Research
- Research Overview
- Organo Metallic Chemical Vapor Deposition
- Optical Response of Gold Nanoparticle Clusters
- Evanescent Wave Analytical Tools
- Surface Functionalisation
- Detection of Optically Active Molecules
- Optical Tweezers in Evanescent Fields
- Evanescent Microscopy and Spectroscopy
- Research Opportunities
- Research Group
- Former Coworkers and Students
- Collaborators
- Publications
Contact Information
Prof. Silvia Mittler
Physics & Astronomy 240
(519) 661-2111 x.88592
smittler@uwo.ca
FAX: (519) 661-2033
Refereed Publications
- Lateral order in mixed lipid bilayers and its influence on ion translocation by gramicidin: a model for structure-function relationship in membranes; T. Henkel, S. Mittler, W. Pfeiffer, H. Roetzer, H.-J. Apell, W. Knoll; Biochemie 71 (1989) 89-98.
- Phaseseparation in bimolecular mixed lipid membranes induced by polylysin; S. Mittler-Neher, W. Knoll; Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 162 (1989) 124-129.
- pH-control of the miscibility properties of a binary lipid alloy and its influence on the ion transportation by gramicidin; S. Mittler-Neher, W. Knoll; Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1026 (1990) 167-170.
- Lateral order in binary lipid alloys and its coupling to membrane functions; W. Knoll, G. Schmidt, H. Roetzer, T. Henkel, W. Pfeiffer, E. Sackmann, S. Mittler-Neher, J. Spinke; Chemistry and Physics of Lipids 57 (1991) 363-374.
- Polarization dependent resonant THG on Langmuir-Blodgett multilayers of rod-like polysilanes during annealing; S. Mittler-Neher, D. Neher, G.I. Stegeman, F.W. Embs, G. Wegner; Chemical Physics 161 (1992) 289-297.
- Side-chain dilution effect on the optical properties of poly[3-alkylthiophene]s; T.-M. Lee, S. Mittler-Neher, D. Neher, G.I. Stegeman, C. Roux, M. Leclerc; Optical Materials 1 (1992) 65-70.
- Determination of the two first non-trivial orientational orderpapameters in LB films of rod-like molecules by third harmonic sum frequency mixing; M. Cha, D. Neher, S. Mittler-Neher, G.I. Stegeman, Chemical Physics Letters 202 (1993) 44-50.
- Adiabatic focusing structures in low loss DANS polymer waveguides; A. Otomo, S. Mittler-Neher, G.I. Stegeman, W.H.G. Horsthuis, G.R. Moehlmann; Electronics Letters 29 (1993) 129-130.
- Waveguiding in substrate supported and free-standing films of insoluble conjugated polymers; S. Mittler-Neher, A. Otomo, G.I. Stegeman, C. Y.-C. Lee, R. Mehta, A.K. Agrawal, S.A. Jenekhe; Applied Physics Letters 62 (1993) 115-117.
- Second harmonic generation by counter propagating beams in 4-dimethylamino-4'- nitrostilbene side chain polymer channel waveguides; A. Otomo, S. Mittler-Neher, C. Bosshard, G.I. Stegeman, W.H.G. Horsthuis, G.R. Moehlmann; Applied Physics Letters 63 (1993) 3405-3407.
- Ca++-induced lateral phase separation in black lipid membranes and its coupling to the iontranslocation by gramicidin; S. Mittler-Neher, W. Knoll; Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1152 (1993) 259-269.
- Electron microscopic investigations on free-standing mixed lipid Langmuir-Blodgett- Kuhn monolayers: phase separation and aging process; G. Lieser, S. Mittler-Neher, J. Spinke, W. Knoll; Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1192 (1994) 14-20.
- Propagation and deflection of guided modes in planar waveguides via grating rotation; M. Veith, K.G. Mueller, S. Mittler-Neher, W. Knoll; Applied Physics B 60 (1995) 1-4.
- Channel waveguides of insoluble conjugated polymers; G. Ihlein, B. Menges, S. Mittler-Neher, Optical Materials 4 (1995) 685-689.
- Surface emitting SHG light by counter propagation of guided waves in a plane parallel poled DANS side chain polymer; S. Mittler-Neher, A. Otomo, G.. Stegeman, C. Bosshard, W.H.G. Horsthuis, G.R. Moehlmann, Advanced Materials 7 (1995) 463-465.
- Second-harmonic generation by counterpropagating beams in thin films; A. Otomo, C. Bosshard, S. Mittler-Neher, G.I. Stegeman, M. Kuepfer, M. Foersheimer, P. Guenter, W.H.G. Horsthuis, G.R. Moehlmann, Nonlinear Optics 10 (1995) 331-339.
- Spectroscopic and surface-analytical characterization of self-assembled layers on Au; S. Mittler-Neher, J. Spinke, M. Liley, G. Nelles, M. Weisser, R. Back, G. Wenz, W. Knoll; Biosensors and Bioelectronics 10 (1995) 903-916.
