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Paul Braun Publications, Books and Proceedings

PUBLICATIONS

in press

1. Erik C. Nelson, Florencio García-Santamaría and Paul V. Braun: Lattice registered two-photon polymerized features within colloidal photonic crystals and their optical properties, Advanced Functional Materials, 2008.

2. M. Shyr, D. Wernette, P. Wiltzius, Y. Lu, P. Braun: DNA and DNAzyme-mediated 2-D Colloidal Assembly, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2008.

3. A. Brzezinski, J.-T. Lee,. J. D. Slinker, G. G. Malliaras, P. V. Braun, and P. Wiltzius: Enhanced emission from fcc fluorescent photonic crystals, Physical Review B, 2008.

published

73. V. Ramanan, E. Nelson, A. Brzezinski, P. V. Braun and P. Wiltzius: Three dimensional silicon-air photonic crystals with controlled defects using interference lithography, Applied Physics Letters, 92, 173304 1-3 (2008).

72. Wah Tung Lau, Jung-Tsung Shen, Geogios Veronis, Shanhui Fan, and Paul V. Braun: Tuning coherent radiative thermal conductance in multilayer photonic crystals, Applied Physics Letters 92, 103106 1-3 (2008).

71. Stephanie A. Rinne, Florencio García-Santamaría and Paul V. Braun: Embedded cavities and waveguides in three-dimensional silicon photonic crystals, Nature Photonics, 2, 52-56 (2008).

70. Y. C. Chen, J. B. Geddes III, J. T. Lee P. V. Braun and P. Wiltzius: Holographically fabricated photonic crystals with large reflectance, Applied Physics Letters, 91, 241103 (2007).

69. Erik C. Nelson and Paul V. Braun: Enhancing Colloids Through the Surface, Science, 318, 924-925 (2007).

68. W.-S. Chae and P. V. Braun: Templated mesoporous silica colloids with controlled internal structures, Chemistry of Materials, 19, 5593-5597 (2007).

67. F. García-Santamaría, E. C. Nelson, and P. V. Braun: Optical surface resonance may render photonic crystals ineffective, Physical Review B, 76, 075132(1-6), (2007).

66. C. Rau, W. Liu, V. Crecea, K.M. Peterson, P.R. Jemian, C.-P. Richter, U. Neuhäusler, G. Schneider, X. Yu, P. V. Braun, I. K. Robinson: Synchrotron-based imaging and tomography with hard X-rays, Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. B, 261, 850-854 (2007).

65. Wonmok Lee, and Paul V. Braun: Epitaxially grown colloidal crystals of silica microspheres on patterned substrate of triangular arrays, Materials Science and Engineering C, 27, 961–967 (2007).

64. X. Yu, Y.-J. Lee, R. Furstenberg, J. O. White, and P. V. Braun: Filling fraction dependent properties of inverse opal metallic photonic crystals, Advanced Materials, 19, 1689-1692 (2007).

63. F. García-Santamaría, M. Xu, V. Lousse, S. Fan, P. V. Braun and J. A. Lewis: A germanium inverse woodpile structure with a large photonic band gap, Advanced Materials, 19, 1567-1570 (2007).

62. F. García-Santamaría and P. V. Braun: Are artificial opals non-close-packed fcc structures? Applied Physics Letters, 90, 241905 (1-3) (2007).

61. C. Rau, V. Crecea, K.M. Peterson, P.R. Jemian, C.-P. Richter, U. Neuhäusler, G. Schneider, X. Yu, P. V. Braun, T. C. Chiang, I. K. Robinson: Imaging of micro- and nano-structures with hard X-rays, Micro and Nano Letters, 2, 1–5 (2007).

60. R. G. Shimmin, R. Vajtai, R. W. Siegel, and P. V. Braun: Room-temperature assembly of germanium photonic crystals through colloidal crystal templating, Chemistry of Materials, 19, 2102-2107 (2007).

59. H. Tu, L. Hong, S. M. Anthony, P. V. Braun and S. Granick: Brush-sheathed particles diffusing at brush-coated surfaces in the thermally-responsive PNIPAAm system, Langmuir, 23, 2322-2325 (2007).

58. T. A. Berfield, J.K. Patel, R.G. Shimmin, P.V. Braun, J. Lambros, and N.R. Sottos: Micro- and Nanoscale Deformation Measurement of Surface and Internal Planes via Digital Image Correlation, Experimental Mechanics, 47, 51-62 (2007).

