Profile Kinetic-controlled self-assembly of nanomaterials Physical chemistry of block copolymers Novel nanostructure-performance relationships publications=55; h-index=24, i-10 index=32, >2000 citations Education CORNELL UNIVERSITY in Ithaca, NY PhD in Materials Science and Engineering, minor in Chemistry, July 2010 Advised by Professor Ulrich Wiesner and Professor Francis J. DiSalvo Title: Block Sequence Directed Materials Designed block copolymers for the assembly of multifunctional and complex nanomaterials M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, January 2009 CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY in San Luis Obispo, CA B.E. in Materials Engineering, graduated Summa Cum Laude, GPA: 3.94, June 2005 Engineering Honor Societies Tau Beta Pi and Alpha Sigma Mu Research Experience UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA in Columbia, SC Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, August 2013 - present Invented Persistent Micelle Templating, the most tunable nanostructure method with polymers Developed the first atomic layer deposition of bismuth vanadates for solar energy Organized a coalition of 5 universities and >20 research groups to successful win NSF-MRI ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FÉDÉRALE DE LAUSANNE in Lausanne, Switzerland Post Doctoral Researcher with Professor Michael Grätzel, January 2011 - July 2013 Developed a transparent, conducting oxide thin-film coating by atomic layer deposition Used non-hydrolytic routes to tune oxide defect chemistry in nanoparticles for photovoltaics Created a record host-guest nanocomposite for hematite based solar water splitting STANFORD UNIVERSITY in Palo Alto, CA Research Fellowship, Summer 2004 Center on Polymer Interfaces and Macromolecular Assemblies (CPIMA) Used fracture mechanics to characterize the debond energy of human stratum corneum Studied the influence of pH and surfactant treatments on stratum corneum microstructure Research Funding UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA NSF CAREER $533,370 (NSF) as PI “CAREER: Tunable Isomorphic Architectures” DMR-1752615 2018.03.01-2023.02.28 Page of 1 10 Morgan Stefik, PhD morgan@stefikgroup.com http://www.stefikgroup.com http://saxs.sc.edu Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina Founder and Director of the South Carolina Small-Angle X-ray Scattering Collaborative
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Profile Kinetic-controlled self-assembly of nanomaterials Physical chemistry of block copolymers Novel nanostructure-performance relationships publications=55; h-index=24, i-10 index=32, >2000 citations
Education CORNELL UNIVERSITY in Ithaca, NY PhD in Materials Science and Engineering, minor in Chemistry, July 2010 Advised by Professor Ulrich Wiesner and Professor Francis J. DiSalvo Title: Block Sequence Directed Materials Designed block copolymers for the assembly of multifunctional and complex nanomaterials M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, January 2009
CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY in San Luis Obispo, CA B.E. in Materials Engineering, graduated Summa Cum Laude, GPA: 3.94, June 2005 Engineering Honor Societies Tau Beta Pi and Alpha Sigma Mu
Research Experience UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA in Columbia, SC Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, August 2013 - present Invented Persistent Micelle Templating, the most tunable nanostructure method with polymers Developed the first atomic layer deposition of bismuth vanadates for solar energy Organized a coalition of 5 universities and >20 research groups to successful win NSF-MRI
ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FÉDÉRALE DE LAUSANNE in Lausanne, Switzerland Post Doctoral Researcher with Professor Michael Grätzel, January 2011 - July 2013 Developed a transparent, conducting oxide thin-film coating by atomic layer deposition Used non-hydrolytic routes to tune oxide defect chemistry in nanoparticles for photovoltaics Created a record host-guest nanocomposite for hematite based solar water splitting STANFORD UNIVERSITY in Palo Alto, CA Research Fellowship, Summer 2004
Center on Polymer Interfaces and Macromolecular Assemblies (CPIMA) Used fracture mechanics to characterize the debond energy of human stratum corneum Studied the influence of pH and surfactant treatments on stratum corneum microstructure Research Funding UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA NSF CAREER $533,370 (NSF) as PI “CAREER: Tunable Isomorphic Architectures” DMR-1752615 2018.03.01-2023.02.28
