Publications

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128. Huang, Y.; Cohen, T. A.; Sommerville, P. J. W.; Luscombe, C. K. "Green syntheses of stable and efficient organic dyes for organic hybrid light-emitting diodes" J. Mater. Chem. C, 2021, Advance Article     

127. Cohen, T. A.; Huang, Y.; Bricker, N. A.; Juhl, C. S.; Milstein, T. J.; MacKenzie, J. D.; Luscombe, C. K.; Gamelin, D. R. "Modular Zwitterion-Functionalized Poly(isopropyl methacrylate) Polymers for Hosting Luminescent Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystal" Chem. Mater., 2021, 33, 3779-3790. 

126. Tatum, W. K.; Torrejon, D.; Resing, A. B.; Onorato, J. W.; Luscombe, C. K. "Algorithmically extracted morphology descriptions for predicting device performance" Computational Materials Science, 2021, 197, 110599      

125. Luscombe, C. K.; Russell, G. T. "Macromolecular Science Turns 100" Chemistry International, 2021, 43 (2), 4-9.  

124. Wolf, C. M.; Guio, L.; Scheiwiller, S. C.; O'Hara, R. P.; Luscombe, C. K.; Pozzo, L. D. "Blend Morphology in Polythiophene−Polystyrene Composites from Neutron and X-ray Scattering" Macromolecules, 2021, 54, 2960-2978.       

123. Luscombe, C. K.; Maitra, U.; Walter, M.; Wiedmer, S. K. "Theoretical background to semiconducting polymers and their applications to OSCs and OLEDs" Chem.  Teach. Int., 2021, Just Accepted.

122. Sperry, B. M.; Luscombe, C. K. "Ligand Pyrolysis during Air-Free Inorganic Nanocrystal Synthesis" Chem. Mater., 2021, 33, 136-145.  

121. Gu, K.; Wang, Y.; Li, R.; Tsai, E.; Onorato, J. W.; Luscombe, C. K.; Priestley, R. D.; Loo, Y.-L. "Role of Postdeposition Thermal Annealing on Intracrystallite and Intercrystallite Structuring and Charge Transport in Poly(3-hexylthiophene)" ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2021, 13, 999-1007. 

120.  Dong, B. X.; Nowak, C.; Onorato, J. W.; Ma, T.; Niklas, J.; Poluektov, O. G.; Grocke, G.; DiTusa, M. F.; Escobedo, F. A.; Luscombe, C. K.; Nealey, P. F.; Pate, S. N. "Complex Relationship between Side-Chain Polarity, Conductivity, and Thermal Stability in Molecularly Doped Conjugated Polymers" Chem. Mater., 2021, 33, 741-743.  

119. Crane, M. J.; Jacoby, L. M.; Cohen, T. A.; Huang, Y.; Luscombe, C. K.; Gamelin, D. R. "Coherent Spin Precession and Lifetime-Limited Spin Dephasing in CsPbBr3 Perovskite Nanocrystals" Nano Lett., 2020, 20, 8626-8633.

118. Jones, R. G.; Ober, C. K.; Hayakawa, T.; Luscombe, C. K.; Stingelin, N. "Terminology of polymers in advanced lithography (IUPAC Recommendations 2020)" Pure and Appl. Chem., 2020, 92, 1861-1891.

117. Sommerville, P. J. W.; Li, Y.; Dong, B. X.; Zhang, Y.; Onorato, J. W.; Tatum, W. K.; Balzer, A. H.; Stingelin, N. S.; Patel, S. N.; Nealey, P. F.; Luscombe, C. K. "Elucidating the Influence of Side-Chain Circular Distribution on the Crack Onset Strain and Hole Mobility of Near-Amorphous Indacenodithiophene Copolymers" Macromolecules, 2020, 53, 7511-7518.

116. Tatum, W.; Torrejon, D.; O'Neil, P.; Onorato, J. W.; Resing, A. B.; Holliday, S.; Flagg, L. Q.; Ginger, D. S.; Luscombe, C. K. "Generalizable Framework for Algorithmic Interpretation of Thin Film Morphologies in Scanning Probe Images" J. Chem. Inf. Model. 2020, 60, 7, 3387−3397.

