Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania
A.M. Harvard University
M.Sci./B.A. University of Cambridge

Our group investigates chemistry at the nanometer length scale, working at the intersection between solid state chemistry and advanced characterization, in particular using in situ microscopy techniques.

Wigner Fellow, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (2008-2010)

Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania (2008)

A.M., Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University (2004)

M.Sci., Chemistry, University of Cambridge (2001)

B.A., Physical Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge (2000)

Scialog Fellow, Research Corporation for Scientific Advancement (2017)

Materials Research Express, Emerging Investigator in Materials Science (2015-2016)

NSF CAREER Award (2015-2020)

​Faculty Award for Undergraduate Research Mentoring, UK College of Arts & Sciences (2015)

​Sarah Bennett Holmes Award Faculty Nominee (2013, 2017)

​“Teacher Who Made a Difference” Award, University of Kentucky (2013, 2020)

​S.J. Stein Prize, University of Pennsylvania (2009)

​Eugene P. Wigner Fellowship, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (2008) 

​Geoffrey Belton Graduate Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania (2008)

​Ludo Frevel Crystallography Scholarship, International Center for Diffraction Data (2008)

Chalcocarbogels as high-capacity and cycle-stable electrode materials for lithium and sodium ion batteries

T. Islam, M. Li, A. Blanton, K. A. Pitton, K. R. Rao, S. Bayat, K. M. Wiaderek, M. Adigo Weret, S. C. Roy, R. Feng, D. Li, R. Alam, J. Nie, O. Oketola, A. Pramanik, B. S. Guiton, C. Risko, I. Belharouak, R. Amin*, and S. M. Islam*

ACS Energy Lett., 9, 1 (2023)

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Unlocking efficiency in oxygen reduction reaction: synergistic edge dopants of nitrogen and boron in carbon nano onions

U. S. Kodithuwakku, N. Wanninayake, M. P. Thomas, B. S. Guiton* and D. Y. Kim*

Electrochimica Acta, 143365 (2023)

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Direct observation of sample dynamics in the gaseous environment: a perspective on current trends and future directions of in situ gas cell transmission electron microscopy

M. De Alwis Goonatilleke, M. P. Thomas, A. Ullah, R. H. Pham and B. S. Guiton*

J. Phys. Chem. C,127,38,18791 (2023)

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Spherical aluminum oxide nanoparticle synthesis and monolayer film assembly

A. Hoque, A Ullah, P. Joshi, B. S. Guiton and N. T. Alvarez*

J. Mat. Sci., 58, 7287 (2023)

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Real-time insight into the multistage mechanism of nanoparticle exsolution from a perovskite host surface

E. Calì*‡, M. P. Thomas‡, R. Vasudevan, J. Wu, O. Gavalda-Diaz, K. Marquardt, E. Saiz, D. Neagu, R. R. Unocic, S. C. Parker, B. S. Guiton and D. J. Payne* [‡ denotes equal contribution]

Nat. Commun., 14, 1754 (2023)

 

Ultra-narrow phosphorene nanoribbons produced by facile electrochemical process

U. O. Abu, S. Akter, B. Nepal, K. A. Pitton, B. S. Guiton, D. R. Strachan, G. Sumanasekera, H. Wang* and J. B. Jasinski*

Adv. Sci., 9, 31, 2203148 (2022)

 

Premade nanoparticle films for the synthesis of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes

A. Hoque, A. Ullah, B. S. Guiton* and N. T. Alvarez*

C., 7, 4, 79 (2021)

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Uncovering the structure and stability of thermoelectric La3–xTe4–Ni composites using high-resolution and in situ TEM

​M. P. Thomas, A. Ullah, D. Cheikh, A. Thisera, M. De Alwis Goonatilleke, S. Bux* and B. S. Guiton*

J. Phys. Chem. C, 125, 38, 21131 (2021)

 

