Merlin Bruening’s Publications
Journal Publications
1.
S.
Bhattacharjee, D.M. Dotzauer, and M.L. Bruening,
“Selectivity as a
Function of Nanoparticle Size in the Catalytic Hydrogenation of
Unsaturated
Alcohols” J. Am. Chem. Soc. in press.
2.
J.D. Dunn,
G.E. Reid, and M.L. Bruening,
“Techniques for Phosphopeptide Enrichment Prior to Analysis by Mass
Spectrometry”
Mass Spec. Rev. in press.
3.
P. Jain, G.L.
Baker, and M.L. Bruening, “Applications
of Polymer Brushes in Protein Analysis and Purification” Annual
Reviews of
Analytical Chemistry in press.
4.
W.
Wang and M.L. Bruening “Phosphopeptide Enrichment on Functionalized Polymer
Microspots for MALDI-MS Analysis” The
Analyst DOI: 10.1039/b815598d.
5.
D.M.
Dotzauer,
6.
S.
U. Hong, L. Ouyang, and M.L. Bruening, “Recovery of Phosphate Using
Multilayer
Polyelectrolyte Nanofiltration Membranes” J. Membr. Sci. 327,
2-5
(2009).
7.
J.S.
Taurozzi, H. Arul, V.Z. Bosak, A.F. Burban,
T.C. Voice, M.L. Bruening, V.V. Tarabara, “Effect of Filler
Incorporation Route
on the Properties of Polysulfone-Silver Nanocomposite Membranes of
Different
Porosities” J. Membr. Sci. 325, 58-68 (2008).
8.
P. Jain, J.
Dai, G.L. Baker, and M.L. Bruening,
“Rapid Synthesis of Functional Polymer Brushes by Surface-Initiated
Atom
Transfer Radical Polymerization of an Acidic Monomer” Macromolecules
41, 8413-8417 (2008).
9.
M.L.
Bruening, D.M. Dotzauer, P. Jain, L.
Ouyang, and G.L. Baker, “Creation of Functional Membranes Using
Polyelectrolyte
Multilayers and Polymer Brushes” Langmuir 24, 7663-7673
(2008).
10.
J.D. Dunn,
E.A. Igrisan, A.M. Palumbo, G.E.
Reid, and M.L. Bruening, “Phosphopeptide Enrichment Using MALDI Plates
Modified
with High-capacity Polymer Brushes” Anal.
Chem. 80, 5727-5735 (2008).
11.
S.
Bhattacharjee, and M.L. Bruening, “Selective
Hydrogenation of Monosubstituted
Alkenes by Pd Nanoparticles Embedded in Polyelectrolyte Films” Langmuir 24, 2916-2920 (2008).
12.
L. Ouyang, R.
Malaisamy,
and M.L. Bruening, “Multilayer
Polyelectrolyte Films as Nanofiltration Membranes for Separating
Monovalent and
Divalent Cations” J. Membrane Sci. 310,
76-84 (2008).
13.
Y. Zheng, M.L. Bruening,
and G.L. Baker, “Crystallization
of Polymer
Brushes with Poly(ethylene oxide) Side Chains” Macromolecules
40,
8212-8219 (2007).
14.
P. Jain, L. Sun, J. Dai,
G.L. Baker, and M.L.
Bruening, “High-Capacity
Purification of His-tagged Proteins by
Affinity Membranes Containing Functionalized Polymer Brushes” Biomacromolecules, 8, 3102-3107
(2007).
15.
P. Jain, J. Dai, S.
Grajales, S. Saha, G.L. Baker, and
M.L. Bruening.
“Completely Aqueous
Procedure for the Growth of Polymer
Brushes on Polymeric Substrates” Langmuir
23, 11360-11365 (2007).
16.
S.U. Hong, R.
Malaisamy, and M.L. Bruening, “Separation
of Fluoride from Other Monovalent
Anions Using Multilayer Polyelectrolyte Nanofiltration Membranes” Langmuir 23,
1716-1722 (2007).
