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2023

Cheong, I.T.; Szepesvari, L. Y.; Ni, C.; Butler, C.; O'Connor, K. M.; Hooper, R.; Meldrum, A.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Not all silicon quantum dots are equal: photostability of silicon quantum dots with and without a thick amorphous shell. Nanoscale, 2024, 16, 592–603.

Cibaka-Ndaya, C.; O’Connor, K.; Idowu, E. O.; Parker, M. A.; Lebraud, É.; Lacomme, S.; Montero, D.; Sanz Camacho, P.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Roiban, I.-L.; Drisko, G. L. Understanding the Formation Mechanisms of Silicon Particles from the Thermal Disproportionation of Hydrogen Silsesquioxane. Chemistry of Materials, 2023, 35, 8551–8560.

O’Connor, K.; Rubletz, A.; Ni, C.; He, Y.; Butler, C.; Veinot, J. G. C. High-Temperature Anomaly in the Synthesis of Large (D > 100 Nm) Silicon Nanoparticles from Hydrogen Silsesquioxane. Chemistry of Materials, 2023, 35, 7967–7973.

Hooper, R. W.; Lin, K.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Michaelis, V. K. 3D to 0D Cesium Lead Bromide: A 79/81Br NMR, NQR and Theoretical Investigation. Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 2023, 352, 107472.

Auty, D. J. et al. A method to load tellurium in liquid scintillator for the study of neutrinoless double beta decay. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 2023, 1051, 168204.

Tsai, H.-Y.; Robidillo, C. J. T.; Matharu, G. K.; O’Connor, K.; Cheong, I. T.; Ni, C.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Algar, W. R. Spectrotemporal Characterization of Photoluminescent Silicon Nanocrystals and Their Energy Transfer to Dyes. Nanoscale, 2023, 15, 12492–12505.

Ni, C.; O'Connor, K. M.; Trach, J.; Butler, C.; Rieger, B.; Veinot, J. G. C. Facile synthesis of high-entropy alloy nanoparticles on germanane, Ge nanoparticles and wafers. Nanoscale Horizons, 2023, 8, 1217–1225.

Hooper, R. W.; Lin, K.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Michaelis, V. K. 3D to 0D cesium lead bromide: A 79/81Br NMR, NQR and theoretical investigation. Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 2023, 352, 107472.

SNO+ Collaboration et al. A method to load tellurium in liquid scintillator for the study of neutrinoless double beta decay. Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. A, 2023, 1051, 168204.

O'Connor. K. M.; Rubletz, A.; Trach, J.; Butler, C.; Veinot, J. G. C. Understanding silicon monoxide gas evolution from mixed silicon and silica powders. Nanoscale Horizons, 2023, 8, 892-899.

Ni, C.; Chevalier, M.; Veinot, J. G. C. Metal nanoparticle-decorated germanane for selective photocatalytic aerobic oxidation of benzyl alcohol. Nanoscale Advances, 2023, 5, 228-236.

2022

Cheong, I.T.; Mock, J.; Kallergi, M.; Groß, E.; Meldrum, A.; Rieger, B.; Becherer, M.; Veinot, J. G. C. Colloidal Silicon Quantum Dot‐Based Cavity Light‐Emitting Diodes with Narrowed and Tunable Electroluminescence. Advanced Optical Materials, 2023, 11, 2201834 .

Milliken, S.; Cheong, I. T.; Cui, K.; Veinot, J. G. C. Boron Doping of Silicon Quantum Dots via Hydrogen Silsesquioxane-Capped Diffusion for Photovoltaics and Medical Imaging. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2022, 5, 15785–15796.

Wang, H.; Firouzi-Haji, R.; Aghajamali, M.; Vieira, M. A.; Cho, J. Y.; Lu, Q.; Zhang, X.; Bergren, A. J.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Hassanzadeh, H.; Meldrum, A. Graphene Quantum Dot Bearing Liquid Droplets for Ultrasensitive Fluorescence-Based Detection of Nitroaromatics. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2022, 5, 14639–14645.

Milburn, L.; Robidillo, C.J.; Dalangin, R.; Shen, Y.; Veinot, J. G. C. A Complementary Silicon Quantum Dot-Enzyme Platform for the Selective Detection of Nitroaromatic Compounds: Explosives versus Nerve Agents. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2022, 5, 11984−11990.

He, Y.; Abedi, Z.; Ni, C.; Milliken, S.; O'Connor K. M.; Ivey, D.G.; Veinot, J. G. C. CoNi Nanoparticle-Decorated ZIF-67-Derived Hollow Carbon Cubes as a Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for Zn-Air Batteries. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2022, 5, 12496-12505.

Xu, Q.; Cheong, I.T.; Song, H.; Van, V.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Wang, X. Heterogeneous Integration of Colloidal Quantum Dot Inks on Silicon Enables Highly Efficient and Stable Infrared Photodetectors. ACS Photonics, 2022, 9, 2792-2801.

SNO+ Collaboration et al. Improved search for invisible modes of nucleon decay in water with the SNO+detector. Physical Review D, 2022, 105, 112012.

Hooper, R.W.; Ni, C.; Tkachuk, D.G.; He, Y.; Terskikh, V.V.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Michaelis, V.K. Exploring Structural Nuances in Germanium Halide Perovskites Using Solid-State 73Ge and 133Cs NMR Spectroscopy. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2022, 13, 1687-1696.

2021

Xu, Q.; Cheong, I. T.; Meng, L.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Wang, X. Silicon Surface Passivation for Silicon-Colloidal Quantum Dot Heterojunction Photodetectors. ACS Nano, 2021, DOI:10.1021/acsnano.1c08002

Kloberg, M.J.; Yu, H.; Groß, E.; Eckmann, F.; Restle, T.M.F.; Fässler, T.F.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Rieger, B. Surface-Anisotropic Janus Silicon Quantum Dots via Masking on 2D Silicon Nanosheets. Advanced Materials, 2021, DOI:10.1002/adma.202100288

SNO+ Collaboration et al. The SNO+ experiment (Review) Journal of Instrumentation, 2021, DOI:10.1088/1748-0221/16/08/P08059

Cheong, I.T.; Morrish, W.; Sheard, W.; Yu, H.; Luppi, B.T.; Milburn, L.; Meldrum, A.; Veinot, J. G. C. Silicon Quantum Dot–Polymer Fabry–Pérot Resonators with Narrowed and Tunable Emissions. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2021, DOI:10.1021/acsami.1c01825

SNO+ Collaboration et al. Optical calibration of the SNO+ detector in the water phase with deployed sources. Journal of Instrumentation, 2021, 16, P10021.

Li, N.; Guo, R.; Chen, W.; Körstgens, V.; Heger, J.E.; Liang, S.; Brett, C.J.; Hossain, M.A.; Zheng, J.; Deimel, P.S.; Buyruk, A.; Allegretti, F.; Schwartzkopf, M.; Veinot J. G. C.; Schmitz, G.; Barth, J.V.; Ameri, T.; Roth, S.V.; Müller-Buschbaum, P.Tailoring Ordered Mesoporous Titania Films via Introducing Germanium Nanocrystals for Enhanced Electron Transfer Photoanodes for Photovoltaic Applications. Advanced Functional Materials, 2021, 31, 2102105.

