Melissa A. Hines

Professor
Chemistry and Chemical Biology, College of Arts and Sciences

Contact Information

B-48 Baker Laboratory
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
e: melissa.hines@cornell.edu
p: (607) 255-3040
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Melissa A. Hines

Professor
Chemistry and Chemical Biology, College of Arts and Sciences

Expertise
Semiconductor surface chemistry; nanoscale materials; scanning tunneling microscopy; nanocatalysis and photocatalysis

Current Research Interest
Atomic-scale control of surfaces; atomic-scale growth and etching; polymorph control; development of new techniques for surface science

Distinction
American Chemical Society, Arthur Adamson Award for Surface Chemistry
Cornell University, Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow
American Vacuum Society Fellow
American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow

Selected Publications
Song, Anqi, Dapeng Jing, and Melissa A. Hines. “Rutile Surface Reactivity Provides Insight into the Structure-Directing Role of Peroxide in TiO2 Polymorph Control.” Journal of Physical Chemistry C 118 (2014): 27343-52. doi: 10.1021/jp507292v

Hines, Melissa A., Marc F. Faggin, Ankush Gupta, Brandon S. Aldinger, and Kun Boa. “Self-Propagating Surface Reaction Produces Near-Ideal Si(100) Surfaces.” Journal of Physical Chemistry C 116 (2012): 18920-29. doi: 10.1021/jp306477x

Cornell Research Website Article
The Chemistry on the Surface of Materials