Publications

Published and Accepted Peer Reviewed Publications

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34. Jin, X; Xiong, K.; Marstell, R.J.; Strandwitz, N.C.; Hwang, J.M.C.; Farina, M.; Goritz, A.; Weitstruck, M.; Kaynak, M.; “Scanning microwave microscopy of buried CMOS interconnect lines with nanometer resolution”, International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies, 2018. 10.1017/S1759078718000181

31. Khadka, K.; Strandwitz, N.C.; Ferguson, G.S.; “A Byproduct-Free Route to Aminosiloxane Monolayers on Silicon/Silicon Dioxide”, Langmuir, in press, 2017. 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b04415

30. Sowa, M.; Yemane, Y.; Zhang, J.; Palmstrom, J.; Ju, L.; Strandwitz, N.C.; Prinz, F.B.; Provine, J.; “Plasma-Enhanced Atomic Layer Deposition of Superconducting Niobium Nitride”, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, in press, 2016. 10.1116/1.4972858

29. Ju, L; Bao, B.; King, S.; Strandwitz, N.C.; “Molecular Layer Deposition Using Cyclic Azasilanes, Maleic Anhydride, Trimethylaluminum and Water”, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, accepted, 2016. 10.1116/1.4972418

28. Hsain, Z; Zeng, G.; Strandwitz, N.C.; Krick, B.A., “Wear Behavior of Annealed Atomic Layer Deposited Alumina”, Wear, in press, 2016. 10.1016/j.wear.2016.12.011

27. Curry, J.F.,; Argibay, N.; Babuska, T.; Nation, B.; Martini, A.; Strandwitz, N.C.; Dugger, M.T.; Krick, B.A., “Highly Oriented MoS₂ Coatings: Tribology and Environmental Stability”, Tribology Letters, 64, 11, 2016.10.1007/s11249-016-0745-0

26. Ju, L.; Strandwitz, N.C., “Cyclic Azasilanes as Volatile and Reactive Precursors for Atomic Layer Deposition of Silicon Dioxide”, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 4, 4034-4039, 2016. 10.1039/C5TC03896K

25. Maret, H.; Weisberg, D.; Chan, H.M.; Strandwitz, N.C., “Seeded Solid-Phase Epitaxy of Atomic Layer Deposited Aluminum Oxide”,  Crystal Growth and Design, 16, 1662-1666, 2016. 10.1021/acs.cgd.5b01744

24. Marstell, R.; Strandwitz, N.C., “Comparison of Hydrolytic and Non-Hydrolytic Atomic Layer Deposition CHemistries: Interfacial Electronic Properties  at Alumina-Silicon Interfaces”,  Journal of Applied Physics, 118, 185304, 2015. 10.1063/1.4935479

23. Hu, S.; Lewis, N.S.; Ager, J.; Yang, J.; McKone, J.; Strandwitz, N.C., “Thin-Film Materials for the Protection of Semiconducting Photoelectrodes in Solar-Fuels Generators”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 119(49), 24201-24228, 2015. 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b05976.

22. Smith, W.A., Sharp, I.D., Strandwitz, N.C., Bisquert, J., “Interfacial Band Edge Energetics for Solar Fuels Production”, Energy and Environmental Science, 8, 2851-2862, 2015. 10.1039/C5EE01822F.

21. Correa, G., Bao, B., Strandwitz, N.C., “Chemical Stability of Titania and Alumina Thin Films Formed by Atomic Layer Deposition”, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 7(27), 14816-14821, 2015. 10.1021/acsami.5b03278.

20. Ju, L., Watt, M., Strandwitz, N.C., “In Situ Measurement of Fixed Charge Evolution at Silicon Surfaces During Atomic Layer Deposition”, Applied Physics Letters, 106, 061603, 2015. 10.1063/1.4907974.
Prior to Joining Lehigh

19. O’Leary, L.E., Strandwitz, N.C., Roske, C.W., Pyo, S., Brunschwig, B.S., Lewis, N.S., “Use of Mixed CH₃–/HC(O)CH₂CH₂–Si(111) Functionality to Control Interfacial Chemical and Electronic Properties During the Atomic-Layer Deposition of Ultrathin Oxides on Si(111)”, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 6, 722-726, 2015. 10.1021/jz502542a.

18. Santori, E.A., Strandwitz, N.C., Grimm, R.L., Brunschwig, B.S., Atwater, H.A., Lewis, N.S., “Operation of Lightly Doped Si Microwires Under High Level Injection Conditions”, Energy and Environmnetal Science, 7, 2329-2338, 2014. 10.1039/c4ee00202d.

17. Nielander, A.C., Bierman, M.J., Petrone, N., Strandwitz, N.C., Ardo, S., Yang, F., Hone, J., Lewis, N.S., “ Photoelectrochemical Behavior of n-type Si(111) Electrodes Coated with a Single Layer of Graphene”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 135 (46), pp 17246-17249 2013. 10.1021/ja407462.

16. Strandwitz, N.C., Comstock, D.J., Grimm, R.L., Nichols-Nielander, A.C., Elam, J., Lewis, N.S., “ Photoelectrochemical Behavior of n-type Si(100) Electrodes Coated with Thin Films of Manganese Oxide Grown by Atomic Layer Deposition”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 117 (10), pp 4931-4936 2013.10.1021/jp311207x.

