website: http://www.physics.louisville.edu/sbmendes/
Jafar H. Ghithan, Jennifer M. Noel, Thomas J. Roussel, Maureen A. McCall, Bruce W. Alphenaar, and Sergio B. Mendes, Photobleaching reduction in modulated super-resolution microscopy(2020), Microscopy, (2020), 1-11. (pdf)
Shadi A. Alnaanah, Thomas J. Roussel Jr., Jafar H. Ghithan, Aymen H. Qatamin, Mohammed A. Irziqat, Hamzeh Telfah, Jinjun Liu, and Sergio B. Mendes, Electroactive Interface for Enabling Spectroelectrochemical Investigations in Evanescent-Wave Cavity-Ring-Down Spectroscopy, Analytical Chemistry, (2020), 92, 11288-11296. (pdf)
Aymen H. Qatamin, Jafar H. Ghithan, Monica Moreno, Betty M. Nunn, Keenan
B. Jones, Francis P. Zamborini, Robert S. Keynton, Martin G. OToole,
and Sergio B. Mendes, Detection of Influenza Virus by
Electrochemical Surface Plasmon Resonance under Potential Modulation, Applied Optics (2019), 58, 2839-2844. (pdf)
Jafar H. Ghithan, Aymen H. Qatamin, Monica Moreno, Betty M. Nunn, Keenan
B. Jones, Robert S. Keynton, Martin G. OToole,
and Sergio B. Mendes, Immunosensing With Electro-Active Photonic
Devices, Book Chapter in Immunosensing, published by
Royal Society of Chemistry, (2019), Chapter 3, 42-57. (pdf)
Xue Han and Sergio B. Mendes, Electron-Transfer Rate in Potential-Modulated
Redox Reactions with Electro-Active Optical Waveguides, Analytical
Sciences, (2017), 33, 435-441, issue cover. (pdf)
Jafar H. Ghithan, Monica Moreno, Guilherme Sombrio, Rajat Chauhan,
Martin G. O'Toole, and Sergio B. Mendes, Influenza Virus Immunosensor with an Electro-Active Optical Waveguide under
Potential Modulation,
Optics Letters, (2017), 42, 1205-1208. (pdf)
Xue Han and Sergio B. Mendes,
Spectroelectrochemical Properties of Ultra-Thin Indium Tin Oxide
Films under Electric Potential Modulation, Thin Solid Films
(2016),
603, 230-237. (pdf)
Uliana O. Salgaeva, Anatoliy B. Volyncev, and Sergio B. Mendes, Surface Modification of Optical Materials with Hydrogen Plasma for
Fabrication of Bragg Gratings, Applied Optics
(2016),
55, 485-490. (pdf)
Rodrigo S. Wiederkehr and Sergio B. Mendes, Extension of the Broadband Single-Mode Integrated Optical Waveguide Technique to the Ultraviolet Spectral Region and its Applications,
Analyst (2014), 139, 1396-1402. (pdf)
Xue Han and Sergio B. Mendes,
Optical Impedance Spectroscopy with Single-Mode Electro-Active-Integrated Optical Waveguides, Analytical Chemistry
(2014),
86, 1468-1477. (pdf)
Courtney L. Byard, Han Xue, and Sergio B. Mendes, Angle-Multiplexed Waveguide Resonance of High Sensitivity and Its Application to Nanosecond Dynamics of Molecular Assemblies, Analytical Chemistry (2012), 84, 9762-9767. (pdf)
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. (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)
Sergio B. Mendes, Neal R. Armstrong, and S. Scott Saavedra, Broadband Spectroelectrochemical Interrogation of Molecular Thin Films by
Electroactive Single-Mode Integrated Optical Waveguides, M. Zourob
and A. Lakhtakia (eds.), Optical Guided-wave Chemical and Biosensors I,
Springer Series on Chemical Sensors and Biosensors 7, DOI
10.1007/978-3-540-88242-8_4, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg (2010) (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, 1306213067. (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 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)
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 2,3,9,10,16,17,23,24octa(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), 33743376. (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)
PATENTS
Mendes, Sergio Brito; O'Toole Martin; Electrically-Modulated Biosensors using Electro-Active Waveguides. U.S. Pat. Appl. 2019/0361015 A1 (Nov 28, 2019). (pdf)
Chavez‐Pirson, Arturo; Mendes, Sergio Brito; Jiang, Shibin; Kaneda, Yushi; Nikolajsen, Thomas; Side‐Pumped Multi‐Port Optical Amplifier and Method of Manufacture using Fiber Drawing Technologies. U.S. Pat. 6,778,319 (August 17, 2004). (pdf)
Jiang, Shibin; Mendes, Sergio Brito; Nunzi Conti, Gualtiero; Nguyen, Dan T.; Wright, Ewan Malcolm; Chavez‐Pirson, Arturo; Kaneda, Yushi; Multi‐Mode Erbium Micro Fiber Amplifier (EMFA). U.S. Pat. 6,738,186 (May 18, 2004). (pdf)
Nikolajsen, Thomas; Chavez‐Pirson, Arturo; Kaneda, Yushi; Jiang, Shibin; Mendes, Sergio Brito; Eradat, Nayer; Reflective Erbium‐Doped Amplifier. U.S. Pat. 6,700,697 (March 2, 2004). (pdf)
Kaneda, Yushi; Mendes, Sergio Brito; Jiang, Shibin; Total Internal Reflection (TIR) Coupler and Method for Side‐Coupling Pump Light into a Fiber. U.S. Pat. 6,529,318 (March 4, 2003). (pdf)