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description: "The published record: a master's thesis and a peer-reviewed semiconductor nanorod paper from Western Kentucky University, with links to the current AIEN research."
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[About the engineer](https://www.aienos.com/engineer/)

## Published

What survived peer review and a thesis committee. Full text is available through the university repository and PubMed.

Master's thesis, 2018

### Imidazolium Ionic Liquids as Multifunctional Solvents, Ligands, and Reducing Agents for Noble Metal Deposition onto Well-Defined Heterostructures and the Effect of Synthetic History on Catalytic Performance

Western Kentucky University, Department of Chemistry. Advisor: Dr. Lawrence J. Hill.

Investigated [BMIM]Tf2N as a multifunctional solvent, ligand, and reducing agent for platinum deposition onto CdSe@CdS nanorods, thermally and photochemically. Ionic-liquid synthesis outperformed organic-solvent routes in photocatalytic methylene blue degradation.

[Read the thesis at WKU Digital Commons](https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/2101/)

Peer-reviewed paper, 2019

### Deposition of metal particles onto semiconductor nanorods using an ionic liquid

Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology 10:718-724. DOI 10.3762/bjnano.10.71. PMID 30931213.

Platinum, gold, and silver nanoparticles deposited onto CdSe@CdS nanorods from metal salts in an ionic liquid, with no added surfactants or reducing agents. Platinum deposited this way outperformed organic-solvent materials in photocatalytic dye degradation.

[Read the paper on PubMed](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30931213/)

## Current research

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Research program

### [Research](https://www.aienos.com/engineer/works/research/)

What the AIEN research program measures today: Turing yield, verified understanding, and distance to the hardware ceiling.

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Proposal

### [The Continuation Test](https://www.aienos.com/engineer/works/the-continuation-test/)

A proposal for evaluating machine intelligence, with the first measured run.

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Measurements

### [Benchmarks](https://github.com/aien-dev/benchmarks)

Every measurement bundle the project publishes, each with a reproducible command.

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