Timothy M. Swager
John D. MacArthur Professor and Department Head
Department of Chemistry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Bldg. 18-597
Cambridge, MA 02139

 

Tel: (617) 253-4423
Fax: (617) 253-7929
Email: tswager@mit.edu

 

PERSONAL: Born July 1,1961 in Sheridan, Montana.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
John D. MacArthur Professor of Chemistry
Head of The Department of Chemistry
Professor of Chemistry
Associate Director Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies


July 1, 2005-present
July 1, 2005-present
August 1, 1996-July 1, 2005
June 2002-June 2005
University of Pennsylvania
Professor of Chemistry
Assistant Professor of Chemistry

July 1, 1996-July 31, 1996
July 1, 1990-July 1, 1996
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Postdoctoral Fellow, Advisor: Professor Mark S. Wrighton


August 1988-July 1990

EDUCATION:

Ph.D., Chemistry, California Institute of Technology
Research Advisor: Professor Robert H. Grubbs
B.S., Chemistry, With Highest Honors, Montana State University

May 1988

June 1983


PRINCIPAL RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Electronic Materials, Chemical Sensors, Supramolecular Science, Polymer Science, Liquid Crystals, Synthetic Conductors, Molecular Recognition, Molecular Electronics, Photonics

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS:
Member of the National Academy of Arts and Sciences 2008-, Honorary Doctorate Degree from Montana State University, Lemelson-MIT Award for Invention and Innovation 2007, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2006-, Christopher Columbus Foundation Homeland Security Award 2005, The Carl S. Marvel Creative Polymer Chemistry Award (ACS-Polymer Div) 2005, Clare Hall Visiting Fellow (U. Cambridge, England) 2005, Visiting Professor (Université Bordeaux) 2003, Vladimir Karapetoff Award (MIT) 2000, Cope Scholar Award (ACS) 2000, Union Carbide Innovation Recognition Award 1997-8, Philadelphia Section Award (ACS) 1996, Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar 1995-1997, Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow 1994-1996, DuPont Young Faculty Award 1993-1996, NSF-Young Investigator 1992-1997, Office of Naval Research Young Investigator 1992-1995, Lawton Chiles Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biotechnology (NIH) 1989,   Herbert Newby McCoy Award For Outstanding Graduate Research (California Institute of Technology) 1988, Advanced Technologies Graduate Fellow (Aerojet General, General Motors, TRW) 1988,   IBM Graduate Fellow 1984-1987, Most Outstanding Senior Chemistry Major (American Institute of Chemists) 1983, Merck Index Undergraduate Chemistry Award 1983


OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Service to the Federal Government: National Research Council (Science & Technology for Countering Terrorism 2002, Member of JIEDDO Standing Committee (2006-2007), Defense Science Board Task Force on Chemical Warfare Defense 2001-2002, National Science Foundation (Organizer Materials Chemistry Workshop 1996, Review of Materials Chemistry 1997, US-UK Bilateral Workshops).   Service on Numerous Other Panels for NIH, NSF, DoD, US Senate Commerce Committee.

Scientific Advisory Boards : E-ink, Cambridge MA, 1999-2002; Polaroid Corp., Cambridge MA, 1999-2002; Nomadics Inc., Stillwater OK and Cambridge MA, 2000-Present; ICx Technologies Science & Technology Council, Washington DC 2006-Present; Coatue Corp., Cambridge MA, 2001-2003; Mitsubishi Chemical Company, Tokyo 2002; Collegium Pharmaceutical Inc., Hingham, MA, 2001-Present; Plextronics Inc. Pittsburgh PA, 2006-Present; Nano-C Inc. Westwood, MA 2006-Present.

Scientific Founder : Iptyx Corp., Cambridge MA (Focused Upon Organic Dielectric and Electro-Optical Materials)

Editorial Advisory Boards : Chemistry of Materials 1997-2002; Accounts of Chemical Research 1998-2000, 2002-Present; J. of Polymer Science 1999-Present; J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000-2002 ; Supramolecular Chemistry 2001-2006; Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis 2001-Present; J. Supramolecular Chemistry 2001-2006; J. Materials Chemistry 2001-Present; Associate Editor of Synfacts, 2005-Present.



