baral, Chunming Liu, Udit K Chakraborty, Kaori Kubo, Xianwen Mao, Geoffrey W Coates, Peng Chen.
Chem, (2021)
Near-field thermal imaging of optically excited gold nanostructures: scaling principles for collective heating with heat dissipation into the surrounding medium
Susil Baral, Ali Rafiei Miandashti, Hugh H Richardson.
Nanoscale, (2018)
Conformational Changes of Methacrylate-Based Monomers at the Air–Liquid Interface Due to Bulky Substituents
Uvinduni I Premadasa, Narendra M Adhikari, Susil Baral, Ahmed M Aboelenen, Katherine L.A Cimatu.
J. Phys. Chem. C, (2017)
Targeted Nanoparticle Thermometry: A Method to Measure Local Temperature at the Nanoscale Point Where Water Vapor Nucleation Occurs
Arwa A Alaulamie, Susil Baral, Samuel C Johnson, Hugh H Richardson.
Small, (2017)
Effect of Ions and Ionic Strength on Surface Plasmon Absorption of Single Gold Nanowires
Susil Baral, Andrew J Green, Hugh H Richardson.
ACS Nano, (2016)
Nanothermometry using optically trapped erbium oxide nanoparticle
Susil Baral, Samuel C Johnson, Arwa A Alaulamie, Hugh H Richardson.
Applied Physics A, (2016)