15. Fitch, A., Strandwitz, N.C., Brunschwig, B.S., Lewis, N.S., “ A Comparison of the Behavior of Single Crystalline and Nanowire Array ZnO Photoanodes”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 117 (5), pp 2008–2015, 2012.10.1021/jp3098457.

14. Grimm, R.L., Bierman, M.J., O’Leary, L.E., Strandwitz, N.C., Brunschwig, B.S., Lewis, N.S., “Comparison of the Photoelectrochemical Behavior of H-Terminated and Methyl-Terminated Si(111) Surfaces in Contact with a Series of One-Electron, Outer-Sphere Redox Couples in CH₃CN”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 116 (44), pp 23569–23576, 2012.10.1021/jp308461q.

13. Strandwitz, N.C., Turner-Evans, D.B., Tamboli, A.C., Chen, C.T., Atwater, H.A., Lewis, N.S., “Photoelectrochemical Behavior of Planar and Microwire-Array Si|GaP Electrodes”, Advanced Energy Materials, 2, pp 1109-1116, 2012.10.1002/aenm.201100728.

12. Santori, E.A., Mailio, J.R.III, Bierman, M.J., Strandwitz, N.C., Kelzenberg, M.K., Atwater, H.A., Lewis, N.S., “Improvement in VLS–grown Si microwire array photoanodes”, Energy and Environmental Science, 5, pp 6867-6871, 2012.10.1039/C2EE03468A.

11. Strandwitz, N.C., Shaner, S., Stucky, G.D., “Compositional tunability and high temperature stability of ceria–zirconia hollow spheres”, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 21, pp 10672-10675, 2011.10.1039/C1JM10897B.

10. Magenau, A.J.D., Strandwitz, N.C., Gennaro, A., Matyjaszewski, K., “Electrochemically Mediated Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization”, Science, 332 (6025), pp 81-84, 2011.10.1126/science.1202357.

9. Strandwitz, N.C., Nonoguchi, Y., Boettcher, S.W., Stucky, G.D., “In Situ Photopolymerization of Pyrrole in Mesoporous TiO₂”, Langmuir, 26 (8), pp 5319-5322, 2010.10.1021/la100913e.

8. Boettcher, S.W., Schierhorn, M., Strandwitz, N.C., Lonergan, M.C., Stucky, G.D., “Ionic Ligand Mediated Electrochemical Charging of Anionic Gold Nanoparticle Films and Anionic-Cationic Gold Nanoparticle Bilayers”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 114 (9), 4168-4178,2010.10.1021/jp910308s.

7. Strandwitz, N.C., Stucky, G.D., “Hollow Microporous Cerium Oxide Spheres Templated By Colloidal Silica”, Chemistry of Materials, 21 (19), 4577-4582, 2009.10.1021/cm901516b.

6. Baker, S.E., Sawvel, A. M., Fan, J., Shi, Q., Strandwitz, N.C., Stucky, G.D., “Blood-Clot Initiation by Mesocellular Foams: Dependence on Nanopore Size and Enzyme Immobilization”, Langmuir, 24 (24), 14254-14260, 2008.10.1021/la802804z.

5. Boettcher, S.W., Berg, S.A., Schierhorn, M., Strandwitz, N.C., Lonergan, M.C., Stucky, G.D., “Ionic Ligand Mediated Electrochemical Charging of Gold Nanoparticle Assemblies”, Nano Letters, 8 (10), 3404-3408, 2008.10.1021/nl8021412.

4. Strandwitz, N.C., Khan, A., Boettcher, S.W., Mikhailovsky, A.A., Hawker, C.J., Nguyen, Q., Stucky, G.D., “One- and Two-Photon Polymerization of Methymethacrylate Using Semiconductor Quantum Dots”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 130 (26), 8280-8288,2008.10.1021/ja711295k.

3. Khan, A., Campos, L.M., Mikhailovsky, A., Toprak, M., Strandwitz, N.C., Stucky, G.D., Hawker, C.J., “Holographic Recording in Cross-Linked Polymeric Matrices through Photoacid Generation”, Chemistry of Materials, 20 (11), 3669-3674, 2008. 10.1021/cm800500q.

2. Boettcher, S.W., Strandwitz, N.C., Schierhorn, M., Lock, N., Lonergan, M.C., Stucky G.D., “ Tuneable Electronic Interfaces Between Bulk Semiconductors and Ligand-Stabilized Nanoparticle Assemblies”, Nature Materials, 6 (8), 592 – 596, 2007.10.1038/nmat1943.

1. Zide, J.M.O., Kleiman-Schwarsctein, A., Strandwitz, N.C., Zimmerman, J.D., Steenblock-Smith, T., Gossard, A.C., Forman, A., Ivanovskaya, A., Stucky, G.D., “Increased efficiency in multijunction solar cells through incorporation of semimetallic ErAs nanoparticles into the tunnel junction”, Applied Physics Letters, 88, 162103, 2006. 10.1063/1.2196059.