Publications

96	B. Gwalani, A. Martin, E. Kautz, S.V. Lambeets, M. Olszta, A. K. Battu, A. Malakar, F. Yang, J. Gua, T. Suntharampillai, M. Thuo, A. Devaraj ‘Mechanistic Understanding of Speciated Oxide Growth in High Entropy Alloys’ Preprint 2023
95	E. J. Foster, R. Moreira, E. Esfahani, F. Zeidabadi, P. Rostami, M. Thuo, M. Mohseni “Iron oxide/graphenic carbon hybrid photocatalyst for decomposition of PFAS” Preprint 2023 DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3438906/v1
94	T. Ward, M. Thuo, T. Soori ‘One-dimensional hydrodynamic model for the isothermal-evaporation of an axisymmetric-unbounded liquid bridge’ Physics of Fluids 2023 35, 112115
93	A Martin, M. Thuo ‘Beyond Hulme-Rothery Rules’ Accounts of Materials Research 2023 4 (10), 809–813 (Cover article)
92	C. Du, P. Gregory, A. M. Pauls, D. U. Jamadgni, J. J. Chang, R. W. Dorn, A. Martin, E. J. Foster, A. J. Rossini, M. Thuo “Spatially Directed Pyrolysis via Thermally Morphing Surface Adducts” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023 e202308822 (Frontispiece)

2022

91	Brijith Thomas, Boyce S. Chang, Julia J. Chang, Martin Thuo, Aaron Rossini “Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Assisted Structure Determination of Coordination Polymers” Chem. Mat. 2022, 34, 17, 7678–7691
90	C. Du, J. Chen, Z Wang, A. Martin, D. Raturi, M. Thuo ‘Role of Nanoscale Roughness and Polarity in Odd-Even Effect of Self-Assembled Monolayers” Angew. Chem. 2022, 61, 29, e202205251 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202205251
89	C. Du, R. S. Andino, M. C. Rotondaro, S. W. Devlin, S. Erramilli, L. D. Ziegler, and M. M. Thuo “Substrate Roughness and Tilt Angle Dependence of Sum Frequency Generation Odd-Even Effects in Self-Assembled Monolayers” J. Phys. Chem. C. 2022 126, 16, 7294–7306 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c01109
88	A. Martin, B. Chang, M. Thuo “Effect of Surfaces Nanostructure and Speciation in Undercooling Relevant to Low-Temperature Solder Alloys” ACS Applied Nano Materials 2022 5, 3, 3325-3332 10.1021/acsanm.1c03865

2021

87	N.A. Kotov, L.M. Liz-Marzan, Z. Nie, M.M. Thuo, L.D. Zarzar “The Endless and Turbulent Frontier of Academic Entrepreneurship” ACSnano 2021, 15, 11, 16947–16952
86	C. Du, S. Norris, A. Thakur, J. Chen, B. VanVeller, M. Thuo ‘Molecular Conformation in Charge Tunneling across Large-Area Junctions’ J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 2021 143, 34, 13878-13886 doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c06622
85	J.J. Chang, C. Du, A. Pauls, M. Thuo “Tunable Hydrophobicity via Dimensionally Confined Polymerization of Organometallic Adducts” Angew. Chem. 2021 60,13929–13936 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202101795
84	A. Martin, B. Chang, J. Cutinho, L. Shen, T. Ward, E. Cochran, M. Thuo “Passivation-Driven Speciation, Dealloying and Purification” Mat. Hor. 2021, 8, 925-931 DOI: 10.1039/D0MH01832E (cover article)
83	A. Martin, B.S. Chang, A. Pauls, C. Du, M.M. Thuo “Stabilization of Undercooled State via Passivating Oxide Layers” Angew. Chem. 2021 60,5928–5935 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202013489 (Cover article)
82	E. Olson, J. Blisko, C. Du, Y. Liu, Y. Li, H. Thurber, G. Curtzwiler, J. Ren, M. Thuo, X. Yong, S. Jiang ‘Biobased Superhydrophobic Coating Enabled by Nanoparticle Assembly’ Nanoscale Advances, 2021 3, 4037-4047 doi.org/10.1039/D1NA00296A (cover article)
81	Brijith Thomas, Boyce S. Chang, Martin Thuo, Aaron Rossini, “NMR assisted structure determination of coordination polymers” Acta Cryst. (2021), A77, C469 PDF
80	P. Gregory, S. Banerjee, C. Du, M. Thuo “Chapter 1: Introduction to Biopolymers and Biocomposites” in Madbouly, S. (Ed) ‘Bioploymers and Composites: Processing and Characterization’ Walter de Gruyter, Inc

