PUBLICATIONS (1998-2005)

2005:

• B.Q. Xu, X.L. Li, X.Y. Xiao, H. Sakaguchi and N.J. Tao “Electromechanical and Conductance Switching Properties of Single Oligothiophene Molecules”, NanoLett., in press, 2005.

• X.L. Li, B.Q. Xu, X.Y. Xiao, X.M. Yang, L. Zang and N.J. Tao, “Controlling Charge Transport in Single Molecules Using Electrochemical Gate”, Faraday Discussions, in press, 2005. 

• X.Y. Xiao, L. A. Nagahara, A. Rawlett and N.J. Tao, “Electrochemical Gate Controlled Conductance of Single Oligo(phenylene ethynylene)s”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 127, 9235-9240(2005).

• X.L. Li, B.Q. Xu, X.Y.  Xiao, J. Hihath and N.J. Tao, “Measurement of Electron Transport Properties of Single Molecules”, J. Jpn. Appl. Phys., in press, 2005.

• N.J. Tao, “Measurement and Control of Single Molecule Conductance”, J. Material Chem., invited Highlight article, in press, 2005.

• B.Q. Xu, X.Y. Xiao, X.M. Yang, L. Zang and N.J. Tao, “Large Gate Current Modulation in a Room Temperature Single Molecule Transistor”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 127, 2386-2387(2005).

• M.H. Ren, E.S. Forzani and N.J. Tao, “A Chemical Sensor Based on Microfabricated Wristwatch Tuning Forks”, Anal. Chem., 77, 2700-2707(2005).

• E. S. Forzani, H.Q.  Zhang, W. Chen and N.J. Tao, “Detection of heavy metal ions in drinking water using a high-resolution differential Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensor”, Environmental Science  Technology, 39, 1257-1262(2005).

• N.J. Tao, “Electrochemical Fabrication of Metallic Quantum Wires”, J. Chem. Edu., 82, 720-726(2005).

2004:

• X. Xiao and N. J. Tao, “Metal Ion Binding Induced Changes in Single Peptide Conductance”, Angewandte. Chem., Intl., 43, 6148-6152(2004).

• E.S. Forzani, H.Q. Zhang, L.A. Nagahara, I.Amlani, R. Tsui, N.J. Tao ^“Conducting Polymer Nanojunction Sensor for Glucose Detection”, NanoLett., 4, 1785-1788(2004).

•   B.Q. Xu, P.M. Zhang, X.L. Li and N. J. Tao, “Direct Conductance Measurement Of Single DNA Molecules In Aqueous Solution”, NanoLett., 4, 1105-1108(2004).

•  X. Xiao, B.Q. Xu and N. J. Tao, “Conductance Titration of Single Peptide Molecules”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 126, 5370-5371(2004).

•  X. Yao, J.X. Wang, F.M. Zhou, N.J. Tao, “Quantification of Redox-Induced Thickness Changes of 11-Ferrocenylundecanethiol Self-Assembled Monolayers by Electrochemical
  Surface Plasmon Resonance”, J. Phys. Chem., 108, 7206-7212(2004).

•  X.L.Li, H.X. He, B.Q. Xu, X. Xiao R. Tsui, L.A. Nagahara, I. Amlani, N. J. Tao, “Electron Transport Properties of Electrochemically and Mechanically Formed Molecular Junctions”, Surface Science, 573, 1-10(2004).

• X. Xiao, B.Q. Xu and N. J. Tao, “Measurement of Single Molecule Conductance: Benzenedithiol and Benzenedimethanethiol.”, NanoLett., 4, 267-271(2004).

• H. Zhang, S. Boussaad, N. Ly and N. J. Tao, “Magnetic Field-Assisted Assembly of Metal / Polymer/Metal Junction Sensor”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 84, 133-135(2004).

• B. Ashcroft.; B. Takulapalli; Yang, J.; Laws, G. M.; Zhang, H. Q.; Tao, N. J.; Lindsay, S.; Gust, D.; Thornton, T. J.  “Calibration of a pH sensitive buried channel silicon-on-insulator MOSFET for sensor applications.”  Physica Status Solidi B: Basic Research  241,  2291-2296(2004).

2003:

• B.Q. Xu, and N.J. Tao, “Measurement of Single Molecule Conductance by Repeated Formation of Molecular Junctions”, Science, 301, 1221-1223(2003).science03.pdf

• S. Boussaad and N.J. Tao, “A Polymer Wire Chemical Sensor using Microfabricated Tuning Fork”, Nano Lett.  3, 1173-1176(2003).nanoletter03b.pdf

• S. Boussaad, N.J. Tao, L. Nagahara, R. Zhang and R. Tsui, “Detection of Protein Adsorption with Single Wall Carbon Nanotube Device”, Chem. Communications,1502 - 1503(2003).

• H.X. He, N.J. Tao, L.A. Nagahara, I. Amlani, and R. Tsui, “Discrete conductance switching in conducting polymer wires “, Phys. Rev. B, 68, 045302-1-6(2003).(2003).

