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  1. Epitaxial layer to boost betavoltaic performance in SiC Schottky diodes

    Article • Applied Physics Letters, June 2026, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Drew R Evans

  2. Ammonium-Free-Layered-Perovskites with Alternating Cations in the Interlayer for Wide-Bandgap Solar Cells

    Article • ACS Energy Letters, March 2026, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Drew R Evans

  3. Cover Feature: PEDOT:Tosylate on Biocompatible Chitosan Film by Vapor Phase Polymerization: Promising Technology toward Biocompatible and Wearable Organic Electrochemical Transistor (Small Struct. 2/2026)

    Article • Small Structures, February 2026, Wiley

    Dr Drew R Evans, Professor YuanTong GU

  4. Grain Boundary-specific effects of Mn concentration on hydrogen trapping and embrittlement in bcc Fe: A spin-polarised DFT study

    Article • January 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Drew R Evans

  5. Vapor Deposited Ru and Mo Nanostructured Electrocatalysts Towards Nitrogen Reduction Reactions

    Article • Small Structures, December 2025, Wiley

    Dr Drew R Evans

  6. Enhanced Betavoltaic Signals in Asymmetric Metal–Semiconductor–Metal SiC Schottky Devices: An Experimental and Simulation Investigation with 63 Ni, 90 ...

    Article • ACS Applied Electronic Materials, December 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Drew R Evans

  7. Room-Temperature Methanol Gas Sensor Based on PEDOT:Tosylate Thin Films: Enhanced Sensitivity through Urea Surface Treatment

    Article • ACS Omega, October 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Drew R Evans

  8. PEDOT:Tosylate on Biocompatible Chitosan Film by Vapor Phase Polymerization: Promising Technology toward Biocompatible and Wearable Organic Electrochemical Transistor

    Article • Small Structures, August 2025, Wiley

    Dr Drew R Evans, Professor YuanTong GU

  9. Molecular and histological evidence for the biocompatibility of PEDOT-coated microneedles in human skin

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry B, January 2025, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Drew R Evans

  10. Nanoporous Pt-Based Electrodes for Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

    Article • ACS Applied Nano Materials, July 2024, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Drew R Evans

  11. Understanding the Inherent Properties of Vapor Phase Poly (3,4 – Ethylenedioxythiophene) Deposited Stretchable Conducting Films

    Article • Advanced Electronic Materials, April 2024, Wiley

    Dr Drew R Evans

  12. Enhanced Li+ and Mg2+ Diffusion at the Polymer–Ionic Liquid Interface within PVDF‐Based Ionogel Electrolytes for Batteries and Metal‐Ion Capacitors

    Article • Advanced Energy Materials, March 2024, Wiley

    Dr Drew R Evans

  13. Through thickness anisotropy in all inorganic perovskite thin films via two-step synthesis: implications for voltaic devices

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2024, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Drew R Evans

  14. Cell Viability Assessment of PEDOT Conducting Polymer-Coated Microneedles for Skin Sampling

    Article • ACS Applied Bio Materials, October 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Drew R Evans

  15. Challenges of polymer‐based pH sensing in soil

    Article • Journal of Polymer Science, September 2023, Wiley

    Dr Drew R Evans

  16. A nuanced understanding of the doping of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) with tosylate

    Article • Discover Materials, May 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Drew R Evans

  17. PEDOT coated microneedles towards electrochemically assisted skin sampling

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry B, January 2023, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Drew R Evans

  18. Surface Doping in Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-Based Nanoscale Films: Insights for Polymer Electronics

    Article • ACS Applied Nano Materials, July 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Drew R Evans

  19. Recent advances in the aqueous applications of PEDOT

    Article • Nanoscale Advances, January 2022, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Drew R Evans

  20. Understanding PEDOT doped with tosylate

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2022, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Drew R Evans

  21. Electrochemical stability of PEDOT for wearable on‐skin application

    Article • Journal of Applied Polymer Science, June 2021, Wiley

    Dr Drew R Evans

  22. Oxygenation of conducting polymers facilitated by structure‐breaking anions

    Article • Journal of Polymer Science, March 2021, Wiley

    Dr Drew R Evans

  23. A Fibre-Optic Platform for Sensing Nitrate Using Conducting Polymers

    Article • Sensors, December 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Drew R Evans

  24. Conducting polymers in wearable devices

    Article • Medical Devices & Sensors, December 2020, Wiley

    Dr Drew R Evans

  25. Hydrolysis of doped conducting polymers

    Article • Communications Chemistry, November 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Drew R Evans

