Dennis W. Smith, Jr.
Professor
Organic Chemistry
Phone: (864) 656-5020
Office: 383 Hunter Laboratories
E-mail: dwsmith@clemson.edu
Research Interests | Publications | Research Group
Professor Dennis W. Smith, received his B.S. (1988) from Missouri State University and his Ph.D. (1992) from the University of Florida under the guidance of Prof. Ken Wagener on the scope and mechanism of acyclic diene metathesis (ADMET) polymerization. He was a Rhone Poulenc Graduate Research Fellow in Lyon, France pursuing novel silicone elastomers, and a Dow Chemical Postdoctoral Fellow (1993) with Dr. Raymond König in Rheinmünster, Germany exploring fundamental aspects of epoxy networks. Dr. Smith joined The Dow Chemical Company Central Research Laboratory as Sr. Research Chemist (1993), and later was promoted to Project Leader (1996) working primarily on the synthesis and characterization of high performance thermosets for thin film microelectronics applications.
He served as National Chemistry Week (NCW) Coordinator (1996) and Chair of the Brazosport Section of the American Chemical Society (1997). He was a recipient of the 1997 Dow Chemical Central Research Inventor of the Year Award before joining Clemson in 1998. He is a recipient of a National Science Foundation Early Faculty CAREER Award, 3M Pre-Tenured Faculty Award, Clemson University Award for Faculty Achievement in the Sciences, Cottrell Scholar of Research Corporation, and he was named 2005 Outstanding Faculty Member by the Graduate Student Association. Dr. Smith is a founding member and Associate Director of Clemson’s Center for Optical Materials Science & Engineering Technologies (COMSET). He has also served the American Chemical Society Division of Polymer Chemistry as Councilor, Founder and Organizer of the international conference, Fluoropolymer 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2006, and in 2006 he was elected Vice Chair of the Polymer Division. He is the current American Editor of the journal, Polymer Bulletin, and serves on the editorial board for High Performance Polymers, Polymers for Advanced Technology.
Dr. Smith’s research interest includes synthesis, mechanism, structure/property relationships, and applications of polymeric materials and composites including (1) fluoropolymers from aromatic trifluorovinyl ethers, (2) polyarylenes from bis-ortho-diynyl arenes, (3) renewable polymers based on lactide and rubber recycling.
Research Interests
Research in Dr. Smith's laboratory is currently concerned with three major synthesis/property polymer platforms: (1) thermal polymerization of bis-(ortho-diynylarene) (BODA) monomers to polyarlyene thermosets, (2) cyclopolymerization of trifluorovinyl ether monomers to polymers containing the perfluorocyclobutane (PFCB) linkage, and (3) renewable resource / biodegradable polymers based on polylactic acid derivatives.
The Bergman polymerization of BODA monomers to high temperature polyarlyene networks represents a significant advance in processable aromatic polymers potentially useful in a variety of optoelectronic, high temperature, and nanocomposite applications. Ongoing efforts include polymerization mechanism, catalysis, and characterization of the resulting networks, as well as micromolding and pyrolysis to unique glassy carbon structures.
Perfluorocylobutane (PFCB) aromatic ether polymers represent a novel class of fluoropolymers prepared by the cyclodimerization of trifluorovinyl ether monomers. PFCB polymers exhibit excellent processability, low dielectric constant, optical clarity, and high temperature resistance. Current explorations concentrate on synthetic versatility, catalysis, liquid crystalline examples, hybrid fluoropolymers containing silicon and phosphorous, and copolymers for optical waveguides and fiber optics.
Dr. Smith's group is also concerned with renewable resource and biodegradable polymers. Polylactic acid (PLA) is one such base material for which much commercial interest exists. Derivatives of PLA via copolymerization and other methods are currently being sought to adjust the thermo-mechanical and biodegradation performance of PLA.
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Publications
“Functionalization of Used Tire Rubber by Hydrosilation” Banda, M.; Naskar, A.; Perera, K.P.; Moreland, C.; Hodge, T.; Wallace, K.; Beckham, H.; Smith, Jr., D.W. Rubber Chem. & Tech., 2008, submitted.
“Perfluorocyclobutyl (PFCB) Containing Sulfonated Aryl Ether Sulfone Polymers” Sankhe, A.; Hernandez, R.; Jianyong, J.; Suresh, S.; Topping, C.; Wagener, E.; Creager, S.; Smith, Jr. D.W. Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2008, submitted.
