Welcome to the Swearer Lab
at Northwestern University
We are a multidisciplinary team building the chemical knowledge and technological foundation that is helping to lay the groundwork for the monumental sustainability overhaul we must undergo to address the global threat of climate change. We are taking a page out of Nature’s playbook by developing new materials and methods to use electromagnetic energy as a ubiquitous renewable resource to reduce carbon emissions and dependence on fossil fuels associated with chemical production. Please check back regularly for updates.
Our Research
We seek to address outstanding global challenges in realizing a circular carbon economy and mitgating of environmental threats to global health using our expertise in materials chemistry, heterogeneous catalysis, and interfacial nanoscience. Our research combines experimental approaches in material synthesis, surface science, spectroscopy, microscopy, and reactor design to study problems at the interface between nanophotonics and nonequilibrium chemical reactions.
Novel Photocatalytic Nanostructures for Light-driven Chemistry
Applied Photocatalytic Reactions to Address Anthropogenic Pollution
In Operando Insight into Sustainable Chemical Processes
Meet Our Team
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Zhou and Swearer 2018
Swearer Group Social
Swearer Group Photo February 2022
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Swearer Group Photo June 2022
Join Us!
We are actively recruiting passionate scientists and engineers to join our mission. To learn more about our current group members and available positions please click here.
Select Publications
Hot Carrier Photochemistry on Metal Nanoparticles
Newmeyer, E-R., North, J.D., Swearer, D.F., Hot Carrier Photochemistry on Metal Nanoparticles, Journal of Applied Physics, (2022), 132, 230901.
Core−Shell Nanoparticles for Plasmonic Photocatalysis
Bayles, A., Tian, S., Zhou, J., Yuan, L., Yuan, Y., Jacobson, C.R., Farr, C., Zhang, M., Swearer, D.F., Solti, D., Lou, M., Everitt, H.O., Nordlander, P., Halas N.J., Al@TiO2 Core−Shell Nanoparticles for Plasmonic Photocatalysis ACS Nano, (2022), 16, 4, 5839–5850
Advancing Plasmon-Induced Selectivity in Chemical Transformations with Optically Coupled Transmission Electron Microscopy
Swearer, D.F., Bourgeois, B.B., Angell, D.K., Dionne, J.A.; Advancing Plasmon-Induced Selectivity in Chemical Transformations with Optically Coupled Transmission Electron Microscopy, Accounts of Chemical Research, (2021), 54, 19, 3632–3642
Hot carrier multiplication in plasmonic photocatalysis
Zhou, L., Lou, M., Bao, J.L., Zhang, C., Liu, J.G., Martirez, J.M.P., Tian, S., Yuan, L., Swearer, D.F., Robatjazi, H., Carter, E.A., Nordlander, P., Halas N.J.; Hot carrier multiplication in plasmonic photocatalysis, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, (2021),
Single Particle Cathodoluminescence Spectroscopy with Sub-20 Nanometer, Electron Stable Phosphors
Swearer, D.F., Fischer, S., Angell, D.K., Siefe, C., Alivisatos, A.P., Chu, S., Dionne, J.A., Single Particle Cathodoluminescence Spectroscopy with Sub-20 Nanometer, Electron Stable Phosphors, ACS Photonics, (2021), 8, 6, 1539–1547.
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Address
2145 Sheridan Road
Catalysis Center 217
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL 60208
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Get in Touch
For any inquiries about our work please direct emails to Prof. Dayne Swearer
dayne.swearer [at] northwestern [dot] com