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Paweł Krysiński and G. J. Blanchard, “Formation and Reactivity of a Stable Gold Oxide. An Alternative Approach to the Growth of Mono- and Multilayer Structures on Gold Surfaces”, J. Mater. Chem., in review

J. L. Dela Cruz and G. J. Blanchard, “Dynamics of Rhodamine Esters in Micellar Media: Probing the Balance Between Ionic and Dispersion Interactions”, J. Phys. Chem. B, 107, 7102-7108 (2003).

L. Kelepouris, Paweł Krysiński and G. J. Blanchard, “Gauging Molecular Interactions Between Substrates and Adsorbates. Substrate Mediation of Surface-Bound Chromophore Vibronic Coupling”, J. Phys. Chem. B, 107, 4100-4106 (2003).

Paweł Krysiński and G. J. Blanchard, “Synthesis and Characterization of Amphiphilic Biomimetic Assemblies at Electrochemically Active Surfaces”, Langmuir, 19, 3875-3882 (2003).

J. S. Major and G. J. Blanchard, “Achieving Thermodynamic Control of Adsorption and Desorption at Layered Polymer Interfaces”, Langmuir, 19, 2267-2274 (2003).

L. Kelepouris and G. J. Blanchard, “Dynamics of 7-Azatryptophan and Tryptophan Derivatives in Micellar Media. The Role of Ionic Charge and Substituent Structure”, J. Phys. Chem. B, 107, 1079-1087 (2003).

J. L. Dela Cruz and G. J. Blanchard, “The Influence of Chromophore Structure on Intermolecular Interactions. A Study of Selected Rhodamines in Polar Protic and Aprotic Solvents”, J. Phys. Chem. A, 106, 10718-10724 (2002).

J. S. Major and G. J. Blanchard, “Acid-Enhanced Interfacial Polymer Layer Growth”, Chemistry of Materials, 14, 4320-4327 (2002).

J. S. Major and G. J. Blanchard, “Adsorption Behavior of Polymer-Modified Interfaces”, Langmuir, 18, 6548-6553 (2002).

S. B. Bakiamoh and G. J. Blanchard, “Characterizing Metal Phosphonate Surface Coverage using Surface Second Harmonic Generation. The Coexistence of Ordered and Disordered Domains”, Langmuir, 18, 6246-6253 (2002).

L. Kelepouris and G. J. Blanchard, “Dynamics of 7-Azatryptophan Derivatives in Micellar Media. Elucidating the Interactions Between Peptide Oligomers and Micelles”, J. Phys. Chem. B, 106, 6600-6608 (2002).

J. S. Major and G. J. Blanchard, “Strategies for Covalent Multilayer Growth 2. Interlayer Linking Chemistry”, Chemistry of Materials, 14, 2574-2581 (2002).

J. S. Major and G. J. Blanchard, “Strategies for Covalent Multilayer Growth 1. Polymer Design and Characterization”, Chemistry of Materials, 14, 2567-2573 (2002).

J. J. Tulock and G. J. Blanchard, “Investigating Hydrolytic Polymerization of Aqueous Zirconium Ions Using the Fluorescent Probe Pyrenecarboxylic Acid”, J. Phys. Chem. B., 106, 3568-3575 (2002).

J. L. P. Jessop, S. N. Goldie, A. B. Scranton and G. J. Blanchard, “Spectroscopic Characterization of Acid Generation and Concentration and Free Volume Evolution in Chemically Amplified Resists”, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B, 20, 219-225 (2002).

P. Kohli, M. C. Rini, J. S. Major and G. J. Blanchard, “Elucidating the Balance between Metal Ion Complexation and Polymer Conformation in Maleimide-Vinyl Ether Polymer Multilayer Structures,” Journal of Materials Chemistry, 11, 2996-3001 (2001).

J. L. Dela Cruz and G. J. Blanchard, “Reorientation Dynamics of Rhodamine 640 in Normal Alcohols. Measurement of the Length and Time Scale of Transient Local Heating in Solution”, J. Phys. Chem. A, 105, 9328-9335 (2001).

