Publications

2007

Alkyl-thiol Langmuir films on the surface of liquid mercury, H. Kraack, L. Tamam, E. Sloutskin, M. Deutsch, and B. Ocko. Lamgmuir 23, 7571-7582 (2007)

Wetting, mixing and phase transitions in Langmuir-Gibbs films, E. Sloutskin, Z. Sapir, C.D. Bain, Q. Lei, K.M. Wilkinson, L. Tamam, M. Deutsch, and B.M. Ocko. Phys. Rev. Lett. (accepted).

Freezing transition of Langmuir-Gibbs alkane films on water, E. Sloutskin, Z. Sapir, L. Tamam, B.M. Ocko, C.D. Bain, and M. Deutsch. Thin Solid Films 515, 5664-5668 (2007).

Langmuir films of polycyclic molecules on mercury, L. Tamam, H. Kraack, E. Sloutskin, B.M. Ocko, P.S. Pershan, and M. Deutsch. Thin Solid Films 515, 5631-5636 (2007).

The surface structure of concentrated aqueous salt solutions, E. Sloutskin, J. Baumert, B. M. Ocko, I. Kuzmenko, A. Checco, L. Tamam, E. Ofer, T. Gog, O. Gang, and M. Deutsch. J. Chem. Phys. 126, 054704 (2007).

Crystalline surface phases of the liquid Au-Si eutectic alloy. O. Shpyrko, R. Streitel, V.S.K. Balagurusamy, A. Yu. Grigoriev, M. Deutsch, B. M. Ocko, M. Meron, B. Lin, and P.S. Pershan, Phys. Rev. B (accepted).

Langmuir films of anthracene derivatives on liquid mercury I: Symmetric molecules
L. Tamam , H. Kraack, E. Sloutskin,B.M. Ocko BM, P.S. Pershan, E.Ofer, M. Deutsch, J. Phys. Chem. C 111, 2573-2579 (2007).

Langmuir films of anthracene derivatives on liquid mercury II: Symmetric molecules
L. Tamam , H. Kraack, E. Sloutskin,B.M. Ocko BM, P.S. Pershan, E. Ofer, M. Deutsch, J. Phys. Chem. C 111, 2580-2587 (2007).

The surface structure of concentrated aqueous salt solutions, E. Sloutskin, J. Baumert, B. M. Ocko, I. Kuzmenko, A. Checco, L. Taman, E. Ofer, T. Gog, O. Gang, and M. Deutsch., J. Chem Phys., 126, 054704 (2007).

Living Polymerization and Liquid Crystal Condensation of Nanoscale DNA (nDNA) Duplexes", M. Nakata, G. Zanchetta, B. D.
Chapman, C.D. Jones, R. Pindak, T. Bellini, and N.A. Clark, Science (accepted).

Micro-focus x-ray diffraction study of the columnar phase of porphyrin-based mesogens", S.-W. Kang, Q. Li, B.D. Chapman, R.
Pindak, J.O. Cross, L. Li, M. Nakata, and S. Kumar, Chemistry of Materials (accepted).

2006

Liquid nanostripes, A. Checco, O. Gang, and B. Ocko. Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 056104 (2006).

High resolution non-contact AFM imaging of liquids condensed onto chemically nanopatterned surfaces. A. Checco, Y. Cai, O. Gang, and B. Ocko. Ultramicroscopy 106, 703-708 (2006).

Direct structural observation of a molecular junction by high-energy x-ray reflectometry, M.Lefenfeld, J. Baumert, E. Sloutskin, I. Kuzmenko, P. Pershan, M. Deutsch, C. Nuckolls, and B. M. Ocko. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci, 103, 2541-2545 (2006).

Surface crystallization in a liquid AuSi alloy, O. Shpyrko, R. Streitel, V. S. K. Balagurusamy, A. Grigoriev, M. Deutsch, B. M. Ocko, M. Meron, B. Lin, and P. Pershan. Science 313, 77-80 (2006).

Chemoresponsive monolayer transistors, X. Guo, M. Myers, S. Xiao, M. Lefenfeld, R. Steiner, G. Tulevski, J. Tang, J. Baumert, F. Leibfarth, J. Yardley, M. Steigerwald, P. Kim, and C. Nuckolls. PNAS 103(31), 11452-11456 (2006).

