The following are publications from 2002 for the Center of Advanced Materials

  • “Adsorption of Thiophene on Al(111) and Deposition of Aluminum on Condensed Thiophene,” (S.K. Sengupta, H. Ahn, J.E. Whitten), Surf. Sci., 520, pp. 207-216 (2002).
  • “Azobenzene-Modified Cellulose,” (S. Yang, M.M. Jacob, L. Li, K. Yang, A.L. Cholli, J. Kumar, S.K. Tripathy), Polymer News, V. 27, pp. 368-372 (2002).
  • “Biocatalytic Polymerization of p-Cresol:  An in-Situ NMR Approach to Understand the Coupling Mechanism,” (S.K. Sahoo, W. Liu, L.A. Samuelson, J. Kumar, A.L. Cholli), Macromolecules, V. 35, pp. 9990-9998 (2002).
  • “Biocatalytic Synthesis of a Ruthenium Macromolecular Complex for Photovoltaics,” (R. Mosurkal, S. Roy, J. Kumar, L.A. Samuelson, S.K. Tripathy), J. of Macromolecular Science, Part A-Pure & Applied Chemistry, V. A 39, #10, pp. 1195-1206 (2002).
  • “Biomimetic Synthesis of a Water Soluble Conducting Molecular Complex of Polyaniline and Lignosulfonate,” (S. Roy, J.M. Fortier, R. Nagarajan, S. Tripathy, J. Kumar, L.A. Samuelson, F.F. Bruno), Biomacromolecules, 3, (5), pp. 937-941 (2002).
  • “Carboxylated Polythiophenes:  Polymer Biosensors in Liquid and Solid States,” (Y.-G. Kim, L.A. Samuelson, J. Kumar, S.K. Tripathy), J. Macromolecular Sci. Part A-Pure and Applied Chemistry, V. A 39, #10, pp. 1127-1136 (2002).
  • “Chemo-Enzymatic Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Functionalized Amphiphilic Polymers,” (R. Kumar, N.A. Shakil, M.-H. Chen, V.S. Parmar, L.A. Samuelson, J. Kumar, A.C. Watterson), J. Macromolecular Sci. Part A-Pure & Applied Chem., V. A 39, #10, pp. 1137-1149 (2002).
  • “Chemo Enzymatic Synthesis of Novel Functionalized Amphiphilic Polymers,” (R. Kumar, N. Shakil, M.-H. Chen, V.S. Parmar, A.C. Watterson), Polymer Preprints, 43, (1), pp. 578-579 (2002).
  • “Comment on ‘X-Ray and Electron Induced Oligomerization of Condensed 3-Hexythiophene’,” (H. Ahn, J.E. Whitten), J. Phys. Chem. B, 106, pp. 11404-11405 (2002).
  • “Concentration and Solvent Sensitive Visible Spectra of Poly(Tricyanovinyldimethylaniline): Aggregation and Solvatochromism,” (I.-B. Kim, D. J. Sandman), J. Macromol. Sci., Pure Appl. Chem., 39, pp. 1107-1115 (2002).
  • “Conjugated Materials:  Problems and Prospects for Synthesis Using Carbohydrate Reagents,” (D.J. Sandman, I.-B. Kim, M.A. Rixman, Z.-H. Tsai, J. Njus, M. Kim), Synthesis, pp. 1147-1156 (2002).
  • "“Design, Synthesis and Electrospinning of a Novel Fluorescent Polymer for Optical Sensor Applications,” (S.-H. Lee, B.-C. Ku, X. Wang, L.A. Samuelson, J. Kumar), Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., V. 708, pp. 403-408 (2002).
  • “Dispersion of the Fifth-Order Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility  of a Polydiacetylene Film,” (K. Yang, J. Kumar, W. Kim, S. Tripathy), Trends in Optics and Photonics, pp. 71-79 (2002).
  • “Effect of Semiconductor and Dye Interfacial Properties in Dye-sensitized Solar Cells,” (J.-A. He, R. Mosurkal, J. Kumar, L. Li, K.G. Chittibabu, L.A. Samuelson), Proc. Mater. Res. Soc. Symp., V. 710, pp.213-218 (2002).
  • “Electroabsorption Investigation of the Electronic Structure of a Conjugated Polymer,” (K. Yang, J. Kumar, D.-C. Lee, D.J. Sandman, S.K. Tripathy), Trends in Optics and Photonics, 64, (Organic Thin Films for Photonic Applications), pp. 51-59 (2002).