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Morgan Stefik, [email protected] http://www.stefikgroup.com http://saxs.sc.edu
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina Founder and Director of the South Carolina Small-Angle X-ray Scattering Collaborative
NSF - Major Research Infrastructure $584,229 (NSF), $834,614 (TPC) as PI “MRI: Acquisition of a Small-angle X-ray Scattering Instrument” DMR-1428620 8/20/14-7/31/17 Acquired a state-of-the-art SAXS instrument Established a new state-wide SAXS user facility
NSF-Electric Power Research Institute Collaboration $109,923 as coPI “NSF-EPRI Innovative and Ultra-Efficient Evaporators to Realize Cost-effective Desalination” NSF-EPRI 10007094 4/21/17-12/31/2019
USC ASPIRE II Integration $100,000 as coPI “ALD-Enabled AlGaN based MOS Devices for Next Generation High-Voltage and High-Temperature Power Electronics” 8/15/2017-8/15/2018
ORNL-CNMS $57,800 (support costs) as PI “Thermodynamics and Kinetics of high-XN Block Copolymer Systems” Synthesized deuterated block copolymers for SANS experiments CNMS2016-225 7/2016-7/2017
Research Funding ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FÉDÉRALE DE LAUSANNE Swiss Commission for Technology and Innovation (KTI) 745,000 CHF as personnel “Precision Fabric based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells” Support for 2.5 researchers over 2 years to develop flexible dye sensitized solar cells European Commission - Proof of Concept 150,000 Euro as personnel “Indoor Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells” Support for 1 researcher over 1 year to demonstrate viability of dye-sensitized solar
cells under indoor lighting with subcontracted market research analysis European Commission (FP7) 495,000 Euro as personnel
“Photogenerated Hydrogen from Organic Catalytic Systems” Support for 2 researchers over 3 years in partnership with 7 participating partners
to develop a recently discovered phenomena of organic catalytic systems
Teaching Summary 2018 Spring. General Chemistry CHEM 111 (~260 Students) 2017 Fall. General Chemistry CHEM 111 (214 Students, 4.45 out of 5) 2017 Spring. Nanoscale Behavior and Characterization of Block Copolymers
CHEM 739 (7 students, 5.00 out of 5) 2016 Fall. General Chemistry CHEM 111 (211 Students, Student Rating 4.73 out of 5)
2016 Spring. Nanoscale Behavior and Characterization of Block Copolymers CHEM 739 (9 Students, Student Rating 4.75 out of 5)
2015 Fall. General Chemistry CHEM 111 (177 Students, Student Rating 4.77 out of 5) 2015 Spring. Nanoscale Behavior and Characterization of Block Copolymers
CHEM 739 (12 Students, Student Rating 4.55 out of 5) 2014 Fall. General Chemistry CHEM 111 (204 Students, Student Rating 4.47 out of 5) 2013 Fall. General Chemistry CHEM 111 (Co-taught 230 Students)
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Publications UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA (2013 to present) 55) Kasprzak, C. R.; Scherzinger, E. T.; Sarkar, A.; Parkinson, J. W.; Miao, M.; Porcincula, D.; Madriz,
A.; Pennewell, Z. M.; Chau, S. S.; Thai, R. B.; Fernando, R.; Stefik, M.; Zhang, S. Ordered Nanostructures of Carbon Nanotube-Polymer Composites from Lyotropic Liquid Crystal Templating. 2018. Under Review.
54) Haware, R. V.; Vinjamuri, B. P.; Sarkar, A.; Stefik, M.; Stagner, W. C. Deciphering Magnesium Stearate Differential Scanning Calorimetry Thermotropic Behavior. 2018, Under Review.
53) Dolan, J.; Korzeb, K.; Dehmel, R.; Wilts, B. D.; Godel, K. C.; Stefik, M.; Wiesner, U.; Wilkinson, T. D.; Baumberg, J. J.; Steiner, U.; Gunkel, Ilja. In situ GISAXS of Robust Gyroid Morphology in Triblock Terpolymer Films During Solvent Vapor Annealing. 2018 Under Review.
52) Xu, J; Voznyy, O.;Liu, M.; Kirmani, A.; Walters, G.; Munir, R.; Proppe, A.; Wei, M.; Sun, B.; Liu, M.; Pelayo Garcia de Arquer, F.; Quintero-Bermudez, R.; Li, J.; Fan, J.; Quan, L.; Todorovic, P.; Tan, H.; Sarkar, A.; Hoogland, S.; Stefik, M.; Amassian, A.; Sargent, E. H. 2D Matrix Engineering for Homogeneous Quantum Dot Coupling in Photovoltaic Solids. Nature Nanotech 2018, ASAP 10.1038/s41565-018-0117-z
51) Sarkar, A.; Evans, L.; Stefik, M.* Expanded Kinetic Control for Persistent Micelle Templates with Solvent Selection. Langmuir 2018, ASAP 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b00417
50) Fellows, B. D.; Sandler, S.; Livingston, J.; Fuller, K.; Nwandu, L.; Bigner, J.; Timmins, S.; Lantz, K. A.; Stefik, M.; Suanders, M.; Mefford, O. T. Extended LaMer Synthesis of Cobalt Doped Ferrites for Use in MagMED. IEEE Magnetics Letters 2018, 9, 1-5.
