Last Updated on August 2005

Prasad, S; Dhinojwala, A. “Rupture of two-dimensional alkane crystal” in press Phys. Rev. Lett.

Yurdumakan, B.; Raravikar, N. R.; Ajayan, P.M.; Dhinojwala, A. “Synthetic Gecko Foot-Hairs from Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes” Chem. Commun. 2005, 3799-3801

 Harp, G. P.; Dhinojwala, A. “Direct Probe of Interfacial Structure during Mechanical Contact between Two Polymer Films Using Infrared Visible Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy“ J. Adhes. 2005, 81, 1-9.

 Prasad, S.; Hanne, L.; Dhinojwala, A. “Thermodynamic Study of a Novel Surface Ordered Phase above the Bulk Melting Temperature in Alkyl Side Chain Comb Polymers” Macromolecules 2005, 38, 2541-2543.

 Rane, S.; Mattice, W.; Dhinojwala, A. “Atomistic Simulation of Orientation of Methyl Groups and Methylene Bisectors, and Surface Segregation, in Freely Standing Thin Films of Atactic Poly(ethylene-co-propylene)” J. Phys. Chem. 2004, 108, pp 14830-14839.

 Rangwalla, H.; Dhinojwala, A. “Probing Hidden polymeric interfaces using IR-vis Sum-Frequency Generation Spectroscopy” J. Adhes. 2004, 80, pp 37-59.

 Rangwalla, H.; Schwab, A. D.; Yurdumakan, B; Yablon, D.; Yeganeh, M. S.; Dhinojwala, A. “Molecular Structure of an Alkyl-Side-Chain Polymer-Water Interface: Origins of Contact Angle Hysteresis" Langmuir 2004, 20, pp 8625-8633.

 Rao, A.; Rangwalla, H.; Varshney, V.; Dhinojwala, A. “Structure of Poly(methyl methacrylate) Chains Adsorbed on Sapphire Probed Using Infrared-Visible Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy” Langmuir 2004, 20, pp 7183-7188.

 Harp, G. P.; Rangwalla, H.; Yeganeh, M. S.; Dhinojwala, A. “Infrared-Visible Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopic Study of Molecular Orientation at Polystyrene/Comb-Polymer Interfaces” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, pp 11283-11290.

 Rao, A.; Dhinojwala, A. "Two-Photon Fluorescence Technique to Study Polymer Adsorption at the Toluene-Water Interface" Langmuir 2003, 19, pp 8813-8817.

Schwab, A.D. and Dhinojwala, A. “Relaxation in Rubbed Polystyrene Surface” Phys. Rev. E 2003, 67, 021802-1/10.

 Gautam, K.S.; Kumar, S.; Wermeille, D.; Robinson, D.; Dhinojwala, A. “Observation of Novel Smectic-Like Phase Above the Bulk Melting Temperature” Phys. Rev. Lett. 2003, 90, 215501-1/4.

Rao, A; Dhinojwala, A. “Adsorption” In Encyclopedia of Polymer Science, John Wiley, in press.

Schwab, A.D.; Acharya, B.; Kumar, S. and Dhinojwala, A. “Isothermal Relaxation of Rubbed Polystyrene Thin Films Probed with Optical Birefringence Measurements” Modern Physics Letters, 2002, 16(12), p415.

Harp, G. P.; Gautam, K.S. and Dhinojwala, A. “Probing Polymer/Polymer Interfaces” JACS, 2002, 124, p7908.

Gautam, K.S. and Dhinojwala, A. “Melting at Alkyl Side Chain Polymer Interface” Phys. Rev. Lett. 2002, 88, p145501.

Mamedov, S.; Schwab, A.D.; Dhinojwala, A. “A Device for Surface Spectroscopic Study of Micron Thin Films” Rev. Sci. Instrum. 2002, 73, p2321.

Clancy, T.C.; Jang, J.H.; Dhinojwala, A.; Mattice, W.L. “Orientation of Phenyl Rings and Methylene Bisectors at the Free Surface of Atactic Polystyrene” J. Phys. Chem. B. 2001, 105, p11493.

Pu, Y.; Rafailovich, M.H.; Sokolov, J.; Schwarz, S.A.; Dhinojwala, A.; Agra D.M.G.; Kumar, S. “Chain Orientation and Its Effects on Mobility at a Rubbed Surface” Macromolecules, 2001, 34, p4972.