“Long-Range Surface Plasmon Polariton Waveguides embedded in Fluorinated Polymer” Jiang, J.; Callender, C.; Jacob, S.; Noad, J.; Chen, S.; Ballato, J.; Smith, D.W., Jr. Applied Optics 2008, submitted.
“Three-Step “One-Pot” Synthesis of Bistrifluorovinyl Ether Aryl Derivatives” Zhu, K.; Jin, J.; Iacono, S. T.; Budy, S. M.; Smith, D. W., Jr. Tetrahedron 2008, submitted.
“Fluoroaryloxylation of Substituted Phenols with Aryl Trifluorovinyl Ethers: Synthesis and Stereoselectivity of Aryl Difluorodioxyethylenes” Moody, J. M.; Iacono, S. T.; VanDerveer, D.; Smith, D. W., Jr. J. Fluorine Chem. 2008, submitted.
“Colorimetric and Turn-On Fluorescent Detection of Fluoride by Chromophore-Derivatized Semifluorinated Polymers” Gilliard, R. J., Jr.; Iacono, S. T.; Budy, S. M.; Moody, J. D.; Smith, D. W., Jr.; Smith, R. C. Sens. Actuators, A 2008, submitted.
“Modular Approach to Chromophore Encapsulation in Fluorinated Aryl Vinyl Ether Polymers Possessing Tunable Photoluminescence” Iacono, S.T.; Budy, S.M.; Smith, R.C.; Smith, D.W., Jr. Macromolecules 2008, in press.
“Radical addition and copolymerization of aromatic enediynes with C60” Perpall, M.W.; Rettenbacher, A.; Elliott, B.; Smith, Jr., D.W.; Echegoyen, L. J. Org. Chem. 2008, submitted.
“Ultracompact AWG using air-trench bends with perfluorocyclobutyl polymer waveguides” Lin, Y.; Kim, S.; Nordin, G.P.; Topping, C.; Smith, Jr., D.W.; Ballato, J. J. Light Wave Tech. 2008, in press.
“Modular Synthesis of Asymmetric Fluorinated Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxanes” Iacono, S. T.; Ashwani, V.; Smith, D.W., Jr.; Mabry, J. M. Dalton Trans. 2008, in press.
“Bis-Ortho-Diynylarene (BODA) Polymerization and BODA-Derived Sub-Micron Gratings” Zengin, H.; Zhou, W.; Zengin, G.; Foulger, S.H.; Ballato, J.; Smith, D.W., Jr. Polym. Sci. & Eng. 2008, 47(12), 2095-2099.
“Bis-Ortho-Diynyl-Arene C60 Adducts on SnO2 Films for Photoelectrochemical Cells” Saito, K.; Rettenbacher, A.; Smith, D.W., Jr.; Fukuzumi, S. J. Mater. Chem. 2008, 18, 3237–3241.
“Synthesis and Characterization of Highly Fluorescent Phenylenevinylene Containing Perfluorocyclobutyl (PFCB) Aromatic Ether Polymers” Neilson, A.; Budy, S.; Ballato, J.; Smith, Jr., D.W. Polymer 2008, 49(15), 3228-3232.
“High-Temperature Chromophores and Perfluorocyclobutyl Copolymers for Electro-optic Applications” Budy, S.; Suresh, S.; Spraul, B.; Smith, D.W., Jr. J. Physical Chem. C 2008, 112, 8099-8104 (special issue: Larry Dalton Festschrift).
“Aromatic Trifluorovinyl Ethers. Versatile Intermediates and Monomers for Unique Fluoropolymers” Neilson, A.; Iacono, S.; Budy, S.; Smith, Jr., D.W. Chemistry Today / Chimica Oggi, 2008, 26(3), 18-20.
“Photoluminescence and Ion Sensing Properties of a Bipyridyl Chromophore-Modified Semifluorinated Polymer and its Metallopolymer Derivatives” He, S.; Iacono, S.T.; Budy, S.M.; Dennis, A.E.; Smith, Jr., D.W.; Smith, R.C. J. Mater. Chem. 2008, 18, 1970-1976. (featured on cover).
“Fluoroalkylation of Aryl Ether Perfluorocyclobutyl Polymers” Ligon, Jr., S.C.; Ameduri, B.; Boutevin, B.; Smith, Jr., D.W. Polymer Bulletin 2008, 60, 343–349.
