Peer-reviewed Studies ( 2014 and older)
The studies below were conducted by the Locklin Group.
2014
A Dynamic Duo: Pairing Click Chemistry and Postpolymerization Modification to Design Complex Surfaces. Accounts of Chemical Research, 2014: 47, 2999-3008.
Rapid Electrochemical Reduction of Ni(II) Generates Reactive Monolayers for Conjugated Polymer Brushes in One Step. Langmuir, 2014: 30, 10465-10470.
Durable Defense: Robust and Varied Attachment of Non-Leaching Poly”-onium” Bactericidal Coatings to Reactive and Inert Surfaces. Chemical Communications, 2014: 50, 9433-9442.
π-Complexation in Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions. The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2014: 79, 1836-1841.
Turning Chelating Groups and Comonomers in Spiropyran-Containing Copolymer Thin Films for Color-Specific Metal Ion Binding. Polymer Chemistry, 2014: 5, 2094-2102.
Direct Grafting of Poly(pentafluorophenyl acrylate) onto Oxides: Versatile Substrates for Reactive Microcapillary Printing and Self-Sorting Modification. Chemical Communications, 2014: 50, 5307-5309.
2013
Switching the Adhesive State of Catecholic Hydrogels using Phototitration. Macromolecules, 2013: 46, 8882-8887.
Exact Ligand Solid Angles. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 2013: 9, 5734-5744.
Photo-Click Chemistry Strategies for Spatiotemporal Control of Metal-Free Ligation, Labeling, and Surface Derivatization. Pure and Applied Chemistry, 2013: 85 (7), 1499-1513.
Advances in Smart Materials: Stimuli-Responsive Hydrogel Thin Films. Journal of Polymer Science, Part B, Polymer Physics, 2013: 51 (14), 1084-1099.
Measurements of Contact Specific Low-Bias Negative Differential Resistance of Single Metalorganic Molecular Junctions. Nanoscale, 2013: 5, 5715-5719.
Self-Sorting Click Reactions that Generate Spatially Controlled Chemical Functionality on Surfaces. Langmuir, 2013: 29, 5920-5926.
Exact Ligand Cone Angles. Journal of Computational Chemistry, 2013: 34, 1189-1197.
2012
Rate Determination of Azide Click Reactions onto Alkyne Polymer Brush Scaffolds: A Comparison of Conventional and Catalyst-Free Cycloadditions for Turnable Surface Modification. Langmuir, 2012: 28, 14693-14702.
Surface-Initiated Poly(3-methylthiophene) as a Hole-Transport Layer for Polymer Solar Cells with High Performance. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2012: 4, 5069-5073.
Palladium‐Mediated Surface‐Initiated Kumada Catalyst Polycondensation: A Facile Route Towards Oriented Conjugated Polymers. Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2012: 33, 2115-2120.
On the Role of Disproportionation Energy in Kumada Catalyst-Transfer Polycondensation. ACS Macro Letters, 2012: 1, 995-1000.
Comparative Aminolysis Kinetics of Different Active Ester Polymer Brush Platforms in Postpolymerization Modification with Primary and Aromatic Amines. Macromolecules, 2012: 45, 5444-5450.
Utilizing Click Chemistry to Design Functional Interfaces through Post-Polymerization Modification. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2012: 22, 19357-19665.
Catalytic Esterification of Fatty Acids Using Solid Acid Catalysts Generated from Biochar and Activated Carbon. Catalysis Today, 2012: 190, 122-132.
Photoreactive Polymer Brushes for High-Density Patterned Surface Derivatization Using a Diels–Alder Photoclick Reaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2012: 134, 179-182.
2011
Reductive Electrografting of Benzene (p-Bisdiazonium Hexafluorophosphate): A Simple and Effective Protocol for Creating Diazonium-Functionalized Thin Films. Langmuir, 2011: 27, 21, 13367–13373.
Fabrication of Spiropyran-Containing Thin Film Sensors Used for the Simultaneous Identification of Multiple Metal Ions. Langmuir, 2011: 27, 19, 12253–12260.
Surface-Confined Nickel Mediated Cross-Coupling Reactions: Characterization of Initiator Environment in Kumada Catalyst-Transfer Polycondensation. Langmuir, 2011: 27, 19, 12033–12041.
