The following are publications from 2004 for the Center of Advanced Materials

  • “Approaches to Conjugated Polymers via New Solid State Polymerizations,” (D.J. Sandman, J.M. Njus, B. Tran), Macromolecular Symposia, 216, pp, 77-85 (2004).
  • “Barrier Properties of Ordered Multilayer Polymer Nanocomposites,” (B.-C. Ku, A. Blumstein, J. Kumar, L.A. Samuelson, D.W. Kim), Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Marcel Dekker, Inc., pp. 213-224 (2004).
  • “Biocatalytic ‘Green’ Synthesis of PEG-based Aromatic Polyesters: Optimization of the Substrate and Reaction Conditions,” (R. Kumar, R. Tyagi, V.S. Parmar, L.A. Samuelson, J. Kumar, A.C. Watterson), The Royal Soc. of Chem., Green Chem., 6, pp. 516-520 (2004).
  • “Biocatalytic Synthesis of Highly Flame Retardant Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Polymers,” (R. Kumar, R. Tyagi, V.S. Parmar, L.A. Samuelson, J. Kumar, A. Schoemann, P.R. Westmoreland, A.C. Watterson), Advanced Materials 16, #17, pp. 1515-1520 (2004).
  • “Characterization and Application of Amphiphilic Polyacetylenes in Methanol/Water Mixture,” (B.-C. Ku, K. Yang, D.W. Kim, A. Blumstein, L.A. Samuelson, J. Kumar), Polymer Preprints 45, (2), p. 233 (2004).
  • “Conductive Polymer Complexes from Macromolecule Inspired Biocatalysis,” (F.F. Bruno, C. Drew, R. Nagarajan, L. A. Samuelson), Polymeric Materials:  Science & Engineering 90, pp. 234-235 (2004).
  • “Conformation of Azobenzene-Modified Poly(-L-Glutamate) (AZOPLGA) in Thin Films:  Solid State NMR Studies,” (X. Wu, S. Yang, L.A. Samuelson, A.L. Cholli, J. Kumar), J. of Macromolecular Sci., Part A:  Pure and Applied Chemistry, V. 41, #12, pp. 1359-1368 (2004).
  • “Cross-Linked Multilayer Polymer-Clay Nanocomposites and Permeability Properties,” (B.-C. Ku, D. Froio, D. Steeves, D.W. Kim, H. Ahn, J.A. Ratto, A. Blumstein, J. Kumar, L.A. Samuelson), J. of Macromolecular Sci. Part A:  Pure & Applied Chem., V. 41, #12, pp. 1401-1410 (2004).
  • “Diiminoisoindoline:  Tautomerism, Conformations, and Polymorphism,” (Z.-Q. Zhang, J.M. Njus, D.J. Sandman, C. Guo, B.M. Foxman, P. Erk, R. van Gelder), Chem. Commun., pp. 885-886 (2004).
  • “Effect of Arm Length on the Aggregation Structure of Fullerene-Based Star Ionomers”, (T.-L. Lin, U. Jeng, C.-S. Tsao, W.-J. Liu, T. Canteenwala and L. Y. Chiang), J. Phys. Chem. B, 108, 14884-14888 (2004).
  • “Effects of Materials When Injection Molding Nano-Scale Features” (C. Srirojpinyo, S. Yoon, J. Lee, C. Sung, J. Mead, C. Barry.), Annual Technical Conference -Society of Plastics Engineers, 62nd  (Vol. 1),  743-747 (2004).
  • "Electrical Conductivity and Vapor Sensing Properties of Omega-(3-thienyl)alkanethiol-Protected Gold Nanoparticle Films", (H. Ahn, A. Chandekar, B. Kang, C. Sung, and J.E. Whitten), Chemistry of Materials, 16, 3274-3278 (2004). 
  • “Electrical Conductivity and Vapor Sensing Properties of Thiophene-Terminated Alkanethiol Monolayer-Protected Gold Nanoparticle Films” (Ahn, Heejoon; Chandekar, Amol; Kang, Bongwoo; Sung, Changmo; Whitten, James E.)   Abstracts of Papers, 227th ACS National Meeting, COLL-101 (2004).
  • “Electrical Conductivity and Vapor-Sensing Properties of w-(3-Thienyl)alkanethiol-Protected Gold Nanoparticle Films” (H. Ahn, A. Chandekar, B. Kang, C. Sung, J. Whitten),  Chemistry of Materials, 16 (17), 3274-3278 (2004).
  • "Electron Irradiation of Poly(3-Hexylthiophene) Films", (H. Ahn, D.W. Oblas, and J.E. Whitten), Macromolecules, 37, 3381-3387 (2004).
