Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers The National Science Foundation

Publications

Angew. Chem, Jun, 2009 Adv. Mater, Jan, 2009 MRS Bulletin, May, 2008 Phy. Ch. B, Aug., 2006 Nat. Mater., Sep., 2003

  2009
79. S. D. Boyd, A. K.-Y. Jen and C. K. Luscombe, “Steric Stabilization Effects in Nickel-Catalyzed Regioregular Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Synthesis”, Macromolecules, (2009). (PDF)
78. C. Tamerler and M. Sarikaya, “Genetically Designed Peptide-Based Molecular Materials”, ACS Nano, 3 1606-1615 (2009). (PDF)
77. P. Cakar, C. Alkim, B. Turanli, N. Tokman, S. Akman, M. Sarikaya, C. Tamerler, L. Benbadis, J. M. Francois, “Isolation of cobalt hyper-resistant mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae by in vivo, evolutionary engineering approach”, J. Biotechnology, 143 130-138 (2009). (PDF)
76. N. Doubina, A. Ho, A. K-Y Jen, and C. K. Luscombe, “Effect of Initiators on the Kumada Catalyst-Transfer Polycondensation Reaction”, Macromolecules, in print (2009).
75. C. R. So, J. L. Kulp, E. E. Oren, H. Zareie, C. Tamerler, J. S. Evans and M. Sarikaya, “Molecular Recognition and Supramolecular Self-Assembly of a Genetically Engineered Gold Binding Peptide on Au{111}”, ACS Nano, 3 1525-1531 (2009). (PDF)
74. H. A. Bronstein and C. K. Luscombe, “Externally Initiated Regioregular P3HT with Controlled Molecular Weight and Narrow Polydispersity”, JACS, in print (2009).
73. H. Fong, B.L. Foster, M. Sarikaya and M.J. Somerman, “Structure and Mechanical Properties of Ank/Ank Mutant Mouse Dental Tissues—An Animal Model for Studying Periodontal Regeneration ”, Archives of Oral Biology, 54 570-576 (2009). (PDF)
72. T. Kacar, M. T. Zin, C. So, B. Wilson, H. Ma, N. Gul-Karaguler, A. K-Y. Jen, M. Sarikaya and Candan Tamerler, “Directed Self-Immobilization of Alkaline Phosphatase on Micro-patterned Substrates via Genetically-Fused Metal-Binding Peptide”, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 103 696-705 (2009). (PDF)
71. J. H. Wei, T. Kacar, C. Tamerler, M. Sarikaya, and D. S. Ginger, “Nanopatterning peptides as Bi-functional Inks for Templated assembly”, Small, 5 689-693 (2009). (PDF)
70. C. R. So., C. Tamerler, and M. Sarikaya, "Adsorption, Diffusion, and Self-Assembly of an Engineered Gold Binding peptide on Au(111) by atomic Force Microscopy", Angew Chem. Intl. Ed., 48 5174-5177 (2009). (PDF)
69. P. T. Wu, T. Bull, F. Kim, C. K. Luscombe and S. A. Jenekhe, "Organometallic donor-acceptor conjugated polymers semiconductors: Tunable optical, electrochemical, charge transport, and photovoltaic properties", Macromolecules, 42 671-681 (2009). (PDF)
68. C. Tamerler and M. Sarikaya, "Molecular Biomimetics: Nanotechnology and Molecular Medicine Utilizing Genetically Engineered Peptides", Philosphical Transactions-A, 367 1705-1726 (2009). (PDF)
67. U. O. S. Seker, B. Wilson, D. Sahin, C. Tamerler and M. Sarikaya, "Quantitative Affinity of Genetically Engineered Repeating Polypeptides to Inorganic Surfaces", Biomacromolecules, 10 250-257 (2009). (PDF)
66. T. Kacar, J. Ray, M. Gungormus, E. E. Oren, C. Tamerler and M. Sarikaya, "Quartz Binding Peptides as Molecular Linkers towards Fabricating Multifunctional Micropetterned Substrates", Advanced Materials, 21 295-299 (2009). (PDF)
