Research Papers

82. Yang, Wenli, Fernando D. Cortés-Vega, Kamyar Ahmadi, Nathaly Castaneda, Mahesh Paidpilli, Goran Majkic, Venkat Selvamanickam, Stanko R. Brankovic, and Francisco C. Robles-Hernandez. “Accurate Ruby Sensor for Stress Analysis in Electronics.” ACS Applied Electronic Materials 4, no. 9 (2022): 4332–39.

81. Yang, Wenli, Fernando D. Cortés Vega, Kamyar Ahmadi, Arti Rani, Viktor G. Hadjiev, Hector A. Calderon, Stanko R. Brankovic, and Francisco C. Robles Hernández. “Bandgap Tuning of Pseudoboehmite Nanoparticles Induced by Quantum Confinement.” Ceramics International 48, no. 15 (2022): 21934–38.

80. Ahmadi, K., N. Dole, O. Karadavut, FC Robles Hernandez, T. D. Hall, E. J. Taylor, and S. R. Brankovic. “Crack Free Cr Coatings from Cr3+ Electrolyte.” Journal of The Electrochemical Society 169, no. 1 (2022): 012504.

79. Dalgamouni, Summer, Driss Benhaddou, and Stanko Brankovic. “Developing a Gold Coated Fiber Brag Grating (FBG) Sensor to Monitor Chlorine Levels in Water.” In 2022 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC), 1–2. IEEE, 2022.

78. Ahmadi, Kamyar, Nikhil Dole, Dongjun Wu, Taha Salavati-Fard, Lars C. Grabow, Francisco Carlos Robles Hernandez, and Stanko R. Brankovic. “Electroless Pb Monolayer Deposition—Prelude for Further Advances in Catalyst Monolayer Synthesis via Surface Limited Redox Replacement Reaction.” ACS Catalysis 11, no. 8 (2021): 4650–59.

77. Ahmadi, K., and Stanko R. Brankovic. “13th and 14th Quarterly Report January-June 2019 AESF Research Project# R-118 Crack Formation during Electrodeposition and Post-Deposition Aging of Thin Film Coatings,” 2019.

76. Hernandez, Francisco C. Robles, Kamyar Ahmadi, Adam Stokes, Jace McNeil, and Stanko R. Brankovic. “Atomic Resolution Characterization of Cr Thin Films Produced from Cr3+ Electrolytes.” Microscopy and Microanalysis 25, no. S2 (2019): 2196–97.

75. Ahmadi, K., and Stanko R. Brankovic. “Crack Formation during Electrodeposition and Post-Deposition Aging of Thin Film Coatings.” Abst.) Products Finishing 84, no. 2 (2019): 13.

74. Cortes‐Vega, Fernando D., Wenli Yang, Juan Zarate‐Medina, Stanko R. Brankovic, Hector A. Calderon, and Francisco C. Robles Hernandez. “Mechanochemical Synthesis of Α‐Al2O3‐Cr3+ (Ruby) and Χ‐Al2O3.” Journal of the American Ceramic Society 102, no. 3 (2019): 976–80.

73. Yan, Kaige, Jingweijia Tan, Longjun Liu, Xingyao Zhang, Stanko R. Brankovic, Jinghong Chen, and Xin Fu. “Toward Customized Hybrid Fuel-Cell and Battery-Powered Mobile Device for Individual Users.” ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems (TECS) 18, no. 6 (2019): 1–20.

72. Ahmadi, Kamyar, Dongjun Wu, Nikhil Dole, Othon R. Monteiro, and Stanko R. Brankovic. “Tuning Surface Chemoresistivity of Au Ultrathin Films Using Metal Deposition via Surface-Limited Redox Replacement of the Underpotentially Deposited Pb Monolayer.” ACS Sensors 4, no. 9 (2019): 2442–49.

71. Wu, D., K. Ahmadi, N. Dole, A. Joi, Y. Dordi, and S. R. Brankovic. “Underpotential and Electroless Pb Monolayer Deposition on Ru (0001).” Journal of The Electrochemical Society 166, no. 10 (2019): D359.

