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Selected Publications

J.C. Tuberquia, W.S. Song and G.K. Jennings, Investigating the Superhydrophobic Behavior for Underwater Surfaces Using Impedance-Based Methods. Just accepted in the Journal of Analytical Chemistry, June 2011.

B.D. Booth, S.G. Vilt, B. Lewis, J. Rivera, E. Buehler, C. McCabe, and G.K. Jennings, Tribological Durability of Silane Monolayers on Silicon. Langmuir, 2011. 27: p. 5909-5917.

J.C. Tuberquia, N. Nizamidin, and G.K. Jennings, Effect of Superhydrophobicity on the Barrier Properties of Polymethylene Films. Langmuir, 2010. 26: p. 14039-14046.

P. N. Ciesielski, F. M. Hijazi, A. M. Scott, C. J. Faulkner, L. Beard, K. Emmett, S. Rosenthal, D. E. Cliffel, and G. K. Jennings; Photosystem I-Based Biohybrid Photoelectrochemical Devices, Bioresource Technology, 101, 3047-3053, 2010.

Faulkner, C. J.; Fischer, R. E.; Jennings, G. K., Surface-initiated polymerization of perfluoro-n-alkylnorbornenes from gold substrates. Macromolecules 2010. 43, (3), 1203-1209.

J.C. Tuberquia, N. Nizamidin, R. R. Harl, J. Albert, J. Hunter, B.R. Rogers and G.K. Jennings, Surface-Initiated Polymerization of Superhydrophobic Polymethylene. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2010. 132: p. 5725-5734.

Vilt, S. G.; Leng, Z.; Booth, B. D.; McCabe, C.; Jennings, G. K. Surface and Frictional Properties of Two-Component Alkylsilane Monolayers and Hydroxyl-Terminated Monolayers on Silicon. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2009, 113, 14972-14977

Booth, B.D., S.G. Vilt, C. McCabe, and G.K. Jennings, Tribology of Monolayer Films: Comparison between n-Alkanethiols on Gold and n-Alkyl Trichlorosilanes on Silicon. Langmuir, 2009. 25(17): p. 9995-10001.

A. M. Cione, O. A. Mazyar, B. D. Booth, C. McCabe, and G. K. Jennings, Deposition and Wettability of [bmim] [triflate] on Self-Assembled Monolayers, J. Phys. Chem. C, 113, 2384-2392, 2009.

O. A. Mazyar, G. K. Jennings, and C. McCabe, Frictional Dynamics of Alkylsilane Monolayers on SiO2: Effect of 1-n-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium Nitrate as a Lubricant, Langmuir, 25, 5103-5110, 2009.

S. G. Vilt, Z. Leng, B. D. Booth, C. McCabe, and G. K. Jennings, Surface and Frictional Properties of Two-Component Alkylsilane Monolayers and Hydroxyl-Terminated Monolayers on Silicon, J. Phys. Chem. C, 113, 14972-14977, 2009.

Berron, B. J.; Faulkner, C. J.; Fischer, R. E.; Payne, P. A.; Jennings, G. K., Surface-initiated growth of ionomer films from Pt-modified gold electrodes. Langmuir 2009. 25, (21), 12721-12728.

B. J. Berron, P. A. Payne, and G. K. Jennings, Sulfonation of Surface-Initiated Polynorbornene Films, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 47, 7714, 2008.

C. J. Faulkner, S. Lees, D. Cliffel, and G. K. Jennings, Rapid Assembly of Photosystem I Monolayers on Gold Electrodes, Langmuir, 24, 8409-8412, 2008.

P. N. Ciesielski, A. Scott, C. J. Faulkner, B. J. Berron, D. E. Cliffel, and G. K. Jennings, Functionalized Nanoporous Gold Leaf Films for the Immobilization of Photosystem I, ACS Nano, 2, 2465-2472, 2008.

M. Ciobanu, H. A. Kincaid, V. Lo, G. K. Jennings, and D. E. Cliffel, Voltammetric Studies of PSI Direct Electrochemistry, J. Electroanal. Chem., 599, 72-78, 2007.

D. Bai, Z. Ibrahim, and G. K. Jennings, pH-Responsive Random Copolymer Films with Amine Side Chains, J. Phys. Chem. C., 111, 461-466, 2007.

R. D. Weinstein, J. Richards, S. D. Thai, C. A. Bessel, D. M. Omiatek, C. J. Faulkner, S. Othman, G. K. Jennings, Characterization of Self-Assembled Monolayers from Lithium Dialkyldithiocarbamate Salts, Langmuir, 23, 2887-2891, 2007.

D. Bai, C. L. Hardwick, B. J. Berron, and G. K. Jennings, Kinetics of pH Response for Copolymer Films with Dilute Carboxylate Functionality, J. Phys. Chem. B., 111, 11400-11406, 2007.

B. J. Berron, E. P. Graybill, and G. K. Jennings, Growth and Structure of Surface-Initiated Poly(n-alkylnorbornene) Films, Langmuir, 23, 11651-11655, 2007.