- Simple high-temperature laser microrefractometer, K.G. Mueller, S. Sainov, S. Mittler- Neher, W. Knoll; Applied Optics 35 (1996) 708-710.
- Controlled orientation of cyclodextrin derivatives immobilized on gold surfaces; G.Nelles, M. Weisser, R. Back, P.Wohlfart, G. Wenz, S. Mittler-Neher, JACS 118 (1996) 5039-5046.
- Immobilization kinetics of cyclodextrins at gold surfaces; M. Weisser, G. Nelles, P. Wohlfart, G.Wenz, S. Mittler-Neher, J.Phys.Chem. 100 (1996) 17893-17900.
- Guest-host interactions with immobilized cyclodextrins; M. Weisser, G. Nelles, G. Wenz, S. Mittler-Neher, Sensors and Actuators B 38-39 (1997) 58-67.
- Scanning photothermal beam deflection imaging with and without contrast inversion o on polymers for integrated optical application; H. Einsiedel, S. Mittler-Neher, Thin Solid Films 288 (1996) 243-247.
- Polarization dependent photothermal beam deflection for the determination of the order parameter C2 in laser oriented polymer systems; H. Einsiedel, S. Mittler-Neher, Applied Optics 35 (1996) 5406-5411.
- An antracene containing PMMA derivative for photoresist- and waveguide application, S. Paul, O. Halle, B. Menges, H. Einsiedel, K. Muellen, W. Knoll, S. Mittler-Neher, Thin Solid Films 288 (1996) 150-154.
- Photothermal Beam Deflection Spectroscopy in the Near IR on Poly[3- alkylthiophene]s ; H. Einsiedel, M. Kreiter, M. Leclerc, S. Mittler-Neher, Optical Materials 10 (1998) 61-68.
- Translocation of alkali metal ions by lipophilic cyclodextrin derivatives across black lipid membranes; K. Kobayashi, S. Mittler-Neher, J. Spinke, G. Wenz, W. Knoll, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1368 (1998) 35-40.
- Optical waveguide fabrication using a polymeric azine containing the 3- dedecylthiophene moiety, C. Amari, C. Pelizzi, G. Predieri, S. Destri, W. Porzio, H. Einsiedel, S. Mittler-Neher, Journal of Material Chemistry 6 (1996) 1319-1324.
- Waveguide scattering microscopy, F. Thoma, U. Langbein, S. Mittler-Neher, Optics Communications 134 (1997) 16-20.
- Photothermal beam deflection techniques: useful tools for integrated optics?, H. Einsiedel and S. Mittler-Neher, Optica Applicata XXXVI (1996) 347-357.
- Plasmon surface polariton coupling with dielectric gratings and the thermal decomposition of these gratings, K.G. Mueller, M. Veith, S. Mittler-Neher, W. Knoll, Journal of Applied Physics 82 (1997) 4172-4176.
- Selective gold deposition via CVD onto self-assembled organic monolayers, J. Kaeshammer, P. Wohlfart, J. Weiss, C. Winter, R. Fischer and S. Mittler-Neher, Optical Materials 9 (1998) 406-410.
- A new pathway to GaN: Deposition of GaN-clusters on functionalized thiol-SAMs on gold, C. Winter, J. Kaeshammer, S. Mittler-Neher and R. Fischer, Optical Materials 9 (1998) 352-355.
- Linear optical characterization of nonlinear optical polymers for integrated optics, S. Mittler-Neher, Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 199 (1998) 513-523.
- Specific bio-recognition reactions observed with an integrated Mach-Zehnder interferometer, M. Weisser, G. Tovar, S. Mittler-Neher, W. Knoll, F. Brosinger, H. Freimuth, M. Lacher and W. Ehrfeld, Biosensors and Bioelectronics 14 (1999) 405- 411.
- Fluorescence in ion exchanged BK7 glass slab waveguides and its use for scattering free loss measurements, M. Weisser, F. Thoma, B. Menges, U. Langbein, S. Mittler-Neher, Optics Communications 153 (1998) 27-31.
- Waveguide attenuation characterization by the mirage effect, M. Kreiter, S. Kraemer and S. Mittler-Neher, Optics Communications 153 (1998) 202-206.
- Selective ultrathin gold deposition by organometallic chemical vapor deposition onto organic self-assembled monolayers (SAMs), P. Wohlfart, J. Weiss, J. Kaeshammer, C. Winter, V. Scheumann R. Fischer and S. Mittler-Neher, Thin Solid Films 340 (1999) 274-279.
- Supramolecular assemblies for second harmonic order nonlinear optics stabilized by electrostatic interaction. H. Bock, R. C. Advincula, E.F. Aust, J. Kaeshammer, W. H. Meyer, S. Mittler-Neher, C. Fiorini, J.-M. Nunzi and W. Knoll, Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics 7 (1998) 385-395.