S. N. Goldie and G. J. Blanchard, “Orientational and Vibrational Relaxation Dynamics of Perylene and 1-Methylperylene in Aldehydes and Ketones”, J. Phys. Chem. A, 105, 6785-6793 (2001).

S. B. Bakiamoh and G. J. Blanchard, “Surface Second Harmonic Generation from Asymmetric Multilayer Assemblies: Gaining Insight into Layer-Dependent Order”, Langmuir, 17, 3438-3446 (2001).

G. J. Blanchard, “Time-Resolved and Short-Pulse Laser Spectroscopies”, Applied Spectroscopy, 55, 110A – 118A, (2001) (Feature Article)

J. S. Major and G. J. Blanchard, “Covalently-Bound Polymer Multilayers for Efficient Metal Ion Sorption,” Langmiur, 17, 1163-1168 (2001).

P. Kohli and G. J. Blanchard, “Design and Demonstration of Hybrid Multilayer Structures. Layer-by-Layer Mixed Covalent and Ionic Interlayer Linking Chemistry”, Langmuir, 16, 8518-8524 (2000).

J. J. Tulock and G. J. Blanchard, “Role of Probe Molecule Structure in Sensing Solution Phase Interactions in Ternary Systems”, J. Phys. Chem. A, 104, 8340-8345 (2000).

W. C. Flory, S. M. Mehrens and G. J. Blanchard, “Structural Contributions to Second-Order Optical Nonlinearities in Oriented Interfacial Multilayers”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 122, 7976-7985 (2000).

L. Kelepouris and G. J. Blanchard, “Lifetime and Reorientation Measurements of 7-Azaindole and 7-Azatryptophan in Aqueous Adipic Acid Solutions. The Significance of Pendant Functionalities in Solution Phase Association Processes,” J. Phys. Chem. A, 104, 7261-7267 (2000).

J. L. P. Jessop, S. N. Goldie, A. B. Scranton, G. J. Blanchard, B. Rangarajan, U. Okoroanyanwu, R. Subramanian and M. K. Templeton, “Spectroscopic Characterization of Acid Mobility in Chemically Amplified Resists”, Advances in Resist Technology and Processing XVII, 3999, 161-170 (2000).

P. Kohli and G. J. Blanchard, “Applying Polymer Chemistry to Interfaces: Layer-by-Layer and Statistical Growth of Covalently Bound Multilayers”, Polym. Prepr., 41, 977-978 (2000).

P. Kohli and G. J. Blanchard, “Applying Polymer Chemistry to Interfaces: Layer-by-Layer and Statistical Growth of Covalently Bound Multilayers”, Langmuir, 16, 4655-4661 (2000).

P. Kohli and G. J. Blanchard, “Probing Interfaces and Surface Reactions of Zr-Phosphate/Phosphonate Multilayers Using ³¹P NMR Spectroscopy”, Langmuir, 16, 695-701 (2000).

S. Bakiamoh and G. J. Blanchard, “Demonstration of Oriented Multilayers through Asymmetric Metal Coordination Chemistry”, Langmuir, 15, 6379-6385 (1999).

J. L. P. Jessop, S. N. Goldie, A. B. Scranton and G. J. Blanchard, “Characterization of Photoacid Formation and Diffusion in a Lithographic Polymer System,” Proc. SPIE, Advances in Resist Technology and Processing XVI, 3678, 914-922 (1999).

J. C. Horne and G. J. Blanchard, "Structural Mediation of Interlayer Excitation Transport in Zirconium Phosphonate Multilayers", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 121, 4427-4432 (1999).

J. C. Horne, Y. Huang, G.-Y. Liu and G. J. Blanchard, "The Correspondence Between Layer Morphology and Intralayer Excitation Transport in Zirconium Phosphonate Monolayers", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 121, 4419-4426 (1999).

S. N. Goldie and G. J. Blanchard, "Reorientation Dynamics of Perylene and 1-Methyl Perylene. Variation of Rotor Shape with Solvent", J. Phys. Chem., 103, 999-1006 (1999).

