1.0Faculty of Science Profiles/science/profilesgotcheva/science/profiles/author/gotcheva/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ZYlMDIBcwb"><a href="/science/profiles/faculty/william-pietro/">William Pietro</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/science/profiles/faculty/william-pietro/embed/#?secret=ZYlMDIBcwb" width="600" height="338" title="“William Pietro” — Faculty of Science Profiles" data-secret="ZYlMDIBcwb" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=/science/profiles/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> Research Interests Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Materials research, molecular electronics. Studies of novel semiconducting materials which are actual hybrids of conventional and molecular electronic devices. Fabrication of cadmium sulfide semiconductor nanoclusters that possess a chemically active surface. Such surfaces contain a number of possible functionalities imparting the cluster with the ability […]