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\n <\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nRogers recalls their optics experiments at the time required using a lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where they had only early-morning access to complete their work. One of Rogers\u2019s favorite memories is their 5:00 a.m. meetings at that lab to complete their research. \u201cYounan Xia [Qin\u2019s husband] would accompany Dong during these early-morning trips from Harvard to MIT to make sure that she arrived safely. I just remember the incredible contrast: Dong arriving in her usual, loud, boisterous, energetic, joyful way, accompanied by Younan [with a quiet, reserved demeanor]. . . . For me, this is not only a great, lasting memory of Dong but also of Younan\u2019s deep dedication to her.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Qin was a materials science and engineering professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she had established a group to work on the colloidal synthesis of noble-metal nanocrystals. The goal of this work was to illuminate the process of forming these structures to optimize the production of novel materials with specific properties for a variety of applications. Her work has contributed to the advancement in understanding of the nucleation and growth of bimetallic nanocrystals and methods to create nanomaterials with desired characteristics. Peidong Yang, a professor of chemistry and materials science at the University of California, Berkeley, calls Qin\u2019s work developing in situ techniques pioneering: \u201cMetal nanocrystal growth in solution has been largely based on an empirical approach, and for many decades, it has been an art rather than a science because of the difficulty in gaining atomic-level nucleation and growth information in situ,\u201d he says. \u201cDr. Qin\u2019s work has turned this art of nanocrystal growth into quantitative science.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Before arriving at Georgia Tech, Qin was associate dean of research in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at Washington University in St. Louis and associate director of the Center for Nanotechnology at the University of Washington.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Qin was a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and served as an associate editor of Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances and as an advisory board member of Nanoscale Horizons, the Journal of Materials Chemistry C, and ChemNanoMat. She was also recognized for her exceptional teaching, having received multiple awards from Georgia Tech.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
She was a researcher, mentor, teacher, and friend to many in her community. She was also remembered for her pursuits in cooking. Dai recalls sitting with Qin at an ACS meeting, listening to her describe all the new dishes she had been creating and being surprised that \u201cshe had become a gourmet chef.\u201d<\/p>\n
Qin enjoyed cooking for her friends and typically hosted barbecues. Knowing that some of her friends were vegetarians, she went out of her way to serve them a special meal at her gatherings. \u201cShe made the most delicious tofu-mushroom stir-fry. The tofu was the best,\u201d Skrabalak recalls. \u201cI shared with her how much I enjoyed the dish and my wish to be able to prepare such good tofu. Dong began pulling cooking supplies out of her pantry, showed me how to cook it properly in the middle of the party, and sent me home with all the ingredients to reproduce the dish.\u201d\u00a0Skrabalak still has a copy of the tofu recipe Qin gave her after hosting the Xia group at her home one evening.<\/p>\n
Qin is survived by a spouse, Younan Xia; mother, Qike Zheng; and sister, Fawn Wang. She was preceded in death by her father, Qizong Qin.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n Chemical & Engineering News<\/p>\n
ISSN 0009-2347<\/p>\n
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