Education:

Research Interests:

  • Plasmonics
  • Surface enhanced spectroscopies
  • Nanotechnology

Publications:

  • Levin, C. S.; Hofmann, C; Ali, T. A.; Kelly, A. T.; Morosan, E.; Nordlander, P.; Whitmire, K. H.; Halas, N. J.; Magnetic-Plasmonic Core-Shell Nanoparticles. ACS Nano; 2009; 3(6); 1379–1388. DOI: 10.1021/nn900118a
  • Brinson, B. E.; Lassiter, J. B.; Levin, C. S.; Bardhan, R; Mirin, N.; Halas, N. J.; Nanoshells Made Easy: Improving Au Layer Growth on Nanoparticle Surfaces. Langmuir; 2008; 24(24); 14166-14171. DOI: 10.1021/la802049p
  • Levin, C. S.*; Kundu, J.*; Janesko, B. G.; Scuseria G. E.; Raphael, R. M.; Halas, N. J.; Interactions of Ibuprofen with Hybrid Lipid Bilayers Probed by Complementary Surface-Enhanced Vibrational Spectroscopies. J. Phys. Chem. B.;(Article); 2008; 112(45); 14168-14175. DOI: 10.1021/jp804374e

  • Lal, S.; Grady, N. K.; Kundu, J.; Levin, C. S.; Lassiter, J. B.; Halas, N. J.; Tailoring Plasmonic Substrates for Surface Enhanced Spectroscopies. Chem. Soc. Rev.;(Tutorial Review); 2008; 37; 898-911.  DOI: 10.1039/b705969h

  • Choi, M-R.; Stanton-Maxey, K. J.; Stanley, J. K.; Levin, C. S.; Bardhan, R.; Akin, D.; Badve, S.; Sturgis, J.; Robinson, J. P.; Bashir, R.; Halas, N. J.; Clare, S. E. A Cellular Trojan Horse for Delivery of Therapeutic Nanoparticles into Tumors. Nano Lett.;(Letter); 2007; 7(12); 3759-3765.  DOI: 10.1021/nl072209h

  • Ward, D. R.; Grady, N. K.; Levin, C. S.; Halas, N. J.; Wu, Y.; Nordlander, P.; Natelson, D. Electromigrated nanoscale gaps for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. Nano Lett.;(Letter); 2007; 7(5); 1396-1400.  DOI: 10.1021/nl070625w

  • Rusakova, I.; Ould-Ely, T.; Hofmann, C.; Prieto-Centurion, D.; Levin, C. S.; Halas, N. J.; Luttge, A.; Whitmire, K. H. Nanoparticle Shape Conservation in the Conversion of MnO Nanocrosses into Mn3O4. Chem. Mater.;(Article); 2007; 19(6); 1369-1375.  DOI: 10.1021/cm062649u

  • Levin, C. S.*; Janesko, B. G.*; Bardhan, R.; Scuseria, G. E.; Hartgerink, J. D.; Halas, N. J. Chain-Length-Dependent Vibrational Resonances in Alkanethiol Self-Assembled Monolayers Observed on Plasmonic Nanoparticle Substrates. Nano Lett.;(Letter); 2006; 6(11); 2617-2621.  DOI: 10.1021/nl062283k(Addition & Correction); 2007; 7(3); 853-853.  DOI: 10.1021/nl070254j

  • Souza, G. R.; Levin, C. S.; Hajitou, A.; Pasqualini, R.; Arap, W.; Miller, J. H.
    In Vivo Detection of Gold-Imidazole Self-Assembly Complexes: NIR-SERS Signal Reporters.
    Anal. Chem.;(Article); 2006; 78(17); 6232-6237.  DOI: 10.1021/ac060483a
  • Bishnoi, S. W.; Rozell, C. J.; Levin, C. S.; Gheith, M. K.; Johnson, B. R.; Johnson, D. H.; Halas, N. J.; All-Optical Nanoscale pH Meter. Nano Lett.;(Letter); 2006; 6(8); 1687-1692.  DOI: 10.1021/nl060865w
  • Levin, C. S.; Bishnoi, S. W.; Grady, N. K.; Halas, N. J. Determining the Conformation of Thiolated Poly(ethylene glycol) on Au Nanoshells by Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Spectroscopic Assay. Anal. Chem.;(Article); 2006; 78(10); 3277-3281.  DOI: 10.1021/ac060041z
  • Wang, H.; Levin, C. S.; Halas, N. J. Nanosphere Arrays with Controlled Sub-10-nm Gaps as Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Substrates. J. Am. Chem. Soc.;(Communication); 2005; 127(43); 14992-14993.  DOI: 10.1021/ja055633y

Honors and Awards:

At Rice University:

  • Graduate Student Travel Award from the Dean's Office, February 4, 2008

  • Harry B. Weiser Award for Excellence in Service to the Rice Chemistry Department, May 4, 2007 

  • Keck Nanobiology Fellow (June 2005 to May 2008)
  •                         National Institutes of Health
  • 55th Lindau Meeting in Germany
  •                         National Science Foundation Sponsorship
  • Phi Lambda Upsilon  Honorary Chemical Society Member

    At GWU:

  • A.D. Britt Scholarship (Summer of 2001) 
  • Presidential Academic Scholarship
  • National Society of Collegiate Scholars Member
  • Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society Member
  • Alpha Delta Pi Honor Society

    Press Releases:

     Patents:

  • N.J. Halas, D.H. Johnson, S.W. Bishnoi, C.S. Levin, C.J. Rozell, and B.R. Johnson. All-optical nanoparticle-based nanoscale pH meter. US patent pending.