49) Zheng, Y.; Abbas, Z.; Sarkar, A.; Marsh, Z; Stefik, M.; Benicewicz, B. Surface-initiated reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerization of chloroprene and mechanical properties of matrix-free polychloroprene nanocomposites. Polymer 2018,135, 193-199.
48) Lamm, B.; Trześniewski, B.; Döscher, H.; Smith, W.*; Stefik, M.* Emerging Post-synthetic Improvements of BiVO4 Photoanodes for Solar Water Splitting. ACS Energy Letters 2018, 3, 112-124. (Highlighted as one of the most read ACS Energy Letters articles Jan-2018)
47) Bilger, D.; Figueroa, J.; Redeker, N.; Sarkar, A.; Stefik, M.; Zhang, S. Hydrogen Bonding Directed Ordered Assembly of Carboxylated Poly(3-Alkylthiophene)s. ACS Omega 2017, 2(11), 8526–8535.
46) Huang, Y.; Zheng, Y.; Sarkar, A.; Xu, Y.; Stefik, M.; Benicewicz, B. C. Matrix-Free Polymer Nanocomposite Thermoplastic Elastomers. Macromolecules 2017, 50(12), 4742–4753.
45) Sarkar, A.; Stefik, M.* How to Make Persistent Micelle Templates in 24 Hours and Know It using X-ray Scattering. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2017, 5, 11840-11853. (Invited article)
44) Rahman, M. A.; Lokupitiya, H. N.; Ganewatta, M.; Yuan, L.; Stefik, M.; Tang, C. Designing Block Copolymer Architectures toward Tough Bioplastics from Natural Rosin. Macromolecules 2017, 50 (5), 2069–2077.
43) Sarkar, A.; Stefik, M.* Robust Porous Polymers Enabled by Fast Trifluoroacetic Acid Etch with Improved Selectivity for Polylactide. Material Chemistry Frontiers 2017, 1, 1526 – 1533.
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REVIEW ARTICLEMorgan Stefi k, Stefan Guldin et al.Block copolymer self-assembly for nanophotonics
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COMMUNICATION Hasala N. Lokupitiya and Morgan Stefi k Cavitation-enabled rapid and tunable evolution of high- χ N micelles as templates for ordered mesoporous oxides
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42) Lamm, B.; Sarkar, A. Stefik, M.* Surface Functionalized Atomic Layer Deposition of Bismuth Vanadate for Single-Phase Scheelite. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2017, 5, 6060 – 6069.(with cover)
41) Bilger, D.; Sarkar, A.; Danesh, C.; Gopinadhan, M.; Braggin, G.; Figueroa, J.; Pham, T.; Chun, D.; Rao, Y.; Osuji, C.; Stefik, M.; Zhang, S. Multi-Scale Assembly of Polythiophene-Surfactant Supramolecular Complexes for Charge Transport Anisotropy. Macromolecules 2017, 50(3), 1047–1055.
40) Wahab, Z.; Marsh, Z. M.; Tessema, A.; Kidane, A.; Stefik, M.; Anneaux, B. L., Ploehn, H. J. Effect of Nanodiamond Surface Functionalization on the Properties of Nanodiamond/PEEK Composites. IEEE TCPMT 2017, 7(2), 165-177.
39) Lokupitiya, H. N.; Stefik, M.* Cavitation-Enabled Rapid and Tunable Evolution of High-χN Micelles as Templates for Ordered Mesoporous Oxides. Nanoscale 2017, 9, 1393-1397. (with cover)
38) Peters, K.; Lokupitiya, H. N.; Sarauli, D.; Labs, M.; Pribil, M.; Rathousky, J.; Kuhn, A.; Leister, D.*; Stefik, M.*; Fattakhova-Rohfling, D.* Nanostructured Antimony-Doped Tin Oxide Layers with Tunable Pore Architectures as Versatile Transparent Current Collectors for Biophotovoltaics. Advanced Functional Materials 2016, 26, 6682-6692. (with cover)
37) Stefik, M.* Atomic Layer Deposition of Bismuth Vanadates for Solar Energy Materials. ChemSusChem 2016, 9, 1727-1735.
36) Lokupitiya, H. N.; Jones, A.; Reid, B.; Guldin, S.; Stefik, M.* Ordered Mesoporous to Macroporous Oxides with Tunable Isomorphic Architectures – Solution Criteria for Persistent Micelle Templates. Chemistry of Materials 2016, 28(6), 1653-1667.
35) Wang, Z.; Yuan, L.; Trenor, N. M.; Vlaminck, L.;Billiet, S.; Sarkar, A.; Du Prez, F. E.; Stefik, M.; Tang, C. Sustainable Thermoplastic Elastomers Derived from Plant Oil and Their “Click-Coupling” via TAD Chemistry. Green Chemistry 2015, 7, 3806-3818.