70. Wu, Dongjun, Dhaivat J. Solanki, J. Luis Ramirez, Wenli Yang, Aniruddha Joi, Yezdi Dordi, Nikhil Dole, and Stanko R. Brankovic. “Electroless Deposition of Pb Monolayer: A New Process and Application to Surface Selective Atomic Layer Deposition.” Langmuir 34, no. 38 (2018): 11384–94.

69. Brankovic, Stanko R. “Fundamentals of Metal Deposition via Surface Limited Redox Replacement of Underpotentially-Deposited Monolayer.” The Electrochemical Society Interface 27, no. 2 (2018): 57.

68. Wu, D., D. J. Solanki, A. Joi, Y. Dordi, N. Dole, D. Litvnov, and S. R. Brankovic. “Pb Monolayer Mediated Thin Film Growth of Cu and Co: Exploring Different Concepts.” Journal of The Electrochemical Society 166, no. 1 (2018): D3013.

67. Yuan, Qiuyi, Yuki Wakisaka, Yohei Uemura, Takahiro Wada, Hiroko Ariga-Miwa, Satoru Takakusagi, Kiyotaka Asakura, and Stanko R. Brankovic. “Reaction Stoichiometry and Mechanism of Pt Deposition via Surface Limited Redox Replacement of Copper UPD Layer on Au (111).” The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 122, no. 29 (2018): 16664–73.

66. Cortes-Vega, Fernando D., Wenli Yang, Juan Zarate-Medina, Stanko R. Brankovic, José M. Herrera Ramírez, and Francisco C. Robles Hernandez. “Room-Temperature Synthesis of χ-Al 2 O 3 and Ruby (α-Cr: Al 2 O 3).” CrystEngComm 20, no. 25 (2018): 3505–11.

65. Owhoso, Fiki V., Dongjun Wu, and Stanko Brankovic. “Spontaneous Formation of Pb/Ag Super Lattices.” ECS Transactions 85, no. 13 (2018): 1567.

64. Brankovic, Stanko R. “UPD, SLRR, SEBALD: Abbreviations with Many Connotations.” The Electrochemical Society Interface 27, no. 2 (2018): 55.

63.  “6th Quarterly Report April-June 2017 AESF Research Project# R-118 Crack Formation during Electrodeposition and Post-Deposition Aging of Thin Film Coatings,” 2017.

62.  “Crack Formation during Electrodeposition and Post-Deposition Aging of Thin Film Coatings.” NASF Surface Technology White Papers 81 (2017): 13–19.

61. Yuan, Qiuyi, Hieu A. Doan, Lars C. Grabow, and Stanko R. Brankovic. “Finite Size Effects in Submonolayer Catalysts Investigated by CO Electrosorption on PtsML/Pd (100).” Journal of the American Chemical Society 139, no. 39 (2017): 13676–79.

60. Bulut, Ela, Dongjun Wu, Nikhil Dole, Hasan Kilic, and Stanko R. Brankovic. “Reaction Kinetics of Metal Deposition via Surface Limited Redox Replacement of Underpotentially Deposited Monolayer Studied by Surface Reflectivity and Open Circuit Potential Measurements.” Journal of The Electrochemical Society 164, no. 4 (2017): D159.

59. Brankovic, Stanko R. “3rd Quarterly Report July-September 2016 AESF Research Project# R-118 Crack Formation during Electrodeposition and Post-Deposition Aging of Thin Film Coatings,” 2016.

58. “4th Quarterly Report October-December 2016 AESF Research Project# R-118 Crack Formation during Electrodeposition and Post-Deposition Aging of Thin Film Coatings,” 2016.

57. Brankovic, Stanko R., Stephen Ambrozik, Corey Mitchell, and Nikolay Dimitrov. “Electrochemical Deposition as Surface Controlled Phenomenon: Fundamentals and Applications.” Focus 163, no. 12 (2016).