2020

79	A. Martin, C. Du, B. Chang, M. Thuo “Complexity and Opportunities in Liquid Metal Surface Oxides” Chem. Mat. 2020, 32, 21, 9045-9055 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c02047 (invited as part of up and coming series, and cover article)
78	A. Martin, C. Du, A. Pauls, T. Ward, M. Thuo “Polydiversity-Driven Printing of Conformal Solid Metal Traces on Non-Adhering Biological Surfaces” Adv. Mat. Int. 2020, 7, 2001294 DOI: 10.1002/admi.202001294 (featured as a cover)
77	J. J. Chang,^§ A. Martin,^§ C. Du, A. Pauls, M. Thuo “Heat-Free Biomimetic Metal Molding on Soft Substrates” Angew. Chem. 2020 59, 16346-16351 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202008621 Featured as “Hot Paper” and on a frontispiece
76	B. S. Chang, A. Martin, B. Thomas, A. Li, Rick W. Dorn, J. Gong, A. J. Rossini, M. M. Thuo “Synthesis of Interface-Driven Tunable Bandgap Metal Oxides” ACS Matt. Letts 2020 2, 1211-1217 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmaterialslett.0c00251 (Cover article)
75	A. Martin^§, W. Kiarie^§, B.S. Chang, M.M. Thuo “Chameleon Metals: Autonomous Nano-Texturing and Composition Inversion on Liquid Metals Surface” Angew. Chem. 2020 59, 352 – 357 DOI:10.1002/anie.201912639 Featured as “Hot Paper” and on the cover

2019

74	A. Martin, B.S. Chang, Z. Martin, D. Paramanik, C. Frankiewicz, S. Kundu, I. Tevis, M. Thuo “Heat-Free Fabrication of Metallic Interconnects for Flexible/Wearable Devices” Advanced Functional Materials 2019, 1903687 DOI:10.1002/adfm.201903687 (cover article)
73	Damon, D., Maher, Y., Allen, D., Baker, J., Chang, B., Maher, S., Thuo, M., Badu-Tawiah, A. ‘Determining Surface Energy of Porous Substrates by Spray Ionization’ Langmuir 2019 35, 43, 13853-1385 DOI:10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b02419
72	Erik B. Berda, Leila F. Deravi, E. Johan Foster, Yoan Simon, Martin M. Thuo ‘Virtual Issue: Next Generation Smart Materials’ Macromolecules 2019 52, 17, 6339-6341 DOI:10.1021/acs.macromol.9b01402
71	B. S. Chang, B. Thomas, J. Chen, I.D. Tevis, P. Karanja, S. Cınar, A. Venkatesh, Aaron J. Rossini, M. Thuo “Ambient Synthesis of Coordination Polymer Nanomaterials by in situ Heterogeneous Metal/Ligand reactions” Nanoscale 2019 11, 14060 DOI: 10.1039/C9NR05448K
70	B. S. Chang, A. Boddupalli, A. F. Boyer, M. Orondo, J-F. Bloch, K. M. Bratlie, M. M. Thuo, “Effect of substrate morphology and chemistry of paper on deposited collagen” Applied Surface Science 2019 484, 461-469
69	Boyce S. Chang, Mario Fratzl, Andrea Boyer, Andrew Martin, Henry C. Ahrenholtz, Isabelle De Moraes, Jean-Francis Bloch, Nora M. Dempsey, Martin M. Thuo ‘Rapid Prototyping of Reconfigurable Microfluidic Channels in Undercooled Metal Particle-Elastomer Composites‘ 2019 Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 58 (10), 4137–4142 (Best talk award in coll. & NanoMat., ACS fall 2018, Invited article)

