Laura C. Pavelka

Addition polymerization of 1,1-dimesitylneopentylgermene: synthesis of a polygermene.

A new polymer with an alternating germanium-carbon backbone has been synthesized from 1,1-dimesitylneopentylgermene via addition polymerization using an anionic initiator.

Binary Mixtures of SH- and CH3-Terminated Self-Assembled Monolayers to Control the Average Spacing Between Aligned Gold Nanoparticles

This paper presents a method to control the average spacing between organometallic chemical vapor deposition (OMCVD) grown gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) in a line. Focused ion beam patterned CH3-terminated self-assembled monolayers are refilled systematically with different mixtures of SH- and CH3-terminated silanes. The average spacing between OMCVD Au NPs is demonstrated systematically to decrease by increasing the v/v% ratio of the thiols in the binary silane mixtures with SH- and CH3-terminated groups.