Negative thermal expansion HfV2O7 nanostructures for alleviation of thermal stress in nanocomposite coatings

G.W. Liu, Y. Zhang, M. P. Thomas, A. Ullah, M. Pharr*, B. S. Guiton* and S. Banerjee*

​ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 13, 37, 44723 (2021)

 

Frontiers in hybrid and interfacial materials chemistry research

B. S. Guiton, M. Stefik, V. Augustyn, S. Banerjee, C. J. Bardeen, B. M. Bartlett, J. Li, V. López-Mejías, L. R. MacGillivray, A. Morris, E. E. Rodriguez, A. C. S. Samia, H. Sun, P. Sutter and D. R. Talham

MRS Bulletin, 45, 11, 951 (2020)

 

Morphology control in the hydrothermal synthesis of FeS nanoplatelets

M. P. Thomas, A. Ullah, R. H. Pham, H. Djieutedjeu, J. P. Selegue, and B. S. Guiton*

Cryst. Growth Des., 20, 9, 5728 (2020)

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Exsolution of catalytically active iridium nanoparticles from strontium titanate

E. Calì*, G. Kerherve, F. Naufal, K. Kousi, D. Neagu, E. I. Papaioannou, M. P. Thomas, B. S. Guiton, I. S. Metcalfe, J. T. S. Irvine, and D. J. Payne*

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 12, 33, 37444 (2020)

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Size-controlled SrTiO3 nanoparticles photodecorated with Pd co-catalysts for photocatalytic organic dye degradation

M. Olagunju, X. Poole, P. Blackwelder, M. P. Thomas, B. S. Guiton, D. Shukla, J. L. Cohn, B. Surnar, S. Dhar, E. Zahran, L. G. Bachas and M. R. Knecht*

ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 3, 5, 4904 (2020)  

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Direct imaging of heteroatom dopants in catalytic carbon nano-onions

M. P. Thomas‡, N. Wanninayake‡, M. De Alwis Goonatilleke, D. Y. Kim* and B. S. Guiton* [‡ denotes equal contribution]

Nanoscale,12, 6144 (2020)

 

Unveiling the microscopic origins of phase transformations: An in situ TEM perspective

L. Yu, B. M. Hudak, A. Ullah, M. P. Thomas, C. C. Porter, A. Thisera, R. H. Pham, M. De Alwis Goonatilleke and B. S. Guiton*

Chem. Mater., 32, 2, 639 (2020)

[This Perspective is part of the Up-and-Coming series]

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Lanthanide-doped lanthanum hafnate nanoparticles as multicolor phosphors for warm white lighting and scintillators

S. K. Gupta, J. P. Zuniga, M. Abdou, M. P. Thomas, M. De Alwis Goonatilleke, B. S. Guiton and Y. Mao*

Chem. Eng. J., 379,122314 (2020)

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Epitaxial stabilization versus interdiffusion: Synthetic routes to metastable cubic HfO2 and HfV2O7 from the core-shell arrangement of precursors

N. Fleer, M. P. Thomas, J. Andrews, G. R. Waetzig, O. Gonzalez, G.-W. Liu, B. S. Guiton* and  S. Banerjee*  

Nanoscale,11, 21354 (2019)

 

Size, structure, and luminescence of Nd2Zr2O7 nanoparticles by molten salt synthesis

J. P. Zuniga, S. K. Gupta, M. Abdou, H. A. De Santiago, A. A. Puretzky, M. P. Thomas, B. S. Guiton, J. Liu and Y. Mao*

J. Mater. Sci., 19, 12411 (2019) 

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Observation of square-planar distortion in lanthanide-doped skutterudite crystals

B. M. Hudak, W. Sun, J. Mackey, A. Ullah, A. Sehirlioglu, F. Dynys, S. T. Pantelides and B. S. Guiton*

J. Phys. Chem. C, 123, 14632 (2019)​

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Shell-induced ostwald ripening: Simultaneous structure, composition, and morphology transformations during the creation of hollow iron oxide nanocapsules