One-Step Photochemical Synthesis of Permanent, Nonleaching, Ultrathin Antimicrobial Coatings for Textiles and Plastics. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2011: 3, 8, 2830–2837.
Thiolene-based microfluidic flow cells for surface plasmon resonance imaging. Biomicrofluidics, 2011: 5, 2, 26501-26507.
Fabrication of nanostructures using polymer brushes. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2011: 21, 14135-14149.
Surface-initiated polymerization of conjugated polymers. Chemical Communications, 2011: 47, 5681-5689.
Thiol–isocyanate “click” reactions: rapid development of functional polymeric surfaces. Polymer Chemistry, 2011: 2, 88-90.
2010
High Density Orthogonal Surface Immobilization via Photoactivated Copper-Free Click Chemistry. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2010: 132, 32, 11024–11026.
Spectroscopic Analysis of Metal Ion Binding in Spiropyran Containing Copolymer Thin Films. Analytical Chemistry, 2010: 82, 8, 3306–3314.
Substituted Poly(p-phenylene) Thin Films via Surface-Initiated Kumada-Type Catalyst Transfer Polycondensation. Macromolecules, 2010: 43, 5, 2137–2144.
High Density Scaffolding of Functional Polymer Brushes: Surface Initiated Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization of Active Esters. Langmuir, 2010: 26, 3, 2136–2143.
2009
Crystalline Ultrasmooth Self-Assembled Monolayers of Alkylsilanes for Organic Field-Effect Transistors. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2009: 131, 26, 9396–9404.
Formation of conjugatedpolymer brushes by surface-initiated catalyst-transfer polycondensation. Chemical Communications, 2009: 3354-3356.
2008
Reversible colorimetric ion sensors based on surface initiated polymerization of photochromic polymers. Chemical Communications, 2008: 6288-6290.
Formation of Photochromic Spiropyran Polymer Brushes via Surface-Initiated, Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization: Reversible Photocontrol of Wetting Behavior and Solvent Dependent Morphology Changes. Langmuir, 2008: 24, 17, 9558–9565.
Water-stable organic transistors and their application in chemical and biological sensors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2008: 105, 34, 12134-12139.
Oligothiophene based organic semiconductors with cross-linkable benzophenone moieties. Synthetic Materials, 2008: 158, 21-24, 958-963.
High‐Performance Organic Thin‐Film Transistors through Solution‐Sheared Deposition of Small‐Molecule Organic Semiconductors. Advanced Materials, 2008: 20, 13, 2588-2594.
DNA packaging via combinative self-assembly. Molecular BioSystems, 2008: 4, 515-517.
2007
Signal Enhancement and Tuning of Surface Plasmon Resonance in Au Nanoparticle/Polyelectrolyte Ultrathin Films. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2007: 111, 50, 18687–18694.
Tunable Thin-Film Crystalline Structures and Field-Effect Mobility of Oligofluorene–Thiophene Derivatives. Chemistry of Materials, 2007: 19, 24, 5882–5889.
Selective Crystallization of Organic Semiconductors on Patterned Templates of Carbon Nanotubes. Advanced Functional Materials, 2007: 17, 15, 2891-2896.
Solution-Assisted Assembly of Organic Semiconducting Single Crystals on Surfaces with Patterned Wettability. Langmuir, 2007: 23, 14, 7428–7432.
Solution deposited liquid crystalline semiconductors on a photoalignment layer for organic thin-film transistors. Applied Physics Letters, 2007: 90, 232108.
Probing the Anisotropic Field‐Effect Mobility of Solution‐Deposited Dicyclohexyl‐α‐quaterthiophene Single Crystals. Advanced Functional Materials, 2007: 17, 10, 1617-1622.
Air‐Stable n‐Channel Organic Semiconductors Based on Perylene Diimide Derivatives without Strong Electron Withdrawing Groups. Advanced Materials, 2007: 19, 8, 1123-1127.
Correlating Molecular Structure to Field-Effect Mobility: The Investigation of Side-Chain Functionality in Phenylene−Thiophene Oligomers and Their Application in Field Effect Transistors. Chemistry of Materials, 2007: 19, 9, 2342–2351.
2006
Structure Property Relationships: Asymmetric Oligofluorene−Thiophene Molecules for Organic TFTs. Chemistry of Materials, 2006: 18, 26, 6250–6257.