65. S. Donatan, H. Yazici, H. Bermek, M. Sarikaya, C. Tamerler and M. Urgen, "Physical elution in phage display selection of inorganic-binding peptides", Materials Science and Engineering C, 29 14-19 (2009). (PDF)
64. M. T. Zin, K. Leong, N-Y. Wong, H. Ma, M. Sarikaya and A. K-Y. Jen, "Surface-plasmon-enhanced fluorescence from periodic quantum dot arrays through distance control using biomolecular linkers", Nanotechnology, 20 015305 (2009). (PDF)
   
  2008
63. D. Liu, P. Yang and C. K. Luscombe, "Preparation of titanium oxide pillars on glass substrates and ultrathin titanium oxide layer using PMMA/PS blend films", J. Phys. Chem. C, 112 7886-7894(2008). (PDF)
62. T. F. Chou, C. So, B. R. White, J. C. T. Carlson, M. Sarikaya and C. R. Wagner, "Enzyme Nanorings", ACS Nano, 2 2519-2525(2008). (PDF)
61. Y. Chen, K. Munechika, I. Jen-La Plante, A. M. Munro, S. E. Skrabalak, Y. Xia and D. S. Ginger, "Excitation Enhancement of CdSe Quantum Dots by Single Metal Nanoparticles", Applied Physics Letters, 93 053106 (2008) (PDF)
60. M. J. Honda, H. Fong, S. Iwatsuki, Y. Sumita andM. Sarikaya, "Tooth-forming potential in embryonic and postnatal tooth bud cells", Medical Molecular Morphology, 41 183-192 (2008)(PDF)
59. M. Hnilova, E. E. Oren, U. O. S. Seker, B. R. Wilson, S. Collino, J. S. Evans, C. Tamerler and M. Sarikaya, "Effect of Molecular Conformations on the Adsorption Behavior of Gold-Binding Peptides", Langmuir, 24 12440-12445 (2008). (PDF)
58. S. Dincer, C. Tamerler, M. Sarikaya, and E. Piskin, "Photoresponsive Peptide-Azobenzene Conjugates that Specifically Interact with Platinum Surfaces", Surface Science, 602 1757-1762 (2008). (PDF)
57. C. Tamerler, and M. Sarikaya, "Molecular Biomimetics: Genetic Synthesis, Assembly, and Formation of Materials Using Peptides", MRS Bulletin, 33 504-510 (2008). (PDF)
56. J. S. Evans, R. Samudrala, T. R. Walsh, E. E. Oren, and C. Tamerler, "Molecular Design of Inorganic-Binding Polypeptides", MRS Bulletin, 33 514-518 (2008). (PDF)
55. Y. Chen, K. Munechika, and D. S. Ginger, "Bioenabled Nanophotonics", MRS Bulletin, 33 536-542 (2008). (PDF)
54. D. B. Allred, A. Cheng, M. Sarikaya, F. Baneyx and D. T. Schwartz, "Three-Dimensional Architecture of Inorganic Nanoarrays Electrodeposited through a Surface-Layer Protein Mask", Nano Letters, 8 1434-1438 (2008). (PDF)
53. M. Gungormus, H. Fong, I. W. Kim, J. S. Evans, C. Tamerler, and M. Sarikaya, "Regulation of in vitro Calcium Phosphate Mineralization by Combinatorially Selected Hydroxyapatite-Binding Peptides", Biomacromolecules, 9 966-973 (2008). (PDF)
52. A. Sengupta, C. K. Thai, M. S. R. Sastry, D. T. Schwartz, E. J. Davis and F. Baneyx, "A Genetic Approach for Controlling the Binding and Orientation of Proteins on Nanoparticles", Langmuir, 24 2000-2008 (2008). (PDF)
51. M. A. Bratescu, D. B. Allred, N. Saito, M. Sarikaya, and O. Takai, "Attenuated Total Reflectance Spectroscopy of Simultaneous Processes: Corrosion Inhibition of Cuprous Oxide by Nenzotriazole", Applied Surface Science, 254 (10) 2960-2966 (2008). (PDF)
   
  2007
50. B. Traxler and E. Gachelet, "Sets of transposon generated sequence-tagged mutants for structure-function analysis and engineering", Methods in Enzymology, 421 83-90 (2007).
