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       Jeffery L. Coffer - Publications

2017

• "Biogenic Nanostructured Porous Silicon as a Carrier for Stabilization and Delivery of Natural Therapeutic Species," Nguyen T Le, Jhansi R. Kalluri, Armando Loni, Leigh T. Canham, and Jeffery L. Coffer, Molecular Pharmaceutics, 2017, 14, DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.7b00638.
• "Multifaceted peptide assisted one-pot synthesis of gold nanoparticles for plectin-1 targeted gemcitabine delivery in pancreatic cancer," Krishnendu Pal, Farah Al-suraih, Roberto Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Shamit Kumar Dutta, Enfeng Wang, H. Shaun Kwak, Thomas R. Caulfield, Jeffery L. Coffer, and Santanu Bhattacharya, Nanoscale, 2017, 9, 15622-15634. doi: 10.1039/C7NR03172F.
• "Optical Band Gap Alteration of Graphene Oxide via Ozone Treatment," Md Tanvir Hasan,Brian J. Senger, Conor Ryan, Marais Culp, Roberto Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Jeffery L. Coffer, and Anton V. Naumov, Scientific Reports, 2017, 7, 6411; doi:10.1038/s41598-017-06107-0
• “Anomalous Surface Doping Effect in Semiconductor Nanowires,” Yuejian Wang, Wenge Yang, Guifu Zou, Ji Wu, Jeffery L. Coffer, Stanislav V. Sinogeikin, and Jianzhong Zhang, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2017, doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b01655
• “Inhibition of a structural phase transition in one-dimensional organometal halide perovskite nanorods grown inside porous silicon nanotube templates,” Neta Arad-Vosk, Naama Rozenfeld, Roberto Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Jeffery L Coffer, Amir Sa’ar, Physical Review B, 2017, 95, 085433.
• “Facile synthesis of stable, water soluble, dendron-coated gold nanoparticles,” Alan E Enciso, Giovanni Doni, Riccardo Nifosì, Ferruccio Palazzesi, Roberto Gonzalez, Amy A Ellsworth, Jeffery L Coffer, Amy V Walker, Giovanni M Pavan, Ahmed A Mohamed, Eric E Simanek, Nanoscale, 2017, 9, 3128-3132.                       

            Book Chapters:

                  - Nelli K. Bodiford and Jeffery L. Coffer, “Advances In Silicon Smart Materials For Tissue Engineering,” in Smart Materials for Tissue Engineering: Applications,                     Qun Wang, Ed., London: Royal Society of Chemistry, 2017, pp.90 -109; DOI: 10.1039/9781788010542-00090.

                   - Nguyen T. Le and Jeffery L. Coffer, 2017, Porous Silicon Nanotube Arrays, in the “Silicon Nanomaterials Sourcebook,” Vol 1, Sattler, K. Ed., Taylor & Francis

                     (CRC Press).

2016 

• “In Vitro Gene Delivery with Large Porous Silicon Nanoparticles Fabricated Using Cost-Effective, Metal-Assisted Chemical Etching,” Nancy Wareing, Kyle Szymanski, Giridhar R Akkaraju, Armando Loni, Leigh T Canham, Roberto Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Jeffery L Coffer, Small, 2016, doi: 10.1002/smll.201602739.

• “ Single Plant Derived Nanotechnology for Synergistic Antibacterial Therapies,” Jhansi R Kalluri, Roberto Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Phil S Hartman, Armando Loni, Leigh T Canham, Jeffery L Coffer, PLOS One, 2016, 11(9), e0163270.
• “Cell viability and MRI performance of highly efficient polyol-coated magnetic nanoparticles.” Fernando Arteaga-Cardona, Eric Gutiérrez-García, Silvia Hidalgo-Tobón, Ciro López-Vasquez, Yazmín A Brito-Barrera, Julia Flores-Tochihuitl, Aracely Angulo-Molina, Julio R Reyes-Leyva, Roberto González-Rodríguez, Jeffery L Coffer, Umapada Pal, Mario Pérez-Peña Diaz-Conti, Diana Platas-Neri, Pilar Dies-Suarez, Rebeca Sosa Fonseca, Oscar Arias-Carrión, Miguel A Méndez-Rojas, Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 2016, 18, 345.

• “Control of CH₃NH₃PbI₃ Perovskite Nanostructure Formation through the Use of Silicon Nanotube Templates,” Roberto Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Neta Arad-Vosk, Naama Rozenfeld, Amir Sa'ar, Jeffery L. Coffer, Small, 2016, DOI: 10.1002/smll.201601291

• “Hollow Magnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles as Sodium Meclofenamate Drug Delivery Systems,” Brigido A. Vargas-Gonzalez, Lucilia I. Castro-Pastrana, Maria M. Mendoza, Roberto Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Jeffery L. Coffer, and Miguel A. Mendez-Rojas, J Nanomed Res , 2016, 3(6): 00071. doi: 10.15406/jnmr.2016.03.00071

