Journal Papers

L. Supriya and R. O. Claus, “Resistance Changes Due to Thermal Coalescence in Colloidal Au/Organic Linker Molecule Multilayer Films,” J. Phys. Chem. B, 109 [9] 3715-3718 (2005).

B. Dickerson, D. Irving, E. Herz, R. Claus and W. Spillman, "Synthesis Kinetics of CdSe Quantum Dots in Trioctylphosphine Oxide and in Stearic Acid," Applied Physics Letters, 86 [18] 2018-2020 (May 2, 2005).

Y.-X. Wang, J. L. Robertson, W. B. Spillman, R. O. Claus, "Effects of the Chemical Structure and Surface Properties of Polymeric Biomaterials on Their Biocompatibility," Pharmaceutical Research, 21, 1362-1373 (August 2004); also published in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology, http://www.vjnano.org (May 2, 2005).

R. Samatulu, M. Zalich, R. Claus, J. Riffle, "Synthesis, Characterization and Targeting of Biodegradable Magnetic Nanocomposite Particles by External Magnetic Fields," Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 292, 108-119 (2005).

I. del Villar, I.R. Matías, F.J. Arregui, and R.O. Claus, “ESA-based in Fiber Nanocavity for Hydrogen Peroxide Detection,” IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, 4 [2] 187-193 (March 2005).

L. Supriya and R. O. Claus, “Solution-Based Assembly of Conductive Gold Film on Flexible Polymer Substrates,” Langmuir, 20 [20] 8870-8876 (2004).

L. Supriya and R. O. Claus, “Fabrication of Conductive Gold Films on Flexible Polymer Substrates by Self-Assembly,” Polymer Materials Science and Engineering, 91, 18-19 (2004).

K. Oh, A. Wang and R. Claus, "Fiber Optic Extrinsic Fabry-Perot DC Magnetic Field Sensor," Optics Letters, 29 [18] 2115-2117 (September 14, 2004).

I. del Villar, I.R. Matías, and F.J. Arregui. “Fiber Optic Multiple-wavelength Filter Based on One Dimensional Photonic Band-gap Structures with Defects,” IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, 22 [6] 1615-1621 (June 2004).

I. del Villar, I.R. Matías, F.J. Arregui, and Richard O. Claus. “Fiber-optic Nanorefractometer Based on One-Dimensional Photonic Bandgap Structures with Two Defects,” IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, 3 [2] 293-299 (June 2004).

W. Spillman, M. Mayer, J. Bennet, J. Gong, K. Meissner, B. Davis and R. Claus, "A Smart Bed for Non-intrusive Monitoring of Patient Physiological Factors," Measurement Science and Technology, 15, 1-7 (2004).

Y-X. Wang, J.L. Robertson, W.B. Spillman, Jr. and R.O. Claus, "Effects of the Chemical Structure and the Surface Properties of Polymeric Biomaterials on Their Biocompatibility," Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, to appear June 2004.

L. Zhang, T. Zeng, K. Cooper, and R.O. Claus, "High Performance Photovoltaic Behavior of Oriented Purple Membrane Polymer Composite Films," Biophysical Journal, 84 [4] 2502-2507 (2003).

F. Arregui, I. Matias, and R. Claus, "Optical Fiber Gas Sensors Based on Hydrophobic Alumina Thin Films Formed by the Electrostatic Self-Assembly Monolayer Method," IEEE Sensors Journal, 3 [1] 56-61 (February 2003).

I. Del Villar, I. Matias, F. Arregui, and R. Claus, "Analysis of One-Dimensional Photonic Bandgap Structures With a Liquid Crystal Defect Towards Development of Fiber-Optic Tunable Wavelength Filters," Optics Express, 11 [5] 430-436 (March 2003).

I. Matias, I. Del Villar, F. Arregui, and R. Claus, "Comparative Study of the Modeling of Three-Dimensional Photonic Bandgap Structures," Journal of the Optical Society of America, 20 [4] 1-11 (April 2003).

F. Arregui, I. Matias, K. Cooper, and R. Claus, "Simultaneous Measurement of Humidity and Temperature by Combining a Reflective Intensity-Based Optical Fiber Sensor and a Fiber Bragg Grating," IEEE Sensors Journal, 2 [5] 482-487 (October 2002).

W.B. Spillman, Jr., and R.O. Claus, "Optical Fiber Sensors for the Detection of Acoustic Emission," MRS Bulletin, 27 [5] 396-399 (2002).

L. Zhang, T. Zeng, R.O. Claus, and K.L. Cooper, "Orientationally Enhanced Photocurrent and Electro-Optic Modulation Effects in Bacteriorhodopsin/Polyvinyl Alcohol Thin Films, J. Phys. Chem. B, 106, [11] 2996-3000 (2002).

