RECENT PUBLICATIONS OF THE PROJECT LEADER:

178.    P. Gupta, P. P. Markowicz, K. Baba, J. O’Reilly, M. Samoc, P. N. Prasad and J. G. Grote, DNA-ormocer based biocomposite for fabrication of photonic structures, Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 213109 (2006)

179.    C. E. Powell, M. P. Cifuentes, M. G. Humphrey, A. C. Willis, J. P. Morrall and M. Samoc, Organometallic complexes for nonlinear optics. 37. Synthesis and third-order nonlinear optical properties of a hexarutheniumtriplatinum dendrimer, Polyhedron, 26, 284-289 (2007), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2006.05.007

180.    S. Joudkazis, T. Kondo, H. Misawa, A. Rode, M. Samoc and B. Luther-Davies, Photo-structuring of As2S3 glass by femtosecond irradiation, Opt. Expr., 14, 7751-7756 (2006); http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?id=97666

181.    M. P. Cifuentes, C. E. Powell, J. P. Morrall, A. M. McDonagh, N. T. Lucas, M. G. Humphrey, M. Samoc, S. Houbrechts, I. Asselberghs, K. Clays, A. Persoons and T. Isoshima, Electrochemical, Spectroelectrochemical, Molecular Quadratic and Cubic Nonlinear Optical Properties of Alkynylruthenium Dendrimers, J. Am. Chem. Soc.  128(33),  10819-10832 (2006)

182.    A. Samoc, A. Miniewicz, M. Samoc and J. G. Grote, Refractive Index Anisotropy and Optical Dispersion in Films of Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA), J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 105, 236-245 (2007) http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.26082

183.    E. G. Gamaly, O. P. Uteza, A. V. Rode, M. Samoc, and B. Luther-Davies Non-equilibrium transformations of solids induced by femtosecond laser: coherent displacement of atoms, Proc. SPIE 6261, 62610X (2006)

184.    M. Samoc, N. Gauthier, M. P. Cifuentes, F. Paul, C. Lapinte and M. G. Humphrey, Electrochemical Switching of the Cubic Nonlinear Optical Properties of an Aryldiethynyl-linked Heterobimetallic Complex between Three Distinct States, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed, 45, 7376-7379 (2006), http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.200602684

185.    J. P. Morrall, G. T. Dalton, M. G. Humphrey and M. Samoc, Organotransition Metal Complexes for Nonlinear Optics, Adv. Organomet. Chem. 55, 61-136 (2007) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0065-3055(07)55002-1

186.    M. Samoc, A. Samoc and J. G. Grote, Complex nonlinear refractive index of DNA, Chem. Phys. Lett.  431, 132-134 (2006)

187.    M. Samoc, J. P. Morrall, G. T. Dalton, M. P. Cifuentes, and M. G. Humphrey, Two and Three-photon Absorption in an Organometallic Dendrimer, Angew. Chemie Int. Ed., 446, 731-33 (2007), http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.200602341

188.    B. J. Coe, M. Samoc, A. Samoc, L. Zhu, Y. Yi and Z. Shuai,  Two-Photon Absorption Properties of Iron(II) and Ruthenium(II) Tris-Chelate Complexes of 2,2′:4,4":4',4"'-Quaterpyridinium Ligands, J. Phys. Chem. A 111, 472-478 (2007),  http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp0656072

189.    A. Samoc, M. Samoc, J. G. Grote, A. Miniewicz, B. Luther-Davies, Optical properties of Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) polymer host, Proc. SPIE, 6401, 640106-1-10 (2006)

190.   W.T. Li, R. Boswell, M. Samoc, A. Samoc and Q.H. Qin, Optical nonlinearity of oxygen rich SiOx thin films, Electronics Letters, 43 (4), 235-237 (2007) 

191.    A. Baev, M. Samoc, P. N. Prasad, M. Krykunov and J. Autschbach, A Quantum Chemical Approach to the Design of Chiral Negative Index Materials, Optics Express, 15, 5730-5741 (2007)

192.    W.T.  Li, R. Boswell, M. Samoc, A. Samoc and R. P. Wang, The Effect of Defects on the Optical Nonlinearity of Thermally Poled Silica Thin Films, Thin Solid Films 516, 5474-5477 (2008). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2007.07.027

193.    A. Miniewicz, P. Kaszynski, A. Samoc and M. Samoc, Observation of second-harmonic generation in an oriented glassy nematic phase of a closo-decaborane derivative, J. Appl. Phys., 102, 033108 (2007), http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2767868

194.    C. E. Powell, S. K. Hurst, J. P. Morrall, M. P. Cifuentes, R. L. Roberts, M. Samoc and M. G. Humphrey, Organometallic Complexes for Nonlinear Optics. 39. Syntheses and Third-order Nonlinear Optical Properties of First-Generation Peripherally Metalated Arylalkynyl Dendrimers, Organometallics, 26(18), 4456-4463 (2007),  http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/om700398n

195.    M. G. Humphrey, M. P. Cifuentes and M. Samoc, Alkynylruthenium dendrimers: syntheses and multiphoton absorption.    Polymer Preprints,  48(2),  525-526 (2007).