PUBLICATIONS: Skip to more recent publications

  1. Cardellina, J. H. and Swager, T. M. "Native American Food and Medicinal Plants.   Part 5.   Isolation of the Lipid Altering Visnagin From Musineon divaricatum, " J. Nat. Prod. 1984 , 47(6), 1060.
  2. Swager, T. M. and Cardellina, J. H. "Native American Food and Medicinal Plants. Part 4. Coumarins From Musineon divaricatum, " Phytochemistry 1985 , 24(4), 805-813.
  3. Swager, T. M. and Grubbs, R. H. "Synthesis and Properties of a Novel Cross-Conjugated Conductive Polymer Precursor: Poly(3,4-diisopropylidenecyclobutene)," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1987 , 109, 894-896.
  4. Swager, T. M., Dougherty, D. A. and Grubbs, R. H. "Strained Rings as a Source of Unsaturation: Polybenzvalene, a New Polyacetylene Precursor," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1988 , 110, 2973-2974.
  5. Swager, T. M. and Grubbs, R. H. "New Morphologies of Polyacetylene From the Precursor Polymer Polybenzvalene," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1989 , 111, 4413-4422.
  6. Swager, T. M. and Grubbs, R. H. "The Synthesis of Low Crystallinity Polyacetylene From The Precursor Polymer Polybenzvalene," Synthetic Metals 1989 , 28, D57-D62.
  7. Kim, S. S., Cebe, P., and Swager, T. M. "Electron Spin Resonance Optical Spectroscopic Studies of The Conducting Polymer Precursor: Poly(3,4-diisopropylidene cyclobutene)," J. Poly. Sci. B: Poly. Phys. Ed. 1989 , 27, 443-463.
  8. Swager, T. M., Rock, M. M. and Grubbs, R. H. "Polyquinone Bisketals: Precursors to New Conductive Polymers,"   New Polymeric Materials   1990 ,   2, 1-10.
  9. Serrette, A. G.; Carroll, P. J.; Swager, T. M. "Tuning the Intermolecular Dative Bonds Between Metallomesogens: Formation of a New Kind of Liquid Crystalline Polymer with a Metal-Oxo Linear Chain Structure"     J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1992 , 114, 1887-8.
  10.   Lai, C.K.; Serrette, A.; Swager, T. M.    "Discotic Bimetallomesogens: Building Blocks for the Formation of New Columnar Arrangements of Transition Metals" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1992, 114, 7948-7949.
  11. Xu, B., Swager, T. M. "Rigid Bowlic Liquid Crystals Based on Tungsten-Oxo Calix[4]arenes:   Host-Guest Effects and Head-to-Tail Organization"   J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1993 , 115, 1159-1160.
  12. Zheng, H.; Carroll, P. J.; Swager, T. M. "The Development of Polar Discotic Metallomesogens: Vanadyl 1,3-Diketonate Complexes" Liquid Crystals , 1993 , 14, 1421-9.
  13.   Serrette, A. G.; Swager, T. M. "Controlling Intermolecular Associations with Molecular Superstructure:   Polar Discotic Linear Chain Phases" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1993 , 115, 8879-8880.
  14. Marsella, M. J.; Swager T. M. "Designing Conducting Polymer-Based Sensors: Selective Ionochromic Response in Crown Ether Containing Polythiophenes" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1993 , 115, 12214-5.
  15. Zheng, H.; Swager, T. M. "Octahedral Metallomesogens: Liquid Crystallinity in Low Aspect Ratio Materials" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1994 , 116, 761-2.
  16. Zheng, H.; Lai, C. K.; Swager, T. M. "Transition Metals in Highly Correlated Discotic Phases:   Designing Metallomesogens With Selected Intermolecular Organizations" Chem. Mater. 1994 , 6, 101-3.
  17. Zhou, Q.; Carroll, P. J.; Swager, T. M. "Diacetylene Macrocycles Derived From 1,2-Diethynylbenzene Derivatives: Structure and Reactivity of the Strained Cyclic Dimer" J. Org. Chem. 1994 , 59, 1294-1301.
  18. Goldfinger, M. B.; Swager, T. M. "Fused Polycyclic Aromatics via Electrophile-Induced Cyclization Reactions:   Application to the Synthesis of Graphite Ribbons" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1994 , 116, 7895-6.
  19. Serrette, A. G.; Lai, C. K.; Swager, T. M. "Complementary Shapes in Discotic Liquid Crystals:   Structural Control in Homo- and Heteronuclear Bimetallic Assemblies" Chem. Mater. 1994 , 6, 2252-68.
  20. Serrette, A. G.;   Swager, T. M. "Polar Superstructures Stabilized by Metal-Oxo Polymers: Columnar Liquid Crystals Based on Tapered Molybdenum-Dioxo Complexes" Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl. 1994 , 33, 2342-5.
  21. Marsella, M. J.; Carroll, P. J.; Swager, T. M. "Conducting Pseudopolyrotaxanes:   A Chemoresistive Response Via Molecular Recognition" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1994 , 116, 9347-8.
  22. Swager, T. M.; Marsella, M. J. "Molecular Recognition and Chemoresistive Materials" Adv. Mater.   1994 , 6, 595-7.
  23. Swager, T. M.; Marsella, M. J.; Zhou,Q.; Goldfinger, M. B. "Metal Catalyzed Coupling Reactions in the Synthesis of New Conducting Polymers" J. Macromol. Sci., Pure and Appl. Chem.   1994 , A31, 1893-1902.
  24. Ofer, D., Swager, T. M., Wrighton, M. S. "Solid State Ordering and Potential Dependence of Conductivity of Poly(2,5-dialkoxy-p-Phenyleneethynylene)"   Chem. Mater.   1995 , 7, 418-25.
  25. Marsella, M. J.; Fu, D.; Swager, T. M. "Synthesis of Regioregular Poly(Methyl Pyridinium Vinylene):   An Isoelectronic Analog to Poly(Phenylene Vinylene)"   Adv. Mater.   1995 , 7, 145-147.
  26. Zhu, S.; Swager, T. M. "Lyotropic Mesomorphism in Oxo-Vanadium Complexes" Adv. Mater. 1995 , 7, 280-283.
  27. Xu, B.; Swager, T. M. "Host-Guest Mesomorphism: Cooperative Stabilization of a Bowlic Columnar Phase" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1995 , 117, 5011-12.
  28. Swager, T. M.; Gil, C. J.; Wrighton, M. S. "Fluorescence Studies of Poly(p-phenyleneethynylenes)s: The Effect of Anthracene Substitution" J. Phys. Chem. 1995 , 99, 4886-4893.
  29. Zhou, Q.; Swager, T. M. "Methodology for Enhancing the Sensitivity of Fluorescent Chemosensors:   Energy Migration in Conjugated Polymers" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1995 , 117, 7017-8.
  30. Swager, T. M.; Zheng, H. "Liquid Crystalline Behavior   in   Octahedral   Metal   Complexes" Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 1995 , 260, 301-306.
  31. Marsella, M. J.; Carroll, P. J.; Swager, T. M.   "Design of Chemoresistive Sensory Materials: Polythiophene-Based Pseudopolyrotaxanes" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1995 , 117, 9832-9841.
  32. Marsella, M. J.; Newland, R. J.; Carroll, P. J.; Swager, T. M.   "Ionoresistivity as a Highly Sensitive Sensory Probe:   Investigations of Polythiophenes Functionalized with Calix[4]arene-Based Ion Receptors" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1995 , 117, 9842-9848.
  33. Zhou, Q.; Swager, T. M. "Probing Delocalization Across Alkyne Containing Linkages: Synthesis and Cyclic Voltammetry of Bridged Phenylene Diamines" J. Org. Chem.   1995 , 60, 7096-7100.
  34. Swager, T. M.; Xu, B. "Liquid Crystalline Calixarenes" J. Inclus. Phen. 1995 , 18, 1-10.
  35. Zheng, H.; Lai, C. K.; Swager, T. M. "Controlling Intermolecular Interactions Between Metallomesogens:   Sidechain Effects in Discotic Copper, Palladium, and Vanadyl Bis( b -Diketonates)"   Chem. Mater.   1995 , 7, 2067-2077.
  36. Tian, J.; Wu, C-C.; Thompson, M. E.; Sturm, J. C.; Register, R. A.; Marsella, M. J.; Swager, T. M. "Electroluminescent Properties of Self-Assembled Polymer Thin Films"   Adv. Mater. 1995 , 7, 395-8.
  37. Zhou, Q.; Swager, T. M. "Fluorescent Chemosensors Based on Energy Migration in Conjugated Polymers:   The Molecular Wire Approach to Increased Sensitivity"   J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1995 , 117, 12593-12602.
  38. Fu, D.; Xu, B.; Swager, T. M. "3-Methylcalix[4]arene: A New Versatile Precursor to Inherently Chiral Calix[4]arenes" J. Org. Chem. 1996 , 61, 802-4.
  39. Zhu, S. S.; Swager, T. M. "Design of Conducting Redox Polymers:   A Polythiophene-Ru(bipy) 3 n+ Hybrid Material"   Adv. Mater. 1996 , 8, 497-500.
  40. Zheng, H.; Xu, B.; Swager, T. M. "Stabilization of Non-Discoid Columnar Liquid Crystals:   Studies of Unsymmetrical Copper(bis- b -diketonates)" Chem. Mater. 1996 , 8, 907-911.