49. K. Munechika, J. S. Smith, Y. Chen and D. S. Ginger, "Plasmon Linewidths of Single Silver Nanoprisms as a Function of Particle Size and Plasmon Peak Position", J. Phys. Chem. C, 111 18906-18911 (2007). (PDF)
48. S. Liu, A. L. Briseno, S. C. B. Mannsfeld, W. You, J. Locklin, H. W. Lee, Y. Xia and Z. Bao, "Selective Crystallization of Organic Semiconductors on Patterned Templates of Carbon Nanotubes", Adv. Funct. Mater., 17 2891-2896 (2007). (PDF)
47. W. S. Choe, M. S. R. Sastry, C. K. Thai, H. Dai, D. T. Schwartz and F. Baneyx, "Conformational Control of Inorganic Adhesion in a Designer Protein Engineered for Cuprous Oxide Binding", Langmuir, 23 11347-11350 (2007). (PDF)
46. J. H. Wei and D. S. Ginger, "A Direct-Write Single Step Positive Etch Resist for Dip-Pen Nanolithography", Small, 3 2034-2037 (2007). (PDF)
45. B. Lim, Y. Xiong and Y. Xia, "A Water-Based Synthesis of Octahedral, Decahedral, and Icosahedral Pd Nanocrystals", Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 46 9279-9282 (2007). (PDF)
44. Y.H. Niu, A.M. Munro, Y.J. Cheng, M.S. Liu, Y.Q. Tian, J. Zhao, J.A. Bardecker, I.J.-L. Plante, D.S. Ginger, A.K.-Y. Jen. “Improved performance from multilayer quantum-dot light-emitting diodes via thermal annealing of the quantum dot layer”, Adv. Mater., 19 3371-3376 (2007). (PDF)
43. F. Baneyx and D. T. Schwartz, "Selection and Analysis of Solid-Binding Peptides", Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 18 312-317 (2007). (PDF)
42. Y. Tian, C. Chen, Y-J. Cheng, A.C. Young, N.M. Tucker, A.K.-Y. Jen. “Hydrophobic chromophores in aqueous micellar solution showing large two-photon absorption cross sections”, Adv. Func. Mater., 17 1691-1697 (2007). (PDF)
41. E. E. Oren, C. Tamerler, D. Sahin, M. Hnilova, U. O. S. Seker, M. Sarikaya, and R. Samudrala, "A Novel Knowledge-Based Approach to Design Inorganic Binding Peptides", Bioinformatics, 23 2816-2822 (2007). (PDF)
40. C-Y. Chen, Y. Tian, Y-J. Cheng, C.A. Young, J-W. Ka, A.K.-Y. Jen. “Two-photon absorbing block copolymer as a nanocarrier for porphyrin - energy transfer and singlet oxygen generation in micellar aqueous solution", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 129 7220-7221 (2007). (PDF)
39. U. O. S. Seker, B. Wilson, S.l Dincer, I. W. Kim, E. E. Oren, J. S. Evans, C. Tamerler, and M. Sarikaya, "Adsorption Behavior of Genetically Engineered Linear and Cyclic Pt-Binding Peptides", Langmuir, 23 7895-7900 (2007). (PDF)
38. Q.-M. Xu, H. Ma, N. Tucker, J. A. Bardecker, A.K.-Y. Jen. “Controlled assembly of large Pi-conjugated n-type molecules on Au(111)", Nanotechnology, 18 335302 (2007). (PDF)
37. D. B. Allred, M. Sarikaya, F. Baneyx, and D. T. Schwartz, "Bacterial Surface Layer Proteins for Electrochemical Nanofabrication", Electrochimica Acta, 53 (1) 193-199 (2007). (PDF)
36. H. Ma, M. T. Zin, M. H. Zareie, M.-S. Kang, S. H. Kang, K. S. Kim, B. W. Reed, C. Tamerler, M. Sarikaya, and A. K.-Y. Jen, "Assembly of Nanomaterials through Highly Ordered Self-Assembled Monolayers and Peptide-Organic Hybrid Conjugates as Templates", J. Nanosci. & Nanotech., 7(8) 2549-2566 (2007).