- Scanning photothermal beam deflection- and scanning photothermal displacement- imaging of polymer channel waveguides: a comparison, M. Kreiter and S. Mittler- Neher, Thin Solid Films 342 (1999) 244-248.
- Refractive index and thickness determination of monolayers by multi mode waveguide coupled surface plasmons, M. Weisser, B. Menges and S. Mittler-Neher, Sensors and Actuators B 56 (1999) 189-197.
- Organo metallic chemical vapor deposition of aluminiumhydoxides onto organic self- assembled monolayers, J. Weiss, P. Wohlfart, C. Winter, J. Kaeshammer, R. Fischer and S. Mittler-Neher, Advanced Materials CVD 5 (1999) 165-170.
- Adenin - uridin base pairing at the water-solid-interface, M. Weisser, J. Kaeshammer, J. Matsumoto, F. Nakamura, K. Ijiro, M. Shimomura and S. Mittler-Neher, JACS 122 (2000) 87-95.
- Gold and thiol surface functionalized integrated optical Mach-Zehnder interferometer for sensing purposes, S. Busse, J. Kaeshammer, S. Kraemer and S. Mittler-Neher, Sensors and Actuators B 60 (1999) 148-154.
- Thermally induced emission of light from a metallic diffraction grating mediated by surface plasmons, M. Kreiter, J. Oster, R. Sambles, S. Herminghaus, S. Mittler-Neher and W. Knoll, Optics Communications 168 (1999) 117-122.
- Selective nucleation and area selective OMCVD of gold on patterend self-assembled organic monolayers studied by AFM and XPS: a comparison of OMCVD and PVD, C. Winter, U. Weckenmann, R.A. Fischer, J. Kaeshammer, V. Scheumann and S. Mittler, Advanced Materials: CVD, 6 (2000) 199-205.
- Evanescent (surface) wave holographic recording in thin polimeric film, K.G. Mueller, S. Sainov, S. Mittler-Neher and W. Knoll, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 11 (1999) 9851- 9855.
- Sensitivity studies for specific binding reactions using the biotin/streptavidin system by evanescent optical methods, S. Busse, V. Scheumann, B. Menges and S. Mittler, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 17 (2002) 704-710.
- An integrated optical Mach-Zehnder interferometer functionalized by b-cyclodextrin to monitor binding reactions, S. Busse, M. DePaoli, G. Wenz and S. Mittler, Sensors and Actuators B 80 (2001) 116-124.
- Spontaneous Desorption Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry for the Analysis of Chemical Reactions in Thin Solid Films, S. Kraemer, P. Wohlfart, R. Sterthaus, H. Einsiedel, J. Vydra and S. Mittler, Thin Solid Films 411 (2002) 211-218.
- Photosensitive mesoionic main-chain polymers: synthesis and anisotropic changes of the refractive index on irradiation of spin-caoated films, A. Theis, H. Ritter, F. Boehme, C. Klinger, S. Mittler, B. Menges, Chemistry of Materials 14 (2002) 2109-2112.
- In situ film diagnostics during plasma polymerisation using waveguide mode spectroscopy, V. Jacobsen, B. Menges, A. Scheller, R. Foerch, S. Mittler, W. Knoll, Surface Coatings and Technology 142-144 (2001) 1105-1108.
- Surface plasmon-related resonances on deep and overhanging gold gratings , M. Kreiter, S, Mittler, R. Sambles, W. Knoll, Phys. Rev. B 65 (2002) 125415-1 - 125415-13.
- Fluorescent dyes as a probe for the localised field of coupled surface plasmon-related resonances, M. Kreiter, T. Neumann, R. Sambles, S. Mittler, W. Knoll, Phys. Rev. B 64 (2001) 075406-1 - 075406-11.
- Polymeric nitrons: 2. Synthesis, irradiation and waveguide mode spectroscopy of polymeric nitrons derived from polymeric benzaldehydes and N-isopropylhydroxylamine, M. Heinenberg, B. Menges, S. Mittler, H. Ritter, Macromolecules 35 (2002) 3448-3455.
- Area selective OMCVD of gold and palladium on self-assembled organic monolayers: Control of nucleation sites, R.A. Fischer, U. Weckenmann, C. Winter, J. Kaeshammer, V. Scheumann, S. Mittler, Journal de Physique IV, 11 (2001) 1183-1190.
- Ordered self-assembled monolayers of 4,4-biphenyldithiol on polycrystalline silver: suppression of multilayer formation by addition of tri-n-butylphosphine, U.Weckenmann, S. Mittler, K. Naumann, R. A. Fischer, Langmuir 18 (2002) 5479-5486.
- Nucleobase mapping of self-assembled monolayers by chemical force microscopy, H.Sunami, K. Ijiro, O. Karthaus, S. Kraemer, S. Mittler, W. Knoll, M. Shimomura, Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 371 (2001) 151-154.