  41. Xu, B.; Swager, T. M. "Chiral Metallocalix[4]arenes: Resolution via Diastereomeric Tungsten (VI) Alkoxides" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 1996 , 35, 2094-97.
  42. Zhu, S. S.; Carroll, P. J.; Swager, T. M. "Conducting Polymetallorotaxanes: A Supramolecular Approach to Transition Metal Ion Sensors" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1996 , 118, 8713-4.
  43. Blatchford, J. W.; Jessen, S. W.; Lin, L. -B.; Lih, J. J.; Gustafson, T. L.; Epstein, A. J.; Marsella, M. J.; Fu, D.; Swager, T. M.; MacDiarmid, A. G.; Yamaguchi, S., Hamaguchi, H.   "Exciton Dynamics in Poly(p-pyridyl vinylene)" Phys. Rev. Lett.   1996 , 76, 1513-1516.
  44. Gebler, D. D.; Wang, Y. Z.; Blatchford, J. W.; Jessen, S. W.;   Lin, L. -B.; Gustafson, T. L.; Wang, H. L.; Swager, T. M.; MacDiarmid, A. G.; Epstein, A. J. "Blue Electroluminescent Devices Based on Soluble Poly(p-pyridine)" J. Appl. Phys.   1995 , 78   4264-6.
  45. Epstein, A. J.; Blatchford, J. W.; Wang, Y. Z.; Jessen, S. W.; Gebler, D. D.; Lin, L. B.; Gustafson, T. L.; Wang, H. -L.; Park, Y. W.; Swager, T. M.; MacDiarmid, A. G. "Poly(p-pyridine)- and Poly(p-pyridyl vinylene) -Based Polymers:   Their Photophysics and Application to SCALE Devices"   Synth. Met. 1996 , 78, 253-61.
  46. Cotts, P. M.; Swager, T. M.; Zhou, Q.   "Equilibrium Flexibility of a Rigid Linear Conjugated Polymer" Macromolecules 1996 , 29, 7323.
  47. Knawby, D. M.; Swager, T. M. "Liquid Crystalline Heterocyclic Phthalocyanine Analogues Based on Thiophene"   Chem. Mater. 1997 , 9, 535-538.
  48. Blatchford, J. W.; Gustafson, T. L.; Epstein, A. J.; Vanden Bout, D. A.; Kerimo J.; Higgins, D. A.; Barbara, P. F.; Fu, D.-K.; Swager, T. M.; MacDiarmid, A. G. "Spatially and Temporally Resolved Emission From Aggregates in Conjugated Polymers" Phys.Rev. B 1996 , 54 , 3683-3686.
  49. Blatchford , J. W.; Jessen, S. W.; Lin, L.-B.; Gustafson, T. L.; Fu, D. -K.; Wang, H. -L. Swager, T. M.; MacDiarmid, A. G.; Epstein, A. J. "Photoluminescence in Pyridine-based Polymers: Role of Aggregates" Phys. Rev. B   1996 , 54, 9180-9189.
  50. Goldfinger, M. B.; Crawford, K. B.; Swager, T. M. "Directed Electrophilic Cyclizations:   Efficient Methodology for the Synthesis of Fused Polycyclic Aromatics" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997 , 119, 4578-4593.
  51. Vanden Bout, D. A.; Yip, W. T.; Hu, D.;Fu, D.-K.; Swager, T. M.; Barbara, P. F. "Discrete Intensity Jumps and Intramolecular Electronic Energy Transfer in the Spectroscopy of Single Conjugated Polymer Molecules" Science 1997, 277, 1074-1077.
  52. Wang, Y. Z; Gebler, D. D.; Spry, D. J.; Fu, D.-K.; Swager, T. M.; MacDiarmid, A. G. Epstein, A. J. "Novel Light-Emitting Devices Based on Pyridine-Containing Conjugated Polymers" IEEE Trans. on Electronic Devices Vol. 44 (8) 1997 , 1263.
  53. Hasharoni, M.; Keshavarz-K. M.; Sastre, A.; González, C.; Gellavia-Lund, C.; Greenwald, Y.; Swager, T. M.; Wudl, F.; Heeger, A. J. " Near IR Photoluminescence in Mixed Films of Conjugated Polymers and Fullerenes" J. Chem. Phys. 1997 , 107 , 2308-2312.
  54. Wang, Y. Z.; Gebler, D. D.; Fu, D. -K.; Swager, T. M.; Epstein, A. J. "Color Variable Bipolar/AC Light-Emitting Devices Based on Conjugated Polymers" Appl. Phys. Lett. 1997 , 70 , 3215-3217.
  55. Fu, D.-K.; Xu, B.; Swager, T. M. "Alternating Poly(Pyridyl Vinylene Phenylene Vinylene)s: Synthesis and Solid State Organizations"   Tetrahedron   1997 , 53 , 15487-15494.
  56. Swager, T. M. "The Molecular Wire Approach to Sensory Signal Amplification" Accts. Chem. Res. 1998 , 31, 201-7.
  57. Zhu, S. S.; Swager, T. M. "Conducting Polymetallorotaxanes:   Metal Ion Mediated Enhancements in Conductivity and Charge Localization" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997 , 119, 12568-12577.
  58. Gebler, D. D.; Wang, Y. Z.; Blatchford, J. W.; Jessen, S. W.; Fu, D. _K.; Swager, T. M.; MacDiarmid, A. G.; Epstein, A. J. "Exciplex Emission in Bilayer Polymer Light-Emitting Devices" Appl. Phys. Lett. 1997 , 70 , 1644-1646.
  59. Jessen, S.W.; Blatchford, J.W.; Lin, L.-B.; Gustafson, T.L.; Partee, J.: Shinar, J.; Fu, D.-K.; Marsella, M. J.; Swager, T.M.; MacDiarmid, A.G.; Epstein, A.J. "Absorption and Luminescence of Pyridine-Based Polymers"   Synth. Met. 1997 , 84, 501-506.
  60. Wang, Y.Z.; Gebler, D.D.; Fu, D.K.; Swager, T.M.; MacDiarmid, A.G.; Epstein, A.J. "Light-Emitting Devices Based on Pyridine-Containing Conjugated Polymers" Synth. Met. 1997 , 85, 1179-1182.
  61. Gebler, D.D.; Wang, Y.Z.; Ferguson, J.B.; Jessen, S.W.; Blatchford, J.W.; MacDiarmid, A.G.; Swager, T.M.; Fu, D.K.; Epstein, A.J. "Exciplex Emission in Heterojunctions of Poly(pyridyl vinylene phenylenevinylene)s and Poly(vinyl carbazole)" Synth. Met. 1997 , 85, 1205-1208.
  62. Trzaska, S. T.; Swager, T. M. "Columnar Mesophases from Non-Discoid Metallomesogens: Rhodium and Iridium Dicarbonyl Diketonates"   Chem. Mater. 1998 , 10 , 438-443.
  63. Goldfinger, M. B.; Crawford, K. B.; Swager, T. M. "Synthesis of Ethynyl Substituted Quinquephenyls and Conversion to Extended Fused Ring Structures" J. Org. Chem. 1998 , 63 , 1668-1675.
  64. Crawford, K. B.; Goldfinger, M. B.; Swager, T. M. " Na + Specific Emission Changes in an Ionophoric Conjugated Polymer" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998 , 120, 5187-5192.
  65. Yang, J.-S.; Swager, T. M. "Porous Shape Persistent Fluorescent Polymer Films: An Approach to TNT Sensory Materials " J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998 , 120, 5321-5322.
  66. Gebler, D.D.; Wang, Y. Z.; Fu, D.-K.; Swager, T. M.; Epstein, A. J. "Exciplex Emission From Bilayers of Poly(vinyl carbazole) and Pyridine Based Conjugated Copolymers" J. Chem. Phys. 1998 , 108, 7842-8.
  67. Kingsborough, K. P; Swager, T. M. "Electroactivity Enhancement by Redox Matching in Cobalt Salen-Based Conducting Polymers" Adv.   Mater.   1998 , 14, 1100-1104.
  68. Baxter. D. V.; Chisholm, M. H.; Lynn, M. A.; Putilina, Elena, F.; Trzaska, S. T.; Swager, T. M. " Studies of Thermotropic Properties and the Mesophase of Mixtures of n -Alkanoates and Perfluoro- n -alkanoates of Dimolybdenum (MM)" Chem. Mater. 1998 , 10, 1758-63.
  69. Kingsborough, R. P.; Swager T. M. "Transition Metals in Polymeric Conjugated Organic Frameworks" Progress in Inorganic Chemistry 1999 , Vol. 48, 123-231, Karlin, K. D. Ed. John Wiley and Sons.
  70. Xu, B.; Miao, Y.-J.; Swager, T. M. "Palladium Couplings on a Metallocalix[4]arene: An Efficient Synthesis of New Functionalized Cavities" J. Org. Chem. 1998 , 63, 8561-4.
  71. Yang, Y-S.; Swager, T. M. "Fluorescent Porous Polymer Films as TNT Chemosensors: Electronic and Structural Effects" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998 , 120, 11864-11873.
  72. Trzaska, S. T.; Zheng, H.; Swager, T. M. "Eight Vertex Metallomesogens: Zirconium Tetrakis- b -diketonate Liquid Crystals" Chem. Mater.   1999 , 11, 130-4.
  73. Levitsky, I. A.; Kim, J.; Swager, T. M. "Energy Migration in a Poly(phenylene ethynylene):   Determination of Interpolymer Transport in Anisotropic Langmuir-Blodgett Films"   J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999 , 121, 1466-1472.
  74. Kishikawa, K.; Harris, M. C.; Swager, T. M. "Nematic Liquid Crystals with Bent-Rod Shapes: Mesomorphic Thiophenes with Lateral Dipole Moments" Chem. Mater.   1999 , 11, 867-871 .
  75. Kim, J.; McHugh, S.; Swager, T. M. "Nanoscale Fibrils and Grids: Aggregated Structures From Rigid-Rod Conjugated Polymers" Macromolecules 1999 , 32, 1500 -1507 .
  76. Trzaska, S. T.; Hsu, H. -F.; Swager, T. M. "Cooperative Chirality in Columnar Liquid Crystals: Studies of Fluxional Octahedral Metallomesogens " J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999 , 121, 4518-9.
  77. Zhu, S. S.; Kingsborough, R. P.; Swager, T. M. "Conducting Redox Polymers: Investigations of Polythiophene Ru(byp)­ 3 Hybrid Materials"   J. Mater. Chem.   1999 , 9, 2123-2134.
  78. Wang, Y. Z.; Sun, R. G.; Wang, D. K.; Swager, T. M.; Epstein, A. J. "Polarity- and Voltage-Controlled Color-Variable Light-Emitting Devices Based on Conjugated Polymers" Appl. Phys. Lett.   1999 , 74, 2593-5.