34) Azevedo, J.; Tilley, S. D.; Schreier, M.; Stefik, M.; Sousa, C.; Araújo, J. P.; Mendes, A.; Grätzel, M.; Mayer, M. T., Tin oxide as stable protective layer for composite cuprous oxide water-splitting photocathodes. Nano Energy 2016, 24, 10-16.
33) Stefik, M.*; Song, J.; Sai, H.; Guldin, S.; Boldrighini, P.; Orilall, M. C.; Steiner, U.; Gruner, S. M.; Wiesner, U.* Ordered Mesoporous Titania from Highly Amphiphilic Block Copolymers: Tuned Solution Conditions Enable Highly Ordered Morphologies and Ultra-Large Mesopores. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2015, 3,11478-11492.
32) Stefik, M.*; Guldin, S.*; Vignolini, S.; Wiesner, U.; Steiner, U. Block Copolymer Self-Assembly for Nanophotonics. Chemical Society Reviews 2015, 44, 5076-5091. (with cover)
31) Guldin, S.; Stefik, M.; Sai, H.; Wiesner, U.; Steiner, U. Controlling the Coassembly of Highly Amphiphilic Block Copolymers with a Hydrolytic Sol by Solvent Exchange. RSC Advances 2015, 5, 22499-22502.
30) Lee, Y.H.; Stefik, M.; Heiniger, L.-P.; Gao, P.; Seok, S. I.; Grätzel, M.; Nazeeruddin, M. K. Power from the Sun: Perovskite Solar Cells. IEEE 2014, 6925068, 0943-0948.
29) Salvatore, S.; Vignolini, S.; Philipott, J.; Stefik, M.; Wiesner, U.; Baumberg, J.; Steiner, U. A Higher Transmission Wave-Guide Wire Network Made by Self-Assembly. Nanoscale 2014, 25, 2713–2716.
28) Farah, P.; Demetriadou, A.; Salvatore, S.; Vignolini, S.; Stefik, M.; Wiesner, U.; Hess, O.; Steiner, U.; Valev, V. K.; Baumberg, J. J. Ultrafast Nonlinear Response of Gold Gyroid Three-Dimensional Metamaterials. Physical Review Applied 2014, 2, 044002.
27) Azevedo, J.; Steier, L.; Dias, P.; Stefik, M.; Sousa, C. T.; Araujo, J. P.; Mendes, A.; Grätzel, M.; Tilley, D. On the Stability Enhancement of Cuprous Oxide Water Splitting Photocathodes by Low Temperature Steam Annealing. Energy & Environmental Science 2014, 7, 4044-4052.
26) Hu, Y.; Yella, A.; Guldin, S.; Schreier, M.; Stellacci, F.; Grätzel, M.; Stefik, M.*, High-Surface-Area Porous Platinum Electrodes for Enhanced Charge Transfer., Advanced Energy Materials 2014, 4(14), 1400510.
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25) Tilley, S. D.; Schreier, M.; Azevedo, J.; Stefik, M.; Grätzel, M., Ruthenium Oxide Hydrogen Evolution Catalysis on Composite Cuprous Oxide Water-Splitting Photocathodes., Advanced Functional Materials 2014, 24, 303-311.
24) Stefik, M.*; Heiligtag, F. J.; Niederberger, M.; Grätzel, M., Improved nonaqueous synthesis of TiO2 for dye-sensitized solar cells., ACS Nano 2013, 7, 8981-8989.
Publications BEFORE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA 23) Stefik, M.*; Yum, J.-H.; Hu, Y.; Grätzel, M., Carbon–graphene nanocomposite cathodes for
improved Co(ii/iii) mediated dye-sensitized solar cells., Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2013, 1, 4982.
22) Salvatore, S.; Demetriadou, A.; Vignolini, S.; Oh, S. S.; Wuestner, S.; Yufa, N. A.; Stefik, M.; Wiesner, U.; Baumberg, J. J.; Hess, O.; Steiner, U., Tunable 3D extended self-assembled gold metamaterials with enhanced light transmission., Advanced Materials 2013, 25, 2713-2716.
21) Kohn, P.; Pathak, S.; Stefik, M.; Ducati, C.; Wiesner, U.; Steiner, U.; Guldin, S., Low temperature crystallisation of mesoporous TiO2., Nanoscale 2013, 5, 10518-10524.
19) Chandiran, A. K.; Yella, A.; Stefik, M.; Heiniger, L. P.; Comte, P.; Nazeeruddin, M. K.; Grätzel, M., Low-temperature crystalline titanium dioxide by atomic layer deposition for dye-sensitized solar cells., ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 2013, 5, 3487-3493.