“Poly(lactic acid) with Segmented Perfluoropolyether Enchainment” Haynes, D.; Naskar, A.; Singh, A.; Yang, C-C.; Burg, K.; Drews, M.; Smith, Jr., D.W. Macromolecules 2007, 40, 9354-9360.
“Synthesis, Characterization, and Surface Morphology of Pendant Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane Perfluorocyclobutyl Aryl Ether Copolymers” Iacono, S.T.; Budy, S.; Mabry, J., Smith, Jr., D.W. Macromolecules 2007, 40(26), 9517-9522.
“Mixed Chromophore Perfluorocyclobutyl (PFCB) Copolymers for Tailored Light Emission” Neilson, A.R.; Budy, S.M.; Ballato, J.M.; Smith, Jr., D.W. Macromolecules 2007, 40, 9378-83.
“Hydrophobic and Oleophobic Fluoroalkyl Functionalized Silsesquioxane Nanostructures” Iacono, S.; Vij, A.; Grabow, W.; Smith, Jr., D.W.; Mabry, J.M. Chem. Commun. 2007, 4961 – 4962. (featured on cover)
“Science and Technology of Perfluorocyclobutyl (PFCB) Aryl Ether Polymers” Iacono, S.; Budy, S.M.; Jin, J.; Smith, Jr., D.W. J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem. 2007, 45, 5705-5721. (Invited Highlight Review featured on cover)
“Sulfonated Fluorovinylene Aromatic Ether Polymers for Proton Exchange Membranes” Iacono, S.; Ewald, D.; Sankhe, A.; Rettenbacher, A.; Smith, Jr., D.W. High Performance Polymers 2007, 19, 581-591.
“Bis-Ortho-Diynylarene Polymerization as a Route to Solid and Hollow Carbon Fibers” Zengin, H.; Smith, D.W., Jr. J. Mater Sci. 2007, 42 (12), 4344-4349.
“Effect of Hexafluoroisopropylidene on Perfluorocyclobutyl Aryl Ether Copolymer Solution Behavior in Supercritical CO2 and Propane” Liua, J.; Spraul, B.; Topping, C.; Smith, Jr., D.W.; McHugh, M. Macromolecules 2007, 40, 5973-5977.
“Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane-Functionalized Perfluorocyclobutyl Aryl Ether Copolymers: Synthesis and Characterization of Endcapped Copolymers” Iacono, S. T.; Budy, S. M.; Mabry, J. M.; Smith, D. W., Jr. Polymer 2007, 48, 4637-4645.
"First Identification of Biradicals during Thermal [2π+2π] Cyclopolymerization of Trifluorovinyl Aromatic Ethers" Misfud, N.; Mellon, V.; Jin, J.; Topping, C.M.; Echegoyen, L.; Smith, Jr., D.W. Polymer Inter. 2007, 56, 1142-1146.
“Polyarylene Networks via Bergman Cyclopolymerization of Bis-ortho-diynyl Arene (BODA) Monomers” Smith, Jr., D.W.; Shah, H.V.; Perpall, M.W.; Babb, D.A.; Martin, S.J. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2007, 17, 1237–1246.
“Synthesis and Characterization of a Bis-(4-Trifluoromethanesulfonyloxyphenyl) Phenylamine Monomer and Its Polymer for Light-Emitting Applications” Zengin, H.;Zengin, G.; Topping, C.; Smith, Jr., D.W. J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem. 2007, 45, 1860-1867.
“In situ Copolyesters Containing Poly(L-lactide) and Poly(hydroxyalkanote) Units” Haynes, D.; Abayasinghe, N.; Harrison, G.; Burg, K.; Smith, Jr. D.W. Biomacromolecules 2007, 8(4), 1131-1137.
“Carbonization and thermal expansion of glassy carbon derived from bis-ortho-diynylarenes” Iacono, S.T.; Perpall, M.W.; Wapner, P.; Hoffman W.P.; Smith, Jr. D.W. Carbon 2007, 45(5), 931-935.
“Radical Addition of a Conjugated Polymer to Multilayer Fullerenes (Carbon Nano-onions)” Rettenbacher, A.S.; Perpall, M.W.; Echegoyen, L.; Smith, D.W., Jr. Chem. Mater. 2007, 19, 1411-1417.