2018

68	G. Kong, J. Jin, M. Thuo, H. Song, J. Joung, HY Yoon, “Elucidating the Role of Molecule-Electrode Interfacial Defects in Charge Tunneling Characteristics of Large-area Junctions” 2018 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 140 (38), pp 12303–12307 DOI:* 10.1021/jacs.8b08146*
67	J. Cutinho, B. Chang, S. Oyola-Reynoso, J. Chen, S. S. Akhter, I. D. Tevis, N. J. Bello, A. Martin, M. Foster, M. Thuo “Autonomous Thermal-Oxidative Composition Inversion and Texture Tuning of Liquid Metal Surfaces” 2018 ACSnano 12, 4744−4753 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b01438
66	B. Chang, R. Tutika, J. Cutinho, S. Oyola-Reynoso, J. Chen, M. D. Bartlett, M. M. Thuo “Mechanically triggered composite Stiffness Tuning Through Thermodynamic Relaxation (ST3R)” 2018 Mater. Horizons. 5, 416-422 DOI: 10.1039/C8MH00032H. Featured on the cover and in phys.org, Manufacturing business technology magazine, WHO 13, design-engineering, Materials Today Honored as part of ‘Most popular articles‘ in materials horizons
65	J. Chen, M. Kim, S.M. Gathiaka, S.J. Cho,S. Kundu, H.J. Yoon, and M. M. Thuo “Understanding Keesom Interactions in Monolayer-Based Large-Area Tunneling Junctions” 2018 J. Phys. Chem. Letts., 9, 5078−5085 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b01731
64	B. Chang, S. Oyola-Reynoso, J. Cutinho, M. M. Thuo “Rapid one-step synthesis of complex-architecture block polymers using inductively ‘armed-disarmed’ monomer pairs” 2018 Macromolecular Rapid Communications 39, 1800026. doi: 10.1002/marc.201800026 (cover article)
63	P. Gregory, A. Martin, B. Chang, S. Oyola-Reynoso, J-F Bloch,* M. Thuo* “Inverting Thermal Degradation (iTD) of Paper using Chemi- and Physi-sorbed Modifiers for Templated Material Synthesis” 2018 Front. Chem. Vol. 6 \| Article 338 (invited) DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2018.00338
62	D. E. Damon, M. Yin, C. J. Tanny, Y. S. Maher, S. Oyola-Reynoso, M. M. Thuo, A. K. Badu-Tawiah* “Stabilizing Dried Blood Spheroids” 2018 Anal. Chem. 90 (15), 9353–9358 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b01962
61	B. Chang, A. Martin, P. Gregory, S. Kundu, C. Du, M. Orondo, M. Thuo “Functional materials” 2018 MRS Advances 3 (37) (African Materials Research Society 2017) 2221-2233 DOI: 10.1557/adv.2018.399
60	M. Fratzl, B. Chang, S. Oyola-Reynoso, G. Blaire, S. Delshadi, T. Devillers, T. Ward III, N. M. Dempsey, J.-F. Bloch and M. M. Thuo “Magnetic two-way valves for paper based capillary-driven microfluidic devices” 2018 ACS Omega 3 (2), 2049–2057 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.7b01839
59	J. Chen, T.J. Giroux, Y. Nguyen, A. Kadoma, B. S. Chang, S., Oyola-Reynoso , B. VanVeller, Thuo, M. M. “Understanding Interface (Odd-Even) Effects in Charge Tunneling using Polished EGaIn Electrode” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2018, 20, 4864 – 4878 DOI: 10.1039/C7CP07531F
58	Chen, J., Kundu, S., Du, C., Kadoma, A. A., Giroux, T. J. and Thuo, M. M. Towards a Perfect Junction: Interface Effects on Charge Tunneling across Large Area Junctions 2018 ECS transactions 86 (3), 79-87 (Invited) DOI:10.1149/08603.0079ecst

2017

57	Chen, J., Wang, Z., Oyola-Reynoso, S., Thuo, M. M. “Properties of Self-Assembled Monolayers Revealed via Inverse Tensiometry” Langmuir 2017 33(47),13451-13718 (invited Feature article) Featured on the cover
56	J. Chen, S. Gathiaka, Z. Wang, and M. Thuo “Role of Molecular Dipoles in Charge Transport Across Large Area Molecular Junctions Delineated Using Isomorphic SAMs” J. Phys. Chem. C. 2017 ,* 121(43), 23931-23938* DOI:10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b07634
55	F. W. Kimani, S. M. Mwangi, B. J. Kwasa, A. M. Kusow, B. K. Ngugi, J. Chen, X. Liu, R. Cademartiri, and M. M. Thuo^“Rethinking the Design of Low-Cost Point-Of-Care Diagnostic Devices” Micromachines 2017, 8(11), 317; DOI: 10.3390/mi8110317
54	Sodhi, R. N. S.; Brodersen, P.; Cademartiri, L.; Thuo, M. M.; Nijhuis, C. A. “Surface and buried interface layer studies on challenging structures as studied by Angle-Resolved XPS (ARXPS)” Surf. Interface Anal. 2017, 49, 1309–1315 DOI: 10.1002/sia.6270
53	Jiahao Chen, Boyce Chang, Stephanie Oyola-Reynoso, Zhengjia Wang, and Martin Thuo “Quantifying Gauche Defects and Phase Evolution in Self-Assembled Monolayers through Sessile Drops” ACSOmega 2017 2, 2072−2084 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.7b00355
52	Boyce S. Chang, Stephanie Oyola-Reynoso, Jiahao Chen, Mingchang Lu and Martin M. Thuo “Solvated-Electron Initiated Rapid Polymerization at Ambient-Temperature: A case of Monomer Solubility” Polymer Chemistry 2017 8, 3475-3484 DOI: 10.1039/C7PY00416H
51	Jiahao Chen,^# Jian Liu,^# Ian D. Tevis, Richard S. Andino, Christina M. Miller, Lawrence D. Ziegler, Xin Chen and Martin Thuo “Spectroscopic Evidence for the Origin of Odd-Even Effects in Self-Assembled Monolayers and Effects of Substrate Roughness” PCCP 2017 19, 6989-6995 DOI: 10.1039/C6CP07580K (Back cover)
50	Stephanie Oyola-Reynoso, Christophe Frankiewicz, Boyce S. Chang, Jiahao Chen, Jean-Francis Bloch and Martin M. Thuo “Paper-Based Microfluidic Devices by Asymmetric Calendering” Biomicrofluidics 2017, 11, 014104

