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Thomas W. Smith, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry and Microsystems Engineering |
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Department of
Chemistry
85 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY 14623-5603
Specialization
- Polymer Chemistry
- Organic Chemistry
Education
B.S., 1969, John
Carroll University
Ph.D., 1973, University of Michigan
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Selected
Publications
- T. W. Smith and G. E. Wnek, “Modulation of refractive index in
polymer composites: Toward a synthetic bio-optic lens.” Proceedings
of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering (2003), 5051, [Electroactive
Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD)], 389-399.
- Y. Lin, T. W. Smith and P. Alexandridis, “Adsorption Properties of a Polymeric Siloxane surfactant Onto Carbon
Black particles Dispersed in Mixtures of Water with Polar Organic
Solvents,” Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 2002
255(1), 1-9.
- Y. Lin, T. W. Smith and P. Alexandridis, “Adsorption of Amphiphilic Copolymers on Hydrophobic Particles in Aqueous
Media,” Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology 2002 23,
No. 4, 539-553.
- Maura A. Sweeney Thomas W. Smith Andreas Langner Melvin Croucher Massoud Miri , Alex Klymachyov, Sam Kaplan
and Dwight Tshudy, “Colloidal Particles Derived from a Complex of
Phosphotungstic Acid and Ethoxylated Surfactants,”
J. of Colloid and Interface Science 2002 253(1), 53-61.
- Y. Lin, T. W. Smith and P. Alexandridis, “Adsorption of a Rake-Type siloxane Surfactant onto Carbon Black
Nanoparticles Dispersed in Aqueous Media,” Langmuir 2002, 18,
6147-6158.
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T. W. Smith, D. J. Luca, S. Kaplan and M. A. Abkowitz, “Processible, Environmentally Stable, Conducting Polymer Composites,” Polymer Preprints, 1998, 39(1), 58.
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J. M. Serpico, G. E. Wnek and S. Krause,
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute); and T. W. Smith, D. J. Luca, and A.
VanLaeken (Xerox Corporation), "Electric Field Induced Morphologies in
Polystyrene/Poly(styrene-b-ethylene oxide) Blends." Macromolecules,
1992, 25, 6373-6374.
- 8.
J. M. Serpico, G. E. Wnek and S. Krause, (Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute); and T. W. Smith, D. J. Luca, and A. VanLaeken (Xerox
Corporation), "Effect of Block Copolymer on the Electric Field Induced
Morphology of Polymer Blends." Macromolecules, 1991, 24,
6879-6881.
- 9.
T. W. Smith, Poly(imidazoles), Encyclopedia of Polymer
Science and Engineering,Vol. 12, Second Edition (1988), John Wiley & Sons.
- 10.
J. M. Gold, D. M. Teegarden, K. M. McGrane, D. J. Luca, P. A.
Falcigno, C. C.Chen and T.W. Smith, “Cation Binding At the Air Water
Interface by Macromolecules Bearing Pendant
Crown Ether Moieties,” J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 1986, 108, 5827.
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C. C. Chen and T.W. Smith, “Quantitative Evaluation of the
Ion-Binding Characteristics of Poly(4'-Vinylbenzo-18-crown-6,” J.
Polym. Sci., Polymer Symposium 1986, 74, 171.
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T. W. Smith, Steven D. Smith and Santokh S. Badesha, “Chemical
Alloying, A Novel Method for the Preparation of Homogeneous SexTe1-x Alloys,” J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 1984, 106, 7247.
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Thomas W. Smith and David J. Luca, Synthesis and Reaction of “Poly(1,3-Octadienyl Iron
Tricarbonyl) in Modification of Polymers,” C. Carraher and J. Moore,
Eds., Plenum Press, New York (1983).
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T. W. Smith and D. Wychick, “Colloidal Iron Dispersion Prepared
via the Polymer-Catalyzed Decomposition of Iron Pentacarbonyl,” 1980, J. Phys. Chem., 84, 1621.
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T. W. Smith and R.A. Cheatham, Functional Polymers in the
Generation of Colloidal Dispersions of Amorphous Selenium, Macromolecules, 1980, 13, 1203.
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