17.
D.M.
Dotzauer, J. Dai, L. Sun, and M.L. Bruening, “Catalytic Membranes Prepared Using
Layer-by-Layer
Adsorption of Polyelectrolytes and Metal Nanoparticles in Porous
Supports” Nano Letters 6, 2268-2272
(2006).
18.
S.U. Hong, R.
Malaisamy, and M.L. Bruening, “Optimization of Flux and Selectivity in Cl-/SO42-
Separations with Multilayer Polyelectrolyte Membranes” J.
Membr. Sci. 283,
366-372 (2006).
19.
L. Sun, J.
Dai, G.L.
Baker, and M.L. Bruening, "High-Capacity, Protein-Binding Membranes
Based
on Polymer Brushes Grown in Porous Substrates" Chem. Mater. 18,
4033-4040 (2006).
20.
Z.
Bao, M.L. Bruening, and G.L. Baker, “Rapid
Growth
of Polymer Brushes from Immobilized Initiators” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128,
9056-9060 (2006).
21.
S.U.
Hong, M.D. Miller, and M.L. Bruening,
“Removal
of Dyes, Sugars, and Amino Acids from NaCl solutions Using Multilayer
Polyelectrolyte Nanofiltration Membranes” Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 45, 6284-6288 (2006).
22.
S.U. Hong and
M.L.
Bruening, “Separation
of Amino Acid Mixtures using Multilayer Polyelectrolyte Nanofiltration
Membranes” J. Membr. Sci. 280,
1-5 (2006).
23.
Z. Bao, M.L.
Bruening,
and G.L. Baker, “Control of the Density of Polymer Brushes Prepared by
Surface-Initiated Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization” Macromolecules 39,
5251-5258 (2006).
24.
J.
Dai, Z. Bao, L. Sun, G.L. Baker, and M.L.
Bruening, “High-capacity
Binding of Proteins by Derivatized
Poly(Acrylic Acid) Brushes” Langmuir 22,
4274-4281 (2006).
25.
J.D.
Dunn, J.T. Watson, and M.L. Bruening, “Detection
of Phosphopeptides Using
Fe(III)-Nitrilotriacetate Complexes Immobilized on a MALDI Plate”, Anal.
Chem. 78,
1574-1580
(2006).
26.
J.
Dai, G.L. Baker, and M.L. Bruening, “Use of Porous
Membranes Modified with
Polyelectrolyte Multilayers as Substrates for Highly Sensitive Protein
Arrays
with Low Non-specific Adsorption”, Anal. Chem., 78, 135-140 (2006).
27.
R.
Malaisaimy and M.L. Bruening, “High-Flux Nanofiltration Membranes
Prepared by
Adsorption of Multilayer Polyelectrolyte Membranes on Polymeric
Supports”, Langmuir,
21, 10587-10592 (2005).
28.
M.D.
Miller and M.L. Bruening, “Correlation of the Swelling and Permeability
of
Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Films”, Chem. Mater. 17,
5375-5381
(2005).
29.
L.
Sun, G.L. Baker, and M.L. Bruening, “Polymer-Brush Membranes for
Pervaporation of Organic Solvents from
Water”, Macromolecules 38, 2307-2314 (2005).
30.
31.
D.M.
Sullivan and M.L. Bruening, “Ultrathin,
Cross-linked Polyimide Pervaporation Membranes Prepared from
Polyelectrolyte
Multilayers”, J. Membrane Sci., 248, 161-170 (2005).
32.
M.D.
Miller and M.L. Bruening, “Controlling the Nanofiltration Properties of
Multilayer Polyelectrolyte Membranes through Variation of Film
Composition”, Langmuir,
20, 11545-11551 (2004).
33.
M.D.
Miller, G.L. Baker, and M.L. Bruening, “Polymer-Brush
Stationary Phases for Open-Tubular Capillary Electrochromatography”, J.
Chromatography, A, 1044,
323-330 (2004).
34.
Y.