18) Stefik, M.*; Cornuz, M.; Mathews, N.; Hisatomi, T.; Mhaisalkar, S.; Grätzel, M., Transparent, Conducting Nb:SnO2 for Host-Guest Photoelectrochemistry. Nano Letters 2012, 12 (10), 5431-5435.
17) Stefik, M.; Wang, S. T.; Hovden, R.; Sai, H.; Tate, M. W.; Muller, D. A.; Steiner, U.; Gruner, S. M.; Wiesner, U., Networked and Chiral Nanocomposites from ABC Triblock Terpolymer Coassembly with Transition Metal Oxide Nanoparticles. Journal of Materials Chemistry 2012, 22 (3), 1078-1087.
16) Rauda, I. E.; Buonsanti, R.; Saldarriaga-Lopez, L. C.; Benjauthrit, K.; Schelhas, L. T.; Stefik, M.; Augustyn, V.; Ko, J.; Dunn, B.; Wiesner, U.; Milliron, D. J.; Tolbert, S. H., General Method for the Synthesis of Hierarchical Nanocrystal-Based Mesoporous Materials. ACS Nano 2012, 6 (7), 6386-6399.
15) Paracchino, A.; Mathews, N.; Hisatomi, T.; Stefik, M.; Tilley, S. D.; Grätzel, M., Ultrathin Films on Copper(i) Oxide Water Splitting Photocathodes: A Study on Performance and Stability. Energy & Environmental Science 2012, 5 (9), 8673-8681.
14) Hisatomi, T.; Dotan, H.; Stefik, M.; Sivula, K.; Rothschild, A.; Grätzel, M.; Mathews, N., Enhancement in the Performance of Ultrathin Hematite Photoanode for Water Splitting by an Oxide Underlayer. Advanced Materials 2012, 24 (20), 2699-2702.
13) Vignolini, S.; Yufa, N. A.; Cunha, P. S.; Guldin, S.; Rushkin, I.; Stefik, M.; Hur, K.; Wiesner, U.; Baumberg, J. J.; Steiner, U., A 3D Optical Metamaterial Made by Self-Assembly. Advanced Materials 2012, 24 (10), OP23-OP27.
12) Guldin, S.; Docampo, P.; Stefik, M.; Kamita, G.; Wiesner, U.; Snaith, H. J.; Steiner, U., Layer-by-Layer Formation of Block-Copolymer-Derived TiO2 for Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. Small 2012, 8 (3), 432-440.
11) Docampo, P.; Stefik, M.; Guldin, S.; Gunning, R.; Yufa, N. A.; Cai, N.; Wang, P.; Steiner, U.; Wiesner, U.; Snaith, H. J., Triblock-Terpolymer-Directed Self-Assembly of Mesoporous TiO2: High-Performance Photoanodes for Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. Advanced Energy Materials 2012, 2 (6), 676-682.
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10) Guldin, S.; Kolle, M.; Stefik, M.; Langford, R.; Eder, D.; Wiesner, U.; Steiner, U., Tunable Mesoporous Bragg Reflectors Based on Block-Copolymer Self-Assembly. Advanced Materials 2011, 23 (32), 3664-3668.
9) Guldin, S.; Huettner, S.; Tiwana, P.; Orilall, M. C.; Uelguet, B.; Stefik, M.; Docampo, P.; Kolle, M.; Divitini, G.; Ducati, C.; Redfern, S. A. T.; Snaith, H. J.; Wiesner, U.; Eder, D.; Steiner, U., Improved Conductivity in Dye-Sensitised Solar Cells through Block Copolymer Confined TiO2 Crystallisation. Energy & Environmental Science 2011, 4 (1), 225-233.
8) Stefik, M.; Mahajan, S.; Sai, H.; Epps, T. H. I.; Bates, F. S.; Gruner, S. M.; Wiesner, U., Networked Nanocomposites Derived from Block Terpolymers. PMSE Preprints 2010.
7) Li, L.; Krissanasaeranee, M.; Pattinson, S. W.; Stefik, M.; Wiesner, U.; Steiner, U.; Eder, D., Enhanced Photocatalytic Properties in Well-Ordered Mesoporous WO3. Chemical Communications 2010, 46 (40), 7620-7622.
6) Docampo, P.; Guldin, S.; Stefik, M.; Tiwana, P.; Orilall, M. C.; Huettner, S.; Sai, H.; Wiesner, U.; Steiner, U.; Snaith, H. J., Control of Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Performance by Block-Copolymer-Directed TiO2 Synthesis. Advanced Functional Materials 2010, 20 (11), 1787-1796.
