Publications

21. Bronstein, H. A.; Luscombe, C. K. "Externally initiated regioregular P3HT with controlled molecular weight and narrow polydispersity." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009, 131, 12894.

20. Wen, T.; Liu, D.; Luscombe, C. K.; Krishnan, K. M. "Granular magnetoresistance in Cobalt/poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) hybrid thin films prepared by a wet chemical method." Appl. Phys. Lett., 2009, 95, 082509.

19. Doubina, N.; Stoddard, M.; Bronstein, H. A.; Jen, A. K. Y.; Luscombe, C. K. "The effects of binding ligand variation on the nickel catalyzed externally initiated polymerization of 2-bromo-3-hexyl-5-iodothiophene." Macromol. Chem. Phys., 2009, DOI: 10.1002/macp.200900375.

18. Doubina, N; Ho, A.; Jen, A. K. Y.; Luscombe, C. K. "Effect of initiators on the Kumada catalyst-transfer polycondensation reaction." Macromolecules, 2009, 42, 7670.

17. Bull, T. A.; Pingree, L. S.; Jenekhe, S. A.; Ginger, D. S.; Luscombe, C. K. "The role of mesoscopic PCBM crystallites in solvent vapor annealed copolymer solar cells." ACS Nano, 2009, 3, 627.

16. Wu, P. T.; Bull, T.; Kim, F. S.; Luscombe, C. K.; Jenekhe, S. A. "Organometallic donor-acceptor conjugated polymer semiconductors: Tunable optical, electrochemical, charge transport, and photovoltaic properties." Macromolecules, 2009, 42, 671.

15. Ko, S. H.; Pan, H.; Grigoropoulos, C. P.; Luscombe, C. K.; Fréchet, J. M. J.; Poulikakos, D. “Lithography-free high-resolution organic transistors on polymer substrate by low temperature selective laser processing of inkjet printed nanoparticle film.” Appl. Phys. A , 2008, 92, 579.

14. Liu, D.; Yang, P.; Luscombe, C. K. "Preparation of titanium oxide pillars on glass substrates and ultrathin titnaium oxide layer using PMMA/PS blend films." J. Phys. Chem. C, 2008, 112, 7886.

13. Ko, S. H.; Pan, H.; Grigoropoulos, C. P.; Luscombe, C. K.; Fréchet, J. M. J.; Poulikakos, D. "All inkjet printed flexible electronics fabrication on a polymer substrate by low temperature high resolution selective laser sintering of metal nanoparticles." Nanotechnology, 2007, 18, 345202.

12. Ko, S. H.; Pan, H.; Grigoropoulos, C. P.; Park, I.; Pisano, A. P.; Luscombe, C. K.; Fréchet, J. M. J. "Metal nanoparticle laser processing for high-resolution, lithography-free organic transistors." Nano. Lett., 2007, 7, 1869. Highlighted in Nanowerk and Nature Nanotechnology.

11. Luscombe, C. K.; Proemmel, S.; Huck, W. T. S.; Holmes, A. B.; Fukushima, H. "Synthesis of supercritical carbon dioxide soluble perfluorinated dendrons for surface modification." J. Org. Chem., 2007, 72, 5505 .

10. Ko, S. H.; Pan, H.; Grigoropoulos, C. P.; Luscombe, C. K.; Fréchet, J. M. J.; Poulikakos, D. "Air stable high resolution organic transistors by selective laser sintering of inkjet printed metal nanoparticles." Appl. Phys. Lett., 2007, 90, 141103.
9. *Gowrishankar, V.; *Luscombe, C. K.; McGehee, M. D.; Fréchet, J. M. J. “High efficiency, Cd-free Copper-Indium-Gallium-Diselenide / Polymer Hybrid Solar Cells.” Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells, 2007, 91, 807. *Joint first authors.

8. Sivula, K.; Luscombe, C. K; Thompson, B. C.; Fréchet, J. M. J. "Enhancing the thermal stability of polythiophene:fullerene solar cells by decreasing polymer regioregularity." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128, 13988.

7. Chang, J. B.; Liu, V.; Subramanian, V.; Sivula, K.; Luscombe, C.; Murphy, A.; Liu, J; Fréchet, J. M. J. “Printable polythiophene gas sensor array for low-cost electronic noses.” J. Appl. Phys., 2006, 100, 014506.

6. Liu, Y.; Scully, S. R.; McGehee, M. D.; Liu, J; Luscombe, C. K.; Fréchet, J. M. J.; Shaheen, S. E.; Ginley, D. “Dependence of Band Offset and Open Circuit Voltage on the Interfacial Interaction Between TiO2 and Carboxylated Polythiophenes.” J. Phys. Chem. B., 2006, 110, 3257.

5. Murphy, A. R.; Liu, J.; Luscombe, C. K.; Kavulak, D.; Fréchet, J. M. J.; Kline, J.; McGehee, M. D. “Synthesis, Characterization, and Field-Effect Transistor Performance of Carboxylate Functionalized Polythiophenes with Increased Air Stability.” Chem. Mater., 2005, 17, 4892.

4. Muir, B. V. O.; Luscombe, C. K.; Huck, W. T. S. “Formation of Nanostructured Polymers.” in Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. Editor-in-chief: Nalwa, H. S.; American Scientific Publishers, 2004, 3, 497.

3. Luscombe, C. K.; Li, H.-W.; Huck, W. T. S.; Holmes, A. B. “Fluorinated Silane SAMs as Resists for Patterning ITO.” Langmuir, 2003, 19, 5273.

2. Luscombe, C. K.; Huck, W. T. S.; Holmes, A. B.; Lu, T.; Leeke, G. A.; Santos, R. C. D.; Al-Duri, B.; Seville, J. P. K. “Patterned Deposition from Compressed Carbon Dioxide.” MRS Symp. Proc., 2002, 734, 103.

1. Kiyota, H.; Dixon, D. J.; Luscombe, C. K.; Hettstedt, S.; Ley, S. V. “Synthesis, Structure Revision, and Absolute Configuration of (+)-Didemniserinolipid B, a Serinol Marine Natural Product from a Tunicate Didemnum sp.” Org. Lett., 2002, 4, 3223.

Patents
4. Huck, W. T. S.; Holmes, A. B. H.; Luscombe, C. K.; Fukushima, H.; Nebashi, S.; Ishida, M. “Fabrication of self-assembled dendron monolayers.” 2004, GB 0415243.5.

3. Holmes, A. B.; Huck, W. T. S.; Luscombe, C. K. “Patterned Substrates.” 2004, WO2004008250.

2. Holmes, A. B.; Lu, T.; Santos, R.; Al-Duri, B.; Leeke, G.; Huck, W. T. S.; Luscombe, C. K.; Seville, J.; Gaspar, F. “Patterned Deposition Using Compressed Carbon Dioxide.” 2004, US2004052944.

1. Holmes, A. B.; Huck, W. T. S.; Luscombe, C. K.; Fukushima, H.; Ishida, M.; Miyashita, S. “Fabrication of self-assembled monolayers.” 2002, US2002197879.

Presentations

Oral Presentation: “Electroactive Polymers − from Design and Synthesis to Applications.” Invited Speaker, Gordon Research Conference on Organic Thin Films, Rhode Island, USA. July 10-15, 2005.

Oral Presentation: “Patterned Deposition from Compressed Carbon Dioxide.” Invited Speaker, MRS Fall Conference, Boston, USA. December 2-6, 2002.

Poster Presentation: “Patterning of self-assembled monolayers on ITO.” MACRO International Conference on Polymer Synthesis, Warwick, UK. July 29-August 1, 2002.