"Facile Preparation of Fluorovinylene Aryl Ether Telechelic Polymers with
Dual Functionality for Thermal Chain Extension and Tandem Crosslinking"
Iacono, S.; Budy, S.; Smith, D.W., Jr. Chem. Commun. 2006, 46, 4844.[PDF]
"Alternative Trifluorovinyl Ether Derived Fluoropolymer Membranes and
Functionalized Carbon Composite Electrodes for Fuel Cells" Perpall, M. W.;
Smith, Jr., D.W.; DesMarteau, D.D.; Creager, S.E. J. Macro. Sci., Polym.
Rev. 2006, 46(3), 297. [PDF]
“Two Concomitant Polymorphs of 3,3’4,4’-Tetrakis(phenylethynyl)-1,2’-[2,2,2-trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethanediyl]bisbenzene” Perera, K. Prasanna U.; Abboud, Khalil A.; Krawiec, Mariusz; VanDerveer, Don; Smith, Dennis W., Jr.. J. Chem. Crystallogr. 2006, 36(6), 399-406. [PDF]
“Liquid Crystalline Perfluorocyclobutyl (PFCB) Aryl Ether Polymers Containing Oligophenylene Mesogens” Jin, J.; Smith, Jr., D.W.; Glasser, S.; Perahia, D.; Fouger, S.H.; Ballato, J.; Kong, K.; Kumar, S. Macromolecules 2006, 39(14), 4646-4649. [PDF]
“Synthesis and Electronic Factors in Thermal Cyclodimerization of Functionalized Aromatic Trifluorovinyl Ethers” Spraul, B.; Suresh, S.; Jin, J.; Smith, Jr., D.W. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 7055-7064. [PDF]
"Spectroscopic Properties as a Function of Fluorine Content in Eu3:PMMA" Gordon, J.; Ballato, J.; Jin,J.; Smith, D.W.; J. Polum. Sci. Part B: Polym. Phys. 2006, 44, 1592-1596. [PDF]
“Arrayed Waveguide Gratings Based on Perfluorocyclobutane Polymers for CWDM Applications” Jiang, J.; Callender, C.; Blanchetiere, C.; Noad, J.; Chen, S.; Ballato, J.; Smith, D.W. IEEE Photonics Techn. Lett. 2006, 18(2), 370-372. [PDF]
“Infrared fluorescence and optical gain characteristics of chalcogenide-bound erbium cluster-fluoropolymer nanocomposites” Kumar, G.A.; Riman, R.E.; Banerjee, S.; Kornienko, A.; Brennan, J.G.; Chen, S.; Smith, D.; Ballato, J. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2006, 88, 091902. [PDF]
'First Identification of Biradicals during Thermal [2+2] Cyclopolymerization of Trifluorovinyl Aromatic Ethers" Misfud, N.; Mellon, V.; Jin, J.; Topping, C.M.; Echegoyen, L.; Smith, Jr., D.W. J. Fluorine Chem. 2005, submitted.
“Oligoethylene End-capped Polylactide”Abayasinghe, N.; Glasser, S.; Pererra, K.P.U.; Smith, Jr., D.W. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2005, 43, 5257-5266.[PDF]
"Impact of hexafluoroisopropylidene on the solubility of aromatic-based polymers in supercritical fluids" Jin, J.; Smith, Jr., Abayasinghe, N.; McHugh, M. J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 2005, 97(4), 1736-1743.[PDF]
“Synthesis and Characterization of Perfluorocyclobutyl (PFCB) Polymers Containing Pendent Phenylphosphine Oxide” Jin, J.; Topping, C.; Suresh, S.; Foulger, S.; Rice, N.; Mojazza, B.; Smith, Jr. D.W. Polymer 2005, 46, 6923-6932.[PDF]
"The Optical Properties of Perfluorocyclobutyl Polymers III: Spectroscopic Characterization of Rare-Earth Doped PFCB" Gordon, J; Ballato, J.; Smith, Jr., D.W.; Jin, J. J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 2005, 22(18), 1654-1659.[PDF]
