Publications (2009- 2002)

2009

Efficient Synthesis of Narrowly Dispersed Brush Copolymers and Study of Their Assemblies: The Importance of Side Chain Arrangement. Y. Xia, B.D. Olsen, J.A. Kornfield, and R.H. Grubbs. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2009, 131, 18525-18532.

Rheological Properties and the Mechanical Signatures of Phase Transitions in Weakly Segregated Rod-Coil Block Copolymers. B.D. Olsen, N.P. Teclemariam, S.J. Muller, and R.A. Segalman. Soft Matter 2009, 5, 2453-2462.

Near Surface and Internal Lamellar Structure and Orientation in Thin Films of Rod-Coil Block Copolymers. B.D. Olsen, X. Li, J. Wang, and R.A. Segalman. Soft Matter 2009, 5, 182-192.

2008

Universalization of the Phase Diagram for a Model Rod-Coil Diblock Copolymer. B.D. Olsen, M. Shah, V. Ganesan, and R.A. Segalman. Macromolecules 2008, 41, 6809-6817.

Self-Assembly of Rod-Coil Block Copolymers. B.D. Olsen and R.A. Segalman. Materials Science and Engineering R-Reports 2008, 62, 37-66.

Square Grains in Asymmetric Rod-Coil Block Copolymers. B.D. Olsen, M.F. Toney, and R.A. Segalman. Langmuir 2008, 24, 1604-1607.

Crystalline Structure in Thin Films of DEH-PPV Homopolymer and PPV-b-PI Rod-Coil Block Copolymers. B.D. Olsen, D. Alcazar, V. Krikorian, M.F. Toney, E.L. Thomas, and R.A. Segalman. Macromolecules 2008, 41, 58-66.

Hierarchical Nanostructure Control in Rod-Coil Block Copolymers with Magnetic Fields. Y. Tao, H. Zohar, B.D. Olsen, and R.A. Segalman. Nano Letters 2007, 7, 2742-2746.

2007

Nonlamellar Phases in Asymmetric Rod-Coil Block Copolymers at Increased Segregation Strengths. B.D. Olsen and R.A. Segalman. Macromolecules 2007, 40, 6922-6929.

Domain Size Control by Self-Assembly of Rod-Coil Block Copolymers and Homopolymers Blends. Y. Tao, B.D. Olsen, V. Ganesan, and R.A. Segalman. Macromolecules 2007, 40, 3320-3327.

Thin Film Structure of Symmetric Rod-Coil Block Copolymers. B.D. Olsen, X. Li, J. Wang, R.A. Segalman. Macromolecules 2007, 40, 3287-3295.

2006

Phase Transitions in Asymmetric Rod-Coil Block Copolymers. B.D. Olsen and R.A. Segalman. Macromolecules 2006, 39, 7078-7083.

Higher Order Liquid Crystalline Structure in Low-Polydispersity DEH-PPV. B.D. Olsen, S.-Y. Jang, J.M. Lüning, and R.A. Segalman. Macromolecules 2006, 39, 4469-4479.

Polymeric Nanocoatings by Hot-Wire Chemical Vapor Deposition (HWCVD). K.K.S. Lau, Y. Mao, H.G. Pryce Lewis, S.K. Murthy, B.D. Olsen, L.S. Loo, and K.K. Gleason. Thin Solid Films 2006, 501, 211-215.

2005

Structure and Thermodynamics of Weakly Segregated Rod-Coil Block Copolymers. B.D. Olsen and R.A. Segalman. Macromolecules 2005, 38, 10127-10137.

2004

Peptide Attachment to Vapor Deposited Polymeric Thin Films. S.K. Murthy, B.D. Olsen, and K.K. Gleason. Langmuir 2004, 20, 4774-4776.

Effect of Filament Temperature on the Chemical Vapor Deposition of Fluorocarbon-Organosilicon Copolymers. S.K. Murthy, B.D. Olsen, and K.K. Gleason. J. App. Poly. Sci. 2004, 91, 2176-2185.

2003

Making Thin Polymeric Materials, Including Fabrics, Microbicidal and Also Water-Repellent. J. Lin, S.K. Murthy, B.D. Olsen, K.K. Gleason, A.M. Klibanov. Biotechnology Letters 2003, 25, 1661-1665.

2002

Initiation of Cyclic Vinylmethylsiloxane Polymerization in a Hot-Filament Chemical Vapor Deposition Process. S.K. Murthy, B.D. Olsen, and K.K. Gleason. Langmuir 2002, 18, 6424-6428.