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Nicholas Kotov.
Nicholas A. Kotov
Associate Professor

3408 G.G. Brown (Office)
3432, 3427 G.G. Brown (Labs)
(734) 763-8768
FAX: (734) 764-7453
kotov@umich.edu

Nanotechnology, composites, thin films, tissue engineering, self organization of nanocolloids, and atomic force microscopy

Recent Publications

Tang, Z.; Wang, Y.; Ozturk, B.; Kotov, N. A.; One-Dimensional Energy Transfer in CdTe Nanoparticle Chains, Adv. Mater. submitted.

Guldi, D. M.; Luo, C.; Kotov, N. A.; Da Ros, T.; Bosi, S.; Prato, M. Zwitterionic Acceptor Moieties: Small Reorganization Energy and Unique Stabilization of Charge Transfer Products. J. Phys. Chem. 2003 ACS ASAP.

Kotov, N. A.; Layer-by-Layer Assembly of Nanoparticles and Nanocolloids: Intermolecular Interactions, Structure and Materials Perspectives, invited review to be published in Thin Films – Polyelectrolyte Multilayers and Related Multicomposites, Edited by G. Decher and J. B. Schlenoff. Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim, Germany, 2003, 207-243.

Tang, Z.; Kotov, N. A.; Magonov, S.; Ozturk, B.; Nanostructured Artificial Nacre, Nature Materials, 2003, 2(6), 413–418.

Mamedov, A.; Mamedova, N., Kotov, N. A.; Graded Semiconductor Thin Films , in Encyclopedia of Nanotechnology, edited by Marcel Dekker, Schwarz, J.; A,.Contescu, C.; Putyera, K. 2003, accepted.

Wang, S.; Kotov, N. A.; Luminenscence Nanoparticle Labeled Antibodies And Antigens , in Encyclopedia of Nanotechnology, edited by Marcel Dekker, Schwarz, J. A,.Contescu, C.; Putyera, K. 2003, accepted.

Wang, Y.; Tang, Z. Correa-Duarte, M. A., Liz-Marzán, L. M.; Kotov N. A.; Multicolor Luminescence Patterning by Photoactivation of Semiconductor Nanoparticle Film, J. Am. Chem. Soc.2003, 125(10), 2830-2831

Crisp, M. T.; Kotov, N. A.; Preparation of Nanoparticle Coatings On Surfaces Of Complex Geometry, Nano Letters, 2003, 3(2), 173-177;

Kotov N. A., Editor, “Nanoparticle Superstructures” a comprehensive volume on preparation and properties of nanoparticle assemblies with 40+ contributing authors (26 chapters) from different areas of chemistry and physics, Marcell Dekker, to be completed by July 2003, to be published in 2004.

Mamedov, A. A.; Kotov, N. A.; Prato, M.; Guldi, D.; Wicksted, J. P.; Hirsch, A.; Molecular Design of Strong SWNT/Polyelectrolyte Multilayers Composites, Nature Materials, 2002, 1, 190–194;
(comments by Phillip Ball: http://www.nature.com/nsu/021007/021007-13.html )

Wang, S.; Mamedova, N.; Kotov, N. A.; Chen, W.; Studer, J.; Antigen/Antibody Immunocomplex from CdTe Nanoparticle Bioconjugates, Nano Letters, 2002, 2(8), 817-822.

Kotov, N. A.; Liz-Marzan, L. M. Organization And Materials Properties Of Layer-By-Layer Assembled Nanocomposites, in Nanoscale Materials, edited by L. M. Liz-Marzan and P. V. Kamat, Kluwer 2002, in press.

Tang, Z,; Wang, Y.; Kotov, N. A.; Semiconductor Nanoparticles on Solid Substrates: Film Structure, Intermolecular Interactions and Polyelectrolyte Effects, Langmuir, 2002, 18(18), 7035-7040.

Tang, Z,; Kotov, N. A.; Giersig, M.; Spontaneous Organization of Single CdTe Nanoparticles Into Luminescent Nanowires, Science, 2002, 297 (5579), 237-240.
(featured in NanoTechWeb http://nanotechweb.org/articles/news/1/7/14/1)


Guldi, D. M.; Luo, C.; Koktysh, D.; Kotov, N. A.; Da Ros, T.; Bosi, S.; Prato, M. Photoactive Nanowires in Fullerene-Ferrocene Dyad Polyelectrolyte Multilayers. Nano Letters, 2002, 2(7), 775-780.

Malikova, N; Pastoriza-Santos, I.; Schierhorn, M.; Kotov, N. A.; Liz-Marzan, L. M. Layer-by-Layer Assembled Mixed Spherical and Planar Gold Nanoparticles: Control of Interparticle Interactions, Langmuir, 2002, 18(9), 3694-3697.

Rogach, A. L.; Kotov, N. A.; Koktysh, D. S.; Susha, A. S.; Caruso, F.; II-VI Semiconductor Nanocrystals in Thin Films and Colloidal Crystals, Coll. Surf. A , 2002, 202, 135-144.

