Mesoscale Lab Peer Reviewed Papers

2014
  1. Nguyen, C.V.; Saraf, R.F.; "Tactile Imaging of an Imbedded Palpable Structure for Breast Cancer Screening",  ACS Applied Material & Interface,  2014, 6, 14278-14285. Selected by ACS for Press Release Set/10/2014 (PressPac)      (http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/presspacs/2014.html)
  2. Ong, JKY, Moore, D, Kane, J, Saraf, RF, Negative Printing Soft Lithography, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2014, 6, 14278-14285.
  3. Lee, SW, Lee, EH, Saraf, RF, Dense Array of Nanoparticles as a Large-Area Nanoelectrode for Sensors: An Oxymoron Mesomaterial?,  ChemelectroChem, 2014, 1, 1281-1286.
  4. Lee, SW, Saraf, RF; "Multianalyte electrochemical biosensor on a monolith electrode by optically scanning the electrical double layer", Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2014, 57, 41-47.  Impact Factor:  5.437.
  5. Lee, E.H, Lee, S.W., Saraf, R.F., "Noninvasive Measurement of Membrane Potential Modulation in Microorganisms: Photosynthesis in Green Algae", ACS Nano, 2014, 8, 780-786.
2013
  1. Lee, S.W., Saraf, R.F.; "Multianalyte electrochemical biosensor on a monolith electrode by optically scanning the electrical double layer", Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2013, 57, 41-47.
  2. Lee, S.W.; Lopez, J.; Saraf, R.F.; “Direct Mapping of Local Redox Current Density on a Monolith Electrode by Laser Scanning,” Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2013, 47, 408-414.
  3. Gill, R.S., Saraf, R.F., Kundu S.; "Self-Assembly of Gold Nanoparticles on Poly(allylamine Hydrochloride) Nanofiber: A New Route to Fabricate "Necklace" as Single Electron Devices", ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2013; 5, 9949-9956.
  4. Lee, S. W., Lopez, J. & Saraf, R. F.; "Fabrication and Properties of Redox Ion Doped Few Monolayer Thick Polyelectrolyte Film for Electrochemical Biosensors at High Sensitivity and Specificity. Electroanalysis, 2013,  25, 1557-1566. 
  5. Ong, J.K.Y, Nguyen, C.V., Sayood, S., Saraf, R.F., Imaging Electroluminescence from Individual Nanoparticles in an Array Exhibiting Room Temeprature Single Electron Effect, ACS Nano, 2013, 7, 7403-7410.
  6. Yu, C.; Lee, S.Y.; Ong, J.; Moore, D.; Saraf, R.F.; "Single Electron Transistor in Aqueous Media,” Advanced Materials, 2013, 25, 3079-3084.  Featured in Nature: News.
2012
  1. Nguyen, C., Maheshwari, V., Saraf, R.F., “Ultrasoft 100 nm Thick Zero Poisson’s Ratio Film with 60% Reversible Compressibility,” Nano Letters, 2012, 12, 2171-2175.
  2.   Yang B, Yuan YB, Sharma P, Poddar S, Korlacki R, Ducharme S, Gruverman A, Saraf R, Huang JS.; "Tuning the Energy Level Offset between Donor and Acceptor with Ferroelectric Dipole Layers for Increased Efficiency in Bilayer Organic Photovoltaic Cells.", Advanced Materials 2012, 24, 1455-60.
2011
  1. Kane, J, Ong, J., Saraf, R.F., “Chemistry, physics, and engineering of electrically percolating arrays of nanoparticles: a mini review,” J. Materials Chem., 2011, 21, 16846-16858; Feature Article.
  2. Korlacki, R., Saraf, R.F., Ducharme, S., "Electrical control of photoluminescence wavelength from semiconductor quantum dots in a ferroelectric polymer matrix", Applied Physics Letters 2011;99,  Article Number: 153112.
