Publications from Self-Assembly & Nanomaterials

  1. Cernetic, N.; Weidner, T.; Baio, J. E.; Lu, H.; Ma, H.; Jen, A. K.-Y. “Enhanced Performance of Self-Assembled Monolayer Field-Effect Transistors with Top-Contact Geometry through Molecular Tailoring, Heated Assembly, and Thermal Annealing” Adv. Funct. Mater., 25, 5376-5383, 2015.

  2. Cernetic, N.; Hutchins, D. O.; Ma, H.; Jen, A. K.-Y. “Influence of Self-Assembled Monolayer Binding Group on Graphene Transistors” Appl. Phys. Lett., 106, 021603, 2015.

  3. Kim, T.-W.; Cernetic, N.; Gao, Y.; Bae, S.; Lee, S.; Ma, H.; Chen, H.; Jen, A. K.-Y. “Low Operational Voltage and High Performance Organic Field Effect Memory Transistor with Solution Processed Graphene Oxide Charge Storage Media” Org. Electron., 15, 2775-2782, 2014.

  4. Cernetic, N.; Wu, S.; Davies, J. A.; Krueger, B. W.; Hutchins, D. O.; Xu, X.; Ma, H.; Jen, A. K.-Y. “Systematic Doping Control of CVD Graphene Transistors with Functionalized Aromatic Self-Assembled Monolayers” Adv. Funct. Mater., 24, 3464-3470, 2014.

  5. Ji, Y.; Zeigler, D. F.; Lee, D. S.; Choi, H.; Jen, A. K.-Y.; Ko, H. C.; Kim, T.-W. “Flexible and Twistable Non-Volatile Memory Cell Array with All-Organic One Diode–One Resistor Architecture” Nat. Commun., 4, 2707, 2013.

  6. Tucker, N. M.; Briseno, A. L.; Acton, O.; Yip, H.-L.; Ma, H.; Jenekhe, S. A.; Xia, Y.; Jen, A. K.-Y. “Solvent-Dispersed Benzothiadiazole-Tetrathiafulvalene Single-Crystal Nanowires and Their Application in Field-Effect Transistors” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 5, 2320-2324, 2013.

  7. Hutchins, D. O.; Weidner, T.; Baio, J.; Polishak, B.; Acton, O.; Cernetic, N.; Ma, H.; Jen, A. K.-Y. “Effects of Self-Assembled Monolayer Structural Order, Surface Homogeneity and Surface Energy on Pentacene Morphology and Thin Film Transistor Device Performance” J. Mater. Chem. C, 1, 101-113, 2013.

  8. Ma, H.; Acton, O.; Hutchins, D. O.; Cernetic, N.; Jen, A. K.-Y. “Multifunctional Phosphonic Acid Self-Assembled Monolayers on Metal Oxides as Dielectrics, Interface Modification Layers and Semiconductors for Low-Voltage High-Performance Organic Field-Effect Transistors”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 14, 14110-14126, 2012. (Featured on Front Cover)

  9. Kim, T.-W.; Zeigler, D. F.; Acton, O.; Yip, H.-L.; Ma, H.; Jen, A. K.-Y. “All-Organic Photopatterned One Diode-One Resistor Cell Array for Advanced Organic Nonvolatile Memory Applications”, Adv. Mater., 24, 828-833, 2012. (Featured on Front Cover)

  10. Zheng, Y. B.; Payton, J. L.; Song, T.-B.; Pathem, B. K.; Zhao, Y.; Ma, H.; Yang, Y.; Jensen, L.; Jen, A. K.-Y.; Weiss, P. S. “Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy to Probe Photoreaction Pathways and Kinetics of Isolated Reactants on Surfaces: Flat vs. Curved Substrates”, Nano Lett., 12, 5362-5368, 2012.

  11. Cernetic, N.; Acton, O.; Weidner, T.; Hutchins, D. O.; Baio, J. E.; Ma, H.; Jen, A. K.-Y. “Bottom-Contact Small-Molecule n-Type Organic Field Effect Transistors Achieved via Simultaneous Modification of Electrode and Dielectric Surfaces with Enhanced Performance Comparable to Top-Contact Architecture”, Org. Electon., 13, 3226-3233, 2012.