P. Kohli and G. J. Blanchard, "Design of Growth of Robust Layered Polymer Assemblies with Molecular Thickness Control", Langmuir, 15, 1418-1422 (1999).

P. Kohli, J. J. Harris and G. J. Blanchard, "Assembly of Covalently Coupled Disulfide Multilayers on Gold", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 120, 11962-11968 (1998).

J. J. Tulock and G. J. Blanchard, "Measuring Aggregation in Aqueous Adipic Acid Solutions Using a Lock-and-Key Probe Molecule", J. Phys. Chem. B, 102, 7148 - 7155 (1998).

P. Kohli, A. B. Scranton and G. J. Blanchard, "Co-Polymerization of Maleimides and Vinyl Ethers: A Kinetic and Structural Study", Macromolecules, 31, 5681 - 5689 (1998).

J. C. Horne and G. J. Blanchard, "The Role of Substrate Identity in Determining Monolayer Motional Relaxation Dynamics", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 120, 6336 - 6344 (1998).

W. C. Flory and G. J. Blanchard, "Excitation Energy Dependent Fluorescence Relaxation Dynamics in Coumarin 153", Appl. Spec., 52, 82 - 90 (1998).

D. S. Karpovich, H. M. Schessler and G. J. Blanchard, "The Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Monolayer Formation: In-Situ Measurements of Alkanethiol Adsorption onto Gold", in Thin Films, Vol. 24. Self-Assembled Monolayers of Thiols, Ed. by A. Ulman, Academic Press, New York, pp. 43-80 (1998).

Q. Song, P. W. Bohn and G. J. Blanchard, "Radiative Dynamics in Solution and in Molecular Assemblies of an H-Aggregate-Forming Stilbazolium Amphiphile", J. Phys. Chem. B, 101, 8865 - 8873 (1997).

G. J. Blanchard, "Ultrafast Stimulated Emission Spectroscopy" in Topics in Fluorescence Spectroscopy 5 - Multiphoton Phenomena and Light Quenching, ed. by J. R. Lakowicz, Plenum Press, New York (1997), pp. 253 - 303.

S. A. Hambir, D. Wolfe, G. J. Blanchard and G. L. Baker, "Adjusting the Nonlinear Optical Properties of a Conjugated Polymer Film", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 119, 7367-7373 (1997).

D. S. Karpovich and G. J. Blanchard, "Vapor Adsorption onto Metal and Modified Interfaces: Evidence for Adsorbate Penetration of an Alkanethiol Monolayer on Gold", Langmuir, 13, 4031-4037 (1997).

G. J. Blanchard, "Stimulated Emission Spectroscopy in the Time Domain", Anal. Chem., Invited, 69, 351A – 357A (1997).

M. P. Heitz, J. C. Horne, G. J. Blanchard and F. V. Bright, "T₁ Relaxation of Perylene in Fluid Ethane. Pressure-Dependent Changes in Short Range Organization", Appl. Spec., 51, 30-36 (1997).

J. C. Horne and G. J. Blanchard, "Dynamics Within a Single Molecular Layer: Aggregation, Relaxation and the Absence of Motion", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 118, 12788-12795 (1996).

G. J. Blanchard, "A Detailed Examination of Stimulated Pump-Probe Measurements of Vibrational Population Relaxation", Rev. Sci. Instrum., 67, 4085-4091 (1996).

D. S. Karpovich and G. J. Blanchard, "Dynamics of a Tethered Chromophore Imbedded in a Self-Assembled Monolayer", Langmuir, 12, 5522-5524 (1996).

J. P. Rasimas, G. J. Blanchard and K. A. Berglund, "Measuring Self-Assembly in Solution: Incorporation and Dynamics of a "Tailor Made Impurity" in Pre-Crystalline Glucose Aggregates", J. Phys. Chem., 100, 17034-17040 (1996).

H. M. Schessler, D. S. Karpovich and G. J. Blanchard, "Quantitating the Balance Between Enthalpic and Entropic Forces in Alkanethiol/Gold Monolayer Self-Assembly", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 118, 9645-9651 (1996).

