Publications:
Nadia Hundt, Kumaranand Palaniappan, John Servello, Daniel K. Dei, Mihaela C. Stefan and Michael C. Biewer, Polymers Containing Rigid Benzodithiophene Repeating Unit with Extended Electron Delocalization, Organic Letters, 2009, accepted.
Kumaranand Palaniappan, John W. Murphy, Nadia Khanam, Julius Horvath, Husam Alshareef, Manuel Quevedo-Lopez, Michael C. Biewer, Seong Y. Park, Moon J. Kim, Bruce E. Gnade, Mihalea C. Stefan, Poly(3-hexylthiophene)-CdSe Quantum Dot Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells: The Influence of the Functional End-Group of the Polymer, Macromolecules, 2009, 42, 3845-3848.
David M. Walba, Eva Korblova, Lior Eshdat, Michael C. Biewer, Hong Yang, Christopher Jones, Michi Nakata, Mara Talarico, Renfan Shao, Noel A. Clark, Chiral SmA* Materials for Display Applications?, Journal of the Society of Information Display, 2007, 15(8), 585-588.
S. Iyengar and M.C. Biewer, Solid-State Interactions in Photochromic Host-Guest Inclusion Complexes, Crystal Growth & Design, 2005, 5(6), 2043-2045.
M.-H. Yang and M.C. Biewer, Monitoring Surface Reactions Optically in a
Self-Assembled Monolayer with a Photochromic Core, Tetrahedron
Letters, 2005, 46, 349-351.
R.H. Baughman, M.C. Biewer, J.P. Ferraris, and J.S. Lamba, Topochemical
Strategies for the Rational Synthesis of Carbon
Nanotubes of One Specified Type, Synthetic Metals, 2004, 141, 87-92.
K. Patel, A. Castillo-Muzquiz and M.C. Biewer, Studying
Monolayer/Solvent Interactions with a Photochromic Compound in a Self-Assembled
Monolayer, Tetrahedron Letters, 2002, 43, 5933-5935.
Suman A. Iyengar and M.C. Biewer, Observation of Photochromic gamma-Cyclodextrin
Host/Guest Inclusion Complexes, Chemical Communications, 2002, 13,
1398-1399.
A. Shumburo and M.C. Biewer, Stabilization of an Organic
Photochromic Material by Incorporation in an Organogel, Chemistry of
Materials., 2002, 14(9), 3745-50.
S. Zhang, K. Wu, M.C. Biewer and A.D. Sherry, 1H and 17O NMR Detection of a
Lanthanide-Bound Water Molecule at Ambient Temperature in Pure Water, Inorg.
Chem., 2001, 40(17), 4284-4290.
F. Tejada and M.C. Biewer, Differentiating Possible Surface
Properties in an Unsymmetrical Crystal by Contact Angle Measurements,
Crystal Growth & Design., 2001, 1(3), 199-201.
L. De Leon and M.C. Biewer, Preparation of Self-Assembled Monolayers with
Specific Intermolecular Interactions, Tet. Lett., 2000, 41, 3527-3530.
M.C. Biewer, Investigation of Radical Motion in the Single Crystal
hotolytic Decomposition Mechanism of (11-Bromoundecanoyl)(Decanoyl) Peroxide,
vols. I and II, Ph.D. Thesis, Yale University, 1995.
M.C. Biewer; M.S. Platz; M. Roth and J. Wirz, A Carbene to Biradical
Rearrangement: Reaction Paths from (8-Methyl-1-Naphthyl) Carbene to Acenaphthene,
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1991, 113, 8069-8073.
M.C. Biewer; C.R. Biehn; M.S. Platz; A. Despres and E. Migirdicyan, An
Exceptionally Simple Method of Preparation of Biradicals. II. Low-Temperature
Fluorescence Spectra of 1,3-, 1,6-, 2,6-, and 2,7-Naphthoquinodimethane,
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1991, 113, 616-620.
Conferences and Invited Lectures:
Mihaela C Stefan, Kumaranand Palaniappan, John Murphy, Julius Horvath, Michael C Biewer, Manuel Quevedo, Husam Alshareef and Bruce Gnade, "Polythiophene-quantum Dot Hybrid Nanomaterials for Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells", oral presentation, Materials Research Society, December 2008.
Nadia Hundt, Eugene Stein, Kumranand Palaniappan, Michael C Biewer and Mihaela C Stefan, "Synthesis of Regioregular Polythiophenes with Alkenyl Side Chains", poster presentation, Materials Research Society, December 2008.
David M. Walba, Eva Korblova, Lior Eshdat, Michael C. Biewer, Hong Yang, Christopher Jones, Michi Nakata, Mara Talarico, Renfan Shao, and Noel A. Clark, "Chiral SmA* Materials for Display Applications?", oral presentation (DMW), SID Conference, Kent State University, September 2006.
