List of
Publications:
1. P. E.
Colavita, B. Sun, X. Wang and R. J. Hamers, "Influence of surface
termination and electronic structure on the photochemical grafting of alkenes
to carbon surfaces", Journal of
Physical Chemistry C, 2008, submitted.
2. P. E.
Colavita, B. Sun, K. Y. Tse and R. J. Hamers, "Photo-induced Surface
Functionalization of Carbon Surfaces: The Role of Photoelectron Ejection
", Journal of Vacuum Science and
Technology A, 2008, in press.
3. P. E.
Colavita, J. A. Streifer, B. Sun, X. Y. Wang, P. Warf and R. J. Hamers,
"Enhancement of photochemical grafting of terminal alkenes at surfaces via
molecular mediators: The role of surface-bound electron acceptors", Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2008, 112, 5102-5112.
4. X. Wang,
P. E. Colavita, K. M. Metz, J. E. Butler and R. J. Hamers, "Direct
photopatterning and SEM Imaging of molecular monolayers on diamond surfaces:
Mechanistic insights into UV-Initiated molecular grafting", Langmuir, 2007, 23, 11623-11630.
5. W. A. Scrivens, Y. Luo, M. A. Sutton, S. A.
Collette, M. L. Myrick, P. Miney, P. E. Colavita, A. P. Reynolds and X. Li,
"Development of patterns for digital image correlation measurements at
reduced length scales", Experimental
Mechanics, 2007, 47, 63-77.
6. W. N.
Peng, M. M. Roberts, E. P. Nordberg, F. S. Flack, P. E. Colavita, R. J. Hamers,
D. E. Savage, M. G. Lagally and M. A. Eriksson, "Single-crystal
silicon/silicon dioxide multilayer heterostructures
based on nanomembrane transfer", Applied
Physics Letters, 2007, 90.
7. B. Park,
P. Paoprasert, I. In, J. Zwickey, P. E. Colavita, R. J. Hamers, P. Gopalan and
P. G. Evans, "Functional self-assembled monolayers for optimized
photoinduced charge transfer in organic field effect transistors", Advanced Materials, 2007, 19, 4353-+.
8. P. E.
Colavita, B. Sun, K. Y. Tse and R. J. Hamers, "Photochemical grafting of
n-alkenes onto carbon surfaces: the role of photoelectron ejection", Journal of the American Chemical Society,
2007, 129, 13554-13565.
9. B. Sun, P.
E. Colavita, H. Kim, M. Lockett, M. S. Marcus, L. M. Smith and R. J. Hamers,
"Covalent photochemical functionalization of amorphous carbon thin films
for integrated real-time biosensing", Langmuir,
2006, 22, 9598-9605.
10. H. Kim,
P. E. Colavita, K. M. Metz, B. M. Nichols, B. Sun, J. Uhlrich, X. Y. Wang, T.
F. Kuech and R. J. Hamers, "Photochemical functionalization of gallium
nitride thin films with molecular and biomolecular layers", Langmuir, 2006, 22, 8121-8126.
11. S. E.
Baker, P. E. Colavita, K. Y. Tse and R. J. Hamers, "Functionalized
vertically aligned carbon nanofibers as scaffolds for immobilization and
electrochemical detection of redox-active proteins", Chemistry of Materials, 2006, 18,
4415-4422.
12. P. E.
Colavita, P. G. Miney, L. Taylor, R. Priore, D. L. Pearson, J. Ratliff, S. G.
Ma, O. Ozturk, D. A. Chen and M. L. Myrick, "Effects of metal coating on
self-assembled monolayers on gold. 2. Copper on an oligo(phenylene-ethynylene)
monolayer", Langmuir, 2005, 21, 12268-12277.
13. J. M.
Seminario, Y. F. Ma, L. A. Agapito, L. M. Yan, R. A. Araujo, S. Bingi, N. S.
Vadlamani, K. Chagarlamudi, T. S. Sudarshan, M. L. Myrick, P. E. Colavita, P.