L. Zhang, F. Zhang, Y. Wang, and R.O. Claus, "Linear Electro-Optic Tensor Ratio Determination and Quadratic Electro-Optic Modulation of Electrostatically Self-Assembled CdSe Quantum Dot Films," Journal of Chemical Physics, 116 [14] 6297-6304 (2002).

W.B. Spillman, Jr., T. Zeng, and R.O. Claus, "Modeling the Electro-Static Self-Assembly Process Using Stochastic Cellular Automata," Smart Materials & Structures, 11 [5] 623-630 (2002).

D. Inman, M. Ahmadian, and R.O. Claus, "Simultaneous Active Damping and Health Monitoring of Aircraft Panels," Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 12 [11] 775-783 (2001).

F.J. Arregui, R. Claus, K. Cooper, C.F. Valdivelso, and I. Matias, "Optical Fiber Gas Sensor Based on Self-Assembled Gratings," Journal of Lightwave Technology, 19 [12] 1932-1937, December 2001.

F.J. Arregui, B. Dickerson, R.O. Claus, I.R. Matias, and K.L. Cooper, "Polymeric Thin Films of Controlled Complex Refractive Index Formed by the Electrostatic Self-Assembled Monolayer Process," Optical Engineering, 40 [11] 1319-1321, November 2001.

F. Arregui, K. Cooper, Y. Liu, I. Matias, and R.O. Claus, "Optical Fiber Humidity Sensor with Fast Response Time Using the Ionic Self-Assembly Method," IEICE Transactions on Electronics, 83, Part 3, [3] 360-366 (2000).

W. Zhao and R.O. Claus, "Optical Fiber Grating Sensors in Multimode Fibers," Smart Materials and Structures, 9 [2] 212-214 (2000).

T. Zeng, R. Claus, F. Zhang, W. Du, Y. Liu and K.L. Cooper, "Piezoelectric Ultrathin Polymer Films Synthesized by ESA Processing," Smart Materials and Structures, 9, 801-804 (2000).

L. Zhang, F. Zhang, K. Cooper, Y. Wang, Y. Liu and R.O. Claus, "Electro-Optic Property Measurement of Electrostatically Self-Assembled Ultra Thin Films," Optics Communications, 186, 135-141 (2000).

Conference Proceedings

R. Claus, "Self-Assembled Nanostructured Optical Fiber Sensors," Invited Paper, Proceedings, Optical Fiber Sensors Conference (OFS-17), Brugge, Belgium, May 2005.

X. Xu, W. Spillman, R. Claus, K. Meissner and K. Chen, "Spatially Distributed Fiber Sensor With Dual Processed Outputs," Proceedings, Optical Fiber Sensors Conference (OFS-17), Brugge, Belgium, May 2005.

L. Zhang, F. Zhang, Y-X. Wang, W.B. Spillman, and R.O. Claus, “Nanomater-scale Resonant Cavities,” Proceedings, SPIE V, 5691, P. 178-182, Smart Materials and Structures Conference, San Diego, Calif., March 2005.

J. Lalli, A. Hill, B. Davis, J. Mecham and R. Claus, "Metal RubberTM Electrodes," Proceedings, Smart Materials and Structures Conference, San Diego, Calif.

J. Lalli, A. Hill, B. Davis, S. Subrahmanyan, R. Goff and R. Claus, "Metal RubberTM Sensors," Proceedings, Smart Materials and Structures Conference, San Diego, Calif.

R. Asmatulu, W. Spillman and R. Claus, "Self-Assembled Corrision Resistive Coatings," Proceedings, Smart Materials and Structures Conference, San Diego, Calif.

Y-X. Wang, K. Cheung, N.P. Evans, J.L. Robertson, C.F. Jullian, W.B. Spillman Jr., R.O. Claus, "Biocompatible Thin Films by the Electrostatic Self-Assembly Process," Materials Research Society (MRS) spring meeting, San Francisco, 2005.

J. Lalli, A. Hill, S. Subrahmanyan and R. Claus, "Metal RubberTM – Free-Standing, Mechanically Robust Flexible Conducting Materials," Materials Research Society (MRS) spring meeting, San Francisco, 2005.

P. Gupta, R. Asmatulu, G. Wilkes and R. Claus, "Superparamagnetic Flexible Substrates Based on Submicron Electrospun Estane Fibers Containing MnZnFe-Ni Nanoparticles," Materials Research Society (MRS) spring meeting, San Francisco, 2005.