  79. Tovar, J.D.; Swager, T. M.   " Pyrylium Salts via Electrophilic Cyclization: Applications for Novel 3-Arylisoquinoline Syntheses"   J. Org. Chem. 1999 , 64, 6499-6504.
  80. Kingsborough, R. P.; Swager, T. M. "Polythiophene Hybrids of Transition-Metal Bis(salicylideninine)s:   Correlation Between Structure and Electronic Properties" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999 , 121, 8825-8834.
  81. Swager, T. M. "Design and Synthesis of Complex Conjugated Polymers" Chapter 2 in Organized Molecular Assemblies in the Solid State, Whitesell, J. K. Ed., 1999 , John Wiley and Sons Ltd., New York.
  82. Gibson, H. W.; Dotson, D. L.; Marand, H.; Swager, T. M. "Synthesis and Characterization of Liquid Crystalline Triaryloxy-s-Triazines" Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. Sci. Technol., Sect. A 1999 , 326, 113-138.
  83. Wang, Y. Z.; Sun, R. G.; Meghdadi, F.; Leising, G.; Swager, T. M.; Epstein, A. J. "Color Variable Multilayer Light Emitting Devices Based on Conjugated Polymers and Oligomers" Synth. Met. 1999 , 102, 889-892.
  84. Kilian, D.;   Knawby, D.; Athanassopoulou, M.A.; Trzaska, S.T.; Swager, T.M.; Wróbel, S.; Haase, W. "Columnar Phases of Achiral Vanadyl Liquid Crystalline Complexes"   Liq. Cryst.   2000 , 27, 509-521.
  85. Buey, J.; Swager, T. M.   " Three-Strand Conducting Ladder Polymers: Two-Step Electropolymerization of Metallorotaxanes" Angew. Chem. 2000 , 39 , 608-612.
  86. Levitsky, I. A.; Kishikawa, K.; Eichhorn, S. H.; Swager, T. M. " Exciton Coupling and Dipolar Correlations in a Columnar Liquid Crystal: Photophysics of a Bent-Rod Hexacatenar Mesogen" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000 , 122, 2474-79.
  87. Kingsborough, R. P.; Swager, T. M. " Electrocatalytic Conducting Polymers: Oxygen Reduction by a Polythiophene-Cobalt Salen Hybrid "   Chem. Mater.   2000 , 12 , 872-874.
  88. Williams, V.; Swager, T. M. "Iptycene-Containing Poly(aryleneethynylene)s"   Macromolecules   2000 , 33, 4069-4073.
  89. McQuade, D. T.; Kim, J.; Swager, T. M. "Two-Dimensional Conjugated Polymer Assemblies: Interchain Spacing for Control of Photophysics" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000 , 122, 5885-5886.
  90. Kingsborough, R. P.; Swager, T. M. "Highly Conductive Macrocycle-Linked Metallophthalocyanine Polymers" Angew. Chem. 2000 , 39, 2897-9.
  91. McQuade, D. T.; Pullen, A. E.; Swager, T. M. "Conjugated Polymer-Based Sensory Materials"   Chem. Rev.   2000 , 100, 2537-2574.
  92. Deans, R.; Kim, J.; Machacek, M.; Swager, T. M. "A Poly( p -phenyleneethynylene) with a Highly Emissive Aggregated Phase" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000 , 122, 8565-8566.
  93. Simone, D. L.; Swager, T. M. "A Conducting Poly(cyclophane) and its Poly([2]-catenane)" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000 , 122, 9300-9301.
  94. Kim, J.; McQuade, D. T.; McHugh, S.; Swager, T. M. "Ion-Specific Aggregation in Conjugated Polymers: Highly Sensitive and Selective Fluorescent Ion Chemosensors" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 2000 , 39, 3868-3872.
  95. Williams, V.; Swager, T. M. " An Improved Synthesis of Poly( p -phenylenebutadiynylene)s " J. Polymer Science: A Polymer Chemistry   2000 , 38, 4669-4676.
  96. Wosnick, J. H.; Swager, T. M. "Molecular Photonic and Electronic Circuitry for Ultrasensitive Chemical Sensors"   Curr. Opinion   Chem. Bio.   2000 , 4, 711-720.
  97. McQuade, D. T.; Hegedus, A. H.; Swager, T. M. "Signal Amplification of a "Turn-on" Sensor: Harvesting the Light Captured by a Conjugated Polymer" J. Am. Chem Soc. 2000 , 122, 12389-90.
  98. Gorecka, E.; Nakata, M.; Mieczkowski, J.; Takanishi, Y.;   Ishikawa, K.; Watanabe, J.; Takezoe, H.; Eichhorn, S. H.; Swager, T. M. "Induced Antiferroelectric Smectic-C*A Phase by Doping Ferroelectric-C* Phase with Bent-Shaped Molecules"   Phys. Rev. Lett. 2000, 85, 2526-2529.
  99. Pullen, A. E.; Swager, T. M. "Regiospecific Copolyanilines   from Substituted Oligoanilines:   Electrochemical Comparisons with Random Copolyanilines" Macromolecules   2001 , 34, 812-816.
  100. Long, T. M.; Swager, T. M. "Minimization of Free Volume:   Alignment of Triptycenes in Liquid Crystals and Stretched Polymers" Adv. Mater.   2001 , 13, 601-604.
  101. Gimenez, R.; Swager, T. M. " Dinuclear Pincer-Palladium(+2) Complexes and Their Use as Homogeneous or Heterogeneous Catalyst for the Aldol Reaction of Methyl Isocyanoacetate" J. Mol. Catal. A. Chem. 2001 , 166, 265-273.
  102. Levitsky, I. A.; Kim, J.; Swager, T. M. "Mass and Energy Transport in Conjugated Polymer Langmuir-Blodgett Films: Conductivity, Fluorescence, and UV-Vis Studies"   Macromolecules    2001 , 34, 2315-2319.
  103. Edrington, A. C.; Urbas, A. M.; DeRege, P.;   Chen, C. X., Swager, T. M.; Hadjichristidis, N.; Xenidou, M.; Fetters, L. J.; Joannopoulos, J. D.; Fink, Y.;   Thomas, E. L "Polymer-Based Photonic Crystals"   Adv. Mater. 2001 , 13, 421-425.
  104. Kim, J.; Swager, T. M. " Control of Conformation and Interpolymer Effects in Conjugated Polymers" Nature 2001 , 411 , 1030-1034.
  105. Takeuchi, M.; Shioya, T.; Swager, T. M.   "Allosteric Fluoride Anion Recognition by a Doubly-strapped Porphyrin" Angew. Chem. 2001 , 40, 3372-3376.
  106. Vigalok, A.;   Zhu, Z.; Swager, T. M. "Conducting Polymers Incorporating Tungsten-Capped Calixarenes"   J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001 , 123, 7917-7918.
  107. MacLachlan, M. J.; Rose, A.; Swager, T.M. "A Rotaxane Exciplex" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001 , 123, 9180-9181.
  108. Zhu, Z.; Swager, T. M. "Conjugated Polymers Containing 2,3-Dialkoxybenzene and Iptycene Building Blocks" Org. Lett. 2001 , 22 , 3471-3474.
  109. Rose, A.; Lugmair, C. G.; Swager, T. M. "Excited State Lifetime Modulation in Triphenylene-Based Conjugated Polymers" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 11298-11299.
  110. Kim, J.; McQuade, D. T.; Rose, A.; Zhu, Z.; Swager, T. M. "Directing Energy Transfer Within Conjugated Polymer Thin Films" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 11488-11489.
  111. Yamaguchi, S.; Swager, T. M. "Oxidative Cyclization of Bis(biaryl)acetylenes: Synthesis and Photophysics of Dibenzo[ g,p ]-chrysene-Based Fluorescent Polymers" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001 , 123, 12087-12088.
  112. Tovar, J. D.; Swager, T. M. "Poly(naphthodithiophene)s: Robust, Conductive Electrochromics via Tandem Cyclization-Polymerizations" Adv. Mater.   2001, 13, 1775.
  113. Cumming, J. C.; Aker, C.; Fisher, M.; Fox, M.; la Grone, M. J.; Reust, D.; Rockley, M. G.; Swager, T. M.; Towers, E.; Williams, V.   "Using Novel Fluorescent Polymers as Sensory Materials for Above-Ground Sensing of Chemical Signature Compounds Emanating from Buried Landmines" IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 2001 , 39 (6), 1119-1128.
  114. Vigalok, A.; Swager, T. M. "Conducting Polymers of Tungsten(VI)-Oxo Calixarene: Intercalation of Neutral Organic Guests" Adv. Mater. 2002, 14, 368-371.
  115. Tovar, J. D.; Swager, T. M. "Exploiting the Versatility of Organometallic Cross-Coupling Reactions for Entry into Extended Aromatic Systems"   J. Organomet. Chem.   2002 , 653 , 215-222.
  116. Long, T. M.; Swager, T. M. "Using "Internal Free Volume" to Increase Chromophore Alignment" J. Am. Chem. Soc . 2002 , 14 , 3826-3827.
  117. Haase, W.; Kilian, D.; Athanassopoulou, M. A.; Knawby, D.; Swager, T. M.; Wrobel, S. "Enhanced Conductivity and Dielectric Absorption in Discotic Liquid Crystalline Columnar Phases of a Vanadyl Complex" Liq. Cryst. 2002 , 29,   133-139.
  118. Kim, J.; Levitsky, I. A.; McQuade, D. T.; Swager, T. M. "Structural Control in Thin-layers of Poly( p -phenyleneethynylene)s: Photophysical Studies of Langmuir and Langmuir-Blodgett Films" J. Am. Chem. Soc . 2002 , 124 , 7710-7718.
  119. Shioya, T.; Swager, T. M. "A Reversible Resistivity-Based Nitric Oxide Sensor" Chemical Commun. 2002 , 1364-1365.
  120. Tovar, J. D.; Rose, A.; Swager, T. M. "Functionalizable Polycyclic Aromatics Through Oxidative Cyclization of Pendant Thiophenes" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002 , 124 , 7762-7769.
