LIST OF PUBLICATIONS IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS

·       Rodrigo S. Wiederkehr, Geoffrey C. Hoops, and Sergio B. Mendes, Effects of sodium chloride on the properties of chlorophyll a submonolayer adsorbed onto hydrophobic and hydrophilic surfaces using broadband spectroscopy with single-mode integrated optical waveguides, Optical Eng (2011), 50, 071109. (pdf)

·       Marcelo B. Pereira, Jill S. Craven, and Sergio B. Mendes, Solid Immersion Lens at the Aplanatic Condition for Enhancing the Spectral Bandwidth of a Waveguide Grating Coupler, Optical Eng (2010), 49, 124601, Optical Eng (2010), 49, 124601. (pdf)

·       Mustafa M. Aslan, Nathan A. Webster, Courtney L. Byard, Marcelo B. Pereira, Colin M. Hayes, Rodrigo S. Wiederkehr, and Sergio B. Mendes, Low-Loss Optical Waveguides for the Near Ultra-Violet and Visible Spectral Regions with Al2O3 Thin Films from Atomic Layer Deposition, Thin Solid Films (2010), 518, 4935-4940. (pdf)

·       S.B. Mendes, S.S. Saavedra, and N.R. Armstrong. Electroactive Optical Waveguide for Chemical and Biosensing, invited book chapter in "Optical Guided-Wave Chemical and Biosensors," Editors: Zourob, M. and Lakhtakia, A.; Springer-Verlag book series on Chemical Sensors and Biosensors (2010), ISBN 978-3-540-88241-1, 101-129. (pdf)

·       Rodrigo S. Wiederkehr, Geoffrey C. Hoops, Mustafa M. Aslan, Courtney L.  Byard and Sergio B. Mendes, Investigations of the Q and CT Bands of Cytochrome c Adsorbed onto Alumina Surfaces Using Broadband Spectroscopy with Single-Mode Integrated Optical Waveguides, J. Phys. Chem. C (2009), 113, 8306-8312. (pdf)

·       Beam, B. M.; Armstrong, N. R.; and Mendes, S. B.  An Electroactive Fiber Optic Chip for Spectroelectrochemical Characterization of Ultra-Thin Redox Active Films. Analyst (2009) 134, 454-459, featured article for the issue cover. (pdf)

·       Brooke M. Beam, Adam Simmonds, Peter A. Veneman, Erin Ratcliff, Sergio B. Mendes, S. S. Saavedra, and Neal R. Armstrong. Waveguide-Based Chemical and Spectroelectrochemical Sensor Platforms, Electrochemical Society (ECS) Transactions (2009), vol 19 (6) 109-117 (pdf).

  ·        Kumaran, N.; Donley, C. L.; Mendes, S. B.; Armstrong, N. R. Characterization of the Angular Orientation Distribution of Discotic Molecules in Thin Film Assemblies: Combinations of Polarized Transmission and Reflection- Absorption Infrared Spectroscopies.  J. Phys. Chem. C (2008) 112, 4971-4977. (pdf)

·        Kraning, C. M.; Benz, T. L.; Bloome, K. S.; Campanello, G. C.; Fahrenbach, V. S.; Mistry, S. A.; Hedge, C. A.; Clevenger, K. D.; Gligorich, K. M.; Hopkins, T. A.; Hoops, G. C.; Mendes, S. B.; Chang, H.-C.; Su, M.-C.  Determination of Surface Coverage and Orientation of Reduced Cytochrome c on a Silica Surface with Polarized ATR Spectroscopy.  J. Phys. Chem. C (2007) 111, 13062-13067. (pdf)

·        Araci, I. E.; Mendes, S. B.; Yurt, N.; Honkanen, S.; Peyghambarian, N.  Highly Sensitive Spectroscopic Detection of Heme-Protein Submonolayer Films by Channel Integrated Optical Waveguide.  Optics Express (2007) 15(9), 5595-5603. (pdf)

·        Beam, B. M.; Shallcross, R. C.; Jang, J.; Armstrong, N. R.; and Mendes, S. B.  Planar Fiber Optic Chips for Broadband Spectroscopic Interrogation of Thin Films.  Applied Spectroscopy (2007) 61(6), 585-592. (pdf)

·        Runge, A. F; Saavedra, S. S.; Mendes, S. B.  Combination of Polarized TIRF and ATR Spectroscopies for Determination of the Second and Fourth Order Parameters of Molecular Orientation in Thin Films and Construction of an Orientation Distribution based on the Maximum Entropy Method.  Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2006) 110(13), 6721-6731. (pdf)

·        Runge, A. F; Mendes, S. B.; Saavedra, S. S.;   Order Parameters and Orientation Distributions of Solution Adsorbed and Microcontact Printed Cytochrome c Protein Films on Glass and ITO and their Relationship to the Rate of Electron Transfer.  Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2006) 110(13), 6732-6739. (pdf)