56. Zhu, Shangqian, Jeffrey Yue, Xueping Qin, Zidong Wei, Zhixiu Liang, Radoslav R. Adzic, Stanko R. Brankovic, Zheng Du, and Minhua Shao. “The Role of Citric Acid in Perfecting Platinum Monolayer on Palladium Nanoparticles during the Surface Limited Redox Replacement Reaction.” Journal of The Electrochemical Society 163, no. 12 (2016): D3040.

55. Anderson, Rachel M., Liang Zhang, Dongjun Wu, Stanko R. Brankovic, Graeme Henkelman, and Richard M. Crooks. “A Theoretical and Experimental In-Situ Electrochemical Infrared Spectroscopy Study of Adsorbed CO on Pt Dendrimer-Encapsulated Nanoparticles.” Journal of The Electrochemical Society 163, no. 4 (2015): H3061.

54. Grabow, Lars C., Qiuyi Yuan, Hieu A. Doan, and Stanko R. Brankovic. “Novel 2D RuPt Core-Edge Nanocluster Catalyst for CO Electro-Oxidation.” Surface Science 640 (2015): 50–58.

53. Erini, Nina, Rameshwori Loukrakpam, Valeri Petkov, Elena A. Baranova, Ruizhi Yang, Detre Teschner, Yunhui Huang, Stanko R. Brankovic, and Peter Strasser. “Ethanol Electro-Oxidation on Ternary Platinum–Rhodium–Tin Nanocatalysts: Insights in the Atomic 3D Structure of the Active Catalytic Phase.” ACS Catalysis 4, no. 6 (2014): 1859–67.

52. Gokcen, Dincer, Qiuyi Yuan, and Stanko R. Brankovic. “Nucleation of Pt Monolayers Deposited via Surface Limited Redox Replacement Reaction.” Journal of The Electrochemical Society 161, no. 7 (2014): D3051.

51. Litvinov, Julia, Yi-Ju Wang, Jinnie George, Pawilai Chinwangso, Stanko Brankovic, Richard C. Willson, and Dmitri Litvinov. “Development of Pinhole-Free Amorphous Aluminum Oxide Protective Layers for Biomedical Device Applications.” Surface and Coatings Technology 224 (2013): 101–8.

50. George, Jinnie, Shereen Elhalawaty, A. John Mardinly, R. W. Carpenter, Dmitri Litvinov, and Stanko R. Brankovic. “Oxide/Hydroxide Incorporation into Electrodeposited CoFe Alloys—Consequences for Magnetic Softness.” Electrochimica Acta 110 (2013): 411–17.

49. Dole, Nikhil, Jasmeet Chawla, and Stanko Brankovic. “Strained Annealing of Cu Interconnects—The Novel Approach Towards Improving Resistance of Cu Nanostructures.” TECHCON, BEOL Processing and Reliability, 2013.

48. Rossmeisl, Jan, Peter Ferrin, Georgios A. Tritsaris, Anand Udaykumar Nilekar, Shirlaine Koh, Sang Eun Bae, Stanko R. Brankovic, Peter Strasser, and Manos Mavrikakis. “Bifunctional Anode Catalysts for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells.” Energy & Environmental Science 5, no. 8 (2012): 8335–42.

47. Yuan, Qiuyi, Ashish Tripathi, Milan Slavkovic, and Stanko R. Brankovic. “Lead Underpotential Deposition on Pt-Submonolayer Modified Au (111).” Zeitschrift Für Physikalische Chemie 226, no. 9–10 (2012): 965–77.

46. Elhalawaty, S., R. W. Carpenter, J. George, and S. R. Brankovic. “Nanostructure and Oxide Phase Distribution in Co36-40Fe64-60 Electrodeposited Films for Magnetic Field Sensors.” Journal of Applied Physics 111, no. 7 (2012): 07A330.