  121. Long, T. M.; Swager, T. M. " Triptycene-Containing Bis(phenylethynyl)benzene Nematic Liquid Crystals"   J. Mater. Chem.   2002 , 12 , 3407 - 3412.
  122. Zhu, Z.; Swager, T. M. "Conjugated Polymer Liquid Crystal Solutions: Control of Conformation and Alignment" J. Am. Chem. Soc.     2002 , 124 , 9670-9671.
  123. Moon, J.-H.; Swager, T. M. "Poly( p -phenylene ethynylene) Brushes"   Macromolecules    2002 , 35 , 6086-6089.
  124. Eichhorn, S. H.; Paraskos, A. J.; Kishikawa, K.; Swager, T. M. "The Interplay of Bent-Shape, Lateral Dipole, and Chirality in Thiophene-Based Di-, Tri-, and Tetracatenar Liquid Crystals" J. Am. Chem. Soc.   2002 , 124, 12742-12751.
  125. Paraskos, A. J.; Swager, T. M.   "Effects of Desymmetrization on Thiophene-Based Bent-Rod Mesogens"   Chem. Mater. 2002   14 , 4543-4549.
  126. Zahn, S.; Swager, T. M. "Three Dimensional Electronic Delocalization in Chiral Conjugated Polymers" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl.   2002 , 41 , 4225-4230.
  127. Swager , T . M.; Wosnick , J . H . "Self-amplifying Semiconducting Polymers for Chemical Sensors" Mater. Res. Soc. Bull. 2002 ,   27 (6), 446-450.
  128. Kuroda, K.; Swager, T. M. "Synthesis of a Nonionic Water Soluble Semiconductive Polymer" Chemical Commun. 2003, 26-27 .
  129. Yu, H.; Xu, B.; Swager, T. M.   "A Proton-Doped Calix[4]arene-Based Conducting Polymer" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003 , 125 , 1142-1143.
  130. Zhang, S.-W.; Swager, T. M.   "Fluorescent Detection of Chemical Warfare Agents: Functional Group Specific Ratiometric Chemosensors" J. Am. Chem. Soc.   2003 , 125 , 3420-3421 .
  131. Fasolka, M. J.; Goldner, L. S.; Hwang, J. Urbas, A. M.; DeRege, P.; Swager, T. M.; Thomas, E. L. "Measuring Local Optical Properties: Near-Field Polarimetry of Photonic Block Copolymer Morphology" Phys. Rev. Lett.  2003, 90, 016107-1.
  132. Lee,   D.; Swager, T. M. "Defining Space Around Conducting Polymers: Reversible Protonic Doping of an Canopied Polypyrrole"   J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 6870-6871.
  133. Araoka, F.; Shin, K. C.; Takanishi, Y.;   Ishikawa, K.; Takezoe, H.;   Zhu, Z.; Swager, T. M. "How Doping a Cholesteric Liquid Crystal with Polymeric Dye Improves an Order Parameter and Makes Possible Low Threshold Lasing"   J. Appl. Phys.   2003 , 94, 279-283.
  134. Breen, C. A.; Deng, T.; Breiner, T.; Thomas, E. L.; Swager, T. M. "Polarized Photoluminescence from Poly( p -phenylene-ethynylene) via a Block Copolymer Nanotemplate " J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003 , 125 , 9942-9943.
  135. Long, T. M.; Swager, T. M.   ""Internal Free Volume" Approaches Toward Low-k Dielectric Materials" J. Am. Chem. Soc.   2003 , 125 , 14113-14119.
  136. Kim, T.-H.; Swager, T. M. "A Fluorescent Self-Amplifying Wavelength Responsive Sensory Polymer for Fluoride Ion"   Angew. Chem.   Int. Ed.   2003 , 42 , 4803-4806.
  137. Tovar, J. D.; Swager, T. M. " Cofacially Constrained Organic Semiconductors"   J. Poly.   Sci.   A,   2003 , 41, 3693-3702.
  138. Kim, Y.; Zhu, Z.; Swager, T. M. " Hyperconjugative and Inductive Perturbations in Poly(phenylene vinylenes)"   J. Am. Chem. Soc.   2004 , 126, 452-453.
  139. Kuroda, K.; Swager, T. M.   "A Fluorescent Semiconducting Polymer Conjugate of Poly( N -isopropylacrylamide) for Thermal Precipitation Assays" Macromolecules 2004 , 37 , 716-724 .
  140. Shin K. C.; Araoka, F; Park, B.; Takanishi, Y.; Ishikawa, K.; Zhu, Z. G.; Swager, T. M.; Takezoe, H. "Advantages of Highly Ordered Polymer-Dyes for Lasing in Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystals" Jap. J. Appl. Phys. Part 1 , 2004 , 43, 631-636.
  141. Lee, D.; Swager, T. M. "Defining Space around Conjugated Polymers: New Vistas in Self-Amplifying Sensory Materials" Synlett   2004 , 149-154.
  142. Amara,   J. P.; Swager, T. M. :Incorporation of Internal Free Volume: Synthesis and Characterization of Iptycene-Elaborated Poly(butadiene)s" Macromolecules 2004 , 37 , 3068-3070.
  143. Villazor, K. R.; Swager, T. M. "Chiral Supramolecular Materials from Columnar Liquid Crystals" Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst.   2004 , 410 , 775-781 .
  144. Paraskos, A. J.;   Nishiyama, Y.; Swager, T. M.   "Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Triphenylene-Dione Half-Disc Mesogens"   Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst.   2004 , 411 , 1405-1417.
  145. Song, M. H.; Shin, K.-C.; Park, B.; Takanishi, Y.; Ishakawa,   K.; Watanabe, J.; Nishimurab, S.; Toyooka, T.; Zhu, Z.; Swager, T. M.; Takezoe, H. "Polarization Characteristics of Phase Retardation Defect Mode Lasing in Polymeric Cholesteric Liquid Crystals" Sci. & Tech. Adv. Mater.   2004 , 5, 437-441.
  146. Gutman, L.; Cao, J. S.; Swager, T. M. "Phase and Orientational Ordering of Low Molecular Weight Rod Molecules in a Quenched Liquid Crystalline Polymer Matrix with Mobile Side Chains" J. Chem. Phys. 2004 , 120 , 11316-11326.
  147. Gutman, L.; Cao, J. S.; Swager, T. M., Thomas, E. L. " Orientational Ordering of Short LC Rods in an Anisotropic Liquid Crystalline Polymer Glass" Chem. Phys. Lett. 2004 , 389 , 198-203.
  148. Song, M. H.; Park, B.; Shin, K.-C.; Ohta, T.; Tsunoda, Y.; Hoshi, H.; Takanishi, Y.; Ishikawa, K., Watanae, J.; Nishimura, S.; Toyooka, T., Zhu, A.; Swager, T. M.;   Takezoe, H.   "Effect of Phase Retardation of Defect Mode Lasing in Polymeric Cholesteric Liquid Crystals" Adv. Mater. 2004 , 16 , 779-783.
  149. Yu,   H.-h.; Pullen, A. E.; Büschel, M. G.; Swager, T. M. "Charge Specific Interactions in Segmented Conducting Polymers: A New Approach to Selective Ionoresistive Responses"   Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 2004 , 43, 3700-3703.
  150. Kwan,   P. H.; MacLachlan, M. J.; Swager, T. M. "Rotaxanated Semiconducting Sensory Polymers" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004 , 126 , 8638-8639.
  151. Hu, K.-N.; Yu, H.-h.; Swager, T. M.; Griffin, R. G. "Dynamic Nuclear Polarization with Biradicals" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004 , 126, 10844-10845.
  152. Nadeau, J. M.; Swager, T. M. "New b -Linked Pyrrole Monomers:   Approaches to Highly Stable and Conductive Electrochromic Polymers" Tetrahedron 2004 , 60 , 7141-7146.
  153. Disney, M. D.; Zheng, J.; Swager, T. M. Seeberger, P. H. "Visual Detection of Bacteria with Carbohydrate-Containing Fluorescent Polymers" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004 , 126 , 13343-13346.
  154. Zheng, J.; Swager, T. M. "Energy Transfer from Biotinylated Poly( p -phenylene ethynylene): New Insights for Amplified Fluorescence-Based Biosensors" Chem. Commun ., 2004 , 2798-2799.
  155. Yu, H.-h.; Swager, T. M. "Molecular Actuators - Designing Actuating Materials at the Molecular Level"   IEEE J. of Oceanic Engr.   2004, 29 (3), 692-695.
  156. Wosnick, J. H.; Swager, T. M. "Enhanced Fluorescence Quenching in Receptor-Containing Conjugated Polymers: A Calix[4]arene-Containing Poly(phenylene ethynylene)" Chem. Comm. 2004 , 2744-2745.
  157. Holliday, B. J., Swager, T. M.   "Highly Conductive Metallopolymers: The Role of Redox Matching"   Chem. Comm. 2005, 23-36.
  158. Kim, Y.-M.; Swager, T. M. "An Ultra-photostable PPV" Chem. Comm. 2005, 372-374.
  159. Thomas, S. W.; Swager, T. M. "Synthesis and Optical Properties of Simple Amine-Containing Conjugated Polymers"   Macromoelcules   2005 , 38 , 2716 -2721.
  160. Rose, A.; Zhu, Z.; Madigan, C.; Swager, T. M.; Bulovic, V. "Sensitivity Gains in Chemosensing by Lasing Action in Organic Polymers"   Nature, 2005 , 434 , 876-879.
  161. Wosnick, J. H.; Mello C. M.; Swager, T. M.   "Synthesis and Application of Poly(phenylene ethynylene)s for Bioconjugation: A Conjugated Polymer-Based Fluorogenic Probe for Proteases" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005 , 127, 3400-3405.
  162. Kwan, P. H.; Swager, T. M. "Intramolecular Photoinduced Charge Transfer in Rotaxanes"   J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005 , 127 , 5902-5909.
  163. Satrijo, A.; Swager, T. M. "Facile Control of Chiral Packing in Poly( p -phenylenevinylene) Spin-Cast Films"   Macromolecules   2005, 38, 4054-4057.