  3. Berry V, Saraf RF. Modulation of Electron Tunneling in a Nanoparticle Array by Sound Waves: An Avenue to High-Speed, High-Sensitivity Sensors. Small 2011;7:2485-90.
  4. Kundu S, Gill RS, Saraf RF. Electrospinning of PAH Nanofiber and Deposition of Au NPs for Nanodevice Fabrication. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2011;115:15845-52.
2010
  1. Kane, J; Inan, M.; Saraf, R.F., “Self-assembled Nanoparticle Necklaces Network Showing Single-Electron Switching at Room Temperature and Bio-Gating Current by Living Microorganisms,” ACS Nano, 2010, 4, 317-323. 
  2. Maheshwari, V., Fomenko, D.E., Singh, G., R.F. Saraf, “Monolayer deposition of Gold Nanoparticles on Microorganisms—Discrimination by Age,” Langmuir, 2010, 26, 371-377.
2009
  1. Singh, G.; Moore, D.; R.F. Saraf, “Localized Electrochemistry on a 10 μm Spot on a Monolith Large Electrode: An Avenue for Electrochemical Microarray Analysis”, Analytical Chemistry, 2009, 81, 6055-6060.
2008
  1. Maheshwari, V., and R.F. Saraf, “Tactile Devices to Sense Touch at Par with Human Finger”, Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed., 2008, 47, 7808-7826; invited.
  2. Kundu, S., Maheshwari, V., and R.F. Saraf, “Polyelectrolyte mediated scalable synthesis of highly stable silver nanocubes in less than a minute using microwave irradiations,” Nanotechnology, 2008, 19(issue 6,Feb 13th), Art. No. 065604.
  3. Maheshwari, V., Kane, Jennifer, and Ravi F. Saraf, Self-assembly of microns long one dimensional network of cemented Au nanoparticles, Advanced Materials, 2008, 20 (2), 284-287.
2007
  1. Niu, S., Singh, G., and R.F. Saraf, “Label-less Fluorescence-based Detection for DNA Microarray,” Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2007, 23, 714-720.
  2. Niu, S., and R.F. Saraf, “Selective assembly of nanoparticles on block copolymer by surface modification,” Nanotechnology, 2007, 18 Art. No. 125607; on line at http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/0957-4484/18/12/125607
2006
  1. Maheshwari, V., and R.F. Saraf, “Mineralization of Monodispersed CdS Nanoparticles on Polyelectrolyte Superstructure forming an Electroluminescent 'Necklace-of-Beads',” Langmuir, 2006, 22, 8623-8626.
  2. Singh, G., and R.F. Saraf, “Direct measurement of ion accumulation at the electrode/electrolyte interface under an oscillatory electric field,” J. Phys. Chem. B, 2006, 110, 12581-12587.
  3. Maheshwari, V., and R.F. Saraf, “High-Resolution Thin-Film Device to Sense Texture by Touch,” Science, 2006, 312, 1501-1504.
2005 - 1980
  1. V. Berry,  A. Gole, S. Kundu, C.J. Murphy, RF. Saraf*, ‘Deposition pf CTAB terminated nanorods on bacteria to form highly conducting hybrid system’, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127, 17600-17601.
  2. V. Berry, R.F. Saraf, “Self-Assembly of Nanoparticles on Live Bacterium: An Avenue to Fabricate Electronic Device,” Angewandte Chemie, 2005, 44, 6668-6673.
  3. S. Elhadj, G. Singh, R.F. Saraf, ‘Optical Properties of Immobilized DNA Monolayer from 255 to 700 nm’, Langmuir, 2004, 20, 5539-5543.
  4. V. Berry, S. Rangaswamy, R.F. Saraf,   ‘Highly selective, electrically conductive monolayer of nanoparticles on live bacteria’, Nano Letters, 2004, 4, 939-942. 