• "Mesoporous Nanotubes as Biomaterials," Jeffery L. Coffer, Mesoporous Biomaterials, 2016, 2(1), 33-48, DOI: 10.1515/mesbi-2015-0005
• "Stain Etched Nanostructured Porous Silicon: The Role of Morphology on Antibacterial Drug Loading and Release,” Mengjia Wang, Philip S. Hartman, Armando Loni, Leigh T. Canham, Jeffery L. Coffer, Silicon, 2016, 1-7, doi: 10.1007/s12633-015-9397-1
• "Thermoregulated Coacervation, Metal-Encapsulation and Nanoparticle Synthesis in Novel Triazine Dendrimers," Fermín Ramírez-Crescencio, Alan E Enciso, Mirza Hasan, Viviana CP da Costa, Onofrio Annunziata, Rocío Redón, Jeffery L Coffer, Eric E Simanek, Molecules, 2016, 21 (5), 599. doi:10.3390/molecules21050599

2015  

• "The effect of nanocrystalline silicon host on magnetic properties of encapsulated iron oxide nanoparticles,” P. Granitzer, K. Rumpf, R. Gonzalez-Rodriguez, J. L. Coffer and M. Reissner, Nanoscale, 2015,7, 20220-20226

• "Porous Silicon Nanotube Arrays as Anode Material for Li-Ion Batteries," Alexander T. Tesfaye, Roberto Gonzalez, Jeffery L. Coffer, Thierry Djenizian, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2015, 7, 20495-20498.  

• "A novel pressed porous silicon-polycaprolactone composite as a dual-purpose ophthalmic implant,"Yazad Irani, Yuan Tian, Mengjia Wang, Sonja Klebe, Steven J. McInnes, Nicolas H. Voelcker, Jeffery L. Coffer and Keryn A. Williams,Experimental Eye Research, 2015, 139,123-131.
• "Inulin as a novel biocompatible coating: Evaluation of surface affinities toward CaHPO₄, α-Fe₂O₃, ZnO, CaHPO₄@ZnO and α-Fe₂O₃@ZnO nanoparticles," E. Santillán-Urquiza, F. Arteaga-Cardona , E. Hernandez-Herman , P.F. Pacheco-García , R. González-Rodríguez , J.L. Coffer , M.E. Mendoza-Alvarez , J.F. Vélez-Ruiz , M.A. Méndez-Rojas, J. Colloid and Interface Science, 2015, 460, 339-348.
• "Influence of Surface Chemistry on the Release of an Antibacterial Drug from Nanostructured Porous Silicon," Mengjia Wang, Philip Hartman, Armando Loni, Leigh T Canham, Nelli Bodiford, Jeffery L. Coffer, Langmuir, 2015, 31 (22), 6179–6185.
• "Assessment of Cytocompatibility and Magnetic Properties of Nanostructured Silicon Loaded with Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles," Petra Granitzer, Klemens Rumpf, Yuan Tian, Jeffery Coffer, Giri Akkaraju, Peter Poelt, Michael Reissner, ECS Transactions, 2015, 64 (47), 1-7.
• "Assessment of Magnetic Properties of Nanostructured Silicon Loaded with Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles," Petra Granitzer, Klemens Rumpf, Jeffery Coffer, Peter Poelt, Michael Reissner, ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology, 2015, 4 (5), N44-N46.

       2014

• "Magnetic properties of superparamagnetic nanoparticles loaded into silicon nanotubes,” Petra Granitzer, Klemens Rumpf, Roberto Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Jeffery L. Coffer, and Michael Reissner, Nanoscale Research Letters, 2014, 9, 413 - pdf

• “Porous Silicon with Deposited Iron Oxide as a Vehicle for Magnetically Guided Drug Delivery.” Klemens Rumpf, Petra Granitzer, Yuan Tian, Jeffery L. Coffer, Giri Akkaraju, Peter Poelt, and H. Michor, “Electrochem. Soc. Trans., 2014, 58, 133-137.

        Books/Book Chapters:

• Editor: “Semiconducting Silicon Nanowires for Biomedical Applications,” Woodhead Publishing (Cambridge, UK). [Woodhead Publishing Series in Biomaterials No. 73], 2014

• “Porous Silicon and Related Composites as Functional Tissue Engineering Scaffolds,” Chapter 18 in Porous silicon for biomedical applications, Edited by Hélder A. Santos; Woodhead Publishing (Cambridge, UK).  2014.

• “Porous Silicon as a Tissue Engineering Scaffold,” Chapter 92 in The Porous Silicon Handbook, Leigh T. Canham, Editor, Springer. 2014

• “X-Ray Diffraction in Porous Silicon,” Chapter 42 in The Porous Silicon Handbook, Leigh T. Canham, Editor, Springer. 2014

• “Semiconductor Nanowires and Associated Polymeric Composites: Therapeutic Implications for Smart Tissue Engineering Scaffolds,” Jeffery L. Coffer, Ke Jiang, and Dattatri Nagesha, Chapter 15 in “Nanostructured Semiconductors: from Basic Research to Applications” edited by Petra Granitzer and Klemens Rumpf, Pan Stanford Publishing Ltd., 2014.

 

2013

 

• "Fabrication and Size Dependent Properties of Porous Silicon Nanotube Arrays,"Xuezhen Huang, Roberto Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Ryan Rich, Zygmunt Gryczynski, Jeffery L Coffer, Chem Comm, 2013, 49, 5760-5762.

• “Size-Dependent Assessment of Fe₃O₄ Nanoparticles Loaded Into Porous Silicon.” Petra Granitzer, Klemens Rumpf, Yuan Tian, Giri Akkaraju, Jeffery L. Coffer, Peter Poelt, and Michael Reissner. Electrochem. Soc. Trans., 2013, 50, 77-82.