  164. Song, C.; Swager, T. M.   "Highly Conductive Poly(Phenylene Thienylene)s: Meta -Phenylene Linkages Aren't Always Bad" "   Macromolecules 2005 , 38, 4569-4576.
  165. Zheng, J.; Swager, T. M. "Poly(arylene ethynylene)s in Chemosensing and Biosensing"   Adv. Polym. Sci.   2005 , 177 , 151-179.
  166. Breen, C. A.; Tischler, Y.; Bulovic, V.; Swager, T. M.   "Highly Efficient Blue Electroluminescence from Poly(phenylene-ethynylene) via Energy Transfer from a Hole Transport Matrix" Adv. Mater. 2005 , 17 , 1981-1985.
  167. Thomas, S. W.; Yagi, S.; Swager, T. M. "Towards Chemosensing Phosphorescent Conjugated Polymers: Cyclometalated Platinum(II) Poly(Phenylene)s"   J. Mater. Chem. J. 2005 , 15 , 2829-2835.
  168. Gutman, L.; Cao, J. S.; Swager, T. M.; Thomas, E. L. "Phase and Orientational Ordering of A-B-A Tri-Block Co-Polymers Guest in a Quenched Host of Low Molecular Weight Rod Molecules"   Chem. Phys. Lett.   2005 , 408 , 139-144.
  169. Nesterov, E. E.; Zhu, Z.; Swager, T. M. "Conjugation Enhancement of Intramolecular Exciton Migration in Poly(p-phenylene-ethynylene)s" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005 , 127 , 10083-10088.
  170. Deng, T.; Breen, C. A.; Breiner, T.; Swager, T. M.; Thomas, E. L.; "A Block Copolymer Nanotemplate for Mechanically Tunable Polarized Emission from a Conjugated Polymer" Polymer   2005 , 46 , 10113-10118.
  171. Nesterov, E. E.; Skoch, J.; Hyman, B. T.; Klunk, W. E.; Bacskai, B. J.; Timothy M. Swager " In Vivo Optical Imaging of Amyloid Aggregates in Brain: Design of Fluorescent Markers" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.   2005, 44 , 5452-5456.
  172. Breen, C. A.; Rifai, S.; Bulovic, V.; Swager, T. M. "Blue Electroluminescence from Oxadiazole Grafted Poly(Phenylene Ethynylene)" Nanoletters 2005 , 5 , 1597-1601.
  173. Lee, D.; Swager, T. M. "Toward Isolated Molecular Wires: A pH-Responsive Canopied Polypyrrole" Chem. Mater. Chem. Mater. 2005 , 17 , 4622-4629 .
  174. Kim, Y.; Whitten, J. E.; and Swager T. M. "High Ionization Potential Conjugated Polymers" J. Am. Chem. Soc.   J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005 , 127 , 12122-1213.
  175. Wosnick, J. H.; Liao, J. H.; Swager, T. M. "Layer-by-layer Poly(phenylene ethynylene) Films on Silica Microspheres for Enhanced Sensory Amplification" Macromolecules 2005 , 38, 9287-929.
  176. Thomas, S. W. III; Amara, J. P.; Swager, T. M. "Amplifying Fluorescent Polymer Sensors for the Explosives Taggant 2,3-Dimethyl-2,3-dinitrobutane (DMNB)"   Chem. Comm. 2005 , 4572 - 4574.
  177. Kwan, P. H.; Swager, T. M. "Insulated Conducting Polymers:   Manipulating Charge Transport Using Supramolecular Complexes"   Chem. Comm. 2005 , 5211-5213 .
  178. Kim, Y.; Bouffard, J.; Kooi, S. E.; Swager, T. M. "Highly Emissive Conjugated Polymer Excimers" J. Am. Chem. Soc.   2005 , 127 , 13726 - 13731.
  179. Zhao, D.; Swager, T. M. "Conjugated Polymers Containing Large Soluble Diethynyl Iptycenes" Organic Letters   2005 , 7, 4357-4360.
  180. Amara,   J. P.; Swager, T. M. "Synthesis and Properties of Poly(phenylene ethynylene)s with Pendant Hexafluoroisopropanol Groups"   Macromolecules 2005 , 38, 9091-9094.
  181. Zhao, D.; Swager, T. M. "Sensory Responses in Solution vs. Solid State: A Fluorescence Quenching Study of Poly(iptycenebutadiynylene)s" Macromolecules 2005 , 38 , 9377-9384.
  182. Xiang, Z. M.; Nesterov, E. E.; Skoch, J.; Lin, T.; Hyman, B. T.; Swager, T. M.: Bacskai, B. J.; Reeves S. A. "Detection of Myelination using a Novel Histological Probe"   J. Histochemistry and Cytochemistry , 2005 , 53 , 1511-1516.
  183. Thomas, S. W.; Long, T. M.; Pate, B. D.; Kline, S. R.; Thomas, E. L.; Swager, T. M. "Perpendicular Organization of Macromolecules: Synthesis and Alignment Studies of a Soluble Poly(iptycene)" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005 , 127, 17976-17977.
  184. Chen, Z.; Müller, P.; Swager, T. M. "Syntheses of Soluble, "Stacking Tetracene Derivatives"   Org. Lett. 2006 , 8, 273-276 .
  185. Rifai, S.; Swager, T. M. "Facile in situ Silver Nanoparticle Formation in Insulating Porous Polymer Matrices" Chem. Mater. 2006 , 18 , 21-25.
  186. Thomas, S. W.; Swager, T. M. "Trace Hydrazine Detection With Fluorescent Conjugated Polymers: A Turn-On Sensory Mechanism" Adv. Mater.   2006 , 18 , 1047-1050.
  187. Tsui, N. T.; Paraskos, A. J.; Torun, L. Swager, T. M.; Thomas, E. L. "Minimization of Internal Molecular Free Volume: A Novel Mechanism for the Simultaneous Enhancement of Polymer Stiffness, Strength and Ductility" Macromolecules   2006 , 39 , 3350-3358.
  188. Bailey, G. C.; Swager, T. M. "Masked Michael Acceptors in Poly(phenyleneethynylene)s for Facile Conjugation"   Macromolecules    2006 , 39 , 2815-2818.
  189. Chen, Z.; Amara, J. P.; Swager, T. M. "Synthesis of a Novel Poly(iptycene) Ladder Polymer"   Macromolecules 2006 , 39 , 3202 - 3209.
  190. Yang, Y.; Swager, T. M. "Main-Chain Calixarene Polymers: Conformational Effects on Polymerization"   Macromolecules 2006 , 39 , 2013-2015.
  191. Reczek, J. J.; Villazor, K. R.; Lynch, V.; Swager, T. M.; Iverson, B. L.   "Tunable Columnar Mesophases Utilizing C 2 Symmetric Aromatic Donor-Acceptor Complexes" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006 , 128 , 7995-8002.
  192. Byrne, P. D.; Lee, D.; Müller, P.; Swager, T. M. "Conducting Polymers Containing Cyclobutadiene Co Cyclopentadiene Complexes" Syn. Metals 2006 , 156 , 784-791 .
  193. Choi, ­H-G.; Amara, J. P.; Swager, T. M.; Jensen, K. F. "Synthesis and Characterization of Poly(isobenzofuran) Films by Chemical Vapor Deposition" Macromolecules 2006 , 39 , 4400-4410.
  194. Satrijo, A.; Meskers, S. C. J.; Swager, T. M. "Probing a Conjugated Polymer's Transfer of Organization-Dependent Properties from Solutions to Films" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006 , 128 , 9030-9031.
  195. Zheng, J.; Swager, T. M. "Probing Biological Recognition Using Conjugated Polymers at the Air-Water Interface" Macromolecules , 2006 , 39 , 6781-6783.
  196. Kim, Y.-M.; Swager, T. M. "Sensory Polymers for Electron-Rich Analytes of Biological Interest" Macromolecules 2006 , 39, 5177-5179.
  197. Song, C.; Hu, K-N.; Swager, T. M.; Griffin, R. G. " TOTAPOL--A Biradical Polarizing Agent for Dynamic Nuclear Polarization in Aqueous Media " J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006 , 128 , 11385-11390 .
  198. Byrne, P. D.; Müller, P.; Swager, T. M.   "Conducting Metallopolymers Based on Azaferrocene" Langmuir   2006, 22 , 10596-10604.
  199. Amara, J. P.;   Swager, T. M. "Conjugated Polymers with Geminal Trifluoromethyl Substituents Derived from Hexafluoroacetone"  Macromolecules   2006, 39, 5753-5759.
  200. Joly, G. D.; Geiger, L.; Kooi, S. E.; Swager, T. M. "Highly Effective Water-Soluble Fluorescence Quenchers of Conjugated Polymer Thin Films in Aqueous Environments" Macromolecules   2006, 39, 7175-7177.
  201. Holliday, B. J.; Stanford, T. B.; Swager, T. M. "Chemoresistive Gas-Phase Nitric Oxide Sensing with Cobalt-Containing Conducting Metallopolymers"   Chem. Mater. 2006 , 18 , 5649-5651.
  202. Sugiyasu, K.; Song, C.; Swager, T. M. "Aromaticity in Tropone-Containing Polythiophene"   Macromolecules 2006 , 39, 5598-5600.
  203. McNeil, A. J.; Müller, P.; Whitten, J. E.; Swager, T. M. "Conjugated Polymers in an Arene Sandwich"   J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006 , 128 , 12426-12427.
  204. Choi, H. -G.; Amara, J. P.; Martin, T. P.; Gleason, K. K.; Swager, T. M.; Jensen K. F.   "Structure and Morphology of Poly(isobenzofuran) Films Grown by Hot-Filament Chemical Vapor Deposition"   Chem. Mater. 2006 , 18 , 6339-6344.
  205. Thomas, S. W.; Venkatesan, K.; Müller, P.; Swager, T. M. "Dark-Field Oxidative Addition-Based Chemosensing - New Bis-cyclometalated Pt(II) Complexes and Phosphorescent Detection of Cyanogen Halides"   J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006 , 128, 16641-16648.
  206. Hoogboom, J.;   Swager, T. M. "Increased Alignment of   Electronic Polymers in Liquid Crystals via Hydrogen Bonding Extension" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006 , 128 , 15058-15059.