  26. Modulation of substrate van der Waals forces using varying thicknesses of polymer overlayers

    Article • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, November 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Drew R Evans, Professor Nico H Voelcker

  27. Structuring PEDOT Hollow Nanosphere Electrodes for High Specific Energy Li-Metal|Polymer Thin-Film Batteries

    Article • ACS Applied Nano Materials, April 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Drew R Evans

  28. Nitrate sensing using optical properties of PEDOT at the tip of the fibre

    Article • January 2020, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Dr Drew R Evans

  29. Toward a new sensing platform based on conducting polymer: thickness measurement and the effect of different oxidant solution on damage threshold

    Article • December 2019, SPIE

    Dr Drew R Evans

  30. Structural Control of Charge Storage Capacity to Achieve 100% Doping in Vapor Phase-Polymerized PEDOT/Tosylate

    Article • ACS Omega, December 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Drew R Evans, Professor Patric Jannasch

  31. The switch is on

    Article • Nature Physics, December 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Drew R Evans

  32. Recent advances in ion sensing with conducting polymers

    Article • BMC Materials, November 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Drew R Evans

  33. Towards new fiber optic sensors based on the vapor deposited conducting polymer PEDOT:Tos

    Article • Optical Materials Express, November 2019, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Dr Drew R Evans

  34. Charge Transport in Nonstoichiometric 2-Fluoropyridinium Triflate Protic Ionic Liquids

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, September 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Drew R Evans, Professor Patric Jannasch

  35. Interfacial Forces at Layered Surfaces: Substrate Electrical Double-Layer Forces Acting through Ultrathin Polymer Coatings

    Article • Langmuir, August 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Drew R Evans, Professor Nico H Voelcker

  36. Chemically Heterogeneous Nanowrinkling of Polymer Surfaces Induced by Low-Energy Cluster Implantation

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, May 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Drew R Evans

  37. Relationship between structure/properties of vapour deposited PEDOT and sensitivity to passive nitrate doping

    Article • Sensors and Actuators B Chemical, February 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Drew R Evans

  38. Plasma gas aggregation cluster source: Influence of gas inlet configuration and total surface area on the heterogeneous aggregation of silicon clusters

    Article • Surface and Coatings Technology, February 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Drew R Evans

  39. Influence of Postsynthesis Heat Treatment on Vapor-Phase-Polymerized Conductive Polymers

    Article • ACS Omega, October 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Drew R Evans

  40. Diffusion controlled vapour deposition of mixed doped PEDOT

    Article • Synthetic Metals, August 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Drew R Evans

  41. Poly(ionic liquid) iongels for all-solid rechargeable zinc/PEDOT batteries

    Article • Electrochimica Acta, July 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Drew R Evans

  42. 3-Dimensionally ordered macroporous PEDOT ion-exchange resins prepared by vapor phase polymerization for triggered drug delivery: Fabrication and characterization

    Article • Electrochimica Acta, April 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Ilva D Rupenthal, Dr Drew R Evans

  43. Metallic Adhesive Layers for Ag-Based First Surface Mirrors

    Article • Advanced Engineering Materials, March 2018, Wiley

    Dr Drew R Evans

  44. A bird's eye view of the synthesis and practical application of conducting polymers

    Article • Polymer International, February 2018, Wiley

    Dr Drew R Evans

  45. Selective uptake and sensing of nitrate in poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)

    Article • Scientific Reports, November 2017, Nature

    Dr Drew R Evans

  46. Inorganic Thin Film Deposition and Application on Organic Polymer Substrates

    Article • Advanced Engineering Materials, November 2017, Wiley

    Dr Drew R Evans

  47. Electromagnetic devices from conducting polymers

    Article • Organic Electronics, November 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Drew R Evans

  48. Charge transport and structure in semimetallic polymers

    Article • Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Physics, October 2017, Wiley

    Dr Drew R Evans, Sam Rudd

  49. Post-polymerization surface segregation in thin PECVD siloxane films leading to a self-regenerative effect

    Article • Plasma Processes and Polymers, March 2017, Wiley

    Dr Drew R Evans, Dr Kamil Zuber

  50. Degradation and Gelation during Plasma Synthesis of Nanoparticles in Ionic Liquids

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, March 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Drew R Evans, Dr Kamil Zuber