196.    A. Baev, E. P. Furlani, M. Samoc, and P. N. Prasad, Negative refractivity assisted optical power limiting, J. Appl. Phys., 102, 043101 (2007)

197.    C.  Feuvrie,  O. Maury,  H. Le Bozec, I. Ledoux, J. P. Morrall, M. Samoc and M. G. Humphrey. Nonlinear Optical and Two-Photon Absorption Properties of Octupolar Tris(bipyridyl) Metal Complexes, J. Phys. Chem. 111, 8980-8985 (2007), http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp0735381

198.    A. Miniewicz, A. Kochalska, J. Mysliwiec, A. Samoc, M. Samoc, J. G. Grote, Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)-based photochromic material for fast dynamic holography, Appl. Phys. Lett., 91, 041118 (2007) http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2760169

199.    M. D. Randles, N. T. Lucas, M. P. Cifuentes, M. G. Humphrey, M. K. Smith, A. C. Willis and M. Samoc, Mixed-metal Cluster Chemistry. 30. Syntheses and Optical Limiting Properties of Cluster-containing Oligo- and Polyurethanes, Macromolecules, 40, 7807-7818 (2007), http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ma0710582

200.    G. T. Dalton, M. P. Cifuentes, S. Petrie, R. Stranger, M. G. Humphrey and M. Samoc, Independent Switching of Cubic Nonlinear Optical Properties in a Ruthenium Alkynyl Cruciform Complex By Employing Protic and Electrochemical Stimuli, J. Am.  Chem. Soc.  129(39),  11882-11883  (2007), http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja074205k

201.    M. Samoc, A. Samoc, A. Miniewicz, P. P. Markowicz, P. N. Prasad and J. G. Grote, Cubic nonlinear optical effects in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) based materials containing chromophores, Proc. SPIE, 6646, 66460A (2007), http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.736587

202.    A. Samoc, Z. Galewski, M. Samoc and J. G. Grote, Prism coupler and microscopic investigations of DNA films, Proc. SPIE, 6646, 664607 (2007) http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.737248

203.    Z. Wang,  A. Bonoiu,  M. Samoc,  Y. Cui,  and P. N. Prasad, Biological pH Sensing Based on Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering Through a 2-Aminothiophenol-Silver Probe, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 23(6),  886-891 (2008) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2007.09.017

204.    M. Samoc, A. Samoc, M. G. Humphrey, M. P. Cifuentes, B. Luther-Davies and P. A. Fleitz, Z-Scan Studies of Dispersion of the Complex Third-Order Nonlinearity of Nonlinear Absorbing Chromophores, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 485, 894-902 (2008) http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15421400801924714

205.    S. Juodkazis, A. V. Rode, T. Kondo, H. Misawa, M.  Samoc, B. Luther-Davies, Femtosecond laser structuring of As2S3 glass for erasable and permanent optical memory.    Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings  (2007),  997(Materials and Processes for Nonvolatile Memories II),  357-362.

206.    M. Samoc, A. Samoc, G. T. Dalton, M. P. Cifuentes, M. G. Humphrey and Paul A. Fleitz, Dispersion of the complex cubic nonlinearity in two-photon absorbing organic and organometallic chromophores, Proc. SPIE, 6801, 68011O-1-6 (2008) http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.760849

207.    A. Dreischuh, D. N. Neshev, V. Z. Kolev, S. Saltiel, M. Samoc, W. Krolikowski and Y. S. Kivshar, Nonlinear dynamics of two-color optical vortices in lithium niobate crystals, Optics Express,  16, 5406-5420 (2008); http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-16-8-5406

208.    D. J. Clarke, J. G. Matisons, G. R. Simon, M. Samoc, A. Samoc, Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane Bound Fulleropyrrolidines, Appl. Organomet. Chem., 22, 460-465 (2008). http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aoc.1425

209.    D. Clarke, S. Clarke, J. Matisons, G. Simon, A. Samoc, M. Samoc, POSS fulleropyrrolidines, Proc. 2008 Int. Conf. Nanosci. and Nanotechn., art. 4639234, pp. 17-20 (2008)

210.    M. Samoc,  G. T. Dalton, J. A. Gladysz, Q. Zheng, Y. Velkov, H. Ågren, P. Norman, M. G. Humphrey, Cubic nonlinear optical properties of platinum-terminated polyynediyl chains, Inorg. Chem.  47(21), 9946-9957 (2008), http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ic801145c

211.    W. J. Kim, S. J. Kim, K.-S. Lee, M. Samoc, A. N. Cartwright, and P. N. Prasad, Robust Microstructures using UV Photo-patternable Semiconductor Nanocrystals, Nano Letters, 8 (10), 3262-3265 (2008), http://dx.doi.org/10.1021%2Fnl8016219

212.    A. Zhang, S. He, K.-T. Kim, Y.-K. Yoon, R. Burzynski, M. Samoc and P.N. Prasad, Fabrication of submicron structures in nanoparticle/polymer composite by holographic lithography and reactive ion etching, Appl. Phys. Letters, 93, 203509 (2008), http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2998541

