Dr. Stephen Hickey
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Research
Colloidal Nanoparticle (NP) Synthesis, Size related optical properties (absorbance, emission), Surface Modification, Assembly and Charge Transport of and within Nanoparticles, Applications of NPs for clean energy production, sensors, catalysis etc.
Publications
Abstract (1)
High resolution photoelectron spectroscopy study of PbS nanocrystals
A. Lobo, T. Lau, R. Döhrmann, T. Möller, M. Nagel, H. Borchert, S. G. Hickey, H. Weller (2004)
Article (2)
Spontaneous Assembly of a Monolayer of Charged Gold Nanocrystals at the Water/Oil Interface
Daniel Vanmaekelbergh, Stephen G. Hickey, Willem K. Kegel, Francois Reincke (2003)
Nanoscale Architecture on Q-Particle Electrochemistry
Riley, J.D., Hickey S.H. (2001)
Book chapter (3)
"Artificial Supermolecule": Progress in the Study of II-V Colloidal Semiconductor Nanocrystals
Miao S.;Eychmüller A.;Hickey S. (2012) Molecules at Work: Selfassembly, Nanomaterials, Molecular Machinery. 121-153.
Type-I and Type-II Core-Shell Quantum Dots: Synthesis and Characterization.
Dorfs D., Hickey S.G., Eychmüller A., (2010) Semiconductor Nanomaterials. Wiley-VCH.
Self-assembled macroscopic structures of gold nanoparticles - art. no. 67281N
Bigall, Nadja;Hickey, Stephen G.;Gaponik, Nikolai;Eychmueller, Alexander;Aktsipetrov, OA;Shalaev, SV;Gaponenko, SV;Zheludev, NI; (2007) Icono 2007: Novel Photonics Materials; Optics And Optical Diagnostics Of Nanostructures.
Conference publication (17)
Relationship of the nanocrystal morphology and atomistic structure with respect to the superstructure ordering within pbs-and gold-mesocrystals
Bahrig L.;Haubold D.;Röder F.;Hickey S.;Eychmüller A. (2014) Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings. 1705
Low-band gap nanoparticles embedded in high-K dielectrics
Nestler T.;Haas S.;Otto R.;Schneider F.;Hickey S.;Gabriel S.;Himcinschi C.;Klemm V.;Schreiber G.;Heitmann J. (2012) Conference on Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices, Proceedings, COMMAD., 123-124.
Emissive semiconductor nanocrystals: Recent progress
Lesnyak V.;Panda S.;Hickey S.;Miao S.;Gaponik N.;Eychmüller A. (2012) ECS Transactions. 45, 61-66.
Large-area (> 50 cm × 50 cm), freestanding, flexible, optical membranes of Cd-free nanocrystal quantum dots
Mutlugun E.;Hernandez Martinez P.;Eroglu C.;Coskun Y.;Erdem T.;Sharma V.;Unal E.;Panda S.;Hickey S.;Gaponik N.;Eychmuller A.;Demir H. (2012) 2012 IEEE Photonics Conference, IPC 2012., 477-478.
New aspects in the hot injection synthesis to provide large scale high quality quantum dots
Waurisch C.;Liebscher L.;Sperling E.;Hickey S.;Eychmüller A. (2011) Proceedings of International Conference NANOMEETING 2011: Physics, Chemistry and Applications of Nanostructures - Reviews and Short Notes., 329-332.
Synthesis and characterization of cadmium phosphide nanocrystals optically active in the visible to near-infrared
Hickey S.;Miao S.;Waurisch C.;Eychmüller A.;Rellinghaus B. (2011) Proceedings of International Conference NANOMEETING 2011: Physics, Chemistry and Applications of Nanostructures - Reviews and Short Notes., 325-328.
Synthesis and characterization of near-infrared absorbing composites of conjugated macroligands on the surface of PbS nanoparticles.
Holder E., Kanelidis I., Zhang J.M., Liebscher L., Hickey S.G., Eychmuller A., (2011) Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society. 242
Proceedings of International Conference NANOMEETING 2011: Physics, Chemistry and Applications of Nanostructures - Reviews and Short Notes
Waurisch, C.;Liebscher, L.;Sperling, E.;Hickey, S.G.;Eychmüller, A.; (2011) Proceedings of International Conference NANOMEETING 2011: Physics, Chemistry and Applications of Nanostructures - Reviews and Short Notes.