- Base-pair mapping by chemical force microscopy on nucleobase self-assembled monolayers, K. Ijiro, H. Sunami, K.Arai, J. Matsumoto, O. Karthaus, S. Kraemer, S. Mittler, N. Nishi, B. Juskowiak, S. Takenaka, W. Knoll, M. Shimomura, Colloids and Surfaces a Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 198 (2002) 677-682.
- In-situ thin film diagnostics using waveguide mode spectroscopy, V. Jacobsen, B. Menges, R. Foerch, S. Mittler, W. Knoll, Thin Solid Films, 409 (2) (2002) 185-193.
- Synthesis of a polyphenol with a mesoionic 6-oxo-1,6-dihydropyrimidin-3-ium-4- olate as pandant group and its photochemical behavior, H. Tonami, H. Uyama, S. Kobayashi, B. Menges, S. Mittler, A. Theis, H. Ritter, Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics 204 (8) (2003) 1079-1084.
- Preparation of self-assembled monolayers containing anthryl groups toward hybridization of nucleotides, F. Nakamura, K.Mitsui, M. Hara, S. Kraemer, S. Mittler, W. Knoll, Langmuir 19 (14) (2003) 5823-5829.
- Functional polymers as nanoscopic building blocks, J. L. Hernandez-Lopez, R.E. Bauer, W.-S. Chang, G. Glasser, D. Grebel-Koehler, M. Klapper, M. Kreiter, J. Leclaire, J.-P. Majoral, S. Mittler, K. Muellen, K. Vasilev, T. Weil, J. Wu, T. Zhu, W. Knoll, Material Science and Engineering C 23 (2003) 267-274.
- A Study on the selective organometallic vapor deposition of palladium onto self- assembled monolayers of 4,4-biphenyldithiol, 4-biphenylthiol, and 11- mercaptoundecanol on polycrystalline silver, U. Weckenmann, A. K. A. Aliganmga, S. Mittler, S. Kraemer, R. A. Fischer, Chemistry of Materials 16 (4) (2004) 621-628.
- Surface modification of citrate-reduced colloidal gold nanoparticles with 2-mercaptosuccinic acid, T. Zhu, K. Vasilev, M. Kreiter, S. Mittler, W. Knoll, Langmuir 19 (2003) 9518-9525.
- Polymeric Mesoions: Novel synthetic methods, photochemistry and characterization in the sold state by dielectric and waveguide mode spectroscopy, A. Theis, B. Menges, S. Mittler, M. Mierzwa, T. Pakula, Macromolecules 36 (2003) 7520-7526.
- Multimode waveguide mode surface plasmon coupling: a sensitivity and device realization study, P. Stoecker, C. Braun, B. Menges, U. Langbein, S. Mittler, Sensors and Actuators A 116 (2) (2004) 224-231.
- A simple, one step synthesis of gold nanowires in an aqueous solution, K. A. Vasilev, T. Zhu, M. Wilms, S. Mittler, W. Knoll, M. Kreiter, Langmuir 21 (2005) 12399-12403.
- Chemical Vapor Deposition of Mercury on Alkanedithiolate Self-Assembled Monolayers, A. K. A. Aliganga, Z. Wang, S. Mittler, J. Phys. Chem. B 108 (2004) 10949-10954.
- Anisotropic behaviour of the glass transition temperature in thin films of Langmuir-Blodgett deposited side chain polymers, B. Menges, Y. Zong and S. Mittler, Thin Solid Films, 516 (2008) 1183-1190.
- Multilayer films fabricated from oppositely charged polyphenylene dendrimers by electrostatic layer-by-layer assembly, D. H. Kim, J.-L. Hernandez-Lopez, J. Liu, G. Mihov, R. E. Bauer, D. Grebel-Koehler, M. Klapper, T. Weil, K. Muellen, S. Mittler, Wolfgang Knoll, Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics 206 (2005) 52-58.
- Binary mixtures of SAMs of 1,8-octanedithiol and 1-octanethiol for a controlled growth of gold nanoparticles, A. K. A. Aliganga, A.-S. Duwez, S. Mittler, Organic Electronics 7 (2006) 337-350.
- Fabrication of equally oriented pancake shaped gold nanoparticles by SAM templated OMCVD and their optical response, A. K. A. Aliganga, I. Lieberwirth, G. Glasser, A.-S. Duwez, Y. Sun and S. Mittler, Organic Electronics 8 (2007) 161- 174.
- Simple Liquid-Core Waveguide Polarimetry, T. C. Preston, S. Stille, N. D. Jones and S. Mittler, Applied Physics Letters 89 (2006) 253509.
- Tetraurea calix[4]arenes with sulfur functions: Synthesis, dimerization to capsules and self-assembly on gold, S. Xu, G. Podoprygorina, V. Boehmer, Z. Ding, P. Rooney, C. Rangan and S. Mittler, Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry 5 (2007) 558-568.
- Electrochemical response of ferrocenium filled calix[4]arene capsules in solution and immobilized on gold, S. Xu, G. Podoprygorina, C. Moon, V. Boehmer, Z. Ding, and S. Mittler, Electrochimica Acta 53 (2008) 7981- 7987.