  51. Manipulation of cluster formation through gas-wall boundary conditions in large area cluster sources

    Article • Surface and Coatings Technology, March 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Drew R Evans

  52. Recent advances in the synthesis of conducting polymers from the vapour phase

    Article • Progress in Materials Science, January 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Drew R Evans

  53. Macroscopic Electrical Wires from Vapor Deposited Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, December 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Drew R Evans

  54. Chemical seeding via propanol plasma pretreatment for improving adhesion and properties of PECVD siloxane coatings on polymers

    Article • Plasma Processes and Polymers, December 2016, Wiley

    Dr Drew R Evans, Dr Kamil Zuber

  55. Patterning and Conductivity Modulation of Conductive Polymers by UV Light Exposure

    Article • Advanced Functional Materials, August 2016, Wiley

    Dr Drew R Evans

  56. Cleaning Dirty Surfaces: A Three-Body Problem

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, July 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Drew R Evans

  57. Stable Deep Doping of Vapor-Phase Polymerized Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)/Ionic Liquid Supercapacitors

    Article • ChemSusChem, June 2016, Wiley

    Dr Drew R Evans

  58. Influence of post-deposition moisture uptake in polycarbonate on thin film's residual stress short term evolution

    Article • Surface and Coatings Technology, May 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Drew R Evans

  59. Unusual Nature of Fingerprints and the Implications for Easy-to-Clean Coatings

    Article • Langmuir, January 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Drew R Evans

  60. Hydrophilic Organic Electrodes on Flexible Hydrogels

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, January 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Drew R Evans

  61. Organic energy devices from ionic liquids and conducting polymers

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Drew R Evans

  62. The effect of block copolymer additives for a highly active polymeric metal-free oxygen reduction electrode

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Drew R Evans

  63. Decoupling the effects of confinement and passivation on semiconductor quantum dots

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Drew R Evans

  64. Market evaluation, performance modelling and materials solution addressing short wavelength discomfort glare in rear view automotive mirrors

    Article • Translational Materials Research, August 2015, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Drew R Evans

  65. Mesoporous Siloxane Films Through Thermal Oxidation of Siloxane-Carbon Nanocomposites

    Article • Advanced Engineering Materials, April 2015, Wiley

    Dr Drew R Evans, Dr Kamil Zuber

  66. Diffuse color patterning using blended electrochromic polymers for proof-of-concept adaptive camouflage plaques

    Article • Journal of Applied Polymer Science, March 2015, Wiley

    Dr Drew R Evans

  67. Significant Electronic Thermal Transport in the Conducting Polymer Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)

    Article • Advanced Materials, February 2015, Wiley

    Dr Drew R Evans

  68. Effect of oxidant on the performance of conductive polymer films prepared by vacuum vapor phase polymerization for smart window applications

    Article • Smart Materials and Structures, February 2015, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Drew R Evans, Dr Kamil Zuber

  69. Observation of electron transfer between bacteria and high conductivity graphene–PEDOT composites

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Drew R Evans

  70. Acido-basic control of the thermoelectric properties of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)tosylate (PEDOT-Tos) thin films

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Drew R Evans

  71. Optical coatings for automotive applications: a case study in translating fundamental materials science into commercial reality

    Article • Translational Materials Research, October 2014, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Drew R Evans, Dr Kamil Zuber

  72. Evidence for ‘bottom up’ growth during vapor phase polymerization of conducting polymers

    Article • Polymer, August 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Drew R Evans

  73. Condensation and freezing of droplets on superhydrophobic surfaces

    Article • Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, August 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Drew R Evans

  74. Vapor Phase Synthesis of Conducting Polymer Nanocomposites Incorporating 2D Nanoparticles

    Article • Chemistry of Materials, July 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Drew R Evans

  75. One-Step Fabrication of Nanocomposite Thin Films of PTFE in SiOxfor Repelling Water

    Article • Advanced Engineering Materials, July 2014, Wiley

    Dr Drew R Evans, Dr Kamil Zuber

  76. Laser Actuation of Cantilevers for Picometre Amplitude Dynamic Force Microscopy

    Article • Scientific Reports, July 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Drew R Evans

  77. Aqueous processing of graphene–polymer hybrid thin film nano-composites and gels

    Article • Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, July 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Drew R Evans

  78. Erratum: Corrigendum: Semi-metallic polymers

    Article • Nature Materials, May 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Drew R Evans