Solvent mediated assembly of nanoparticles confined in mesoporous alumina, K. Alvine, D. Pontoni, O. Shpyrko, P. Pershan, D. Cookson, K. Shin, T. Russell, M. Brunnbauer, F. Stellacci, and O. Gang. Phys. Rev. B 73, 125412 (2006).

Surface freezing in binary alkane/alcohol mixtures, E. Ofer, E. Sloutskin, L. Tamam, B.M. Ocko, and M. Deutsch. Phys. Rev. E 74, 021602 (2006).

Salt complexation in block copolymer thin films, S.H. Kim, M.J. Misner, L.Yang L, O.Gang, B.M. Ocko, T.P. Russell, Macromolecules 39, 8473-8479 (2006).

2005

Electro Pen Nanolithography, Y. Cai and B. Ocko. J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 127, 16287-16291 (2005).

Liquids on topologically nano-patterned surfaces, O. Gang, K. Alvine, M. Fukuto, P. Pershan, C. Black, and B.M. Ocko. Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 217801 (2005).

Large scale fabrication of protein nanoarrays based on nanosphere lithography, Y. Cai and B.M. Ocko. Langmuir 21, 9274-9279 (2005).

Crystalline phases of alkyl-thiol monolayers on liquid mercury, B. Ocko, H. Kraack, P. Pershan, E. Sloutskin, L. Tamam, and M. Deutsch. Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 017802 (2005).

Periodic arrays of interfacial cylindrical reverse micelles, M. Nelson, N. Cain, C. Taylor, B. Ocko, D. Gin, S. Hammond, and D. Schwartz. Langmuir 21, 9799-9802 (2005).

Selective solvent induced reversible surface reconstruction of diblock copolymer thin films, T. Xu, M. Misner, S. Kim, J. Sievert, O. Gang, B. Ocko, and T. Russell. In: New Polymeric Materials, ACS Symposium Series 916, L.S. Korugic-Karasz, W. MacKnight, and E. Martuscelli (Eds.), pp. 158-170, Oxford University Press, New York, 2005.

Real time GISAXS study of Micelle hydration in CTAB templated silica thin films, S. Dourdain, A. Rezaire, A. Mehdi, B. Ocko, and A. Gibaud. Physica B: Physics of Condensed Matter 357(1-2), 180-184 (2005).

Surface layering in ionic liquids: an x-ray reflectivity study, E. Sloutskin, B. Ocko, L. Tamam, I. Kuzmenko, T. Gog, and M. Deutsch. J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 127, 7796-7804 (2005).

Determination by x-ray reflectivity and small angle x-ray scattering of the porous properties of mesoporous silica thin films. S. Dourdain, J.-F. Bardeau, M. Colas, B. Smarsly, A. Mehdi, B. Ocko, and A. Gibaud. Applied Physics Letters 86, 113108 (2005).

Structure of mercaptobiphenyl monolayers on mercury, L. Tamam, H. Kraack, E. Sloutskin, B. M. Ocko, P. Pershan, A. Ulman, and M. Deutsch. J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 12534-12543 (2005).

Surface freezing of chain molecules at the liquid-liquid and liquid-air interfaces, E. Sloutskin, C. Bain, B. Ocko, and M. Deutsch. Faraday Discussions 129. 339-352 (2005).

2004

Kinetics of monolayer Bi electrodeposition on Au(111): surface x-ray scattering and current transients, K. Tamura, J.X. Wang, R. R.Adzic, and B.M. Ocko. J. Phys. Chem. 108, 1992-1998 (2004).

Surface layering in liquids: The role of surface tension, O. Shpyrko, M. Fukuto, P. Pershan, B. Ocko, I. Kuzmenko, T. Gog, and M. Deutsch. Phys. Rev. B 69, 245423 (2004).

Fatty acid Langmuir films on liquid mercury: x-ray and surface tension studies, H. Kraack, B. Ocko, P. Pershan, E. Sloutskin, L. Tamam, and M. Deutsch. Langmuir 20, 5375-5385 (2004).