L. Yu, R. Han, X. Sang, J. Liu, M. P. Thomas, B. M. Hudak, A. Patel, K. Page, and B. S. Guiton*

ACS Nano 12, 9051 (2018) 

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Large-scale synthesis and comprehensive structure study of δ-MnO2

J. Liu*, L. Yu, E. Hu, B.S. Guiton, X. Yang, and K. Page*

Inorg. Chem. 57, 6873 (2018)

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Quantitative analysis of the morphology of {101} and {001} faceted anatase TiO2 nanocrystals and its implication on photocatalytic activity

J. Liu*, D. Olds, R. Peng, L. Yu, G. Shiou Foo, S. Qian, J. Keum, B. S. Guiton, Z. Wu, and K. Page*

Chem. Mater. 29, 5591 (2017)

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Real-time atomistic observation of structural phase transformations in individual hafnia nanorods​

B. M. Hudak, S. W. Depner, G. R. Waetzig, A. Talapatra, R. Arroyave, S. Banerjee*, and B. S. Guiton*

Nat. Commun. 8, 15316 (2017)

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Solid–liquid-vapor synthesis of negative metal oxide nanowire arrays

L. Yu, A. J. Riddle, S. Wang, A. Sundararajan, J.Thompson, Y. Chang, M. E. Park, S. S. A. Seo, and B. S. Guiton* 

Chem. Mater. 28, 8924 (2016) 

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Simple synthetic route to manganese-containing nanowires with the spinel crystal structure 

L. Yu, Y. Zhang, B. M. Hudak, D. K. Wallace, D. Y. Kim, and B. S. Guiton* 

J. Solid State Chem. 240, 23 (2016) 

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Direct observation of Li diffusion in Li-doped ZnO nanowires 

G. Li, L. Yu, B. M. Hudak, Y.-J. Chang, H. Baek, A. Sundararajan, D. R. Strachan, G.-C. Yi, and B. S. Guiton* 

Mater. Res. Express 3, 054001 (2016)

 

CoxNi4-xSb12-ySny skutterudites: processing and thermoelectric properties 

J. Mackay*, F. Dynys, B. M. Hudak, B. S. Guiton, and A. Sehirlioglu

J. Mater. Sci. 51, 6117 (2016)

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Real-time observation of the solid--liquid--vapor dissolution of individual tin(IV) oxide nanowires 

B. M. Hudak, Y.-J. Chang, L. Yu, G. Li, D. N. Edwards, and B. S. Guiton* 

ACS Nano 8, 5441 (2014) 

 

Resonance-Rayleigh scattering and electron energy-loss spectroscopy of silver nanocubes 

V. Iberi, N. W. Bigelow, N. Mirsaleh-Kohan, S. Griffin, P. D. Simmons Jr., B. S. Guiton, D. J. Masiello*, and J. P. Camden* 

J. Phys. Chem. C 118, 10254 (2014) 

 

Light-activated tandem catalysis driven by multicomponent nanomaterials 

E. M. Zahran, N. M. Bedford, M. A. Nguyen, Y.-J. Chang, B. S. Guiton, R. R. Naik, L. G. Bachas*, and M. R. Knecht* 

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 136, 32 (2014) 

 

Synthesis and characterization of p-n homojunction-containing zinc oxide nanowires 

G. Li, A. Sundararajan, A. Mouti, Y.-J. Chang, A. R. Lupini, S. J. Pennycook, D. R. Strachan, and B. S. Guiton* 

Nanoscale 5, 2259 (2013)

 

Single-molecule surface-enhanced Raman scattering: Can STEM/EELS image electromagnetic hot spots? 