C. Woefle and R. Claus, "Spontaneous Assembly of Dendrimer Based Crystalline Nanostructures," Proceedings, American Chemical Society Meeting, San Diego, Calif., March 2005.

I. Hidalgo, R. Goya, I. Matias, F. Arregui and R. Claus, "Humidity Evanescent Hollow Core Fiber Sensor," IEEE Sensors Conference, Vienna, November 2004.

R. Claus, J. Lalli, A. Hill. R. Goff, J. Clemmensen and F. Arregui, "Elastomeric Conductive Membranes as Two-Dimensional Shape and Deformation Sensors," IEEE Sensors Conference, Vienna, November 2004.

R. Claus, J. Lalli, A. Hill. R. Goff, J. Clemmensen and F. Arregui, "Nanostructured Self-Assembled Strain Sensor," IEEE Sensors Conference, Vienna, November 2004.

L. Supriya and R. O. Claus, “Fabrication of Electrodes for Polymer Actuators and Sensors via Self-Assembly,” IEEE Sensors Conference, Vienna, November 2004.

C. Woefle and R. Claus, "Fabrication of n-type Field Effect Transistors Based on the Self-assembled Thin Films of Carbon Nanotubes and Polyamidoamine Dendrimers, Proceedings, Materials Research Society (MRS) fall conference, Boston, Mass. November 2004.

L. Supriya and R. Claus, "Low Temperature Coalescence of Colloidal Gold Multilayers to Form Conductive Films, Proceedings, Materials Research Society (MRS) fall conference, Boston, Mass., November 2004.

L. Supriya and R. O. Claus, ”Fabrication of Conductive Gold Films on Flexible Polymer Substrates by Self-Assembly,” 228th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, Pa., Aug 22-26, 2004.

E. Taylor, D. Wood, T. Zeng and R. Claus, "Polymer Based Photonic Technologies for Aerospace and Space Applications," SPIE Photonics for Space Environments Conference, Denver, August 2004.

F. Arregui, M. Ezquer, I. Matias, J. Lalli, J. Mecham, B. Davis and R. Claus, "Nanostructured Optical Fiber pH Sensors," European Conference on Organized Films, Valladolid, Spain, July 22-25, 2004.

J. Goicoechea, F. Arregui, I. Matias, V. Madurga, J. Vergara, J. Lalli and R. Claus, "Nanostructured Diodes Fabricated by Electrostatic Self-Assembly," European Conference on Organized Films, Valladolid, Spain, July 22-25, 2004.

R. Claus, J. Lalli, J. Mecham, B. Davis, "Metal Rubber – Free-Standing, Mechanically Robust Flexible Conducting Materials," Proceedings, International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Maderia, Portugal, July 26-29, 2004.

R. Claus, D. Wood and T. Zeng, "Chemically Self-Assembled Space Photonics and Electronics," Conference on Space Photonics and Optics, Fayetteville, AK, June 22-24, 2004.

R. Claus, "How to Start New Photonic Companies," European Workshop on Optical Fiber Sensors, Santander, Spain, June 2004.

R. Claus, "How to Start New Photonic Companies", European Workshop on Optical Fiber Sensors, Santander, Spain, June 2004.

R. Claus, J. Lalli, J. Mecham, B. Davis, F. Arregui, I. Matias, "Self-Assembled Nanostructured Optical Fiber Strain and Pressure Sensors," European Workshop on Optical Fiber Sensors, Santander, Spain, June 2004.

M. Acherandio, F. Arregui, I. Matias and R. Claus, "Electrostatic Self-Assembled Thin Films Deposited on Optical Fiber Long-Period Gratings for the Fabrication of Chemical Sensors," European Workshop on Optical Fiber Sensors, Santander, Spain, June 2004.

K. Meissner, T. Swanson, W. Spillman and R. Claus, "Enhanced Resolution Folded Architecture Spectral Detector for Fiber Arrays," European Workshop on Optical Fiber Sensors, Santander, Spain, June 2004.

I. Matias, I. Del Villar, F. Arregui and R. Claus, "Molecular Assembly Towards Fiber Optic Nanosensors Development," European Workshop on Optical Fiber Sensors, Santander, Spain, June 2004.

R. Claus, J. Lalli, J. Mecham, B. Davis, F. Arregui, I. Matias, "Self-Assembled Nanostructured Optical Fiber Strain and Pressure Sensors," European Workshop on Optical Fiber Sensors, Santander, Spain, June 2004.

M. Acherandio, F. Arregui, I. Matias and R. Claus, "Electrostatic Self-Assembled Thin Films Deposited on Optical Fiber Long-Period Gratings for the Fabricatio of Chemical Sensors," European Workshop on Optical Fiber Sensors, Santander, Spain, June 2004.