P. K. McCarthy and G. J. Blanchard, "An Experimental Examination of the Competition Between Polar Coupling and Local Organization in Determining Vibrational Population Relaxation", J. Phys. Chem., 100, 14592-14597 (1996).

J. P. Rasimas and G. J. Blanchard, "A Time Resolved Spectroscopic Study of Solution Phase Ionic Exchange: Resorufin in Binary Butanol Solutions", J. Phys. Chem., 100, 11526-11533 (1996).

J. P. Rasimas, K. A. Berglund and G. J. Blanchard, "A Molecular Lock-and-Key Approach to Detecting Solution Phase Self-Assembly. A Fluorescence and Absorption Study of Carminic Acid in Aqueous Glucose Solutions", J. Phys. Chem., 100, 7220-7229 (1996).

P. K. McCarthy and G. J. Blanchard, "Solvent Methyl Group Density Dependence of Vibrational Population Relaxation in 1-Methylperylene: Evidence for Short Range Organization in Branched Alkanes", J. Phys. Chem., 100, 5182-5187 (1996).

P. K. McCarthy and G. J. Blanchard, "Vibrational Population Relaxation of Tetracene in n-Alkanes. Evidence for Short Range Molecular Alignment", J. Phys. Chem., 99, 17748-17753 (1995).

J. C. Horne, G. J. Blanchard and E. LeGoff, "Rotational Isomerization Barriers of Thiophene Oligomers in the Ground and First Excited Electronic States. A ¹H NMR and Fluorescence Lifetime Investigation", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 117, 9551-9558 (1995).

J. P. Rasimas, G. J. Blanchard and K. A. Berglund, "A Study of the Fluorescence and Reorientation Dynamics of Carminic Acid in Primary Alcohols", J. Phys. Chem., 99, 11333-11338 (1995).

Y. Jiang and G. J. Blanchard, "Vibrational Population and Orientational Relaxation of 1-Methylperylene in n-Alkanes. The Effective Range of Dipolar Energy Relaxation in Solution", J. Phys. Chem., 99, 7904-7912 (1995).

D. S. Karpovich and G. J. Blanchard, "An Undergraduate Laboratory Experiment for the Direct Measurement of Monolayer Formation", J. Chem. Ed., 72, 466-470 (1995).

J. L. Jessop, A. B. Scranton, and G. J. Blanchard, "In Situ Cure Monitoring of a Vinyl Ester Polymer Using Fiber Optic Fluorescence Sensors," Polym. Mat. Sci. and Eng., 72, 58-59 (1995).

D. S. Karpovich and G. J. Blanchard, "Relating the Polarity Dependent Fluorescence Response of Pyrene to Vibronic Coupling. Achieving a Fundamental Understanding of the py Polarity Scale", J. Phys. Chem., 99, 3951-3958 (1995).

S. A. Hambir, G. J. Blanchard and G. L. Baker, "Low Temperature Transient Optical Spectroscopy of Polydiacetylene DCHD. Evidence for a Distribution of Side Group Orientations", Appl. Spec., 39, 374-378 (1995).

S. A. Hambir, G. J. Blanchard and G. L. Baker, "Disorder Induced Enhancement of the Third Order Optical Nonlinearity in a Conjugated Polymer", J. Chem. Phys., 102, 2295-2301 (1995).

J. P. Rasimas and G. J. Blanchard, "Understanding The Electronic Properties of Glycosylated Chromophores Using AM1 Semiempirical Calculations", J. Phys. Chem., 98, 12949-12957 (1994).

Y. Jiang and G. J. Blanchard, "Vibrational Population Relaxation of Perylene in its Ground and Excited Electronic States", J. Phys. Chem., 98, 9417-9421 (1994).

Y. Jiang and G. J. Blanchard, "Vibrational Population Relaxation of Perylene in n-Alkanes. The Role of Solvent Local Structure in Long Range Vibrational Energy Transfer", J. Phys. Chem., 98, 9411-9416 (1994).