SNO+ Collaboration et al. Development, characterisation, and deployment of the SNO+ liquid scintillator. Journal of Instrumentation, 2021, DOI:10.1088/1748-0221/16/05/P05009/meta

Yu, H.; Ni, Chuyi.; Thiessen, A.N.; Li, Z.; Veinot, J. G. C. Synthesis, Properties, and Derivatization of Poly (dihydrogermane): A Germanium-Based Polyethylene Analogue. ACS Nano, 2021, DOI:10.1021/acsnano.0c09725

He, Y.; Aasen, D.; McDougall, A.; Yu, H.; Labbe, M.; Ni, C.; Milliken, S.; Ivey, D.G.; Veinot G.C. Hollow Mesoporous Carbon Nanospheres Decorated with Metal Oxide Nanoparticles as Efficient Earth-Abundant Zinc-Air Battery Catalysts. ChemElectroChem, 2021, DOI:10.1002/celc.202001526

Omaña, A.A.; Green, R.K.; Kobayashi, R.; He, Y.; Antoniuk, E.R.; Ferguson, M.J.; Zhou, Y.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Iwamoto, T.; Brown, A.; Rivard, E. Frustrated Lewis Pair Chelation as a Vehicle for Low-Temperature Semiconductor Element and Polymer Deposition. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2021, DOI:10.1002/anie.202012218

Milliken, S.; Cui, K.; Klein, B.A.; Cheong, I.T.; Yu, H.; Michaelis V.K.; Veinot, J. G. C. Tailoring B-doped silicon nanocrystal surface chemistry via phosphorus pentachloride–mediated surface alkoxylation. Nanoscale, 2021, DOI:10.1039/D1NR05255A

Milliken, S.; Thiessen, A.N.; Cheong, I.T.; O'Connor, K. M.; Li, Z.; Hooper, R.W.; Robidillo, C.J.T.; Veinot, J. G. C. “Turning the dials”: Controlling Synthesis, Structure, Composition, and Surface Chemistry to Tailor Silicon Nanoparticle Properties. Nanoscale, 2021, DOI:10.1039/D1NR04701A

2020

Robidillo, C.J.T; Veinot, J. G. C.Functional Bio-inorganic Hybrids from Silicon Quantum Dots and Biological Molecules. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2020, DOI:10.1021/acsami.0c14199

SNO+ Collaboration et al. Measurement of neutron-proton capture in the SNO+ water phase. Physical Review C, 2020, DOI:10.1103/PhysRevC.102.014002

Thiessen, A.N.; Zhang, L.; Oliynyk, A.O.; Yu, H.; O'Connor, K. M.; Meldrum, A.; Veinot, J. G. C. A Tale of Seemingly “Identical” Silicon Quantum Dot Families: Structural Insight into Silicon Quantum Dot Photoluminescence. Chemistry of Materials, 2020, DOI:10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c00650

Yu, H.; Thiessen, A.N.; Hossain, M.A.; Kloberg, M.J.; Rieger, B.; Veinot, J. G. C. Thermally Induced Dehydrogenative Coupling of Organosilanes and H-Terminated Silicon Quantum Dots onto Germanane Surfaces. Chemistry of Materials, 2020, DOI:10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c00482

Speckbacher, M.; Jakob, M.; Döblinger, M.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Kartouzian, A.; Heiz, U.; Tornow, M. Nonvolatile Memristive Switching in Self-assembled Nanoparticle Dimers. ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 2020, DOI:10.1021/acsaelm.0c00099

Hohn, N.; Wang, X.; Giebel, M.A.; Yin, S.; Müller, D.; Hetzenecker, A.E.; Bießmann, L.; Kreuzer, L.P.; Möhl, G.E.; Yu, H.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Fässler, T.F.; Cheng, Y.; Muller-Buschbaum, P. Mesoporous GeOx/Ge/C as Highly Reversible Anode Material with High Specific Capacity for Lithium Ion Batteries. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2020, DOI:10.1021/acsami.0c13560

He, Y.; Aasen, D.; Yu, H.; Labbe, M.; Ivey, D.G.; Veinot, J. G. C. Mn3O4 nanoparticle-decorated hollow mesoporous carbon spheres as an efficient catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction in Zn–air batteries. Nanoscale Advances, 2020, DOI:10.1039/D0NA00428F

Hossain, M.A.; Javadi, M.; Yu, H.; Thiessen, A.N.; Ikpo, N.; Oliynyk, A.O.; Veinot, J. G. C. Dehydrocoupling–an alternative approach to functionalizing germanium nanoparticle surfaces. Nanoscale, 2020, DOI: 10.1039/C9NR10837H

2019

Robidillo C.J.T; Wandelt S.; Dalangin R.; Zhang L.; Yu H.; Meldrum A.; Campbell R.E.; Veinot J. G. C. Ratiometric Detection of Nerve Agents by Coupling Complementary Properties of Silicon-Based Quantum Dots and Green Fluorescent Protein. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2019, DOI:10.1021/acsami.9b10996.

Ha, M.; Thiessen, A.N.; Sergeyev, I. V.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Michaelis, V.K. Endogenous Dynamic Nuclear Polarization NMR of Hydride-Terminated Silicon Nanoparticles. Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, 2019, DOI:10.1016/j.ssnmr.2019.04.001

Jakob, M.; Javadi, M.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Meldrum, A.; Kartouzian, A.; Heiz, U. Ensemble Effects in the Temperature-Dependent Photoluminescence of Silicon Nanocrystals. Chemistry–A European Journal, 2019, DOI:10.1002/chem.201804986

SNO+ Collaboration et al. (SNO+ Collaboration) Search for Invisible Modes of Nucleon Decay in Water with the SNO+ Detector. Physical Review D, 2019, DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.99.032008

Bießmann, L.; Saxena, N.; Hohn, N.; Hossain, M.A.; Veinot, J.G.C; Müller-Buschbaum, P. Highly Conducting, Transparent PEDOT: PSS Polymer Electrodes from Post-Treatment with Weak and Strong Acids. Advanced Electronic Materials, 2019, DOI:10.1002/aelm.201800654

SNO+ Collaboration et al. (SNO+ Collaboration) Measurement of the 8B Solar Neutrino Flux in SNO+ with Very Low Backgrounds. Physical Review D, 2019, DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.99.012012

Thiessen, A.N.; Ha, M.; Hooper, R.W.; Yu, H.; Oliynyk, A.O.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Michaelis, V.K. Silicon Nanoparticles: Are They Crystalline from the Core to the Surface? Chemistry of Materials, 2019, DOI:10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b03074

2018

Islam, M.A.; Sinelnikov, R.; Howlader, M.A.; Faramus, A.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Mixed Surface Chemistry: An Approach to Highly Luminescent Biocompatible Amphiphilic Silicon Nanocrystals Chemistry of Materials, 2018, DOI:10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b04227

Aghajamali, M.; Xie, H.; Javadi, M.; Kalisvaart, W. P.; Buriak, J.M.; Veinot, J. G. C. Size and Surface Effects of Silicon Nanocrystals in Graphene Aerogel Composite Anodes for Lithium Ion Batteries. Chemistry of Materials, 2018, DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b03198

Robidillo, C.J.T.; Aghajamali, M.; Faramus, A.; Sinelnikov, R.; Veinot, J. G. C. Interfacing Enzymes with Silicon Nanocrystals Through the Thiol-ene Reaction. Nanoscale, 2018, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b04640

Gardner, K.; Aghajamali, M.; Vagin, S.; Pille, J.; Morrish, W.; Veinot J. G. C.; Rieger, B.; Meldrum, A. Ultrabright Fluorescent and Lasing Microspheres from a Conjugated Polymer. Advanced Functional Materials, 2018, 28, 1802759.

Aghajamali, M.; Cheong, I.T.; Veinot, J. G. C. Water-Assisted Transfer Patterning of Nanomaterials. Langmuir, 2018, DOI:10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b00694

Javadi, M.; Michaelis, V.K.; Veinot, J. G. C. Thermally Induced Evolution of "Ge(OH)2 ": Controlling the formation of oxide-embedded Ge nanocrystals. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2018, DOI: 10.1039/c8nr05368e.