K. Meissner, T. Swanson, W. Spillman and R. Claus, "Enhanced Resolution Folded Architecture Spectral Detector for Fiber Arrays," European Workshop on Optical Fiber Sensors, Santander, Spain, June 2004.

I. Matias, I. Del Villar, F. Arregui and R. Claus, "Molecular Assembly Towards Fiber Optic Nanosensors Development," European Workshop on Optical Fiber Sensors, Santander, Spain, June 2004.

H. Ruan, Y. Chen and R. Claus, "High Temperature Multiparameter Borehole Logging System for Geothermal and Oil Wells," High Temperature Electronics Conference, Santa Fe, NM, May 17-19, 2004.

L. Supriya and R. Claus, "Fabrication of Conductive Gold Films on Flexible Polymer Substrates by Self-Assembly," Proceedings, American Chemical Society Conference, International Symposium on Branched Polymers for Performance, Williamsburg, Va., May 2004.

C. Woefle and R. Claus, "Self-Assembly of Lyotropic Chromonic Metallomesogens on Flexible Plastic Substrates," Proceedings, American Chemical Society Conference, International Symposium on Branched Polymers for Performance, Williamsburg, Va., May 2004.

I. Ilev, R. Waynant, E. Gorman, R. Weiblinger, K. Byrnes, R. Claus, "Toward Understanding Intracellular Light-Tissue Interaction Mechanisms Using Optical Nanobiosensors and Nanoimaging," 10th Annual FDA 2004 Science Forum, Washington, DC, May 18-19, 2004.

R.O. Claus, T. Distler, J. Mecham, B. Davis, F.J. Arregui and I.R. Matias, "Optical Fiber Breathing Sensors for Breathing Diagnostics," Proceedings, SPIE BIOS Conference, San Jose, January 2004.

R. Claus, J. Lalli, A. Hill, S. Subramanayan and J. B. Mecham, "Self-assembled nanostructured conducting elastomeric electrodes," SPIE Smart Materials and Structures and NDE Symposium, San Diego, Calif., Paper 5385-37, March 14-18, 2004.

R. Claus, J. Lalli, A. Hill, S. Subramanayan and J. B. Mecham, "Self-assembled nanostructured sensors," SPIE Smart Materials and Structures and NDE Symposium, San Diego, Calif., Paper 5384-20, March 14-18, 2004.

R. Asmatulu, R. Claus and J. Riffle, "Targeting Magnetic Nanoparticles in High Magnetic Fields for Drug Delivery Purposes," MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, March 2004.

F. Arregui, I. Matias and R. Claus, "Self-Assembled Optical Chemical Sensors," Proceedings, 7th European Conference on Optical Chemical Sensors and Biosensors, Madrid, Spain, April 4-7, 2004.

L. Supriya and R. Claus, "Fabrication of Conductive Gold Films on Flexible Polymer Substrates by Self-Assembly," Proceedings, American Chemical Society Conference, International Symposium on Branched Polymers for Performance, Williamsburg Woodlands, Williamsburg, Va., May 2004.

C. Woefle and R. Claus, "Self-Assembly of Lyotropic Chromonic Metallomesogens on Flexible Plastic Substrates," Proceedings, American Chemical Society Conference, International Symposium on Branched Polymers for Performance, Williamsburg Woodlands, Williamsburg, Va., May 2004.

H. Ruan, Y. Chen and R. Claus, "High Temperature Multiparameter Borehole Logging System for Geothermal and Oil Wells," High Temperature Electronics Conference, Santa Fe, NM, May 17-19, 2004.

I. Ilev, R. Waynant, E. Gorman, R. Weiblinger, K. Byrnes, R. Claus, "Toward Understanding Intracellular Light-Tissue Interaction Mechanisms Using Optical Nanobiosensors and Nanoimaging," 10th Annual FDA 2004 Science Forum, Washington, DC, May 18-19, 2004.


J. Mecham, Y. Kang, B. Davis, F. Arregui, I. Matias, and R. Claus, "Multilayered Self-Assembled Optical Fiber Sensors for Biomedical Applications," SPIE Biomedical Optics Conference, San Jose, Calif., January 2003.

J. Lalli, B. Lepene, J. Huie, D. Wood, and R. Claus, "Self-Assembled Materials for Photonic Devices," Proceedings, SPIE Photonics West Conference, San Jose, Calif., January 2003.

R. Claus, "Electrostatically Self-Assembled Breathing Sensors," FDA-Virginia Tech Workshop on Breath Diagnostics, Falls Church, Virginia, March 2003.

