Matthew Sheldon
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine
Courtesy Joint Appointment, Materials Science and Engineering Department
Biography
Matthew Sheldon is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of California, Irvine, with a courtesy appointment in Materials Science and Engineering. He joined UCI in 2024 after serving as an Associate Professor at Texas A&M University, where he also held affiliations with the Materials Science and Engineering Department and the Texas A&M Energy Institute. Sheldon completed his Ph.D. in Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, in 2010 under the advisement of Paul Alivisatos and earned his B.A. in Chemistry, Magna Cum Laude, from Carleton College in 2004.
Sheldon's research is centered on nanophotonics, exploring strong coupling phenomena and plasmonic energy transfer. He has published numerous articles in high-impact journals, such as Nature Chemistry and ACS Nano, contributing significantly to the understanding of plasmonic and quantum systems. His research has been supported by the National Science Foundation and the Office of Naval Research, with projects focusing on topics like plasmoelectric power conversion and perovskite nanocrystals. Sheldon has been recognized with several awards, including the Early-Career Award in Nanophotonics and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Program Award.
In addition to his research, Sheldon is actively involved in teaching and mentoring. At UCI, he instructs courses such as Major Quantitative Analytical Laboratory, while at Texas A&M, he developed and taught various chemistry courses, including Materials Chemistry. He has supervised numerous Ph.D. students, many of whom have gone on to successful careers in academia and industry. Furthermore, Sheldon contributes to his professional community by serving on editorial boards, organizing symposia, and participating in university governance and outreach activities.
Return to topDegrees
- PhD in Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, 2010
- BA in Chemistry, Carleton College, 2004
Distinctions
- Early-Career Award in Nanophotonics, Nanophotonics journal, 2021
- Featured Speaker, 'Rising Stars in Plasmonics' Symposium, Sci X Conference, 2019
- Elected to Executive Committee, Topical Group on Energy Research and Applications (GERA), American Physical Society, 2019
- Emerging Investigator, Journal of Chemical Communications, 2018
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Inventor Fellow, 2017
- Kaneka Junior Faculty Award, 2017
- Nominee on behalf of Texas A&M University, Beckman Foundation Award, 2017
- Attendee, U.S. Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposium, 2016
- Nominee on behalf of Texas A&M University, Packard Fellowship Award, 2016
- AFOSR Young Investigator Program (YIP) Award, 2015
Areas of Expertise
- Nanophotonics
- Energy Conversion
- Plasmonics
- Perovskite Nanocrystals
- Photonic Materials
- Optoelectronics
- Nanotechnology
- Spectroscopy
- Materials Science
- Energy Research
Recent Publications
- JE. Yim, Z. Brawley, M. Sheldon, “Subradiant plasmonic cavities make bright polariton states dark”, Nanophotonics, 2024.
- J.-R. Wen, A. Champ, G. Bauer, M. Sheldon, “Chemical and Structural Stability of CsPbX3 Nanorods During Post-Synthetic Anion-Exchange: Implications for Optoelectronic Functionality.”, ACS Applied Nano Materials, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 3024–3031, 2024.
- A. Lee, S. Wu, JE Yim, N. Hogan, M. Sheldon, “Hot Electrons in a Steady State: Interband versus Intraband Excitation”, ACS Nano, vol. 18, no. 19, pp. 19077-19085, 2024.
- K. Lytle, E. Brass, B. Roman, M. Sheldon, “Thermal Activation of Anti-Stokes Photoluminescence in CsPbBr3 Perovskite Nanocrystals: The Role of Surface Polaron States.”, ACS Nano, vol. 18, no. 28, pp. 18457-18464, 2024.
- A. Manjavacas, M. Pelton, M. Sheldon, M. Sukharev, “Nanophotonics out of equilibrium”, Nanophotonics, 2024.
- Z. Brawley, S. Pannir-Sivajothi, J.E. Yim, Y.R. Poh, J. Yuen-Zhou, M. Sheldon, “Vibrational Weak and Strong Coupling Modify a Chemical Reaction via Cavity-Mediated Radiative Energy Transfer”, Nature Chemistry, 2024.
- S. Wu, M. Sheldon, “Mechanisms of Photothermalization in Plasmonic Nanostructures: Insights into the Steady State”, Annual Review of Physical Chemistry, vol. 74, no. 1, pp. 521-545, 2023.
- N. Mireles Villegas, J. Hernandez, J. C. Joshua, M. Sheldon, “Promoting Solution-Phase Superlattices of CsPbBr3 Nanocrystals.”, Nanoscale, vol. 15, pp. 9728-9737, 2023.
- M. Sheldon, “Turning single molecule vibrations into visible light”, Nature Photonics, vol. 17, pp. 835-836, 2023.
- F. A. Rodríguez Ortiz, B. Zhao, J.-R. Wen, JE. Yim, G. Bauer, A. Champ, M. Sheldon, “The Anisotropic Complex Dielectric Function of CsPbBr3 Perovskite Nanorods Obtained via an Iterative Matrix Inversion Method.”, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, vol. 127, no. 30, pp. 14812-14821, 2023.