115. Hodge, P.; Hellwich, K.-H.; Hiorns, R. C.; Jones, R. G.; Kahovec, J.; Luscombe, C. K.; Purbrick, M. D.; Wilks, E. S. "A concise guide to polymer nomenclature for authors of papers and reports in polymer science and technology (IUPAC Technical Report)" Pure Appl. Chem., 2020, 92, 797-813.

114. Bischak, C. G.; Flagg, L. Q.; Yan, K.; Rehman, T.; Davies, D. W.; Quezada, R. J.; Onorato, J. W.; Luscombe, C. K.; Diao, Y.; Li, C.-Z.; Ginger, D. S. "A Reversible Structural Phase Transition by Electrochemically-Driven Ion Injection into a Conjugated Polymer" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020, 142, 7434-7442.

113. Mayhugh, A. L.; Luscombe, C. K. "Room-temperature Pd/Ag direct arylation enabled by a radical pathway" Belstein J. Org. Chem., 2020, 16, 384-390.

112. Abetz, V.; Chan, C. H.; Luscombe, C. K.; Matson, J. B.; Merna, J.; Nakano, T.; Raos, G.; Russell, G. T. "Quo Vadis, Macromolecular Science? Reflections by the IUPAC Polymer Division on the Occasion of the Staudinger Centenary" Isr. J. Chem., 2020, 60, 9-19.

111. Flagg, L. Q.; Bischak, C. G.; Quezada, R. J.; Onorato, J. W.; Luscombe, C. K.; Ginger, D. S. "P-Type Electrochemical Doping Can Occur by Cation Expulsion in a High-Performing Polymer for Organic Electrochemical Transistors" ACS Materials. Lett., 2020, 2, 254.

110. Gu, K.; Onorato, J. W.; Luscombe, C. K.; Loo, Y.-L. "The Role of Tie Chains on the Mechano‐Electrical Properties of Semiconducting Polymer Films" Adv. Electron. Mater., 2020, 6, 1901070.

109. Martinelli, J. C.; Phan, S.; Luscombe, C. K.; Padilla-Gamino, J. L "Low incidence of microplastic contaminants in Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas Thunberg) from the Salish Sea, USA" Sci. Total Environ., 2020, 715, 136826.

108. Pakhnyuk, V.; Onorato, J. W.; Steiner, E. J.; Cohen, T. A.; Luscombe, C. K. "Enhanced miscibility and strain resistance of blended elastomer/π‐conjugated polymer composites through side chain functionalization towards stretchable electronics" Polym. Int., 2020, 308-316.

107. Buenaflor, J.; Sommerville, P. J. W.;Qian, H.; Luscombe, C. K. "Investigation of Bimetallic Nickel Catalysts in Catalyst‐Transfer Polymerization of π‐Conjugated Polymers" Macromol. Chem. Phys., 2020, 221, 1900363

106. Huang, Y.; Liu, Y.; Sommerville, P. J. W.; Kaminsky, W.; Ginger, D. S.; Luscombe, C. K. "Theobromine and direct arylation: a sustainable and scalable solution to minimize aggregation caused quenching" Green Chem., 2019, 21, 6600.

105. Huang, Y.; Elder, D. L.; Kwiram, A. L.; Jenekhe, S. A.; Jen, A. K. Y.; Dalton, L. R.; Luscombe, C. K. "Organic Semiconductors at the University of Washington: Advancements in Materials Design and Synthesis and toward Industrial Scale Production" Adv. Mater., 2019, Early view

104. Phan, S.; Luscombe, C. K. "Recent Advances in the Green, Sustainable Synthesis of Semiconducting Polymers" Trends in Chemistry, 2019, 1, 670.

103. Ghosh, R.; Luscombe, C. K.; Hambsch, M.; Mannsfeld, S. C. B.; Salleo, A.; Spano, F. C. "Anisotropic polaron delocalization in conjugated homopolymers and donor-acceptor copolymers" Chem. Mater., 2019, 31, 7033.

