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. Langmuir 2006 22 9619-9622.
  • Octylgermane on Gold: Synthesis, Oxidation, and Pattern Formation. Langmuir 2004 20 11422-11427.
  • Oxidation of Alkylsilane-based Monolayers on Gold. Langmuir 2004 20 9636-9645.
  • The Case of the Disappearing Monolayer: Alkylsilane Monolayer Formation, Oxidation, and Subsequent Transparency to Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, K. Chemphyschem 2003 10 1111-1114.
  • C-H Activation of Ethers and Alkanes by Germylene-Aryl Halide Complexes. 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. Ultramicroscopy 2003 97 35-45.
  • Variable Energy X-ray Photoemission Studies of Alkylsilane Based Monolayers on Gold. J. Phys. Chem. B. 2003 107 3177-3182.
  • Investigation of Hydridosilsesquioxane-Based Silicon Oxide Deposition on Si(111)-7´7. Langmuir 2002 18 6233-6241.
  • Formation of Alkylsilane Based Monolayers on Gold. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002 124 6800-6801.