Sadie Brasel

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M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University (2021-2023)
B.S. in Physics, University of Missouri (2021)

Research Interests

Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Single Particle Spectroscopy

Master’s Thesis

Untangling energy dependent radiation damping and chemical interface damping in gold nanorods.

Publications

  1. T. Yuan, X. Guo, S. A. Lee, S. Brasel, A. Chakraborty, D. J. Masiello, S. Link, Chemical Interface Damping Revealed by Single-Particle Absorption Spectroscopy, ACS Nano, 19, 10, 10277–10288 (2025).
  2. W.-Y. Chiang, A. Bruncz, B. Ostovar, E. K. Searles, S. Brasel, G. V. Hartland, and S. Link, Electron–Phonon Relaxation Dynamics of Hot Electrons in Gold Nanoparticles Are Independent of Excitation PathwayJ. Phys. Chem. C, 127, 43, 21176–21185 (2023).
  3.  N. Gross, W. Wang, S. Brasel, E. K. Searles, B. Bourgeois, J. A. Dionne, C. F. Landes, and S. Link, High-Throughput Screening of Optical Properties of Glass-Supported Plasmonic Nanoparticles Fabricated by Polymer Pen LithographyJ. Phys. Chem. C, 127, 39, 19607–19619 (2023).

Link Research Group
Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
601 S. Goodwin Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801
Email: slink@illinois.edu