Recent Publications

SELF-ASSEMBLY OF MESOSCOPICALLY ORDERED CHROMATIC POLYDIACETYLENE/SILICA NANOCOMPOSITES, Y.Lu,Y. Yang, A. Sellinger, M. Lu, J. Huang, H. Fan, R. Haddad, G. Lopez, A. R. Burns, D. Sasaki, J. Shelnutt, and C. Brinker, Nature, Nature 410, 913 (2001).

SHEAR-INDUCED MECHANOCHROMISM IN POLYDIACETYLENE MONOLAYERS, A. R. Burns, R. W. Carpick, D.Y. Sasaki, J. A. Shelnutt, and R. Haddad, Tribol. Lett. 10, 89 (2001).

DIRECTIONAL SHEAR FORCE MICROSCOPY, A. R. Burns, and R. W. Carpick, Appl. Phys. Lett. 78, 317 (2001).

SPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETRY AND FLUORSCENCE STUDY OF THERMOCHROMISM IN AN ULTRATHIN POLY(DIACTEYLENE) FILM: REVERSIBILITY AND TRANSITION KINETICS, R. W. Carpick, T. M. Mayer, D. Y. Sasaki, and A. R. Burns, Langmuir 16, 4639 (2000).

HIGH MOLECULAR ORIENTATION IN MONO- AND TRI-LAYER POLYDIACETYLENE FILMS IMAGED BY ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY, D. Y. Sasaki, R. W. Carpick, and A. R. Burns, J. Colloid Interface Sci. 229, 490 (2000) .

ACID-BASE INTERACTIONS AT THE MOLECULAR LEVEL: SCANNING PROBE STUDIES, A. R. Burns, J. E. Houston, R. W. Carpick, and T. A. Michalske, in Acid-Based Interactions:Relevance to Adhesion Science and Technology, Vol2, ed. by K.L. Mittal (VSP, the Netherlands, 2000),pp.223-234.

FIRST OBSERVATION OF MECHANOCHROMISM AT THE NANOMETER SCALE, R. W. Carpick, D. Y. Sasaki, and A. R. Burns, Langmuir 16, 1270 (2000).

LARGE FRICTION ANISOTROPY OF A POLYDIACETYLENE MONOLAYER, Tribol. Lett. 7, 79 (1999).

MOLECULAR LEVEL FRICTION AS REVEALED WITH A NOVEL SCANNING PROBE, A. R. Burns, J. E. Houston, R. W. Carpick, and T. A. Michalske, Langmuir 15, 2922 (1999).

FRICTION AND MOLECULAR DEFORMATION IN THE TENSILE REGIME, A. R. Burns, J. E. Houston, R. W. Carpick, and T. A. Michalske, Phys. Rev. Lett. 82,1181 (1999).

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