Postdoctoral Research (Materiapls Science)
21) Anisotropic Thermal Transport in Thermoelectric Composites of Conjugated Polyeletrolytes/Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
Mai, C.-K.*; Liu, J.*; Evans, C. M.; Segalman, R. A.; Chabinyc, M. L.; Cahill, D. G.; Bazan, G. C.* Macromolecules 2016, ASAP. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b00546]
20) Effect of Chiral 2-Ethylhexyl Side Chains on Chiroptical Properties of the Narrow Bandgap Conjugated Polymers PCPDTBT and PCPDTPT
Fronk, S. L.; Wang, M.; Ford, M.; Coughlin, J.; Mai, C.-K.; Bazan, G. C.* Chem. Sci. 2016, Advance Article. [DOI: 10.1039/C6SC00908E]
19) Silicon Direct Bonding via Low-Temperature Wet Chemical Surface Activation
Mai, C.; Sun, J.; Zhou, T.*; Mai, C.-K.*; Li, M.
RSC Adv. 2016, 6, 37079. [DOI： 10.1039/C6RA05189H]
18) Tether Tertiary Amines as Solid-state n-Type Dopants for Solution-processable Organic Semiconductors
Russ, B.; Robb, M.; Popere, B. C.; Perry, E. E.; Mai, C.-K.; Fronk, S. L.; Patel, S.; Mates, T. E.; Bazan, G. C.; Urban, J. J.; Chabinyc, M. L.;* Hawker, C. J.;* Segalman, R. A.*
Chem. Sci. 2016, 7, 1914. [DOI: 10.1039/C5SC04217H]
17) One-Pot Synthesis of Semicrystalline/Amorphous Multiblock Copolymers via Divinyl-Terminated Telechelic Polyolefins
Hu, N.; Mai, C.-K.; Fredrichson, G. H.; Bazan, G. C.*
Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 2237. [DOI: 10.1039/C5CC09200K]
This article is selected as Journal Front Cover.
16) Electrical Properties of Doped Conjugated Polyelectrolytes with Modulated Density of Ionic Functionalities
Mai, C.-K.; Arai, T.; Liu, X.; Fronk, S. L.; Su, G. M.; Segalman, R. A.; Chabinyc, M. L., Bazan, G. C.*
Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 17607. [DOI: 10.1039/C5CC06690E]
15) Narrow Band Gap Conjugated Polyelectrolytes for Photothermal Killing of Bacteria
Feng, G.; Mai, C.-K.; Zhan, R.; Bazan, G. C.*; Liu, B.*
J. Mater. Chem. B 2015, 3, 7340. [DOI: 10.1039/C5TB01118C]
14) End-Group Mediated Aggregation of Poly(3-hexylthiophene)
Fronk, S. L.; Mai, C.-K.; Ford, M.; Noland, R. P.; Bazan, G. C.*
Macromolecules 2015, 48, 6224. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b00986]
13) Varying the Ionic Functionalities of Conjugated Polyelectrolytes Leads to Both p- and n-type Carbon Nanotube Composites for Flexible Thermoelectrics
Mai. C.-K.; Russ, B.; Fronk, S. L.; Hu, N.; Chan-Park, M. B.; Urban, J. J.; Segalman, R. A.; Chabinyc, M. L.; Bazan, G. C.*
Energy Environ. Sci. 2015, 8, 2341. [DOI: 10.1039/C5EE00938C]
12) Conjugated Polyelectrolytes Hole Transport Layer for Inverted-Type Perovskite Solar Cells
Choi, H.; Mai, C.-K.; Kim, H.-B.; Jeong, J.; Song, S.; Bazan, G. C.;* Kim, J. Y.;* Heeger, A. J.*
Nat. Commun. 2015, 6, 7348. [DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8348]
11) Polymer Homo-Tandem Solar Cells withBest Efficiency of 11.3%
Zhou, H.; Zhang, Y.; Mai, C.-K.; Collins, S. D.; Bazan, G. C.; Nguyen, T.-Q.; Heeger, A. J.*
