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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Alec Prochnow LaGrow

Citation names

  • LaGrow, Alec

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
0D19-355F-98A3
ORCID iD
0000-0002-3306-6458

Email addresses

  • alec.lagrow@inl.int (Professional)
Education
Degree Classification
2009/03 - 2012/12
Concluded
Doctor of Philosophy (Doctor of Philosophy)
Major in Chemistry
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
"Synthesis and Characterisation of Nickel and Iron-Nickel Nanoparticles. " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2005/02 - 2008/11
Concluded
Bachelors of Science with Honours (Bachelor)
Major in Chemistry
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2018/09/03 - Current Science and Technology Management International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2016/02/15 - 2018/09/14 Development and Applications of Aberration Corrected Environmental STEM (AC ESTEM) for Dynamic In-Situ Reaction Studies of Nanoparticle Catalysts
Post-doc
University of York Department of Chemistry, United Kingdom
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Concluded
2016/09/19 - 2018/08/24 ADVANCED FLOW TECHNOLOGY FOR HEALTHCARE MATERIALS MANUFACTURING
Post-doc
University College London Centre for Behaviour Change, United Kingdom
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. LaGrow, Alec P.; Besenhard, Maximilian O.; Hachani, Roxanne; Thanh, Nguy¿n T. K.. "Experimental Considerations for Scalable Magnetic Nanoparticle Synthesis and Surface Functionalization for Clinical Applications". In Clinical Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles, 97-121. CRC Press, 2018.
    Published • 10.1201/9781315168258-6
Journal article
  1. Giannakoudakis, Dimitrios A.; Vikrant, Kumar; LaGrow, Alec P.; Lisovytskiy, Dmytro; Kim, Ki-Hyun; Bandosz, Teresa J.; Carlos Colmenares, Juan. "Scrolled titanate nanosheet composites with reduced graphite oxide for photocatalytic and adsorptive removal of toxic vapors". Chemical Engineering Journal 415 (2021): 128907. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2021.128907.
    10.1016/j.cej.2021.128907
  2. Bondarchuk, Oleksandr; LaGrow, Alec P.; Kvasha, Andriy; Thieu, Tho; Ayerbe, Elixabete; Urdampilleta, Idoia. "On the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis of LiNixMnyCozO2 material and electrodes". Applied Surface Science 535 (2021): 147699. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2020.147699.
    10.1016/j.apsusc.2020.147699
  3. AbuTalib, Nur Hanisah; LaGrow, Alec P.; Besenhard, Maximilian O.; Bondarchuk, Oleksandr; Sergides, Andreas; Famiani, Simone; Ferreira, Liliana P.; et al. "Shape controlled iron oxide nanoparticles: inducing branching and controlling particle crystallinity". CrystEngComm 23 3 (2021): 550-561. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0ce01291b.
    10.1039/d0ce01291b
  4. Besenhard, Maximilian O.; LaGrow, Alec P.; Hodzic, Aden; Kriechbaum, Manfred; Panariello, Luca; Bais, Giorgio; Loizou, Katerina; et al. "Co-precipitation synthesis of stable iron oxide nanoparticles with NaOH: New insights and continuous production via flow chemistry". Chemical Engineering Journal 399 (2020): 125740. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2020.125740.
    10.1016/j.cej.2020.125740
  5. Boyes, Edward D.; LaGrow, Alec P.; Ward, Michael R.; Martin, Thomas E.; Gai, Pratibha L.. "Visualizing single atom dynamics in heterogeneous catalysis using analytical in situ environmental scanning transmission electron microscopy". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 378 2186 (2020): 20190605. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2019.0605.
    10.1098/rsta.2019.0605
  6. Boyes, Edward D.; LaGrow, Alec P.; Ward, Michael R.; Mitchell, Robert W.; Gai, Pratibha L.. "Single Atom Dynamics in Chemical Reactions". Accounts of Chemical Research 53 2 (2020): 390-399. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.accounts.9b00500.
    Published • 10.1021/acs.accounts.9b00500
  7. Besenhard, Maximilian O.; LaGrow, Alec P.; Famiani, Simone; Pucciarelli, Martina; Lettieri, Paola; Thanh, Nguyen Thi Kim; Gavriilidis, Asterios. "Continuous production of iron oxide nanoparticles via fast and economical high temperature synthesis". Reaction Chemistry & Engineering 5 8 (2020): 1474-1483. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0re00078g.
    10.1039/d0re00078g