·        Runge, A. F.; Rasmussen, N. C.; Saavedra, S. S.; Mendes, S. B.  Determination of Anisotropic Optical Constants and Surface Coverage of Molecular Films Using Polarized Visible ATR Spectroscopy.  Application to Adsorbed Cytochrome c Films.  Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2005) 109(1), 424-431. (pdf)

·        Doherty III, W. J.; Simmonds, A.G.; Mendes, S. B.; Armstrong, N. R. Saavedra, S. S.  Molecular Ordering in Monolayers of an Alkyl-Substituted Perylene-Bisimide Dye by Attenuated Total Reflectance Ultraviolet-Visible Spectroscopy.  Applied Spectroscopy (2005) 59(10), 1248-1256. (pdf)

·         Flora, W. H.; Mendes, S. B.; Doherty III, W. J.; Saavedra, S. S.; Armstrong, N. R.  Determination of Molecular Anisotropy in Thin-Films of Discotic Assemblies Using Attenuated Total Reflectance UV-Visible Spectroscopy.  Langmuir (2005) 21(1), 360-368. (pdf)

·         Bradshaw, J. T.; Mendes, S. B.; Saavedra, S. S.  Planar Integrated Optical Waveguide Spectroscopy.  Analytical Chemistry (2005) 77(1), 28A-36A. (pdf)

·         Ge, C.; Mendes, Sergio B.; Armstrong, Neal R.; Saavedra, S. Scott  Waveguide ATR Spectroelectrochemistry of Ultrathin Poly(Aniline) / Poly(Acrylic Acid) Films Self-Assembled on Indium-Tin Oxide.  Talanta (2005) 65, 1126-1131. (pdf)

·         Mendes, Sergio B.; Bradshaw, John T.; Saavedra, S. Scott  Technique for determining the angular orientation of molecules bound to the surface of an arbitrary planar optical waveguide.  Applied Optics (2004), 43, 70-78. (pdf)

·         Jiang, Shibin; Mendes, Sergio B.; Hu, Yongdan; Nunzi Conti, Gualtiero; Chavez-Pirson, Arturo; Kaneda, Yushi; Luo, Tao; Chen, Qingyun; Hocde, Sandrine; Nguyen, Dan T.; Wright, Ewan M.; Wang, Jiafu; Tian, Wenyan; Nikolajsen, Thomas; Peyghambarian, Nasser  Compact multimode pumped erbium-doped phosphate fiber amplifiers.  Optical Engineering (2003), 42(10), 2817-2820. (pdf)

·         Bradshaw, John Thomas; Mendes, Sergio B.; Armstrong, Neal R.; Saavedra, S. Scott  Broadband Coupling into a Single-Mode, Electroactive Integrated Optical Waveguide for Spectroelectrochemical Analysis of Surface-Confined Redox Couples.  Analytical Chemistry (2003), 75(5), 1080-1088. (pdf)

·         Skrdla, Peter J.; Mendes, Sergio B.; Armstrong, Neal R.; Saavedra, S. Scott  Planar Integrated Optical Waveguide Sensor for Isopropyl Alcohol in Aqueous Media.  Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology (2002), 24(2), 167-173. (pdf)

·         Bradshaw, John Thomas; Mendes, Sergio B.; Saavedra, S. Scott  A Simplified Broadband Coupling Approach Applied to Chemically Robust Sol-Gel, Planar Integrated Optical Waveguides.  Analytical Chemistry (2002), 74(8), 1751-1759. (pdf)

·         Penner, R. S.; Bedford, R.; Luo, H.; Mendes, S.; Fallahi, M.  High-power wavelength-tunable circular-grating surface-emitting distributed Bragg deflector lasers.  Applied Physics Letters (2000), 76(11), 1359-1361. (pdf)

·         Mendes, Sergio B.; Saavedra, S. Scott  Comparative analysis of absorbance calculations for integrated optical waveguide configurations by use of the ray optics model and the electromagnetic wave theory.  Applied Optics (2000), 39(4), 612-621. (pdf)

·         Mendes, Sergio B.; Saavedra, S. Scott  On probing molecular monolayers: a spectroscopic optical waveguide approach of ultra-sensitivity.  Optics Express (1999), 4(11), 449-456. (pdf)

·         Mansuripur, Masud; Erwin, J. Kevin; Bletscher, Warren; Khulbe, Pramod; Sadeghi, Kayvan; Xun, Xiaodong; Gupta, Anurag; Mendes, Sergio B.  Static tester for characterization of phase-change, dye-polymer, and magnetooptical media for optical data storage.  Applied Optics (1999), 38(34), 7095-7104. (pdf)

·         Kelly, Dan; Grace, Karen M.; Song, Xuedong; Swanson, Basil I.; Frayer, Daniel; Mendes, Sergio B.; Peyghambarian, Nasser  Integrated optical biosensor for detection of multivalent proteins.  Optics Letters (1999), 24(23), 1723-1725. (pdf)

·        D.R. Dunphy, S.B. Mendes, S.S. Saavedra, and N.R. Armstrong. Spectroelectrochemistry of Monolayer and Sub-monolayer Films using an Electroactive Integrated Optical Waveguide, invited book chapter in “Interfacial Electrochemistry, Theory, Experiment, and Applications,” Ed. A. Wieckowski; Marcel Dekker, New York, 1999, chapter 29 (pdf).