“Perfluorocyclobutane Aromatic Polyethers. Synthesis and Characterizatio of New Sulfonimide Contataining Monomers and Fluoropolymers” Ford, L.; DesMarteau, D.; Smith, Jr., D.W. J. Fluorine Chem., 2005, 126(4), 653-660.[PDF]
“Optical properties of a transparent CaF2:Er3+ fluoropolymer nanocomposite” Kumar, G.; Chen, C.; Riman, R.; Chen, S.; Smith, Jr., D.W.; Ballato, J. Appl. Physics Let. 2005, 86, 241105.[PDF]
“Synthesis and hyperpolarizabilities of high temperature triarylamine polyene chromophores” Suresh, S.; Zengin, H.; Spraul, B.; Sassa, T.; Smith, Jr. D.W. Tetrahedron Lett. 2005, 46, 3913-3916.[PDF]
“Multicolor Pattern Generation in Photonic Bandgap Composites” Jiang, P.; Smith, Jr., D.W.; Ballato, J.; Foulger, S.H. Adv. Mater. 2005, 2, 179-184.[PDF]
“Perfluorocyclobutyl Linked Hexabenzocoronene Networks” Spraul, B.; Suresh, S.; Glassar, S.; Perahia, S.; Smith, Jr., D.W. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 12772-12773.[PDF]
“Synthesis and Comparison of CF3 vs. CH3 Substituted Perfluorocyclobutyl (PFCB) Networks for Optical Applications” Jin, J.; Topping, C.; Ballato, J.; Foulger, S.; Smith, Jr., D.W. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2004, 42(20), 5292-5300.[PDF]
“Insitu EPR Spectroscopy of Aromatic Diyne Cyclopolymerization” Mifsud, N.; Mellon, V.; Perera, K.P.U.; Smith, Jr., D.W.; Echegoyen, L. J. Org. Chem. 2004, 69, 6124-6127.[PDF]
“Anomalous Crystallinity in a Perfluorocyclobutyl (PFCB) Polymer Containing the Hexafluoro-i-propyl Linkage” Smith, Jr. D.W.; Jin, J.; Shah, H.; Xie, Y.; DesMarteau, D.; Polymer 2004, 45(17), 5755-5760.[PDF]
“Amido Modified Polylactide for Potential Tissue Engineering Applications” Abayasinghe, N.; Perera, P.; Thomas, C.; Daly, A.; Suresh, S.; Burg, K.; Harrison, G.; Smith, Jr., D.W. J. Biomater. Sci. 2004, 15(5), 595-606.[PDF]
“Novel Fluoropolymer Functionalized Silsequioxanes for Nanoscale Archietecture of Hybrid Composites” Suresh, S.; Zhou, W.; Spraul, B.; Laine, R.; Ballato; J.; Smith, Jr., D.W. J. Nanosci & Tech., 2004, 4(3), 250-253.
"The Optical Properties of Perfluorocyclobutyl Polymers II: Theoretical and Experimental Attenuation" Ballato, J.; Smith, Jr., D.W.; Foulger, S.H. J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 2004, 21(5), 958-967.[PDF]
“Synthesis and Polymerization of Perfluorocyclobutyl (PFCB) Polymers Containing Crown Ether Vertebrae” Ligon, S.C., Jr.; Topping, C.; Jin, J.; Fallis, S.; Irvin, J.; DesMarteau, D.; Smith, Jr., D.W. Macromol. Chem. & Phys. 2004, 205, 801-805.[PDF]
“Thermally Stable Triarylamino Chromophores with High Molecular Hyperpolarizabilities” Spraul, B.; Suresh, S.; Sassa, T.; Herranz, M.; Echegoyen, L.; Wada, T.; Smith, Jr., D.W. Tetrahedron Lett. 2004, 45(16), 3253-3256.[PDF]
“Terpolymers from Lactide and Bisphenol-A Derivatives: Introducing Renewable Resource Monomers into Commodity Thermoplastics” Abayasinghe, N.; Smith, Jr. D.W. Macromolecules 2003, 36, 9681-9683.[PDF]
“Phenylphosphine Oxide Containing Perfluorocyclobutyl (PFCB) Aromatic Ether Polymers for Space Applications” Jin, J.; Smith, Jr. D.W.; Topping, C.; Suresh, S.; Chen, S.; Foulger, S.; Rice, N.; Mojazza, B. Macromolecules 2003, 36(24), 9000-9004.[PDF]