Xu, M.L. Bruening, and J.T. Watson, “Use of Polymer-Modified MALDI-MS
Probes to
Improve Analyses of Protein Digests and DNA”, Anal. Chem., 76,
3106-3111 (2004).
35.
S.
Kidambi, J. Dai, J. Li, and M.L. Bruening, “Selective Hydrogenation by
Pd
Nanoparticles Embedded in Polyelectrolyte Multilayers”, J. Am.
Chem. Soc.,
126, 2658-2659 (2004).
36.
X.
Liu and M.L. Bruening, “Size-Selective
Transport of Uncharged Solutes through
Multilayer Polyelectrolyte Membranes”, Chem. Mater., 16; 351-357
(2004).
37.
A.M.
Balachandra, G.L. Baker, and M.L. Bruening, “Preparation of Composite
Membranes by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization Initiated from a
Porous
Support”, J. Membrane Sci., 227, 1-14 (2003).
38.
Y.
Xu, M.L. Bruening, and J.T. Watson, “Non-Specific, On-Probe
Cleanup Methods for MALDI-MS Samples”, Mass Spec. Rev., 22,
429-440 (2003).
40.
B.W.
Stanton, J.J. Harris, M.D. Miller, and M.L. Bruening, “Ultrathin,
Multilayered Polyelectrolyte Films as Nanofiltration Membranes”, Langmuir,
19,
7038-7042 (2003).
41.
J.K.
Harris, G.D. Rose, and M.L. Bruening, “Spontaneous
Vesicle Formation from Poly(1,2-butylene oxide) Sulfate Oligomers”, Langmuir,
19,
5550-5552 (2003).
42.
D.M. Sullivan
and M.L.
Bruening, “Ultrathin, Gas-selective Polyimide Membranes Prepared from
Multilayer Polyelectrolyte Films”, Chem. Mater., 15,
281-287
(2003).
43.
J.-B. Kim, W.
Huang,
M.D. Miller, G.L. Baker, and M.L. Bruening, “Kinetics of
Surface-initiated Atom
Transfer Radical Polymerization”, J. Polym. Sci., A:
Polym. Chem., 41,
386-394 (2003).
44.
B.Y.
Kim and M.L. Bruening, “pH-Dependent
Growth and Morphology of Multilayer Dendrimer/Poly(acrylic
acid) Films”, Langmuir, 19,
94-99 (2003). Correction published Langmuir, 20, 6074 (2004).
45.
Y. Xu, J.T.
Watson,
and M.L. Bruening, “Patterned Monolayer/Polymer Films for Analysis of
Dilute
and/or Salt-Contaminated Protein Samples by MALDI-MS ”, Anal. Chem.,
75,
185-190 (2003).
46.
M.L. Bruening
and D.M.
Sullivan, “Enhancing the Ion-Transport Selectivity of Multilayer
Polyelectrolyte Membranes”, Chem. Eur. J., 8, 3832-3837
(2002).
47.
J.-B. Kim, W.
Huang,
M.L. Bruening, and G.L. Baker, “Synthesis of Triblock Copolymer Brushes by
Surface-Initiated Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization”, Macromolecules,
35, 5410-5416 (2002).
48.
J.K. Harris,
G.D.
Rose, and M.L. Bruening, “Spontaneous
Generation of Multi-Lamellar Vesicles from Ethylene Oxide/Butylene
Oxide
Di-block Copolymers”, Langmuir, 18,
5337-5342 (2002).
49.
O.
Inya-Agha, S. Stewart, T. Veriotti, M.L.
Bruening, and M.D. Morris, “Control of Teflon AF 2400 Permeability by
an
Ultrathin Crosslinked Polyamide Coating”, Applied Spectroscopy,
56,
574-578 (2002).
50.
J. Dai, J.I.
Lee, and
M. L. Bruening, “Catalytic Nanoparticles Formed by Reduction of Metal
Ions in
Multilayered Polyelectrolyte Films”, Nano Letters, 2,
47-51
(2002).
51.
A.M.