  5. S.T. Oyama, D. Lee, P. Hacarlioglu, R.F. Saraf, ‘Theory of hydrogen permeability in nonporous silica membranes’, J. Membrane Science,2004, 244, 45-53.
  6. D. Lee, L. Zhang, S.T. Oyama, S. Niu, R.F. Saraf, ‘Synthesis, Characterization, and Gas Permeation Properties of a Hydrogen Permeable Silica Membrane Supporte on Porous Alumina’, J. Membrane Science,2003, 231, 117-126.
  7. G. Singh, R.F. Saraf, Y. Martin,  ‘Solid-like Dynamics in Ultra Thin-films of Polymeric Liquids’, Applied Physics Letters, 2003, 83, 5410-5412.
  8. S. Niu, R.F. Saraf, ‘Stability of Order in Solvent-Annealed Block Copolymer Thin Films’, Macromolecules, 2003, 36, 2428-2440.
  9. S. Elhadj, J. Woody, S. Niu, R.F. Saraf, ‘Orientation of Self-assembled Block Copolymer Cylinders Perpendicular to Electric Field in Mesoscale Thin Film’, Applied Physics Letters, 2003, 82, 871-873.
  10. S. Niu, R.F. Saraf, ‘An Approach to Sequence DNA Without Tagging’, Smart Materials and Structures, 2002, 11, 778-782.
  11. R.F. Saraf, S. Niu, E. Stumb, ‘Spontaneous Planarization of Nanoscale Phase Separated Thin Film’, Applied Physics Letters, 2002, 80, 4425-4427.
  12. Y.C. Cohen, R.F. Saraf,  ‘A Direct Correlation Function for Mesomoprhic Polymers and its Application to the 'Smectic' Phase of isotactic Polypropylene’, Polymer, 2001, 42, 5865-5870. 
  13. R.F. Saraf, S. Ostrander, R. Feenstra, ‘Surface Influenced Phase Separation of Organic Thin Films on Drying’, Langmuir, 1998,  14, 483-489.
  14. C. Thompson, R.F. Saraf, J. Jordan-Sweet, ‘Effect of Surface Influenced Order on Thermal Expansivity of Polymer Thin Films’, Langmuir, 1997, 13, 7135-717140.
  15. R.F. Saraf, ‘Effect of Processing and Thickness on the Structure in a Polyimide Film of poly(Pyromellitic dianhydride - oxydianiline)’, Polym. Engr. Sci., 1997, 37, 1195-1209.
  16. S. Osawa, A.E. Zachariades, R.F. Saraf, R.S. Porter, ‘Preparation and Analysis of Planar Deformation of Thermoplastics: A Review’, J. Macromol. Sci.-Rev. Macromol. Chem. Phys., 1997, C37, 149-198.
  17. R.F. Saraf, C. Dimitrakopoulos, M.F. Toney, S. Kowalczyk, ‘Surface Ordering in Polyimide Films Using Grazing Incidence X-ray Scattering’, Langmuir, 1996, 12, 2802-2806.
  18. A.J. Shere, M. Sethumadhavan, R.S. Stein, R.F. Saraf, R.A. Gaudiana, P. Mehta, T. Adams, ‘Kerr Effect and Wide Angle Light Scattering Studies of a Para-Aromatic Polyamide in Dilute Solution’, Macromolecules, 1996, 29, 2088-2094.
  19. V. Brusic, G.S. Frankel, J. Roldan, R. Saraf, ‘Corrosion and Protection of a Conductive Silver Paste’, J. Electrochem. Soc., 1995, 142, 2591-2594.
  20. M.A. Gaynes, R.H. Lewis, R.F. Saraf, J.M. Roldan, ‘Evaluation of Contact Resistance for Isotropic Electrically Conductive Adhesives’, IEEE Trans., Comp. Pkg., Mfg. Tech., 1995, 18,  299-304.
