Publications from Self-Assembly & Nanomaterials

  1. 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 2013, 5, 2320-2324.
  2. 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 2013, 1, 101-113.
  3. 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. 2012, 14, 14110. (Featured on Front Cover).
  4. 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. 2012, 24, 828. (Featured on Front Cover).
  5. Zheng, Y. B., Payton, J. L., Song, T. B., Pathem, B. K., Zhao, Y. X., Ma, H., Yang, Y., Jensen, L., Jen, A. K.-Y., “Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy to Probe Photoreaction Pathways and Kinetics of Isolated Reactants on Surfaces: Flat vs. Curved Substrates”, Nano Lett. 2012, http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/nl302750d.
  6. 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. 2012, 13, 3226-3233.
  7. 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. Surface Sci. 2012, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2012.09.013.
  8. Hutchins, D., 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. Ele. 2012, 13, 464.
  9. 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 2011, 331, 1312. (Highlighted on Chem. & Eng. News, March 14, 2011. Highlighted by UW Today, March 15, 2011. Highlighted by UCLA Newsroom, March 10, 2011.)
  10. Acton, O., Hutchins, D., Arnadottir, L., Weidner, T., Ting, G. G., Kim, T. W., Cernetic, N., 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. 2011, 23, 1899.
  11. Acton, O., Dubey, M., Weidner, T., O’Malley, K., 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. Func. Mater. 2011, 21, 1476-1488. (Featured on Front Cover).
  12. Yip, H. L., Ma, H., Tian, Y. Q., 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. 2011, 26, 311.
  13. 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. Selected Top. in Quantum Electronics 2010, 16, 1665.
  14. Hau, S. K., Cheng, Y. J., Yip, H. L., Zhang, Y., Ma, H., Jen, A. K.-Y., “The Effect of Chemical Modification of Fullerene-Based Self-Assembled Monolayers on the Performance of Inverted Polymer Solar Cells”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interface 2010, 2, 1892.
  15. Kim, T. W., Gao, Y., Acton, O., Yip, H. L., Ma, H., Chen, H. Z., Jen, A. K.-Y., “Graphene Oxide Nanosheets Based Organic Field Effect Transistor for Non-Volatile Memory Applications”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 2010, 97, 023310.
  16. 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. 2010, 97, 013307.
  17. Khatayevich, D., Gungormus, M., So, C., Getinel, S., Ma, H., Jen, A. K.-Y., Tamerler, C., Sarikaya, M., “Bio-functionalization of Materials for Implants Using Engineered Peptides”, Acta Biomater. 2010, 6, 4634.
  18. 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. Interface 2010, 2, 3153.
  19. 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. Func. Mater. 2010, 20, 2675. (Featured on Inside Front Cover).
  20. Ma, H., Yip, H.-L., Huang, F., Jen, A. K.-Y., “Interface Engineering for Organic Electronics”, Adv. Func. Mater. 2010, 20, 1371-1388 (invited review article).
  21. Acton, O., Ting, 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. Interface 2010, 2, 511.
  22. 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. Ele. 2010, 11, 1066.
  23. 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. 2009, 95, 243302.
  24. 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. 2009, 95, 113305.
  25. Acton, O., Ting, G., Ma, H., Hutchins, D., Wang, Y., Purushothaman, B., Anthony, J. E., Jen, A. K.-Y., “π-s-Phosphonic Acid Organic Monolayer/Amorphous Sol-gel Hafnium Oxide Hybrid Dielectric for Low-Voltage Organic Transistors on Plastic”, J. Mater. Chem. 2009, 19, 7929.
  26. Ma, H., Liu, M. S., Jen, A. K.-Y., “Interface-Tailored and Nanoengineered Polymeric Materials for (Opto)electronic Devices”, Poly. International 2009, 58, 594 (invited review article).
  27. 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”, Biotech. and Bioeng. 2009, 103, 696.
  28. Leong, K., Boardman, A. K., Ma, H., Jen, A. K.-Y., “Single-Cell Patterning and Adhesion on Chemically Engineered Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Surface”, Langmuir 2009, 25, 4615.
  29. Zin, M. T., Leong, K., Ma, H., Wong, N. Y., Sarikaya, M., Jen, A. K.-Y., “Peptide-Mediated Fabrication of Tunable Quantum Dot Arrays with Surface-Plasmon-Enhanced Photoluminescence”, Nanotech.  2009, 20, 015305.
  30. Ting, G., 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 2009, 25, 2140.
  31. 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. 2008, 93, 083302.
  32. Acton, O., Ting, G., Ma, H., Ka, J. W., Yip, H. L., Tucker, N. M., Jen, A. K.-Y., “p-s-Phosphonic Acid Organic Monolayers/Sol-Gel Hafnium Oxide Hybrid Dielectrics for Low-Voltage Organic Transistors”, Adv. Mater. 2008, 20, 3697.
  33. 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 p-s-Phosphonic Acid Molecular Dielectric Monolayers”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 2008, 92, 113303.
  34. 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. 2008, 18, 5113.
  35. 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. 2008, 93, 233304. (one of this journal’s most downloaded articles of the last five years: 2008-2012)
  36. 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. 2008, 20, 2376.
  37. Bardecker, J. A., Ma, H., Kim, T. D., 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. Func. Mater. 2008, 18, 3964.
  38. Kim, T. D., Luo, J. D., Cheng, Y. J., Shi, Z. W., Hau, S. K., Jang, S. H., Zhou, X. H., Tian, Y. Q., 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 2008, 112, 8091..
  39. Dou, R. F., Ma, X. C., Xi, L., Yip, H. L., Lau, W. M., Xue, Q. K., Ma, H., Jen, A. K.-Y., et al, “Stability and Flexibility of Self-assembled Monolayers of Thiols Consisting of a Horizontal Large π-System and a Vertical Spacer”, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter. 2008, 20, 315012.
  40. Xu, Q. M., Ma, H., Yip, H. L., Jen, A. K.-Y., “Controlled Assembly of Large p-Conjugated Aromatic Thiols on Au(111)”, Nanotech. 2008, 19, 135605.
  41. 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 2008, 24, 851.

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