David Allara
David Allara
Professor of Chemistry and
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University
104 Chemistry Building
University Park, PA 16802
814-865-2254
allara@matse.psu.edu
- Surface chemistry and physics involving preparation, properties, and characterization of molecular and polymeric thin films, modified surfaces, and materials interfaces
- Transport, thermodynamic, bio-response, electronic, electromagnetic and energy conversion properties of thin films and nanoscale structures, including carbon nanotubes
- Complex architectures by self-and directed assembly at surfaces
- Applications include microelectronics processing, molecular electronics, quantum computing, chem.-bio sensors, energy production and conversion, nanolithography and biocompatibility
- Single Molecular Switches, Z.J. Donhauser, B.A. Mantooth, K.F. Kelly, L.A. Bumm, J.D. Monnell, J. J. Stapleton, D.L. Allara, J.M. Tour, and P.S. Weiss; Science, 292, 2303-2307(2001)
- Nucleation and Growth of Calcium Phosphate onto Self-Assembled Templates by a Solution-Formed Critical Nucleus Mechanism: Physiological Solutions, B.J. Tarasevich, C.C. Chusuei, D.L. Allara, J. Phys.Chem.B, 2003; 107; 10367-10377
- Nanowire-Based Molecular Monolayer Junctions: Synthesis, Assembly, and Electrical Characterization, L.T. Cai, H. Skulason, J.B. Mattzela, J.G. Kushmerick, S.K. Pollack, J. Naciri, R. Shashidhar, T.E. Mallouk, D.L. Allara and T. S. Mayer, J. Phys.Chem. B, 2004, 108, 2827-2832
- The Interaction of Vapor-Deposited Ti and Au with Molecular Wires , A.V. Walker, T.B. Tighe, J. Stapleton, B.C. Haynie, S. Upilli, D.L. Allara, N. Winograd, Appl. Phys. Lett., 2004, 84, 4008
- Temperature effects on conduction through a molecular junction, Y. Selzer, M.A. Cabassi, T.S. Mayer, D.L. Allara, Nanotechnology, 2004, 15, S483–S488
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