  207. Ishow, E.; Bouffard, J.; Kim, Y. -M.; Swager, T. M. "Anthryl-Based Poly(Phenylene Ethynylene)s: Tuning Optical Properties with Diels-Alder Reactions" Macromolecules 2006 , 39 , 7854-7858.
  208. Liao, J. H.; Swager, T. M. "Quantification of Amplified Quenching of Conjugated Polymer Microsphere Systems" Langmuir 2007 , 23 , 112-115.
  209. Ohira, A.; Swager, T. M. "Ordering of Poly( p -Phenylene-Ethynylene)s in Liquid Crystals" Macromolecules   2007 , 40, 19-25.
  210. Tsui, N. T.; Torun, L.; Pate, B. D.; Paraskos, A. J.; Swager, T. M.; Thomas, E. L. "Molecular Barbed Wire: Threading and Interlocking for the Mechanical Reinforcement of Polymers" Adv. Funct. Mater.   In press.
  211. Chen, Z.; Swager, T. M. "Synthesis and Characterization of Fluorescent Acenequinones as Dyes for Guest-Host Liquid Crystal Displays" Org. Lett. 2007 , 9 , 997-1000.
  212. Choi, H.-G.; Amara, J. P.; Swager, T. M.; Jensen, K. F. "Directed Growth of Poly(isobenzofuran) Films by Chemical Vapor Deposition on Patterned Self-Assembled Monolayers as Templates" Langmuir 2007 , 23 , 2483-2491.
  213. Thomas, S. W.; Joly, G. D.; Swager, T. M.   "Chemical Sensors Based on Amplifying Conjugated Polymers"   Chem. Rev. 2007 , 107 , 1339-1386.
  214. Andrew, T. L.; Swager, T. M. "A Fluorescence Turn-on Mechanism to Detect the High Explosives RDX and PETN" J. Am. Chem. Soc.   2007 , 129 , 7254-7255.
  215. Zhang, W.; Swager, T. M. "Functionalization of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Fullerenes via a Dimethyl Acetylenedicarboxylate-4-Dimethylaminopyridine Zwitterion Approach" J. Am. Chem. Soc.   2007 , 129 , 7714-7715.
  216. Yang, Y.; Swager, T. M. "Main-Chain Calix[4]arene Elastomers by Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization" Macromolecules   2007 , 40 , 7437-7440.
  217. Taylor, M. S.; Swager, T. M. "Triptycenediols by Rhodium-Catalyzed [2+2+2] Cycloaddition"   Org. Lett. 2007 , 9 , 3695-3697 .
  218. Kouwer, P. H. J.; Swager, T. M. "Synthesis and Mesomorphic Properties of Rigid-Core Ionic Liquid Crystals" J. Am. Chem. Soc.   2007 , 129 , 14042-14052.
  219. Taylor, M. S.; Swager, T. M. " Poly(anthrylenebutadiynylene)s: Precursor-Based Synthesis and Bandgap Tuning" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007 , 46 , 8480-8483.
  220. Sugiyasu, K.; Swager, T. M. "Conducting Polymer-Based Chemical Sensors: Transduction Mechanisms" Bull. Chem. Soc. Japan   2007 , 80 , 2074-2083.
  221. Rose, A.; Tovar, J. D.; Yamaguchi, S.; Nesterov, E. E.; Zhu Z.; Swager, T. M. "Energy Migration in Conjugated Polymers: The Role of Molecular Structure," Phil. Trans. Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 2007 , 365 , 1589-1606.
  222. Satrijo, A.; Kooi, S. E.; Swager T. M. "Enhanced Luminescence from Emissive Defects in Aggregated Conjugated Polymers" Macromolecules   2007 , 40 , 8833-9941.
  223. Bouffard, J.; Eaton, R. F.; Müller, P.; Swager, T. M. "Iptycene-Derived Pyridazines and Phthalazines"   J. Org. Chem. 2007 , 72 , 10166-10180.
  224. Satrijo, A.; Swager T. M. "­Anthryl-Doped Conjugated Polyelectrolytes as Sensors for Nonquenching Multicationic Analytes" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007 , 129 , 16020-16028.
  225. Kagawa, K.; Qian, P.; Tanaka, A.; Swager, T. M. "Templated Polypyrrole Electro-Polymerization:   Self-Assembled Bundles of Bilayer Membranes of Amphiphiles and Their Actuation Behavior"   Synth. Metals 2007, 157 , 733-738.
  226. Venkatesan, K.; Kouwer, P. H. J.; Yagi, S.; Müller, P.; Swager, T. M. "Columnar Mesophases from Half-Discoid Platinum Cyclometalated Metallomesogens" J. Mater. Chem. 2008 , 18 , 400-407.
  227. Narayanan, A.; Varnavski, O. P.; Swager, T. M.;   Goodson, T. "Multiphoton Fluorescence Quenching of Conjugated Polymers for TNT Detection" Phys. Chem. C Lett.   2008 , 112 , 881-884.
  228. Bouffard, J.; Kim, Y.-M.; Swager, T. M.; Weissleder, R.; Hilderbrand, S. A. "A Highly Selective Fluorescent Probe for Thiol Bioimaging"   Organic Letters 2008 , 10, 37-40.
  229. Hu, K-H.; Song, C.; Yu, H-h.;   Swager, T. M.; Griffin R. G "High-frequency Dynamic Nuclear Polarization Using Biradicals: A Multifrequency EPR Lineshape Analysis"   J. Chem. Phys. 2008 , 128 , article # 052302.
  230. Wang, F.; Gu, H.; Swager, T. M. " Carbon Nanotube/Polythiophene Chemiresistive Sensors for Chemical Warfare Agents" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008 , 130 , 5392-5393.
  231. Raymond, S. B.; Skoch, J.; Hills, I. D.; Nesterov, E. E.; Swager, T. M.; Bacskai, B. J. “Smart Optical Probes for Near-Infrared Imaging of Alzheimer’s Disease Pathology” European J. of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 2008, 35, 1032.
  232. Meek, S. T.; Nesterov, E. E.; Swager, T. M. "Near-Infrared Fluorophores Containing Benzo[c]heterocycle Subunits" Org. Lett. 2008, 10, 2991-2993.
  233. Kang, H.-a.; Swager, T. M. “Conductive Block Copolymers Integrated into Polynorbornene-Derived Scaffolds” Macromolecules 2008, 41, 5540-5547.
  234. Bouffard, J.; Swager, T. M. “Fluorescent Conjugated Polymers that Incorporate Substituted 2,1,3-Benzooxadiazole and 2,1,3-Benzothiadiazole Units” Macromolecules 2008, 41, 5559-5562.
  235. Gu, H.; Swager, T. M. "Fabrication of Free-standing, Conductive and Transparent Carbon Nanotube Films" Advanced Materials 2008, 20, 4433-4437.
  236. Chen, Z.; Bouffard, J.; Kooi, S. E.; Swager, T. M. “Highly Emissive Iptycene-Fluorene Conjugated Copolymers: Synthesis and Photophysical Properties” Macromolecules 2008, 41, 6672-6676.
  237. Song, C.; Swager, T. M. “π-Dimer Formation as the Driving Force for Calix[4]arene-based Molecular Actuators” Organic Letters 2008, 10, 3575-3578.
  238. Wang, F.; Yang, Y.; Swager, T. M. “Molecular Recognition for High Selectivity in Carbon Nanotube/Polythiophene Chemiresistors” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2008, 47, 8394-8396.
  239. Swager, T. M. “Iptycenes in the Design of High Performance Polymers” Acc. Chem. Res. 2008, 41, 1181-1189.
  240. Bouffard, J.; Swager, T. M. “Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Poly(phenylene ethynylene)s in Water - Potassium Dodecanoate - Decanol Lyotropic Liquid Crystals” Chem. Comm. 2008, 5387-5389.
  241. Tsui, N. T.; Yang, Y.; Mulliken, A. D.; Torun, L; Boyce, M. C.; Swager, T. M.; Thomas, E. L. “Enhancement to the Rate-Dependent Mechanical Behavior of Polycarbonate by Incorporation of Triptycenes” Polymer 2008, 21, 4703-4712.
  242. Chen, Z.; Swager, T. M. “Synthesis and Characterization of Poly(2,6-triptycene)” Macromolecules 2008, 41, 6880-6885.
  243. Takita, R.; Song, C.; Swager, T. M. “π-Dimer Formation in an Oligothiophene Tweezer Molecule” Organic Lett. 2008, 10, 5003-5005.
  244. Andrew, T. L.; Swager, T. M. “Reduced Photobleaching of Conjugated Polymer Films Through Small Molecule Additives” Macromolecules 2008, 41, 8306-8308.
  245. Alcazar, D.; Wang, F.; Swager, T. M.; Thomas, E. L. “Gel Processing for Highly Oriented Conjugated Polymer Films” Macromolecules 2008, 41, 9863-9868.
  246. Moslin, R. M.; Andrew, T. L.; Swager, T. M. “Anionic Oxidative Polymerization: The Synthesis of Poly(phenylenedicyanovinylene) (PPCN2V)” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 20-21.
  247. Moslin, R. M., Espino, C. G.; Swager, T. M. “Synthesis of Conjugated Polymers Containing cis-Phenylenevinylenes by Titanium Mediated Reductions” Macromolecules 2009, 42, 452-454.
  248. Song, C.; Swager, T. M. “Conducting Polymers Containing peri-Xanthenoxanthenes via Oxidative Cyclization of Binaphthols” Macromolecules 2009.
  249. Zhang, W.; Sprafke, J. K.; Ma, M.; Tsui, E. Y.; Sydlik, S. A.; Rutledge, G. C.; Swager, T. M. “Modular Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes and Fullerenes” J. Am. Chem. Soc. Submitted
  250. Chan, J. M. W.; Tischler, J. R.; Kooi, S. E.; Bulovic, V.; Swager, T. M. “Synthesis of J-Aggregating Dibenz[a,j]anthracene-Based Macrocycles” J. Am. Chem. Soc. Submitted
  251. Dane, E. L.; Griffin, R. G.; Swager T. M. “Synthesis of a BDPA-TEMPO Biradical” Submitted

