Peer-reviewed Journal Entries
“Oxidation of Silver Electrodes Induces Transition From Conventional to Inverted Photovoltaic Characteristics in Polymer Solar Cells”
Applied Physics Letters, accepted October 2009.
J.B. Kim, C.S. Kim, Y.S. Kim, Y.-L. Loo
“Cobaltocene-Doped Viologen as Functional Components in Organic Electronics”
Chemistry of Materials, accepted August 2009.
C.S. Kim, S.S. Lee, L. Tinker, S. Bernhard, Y.-L. Loo
“Sequence of Annealing Polymer Photoactive Layer Influences the Air Stability of Inverted Solar Cells”
Organic Electronics, accepted August 2009.
C.S. Kim, J.B. Kim, S.S. Lee, Y.S. Kim, Y.-L. Loo
“Controlling Nucleation and Crystallization in Solution-Processed Organic Semiconductors for Thin-Film Transistors”
Advanced Materials, 21, 3605, 2009.
S. Lee, C.S. Kim, E.D. Gomez, B. Purushothaman, M.F. Toney, C. Wang, A. Hexemer, J.E. Anthony, Y.-L. Loo
“Temperature-induced Ordering and Gelation of Star Micelles Based on ABA Triblocks Synthesized via Aqueous RAFT Polymerization”
Soft Matter, 5, 2179, 2009.
S. Kirkland-York, K. Gallow, J. Ray, Y.-L. Loo, C. McCormick
“Printed Magnetic FePt Nanocrystal Films”
Applied Materials & Interfaces, 1, 1339, 2009.
R. Patel, A. Heitsch, C. Hyun, D.-M. Smilgies, A. De Lozanne, Y.-L. Loo, B. Korgel
“Polymer Conductivity through Particle Connectivity”
Chemistry of Materials, 21, 1948, 2009.
J.E. Yoo, W.P. Krekelberg, Y. Sun, J. Tarver, T.M. Truskett, Y.-L. Loo
“Altering the Thermodynamics of Phase Separation in Inverted Bulk-Heterojunction Organic Solar Cell”
Advanced Materials, 21, 3110, 2009.
C.S. Kim, L.L. Tinker, B.F. DiSalle, E.D. Gomez, S. Lee, S. Bernhard, Y.-L. Loo
“Transient Photovoltaic Behavior of Air-Stable, Inverted Organic Solar Cells with Solution-processed Electron Transport Layer”
Applied Physics Letters, 94, 113302, 2009.
C.S. Kim, S. Lee, E.D. Gomez, J. Kim, Y.-L. Loo
“Polymer Acid Doped Polyaniline is Electrochemically Stable Beyond pH 9”
Chemistry of Materials, 21, 280, 2009.
J. Tarver, J.E. Yoo, T. Dennes, J. Schwartz, Y.-L. Loo
“Near-monodispersed Polyaniline Particles Through Template Synthesis and Simultaneous Doping with Diblock Copolymers of PMA and PAAMPSA”
Journal of Materials Chemistry, 18, 5835, 2008.
T.L. Bucholz, Y. Sun, Y.-L. Loo
“Solvent Dependent Electrical Characteristics and Stability of Organic Thin-Film Transistors with Drop Cast Bis(triisopropylsilylethynyl) Pentacene”
Applied Physics Letters, 93, 103302, 2008.
C.S. Kim, S. Lee, E. Gomez, J.E. Anthony, Y.-L. Loo
“Polar Aprotic Solvents Disrupt Interblock Hydrogen Bonding and Induce Microphase Separation in Double Hydrophilic Block Copolymers of PEGMA and PAAMPSA”
Macromolecules, 41, 4069, 2008.
T.L. Bucholz, Y.-L. Loo
“pH Response of Hydrogels of Diblock and Triblock Copolymers containing Polystyrene and Poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate-co-2-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate)”
Macromolecules, 41, 4390, 2008.
K.B. Guice, S.R. Marrou S. Gondi, B.S. Sumerlin, Y.-L. Loo
“Narrowing the Size Distribution of the Polymer Acid Improves PANI Conductivity”
Journal of Materials Chemistry, 18, 3129, 2008.