102. Slomkowski, S.; Fellows, C. M.; Hiorns, R. C.; Jones, R. G.; Kubisa, P.; Luscombe, C. K.; Nakano, T.; Russell, G. T.; dos Santos, C. G.; Scholz, C.; Stingelin, N.; Walter, M. G. "List of keywords for polymer science (IUPAC Technical Report)" Pure Appl. Chem., 2019, 91, 997.

101. Wolf, C. M.; Kanekal, K. H.; Yimer, Y. Y.; Tyagi, M.; Omar-Diallo, S.; Pakhnyuk, V.; Luscombe, C. K.; Pfaendtnder, J.; Pozzo, L. D. "Assessment of molecular dynamics simulations for amorphous poly(3-hexylthiophene) using neutron and X-ray scattering experiments" Soft Matter, 2019, 15, 5067.

100. Tatum, W. K.; Resing, A. B.; Flagg, L. Q.; Ginger, D. S.; Luscombe, C. K. "Defect Tolerance of π-Conjugated Polymer Crystal Lattices and Their Relevance to Optoelectronic Applications" ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 2019, 1, 1466.

99. Cohen, T. A.; Milstein, T. J.; Kroupa, D. M.; MacKenzie, J. D.; Luscombe C. K.; Gamelin, D. R. "Quantum-Cutting Yb3+-Doped Perovskite Nanocrystals for Monolithic Bilayer Luminescent Solar Concentrators" J. Mater. Chem. A, 2019, 7, 9279.

98. Onorato, J. W.; Luscombe, C. K."Morphological Effects on Polymeric Mixed Ionic/Electronic Conductors" Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2019, 4, 310.

97. Flagg, L. Q.; Bischak, C. G.; Onorato, J. W.; Rashid, R. B.; Luscombe, C. K.; Ginger, D. S. "Polymer Crystallinity Controls Water Uptake in Glycol Side Chain Polymer Organic Electrochemical Transistors" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 4345.

96. Dong, B. X.; Nowak, C.; Onorato, J. W.; Strzalka, J.; Escobedo, F. A.; Luscombe, C. K.; Nealey, P. F.; Patel, S. N. "Influence of Side-chain Chemistry on Structure and Ionic Conduction Characteristics of Polythiophene Derivatives: A Computational and Experimental Study" Chem. Mater., 2019, 31, 1418.

95. Huang, Y.; Luscombe, C. K. "Towards green synthesis and processing of organic solar cells" The Chemical Record, 2019, 19, 1039. Invited personal account.

94. Li, Y.; Zhang. X.; Zhang, Y.; Dong. R.; Luscombe. C. K. "Review on the Role of Polymers in Luminscent Solar Concentrators" J. Polym. Sci. A Polym. Chem., 2019, 57, 201.

93. Kang, L.; Xing, L.; Luscombe, C. K. "Exploration and development of gold- and silver-catalyzed cross dehydrogenative coupling toward donor-acceptor π-conjugated polymer synthesis" Polym. Chem., 2019, 10, 486.

92. Gu, K.; Snyder, C. R.; Onorato, J.; Luscombe, C. K.; Bosse, A. W.; Loo, Y.-L. "Assessing the Huang-Brown description of tie chains for charge transport in conjugated polymers" ACS Macro Lett., 2018, 7, 1333.

91. Chew, A. R.; Ghosh, R.; Pakhnyuk, V.; Onorato, J.; Davidson, E. C.; Segalman, R. A.; Luscombe, C. K.; Spano, F. C.; Salleo, A. "Unraveling the effect of conformational and electronic disorder in the charge transport processes of semiconducting polymers" Adv. Funct. Mater., 2018, 28, 1804142.

90. Mazzio, K. A.; Prasad, S. K. K.; Okamoto, K.; Hodgkiss, J. M.; Luscombe, C. K. "End-functionalized semiconducting polymers as reagents in the synthesis of hybrid II-VI nanoparticles" Langmuir, 2018, 34, 9692.