  12. Hutchins, D. O.; Acton, O.; Weidner, T.; Cernetic, N.; Baio, J. E.; Ting, G.; Castner, D. G.; Ma, H.; Jen, A. K.-Y. “Solid-State Densification of Spun-Cast Self-Assembled Monolayers for Use in Ultra-Thin Hybrid Dielectrics”, Appl. Surf. Sci., 261, 908-915, 2012

  13. Hutchins, D. O.; Acton, O.; Weidner, T.; Cernetic, N.; Baio, J. E.; Ting, G.; Castner, D. G.; Ma, H.; Jen, A. K.-Y. “Spin Cast Self-Assembled Monolayer Field Effect Transistors”, Org. Electron., 13, 464-468, 2012.

  14. Kim, M.; Hohman, J. N.; Cao, Y.; Houk, K. N.; Ma, H.; Jen, A. K.-Y.; Weiss, P. S. “Creating Favorable Geometries for Directing Organic Photoreactions in Alkanethiolate Monolayers”, Science, 331, 1312-1315, 2011. (Highlighted on Chem. & Eng. News, March 14, 2011. Highlighted by UW Today, March 15, 2011. Highlighted by UCLA Newsroom, March 10, 2011.)

  15. Acton, O.; Hutchins, D.; Árnadóttir, L.; Weidner, T.; Cernetic, N.; Ting, G. G.; Kim, T.-W.; Castner, D. G.; Ma, H.; Jen, A. K.-Y. “Spin-Cast and Patterned Organo-Phosphonate Self-Assembled Monolayer Dielectrics on Metal Oxide Activated Si”, Adv. Mater., 23, 1899-1902, 2011.

  16. Acton, O.; Dubey, M.; Weidner, T.; O’Malley, K. M.; Kim, T.-W.; Ting, G. G.; Hutchins, D.; Baio, J. E.; Lovejoy T. C.; Gage, A. H.; Castner, D. G.; Ma, H.; Jen, A. K.-Y. “Simultaneous Modification of Bottom-Contact Electrode and Dielectric Surfaces for Organic Thin Film Transistors Through Single-Component Spin-Cast Monolayer”, Adv. Funct. Mater., 21, 1476-1488, 2011. (Featured on Front Cover)

  17. Yip, H.-L.; Ma, H.; Tian, Y.; Tucker, N. M.; Acton, O.; Jen, A. K.-Y. “Solvent-Vapor Annealing-Induced Growth, Alignment and Patterning of π-Conjugated Supramolecular Nanowires”, J. Mater. Res., 26, 311-321, 2011.

  18. Hau, S. K.; O’Malley, K. M.; Cheng, Y.-J.; Yip, H.-L.; Ma, H.; Jen, A. K.-Y. “Optimization of Active Layer and Anode Electrode for High-Performance Inverted Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells”, IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron., 16, 1665-1675, 2010.

  19. Hau, S. K.; Cheng, Y.-J.; Yip, H.-L.; Zhang, Y.; Ma, H.; Jen, A. K.-Y. “Effect of Chemical Modification of Fullerene-Based Self-Assembled Monolayers on the Performance of Inverted Polymer Solar Cells”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2, 1892-1902, 2010.

  20. Kim, T.-W.; Gao, Y.; Acton, O.; Yip, H.-L.; Ma, H.; Chen, H.; Jen, A. K.-Y. “Graphene Oxide Nanosheets Based Organic Field Effect Transistor for Non-Volatile Memory Applications”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 97, 023310, 2010.

  21. Dezieck, A.; Acton, O.; Leong, K.; Oren, E. E.; Ma, H.; Tamerler, C.; Sarikaya, M.; Jen, A. K.-Y. “Threshold Voltage Control in Organic Thin Film Transistors with Dielectric Layer Modified by the Genetically Engineered Polypeptide”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 97, 013307, 2010.

  22. Khatayevich, D.; Gungormus, M.; Yazici, H.; So, C.; Getinel, S.; Ma, H.; Jen, A. K.-Y.; Tamerler, C.; Sarikaya, M. “Biofunctionalization of Materials for Implants Using Engineered Peptides”, Acta Biomater., 6, 4634-4641, 2010.