2016

49	Zhengjia Wang,^# Jiahao Chen,^# Symon Gathiaka, Stephanie Oyola-Reynoso, Martin Thuo “Effect of Substrate Morphology on the Odd-Even Effect in Hydrophobicity of Self-Assembled Monolayers” Langmuir 2016 32, 10358–10367 DOI:10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b01681
48	Aaron J. Rossini, Michael P. Hanrahan, Martin Thuo “Rapid Acquisition of Wideline MAS Solid-state NMR Spectra with Fast MAS, Indirect Proton Detection, and Dipolar HMQC Pulse Sequences” Phy.Chem. Chem. Phy. 2016, 18, 25284-25295 DOI:10.1039/C6CP04279A
47	Stephanie Oyola-Reynoso, Jiahao Chen, Boyce S. Chang, Jean-Francis Bloch, and Martin M. Thuo “Surface Polymerization of Perfluorosilane Treatments on Paper Mitigates HF Production upon Incineration” RSC Advances 2016, 6, 82233 – 82237 DOI:10.1039/C6RA20582H
46	Stephanie Oyola-Reynoso, Ian D. Tevis, J. Chen, Boyce S. Chang, Simge cinar, J.-F. Bloch, and Martin Thuo “Recruiting Physi-sorbed Water in Surface Polymerization for Bio-Inspired Materials of Tunable Hydrophobicity” Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2016 4, 14729–14738
45	Zhengjia Wang, Jiahao Chen, Stephanie Oyola-Reynoso, and Martin M. Thuo “Empirical Evidence for Roughness-Dependent Limit in Observation of Odd–Even Effect in Wetting Properties of Polar Liquids on n-Alkanethiolate Self-Assembled Monolayers” Langmuir 2016, 32, 8230–8237
44	S. Çınar, I. D. Tevis, J. Chen, M. Thuo “Mechanical Fracturing of Core-Shell Undercooled Metal Particles for Heat-Free Soldering” Scientific Reports 2016 6:21864 Featured in Nature News!, C&ENews, Physics today, SMTA Magazine, IEEE Engineering360, Electronics Weekly, Yahoo news, India today, Business standard, Spektrum (German), Hackaday, Engineering.com, Science Newsline, Ames Tribune, technology.org, SpNews (Japan), NewsWise, BNR Radio (Dutch),
43	Stephanie Oyola-Reynoso; Dickson Kihereko; Boyce Chang; James Mwangi; Julian Halbertsma-Black; Jean-Francis Bloch; Martin M. Thuo; Margaret M. Nganga “Substituting Plastic Casings with Hydrophobic (Perfluorosilane treated) paper improves Biodegradability of Low-Cost Diagnostic Devices” Ind. Crop Prod. 2016 94, 294-298 DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2016.08.051
42	Chen Zhao, Martin M. Thuo, Xinyu Liu, ‘Microfluidic Paper-Based Multiplexing Biosensors for Electrochemical Detection of Metabolic Biomarkers’ in Chang Lu and Scott S. Verbridge (Eds) “Microfluidic Methods for Molecular Biology” Springer, 2016
41	S. Çınar, M. D. Schulz, S. Oyola-Reynoso, D. K. Bwambok, S. M. Gathiaka, and M. Thuo “Application of Ionic Liquids in Pot-in-Pot reactions” Molecules 2016 21 272
40	F. J. Mithila,^⊕ L. Newcomb, S. Oyola-Reynoso, M. B. J. Atkinson, Rafael E. Luna, and M. M. Thuo “Structural Distortions Due to Stereoelectronic Effects are Best Visualized Through 3D Printed Crystal Structure Models” Letters in Organic Chemistry 2016 13(4): 272 – 276
39	Jiahao CHEN, Ian TEVIS, Symon GATHIAKA, Martin THUO “Stereoelectronic effects in tunneling junctions: revisiting the platform” Proceedia Engineering 2016 141 138 – 143 DOI:10.1016/j.proeng.2015.09.228
38	Stephanie OYOLA-REYNOSO, Ian TEVIS, Jiahao CHEN, Jean Francis BLOCH, Martin THUO “Fabrication of Namib beetle inspired biomimetic amphiphobic surfaces using adsorbed water as a co-monomer” Proceedia Engineering 2016 141 59 – 62 DOI:10.1016/j.proeng.2015.08.1105