45. Krongelb, S., C. Bonhǒte, S. R. Brankovic, H. H. Gatzen, P. Hesketh, Y. Kitamoto, T. Osaka, W. Schwarzacher, and G. Zangari. “Preface (ECS Transactions 50: 10).” ECS Transactions 50, no. 10 (2012).

44. Brankovic, Stanko R. “Saccharin Effect on Properties of 2.4 T CoFe Films.” Electrochimica Acta 84 (2012): 139–44.

43. Bae, Sang-Eun, Dincer Gokcen, Ping Liu, Parnia Mohammadi, and Stanko R. Brankovic. “Size Effects in Monolayer Catalysis—Model Study: Pt Submonolayers on Au (111).” Electrocatalysis 3 (2012): 203–10.

42. Krongelb, S., C. Bonhôte, S. R. Brankovic, H. H. Gatzen, Y. Kitamoto, T. Osaka, W. Schwarzacher, and G. Zangari. “ECS Transactions (33: 34): Preface.” ECS Transactions 33, no. 34 (2011).

41. Elhalawaty, S., R. W. Carpenter, J. George, and S. R. Brankovic. “Electrochemical/Chemical Deposition and Etching-Oxygen Incorporation into Electrodeposited CoFe Films: Consequences for Structure and Magnetic Properties D641.” Journal of the Electrochemical Society 158, no. 11 (2011).

40. Gokcen, Dincer, Sang-E. Bae, and Stanko R. Brankovic. “Kinetics of Metal Deposition via Surface-Limited Redox Replacement Reaction.” ECS Transactions 35, no. 21 (2011): 11.

39. Elhalawaty, S., R. W. Carpenter, J. George, and S. R. Brankovic. “Oxygen Incorporation into Electrodeposited CoFe Films: Consequences for Structure and Magnetic Properties.” Journal of the Electrochemical Society 158, no. 11 (2011): D641.

38. Gokcen, Dincer, Sang-Eun Bae, and Stanko R. Brankovic. “Reaction Kinetics of Metal Deposition via Surface Limited Red-Ox Replacement of Underpotentially Deposited Metal Monolayers.” Electrochimica Acta 56, no. 16 (2011): 5545–53.

37. Brankovic, Stanko R., Natasa Vasiljevic, and Nikolay Dimitrov. “Applications to Magnetic Recording and Microelectronic Technologies.” Modern Electroplating, 2010, 573–615.

36. Gokcen, Dincer, Sang-Eun Bae, and Stanko R. Brankovic. “Stoichiometry of Pt Submonolayer Deposition via Surface-Limited Redox Replacement Reaction.” Journal of the Electrochemical Society 157, no. 11 (2010): D582.

35. Brankovic, Stanko R., Jinnie George, Sang Bae, and Dmitri Litvinov. “Critical Parameters of Solution Design for Electrodeposition of 2.4 T CoFe Alloys.” ECS Transactions 16, no. 45 (2009): 75.

34. Brankovic, Stanko R. “Electrodeposition—Fundamental Aspects and Methods.” In Functional Properties Of Bio-Inspired Surfaces: Characterization and Technological Applications, 309–41, 2009.

33. Hohlfeld, Julius Kurt, Yukiko Kubota, Dieter Klaus Weller, Brankovic, Stanko R., XiaoMin Yang, and Earl Chrzaszcz Johns. Patterned Thin Films and Use of Such Films as Thermal Control Layers in Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording Media. US Patent 7,521,137, 2009.

32. Brankovic, Stanko R., Atif Shamsi, Sang-Eun Bae, Goran Majkic, and Dmitri Litvinov. “Electrochemical Synthesis and Nanofabrication of Materials for Magnetic and Ultrasound Sensors Application.” In 2008 8th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, 605–6. IEEE, 2008.

31. Shamsi, Atif, Sang-Eun Bae, Goran Majkic, and Stanko R. Brankovic. “Electrochemical Transducers-A New Approach to Ultrasound Sensor Design.” ECS Transactions 11, no. 16 (2008): 15.