PROCEEDINGS

>70 additional manuscripts have been published in proceedings volumes.

PATENTS

  1. Grubbs, R. H. and Swager, T. M.; "Ring-Opening Polymerization of 3,4-Dimethylene Cyclobutene Derivatives," U.S. patent 4645814.
  2. Grubbs, R. H., Dougherty, D. A., Swager, T. M., and Ginsburg, E. J.; "Synthesis of Polyacetylene From High Energy Polymer Formed by Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization," U.S. Patent 5,026,783 (10/24/88)
  3. Swager, T. M.; Xu, B. "Calixarene-Based Transition Metal Complexes and Photonic Devices Comprising the Same" U.S. Patent 5,453,220 (1/29/93)
  4. Swager, T. M.; Marsella, M. J. "Derivatized Polythiophenes and Devices Comprising Same" U.S. Patent 5,519,147 (2/23/95)
  5. Epstein, A. J.; Wang, Y.; Gebler, D. D.; Swager, T. M. "Electroluminescence in Light Emitting Polymers Featuring Deaggregated Polymers" U.S. Patent. 6,623,870 (7/29/97)
  6. Epstein, A. J.; Wang, Y.; Gebler, D. D.; Swager, T. M. "Electroluminescence in Light Emitting Polymers Featuring Deaggregated Polymers" U.S. Patent. 6,962,757 (9/27/03)
  7. Swager, T. M.; Kingsborough, R. P.; Zhu, S.: "Conducting Polymer Hybrid Materials and Sensors" U.S. Patent 6,323,309 (12/01/98)
  8. Swager, T. M. et al "Stable Chemically Sensitive Fluorescent Polymer Films" U.S. Patent Application No. 60/084.247 (5/5/98), European Patent 99921696.3: Application No. 10/324,064 (12/18/02)
  9. Swager, T. M. "Insulated Nanoscopic Pathways, Compositions, and Devices of the Same" U.S. Patent 7,186,355 (2/4/01)
  10. Swager, T. M.; Long, T. M., Zhu; Z. "Polymers with High Internal Free Volume" U.S. Patent 6,783,814 (9/21/01)
  11. Variy; R. V.; Heffernan; M.; Buchwald, S. L.; Swager, T. M. "Stereoisomers of p-Hydroxy-Milnacipran, and Methods of use Thereof" U.S. Patent 7,038,085 (10/22/03)
  12. Swager, T. M.; Yang, J.-S.; Williams, V.; Miao, Y.-J.; Lugmair, C. G.; Levitsky, I. A.; Kim, J.; Deans, R. "Emissive Polymers and Devices Incorporating These Polymers" US Patent 7,208,122 (4/24/07)
  13. Madden, J.; Pullen, A.; Yu, H.-H.; Hunter, I. A.; Anquetil, P.; Madden, P.; Swager, T. M. "Molecular Actuators and Methods of Use Thereof" U.S. Patent 7,138,075 (11/21/06)
  14. Swager, T. M.; Zahn, S. "Emissive, High Charge Transporting Polymers" US Patent 7,041,910 (7/15/03)
  15. Swager, T. M. "Reversible Resititivity-Based Sensors" US Patent 7,291,503 (11/6/07)
  16. Buchwald, S. L.; Swager, T. M.; Variy, R. V. "Methods for the Ssynthesis of Milnacipran and Congeners Thereof" US Patent 7,309,799 (04/01/05)
  17. Swager, T. M.; Kim, T. -H.; Zhang, S. -W. "Emissive Sensors and Devices Incorporating These Sensors"US Patent Application 10/823,093 (04/12/2004)
  18. Swager, T. M.; Kim, Y.-M. "Fluorescent, Semi-Conductive Polymers and Devices Comprising Them" US Patent Application 11/005,634 (12/06/04)
  19. Zhu, Z., Madigan, C. F.; Bulovic, B.; Rose, A.; Swager, T. M. "Organic Materials Able to Detect Analytes" US Patent Application 11/005,631 (12/06/04)
  20. Swager, T. M.; Seeberger, P. H.; Zheng, J.; Disney M. D. "Polymers for Analyte Detection" US Patent Application 60/610743 (9/17/04)
  21. Swager, T. M.; Thomas, S. W. "Detection of Explosives, Toxins, and Other Compositions" US Patent Application 60/835,828 (08/04/06)
  22. Swager, T. M.; Amara, J. P. "Polymer Synthetic Technique" US Patent Application 60/838,447 (09/29/06)
  23. Swager, T. M.; Liao, J. H. "Emissive Compositions with Internal Standard and Related Techniques" US Patent Application 60/849,547 (10/05/06)
  24. Swager, T. M.; Andrew, T. L.; Thomas, S. W., Bouffard, J. "Determination of Explosives Including RDX" US Patent Application 11/581,777 (10/16/06)
  25. Swager, T. M.; Hoogboom, J. "Compositions Including Polymers Aligned via Interchain Interactions" US Patent Application 60/855,966 (11/01/06)
  26. Swager, T. M. "Devices and Methods Involving Polymers Aligned via Interchain Interactions" US Patent Application 11/641,127 (12/18/06)
  27. Swager, T. M.; Thomas, S. W.; Venkatesan, K. "Sensor of Species Including Explosives and Chemical Warfare Agents" US Patent Application 11/588,881 (10/27/06)
  28. Tsui, N. T.; Thomas, E. L.; Swager, T. M. "Protective Polymeric Materials And Related Devices" US Patent Application 60/905512 (03/08/07)
  29. Swager, T. M.; Zhang, W. "Functionalization of Nanoscale Articles including Nanotubes and Fullerenes" US Patent Application 60/905495 (03/07/07)

INVITED LECTURES

Since 1990 Swager has given over 150 university/industrial lectures and more than 100 invited, plenary, or keynote lectures at professional meetings.

Noteworthy Named University Lectureships
Class of 1960 Lecture, Williams College1998
Mona Zacharia Lecture, University of Rhode Island 1999
Merck Frosst Lecture, University of Ottawa, 2000
Hall Lecture Series, Bowling Green State University 2002
Boerhinger-Ingelheim Lecturer, Colorado State University 2003
Five College Lecturer, U. Mass. Amherst, Smith, Hampshire, Amherst, Mt. Holyoke, 2004
Jerome Berson Lecture, Yale University 2004
Merck Frosst Lecture, University of Alberta, 2007
Rohm and Haas Lecturer, Pennsylvania State University, 2007
Guthikonda Lecture, Columbia University 2007
Dawson Lecture, University of Kentucky 2007
Hirshmann Lectures, University of Wisconsin 2008
John Wiley Jones Distinguished Lecturer, Rochester Institute of Technology 2008