57. S. A. Putnam, D. G. Cahill, P. V. Braun, Z. Ge, and R. G. Shimmin: Thermal conductivity of nanoparticles suspensions, J. Appl. Phys. 99, 084308 (2006)

56. Y.-J. Lee, C. E. Heitzman, W. R. Frei, H. T. Johnson, and P. V. Braun: Transformation of Hydrogel-Based Inverse Opal Photonic Sensors from FCC to L1₁ During Swelling, J. Phys. Chem B, 110, 19300-19306 (2006).

55. (invited) P. V. Braun, S. A. Pruzinsky, and F. Garcia-Santamaria: Introducing defects in 3D photonic crystals: State of the art, Advanced Materials, 18, 2665–2678 (2006).

54. Z. Ge, D. G. Cahill, and P. V. Braun: Thermal conductance of hydrophilic and hydrophobic interfaces, Physical Review Letters, 96, 186101-1-186101-4 (2006).

53. R. G. Shimmin, A. J. DiMauro, and P. V. Braun: Slow vertical deposition of colloidal crystals: A Langmuir-Blodget process? Langmuir, 22,6507-6513 (2006).

52. X. Wang, H. Tu, P. V. Braun and P. W. Bohn: Length Scale Heterogeneity in Lateral Gradients of Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Polymer Brushes Prepared by Surface-Initiated Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization Coupled with In-Plane Electrochemical Potential Gradients, Langmuir, 22, 817-823 (2006).

51. S. H. Cho, M. H. Andersson, S. R. White, N. R. Sottos, and P. V. Braun: Polydimethylsiloxane-based Self-Healing Materials, Advanced Materials, 18, 997-1000 (2006).

50. E. V. Rogozhina, D. A. Eckhoff, E. Gratton, and P. V. Braun: Carboxyl functionalization of ultrasmall luminescent silicon nanoparticles through thermal hydrosilylation, J. Mater. Chem., 16, 1421-1430 (2006).

49. T. A. Berfield, J. K. Patel, R. G. Shimmin, P. V. Braun, J. Lambros, and N. R. Sottos: Fluorescent Image Correlation for Nanoscale Deformation Measurements, Small, 2, 631-635 (2006).

48. G. M. Gratson, F. García-Santamaría, V. Lousse, M. Xu, S. Fan, J. A. Lewis, and P. V. Braun: Direct-Write Assembly of 3D Photonic Crystals: Conversion of Polymer Scaffolds to Silicon Hollow-Woodpile Structures, Advanced Materials, 18, 461-465 (2006).

47. M. Piech, M. C. George, N. S. Bell and P. V. Braun: Patterned colloid assembly by grafted photochromic polymer layers, Langmuir, 22, 1379-1382 (2006).

46. D. A. Eckhoff, J. D. B. Sutin, R. M. Clegg, E. Gratton, E. V. Rogozhina, and P. V. Braun: Optical characterization of ultrasmall Si nanoparticles prepared through electrochemical dispersion of bulk Si. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 109, 19786-19797 (2005).

45. P. V. Braun: MRS Workshop Explores the Diversity of 3D Multifunctional Ceramic Composites, MRS Bulletin, 30, 986-987 (2005).

44. S. A. Pruzinsky and P. V. Braun: Fabrication and Characterization of Two-Photon Polymerized Features in Colloidal Crystals, Advanced Functional Materials, 15, 1995-2004 (2005).

43. A. Wolosiuk, O. Armagan, P. V. Braun: Double Direct Templating of Periodically Nanostructured ZnS Hollow Microspheres, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 127, 16356-16357 (2005).

42. P. V. Braun, P. Osenar, M. Twardowski, G. N. Tew, and S. I. Stupp: Macroscopic Nano-Templating of Semiconductor Films with Hydrogen Bonded Lyotropic Liquid Crystals, Advanced Functional Materials, 15, 1745-1750, (2005).

41. F. Garcia-Santamaria, J. F. Galisteo-Lopez, P. V. Braun, and C. Lopez: Optical diffraction and high-energy features in three-dimensional photonic crystals, Phys. Rev. B, 71(19), 195112 (2005).

40. Z. Ge, Y. Kang, T. A. Taton, P. V. Braun, and D. G. Cahill: Thermal transport in Au-core polymer-shell nanoparticles, Nano Letters, 5, 531-535 (2005).

39. Y.-J. Lee, S. A. Pruzinsky, and P. V. Braun: Diffraction Response of Colloidal Crystals: Effect of Numerical Aperture, Optics Letters, 30, 153-155 (2005).

38. Z. Ge, D. G. Cahill, and P. V. Braun: AuPd Metal Nanoparticles as Probes of Nanoscale Thermal Transport in Aqueous Solution, J. Phys. Chem. B, 108, 18870-18875 (2004).