89. Ghosh, R.; Chew, A. R.; Onorato, J.; Pahnyuk, V.; Luscombe, C. K.; Salleo, A.; Spano, F. C. "Spectral Signatures and Spatial Coherence of Bound and Unbound Polarons in P3HT Films: Theory Versus Experiment" J. Phys. Chem. C, 2018, 122, 18048.

88. Li, Y.; Tatum, W.; Onorato, J.; Zhang, Y.; Luscombe, C. K. "Low elastic modulus and high charge mobility of low-crystallinity indacenodithiophene-based semiconducting polymers for potential applications in stretchable electronics" Macromolecules, 2018, 51, 6352.

87. Lee, J. A.; Luscombe, C. K. "Dual-Catalytic AgPd System for Direct Arylation Polymerization to Synthesize Poly(3-hexylthiophene)" ACS Macro Lett., 2018, 7, 767.

86. Shi, Q., Tatum, W.; Zhang, J.; Scott, C.; Luscombe, C. K.; Marder, S. R.; Blakely S. B. "The Direct Arylation Polymerization (DArP) and Application of Well-Defined Alternating Copolymers Based On 5,6-Dicyano[2,1,3]benzothiadiazole (DCBT)" Asian J. Org. Chem., 2018, 7, 1419. Invited Paper.

85. Xi, Y.; Li, D. S.; Newbloom, G. M.; Tatum, W. K.; O'Donnell, M.; Luscombe, C. K.; Pozzo, L. D. "Sonocrystallization of Conjugated Polymers with Ultrasound Fields", Soft Matter, 2018, 14, 4963.

84. Zhang, J.; Kang, L.; Parker, T. C.; Blakey, S. B.; Luscombe, C. K.; Marder, S. "Recent Developments in C−H Activation for Materials Science in the Center for Selective C−H Activation" Molecules, 2018, 23, 922. Invited Paper.

83. Tatum, W. K.; Luscombe, C. K. "Pi-Conjugated Polymer Nanowires: Advances and Perspectives Towards Effective Commercial Implementation" Polymer Journal, 2018, 50, 659. Invited Paper.

82. Gu, K.; Onorato, J.; Xiao, S. S.; Luscombe, C. K.; Loo, Y.-L. "Determination of the molecular weight of conjugated polymers with diffusion-ordered NMR spectroscopy" Chem. Mater., 2018, 30, 570.

81. Holliday, S.; Luscombe, C. K. "Low Boiling Point Solvent Additives for Improved Photooxidative Stability in Organic Photovoltaics" Adv. Electron. Mater., 2018, 4, 1700416.

80. Scholes, D. T.; Yee, P. Y.; Lindemuth, J. R.; Kang, H.; Onorato, J.; Ghosh, R.; Luscombe, C. K.; Spano, F. C.; Tolbert, S. H.; Schwartz, B. J. "The effects of crystallinity on charge transport and the structure of sequentially-processed F4TCNQ-doped conjugated polymer films" Adv. Funct. Mater., 2017, 27, 1702654.

79. Bregadiolli, B. A.; Ramanitra, H. H.; Ferreira, R. M.; Corcoles, L.; Gomes, M. S.; Kang, L.; Combe, C. M. S.; Silva, H. S.; Lavarda, F. C.; Begue, D.; Dagron-Lartigau, C.; Rocco, M. L. M.; Luscombe, C. K.; Olivati, C. A.; Graeff, C. F. O.; Hiorns, R. C. "Towards the synthesis of poly(azafulleroid)s: main chain fullerene oligomers for organic photovoltaic devices" Polym. Int., 2017, 66, 1364.

78. O'Keefe, S.; Li, Y.; Luscombe, C. K. "Solution processed low-k dielectric core-shell nanoparticles for additive manufacturing of microwave devices" J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 2017, 134, 45335. Selected as cover article.

77. Giridharagopal, R.; Flagg, L. Q.; Harrison, J. S.; Ziffer, M. E.; Onorato, J.; Luscombe, C. K.; Ginger, D. S. "Electrochemical strain microscopy probes morphology-induced variations in ion uptake and performance in organic electrochemical transistors" Nature Materials, 2017, 16, 737.