Balachandra, J.
Dai, and M.L. Bruening, “Enhancing the Anion-Transport Selectivity of
Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Membranes by Templating with Cu2+”,
Macromolecules,
35, 3171-3178 (2002).
52.
J. Dai, A.M.
Balachandra, and M.L. Bruening, “Controlling Ion Transport through
Multilayer
Polyelectrolyte Membranes by Derivatization with Photolabile Functional
Groups”, Macromolecules, 35, 3164-3170 (2002).
53.
W. Huang,
J.-B. Kim,
M.L. Bruening, and G.L. Baker, “Functionalization of Surfaces by
Water-Accelerated Atom-Transfer Radical Polymerization of
Hydroxyethylmethacrylate and Subsequent Derivatization”, Macromolecules,
35, 1175-1179 (2002).
54.
N. Wade, B.
Gologan,
A. Vincze, R.G. Cooks, D.M. Sullivan, and M.L. Bruening,
“Esterification and
Ether Formation at a Hydroxyl-Terminated Self-Assembled Monolayer
Surface Using
Low-Energy Collisions of Polyatomic Cations”, Langmuir, 18,
4799-4808 (2002).
55.
D.M. Sullivan
and M.L.
Bruening, “Ultrathin, Ion-selective Polyimide Membranes Prepared from
Layered
Polyelectrolytes”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 123, 11805-11806
(2001).
56.
K.P. Xiao,
J.J.
Harris, A. Park, C. Strautman, V. Pradeep, and M.L. Bruening, “Formation of Ultrathin,
Defect-free Membranes by Grafting of Poly(acrylic acid) onto Layered
Polyelectrolyte Films”, Langmuir, 17, 8236-8241 (2001).
57.
K.P. Xiao,
B.Y. Kim,
and M.L. Bruening, "Detection of Protamine and Heparin Using Electrodes
Modified with Poly(acrylic acid) and its Amine Derivative", Electroanalysis, 13, 1447-1453 (2001).
58.
J.L.
Stair, J.J. Harris, and M.L. Bruening,
“Enhancement of the Ion-Transport Selectivity of Layered
Polyelectrolyte
Membranes Through Cross-Linking and Hybridization”, Chem. Mater.,
13,
2641-2648 (2001).
59.
W.
Huang, G.L. Baker, and M.L. Bruening,
"Controlled Synthesis of Cross-Linked Ultrathin Polymer Films Using
Surface-Initiated Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization", Angew.
Chem. Int. Ed., 40, 1510-1512 (2001).
60.
J.
Dai, A.W. Jensen, D.K. Mohanty, J. Erndt,
and
M.L. Bruening, "Controlling the Permeability of Multilayer
Polyelectrolyte
Films Through Derivatization, Cross-linking, and Hydrolysis", Langmuir, 17, 931-937 (2001).
61.
W.
Huang, Skanth G., G.L. Baker, and M.L.
Bruening,
"Surface-Initiated Radical Polymerization on Gold Substrates", Langmuir, 17, 1731-1736 (2001).
62.
M. Nagale,
B.Y. Kim,
and M.L. Bruening, "Ultrathin, Hyperbranched Polymer Membranes", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 122,
11670-11678
(2000).
63.
J. Dai, D.M
Sullivan,
and M.L. Bruening, "Ultrathin,
Layered Polyamide and Polyimide Films as
Protective Coatings for Aluminum", Ind.
& Eng. Chem., 39, 3528-3535
(2000).
64.
J.-B. Kim,
M.L.
Bruening, and G.L. Baker, "Surface-Initiated Atom Transfer Radical
Polymerization on Gold at Ambient Temperatures", J. Am.
Chem. Soc., 122,
7616-7617 (2000).
65.
J.J. Harris,
J. Stair,
and M.L. Bruening, "Layered Polyelectrolyte Films as Selective,
Ultrathin
Barriers to Anion Transport", Chem.
Mater., 12, 1941-1946 (2000).
66.
J.J. Harris
and M.L.
