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MRSEC IRG-2 Publications/Patents

IRG-2 Publications resulting from PRIMARY MRSEC Support

2007

Cai, X.; Gerlach, C.P.; Frisbie, C.D. Current-Voltage Hysteresis and Memory Effects in Ambipolar Organic Thin Film Transistors Based on a Modified Oligothiophene. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2007, 111, 452.

Cho, J.H.; Lee, J.; Kim, B.S.; He, Y.; Xia, Y.; Renn, M.J.; Lodge, T.P.; Frisbie, C.D. Printable Ion Gel Gate Dielectrics for Low Voltage Polymer Thin Film Transistors on Plastic. Nature Mater. (submitted).

Diao L.; Frisbie C.D.; Schroepfer D.D.; Ruden P.P. Electrical Characterization of Metal/Pentacene Contacts. J. Appl. Phys. 2007, 101, 014510.

Fritz, S.E.; Mohapatra, S.; Holmes, B.T.; Anderson, A.M.*; Prendergast, C.F.; Frisbie, C.D.; Ward, M.D.; Toney, M.F. Thin Film Transistors Based on Alkylphenyl Quaterthiophenes: Structure and Electrical Transport Properties. Chem. Mater. 2007, 19, 1355. (*Summer 2003, 2004 REU Participant, Hamline University)

Kaake, L.G.; Zou, Y.; Panzer, M.J.; Frisbie, C.D.; Zhu, X.-Y. Vibrational Spectroscopy Reveals Electrostatic and Electrochemical Doping in Organic Thin Film Transistors Gated with a Polymer Electrolyte Dielectric. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 7824.

Kalihari, V.; Haugstad, G.D.; Frisbie, C.D. Imaging Grain Shape and Orientation in Polycrystalline Organic Semiconductor Films on Dielectric Substrates by Transverse Shear Microscopy. Nature Mater. (submitted).

Koh, S.E.; Risko, C.; da Silva Filho, D.A.; Kwon, O.; Facchetti, A.; Brédas, J.L.; Marks, T.J.; Ratner, M.A. Differentiating Preferential Electron vs. Hole Transport in Perfluorinated-Oligothiophene Semiconductors: Investigation of Geometric and Electronic Structure Properties. Advanced Functional Materials (in press).

Lee, J.; Panzer, M.J.; He, Y.; Lodge, T.P.; Frisbie, C.D. Ion Gel Gated Polymer Thin-Film Transistors. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 4532. (cross-referenced in IRG-1)

McGee, K.A.; Cai, X.; Burand, M.W.; Filho, D.; Paulsen, B.D.; Young, V.G.; Delgado, M.d.C.R.; Brédas, J.-L.; Mann, K.R.; Frisbie, C.D. Acene-Capped Oligothiophenes: Synthesis, Crystalline Structure, Air Stability, and Performance in Thin Film Transistors. J. Am. Chem. Soc. (submitted).

Muntwiler, M.; Zhu, X.-Y. Formation of Two-Dimensional Electron Polarons that are Absent in Three-Dimensional Crystals. Phys. Rev. Lett. 2007, 98, 246801.

Nishioka, M.; Goldman, A.M. Spin Transport Through Multilayer Graphene. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2007, 90, 252505.

Nishioka, M.; Lee, Y-B.; Goldman, A.M.; Xia, Y.; Frisbie, C.D. The Negative Magnetoresistance of Organic Field Effect Transistors. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2007, 91, 092117.

Panzer, M.J.; Frisbie, C.D. Polymer Electrolyte-Gated Organic Field-Effect Transistors: Low-Voltage, High-Current Switches for Organic Electronics and Testbeds for Probing Electrical Transport at High Charge Carrier Density. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 6599.

Pappenfus, T.; Melby, J.H.; Hansen, B.B.; Sumption, D.M.; Hubers, S.A.; Janzen, D.E.; Ewbank, P.C.; McGee, K.A.; Burand, M.W.; Mann, K.R. Reverse Selectivity in m-CPBA Oxidation of Oligothiophenes to Sulfones. Org. Lett. 2007, 9, 3721.

Schroepfer, D.; Ruden, P.P.; Xia, Y.; Frisbie, C.D.; Shaheen, S. Hydrostatic Pressure Effects on Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Thin Film Transistors. Appl. Phys. Lett. (in press).