The use of nanocrystals with emission in the visible or near infrared and their applications for photonics and optoelectronics
Hickey S.;Lesnyak V.;Liebscher L.;Miao S.;Tscharntke S.;Waurisch C.;Gaponik N.;Eychmüller A. (2010) Proceedings Of Spie - The International Society For Optical Engineering. 7469
Demonstration of shape and size control of applications relevant colloidally synthesized IV-VI nanoparticulate tin (II) sulfide
Hickey S.;Waurisch C.;Rellinghaus B. (2009) Physics, Chemistry and Application of Nanostructures - Proceedings of the International Conference, NANOMEETING 2009., 321-324.
Self-assembled macroscopic structures of gold nanoparticles
Bigall N.;Hickey S.;Gaponik N.;Eychmüller A. (2007) Proceedings Of Spie - The International Society For Optical Engineering. 6728
NIR-emitting nanocrystals for photonic applications
Eychmüller A.;Gaponik N.;Hickey S.;Dorfs D.;Kershaw S.;Lu L.;Rogach A.;Shavel A. (2007) Proceedings Of Spie - The International Society For Optical Engineering. 6728
Relaxation processes in lead sulfide quantum dots
Malyarevich A.;Gaponenko M.;Posnov N.;Savitski V.;Yumashev K.;Rachkovskaya G.;Zakharevich G.;Hickey S.;Lipovskii A.;Onushchenko A.;Zhilin A. (2007) Physics, Chemistry and Application of Nanostructures - Reviews and Short Notes to NANOMEETING 2007. -, 157-160.
Variable electronic coupling in two-dimensional arrays of PbSe nanocrystals measured by scanning tunnelling spectroscopy.
Vanmaekelbergh D., Liljeroth P., Overgaag K., Grandidier B., Hickey S. (2007) International Conference on Nanosciences and Technology, ICN+T . -
Electronic coupling in two-dimensional arrays of PbSe nanocrystals.
Liljeroth P., Overgaag K., Grandidier B., Hickey S., Vanmaekelbergh D. (2006) 4th International Conference on Scanning Probe Spectroscopy and 1st International Workshop on Spin-Polarized Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, SPS'06 SPSTM-1 . -
Electrical coupling in two-dimensional arrays of PbSe nanocrystals.
Liljeroth P., Overgaag K., Grandidier B., Hickey S., Vanmaekelbergh D. (2005) Materials Research Society 2005 Fall Meeting. -
One pot synthesis and subsequent characterisation of the lead chalcogenides
Hickey S.;Nagel M.;Niehaus J.;Weller H. (2005) Physics, Chemistry and Application of Nanostructures - Reviews and Short Notes to NANOMEETING 2007. -, 333-336.
Peer reviewed journal (60)
Lanthanide (Er, Eu)-Doped TiO2 with Enhanced Kinetics for a High-Performance Asymmetric Supercapacitor and Oxygen Evolution Reaction
Muhammad Nasir Hussain*Abdul NaveedMuhammad SohailMalik Dilshad KhanStephen G. HickeyNaimat UllahIqbal AhmadAli HaiderSyed Mujtaba Shah (2025) ACS APPLIED MATERIALS AND INTERFACES.
High-Performance Metal Oxide Nanoparticle Materials Synthesised Using Polar Aprotic Solvents for Advanced Supercapacitor Applications.
Muhammad Nasir Hussain, Abid Inayat, Syed Mujtaba Shah, Mohammad Ihsun, Ali Haider, Syed Mustansar Abbas and Stephen G Hickey (2025) Nanoscale.
Absolute Energy Level Positions in CdSe Nanostructures from Potential-Modulated Absorption Spectroscopy (EMAS)
Spittel, D.; Poppe, J.; Meerbach, C.; Ziegler, C.; Hickey, Stephen G.; Eychmüller, A. (2018)
The Photoelectrochemistry of Assemblies of Semiconductor Nanoparticles at Interfaces
Hickey, Stephen G. (2018)
Segmental mobility studies of poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide) interactions with gold nanoparticles and its use as a thermally driven trapping system
Swift, Thomas; Rehman, K.; Surtees, Alexander P.H.; Hoskins, Richard; Hickey, Stephen G. (2018) Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 39
Excitable Oil Droplets ‐ FRET Across a Liquid‐Liquid Phase Boundary
Gruner, L.J.; Bahrig, L.; Ostermann, K.; Hickey, Stephen G.; Eychmüller, A. (2016)
The distribution and degradation of radiolabeled superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles and quantum dots in mice
Bargheer, Denise;Giemsa, Artur;Freund, Barbara;Heine, Markus;Waurisch, Christian;Stachowski, Gordon M.;Hickey, Stephen G.;Eychmueller, Alexander;Heeren, Joerg;Nielsen, Peter; (2015) Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology.