Angı, A.; Sinelnikov, R.; Heenen, H.H.; Meldrum, A.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Scheurer, C.; Reuter, K.; Ashkenazy, O.; Azulay, D.; Balberg, I.; Millo, O.; Rieger, B. The influence of conjugated alkynyl(aryl) surface groups on the optical properties of silicon nanocrystals: photoluminescence through in-gap states. Nanotechnology,2018,29, 355705.

Angı, A.; Loch, M.; Sinelnikov, R.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Becherer, M.; Lugli, P.; Rieger, B. The influence of surface functionalization methods on the performance of silicon nanocrystal LEDs. Nanoscale, 2018, DOI: 10.1039/C7NR09525B.

Robidillo, C.J.T.; Islam, M.A.; Aghajamali, M.; Faramus, A.; Sinelnikov, R.; Zhang X.; Boekhoven J.; Veinot, J. G. C. Functional Bioinorganic Hybrids from Enzymes and Luminescent Silicon-Based Nanoparticles. Langmuir, 2018, DOI:10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b01119

Kehrle, J.; Purkait, T.K.; Kaiser, S.; Raftopoulos, K.; Winnacker, M.; Ludwig, T,; Aghajamali, M.; Hanzlik, M.; Rodewald, K.; Helbich, T.; Papadakis, C.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Rieger, B. Superhydrophobic Silicon Nanocrystal–Silica Aerogel Hybrid Materials: Synthesis, Properties, and Sensing Application. Langmuir, 2018, 34 (16), 4888-4896.

Yu, H.; Helbich, T.; Scherf, L.M.; Chen, J.; Cui, K.; Fassler, T.F.; Rieger, B.; Veinot, J. G. C. Radical-Initiated and Thermally Induced Hydrogermylation of Alkenes on the Surfaces of Germanium Nanosheets. Chem Mater., 2018, 30 (7), 2274-2280.

Luo, P.; Roca, A.; Tiede, K.; Privett, K.; Jiang, J.; Pinkstone, J.; Ma, G.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Boxall, A. Application of nanoparticle tracking analysis for characterising the fate of engineered nanoparticles in sediment-water systems. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2018, 64, 62-71.

Akanbi, M.O.; Hernandez, L.M.; Mobarok, M.H.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Tufenkji, N. QCM-D and NanoTweezer measurements to characterize the effect of soil cellulase on the deposition of PEG-coated TiO2 nanoparticles in model subsurface environments. Environmental Science: Nano , 2018, 5, 2172-2183.

2017

Hadidi, L.; Mahmoud, A.Y.F.; Purkait, T. K.; McDermott, M.T.; Veinot, J. G. C. Cellulose Nanocrystal-derived Hollow Mesoporous Carbon Spheres and their Application as a Metal-free Catalyst. Nanotechnology 2017 28 (50), 1-10

Thiessen, A.N.; Purkait, T.K.; Faramus, A.; Veinot, J. G. C. Lewis Acid Protection: A Method Toward Synthesizing Phase Transferable Luminescent Silicon Nanocrystals. Phys. Status Solidi A 2017 DOI: 10.1002/pssa.201700620.

Marinins, A.; Shafagh, R.Z.; van der Wijngaart, W.; Haraldsson, T.; Linnros, J.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Popov, S.; Sychugov, I.; Light-Converting Polymer/Si Nanocrystal Composites with Stable 60–70% Quantum Efficiency and Their Glass Laminates. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2017, 9 (36), 30267–30272.

Sinelnikov, R.; Dasog, M.; Beamish, J.; Meldrum, A.; Veinot, J. G. C. Revisiting an Ongoing Debate: What Role Do Surface Groups Play in Silicon Nanocrystal Photoluminescence? ACS Photonics 2017, 4 (8), 1920–1929.

Kehrle, J.; Kaiser, S.; Purkait, T.K.; Winnacker, M.; Helbich, T.; Vagin, S.I.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Rieger, B. In-Situ IR-Spectroscopy as Tool for Monitoring the Radical Hydrosilylation Process on Silicon Nanocrystal Surfaces. Nanoscale 2017 9, 8489-8495.

Islam, M.A.; Mobarok, M.H.; Sinelnikov, R.; Purkait, T.K.; Veinot, J. G. C. Phosphorous Pentachloride Initiated Functionalization of Silicon Nanocrystals. Langmuir 2017, 33 (35), 8766–8773.

Helbich, T.; Kloberg, M.J.; Sinelnikov, R.; Lyuleeva, A.; Veinot, J.G.C; Rieger, B. Diaryliodonium Salts as Hydrosilylation Initiators for the Surface Functionalization of Silicon Nanomaterials and Their Collaborative Effect as Ring Opening Polymerization Initiators. Nanoscale 2017, 9, 7739-7744.

Javadi, M.; Picard, D.; Sinelnikov, R.; Narreto, M.A.; Hegmann, F.A.; Veinot, J. G. C. Synthesis and Surface Functionalization of Hydride-Terminated Ge Nanocrystals Obtained from the Thermal Treatment of Ge(OH)2. Langmuir 2017, 33 (35), 8757–8765.

Helbich, T.; Lyuleeva, A.; Marx, P.; Scherf, L.M.; Purkait, T.K.; Fssler, T.F.; Lugli, P.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Rieger, B. Silicon Nanosheets: Lewis Acid Induced Functionalization of Photoluminescent 2D Silicon Nanosheets for the Fabrication of Functional Hybrid Films. Adv. Funct. Mater.2017, DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201606764

Mobarok, M.H.; Purkait, T.K.; Islam, M. A.; Miskolzie, M.; Veinot, J. G. C. Instantaneous Functionalization of Chemically Etched Silicon Nanocrystal Surfaces. Angew. Chem. -Int. Edit. 2017, 56, 6073-6077.

Dasog, M.; Kraus, S.; Sinelnikov, R.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Rieger, B. CO2 to Methanol Conversion using Hydride Terminated Porous Silicon Nanoparticles. Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 3114-3117.

Hadidi, L.; Davari, E.; Ivey, D.; Veinot, J. G. C. Microwave-assisted Synthesis and Prototype Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalyst Application of N-doped Carbon-Coated Fe3O4 Nanorods. Nanotechnology 2017, 28, 095707.

J. Ong, K.; C. Felix, L.; Boyle, D.; D. Ede, J.; Ma, G.; C. Veinot, J. G. C.; G. Goss, G. Humic acid ameliorates nanoparticle-induced developmental toxicity in zebrafish. Environ. Chem.: Nano 2017, 4, 127-137.

2016

Mobarok, M.H.; Purkait, T.K.; Veinot, J. G. C. A Nanoscale Adventure with Silicon: Synthesis, Surface Chemistry, and other Surprises. Solid State Phenomena, 2016, 242, 383-390.

Li, Y.; Yu, S.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Linnros, J. G. C.; Berglund, L.; Sychugov, I. Luminescent Transparent Wood. Adv. Opt. Mater. 2016, 5, 1600834

Mobarok, M.H.; Purkait, T. K.; Islam, M.A.; Miskolzie, M.; Veinot, J. G. C. Instantaneous Functionalization of Chemically Etched Silicon Nanocrystal Surfaces. Angew. Chem. -Int. Edit.2016, 55, 7393-7397.

Clark, R.J.; Aghajamali, M.; Gonzalez, C.M.; Hadidi, L.; Islam, M.A.; Javadi, M.; Mobarok, M.H.; Purkait, T.K.; Robidillo, C.J.T.; Sinelnikov, R.; Thiessen, A.N.; Washington, J.; Yu, H.; Veinot, J. G. C. From Hydrogen Silsesquioxane to Functionalized Silicon Nanocrystals. Chem. Mater., 2016, 29, 80-89.

Maillette, S.; Peyrot, C.; Purkait, T.; Iqbal, M.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Wilkinson, K.J. Heteroagglomeration of nanosilver with colloidal SiO2 and clay. Environ. Chem. 2016, 14, 1-8.