Xia, Y.; Kalihari, V.; Frisbie, C.D.; Oh, N.K.; Rogers, J.A. Tetracene Air-Gap Single-Crystal Field-Effect Transistors. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2007, 90, 162106/1.

2006

Burand, M.W.; McGee, K.A.; Cai, X.Y.; da Silva Filho, D.A.; Brédas, J.L.; Frisbie, C.D.; Mann, K.R. Synthesis, X-ray, Spectroelectrochemical, and Theoretical Studies of a Tricyanovinyl-Capped Quaterthiophene: A Correlation of Semiconductor Performance with Physical Properties. Chem. Phys. Lett. 2006, 425, 251.

Cai, X.; Burand, M.W.; Newman, C.R.; da Silva Filho, D.A.; Pappenfus, T.M.; Bader, M.M.*; Brédas, J.L.; Mann, K.R.; Frisbie, C.D. N- and P-Channel Transport Behavior in Thin Film Transistors Based on Tricyanovinyl-Capped Oligothiophenes. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2006, 110, 14590. (*Summer 2001-2004, 2006 Faculty/Student Team Participant, Penn State)

Cai, X.; Frisbie, C.D.; Leighton, C. Optimized Dielectric Properties of SrTiO3:Nb/SrTiO3 (001) Films for High Field Effect Charge Densities. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2006, 89, 242915. (cross-referenced in IRG-3)

Casado, J.; Delgado, M.C.R.; Merchan, M.C.R.; Hernandez, V.; Navarrete, J.T.L.; Pappenfus, T.M.; Williams, N.; Stegner, W.J.; Johnson, J.C.; Edlund, B.A.; Janzen, D.E.; Mann, K.R.; Orduna, J.; Villacampa, B. Optical, Redox, and NLO Properties of Tricyanovinyl Oligothiophenes: Comparisons Between Symmetric and Asymmetric Substitution Patterns. Chem-Eur J. 2006, 12, 5458.

Casado, J.; Zgierski, M.Z.; Ewbank, P.C.; Burand, M.W.; Janzen, D.E.; Mann, K.R.; Pappenfus, T.M.; Berlin, A.; Perez-Inestrosa, E.; Ortiz, R.P.; Lopez Navarrete, J.T. Exploration of Ground and Excited Electronic States of Aromatic and Quinoid S,S-Dioxide Terthiophenes. Complementary Systems for Enhanced Electronic Organic Materials. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 10134.

Pesavento, P.V.; Puntambekar, K.; Frisbie, C.D.; McKeen, J.C.*; Ruden, P.P. Film and Contact Resistance Measurements in Pentacene Thin Film Transistors: Dependence on Film Thickness, Electrode Geometry, and Correlation with Hole Mobility. J. Appl. Phys. 2006, 99, 094504/1. (*Summer 2002 REU Participant, University of Minnesota)

Pivovar, A.M.; Curtis, J.E.; Leao, J.B.; Chesterfield, R.J.; Frisbie, C.D. Structural and Vibrational Characterization of the Organic Semiconductor Tetracene as a Function of Pressure and Temperature. Chem. Phys. 2006, 325, 138.

Puntambekar, K.; Dong, J.; Haugstad, G.; Frisbie, C.D. Structural and Electrostatic Complexity at a Pentacene/Insulator Interface. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2006, 16, 879.

Zhu, X.-Y.; Dutton, G.; Quinn, D.P.; Lindstrom, C.D.; Schultz, N.E.; Truhlar, D.G. Molecular Quantum Well at the C60/Au(111) Interface. Phys. Rev. B, 2006, 74, 241401(R).

2005

da Silva Filho, D.A.; Kim, E.G.; Brédas, J.L. Transport Properties in the Rubrene Crystal: Electronic Coupling and Vibrational Reorganization Energy. Adv. Mat. 2005, 17, 1072.

Dutton, G.; Quinn, D.P.; Lindstrom, C.D.; Zhu, X.-Y. Exciton Dynamics at Molecule-Metal Interfaces: C60/Au(111). Phys. Rev. B, 2005, 72, 045441.

Fritz, S.E.; Kelley, T.W.; Frisbie, C.D. Effect of Dielectric Roughness on Performance of Pentacene TFTs and Restoration of Performance with a Polymeric Smoothing Layer. J. Phys. Chem. 2005, 109, 10574.