76. Scott, C. N.; Bisen, M. D.; Stemer, D. M.; McKinnon, S.; Luscombe, C. K. "Direct Arylation Polycondensation of 2,5-Dithienylsilole with a Series of Difluorobenzodiimine-Based Electron Acceptors" Macromolecules, 2017, 50, 4623.

75. Li, J.-H; Xi, Y.; Pozzo, L. D.; Xu, J.-T.; Luscombe, C. K. "Macroscopically Aligned Nanowire Arrays of pi-Conjugated Polymers via Shear-Enhanced Crystallization" J. Mater. Chem. C., 2017, 5, 5128.

74. Li, J.-H.; Li, Y.; Xu, J.-T.; Luscombe, C. K. "Self-Assembled Amphiphilic Block Copolymers/CdTe Nanocrystals for Efficient Aqueous-Processed Hybrid Solar Cells" ACS Appl. Mater. Inter., 2017, 9, 17942.

73. Li, Y.; Tatum, W. K.; Onorato, J. W.; Barajas, S. D.; Yang, Y. Y.; Luscombe, C. K. "An indacenodithiophene-based semiconducting polymer with high ductility for stretchable organic electronics" Polym. Chem., 2017, 8, 5185. This article is part of the themed collection: Pioneering Investigators.

72. Holliday, S.; Li, Y.; Luscombe, C. K. "Recent Advances in High Performance Donor-Acceptor Polymers for Organic Photovoltaics" Prog. Polym. Sci., 2017, 70, 34. Invited paper.

71. Onorato, J.; Pakhnyuk, V.; Luscombe, C. K. "Structure and design of polymers for durable, stretchable organic electronics" Polymer Journal, 2017, 49, 41. Invited paper.

70. Li, J.-H.; Li, P.; Xu, J.-T.; Luscombe, C. K.; Fan, Z. "Straightening single-walled carbon nanotubes by adsorbed rigid poly(3-hexylthiophene) chains via pi-pi interaction" J. Phys. Chem. C., 2016, 120, 27655.

69. Suraru, S.-L.; Lee, J. A.; Luscombe, C. K. "C-H arylation in the synthesis of pi-conjugated polymer" ACS Macro Lett., 2016, 5, 724. Invited Viewpoint.

68. O'Keefe, S.; Luscombe, C. K. "Microwave dielectric properties of PTFE-polyacrylate composite films made via aerosol deposition" Polym. Int., 2016, 65, 820.

67. Suraru, S.-L.; Lee, J. A.; Luscombe, C. K. "Preparation of an aurylated alkylthiophene monomer via C-H activation for use in Pd-PEPPSI-iPr catalyzed controlled chain growth polymerization" ACS Macro Lett., 2016, 5, 533.

66. Kang, L. J.; Luscombe, C. K. "Poly(3-hexylthiophene) end-functionalization via quenching resulting in heteroatom-bond formation" Aust. J. Chem., 2016, 69, 701. Invited highlight for the 35th Australasian Polymer Symposium.

65. Martin, T. R.; Katahara, J. K.; Bucherl, C. N.; Krueger, B. W.; Hillhouse, H. W.; Luscombe, C. K. "Nanoparticle ligands and pyrolized graphitic carbon in CZTSSe photovoltaic devices" Chem. Mater., 2016, 28, 135.

64. Martin, T. R.; Mazzio, K. A.; Hillhouse, H. W.; Luscombe, C. K. "Synthesis of ligand-free CdS nanoparticles within a sulfur copolymer matrix" J. Vis. Exp., 2016, 111, e54047. Invited paper.

63. Zeigler, D. F.; Candelaria, S. L.; Mazzio, K. A.; Martin, T. R.; Uchaker, E.; Suraru, S.-L.; Kang, L. J.; Cao, G.; Luscombe, C. K. "N-type hyperbranched polymers for supercapacitor cathodes with variable porosity and excellent electrochemical stability" Macromolecules, 2015, 48, 5196.