  21. A.G. Schrott, B. Braren, E.J.M. O'Sullivan, R.F. Saraf, P. Bailey, J. Roldan, ‘Laser-Assisted Seeding for Electroless Plating on Polyimide Surfaces’, J. Electrochem. Soc., 1995, 142, 944-949.
  22. R.F. Saraf, J. Roldan, T. Derderian, ‘Tailoring the Surface Morphology of Polyimide for Improved Adhesion’, IBM J. R&D, 1994, 38, 441-456.
  23. R.F. Saraf, ‘Planar and Fiber Textures Induced in Isotactic Polypropylene on Equibiaxial Hydrostatic Deformation’, Polymer, 1994, 35, 1359-1368.
  24. A.G. Schrott, B. Braren, R.F. Saraf, ‘Laser Assisted Pd Seeding for Electroless Plating on SiO2’, Applied Physics Letters, 1994, 64, 1582-1585.
  25. A. Gupta, B.W. Hussey, A.M. Guloy, T.M. Shaw, R.F. Saraf, J.F. Bringley, B.A. Scott, ‘Growth of Thin Films of the Defect Perovskite LaCuOd-3 by Pulsed Laser Deposition’, J. Solid State Chem., 1994, 108, 202-206.
  26. A. Gupta, B.W. Hussey, T.M. Shaw, A.M. Guloy, M.Y. Chern, R.F. Saraf, B.A. Scott, ‘Layer-by-layer Growth of Thin-Films of the Infinite-layer Compounds SrCuO2 and CaCuO2’, J. Solid State Chem., 1994, 112, 113-119.
  27. L.P. Buchwalter, R.F. Saraf, ‘Tantalum and Chromium Adhesion to Polyimide Part 1: BPDA-PDA Surface Imidization and Modification’, J. Adh. Sci. Tech., 1993, 7, 925-940.
  28. R.F. Saraf, ‘Phase Separation in Polyimide Precursor Blends Using Atomic Force Microscopy’, Macromolecules, 1993, 26, 3623-3630.
  29. T.W. Poon, R.F. Saraf, B.D. Silverman, ‘Ordering Behavior of Aromatic Polyimides’, Macromolecules, 1993, 26, 3369-3374.
  30. M. Angelopoulos, N. Patel, R.F. Saraf, ‘Amic Acid Doping of Polyaniline: Characterization and Resulting Blends’, Synthetic Metals, 1993, 55, 1552-1557.
  31. L. Shi, R.F. Saraf, W.S. Huang, ‘Processing of Lead Free Solder/Polymer Composite Paste for Surface Mount Technology’, Process. Adv. Mater., 1993, 3, 57-62.
  32. T.W. Poon, B.D. Silverman, R.F. Saraf, A. Rossi, P. Ho, ‘Simulated Crystalline Structures of Aromatic Polyimides’, Phys. Rev. B., 1992, 46, 11456-11462. 
  33. R.F. Saraf, H.M. Tong, T.W. Poon, B.D. Silverman, P.S. Ho, A.R. Rossi, ‘Thickness-Direction Thermal Expansion Measurements’, J. Appl. Poly. Sci., 1992, 46, 1329-1337.
  34. R.F. Saraf, ‘Small-Angle Scattering from Anisotropic Systems in the Guinier Region’, Macromolecules, 1989, 22, 675-681.
  35. R.F. Saraf, ‘An Exact Method to Determine the Complete Orientation Distribution Function of the Chain Axis from an Arbitrary (hkl) Reflection’, Macromolecules, 1988, 21, 2382-2387.
  36. R.F. Saraf and R.S. Porter, ‘Deformation Induced Order-Disorder Transition in Isotactic Polypropylene’, Polym. Eng. Sci., 1988, 28, 842-851.
  37. R.F. Saraf and R.S. Porter, ‘Deformation of Semicrystalline Polymers via Crystal-Crystal Transition’, J. Polym. Sci., Physics Edition, 1988, 26, 1049-1057.
