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  1. Squaraine Nanodunes: Structure-Correlated Optical and Vibrational Anisotropy and Morphology-Enhanced Local Field Considerations

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

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  2. Multimodal Microscopy of Partially Oriented para-Hexaphenylene Nanoaggregates

    Article • Langmuir, November 2024, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  3. Modeling Nonlinear Dynamics of Functionalization Layers: Enhancing Gas Sensor Sensitivity for Piezoelectrically Driven Microcantilever

    Article • ACS Sensors, April 2024, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  4. Spotlight on Charge-Transfer Excitons in Crystalline Textured n-Alkyl Anilino Squaraine Thin Films

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, August 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  5. Template and Temperature-Controlled Polymorph Formation in Squaraine Thin Films

    Article • Langmuir, July 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  6. The Impact of Chiral Citronellyl‐Functionalization on Indolenine and Anilino Squaraine Thin Films

    Article • Israel Journal of Chemistry, November 2021, Wiley

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  7. Determining the Dielectric Tensor of Microtextured Organic Thin Films by Imaging Mueller Matrix Ellipsometry

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, March 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  8. Structure and Dielectric Properties of Anisotropic n-Alkyl Anilino Squaraine Thin Films

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, October 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  9. Polymorphic chiral squaraine crystallites in textured thin films

    Article • Chirality, March 2020, Wiley

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  10. Nanoscale Polarization‐Resolved Surface Photovoltage of a Pleochroic Squaraine Thin Film

    Article • physica status solidi (b), November 2019, Wiley

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  11. Chiral Excitonic Organic Photodiodes for Direct Detection of Circular Polarized Light

    Article • Advanced Functional Materials, March 2019, Wiley

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  12. Organic Photovoltaic Sensors for Photocapacitive Stimulation of Voltage-Gated Ion Channels in Neuroblastoma Cells

    Article • Advanced Functional Materials, October 2018, Wiley

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  13. Giant intrinsic circular dichroism of prolinol-derived squaraine thin films

    Article • Nature Communications, June 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  14. Spotlight on Excitonic Coupling in Polymorphic and Textured Anilino Squaraine Thin Films

    Article • Crystal Growth & Design, October 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  15. Quasi-one-dimensional cyano-phenylene aggregates: Uniform molecule alignment contrasts varying electrostatic surface potential

    Article • The Journal of Chemical Physics, April 2017, American Institute of Physics

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  16. Photoelectrical Stimulation of Neuronal Cells by an Organic Semiconductor–Electrolyte Interface

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

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  17. Thin Film Phase and Local Chirality of Surface-Bound MOP4 Nanofibers

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, April 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  18. Assembly of diverse molecular aggregates with a single, substrate-directed molecule orientation

    Article • Soft Matter, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  19. Epitaxial growth of a methoxy-functionalized quaterphenylene on alkali halide surfaces

    Article • Thin Solid Films, December 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  20. Automated Polarized Microscopy Analysis of Fluorescent and Birefrigent Nano- and Microfibers

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  21. Growth of α-sexithiophene nanostructures on C60 thin film layers

    Article • Thin Solid Films, May 2014, Elsevier

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  22. Epitaxial growth of a methoxy-functionalized organic semiconductor on dielectric surfaces

    Article • March 2014, SPIE

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  23. Substrate steered crystallization of naphthyl end-capped oligothiophenes into nanofibers: the influence of methoxy-functionalization

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  24. Directed self-assembled crystalline oligomer domains on graphene and graphite

    Article • Nanotechnology, December 2013, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  25. Organic nanofibers from squarylium dyes: local morphology, optical, and electrical properties

    Article • February 2012, SPIE

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  26. Parallelly and Normally Surface-Aligned Organic Nanofiber Arrays

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, November 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  27. Stability of organic nanowires

    Article • September 2011, SPIE

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  28. One-Dimensional Metal Oxide Nanostructures

    Article • September 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  29. Organic nanofibers from thiophene oligomers