2015

37	J. Sporrer,^⊕ J. Chen, Z. Wang, M. Thuo “Revealing the Nature of Molecule-Electrode Contact in Tunneling Junctions using Raw Data Heat-Maps” J. Phys. Chem. Letts., 2015 6, 4952–4958 DOI:10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b02300
36	S. Oyola-Reynoso, Z. Wang, J. Chen, S. Cinar, B. Chang, M. Thuo “Revisiting the challenges in fabricating uniform coatings with polyfunctional molecules on high surface energy materials” Coatings 2015, 5(4), 1002-1018 (invited review)
35	Z. Li,^⊕ I. D. Tevis, S. Oyola-Reynoso, L. B. Newcomb, J. Halbertsma-Black, J F. Bloch, M. Thuo “Melt-and-Mold Fabrication (MnM-Fab) of Reconfigurable Low-Cost Devices for Use in Resource-Limited Settings” Talanta, 2015 145, 20–28 (invited) DOI:10.1016/j.talanta.2015.05.002
34	Z. Wang, J. Chen, S. Oyola-Reynoso, M. Thuo “The Porter-Whitesides Discrepancy: Revisiting odd-even effects in wetting properties of n-alkanethiolate SAMs” Coatings 2015 doi:10.3390/coatings5041024
33	Jiahao Chen, Zhengjia Wang, Stephanie Oyola-Reynoso, Symon M. Gathiaka, M. M. Thuo “Limits to the Effect of Substrate Roughness or Smoothness on the Odd-Even Effect in Wetting Properties of n-Alkanethiolate Monolayers” Langmuir 2015 31, 7047−7054 DOI:10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b01662
32	S. Oyola-Reynoso^#, A. P. Heim^⊕^#, J. Halbertsma-Black^⊕^#, C. Zhao, I. D. Tevis, S. Çınar, R. Cademartiri, X. Liu, M. M. Thuo “Draw your assay: Fabrication of low-cost paper-based diagnostic and multi-well test zones by drawing on a paper” Talanta, 2015* 145, 73-77* (^#equal contributions) – Reprint in special issue on ‘Low cost devices for point-of-care,food and environmental analysis’ DOI:10.1016/j.talanta.2015.09.042
31	S. Oyola-Reynoso^#, A. P. Heim^⊕^#, J. Halbertsma-Black^⊕^#, C. Zhao, I. D. Tevis, S. Çınar, R. Cademartiri, X. Liu, M. M. Thuo “Draw your assay: Fabrication of low-cost paper-based diagnostic and multi-well test zones by drawing on a paper” Talanta, 2015 144, 289–293 (^#equal contributions) DOI:10.1016/j.talanta.2015.06.018
30	Jiahao Chen, Stephanie Oyola-Reynoso, M. Thuo “Introduction to Plant oils” in; Samy Madbouly, Chaoqun Zhang, and Michael R. Kessler (Editors), Bio-Based Plant Oil Polymers and Composites, Elsevier, (2015)
29	M. B. J. Atkinson, S. Oyola-Reynoso, R. E. Luna, D. K. Bwambok, and M. M. Thuo, “Pot-in-pot reactions: A simple and green approach to efficient organic synthesis”, RSC Advances 2015 5, 597-607 (invited review). DOI: 10.1039/C4RA13506G (Previous highlight of this technique: http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2008/April/10040801.asp)

2014

I. D. Tevis, L.B. Newcomb, M. M. Thuo, “Synthesis of Liquid Core-shell Particles and Solid Patchy Multicomponent Particles by Shearing Liquids Into Complex ParticlEs (SLICE)”, Langmuir 2014 30, 14308–14313. DOI: 10.1021/la5035118

L.B. Newcomb, I. D. Tevis, M. B.J. Atkinson, S.M. Gathiaka, Luna E. Rafael, M. M. Thuo “Odd-even effect in hydrophobicity of n-alkanethiolate self-assembled monolayers depends on the roughness of the substrate and the orientation of the terminal moiety” Langmuir 2014 30(40), 11985–11992. DOI:10.1021/la5032569