62. Mazzio, K. A.; Rice, A. H.; Durban, M. M.; Luscombe, C. K. "Effect of regioregularity on charge transport and structural and excitonic coherence in poly(3-hexylthiophene) nanowires" J. Phys. Chem. C, 2015, 119, 14911.

61. Martin, T. R.; Mazzio, K. A.; Hillhouse, H. W.; Luscombe, C. K. "Sulfur copolymer for the direct synthesis of ligand-free CdS nanoparticles" Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 11244.

60. Alameddine, B.; Rice, A. H.; Luscombe, C. K.; Jenny, T. "Synthesis of arylamine tribenzopentaphenes and investigation of their hole mobility" Chemistry Open, 2015, DOI: 10.1002/open.201500064.

59. Li, Z.; Mazzio, K. A.; Okamoto, K.; Luscombe, C. K.; Schlaf, R. "Orbital alignment at the internal interface of arylthiol functionalized CdSe molecular hybrids" J. Appl. Phys., 2015, 117, 155501.

58. Newbloom, G. M; Hoffmann, S. M.; West, A. F.; Gile, M. C.; Sista, P.; Cheung, H.-K. C.; Luscombe, C. K.; Pfaendtner, J.; Pozzo, L. D. "Solvatochromism and Conformational Changes in Fully Dissolved Poly(3-alkylthiophene)s" Langmuir, 2015, 31, 458.

57. Mazzio, K.; Luscombe, C. K. "The Future of Organic Photovoltaics" Chem. Soc. Rev., 2015, 44, 78. Invited review.

56. Sista, P.; Luscombe, C. K. "Progress in Synthesis of Poly(3-hexylthiophene)" Adv. Polym. Sci, 2014, DOI: 10.1007/12_2014_278.

55. Zeigler, D. F.; Mazzio, K. A.; Luscombe, C. K. "Fully Conjugated Graft Copolymers Comprising a P-type Donor-Acceptor Backbone and Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Sidechains Synthesized Via a “Graft Through” Approach" Macromolecules, 2014, 47, 5019.

54. Zhang, G.; Huber, R.; Ferreira, A.; Boyd, S. D.; Luscombe, C.K.; Tolbert, S.; Schwartz, B. "Crystallinity Effects in Sequentially-processed and Blend-cast Bulk-heterojunction Polymer/Fullerene Phovoltaics" J. Phys. Chem. C, 2014, 118, 18424.

53. Sanehira, E. M.; Luscombe, C. K.; Lin, L. Y. "Non-toxic, colloidal AnS-AgInS2 nanoparticles for organic-inorganic hybrid photovoltaics" Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC), 2014, 1547.

52. Vordran, S. D.; Ayala, S.; Wu, Y.; Russo, J. M.; Kostuk, R. K.; Friedlein, J. T.; Shaheen, S. E.; Luscombe, C. K. "Holographic spectral beamsplitting for increased organic photovoltaic conversion efficiency" Proc. SPIE 9184, Organic Photovoltaics XV, 2014, 918423.

51. Oishi, S. S.; Botelho, E. C.; Luscombe, C. K.; Rezende, M. C. "Synthesis and characterization of polyarylacetylene for use in the monolithic vitreous carbon processing" Polimeros, 2014, 24, 541.

50. Snyder, C.; Nieuwendaal, R.; Delongchamp, D. M.; Luscombe, C. K.; Sista, P.; Boyd, S. D. "Quantifying crystallinity in high molar mass poly(3-hexylthiophene)" Macromolecules, 2014, 47, 3942.

49. Yang, P.; Zeigler, D. F.; Bryant, K. C.; Martin, T. R. Gamelin, D. R.; Luscombe, C. K. "Identifying Effects of TiO2 Nanowires inside Bulk Heterojunction Organic Photovoltaics on Charge Diffusion and Recombination" J. Mater. Chem. C., 2014, 2, 4922.