Bruening, "Electrochemical and In Situ Ellipsometric Investigation of
the
Permeability and Stability of Layered Polyelectrolyte Films", Langmuir, 16, 2006-2013 (2000).
67.
J.J. Harris,
P.M.
DeRose, and M.L. Bruening, "Synthesis of Passivating, Nylon-like
Coatings
through Cross-linking of Ultrathin Polyelectrolyte Films", J.
Am. Chem. Soc., 121, 1978-1979 (1999).
68.
R.F. Peez,
D.L.
Dermody, J.G. Franchina, S.J. Jones, M.L. Bruening, D.E. Bergbreiter,
and R.M.
Crooks, “Aqueous Solvation and Functionalization of Weak-acid
Polyelectrolyte
Thin Films", Langmuir, 14, 4232-4237
(1998).
69.
Y. Liu, M.L.
Bruening,
D.E. Bergbreiter, and R.M. Crooks, “Multilayer
Dendrimer-Poly(anhydride)
Composite Films on Glass, Silicon and Gold Wafers”, Angew.
Chem. Int. Ed. Engl., 36,
2114-2116 (1997).
70.
M. Zhao, M.L.
Bruening, Y. Zhou, D.E. Bergbreiter, and R.M. Crooks, “Effect of pH,
Fluorination, and Number of Layers on the Inhibition of Electrochemical
Reactions by Grafted, Hyperbranched Poly(acrylic acid) Films”, Isr. J. Chem., 37, 277-286 (1997).
71.
M. Bruening,
R. Cohen,
T. Moav, J.F. Guillemoles, J. Libman, A. Shanzer, and D. Cahen,
“Simultaneous
Control of Surface Potential and Wetting of Solids with Chemisorbed
Multifunctional Ligands”, J. Am. Chem.
Soc. 119, 5720-5728 (1997).
72.
M. Zhao, Y.
Zhou, M.L.
Bruening, D.E. Bergbreiter, and R.M. Crooks, “Inhibition of
Electrochemical
Reactions at Gold Surfaces by Grafted, Highly Fluorinated,
Hyperbranched
Polymer Films”, Langmuir, 13,
1388-1391 (1997).
73.
M.L.
Bruening, Y.
Zhou, G. Aguilar, R. Agee, D.E. Bergbreiter, and R.M. Crooks,
“Surface-grafted,
Hyperbranched Polymer Films Containing Fluorescent, Hydrophobic,
Ion-binding,
Biocompatible, and Electroactive Groups”, Langmuir,
13, 770-778 (1997).
74.
Y. Zhou, M.L.
Bruening, Y. Liu, R.M. Crooks, and D.E. Bergbreiter, “Synthesis of
Hyperbranched, Hydrophilic Fluorinated Surface Grafts”, Langmuir,
12, 5519-5521
(1996).
75.
Y. Zhou, M.L.
Bruening, D.E. Bergbreiter, R.M. Crooks, and M. Wells, “Hyperbranched
Polymer
Films Grafted on a Self-assembled Monolayer”, J. Am. Chem.
Soc., 118,
3773-3774 (1996).
76.
E. Moons, M.
Bruening,
A. Shanzer, J. Libman, J. Beier, and D. Cahen, “Electron Transfer in
Hybrid
Molecular Solid State Devices”, Synthetic
Metals, 76, 245-248 (1996).
77.
M. Bruening,
E. Moons,
D. Cahen, and A. Shanzer, "Controlling the Work Function of CdSe by
Chemisorption of Benzoic Acid Derivatives and Chemical Etching", J. Phys. Chem., 99, 8368-8373 (1995).
78.
M. Bruening,
E. Moons,
D. Cahen, J. Libman, and A. Shanzer, "Polar Ligand Adsorption Controls
Semiconductor Surface Potentials", J.
Am. Chem. Soc., 116, 2972-2977
(1994).
79.
E. Sabatani,
J.
Cohen-Boulakia, M. Bruening, and
80.