The structure and phase diagram of Langmuir films of alcohols on mercury, H. Kraack, B. Ocko, P. Pershan, E. Sloutskin, L. Tamam, and M. Deutsch. Langmuir 20, 5386-5395 (2004).

Scattering study on the selective solvent swelling induced surface reconstruction, T. Xu, J. Goldbach, M. Misner, S. Kim, A. Gibaud, O. Gang, B. Ocko, K. Guarini, C. Black, C. Hawker, and T. Russell. Macromolecules 37, 2972-2977 (2004).

Temperature dependence of the structure of Langmuir films of normal-alkanes on liquid mercury, H. Kraack, B.M. Ocko, P.S. Pershan, L. Tamam, and M. Deutsch. J. Chem. Phys. 121(16), 8003-8009 (2004).

In situ grazing incidence small-angle x-ray scattering real-time monitoring of the role of humidity during the structural formation of templated silica thin films, A.Gibaud, S. Dourdain, O. Gang and B. Ocko. Phys. Rev. B 70, 161403(R) (2004).

Attaching organic semiconductors to gate oxides: In situ assembly of monolayer field effect transistors, G. Tulevski, Q. Miao, M. Fukuto, R. Abram, B. Ocko, R. Pindak, M. Steigerwald, C. Kagan, and JC. Nuckolis. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126, 15048-15050 (2004).

Surface and bulk interchange energy in binary mixtures of chain molecules, E. Sloutskin, E. Sirota, O. Gang, X. Wu, B. Ocko, and M. Deutsch. Eur. Phys. J. E 13, 109-112 (2004).
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Electric field induced sphere-to-cylinder transition in diblock copolymer thin films, T. Xu, A. Zvelindovsky, G.J.A. Sevink, O. Gang, B. Ocko, Y. Zhu, S. Gido, and T. Russell. Macromolecules 37, 6980-6984 (2004).

Mesophase transitions, surface functionalization, and growth mechanism of semiconducting 6PTTP6 films from solution, H. Katz, T. Siegrist, M. Lefenfeld, P. Gopalan, M. Mushrush, B. Ocko, O. Gang, and N. Jisrawi. J. Phys. Chem. B 108, 8567-8571 (2004).

Grazing incidence small x-ray scattering, B. Ocko and D. Smilgies. Synchrotron Radiat. News 17(5), 20-21 (2004).

2003

Wall thickness and core radius determination in surfactant templated silica thin films using GISAXS and X-ray reflectivity, A. Gibaud, A. Baptiste, D.A. Doshi, C.J. Brinker, L. Yang, and B. Ocko, Europhys. Lett. 63(6), 833-839 (2003).

The structure of organic langmuir films on liquid metal surfaces, H. Kraack, M. Deutsch, B.M. Ocko, and P.S. Pershan, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. Phys. Res. B 200, 363-370 (2003).

Surface freezing in binary mixtures of chain molecules I: Alkane mixtures, E. Sloutskin, X.Z. Wu, T.B. Peterson, O. Gang, B.M. Ocko, E.B. Sirota, and M. Deutsch, Phys. Rev. E 68, 031605 (2003).

Surface freezing in binary mixtures of chain molecules II: Dry and hydrated alcohol mixtures, E. Sloutskin, O. Gang, H. Kraack, A. Doerr, E.B. Sirota, B.M. Ocko, and M. Deutsch, Phys. Rev. E 68, 031606 (2003).

A thin-thick transition in the surface-frozen layer of a binary alcohol mixture, E. Sloutskin, H. Kraack, O. Gang, B.M. Ocko, E.B. Sirota, and M. Deutsch, J. Chem. Phys. 118, 10729-10734 (2003).

Langmuir films of normal-alkanes on the surface of liquid mercury, H. Kraack, B. Ocko, P. Pershan, E. Sloutskin, and M. Deutsch. J. Chem. Phys. 119(19),10339 (2003).

Peering into the self-assembly of surfactant templated thin-film silica mesophases. D.A. Doshi, A. Gibaud, V. Goletto, B. Ocko, and J. Brinker, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 125(38), 11646-11655 (2003).