Olga Lu

MSc thesis: “Structure control of in-situ formed hybrid optomagnetic supraparticles” – Leading a project on developing particulate luminescent magnet with a tunable hierarchical structure – Established a trouble-shooting technology of forming supraparticles of different structures – Advanced use of SEM-EDX, luminescent and magnetic particles spectroscopy, zeta potential and SQUID measurements – Improved data analysis and academic writing skills

BSc. thesis: “Reduction of the concentration quenching of luminescent dyes” – Supporting the research project on minimizing luminescence decay for dyes – Conducted experiments for thesis and scientific publication in collaboration with colleagues – Synthesizing SiO2 nanoparticles by Stober method and encapsulation of lum dye into SiO2 nanoparticles – Characterizing abs. and lum. properties using UV-Vis and lum. spectroscopy – Plotting and analyzing lum. spectra in Excel