Assembly and Alignment of Metallic Nanorods on Surfaces with Patterned Wettability. Small, 2006: 2, 12, 1448-1453.
High‐Performance Organic Semiconductors Based on Fluorene–Phenylene Oligomers with High Ionization Potentials. Advanced Materials, 2006: 18, 22, 2989-2992.
Nanopatterning and Nanochange Writing in Layer-by-Layer Quinquethiophene/Phthalocyanine Ultrathin Films. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2006: 110, 1, 42-45.
2005
Effect of morphology on organic thin film transistor sensors. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 2005: 384, 336–342.
Optimizing the Thin Film Morphology of Organic Field‐Effect Transistors: The Influence of Molecular Structure and Vacuum Deposition Parameters on Device Performance. Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part C, 2005: 46, 1, 79-101.
Polymer thin film photodegradation and photochemical crosslinking: FT-IR imaging, evanescent waveguide spectroscopy, and QCM investigations. Polymer, 2005: 46, 15, 5556-5568.
Organic Thin Film Transistors Based on Cyclohexyl-Substituted Organic Semiconductors. Chemistry of Materials, 2005: 17, 13, 3366–3374.
Thiophene Dendron Jacketed Poly(amidoamine) Dendrimers: Nanoparticle Synthesis and Adsorption on Graphite. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2005: 127, 6, 1744–1751.
Preparation of Carbazole Polymer Thin Films Chemically Bound to Substrate Surface by Physical Vapor Deposition Combined with Self-Assembled Monolayer. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 2005: 44 (1B), 504-508.
2004
Nanocomposite Hydrogen-Bonded Multilayer Ultrathin Films by Simultaneous Sexithiophene and Au Nanoparticle Formation. Chemistry of Materials, 2004: 16, 24, 5063–5070.
Conjugated Oligothiophene-Dendron-Capped CdSe Nanoparticles: Synthesis and Energy Transfer. Chemistry of Materials, 2004: 16, 24, 5187–5193.
Characterization, Supramolecular Assembly, and Nanostructures of Thiophene Dendrimers. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2004: 126, 28, 8735–8743.
Electrical Properties and Gas Response in Alternate Layer-by-Layer Films of Copper Phthalocyanine Dyes. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 2004: 43 (4B), 2311-2314.
2003
Self-Assembly and Characterization of Polyaniline and Sulfonated Polystyrene Multilayer-Coated Colloidal Particles and Hollow Shells. Langmuir, 2003: 19, 20, 8550–8554.
Energy Transfer in Poly(3-thiopheneacetic acid) and Oligothiophene Polyelectrolyte−Surfactant Complexes. Langmuir, 2003: 19, 19, 8119–8121.
Ambipolar Organic Thin Film Transistor-like Behavior of Cationic and Anionic Phthalocyanines Fabricated Using Layer-by-Layer Deposition from Aqueous Solution. Chemistry of Materials, 2003: 15, 7, 1404–1412.
Polymer Brushes Grafted from Clay Nanoparticles Adsorbed on a Planar Substrate by Free Radical Surface-Initiated Polymerization. Langmuir, 2003: 19, 3, 916–923.
2002
Nanostructured Sexithiophene/Clay Hybrid Mutilayers: A Comparative Structural and Morphological Characterization. Chemistry of Materials, 2002: 14, 5, 2184–2191.
A First Synthesis of Thiophene Dendrimers. Organic Letters, 2002: 4, 12, 2067–2070.
Preparation of Aggregation Stable Gold Nanoparticles Using Star-Block Copolymers. Langmuir, 2002: 18, 7, 2455–2458.
Nanostructured Ultrathin Films of Water-Soluble Sexithiophene Bolaform Amphiphiles Prepared by Layer-by-Layer Self-Assembly. Langmuir, 2002: 18, 3, 877–883.
Distinct Aggregation and Fluorescence Properties of a Water-Soluble Oligothiophene (6TN) Bolaform Amphiphile. Langmuir, 2002: 18, 3, 955–957.
2001
Preparation of Gold Nanoparticles from a Polyelectrolyte Complex Solution of Terthiophene Amphiphiles. Langmuir, 2001: 17, 15, 4681–4683.