J.E. Yoo, T.L. Bucholz, S. Jung, Y.-L. Loo
“Ultra-Low-k Materials Derived from Poly(D,L-lactide-b-pentafluorostyrene) Diblock Copolymers”
Journal of Materials Chemistry, 18, 530, 2008; appeared as feature cover of that issue.
T.L. Bucholz, S.P. Li, Y.-L. Loo
“Deprotecting Thioacetyl-Terminated Terphenyldithiol for Assembly on Gallium Arsenide”
Langmuir, 24, 851, 2008.
D.A. Krapchetov, H. Ma, D.A. Fischer, A.K.Y. Jen, Y.-L. Loo
“Reversible Phase Transformations in Concentrated Aqueous Solutions of Poly(methylacrylate)-b-poly(hydroxyethyl methacrylate-co-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate)”
Macromolecules, 40, 9053, 2007.
K.B. Guice, Y.-L. Loo
“An Electron-Conducting Crosslinked Polyaniline-Based Redox Hydrogel, Formed in One Step at pH 7.2, Wires Glucose Oxidase”
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 129, 7006, 2007.
N. Mano, J.E. Yoo, J. Tarver, Y.-L. Loo, A. Heller
“Establishing Efficient Electrical Contact to the Weak Crystals of Triethylsilylethynyl Anthradithiophene”
Chemistry of Materials, 19, 5210, 2007.
K.C. Dickey, T.J. Smith, K.J. Stevenson, S. Subramanian, J.E. Anthony, Y.-L. Loo
“Large-Area Patterning of a Solution-Processable Organic Semiconductor to Reduce Parasitic Leakage and Off Currents in Thin-Film Transistors”
Applied Physics Letters, 90, 244103, 2007.
K.C. Dickey, S. Subramanian, J.E. Anthony, L.-H. Han, S.C. Chen, Y.-L. Loo
“Improving the Electrical Conductivity of Polymer-Acid-Doped Polyaniline by Controlling the Template Molecular Weight”
Journal of Materials Chemistry, 17, 1268, 2007; appeared as feature cover of that issue.
J.E. Yoo, J.L. Cross, T.L. Bucholz, K.S. Lee, M.P. Espe, Y.-L. Loo
“Atom Transfer Radical Copolymerization of Hydroxyethyl Methacrylate (HEMA) and Dimethylaminoethyl Methacrylate (DMAEMA) In Polar Solvents”
Macromolecules, 39, 8609, 2006.
R. Teoh, K.B. Guice, Y.-L. Loo
“Chemical Identification and Orientation Analysis of Quaterphenyldithiol on GaAs by High-Sensitivity IR”
Langmuir, 22, 9491, 2006.
D.A. Krapchetov, H. Ma, D.A. Fischer, A.K.Y. Jen, Y.-L. Loo
“High-Resolution Characterization of Pentacene-Polyaniline Interfaces in Thin-Film Transistors”
Advanced Functional Materials, 16, 2409, 2006.
K.S. Lee, T.J. Smith, K.C. Dickey, J.E. Yoo, K.J. Stevenson, Y.-L. Loo
“Improving Organic Thin-Film Transistor Performance Through Solvent Vapor Annealing of Solution-Processable Triethylsilylethnyl Anthradithiophene”
Advanced Materials, 18, 1721, 2006; appeared as feature cover of that issue.
K.C. Dickey, J.E. Anthony, Y.-L. Loo
“Phase Behavior of Near-Monodisperse Semifluorinated Diblock Copolymers by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization”
Macromolecules, 39, 6075, 2006.
T.L. Bucholz, Y.-L. Loo
“Azeotropic Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization of Hydroxyethyl Methacrylate (HEMA) and Dimethylaminoethyl Methacrylate (DMAEMA) Statistical Copolymers and Block Copolymers with Polystyrene”
Macromolecules, 39, 2474, 2006.
K.B. Guice, Y.-L. Loo
“Influence of Interfacial Constraints on the Morphology of Asymmetric Crystalline-Amorphous Diblock Copolymer Films”
Macromolecules, 38, 7745, 2005.
Y. Li, Y.-L. Loo, R.A. Register, P.F. Green
“Dynamics of a Thermoreversible Transition between Cylindrical and Hexagonally Perforated Lamellar Mesophases”
Macromolecules, 38, 7098, 2005.
