Recent Research Projects
CSULB student coauthors are underlined.
Electron transfer through non-covalent contacts
Adaligil, E., Slowinski, K.* Electron Tunneling through Monolayers of Alkanethiols Self-Assembled on a Hanging Mercury Drop Electrode in the Presence of Aliphatic Alcohols, J.Electroanal.Chem. 2010, 649, 142
"Aligator-clips" in molecular electronics
Adaligil, E., Shon, YS, Slowinski, K.* The Effect of Headgroup on Electrical Conductivity of Self-Assembled Monolayers on Mercury: n-Alkanethiols vs. n-Alkaneselenols, Langmuir 2010, 26, 1570
Detection of mutations via imaging with scanning electrochemical microscopy
Hammond, W.J., Arndt, J., Nguyen, T., Slowinska, K.U., Jackson, C., Burgoyne, H.A., Hill, M.G.*, Slowinski, K.*, Detection of DNA π-Stack Lesions Using Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy, ECS Transactions, 2009, 16 (38), 55
Sequence-specific detection of protein binding via scanning electrochemical microscopy
Gorodetsky, A.A., Hammond, W.J., Hill,M.G.*, Slowinski, K.*, Barton, J.K.*, Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy of DNA Monolayers modified with Nile Blue and Sequence-specific Detection of Protein Binding, Langmuir 2008, 24, 14282
Electrical conductivity of single DNA molecules in water
Wierzbinski, E., Arndt, J., Hammond, W., Slowinski K.*, In Situ Electrochemical Distance Tunneling Spectroscopy of ds-DNA Molecules. Langmuir 2006, 22, 2426
Role of chemical contact in electrical conductivity of single molecules
Wierzbinski, E., Slowinski, K.*, In Situ Electrochemical Distance Tunneling Spectroscopy of Single n-alkanethiol and alkaneditiol Molecules in Water, Langmuir 2006, 22, 5205
Electrochemically controlled macroscopic tunnel junctions
York, R.L., Nacionales, D., Slowinski, K.*, Electrical Resistivity of Monolayers and Bilayers of Alkanethiols in Tunneling Junction with Gate Electrode. Chemical Physics, 2005, 319, 235
Wiring molecules into electrical circuits
Sek, S., Bilewicz, R., Slowinski, K.*, Wiring of α, ω – Alkaneditiols Into Electrical Circuit. Chemical Communications (Royal Society) 2004, (4), 404