Ritchie, A.; Cao, W.; Dasog, M.; Purkait, T.K.; Senger, C.; Hu, Y.F.; Xiao, Q.F.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Urquhart, S.G. Silicon 1s near edge X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy of functionalized silicon nanocrystals. J. Chem. Phys. 2016, 145, 154703.

Marinins, A.; Yang, Z.; Chen, H.; Linnros, J.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Popov, S.; Sychugov, I. Photostable Polymer/Si Nanocrystal Bulk Hybrids with Tunable Photoluminescence. ACS Photonics 2016, 3, 1575-1580

Javadi, M.; Purkait, T.; Hadidi, L.; Washington, J.; Veinot, J. G. C. Synthesis and properties of covalently linked photoluminescent magnetic magnetite nanoparticle-silicon nanocrystal hybrids. MRS Advances 2016 Conference proceeding

Purkait, T. K.; Iqbal, M.; Islam, M.A.; Mobarok, M.H.; Gonzalez, C.M.; Hadidi, L.; Veinot, J. G. C. Alkoxy-Terminated Si Surfaces: A New Reactive Platform for the Functionalization and Derivatization of Silicon Quantum Dots. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 7114–7120

Aghajamali, M.; Iqbal, M.; Purkait, T. K.; Hadidi, L.; Sinelnikov, R.; Veinot, J. G. C. Synthesis and Properties of Luminescent Silicon Nanocrystal/Silica Aerogel Hybrid Materials. Chem. Mater. 2016 28 3877–3886

Gonzalez, C.M.; Veinot, J. G. C. Silicon Nanocrystals for the Development of Sensing Platforms. J. Mater. Chem. C 2016, 4, 4836-4846.

Islam, M.A.; Purkait, T.K.; Mobarok, M.H.; Hoehlein, I.M.D.; Sinelnikov, R.; Iqbal, M.; Azulay, D.; Balberg, I.; Millo, O.; Rieger, B.; Veinot, J. G. C. Grafting Poly(3-hexylthiophene) from Silicon Nanocrystal Surfaces: Synthesis and Properties of a Functional Hybrid Material with Direct Interfacial Contact. Angew. Chem. Int. Edit.2016, 55,7393-7397.

Iqbal, M.; Purkait, T.K.; Goss, G.G.; Bolton, J.R.; Gamal El-Din, M.; Veinot, J. G. C. Application of Engineered Si Nanoparticles in Light-Induced Advanced Oxidation Remediation of a Water-Borne Model Contaminant. ACS Nano 2016, 10, 5405-5412.

Angı, A.; Sinelnikov, R.; Meldrum, A.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Balberg, I.; Azulay, D.; Millo, O.; Rieger, B. Photoluminescence through in-gap states in phenylacetylene functionalized silicon nanocrystals. Nanoscale 2016, 8, 7849-7853.

Nguyen, A.; Gonzalez, C.M.; Sinelnikov, R.; Newman, W.; Sun, S.; Lockwood, R.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Meldrum, A. Detection of nitroaromatics in the solid, solution, and vapor phases using silicon quantum dot sensors. Nanotechnology 2016, 27, 105501.

Dasog, M.; Kehrle, J.; Rieger, B.; Veinot, J. G. C. Silicon Nanocrystals and Silicon‐Polymer Hybrids: Synthesis, Surface Engineering, and Applications. Angew. Chem. Int. Edit. 2016, 55, 2322-2339.

Buchkowski, R.W.; Williams, C.J.; Kelly, J.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Xenopoulos, M.A. Nanosilver and Nano Zero-Valent Iron Exposure Affects Nutrient Exchange Across the Sediment-Water Interface. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 2016, 96, 83-89.B

2015

Hadidi, L.; Davari, E.; Iqbal, M.; Purkait, T.K.; Ivey, D.G.; Veinot, J. G. C. Spherical nitrogen-doped hollow mesoporous carbon as an efficient bifunctional electrocatalyst for Zn-air batteries. Nanoscale 2015, 7, 20547-20556.

De los Reyes, G.B.; Dasog, M.; Na, M.; Titova, L.V.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Hegmann, F. A. Charge transfer state emission dynamics in blue-emitting functionalized silicon nanocrystals. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2015, 17, 30125-30133.

Coumont, L.S.; Veinot, J. G. C. Ni(COD)2 coupling of 3,6-dibromocarbazoles as a route to all-carbazole shape persistent macrocycles. Tetrahedron Lett. 2015, 56, 5595-5598.

Millo, O.; Balberg, I.; Azulay, D.; Purkait, T.K.; Swarnakar, A.K.; Rivard, E.; Veinot, J. G. C. Direct Evaluation of the Quantum Confinement Effect in Single Isolated Ge Nanocrystals. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2015, 6, 3396-3402.

Yang, Z.; Gonzalez, C.M.; Purkait, T.K.; Iqbal, M.; Meldrum, A.; Veinot, J. G. C. Radical Initiated Hydrosilylation on Silicon Nanocrystal Surfaces: An Evaluation of Functional Group Tolerance and Mechanistic Study. Langmuir 2015, 31, 10540-10548.

Sangghaleh, F.; Sychugov, I.; Yang, Z.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Linnros, J. Near-Unity Internal Quantum Efficiency of Luminescent Silicon Nanocrystals with Ligand Passivation. ACS nano 2015, 9, 7097-7104.

Hoehlein, I. M. D.; Werz, P. D. L.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Rieger, B. Photoluminescent silicon nanocrystal-polymer hybrid materials via surface initiated reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization. Nanoscale 2015, 7, 7811-7818.

Yang, Z.; De, l. R.; Titova, L. V.; Sychugov, I.; Dasog, M.; Linnros, J.; Hegmann, F. A.; Veinot, J. G. C. Evolution of the Ultrafast Photoluminescence of Colloidal Silicon Nanocrystals with Changing Surface Chemistry. ACS Photonics 2015, 2 , 595-605.

Dorobantu, L. S.; Fallone, C.; Noble, A. J.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Ma, G.; Goss, G. G.; Burrell, R. E. Toxicity of silver nanoparticles against bacteria, yeast, and algae. J. Nanopart. Res. 2015, 17, 172.

Park, S.; Woodhall, J.; Ma, G.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Boxall, A. B. A. Do particle size and surface functionality affect uptake and depuration of gold nanoparticles by aquatic invertebrates? Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 2015 , 34, 850-859.

Dasog, M.; Bader, K.; Veinot, J. G. C. Influence of Halides on the Optical Properties of Silicon Quantum Dots. Chem. Mater. 2015, 27, 1153-1156.

Höhlein, I. M. D.; Angı, A.; Sinelnikov, R.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Rieger, B. Functionalization of Hydride-Terminated Photoluminescent Silicon Nanocrystals with Organolithium Reagents. Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 2755-2758.

Höhlein, I. M. D.; Kehrle, J.; Purkait, T. K.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Rieger, B. Photoluminescent silicon nanocrystals with chlorosilane surfaces - synthesis and reactivity. Nanoscale 2015, 7, 914-918.

Purkait, T. K.; Swarnakar, A. K.; De Los Reyes, G. B.; Hegmann, F. A.; Rivard, E.; Veinot, J. G. C. One-pot synthesis of functionalized germanium nanocrystals from a single source precursor is reported. Nanoscale 2015 , 7, 2241-2244.

2014

Purkait, T. K.; Iqbal, M.; Wahl, M. H.; Gottschling, K.; Gonzalez, C. M.; Islam, M. A.; Veinot, J. G. C. Borane-Catalyzed Room-Temperature Hydrosilylation of Alkenes/Alkynes on Silicon Nanocrystal Surfaces. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 17914-17917.

Anger, C. A.; Kehrle, J.; Hindelang, K.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Stohrer, J.; Rieger, B. Oxasilacycles Leading to UV-Curable Polymers: Synthesis and Application. Macromolecules 2014, 47, 8497-8505.

