Publications

From UTD:

  1. Sista, P.; Xue, B.; Wilson, M.; Holmes, N.; Kularatne, R. S.; Nguyen, H., Dastoor, P. C., Belcher, W., Poole, K., Janesko, B. G., Biewer, M. C., Stefan, M. C., Influence of the Alkyl Substituents Spacing on the Solar Cell Performance of Benzodithiophene Semiconducting Polymers, Macromolecules, 2012, DOI: 10.1021/ma202497v.

  2. Nguyen, H. Q.; Rainbolt, E. A.; Sista, P.; Stefan, M. C., Synthesis and Polymerization of Fused-Ring Thienodipyrrole Monomers, Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 2011, DOI: 10.1002/macp.201100608.

  3. Stefan, M. C.; Bhatt, M. P.; Sista, P.; Magurudeniya, H. D., Grignard Metathesis (GRIM) Polymerization for the Synthesis of Conjugated Block Copolymers Containing Regioregular Poly(3-Hexylthiophene), Polymer Chemistry, 2011, DOI: 10.1039/c1py00453k.

  4. Sista, P.; Biewer, M. C.; Stefan, M. C., Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b’]dithiophene Building Block for the Synthesis of Semiconducting Polymers, Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2011, 32,  10.1002/marc201100671.

  5. Magurudenyia, H; Sista, P.; Westbrook, J. K.; Ourso, T. E.; Nguyen, K.; Maher, M. C.; Alemseghed, M.; Biewer, M.C.; Stefan, M. C., Nickel(II) a-Diimine Catalyst for Grignard Metathesis (GRIM) Polymerization, Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2011, 32, 1748-1752.

  6. Sista, P.; Hao, J.; Elkassih, S.; Sheina, E. E.; Biewer, M. C., Janesko, B. G.; Stefan, M. C., Synthesis Characterization, and Computational Modeling of Benzodithiophene Donor-Acceptor Semiconducting Polymers, Journal of Polymer Science, Part A, 2011, 49, 4172-4179.

  7. Sista, P.; Bhatt, M. P.; McCarry, A. R.; Nguyen, H.; Hao, J.; Biewer, M.C.; Stefan M. C., Enhancement of OFET Performance of Semiconducting Polymers Containing Benzodithiophene Upon Surface Treatment with Organic Silanes, Journal of Polymer Science, Part A, 2011, 49, 2292-2302.

  8. Hao, J.; Servello, J.; Sista, P.; Biewer, M. C.; Stefan, M. C., Temperature Sensitive Aliphatic Polyesters: Synthesis and Characterization of g-Substituted Caprolactone Monomers and Polymers, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2011, 21, 10623-10628.

  9. Palaniappan, K.; Hundt, N.; Sista, P.; Nguyen, H.; Hao, J.; Bhatt, M.; Han, Y. Y.; Schmiedel, E. A.; Sheina, E. E.; Biewer, M. C.; Stefan, M. C., Block Copolymers Containing Regioregular Poly(3-Hexyltiophene) and Poly(4-Vinylpyridine): Synthesis and Its Interaction with CdSe Quantum Dots for Hybrid Organic Applications, Journal of Polymer Science, Part A, 2011, 49, 1802-1808.

  10. Hundt, N.; Hoang, Q.; Nguyen, H.; Sista, P.; Hao, J.; Servello, J.; Palaniappan, K.; Alemseghed, M.; Biewer, M. C.; Stefan, M. C., Synthesis and Characterization of a block copolymer containing regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) and poly(gamma-benzyl-L-glutamate), Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2011, 32, 302-308.

  11. Sista, P.; Nguyen, H.; Murphy, J. W.; Hao, J.; Dei, D. K.; Palaniappan, K.; Servello, J.; Kularatne, R. S.; Gnade, B. E.; Xue, B.; Dastoor, P. C.; Biewer, M. C.; Stefan, M. C., Synthesis and electronic properties of semiconducting polymers containing benzodithiophene with alkyl phenylethynyl substituents, Macromolecules, 2010, 43, 8063-8070.

  12. Hundt, N.: Palaniappan, K.; Sista, P.; Murphy, J. W.; Hao, J.; Nguyen, H.; Stein, E.; Biewer, M. C.; Gnade, B. E.; Stefan, M. C., Synthesis and characterization of polythiophenes with alkenyl substituents, Polymer Chemistry, 2010, 1, 1624-1632.

  13. Alemseghed, M. G.; Servello, J.; Hundt, N.; Sista, P.; Biewer, M.; Stefan, M. C., Amphiphilic Block Copolymers Containing Regioregular Poly(3-hexylthiophene) and Poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline), Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 2010, 211, 1291-1297

  14. Alemseghed, M.; Gowrisanker, S.; Servello J.;  Stefan, M. C., Synthesis of Di-block Copolymers Containing Regioregular Poly(3-hexylthiophene) and Poly(tetrahydrofuran) by a Combination of Grignard Metathesis and Cationic Polymerization, Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 2009, 210, 2007-2014.

  15. Hundt, N.;  Palaniappan, K.; Servello, J.; Dei, D. K.; Stefan, M. C.; Biewer, M. C., Polymers Containing Benzodithiophene Repeating Unit with Extended Electron Delocalization, Organic Letters, 2009, 11(19), 4422-4425.