C.J. Lai, Y.-L. Loo, R.A. Register, D.H. Adamson
“Controlled Free Radical Polymerization and Copolymerization of 5-Methylene-2-phenyl-1,3-dioxolan-4-one (MPDO) by ATRP”
Macromolecules, 38, 5581, 2005.
Q.A. Smith, J. Huang, K. Matyjaszewski, Y.-L. Loo
“Solvent-Dependent Assembly of Terphenyl- and Quaterphenyldithiol on Gold and Gallium Arsenide”
Langmuir, 21, 5887, 2005.
D.A. Krapchetov, H. Ma, A.Y.K. Jen, D.A. Fischer, Y.-L. Loo
“Thin Crystal Melting Produces the Low-Temperature Endotherm in Ethylene/Methacrylic Acid Ionomers”
Polymer, 46, 5118, 2005.
Y.-L. Loo, K. Wakabayashi, Y.E. Huang, R.A. Register, B.S. Hsiao
“A Highly Regular Hexagonally Perforated Lamellar Structure in a Quiescent Diblock Copolymer”
Macromolecules, 38, 4947, 2005.
Y.-L. Loo, R.A. Register, D.H. Adamson, A.J. Ryan
“Probing Occupied Status of the Molecular Layer in Au-Alkanedithiol-GaAs Diodes”
Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 109, 5719, 2005.
J.W.P. Hsu, D.V. Lang, K.W. West, Y.-L. Loo, M.D. Halls, K. Raghavachari
“Direct Patterning of Conductive, Water-Soluble Polyaniline for Thin-Film Organic Electronics”
Applied Physics Letters, 86, 074102, 2005.
K.S. Lee, G.B. Blanchet, F. Gao, Y.-L. Loo
“Patterning Conductive Copper by Nanotransfer Printing”
Applied Physics Letters, 85, 3316, 2004.
K.C. Felmet, Y.M. Sun, Y.-L. Loo
“Nature of Electrical Contacts in a Metal-Molecule-Semiconductor System”
Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, 21, 1928, 2003.
J.W.P. Hsu, Y.-L. Loo, D.V. Lang, J.A. Rogers
“Electrical Contacts to Molecular Layers by Nanotransfer Printing”
Nanoletters, 3, 913, 2003.
Y.-L. Loo, D.V. Lang, J.A. Rogers, J.W.P. Hsu
“Nanoscale Organic Transistors That Use Source/Drain Electrodes Supported by High-Resolution Rubber Stamps”
Applied Physics Letters, 82, 793, 2003.
J. Zaumseil, T. Someya, Z. Bao, Y.-L. Loo, R. Cirelli, J.A. Rogers
“Three-Dimensional and Multilayer Nanostructures Structures Formed by Nanotransfer Printing”
Nanoletters, 3, 1223, 2003.
J. Zaumseil, M.A. Meitl, J.W.P. Hsu, B.R. Acharya, K.W. Baldwin, Y.-L. Loo, J.A. Rogers
“Large-Area, High-Resolution, Dry Printing of Conducting Polymers for Organic Electronics”
Applied Physics Letters, 82, 463, 2003.
G.B. Blanchet, Y.-L. Loo, J.A. Rogers, F. Gao, C. Fincher
“High-Resolution Transfer Printing on GaAs Surfaces with Alkane Dithiol Self-Assembled Monolayers”
Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology, 20, 2853, 2002.
Y.-L. Loo, J.W.P. Hsu, R.L. Willett, K.W. Baldwin, K.W. West, J.A. Rogers
“Interfacial Chemistries for Nanoscale Transfer Printing”
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 124, 7654, 2002.
Y.-L. Loo, R.L. Willett, K.W. Baldwin, J.A. Rogers
“Soft, Conformable Electrical Contacts for Organic Transistors: High-Resolution Circuits by Lamination”
Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, USA, 99, 10252, 2002.
Y.-L. Loo, T. Someya, K.W. Baldwin, Z. Bao, P. Ho, A. Dodabalapur, H.E. Katz, J.A. Rogers
“Additive, Nanoscale Patterning of Metal Films With a Stamp and a Surface Chemistry Mediated Transfer Process: Applications in Plastic Electronics”
Applied Physics Letters, 81, 562, 2002.