35. Z. Shi, S. Hau, J. D. Luo, T. D. Kim, N.M. Tucker, J.-W. Ka, H. Sun, A. Pyajt, L.R. Dalton, A. Chen, A.K.-Y. Jen. “Highly efficient diels-alder crosslinkable electro-optic dendrimers for electric-field sensors”, Adv. Func. Mater., 17 2557-2563, (2007). (PDF)
34. D. B. Allred, M. T. Zin, H. Ma, M. Sarikaya, F. Baneyx, A. K.-Y. Jen and D. T. Schwartz, "Direct Nanofabrication and Transmission Electron Microscopy on a Suite of Easy-to-Prepare Ultrathin Ffilm Substrates", Thin Solid Films, 515 5341-5347, (2007). (PDF)
33. T.D. Kim, J.W. Kang, J.D. Luo, S.H. Jang, J.W. Ka, S. Hau, Z. Shi, N.M. Tucker, T. Gray, R.M. Overney, L.R. Dalton, W. Herman, J.B. Benedict, and A.K-Y. Jen. “Ultra-large and thermally stable electro-optic activities from supramolecular self-assembled molecular glasses”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 129(3) 488-489 (2007). (PDF)
32. Y. Chen, K. Munechika, and D. S. Ginger, "Dependence of Fluorescence Intensity of the Spectral Overlap between Fluorophores and Plasmon Resonant Single Silver Nanoparticles", Nano Letters, 7(3) 690-696 (2007). (PDF)
31. P.A. Sullivan, H. Rommel, Y. Liao, B.C. Olbricht, A.J.P. Akelaitis, K.A. Firestone, J-W. Kang, J.D. Luo, D.H. Choi, B.E. Eichinger, P.J. Reid, A. Chen, A.K.-Y. Jen, B.H. Robinson, L.R. Dalton. “Theory-guided design and synthesis of multi-chromophore dendrimers: An Analysis of the Electro-Optic Effect”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 129 7523-7530 (2007). (PDF)
30. A. Presenda, D. B. Allred, F. Baneyx, D. T. Schwartz, and M. Sarikaya, "Stability of S-Layer Proteins for Electrochemical Nanofabrication", Colloids & Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 57 256-261 (2007). (PDF)
29. Y.H. Niu, M.S. Liu, J.W. Ka, J. Bardeker, M. Zin, Y. Chi, A.K.-Y. Jen. “Crosslinkable hole-transport layer on conducting polymer for high efficiency white polymer light-emitting diodes”, Adv. Mater., 19(2) 300-304 (2007). (PDF)
28. B. J. Wiley, Y. Chen, J. M. McLellan, Y. Xiong, Z.-Y. Li, D. S. Ginger, and Y. Xia, "Synthesis and Optical Properties of Silver Nanobars and Nanorice", Nano Lett., 7(4) 1032-1036 (2007). (PDF)
27. W.C. Wu, Y. Tian, C.Y. Chen, C.S. Lee, Y.J. Sheng, W.C. Chen, A.K.-Y. Jen. “Theoretical and experimental studies on the surface structures of conjugated rod-coil block copolymer brushes”, Langmuir, 23(3) 2805-2814 (2007). (PDF)
26. A. L. Briseno, S. C. B. Mannsfeld, X. Lu, Y. Xiong, S. A. Jenekhe, Z. Bao and Y. Xia, "Fabrication of Field-Effect Transistors from Hexathiapentacene Single-Crystal Nanowires", Nano Letters, 7(3) 668-675 (2007). (PDF)
25. T. Gray, J. Killgore, J.D. Luo, A.K-Y. Jen, R. M Overney, “Molecular mobility and transitions in complex organic systems studied by shear force microscopy”, Nanotechnology, 18 044009 (2007). (PDF)
24. N. Suzuki, L. Gamble, C. Tamerler, M. Sarikaya, D. G. Castner and F. S. Ohuchi, "Adsorption of Genetically Engineered Proteins Studied by Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (TOF-SIMS). Part A: Data Acquisition and Principal Component Analysis (PCA) ", Surface and Interface Analysis, 39 419-426 (2007). (PDF)