  8. LaGrow, Alec P.; Lloyd, David C.; Boyes, Edward D.; Gai, Pratibha L.. "Site Dependent Oxidation and Reduction Mechanisms in Nanoparticles Investigated via Environmental Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy". Microscopy and Microanalysis 25 S2 (2019): 1400-1401. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1431927619007736.
    10.1017/s1431927619007736
  9. LaGrow, Alec P.; Lloyd, David C.; Schebarchov, Dmitri; Gai, Pratibha L.; Boyes, Edward D.. "In Situ Visualization of Site-Dependent Reaction Kinetics in Shape-Controlled Nanoparticles: Corners vs Edges". The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 123 23 (2019): 14746-14753. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b00464.
    Published • 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b00464
  10. LaGrow, Alec P.; Besenhard, Maximilian O.; Hodzic, Aden; Sergides, Andreas; Bogart, Lara K.; Gavriilidis, Asterios; Thanh, Nguyen Thi Kim. "Unravelling the growth mechanism of the co-precipitation of iron oxide nanoparticles with the aid of synchrotron X-Ray diffraction in solution". Nanoscale 11 14 (2019): 6620-6628. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9nr00531e.
    Open access • Published • 10.1039/c9nr00531e
  11. Famiani, Simone; LaGrow, Alec P.; Besenhard, Maximilian O.; Maenosono, Shinya; Thanh, Nguyen Thi Kim. "Synthesis of Fine-Tuning Highly Magnetic Fe@FexOy Nanoparticles through Continuous Injection and a Study of Magnetic Hyperthermia". Chemistry of Materials 30 24 (2018): 8897-8904. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b04056.
    Published • 10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b04056
  12. Boyes, Edward D.; Martin, Thomas E.; Lloyd, David C.; La Grow, Alec P.; Mitchell, Robert W.; Lari, Leonardo; Ward, Michael R.; Gai, Pratibha L.. "In-situ Visualization and Analysis of Single Atom Dynamics in Chemical Reactions using Novel Environmental-Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy (ESTEM)". Microscopy and Microanalysis 24 S1 (2018): 1506-1507. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1431927618008012.
    Published • 10.1017/s1431927618008012
  13. Alyami, Noktan M.; LaGrow, Alec P.; Anjum, Dalaver H.; Guan, Chao; Miao, Xiaohe; Sinatra, Lutfan; Yuan, Ding-Jier; et al. "Synthesis and Characterization of Branched fcc/hcp Ruthenium Nanostructures and Their Catalytic Activity in Ammonia Borane Hydrolysis". Crystal Growth & Design 18 3 (2018): 1509-1516. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.7b01489.
    Published • 10.1021/acs.cgd.7b01489
  14. Besenhard, Maximilian O.; Baber, Razwan; LaGrow, Alec P.; Mazzei, Luca; Thanh, Nguyen T. K.; Gavriilidis, Asterios. "New insight into the effect of mass transfer on the synthesis of silver and gold nanoparticles". CrystEngComm 20 44 (2018): 7082-7093. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c8ce01014e.
    Published • 10.1039/c8ce01014e
  15. LaGrow, Alec P.; Lloyd, David C.; Gai, Pratibha L.; Boyes, Edward D.. "In Situ Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy of Ni Nanoparticle Redispersion via the Reduction of Hollow NiO". Chemistry of Materials 30 1 (2017): 197-203. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b04184.
    Published • 10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b04184
  16. LAGROW, A.P.; ALYAMI, N.M.; LLOYD, D.C.; BAKR, O.M.; BOYES, E.D.; GAI, P.L.. "In situ oxidation and reduction of triangular nickel nanoplates via environmental transmission electron microscopy". Journal of Microscopy 269 2 (2017): 161-167. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jmi.12621.
    Published • 10.1111/jmi.12621
  17. LaGrow, Alec P.; Besong, Tabot M. D.; AlYami, Noktan M.; Katsiev, Khabiboulakh; Anjum, Dalaver H.; Abdelkader, Ahmed; Costa, Pedro M. F. J.; et al. "Trapping shape-controlled nanoparticle nucleation and growth stages via continuous-flow chemistry". Chemical Communications 53 16 (2017): 2495-2498. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6cc08369b.
    Published • 10.1039/c6cc08369b
  18. LaGrow, Alec P.; Ward, Michael R.; Lloyd, David C.; Gai, Pratibha L.; Boyes, Edward D.. "Visualizing the Cu/Cu2O Interface Transition in Nanoparticles with Environmental Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy". Journal of the American Chemical Society 139 1 (2016): 179-185. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6b08842.
    Published • 10.1021/jacs.6b08842