Islam, M. A.; Purkait, T. K.; Veinot, J. G. Chloride Surface Terminated Silicon Nanocrystal Mediated Synthesis of Poly (3-hexylthiophene). J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136 , 15130–15133.

Zhai, Y.; Dasog, M.; Snitynsky, R. B.; Purkait, T. K.; Aghajamali, M.; Hahn, A. H.; Sturdy, C. B.; Lowary, T. L.; Veinot, J. G. Water-soluble photoluminescent d-mannose and l-alanine functionalized silicon nanocrystals and their application to cancer cell imaging. J. Mater. Chem. B 2014, 2,8427-8433.

Sychugov, I.; Fucikova, A.; Pevere, F.; Yang, Z.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Linnros, J. Ultranarrow Luminescence Linewidth of Silicon Nanocrystals and Influence of Matrix. ACS Photonics 2014, 1, 998–1005.

Kehrle, J.; Höhlein, I. M. D.; Yang, Z.; Jochem, A.; Helbich, T.; Kraus, T.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Rieger, B. Thermoresponsive and Photoluminescent Hybrid Silicon Nanoparticles by Surface-Initiated Group Transfer Polymerization of Diethyl Vinylphosphonate. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53 , 12494–12497.

Lockwood, R.; Yang, Z.; Sammynaiken, R.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Meldrum, A. Light-Induced Evolution of Silicon Quantum Dot Surface Chemistry-Implications for Photoluminescence, Sensing, and Reactivity. Chem. Mater. 2014, 26, 5467–5474.

Dasog, M.; Veinot, J. G. C. Tuning silicon quantum dot luminescence via surface groups. Phys. Status Solidi B 2014, 251, 2216–2220.

Dasog, M.; De, l. R.; Titova, L. V.; Hegmann, F. A.; Veinot, J. G. C. Size vs Surface: Tuning the Photoluminescence of Freestanding Silicon Nanocrystals Across the Visible Spectrum via Surface Groups. ACS Nano 2014, 8, 9636-9648.

Skjolding, L. M.; Kern, K.; Hjorth, R.; Hartmann, N.; Overgaard, S.; Ma, G.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Baun, A. Uptake and depuration of gold nanoparticles in Daphnia magna. Ecotoxicology 2014, 23, 1172-1183.

Yang, Z.; Wahl, M. H.; Veinot, J. G. C. Size-independent organosilane functionalization of silicon nanocrystals using Wilkinson's catalyst. Can. J. Chem. 2014, 92, 951-957.

Park, S.; Woodhall, J.; Ma, G.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Cresser, M. S.; Boxall, A. B. A. Regulatory ecotoxicity testing of engineered nanoparticles: are the results relevant to the natural environment? Nanotoxicology 2014, 8, 583-592.

Ong, K. J.; Zhao, X.; Thistle, M. E.; MacCormack, T. J.; Clark, R. J.; Ma, G.; Martinez-Rubi, Y.; Simard, B.; Loo, J. S. C.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Goss, G. G. Mechanistic insights into the effect of nanoparticles on zebrafish hatch. Nanotoxicology 2014, 8, 295-304.

Hoehlein, I. M. D.; Kehrle, J.; Helbich, T.; Yang, Z.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Rieger, B. Diazonium Salts as Grafting Agents and Efficient RadicalHydrosilylation Initiators for Freestanding Photoluminescent Silicon Nanocrystals. Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 4212-4216.

Ong, K. J.; MacCormack, T. J.; Clark, R. J.; Ede, J. D.; Ortega, V. A.; Felix, L. C.; Dang, M. K. M.; Ma, G.; Fenniri, H.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Goss, G. G. Widespread Nanoparticle-Assay Interference: Implications for Nanotoxicity Testing. PLoS One 2014, 9, e90650.

Yang, Z.; Dasog, M.; Dobbie, A. R.; Lockwood, R.; Zhi, Y.; Meldrum, A.; Veinot, J. G. C. Highly Luminescent Covalently Linked Silicon Nanocrystal/Polystyrene Hybrid Functional Materials: Synthesis, Properties, and Processability. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2014, 24, 1345-1353.

Regli, S.; Kelly, J. A.; Barnes, M. A.; Andrei, C. M.; Veinot, J. G. C. Mesoporous silica encapsulation of silicon nanocrystals: Synthesis, aqueous dispersibility and drug release. Mater. Lett. 2014, 115, 21-24.

Javadi, M.; Yang, Z.; Veinot, J. G. C. Surfactant-free synthesis of GeO2 nanocrystals with controlled morphologies. Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 6101-6104.

Gonzalez, C. M.; Iqbal, M.; Dasog, M.; Piercey, D. G.; Lockwood, R.; Klapoetke, T. M.; Veinot, J. G. C. Detection of high-energy compounds using photoluminescent silicon nanocrystal paper based sensors. Nanoscale 2014, 6, 2608-2612.

2013

Yang, Z.; Iqbal, M.; Dobbie, A. R.; Veinot, J. G. C. Surface-Induced Alkene Oligomerization: Does Thermal Hydrosilylation Really Lead to Monolayer Protected Silicon Nanocrystals? J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 17595-17601.

Fuzell, J.; Thibert, A.; Atkins, T. M.; Dasog, M.; Busby, E.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Kauzlarich, S. M.; Larsen, D. S. Red States versus Blue States in Colloidal Silicon Nanocrystals: Exciton Sequestration into Low-Density Traps. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2013, 4, 3806-3812.

Lu, Z.; Ma, G.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Wong, C. S. Disruption of biomolecule function by nanoparticles: How do gold nanoparticles affect Phase I biotransformation of persistent organic pollutants? Chemosphere 2013, 93, 123-132.

McFarlane, S.; Manchee, C. P. K.; Silverstone, J. W.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Meldrum, A. Feasibility of a Fluorescent-Core Microcapillary for Biosensing Applications. Sens. Lett. 2013, 11, 1513-1518.

Lockwood, R.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Meldrum, A. Sensing Water and Alcohol Vapors with Freestanding Silicon Quantum Dots. Sens. Lett. 2013, 11, 1535-1540.

Wolf, O.; Dasog, M.; Yang, Z.; Balberg, I.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Millo, O. Doping and Quantum Confinement Effects in Single Si Nanocrystals Observed by Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy. Nano Lett. 2013, 13, 2516-2521.

Zhang, Z. H.; Lockwood, R.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Meldrum, A. Detection of ethanol and water vapor with silicon quantum dots coupled to an optical fiber. Sens. Actuator B-Chem. 2013, 181, 523-528.

Dasog, M.; Yang, Z.; Regli, S.; Atkins, T. M.; Faramus, A.; Singh, M. P.; Muthuswamy, E.; Kauzlarich, S. M.; Tilley, R. D.; Veinot, J. G. C. Chemical Insight into the Origin of Red and Blue Photoluminescence Arising from Freestanding Silicon Nanocrystals. ACS Nano 2013, 7, 2676-2685.

Anger, C.; Deubel, F.; Salzinger, S.; Stohrer, J.; Halbach, T.; Jordan, R.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Rieger, B. Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Nanoparticles via Photoinduced Micellation and Siloxane Core Cross-Linking of Stimuli-Responsive Copolymers. ACS Macro Lett. 2013, 2, 121-124.

Brown, B. A.; Veinot, J. G. C. Synthesis of dibromoolefins via a tandem ozonolysis-dibromoolefination reaction. Tetrahedron Lett. 2013, 54, 792-795.

Dasog, M.; Smith, L. F.; Purkait, T. K.; Veinot, J. G. C. Low temperature synthesis of silicon carbide nanomaterials using a solid-state method. Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 7004-7006.