• V. Rajagopalan, S. Boussaad and N.J. Tao, “Detection of Heavy Metal Ions Based on Quantum Point Contacts”, Nano Lett., 3, 851-855 (2003).

•  H.X. He and N.J. Tao, “Electrochemical fabrication of metal nanowires” in Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Eds., N.S. Nalwa, American Scientific Publishers, 2003.nanoency.pdf

• B.Q. Xu, H.X. He, S. Boussaad and N.J. Tao, “Electrochemical Properties of Atomic-Scale Metal Wires”, Electrochemica Acta, 48, 3085-3091(2003).

• H.X. He, S. Boussaad, B.Q. Xu and N.J. Tao, “Molecular and Ionic Adsorption onto Atomic-Scale Metal Wires”, in Nanowires and Nanobelts – Materials, Properties and Devices, Ed. Z.L. Wang,  Kluwer Academic Press, 2003.bookchapter2003.pdf

• N.J. Tao, “Spectroscopic Applications of SPM in Electrochemistry” in “Encyclopedia of  electrochemistry", Volume 2, edited by Bard and Stratmann, Wiely-VCH, 2003.

• S. Boussaad, B.Q. Xu, L.A. Nagahara, I. Amlani, W. Schmickler, R. Tsui and  N. J. Tao, “Discrete Tunneling Current Fluctuations in Metal-Water-Metal Tunnel Junctions”, J. Chem. Phys., 118, 8891-8897(2003).jcp2003.pdf

• S. Boussaad and N.J. Tao, “Kinetics of Electron Transfer-Induced Conformational Changes in Cytochrome c Immobilized on Electrodes Studied with Surface Plasmon Resonance”, J. Electroanal. Chem., 554-555, 233-239(2003).

• H.Q. Zhang, S. Boussaad and N. J. Tao, “A High-Performance Differential Surfac Plasmon Resonance Sensor Using Quadrant Cell Photodetector”, Rev. Sci. Instrum., 74, 150-153 (2003).RSI2003.pdf

2002:

• B. Xu, H.X. He and N.J. Tao, “Controlling the Conductance of Atomically Thin Metal Wires with Electrochemical Potential”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 124, 13568-13575(2002).

• F. Song, F. Zhou, J. Wang, N.J. Tao, J. Lin, R.L. Vellanoweth, Y. Morquecho and J. Wheeler-Laidman, “Detection of oligonucleotide hydridization at femtomolar level and sequence-specific gene analysis of the Arabidopsis thalianana leaft extract with an ultrasensitive surface plasmon resonance spectrometer”, Nucleic Acids Research, 30, e75(2002).NAR2002.pdf

• S. Wang, S. Boussaad, N.J. Tao, “Surface Plasmon Resonance Spectroscopy: Applications in Protein Adsorption and Electrochemistry “ in Biomolecular Films: Design, Function, and Applications, edited by J. F. Rusling, 2002.

• S. Boussaad and N.J. Tao, “Atom-Size Contacts and Gaps Between Electrodes Fabricated with a Self-Terminated Electrochemical Method”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 80, 2398-2400(2002).APL2002.pdf

• H.X. He, S. Boussaad, B. Xu, S. Bousssaad and N. J. Tao “Electrochemical Fabrication of Nanowires and Nanogaps”, J. Electroanal. Chem., 522, 167-172(2002).JEAC2002.pdf

• H. X. He and N. J. Tao “Interaction of Molecules with Metallic Quantum Wires”, Adv. Mat., 14, 161-164(2002).ADV200214161.pdf

• H. X. He, C. Shu, C. Z. Li and N. J. Tao, “Adsorbate Effect on the Mechanical Stability of Atomically Thin Metallic Wires”, J. Electroanal. Chem., 522, 26-32(2002).

2001:

• H. X. He, C. Z. Li and N.J. Tao, “Conductance of Polymer Nanowires Fabricated by a Combined Electrodeposition and Mechanical Break Junction Method”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 78, 811-813(2001)APL2001.pdf

• H. X. He, J.S. Zhu, N.J. Tao, L.A. Nagahara, I. Amlani and R. Tsui “A Conducting Polymer Nanojunction Switch”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 123, 7730-7731(2001).switch.pdf

• S. Wang, S. Boussaad, and N. J. Tao, “Surface Plasmon Resonance - Enhanced Optical Absorption Spectroscopy for Studying Molecular Adsorbates”, Rev. Sci. Instrum., 72, 3055-3060 (2001).RSI2001.pdf

• A. Bogozi, O. Lam, H. X. He, C.Z. Li, N.J. Tao, L.A. Nagahara, I. Amlani and R. Tsui “Molecular Adsorption onto Metallic Quantum Wires”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 123, 4585-4590(2001).JACS20011234585.pdf

• J. B. Schenkman, I. Jansson, Y. Lvov, J. Rusling, S. Boussaad and N. J. Tao, “Charge-dependent Sidedness of Cytochrome P450 Forms studied by QCM and AFM”, Archives Biochem. Biophys., 385, 78-87(2001).cyc450.pdf

2000:

• C. Z. Li, H. X. He, and N. J. Tao, “Quantized tunneling current in the metallic nanogaps formed by electrodeposition and etching”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 77, 3995-3997(2000).