- Formation of uniform self- assembly monolayers by choosing the right solvent: OTS on silicon wafer, a case study, T. Manifar, A. Rezaee, M. Sheikhzadeh, and S. Mittler, Applied Surface Science, 254 (15) (2008) 4611-4619.
- Reading oxidation states of encapsulated ferrocenium in calix[4]arene heterodimers immobilized on gold dots by means of a scanning electrochemical microscopy probe, R. Zhu, S. Xu, G. Podoprygorina, V. Boehmer, S. Mittler and Z. Ding, Journal of Physical Chemistry 112 (39) (2008) 15562-15569.
- The pH-dependent aggregation and dispersion of colloidal gold particles bearing carboxyl surface groups: experiments and theory, T. Preston, M. Nuruzzaman, S. Mittler and N. Jones, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 113 (2009) 14236-14244.
- Control of surface plasmon resonances in dielectrically-coated proximate gold nanoparticles immobilized on a substrate, P. Rooney, S. Xu, A.Rezaee, T. Manifar, A. Hassanzadeh, G. Podoprygorina, V. Boehmer, C. Rangan and S. Mittler, Phys. Rev. B 77 (23) (2008) 235446.
- Chiral elaboration of gold nanoparticle surfaces by bis(binaphthyl) groups, M. Nuruzzaman, T. C. Preston, S. Mittler and N. D. Jones, Synlett 2 (2008) 0207-0212.
- Digital in-line soft X-ray holography with element contrast, A. Rosenhahn, R. Barth, F. Staier, T. Simpson, S. Mittler, S. Eisebitt, M. Grunze, Journal of the Optical Society of America A, 25 (2) (2008) 416-422.
- 3-D FDTD Analysis of Gold Nanoparticle based Photonic Crystal on Slab Waveguide, Hao Jiang, T. Manifar, J. Sabarinathan and S. Mittler, The Journal of Lightwave Technology 27 (13) (2009) 2264-2270.
- Bioactive multilayer thin films of charged N,N-disubstituted hydrazine phosphorus dendrimers fabricated by layer-by-layer self-assembly, J.-L. Hernandez-Lopez, H. L.Khor, A.-M. Caminade, J.-P. Majoral, S. Mittler, W. Knoll, D.H. Kim, Thin Solid Films 516 (2008) 1256-1264.
- Waveguide evanescent field fluorescence microscopy: thin film fluorescence intensities and its application in cell biology, A. Hassanzadeh, M. Nitsche, S. Armstrong, J. Dixon, U. Langbein and S. Mittler, Applied Physics Letters 92 (2008) 233503.
- Multimode Waveguide Evanescent Field Fluorescence Microscopy: Measurement of Cell-Substratum Separation Distance, A. Hassanzadeh, S. Armstrong, S. J. Dixon and S. Mittler, Applied Physics Letters 94 (2009) 033503.
- Disulfide-linked, gold nanoparticle-based reagent for detecting small molecular weight thiols, S. Durocher, M. Hashemi Rafsanjani, A. Rezaee, C. Hamm , C. Rangan , S. Mittler and B. Mutus, JACS 131 (7) (2009) 2475-2477.
- A novel biosensing approach based on linear arrays of immobilized gold nanoparticles, S.M. Hashemi Rafsanjani, T. Cheng, S. Mittler and C. Rangan, Journal of Applied Physics 107 (2010) 094303.
- Soft X-ray holographic microscopy of chromosomes with high aspect ratio pinholes, R. Barth, F. Staier, T. Simpson, S. Mittler, S. Eisebitt, M. Grunze, and A. Rosenhahn, Journal of Biotechnology 149 (2010) 238-242.
- Octadecyltrichlorosilane (OTS): A resist for OMCVD gold nanoparticle growth, A. Rezaee, K. K. H. Wong, T. Manifar and S. Mittler, Surface and Interface Analysis 41 (2009) 615-623.
- Control of the avaerage spacing between aligned gold anoparticles by varying the FIB dose, A. Rezaee, A. K. A. Aliganga, L.C. Pavelka, and S. Mittler, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 12 (16) (2010), 4104 – 4111.
- Binary Mixtures of SH- and CH3-terminated Self-assembled Monolayers to Control the Average Spacing between Aligned Gold Nanoparticles, A. Rezaee, L. C. Pavelka, and S. Mittler, Nanoscale Research Letters 4 (11) (2009) 1319-1323.
- Crystallization of urinary calcium oxalate hydrates is controlled by specific polyanion-crystal interactions, B. Grohe, A. Taller, S.N. Jeffrey, P.L. Vincent, L. Tieu, K.A. Rogers, A. Heiss, E.S. Soerensen, S. Mittler, Harvey A. Goldberg and Graeme K. Hunter, Langmuir 25 (29) (2009) 11635-11646.