E. Moons, M.
Bruening,
L. Burstein, J. Libman, A. Shanzer, and D. Cahen, "Molecular Approach
to
Surface Control of Chalcogenide Semiconductors", Jap J.
Appl. Phys., 32
Suppl. 32-3, 730-734 (1993).
81.
G. Wu, R.M.
Izatt,
M.L. Bruening, W. Jiang, H. Azab, K.E. Krakowiak, and J.S. Bradshaw,
"NMR
and Potentiometric Determination of the High pK Values and Protonation
Sequences of Dipyridino-hexaaza-28-Crown-8 and Its Interactions with
Selenate,
Sulfate and Nitrate Ions in Aqueous Solution", J. Incl.
Phenomena and Mol. Recog. in Chem., 13, 121-127
(1992).
82.
M.L.
Bruening, D.M.
Mitchell, J.S. Bradshaw, R.M. Izatt, and R.L. Bruening, "Effect of
Organic
Solvent and Anion Type on Cation Binding with Silica Gel Bound
Macrocycles and
Their Use in Designing Selective Concentrator Columns", Anal.
Chem., 63, 21-24 (1991).
83.
M.L.
Bruening, D.M.
Mitchell, R.M. Izatt, and R.L. Bruening, "A Novel, Highly Selective
Anion-Exchange Column Prepared by Binding Pd2+ to
an Immobilized Ligand", Sep. Sci. Tech., 26,
761-772 (1991).
84.
R.L.
Bruening, B.J.
Tarbet, K.E. Krakowiak, M.L. Bruening, R.M. Izatt, and J.S. Bradshaw,
"Quantitation of Cation Binding by Silica Gel Bound Thiamacrocycles and
the Design of Highly Selective Concentration and Purification Columns
for
Palladium(II), Gold(III), Silver(I), and Mercury(II)", Anal.
Chem., 63, 1014-1017 (1991).
85.
R.M. Izatt,
R.L.
Bruening, M.L. Bruening, and J.D. Lamb, "Quantitating the Effect of
Solvent Type on Neutral Macrocycle-Mediated Cation Transport in Liquid
Membranes", Isr. J. Chem., 30,
239-245 (1990).
86.
R.M. Izatt,
R.L.
Bruening, B.J. Tarbet, L.D. Griffin, M.L. Bruening, K.E. Krakowiak, and
J.S.
Bradshaw, "Macrocycle-Metal Cation Interactions Involving Polyaza
Macrocycles Bonded to Silica Gel via a Nitrogen Donor Atom", Pure Appl. Chem., 62, 1115-1118 (1990).
87.
R.M. Izatt,
R.L.
Bruening, M.L. Bruening, G.C. LindH, and J.J. Christensen, "Modeling
Diffusion-Limited, Neutral Macrocycle-Mediated Cation Transport in
Supported
Liquid Membranes", Anal. Chem., 61,
1140-1148 (1989).
88.
J.S.
Bradshaw, R.L.
Bruening, K.E. Krakowiak, B.J. Tarbet, M.L. Bruening, R.M. Izatt, and
J.J.
Christensen, "Preparation of Silica Gel Bound Macrocycles and Their
Cation-Binding Properties", J. Chem.
Soc., Chem. Commun., 812-814 (1988).
89.
R.M. Izatt,
R.L.
Bruening, M.L. Bruening, B.J. Tarbet, K.E. Krakowiak, J.S. Bradshaw,
and J.J.
Christensen, "Removal and Separation of Metal Ions from Aqueous
Solutions
Using a Silica Gel Bound Macrocycle System", Anal. Chem.,
60,
1825-1826 (1988).
1.
Z.
Bao, G.L. Baker, and M.L. Bruening, “Composites of Poly(tert-butylacrylate)
and Process for the Preparation Thereof”, provisional patent filed.
2.
J.
Dai, G.L. Baker, and M.L. Bruening,
“Membranes
Modified with Polymer Brushes Derivatized with Metal-Affinity
Complexes”,
provisional patent filed April 3, 2006.