37. H. Liang, T . E. Angelini, P. V. Braun, and G. C. L. Wong: Roles of Anionic and Cationic Template Components in Biomineralization of CdS Nanorods Using Self-Assembled DNA – Membrane Complexes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 126, 14157-14165 (2004).

36. M. A. Bevan, J. A. Lewis, P. V. Braun, P. Wiltzius: Structural evolution of colloidal crystals with increasing ionic strength, Langmuir, 20, 7045-7053 (2004).

35. S. Jeon, J.-U. Park, R. Cirelli, S. Yang, C. E. Heitzman, P. V. Braun, P. J. A. Kenis, J. A. Rogers: Fabricating complex three-dimensional nanostructures with high-resolution conformable phase masks, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 101, 12428-12433 (2004).

34. H. Tu, C. E. Heitzman, P. V. Braun: Patterned poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) brushes on silica surfaces by microcontact printing followed by surface-initiated polymerization, Langmuir, 20, 8313-8320 (2004).

33. C. E. Heitzman, H. Tu, P. V. Braun: Two-dimensional diffusion of prodan on self-assembled monolayers studied by fluorescence recovery after photobleaching, J. Phys. Chem. B., 108, 13764-13770 (2004).

32. Z. S. Zhang, O. M. Wilson, M. Yu. Efremov, W. Senaratne, E. A. Olson, M. Zhang, P. V. Braun, C. K. Ober and L. H. Allen: Heat capacity measurements of two-dimensional self-assembled monolayers on polycrystalline gold, Appl. Phys. Lett., 84, 5198-5200 (2004).

31. R. G. Shimmin, A. B. Schoch and P. V. Braun: Polymer size and concentration effects on the size of gold nanoparticles capped by polymeric thiols, Langmuir, 20, 5613-5620 (2004).

30. T. M. Dellinger and P. V. Braun: Lyotropic liquid crystals as nanoreactors for nanoparticle synthesis, Chem. Mater., 16, 2201-2207 (2004)

29. W. Lee, A. Chan, M. A. Bevan, J. A. Lewis and P. V. Braun: Nanoparticle-mediated epitaxial assembly of colloidal crystals on patterned substrates, Langmuir, 20, 5262-5270 (2004).

28. P. V. Braun: Spontaneous ligand organization, Nature Materials, 3, 281-282 (2004).

27. Y.-J Lee, S. A. Pruzinsky and P. V. Braun: Glucose-sensitive inverse opal hydrogels: analysis of optical diffraction response, Langmuir, 20, 3096-3106 (2004).

26. M. A. Meitl, T. M. Dellinger, and P. V. Braun: Bismuth-ceramic nanocomposites with unusual thermal stability via high-energy ball milling, Advanced Functional Materials, 13, 795-799 (2003).

25. H. Liang, T. E. Angelini, J.Ho, P. V. Braun and G. C. L. Wong: Molecular imprinting of biomineralized CdS nanostructures: Crystallographic control using self-assembled DNA-membrane templates, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 125, 11786-11787 (2003).

24. Y.-J. Lee and P. V. Braun: Tunable inverse opal hydrogel pH sensors, Advanced Materials, 15, 563-566(2003).

23. S. Jeon and P. V. Braun: Hydrothermal synthesis of Er-doped luminescent TiO₂ nanoparticles, Chemistry of Materials, 15, 1256-1263 (2003).

22. O. M. Wilson, X. Hu, D. G. Cahill, and P. V. Braun: Colloidal metal particles as probes of nanoscale thermal transport in fluids, Physical Review B 66, 224301 (2002).

21. G. Belomoin, E. Rogozhina, J. Therrien, P. V. Braun, L. Abuhassan, M. H. Nayfeh, L. Wagner, L. Mitas: Effects of surface termination on the band gap of ultrabright Si-29 nanoparticles: Experiments and computational models, Physical Review B, 65, 193406 (2002).

20. P. V. Braun and P. Wiltzius: Macroporous materials - electrochemically grown photonic crystals, Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 7, 116-123 (2002).

19. W. Lee, S. A. Pruzinsky, and P. V. Braun: Multi-photon polymerization of waveguide structures within three-dimensional photonic crystals, Advanced Materials, 14, 271-274 (2002).

18. P. V. Braun, R. W. Zehner, C. A. White, M. K. Weldon, S. S. Patel and P. Wiltzius: Optical spectroscopy of high dielectric contrast 3D photonic crystals, Europhysics Letters,56, 207-213 (2001)

17. V. Tohver, J. E. Smay, A. Braem, P. V. Braun, J. A. Lewis: Nanoparticle halos: A new colloid stabilization mechanism, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 98, 8950-8955 (2001).