- Control of average density on randomly grown OMCVD gold nanoparticles by means of ion irradiation, A. Rezaee, A. K. A. Aliganga, and S. Mittler, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 113 (2009) 15824-15833.
- Low loss 2-step ion-exchanged waveguides with high surface refractive index, A. Hassanzadeh and S. Mittler, Opical Engineering 50(7) (2011) 071103.
- Optical waveguides formed by silver ion exchange in Schott SG11 glass for waveguide evanescent field fluorescence microscopy: evanescent images of HEK293 cells, A. Hassanzadeh, M. Nitsche, S. Armstrong, N. Nabavi, R. Harrison, S. J. Dixon, U. Langbein and S. Mittler, Biomedical Optics 15 (3) (2010) 036018-1 - 036018-7.
- Waveguide Evanescent Field Fluorescence Microscopy: High Contrast Imaging of a Domain Forming Mixed Lipid Langmuir-Blodgett Monolayer Mimicking Lung Surfactant A. Hassanzadeh and S. Mittler, Journal of Biomedical Optics 16(4) (2011) 04602.
- Controlled deposition of highly oriented type I collagen mimicking in vivo collagen structure, A. Tenboll, B. Darvish, W. Hou, A.-S. Duwez, S. J. Dixon, H.A. Goldberg, B. Grohe and S. Mittler, Langmuir 26 (16) (2010) 12165-12172.
- Migration of periodontal ligament fibroblasts on nanometric topographical patterns: influence of filopodia and focal adhesions on contact guidance, D.W. Hamilton, C. J. Oates, A. Hassanzadeh, and S. Mittler, PLoSOne 5 (12) (2010) e15129.
- Effects of coherent interactions on the sensing characteristics of near-infrared gold nanorings, H. Jiang J. Sabarinathan and S. Mittler, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 114 (36) (2010) 15243-15250 and erratum J. Phys. Chem. C, 2012, 116 (22) 12375-12375.
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Visualization of the solubilisation process of the plasma membrane of a living cell by waveguide evanescent field fluorescence microscopy, A. Hassanzadeh, H. Kan Ma, S.J. Dixon, and S. Mittler, Biomedical Optics 17(7) (2012) 076025 1-7.
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Focal contact formation of vascular smooth muscle cells on Langmuir-Blodgett and solvent cast films of poly(ester amide)s, D. K. Knight, R. Stutchbury, Daniel Imruck, C. Halfpap, S. Lin, U. Langbein, E. R. Gillies, S. Mittler and K. Mequanint, Applied Materials and Interfaces 4 (2012) 1303-1312.
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A Biosensor based on periodic arrays of gold nanodisks under normal transmission
H. Jiang, T. Li, E. Ertorer, J. Yang, J. Sabarinathan and S. Mittler, Sensors and Actuators A 189 (2013) 474-480. -
Influence of electrostatic forces on the particle propulsion in the evanescent field of silver ion-exchanged waveguides
D. Grebennikov and S. Mittler, Langmuir 29 (2013) 2615-2622. -
Influence of electrostatic forces on the particle propulsion in the evanescent field of silver ion-exchanged waveguides
E. Ertorer, F. Vasefi, J. Keshwah, M. Najiminaini, C. Halfpap, U. Langbein, J.J.L. Carson, D. W. Hamilton, and S.Mittler, Biomedical Optics 18(3) (2013) 035002. -
Orientation distribution of highly oriented type I collagen deposited on flat samples with different geometries
Q. Nahar, D.M.L. Quach, B. Darvish, H.A. Goldberg, B. Grohe, and S. Mittler, Langmuir 29(22) (2013) 6680-6686. -
Periodic arrays of gold nano-disks coupled with evanescent spectroscopy
H Jiang, T. Manifar, A. Bakhtazad, H. Hojjati, J. Sabarinathan and S. Mittler, Journal of Applied Physcis 113 (22) (2013) 224306. -
Waveguide evanescent field scattering microscopy of bacterial biofilms and sterilization response via UV irradiation
Q. Nahar, J. Shuster, M. Morawitz, C. Halfpap, M. Stefan, G. Southam, U. Langbein and S. Mittler, Journal of Biophotonics 7 (7) (2014) 542-551. -
Surface immobilized gold nanoparticles by organometallic chemical vapor deposition on amine terminated glass surfaces
E. Ertorer, J. C. Avery, L.C. Pavelka and S. Mittler, Chemical Vapor Deposition 19 (10-12) (2013) 338-346. -
Optimizing the gold nanoring arrays for biosensing in the fiber-optic communication window
H. Jiang, T.Li, J. Yang, J. Sabarinathan and S. Mittler, Nanotechnology , 24 (46) (2013) 465502. -
Surface plasmon resonance sensing properties of a 3D nanostructure consisting of aligned nanohole and nanocone arrays
M. Najiminaini, E. Ertorer, B. Kaminska, S. Mittler and J.J.L. Carson, Analyst, 139 (2014) 1876-882. -