L. Supriya and R. Claus, "Patterned Electrodes for the Fabrication of Controlled Movement Polymer Transducers," Proceedings, American Chemical Society Spring Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 2003.

T. Zeng, E. Gladwin and R.O. Claus, "Self-Assembled InP Quantum Dot-Ti02 Solid Gratzel Solar Cell," MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, Spring 2003.

T. Zeng, E. Gladwin, and R. Claus, "Self-Assembled InP-TiO2 Quantum Dot Gratzel Solid Solar Cell," Proceedings, Materials Research Society Spring Conference, San Francisco, Calif., Paper C3.25, April 2003.

K. Huie, A. Chandran, R. Claus, L. Supriya, and J. Huie, "Self-Assembled Photonic Crystals and Sensor/Actuator Electrodes," Proceedings, Materials Research Society Spring Conference, San Francisco, Calif., Paper J4.19, April 2003.

R. Claus, "Self-Assembled Electronic and Photonic Materials and Devices," Advanced Microelectronics and Photonics for Satellites, AMAPS 2003, Fayetteville, Alaska, June 24-26, 2003.

J. Lalli, B. Lepene, J. Huie, J. Mecham, and R. Claus, "Extending Nanoscale Self-Assembly to Macroscopic Structural Materials," International Conference on Structural Health Monitoring, Palo Alto, Calif., September 15-17, 2003.

F.J. Arregui, M. Ezquer, M. Huarte, I.R. Matias and R.O. Claus, "Fluorescent Optical Fiber pH Sensors Fabricated Using the electrostatic Self-Assembly Method," International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, OFS-16, Nara, Japan, October 2003.

W. Spillman, M. Mayer, J. Bennett, J. Gong, K. Meissner, B. Davis and R. Claus, "A smart bed for non-intrusive patient monitoring," International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, OFS-16, Nara, Japan, October 2003.

F. Zhang, Q. Chen, S. Mikailoff, J. Gong, K. Meisser, W. B. Spillman, Jr., and R. Claus, "Pulse broadening Bragg grating vibration sensor," International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, OFS-16, Nara, Japan, October 2003.

F.J. Arregui, I. Latasa, I.R. Matias and R.O. Claus, "An Optical Fiber pH Sensor based on the Electrostatic Self-Assembly Method," IEEE Sensors Conference 2003, October 2003.

I.R. Matias, Q. Chen, R.O. Claus, J.B. Mecham, M. Vercellino, and F.J. Arregui, "Optical Fiber Sensors for Breathing Diagnostics," SPIE International Symposium of Biomedical Optics, San Jose, Calif., 4616, 14-20, January 2002.

Q. Chen, R.O. Claus, J.B. Mecham, M. Vercellino, F.J. Arregui, and I.R. Matias, "Multiplexed Optical Fiber Sensors for Humidity and Chemical Analysis," SPIE International Symposium of Biomedical Optics, San Jose, Calif., 4616, 47-52, January 2002.

F.J. Arregui, D. Galbarra, I.R. Mjatias, K.L. Cooper, and R.O. Claus, "ZrO2 Thin Films Deposited by the Electrostatic Self-Assembly Method on Optical Fibers for Ammonia Detection," OFS 2002, Portland, Oregon, May 2002.

F.J. Arregui, I.R. Matias, K.L. Cooper, and R.O. Claus, "Hydrophobic Alumina Thin Films Formed by the Electrostatic Self-Assembly Monolayer Process for the Fabrication of Optical Fiber Gas Sensors," Proceedings, OFS 2002, Portland, Oregon, May 2002.

R. Claus, Q. Chen, F.J. Arregui, and I.R. Matias, "Optical Fiber Sensors for Breathing Diagnostics," Proceedings, OFS 2002, Portland, Oregon, May 2002.

R.O. Claus, J.B. Mecham, K. Huie, B. Lepene, F.J. Arregui, and I.R. Matias, "Optical Fiber Sensors for Environmental Monitoring," Third World Congress on Structural Control, Lake Como, Italy, April 7-12, 2002.

L. Zhang, F. Zhang, and R.O. Claus, "Synthesis and Characterization of Electrostatical Self-Assembly CdSe/Polymer Nanocomposite Films," MRS Spring Meeting, 2002.

F. Arregui, I. Matias, and R. Claus, "Optical Fiber Sensors Based on Nanoscale Self-Assembly," Proceedings, SPIE International Society for Optical Engineering, Transducing Materials and Devices, Brugge, Belgium, 4946, 17-24, September 2002.