D. Franzon, D. P. Nackashi, L. Cheng, Y. X. Yao and J. M. Tour,
"Clustering effects on discontinuous gold film NanoCells", Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology,
2004, 4, 907-917.
14. M. L.
Myrick, P. E. Colavita, A. E. Greer, B. Long and D. Andreatta, "Use of
molecular symmetry to describe Pauli principle effects on the vibration-rotation
spectroscopy of CO2(g)", Journal of
Chemical Education, 2004, 81,
379-382.
15. S. A.
Collette, M. A. Sutton, P. Miney, A. P. Reynolds, X. D. Li, P. E. Colavita, W.
A. Scrivens, Y. Luo, T. Sudarshan, P. Muzykov and M. L. Myrick,
"Development of patterns for nanoscale strain measurements: I. Fabrication
of imprinted Au webs for polymeric materials", Nanotechnology, 2004, 15,
1812-1817.
16. P. G.
Miney, P. E. Colavita, M. V. Schiza, R. J. Priore, F. G. Haibach and M. L.
Myrick, "Growth and characterization of a porous aluminum oxide film
formed on an electrically insulating support", Electrochemical and Solid State Letters, 2003, 6, B42-B45.
17. M. S.
Doescher, U. Evans, P. E. Colavita, P. G. Miney and M. L. Myrick,
"Construction of a nanowell electrode array by electrochemical gold
stripping and ion bombardment", Electrochemical
and Solid State Letters, 2003, 6,
C112-C115.
18. M.
Stener, G. Fronzoni, D. Toffoli, P. Colavita, S. Furlan and P. Decleva,
"Valence and core photoemission in M@C-60 (M = Be, Mg, Ca)", Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and
Optical Physics, 2002, 35,
1421-1438.
19. U. Evans,
P. E. Colavita, M. S. Doescher, M. Schiza and M. L. Myrick, "Construction
and characterization of a nanowell electrode array", Nano Letters, 2002, 2,
641-645.
20. V. Dal
Santo, C. Dossi, S. Recchia, P. E. Colavita, G. Vlaic and R. Psaro,
"Carbon tetrachloride hydrodechlorination with organometallics-based
platinum and palladium catalysts on MgO", Journal of Molecular Catalysis a-Chemical, 2002, 182, 157-166.
21. P. E.
Colavita, M. S. Doescher, A. Molliet, U. Evans, J. Reddic, J. Zhou, D. Chen, P.
G. Miney and M. L. Myrick, "Effects of metal coating on self-assembled
monolayers on gold. 1. copper on dodecanethiol and
octadecanethiol", Langmuir,
2002, 18, 8503-8509.
22. G.
Fronzoni, P. Colavita, M. Stener, G. De Alti and P. Decleva, "Theoretical
study of photoionization processes in Fe(C5H5)(2)",
Journal of Physical Chemistry A,
2001, 105, 9800-9812.
23. P. Colavita, G. De Alti, G. Fronzoni, M.
Stener and P. Decleva, "Theoretical study of the valence and core
photoemission spectra of C-60", Physical
Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2001, 3,
4481-4487.
24. J. B.
Brubach, A. Mermet, A. Filabozzi, P. Colavita, A. Gerschel and P. Roy,
"Infrared investigation of water encapsulated in non ionic reverse
micelles", Journal De Physique Iv,
2000, 10, 215-218.
25. G. Vlaic,
D. Andreatta, A. Cepparo, P. E. Colavita, E. Fonda and A. Michalowicz,
"Estimation of the experimental standard deviations in EXAFS
measurements", Journal of
Synchrotron Radiation, 1999, 6,
225-227.
26. E. Fonda,
D. Andreatta, P. E. Colavita and G. Vlaic, "EXAFS analysis of the L-3 edge
of Ce in CeO2: effects of multielectron excitations and final-state mixed
valence", Journal of Synchrotron
Radiation, 1999, 6, 34-42.
27. G. Vlaic, D. Andreatta and P. E. Colavita,
"Characterisation of heterogeneous catalysts by EXAFS", Catalysis Today, 1998, 41, 261-275.