Adv. Mater. 2015, 27, 1767 – 1773. [DOI:10.1002/adma.201404220]
10) Solution-Processed pH-Neutral Conjugated Polyelectrolyte Improves Interfacial Contact in Organic Solar Cells
Zhou, H.; Zhang, Y.; Mai, C.-K.; Seifter, J.; Nguyen, T.-Q.; Bazan, G. C.;* Heeger, A. J.*
ACS Nano 2014, 9, 371 – 377. [DOI: 10.1021/nn505378m]
9) Controlling the Thermoelectric Properties of Thiophene-derived Single Molecule Junctions
(¶:contribute equally) Chang, W. B.;¶ Mai, C.-K.;¶ Kotiuga, M.;¶ Neaton, J. B.; Bazan, G. C.; Segalman, R. A.*
Chem. Mater. 2014, 26, 7229 – 7235. [DOI: 10.1021/cm504254n]
8) Molecular Fluorination Promotes Bulk Thermal Stability of Solution Processable Narrow-Band-Gap Organic Semiconductors
Liu, X.; Hsu, B. B. Y.; Sun, Y.; Mai, C.-K.; Heeger, A. J.; Bazan, G. C.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 16144 – 16147. [DOI: 10.1021/ja510088x]
7) Side Chain Effects on the Conductivity, Morphology and Thermoelectric Properties of Self-Doped Narrow Band Gap Conjugated Polyelectrolytes
Mai, C.-K.; Schlitz, R. A.; Su, G. M.; Spitzer, D.; Wang, X.; Fronk, S. L.; Cahill, D. G.; Chabinyc, M. L.;* Bazan, G. C.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 13478 – 13481. [DOI: 10.1021/ja504284r]
6) Electronic Properties of Conjugated Polyelectrolyte/Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Composite
(¶:contribute equally) Li, Y.;¶ Mai, C.-K.;¶ Phan, H.; Liu, X.; Nguyen, T.-Q.; Bazan, G. C.;* Chan-Park, M. B.*
Adv. Mater. 2014, 26, 4697 – 4703. [DOI: 10.1002/adma.201400612]
5) Conductive Conjugated Polyelectrolyte as Hole-transporting Layer for Organic Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells
(¶:contribute equally) Zhou, H.;¶ Zhang, Y.;¶ Mai, C.-K.;¶ Collins, S. D.; Nguyen, T.-Q.; Bazan, G. C.;* Heeger, A. J.*
Adv. Mater. 2014, 26, 780 – 785. [DOI: 10.1002/adma.201302845]
4) Facile Doping of Anionic Narrow Band Gap Conjugated Polyelectrolytes During Dialysis
Mai, C.-K.; Zhou, H.; Zhang, Y.; Henson, Z. B.; Nguyen, T.-Q.; Heeger, A. J.; Bazan, G. C.*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 12874 – 12878. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201307667]
Graduate and Undergraduate Research (Organic Synthesis)
3) Study on the Thermal Reactions of [60]Fullerene with Amino Acids and Amino Acid Esters
Zhu, S.-E.; Cheng, X.; Li, Y.-J.; Mai, C.-K.; Huang, Y.-S.; Wang, G.-W.;* Peng, R.-F.; Jin, B.; Chu, S.-J.
Org. Biomol. Chem. 2012, 10, 8720 – 8729. [DOI: 10.1039/C2OB26066B]
2) α-Arylation of 3-Aryloxindoles
Mai, C.-K.; Sammons, M. F.; Sammakia, T.*
Org. Lett. 2010, 12, 2306 – 2309. [DOI: 10.1021/ol100666v]
1) A Concise Formal Synthesis of Diazonamide A by the Stereoselective Construction of the C10 Quaternary Center
Mai, C.-K.; Sammons, M. F.; Sammakia, T.*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 2397 – 2400. (Top ten most accessed article in March, 2010). [DOI: 10.1002/anie.200906318] This article has been highlighted by Prof. Steven V. Ley and Philippa B. Cranwell on Synfacts, 2010, 622.