23. F. Huang, Y. Zhang, M. S. Liu, Y.-J. Cheng, A.K.-Y. Jen. “High-efficiency and color stable blue light-emitting polymers and devices”, Adv. Func. Mater., 17 3808-3815 (2007). (PDF)
22. N. Suzuki, M. Sarikaya and F. S. Ohuchi, "Adsorption of Genetically Engineered Proteins Studied by Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (TOF-SIMS). Part B: Hierarchical Cluster Analysis (HCA)", Surface and Interface Analysis, 39 427-433 (2007). (PDF)
21. F. Huang, Y. Tian, C.Y. Chen, Y.J. Cheng, C. Young, A.K.-Y. Jen. “Cross-conjugated polymer with large two-photon absorption cross-section for metal ion sensing”, J. Phys. Chem. B., 111 10673-10681 (2007). (PDF)
20. M. T. Zin, K. Leong, N-Y. Wong, H. Ma, A. K.-Y. Jen. “Plasmon resonant structures with unique topographic characteristics and tunable optical properties for surface-enhanced raman scattering”, Nanotechnology, 18 455301 (2007). (PDF)
19. C. Tamerler, T. Kacar, D. Sahin, H. Fong and M. Sarikaya, "Genetically Engineered Polypeptides for Inorganics: A Utility in Biological Materials Science and Engineering", Materials Science and Engineering C, 27 558-564 (2007). (PDF)
18. M. T. Zin, A. M. Munro, M. Gungormus, N. Y. Wong, H. Ma, C. Tamerler, D. S. Ginger, M. Sarikaya and A. K.-Y., Jen, "Peptide-Mediated Surface-Immobilized Quantum Dot Hybrid Nanoassemblies with Controlled Photoluminescence", Journal of Materials Chemistry, 17 866-872 (2006). (PDF)
17. C. Tamerler and M. Sarikaya, "Molecular Biomimetics: Utilizing Nature's Molecular Ways in Practical Engineering", Acta Biomaterialia, 3 289-299 (2007). (PDF)
   
  2006
16. M. T. Zin, H. Ma, A. M. Munro, D. S. Ginger, M. Gungormus, K. Leong, C. Tamerler, M. Sarikaya and A. K.-Y. Jen, "Well-Controlled Arrays of Core-Shell Quantum Dots with Tunable Photoluminescence Properties", Poly. Mater. Sci. Eng., 95 1002-1003 (2006). (PDF)
15. J. Lund, J. Dong, Z. Deng, C. Mao and B. A. Parviz, "Electrical conduction in 7 nm wires constructed on L-DNA", Nanotechnology, 17 2752-2757 (2006). (PDF)
14. R. J. F. Haft, G. Palacios, T. Nguyen, M. Mally, E. G. Gachelet, E. L. Zechner, and B. Traxler, "General mutagenesis of F plasmid TraI reveals its role in conjugative regulation", Journal of Bacteriology, 188 6346-6353 (2006). (PDF)
13. Y. Xiong, I. Washio, J. Chen, H. Cai, Z.-Y. Li, Y. Xia,"Poly(vinyl pyrrolidone): A dual functional reductant and stabilizer for the facile synthesis of metal nanoplates in aqueous solutions", Langmuir, 22 8563-8570 (2006). (PDF)
12. J. Lund, R. Mehta, B. A. Parviz, "Label-free direct electronic detection of biomolecules with amorphous silicon nanostructures", Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine, 2 230-238 (2006). (PDF)
11. M. T. Zin, H. Ma, M. S. Kang, S. H. Kang, K. S. Kim, M. H. Zareie, K. Leong, M. Sarikaya, and A. K.-Y. Jen, “Controlled Self-Assembly of Nanomaterials through Highly Ordered Self-Assembled Monolayers and Genetically Engineered Polypeptides”, Poly. Mater. Sci. Eng. 95 1071-1077 (2006).