Gautam, K. S.; Dhinojwala, A. “Order to Disorder Transition at the Polymer-Air Interface for Hydrophobic Octadecyl Side Chain Copolymers” Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 2001, 661 (Filled and Nanocomposite Polymer Materials).

Gautam, K.; Dhinojwala, A. “Molecular Structure of Hydrophobic Alkyl Side Chains at Comb Polymer-Air Interface” Macromolecules 2001, 34, 1137-1139.

Agra, D.; Schwab, A.; Kim, J.; Kumar, S.; Dhinojwala, A. “Relaxation Dynamics of Rubbed Polystyrene Films” Europhysics Letters, 2000, 51, p655.

Dhinojwala, A.; Bae, S.C.; Granick, S. “Shear-Induced Dilation of Confined Liquid Films” Tribology Letters 2000, 9, 55-62.

Gautam, K.; Schwab, A.D.; Dhinojwala, A.; Zhang, D.; Dougal, S.M.; Yeganeh, M.S. “Molecular Structure of Polystyrene at Air/Polymer and Solid/Polymer Interfaces” Phys. Rev. Lett. 2000, 85, 3584-3587.

Schwab, A.D.; Agra, D.M.; Kim, J.-H.; Kumar, S.; Dhinojwala, A. “Surface Dynamics in Rubbed Polymer Thin Films Probed with Optical Birefringence Measurements” Macromolecules 2000, 33, 4903-4909.

Soga, I.; Dhinojwala, A.; Granick, S.; “Direct Measurement of Fluid Mechanical Properties in Micro Space; Liquid Crystal Orientation under Shear” Jpn J Appl. Phys. I 1999, 38, 6118-6122.

Sukhishvili, S; Dhinojwala, A; Granick S. “How polyelectrolyte adsorption depends on history: A combined Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy in attenuated total reflection and surface forces study” Langmuir 1999, 15, 8474-8482.

Hall, D.; Deppe, D.; Hamilton, K.E.; Dhinojwala, A.; Miller, R.D.; Torkelson, J.M. “Probe Translational and Rotational Diffusion in Polymers near T_g: Role of Probe Size, Shape, and Secondary Bonding in Deviations from Debye-Stokes-Einstein Scaling” J. Non-Cryst. Solid 1998, 235-237, p48-56.

Soga, I.; Dhinojwala, A.; Granick, S. “Optorheological Studies of Sheared Confined Fluids with Mesoscopic Thickness” Langmuir 1998, 14, p1156.

Dhinojwala, A; Cai, L; Granick, S “Notes on the interpretation of nanorheology experiments” Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 1997, 464 (Dynamics in Small Confining Systems III), 45-52.

Dhinojwala, A.; Granick, S. “Relaxation Time of Confined Water” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, p241.

Dhinojwala, A.; Granick, S. “Micron-Gap Rheo-optics with Parallel Plates” J. Chem. Phys. 1997, 107, p8664.

Dhinojwala, A.; Granick, S. “Surface Forces in the Tapping Mode: R_H of Adsorbed Polymer Brushes” Macromolecules, 1997, 30, p1079.

Hall, D.; Dhinojwala, A.; Torkelson, J.M. “Translation-Rotation Paradox for Diffusion in Glass-Forming Polymers: The Role of the Temperature Dependence of the Relaxation Time Distribution” Phys, Rev. Lett., 1997, p103.

Cho, Y-K; Dhinojwala, A.; Granick, S. “Apparent Hydrodynamic Thickness of Densely Grafted Polymer Layers in a Theta Solvent” J. Polym. Sci. Polym. Phys. B., 1997, 35, p2961.

Dhinojwala, A.; Cai, L.; Granick, S. “In Dynamics in Small Confining Systems III” eds. Drake, M.; Troian, S.; Kopelman, R.; Klafter, Y., 1997, p45.

Soga, I.; Dhinojwala, A.; Cho, Y.-K.; Granick, S. “In Dynamics in Small Confining Systems III” eds. Drake, M.; Troian, S.; Kopelman, R.; Klafter, Y., 1997, p89.

Dhinojwala, A.; Granick, S. “New Approaches to Measure Interfacial Rheology of Confined Fluids” J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Transactions, 1996, 92(4), p619.

Deppe, D.D.; Dhinojwala, A.; Torkelson, J.M. “Small Molecule Probe Diffusion in Thin Polymer Films near the Glass Transition: A Novel Approach Using Fluorescence Nonradiative Energy Transfer” Macromolecules, 1996, 29, p3898.