Dye distance mapping with waveguide evanescent field fluorescence microscopy and its application in cell biology
F. Fleissner, M. Morawitz, S. Jeffrey Dixon, U. Langbein und S. Mittler, Journal of Biophotonics 8 (2015) 826-837. -
Multi - exposure laser interference lithography
A. Hassanzadeh, M. Mohammadnejad, and S. Mittler, Journal of Nanophotonics 9(1) (2015) 093067. -
OMCVD gold nanoparticles covalently attached to polystyrene for biosensing application
S. Kandeepan, J.A. Paquette, J.B. Gilroy, and S. Mittler, CVD 21 (2015) 275-280. -
Zr doped TiO2 as thermo-stabilizer in plasmon enhanced dye-sensitized solar cells
A. Pasche, B. Grohe, S. Mittler, P.A. Charpentier, Materials Research Express 4(6) (2017) 065501. -
Zr doped TiO2 as a thermo-stabilizer in plasmon enhanced dye-sensitized solar cells
A. Pasche, B. Grohe, S. Mittler, P.A. Charpentier, Journal of Photonics for Energy, Journal of Photonics for Energy, 4(6) (2017) 065501. -
Controlling the hydrophilicity of highly oriented type I collagen films and their deposition for biomedical applications
K. Ambrock, B. Grohe, and S. Mittler, Thin Solid Films 656 (2018) 75-82. -
A mass-producible and versatile sensing system: localized surface plasmon resonance excited by individual waveguide modes
Z. Ding, J. Stubbs, D. McRae, J. Blacquiere, F. Lagugne-Labarthet, S. Mittler, ACS Sensors 3 (2018) 334-341. -
Surface-modified substrates for the Langmuir Blodgett deposition of patterned ultra-thin and highly oriented collagen coatings
K. Ambrock, B. Grohe and S. Mittler, International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering 13(1) (2019) 14-36. -
Narrowing of plasmon resonance peaks as an ensemble effect
Z. Ding, J.M. Stubbs and S. Mittler, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 122(18) (2018) 10167-10172. -
Au-nanoparticles strip-loaded channel waveguide
Z. Ding, J.M. Stubbs and S. Mittler, Optical Engeneering Letters 57(10) (2018) 100505. Incorporation of osteopontin peptide into kidney stone-related calcium oxalate monohydrate crystals: a quantitative study
J.S. Gleberzon, Y. Liao, S. Mittler, H.A. Goldberg, and B.Grohe, Urolithiasis, submitted.Photocatalytic and antibacterial activities of silver and iron doped titania nanoparticles in solution and polyaspartic coatings
P. Charpentier, C. Chen, K. Azhie, B. Grohe, M.A. Mumin, A. Lotus, Adria; P. Therrien, S. Mittler, Nanotechnology 30(8) (2019) 085706.W-doped VO2/PVP coatings with enhanced thermochromic performance
D. Zomaya, W.Z. Xu, B. Grohe, S. Mittler and P.A. Charpentier, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, submitted.Oriented type I collagen: a review on artificial aignment strategies
S. Cook, K. Ambrock, B. Grohe and S. Mittler, in preparation.
Proceedings
- Nonlinear optics of 1-dimensional conjugated systems; G.I. Stegeman, D. Neher, S. Mittler-Neher, W. Torrellas, R. Zanoni, S. Aramaki; MRS proceedings, Boston (1991).
- Determination of the oriental order parameters P2 and P4 in a polysilane LB-film via polarization dependent THG; D. Neher, S. Mittler-Neher, M. Cha, G.I. Stegeman, F.W. Embs, G. Wegner, R.D. Miller, C.G. Willson; SPIE 1560 (1991) 335.
- Fabrication of poled polymer DANS waveguides and first observation of SHG by counter-propagating guided waves; A. Otomo, G.I. Stegeman, C. Bosshard, S. Mittler-Neher, W.H.G. Horsthuis, G.R. Moehlmann; MRS proceedings, Boston (1993).
- Determination of the orientational order parameters in polysilane LB-films by measuring third order susceptibility tensor components, M. Cha, D. Neher, F. Embs, S. Mittler-Neher, G.I. Stegeman, SPIE 1852 (1993).
- Waveguiding as a tool for thin film physics and chemistry; S. Mittler-Neher; Proceedings of the 1st International Autum School-Conference " Solid State Physics: Fundamental & Applications" (SSPFA' 94), Uzhgorod, Ukraine (1994).
- Photothermal beam deflection techniques: a usefull tool for integrated optics, S. Mittler-Neher and H. Einsiedel, SPIE 2852 (1996) 248-257.
- Waveguide scattering microscopy in air and water, F. Thoma, J. Armitage, H. Trembley, B. Menges, U. Langbein and S. Mittler-Neher, SPIE 3414 (1998) 242- 249.
- Multimode integrated optical sensor based on absorption due to resonantly coupled surface plasmons, M. Weisser, B. Menges and S. Mittler-Neher, SPIE 3414 (1998) 250-256.
