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Padma Gopalan is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their research spans a range of subfields including Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Organic Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

The scientist's work covers numerous topics, with a particular focus on:

  • Graphene research and applications
  • Carbon Nanotubes in Composites
  • Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
  • Liquid Crystal Research Advancements
  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics
  • Polymer Surface Interaction Studies
  • Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices

Padma Gopalan has published research in a variety of scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • Langmuir
  • Macromolecules
  • ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering
  • APL Materials

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Gopalan include:

  • "Aligned 2D carbon nanotube liquid crystals for wafer-scale electronics," 2021, Science Advances
  • "Highly sensitive and stable sensor for the detection of capsaicin using electrocatalytic carbon dots grafted onto indium tin oxide," 2020, Sensors and Actuators B Chemical
  • "Graphene nanoribbons initiated from molecularly derived seeds," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Aligned skeletal muscle assembly on a biofunctionalized plant leaf scaffold," 2023, Acta Biomaterialia
  • "Effects of Labile Mesogens on the Morphology of Liquid Crystalline Block Copolymers in Thin Films," 2021, Macromolecules

Frequent collaborators in their research include Michael S. Arnold, Jonathan H. Dwyer, Anjali Suresh, Miguel A. Betancourt Ponce, and Katherine R. Jinkins. These coauthors have worked with Gopalan on multiple occasions, contributing to a range of projects.

Best Publications

  • Broadband Modulation of Light by Using an Electro-Optic Polymer

    Mark Lee;Howard E. Katz;Christoph Erben;Douglas M. Gill

  • Fabrication and Characterization of Large-Area, Semiconducting Nanoperforated Graphene Materials

    Myungwoong Kim;Nathaniel S. Safron;Eungnak Han;Michael S. Arnold

  • Quasi-ballistic carbon nanotube array transistors with current density exceeding Si and GaAs

    Gerald J. Brady;Austin J. Way;Nathaniel S. Safron;Harold T. Evensen

  • Effect of Composition of Substrate-Modifying Random Copolymers on the Orientation of Symmetric and Asymmetric Diblock Copolymer Domains

    Eungnak Han;Karl O. Stuen;Young-Hye La;Paul F. Nealey

  • Chemical Patterns for Directed Self-Assembly of Lamellae-Forming Block Copolymers with Density Multiplication of Features

    Chi-Chun Liu;Abelardo Ramírez-Hernández;Abelardo Ramírez-Hernández;Eungnak Han;Gordon S. W. Craig

  • Perpendicular Orientation of Domains in Cylinder-Forming Block Copolymer Thick Films by Controlled Interfacial Interactions

    Eungnak Han;Karl O. Stuen;Melvina Leolukman;Chi-Chun Liu

  • Fabrication of Lithographically Defined Chemically Patterned Polymer Brushes and Mats

    Chi-Chun Liu;Eungnak Han;M. Serdar Onses;Christopher J. Thode

  • Light-Driven Reversible Modulation of Doping in Graphene

    Myungwoong Kim;Nathaniel S. Safron;Changshui Huang;Michael S. Arnold

  • Side-Chain-Grafted Random Copolymer Brushes as Neutral Surfaces for Controlling the Orientation of Block Copolymer Microdomains in Thin Films

    Insik In;Young-Hye La;Sang-Min Park;Paul F. Nealey

  • One‐Step Direct‐Patterning Template Utilizing Self‐Assembly of POSS‐Containing Block Copolymers

    Tomoyasu Hirai;Melvina Leolukman;Chi Chun Liu;Eungnak Han

  • Generalization of the Use of Random Copolymers To Control the Wetting Behavior of Block Copolymer Films

    Shengxiang Ji;Chi-Chun Liu;Jeong Gon Son;Kevin Gotrik

  • Polyfluorene-sorted, carbon nanotube array field-effect transistors with increased current density and high on/off ratio.

    Gerald J. Brady;Yongho Joo;Meng-Yin Wu;Matthew J. Shea

  • Hierarchical Self-Assembled Structures from POSS-Containing Block Copolymers Synthesized by Living Anionic Polymerization

    Tomoyasu Hirai;Melvina Leolukman;Sangwoo Jin;Raita Goseki

  • Dose-controlled, floating evaporative self-assembly and alignment of semiconducting carbon nanotubes from organic solvents.

    Yongho Joo;Gerald J. Brady;Michael S. Arnold;Padma Gopalan

  • Polymeric Brushes as Functional Templates for Immobilizing Ribonuclease A: Study of Binding Kinetics and Activity

    Sean P Cullen;Xiaosong Liu;Ian C Mandel;Franz J Himpsel

  • Star-Shaped Azo-Based Dipolar Chromophores: Design, Synthesis, Matrix Compatibility, and Electro-optic Activity

    Padma Gopalan;Howard E Katz;David J McGee;Chris Erben

  • Optically modulated conduction in chromophore-functionalized single-wall carbon nanotubes.

    J. M. Simmons;I. In;V. E. Campbell;T. J. Mark

  • From Self-Assembled Monolayers to Coatings: Advances in the Synthesis and Nanobio Applications of Polymer Brushes

    Myungwoong Kim;Samantha K. Schmitt;Jonathan W. Choi;John D. Krutty

  • Hierarchical Nanostructures of Organosilicate Nanosheets within Self-Organized Block Copolymer Films

    Tomoyasu Hirai;Melvina Leolukman;Teruaki Hayakawa;Masa Aki Kakimoto

  • Graphoepitaxial Assembly of Symmetric Block Copolymers on Weakly Preferential Substrates

    Eungnak Han;Huiman Kang;Chi-Chun Liu;Paul F. Nealey

  • Surface-anchored poly(2-vinyl-4,4-dimethyl azlactone) brushes as templates for enzyme immobilization.

    Sean P. Cullen;Ian C. Mandel;Padma Gopalan

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael S. Arnold
Michael S. Arnold University of Wisconsin–Madison
Paul F. Nealey
Paul F. Nealey University of Chicago
Robert J. Hamers
Robert J. Hamers University of Wisconsin–Madison
Chinedum O. Osuji
Chinedum O. Osuji University of Pennsylvania
Insik In
Insik In Korea National University of Transportation
William L. Murphy
William L. Murphy University of Wisconsin–Madison
Thomas F. Kuech
Thomas F. Kuech University of Wisconsin–Madison
Martin T. Zanni
Martin T. Zanni University of Wisconsin–Madison
Howard E. Katz
Howard E. Katz Johns Hopkins University
Changshui Huang
Changshui Huang Chinese Academy of Sciences

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