16. T. M. Dellinger, P. V. Braun: BiOCl nanoparticles synthesized in lyotropic liquid crystal nanoreactors, Scripta Materialia, 44, 1893-1897 (2001).

15. E. Rogozhina , G. Belomoin, A. Smith, L. Abuhassan, N. Barry, O. Akcakir, P. V. Braun, and M. H. Nayfeh: Si-N linkage in ultrabright ultrasmall Si nanoparticles, Applied Physics Letters, 78, 3711-3713 (2001)

14. P. V. Braun, R. W. Zehner, C. A. White, M. K. Weldon, C. Kloc, S. S. Patel and P. Wiltzius: Epitaxial growth of high dielectric contrast 3D photonic crystals, Advanced Materials, 13, 721-724 (2001).

13. P. V. Braun and P. Wiltzius: Electrochemical Fabrication of 3-D Microperiodic Porous Materials, Advanced Materials, 13, 482-485 (2001).

12. M. U. Pralle, C. M. Whitaker, P. V. Braun and S. I. Stupp: Molecular variables in the self assembly of supramolecular nanostructures, Macromolecules, 33, 3550-3556 (2000).

11. J. Aizenberg, P. V. Braun and P. Wiltzius: Patterned Colloidal Deposition Controlled by Electrostatic and Capillary Forces, Physical Review Letters, 84, 2997-3000 (2000).

10. P. V. Braun and P. Wiltzius: Electrochemically grown photonic crystals, Nature, 402, 603-604 (1999).

9. P. V. Braun, P. Osenar, V. Tohver, S. B. Kennedy and S. I. Stupp: Nanostructure templating in inorganic solids with organic lyotropic liquid crystals, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 121, 7302-7309 (1999).

8. J. A. Rogers, Z. Bao, A. Makhija and P. Braun: Printing process suitable for reel-to-reel production of high-performance organic transistors and circuits, Advanced Materials, 11, 741-745 (1999).

7. P. V. Braun and S. I. Stupp: CdS mineralization of hexagonal, lamellar, and cubic lyotropic liquid crystals, Materials Research Bulletin, 34, 463-469 (1999).

6. S. I. Stupp and P. V. Braun: Molecular manipulation of microstructures: biomaterials, ceramics, and semiconductors, Science, 277, 1242-1248 (1997).

5. V. Tohver, P. V. Braun, M. U. Pralle and S. I. Stupp: Counterion effects in liquid crystal templating of nanostructured CdS, Chemistry of Materials, 9, 1495-1498 (1997).

4. P. Osenar, P. V. Braun and S. I. Stupp: Lamellar semiconductor-organic nanostructures from self assembled templates, Advanced Materials, 8, 1022-1025 (1996).

3. P. V. Braun, P. Osenar and S. I. Stupp: Semiconducting superlattices templated by molecular assemblies, Nature, 380, 325-328 (1996).

2. J. L. Keddie, P. V. Braun and E. P. Giannelis: Interrelationship between densification, crystallization, and chemical evolution in sol-gel titania thin films, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 77, 1592-1596 (1994).

1. J. L. Keddie, P. V. Braun and E. P. Giannelis: Relationship between water desorption and low-temperature densification of colloidal anatase thin films, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 76, 2529-2533 (1993).

BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS
1. P. M. Ajayan, L. S. Schadler, and P. V. Braun: Nanocomposite Science and Technology, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2003, ISBN 3-527-30359-6

PROCEEDINGS EDITED
1. Nanomaterials and Their Optical Applications, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5224, Guozhong Cao, Younan Xia, Paul V. Braun, editors, 2003.

2. Tuning the Optical Response of Photonic Bandgap Structures, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5511, Phillippe M. Fauchet, Paul V. Braun, editors, 2004.

3. Tuning the Optical Response of Photonic Bandgap Structures II, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5926, Phillippe M. Fauchet, Paul V. Braun, editors, 2005.

PROCEEDINGS

T) Aaron C. Jackson, Ben J. Blaiszik, David McIlroy, Nancy R. Sottos, Paul V. Braun: New Capsule Chemistries for Nanoscale Self-healing, Polymer Preprints 49 (1) 967-968 (2008).

S) David A. McIlroy, Ben J. Blaiszik, Paul V. Braun, Scott R. White, Nancy R. Sottos: Microencapsulation of Polyfunctional Amines for Self-Healing of Epoxy-Based Composites, Polymer Preprints 49(1) 963-964 (2008).

