Padma Gopalan

Research Projects

Developed a new class of coatings to enable self-assembly of block copolymers in thin-films.
Developed self-assembling block copolymer materials that can self-assemble in sub-5 nm length scale and also possess the right etch characteristics for pattern transfer.
Developed degradable conjugated polymers that can sort semi-conducting single walled carbon nanotubes, can assemble them in arrays and can be removed from devices to maximize performance.

Short CV
Awards
Selected Publications

2001	Ph.D. Chemistry, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
2001 - 2003	Post-doctoral member of Technical Staff, Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies, NJ, USA
2003 -	Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
2018 -	Specially Appointed Professor, School of Materials and Chemical Technology,Tokyo Institute of Technology

2004	National Science Foundation, CAREER award
2016	Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

2016	Self-Assembly and Post-Fabrication Functionalization of Microphase Separated Thin Films of a Reactive Azlactone-Containing Block Copolymer. Choi, J. W.; Carter, M. C. D.; Wei, W.; Kanimozi, C.; SpeetjensII, F. W.; Mahanthappa, M. K.; Lynn, D. M.; Gopalan, P. Macromolecules, 2016, 49, 8177. Surface functionalization and dynamics of polymeric cell culture substrates. Krutty, J. D.; Schmitt, S. K.; Gopalan, P; Murphy, W. L. Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 2016, 40, 164-169. Quasi-Ballistic Carbon Nanotube Array Transistors with Current Density Exceeding Si and GaAs. Brady, G. J.; Way, A. J.; Safron, N. S.; Evensen, H. T.; Gopalan, P.; Arnold, M. S. Science Advances, 2016, 2, e1601240. Isomeric Effect Enabled Thermally Driven Self-Assembly of Hydroxystyrene-Based Block Copolymers. Kanimozhi, C.; Kim, M.; Larson, S. R.; Choi, J. W.; Choo, Y.; Sweat, D. P.; Osuji, C. O.; Gopalan, P. ACS Macro Lett., 2016, 5, 833-838 10. Effect of Dipolar Molecule Structure on the Mechanism of Graphene-Enhanced Raman Scattering. Joo, Y.; Kim, M.; Kanimozhi, C.; Huang, P.; Wong, B. M.; Roy, S. S.; Arnold, M. S.; Gopalan, P. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2016, 120, 13815-13824.
2017	Selective growth of strained (In)GaAs quantum dots on GaAs substrates employing diblock copolymer lithography nanopatterning. Honghyuk Kim, Jonathan Choi, Zachary Lingley, Miles Brodie, Yongkun Sin, Thomas F. Kuech, Padma Gopalan, Luke J. Mawst. Journal of Crystal Growth, 2017, 465, 48–54. Optically Reconfigurable Monolayer of Azobenzene Donor Molecules on Oxide Surfaces. McElhinny, K. M.; Huang, P.; Joo, Y.; Kanimozhi, C.; Lakkham, A.; Sakurai, K.; Evans, P. G.; Gopalan, P. Langmuir, 2017, 33 (9), 2157–2168.
2018	Photoisomerization Dynamics in a Densely Packed Optically Transformable Azobenzene Monolayer. McElhinny, K. M.; Park, J.; Ahn, Y.; Huang, P.; Joo, Y.; Lakkham, A.; Pateras, H.; Wen, H.; Gopalan, P.; Evans, P. G. Langmuir, 2018, 34 (37), 10828–10836. Self-Assembly of an Ultrahigh-χ Block Copolymer with Versatile Etch Selectivity. Azuma, K.; Sun, J.; Choo, Y.; Rokhlenko, Y.; Dwyer, J. H.; Schweitzer, B.; Hayakawa, T.; Osuji, C. O.; Gopalan, P. Macromolecules, 2018, 51, 6460-6467. Exploring Electronic Structure and Order in Polymers via Single-Particle Microresonator Spectroscopy. Horak, E. H.; Rea, M. T.; Heylman, K. D.; Gelbwaser-Klimovsky, D.; Saikin, S. K.; Thompson, B. J.; Kohler, D. D.; Knapper, K. A.; Wei, W.; Pan, F.; Gopalan, P; Wright, J. C.; Aspuru-Guzik, A.; Goldsmith, R. H. Nano Letters, 2018, 18, 1600-1607.

