Faculty & Research // Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry // University of Notre Dame

Biography

Professor Kandel received a B.S. degree in chemistry in 1993 from Yale University. He obtained a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from Stanford University in 1999 for research on the gas-phase chemical reactions of chlorine with hydrogen and hydrocarbons. His postdoctoral work at Penn State University (1999-2001) focused on fundamental studies of surfaces and catalysis using Scanning Tunneling Microscopy. He joined the faculty at Notre Dame in 2001.

Research Interests

A wide variety of unique chemical processes occur in extreme chemical environments. These environments can be created by a variety of sources, including plasmas, flames, electrical discharges, hot filaments, and ultraviolet irradiation. Chemistry under these conditions has been shown to be of immense practical importance, with applications in materials processing including semiconductor etching, chemical vapor deposition, and thin film manufacturing. These processes often involve reactions of unstable species such as radicals and ions, and their mechanisms remain relatively poorly understood. Professor Kandel's research is concerned with the investigation of the interactions of radical species with surfaces, with the twin goals of expanding fundamental knowledge of these important chemical interactions and applying this knowledge towards increased understanding and control of highly reactive environments.

Over 15000 STM images from the Kandel research group are now publicly accessible at the Kandel Group Image Gallery

Recent Papers

D.P. Fogarty, N.A. Kautz, and S. A. Kandel, "Collision-induced diffusion and vacancy migration in alkanethiol monolayers on Au(111)" Surface Science 601, 2117 (2007). Link

D.P. Fogarty and S. A. Kandel, "Collision-induced annealing of octanethiol self-assembled monolayers by high-kinetic-energy xenon atoms," Journal of Chemical Physics 125, 174710 (2006). Link

Z. Wei, S. Guo, and S.A. Kandel, "Observation of single dinuclear metal-complex molecules using scanning tunneling microscopy," Journal of Physical Chemistry B 110, 21846 (2006). Link

A.L. Deering and S.A. Kandel, "Structural rearrangement of C₇₀ monolayers induced by octanethiol adsorption," Langmuir 22, 10025 (2006). Link

S. Guo, P.M. Nagel, A.L. Deering, S.M. Van Lue, and S.A. Kandel, "Scanning tunneling microscopy of surface-adsorbed fullerenes: C₆₀, C₇₀, and C₈₄," Surface Science 601, 994 (2007). Link

A. L. Deering, S. M. Van Lue, and S. A. Kandel, "Ambient-pressure vapor deposition of octanethiol self-assembled monolayers," Langmuir 21, 10260 (2005). Link