• N.J. Tao, C.Z. Li and H.X. He, “Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Applications in Electrochemistry – Beyond Imaging”, invited feature article, J. Electroanal. Chem., 492, 81-93(2000).

• S. Wang, S. Boussaad, S. Wong and N.J. Tao, “High-Sensitivity Stark Spectroscopy Obtained by Surface Plasmon Resonance Measurement”, Anal. Chem., 72, 4003-4008(2000).

• C. Shu, C.Z. Li, X. He, A. Bogozi, J. S. Bunch and N.J. Tao, “Fractional Conductance Quantization of Metallic Nanowires under Electrochemical Potential Control”, Phys. Rev. Lett., 84, 5196-5199(2000).

• S. Boussaad, J. Pean and N. J. Tao, “A High Resolution Multi-wavelength Surface Plasmon Resonance Spectroscopy for Probing Conformational and Electronic Changes in Redox Proteins”, Anal. Chem., 72, 222-226(2000)

• C.Z. Li, H. X. He, A. Bogozi, J. S. Bunch and N.J. Tao, “Molecular Detection Based on Conductance Quantization of Nanowires”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 76, 1333-1336(2000).

1999:

• C.Z. Li, A. Bogozi, W. Huang and N. J. Tao “Fabrication of Stable Metallic Nanowires with Quantized Conductance”, Nanotechnology, 10, 221-223(1999).

• N.J. Tao, S. Boussaad, W. L. Huang, R. A Arechabaleta and J. D’Agnese, “A High Resolution Surface Plasmon Resonance Spectroscopy”, Rev. Sci. Instrum.,70, 4656-4660(1999).

• N.J. Tao, “Potential-controlled ordering in organic monolayers”, in Imaging of Surfaces and Interfaces, Vol. 5, edited by J. Lipkowski and P. N. Ross, 1999.

• N. J. Tao, C. Z. Li, F. Cunha and Q. Jing, “Potential Controlled Ordering and Reaction in Organic Monolayers at Solid-Liquid Interfaces Studied by in situ STM and AFM”, Scannning Microscopy, 1999, in press.

• M.J. Giz, B. Duong, N.J. Tao, In situ STM Study of Self-assembled  Mercaptopropionic Acid Monolayers for Electrochemical Detection of Dopamine. J. Electroana. Chem., 465, 72-79(1999).

• Q. Jin, J.A. Rodriguez, C.Z. Li, Y. Darici and N.J. Tao, Self-assembly of Aromatic Thiols on Au(111). Surf. Sci., 425, 101-111(1999).

• S. Boussaad and N. J. Tao, “Electron Transfer and Adsorption of Myoglobin on Self-assembled Surfactant Films: An Electrochemical Tapping-Mode AFM Study”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 121, 4510-4515(1999).

1998:

• O. Dominguez, L. Echegoyen, F. Cunha and N.J. Tao, “A new approach to self-assembled fullerene derivative monolayers”. Langmuir, 14, 821(1998).la1998v14p821.pdf

• B. Duong, R. Arechabaleta and N. J. Tao, “In situ AFM/STM Characterization of Porphyrin Electrode Films for Electrochemical Detection of Neurotransmitters”, J. Electroanal. Chem. 447, 63(1998).

• C.Z. Li and N.J. Tao, “Quantum Transport in Metallic Nanowires Fabricated by Electrochemical Deposition/Dissolution”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 72, 894(1998).

• Y. Ke, S. Milano, X. Wang, N.J. Tao and Y. Darici, “Structural studies of sulfur passivated GaAs(100) surfaces with LEED and AFM”, Surf. Sci., 415, 29(1998).

• L. Dziri, S. Boussaad, N.J. Tao and R.M. Leblanc, “Acetycholinesterase compexation with acetylthiocholine or organophosphate at the air/aqueous interface: a tapping mode AFM and UV-Vis study”, Langmuir, 14, 4853(1998).

• C.Z. Li, H. Sha and N. J Tao, “Adsorbate effect on conductance quantization of metallic nanowires”, Phys. Rev. B., 58, 6775-6778(1998).

• L. Dziri, S. Boussaad, N.J. Tao and R.M. Leblanc, “Effect of pH on acetylcholinesterase Langmuir and Langmuir-Blodgett films studied by surface potential and atomic force microscopy” Thin Solid Films, 327-329, 56-59(1998).TSF1998v327p56.pdf

• N.J. Tao, "DNA bases imaged by STM and AFM in aqeuous solutions", in SPM Handbook, edited by Colton et al, John Wiley & Sons, 1998.

• S. Boussaad, L. Dziri, R. Arechabalea, N.J. Tao and R. M. Leblanc. Electron Transfer Properties of Cytochrome c Langmuir-Blodgett films and Interactions of Cytochrome c with Lipids. Langmuir, 14, 6215-6219(1998).