M. D. Schulz, M. B. J. Atkinson, R. J. Elsey, M. M. Thuo, “Copper(I) halides inhibit olefin isomerized by-products from phosphine-based Grubbs’ metathesis catalysts in polar protic solvents’ Trans. Metal Chem. 2014 39(7) 763-767 DOI: 10.1007/s11243-014-9858-1

2013

25	Zhao, M. Thuo, X.Y. Liu, “A microfluidic paper-based electrochemical biosensor array for multiplexed detection of metabolic biomarkers,” Sci. Tech. Adv. Mat., 2013 14 054402 DOI: 10.1088/1468-6996/14/5/054402

Reviewed Conference Proceedings

iv	Martin, D.S. Kanoy, E. Boyce, A. Aysu, M. Thuo Metastable Metal Particles as Physically Timed Keys. GomacTech 2024, 20.5
iii.	M Fratzl, B Chang, S Oyola-Reynoso, G Blaire, S. Delshadi, T. Devillers, T. Ward III, N. M. Dempsey, J.-F. Bloch and M. M. Thuo ”Magnet-paper composites for low-cost two-way valves and other active structures” MicroTAS 2017
ii.	Caleb Brose, Jeremy W. Sheaffer, Martin Thuo “Tracking water droplets under Descent and Deformation” The 42^nd International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques – SigGraph 2015 PDF
i.	Marcela P. Castro, Martin M. Thuo, José L. Silva, Benedito S. Lima-Neto “DESENVOLVIMENTO DE NOVAS COMBINAÇÕES MONÔMEROCATALISADOR PARA PRODUÇÃO DE TERMOFIXOS BIORENOVÁVEISVIA ROMP” Anais do 13º Congresso Brasileiro de Polímeros – Natal, RN – 18 a 22 de outubro de 2015

Pre-Independent Career:

