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Amy Keirstead, assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and Physics, recently co-authored a paper entitled “1-(3’-Amino)propylsilatrane derivatives as covalent surface linkers to nanoparticulate metal oxide films for use in photoelectrochemical cells”, Nanotechnology 20 (2009), 505203-1-505203-10.  This work presents a novel method for attaching dyes to semiconductor surfaces to be used in dye-sensitized solar cells, where the new linker is thought to give rise to a more efficient photovoltaic cell than the traditional linkage systems.