48. Yang, P.; Yuan, M.; Zeigler, D. F.; Watkins, S. E.; Lee, J. A.; Luscombe, C. K. "Influence of fluorine substituents on the film dielectric constant and open-circuit voltage in organic photovoltaics" J. Mater. Chem. C., 2014, 2, 3278. Article for 2014 J. Mater. Chem. C. Emerging Investigators Issue.

47. Okamoto, K.; Luscombe, C. K. "Simple Procedure for Mono- and Bis-end-functionalization of Regioregular Poly(3-hexylthiophene)s using Chalcogens" Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 5310. Article for 2014 ChemComm Emerging Investigators Issue. Highlighted in SYNFACTS.

46. Okamoto, K.; Zhang, J.; Housekeeper, J.; Marder, S.; Luscombe, C. K. "C–H Arylation Reaction: Atom Efficient, and Greener Syntheses of π-conjugated Small- and Macromolecules for Organic Electronic Materials" Macromolecules, 2013, 46, 8059. Invited perspective

45. Koch F. P. V.; Rivnay, J.; Foster, S.; Muller, C.; Downing, J.; Buchaca-Domingo, E.; Westacott, P.; Yu, L.; Yuan, M.; Baklar, M.; Fei, Z.; Luscombe, C. K.; McLachlan, M. A.; Heeny, M.; Rumbles, G.; Silva, C.; Salleo, A.; Nelson, J.; Smith, P.; Stingelin, N. “The impact of molecular weight on microstructure and charge transport in semicrystalline polymer semiconductors – poly(3-hexylthiophene), a model study” Prog. Polym. Sci, 2013, 38, 1978.

44. Li, Z.; Berger, H.; Okamoto, K.; Zhang, Q.; Luscombe, C. K.; Cao, G.; Schlaf, R. "Measurement of the internal orbital alignment of oligothiophene-TiO2 nanoparticle hybrids" J. Phys. Chem. C, 2013, 117, 13961.

43. Yuan, M. J.; Durban, M. M.; Kazarinoff, P. D.; Zeigler, D. F.; Rice, A. H.; Segawa, Y.; Luscombe, C. K. "Synthesis and Characterization of Fused-Thiophene Containing Naphthalene Diimide n-Type Copolymers for Organic Thin Film Transistor and All-Polymer Solar Cell Applications" J. Polym. Sci. Part A; Polym. Chem., 2013, 51, 4061.

42. Okamoto, K.; Housekeeper, J.; Michael, F. E.; Luscombe, C. K. "Thiophene based hyperbranched polymers with tunable branching using direct arylation methods" Poly. Chem., 2013, 4, 3499.

40. Okamoto, K.; Housekeeper, J.; Luscombe, C. K. "Carbon-Sulfur Bond Formation from Ni(II) σ-Aryl Complex via Cleavage of the S-S Bond of Disulfide Moieties" Appl. Organometal. Chem., 2013, 27, 639. For special issue "Hybrid Materials - US Japanese Meeting, University of Michigan, May 16-18, 2012".

39. Mazzio, K. A.; Okamoto, K.; Li, Z.; Gutmann, S.; Strein, E.; Ginger, D. S.; Schlaf, R.; Luscombe, C. K. "A one pot organic/CdSe nanoparticle hybrid material synthesis with in-situ pi-conjugated ligand functionalization" Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 1321.

38. Yang, P.; Boyd, S. D.; Luscombe, C. K. Nanostructure manipulation in organic solar cells. In Manipulation of nanoscale materials; Ariga, K., Ed. RSC Publishing: Cambridge, UK, 2012; pp 359-391.

37. Gordon, M.; Zhang, D.; Vorndran, S.; Russo, J. M.; Luscombe, C. K.; Shaheen, S. E.; Kostuk, R. K. "Planar holographic spectrum-splitting PV module design" Proc. SPIE, 2012, 8468, 846808.

36. Richards, J. J.; Rice, A. H.; Nelson, R. M.; Kim, F. S.; Jenekhe, S. A.; Luscombe, C. K.; Pozzo, D. C. "Modification of PCBM crystallization via incorporation of C60 in polymer/fullerene solar cells" Adv. Funct. Mater. 2012, 23, 514.