  • “Electrospinning of Polycarbonate Nanofibers with Solvent Mixtures THF and DMF” Jj. Shawon, C. Sung),  Journal of Materials Science, 39 (14), 4605-4613 (2004). 
  • “Electrostatic Assembly of Conjugated Polymer Thin Layers on Electrospun Nanofibrous Membranes for Biosensors,” (X. Wang, Y.-G. Kim, C. Drew, B.-C. Ku, J. Kumar, L.A. Samuelson), Nano Letters, 4, (2), pp. 331-334 (2004).
  • “Electrostatic Layer-by-Layer Assembly of Polyelectrolytes on Surface Functionalzed Electrospun Nanofibers and Metal Oxide Deposition,” (C. Drew, F.F. Bruno, X. Wang, B.-C. Ku, L.A. Samuelson, J. Kumar), Polymeric Mat.:  Sci. & Engr., 91, pp. 945-946 (2004).
  • “Enhancing the Inscription Rate of Surface Relief Gratings with an Incoherent Assisting Light Beam,” (K. Yang, S. Yang, X. Wang, J. Kumar), Applied Physics Letters, V. 84, #22, pp. 4517-4519 (2004).
  • “Evidence of Singlet Oxygen Generation from Irradiated Hydrophilic Micelle-like Hexa(sulfobutyl) [60]fullerene (FC4S)”, (Y. Chi, T. Canteenwala, L. Y. Chiang, K. Pritzker, and B. Wilson),  Electrochem. Soc. Proc., 12, 321-329 (2004).
  • “Feature Size and Density Effects in Wet Selective Etching of GaAs/AlAs p-HEMT Structures with Organic Acid - Peroxide Solutions” (Kulkarni, Vinay S.; Prasad, Kanti; Quinn, William; Spooner, Frank; Sung, Changmo), Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, 799 (Progress in Compound Semiconductor Materials III--Electronic and Optoelectronic Applications), 217-222 (2004).
  • “Flexible, Dye-Sensitized Nanocrystalline Solar Cells Employing Biocatalytically Synthesized Polymeric Electrolytes,” (R. Kumar, A.K. Sharma, V.S. Parmar, A.C. Watterson, K.G. Chittibabu, J. Kumar, L.A. Samuelson), Chem. Materials, 16, (23), pp. 4841-4846 (2004).
  • “Formation of Nanocomposites by In Situ Intercalative Polymerization of 2-Ethynylpyridine in Layered Aluminosilicates:  A Solid-State NMR Study,” (A.L. Cholli, S.K. Sahoo, D.W. Kim, J. Kumar, A. Blumstein), ACS Symposium Series 874, Polymers for Microelectronics and Nanoelectronics, Eds. Q. Lin, R.A. Pearson, J.C. Hedrick, Chapter 22, pp. 294-305 (2004).
  • “Green-Enzymatic Synthesis of Pegylated Phenolic Macromer and Polymer,” (R. Kumar, F. Bruno, V.S. Parmar, J. Kumar, A.C. Watterson, K.G. Chittibabu, L.A. Samuelson), Chem. Comm., pp. 862-863 (2004).
  • “Influence of EDA- Interactions in Drug Encapsulation using Nanospheres,” (S. Sharma, R. Kumar, S. Kumar, R. Mosurkal, V.S. Parmar, L.A. Samuelson, A.C. Watterson, J. Kumar), The Royal Soc. of Chem., Chem. Communications, pp. 2689-2691 (2004).
  • “Investigation of Interfacial Instabilities in Nanolayer Extrusion” (K. Ho, J. Lee, N. Viriyabanthorn, C. Sung, C. Barry, J. Mead)    Annual Technical Conference - Society of Plastics Engineers, 62nd (Vol. 1), 376-380 (2004).
  • “Nonlinear Optical Materials,” (R. Mosurkal, L.A. Samuelson, J. Kumar), Encyclopedia of Supramolecular Chemistry, J.L. Atwood and J.W. Steed, Eds., Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, pp. 973-980 (2004).
  • “Novel Polymeric Thin Film Deposition System:  Injector-Apparatus/PECVD Reactor,” (M.J. Cazeca, C. Kuo, J. Kumar), J. of Macromolecular Sci. Part A:  Pure & Applied Chem., V. 41, #12, pp. 1447-1458 (2004).
  • “On-line Measurement of Dispersion in Nanocomposites”(Vaidyanathan, Rajkumar; Ghumman, Bhavjit S.; Lee, Junseok; Mallim, Sravanthi; Sung, Changmo; Mead, Joey L.; Barry, Carol M. F.) Annual Technical Conference - Society of Plastics Engineers, 62nd (Vol. 3), pp. 2932-2936 (2004).  