  16. Palaniappan, K.; Murphy, J.  W.; Khanam, N.; Horvath, J.; Alshareef, H.; Quevedo-Lopez, M.; Biewer, M. C.; Park, S. Y.; Moon, K. J.; Gnade, B.; Stefan, M. C., Poly(3-hexylthiophene)-CdSe quantum dot bulk heterojunction solar cells: Influence of the functional end-group of the polymer, Macromolecules 2009, 42(12), 3845-3848.

  17. Craley, R. C.; Zhang, R.; Kowalewski, T.; McCullough, R.D.; Stefan, M. C., Regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) in a novel conducting amphiphilic block copolymer, Macromolecular Rapid Communications 2009, 30, 11-16.

  18. Stefan, M. C.; Javier, A. E.; Osaka, I.; McCullough, R. D., Grignard Metathesis Method (GRIM): Toward a Universal Method for the Synthesis of Conjugated Polymers, Macromolecules 2009, 42(1), 30-32.

FROM CMU *:

  1. Iovu, Mihaela C.; Zhang, R.; Cooper, J. R.; Smilgies, D. M.; Javier, A. E.; Sheina, E. E.; Kowalewski, T.; McCullough, R. D., Conducting block copolymers of regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) and poly(methacrylates): electronic materials with variable conductivities and degrees of interfibrillar order,    Macromolecular Rapid Communications 2007, 28(17), 1816-1824. 

  2. Iovu, Mihaela C.; Craley, C. R.; Jeffries-EL, M.; Krankowski, A. B.; Zhang, R.; Kowalewski, T.; McCullough, R. D., Conducting Regioregular Polythiophene Block Copolymer Nanofibrils Synthesized by Reversible Addition Fragmentation Chain Transfer Polymerization (RAFT) and Nitroxide Mediated Polymerization (NMP), Macromolecules 2007, 40(14), 4733-4735. 

  3. Li, B.; Santhanam, S.; Schultz, L.; Jeffries-EL, M.;  Iovu, Mihaela C.; Sauvé, G.; Cooper, J.; Zhang, R.; Revelli,J. C.; Kusne, A. G.; Snyder, J. L.; Kowalewski, T.; Weiss, L. E.; McCullough, R. D.; Fedder, G. K.;  Lambeth, D. N.,Inkjet Printed Chemical Sensor Array Based on Polythiophene Conductive Polymers,  Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 2007, 123(2), 651-660.

  4. Li, B.; Sauvé, G.; Iovu, Mihaela C.; Jeffries-EL, M.; Zhang, R.; Cooper, J.; Santhanam, S.; Schultz, L.; Revelli, J. C.; Kusne, A. G.; Kowalewski, T.; Snyder, J. L.; Weiss, L. E.; Fedder, G. K.; McCullough, R. D.; Lambeth, D. N., Volatile Organic Compound Detection Using Nanostructured Copolymers, Nano Letters 2006, 6, 1598-1602.

  5. Zhang, R. ; Li, B.; Iovu, Mihaela C.; Jeffries-EL, M.; Sauvé, G.; Cooper,  J.; Jia, S.; Tristram-Nagle, S.; Smilgies, D. M.; Lambeth, D. N.; McCullough, R. D.;  Kowalewski, T., Nanostructure Dependence of Field-Effect Mobility in Regioregular Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Thin Film Field Effect Transistors, Journal of the American Chemical Society 2006, 128, 3480-3481.

  6. Iovu, Mihaela C.; Jeffries-EL, M.; Zhang, R.; Kowalewski, T.; McCullough, R. D., Conducting Block Copolymer Nanowires Containing Regioregular Poly(3-Hexylthiophene) and Polystyrene, Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part A: Pure and Applied Chemistry, 2006,  43(12), 1991-2000.

  7. Iovu, Mihaela C., Sheina E. E., Gil R. R., McCullough R. D., Experimental Evidence for the Quasi-“Living” Nature of the Grignard Metathesis Method for the Synthesis of Regioregular Poly(3-alkylthiophenes), Macromolecules 2005, 38, 8649-8656.

  8. Iovu, Mihaela C.; Jeffries-EL, M.; Sheina, E. E.; Cooper, J. R.; McCullough, R. D., Regioregular Poly(3-Alkylthiophene) Conducting Block Copolymers, Polymer  2005, 46, 8582. 

  9. McCullough, R. D.; Sauve, G.; Li, B.; Jeffries-El, M.; Santhanam, S.; Schultz, L.; Zhang, R.; Iovu, Mihaela C.; Cooper, J.; Sreedharan, P.; Revelli, J. C.; Kusner, A. G.; Kowalewski, T.; Snyder, J. L.; Weiss, L. E.; Lambeth, D. N.; Fedder, G. K., Regio-Regular Polythiophene Nanowires and Sensors, Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering 2005, 5940 (Organic Field-Effect Transistors IV),  594005/1.

  10. Sheina, E. E.; Liu, J.; Iovu, Mihaela C.; Laird, D. W.; McCullough, R. D., Chain Growth Mechanism for Regioregular Nickel-Initiated Cross-Coupling Polymerizations, Macromolecules 2004, 37, 3526. 

  11. Iovu, Mihaela C.; Matyjaszewski, K., Controlled/Living Radical Polymerization of Vinyl Acetate by Degenerative Transfer with Alkyl Iodides, Macromolecules 2003, 36, 9346.

* From 1997 to 2007 Dr. Stefan's papers were published under the name Mihaela C. Iovu

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