D. S. Karpovich and G. J. Blanchard, "Direct Measurement of Adsorption Kinetics of Self-Assembled Monolayer Films on a Microcrystalline Gold Surface", Langmuir, 10, 3315-3322 (1994).

Y. Jiang and G. J. Blanchard, "Rotational Diffusion Dynamics of Perylene in n-Alkanes. Observation of a Solvent Length-Dependent Change of Boundary Condition", J. Phys. Chem., 98, 6436-6440 (1994).

Q. Song, Z. Xu, W. Lu, P.W. Bohn, and G.J. Blanchard, "Linear and Nonlinear Spectroscopies Probe Structure and Electronic Properties in Hemicyanine Langmuir-Blodgett Monolayers," Top. Mtg. Laser Appl. Chem. Anal., Technical Digest, Volume 5, Optical Society of America, Washington, DC, 1994, pp. 67-70.

Y. Jiang, P. K. McCarthy and G. J. Blanchard, "The Role of Multiple Electronic States in the Dissipative Energy Dynamics of Coumarin 153", Chem. Phys., (invited), 183, 249-267 (1994).

M. M. Awad, P. K. McCarthy and G. J. Blanchard, "Photoisomerization of Cyanines: A Comparative Study of Oxygen and Sulfur Containing Species", J. Phys. Chem., 98, 1454-1458 (1994).

L. DeWitt, G. J. Blanchard, E. LeGoff, M. E. Benz, J. H. Liao and M. G. Kanatzidis, "Determination of Ground and Excited State Isomerization Barriers for the Oligothiophene: 3',4'-dibutyl-2,2':5',2"-terthiophene", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 115, 12158-12164 (1993).

P. K. McCarthy and G. J. Blanchard, "An AM1 Study of the Electronic Structure of Coumarins", J. Phys. Chem., 97, 12505-12509 (1993).

Y. Jiang, S. A. Hambir and G. J. Blanchard, "Synchronous Pumping of Two Dye Lasers Using a Single UV Excitation Source", Opt. Commun., 99, 216-220 (1993).

S. A. Hambir, Y. Jiang and G. J. Blanchard "Ultrafast Stimulated Emission Spectroscopy of Perylene in Dilute Solution: Measurement of Ground State Vibrational Population Relaxation" , J. Chem. Phys., 98, 6075-6082 (1993).

S. A. Hambir, T. Yang, G. J. Blanchard and G. L. Baker, "Excitation Migration in the Polydiacetylene DCHD", Chem. Phys. Lett., 201, 521-527 (1993).

G. J. Blanchard, "Time-Resolved Measurement of the Stimulated Emission Stokes Shift in LDS750: Evidence for Inhomogeneous Relaxation Kinetics", J. Chem. Phys., 95, 6317-6325 (1991).

G. J. Blanchard, "Counter-ion Dependent Reorientation Dynamics of an Oxazine in Polar Protic and Aprotic Solvents", J. Phys. Chem., 95, 5293-5299 (1991).

G. J. Blanchard and J. P. Heritage, "Perturbation of the Nonlinear Optical Response of a Conjugated Polymer by an Adsorbate Induced Electronic State", Chem. Phys. Lett., 177, 287-292 (1991).

G. J. Blanchard and J. P. Heritage, "Picosecond Stimulated Raman Measurement of Enhanced Optical Nonlinearities in a Conjugated Polymer" in Ultrafast Phenomena VII, Ed. by C. B. Harris, E. P. Ippen, G. A. Mourou and A. H. Zewail, Springer Verlag Publishers, Berlin, FRG, (1990), 130-132.

M. J. Nowak, G. J. Blanchard, G. L. Baker, S. Etemad and Z. G. Soos, "Slow Relaxations in PDA-4BCMU: From Crystals to Films", in Conjugated Polymeric Materials: Opportunities in Electronics, Opto-Electronics and Molecular Electronics, ed. by J. L. Bredas and R. R. Chance, NATO ASI Series E, vol. 182, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 1990, 421-427.