• "Sustained Antifungal Activity from a Ketoconazole-Loaded Nanostructured Mesoporous Silicon Platform,' Lynda Tang, Arun Saharay, William Fleischer, Philip S. Hartman, Armando Loni, Leigh T. Canham, and Jeffery L. Coffer, Silicon, 2013, 5, 213-217.

• "Fe3O4-nanoparticles within porous silicon: Magnetic and cytotoxicity characterization," Petra Granitzer, Klemens Rumpf, Yian Tian, Giridhar R. Akkaraju, Jeffery L. Coffer, P. Poelt, M. Reissner, Applied Physics Letters, 2013, 102, 193110.

• “Silicon Nanowire/Polycaprolactone Composites and Their Impact on Stromal Cell Function,” Ke Jiang, Giridhar R. Akkaraju, Jeffery L. Coffer, Journal of Materials Research, 2013, 28, 185-192.

 

2012

 

• “Manufacture of Mesoporous Silicon from Living Plants and Agricultural Waste: An Environmentally Friendly and Scalable Process,” Luke Batchelor, Armando Loni, Leigh T. Canham, Mirza Hasan, and Jeffery L. Coffer, Silicon, 2012, 4, 259-266.

• “Directing Photophysics and Structure in Semiconductor Nanowires with Erbium and Germanium, “ Xuezhen Huang, Ji Wu, Jeffery L. Coffer, J. Luminescence, 2012, 132, 3141-3147.

• “Erbium-Doped Mixed Oxide Nanowires of Zinc and Germanium: Role of Host Structure on Near Infrared Emission,” Xuezhen Huang and Jeffery L. Coffer, Crystal Growth and Design, 2012, 12, 2362-2366.

 

2011

•  “Non-lithographic Formation of Three Dimensional Periodic Nanostructures by Germanium Nanowire Etching.” Xuezhen Huang and Jeffery L. Coffer, Chem. Comm., 2011, 47, 11665-11667.

• “The Role of Silicon in Discriminating In Vitro Calcification for Electrospun Porous Silicon-Biopolymer Orthopedic Scaffolds, “ Dongmei Fan, Giridhar R. Akkaraju, Ernest F. Couch, Leigh T. Canham, and Jeffery L. Coffer, Nanoscale, 2011, 3,354-361 (Feature article)

 

2010

• “Control of Interfacial Structure with Precursor Chemistry in Radial Core/Shell Nanowires of Zinc Oxide, Optically-Active Erbium, and Germanium.” Xuezhen Huang and Jeffery L. Coffer, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2010, 114 (50), 22019–22024.[download pdf]

• “Sustained Antibacterial Activity from Triclosan-Loaded Nanostructured Mesoporous Silicon.” Mengjia Wang and Jeffery L. Coffer, Katrina Dorraj and Phil S. Hartman, Armando Loni and Leigh T. Canham. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 2010, 7 (6), 2232–2239.[download pdf]

•  “The Impact of Erbium Incorporation on the Structure and Photophysics of Silicon-Germanium Nanowires,” Ji Wu, Monika Wieligor, T. Waldek Zerda and Jeffery L. Coffer, Nanoscale, 2010, 2, 2657-2667.

• “Evaluation of Mesoporous Silicon / Polycaprolactone Composites as Ophthalmic Implants," Soheila Kashanian, Frances Harding, Yazad Irani, Sonja Klebe, Kirsty Marshall, Armando Loni, Leigh Canham, Dongmei Fan, Keryn A Williams, Nicolas H Voelcker and Jeffery L Coffer, Acta Biomaterialia , 2010 , 6, 3566–3572.

• “Incorporation of Cesium Borocaptate onto Silicon Nanowires as a Delivery Vehicle for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy,” Ke Jiang, Jeffery L. Coffer, J. Greg Gillen and Timothy M. Brewer, Chemistry of Materials, 2010, 22, 279–281.[download pdf]

• “Dual Wavelength Emissive ZnO Tetrapods: Effects of Erbium/Germanium Surface Modification,” Xuezhen Huang and Jeffery L. Coffer, J. Antonio Paramo and Yuri M. Strzhemechny, Crystal Growth & Design, 2010, 10, 32–35. [download pdf]

 

2009

• "Medicinal Surface Modification of Silicon Nanowires: Impact on Calcification and Stromal Cell Proliferation,” Ke Jiang, Dongmei Fan, Yamina Belabassi,  Giridhar Akkaraju,  Jean-Luc Montchamp,  and Jeffery L. Coffer, ACS Appl. Mater. Inter., 2009, 1, 66–69.

• “Oxidized Germanium as a Broad-Band Sensitizer for Er-Doped SnO₂ Nanofibers.” Ji Wu and Jeffery L. Coffer, Yuejian Wang and Roland Schulze, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2009, 113 (1), 12–16.

• “Location-Dependent Controlled Release Kinetics Of Model Hydrophobic Compounds From Mesoporous Silicon / Biopolymer Composite Fibers,” Dongmei Fan, Armando Loni,  Leigh T. Canham, Jeffery L. Coffer , Phys Stat Sol., 2009, 206,1322-1325.