  23. Leong, K.; Zin, M. T.; Ma, H.; Sarikaya, M.; Huang, F.; Jen, A. K.-Y. “Surface Plasmon Enhanced Fluorescence of Cationic Conjugated Polymer on Periodic Nanoarrays”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2, 3153-3159, 2010.

  24. Leong, K.; Chen, Y.; Masiello, D. J.; Zin, M. T.; Hnilova, M.; Ma, H.; Tamerler, C.; Sarikaya, M.; Ginger, D. S.; Jen, A. K.-Y. “Cooperative Near-field Surface Plasmon Enhanced Quantum Dot Nanoarrays”, Adv. Funct. Mater., 20, 2675-2682, 2010. (Featured on Inside Front Cover)

  25. Ma, H.; Yip, H.-L.; Huang, F.; Jen, A. K.-Y. “Interface Engineering for Organic Electronics”, Adv. Funct. Mater., 20, 1371-1388, 2010. (Invited review article)

  26. Acton, O.; Ting, G. G.; Shamberger, P. J.; Ohuchi, F. S.; Ma, H.; Jen, A. K.-Y. “Dielectric Surface Controlled Low-Voltage Organic Transistors via n-Alkyl Phosphonic Acid Self Assembled Monolayers on High-k Metal Oxide”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2, 511-520, 2010.

  27. Wang, Y.; Acton, O.; Ting, G.; Weidner, T.; Shamberge, P. J.; Ma, H.; Ohuchi, F. S.; Castner, D. G.; Jen, A. K.-Y. “Effect of the Phenyl Ring Orientation in the Polystyrene Buffer Layer on the Peformance of Pentacene Thin-Film Transistors”, Org. Electron., 11, 1066-1073, 2010.

  28. Wang, Y.; Acton, O.; Ting, G.; Weidner, T.; Ma, H.; Castner, D. G.; Jen, A. K.-Y. “Low-Voltage High-Performance Organic Thin Film Transistors with a Thermally Annealed Polystyrene/Hafnium Oxide Dielectric”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 95, 243302, 2009.

  29. Acton, O.; Osaka, I.; Ting, G.; Hutchins, D.; Ma, H.; McCullough, R. D.; Jen, A. K.-Y. “Phosphonic Acid Self-Assembled Monolayer and Amorphous Hafnium Oxide Hybrid Dielectric for High Performance Polymer Thin Film Transistors on Plastic Substrates”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 95, 113305, 2009.

  30. Acton, O.; Ting, G. G. II; Ma, H.; Hutchins, D.; Wang, Y.; Purushothaman, B.; Anthony, J. E.; Jen, A. K.-Y. “π-σ-Phosphonic Acid Organic Monolayer-Amorphous Sol-gel Hafnium Oxide Hybrid Dielectric for Low-Voltage Organic Transistors on Plastic”, J. Mater. Chem., 19, 7929-7936, 2009.

  31. Ma, H.; Liu, M. S.; Jen, A. K.-Y. “Interface-Tailored and Nanoengineered Polymeric Materials for (Opto)electronic Devices”, Polym. Int., 58, 594-619, 2009. (Invited review article)

  32. Kacar, T.; Zin, M. T.; So, C.; Wilson, B.; Ma, H.; Gul-Karaguler, N.; Jen, A. K-Y.; Sarikaya, M.; Tamerler, C. “Directed Self-Immobilization of Alkaline Phosphatase on Micro-patterned Substrates via Genetically Fused Metal-Binding Peptide”, Biotechnol. Bioeng., 103, 696-705, 2009.

  33. Leong, K.; Boardman, A. K.; Ma, H.; Jen, A. K.-Y. “Single-Cell Patterning and Adhesion on Chemically Engineered Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Surface”, Langmuir, 25, 4615-4620, 2009.

  34. Zin, M. T.; Leong, K.; Wong, N.-Y.; Ma, H.; Sarikaya, M.; Jen, A. K.-Y. “Surface-Plasmon-Enhanced Fluorescence from Periodic Quantum Dot Arrays through Distance Control using Biomolecular Linkers”, Nanotechnology, 20, 015305, 2009.

