Stephen Morin
Graduate Student, Analytical Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Biographical Sketch
B.S. University of Texas at Austin, Chemistry, 2004
PhD University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2005-Present
3M Graduate Fellow in Chemistry, 2007-Present
Research
Hi, my name is Stephen Morin and I received a BS in Chemistry from the University of Texas at Austin (Hook’em Horns!) in 2004. Inspired by biomineralization processes, I am working to develop a suite of versatile biomimetic strategies capable of bottom up, programmable nanoassembly. Utilizing a range of nanoscale self assembling templates (eg. block copolymers, engineered biopolymers) and a wide variety of functional nanomaterials this is a collaborative multidisciplinary effort. At the heart of this research is the idea that careful control of surface functional groups can manipulate the nucleation and growth environment of inorganic materials achieving sophisticated structures in a self assembling manner. Preliminary success has led to a general approach capable for producing ZnO nanorod, CdS film, and PbS nanocrystal microarrays on a variety of commodity plastics including polyester, polycarbonate, and polyimide, directly out of solution. Easily adaptable to polymer substrates of arbitrary shape, such as polymer filaments, this assembly approach has potential applications in flexible macroelectronics or smart textiles. Details of this new and exciting work can be found in two recent JACs publications (ref 8 and 9 below). With a firm foundation set and collaborative access to a range of specialized self assembling nanostructured templates there is a bright future for biomimetic nanomaterials assembly in the Jin group!
Selected Publications and Presentations
1) Morin, Stephen A.; La, Young-Hye; Liu, Chi-Chun; Streifer, Jeremy A.; Hamers, Robert J.; Nealey, Paul F.; Jin, Song; Assembly of Nanocrystal Arrays by Block-Copolymer-Direceted Nucleation, Angewandte Chemie, 2009
2) Amos, F. F.; Morin, S. A.; Streifer, J. A.; Hamers, R. J.; Jin, S., Photodetector arrays directly assembled onto polymer substrates from aqueous solution. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, (46), 14296.
3) Morin, S. A.; Amos, F. F.; Jin, S., Biomimetic assembly of zinc oxide nanorods onto flexible polymers. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, (45), 13776.
4) Morin, S. A.; Amos, F. F.; Jin, S., Biomimetic assembly of zinc oxide microarrays on flexible polycarbonate film. PMSE Preprints 2007, 96, 227.
5) Amos, F. F.; Morin, S. A.; Jin, S., Directed nucleation and growth of cadmium-sulfide on photo-oxidized poly(ethylene terephthalate) and their device applications. PMSE Preprints 2007, 96, 176.
6) Morin, S. A.; Amos, F. F.; Jin, S., Biomimetic assembly of zinc oxide microarrays on flexible polycarbonate film. Abstracts of Papers, 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, United States, March 25-29, 20072007, PMSE-143.
7) Morin, S. A.; Amos, F. F.; Jin, S., Biomimetic assembly of zinc oxide microarrays on flexible polycarbonate film. Abstracts of Papers, 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, United States, March 25-29, 20072007, PMSE-143.
8) Maldonado, S.; Smith, T. J.; Williams, R. D.; Morin, S.; Barton, E.; Stevenson, K. J., Surface modification of indium tin oxide via electrochemical reduction of aryldiazonium cations. Langmuir 2006, 22, (6), 2884.
9) Maldonado, S.; Morin, S.; Stevenson, K. J., Electrochemical oxidation of catecholamines and catechols at carbon nanotube electrodes. Analyst 2006, 131, (2), 262.
10) Maldonado, S.; Morin, S.; Stevenson, K. J., Structure, composition, and chemical reactivity of carbon nanotubes by selective nitrogen doping. Carbon 2006, 44, (8), 1429.