• “Incorporation And Characterization Of Boron Neutron Capture Therapy Agents Into Mesoporous Silicon And Silicon Nanowires,” Ke Jiang, Armando Loni, Leigh T. Canham, Jeffery L. Coffer, Phys Stat Sol, 2009, 206, 1361-1364.

 

2008

•  “Phase transitions and compressibility in silicon nanowires”, Wang, YJ; Zhang, JZ; Wu, J.; Coffer, JL; Lin ZJ; Sinogeikin, SV; Yang, WG; Zhao YS; Nanoletters, 2008, 8, 2891.

• “High-porosity poly(e-caprolactone)/mesoporous silicon scaffolds : calcium phosphate induction and biological response to fibroblasts and bone precursor cells”, M. A. Whitehead, P. Mukherjee , G. Akkaraju, L. T. Canham, and J. L Coffer, Tissue Engineering A, 2008, 14(1): 195-206. 

•  “Gold-Induced Self Assembly of Germanium Micropatterns and Their Use as Nanowire Templates”, Ji Wu and Jeffery L. Coffer, Advanced Materials, 2008, 20, 1571.

• "Mechanism of Zero Bias in vitro calcification of calcium disilicide growth layers on spark-processed silicon", V.V. Seregin and J.L. Coffer, J. Biomed. Mater. Res., 2008, 87A, 15. 

 

2007

 

•   “Emissive Erbium-Doped Silicon and Germanium Oxide Nanofibers Derived from an Electrospinning Process,” Ji Wu and Jeffery L. Coffer. Chem. Mater.; 2007;  19(25);  6266-6276.

• “Strongly Emissive Erbium-Doped Tin Oxide Nanofibers Derived from Sol Gel Electrospinning Methods,” Wu, J.; Coffer, J.L.  J. Phys. Chem. C.; 2007; 111(44); 16088-16091.

• “Structural characterization of ZnO/Er₂O₃ core/shell nanowires”, Danilo Mustafa, Daniel Biggemann, Ji Wu, Jeffery L. Coffer, and Leandro R. Tessler, Superlattices and Microstructures,  2007, 42,  403.

• “Accelerated Calcification in Electrically Conductive Polymer Composites Comprised of Poly(e-caprolactone), Polyaniline, and Bioactive Mesoporous Silicon,” Melanie A. Whitehead, Leigh T. Canham, and Jeffery L. Coffer, J. Biomed. Mater. Res., 2007, 83A, 225

• “Tunable silicon-based light sources using erbium doped liquid crystals”, S. M. Weiss, J. Zhang, P. M. Fauchet , V. V. Seregin and J. L. Coffer, Appl. Phys. Lett., 2007, 90, 031112.

2006

• “Biorelevant Mesoporous Silicon / Polymer Composites: Directed Assembly, Disassembly, and Controlled Release,” Priyabrata Mukherjee, Melanie A. Whitehead, Robert A. Senter, Dongmei Fan, Leigh T. Canham, and Jeffery L. Coffer, Biomedical Microdevices, 2006, 8,9.

• “”Electronically-Responsive Delivery from a Calcified Mesoporous Silicon Structure”, Indu Batra, Jeffery L. Coffer, and Leigh T. Canham, Biomedical Microdevices, .2006, 8,93.

• “Semiconductor Nanocrystals and Silicate Nano-particles. Structure and Bonding” J.L. Coffer, J. Am. Chem. Soc.;  (Book Review); 2006; 128, 9258.

• "Bias-assisted in vitro calcification of calcium disilicide and porous silica growth layers on spark-processed silicon", V.V. Seregin and J.L. Coffer, Biomaterials, 2006, 27, 3726. 

• “Biomineralization of calcium disilicide in porous polycaprolactone scaffolds”, V.V. Seregin and J.L. Coffer, Biomaterials, 2006, 27,

4745.  

2005

•  “Biorelevant Calcification and Non-Cytotoxic Behavior in Silicon Nanowires” Nagesha, D.; Whitehead, M.A.; Coffer, J.L., Adv. Mater. 2005, 17, 924,

• “Porous Silicon-Based Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering and Other Biomedical Applications,” Coffer, J.; Whitehead, M.A.; Nagesha, D.; Mukherjee, P.; Akkaraju, G.;Totolici, M.;Saffie, R.; Canham, L.. Phys. Stat. Sol (a), 2005, 202, 1451.

• "Fabricating Nanophase Erbium-Doped Silicon Into Dots, Wires, and Extended Architectures," Coffer, J.L. in  Nanostructure Assemblies and Superstructures., Ed. Kotov,  N.A.;  CRC Press, 2005.

• “Nanostructured DNA Templates”, a contributed chapter to the book Bionanotechnology Protocols, Rosenthal, S. and Wright, D. Ed.; Methods in Molecular Biology Series, Humana Press, pp 167-178 (2005).

• “Binary Rare Earth Oxides”, J.L. Coffer, J. Am. Chem. Soc.;  (Book Review); 2005; 127(21); 7961.

2004

 

• “The Structural Influence of Erbium Centers on Silicon Nanocrystal Phase Transitions”, Senter, R.A.; Pantea, C.; Wang, Y.; Liu, H.; Zerda, T.W.; Coffer, J.L., T.W. Phys. Rev. Lett., 2004, 93, 175502.

• “Effect of the Erbium Dopant Architecture on the Femtosecond Relaxation Dynamics of Silicon Nanocrystals”, Samia, A.; Lou, Y.; Burda, C.; Senter, R. ; Coffer,  J.L.  J. Chem. Phys., 2004,120, 8716.