  35. Ting, G. G. II; Acton, O.; Ma, H.; Ka, J. W.; Jen, A. K.-Y. “Study on the Formation of Self-Assembled Monolayers on Sol-Gel Processed Hafnium Oxide as Dielectric Layers”, Langmuir, 25, 2140-2147, 2009.

  36. Acton, O.; Ting, G.; Ma, H.; Jen, A. K.-Y. “Low-Voltage High-Performance C60 Thin Film Transistors via Low-Surface Energy Phosphonic Acid Monolayer/Hafnium Oxide Hybrid Dielectric”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 93, 083302, 2008.

  37. Acton, O.; Ting, G.; Ma, H.; Ka, J. W.; Yip, H.-L.; Tucker, N. M.; Jen, A. K.-Y. “π-σ-Phosphonic Acid Organic Monolayer/Sol–Gel Hafnium Oxide Hybrid Dielectrics for Low-Voltage Organic Transistors”, Adv. Mater., 20, 3697-3701, 2008.

  38. Ma, H.; Acton, O.; Ting, G.; Ka, J. W.; Yip, H.-L.; Tucker, N.; Schofield, R.; Jen, A. K.-Y. “Low-Voltage Organic Thin-film Transistors with π-σ-Phosphonic Acid Molecular Dielectric Monolayers”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 92, 113303, 2008.

  39. Hau, S. K.; Yip, H.-L.; Acton, O.; Baek, N. S.; Ma, H.; Jen, A. K.-Y., “Interfacial Modification to Improve Inverted Polymer Solar Cells”, J. Mater. Chem. , 18, 5113-5119, 2008.

  40. Hau, S. K.; Yip, H.-L.; Ma, H.; Jen, A. K.-Y., “High Performance Ambient Processed Inverted Polymer Solar Cells through Interfacial Modification with a C60 Self Assembled Monolayer”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 93, 233304, 2008. (One of this journal’s most downloaded articles of the last five years: 2008-2012)

  41. Yip, H.-L.; Hau, S. K.; Baek, N. S.; Ma, H.; Jen, A. K.-Y., “Polymer Solar Cells Using Self-Assembled Monolayers Modified ZnO/Metals as Cathodes”, Adv. Mater., 20, 2376-2382, 2008.

  42. Bardecker, J. A.; Ma, H.; Kim, T.; Huang, F.; Liu, M. S.; Cheng, Y.-J.; Ting, G.; Jen, A. K.-Y. “Self-Assembled Electroactive Phosphonic Acids on ITO: Maximizing Hole-Injection in Polymer Light-emitting Diodes”, Adv. Funct. Mater., 18, 3964-3971, 2008.

  43. Kim, T.-D.; Luo, J.; Cheng, Y.-J.; Shi, Z.; Hau, S.; Jang, S.-H.; Zhou, X.-H.; Tian, Y.; Polishak, B.; Huang, S.; Ma, H.; Dalton, L. R.; Jen, A. K.-Y., “Binary Chromophore Systems in Nonlinear Optical Dendrimers and Polymers for Large Electro-Optic Activities”, J. Phys. Chem. C, 112, 8091-8098, 2008.

  44. Dou, R.-F.; Ma, X.-C.; Xi, L.; Yip, H.-L.; Wong, K. Y.; Lau, W. M.; Fan, X.-L.; Jia, J.-F.; Xue, Q.-K.; Ma, H.; Jen, A. K.-Y. “Stability and Flexibility of Self-Assembled Monolayers of Thiols Consisting of a Horizontal Large π-System and a Vertical Spacer”, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter., 20, 315012, 2008.

  45. Xu, Q. M.; Ma, H.; Yip, H.-L.; Jen, A. K.-Y. “Controlled Assembly of Large π-Conjugated Aromatic Thiols on Au(111)”, Nanotechnology, 19, 135605, 2008.

  46. Krapchetov, D. A.; Ma, H.; Jen, A. K.-Y.; Fischer, D. A.; Loo, Y.-L. “Deprotecting Thioacetyl-Terminated Terphenyldithiol for Assembly on Gallium Arsenide”, Langmuir, 24, 851-856, 2008.

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