Y.-L. Loo, R.L. Willett, K.W. Baldwin, J.A. Rogers
“Modes of Crystallization in Block Copolymer Microdomains: Breakout, Templated, and Confined”
Macromolecules, 35, 2365, 2002.
Y.-L. Loo, R.A. Register, A.J. Ryan
“Well-Ordered Microdomain Structures in Polystyrene-Poly(Acrylic Acid) Diblock Copolymers from Controlled Radical Polymerization”
Macromolecules, 35, 6645, 2002.
D. Bendejacq, V. Ponsinet, M. Joanicot, Y.-L. Loo, R.A. Register
“Polymer Crystallization Confined in One, Two, and Three Dimensions”
Macromolecules, 34, 8968, 2001.
Y.-L. Loo, R. A. Register, A. J. Ryan, G. T. Dee
“Phase Behavior and Viscoelastic Properties of Entangled Block Copolymer Gels”
Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics, 39, 2183, 2001.
D.A. Vega, J.M. Sebastian, Y.-L. Loo, R.A. Register
“Direct Imaging of Polyethylene Crystallites in Block Copolymer Microdomains”
Journal of Polymer Science Part B : Polymer Physics, 38, 2564, 2000.
Y.-L. Loo, R.A. Register, D.H. Adamson
“Polyethylene Crystal Orientation Induced by Block Copolymer Cylinders”
Macromolecules, 33, 8361, 2000.
Y.-L. Loo, R.A. Register, D.H. Adamson
“Polymer Crystallization in 25 nm Spheres”
Physical Review Letters, 84, 4120, 2000.
Y.-L. Loo, R.A. Register, A.J. Ryan
Reviews
“Progress and Challenges in Commercialization of Organic Electronics”
MRS Bulletin, 33, 653, 2008; appeared as feature cover of that issue.
Y.-L. Loo, I. McCulloch
“Solution-Processsable Organic Semiconductors for Thin-Film Transistors: Opportunities for Chemical Engineers”
AIChE Journal, 53, 1066, 2007; appeared as feature cover of that issue.
Y.-L. Loo
“Semiconducting Polymers for Thin-Film Electronics”
Journal of Macromolecular Science C: Polymer Reviews, 46, 1, 2006.
M. Chabinyc, Y.-L. Loo
Book Chapters
Molecular & Organic Devices, D.K. Aswal Ed., Nova Science, 2009.
E.D. Gomez, S. Lee, C.S. Kim, Y.-L. Loo
“Organic Electronic Devices with Water-Dispersible Conducting Polymers”
Comprehensive Nanoscience & Technology, J.A. Rogers Ed., Elsevier, 2009.
J. Tarver, J.E. Yoo, Y.-L. Loo
“Soft Lithography”
Organic Field-Effect Transistors, Z. Bao and J. Locklin Eds., CRC Press, 2006.
K.C. Dickey, K.S. Lee, Y.-L. Loo
“Templated Crystal Growth on a Nanoscale Using Phase Separated Block Copolymers"
The Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Marcel Drekker, Inc., New York, 2004.
Y.-L. Loo
“Crystallization in Block Copolymers”
Developments in Block Copolymer Science and Technology, I. Hamley ed. John Wiley and Sons, Ltd., London, 2004.
Y.-L. Loo, and R.A. Register
Patents
“Dichloroacetic Acid Treatment of Conductive Polymers to Enhance Conductivity”
US Patent Application 61/102,903, filed 10/06/2008
Y.-L. Loo, J.E. Yoo, K.S. Lee
“Electron Conducting Crosslinked Polyaniline-based Redox Hydrogel”
US Patent Application 60/924,197, filed 05/03/2007
International Patent Application 12/114,359, filed 05/02/2008
A. Heller, N. Mano, Y.-L. Loo
“Forming Electrical Contacts to Molecular Layers”
US Patent 7,229,847, granted 6/12/2007
J.W.P. Hsu, Y.-L. Loo, J.A. Rogers
“Forming Nanoscale Patterned Thin Film Metal Layers”
US Patent 6,946,332, granted 9/20/2005
Y.-L. Loo and J.A. Rogers
“Materials Processing for Thin Film Transistors with Organic Semiconductors”
US Patent 6,596,569, granted 7/22/2003
Z. Bao, P.K. Ho, Y.-L. Loo, J.A. Rogers, T. Someya




