Steven Buckner, PhD
Chair and Professor of Chemistry

Site links	Publications (Word, html, pdf)
Contact Information	125 Monsanto Hall 314-977-2850 buckners@slu.edu
Career History	Chair and Professor of Chemistry, St. Louis University, 2002-Present Associate Professor of Chemistry, Columbus State University, 1994-2002 NRC Senior Research Associate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson, AFB, Ohio, 2001-2002 Summer Faculty Fellow, Wright Laboratory, Wright-Patterson, AFB, Ohio, 1994 Senior Summer Faculty Fellow, Naval Research Laboratory , Washington, D.C., 1992 Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Arizona, 1988-1994 Laboratory Technician, U.S. Borax Research Corporation, Anaheim, CA, 1982-1983
Education	B.S., Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, 1983 Ph.D., Chemistry, Purdue Univeersity, 1988
Research	Our research focuses on the synthesis, characterization, and application of nanoscale materials. Nanoscience is a major focus worldwide with the potential to develop and tailor the properties of entirely new classes of materials. There are tremendous possibilities to develop new materials with applications in sensors, catalysts, engineering materials, molecular electronics, and biochemistry. We are currently working on synthesis of new types of semiconductor core-shell nanoparticles and in the synthesis and characterization of nanowires. We use UV-Vis absorption spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy, laser flash Photolysis, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to characterize our materials.