T. Zeng, K. Huie, J. Mecham, and R. Claus, "Molecularly Self-Assembled Actuators and Devices," Proceedings, World Congress on Biomimetics and Artificial Muscles, Albuquerque, NM, December 2002.

W. Spillman, K. Meissner, R. Claus, "Cellular Automata for the Analysis of Biomedical Hyperspectral Images," Proceedings, BIOS Conference, San Jose, Calif., January 2001.

W. Spillman, K. Meissner, R. Claus, "Cellular Automata for the Analysis of Biomedical Hyperspectral Images," Proceedings, BIOS Conference, San Jose, January 2001.

Y-X. Wang, W. Du, W.B. Spillman, and R.O. Claus, "Biocompatible Thin Film Coatings Fabricated Using the Electrostatic Self-Assembly Process," Proceedings, SPIE, Biomedical Instrumentation Based on Micro- and Nanotechnology, 4265, 142-151, January 24-25, 2001.

K.L Cooper, L. Zhang, T. Zeng, R.O. Claus, "Electrostatically Self-Assembled Electro-Optic Materials and Devices," Proceedings, SPIE Smart Materials and Structures, Newport Beach, Calif., March 2001.

F.J. Arregui, I.R. Matias, R.O. Claus, and K.L. Cooper, "Self-Assembled Nanostructured Optical Fiber Sensors," Proceedings, SPIE Smart Materials and Structures, Newport Beach, Calif., March 2001.

T. Zeng, K.L. Cooper, R Claus, and F. Arregui, "Molecularly Self-Assembled Actuators and Devices," Proceedings, SPIE Smart Materials and Structures, Newport Beach, Calif., March 2001.

T. Zeng, K.L. Cooper, R. Claus, and F. Arregui, "Molecularly Self-Assembled Actuators and Devices," Proceedings, SPIE, Smart Materials and Structures, Newport Beach, Calif., 4329, 445-448 (2001).

K.L. Cooper, R.O. Claus, J. Mecham and R. Swavey, "Self-Organization of Macromolecular Materials by Self-Assembly," SPIE International Conference on Complex Adaptive Structures, Hutchison Island, Florida, June 2001.

W. Zhao, Y-X Wang, and R.O. Claus, "Self-Assembling Process in Electrophoresis to Prepare Semiconducting Polymer Multilayer Thin Films," SPIE Opto Canada, June 2001.

K. Huie, K. Cooper, J. Mecham, R. Swavey and R. Claus, "Ink Jet Print Fabrication of Multifunctional Nanostructured Materials and Devices," SPIE Annual Meeting, San Diego, August 2001.

K.L. Cooper, T. Zeng, F. Zhang, K. Huie, R. Duncan, and R.O. Claus, "Synthesis and Properties of Self-Assembled Magnetic Nanocomposite Thin Films," ICCE/8 Conference, Tenerife, Spain, August 2001.

W.B. Spillman, T. Zeng, and R.O. Claus, "Modeling the Electrostatic Self-Assembly (ESA) Fabrication Process Using Cellular Automata," Proceedings, SPIE, Microfluidics and BioMEMS, San Francisco, Calif., 4560, 140-151, October 2001.

R.O. Claus, K.L. Cooper, T. Zeng, Y-X. Wang, J. Mecham, and R. Swavey, "Organic/Inorganic Nanocomposite Synthesis by Electrostatic Self-Assembly," Proceedings, Composites at Lake Louise Conference, Alberta, Canada, November 2001.

J.S. Riffle, L. Harris, M. Rutnakornpituk, R.O. Claus, and J. Leach, "Magnetic Fluids and Microspheres for Use in Eye Surgery and as Potential Magnetic Targeted Delivery Vehicles," DARPA Biomagnetics Review, Washington, D.C., December 2001.

W.B. Spillman, T. Zeng, and R.O. Claus, "Cellular Automata-Based Modeling of the Electrostatic Self-Assembly (ESA) Fabrication Process," Proceedings, SPIE, BioMEMS and Smart Nanostructures, Adelaide, Australia, SPIE, 4590, 162-172, December 2001.

F.J. Arregui, I.R. Matias, K.L. Cooper, R.O. Claus and Y. Liu, "Optical Fiber-Based Sensor of Harmful Gas Fabricated Using the Electronic Self-Assembly Monolayer Process," submitted, Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Applications, BIOS, San Jose, 2001.

Y. Liu, R. Claus, L. Jiang, and Y. Chen, "Ultrahigh Electrical Conductivity in Electrostatically Self-Assembled Thin Films," American Chemical Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, Calif., March 2000.