5) Stefik, M.; Sai, H.; Sauer, K.; Gruner, S. M.; DiSalvo, F. J.; Wiesner, U., Three-Component Porous-Carbon-Titania Nanocomposites through Self-Assembly of ABCBA Block Terpolymers with Titania Sols. Macromolecules 2009, 42 (17), 6682-6687.
4) Stefik, M.; Mahajan, S.; Sai, H.; Epps, T. H.; Bates, F. S.; Gruner, S. M.; DiSalvo, F. J.; Wiesner, U., Ordered Three- and Five-ply Nanocomposites from ABC Block Terpolymer Microphase Separation with Niobia and Aluminosilicate Sols. Chemistry of Materials 2009, 21 (22), 5466-5473.
3) Stefik, M.; Lee, J.; Wiesner, U., Nanostructured Carbon-Crystalline Titania Composites from Microphase Separation of Poly(ethylene oxide-b-acrylonitrile) and Titania Sols. Chemical Communications 2009, (18), 2532-2534.
2) Stefik, M.; DiSalvo, F. J.; Wiesner, U., Block Copolymer Derived Nanocomposites towards Designer Electrode Materials. Prepr. Symp. Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Fuel Chem. 2009, 54 (2), 673.
1) Wu, K. S.; Stefik, M.; Ananthapadmanabhan, K. P.; Dauskardt, R. H., Graded Delamination Behavior of Human Stratum Corneum. Biomaterials 2006, 27 (34), 5861-5870.
Presentations UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA (2013 to present) 63) Title TBD. Invited talk at NanoGE New Materials for Energy Conversion, Santa Fe, NM. Dec 11-12
2018. 62) Title TBD. Invited talk at the International Mesostructured Materials Symposium, UCLA, Los
Angelas, CA. Sept 10-13 2018. 61) Precision Nanomaterials from Kinetic-Controlled Block Copolymers. Invited talk at the
American Chemical Society, Boston, MA. August 19-13 2018. 60) Designer Porous Solids from Kinetic-Controlled Templates and Kinetic-Control of Micelles
for Precision Nanomaterials. Presentation at the European Materials Research Society, Strasbourg, France. June 18-22 2018.
59) Kinetic-Control of Micelle Templates for Precision Nanomaterials. Invited talk at University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA. May 25 2018.
59) Kinetic-Control of Micelle Templates for Precision Nanomaterials. Invited talk at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN. Apr 5 2018.
58) Nanoscale Templating with Persistent Micelles. Keynote seminar at Nanomaterials and Nanochemistry 2017, Atlanta, GA. Nov 30 2017.
57) Self-Assembly of Precision Nanomaterials for Energy Applications. Invited talk at Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL. Nov 2 2017.
56) The Self-Assembly of Next Generation Energy Devices. Invited talk at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA. Oct 27 2017.
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55) Block Copolymer Self-Assembly for Precision Nanomaterials. Invited talk at Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS.
54) Block Copolymer Self-Assembly for Precision Nanomaterials. Invited talk at University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS. Oct 12 2017.
53) Self-Assembly of Precision Nanomaterials for Energy Applications. Invited talk at TU Delft, Delft, Netherlands. Sept 11 2017.
52) Self-Assembly of Precision Nanomaterials for Energy Applications. Invited talk at Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, Netherlands. Sept 8, 2017.
51) Self-Assembly of Precision Nanomaterials for Energy Applications. Invited talk at Jaume I University, Castellon, Spain. Sept 7 2017.
50) Bismuth Vanadate : SF-ALD and Remarkable Post-Synthetic Treatments. Presentation at NanoGE September Meeting, SolarFuel17, Barcelona, Spain. Sept. 4-6 2017.
49) Self-Assembly and Deposition of Precision Nanomaterials for Energy Applications. Invited talk at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland. August 4 2017.
48) Adventures with Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering at USC. Invited inaugural lecture for SAXS at University College London, London, UK. July 24 2017.
47) Precise and Tunable Self-Assembly of Nanomaterials for Energy Applications. Invited talk at Imperial College London, London, UK. July 20 2017.
46) Self-assembly and Deposition of Precision Nanomaterials for Energy Applications. Invited talk at Oxford University, Oxford, UK. July 17 2017.
45) Precision Tunable Nanomaterials from Persistent Micelle Templates. Presentation at Materials Chemistry 13, Royal Society of Chemistry, Liverpool, UK. July 10-13 2017.
44) Atomic Layer Deposition of Phase-Pure Multinary Oxides for Solar Water Splitting. Presentation at Materials Chemistry 13, Royal Society of Chemistry, Liverpool, UK. July 10-13 2017.
43) Precision Nanomaterials for Energy Applications. Invited talk at Winthrop College, Rock Hill, SC. Apr 20 2017.
