Jason Mcneill
Associate Professor
Physical Chemistry
Clemson University
United States of America
Biography
Dr. McNeill earned a B.S. in Chemistry (1991) from Northern Illinois University and a Ph.D. (1999) from the University of California at Berkeley. He conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Texas at Austin. In 2006 he received the CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation.
Research Interest
urrently developing novel probes for advanced fluorescence applications based on nanoparticles consisting of one or more conjugated polymer molecules. The nanoparticle size can be controlled over the range of ~3 nm in diameter (single polymer molecules) to ~100 nm in diameter. These nanoparticles have unique optical properties and many possible biological imaging applications such as single nanoparticle sensors, tracking of single biomolecules, and ultra-resolution imaging. Conjugated polymer nanoparticles are arguably the brightest small fluorescent nanoparticles--roughly 30 times brighter than similar-sized CdSe quantum dots. The nanoparticles also exhibit highly efficient energy transfer
Publications
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Groff, L. C.; Wang, X.; McNeill, J. D., Measurement of Exciton Transport in Conjugated Polymer Nanoparticles. J. Phys. Chem. C. 2013, 117, 25748.
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Wang, X.; Groff, L. C.; McNeill, J. D., Multiple Energy Transfer Dynamics in Blended Conjugated Polymer Nanoparticles. J. Phys. Chem. C. 2014, 118, 25731.