213.    Z. Fang, T.-L. Teo, L. Cai, Y.-H. Lai, A. Samoc and M. Samoc, Bridged Triphenylamine-Based Dendrimers: Tuning Enhanced Two-Photon Absorption Performance with Locked Molecular Planarity, Org. Lett. 11, 1-4 (2009), http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ol801238n

214.    R. L. Roberts, T. C. Corkery, M. P. Cifuentes, K. A. Green, J. D. Farmer, P. J. Low, T. B. Marder, M. Samoc, and M. G. Humphrey, Organometallic Complexes for Nonlinear Optics. 45. Dispersion of the Third-order Nonlinear Optical Properties of Triphenylamine-cored Alkynylruthenium Dendrimers, Adv. Mater. 21,1-5, (2009) , http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.200803669

215.    J. Seo, S. J. Kim, W. J. Kim, R. Singh, M. Samoc, A. N. Cartwright, and P. N. Prasad, Enhancement of the photovoltaic performance in PbS nanocrystal:P3HT hybrid composite devices by post-treatment-driven ligand exchange, Nanotechnology, 20, 095202 (2009), http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/20/9/095202

216.    Q. Ge, G. T. Dalton, M. G. Humphrey, M. Samoc and T. S. A. Hor, Structural and Non-Linear Optical Properties of Aligned Heterotrinuclear [RuII-(Spacer)-MII-(Spacer)-RuII] Complexes (M = Pd, Pt; spacer = 4-ethynylpyridine), Chemistry an Asian journal, accepted Feb. 2009, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asia.200900065

217.    B. Babgi, L. Rigamonti, M. P. Cifuentes, T. C. Corkery, M. D. Randles, T. Schwich, S. Petrie, R. Stranger, A. Teshome, I. Asselberghs, K. Clays, M. Samoc, and M. G. Humphrey, Length Dependent Convergence and Saturation Behavior of Electrochemical, Linear Optical, Quadratic Nonlinear Optical and Cubic Nonlinear Optical Properties of Dipolar Alkynylruthenium Complexes with Oligo(phenyleneethynylene) Bridges, J. Am. Chem. Soc., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 131 (29), 10293–10307 (2009), http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja902793z

218.    G. T. Dalton, M. P. Cifuentes, L. A. Watson, S. Petrie, R. Stranger, M. Samoc and M. G. Humphrey, Syntheses, Linear and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Ligated Metal-Functionalized Oligo(p-phenyleneethynylene)s[Organometallic Complexes for Nonlinear Optics.  Part 42] Inorg. Chem. 48 (14),  6534–6547 (2009), http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ic900469y

219.    Q. Ge, T. C. Corkery, M. G. Humphrey, M. Samoc and T. S. A. Hor, Organobimetallic RuII–ReI 4-ethynylpyridyl complexes: structures and non-linear optical properties, Dalton Trans., 2009, 6192-6200  (2009), http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b902800e

220.    K. A. Green, M. P. Cifuentes, T. C. Corkery, M. Samoc, and M. G. Humphrey, Switching the Cubic Nonlinear Optical Properties of an Electro-, Halo- (Acido-), and Photochromic Ruthenium Alkynyl Complex Across Six States, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 48 (42), 7867-7870 (2009)

221.    M. G. Humphrey, M. P. Cifuentes, and M. Samoc, NLO Molecules and Materials Based on Organometallics: Cubic NLO Properties, Top. Organomet. Chem. 28, 57–73 (2010)

222.    M. P. Cifuentes, M. G. Humphrey, M. Samoc, B. Babgi, G. T. Dalton and L. Rigamonti, Metal-Containing Oligo(Phenyleneethynylene)s: Syntheses and Nonlinear Optical Properties, Polymer Preprints, 50(2), 515 (2009)

223.    M. G. Humphrey, K. A. Green, M. P. Cifuentes, T. C. Corkery, and M. Samoc, Metal Alkynyl-Based Nonlinear Optical Switches, Polymer Preprints, 50(2), 302-3 (2009)

224.    M. Samoc, A. Samoc, G. T. Dalton, M. P. Cifuentes, M. G. Humphrey and Paul A. Fleitz, Two-photon absorption spectra and dispersion of the complex cubic hyperpolarizability γ in organic and organometallic chromophores, in Multiphoton Processes in Organics and Their Application, I. Rau and F. Kajzar, eds, Old City Publishing, Philadelphia, 2009, in press

225.    K. A. Green, T. C. Corkery, M. P. Cifuentes, M. G. Humphrey and M. Samoc, Various mechanisms of controlling optical nonlinearity in organometallics: wide wavelength range studies, Nonl. Opt. Quant. Opt., in press (2010)

226.    C. J. Jeffery, M. P. Cifuentes, G. T. Dalton, M. D. Randles, A. C. Willis, M. Samoc, M. G. Humphrey, Synthesis and Cubic Optical Nonlinearity of a Stilbenylethynylruthenium Dendrimer, Macromol. Rapid Commun. accepted Jan.2010