42) Precision Tunable Nanomaterials from Persistent Micelle Templates. Presentation at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Apr 6 2017.
41) Phase-pure and Photoactive Scheelite from Atomic Layer Deposition. Presentation at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Apr 3 2017.
40) Precision Nanomaterials for Energy Applications. Invited Talk at the University of Oregon, Eugene, Or. Mar 31 2017.
39) Precision Nanomaterials for Energy Applications. Invited Talk at Oregon State University, Corvalis, Or. Mar 30 2017.
38) Precision Nanomaterials for Energy Applications. Invited talk at Pacific Northwest National Lab, Richland, WA. Mar 29 2017.
37) Atomic Layer Deposition of Bismuth Vanadate. Presentation at the Materials Research Society, Boston, MA. Dec 2016.
36) Persistent Micelles as Versatile Nanomaterial Templates. Invited talk at the University of Akron, Akron, OH. Nov, 2016.
35) Precision Functional Materials Derived from Block Copolymers. Invited talk at the South Eastern Regional ACS Meeting, Columbia, SC. Oct 2016.
34) Design and Fabrication of Precision Nanomaterials for Energy Applications. Invited talk at Worcester Polytechnic University, Worcester, MA. Oct 2016.
33) Bismuth Vanadate by Atomic Layer Deposition. Presentation at NanoGE Solar Fuels 2016, Berlin, Germany. Sept 2016.
32) Design of Novel Block Copolymers for Solution Processing of Advanced Nanomaterials. Invited talk at Organic Chemistry 2016, Las Vegas, NV. Aug 2016
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31) Micelle Entrapment for Precision Nanomaterials from Block Copolymers. Presentation at the Gordon Conference on Polymer Physics at Mount Holyoke College, Holyoke, MA .July, 2016.
30) Atomic Layer Deposition of Bismuth Vanadates for Solar Energy Materials. Presentation at ICMOVPE, San Diego, CA. July 2016.
29) The Materials Chemistry of Precision Nanomaterials. Invited talk at University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA. July 2016.
28) Physics of Block Copolymer Solutions for Precision Nanomaterials. Invited talk at Howard University, Washington DC. Apr 2016.
27) Precision Nanomaterials from Block Copolymers. Invited talk at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, Ct. Mar 2016.
26) Precision Nanomaterials from Block Copolymers. Invited talk at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC. Feb 2016.
25) The Materials Chemistry of Self-Assembly to Enable the Next Generation of Alternative Energy Devices. Invited talk at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA. Nov 2015.
24) Life as a University Researcher. Invited talk at annual meeting of McNair students, Columbia, SC. June 2015.
23) Design of Novel Block Copolymer Assembly Systems. Presentation at the European Materials Research Society, Lille, France. May 2015.
22) Self-Assembly Methods for Nano-Enabled Materials. Invited talk at the University of Munich, Germany. May 2015.
21) High Performance Porous Platinum Counter Electrodes for Co(II/III) based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. Presentation at the Electrochemical Society meeting in Orlando, FL. May 2014.
20) Anhydrous Oxide Nanoparticle Synthesis for Tunable Optoelectronic Properties. Presentation at the Materials Research Society meeting in San Francisco, CA. April 2014.
Presentations BEFORE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA 19) Nanocomposite Carbon-Graphene Electrodes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. Paper
presented at the European Materials Research Society meeting in Strasbourg, France. May 2013. 18) New Composite Hematite Architectures for Solar Fuels. Paper presented at the Materials
Research Society meeting in San Francisco, CA. April 2013. 17) Polymers for Nanodevices: Tailored Materials Chemistry. Invited talk at the University of South
Carolina, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. January 2013. 16) Towards Nanonetworked Energy Devices from Block Copolymers. Invited talk at the
University of Oxford, Department of Physics, United Kingdom. July 2012. 15) Solar Water Splitting with Hematite Heteronanostructures. Invited speaker at The Rank Prize
Funds in Grasmere, United Kingdom. June 2012. 14) Host-Guest Composite Architectures towards High Efficiency Water Splitting with Fe2O3.
Paper presented at Nanostructured Systems for Solar Fuel Production in Mallorca, Spain. March 2012.
13) Networked Nanocomposites Derived from Block Terpolymers. Paper presented as a finalist for the 2010 AkzoNobel Student Award at the American Chemical Society meeting in Boston, MA. August 2010.
12) Gyroid Nanocomposites from ABC polymers. Poster presented at the Cornell High Energy Synchroton Source User meeting at Cornell University. June 2010.
11) Three-Dimensionally Networked Nanocomposites. Paper presented at the Materials Research Society meeting in San Francisco, CA. April 2010.