  19. AlYami, Noktan M.; LaGrow, Alec P.; Joya, Khurram S.; Hwang, Jinyeon; Katsiev, Khabiboulakh; Anjum, Dalaver H.; Losovyj, Yaroslav; et al. "Tailoring ruthenium exposure to enhance the performance of fcc platinum@ruthenium core–shell electrocatalysts in the oxygen evolution reaction". Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 18 24 (2016): 16169-16178. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6cp01401a.
    10.1039/c6cp01401a
  20. Gai, Pratibha L; Lari, Leonardo; Ward, Michael R; Martin, Thomas; Mitchell, Robert W; Lloyd, David; LaGrow, Alec; Wright, Ian; Boyes, Edward D. "Recent Progress with AC E(S)TEM and Application to Single Atom Catalysis". Microscopy and Microanalysis 21 S3 (2015): 731-732. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1431927615004456.
    10.1017/s1431927615004456
  21. LaGrow, Alec P.; Knudsen, Kristian Rahbek; AlYami, Noktan M.; Anjum, Dalaver H.; Bakr, Osman M.. "Effect of Precursor Ligands and Oxidation State in the Synthesis of Bimetallic Nano-Alloys". Chemistry of Materials 27 11 (2015): 4134-4141. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b01247.
    10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b01247
  22. Sinatra, L.; LaGrow, A.P.; Peng, W.; Kirmani, A.R.; Amassian, A.; Idriss, H.; Bakr, O.M.. "A Au/Cu 2 O–TiO 2 system for photo-catalytic hydrogen production. A pn-junction effect or a simple case of in situ reduction?". Journal of Catalysis 322 (2015): 109-117. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2014.11.012.
    Published • 10.1016/j.jcat.2014.11.012
  23. LaGrow, Alec P.; Sinatra, Lutfan; Elshewy, Ahmed; Huang, Kuo-Wei; Katsiev, Khabiboulakh; Kirmani, Ahmad R.; Amassian, Aram; Anjum, Dalaver H.; Bakr, Osman M.. "Synthesis of Copper Hydroxide Branched Nanocages and Their Transformation to Copper Oxide". The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 118 33 (2014): 19374-19379. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp503612k.
    Published • 10.1021/jp503612k
  24. El-Ballouli, Ala’a O.; Alarousu, Erkki; Bernardi, Marco; Aly, Shawkat M.; Lagrow, Alec P.; Bakr, Osman M.; Mohammed, Omar F.. "Quantum Confinement-Tunable Ultrafast Charge Transfer at the PbS Quantum Dot and Phenyl-C61-butyric Acid Methyl Ester Interface". Journal of the American Chemical Society 136 19 (2014): 6952-6959. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja413254g.
    Published • 10.1021/ja413254g
  25. LaGrow, Alec P.; Ingham, Bridget; Toney, Michael F.; Tilley, Richard D.. "Effect of Surfactant Concentration and Aggregation on the Growth Kinetics of Nickel Nanoparticles". The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 117 32 (2013): 16709-16718. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp405314g.
    Published • 10.1021/jp405314g
  26. Siah, Wai Ruu; LaGrow, Alec P.; Banholzer, Moritz J.; Tilley, Richard D.. "CdSe Quantum Dot Growth on Magnetic Nickel Nanoparticles". Crystal Growth & Design 13 6 (2013): 2486-2492. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/cg4001973.
    Published • 10.1021/cg4001973
  27. LaGrow, Alec P.; Cheong, Soshan; Watt, John; Ingham, Bridget; Toney, Michael F.; Jefferson, David A.; Tilley, Richard D.. "Can Polymorphism be Used to form Branched Metal Nanostructures?". Advanced Materials 25 11 (2013): 1552-1556. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.201204366.
    10.1002/adma.201204366
  28. LaGrow, Alec P.; Ingham, Bridget; Cheong, Soshan; Williams, Grant V. M.; Dotzler, Christian; Toney, Michael F.; Jefferson, David A.; et al. "Synthesis, Alignment, and Magnetic Properties of Monodisperse Nickel Nanocubes". Journal of the American Chemical Society 134 2 (2011): 855-858. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja210209r.
    Published • 10.1021/ja210209r

Intellectual property

Patent
  1. Bakr, Osman M.; Knudsen, Kristian Rahbek; LaGrow, Alec; AlYami, Noktan M.; Mehenni, Hakim. 2019. "Scalable shape-and size-controlled synthesis of metal nano-alloys".
    Allowed
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role
Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2021/04/01 - Current Nucleic-acid functionalized quantum dots for cancer-related lncRNA monitoring
Co-supervisor
REQUIMTE LAQV Porto, Portugal
2018/10 - 2019/09 Unifying the Shape Effect of Magnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Magnetic Hyperthermia Applications
Co-supervisor
Chemical Research (Master)
University College London Department of Physics and Astronomy, United Kingdom