N. Mirsaleh-Kohan, V. Iberi, P. D. Simmons, Jr., N. W. Bigelow, A. Vaschillo, M. M. Rowland, M. D. Best, S. J. Pennycook, D. J. Masiello*, B. S. Guiton*, and J. P. Camden* 

J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 3, 2303 (2012) 

 

Correlated optical measurements and plasmon mapping of silver nanorods 

B. S. Guiton*, V. Iberi, S. Li, D. N. Leonard, C. M. Parish, P. G. Kotula, M. Varela, G. C. Schatz, S. J. Pennycook, and J. P. Camden* 

Nano Lett. 11, 3482 (2011) 

 

Spontaneous compositional nanopatterning in Li-containing perovskite oxides 

B. S. Guiton and P. K. Davies* 

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130, 17168 (2008) 

 

Neutron powder diffraction of (Nd7/12Li1/4)TiO3 nano-checkerboard superlattices 

B. S. Guiton*, H. Wu, and P. K. Davies* 

Chem. Mater. 20, 2860 (2008) 

 

Real-time TEM imaging of the formation of crystalline nano-scale gaps 

D. R. Strachan*, D. E. Johnston, B. S. Guiton, S. S. Datta, P. K. Davies, D. A. Bonnell, and A. T. Johnson* 

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 056805 (2008) 
 

Nano-chessboard superlattices formed by spontaneous phase separation in oxides 

B. S. Guiton* and P. K. Davies* 

Nature Mater. 6, 586 (2007) 

 

Strain-induced self organization of metal-insulator domains in single-crystalline VO2 nanobeams 

J. Wu, Q. Gu, B. S. Guiton, N. P. de Leon, L. Ouyang, and H. Park* 

Nano Lett. 6, 2313 (2006) 

 

Clean electromigrated nanogaps imaged by transmission electron microscopy 

D. R. Strachan*, D. E. Smith, M. D. Fischbein, D. E. Johnston, B. S. Guiton, M. Drndic, D. A. Bonnell, and A. T. Johnson* 

Nano Lett. 6, 441 (2006) 
 

Single-crystalline vanadium dioxide nanowires with rectangular cross-sections 

B. S. Guiton, Q. Gu, A. L. Prieto, M. S. Gudiksen, and H. Park* 

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127, 498 (2005) 

 

Computer simulation of Al-Mg ordering in glaucophane and a comparison with infrared spectroscopy 

E. J. Palin, B. S. Guiton, M. S. Craig, M. D. Welch, M. T. Dove, and S. A. T. Redfern 

Eur. J. Mineral. 15, 893 (2003) 

 

Monte Carlo methods for the study of cation ordering in minerals 

M. C. Warren, M. T. Dove*, E. R. Myers, A. Bosenick, E. J. Palin, C. I. Sainz-Diaz, B. S. Guiton, and S. A. T. Redfern 

Mineral. Mag. 65, 221 (2001) 

 

Computational methods for the study of energies of cation distributions: applications to cation-ordering phase transitions and solid solutions 

A. Bosenick, M. T. Dove*, E. R. Myers, E. J. Palin, C. I. Sainz-Diaz, B. S. Guiton, M. C. Warren, M. S. Craig,  and S. A. T. Redfern 

Mineral. Mag. 65, 193 (2001)

Manisha De Alwis Goonatilleke

Graduate Research Assistant

msde234@uky.edu

 

Ayanthi Thisera

Graduate Research Assistant

ayanthi.thisera@uky.edu

 

Kathryn Pitton

Graduate Research Assistant

Kathryn.Pitton@uky.edu

 

Ireshika Wickramasuriya

Graduate Research Assistant

ireshika.wickramasuriya@uky.edu

 

Lateefat Jimoh

Graduate Research Assistant

lateefat.jimoh@uky.edu

 

Hashini Navarathne

Graduate Research Assistant

hashiprapha@uky.edu

 

Rachel Moscona

Undergraduate Researcher

rachel.moscona@uky.edu

 

Eisen Wang

Undergraduate Researcher

eisen.wang@uky.edu