Seema Saiyed and Michael C. Biewer, "Development of Photoswitchable Catalysts", oral presentation (MCB), American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 2005.
Zhongsheng Deng, Leilang Zheng, Michael C. Biewer, Inga H. Musselman, "STM
Imaging of Photochromic Spiropyrans with halogen Groups", oral presentation
(ZD), 60th Southwest Regional Meeting, Fort Worth, TX, October 2004.
Lana Z. Alagha, Michael C. Biewer, Ray H. Baughman, Jaideep Lamba,
William Sampson, Alan Dalton, Vasiliki Zorbas, Inga H. Musselman, "Cyclic
Polyacetylenes: A New Route for the Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes of One Type",
poster presentation (LZA), 60th Southwest Regional Meeting, Fort Worth, TX, October 2004.
Michael C. Biewer, "Organic Photochromic Molecules: Development of Switches and
Sensors", invited lecture, Midwestern State University, April 2004.
Leilang Zheng, Michael C. Biewer, Inga Holl Musselman, "STM Imaging of Photochromic
Spiropyrans", oral presentation (LZ), Microscopy and Microanalysis EXPO, August 2003.
Michael C. Biewer, "Cooperative Effects and Intermolecular Interactions in Ordered
Organic Systems", oral presentation (MCB), University of Texas at Dallas, October 2002.
Ming-Hui Yang and Michael C. Biewer, "Synthesis and Application of Spiropyrans
in Self-Assembled Monolayers", oral presentation (M-HY), American Chemical Society
Meeting in Miniature, University of Dallas, April 2002.
Aminta Castillo-Muzquiz, Kinnari Patel and Michael C. Biewer,
"incorporating a Photochromic Switch in a Self-Assembled Monolayer",
oral presentation (MCB), American Chemical Society National Meeting, Orlando, FL, April 2002.
Abdu Shumburo and Michael C. Biewer, "Improvement in Optical Switches
due to Lifetime Enhancement of Photochromic Materials in Organogels",
oral presentation (MCB), American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, CA, April 2001.
Aminta Castillo-Muzquiz and Michael C. Biewer, "Synthesis and Stabilization of
Spiropyrans by Intermolecular Interactions in Self Assembled Monolayers",
oral presentation (ACM), American Chemical Society Meeting in Miniature, Tarleton
State University, March 2001.
Luis De Leon, Kevin Greene, Aminta Castillo-Muzquiz and Michael C. Biewer,
"Controlling intermolecular interactions in a self-assembled monolayer
structure", poster presentation (MCB), Gordon Research Conference, Organic
Structure and Properties, June 17-22, 2000.
Abdu Shumburo and Michael C. Biewer, "Structural and Environmental
Based Stabilization of the Merocyanine Form of Photochromic Spiropyrans",
oral presentation (AS), American Chemical Society Meeting in Miniature, University
of North Texas, April 15, 2000.
Kevin Greene, Luis De Leon, and Michael C. Biewer, Stabilization of
Photochromic Materials in Self-Assembled Monolayers", oral presentation
(KG), American Chemical Society Meeting in Miniature, University of North Texas,
April 15, 2000.
Somdatta Chowdhury, Frederick R. Tejada and Michael C. Biewer, "To
Study the Crystal Structure of Novel Tolanes via X-Ray Diffraction", oral
presentation (SC), American Chemical Society Meeting in Miniature, University of
North Texas, April 15, 2000.
Greg McGovern and Michael C. Biewer, "Engineering Crystals with Predicted
Packing Structures:, oral presentation (GM), American Chemical Society Meeting
in Miniature, University of North Texas, April 15, 2000.
Michael C. Biewer, "Let There be Light: Applications of Photochromism",
invited lecture, University of North Texas, March 5, 1999.
Michael C. Biewer, "An Analysis of Molecular Movement and Reactivity in
an Organic Single Crystal Reaction", invited lecture, Baylor University, April 17, 1998.
Michael C. Biewer and J. Michael McBride, "Determining the
Absolute Radical Placement in the Photochemical Decomposition Mechanism of
Single Crystal (11-Bromoundecanoyl)(Decanoyl) Peroxide Using Carbon-13 Hyperfine Splitting",
oral presentation (MCB), Midwest Organic Solid State Chemistry Symposium VIII, June 15, 1996.
J. Michael McBride, Michael C. Biewer, Randall L. Carter, Xu-Wu Feng,
"Controlling the Solid-State Reactivity of Long-Chain Compounds with
Designed Intermolecular Interactions", oral presentation (JMM),
American Chemical Society National Meeting, March 13, 1994.
Michael C. Biewer and J. Michael McBride, "Low-Temperature Photolysis
Mechanism of Single-Crystal (11-Bromoundecanoyl)(Decanoyl) Peroxide", poster
presentation (MCB), 11th International Conference on the Chemistry of the
Organic Solid State XI, Jerusalem, Israel, July 5-9, 1993.