30. George, Jinnie, James Rantschler, Sang-Eun Bae, Dmitri Litvinov, and Stanko R. Brankovic. “Sulfur and Saccharin Incorporation into Electrodeposited CoFe Alloys: Consequences for Magnetic and Corrosion Properties.” Journal of the Electrochemical Society 155, no. 9 (2008): D589.

29. Shivareddy, Shyamala, Sang-E. Bae, and Stanko R. Brankovic. “The Analysis of the Cu Surface Morphology Evolution During Electropolishing.” ECS Transactions 13, no. 4 (2008): 21.

28. Brankovic, Stanko R., Sang-Eun Bae, and Dmitri Litvinov. “The Effect of Fe3+ on Magnetic Moment of Electrodeposited CoFe Alloys—Experimental Study and Analytical Model.” Electrochimica Acta 53, no. 20 (2008): 5934–40.

27. Parekh, Vishal A., Ariel Ruiz, Paul Ruchhoeft, Stanko Brankovic, and Dmitri Litvinov. “Close-Packed Noncircular Nanodevice Pattern Generation by Self-Limiting Ion-Mill Process.” Nano Letters 7, no. 10 (2007): 3246–48.

26. Shivareddy, Shyamala, Sang Eun Bae, and Stanko R. Brankovic. “Cu Surface Morphology Evolution during Electropolishing.” Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters 11, no. 1 (2007): D13.

25. Brankovic, Stanko R., Ryan Haislmaeir, and Natasa Vasiljevic. “Molecular Incorporation of Saccharin into Soft High Moment CoFe Alloys.” ECS Transactions 3, no. 25 (2007): 71.

24. Brankovic, Stanko R., Ryan Haislmaier, and Natasa Vasiljevic. “Physical Incorporation of Saccharin Molecules into Electrodeposited Soft High Magnetic Moment CoFe Alloys.” Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters 10, no. 6 (2007): D67.

23. Brankovic, Stanko R., XiaoMin Yang, Timothy J. Klemmer, and Mike Seigler. “Pulse Electrodeposition of 2.4 T Co/Sub 37/Fe/Sub 63/Alloys at Nanoscale for Magnetic Recording Application.” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics 42, no. 2 (2006): 132–39.

22. Brankovic, Stanko R., Natasa Vasiljevic, Timothy J. Klemmer, and Earl C. Johns. “Influence of Additive Adsorption on Properties of Pulse Deposited CoFeNi Alloys.” Journal of the Electrochemical Society 152, no. 4 (2005): C196.

21. Yang, XiaoMin, Harold Gentile, Andrew Eckert, and Stanko R. Brankovic. “Electron-Beam SAFIERTM Process and Its Application for Magnetic Thin-Film Heads.” Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures Processing, Measurement, and Phenomena 22, no. 6 (2004): 3339–43.

20. Brankovic, Stanko, and Billy Crue. Wet Etch for Selective Removal of Alumina. US Patent App. 10/654,093, 2004.

19. Wang, J. X., S. R. Brankovic, Y. Zhu, J. C. Hanson, and R. R. Adzic. “Batteries, Fuel Cells, and Energy Conversion-Kinetic Characterization of PtRu Fuel Cell Anode Catalysts Made by Spontaneous Pt Deposition on Ru Nanoparticles.” Journal of the Electrochemical Society 150, no. 8 (2003): A1108.

18. Adzic, Radoslav, Stanko Brankovic, and Jia Wang. Carbon Monoxide Tolerant Electrocatalyst with Low Platinum Loading and a Process for Its Preparation. US Patent 6,670,301, 2003.

17. Yang, XiaoMin, Andrew R. Eckert, Keith Mountfield, Harold Gentile, Carl Seiler, Stanko Brankovic, Robert Harris, and Earl Johns. “Electron-Beam Lithography Method for Sub-50-Nm Isolated Trench with High Aspect Ratio.” In Emerging Lithographic Technologies VII, 5037:168–77. SPIE, 2003.