Kang, J.H; da Silva Filho, D.; Brédas, J.L.; Zhu, X.Y. Shallow Trap States in Pentacene Thin Films from Molecular Sliding. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2005, 86, 152115.

Newman, C.R.; Chesterfield, R.J.; Panzer, M.J.; Frisbie, C.D. High Mobility Top-Gated Pentacene Thin Film Transistors. J. Appl. Phys. 2005, 98, 084506.

Panzer, M.J.; Frisbie, C.D. Polymer Electrolyte Gate Dielectric Reveals Finite Windows of High Conductivity in Organic Thin Film Transistors at High Charge Carrier Densities. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 6960.

Panzer, M.J.; Newman, C.R.; Frisbie, C.D. Low Voltage Operation of a Pentacene Field Effect Transistor with a Polymer Electrolyte Gate Dielectric. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2005, 86, 103503.

Rang, Z.; Nathan, M.I.; Ruden, P.P.; Podzorov, V.; Gershenson, M.E.; Newman, C.R.; Frisbie, C.D. Hydrostatic Pressure Dependence of Charge Carrier Transport in Single Crystal Rubrene Devices. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2005, 86, 123501.

2004

Casado, J.; Pappenfus, T.M.; Mann, K.R.; Hernandez, V.; Navarrete, J.T.L. Exploration of the Electronic Structure of Dendrimer-Like Acetylene-Bridged Oligothiophenes by Correlating Raman Spectroscopy, Electrochemistry, and Theory. J. Chem. Phys. 2004, 120, 11874.

Casado, J.; Pappenfus, T.M.; Mann, K.R.; Orti, E.; Viruela, P.M.; Milian, B.; Hernandez, V.; Navarrete, J.T.L. Spectroscopic and Theoretical Study of the Molecular and Electronic Structures of a Terthiophene-Based Quinodimethane. Chem. Phys. Chem. 2004, 5, 529.

Chesterfield, R.J.; McKeen, J.C.; Newman, C.R.; Ewbank, P.C.; da Silva Filho, D.A.; Brédas, J.-L.; Miller, L.L.; Mann, K.R.; Frisbie, C.D. Organic Thin Film Transistors Based on N-Alkyl Perylene Diimides: Charge Transport Kinetics as a Function of Gate Voltage and Temperature. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2004, 108, 19281.

Chesterfield, R.J.; McKeen, J.C.; Newman, C.R.; Frisbie, C.D.; Ewbank, P.C.; Mann, K.R.; Miller, L.L. Variable Temperature Film and Contact Resistance Measurements on Operating n-channel Organic Thin Film Transistors. J. Appl. Phys. 2004, 95, 6396.

da Silva Filho, D.A.; Friedlein, R.; Coropceanu, V.; Ohrwalf, G.; Osikowicz, W.; Suess, C.; Sorensen, S.L.; Svensson, S.; Salaneck, W.R.; Brédas, J.L. Vibronic Coupling in the Ground and Excited States of the Naphtalene Cation. Chem. Comm. 2004, 15, 1702.

Dutton, G: Zhu, X.-Y. Distance-Dependent Electronic Coupling at Molecule-Metal Interfaces: C60/Cu(111). J. Phys. Chem. B, 2004, 108, 7788.

Fritz, S.E.; Martin, S.M.; Frisbie, C.D.; Ward, M.D.; Toney, M.F. Structural Characterization of a Pentacene Monolayer on an Amorphous SiO2 Substrate with Grazing Incidence X-ray Diffraction. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 4084.

Janzen, D.E.; Burand, M.W.; Ewbank, P.C.; Pappenfus, T.M.; Higuchi, H.; da Silva Filho, D.A.; Young, V.G.; Brédas, J.-L.; Mann, K.R. Preparation and Characterization of π-Stacking Quinodimethane Oligothiophenes. Predicting Semiconductor Behavior and Bandwidths from Crystal Structures and Molecular Orbital Calculations. J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 15295.

Malagoli, M.; Coropceanu, V.; da Silva Filho, D.A.; Brédas, J.L. Multimode Analysis of the Gas-Phase Photoelectron Spectra in Oligoacenes. J. Chem. Phys. 2004, 120, 7490.