Bhattacharjee, S.; Rietjens, I. M.; Singh, M. P.; Atkins, T. M.; Purkait, T. K.; Xu, Z.; Regli, S.; Shukaliak, A.; Clark, R. J.; Mitchell, B. S. Cytotoxicity of surface-functionalized silicon and germanium nanoparticles: the dominant role of surface charges. Nanoscale 2013, 5, 4870-4883.

Golmohamadi, M.; Clark, R. J.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Wilkinson, K. J. The role of charge on the diffusion of solutes and nanoparticles (silicon nanocrystals, nTiO(2), nAu) in a biofilm. Environ. Chem. 2013, 10, 34-41.

2012

Dasog, M.; Yang, Z.; Veinot, J. G. C. Size-controlled solid state synthesis of luminescent silicon nanocrystals using Stober silica particles. Crystengcomm 2012, 14, 7576-7578. (Invited)

Dasog, M.; Veinot, J. G. C. Size independent blue luminescence in nitrogen passivated silicon nanocrystals. Phys. Status Solidi A-Appl. Mat. 2012, 209, 1844-1846.(Highlighted on inside cover)

Schultz, A. G.; Ong, K. J.; MacCormack, T.; Ma, G.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Goss, G. G. Silver Nanoparticles Inhibit Sodium Uptake in Juvenile Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Environ. Sci. Technol. 2012, 46, 10295-10301.

Yang, Z.; Dobbie, A. R.; Cui, K.; Veinot, J. G. C. A Convenient Method for Preparing Alkyl-Functionalized Silicon Nanocubes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 13958-13961.

Maccormack, T. J.; Clark, R. J.; Dang, M. K. M.; Ma, G.; Kelly, J. A.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Goss, G. G. Inhibition of enzyme activity by nanomaterials: Potential mechanisms and implications for nanotoxicity testing. Nanotoxicology 2012, 6, 514-525.

Regli, S.; Kelly, J. A.; Shukaliak, A. M.; Veinot, J. G. C. Photothermal Response of Photoluminescent Silicon Nanocrystals. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2012, 3, 1793-1797.

Liu, J.; Legros, S.; Ma, G.; Veinot, J. G. C.; von der Kammer, F.; Hofmann, T. Influence of surface functionalization and particle size on the aggregation kinetics of engineered nanoparticles. Chemosphere 2012, 87, 918-924.

Nunez, J. R. R.; Veinot, J. G. C. Commentary: Silicon nanocrystals and their role in photonics. J. Nanophotonics 2012, 6, 060302.

Hoffman, M.; Veinot, J. G. C. Understanding the Formation of Elemental Germanium by Thermolysis of Sol-Gel Derived Organogermanium Oxide Polymers. Chem. Mat. 2012, 24, 1283-1291.

Dasog, M.; Veinot, J. G. C. Solid-state synthesis of luminescent silicon nitride nanocrystals. Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 3760-3762.

2011

J.R. Rodriguez Núñez, J.A. Kelly, E.J. Henderson, J. G. C. Veinot “Wavelength Controlled Etching of Silicon Nanocrystals” Chemistry of Materials, 2012, 24, 346–352.

C.P.K. Manchee, V. Zamora, J. Silverstone, J. G. C. Veinot, A. Meldrum “Refractometric Sensing with Fluorescent-Core Microcapillaries” Optics Express 2011, 19, 21540–21551. Editor’s highlight in the Virtual Journal of Biomedical Optics Nov. 30, 2011, 6 (11).

S. D. Barry, Z. Yang, J.A. Kelly, E.J. Henderson, J. G. C. Veinot “Size- and Compositionally-Controlled SixGe1-x Nanocrystals Using Hydrogen Silsesquioxane and Soluble Germanium Diiodide Complexes” Chemistry of Materials, 2011, 23, 5096–5103

Z. Yang, J. G. C. Veinot “Fabrication of Metal-Free Germanium Nanowires using Anodic Alumina Templates and a Sol-Gel Precursor.” Journal of Materials Chemistry 2011, 21 (41), 16505 - 16509.

M. Dasog, C. Rachinsky, J. G. C. Veinot “From Si and C encapsulated SiO2 to SiC: Exploring the influence of sol-gel polymer substitution on thermally induced nanocrystal formation.” Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2011, 21, 12422-12427.

J.A. Kelly, A.M. Shukaliak, M.D. Fleischauer, J. G. C. Veinot “Size-Dependent Reactivity in Hydrosilylation of Silicon Nanocrystals” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2011, 133, 9564–9571.

R. A. Lockwood, S. McFarlane, J. R. Rodríguez, X. Wang, J. G. C. Veinot, A. Meldrum, “Photoactivation of Silicon Quantum Dots” Journal of Luminescence, 2011,131, 1530-1535.

2010

J.A. Kelly, E.J. Henderson, J. G. C. Veinot “Sol-gel precursors for Group 14 nanocrystals” Chemical Communications, 2010, 46, 8704-8718. - Invited Feature Article Highlighted on issue cover and one of the “Top-10 Most Accessed” for Jan. 2011

J.R. Rodríguez, J. G. C. Veinot “Realization of sensitized erbium luminescence in Si-nanocrystal composites obtained from solution processable sol-gel derived materials” Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2011, 21, 1713-1720.

J. A. Kelly, E.J. Henderson, R.J. Clark, C.M. Hessel, R. G. Cavell, J. G. C. Veinot “X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Functionalized Silicon Nanocrystals” J. Phys. Chem. C, 2010, 114, 22519-22525.

R. J. Clark, M.K.M. Dang, J. G. C. Veinot “Exploration of Organic Acid Chain Length on Water Soluble Silicon Quantum Dot Surfaces.” Langmuir, 2010, 26, 15657-15664.

J.A. Kelly, J. G. C. Veinot “An Investigation into Near UV Hydrosilylation of Freestanding Silicon Nanocrystals” ACSNano, 2010, 4, 4645-4656.

M. R. Sirtonski, S. L. McFarlane, J. G. C. Veinot “Stabilizing the optical properties of PFO through addition of a non-volatile low molecular weight aromatic ether” Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2010, 20, 8147-8152.

P. Bianucci, J. G. C. Veinot, A. Meldrum, “Silicon Nanocrystals on Bottle Resonators: Mode Structure, loss mechanisms and emission dynamics” Optics Express, 2010, 18, 8466-8481.

S. Zhou, M. Johnson, J. G. C. Veinot “Iron/Iron Oxide Nanoparticles: A Versatile Support for Catalytic Metals and Their Application in Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling Reactions” Chemical Communications 2010, 46, 2411 - 2413.

E.J. Henderson, C. M. Hessel, R. G. Cavell, J. G. C. Veinot “How Processing Atmosphere Influences the Evolution of GeO2-Embedded Germanium Nanocrystals from Phenyl Trichlorogermane-Derived Polymers.” Chemistry of Materials, 2010, 22, 2653-2662.

J. A. Kelly, E. J. Henderson, C. M. Hessel, R. G. Cavell, J. G. C. Veinot “Soft X-ray Spectroscopy of Oxide-Embedded and Functionalized Silicon Nanocrystals” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, 2010, 268, 246-250.

2009

M. Johnson, J.A. Kelly, E.J. Henderson, J. G. C. Veinot “Galvanic Displacement of Metals on Semiconductor Nanocrystals” IOP Conf. Series: Mater. Sci.&Eng., 2009, 6, 012031.

J. G. C. Veinot, E.J. Henderson, C.M. Hessel “Sol-gel derived precursors to Group 14 semiconductor nanocrystals – Convenient materials for enabling nanocrystals based applications.” IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 2009, 6, 012017.

E.J. Henderson, J.A. Kelly, J. G. C. Veinot “Influence of HSiO1.5 Sol-Gel Polymer Structure and Composition on the Size and Luminescent Properties of Silicon Nanocrystals” Chem. Mat., 2009, 21, 5426–5434.