  • “Electrospinning Technology:  A Novel Approach to Sensor Application,” (X. Wang, C. Drew, S.-H. Lee, K.J. Senecal, J. Kumar, L.A. Samuelson), J. of Macromolecular Science, Part A-Pure & Appl. Chem., V. A 39, #10, pp. 1251-1258 (2002).
  • “Electrospun Nanofibrous Membranes for Highly Sensitive Optical Sensors,” (X. Wang, C. Drew, S.-H. Lee, K.J. Senecal, J. Kumar, L.A. Samuelson), Nano Letters, V. 2, #11, pp. 1273-1275 (2002).
  • “Electrospun Photovoltaic Cells,” (C. Drew, X. Wang, K. Senecal, H. Schreuder-Gibson, J. He, J. Kumar, L.A. Samuelson), J. Macromol. Sci. Part A-Pure & Appl. Chem., V. 39, #10, pp. 1085-1094 (2002).
  • “Enzymatic Synthesis of Conducting Polyaniline in Micelle Solutions,” (W. Liu, J. Kumar, S. Tripathy, L.A. Samuelson), Langmuir, V.18, pp. 9696-9704 (2002).
  • “Enzyme Mediated Oxidative Polymerization of 4-Hydroxybenzyl Alcohol for Optical Applications,” (V. Kumar, V.S. Parmar, L.A. Samuelson, J. Kumar, A.L. Cholli), J. of Macromol. Sci. Part A-Pure & Appl. Chem., V. A 39, #10, pp. 1183-1193 (2002).
  • “Fluorescent Electrospun Polymeric Nanofibrous Membranes for Highly Sensitive Optical Sensing,” (X. Wang, C. Drew, S.-H. Lee, K.J. Senecal, J. Kumar, L.A. Samuelson), Polymeric Materials:  Science & Engineering, 87, pp. 284-285 (2002).
  • “Functionalized Polyphenolics for Photonic Applications:  Synthesis and Characterization,” (V. Kumar, V. Parmar, L. Samuelson, A.L. Cholli), Polymer Preprints, 43, (2), (2002).
  • “Highly Sensitive Optical Sensors using Electrospun Polymeric Nanofibrous Membranes,” (X. Wang, S.-H. Lee, C. Drew, K.J. Senecal, J. Kumar, L.A. Samuelson), Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., V.708, pp. 397-402 (2002).
  • “Influence of Template and Enzyme on Biocatalytic Synthesis of Conducting Polyaniline as Studied by Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy,” (S.K. Sahoo, R. Nagarajan, S. Roy, L.A. Samuelson, J. Kumar, A.L. Cholli), Polymeric Mat.:  Sci. & Engr., 86, pp. 15-16 (2002).
  • “Layer-by-Layer Polyelectrolyte-Based Thin Films for Electronic and Photonic Applications,” (O.N. Oliveira, Jr., J.-A. He, V. Zucolotto, S. Balasubramanian, L. Li, H.S. Nalwa, J. Kumar, S.K. Tripathy), Handbook of Polyelectrolytes and Their Applications, edited by S.K. Tripathy, J. Kumar, H.S. Nalwa, V. 1:  Polyelectrolyte-Based Multilayers, Self-Assemblies and Nanostructures, pp. 1-37 (2002).
  • “Metal Oxide-Coated Polymer Nanofibers” (C. Drew, X. Liu, D. Ziegler, X. Wang, F.F. Bruno, J. Whitten, L.A. Samuelson, J. Kumar), Nano Letters, Vol 3, No. 2, pp. 143-147, (2002). 
  • “Monitoring the Enzymatic Polymerization by MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry,” (P. Xu, J. Kumar, L. Samuelson, A.L. Cholli), Polymeric Materials:  Sci. & Engr., 87, pp. 191-192 (2002).
  • “Monitoring the Enzymatic Polymerization of 4-Phenylphenol by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry: A Novel Approach,” (P. Xu, J. Kumar, L. Samuelson, A.L. Cholli), Biomacromolecules, V. 3, #5, pp. 889-893 (2002).
  • “Nanocharacterization of Gallium antimonide Substrate Surface by TEM/AFM” (X. Li,  L. Allen, C. Santeufemio, W. Goodhue, and C. Sung), Microsc. Microanal. 8 (Suppl. 2), p. 1258, (2002).
