Thomas Owens

Tom graduated from the University of Illinois - Chicago in 1999.  As a graduate student at Michigan he discovered how to make self-assembled monolayers of alkylsilanes on gold.

Octylgermane on Gold:  Synthesis, Oxidation, and Pattern Formation.  T. M. Owens, B. J. Ludwig, D. R. Fosnacht, J. M. Bartolin, N. Homann, N. J. Wells, B. G. Orr, M. M. Banaszak Holl,  Langmuir 2004, 20, 11422-11427.

 Oxidation of Alkylsilane-based Monolayers on Gold.  T. M. Owens, B. J. Ludwig, K. S. Schneider, D. R. Fosnacht, B. G. Orr, and M. M. Banaszak Holl. Langmuir 2004, 20, 9636-9645.

The Case of the Disappearing Monolayer:  Alkylsilane Monolayer Formation, Oxidation, and Subsequent Transparency to Scanning Tunneling Microscopy. K. S. Schneider, T. M. Owens, D. R. Fosnacht, B. G. Orr, M. M. Banaszak Holl. Chemphyschem  2003, 10, 1111-1114.

C-H Activation of Ethers and Alkanes by Germylene-Aryl Halide Complexes.  K. A. Miller, J. M. Bartolin, R. M. O’Neil, R. D. Sweeder, T. M. Owens, J. W. Kampf, M. M. Banaszak Holl, N. J. Wells,  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003,  125, 8986-8987.

The differential reactivity of octahydridosilsesquioxane on Si(100)-2×1 and Si(111)-7×7: A comparative experimental study.  K. S. Schneider, K. T. Nicholson, T. M. Owens, B.G. Orr,  M. M. Banaszak Holl, Ultramicroscopy 2003, 97, 35-45.

 Variable Energy X-ray Photoemission Studies of Alkylsilane Based Monolayers on Gold.  T. Owens, S. Süzer, and M. M. Banaszak Holl,  J. Phys. Chem. B.  2003, 107, 3177-3182.

 Investigation of Hydridosilsesquioxane-Based Silicon Oxide Deposition on Si(111)-7´7.  K.S. Schneider, T. M. Owens, K. T. Nicholson, B. J. Ludwig, J. N. Greeley, B. G. Orr,  M. M. Banaszak Holl,  Langmuir 2002, 18, 6233-6241.

Formation of Alkylsilane Based Monolayers on Gold,  T. M. Owens, K. T. Nicholson, M. M. Banaszak Holl, S. Süzer,  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 6800-6801.