  • “Organic Photosensitizers with Catechol Groups for Dye-Sensitized Photovoltaics,” (R. Mosurkal, J.-A. He, K. Yang, L.A. Samuelson, K. Kumar), J. of Photochemistry & Photobiology A.:  Chemistry, 168, pp. 191-196 (2004).
  • “Patterning of Substrates Using Surface Relief Structures in Azobenzene-Functionalized Polymer Film,” (S. Yang, K. Yang, L. Niu, R, Nagarajan, S. Bian, A.K. Jain, J. Kumar), Advanced Materials, 16, #8, pp. 693-696 (2004).
  • “Phase Migration of Fluorescently-Tagged Hyperbranched Probe in Electrospun Fiber for Optical Sensors,” (X. Wang, J.A. Orlicki, C. Drew, S.H. McKnight, L.A. Samuelson, J. Kumar), Polymeric Materials:  Sci. & Engr., 91, pp. 431-432 (2004).
  • “Polymeric Fullerene Oxide Films Produced by Decomposition of Hexanitro[60]fullerene", (R.-S. Zhai, A. Das, C. K. Hsu, C. C. Han, T. Canteenwala, L. Y. Chiang, and T. J. Chuang), Carbon, 42, 395-403 (2004). 
  • “Role of Temperature in Suppression of the Formation of Pummerer’s Type Ketone in Enzymatic Polymerization of 4-Propylphenol:  An in-Situ Variable Temperature 1H NMR Study,” (X. Wu, W. Liu, R. Nagarajan, J. Kumar, L.A. Samuelson, A.L. Cholli), Macromolecules, 37, pp. 2322-2324 (2004).
  • “Self-Organization of Amphiphilic Copolymers into Nanoparticles:  Study by 1H NMR Longitudinal Relaxation Time,” (N.-H. Chen, R. Kumar, V.S. Parmar, J. Kumar, L.A. Samuelson, A.C. Watterson), J. Macromolecular Sci., Part A:  Pure & Applied Chem. V. 41, #12, pp. 1489-1496 (2004).
  • “Solution and Solid State Polymerization of 2,3-Dicyano-5,7-dimethyl-6H, 1,4-diazepine,” (I.-K. Kim, J.M. Njus, D.J. Sandman), J. Macromol. Sci., Pure & Appl. Chem., A 41, pp. 1411-1424 (2004).
  • “Solvent Specified Conformation in Poly(-L-glutamic acid) Thin Films,” (X. Wu, S. Yang, J.M. Njus, R. Nagarajan, A.L. Cholli, L.A. Samuelson, J. Kumar), Biomacromolecules, 5 (4), pp. 1214-1218 (2004).
  • “Structure, Polymorphism, and Thermal Properties of Phenyliminoisoindolines,” (Z. Zang, S. Uth, D.J. Sandman, BM. Foxman), J. Phys. Org. Chem., 17, pp. 769-776 (2004).
  • “Supramolecular Assemblies Based on Copolymers of PEG600 and Functionalized Aromatic Diesters for Drug Delivery Applications,” (R. Kumar, M.-H. Chen, V.S. Parmar, L.A. Samuelson, J. Kumar, R. Nicolosi, S. Yoganathan, A.C. Watterson), J. Am. Chem. Soc., 126, pp. 10640-10644 (2004).
  • “Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of C60-diphenylaminofluorene Dyad and Multiads”, (P. A. Padmawar, T. Canteenwala, S. Verma, L.-S. Tan, and L. Y. Chiang J.) Macromol. Sci. A, Pure Appl. Chem., 41, 1387-1400 (2004). 
  • “Synthesis of Amphiphilic Guanylated Polymers as Potential Gene Delivery Carriers,” (S.K. Sharma, A.K. Sharma, L.A. Samuelson, J. Kumar, A.C. Watterson, V.S. Parmar), J. Macromolecular Sci., Part A:  Pure & Applied Chem., V. 41, #12, pp. 1459-1466 (2004).
  • “Synthetic Approaches to Phthalocyanines and Related Polymers using Carbohydrate Reagents,” (D.J. Sandman), J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines, 8, p. 476 (2004).
  • “Temperature in Suppression of the Formation of Pummerer’s Type Ketone in Enzymatic Polymerization of 4-Propylphenol: An In-Situ Variable Temperature 1H NMR Study” (X. Wu, W. Liu, R. Nagarajan, J. Kumar, L. A. Samuelson, A. L. Cholli), Macromolecules, 37, pp. 2322-2324 (2004).
  • “Thiophene Oligomer as a ‘Redox Mediator’ for the Biocatalytic Synthesis of Poly(3,4-Ethylenedioxythiophene) [Pedot],” (R. Nagarajan, F.F. Bruno, L.A. Samuelson, J. Kumar), Polymer Preprints, 45 2, pp. 195-196 (2004).