Ni, T.; Nagesha, D. K.; Robles, J.; Materer, N.; Müssig, S.; Kotov, N. A.; CdS Nanoparticles Modified To Chalcogen Sites: New Supramolecular Complexes, Butterfly Bridging, And Related Optical Effects, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124(15), 3980-3992.

Westenhoff, S.; Nicholas A. Kotov, N. A. Quantum Dot On A Rope, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124(11), 2448-2449.
(featured in C&E News, and Analytical Chemistry, June 1 2002, p. 300 A)

Koktysh, D. S.; Liang, X.; Yun, B-G.; Pastoriza-Santos, I.; Matts, R. Giersig, M.; Serra-Rodríguez, C.; Liz-Marzan, L.; Kotov, N. A.; Biomaterials by Design: Layer-By-Layer Assembled Ion-Selective and Biocompatible Films of TiO2 Nanoshells for Neurochemical Monitoring; Advanced Functional Materials,2002, 12(4), 255-265.

Kotov, N. A, Ordered Layered Assemblies of Nanoparticles, MRS Bulletin, 2001, 26(12), 992.
(http://www.mrs.org/publications/bulletin/2001/dec/)

Mamedov, A.A.; Kotov, N. A.. Layer-by-layer assembled nanoparticles/polyelectrolyte and polyelectrolyte/polyelectrolyte free-standing membranes, Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering, 2001, 84 , 247-248.

Kotov, Nicholas A.. Bringing order to the polyelectrolyte/nanoparticle layer-by-layer assemblies. Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering, 2001, 84, 181.

Koktysh, D. S.; Kotov, N. A.; Liz-Marzan, L. M.; Yun, B.-G.; Matts, R. L.; Grant, G. G. S. Layer-by-layer assembled films for biomedical applications; Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering 2001, 84, 21.

Mamedov, A. A.; Belov, A.; Giersig, M.; Mamedova, N. N.; Kotov, N. A.; Nanorainbows: Graded Semiconductor Films From Quantum Dots, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123(31), 7738-7739.
(featured in Science News in Science 3 August issue (v. 293), p. 763;
featured in C&N News, May 6, 2002, Volume 80, Number 18 pp. 44-48)

Nagesha, D.; Liang, X.; Eastman, M.; Giersig, M.; Ni, T.; Kotov, N. A.; Gainer, G.; Song, J.-J.; Redispersable In2S3 Colloids With Excitonic Emission: Comparison of Luminescence And NMR Characteristics With Those Of CdS Nanoparticles, J. Phys. Chem. 2001, 105(31), 7490-7498.

Mamedova,N. N.; Kotov, N.A.; Rogach, A. L.; Studer J.; Protein - CdTe Nanoparticle Conjugates: Preparation, Structure And Interunit Energy Transfer, Nano Letters, 2001, 1(6), 281-286.

Grant, G.G.S,; Koktysh, D. S.; Bo-Geon Yun, Matts, R. L.; Nicholas A. Kotov, Layer-By-Layer Assembly Of Collagen Thin Films: Controlled Thickness And Biocompatibility, Biomedical Microdevices, 2001, 3(4), 301-306.

Murzina, T. V.; Nikulin, A.A.; Aktsipetrov, O.A.; Kotov, N. A.; Ostrander, J. W.; Mamedov, A. A.; Devillers, M.A.C.; Roark, J., Nonlinear Magneto-Optical Kerr Effect in Hyper-Rayleigh Scattering from Layer-by-Layer Assembled Films of YIG Nanoparticles, Appl. Phys. Lett., 2001, 79(9), 1309-1311.

Ostranger, J. W.; Mamedov, A. A.; Kotov, N. A. Two Modes of Linear Layer-by-Layer Growth of Nanoparticle-Polylectrolyte Multilayers and Different Interactions in the Layer-by-layer Deposition. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2001, 123(6), 1101-1110.


Chen, W.; Sammyneiken, R.; Huang, Y.; Malm, J.-O.; Wallenberg, R.; Bovin, J.-O.; Zwiller, V.; Kotov, N., Crystal
Field, Phonon Coupling and Emission Shift of Mn2+ in ZnS:Mn Nanoparticles, J. Appl. Phys., 2001, 89(2), 1120-1129.

Luo, C.; Guldi, D. M.; Maggini, M.; Manna, E.; Mondini, S.; Kotov, N. A.; Prato, M.; Stepwise Assembled Photoactive Films Containing Donor-Linked Fullerenes, Angew. Chemie Int Ed. 2000, 39(21), 3905-3909.

Rogach, A.L.; Kotov, N. A.; Koktysh, D.S.; Ostrander, J. W.; Ragoisha, G. A., Electrophoretic Deposition of Latex-Based 3D Colloidal Photonic Crystals: a Technique for Rapid Production of High Quality Opals; Chem. Mater, 2000, 12, 2721-2726.