• “Fabrication and Optical Properties of Erbium-Doped Germanium Nanowires”, Wu, J.; Coffer, J.L.; Punchaipetch, P.; Wallace, R.M. Adv. Mater.,  2004,16, 1444.

• “Size Control and Associated Photophysics of Erbium-Doped Silicon Nanowires.” Wang, Z.; Coffer, J. L.; J. Phys. Chem. B.   2004 , 108,2497.

• “Rare Earth Doped Silicon Nanocrystals Derived from an Erbium Amidinate Precursor”, Ji, J.; Senter, R., Tessler, L.R.; Back, D.; Winter, C.H.; Coffer, J.L. Nanotechnology, 2004, 15, 643.

2003

• “Routes to Calcified Porous Silicon: Implications for Drug Delivery and Biosensing.” Coffer, J.L.; Montchamp, J.L.; Aimone, J.B. ; and Weis, R.P. Phys. Stat. Sol(a)., 2003, 197, 336. 

• “Properties of Ruthenium Complex-Doped Calcium Phosphate / Porous Silicon Nanostructures”, J. Cluster Sci, 2003, 14, 85.

2002

• “Erbium Surface Enriched Silicon Nanowires”, Wang, Z, Coffer, JL. NanoLett, 2002, 2, 1530.

• “Impact of Erbium-Doped Silicon Nanocrystals on the Properties of Polyphenylene Vinylene Films”, Ji, J. and Coffer, J. J. Phys. Chem., 2002, 106, 3860.

• “DNA Binding to Fluorescently-Labeled Calcium Phosphate / Nanoporous Silicon Structures", Li, X. and Coffer, J. J. Nanosci. Nanotech., special issue concerning nanodevices (invited), 2002, 3/4, 391.

• "The Erbium Structural Environment in Erbium-Doped Silicon Nanocrystals", Tessler, L.; Coffer, J.; Ji, J.; Senter, R., J. Non-Cryst. Solids, 2002, 299-302P1, 673.

• "Use of Microcontact Printing Methods to Direct Pattern Formation of Calcified Nanoporous Silicon", Ji, J.; Li, X; Canham, L.; Coffer, J., Adv. Mater., 2002, 14, 41.

• "Quantum Dots: A Primer" (invited Focal Point article), Murphy, C.J. and Coffer, J., Appl. Spectroscopy., 2002, 56, 1.

• "The Use of Spark Ablation to Produce Calcium Phosphate Films on Silicon", Weis, R.W.,Chen, Y., and Coffer, J.L., Electrochem. Solid State Lett, 2002, 5, C22.

• “Time-Resolved Spectroscopic Studies of the Photoluminescence of Nanoporous Silicon: Effects of Lewis Acid/Base Exposure” Sweryda-Krawiec, B.; Coffer, J.L.; and Gancopadhahay , S. J. Cluster Science,  Wells Special Issue, (invited), 2002, 13, 637.

• “Correlating Structure and Photophysics in Erbium-Doped Silicon Nanocrystals”, Coffer, J.L.; Ji. J.; Senter, R.A. SPIE Proc.,2002,4807, 131.

• “Calcified Nanostructured Silicon Wafer Surfaces for Biosensing: Effects of Surface Modification on Bioactivity”, Weis, R.P.; Coffer, J.L.; Montchamp, J.L.; Desai, T.; Attiah, D.G. Disease Markers, 2002, 18, 159 (special issue on Nanotechnology in Medicine, invited).

2001

• "The Synthesis of Silicon Nanocrystals with Erbium Rich Surface Layers", Senter, R.; Chen, Y.; Coffer, J.; Tessler, L. NanoLett. 2001, 1, 383.

• "Pressure Tuning Optical Absorption Spectroscopy of Erbium-Doped Silicon Nanocrystals", St. John, J; Coffer, J. J. Phys. Chem. 2001, 105, 7599.

• "Surface Modification of Erbium-Doped Silicon Nanocrystals", Ji, J.; Senter, R.; Coffer, J., Chem. Mater. , 2001, 13, 4783.

• “Erbium-Doped Silicon Nanocrystals: Impact on Properties of Polyphenylene Vinylene - Nanoparticle Composites,” Coffer, J.; Ji, J., Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., 2001, 638, 1-5.

2000

• “Porosified Silicon Wafer Structures Impregnated With Platinum Anti-Tumor Compounds: Fabrication, Characterization, and Diffusion Studies”, Li, X.; St. John, J; Coffer, J.; Chen, Y.; Pinizzotto, R.; Newey, J.; Canham, L.T., Biomedical Microdevices,  2000, 2, 265.

• “Size Control of Erbium-Doped Silicon Nanocrystals” St. John, J;  Coffer, J.; Chen, Y.; Pinizzotto, R. ; Appl. Phys. Lett., 2000,  77, 1635.

• “Themochemical Passivation of DNA-Stabilized Q-Cadmium Sulfide Naoparticles”, Coffer, J.; Bigham, S., J. Cluster Science, 2000, 11, 359.

• “Fabrication and Characterization of Calcium Phosphate/Porous Silicon/Silicon Structures Doped with Platinum Antitumor Compounds”, ", Li, X.; Coffer, J.; St. John, J.; Chen, Y.; Pinizzotto, R.; Newey, J.; Canham, L., Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., 2000, 599,  61.