24.	M. M. Thuo, R. V. Martinez, X. Liu, M. B. J. Atkinson, J. F. Bloch, G. M. Whitesides, “Low-Cost microfluidic devices derived from embossed hydrophobic paper” Chem. Mater. 2014 26(14) 4230–4237 PDF
23.	M. Baghbanzadeh, F. C. Simeone, C. M. Bowers, K.C. Liao, M. Thuo, M. Baghbanzadeh, M. S. Miller, T. B. Carmichael, and G.M. Whitesides, “Odd-Even Effects in Charge Transport across n-Alkanethiolate-Based SAMs”, J. Am. Chem. Soc, 2014 136(48), 16919-16925 PDF
22.	J. R. Barber, H. J. Yoon, C. M. Bowers, M. M Thuo, B. Breiten, D. M. Gooding, and G. M Whitesides “The Influence of Environment on the Measurement of Rates of Charge Transport across Ag^TS/SAM//Ga₂O₃/EGaIn Junctions” Chem. Mater. 2014 26 (13), 3938–3947 PDF
21.	Glavan, A. C., Martinez, R. V., Subramania, A. B., Yoon.H.J., Nunes, R. M. D., Lange.H., Thuo, M. M., and George M. Whitesides. Omniphobic “RF Paper” Produced by Silanization of Paper with Fluoroalkyltrichlorosilanes. Adv. Function. Mat. 2014, 24, 60-70 PDF
20.	Felice C. Simeone, Martin M. Thuo, Hyo-Jae Yoon, Jabulani R. Barber, George M. Whitesides “Deﬁning injection conductance for charge transport by tunneling across SAMs” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013 135 (48), 18131-18144 PDF
19.	Bwambok, D. K., Thuo, M M., Atkinson, M. B. J., Mirica, K.A., Shapiro, D.N., Whitesides, G. M. Paramagnetic ionic liquids for density-based measurements using magnetic Levitation. Anal. Chem. 2013 85 (17), 8442–8447 PDF
18.	Atkinson, M. B. J., Bwambok, D. K., Jie C., Prashant C., Thuo, M. M., Mace, C.R., Mirica, K.A., Myerson, A., Whitesides, G.M. Separation and Isolation of Polymorphs, Enantiomorphs, and Racemate Crystal Forms by Density Using Magnetic Levitation. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013 52, (39), 10208–10211 PDF. Media Highlight: Chemistryviews
17.	Thuo, M. M.; Reus, W. F.; Simeone, F. C.; Kim, C.; Schulz, M. D.; Yoon, H. J.; Whitesides, G. M., Replacing -CH₂CH₂– with -CONH- Does Not Significantly Change Rates of Charge Transport through Ag^TS-SAM//Ga₂O₃/EGaIn Junctions. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134 (26), 10876-10884 PDF
16.	Yoon, H. J.; Shapiro, N. D.; Park, K. M.; Thuo, M. M.; Soh, S.; Whitesides, G. M., The Rate of Charge Tunneling through Self-Assembled Monolayers Is Insensitive to Many Functional Group Substitutions. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2012, 51 (19), 4658-4661 PDF
15.	Reus, W. F.;^# Thuo, M. M.;^# Shapiro, N. D.; Nijhuis, C. A.; Whitesides, G. M., The SAM, Not the Electrodes, Dominates Charge Transport in Metal-Monolayer//Ga₂O₃/Gallium-Indium Eutectic Junctions. ACS Nano 2012, 6 (6), 4806-4822 (^# co-first author) PDF
14.	Reus, W. F.; Nijhuis, C. A.; Barber, J. R.; Thuo, M. M.; Tricard, S.; Whitesides, G. M., Statistical Tools for Analyzing Measurements of Charge Transport. J. Phys. Chem. C 2012, 116 (11), 6714-6733 PDF
13.	Cademartiri, L.; Thuo, M. M.; Nijhuis, C. A.; Reus, W. F.; Tricard, S.; Barber, J. R.; Sodhi, R. N. S.; Brodersen, P.; Kim, C.; Chiechi, R. C.; Whitesides, G. M., Electrical Resistance of Ag^TS-S(CH2)_n-1CH₃//Ga₂O₃/EGaIn Tunneling Junctions. J. Phys. Chem. C 2012, 116 (20), 10848-10860 PDF
12.	Liu, X.-Y.; O’Brien, M.; Mwangi, M., Xiujun Li, Whitesides, George M. 2011 “Paper-based piezo-resistive MEMS force sensors” MEMS 2011 Conference proceedings PDF
11.	Derda, R.; Tang, S. K. Y.; Laromaine, A.; Mosadegh, B.; Hong, E.; Mwangi, M.; Mammoto, A.; Ingber, D. E.; Whitesides, G. M., Multizone paper platform for 3D cell cultures. PLoS One 2011 6 (5), e18940 PDF. Media highlights: Biotechniques; Labomes;
10.	Liu, X.-Y.; Mwangi, M.; Li, X.-J.; O’Brien, M.; Whitesides, G. M., Paper-based piezoresistive MEMS sensors. Lab on a Chip 2o11 11 (13), 2189-2196. PDF. Media Highlights: materialstoday; IEEE Spectrum; Popular science; i-micronews; inhabitat
9.	Thuo, M. M.; Reus, W. F.; Nijhuis, C. A.; Barber, J. R.; Kim, C.; Schulz, M. D.; Whitesides, G. M., Odd-Even Effects in Charge Transport across Self-Assembled Monolayers. J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 2011 133 (9), 2962-2975 PDF
8.	Atkinson, M. B. J.; Sokolov, A. N.; Bucar, D.-K.; Mariappan, S. V. S.; Mwangi, M. T.; Tiedman, M. C.; MacGillivray, L. R., Applications of hydrogen-bond-acceptor templates to direct in-phase’ reactivity of a diene diacid in the solid state. Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. 2011 10 (9), 1384-1386 PDF
7.	Mwangi, M. T.; Schulz, M. D.; Bowden, N. B., Sequential Reactions with Grubb’s Catalyst and AD-mix-α/β Using PDMS Thimbles. Org. Letts. 2009 11 (1), 33-36 PDF. Media Highlight: Chemistryworld; Organic portal
6.	Mwangi, M. T.; Gikonyo, N. K.; Ndiege, I. O., Repellent properties of δ-octalactone against the tsetse fly, Glossina morsitans morsitans. J. Insect Sci. 2008 8, 43 PDF
5.	Mwangi, M. T.; Runge, M. B.; Hoak, K. M.; Schulz, M. D.; Bowden, N. B., A materials approach to site-isolation of Grubbs catalysts from incompatible solvents and m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid. Chem.—Eur. J. 2008 14 (22), 6780-6788 PDF
4.	Runge, M. B.; Mwangi, M. T.; Miller, A. L., II; Perring, M.; Bowden, N. B., Cascade reactions using LiAlH₄ and Grignard reagents in the presence of water. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2008 47 (5), 935-939 PDF
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2.	Mwangi, M. T.; Runge, M. B.; Bowden, N. B., Occlusion of Grubbs’ Catalysts in Active Membranes of Polydimethylsiloxane: Catalysis in Water and New Functional Group Selectivity. J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 2006 128 (45), 14434-14435 PDF. Media Highlight: Organic portal
1.	Plettner, E.; Mohle, A.; Mwangi, M. T.; Griscti, J.; Patrick, B. O.; Nair, R.; Batchelor, R. J.; Einstein, F., 2-Chlorobicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-ene-2-carboxamide and 2-chlorobicyclo[2.2.1]heptane-2-carboxamide as precursors of bicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-en-2-one and bicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-one: resolution, absolute configuration and hydrogen-bonding properties. Tet. Asym. 2005, 16 (16), 2754-2763 PDF