Y. Liu, K. Cooper, T. Zeng, Y. Wang, F. Zhang, Y. Chen, L. Jiang, and R. Claus, "Optical and Electro-Optical Devices Using Electrostatic Self-Assembly Processing," American Chemical Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, Calif., March 2000.
T. Zeng, R. Claus, Y. Liu, F. Zhang, W. Wei, and K.L. Cooper, "Fabrication of Piezoelectric Ultrathin Polymer Film by Ionically Electrostatic Self-Assembly Process, Proceedings, SPIE Smart Materials and Structures Conference, Newport Beach, Calif., March 2000.

W. Zhao and R. Claus, "Multimode Bragg Grating Sensors," Proceedings, SPIE Smart Materials and Structures Conference, Newport Beach, Calif., March 2000.

F. Arregui, I. Matias, Y. Liu, K. Cooper, R. Claus, and W. Spillman, "Nanocavity Self-Assembled Interferometric Optical Sensors," Proceedings, SPIE Smart Materials and Structures Conference, Newport Beach, Calif., March 2000.

Y. Chen, L. Jiang, H. Ruan, Y. Liu and R. Claus, "Digital Fiber Optic Sensors," Proceedings, SPIE Smart Materials and Structures Conference, Newport Beach, Calif., March 2000.

T. Zeng, R. Claus, F. Zhang, W. Du, Y. Liu and K. Cooper, "Layer-by-Layer Self-Assembled Ultrathin Composite Films as Electroactive Materials for Transducers and MEMS Devices," U.S. Navy 2000 Workshop on Acoustic Transduction Materials and Devices, Penn State, April 11-13, 2000.

H. Ruan, Y. Liu, Y. Chen, L. Jiang, and R. Claus, "Multiphase Measurements for Downhole Well Logging," Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), Houston, Texas, May 1-5, 2000.

H. Ruan, Y. Liu, Y, Chen, L. Jiang, and R. Claus, "Optical Fiber Sensors for the Nondestructive Evaluation of Steam Injection Oil Wells," Proceedings, International Conference on Optical Sensors for Nondestructive Evaluation, Lugano, Italy, May 5-7, 2000.

F.J. Arregui, I.R. Matias, K.L. Cooper and R.O. Claus, "Fabrication of Microgratings on the Ends of Standard Optical Fibers by the Electrostatic Self-Assembly Monolayer Process," OSA, August 2000.

R. Claus, Y. Liu and K. Cooper, "Electrostatic Self-Assembly Processing of Materials and Devices," SPIE Annual Meeting, San Diego, August 2000.

R. Claus, Y. Liu, K. Cooper and L. Zhang, "Electrostatically Self-Assembled Processing of Electro-Optic Materials and Devices," SPIE Annual Meeting, San Diego, August 2000, Invited.

R. Claus, Y. Liu, K. Cooper and L. Zhang, "Reproducibility of ESA-Formed EO Thin Films and Devices," SPIE Annual Meeting, San Diego, August 2000, Invited.

T. Zeng, L. Zheng, W.B. Spillman, Jr., and R.O. Claus, "Three-Dimensional Nanostructured Photodynamic Protein Composite Films for High Performance Bio-Optoelectronic Devices and Sensors," Proceedings, American Chemical Society, 220th ACS National Meeting, Washington, D.C., August 2000.

D. Inman, M. Ahmadian, R.O. Claus, "Simultaneous Active Damping and Health Monitoring of Aircraft Panels," IUTAM Symposium on Smart Structures and Structural Systems, Germany, September 2000.

H. Yu, D. Jiang, C-W. Nan, Y-X. Wang, Y. Liu, and R.O. Claus, "Fabrication of Optic Fiber Fabry-Perot Interferometer Via Ionic Self-Assembly Approach," Proceedings, SPIE, Optics and Optoelectronics, CHINA 2000, Beijing, November 8-10, 2000.

H. Yu, D. Jiang, C-W. Nan, Y-X. Wang, Y. Liu, and R.O. Claus, "Optic Fiber Fabry-Perot Interferometer Made Through Ionic Self-Assembly Approach," International Symposium on Advanced Optical Manufacturing and Testing Technology 2000, Chengdu, China, November 1-3, 2000.

W. Zhao, R. O. Claus, K. Cooper, Y. Liu, F.J. Arregui, "Self-Assembled Nanostructured Optical Fiber Temperature Sensors," OFS-14, Venice, October 2000.

F. Arregui, I. Matias, Y. Liu, K. Cooper and R.O. Claus, "A Dichlormethane Gas Optical Fiber Sensor Fabricated Using ESA Monolayer Method," OFS-14, Venice, October 2000.

