Former Group Members

Owens, Thomas

Education

Bachelor of Science
University of Illinois, Chicago, 1999

About this team member

Tom graduated from the University of Illinois – Chicago in 1999.  As a graduate student at Michigan he discovered how to make self-assembled monolayers of alkylsilanes on gold.

Publications

  • Formation of Mixed Monolayers of Silsesquioxanes and Alkylsilanes on Gold. T. M. Owens, K. T. Nicholson, D. R. Fosnacht, B. G. Orr, M. M. Banaszak Holl. Langmuir 2006 22 9619-9622.
  • Octylgermane on Gold: Synthesis, Oxidation, and Pattern Formation. T. M. Owens, B. J. Ludwig, D. R. Fosnacht, J. M. Bartolin, N. Homann, N. J. Wells, B. G. Orr, M. M. Banaszak Holl. Langmuir 2004 20 11422-11427.
  • Oxidation of Alkylsilane-based Monolayers on Gold. T. M. Owens, B. J. Ludwig, K. S. Schneider, D. R. Fosnacht, B. G. Orr, and M. M. Banaszak Holl. Langmuir 2004 20 9636-9645.
  • The Case of the Disappearing Monolayer: Alkylsilane Monolayer Formation, Oxidation, and Subsequent Transparency to Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, K. S. Schneider, T. M. Owens, D. R. Fosnacht, B. G. Orr, M. M. Banaszak Holl. Chemphyschem 2003 10 1111-1114.
  • C-H Activation of Ethers and Alkanes by Germylene-Aryl Halide Complexes. K. A. Miller, J. M. Bartolin, R. M. O'Neil, R. D. Sweeder, T. M. Owens, J. W. Kampf, M. M. Banaszak Holl, N. J. Wells. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003 125 8986-8987.
  • The differential reactivity of octahydridosilsesquioxane on Si(100)-2×1 and Si(111)-7×7: A comparative experimental study. K. S. Schneider, K. T. Nicholson, T. M. Owens, B.G. Orr, M. M. Banaszak Holl. Ultramicroscopy 2003 97 35-45.
  • Variable Energy X-ray Photoemission Studies of Alkylsilane Based Monolayers on Gold. T. Owens, S. Süzer, and M. M. Banaszak Holl. J. Phys. Chem. B. 2003 107 3177-3182.
  • Investigation of Hydridosilsesquioxane-Based Silicon Oxide Deposition on Si(111)-7´7. K.S. Schneider, T. M. Owens, K. T. Nicholson, B. J. Ludwig, J. N. Greeley, B. G. Orr, M. M. Banaszak Holl. Langmuir 2002 18 6233-6241.
  • Formation of Alkylsilane Based Monolayers on Gold. M. Owens, K. T. Nicholson, M. M. Banaszak Holl, S. Süzer. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002 124 6800-6801.