Optofluidic Sensor: Evaporation Kinetics Detection of Solvents Dissolved with Cd3P2Colloidal Quantum Dots in a Rolled-Up Microtube
Miao, S.; Chen, D.; Madani, A.; Jorgensen, M.R.; Bolaños Quiñones, V.A.; Ma, L.; Hickey, Stephen G.; Eychmüller, A.; Schmidt, O.G. (2015)
Band-Emission Evolutions from Magic-sized Clusters to Nanosized Quantum Dots of Cd3As2 in the Hot-Bubbling Synthesis
Huang M.;Hickey S.;Höfer B.;Ding F.;He S.;Schmidt O.;Eychmüller A.;Miao S. (2015) Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 119, 16390-16395.
Easy and Fast Phase Transfer of CTAB Stabilised Gold Nanoparticles from Water to Organic Phase
Kittler, Susann;Hickey, Stephen G.;Wolff, Thomas;Eychmueller, Alexander; (2015) Zeitschrift Fur Physikalische Chemie-International Journal Of Research In Physical Chemistry & Chemical Physics.
Interconnection of nanoparticles within 2D superlattices of PbS/oleic acid thin films
Simon, P.; Bahrig, L.; Baburin, I.A.; Formanek, P.; Roder, F.; Sickmann, J.; Hickey, Stephen G.; Eychmüller, A.; Lichte, H.; Kniep, R.; Rosseeva, E. (2014)
Mesocrystalline materials and the involvement of oriented attachment - a review
Bahrig, Lydia;Hickey, Stephen G.;Eychmueller, Alexander; (2014) CrystEngComm.
Preface
Hegewald, H.;Hickey, S.G.;Eychmüller, A.; (2014) Zeitschrift Fur Physikalische Chemie.
Synthesis of radioactively labelled CdSe/CdS/ZnS quantum dots for in vivo experiments
Stachowski, G.M.; Bauer, C.; Waurisch, C.; Bargheer, D.; Nielsen, P.; Heeren, J.; Hickey, Stephen G.; Eychmüller, A. (2014)
Photoelectrochemical Investigations of Semiconductor Nanoparticles and Their Application to Solar Cells
Poppe, J.; Hickey, Stephen G.; Eychmüller, A. (2014)
Encapsulated Cd
3P2quantum dots emitting from the visible to the near infrared for bio-labelling applicationsDing L.;He S.;Chen D.;Huang M.;Xu J.;Hickey S.;Eychmüller A.;Yu S.;Miao S. (2014) CrystEngComm. 16, 9622-9630.
Ultrasmall SnO₂ nanocrystals: hot-bubbling synthesis, encapsulation in carbon layers and applications in high capacity Li-ion storage.
Ding L;He S;Miao S;Jorgensen MR;Leubner S;Yan C;Hickey SG;Eychmüller A;Xu J;Schmidt OG; (2014) Scientific Reports. 4
Stimuli-responsive hierarchically self-assembled 3D porous polymer-based structures with aligned pores
Zakharchenko S.;Puretskiy N.;Stoychev G.;Waurisch C.;Hickey S.;Eychmüller A.;Sommer J.;Ionov L. (2013) Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 1, 1786-1793.
Quantum-dot-based photoelectrochemical sensors for chemical and biological detection.
Yue Z;Lisdat F;Parak WJ;Hickey SG;Tu L;Sabir N;Dorfs D;Bigall NC; (2013) ACS applied materials & interfaces. 5
Preparation of near-infrared absorbing composites comprised of conjugated macroligands on the surface of PbS nanoparticles
Zhang J.;Bahrig L.;Puetz A.;Kanelidis I.;Lenkeit D.;Pelz S.;Hickey S.;Klein M.;Colsmann A.;Lemmer U.;Eychmüller A.;Holder E. (2013) Polymer. 54, 5525-5533.
Effect of electrochemical charge injection on the photoluminescence properties of CdSe quantum dot monolayers anchored to oxide substrates
Ingole P.;Hickey S.;Waurisch C.;Gaponik N.;Eychmüller A. (2013) Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie. 227, 1173-1186.
Emissive ZnO@Zn
3P2nanocrystals: Synthesis, optical, and optoelectrochemical propertiesMiao S.;Yang T.;Hickey S.;Lesnyak V.;Rellinghaus B.;Xu J.;Eychmüller A. (2013) Small. 9, 3415-3422.
A versatile approach for coating oxidic surfaces with a range of nanoparticulate materials
Poppe J.;Gabriel S.;Liebscher L.;Hickey S.;Eychmüller A. (2013) Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 1, 1515-1524.