- J.-R. Wen, F. A. Rodríguez Ortiz, A. Champ, M. Sheldon, “Kinetic Control for Continuously Tunable Lattice Parameters, Size, and Composition during CsPbX3 (X=Cl, Br, I) Nanorod Synthesis.”, ACS Nano, vol. 16, no. 5, pp. 8318–8328, 2022.
- Y. Xiao, M. Sheldon, M.A. Kats, “Super-Planckian emission can’t really be ‘thermal’”, Nature Photonics, 2022.
- H. -C. Cheng, B. Zhao, Z. T. Brawley, D. H. Son, M. Sheldon, “Active Tuning of Plasmon Damping via Light Induced Magnetism.”, Nano Letters, vol. 22, no. 13, pp. 5120-5126, 2022.
- R. J. Ratnaweera, F. A. Rodríguez Ortiz, N. Gripp, M. Sheldon, “Quantifying Order during Field-driven Alignment of Colloidal Semiconductor Nanorods.”, ACS Nano, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 3834-3842, 2022.
- Z. Brawley, D. Storm, D. Contreras, M. Pelton, M. Sheldon, “Angle-Independent Plasmonic Substrates for Multi-Mode Vibrational Strong Coupling with Molecular Thin Films.”, Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 154, pp. 104305, 2021.
- S. Wu, O. H. Cheng, B. Zhao, N. Hogan, D.H. Son, M. Sheldon, “The Connection Between Plasmon Decay Dynamics and the Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Background: Inelastic Scattering from Non-Thermal and Hot Carriers”, The Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 129, pp. 173103, 2021.
- M. Negrito, M. Elinski, N. Hawthorne, M. Pedley, M. Han, M. Sheldon, R. Espinosa-Marzal, J. Batteas, “Using Patterned Self-Assembled Monolayers to Tune Graphene-Substrate Interactions.”, Langmuir, vol. 37, no. 33, pp. 9996-10005, 2021.
- A. R. Kutayiah, R. Ratnaweera, N. Gripp, S. Kumar, K. Easwaran, M. Sheldon, “Markov Methods for Modeling Complex Luminescence, Absorption, and Scattering in Nanophotonic Systems Out of Equilibrium.”, Optics Express, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 4249-4269, 2021.
- B. J. Roman, N. Mireles Villegas, K. Lytle, M. Sheldon, “Optically Cooling CsPbBr3 Nanoparticles.”, Nano Letters, vol. 20, no. 12, pp. 8874–8879, 2020.
Most Cited Publications
- D. Parobek, B. Roman, Y. Dong, H. Jin, E. Lee, M. Sheldon, D. H. Son, “Exciton-to-Dopant Energy Transfer in Mn-Doped Cesium Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals”, Nano Letters, vol. 16, no. 12, pp. 7376-7380, 2016.
- M. Sheldon, J. van de Groep, A. Brown, A. Polman, H. Atwater, “Plasmoelectric Potentials in Metal Nanostructures”, Science, vol. 356, no. 6211, pp. 828-831, 2014.
- J. Dionne, L. Sweatlock, M. Sheldon, H. Atwater, A. P. Alivisatos, “Silicon-based Plasmonics for On-Chip Photonics”, Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, vol. 16, no. 1, 2010.
- M. Sheldon, P. E. Trudeau, T. Mokari, L. Wang, A. P. Alivisatos, “Enhanced Semiconductor Nanocrystal Conductance via Solution Grown Contacts”, Nano Letters, vol. 9, pp. 3676-3682, 2009.
- M. Sheldon, H. Wang, “Self-Assembled Epitaxial Au-Ceramic Vertically Aligned Nanocomposites for Nanoscale Metamaterials”, Nano Letters, vol. 16, no. 6, pp. 3936-3943, 2016.
- B. Roman, J. Otto, C. Galik, R. Downing, M. Sheldon, “Au Exchange or Au Deposition: Dual Reaction Pathways in Au-CsPbBr3 Heterostructure Nanoparticles”, Nano Letters, vol. 17, pp. 5561-5566, 2017.
- A. Brown, M. Sheldon, H. Atwater, “Electrochemical Tuning of the Dielectric Function of Au Nanoparticles”, ACS Photonics, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 459-464, 2015.
- O. H. Cheng, D. H. Son, M. Sheldon, “Light-Induced Magnetism in Plasmonic Au Nanoparticles”, Nature Photonics, 2020.
- M. Sheldon, H. Wang, “Nanoscale Artificial Plasmonic Lattices in Self-Assembled Vertically Aligned Nitride-Metal Hybrid Metamaterials”, Advanced Science, vol. 5, pp. 1800416, 2018.
- O. H. Cheng, T. Qiao, M. Sheldon, D. H. Son, “Size- and Temperature-dependent Photoluminescence Spectra of Strongly Confined CsPbBr3 Quantum Dots”, Nanoscale, vol. 12, pp. 13113-13118, 2020.
Contact Information
Email: m.sheldon@uci.edu
Address: 1120 Natural Sciences II, Irvine, CA 92697-2025
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