R) P. V. Braun, A. Wolosiuk, D. Son, D. V. Gough: Double Direct Templating of Periodically Nanostructured Inorganic Hollow Microspheres, Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering Preprint, March 2007.

Q) D. Gough, A. Wolosiuk, P. Braun: Templated Microreactors: A synthetic approach to enzyme entrapment, PMSE Division, 233rd ACS National Meeting, Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering Preprint, March 2007.

P) P. Braun: Adding optical functionality to 3D self-assembled colloidal crystals: Waveguides, cavities, and emitters, Division of Polymer Chemistry Preprints, September 2006.

O) S. A. Pruzinsky, F. Garcia-Santamaria, P. V. Braun: Two-photon polymerization of embedded features within photonic crystals, Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering Preprint, 66-PMSE, March 26 2006.

N) C. Rau, V. Crecea, K.M. Peterson, P.R. Jemian, C.-P. Richter, U. Neuhäusler, G. Schneider, X. Yu, P. V. Braun, I. K. Robinson: A Full-Field KB-FZP Microscope for Hard X-Ray Imaging with Sub-100 nm Resolution, Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on X-ray Microscopy, IPAP Conference Series 7, S. Aoki, Y. Kagoshima and Y. Suzuki, eds. p. 7-8 (2006).

M) C. Rau, V. Crecea, K.M. Peterson, P.R. Jemian, C.-P. Richter, U. Neuhäusler, G. Schneider, X. Yu, P. V. Braun, I. K. Robinson: A hard X-ray KB-FZP Microscope for Tomography with Sub-100-nm Resolution, Proceedings SPIE, Vol 6318, Developments in X-Ray Tomography V, U. Bonse, ed., p. 1G-1 – 6, (2006).

L) F. Garcia-Santamaria, C. Lopez, F. Meseguer, and P. V. Braun: Photonic band engineering in opals by growth of Si/Ge multilayer shells, Proc. of SPIE Vol 5511, Tuning the Optical Response of Photonic Bandgap Structures, Phillippe M. Fauchet, Paul V. Braun, editors, 123-134 (2004).

K)P. V. Braun: Physical and Optical Characterization of Multifunctional 3-D Self-Assembled Photonic Crystals Containing Embedded Features, Microscopy and Microanalysis 11(Suppl 2), 202, (2005).

J) H. Tu, C. E. Heitzman, R. C. Evans and P. V. Braun: Patterned Poly(Oligoethylene Glycol Acrylate) Brushes on Silica Substrates, Polymer Preprints, 46(1), 444-445 (2005).

I) H. Liang, T. E. Angelini, P. V. Braun & G. C. L Wong: Structural States of Self-Assembled Lamellar DNA-Membrane Templates During Artificial Biomineralization of CdS Nanorods, Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering Preprint, March 2005.

H) P. V. Braun, S. A. Pruzinsky, and W. Lee: Multiphoton Polymerization in Three-Dimensional Photonic Crystals, Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering Preprint, March 2005.

G) Y.-J. Lee and P. V. Braun: Three-dimensional photonic crystal sensors, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5224, p86-93 (2003).

F) P. V. Braun: Imaging of self-assembly and self-assembled materials, Microscopy and Microanalysis 8(Suppl. 2), 316-317 (2002).

E) W. Lee, S. A. Pruzinsky, and P. V. Braun: Multiphoton polymerization of waveguide structures within photonic crystals, Polymer Preprints, 43(1), 31-32 (2002).

D) P. V. Braun: Pattern definition in self-assembled photonic crystals, Polymer Preprints, 43(1), 26 (2002).

C) S. A. Pruzinsky, W. Lee, Y.-J. Lee, and P. V. Braun: Infiltration of 3D photonic crystals with embedded structures, Polymer Preprints, 43(1), 15-16 (2002).

B) O. Cervantes, R. Haasch, and P. V. Braun: Chemical characterization of bulk steel-bulk fluoropolymer interfaces, Advancing Affordable Materials Technology, 33rd International SAMPE Technical Conference, A. Falcone, K. M. Nelson, R. Albers, W. B. Avery eds., vol. 33, p. 1037-1049 (2001).

A) S. I. Stupp, M. U. Pralle, P. V. Braun, G. Tew, P. Osenar and L. S. Li: Controlling morphology through self assembling organic materials: a synthetic route to quantum dots, Proceedings of the fourth international symposium on quantum confinement: nanoscale materials, devices, and systems, 191st meeting of the Electrochemical Society, M. Cahay, J.P. Leburton, S. Bandyopadhyay, and D. J. Lockwood, eds., p. 3-15 (1997).