  • “Novel Enzymatic Polyethylene Oxide-Polyphenol System for Ionic Conductivity,” (F.F. Bruno, R. Nagarajan, J. Kumar, L.A. Samuelson), J. of Macromolecular Sci. Part A-Pure & Applied Chem., V. 39, #10, pp. 1061-1068 (2002).
  • “Optical Scattering (TAOS) by Tire Debris P 
  • articles: Preliminary Results” (G. Crosta, M. Camatini, S. Zomer, S. Holler, Y. Pan, P. Bhaskara, P. Muangchareon, C. Sung, S. Cencetti, and C. Regazzoni), Optic Express, Vol.8, No. 6,  pp. 302-307 (2002).
  • “Ordered Multilayer Nanocomposites Prepared by Electrostatic Layer-by-Layer Assembly between Aluminosilicate Nanoplatelets and Substituted Ionic Polyacetylenes,” (D.W. Kim, A. Blumstein, J. Kumar, L.A. Samuelson, B. Kang, C. Sung), Chemistry of Materials, V. 14, #9, pp. 3925-3929 (2002).
  • “Phase Migration of Fluorescently-Tagged Hyperbranched Probe in Electrospun Fiber for Optical Sensors” (X. Wang. J. Orlicki, C. Drew, S. H. McKnight, L. A. Samuelson, J. Kumar) Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering, 91, pp. 431-432, (2002).
  • “Photoelectric Response for Nanofibrous Membranes,” (K. Senecal, D. Ziegler, J.-A. He, R. Mosurkal, J. Kumar, H. Schreuder-Gibson, L. Samuelson), Proc. Mater. Res. Soc. Symp., V. 708, BB.5.1, (2002).                                                                                
  • “Photoelectron Spectroscopy Study of Ammonia-induced Changes in Electrostatically-Assembled Conjugated Polymer Films,” (M. Kim, J.E. Whitten, D.J. Sandman), J. Macromol. Sci., Pure Appl. Chem., 39, pp. 1117-1126 (2002).
  • “Photoemission Study of the Thermal and Photochemical Decomposition of a Urethane-Substituted Polythiophene,” (G.J. Herrera, J.E. Whitten), Synth. Mat., 128, pp. 317-324 (2002).
  • “Polymer-Aluminosilicate Nanocomposites Prepared by In-situ Intercalated Polymerization of 2-Ethynylpyrdine:  A Solid-State NMR Study,” (S.K. Sahoo, D.W. Kim, J. Kumar, A. Blumstein, A.L. Cholli), Polymeric Materials:  Sci. & Engr., 87, pp. 394-395 (2002).
  • “Polymerization of Dicyanoalkenes and –Arenes with Unprotected Sugars,” (D.J. Sandman, I.-B. Kim, J.M. Njus, M. Caron), Polymer Preprints, 43, (2), pp. 926-927 (2002).
  • “Polymerization of Tricyanoalkenes via Sugar Reagents,” (I.-B. Kim, D.J. Sandman), Polymer Preprints, 43, (1), pp. 628-629 (2002).
  • “Prevention of the Cathode Induced Electrochemical Degradation of [Ru(bpy)3](PF6)2 Light Emitting Devices,” (H. Rudmann, S. Shimada, M.F. Rubner, D.W. Oblas, J.E. Whitten), J. Appl. Phys., 92, pp. 1576-1581 (2002).
  • “Probing the Electronic Structure of a Conjugated Polymer through Fifth-Order Electroabsorption Spectroscopy,” (K. Yang, J. Kumar, D.-C. Lee, D.J. Sandman, S.K. Tripathy), Optics Communications, 201, pp. 197-206 (2002).
  • "Quantitative Study on Enzymatically Synthesized Poly(4-phenylphenol) by MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry" (P. Xu, J. Kumar, L. Samuelson, A.L. Cholli), BioMacromolecules, 3, p. 889 (2002).
  • “Raman Microscopy and Mapping as a Probe for Photodegradation in Surface Relief Gratings Recorded on Layer-by-Layer Films of Congo Red/Polyelectrolyte,” (C.J.L. Constantino, R.F. Aroca, J.-A. He, V. Zucolotto, L. Li, O.N. Oliveira, Jr., J. Kumar, S.K. Tripathy), Applied Spectroscopy, V. 56, #2, pp. 187-191 (2002).