35. Yuan, M. J.; Yang, P.; Durban, M. M.; Luscombe, C. K. "Low bandgap polymers based on silafluorene containing multifused heptacyclic arenes for photovoltaic applications" Macromolecules, 2012, 45, 5934.

34. Yuan, M. J.; Okamoto, K.; Bronstein, H. A.; Luscombe, C. K. "Constructing regioregular star poly(3-hexylthiophene) via externally initiated Kumada catalyst-transfer polycondensation" ACS Macro Letters, 2012, 1, 392.

33. Doubina, N. V.; Jenkins, J. L.; Paniagua, S; Mazzio, K. A.; MacDonald, G. A.; Jen, A. K. Y.; Armstrong, N. R.; Marder, S. R.; Luscombe, C. K. "Surface-initiated synthesis of poly(3-methylthiophene) from indium tin oxide and its electrochemical properties" Langmuir, 2012, 28, 1900.

32. Cho, N.; Yip, H. L.; Davies, J. A.; Kazarinoff, P. D.; Zeigler, D. F.; Durban, M. M.; Segawa, Y.; O'Malley, K. M.; Luscombe, C. K.; Jen, A. K. Y. "In-situ crosslinking and n-doping of semiconducting polymers and their applciation as efficient electron-transporting materials in inverted polymer solar cells" Advanced Energy Materials, 2011, 1, 1148.

31. Durban, M. M.; Kazarinoff, P. D.; Segawa, Y.; Luscombe, C. K. "Synthesis and characterization of solution-processible ladderized n-type naphthalene bisimide co-polymers for OFET applications" Macromolecules, 2011, 44, 4721.

30. Okamoto, K.; Luscombe, C. K. "Controlled polymerizations for the synthesis of semiconducting conjugated polymers" Polym. Chem., 2011, 2, 2424. invited review article.

29. Rice, A. H.; Giridharagopal, R.; Zheng, S. X.; Ohuchi, F. S.; Ginger, D. S.; Luscombe, C. K. "Interactions between poly(3-hexylthiophene) nanowires and PCBM within the active layer of bulk heterojunction devices" ACS Nano, 2011, 5, 3132.

28. Doubina, N.; Paniagua, S. A.; Soldatova, A. V.; Jen, A. K. Y.; Marder, S. R.; Luscombe, C. K. "Steric Effects of the Initiator Substituent Position on the Externally Initiated Polymerization of 2-Bromo-5-iodo-3-hexylthiophene" Macromolecules, 2011, 44, 512.

27. Mazzio, K.; Yuan, M. J.; Okamoto, K.; Luscombe, C. K. "Oligoselenophene Derivatives Functionalized with a Diketopyrrolopyrrole Core for Molecular Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells" ACS Appl. Mater. Inter., 2011, 3, 271. Top 10 most read article for Q1 2011 for ACS Appl. Mater. Inter.

26. Yuan, M. J.; Rice, A. H.; Luscombe, C. K. "Benzo[2,1-b;3,4-b’]dithiophene-Based Low Bandgap Polymers for Photovoltaic Applications" J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem., 2011, 49, 701.

25. Durban, M. M.; Kazarinoff, P. D.; Luscombe, C. K. "Synthesis and charazaterization of thiophene-containing naphthalene diimide n-type copolymers for OFET applications" Macromolecules, 2010, 43, 6348.

24. Kazarinoff, P. D.; Shamburger, P. J.; Ohuchi, F. S.; Luscombe, C. K. "OTFT performance of air-stable ester-functionalized polythiophenes." J. Mater. Chem., 2010, 20, 3040.

23. Yang, P.; Zhou, X.; Cao, G.; Luscombe, C. K. "P3HT:PCBM polymer solar cell with TiO2 nanotube aggregates in the active layer." J. Mater. Chem., 2010, 20, 2612. Work chosen for inside front cover.

22. Boyd, S.; Jen, A. K. Y.; Luscombe, C. K. "Steric stabilization effects in Ni-catalyzed regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) synthesis." Macromolecules, 2009, 42, 9387.

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, 210, 1966.

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.

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