P. Bianucci, J.R. Rodríguez, C. Clements, C.M. Hessel, J. G. C. Veinot, A. Meldrum “Whispering gallery modes in silicon nanocrystal coated microcavities” Phys. Status Solidi A, 2009, 5, 973-975.

P. Bianucci, J.R. Rodríguez, F.C. Lenz, J. G. C. Veinot, A. Meldrum “Mode structure in the luminescence of Si-nc in cylindrical microcavities” Physica E, 2009, 41, 1107-1110.

P. Bianucci, J. R. Rodríguez, C. M. Clements, J. G. C. Veinot, A. Meldrum “Silicon nanocrystal luminescence coupled to whispering gallery modes in optical fibers” Journal of Applied Physics, 2009, 105, 023108.

S. McFarlane, D. Piercey, L. Coumont, R. Tucker, M. Fleischauer, M Brett, J. G. C. Veinot “Towards Thermally, Oxidatively, and Spectrally Stable Polyfluorene-Based Materials: Aromatic-Ether Functionalized Polyfluorene” Macromolecules, 2009, 42, 591–598.

E.J. Henderson, J. G. C. Veinot “From Phenylsiloxane Polymer Composition to Size-Controlled Silicon Carbide Nanocrystals" Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2009, 131, 809–815.

2008

S. McFarlane, L. Coumont, D. Piercey, J. G. C. Veinot “One-pot” synthesis of a novel thermally-stable blue-emitter: poly[spiro(fluorene-9,9'-(2'-phenoxyxanthene)]" Macromol. 2008, 41, 7780-7782.

D. Rollings, J. G. C. Veinot “Polysiloxane Nanofibers via Surface Initiated Polymerization of Vapor Phase Reagents: A Mechanism of Formation and Variable Wettability of Fiber-bearing Substrates.” Langmuir, 2008, 24, 13653–13662.

J.E. Macdonald, J. G. C. Veinot “Fine size control of iron oxide nanoparticles by exploiting the water-gas-shift reaction.” Chem. Comm., 2008, 3777-3779.

C.M. Hessel, E.J. Henderson, R.G. Cavell, T-K Sham, J. G. C. Veinot “The origin of luminescence from silicon nanocrystals: A near edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) and X-ray excited optical luminescence (XEOL) study of oxide-embedded and freestanding systems.” Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2008, 112, 14247-14254.

J.E. Macdonald, J. G. C. Veinot “Removal of residual metal catalysts with Iron/Iron oxide nanoparticles from coordinating environments.” Langmuir, 2008, 11, 7169-7177.

J.R. Rodríguez, J. G. C. Veinot, P. Bianucci, A. Meldrum “Whispering gallery modes in hollow cylindrical microcavities containing silicon nanocrystals.” Applied Physics Letters, 2008, 92, 131119.

E.J. Henderson, C.M. Hessel, J. G. C. Veinot “Synthesis and photoluminescent properties of size-controlled germanium nanocrystals from phenyl trichlorogermane-derived polymers.” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2008, 130, 3624-3632.

2007

Macdonald, J. E.; Kelly, J. A.; Veinot, J. G. C. Iron/Iron Oxide Nanoparticle Sequestration of Catalytic Metal Impurities from Organic Reaction Products. Langmuir, 2007, 23, 9543-9545.

Hessel, C. M.; Summers, M. A.; Malac, M.; Meldrum, A.; Veinot, J. G. C. Direct Patterning, Conformal Coating, and Erbium Doping of Luminescent nc-Si/SiO2 Thin Films from Solution Processable Hydrogen Silsesquioxane. Adv. Mat., 2007, 19, 3513-3516.

Tsoi, S.; Szeto, B.; Fleischauer, M. D.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Brett, M. J. Control of Alq3 Wetting Layer Thickness via Substrate Surface Functionalization. Langmuir, 2007, 23, 6498-6500.

Hessel, C. M.; Henderson, E. J.; Veinot, J. G. C. An Investigation of the Formation and Growth of Oxide Embedded Silicon Nanocrystals in Hydrogen Silsesquioxane Derived Nanocomposites. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2007, 111, 6956-6961.

Henderson, E. J.; Veinot, J. G. C. Synthesis of Oxide Encapsulated and Freestanding Hydride Surface Terminated Si1-XGeX Nanocrystals. Chem. Mat., 2007, 19, 1866-1868.

Rollings, D. E.; Tsoi, S.; Sit, J. C.; Veinot, J. G. C. Formation and Aqueous Surface Wettability of Polysiloxane Nanofibers Prepared via Surface Initiated, Vapor-Phase Polymerization of Organotrichlorosilanes. Langmuir, 2007, 23, 5275-5278.

2006

Hessel, C. M.; Henderson, E. J.; Veinot, J. G. C. Hydrogen Silsesquioxane: A Molecular Precursor for Nanocrystalline Si-SiO2 Composites and Freestanding Hydride Surface Terminated Silicon Nanoparticles. Chem. Mat., 2006, 18, 6139-6146.

Wang, F.; Malac, M.; Egerton, R.F.;Meldrum, A.; Li, P.; Freeman, M.R.; Veinot, J. G. C. Controlled Growth of Silicon Oxide Nanowires from a Patterned Reagent. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2007, 111, 1865-1867.

Veinot, J. G. C. Synthesis, Surface Functionalization, and Properties of Freestanding Silicon Nanocrystals. Chem. Comm., 2006, 4160-4168.

Tsoi, S.; Fok, E.; Sit, J. C.; Veinot, J. G. C. Surface Functionalization of Porous Nanostructured Metal Oxide Thin Films. Chem. Mat., 2006, 18, 5260-5266.

van Popta, A. C.; Steele, J. J.; Tsoi, S.; Jonathan; Brett, M.; Sit, J. C. Porous Nanostructured Optical Filters Rendered Insensitive to Humidity by Vapor-Phase Functionalization. Advanced Functional Materials 2006, 16, 1331–1336.

2005

Rowsell, B. D.; Veinot, J. G. C. Reductive Thermolysis of a Heterocyclic Precursor: A Convenient Method for Preparing Luminescent, Surfactant Stabilized Silicon Nanoparticles. Nanotechnology, 2005, 16, 732-736.

Meldrum, A.; Hryciw, A.; Buchanan, K. S.; Beltaos, A. M.; Glover, M.; Ryan, C.A.; Veinot, J. G. C. Two-dimensionally Patterned Silicon Nanocrystal Arrays. Optical Materials, 2005, 27, 812-817.

Veinot, J. G. C.; Marks, T.J. Toward the Ideal Organic Light-Emitting Diode. The Versatility and Utility of Interfacial Tailoring by Cross-Linked Siloxane Interlayers. Acc. Chem. Res., 2005, 38, 632-643.

2004

Tsoi, S.; Fok, E.; Sit, J.; Veinot, J. G. C. Super-hydrophobic, High Surface Area, 3-D SiO2 Nanostructures Through Siloxane-Based Surface Functionalization. Langmuir, 2004, 20, 10771-10774.

Fok, E.; Shih, M.; Meldrum, A.; Veinot, J. G. C. Preparation of Alkyl-Surface Functionalized Germanium Quantum Dots via Thermally Initiated Hydrogermylation. Chem. Comm., 2004, 4, 386-387.

2003

Huang, Q.; Kang, H.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Yan, H.; Zhu, P.; Marks, T.J. Nanoprecise Self-Assembly of Electro-Optic and Electroluminescent Molecular Arrays. NATO Science Series, II: Mathematics, Phys. and Chem.: Organic Nanophotonics, 2003, 100, 241-263.

Yan, H.; Huang, Q.; Cui, J.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Kern, M.M.; Marks, T.J. High-brightness Blue Light-Emitting Polymer Diodes via Anode Modification Using a Self-assembled Monolayer. Adv. Mat., 2003, 15, 835-838.