M. J. Nowak, G. J. Blanchard, G. L. Baker, S. Etemad and Z. G. Soos, "Low Temperature Picosecond Spectroscopy of the Polydiacetylene PTS in the Small Signal Limit", Proc. SPIE, 1147, 256 (1990).

G. J. Blanchard, J. P. Heritage, G. L. Baker and S. Etemad, "Picosecond Studies of PTS: Evidence for a New Metastable State", in Nonlinear Optics and Ultrafast Phenomena, ed. by R. R. Alfano and L. Rothberg, Nova Publishing, New York, 1990, 109-113.

G. J. Blanchard and J. P. Heritage, "Franck-Condon Enhancement of c ⁽³⁾ in a Conjugated Polymer Under Double Resonance Conditions", J. Chem. Phys., 93, 4377-4382 (1990).

M. J. Nowak, G. J. Blanchard, G. L. Baker, S. Etemad and Z. G. Soos, "Inter-Chain Dynamics and Side Group Modulation of Excitons in a Polydiacetylene", Phys. Rev. B, 41, 7933-7936 (1990).

G. J. Blanchard, "Detection of a Transient Solvent-Solute Complex Using Time-Resolved Pump-Probe Spectroscopy", Anal. Chem., 61, 2394-2398 (1989).

G. J. Blanchard, "The State Dependent Reorientation of Methylene Blue: The Role of Dipolar Solvent-Solute Interactions", J. Phys. Chem., 93, 4315-4319 (1989).

G. J. Blanchard, "An MNDO Calculational Study of Selected Oxazine, Thiazine and Oxazone Dyes", Chem. Phys., 138, 365-375 (1989).

G. J. Blanchard, J. P. Heritage, A. C. Von Lehmen, M. K. Kelly, G. L. Baker and S. Etemad, "Excitonic and Phonon-Mediated Optical Stark Effects in a Conjugated Polymer", Phys. Rev. Lett., 63, 887-890 (1989).

G. J. Blanchard, "Applications of Picosecond Spectroscopy to Analytical Chemistry", Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 8, 29-34 (1989). Invited.

G. J. Blanchard, J. P. Heritage, G. L. Baker and S. Etemad, "The Picosecond Spectroscopy of a Polydiacetylene in the Small Signal Limit: Detection and Characterization of a New Long-Lived State", Chem. Phys. Lett., 158, 329-333 (1989).

G. J. Blanchard, "A Study of the State Dependent Reorientation Dynamics of Oxazine 725 in Primary n-Aliphatic Alcohols", J. Phys. Chem., 92, 6303-6307 (1988).

G. J. Blanchard and C. A. Cihal, "Orientational Relaxation Dynamics of Oxazine 118 and Resorufin in the Butanols. Valence and State Dependent Solvation Effects", J. Phys. Chem., 92, 5950-5954 (1988).

G. J. Blanchard, "Picosecond Spectroscopic Measurement of a Solvent Dependent Change of Rotational Diffusion Rotor Shape", J. Chem. Phys., 87, 6802-6808 (1987).

G. J. Blanchard and M. J. Wirth, "Anomalous Temperature Dependent Reorientation of Cresyl Violet in 1-Dodecanol", J. Phys. Chem., 90, 2521-2525 (1986).

G. J. Blanchard and M. J. Wirth, "Measurement of Small Absorbances by Picosecond Pump-Probe Spectrometry", Anal. Chem., 58, 532-535 (1986).

M. J. Wirth and G. J. Blanchard, "Picosecond Spectroscopy in Analytical Chemistry", in Analytical Applications of Lasers, E. H. Piepmeier (Ed.), J. Wiley, (1986), 477-492.

G. J. Blanchard and M. J. Wirth, "Transform Limited Behavior from the Synchronously Pumped CW Dye Laser", Opt. Commun., 53, 394-400 (1985).

G. J. Blanchard and M. J. Wirth, "A Critical Comparison of Molecular Reorientation in the Ground and Excited Electronic States: Cresyl Violet in Methanol", J. Chem. Phys., 82, 39-44 (1985).