·         Smolenyak, P. E.; Peterson, R. A.; Dunphy, D. R.; Mendes, S.; Nebesny, K. W.; O'Brien, D. F.; Saavedra, S. S.; Armstrong, N. R.  Formation and spectroelectrochemical characterization of multilayer and submonolayer thin films of 2,3,9,10,16,17,23,24-octa(2-benzyloxyethoxy) phthalocyninato copper (CuPc(OC2OBz)8).  Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines (1999), 3(6/7), 620-633. (pdf)

·         Ayras, P.; Rantala, J. T.; Honkanen, S.; Mendes, S. B.; Peyghambarian, N.  Diffraction gratings in sol-gel films by direct contact printing using a UV-mercury lamp.  Optics Communications (1999), 162(4,5,6), 215-218. (pdf)

·         Skrdla, Peter J.; Saavedra, S. Scott; Armstrong, Neal R.; Mendes, Sergio B.; Peyghambarian, N.  Sol-Gel-Based, Planar Waveguide Sensor for Water Vapor.  Analytical Chemistry (1999), 71(7), 1332-1337. (pdf)

·         Beregovski, Yuri; Hennig, Oliver; Fallahi, Mahmoud; Guzman, Francisco; Clemens, Rosalie; Mendes, Sergio; Peyghambarian, Nasser  Design and characteristics of DBR-laser-based environmental sensors.  Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical (1998), B53(1-2), 116-124. (pdf)

·         Luo, T.; Jiang, S.; Conti, G. Nunzi; Honkanen, S.; Mendes, S. B.; Peyghambarian, N.  Ag⁺-Na⁺ exchanged channel waveguides in germanate glass.  Electronics Letters (1998), 34(23), 2239-2240. (pdf)

·         Hennig, O.; Beregovskii, Y.; Clemens, R.; Mendes, S.; Fallahi, M.; Peyghambarian, N.  Distributed Bragg reflector laser-based sensor for chemical detection.  Optics Communications (1998), 156(4,5,6), 311-315. (pdf)

·         Schulzgen, Axel; Spiegelberg, Christine; Morrell, Michael M.; Mendes, Sergio B.; Allemand, Pierre-Marc; Kawabe, Yutaka; Kuwata-Gonokami, Makoto; Honkanen, Seppo; Fallahi, Mahmoud; Kippelen, Bernard; Peyghambarian, Nasser  Light amplification and laser emission in conjugated polymers.  Optical Engineering (1998), 37(4), 1149-1156. (pdf)

·         Schulzgen, A.; Spiegelberg, Ch.; Morrell, M. M.; Mendes, S. B.; Kippelen, B.; Peyghambarian, N.; Nabor, M. F.; Mash, E. A.; Allemand, P. M.  Near diffraction-limited laser emission from a polymer in a high finesse planar cavity.  Applied Physics Letters (1998), 72(3), 269-271. (pdf)

·         Dunphy, Darren R.; Mendes, Sergio B.; Saavedra, S. Scott; Armstrong, Neal R.  The Electroactive Integrated Optical Waveguide: Ultrasensitive Spectroelectrochemistry of Submonolayer Adsorbates.  Analytical Chemistry (1997), 69(15), 3086-3094. (pdf)

·         Mendes, Sergio B.; Li, Lifeng; Burke, James; Saavedra, S. Scott  Achromatic prism-coupler for planar waveguide.  Optics Communications (1997), 136(3,4), 320-326. (pdf)

·         Mendes, Sergio B.; Li, Lifeng; Burke, James J.; Lee, John E.; Dunphy, Darren R.; Saavedra, S. Scott  Broad-Band Attenuated Total Reflectance Spectroscopy of a Hydrated Protein Film on a Single Mode Planar Waveguide.  Langmuir (1996), 12(14), 3374-3376. (pdf)

·         Mendes, S. B.; Li, L. F., Burke, J. J.; Lee, J. E.; Saavedra, S. S.  70-nm-Bandwidth achromatic wave-guide coupler.  Applied Optics (1995), 34(27), 6180-6186. (pdf)

·         Horowitz, F.; Mendes, S. B.  Envelope and waveguide methods: A comparative study of PbF₂ and CeO₂ birefringent films.  Applied Optics (1994), 33(13), 2659-63. (pdf)