“First resolution and characterization of cis and trans 1,2-bisaryloxy perfluorocyclobutanes” Ligon, S.C.; Krawiec, M.; Kitaygorodskiy, A.; Smith, Jr., D.W. J. Fluorine Chem. 2003, 123, 139-146.[PDF]
“Optical Properties of Perfluorocyclobutyl (PFCB) Polymers” Ballato, J.; Smith, Jr., D.W.; Foulger, S.H. J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 2003, 20(9), 1838-1843.[PDF]
“Novel Network Polymer for Templated Carbon Photonic Crystal Structures” Perpall, M.; Perera, K.P.U.; DiMaio, J.; Ballato, J.; Foulger, S.H.; Smith, Jr., D.W. Langmuir 2003, 19, 7153-7156.[PDF]
“A Novel Azo Polycarbonate for High Temperature Electro-Optics via Azo Bisphenol Amines Accessed by Ullmann Coupling” Smith, Jr., D.W.; Suresh, S.; Gulotty, Jr., R.J.; Bales, S.; Inbasekaran, M.; Chartier, M.; Cummins, C. Polymer 2003, 44(18), 5111-5117.[PDF]
“Use of Sol-gels as Solid Matrices For Simultaneous Multi-element Determination by Radio Frequency Glow Discharge Optical Emission Specctrometry (rf-GD-OES): Determinations of Suspended Particulate Matter” Davis, W.C.; Knippel, B.; Cooper J.; Spraul, B.; Rice, J.; Smith, Jr., D.W.; Marcus, R.K. Anal. Chem. 2003, 75(10), 2243-2250.[PDF]
“Photonic Band Gap Composites with Reversible High-Frequency Stop Band Shifts” Foulger, S.H.; Jiang, P.; Lattam, A.; Smith, Jr., D.W.; Ballato, J.; Dausch, D.; Grego, S.; Stoner, B. Adv. Mater. 2003, 15(9), 685-689.[PDF]
“Three bis-ortho-diynylarenes (BODA)” Perera, K.P.U.; Abboud, K.A.; Smith, Jr., D.W.; Krawiec, M. Acta Cryst. 2003, C59, o107-o110.[PDF]
“Synthesis and Thermal Cyclopolymerization of Heterocycle Containing Bis-ortho-Diynyl Arenes” Perera, K.P.U.; Krawiec, M.; Smith, Jr., D.W. Tetrahedron 2002, 58, 10197-10203.[PDF]
“Surface Ordering in Thin Films of Liquid Crystalline Polymers Containing Fluorinated and Protonated Segments: Neutron Reflectometry Study” Traiphol, R.; Smith, Jr., D.W.; Perahia, D. J. Polym. Sci.: Part B: Polym. Phys. 2002, 40, 2817.[PDF]
“Perfluorocyclobutyl Copolymers for Microphotonics” Smith, Jr., D.W.; Chen, S.; Kumar, S.; Ballato, J.; Shah, H.; Topping, C.; Foulger, S. Adv. Mater. 2002, 14 (21), 1585.[PDF]
“Synthesis of Heterocycle Terminated Tetraynes as Precursors for Optoelectro-Active Polymers” Krawiec, M.; Perera, K.P.U.; Smith, Jr., D.W. Heterocyclic Com. 2002, 8(4) 317.
“Carbon Nanotube Doped Polyaniline” Zengin, H.; Zhou, W.; Jin, J.; Czerw, R.; Smith, Jr., D.W.; Echegoyen, L.; Carroll, D.; Foulger, S.; Ballato, J. Adv. Mater. 2002, 14(20), 1480.[PDF]
“Substituent Effects on Bergman Cyclopolymerization Kinetics of Bis-ortho-diynylarene (BODA) Monomers by Dynamic Scanning Calorimetry” Perera, K.P.U.; Shah, H.; Foulger, S.H.; Smith, Jr., D.W.; Thermochim. Acta 2002, 388, 371-375.[PDF]
“Photonic Bandgap Composites” Foulger, S.H.; Jiang, P.; Ying, Y.; Lattam, A.; Smith, Jr., D.W.; Ballato, J. Adv. Mater. 2001, 13(24), 1898-1901.[PDF]
“Optical and Mechanical Properties of Poly(ethyleneglycol) Methacrylate Hydrogel Encapsulated Crystalline Colloidal Arrays” Foulger, S.H.; P.Jiang; Lattam, A.; Smith, Jr. D.W.; Ballato, J. Langmuir 2001, 17, 6023-6026.[PDF]
“Semi-Fluorinated Epoxy Thermoplastics Containing the ?-Methyl Stilbene Linkage” Nelson, E.N.; Foulger, S.H.; Smith, Jr., D.W. High Perform. Polym., 2001, 13(3), 101-107.