  38. J.Y. Guan, R.F. Saraf, and R.S. Porter, ‘Evaluation of Equibiaxial Deformation of Poly(ethylene terephthalate) by Trirefringence Measurement’, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 1987, 33, 1517-1523.
  39. R.F. Saraf and R.S. Porter, ‘The Mechanics of Equibiaxial Hydrostatic Deformation in Solid State: Isotactic Polypropylene’, J. Rheol., 1987, 31, 59-94.
  40. R. Saraf and R.S. Porter, ‘Consideration on the Structure of Smectic i-Polypropylene’, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., Letters, 1985, 2, 85-91.
  41. S.K. Gupta, A. Kumar, and R. Saraf, ‘Condensation Polymerization in Ideal Continuous Flow-Stirred Tank Reactors of Monomers Violating the Equal Reactivity Hypothesis’, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 1980, 25, 1049-1055.
  42. A. Kumar, S.K. Gupta, and R. Saraf, ‘Condensation Polymerization of ARB type monomers in CSTRs wherein the Monomer is R Times More Reactive than the Other Homologues’, Polymer, 1980, 21, 1323-1328.
  • Papers in referred proceedings
  1. S. T. Oyama, D. Lee, P. Hacarlioglu, Y. Gu, R. F. Saraf , ‘Nanostructure of a High-Permeability, Hydrogen-Selective Inorganic Membrane’, NanoTech Conference, 2003 (publication expected 2004).
  2. G. Singh, D. Sadler, F. Zenhausern, R.F. Saraf, ‘Mesoscale Thin Film Actuator for Promoting Fluid Motion in Microfluidic and Nanofluidic Channels’, MRS Proceedings, 2002, 741, 3-8.
  3. S. Niu, R.F. Saraf, ‘An Approach to Sequence DNA Without Tagging’, SPIE Proceeding, 2001, 4512, 246-254.
  4. R.F. Saraf, S. Ostrander, R.M. Feenstra, ‘Phase Separation Kinetics During Drying’, MRS Proceedings, 1997, 461, 93-101.
  5. M. Angelopoulos, R.F. Saraf, A.G. MacDiarmid, ‘Control of aggregation and crystallinity in polyaniline’, SPE Proceedings, ANTEC ’97, 1997, 1352-1358.
  6. R.F. Saraf, S. Ostrander, and R.M. Feenstra, ‘Phase Separation Kinetics During Drying, MRS Proceedings, 1996, 461, 93-102.
  7. Sambucetti CJ, Paunovic M, Saraf R, ‘Some environmentally conscious processes in electronic applications’, Proceedings of the Electro Chemical Society, 1996, 203-218.
  8. R.F. Saraf, ‘Development of Order in Polyimide During Imidization’, Proceeding of the DuPont Symposium, 1996, 592-623.
  9. R.F. Saraf, J.M. Roldan, C.J. Sambucetti, M.A. Gaynes, R. Lewis, ‘High Performance Isotropic Polymer/Metal Composite for Interconnect Technology’,  Proceeding of IEEE/CPMT, 1995, 425-428.
  10. R.F. Saraf, J.M. Roldan, R. Jagannathan, C. Sambucetti, J. Marino, C. Jahnes, ‘Polymer/Metal Composite for Interconnection Technology’, Proceeding of IEEE/ECTC, 1995, 101-106.
  11. S.K. Kang, T. Graham, S. Purushothaman, J. Roldan, R.F. Saraf, ‘New High Conductivity Pb-Free Pastes’, Int'l Symp. on Electronics and Environment, 1995, 86-92.
  12. M.A. Gaynes, R.H. Lewis, R.F. Saraf, J.M. Roldan, ‘Evaluation of Contact Resistance for Isotropic Electrically Conductive Adhesives’, 1st Int'l Conf. on Adhesive Joining Tech. in Electronics Mfg., Berlin, Germany, 1994, 22-30.