- Thin azo-polymer films for reversible holographic recording, K. Mueller, M. Pfaadt, S. Sainov, H. Spiess, S. Mittler-Neher and W. Knoll, SPIE 3571 (1999) 373-377.
- Simultaneous determination of fluorescence and optical phase shift of an integrated optical Mach-Zehnder interferometer during binding of a fluorescence-labeled streptavidin, S. Busse, S. Mittler, Proceedings of the 10th European Conference on Integrated Optics, Paderborn, Germany (2001).
- In situ film diagnostics during plasma polymerisation using waveguide mode spectroscopy, V. Jacobsen, B. Menges, A. Scheller, R. Foerch, S. Mittler, W. Knoll, Proceedings of the 7th PSE Conference, Garmisch-Partenkirchen (2000), Surface Coatings and Technology.
- Bio/Chemo-Sensors by surface plasmon coupled waveguide modes, S. Mittler, P.Stoecker, T. Petigk, V. Scheumann, M. Weisser, B. Menges and U. Langbein, Proceedings for the 5th International Conference and Exibition on Optoelectronics, Optical Sensors & Measuring Technique, Erfurt, Germany May 2002.
- Immobilized gold nanoparticles fabricated by template assisted organo metallic chemical vapor deposition for oligonucleotide hybridisaton studies, A.K.A. Aliganga, F. Xu, W. Knoll and S. Mittler, SPIE (2005) Volume 5969, 0H-1 - 0H-12.
- Tuning metallic photonic crystals with patterned gold nanoparticles for plasmonic sensing, T. Manifar, J. Sabarinathant, A. Gujjula, S. Mittler, IEEE LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, Vols. 1 and 2, Book Series: IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society (LEOS) Annual Meeting, (2006) 256-257.
- Waveguide evanescent field fluorescence microscopy: from cell-substratum distances to kinetic cell behaviour, A. Hassanzadeh, H. Kan Ma, S. Armstrong, S. J. Dixon, S.M. Sims, S. Mittler, SPIE (2009) Vol 7322, 73220 A1-A10.
- Polarized variable angle total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy: a new approach to quantify cell-substrate contacts, A. Hassanzadeh, A. Bahmania and S. Mittler, SPIE, 7750 (2010).
- HF-sputtered glass waveguide slides for waveguide evanescent field microscopy, C. Halfpap, M. Morawitz, A. Peter, N. Detrez, S. Mittler, and U. Langbein, DGaO Proceedings 2012, 0287-2012.
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3D metallic nanostructures for bulk and bio-SPR sensing applications
M. Najiminaini, E. Ertorer, H. Jiang, B. Kaminska, S. Mittler and J.J.L. Carson, Proc. of SPIE Vol. 8957 (2014) 895701-895709. -
Waveguied evanescent filed microscopies for application in cell- and bacteria biophysics
S. Mittler, Proc. of PHOTOPTICS 2016, Rome Italy, February 27-29 2016, 203-214: www.photopics.org.
Book Chapters
- Chemically driven phase separation in black lipid membranes; S. Mittler-Neher, J. Spinke, W. Knoll, in: D. Vasilescu, J. Jaz, L. Packer, B. Pullmann (eds.); Advances in Life Science: Water and Ions in Biomelecular Systems; Birkhaeuser Verlag, Basel (1990).
- Encyclopedia of Sensors, Ed. Craig A. Grimes, Gold coated waveguide sensors,Volume 4, (2006) pages 239-259 .
- Surface Nanophotonics. Principles and Applications, Ed. Andrews and Gaburro, B. Menges and S. Mittler, Evanescent waves as nanoprobes for surfaces and interfaces: from waveguide technology to sensor application, Springer Series in Optical Science, Springer Berlin/Heidelberg, Volume 133, (2007), pages 19-47.
- Springer Series on Chemical Sensors and Biosensors, Volume: Optical Guided-Wave Chemical and Biosensors, Eds. M. Zourob and A. Alkhtakia, Gold nanoparticles on waveguides for and towards sensing application, (2010), pages 209-229.
- Wiley-VCH Series of Nanotechnologies for the Life Sciences, Volume 5: Nanostructured Thin Films for Life Sciences, Ed. Kumar,"Imaging of Thin Films and its Application in Life Sciences, (2010), pages 363-395.
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MO-CVD on patterned SAMst
Handbook on Biofunctional Surfaces, Pan Stanford Publishing in Singapore, W. Knoll (ed.), (2013), pages 139-187. -
Experimental and Theoretical Issues of Nanoplasmonics in Medicine
Springer, Modern Aspects of Electrochemistry (ed. M. Schlesinger), D. Travo, R. Huang, T. Cheng, C. Rangan, E. Ertoter, S. Mittler, Volume 104 (2013) 343-379. -
Waveguide Evanescent Field Fluorescence and Scattering Microscopy: The Status Quo
PHOTOPTICS 2016, Selected and Extended Papers, Springer, 2018.
Last updated: February 2019