“Bulk and Interfacial Studies of a New and Versatile Semifluorinated Lytropic Liquid Crystalline Polymer” Traiphol, R.; Shah, H.V.; Smith, Jr., D.W.; Perahia, D. Macromolecules, 2001, 34(12), 3954-3961.[PDF]
“Perfluorocyclobutane Polymers for Optical Fibers and Dielectric Waveguides” Smith, Jr., D.W.; Hoeglund, A.B.; Shah, H.V.; Radler, M.J.; Langhoff, C.A. In Optical Polymers, Harmon, J.; Ed., ACS Symp. Ser. 795, 2001, Ch. 4, pp. 49-62.
“Direct Generation of Diffractive Elements in Perfluorocyclobutane (PFCB) Polymers by Soft Lithography” Shah, H.; Smith, Jr., D.W.; Ballato; J. Foulger; S.; Deguzman, P.; Nordin, G. IEEE Photonic Tech. Let., 2000, 12(12), 1650-1652.[PDF]
“Robust Polymer Colloidal Crystal Photonic Bandgap Structures” Foulger, S.; Kotha, S.; Sweryda-Krawiec, B.; Baughman, T.; Ping, J.; Ballato, J.; Smith, Jr., D.W. Optics Letters 2000, 25(17), 1300-1302.[PDF]
“Perfluorocyclobutane (PFCB) Polyaryl Ethers. A Versatile Coatings Material”. Smith, Jr., D.W.; Babb, D.; Shah, H.; Hoeglund, A.; Traiphol, R.; Perahia, D.; Boone, H.; Langhoff, C.; Radler, M. J. Fluorine Chem. 2000, 104, 109-117.[PDF]
“Anomalous Periodic Structure of Polypropylene Chains Observed with Scanning Tunneling Microscopy” Carroll, D.L.; Czerw, R.; Tekleab, D.; Smith, D.W., Jr. Langmuir 2000, 16(8), 3574.[PDF]
“Bergman Cyclopolymerization Kinetics of Bis-ortho-diynylarenes to Polynaphthalene Networks. A Comparison of Calorimetric Methods” Shah, H.; Smith, D.W., Jr. Polymer 2000, 41(12), 4415.[PDF]
"Perfluorocyclobutyl (PFCB) Liquid Crystalline Fluoropolymers. Synthesis and Thermal Cyclopolymerization of Di(trifluorovinyloxy)-?-methylstilbene" Smith, Jr., D.W.; Boone, H.W.; Traiphol, R.; Shah, H.; Perahia, D. Macromolecules 2000, 33(4), 1126.[PDF]
“Bis-o-diynylarene (BODA) Derived Polynaphthalenes as Precursors to Glassy Carbon Microstructures” Shah, H.; Brittain, S.; Huang, Q.; Hwu, S-J.; Whitesides, G.; Smith, D.W., Jr. Chem. Mater. 1999, 11(10), 2623.[PDF]
"New Phosphorus-Fluorocarbon Hybrid Polymer Systems" Neilson, R.H.; Ji, J.; Narayan-Sarathy, S.; Smith, Jr., D.W.; Babb, D.A. Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Silicon 1999, 144, 221.
“Fluorosilicones Containing the Perfluorocyclobutane Linkage” Smith, Jr., D.W.; Ji, J.; Narayan-Sarathy, S.; Neilson, R.; Babb, D. In Silicones and Silicone Modified Materials, Clarson, S., Ed., ACS Symp. Ser. Vol. 729, 1999, p. 308.
“Polynaphthalene Networks from Bisphenols” Smith, Jr., D.W.; Babb, D.; Snelgrove, R.; Townsend, P.; Martin, S. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998, 120, 9078.[PDF]
“(p-Trifluorovinyloxy)phenyllithium: Formation, Synthetic Utility, and Theoretical Support for a Versatile New Reagent in Fluoropolymer Chemistry” Junmin, J.; Narayan, S.; Neilson, R.; Oxley, J.; Babb, D.; Rondan, N.; Smith, Jr., D.W. Organometallics 1998, 17(5), 783.[PDF]
“Perfluorocyclobutane Aromatic Ether Polymers. III. Synthesis and Thermal Stability of a Thermoset Polymer Containing Triphenylphophine Oxide” Babb, D.; Boone, H.; Smith, Jr., D.W.; Rudolf, P. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 1998, 69(10), 2005.[PDF]
“Kinetics of Trifluorovinyl Ether Cyclopolymerization via Raman Spectroscopy” Lee, S.; Cheatham, M.; Smith, Jr., D.; Babb, D.; Laane, J. Polymer International 1998, 46(4), 320.