2016

Self-Assembly and Post-Fabrication Functionalization of Microphase Separated Thin Films of a Reactive Azlactone-Containing Block Copolymer. Choi, J. W.; Carter, M. C. D.; Wei, W.; Kanimozi, C.; SpeetjensII, F. W.; Mahanthappa, M. K.; Lynn, D. M.; Gopalan, P. Macromolecules, 2016, 49, 8177.

Surface functionalization and dynamics of polymeric cell culture substrates. Krutty, J. D.; Schmitt, S. K.; Gopalan, P; Murphy, W. L. Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 2016, 40, 164-169.

Quasi-Ballistic Carbon Nanotube Array Transistors with Current Density Exceeding Si and GaAs. Brady, G. J.; Way, A. J.; Safron, N. S.; Evensen, H. T.; Gopalan, P.; Arnold, M. S. Science Advances, 2016, 2, e1601240.

Isomeric Effect Enabled Thermally Driven Self-Assembly of Hydroxystyrene-Based Block Copolymers. Kanimozhi, C.; Kim, M.; Larson, S. R.; Choi, J. W.; Choo, Y.; Sweat, D. P.; Osuji, C. O.; Gopalan, P. ACS Macro Lett., 2016, 5, 833-838

10. Effect of Dipolar Molecule Structure on the Mechanism of Graphene-Enhanced Raman Scattering. Joo, Y.; Kim, M.; Kanimozhi, C.; Huang, P.; Wong, B. M.; Roy, S. S.; Arnold, M. S.; Gopalan, P. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2016, 120, 13815-13824.

2017

Selective growth of strained (In)GaAs quantum dots on GaAs substrates employing diblock copolymer lithography nanopatterning. Honghyuk Kim, Jonathan Choi, Zachary Lingley, Miles Brodie, Yongkun Sin, Thomas F. Kuech, Padma Gopalan, Luke J. Mawst. Journal of Crystal Growth, 2017, 465, 48–54.

Optically Reconfigurable Monolayer of Azobenzene Donor Molecules on Oxide Surfaces. McElhinny, K. M.; Huang, P.; Joo, Y.; Kanimozhi, C.; Lakkham, A.; Sakurai, K.; Evans, P. G.; Gopalan, P. Langmuir, 2017, 33 (9), 2157–2168.

2018

Photoisomerization Dynamics in a Densely Packed Optically Transformable Azobenzene Monolayer. McElhinny, K. M.; Park, J.; Ahn, Y.; Huang, P.; Joo, Y.; Lakkham, A.; Pateras, H.; Wen, H.; Gopalan, P.; Evans, P. G. Langmuir, 2018, 34 (37), 10828–10836.

Self-Assembly of an Ultrahigh-χ Block Copolymer with Versatile Etch Selectivity. Azuma, K.; Sun, J.; Choo, Y.; Rokhlenko, Y.; Dwyer, J. H.; Schweitzer, B.; Hayakawa, T.; Osuji, C. O.; Gopalan, P. Macromolecules, 2018, 51, 6460-6467.

Exploring Electronic Structure and Order in Polymers via Single-Particle Microresonator Spectroscopy. Horak, E. H.; Rea, M. T.; Heylman, K. D.; Gelbwaser-Klimovsky, D.; Saikin, S. K.; Thompson, B. J.; Kohler, D. D.; Knapper, K. A.; Wei, W.; Pan, F.; Gopalan, P; Wright, J. C.; Aspuru-Guzik, A.; Goldsmith, R. H. Nano Letters, 2018, 18, 1600-1607.

Research Projects

Developed a new class of coatings to enable self-assembly of block copolymers in thin-films.

Developed self-assembling block copolymer materials that can self-assemble in sub-5 nm length scale and also possess the right etch characteristics for pattern transfer.

Developed degradable conjugated polymers that can sort semi-conducting single walled carbon nanotubes, can assemble them in arrays and can be removed from devices to maximize performance.