Dhinojwala, A.; Cai, L.; Granick, S. “Critique of the Friction Coefficient Concept for Wet (Lubricated) Sliding” Langmuir, 1996, 12, p4537.

Luengo, G.; Israelachvili, J.; Dhinojwala, A.; Granick, S. “Generalized Effects in Confined Fluids: New Friction Map for Boundary Lubrication” Wear, 1996, 200, p328.

Demirel, L.; Cai, L.; Dhinojwala, A.; Granick, S.; Drake, M. “In Dynamics in Small Confining Systems II” eds. Drake, M.; Klafter, J.; Troian, S.M., 1995, p113.

Demirel, A. L.; Dhinojwala, A.; Granick, S. “Noise, Scatter, and Fluctuation of Friction” ACS Preprints, 1995, 209, p165.

Dhinojwala, A.; Hooker, J.C.; Torkelson, J.M. “Quantitative Rational Predictions of the Long-Term Temporal Decay Properties of Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Polymers from the Analysis of Relaxation Dynamics” ACS Symposium Series 601, eds. Lindsay, G. A. and Singer, K.D., 1995, p318.

Dhinojwala, A.; Wong, G.K.; Torkelson, J.M. “Rotational Dynamics in Polystyrene above and below the Glass Transition Temperature: Second Harmonic Generation and Dielectric Relaxation Measurements” J. Chem. Phys., 1994, 100, p6046.

Dhinojwala, A.; Wong, G.K.; Torkelson, J.M. “Relative Contribution of the Third-Order Effect to the Second Harmonic Signal in Doped, Poled Amorphous Polymers: J. Opt. Soc. Am. B, 1994, 11, p1549.

Dhinojwala, A.; Hooker, J.C.; Torkelson, J.M. “Retardation of Rotational Reorientation Dynamics in Polymers near the Glass Transition: a Novel Study over Eleven Decades in Time using Second-Order Nonlinear Optics” J. Non-Cryst. Solids, 1994, 172-174, p286.

Dhinojwala, A.; Torkelson, J.M. “A Reconsideration of the Measurement of Polymer Interdiffusion by Fluorescence Nonradiative Energy Transfer” Macromolecules, 1994, 27, p4817.

Dhinojwala, A.; Hooker, J.C.; Torkelson, J.M. “Novel Experimental Protocol for Studying Temporal Decay of Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Polymer Properties: Quantitative Analysis of Coupling to Polymer Dynamics and Conditions for Temporal Stability” Material Research Society, 1994, 328, p43.

Hooker, J.C.; Dhinojwala, A.; Torkelson, J.M. “SHG as a Means of Studying Rotational Reorientation of NLO Chromophores in a Amorphous Polymers - Effects of Chromophore Content, Size, and Linkage Flexibility” ACS Preprints, 1994, 208, p148.

Dhinojwala, A.; Hooker, J.C.; Torkelson, J.M. “Quantitative- Analysis of NLO Chromophore Reorientation and Polymer Alpha-Relaxation Dynamics in Amorphous Polymers Over 12 Decades in Time by 2nd-Harmonic Generation” ACS Preprint, 1994, 208, p295.

Dhinojwala, A.; Wong, G.K.; Torkelson, J.M. “Rotational Diffusion of Nonlinear Optical Chromophores in Rubbery and Glassy Polymers: a-relaxation Dynamics Probed by Second Harmonic Generation and Dielectric Relaxation” Macromolecules, 1993, 26, p5943.

Dhinojwala, A.; Wong, G.K.; Torkelson, J.M. “A Quantitative Analysis of Rotational Dynamics in Doped Polymers above and below the Glass Transition Temperature: A Novel Application of Second-Order Nonlinear Optics” Macromolecules, 1992, 25, p7395.

Dhinojwala, A.; Wong, G.K.; Torkelson, J.M. “Rotational-Dynamics of Disperse Red-1 in Polystyrene-Alpha-Relaxation Dynamics Probed by 2nd-Harmonic Generation and Dielectric-Relaxation” ACS Preprint, 1993, 206, p1.

Patents:

     “Optical Data Storage”, United States Patent number: 6,022,942.

Davis, Gary Charles; Rosenquist, Niles Richard; Sybert, Paul Dean; Dhinojwala, Ali; Hubbard, Steven F.; King, Joseph Anthony, Jr.; Raymond, Paul Cletu, Iii; Van, Hout Ruud; Ishiwa, Kenichi. “Optical Data Storage Media” PCT Int. Appl.  (2000), 26 pp.