Recent Publications
Peer-Reviewed Publications

Deng, S.; Locklin, J.; Patton, D.; Baba, A.; Advincula, R.* “Thiophene Dendron Jacketed Poly(amidoamine) Dendrimers: Nanoparticle Synthesis and Adsorption on Graphite” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 1744-1751.

Park, M.-K.; Deng, S.; Advincula, R.* “pH-Sensitive Bipolar Ion-Permselective Ultrathin Films” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 13723-13731.

Xia, C.; Advincula, R.*; Locklin, J.; Giess, A.; Nonidez, W. “Characterization, Supramolecular Assembly, and Nanostructures of Thiophene Dendrimers” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 8735-8743.

Patton, D.; Locklin, J.; Meredith, M.; Xin, Y.; Advincula, R. “Nanocomposite Hydrogen-Bonded Multilayer Ultrathin Films by Simultaneous Sexithiophene and Au Nanoparticle Formation” Chem. Mater. 2004, 16, 5063-5070.

Baba, A.; Onishi, K.; Knoll, W.; Advincula, R.* “Investigating Work Function Tunable Hole-Injection/Transport Layers of Electrodeposited Polycarbazole Network Thin Films” J. Phys. Chem. B. 2004, 108, 18949-18955.

Wang, S.; Wang, X.; Li, L.; Advincula, R.* “Design, Synthesis, and Photochemical Behavior of Poly(benzyl ester) Dendrimers with Azobenzene Groups throughout Their Architecture” J. Org. Chem. 2004, 69, 9073-9084.

Locklin, J.; Patton, D.; Deng, S.; Baba, A.; Millan, M.; Advincula, R.* “Conjugated Oligothiophene-Dendron-Capped CdSe Nanoparticles: Synthesis and Energy Transfer” Chem. Mater. 2004, 16, 5187-5193.

Xia, C.; Advincula, R.*; Baba, A.; Knoll, W.* “Electrochemical Patterning of a Polyfluorene Precursor Polymer from a Micro-contact Printed (mCP) Monolayer” Chem. Mater. 2004, 16, 2852-2856.

Vyazovkin, S.*; Dranca, I.; Fan, X.; Advincula, R.* “Degradation and Relaxation Kinetics of Polystyrene Clay Nanocomposite Prepared by Surface Initiated Polymerization” J. Phys. Chem. B. 2004, 108, 11672-11679.

Baba, A.; Tian, S.; Stefani, F.; Xia, C.; Wang, Z.; Advincula, R.*; Johannsmann, D.*; Knoll, W.* “Electropolymerization and Doping/dedoping Properties of Polyaniline Thin Films as Studied by Electrochemical-surface plasmon spectroscopy and by the Quartz Crystal Microbalance” J. Electroanalytical Chem. 2004, 562, 95–103.

Vyazovkin, S.*; Dranca, I.; Fan, X.; Advincula, R.* “Kinetics of the Thermal and Thermo-Oxidative Degradation of a Polystyrene-Clay Nanocomposite” Macro. Rapid Comm. 2004, 25, 498-503.

Books, Review Articles, and Refereed Proceedings

Polymer Brushes: Advincula, R.; Ruehe, J,; Brittain, W.; Caster, K. Eds. VCH-Wiley: Weinheim, 2004, pp. 1-483.

Locklin, J.; Patton, D.; Xia, C.; Fan, X.; Advincula, R.* “Layer-by-Layer Assembly of Semiconducting and Photoreactive Bolaform Amphiphiles” In Dekker Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Schwarz, J., Contescu, C., Putyera, K., Eds.; Marcel Dekker, Inc.: New York, 2004, p. 1607.

Fan, X.; Xia, C.; Advincula, R.* “Polymer-Clay Nanocomposites and Polymer Brushes from Clay Surfaces”. In Dekker Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology; Schwarz, J., Contescu, C., Putyera, K., Eds.; Marcel Dekker, Inc.: New York, 2004, p. 2959.