• “Structural Analyses of Fluorine-Doped Silicon Dioxide Dielectric Thin Films by Micro-Raman Spectroscopy”, Coffer, J.L.; Zerda, T.W.; Taylor, K.J.;  Martin, S. Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., 2000, 612, 1.

1999

• ”Synthesis and Characterization of Discrete Luminescent Erbium-Doped Silicon Nanocrystals", St. John, J;  Coffer, J.; Chen, Y.; Pinizzotto, R.; J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1999, 121, 1888.

• "The Effect of Pressure on the Photoluminescence of Polynucleotide-Stabilized Cadmium Sulfide Nanocrystals”, Li, X.; Coffer, J., Chem. Mater., 1999, 11, 2326.

• “Micro-Raman Investigation of Nanocrystalline GaN, AlN, and an AlGaN Composite Prepared from Pyrolysis of Metal Amide-Imide Precursors", Coffer, J.; Appel, R.; Zerda, T.W.; Janik, J.; Wells, R.; Chem. Mater., 1999, 11, 20.

• “Formation and Characterization of Erbium-Doped Silicon Nanocrystals”, St. John, J;  Coffer, J.; Chen, Y.; Pinizzotto, R. Proc. Electrochem. Soc., 1999, 98-19, 61. 

• “Gas Phase Desorption of Diphenylamine from Porous Silicon”, Swerdya-Krawiec, B., Coffer, J.L., Rho, Y.; Pinizzotto, J.  Electrochem. Soc., 1999, 146, 2313.

1998

• "Transition Metal Complex-Doped Hydroxyapatite Layers on Porous Silicon", Li, X.; Coffer, J.; Chen, Y.; Pinizzotto, R.; Newey, J.; Canham, L. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1998, 120,11706.

• "Nanocrystalline Aluminum Nitride and Aluminum-Gallium-Nitride Nanocomposites Via Transamination of [M(NMe₂)₃]₂, M = Al, Al/Ga(1/1)", Janik, J.; Wells, R.;  Coffer, J.; St. John, J.; Pennington, W.; Schimek, G.; Chem. Mater,  1998, 10, 1613.

• “Properties of Luminescent Si Nanoparticles in Sol-Gel Matrices", Zhang, L.; Coffer, J., Zerda, T., Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology ,  invited paper for a special issue regarding sol-gel prepared optical solids based on dispersed inorganic nanoparticles, 1998, 11, 267.

• “Characterization of Erbium-Doped Silicon Dioxide Layers on Silicon by Spark Processing”, St. John, J;  Coffer, J.; Rho, Y.; Diehl, P.; Pinizzotto, R.; Culp, T.; Bray, K., Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., 1998, 486, 281.

1997

• “Stain Etching (of Porous Silicon)”, J. Coffer, an invited chapter in Properties of Porous Silicon, Leigh Canham, Ed.,  IEE Press (UK), 1997, pp 23-30.

• “The Influence of Precursor Route on the Photoluminescence of Bulk Gallium Nitride”, Coffer, J.; Johnson, M.; Zhang, L.; Wells, R.; Janik, J.; Chem. Mater, 1997, 9, 2671.

• “Luminescent Si Nanoparticles in Sol-Gel Matrices Stabilized by Amino Acids",  Zhang, L.;  Coffer, J.;  Xu, W.;  Zerda,T.; invited paper for a special issue regarding sol-gel derived materials, Chem. Mater, 1997, 9,  2249.

• “Erbium Doped SiO2 Layers Formed On the Surface of Silicon by Spark Processing” St. John, J;  Coffer, J.; Rho, Y.; Diehl, P.; Pinizzotto, R.; Culp, T.; Bray, K., Chem. Mater,  1997, 9, 3176.

• “Electrochemiluminescence from Calixarene-Coated Porous Si  Liquid Junction Cells” Zhang, L.; Coffer, J., J. Phys. Chem. B, 1997, 101, 6874.

• ”Approaches for Generating Mesoscale Patterns of Semiconductor Nanoclusters” (invited), Coffer, J., J. Cluster Science, Special Issue on Frontiers in Cluster Science, 1997, 8, 159. 

• “Carbidoheptarhenate Complexes of Mercury Hydroxide and Arenethiolate. Crystal Structures of [NEt₃Bz]₂[Re₇C(CO)₂₁HgOH] and [PPh₄]₂[ReC(CO)₂₁HgSC₆H₄Br] Brand, U.; Coffer, J.L.; Henly, T.J.; Wilson, S.R.; Shapley, J.R. Inorg. Chem., 1997, 36, 3386.

• “Strategies Toward the Development of Integrated Chemical Sensors Based on Light Emitting Porous Silicon”, Coffer, J.; Zhang, L., and St. John, J.  SPIE Proc., 1997, 3226, 168.

• “Electron Microsopy of Mesoscale Arrays of Quantum-Confined CdS Nanoparticles Formed on DNA Templates” Pinizzotto, R.; Rho, Y.; Chen, Y.; Pirtle, R.; Pirtle, I., Coffer, J.; Li, Xin, Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc,  1997, 452, 591. 