  13. R.F. Saraf, J.M. Roldan, T. Derderian, ‘Spontaneous Nanoscale Roughening of Polymer Surface For Adhesion Enhancement’, SPE Proceeding, ANTEC '93, 1993, 256-301.
  14. L. Shi, R.F. Saraf, W.S. Huang, ‘Solder/Polymer Composite Paste for Surface Mount Technology’, Proceeding for 7th Electronic Materials and Processing Congress, 1992, 149-151.
  15. E.J.M. O;Sullivan, J.R. Marino, R.F. Saraf, ‘Electroless Deposition of Alloy Thin Films: Ni(Ge)(P)’, ECS Proceedings, 1993, 155-160.
  16. R.F. Saraf, J.M. Roldan, ‘Nanoscale Roughening for Adhesion Enhancement’, ECS Proceedings, 1993, 255-260.
  17. A.G. Schrott, B. Braren, J.M. O;Sullivan, R.F. Saraf, ‘Laser Assisted Seeding for Electroless Plating on Polyimide Surfaces’, MRS Proceedings, 1992, 193, 70-75.
  18. S.E. Molis, R.F. Saraf, and R.T. Hodgson, ‘Structure of Rapid Thermal Annealed Thin Films, SPE Proceedings’, SPE Proceedings, ANTEC '91, 1991, 1-3, 1700-1705.
  19. R. Saraf, C. Feger, ‘Morphological Composites from Polyimides’, SPE Proceedings,4th International Conference on Polyimides, 1991, 19-21. 
  20. R.F. Saraf, R.S. Porter, Deformation of Semicrystalline Polymers via Crystal-Crystal Phase Transition, MRS International Proceeding, 1,  1989, 253-255.
  21. R.F. Saraf, J.M. Lefebvre, R.S. Porter, and G.D. Wignall, ‘A Double-Tilt Small Angle Neutron Scattering Experiment on Deformed Polymer Systems’,  MRS Proceedings, 1987, 79,  263-266.
  22. R.F. Saraf, ‘An Exact Method to Determine the Chain Axis Orientation Distribution in High Performance Fibers From a Single Inter-Chain Reflection’, MRS Proceedings, 1986, 134, 485-492. 
  23. R.F. Saraf, J.Y. Guan, and R.S. Porter, Characterization of Planar Deformation in Poly(ethylene terephthalate) and i-Polypropylene Using Trirefringence, SPE Proceeding , ANTEC’86,  1986, 2, 88-92.
  • Research papers and Chapters in edited book 
  1. R.F. Saraf, Structure and Properties of Thin Films by Scattering Techniques, in Practical Guide to Characterization of Polymer Surfaces and Interfaces, eds. H.M. Tong, R.F. Saraf, N. Chou, S.P. Kowalczyk, Butterworth-Heinemann Publishers, Stoneham, MA, 1994.
  2. C. Feger, R.F. Saraf, Morphological Composite, in Advances in Polyimide Science and Technology, eds., C. Feger, M.M. Khojasteh, M. Htoo, Technomics, USA, 1993, 141-148.
  3. N. Patel, R. Saraf, M. Angelopoulos, All-Polymer Conducting Polymer Blends, in Advances  in Polyimide Science and Technology, eds., C. Feger, M.M. Khojasteh, M. Htoo, Technomics, USA, 1993, 165-171.
  4. R. Saraf, C. Feger, Y.C. Cohen, ‘Structure of Poly(imide siloxane)’, Advances in Polyimide Science and Technology, 1993,  eds., C. Feger, M.M. Khojasteh, M. Htoo, Technomics, USA, 1993, 433-438.
  • Book edited

Practical Guide to Characterization of Polymer Surfaces and Interfaces, eds. H.M. Tong, R.F. Saraf, N. Chou, S.P. Kowalczyk, Butterworth-Heinemann Publishers, Stoneham, MA, 1994.