“SiLK Polymer Coating With Low-Dielectric Constant and High Thermal Stability for ULSI Interlayer Dielectric” Townsend, P.; Martin, S.; Godschalx, J.; Romer, D.; Smith, D.W., Jr. Low-Dielectric Constant Materials III, C. Case, P. Kohl, T. Kikkawa, W. Lee, Eds., Mat. Res. Soc. 1997, 476, 9.
“Perfluorocyclobutane Aromatic Polyethers. Synthesis and Characterization of New Siloxane-Containing Fluoropolymers” Smith, Jr., D.W.; Babb, D.A. Macromolecules 1996, 29, 852.[PDF]
“Access to Silicon-Derived Polymers via Acyclic Diene Metathesis Chemistry” Cummings, S.; Ginsburg, E.; Miller, R.; Portmess, J.; Smith, Jr., D.; Wagener, K. In, Step-Growth Polymers for High Performance Materials: New Synthetic Methods, J. Hedrick, J. Labadie, Eds., Am. Chem. Soc. Symp. Proc. 1996, 624, 113.
“Novel step-Growth Polymers From the Thermal [2?+2?] Cyclodimerization of Fluorinated Olefins” Babb, D.; Snelgrove, V.; Smith, Jr., D.W.; Mudrich, S. In Step-Growth Polymers for High Performance Materials: New Synthetic Methods, J. Hedrick, J. Labadie, Eds., Am. Chem. Soc. Symp. Proc. 1996, 624, 432.
“Synthesis and Characterization of a Chlorofunctionalized Unsaturated Carbosilane Oligomer” Cummings, S.K.; Smith, Jr., D.W.; Wagener, K.B. Macromol. Rapid Commun. 1995, 16, 347.[PDF]
“Metathesis Polymerization Processes by Homogeneous Catalysis” Wagener, K.B.; Boncella, J.M.; Smith, Jr., D.W. Encyclopedia of Inorganic Chemistry, 1994, 4, 2242.
"Acyclic Diene Metathesis (ADMET) Polymerization. Design and Synthesis of Unsaturated Poly(carbosiloxanes)" Smith, Jr., D.W.; Wagener, K.B. Macromolecules 1993, 26, 1633.[PDF]
"Structure of Cyclo-1,4,1',4'-bis(1,1,3,3-tetramethyldisiloxa)dibenzene" Abboud, K.; Smith, Jr., D.; Wagener, K. Acta Cryst. 1993, C49, 1845.[PDF]
"Acyclic Diene Metathesis (ADMET) Copolymerization. Controlled Diene Insertion in Poly(hexamethyltrisiloxabutenylene)" Smith, Jr., D.W.; Wagener, K.B. Macromolecules 1993, 26, 3533.[PDF]
"Solvent-Free Cyclization of Linear Dienes Using Olefin Metathesis and the Thorpe-Ingold Effect" Forbes, M.; Patton, J.; Myers, T.; Maynard, H.; Smith, Jr., D.W.; Schulz, G.; Wagener, K. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1992, 114 (27), 10978.[PDF]
"Acyclic Diene Metathesis Polymerization. Synthesis and Characterization of Unsaturated Poly[carbo(dimethyl)silanes]" Wagener, K.; Smith, Jr. D.W. Macromolecules 1991, 24, 6073.[PDF]
"Acyclic Diene Metathesis Depolymerization of Elastomers" Wagener, K.; Puts, R.; Smith, Jr., D.W. Makromol. Chem., Rapid Commun. 1991, 12, 419.[PDF]
"Metathesis Polycondensation Chemistry as a Route to Unsaturated Elastomers" Wagener, K.; Nel, J.; Duttweiler, R.; Hillmyer, M.; Boncella, J.; Konzelman, J.; Smith, Jr., D.W.; Puts, R.; Willoughby, L. Rubber Chemistry and Technology 1991, 64(1), 83.
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