High efficiency quantum dot heterojunction solar cell using anatase (001) TiO2 nanosheets.
Etgar L;Zhang W;Gabriel S;Hickey SG;Nazeeruddin MK;Eychmüller A;Liu B;Grätzel M; (2012) Advanced Materials. 24
Low-Band Gap Nanoparticles Embedded in High-K Dielectrics
Nestler, T.;Haas, S.;Otto, R.;Schneider, F.;Hickey, S. G.;Gabriel, S.;Himcinschi, C.;Klemm, V.;Schreiber, G.;Heitmann, J.;IEEE; (2012) 2012 Conference On Optoelectronic And Microelectronic Materials And Devices (Commad 2012).
Synthesis of monodisperse cadmium phosphide nanoparticles using ex-situ produced phosphine.
Miao S;Hickey SG;Waurisch C;Lesnyak V;Otto T;Rellinghaus B;Eychmüller A; (2012) ACS Nano. 6
PbS-organic mesocrystals: the relationship between nanocrystal orientation and superlattice array.
Simon P;Rosseeva E;Baburin IA;Liebscher L;Hickey SG;Cardoso-Gil R;Eychmüller A;Kniep R;Carrillo-Cabrera W; (2012) Angewandte Chemie - International Edition. 51
Enhancing the efficiency of a dye sensitized solar cell due to the energy transfer between CdSe quantum dots and a designed squaraine dye
Etgar L.;Park J.;Barolo C.;Lesnyak V.;Panda S.;Quagliotto P.;Hickey S.;Nazeeruddin M.;Eychmüller A.;Viscardi G.;Grätzel M. (2012) RSC Advances. 2, 2748-2752.
Large-area (over 50 cm × 50 cm) freestanding films of colloidal InP/ZnS quantum dots.
Mutlugun E;Hernandez-Martinez PL;Eroglu C;Coskun Y;Erdem T;Sharma VK;Unal E;Panda SK;Hickey SG;Gaponik N;Eychmüller A;Demir HV; (2012) Nano Letters. 12
Light energy conversion by mesoscopic PbS quantum dots/TiO2 heterojunction solar cells.
Etgar L;Moehl T;Gabriel S;Hickey SG;Eychmüller A;Grätzel M; (2012) ACS Nano. 6
Study of the attachment of linker molecules and their effects on the charge carrier transfer at lead sulfide nanoparticle sensitized ZnO substrates
Krüger S.;Hickey S.;Tscharntke S.;Eychmüller A. (2011) Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 115, 13047-13055.
Bright white-light emitting manganese and copper co-doped ZnSe quantum dots.
Panda SK;Hickey SG;Demir HV;Eychmüller A; (2011) Angewandte Chemie - International Edition. 50
Gradated alloyed CdZnSe nanocrystals with high luminescence quantum yields and stability for optoelectronic and biological applications
Panda S.;Hickey S.;Waurisch C.;Eychmüller A. (2011) Journal of Materials Chemistry. 21, 11550-11555.
Zeitschrift fur Physikalische Chemie: Editorial
Hickey, S.G.;Bund, A.; (2011) Zeitschrift Fur Physikalische Chemie.
Exciton relaxation in PbS quantum dots
Gaponenko M.;Buganov O.;Onushchenko A.;Hickey S.;Malyarevich A.;Tikhomirov S.;Yumashev K. (2010) Physica Status Solidi - Rapid Research Letetrs. 4, 341-343.
Amplified spontaneous emission of surface plasmon polaritons and limitations on the increase of their propagation length.
Bolger PM;Dickson W;Krasavin AV;Liebscher L;Hickey SG;Skryabin DV;Zayats AV; (2010) Optics Letters. 35
Progress in the light emission of colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals
Gaponik N.;Hickey S.;Dorfs D.;Rogach A.;Eychmüller A. (2010) Small. 6, 1364-1378.
Synthesis and characterization of cadmium phosphide quantum dots emitting in the visible red to near-infrared.
Miao S;Hickey SG;Rellinghaus B;Waurisch C;Eychmüller A; (2010) Journal of the American Chemical Society. 132
Synthesis of palladium nanoparticles and their applications for surface-enhanced Raman scattering and electrocatalysis
Chen H.;Wei G.;Ispas A.;Hickey S.;Eychmüller A. (2010) Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 114, 21976-21981.
Wavefunction mapping of immobilized InP semiconductor nanocrystals
Maruccio G.;Meyer C.;Matsui T.;Talapin D.;Hickey S.;Weller H.;Wiesendanger R. (2009) Small. 5, 808-812.