Mohapatra, S.; Holmes, B.T.; Newman, C.R.; Prendergast, C.F.*; Frisbie, C.D.; Ward, M.D.Organic Thin Film Transistors Based on Toly-Substituted Oligothiophenes. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2004, 14, 605. (*Trinity College, Dublin)

Newman, C.R.; Frisbie, C.D.; da Silva Filho, D.A.; Brédas, J.-L.; Ewbank, P.C.; Mann, K.R. Introduction to Organic Thin Film Transistors and Design of n-Channel Organic Semiconductors. Chem. Mater. 2004, 16, 4436.

Pesavento, P.V.; Chesterfield, R.J.; Newman, C.R.; Frisbie, C.D. Gated Four-Probe Measurements on Pentacene Thin-Film Transistors: Contact Resistance as a Function of Gate Voltage and Temperature. J. Appl. Phys. 2004, 96, 7312.

Rang, Z.; Nathan, M.I.; Ruden, P.P.; Chesterfield, R.; Frisbie, C.D. Hydrostatic Pressure Dependence of Organic Thin Film Transistor Current vs. Voltage Characteristics. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2004, 85, 5760.

Zhu, X.-Y. Charge Transport Across Molecule-Metal Interfaces: A Spectroscopic View. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2004, 108, 8778. (Feature Article/Cover Feature)

Zhu, X.-Y. Electronic Structure and Electron Dynamics at Molecule-Metal Interfaces: Implication for Molecule-Based Electronics. Surf. Sci. Rep. 2004, 56, 1.

2003

Bader, M.M.*; Custelcean, R.; Ward, M.D. Tricyanovinyl-Substituted Oligothiophenes. Chem. Mater. 2003, 15, 616. (Summer 2001-2004 Faculty/Student Team Participant, Penn State)

Chesterfield, R.J.; Newman, C.R.; Pappenfus, T.M.; Ewbank, P.C.; Haukaas, M.H.; Mann, K.R.; Miller, L.L.; Frisbie, C.D. High Electron Mobility and Ambipolar Transport in Organic Thin-Film Transistors Based on a p-stacking Quinoidal Terthiophene. Advanced Materials (Weinheim, Germany), 2003, 15, 1278.

Pappenfus, T.M.; Burand, M.W.; Janzen, D.E.; Mann, K.R. Synthesis and Characterization of Tricyanovinyl-Capped Oligothiophenesas Low Band-Gap Organic Materials. Organic Letters, 2003, 5, 1535.

Zhu, X.-Y. Electronic Interaction at Molecule-Metal Interfaces: Implication for Molecule-Based Electronics. SPIE Proceedings, 2003, 5223, 100.

IRG-2 Publications resulting from PARTIAL MRSEC Support

2007

Barlow, S.; Zhang, Q.; Kaafarani, B.R.; Risko, C.; Amy, F.; Chan, C.K.; Domercq, B.; Coropceanu, V.; Cornil, J.; da Silva Filho, D.A.; Olivier, Y.; Silbey, R.; Brédas, J.L. Charge Transport in Organic Semiconductors. Chemical Reviews, 2007, 107, 926.

Cornil, J.; Brédas, J.L.; Zaumseil, J.; Serringhaus, H. Ambipolar Transport in Organic Conjugated Materials. Advanced Materials, 2007, 19, 1791.

da Silva Filho, D.A.; Coropceanu, V.; Fichou, D.; Gruhn, N.E.; Bill, T.G.; Gierschner, J.; Cornil, J.; Brédas, J.L. Hole-Vibronic Coupling in Oligothiophenes: Impact of Backbone Torsional Flexibility on Relaxation Energies. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 2007, 365, 1435.

Dylla, A.G.; Janzen, D.E.; Pomije, M.K.; Mann, K.R. A Comparison of Isomers: trans- and cis-Dicyanobis(para-ethylisocyanobenzene)Platinum. Organometallics, 2007, 26, 6243.

Lindstrom, C.D.; Muntwiler, M.; Zhu, X.-Y. Electron Dynamics at Polyacene/Au(111) Interfaces. J. Phys. Chem. B. 2007, 111, 6913.

McGee, K.A.; Mann, K.R. Selective Low-Temperature Syntheses of Facial and Meridional Tris-cyclometalated Iridium(III) Complexes. Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46, 7800.

McGee, K.A.; Veltkamp, D.J.; Marquardt, B.J.; Mann, K.R. Porous Crystalline Ruthenium Complexes are Oxygen Sensors. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 15092.