• “New Precursor Routes to Nanocrystalline Cubic/Hexagonal Gallium Nitride, GaN”, Wells, R.; Janik, J.; Gladfelter, W.; Coffer, J.; Johnson, M.; Steffey, B. Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc,  1997,  468, 39.

1996

 

• "Porous Silicon Coated with Calixarene Carboxylic Acid Derivatives: Effects on Luminescence Quenching Selectivity " Zhang, L.; Coffer, J.; Wang, J.; Gutsche, C.D., Chen, J.; Chyan, O.  J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1996, 118, 12840.

• “Dictation of the Shape of Mesoscale Semiconductor Nanoparticle Assemblies by Plasmid DNA.”  Coffer, J.; Bigham, S.; Li, X.; Pinizzotto, R;  Rho, Y.;  Pirtle, R.;  Pirtle, I.   Appl. Phys. Lett.,  1996,  69,  3851.

• "Steric and Electronic Effects in the Quenching of Porous Silicon Luminescence By Small Molecules" (invited), Coffer, J.; J. Luminescence, Special Issue on the Spectroscopy of Isolated and Assembled Semiconductor Nanocrystals, 1996, 70,  343.

• “A Comparison of Porous Silicon and Silicon Nanocrystallite Photoluminescence Quenching with Amines”, Swerdya-Krawiec, B., Chandler-Henderson, R.R., Coffer, J.L., Rho, Y.; Pinizzotto,  J. Phys. Chem.,  1996, 100,  13776.

• “Formation of Rare Earth Oxide Doped Silicon By Spark Processing” St. John, J;  Coffer, J.; Rho, Y.; Pinizzotto, Appl. Phys. Lett,  1996,  68,  3416. 

• "Fabrication of a Porous Silicon Diode Possessing Distinct Red and Orange Electroluminescent Regions",  Zhang, L.; Coffer, J.;  Rho, Y.; Pinizzotto, R., J. Electrochem. Soc., 1996, 143,  L42-L44.

• "Surface Modification of Porous Silicon By Aluminum Isopropoxide and Its Impact on Electroluminescence",  Zhang, L.; Coffer, J.;  Xu, D.; Pinizzotto, R., J. Electrochem. Soc., 1996, 143, 1390-1394. “

• Formation of Europium Oxide Structures on Crystalline Silicon By Spark Processing", St. John, J; Coffer, J.; Rho, Y.; Pinizzotto, R.,   Proc. Electrochem. Soc., 1996, 95-25,  58-66.

• "Surface Modification of Porous Silicon and Its Impact on Electroluminescence" Zhang, L.; Coffer, J.;  Xu, D.; Pinizzotto, R.,  Proc. Electrochem. Soc., 1996, 95-25, 423-431.

1995

• "Steric Considerations in the Amine-Induced Quenching of Porous Silicon", Chandler-Henderson, R.R., Swerdya-Krawiec, B., and Coffer, J.L. J. Phys. Chem., 1995, 99, 8851.

• "Effects of Local Ambient Atmosphere on the Stability of Electroluminescent Porous Si Diodes”,  Zhang, L.; Coffer, J.; Gnade, B.; Xu, D.; Pinizzotto, R.,  J. Appl. Phys., 1995, 77,  5936.

• "The Quenching of Porous Silicon Photoluminescence by Group 15 Triaryl Derivatives: Effects of Surface Photo-oxidation", Swerdya-Krawiec, B. and Coffer, J.L., J. Electrochem.  Soc., 1995, 142, L93-L95.

• "Vapor Deposition (of Semiconductors)", Coffer, J.L., in the 1995 McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology , McGraw-Hill, New York, pp 450-452.

• " The Influence of Adenine Content on the Properties of Q-CdS Clusters Stabilized By Polynucleotides", Bigham, S.R., Coffer, J.L., Colloids and Surfaces,  1995, 95, 211.

• "The Influence of Ambient Atmosphere on the Electroluminescent Stability of Porous Silicon Diodes" , Zhang, L.; Coffer, J.; Gnade, B.; Xu, D.; Pinizzotto, R., Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., 1995, 358, 671.

         1994

• ”The Impact of Sonication On the Structure and Properties of Stain-Etch Porous Silicon",  Chandler-Henderson, R.R., Coffer, J.L., and Files-Sessler, L., J. Electrochem. Soc., 1994, 141,  L166.

• "The Observation of Silicon Nanocrystals in Siloxene", Pinizzotto, R.F., Yang, H., Perez, J.M, and Coffer, J.L.  J. Appl. Phys., 1994, 75, 4486.

• "Diffusion of C60 in Porous Sol-Gel Glass" Zerda, T.W., Broka, A., and Coffer, J.L., J. Non-Cryst. Solids, 1994, 168, 33.

• "Synthesis and Characterization of the Coordinated Chloroamidophosphine Complexes M(CO)5P(NMe2)2Cl  (M=Cr,W) and W(CO)5P(MeN(CH2)2NMe)Cl, and Their Reactivity With AlCl3." Bennett, D.W., and Coffer, J.L., J. Coord. Chem., 1994, 33, 271.

1993

 

• "Stabilizer-Mediated Photoluminescence Quenching in Quantum-Confined Cadmium Sulfide Clusters," Chandler, R.R., Coffer, J.L. J. Phys. Chem., 1993,97,  9767.