16. Yang, XiaoMin, Andrew Eckert, Keith Mountfield, Harold Gentile, Carl Seiler, Stanko Brankovic, and Earl Johns. “Fabrication of Sub-50 Nm Critical Feature for Magnetic Recording Device Using Electron-Beam Lithography.” Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures Processing, Measurement, and Phenomena 21, no. 6 (2003): 3017–20.

15. Wang, J. X., S. R. Brankovic, Y. Zhu, J. C. Hanson, and R. R. Adz̆ić. “Kinetic Characterization of PtRu Fuel Cell Anode Catalysts Made by Spontaneous Pt Deposition on Ru Nanoparticles.” Journal of the Electrochemical Society 150, no. 8 (2003): A1108.

14. Brankovic, Stanko R., Kursat Sendur, Timothy J. Klemmer, Xiaomin Yang, and Earl C. Johns. “Pulse Plating of Soft High Magnetic Moment Materials-Properties and Application.” Magnetic Materials, Processes, and Devices VII and Electrodeposition of Alloys, 2003, 269–80.

13. Brankovic, S. R., N. S. Marinkovic, J. X. Wang, and R. R. Adžić. “Carbon Monoxide Oxidation on Bare and Pt-Modified Ru (1010) and Ru (0001) Single Crystal Electrodes.” Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 532, no. 1–2 (2002): 57–66.

12. Brankovic, S. R., J. X. Wang, Y. Zhu, R. Sabatini, J. McBreen, and R. R. Adžić. “Electrosorption and Catalytic Properties of Bare and Pt Modified Single Crystal and Nanostructured Ru Surfaces.” Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 524 (2002): 231–41.

11. Inoue, H., S. R. Brankovic, J. X. Wang, and R. R. Adžić. “Oxygen Reduction on Bare and Pt Monolayer-Modified Ru (0001), Ru (1010) and Ru Nanostructured Surfaces.” Electrochimica Acta 47, no. 22–23 (2002): 3777–85.

10. Brankovic, S. R., J. X. Wang, and R. R. Adžić. “Metal Monolayer Deposition by Replacement of Metal Adlayers on Electrode Surfaces.” Surface Science 474, no. 1–3 (2001): L173–79.

9. Branković, S. R., J. X. Wang, and R. R. Adžić. “New Methods of Controlled Monolayer-to-Multilayer Deposition of Pt for Designing Electrocatalysts at an Atomic Level.” Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society 66, no. 11–12 (2001): 887–98.

8. Brankovic, S. R., J. X. Wang, and R. R. Adžić. “Pt Submonolayers on Ru Nanoparticles: A Novel Low Pt Loading, High CO Tolerance Fuel Cell Electrocatalyst.” Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters 4, no. 12 (2001): A217.

7. Brankovic, S. R., J. McBreen, and R. R. Adžić. “Spontaneous Deposition of Pd on a Ru (0 0 0 1) Surface.” Surface Science 479, no. 1–3 (2001): L363–68.

6.  “Spontaneous Deposition of Pt on the Ru (0001) Surface.” Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 503, no. 1–2 (2001): 99–104.

5. Karl Sieradzki, Stanko R. Brankovic. “Electrochemical Defect-Mediated Thin Film Growth.” Science 284 (1999): 138–41.

4. Brankovic, S. R., N. Dimitrov, and Karl Sieradzki. “Surfactant Mediated Electrochemical Deposition of Ag on Au (111).” Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters 2, no. 9 (1999): 443.

3. Wagner, K., S. R. Brankovic, N. Dimitrov, and Karl Sieradzki. “Dealloying below the Critical Potential.” Journal of the Electrochemical Society 144, no. 10 (1997): 3545.

2. Corcoran, Sean G., Stanko R. Brankovic, Nikolay Dimitrov, and Karl Sieradzki. “Nanoindentation of Atomically Modified Surfaces.” MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) 505 (1997): 77.

1. Brankovic, Stanko R. “Crack Formation during Electrodeposition and Post-Deposition Aging of Thin Film Coatings-1st Quarterly Report,” n.d.