115	A. Pauls et al. ‘QSL from homo- and di-nuclear species’
114	A. Pauls et al. ‘Odd-even Parity effects’
113	A. Martin, D. U. Jamadgni, S. Zaatini, M. Thuo “Asymmetry in Phase change” 2025
112	D.U. Jamadgni, A. Pauls, A. Martin, B.S. Pokuri, B. Ganapathysubramanian, M.M.Thuo “Energy diversion” 2025
111	A. Pauls et al ‘Max-Enes’ 2025
110	D.U. Jamadgni et al ‘microplastics’ 2025
109	A. Martin M. Thuo “Kauzmann Paradox” 2025 Angew. Chem.
108	M. R. Hauwiller, A. Visheratina, D. Oeba, B. Diop Ngom, S. Hernandez, M. Thuo, and N. Kotov “Industry-Academia Partnership in Building Materials Science Capacity in Africa” MRS 2025 MRS Advances (accepted)
107	J.J. Chang, C. Du, D. Jamadgni, A. Pauls, A. Martin, L. Wei, T. Ward, M. Lu, M. Thuo “Guided Ad infinitum Assembly of Mixed-Metal Oxide Arrays from Liquid Metal” 2025 Materials Horizons DOI: 10.1039/D4MH01177E News Features: NSF, IEEE Spectrum, Tech Briefs, Semiconductor Engineering, New Scientist,
106	M. Thuo,M. Jeffries-EL, J. Holly Jr, A. Martin, P. Q. Blair ‘Cognitive Diversity for Creativity and Inclusive Growth’ Angew. Chem. 2024 e202415695 doi.org/10.1002/anie.202415695
105	B. Gwalani, A. Malakar, A. Martin, F. Ishrak, A. Yu, M. Pole, J. Darsell, T. Wang, J. Helsing, J. Thornton, M. Lastovich, L. Kovarik, G. Grant, J. Tracy, M. Thuo, M. Efe “Single-Step Thermo-Mechano-Chemical Approach for Advance Magnet Manufacturing” 2024 Preprint https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-5545269/v1
104	S. Banerjee, S. Abtahi, M. A. Orondo, P. Gregory, J-F Bloch, A. Ballard, M. Burris, E. Griffin, P. Phillip, N. Hendeniya, J. Mi, A. J. Rossini, M. M. Thuo, B. S. Chang “The Role of Liquid-like Surface Adsorbed Water and Alkylsilanes on the Plasticity of Cellulose” ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 2024, 6, 11127–11136
103	R. Moreira, E. Esfahani, F. Zeidabadi, P. Rostami, M. Thuo, M. Mohseni, E. J. Foster “Hybrid graphenic and iron oxide photocatalysts for the decomposition of synthetic chemicals” Commun Eng. 2024, 3:114
102	A. Pauls, A. Dunnum, A. Martin, A. Huth C. Du, M. Thuo “Correcting Edge Defects in Self-Assembled Monolayers through Thermal Annealing” 2024 ChemPhysChem e202400626
101	B. Gwalani, A. Martin, E. Kautz, B. Guo, S.V. Lambeets, M. Olszta, A. K. Battu, A. Malakar, F. Yang, J. Guo, T. Suntharampillai, R. Li A. Amassian, M. Thuo, A. Devaraj ‘Mechanistic Understanding of Speciated Oxide Growth in High Entropy Alloys’ Nature Commun. 2024 15:5026
100	A. Pauls, D. Jamadgni, John N. Gitua, M. Thuo “Stereo-Structural Fine Tuning of Chromaticity” Angew. Chem. In. Ed. 2024 63, e202318949
99	A. Martin, M.M. Thuo ‘Predicting Emergence of Nanoscale Order in Surface Oxides through Preferential Interactivity Parameter’ ACS Nano 202418, 9, 6740–6747 (cover)
98	A. Martin, J. Chen, C. Du, M. Kumar, I. D. Tevis, B. Chang, S. Pathak, M. M. Thuo “Atomic Reconstruction of Au Thin Films through Interfacial Strains” Nano letters 2024 24, 6, 1967-1973. .
97	A. Martin, A. Pauls, B. Chang, E. Boyce, M. Thuo “Photo-activated Growth and Metastable Phase Transition in Metals” Advanced Materials 2024 36, 2309865