• "Surface Reactivity of Luminescent Porous Silicon," Coffer, J.L., Lilley, S.C., Martin, R.A., and Files-Sessler, L., J. Appl. Phys., 1993, 74, 2094.

• "An Examination of the Interfacial Interactions Between Quantum-Confined Cadmium Sulfide Clusters and Aminocalixarene Stabilizer Molecules,"  Coffer, J.L., Chandler, R.R., Gutsche, C.D., Alam, I., Pinizzotto, R.F, and Yang, H. J. Phys. Chem. , 1993, 97, 696.

• "The Effect of Lewis Base Chemisorption on the Photoluminescence of Porous Silicon",  Coffer, J. L., Lilley, S.C. , Martin, R. A. and Files-Sesler, L.  Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., 1993, 283, 305.

• "Preparation and Spectroscopic Analysis of Semiconductor Colloids", Chandler, R.R, Bigham, S.R., Coffer, J.L., J. Chem. Ed., 1993, 70, A7.

        1992

• "Characterization of Quantum-Confined CdS Nanocrystallites Stabilized By Deoxyribonucleic Acid", Coffer, J.L., Bigham, S.R., Pinizzotto, R.F., and Yang, H., Nanotechnology, 1992,3, 69.

• "Deactivation of Q-CdS Photoluminescence Through Polynucleotide Surface Binding", Bigham, S.R., Coffer, J.L., J. Phys. Chem., 1992, 96, 10581.

• ”Addition of Ferrocene Derivatives To The Surface of Quantum-Confined Cadmium Sulfide Clusters: Steady-State and Time-Resolved Photophysical Effects",  Chandler, R.R., Coffer, J.L., Atherton, S.J., and Snowden, P.,  J. Phys. Chem., 1992, 96, 2713.

• "Porous Silica Sol-Gel Glasses Doped With Quantum-Confined Cadmium Selenide," Coffer, J.L., Beauchamp, G., and Zerda, T.W., J. Non-Cryst. Solids, 1992, 142, 208.

• "Use of Calixarene Host Molecules To Stabilize Quantum-Confined Cadmium Sulfide Formation," Chandler, R.R., Coffer, J.L., Gutsche, C.D., Alam, I., Yang, H. and  Pinizzotto, R.F  Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., 1992, 272, 265.

         1991

• "Anti-Quenching Effect of Lanthanide b-Diketonate Complexes on the Photolumines-cence of Quantum-Confined Cadmium Sulfide Clusters," Chandler, R.R., Coffer, J.L. J. Phys. Chem., 1991, 95, 4.

• "Nucleotides As Structural Templates for the Self-Assembly of Quantum-Confined CdS Clusters," Coffer, J.L., and Chandler, R.R. Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., 1991, 206,   527.

         1990

• "Pressure-Induced Isomerization of [Au9(PPh3)8][PF6]3 in the Solid State," Coffer, J.L.,Shapley, J.R., Drickamer, H.G., Inorg. Chem., 1990, 29,  3900 .

• "The Effect of Pressure on the Surface Plasmon Absorption Spectra of Colloidal Gold and Silver Particles."  Coffer, J.L., Shapley, J.R. , Drickamer, H. G., J. Am. Chem. Soc.,  1990, 112,  3736.

• "Infrared Spectra of C2 Hydrocarbon Ligands Coordinated to a Triosmium Framework: The Effect of High Pressure as a Tool for Assignment." Coffer, J.L., Drickamer, H. G., Park, J.T., Roginski, R.T.,  Shapley, J.R. , J. Phys. Chem., 1990, 94,  1981.

• " The Effect of High Pressure on the Infrared Hydrocarbon Vibrations of the a-Pyridyl-Substituted Triosmium Cluster HOs3(CO)10(h2-C5H4N)" Coffer, J.L., Drickamer, H. G., Shapley, J.R., J. Phys. Chem. 1990, 94,  5208.

1989-1985

• "A Pressure Tuning Spectroscopic Study of the Metal-Sulfido Clusters M6(m3-S)8(PEt3)6n+ (M = Fe, n = 2; M = Co, n = 1)."  Coffer, J.L., Shapley, J.R., Drickamer, H. G., Polyhedron , 1989, 8,  801.

• "A Pressure Tuning Spectroscopic Study of Cis-Diammine a-Pyridone Platinum Blue."  Coffer, J.L., Shapley, J.R., Drickamer, H. G., Chem. Phys. Lett., 1988, 149, 487.

•  “Evaluation of the Rotational Barrier in the Bis(Dimethylamido) Phosphenium Cation by Spin Saturation Transfer and 1H and 13C Complete Bandshape Analysis",  Coffer, J.L., Wehrli, S.W., and Bennett, D.W., Inorg. Chim. Acta, 1988, 141, 33.

• "13C, 17O, and 14N NMR Spectroscopic Studies of a Series of Mixed Isocyanide/ Carbonyl Complexes of Tungsten. (W(CO)6-n(CNR)n, R=t-butyl, p-tolyl; n=1,2,3) , Guy, M.P., Coffer, J.L., Rommel, J.S., Bennett, D.W., Inorg. Chem., 1988, 27,  2942.

•  "An Ab Initio Study of Di-Coordinate Aluminum Cations and Comparisons with their Boron Analogs", Coffer, J.L., Petersen, J.D., and Bennett, D.W., J. Mol. Struct (THEOCHEM), 1985, 122, 115.