Huang, Q.; Cui, J.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Yan, H.; Marks, T.J. Realization of High Efficiency/High Luminance Small Molecule Organic Light-Emitting Diodes. Synergistic Effects of Siloxane Anode Functionalization/Hole Injection Layers and Hole, Exciton-Blocking/Electron Transport Layers. Appl. Phys. Lett., 2003, 2, 331-333.

Yan, H.; Huang, Q.; Cui, J.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Kern, M.; Marks, T. J. Enhancing the Performance of Blue Polymer Light-Emitting Diodes (PLED) via Anode Modification with a Self-Assembled Monolayer. Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering, 2003, 89, 208-209.

2002

Huang, Q.; Cui, J.; Yan, H.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Marks, T. J. Small Molecule Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Can Exhibit High Performance Without Conventional Hole Transport Layers. Appl. Phys. Lett., 2002, 81, 3528-3530.

Cui, J.; Huang, Q.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Yan, H.; Wang, Q.; Hutchison, G.; Richter, A. G.; Evmenenko, G.; Dutta, P.; Marks, T.J. Anode Interfacial Engineering Approaches to Enhancing Anode-Hole Transport Layer Interfacial Stability and Charge Injection Efficiency in Organic Light-Emitting Diodes. Langmuir, 2002, 18, 9958-9970.

Veinot, J. G. C.; Yan, H.; Smith, S.M.; Cui, J.; Marks, T.J. Fabrication and Properties of Organic Light-Emitting “Nanodiodes”. Nano Letters, 2002, 2, 333-335.

Cui, J.; Huang, Q.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Yan, H.; Marks, T.J. Interfacial Microstructure Function in Organic Light-Emitting Diodes: Assembled Tetraarylamine and Copper Phthalocyanine Interlayers. Adv. Mat., 2002, 14, 565-569.

Malinsky, J.E.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Jabbour, G.E.; Shaheen, S.E.; Anderson, J.D.;Lee, P.; Richter, A.G.; Burin, A.L.; Ratner, M.A.; Marks, T.J.; Armstrong, N.R.; Kippelen, B.; Dutta, P.; Peyghambarian, N. Nanometer-Scale Dielectric Self-Assembly Process for Anode Modification in Organic Light-Emitting Diodes. Consequences for Charge Injection and Luminous Efficiency. Chem. Mat., 2002, 14, 3054-3065.

Book Chapters and Monographs

R. Clark, C.S. Wong, J. G. C. Veinot, “Nanoparticles in the Environment: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly” in Trace Analysis with Nanomaterials, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co., Editors: D. T. Pierce and J. Xiaojun Zhao, 2010, ISBN: 978-3-527-32350-0.

J. G. C. Veinot “Surface Passivation and Functionalization of Si Nanocrystals” in “Silicon Nanocrystals: Physics and Applications” edited by Prof. Dr. Lorenzo Pavesi of Trento University, and Prof. Dr. Rasit Turan, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co 2010, ISBN 978-3-527-32160-5.

J. G. C. Veinot, A. Facchetti, H. Katz, T. J. Marks “Organic Semiconductor Materials” in “Printed Organic and Molecular Electronics” edited by P. Brazis Jr., D. Gamota, J. Zhang, Kluwer Publishers, Dordrecht Holland, 2002, 87 pages.

Q. Huang, H. Kang, J. G. C.Veinot, H. Yan, P. Zhu, T.J. Marks “Nanoprecise Self-Assembly of Electro-Optic and Electroluminescent Molecular Arrays” in “Organic Nanophotonics” edited by V. Agranovich, F. Charra, F. Kajzar, and P.-A. Chollet, Kluwer Publishers, Dordrecht Holland, 2002.

Patents and Patent Applications:

Marks, T.J., Huang, Q., Cui, J., Veinot, J., Yan, H. “Organic Light-Emitting Diodes and Methods for Assembly and Enhanced Charge Injection” U.S. Patent serial no. 8,053,094 B2, Nov. 8, 2011.

Marks, T.J., Huang, Q., Cui, J., Veinot, J., Yan, H. “Organic Light - Emitting Diodes and Methods for Assembly and Enhanced Charge Injection” U.S. Patent serial no. 8,057,918 B2, Nov. 15, 2011.

Veinot, J., Brooks, C.J., Macdonald, J., Rowsell, B., Russell, V. "Preparation of Iron or Iron Oxide Nanoparticles " U.S. Patent serial no. 7,985,398 B2 July 26, 2011.

Veinot, J. G. C., Henderson, E.J. “Method for Preparing Size Controlled Silicon Carbide (SiC) Nanocrystals” United States Patent Serial no. 7,906,672 B2 March 15, 2011.

J. G. C. Veinot, J. R. Rodriguez, A. Meldrum, P. Bianucci “Method for depositing silicon nanocrystals in hollow fibers” United States Patent Application Serial Number 12/934,125, December 8, 2010.

J. Veinot, C.J. Brooks, J. Macdonald, B. Rowsell, V. Russell "Preparation of Iron-Titanium Nanoparticles" U.S. Patent serial no. 11/637,057, Dec 15, 2009.

J. G. C. Veinot, M. Sirtonski “Compositions for Improving Optical, Thermal and Morphological Stability of Polyfluorene Polymers and Uses Thereof” United States Patent Application Serial Number 61/236,354, Aug. 24, 2009.

J. G. C. Veinot, S.L. McFarlane “Synthesis of Oligo-Aromatic-Ether (OAE) Substituted Polyfluorene” United States Patent Application Serial Number 61/138,370, Dec. 17, 2008.

J. G. C. Veinot, S.L. McFarlane, L. Coumont, D. Piercey “Polyspirofluorenexanthene Polymers for Polymer Light-Emitting Diodes” United States Patent Application Serial Number 61/138,360, Dec. 17, 2008.

J. G. C. Veinot, E.J. Henderson “Size Controlled Photoluminescent Germanium Nanocrystals.” PCT/CA2008/001126, June 16, 2008.

J. G. C. Veinot, C.M. Hessel, A. Meldrum “Direct Patterning, Conformal Coating, and Erbium Doping of Luminescent nc-Si/SiO2 Thin Films from Solution Processable Hydrogen Silsesquioxane.” PCT/CA2008/001037 June 2, 2008.

J. G. C. Veinot, D. Rollings, S. Tsoi, J.C. Sit “Organosiloxane Nanofibers” U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 12/128,298, May 5, 2008.

J. G. C. Veinot, E.J. Henderson “Methods for Preparing Silicon Germanium Alloy Nanocrystals.” PCT/CA2008/000101 Jan. 14, 2008, Japanese Application No. 2009-545775 Dec. 23, 2010.

J. G. C. Veinot, C.M. Hessel “Method for Preparing Nanocrystalline Silicon in SiO2.” Int. Pat. App. Serial No. US 7,985,398 B2, July 26, 2011.

T. J. Marks, Q. Huang, J. Cui, J. G. C. Veinot, H. Yan “Organic Light-Emitting Diodes and Methods for Assembly and Enhanced Charge Injection.” U.S. Pat. Appl. Publ. 2005, 38 pp., Cont.-in-part of U.S. Ser. No. 99,131. CODEN: USXXCO US 2005158579 A1 20050721 CAN 143:162811 AN 2005:638563

T.J. Marks, Q. Huang, J. Cui, J. G. C. Veinot “Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Employing Silyl-Substituted Amine Molecular Component as Hole-Injection Layer, and Methods for Enhancing Charge Injection.” U.S. Pat. Appl. Publ. 2003, 30 pp., Cont.-in-part of U.S. Ser. No. 187,891. CODEN: USXXCO US 2003162053 A1 20030828 CAN 139:221368 AN 2003:678334