10. D. T. Schwartz, "Electrodeposition and Nanobiosystems", Interface Mag. 15(1) 32-35 (2006). (PDF - see pages 34-35)
9. A. R. Siekkinen, J. M. McLellan, J. Chen and Y. Xia, “Rapid Synthesis of Small Silver Nanocubes by Mediating Polyol Reduction with a Trace Amount of Sodium Sulfide or Sodium Hydrosulfide,” Chem. Phys. Lett., 432 491-496 (2006). (PDF)
8. D. B. Allred, “Building a Rainbow”, Interface Mag., 15(3) 49 (2006). (PDF)
7. C. Tamerler, M. Duman, E. E. Oren, M. Gungormus, X, Xiong, T. Kacar, B. A. Parviz and M. Sarikaya, "Materials Specificity and Directed Assembly of a Gold-Binding Peptide", Small, 2 1372-1378 (2006). (PDF)
6. C. Tamerler, E. E. Oren, M. Duman, E. Venkatasubramanian and M. Sarikaya, "Adsorption Kinetics of an Engineered Gold Binding Peptide by Surface Plasmon Resonance Spectroscopy and a Quartz Crystal Microbalance", Langmuir, 22 7712-7718 (2006). (PDF)
5. B. J. Wiley, S. H. Im, Z.-Y. Li, J. McLellan, A. Siekkinen and Y. Xia, "Maneuvering the Surface Plasmon Resonance of Silver Nanostructures through Shape-Controlled Synthesis", J Phys Chem B, 110(32) 15666-15675 (2006). (PDF)
4. I. Washio, Y. Xiong, Y. Yin and Y. Xia, "Reduction by the End Groups of Poly(vinyl pyrrolidone): A New and Versatile Route to the Kinetically Controlled Synthesis of Ag Triangular Nanoplates", Adv Mater, 18(13) 1745-1749 (2006). (PDF)
3. C. Tamerler and M. Sarikaya, "Molecular Biomimetics: Linking Peptides with Inorganic Structures" in Microbial Bionanotechnology: Biological Self-assembly Systems and Biopolymer-based Nanostructures, (Bernd Rehm eds.), Chapter 8, pp: 191-221 (Horizon, London, 2006).
   
  2005
2.  H. Dai, W. S. Choe, C. K. Thai, M. Sarikaya, B. A. Traxler, F. Baneyx, and D. T. Schwartz, "Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Assembly of Hybrid Inorganic-Protein Nanostructures using an Engineered DNA Binding Protein", J Am Chem Soc, 127(44) 15637-15643 (2005). (PDF)
1. M. T. Zin, H. Ma, M. Sarikaya, and A. K.-Y. Jen, "Assembly of Gold Nanoparticles using Genetically Engineered Poypeptides", Small, 1(7) 698-702 (2005). (PDF)