Starikova, Z.A.; Antipin, M.Yu.; Timofeeva, T.V.; Kippelen, B.; Brédas, J.L.; Kahn, A.; Marder, S.A. Synthesis Ionization Potentials, and Electron Affinities of Hexaazatrinaphthylene Derivatives. Chem. Eur. J. 2007, 13, 3537.

2006

Ahn C.H.; Bhattacharya, A.; Di Ventra, M.; Eckstein, J.N.; Frisbie, C.D; Gershenson, M.E.; Goldman, A.M.; Inoue, I.H.; Mannhart, J.; Millis, A.; Morpurgo, A.F.; Natelson, D.; Triscone, J.-M. Electrostatic Modification of Novel Materials. Rev. Mod. Phys. 2006, 78, 1185.

Beljonne, D.; Cornil, J.; Coropceanu, V.; da Silva Filho, D.A.; Geskin, V.; Lazzaroni, R.; Leclere, P.; Brédas, J.L. On the Transport, Optical, and Self-Assembly Properties of Pi-Conjugated Materials: A Combined Theoretical/Experimental Insight. In Handbook of Conducting Polymers, Skotheim, T.A.; Reynolds, J.R., Eds., M. Dekker: New York, 2006, 3-46.

Kang, J.H.; Zhu, X.-Y. Layer by Layer Growth of Incommensurate, Polycrystalline, Lying-Down Pentacene Thin Films on Au(111). Chem. Mater. 2006, 18, 1318.

Lindstrom, C.D.; Zhu, X.-Y. Photo-Induced Electron Transfer at Metal-Molecule Interfaces. Chem. Rev. 2006, 106, 4281.

Panzer, M.J.; Frisbie, C.D. High Charge Carrier Densities and Conductance Maxima in Single-Crystal Organic Field-Effect Transistors with a Polymer Electrolyte Gate Dielectric. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2006, 88, 203504/1.

Panzer, M.J.; Frisbie, C.D. High Carrier Density and Metallic Conductivity in Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Achieved by Electrostatic Charge Injection. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2006, 16, 1051.

Valeev, E.F.; Coropceanu, V.; da Silva Filho, D.A.; Salman, S.; Brédas, J.L.Effect of Electronic Polarization on Charge-Transport Parameters in Molecular Organic Semiconductors. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 9882.

2005

Lee, S.-O.; Shacklady, D.M.*; Horner, M.J.; Feray, S.; Hosseini, M.W.; Ward, M.D. Structural Transference and Regulation of Bimodal Assembly of Charge-Assisted Hydrogen-Bonded Networks. Cryst. Growth. Des. 2005, 5, 995(*2004 REU Participant, Clemson University)

Lindstrom, C.D.; Dutton, G.; Quinn, D.; Zhu, X.-Y. Electron Transfer/Transport at Metal-Molecule Interfaces Probed by Femtosecond Time-Resolved Two-Photon Photoemission: Heptane and Fullerene on Au(111). Israel J. Chem. 2005, 45, 195.

Lindstrom, C.D.; Muntwiler, M.; Zhu, X.-Y. Electron Transport Across the Alkanethiol/Au(111) Interface: Role of the Chemical Bond. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2005, 109, 21492.

Lindstrom, C.D.; Quinn, D.; Zhu, X.-Y. Using Image Resonances to Probe Molecular Conduction at n-heptane/Au(111) Interface. J. Chem. Phys. 2005, 122, 124714.

Merlo, J.A.; Newman, C.R.; Gerlach, C.P.; Kelley, T.W.; Muyres, D.V.; Fritz, S.E.; Toney, M.F.; Frisbie, C.D. P-Channel Organic Semiconductors Based on Hybrid Acene-Thiophene Molecules for Thin Film Transistor Applications. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 3997.

2004

Janzen, D.E.; Wang, X.; Carr, P.W.; Mann, K.R. Synthesis and Characterization of Three Geometric Isomers of RutheniumII(2,2'-bipyridyl)(salicylaldehyde)2. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2004, 357, 3317.

Jin, Y.; Rang, Z.; Nathan, M.I.; Ruden, P.P.; Newman, C.R.; Frisbie, C.D. Pentacene Organic Field-Effect Transistor on Metal Substrates with Spin-coated Smoothing Layer. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2004, 85, 4406.

Merlo, J.A.; Frisbie, C.D. Field Effect Transport and Trapping in Regioregular Polythiophene Nanofibers. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2004, 108, 19169.