Nanostructured Silver Substrates With Stable and Universal SERS Properties: Application to Organic Molecules and Semiconductor Nanoparticles.
Chursanova MV;Dzhagan VM;Yukhymchuk VO;Lytvyn OS;Valakh MY;Khodasevich IA;Lehmann D;Zahn DR;Waurisch C;Hickey SG; (2009) Nanoscale Research Letters. 5
Size and shape control of colloidally synthesized IV-VI nanoparticulate tin(II) sulfide.
Hickey SG;Waurisch C;Rellinghaus B;Eychmüller A; (2008) Journal of the American Chemical Society. 130
Synthesis and characterisation of NIR-emitting nanocrystals for photonic and optoelectronic applications
Hickey S.;Gaponik N.;Eychmüller A. (2007) Photonics and Nanostructures - Fundamentals and Applications. 5, 113-118.
Infrared-emitting colloidal nanocrystals: Synthesis, assembly, spectroscopy, and applications
Rogach A.;Eychmüller A.;Hickey S.;Kershaw S. (2007) Small. 3, 536-557.
Synthesis of monodisperse PbS nanoparticles and their assembly into highly ordered 3D colloidal crystals
Nage M.;Hickey S.;Fromsdorf A.;Kornowski A.;Weller H. (2007) Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie. 221, 427-437.
Variable orbital coupling in a two-dimensional quantum-dot solid probed on a local scale.
Liljeroth P;Overgaag K;Urbieta A;Grandidier B;Grandider B;Hickey SG;Vanmaekelbergh D; (2006) Physical Review Letters. 97
The hidden role of acetate in the PbSe nanocrystal synthesis.
Houtepen AJ;Koole R;Vanmaekelbergh D;Meeldijk J;Hickey SG; (2006) Journal of the American Chemical Society. 128
Density of states measured by scanning-tunneling spectroscopy sheds new light on the optical transitions in PbSe nanocrystals.
Liljeroth P;Zeijlmans van Emmichoven PA;Hickey SG;Weller H;Grandidier B;Allan G;Vanmaekelbergh D; (2005) Physical Review Letters. 95
Photoelectron spectroscopic investigations of chemical bonding in organically stabilized PbS nanocrystals.
Lobo A;Möller T;Nagel M;Borchert H;Hickey SG;Weller H; (2005) Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 109
Spontaneous assembly of a monolayer of charged gold nanocrystals at the water/oil interface.
Reincke F;Hickey SG;Kegel WK;Vanmaekelbergh D; (2004) Angewandte Chemie - International Edition. 43
A study of CdS nanoparticle surface states by potential-modulated sub-bandgap spectroscopy
Doherty R.;Hickey S.;Riley D.;Tull E. (2004) Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. 569, 271-274.
Single-step synthesis to control the photoluminescence quantum yield and size dispersion of CdSe nanocrystals
De Mello Donegá C.;Hickey S.;Wuister S.;Vanmaekelbergh D.;Meijerink A. (2003) Journal of Physical Chemistry B Materials. 107, 489-496.
Highly luminescent water-soluble CdTe quantum dots
Wuister S.;Swart I.;van Driel F.;Hickey S.;de Mello Donegá C. (2003) Nano Letters. 3, 503-507.
Electrochemical and topological characterization of gold(111)|oligo(cyclohexylidene)|gold nanocrystal interfaces
Reincke F.;Hickey S.;Kelly J.;Braam T.;Jenneskens L.;Vanmaekelbergh D. (2002) Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry and Interfacial Electrochemistry. 522, 2-10.
Photoelectrochemical studies of CdS nanoparticle modified electrodes: Absorption and photocurrent investigations
Hickey S.;Riley D.;Tull E. (2000) Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 104, 7623-7626.
Intensity modulated photocurrent spectroscopy studies of CdS nanoparticle modified electrodes
Hickey, SG;Riley, DJ; (2000) Electrochimica Acta.
CdS nanoparticle-modified electrodes for photoelectrochemical studies
Drouard S.;Hickey S.;Riley D. (1999) Chemical Communications., 67-68.
Photoelectrochemical studies of CdS nanoparticle-modified electrodes
Hickey S.;Riley D. (1999) Journal of Physical Chemistry B Materials. 103, 4599-4602.
Underpotential deposition of copper on electrodes modified with colloidal gold
Hickey, S.G.; (1999) Electrochemistry Communications.
Finite element simulations in electrochemistry
Stevens, N.P.C.;Hickey, S.J.;Fisher, A.C.; (1997) Anales de Quimica.
Published report (1)
Emerging Nanophotonics
PhOREMOST Network of Excellence (2008) PhOREMOST Network of Excellence.