10) Networked Oxide Nanocomposites from Evaporative Coassembly with ABC Polymers. Paper presented at the Materials Research Society meeting in San Francisco, CA. April 2010.
9) Ordered Three-Dimensional Oxide Nano-Networks from ABC Polymers. Poster presented at the Materials Research Society meeting in San Francisco, CA. April 2010.
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8) Three-Domain Nanocomposites from Block Terpolymer Microphase Separation. Paper presented at the Materials Research Society meeting in Boston, MA. December 2009.
7) Block Terpolymer Derived Nanocomposites Towards Designer Electrode Materials. Poster presented at the Materials Research Society meeting in Boston, MA. December 2009.
6) Block Terpolymer Derived Nanocomposites. Paper presented at the Materials Science and Engineering Seminar at Cornell University. September 2009.
5) Block Terpolymer Derived Nanocomposites toward Designer Electrode Materials. Paper presented at the American Chemical Society meeting in Washington DC. August 2009.
4) Use of a Block Copolymer as Structure Directing Agent and Carbon Source for the Spatially Confined Growth of Transition-Metal Oxides. Paper presented at the Materials Research Society meeting in San Francisco, CA. April 2009.
3) Three-Component Porous-Carbon-Titania Nanocomposites through Self-Assembly of ABCBA Block Terpolymers with Titania Sols. Poster presented at the Polymer Outreach Program and Cornell Fuel Cell Symposium at Cornell University. May 2009.
2) Mesostructured Graphitic Carbon-Crystalline Titania Composites. Poster presented at the Polymer Outreach Program at Cornell University. May 2008.
1) Using Fracture Mechanics to Characterize the Debond Energy of Human Stratum Corneum: Influence of pH Treatment. Poster presented at the Center on Polymer Interfaces and Macromolecular Assemblies forum at the IBM Almaden Research Center. August 2004.
Department Service Director of South Carolina SAXS Collaborative Web Committee X-ray Policy Committee Library Committee
Hosted the Prospective Graduate Student Social Dinner, Mar 10 2018 Recruitment trips in 2017 to Winthrop U., Cal Poly, and U. Akron, and in 2016 to U. AkronCampus Service Research Advisor for 16 Undergraduate Students from 2013-2018 SCSC Outreach Program, Summer 2017 SCSC Outreach Program, Summer 2016 Judge for USC Discovery Day, April 22, 2016 Judge for ASBMB Science Fair, March 1, 2016 Judge for Graduate Students Awards Competition, Feb. 19, 2016 SCSC Outreach Program, Summer 2015 Judge for USC Discovery Day, April 24, 2015 Judge for USC Wi-Sci, Women in Science Poster Competition, April 23, 2015 Judge for USC Science and Engineering Fair, March 13, 2015 Judge for Society for Applied Spectroscopy Poster Competition, February 20, 2015 Judge for USC Science and Engineering Fair, March 2014National Service Reviewer for the National Science Foundation Reviewer for the Department of Energy
Other Research Experiences CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY in San Luis Obispo, CA Research for Senior Project, September 2004 - June 2005 Used a self-assembly process to tune mesoporous titania for solar-cell applications Characterized porosity with small-angle X-ray scattering and nitrogen physisorption
Research for Lockheed Martin, Winter 2004
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Analyzed irradiated microchip plastics with Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy Determined suitablity of a range of plastic materials for use in outerspace
Personal Grants EPFL Prestations d’une Valeur Exceptionnelle, 2012Cornell Center for Nanoscale Systems Fellowship 2006 and 2007 Materials Information Society (ASM, Santa Clara Valley Chapter) and The Society for the
Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE, Northern California Chapter) ASM-SAMPE Scholarship 2005
Center on Polymer Interfaces and Macromolecular Assemblies (CPIMA) NSF Summer Undergraduate Research Experiences (SURE) Fellowship 2004
Adele and Aldo Alessio Scholarship 2004 Golden State ScholarShare Trust 2001
Honors and Awards UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA: Breakthrough Star Award from USC Apr 2018. Identified as a “rising star of materials chemistry” by RSC April 2017 Cottrell Scholars Collaborative New Faculty Workshop July 2014 CORNELL UNIVERSITY:
MSE Graduate Student Presentation Competition Winner 2009 CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY:
Engineering College Recognition of Academic Excellence May 2005 President's Honors List 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Dean's Honor List (Fall) 2001, (Spring, Winter) 2002, (Fall, Spring, Winter) 2003,
(Fall, Spring, Winter) 2004, (Fall, Spring, Winter) 2005 Alpha Sigma Mu Materials Science and Engineering Honor Society 2004 Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society 2004 Tenaya Hall Living/Learning Program Honor Society 2001, 2002