    Presentations:

  • Paper Presentation: Optical Trapping Near Resonance, Brooke Hester, Kristian Helmerson, Carly Levin, and Naomi J. Halas; 92nd Annual FIO Conference, Rochester, NY, October 19-23, 2008.

  • Poster Presentation: Surface enhanced Raman and infrared spectroscopy (SERS and SEIRA) of ibuprofen intercalated hybrid bilayer nanoshells, Janardan Kundu, Carly S. Levin, Benjamin G. Janesko, Gustavo E. Scuseria, Robert Raphael, and Naomi J. Halas; The 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 22, 2007.< xml="true" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" prefix="o" namespace="">

  • Poster Presentation: Surface Enhanced Raman and Infrared spectroscopy (SERS and SEIRA) of Ibuprofen Intercalated Hybrid Bilayer Nanoshells, Carly Sue Levin, Janardan Kundu, Benjamin G. Janesko, Gustavo E. Scuseria, Robert Raphael and Naomi J. Halas; MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, November 26, 2007.

  • Poster Presentation: Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Studies of Metal-Sulfur and Metal-Halogen Binding on Au Nanoshells, Carly Sue Levin, Benjamin G. Janesko, Rizia Bardhan, Gustavo E. Scuseria, Jeffery Hartgerink and Naomi J. Halas; Keck Annual Research Conference 2007: "Science in Our Future" League City, TX, October 11-12, 2007.

  • Poster Presentation: Plasmonic Nanoshell Arrays: Combining Enhanced Vibrational Spectroscopies on a Single Substrate, Janardan Kundu, Hui Wang, Fei Le, Carly Levin, Peter Nordlander and Naomi J. Halas; 2007 ECE Affiliates Meeting September 13, 2007.

  • Paper Presentation (6644-49): Optical trapping of nanoshells, Kristian Helmerson, Alice Crawford, Brooke Cranswick, Rani B. Kishore, National Institute of Standards and Technology; Naomi J. Halas, Carly Levin, Rice University; SPIE optics and photonics 2007 August 28, 2007.

  •  Au Bowtie Nanostructures for Surface-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy, Daniel Ward, Nathaniel Grady, Carly Levin, Naomi Halas, Douglas Natelson; APS 2007 March Meeting, March 7, 2007.

  • Poster Presentation: All-optical Nanoscale pH meter using Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering on Gold Nanoshells, Carly Sue Levin, Sandra Bishnoi, Christopher Rozell, Muhammed Gheith, Bruce Johnson, Don Johnson and Naomi Halas; Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, November 29, 2006.

  • Poster Presentation: Liposome-encapsulated Nanoshells as a Localized Nanosensor of Membrane Properties and Composition, Julie Liao, Carly S. Levin, Yong Zhou, Rob Raphael, and Naomi J. Halas; 20th RQI Summer Research Colloquium, Houston, TX, August 11, 2006.

  • Poster Presentation: An All-optical nanoscale pH meter, Carly Sue Levin, Sandra Bishnoi, Christopher Rozell, Muhammed Gheith, Bruce Johnson, Don Johnson and Naomi Halas; Keck Center Annual Research Conference, Houston, TX, October 13, 2006.

  • Oral Presentation: Nanoengineered Plasmonic Substrates for Surface Enhanced Spectroscopies, Naomi J. Halas, Hui Wang, Carly Levin, Nate Grady, Chris Oubre, C. W. Hollars, Chad Talley, Thomas Huser, Stephen Lane, and Peter Nordlander
    Third International Conference on Advanced Vibrational Spectroscopy August 18th

  • Invited Paper: S. W. Bishnoi, C. S. Levin, C. J. Rozell, B. R. Johnson, D. H. Johnson, and N. J. Halas. All-optical nanoscale pH meter: a plasmonic nanodevice with quantifiable output. In Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society (IEEE LEOS), Montreal, Canada, October 2006.

  • Invited Paper: N. J. Halas, S. Bishnoi, J. Jackson, C. Levin, A. Lin, R. Drezek, Rice Univ. [5705-12] Nanoshell-based Raman sensing of biologically relevant molecules and biomaterials Photonics West, San Jose, CA, Jan. 22-27th, 2005.

    Other:

    2006-2007 CGSA officers

    • CGSA Chemistry Graduate Student Association at Rice, Secretary 2006-2007
    • Chemistry Department Recruiting Committee, Student Chair 2006-2007
    • ACS and ACS Younger Chemists Committee Member

    Educational Outreach: 

    • Mentor to over 5 Undergraduate Students
    • Field Trip Guide for AP chemistry students from Tarkington High School in Cleveland, Texas to Rice University on May 7th, 2007

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