Y. Chen, H. Ruan, Y. Liu and R.O. Claus, "Field Trials of High Temperature Optical Fiber Sensors in Steam Injection Well," SPE Conference, Houston, 2000.

Invited Presentations & Papers

R. Claus, J. Lalli, J. Mecham and B. Davis, "Self-Assembled Materials for Space-Based Photonics," INVITED, SPIE Photonics for Space Environments Conference, Denver, August 2004.

"Self-Assembled Materials and Devices," Invited Presentation, Northern Virginia Technology Council’s Atlantc Nano Forum, 250 participants, Alexandria, Va., February 12, 2004.

J. Lalli, B. Lepene, J. Huie, J. Mecham, and R. Claus, "Self-Assembled Free-Standing Materials and Devices," ICEES, Corfu, Greece, invited paper, July 24-29, 2003.

W.P. Spillman, Jr. and R.O. Claus, "Evolving Into Complexity," Keynote Presentation, European Workshop on Smart Structures in Engineering and Technology, May 2002.

F.J. Arregui, I.R. Matias, K.L. Cooper and R.O. Claus, "Optical Fiber Devices Based on Nanoscale Self-Assembly," Invited Paper, Science and Engineering of Composite Materials, October 2001.

R. Claus, "Review of Progress in Electrostatically Self-Assembled Thin Films," Invited Paper, American Chemical Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, March 2000.

Submitted Presentations
Jiyun C. Huie (graduate student), Benjamin Lepene, and Jennifer K. Hoyt, [R.O. Claus], "Effect of cross-linkers, particle size, and film thickness on conductivity and optical transparency of nanocomposite self-assembled films," American Chemical Society Meeting, New Orleans, March 2003.

Books/Chapters/Editorships
L. Supriya and R. O. Claus, Surface Patterning Using Self-Assembled Monolayers: A "Bottom-Up" Approach to the Fabrication of Microdevices, Book Chapter, "Nanoengineering of Sructural, Functional and Smart Materials, CRC Press, 2004.

F. Arregui, I. Matias and R. Claus, Fiber Optic Biosensors, in Encyclopedia of Optical Engineering, Marcel Dekker, June 2004.

Guest Editor, IEEE Sensors Journal, 3 [1] February 2003.

R. Claus, L. Zhang and Y-X. Wang, "Optical Properties of Multilayer Thin Films," chapter in Multilayer Thin Films, G.Decher and J. Schelenoff, eds., Wiley-VCH, ISBN 3-527-30440-1 (2002).

R. Claus, L. Zhang, and Y-X. Wang, "Optical Properties of Multilayer Thin Films," in Multilayer Thin Films, G. Decher and J. Schelenoff, eds., Wiley-VCH, ISBN 3-527-30440-1 (2002).

J. Zhang and R. Claus, Smart Materials, Devices, Structures and Their Applications, University of Wuhan, March 2000.
R. Claus, editor, SPIE Sensors and Instrumentation for Smart Materials and Structures Conference Proceedings, 1996-2000.

R. Claus, V. Bhatia, and A. Wang, "Optical Fiber Displacement," Chapter 6.11 in CRC Management, Instrumentation and Sensors Handbook, J. Webster, ed., CRC Press (1999).

Software and Patents
P. Duncan (grad student), C. Holton (research staff) and R. Claus, "Methods and Apparatus for Optically Measuring Polarization Rotation of Optical Wavefronts Using Rare Earth Iron Garnets," U.S. Patent 6,534,977. Recognized at VTIP Award Meeting, Spring 2004.

"Smart Material Sensors," patent disclosure submitted to VTIP, action pending.

"Laser Printed Nanocluster Electronics," patent disclosure submitted to VTIP, action pending.

"Biocompatible Nanocomposite Thin Film Coating for Corroding Biomaterials," patent disclosure submitted to VTIP, Provisional Patent filed by VTIP.

P. Duncan, C. Holton and R. Claus, "Methods and apparatus for optically measuring polarization rotation of optical wavefronts using rare earth iron garnets," U.S. Patent 6,534,977, March 18, 2003.

R. Claus, T. Zeng and Y. Liu, "Electrostrictive and piezoelectric thin film assemblies and method of fabrication thereof," U.S. Patent 6,447,887, September 10, 2002.

Y. Chen, R. Claus and Y. Liu, "Multiwavelength pyrometer for measurement in hostile environments," U.S. Patent 6,357,910, March 19, 2002.

R.O. Claus and Y. Liu, "Transparent Abrasion-Resistant Coatings, Magnetic Coatings, Electrically and Thermally Conductive Coatings, and UV Absorbing Coatings on Solid Structures," U.S. Patent 6,316,084, November 13, 2001.

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