Rogach, A.; Nagesha, D.; Koktysh, D.; Kotov, N. A. Synthesis of “Raisin-Bun”-Type Composite Nanoparticle Spheres, Chem. Mater, 2000, 12, 2676-2685.

Rogach, A.; Koktysh, D.; Harrison, M.; Kotov, N. A. Layer-by-layer assembled films of HgTe Nanocrystals With Strong Infrared Emission, Chem. Mater. 2000, 12(6), 1526-1528.

Liz-Marzán, L. M., Correa-Duarte, M. A.; Pastoriza-Santos, I.; Mulvaney, P.; Ung, T.; Giersig, M.; Kotov, N. A.; The Properties of Core-Shell Nanoparticles and Assemblies Thereof, Handbook of Surfaces and Interfaces of Materials, Ed. K. C. Nalwa, 2001, vol 3. Chapter 5, 189-237.

Mamedov, A.; Kotov, N. A.; Free-Standing Layer-by-Layer Assembled Films of Magnetite Nanoparticles, Langmuir, 2000, 16(13), 5530-5533.

Mamedov, A.; Ostrander, J. W.; Aliev, F.; Kotov, N. A., Stratified Assemblies of Magnetic Nanoparticles and Alumosilicates Prepared by the Layer-by-layer Assembly, Langmuir, 2000, 16(8), 3941-3949.

Pastoriza-Santos, I.; Koktysh, D. S.; Mamedov, A. A.; Giersig, M.; Kotov, N. A.; Liz-Marzán, L. M., One-Pot Synthesis of Ag@TiO2 Core-Shell Nanoparticles and Their Layer-by-Layer Assembly, Langmuir, 2000, 16(6), 2731-2735.

Kotov, N. A.; Robles, J.; Diaz, D.; Ni, T.; Castillo-Blum, S.-E., Density Functional Study of CdS Nanoparticles Capped With MoS42-; in “Cluster and Nanostructure Interfaces", Eds. B.K. Rao and P. Jena, World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore., 2000, p. 67.

Diaz, D.; Rivera, M.; Ni, T.; Castillo-Blum, S.-E.; Rodriguez, J.-C.; Nagesha, D.; Robles, J.; Fregoso, O.-J. A.; Kotov, N. A. Conformation of Ethylhexanoate Stabilizer on the Surface of CdS Nanoparticles J. Phys. Chem. B 1999, 103, 9859-9866.

Diaz, D.; Robles, J.; Ni, T.; Castillo-Blum, S.-E.; Nagesha, D.; Fregoso, O.-J. A.; Kotov, N. A. Surface Modification of CdS Nanoparticles with MoS42-: A Case Study of Nanoparticle-Modifier Interaction, J. Phys. Chem. B 1999, 103, 9854-9858.

Kotov, N. A., Layer-by-Layer Self-Assembly: the Contribution of Hydrophobic Interactions, Nanostruct. Mater., 1999, 12 (58), 789796.

Aliev, F.; Correa-Duarte, M. A.; Mamedov, A.; Ostrander, J. W.; Giersig, M. Liz-Marzán, L. M.; Kotov, N. A. Layer-by-layer Assembly of Core-Shell Magnetite Nanoparticles: Effect of Silica Coating on Interparticle Interactions and Magnetic Properties, Adv. Mater. 1999, 11(12), 1006-1010.

Kuzmin, M. G.; Soboleva, I. V., Kotov, N. A.; Kinetics of Photoinduced Charge Transfer at Microscopic and Macroscopic Interfaces, Anal. Sci., 1999, 15, 3-16.

Iakovenko, S. A.; Trifonov, A. S.; Giersig, M.; Mamedov, A.; Nagesha, D.; Hanin, V.; Soldatov, E. C.; Kotov, N. A., One- and Two-Dimensional Arrays of Magnetic Nanoparticles by Langmuir-Blodgett Technique, Adv. Mater., 1999, 11(5), 388-392.

Correa-Duarte, M.; Giersig, M., Liz-Marzán, L.; Kotov, N. A.; Control of Packing Order and Surface Density of Self-assembled Monolayers of Coated Magnetite Nanoparticles by Microwave Irradiation, Langmuir, 1998, 14(22), 6430-6435.

Kotov N. A.; Magonov S., Tropsha E., Layer-by-layer Self-assembly of Alumosilicate-Polyelectrolyte Composites: Mechanism of Deposition, Crack Resistance, and Perspectives For Novel Membrane Materials, Chem. Mater., 1998, 9(3), 886.

Kotov N.A.; Harazsti, T.; Turi, L.; Zavala, G.; Geer, R. E.; Dekany I.; Fendler J. H., Mechanism of and Defect Formation in the Self-assembly of Polymeric Polycation - Montmorillonite Ultrathin Films, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1997, 119(29), 68216832.

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