  • “Rod-Like Dinuclear Ruthenium Complexes for Dye-Sensitized Photovoltaics,” (R. Mosurkal, J.-A. He, J. Kumar, L. Li, J. Walker, L. Samuelson), Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., V. 708, pp. 367-373 (2002).
  • “Sensitive Optical Sensors Using Electrospun Polymeric Nanofibrous Membranes” (X. Wang, S-H. Lee, C. Drew, K.J. Senecal, J. Kumar, L.A. Samuelson), Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., Vol. 708, pp. 397-402, 2002.
  • “Structural Aspects of the Thermochromic Transition in Urethane Substituted Polydiacetylenes,” (D.-C. Lee, S.K. Sahoo, A.L. Cholli, D.J. Sandman), Macromolecules, 35, pp. 4347-4355 (2002).
  • “Sugar Mediated Polymerization and Cyclotetramerization of Dicyanoalkenes and –Arenes,” (I.-B. Kim D.J. Sandman), Polymer Preprints, 43, (2), pp. 954-955 (2002).
  • “Surface-Relief Gratings on Azobenzene-Containing Films,” (O.N. Oliveira, Jr., L. Li, J. Kumar, S.K. Tripathy), Photoactive Organic Thin Films, Chapter 14, pp. 429-485 (2002).
  • “Surface Relief Gratings on Azobenzene-Containing Films, Mechanisms and Recent Developments,” (O.N. Oliveira, Jr., S. Yang, V. Zucolotto, J.-A. He, C.J.L. Constantino, A.L. Cholli, L. Li, R.F. Aroca, J. Kumar, S.K. Tripathy), Molec. Cryst. and Liq. Cryst. Sci. and Tech., Sec. A:  Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 374, pp. 67-76 (2002).
  • “Synthesis and Electrospinning of a Novel Fluorescent Polymer PMMA-PM for Quenching-Based Optical Sensing,” (X. Wang, S.-H. Lee, B.-C. Ku, L.A. Samuelson, J. Kumar), J. Macromolecular Sci. Part A:  Pure & Applied Chem., V. A 39, #10, pp. 1241-1249 (2002).
  • “Synthesis of Polyaniline using Electrostatically Layered Hematin Assemblies,” (B.-C. Ku, S.-H. Lee, W. Liu, J. Kumar, F.F. Bruno, L.A. Samuelson), Mat. Res. Soc. Symp., V.708, pp. 311-316 (2002).
  • “Synthetic and Mechanistic Studies on Biocatalytic Reactions Generating Novel Amphiphilic Polymers,” (R. Kumar, N.A. Shakil, M.-H. Chen, V.S.Parmar, L.A. Samuelson, J. Kumar, A.C. Watterson), Polymer Preprints, 43, (2), pp. 879-880 (2002).
  • “TEM characterization of Crystalline Aluminum Silicate 
  • Nanoparticles onto Organic Multilayer Templates” (B. Kang, P.Stenhouse, G. Crosta and C. Sung), Proceedings of 2002 US-Korea Conference on Science, Technology and Entrepreneurship (UKC-2002) (2002).
  • “The Effect of Semiconductor and Dye Interfacial Properties in Dye-sensitized Solar Cells” (R. Mosurkal, S. Roy, J. Kumar, L.Samuelson), Journal of Macromolecular Science – Pure and Applied Chem., Vol. 708 (2002).
  • “The Thermally Annealed Solid State Polymerization of 2,3-Dicyano-5,7-dimethyl-6H-1,4-diazepine,” (J.M. Njus, I.-B. Kim, D.J. Sandman), Polymer Preprints, 43, (2), pp. 1248-1249 (2002).
  • “Variation in the Structure of Conducting Polyaniline with and without the Presence of Template during Enzymatic Polymerization:  A Solid-State NMR Study,” (S.K. Sahoo, R. Nagarajan, S. Chakraborty, L.A. Samuelson, J. Kumar, A.L. Cholli), J. Macromol. Sci. Part A-Pure & Appl. Chem., V. A 39, #10, pp. 1223-1240 (2002).
  • “Voltage Tunable Multicolor Light Emitting Diodes Based on a Dye-Doped Polythiophene Derivative,” (A. Kaur, M.J. Cazeca, S.K. Sengupta, J. Kumar, S.K. Tripathy), Synthetic Metals, V. 126, pp. 283-288 (2002).