  79. Surface Force Measurements between Titanium Dioxide Surfaces Prepared by Atomic Layer Deposition in Electrolyte Solutions Reveal Non-DLVO Interactions: Influence of Water and Argon Plasma Cleaning

    Article • Langmuir, March 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Drew R Evans

  80. Enhancing the morphology and electrochromic stability of polypyrrole via PEG–PPG–PEG templating in vapour phase polymerisation

    Article • European Polymer Journal, February 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Drew R Evans

  81. Nanoporous Glass Films on Liquids

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, January 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Drew R Evans, Dr Kamil Zuber

  82. Metal-free oxygen reduction electrodes based on thin PEDOT films with high electrocatalytic activity

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Drew R Evans

  83. Semi-metallic polymers

    Article • Nature Materials, December 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Drew R Evans

  84. Ultrathin Polymer Films for Transparent Electrode Applications Prepared by Controlled Nucleation

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, November 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Drew R Evans

  85. Growth of Sputtered Nanocomposite Alloys on Polymeric Substrates: The Role of the Substrate's Mechanical Hardness

    Article • Advanced Engineering Materials, August 2013, Wiley

    Dr Drew R Evans, Dr Kamil Zuber

  86. Extending the Utility of Conducting Polymers through Chemisorption of Nucleophiles

    Article • Chemistry of Materials, May 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Drew R Evans

  87. Large Area Nanostructured Arrays: Optical Properties of Metallic Nanotubes

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, May 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Drew R Evans, Dr Kamil Zuber

  88. Corrosion resistance of robust optical and electrical thin film coatings on polymeric substrates

    Article • Corrosion Science, April 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Drew R Evans, Dr Kamil Zuber

  89. Inkjet printing and vapor phase polymerization: patterned conductive PEDOT for electronic applications

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Drew R Evans

  90. Enhanced abrasion resistance of ultrathin reflective coatings on polymeric substrates: An improvement upon glass substrates

    Article • Wear, January 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Drew R Evans, Dr Kamil Zuber

  91. Anderson-like localization in ultrathin nanocomposite alloy films on polymeric substrates

    Article • Scripta Materialia, November 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Drew R Evans, Dr Kamil Zuber

  92. Polymeric Material with Metal-Like Conductivity for Next Generation Organic Electronic Devices

    Article • Chemistry of Materials, October 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Drew R Evans, Dr Kamil Zuber

  93. Orbital hybridization, crystal structure and anomalous resistivity of ultrathin CrZrx alloy films on polymeric substrates

    Article • Scripta Materialia, August 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Drew R Evans, Dr Kamil Zuber

  94. Ultrathin films of co-sputtered CrZrx alloys on polymeric substrates

    Article • Surface and Coatings Technology, May 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Drew R Evans, Dr Kamil Zuber

  95. Vacuum vapour phase polymerization of high conductivity PEDOT: Role of PEG-PPG-PEG, the origin of water, and choice of oxidant

    Article • Polymer, May 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Drew R Evans

  96. Atomic structure studies of chrome alloy coatings and their abrasion resistance

    Article • Surface and Coatings Technology, April 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Drew R Evans, Dr Kamil Zuber

  97. Structure-directed growth of high conductivity PEDOT from liquid-like oxidant layers during vacuum vapor phase polymerization

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Drew R Evans, Dr Kamil Zuber

  98. Abrasion resistance of thin film coatings as measured by diffuse optical scattering

    Article • Surface and Coatings Technology, October 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Drew R Evans, Dr Kamil Zuber

  99. Adsorption of dispersants at a polyester resin–alkane interface

    Article • Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, March 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Drew R Evans

  100. Physical Properties of Phase-Change Emulsions

    Article • Langmuir, November 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Drew R Evans

  101. The Origin of Surface Stress Induced by Adsorption of Iodine on Gold

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry, October 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Drew R Evans

  102. Experimental Studies of the Dynamic Mechanical Response of a Single Polymer Chain

    Article • Macromolecules, September 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Drew R Evans

  103. Sensing Cantilever Beam Bending by the Optical Lever Technique and Its Application to Surface Stress

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry, March 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Drew R Evans

  104. Boundary slip in Newtonian liquids: a review of experimental studies

    Article • Reports on Progress in Physics, October 2005, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Drew R Evans

  105. The hydrophobic force: nanobubbles or polymeric contaminant?

    Article • Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, August 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Drew R Evans

  106. The effect of surfactant adsorption on liquid boundary slippage

    Article • Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, August 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Drew R Evans