Newman, C.R.; Chesterfield, R.J.; Merlo, J.A.; Frisbie, C.D. Transport Properties of Single Crystal Tetracene Field Effect Transistors with Silicon Dioxide Gate Dielectric. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2004, 85, 422.

2003

Adams, D.; Brus, L.; Chidsey, C.E.D.; Creager, S.; Creutz, C.; Kagan, C.R.; Kamat, P.; Lieberman, M.; Lindsay, S.; Marcus, R.A.; Metzger, R.M.; Michel-Beyerle, M.E.; Miller, J.R.; Newton, M.D.; Rolinson, D.R.; Sankey, O.; Schanze, K.S.; Yardley, J.; Zhu, X.-Y. Charge Transfer on the Nanoscale: Current Status. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2003, 107, 6668.

Casado, J.; Pappenfus, T.M.; Mann, K.R.; Milian, B.; Orti, E.; Viruela, P.M.; Ruiz Delgado, M.C.; Hernandez, V.; Lopez Navarrete, J.T. UV-Vis, IR, Raman and Theoretical Characterization of a Novel Quinoid Oligothiophene Molecular Material. J. Molecular Structure, 2003, 651, 665.

Casado, J.; Pappenfus, T.M.; Miller, L.L.; Mann, K.R.; Orti, E.; Viruela, P.M.; Pou-Amerigo, R.; Hernandez, V.; Lopez Navarrete, J.T. Nitro-Functionalized Oligothiophenes as a Novel Type of Electroactive Molecular Material: Spectroscopic, Electrochemical and Computational Study. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 2524.

Merlo, J.A.; Frisbie, C.D. Field Effect Conductance of Conducting Polymer Nanofibers. J. Polym. Phys. B: Polym. Phys. 2003, 41, 2674.

Puntambekar, K.P.; Pesavento, P.V.; Frisbie, C.D. Surface Potential Profiling and Contact Resistance Measurements on Operating Pentacene Thin Film Transistors by Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2003, 83, 5539.

2002

Casado, J.; Miller, L.L.;Mann, K.R.; Pappenfus, T.M.; Higuchi, H.; Orti, E.; Milian, B.; Pou-Amerigo, R.; Hernandez, V.; Lopez Navarrete, J.T. Quinonoid Oligothiophenes as Electron-Donor and Electron-Acceptor Materials. A Spectroelectrochemical and Theoretical Study. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 12380.

Pappenfus, T.M.; Chesterfield, R.; Frisbie, C.D.; Mann, K.R.; Casado, J.; Raff, J.D.; Miller, L.L. A p-Stacking Terthiophene-Based Quniodimethane is an n-Channel Conductor in a Thin Film Transistor. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 4184.

Pappenfus, T.M.; Raff, J.D.; Hukkanen, E.J.; Burney, J.R.; Casado, J.; Drew, S.M.; Miller, L.L.;Mann, K.R. Dinitro and Quinodimethane Derivatives of Terthiophene that can be both Oxidized and Reduced. Crystal Structures, Spectra and a Method of Analyzing Quinoid Contributions to Structure. J. Org. Chem. 2002, 67, 6015.

IRG-2 Publications resulting from the USE OF SHARED FACILITIES

2007

Adams, L.L.A.; Lang, B.W.; Chen, Y.; Goldman, A.M., Signatures of Random Matrix Theory in the Discrete Energy Spectra of Subnanosize Metallic Clusters. Phys. Rev. B, 2007, 75, 205107.

Cho, J.H.; Lee, J.; Kim, B.; He, Y.; Lodge, T.P.;Frisbie, C.D. High Capacitance Ion Gel Gate Dielectrics with Faster Polarization Response Times for Organic Thin Film Transistors. Adv. Mater. (in press). (cross-referenced in IRG-1)


2006

Parendo, K.A.; Tan, K.H.; Sarwa, B.; Goldman, A.M. The Evolution Towards Superconductivity of Granular Films of Bismuth. Phys. Rev. B, 2006, 76, 100508.

2005

Janzen, D.E.; Ewbank, P.C.; Mann, K.R. 1,4-Dimethyl-1,4-Diazoniabicyclo[2.2.2]octane Diiodide Acetonitrile Solvate.Acta Crystallographica, Section C: Crystal Structure Communications, 2005, C61, o631.