    Article • Thin Solid Films, November 2009, Elsevier

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  30. Self-Organized Growth of Organic Thiophene−Phenylene Nanowires on Silicate Surfaces

    Article • Chemistry of Materials, October 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  31. Origins for epitaxial order of sexiphenyl crystals on muscovite(001)

    Article • Surface and Interface Analysis, September 2009, Wiley

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  32. Self-assembly of thiophene/phenylene co-oligomers

    Article • August 2009, SPIE

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  33. Temperature dependent analysis of three classes of fluorescence spectra from p-6P nanofiber films

    Article • Journal of Luminescence, August 2009, Elsevier

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  34. Nanoaggregates from Thiophene/Phenylene Co-Oligomers

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, June 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  35. Organic Nanofibers from PPTPP

    Article • January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  36. From clusters to fibers: Parameters for discontinuouspara-hexaphenylene thin film growth

    Article • The Journal of Chemical Physics, February 2008, American Institute of Physics

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  37. Bottom-up tailoring of photonic nanofibers

    Article • February 2008, SPIE

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  38. Organic Molecular Nanotechnology

    Article • Small, February 2008, Wiley

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  39. Light-emitting organic nanoaggregates from functionalized p-quaterphenylenes

    Article • Soft Matter, January 2008, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  40. Surface bound organic nanowires

    Article • Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures Processing Measurement and Phenomena, January 2008, American Vacuum Society

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  41. Printed second harmonic active organic nanofiber arrays

    Article • September 2007, SPIE

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  42. Tailored nanoaggregates from functionalized organic molecules

    Article • February 2007, SPIE

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  43. Growth of nanofibers from thiophenes, thiophene-phenylenes, and phenylenes: a systematic study

    Article • February 2007, SPIE

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  44. Organic Nanofibers from Chloride-Functionalizedp-Quaterphenylenes

    Article • Crystal Growth & Design, February 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  45. Bleaching and coating of organic nanofibers

    Article • Journal of Applied Physics, September 2006, American Institute of Physics

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  46. Nanofibers from methoxy functionalized para-phenylene molecules

    Article • Surface Science, September 2006, Elsevier

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  47. Tailoring of organic nanofiber growth for a new type of waveguides

    Article • February 2006, SPIE

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  48. Tailoring the growth of p-6P nanofibres using ultrathin Au layers: an organic–metal–dielectric model system

    Article • Nanotechnology, January 2006, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  49. Gain amplification and lasing properties of individual organic nanofibers

    Article • Applied Physics Letters, January 2006, American Institute of Physics

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  50. One-Dimensional Random Lasing in a Single Organic Nanofiber

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, November 2005, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  51. Two-photon near-field mapping of local molecular orientations in hexaphenyl nanofibers

    Article • Laser Physics Letters, October 2005, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  52. Epitaxy vs. dipole assisted growth for organic oligomer nanoaggregates

    Article • August 2005, SPIE

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  53. Nanofibers made to order: free floating, transferred and gel-packed organic nanoaggregates

    Article • August 2005, SPIE

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  54. Nanofibers from functionalized para-phenylene molecules

    Article • Applied Physics Letters, April 2005, American Institute of Physics

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  55. Nanoaggregates from oligothiophenes and oligophenylenes: a systematic growth survey

    Article • April 2005, SPIE

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  56. UV laser cutting of organic nanofibers

    Article • January 2005, SPIE

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  57. Optisch aktive Nanofasern: Selbstorganisierende organische Nanoaggregate

    Article • Physik in unserer Zeit, January 2005, Wiley

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  58. Laseranwendungen

    Article • January 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  59. Laser für die Oberflächenbearbeitung

    Article • January 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  60. Laser-Oberflächen-Wechselwirkungen: Grundlagen

    Article • January 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  61. Optische Charakterisierung und Spektroskopie der Oberfläche

    Article • January 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  62. Harte Oberflächen

    Article • January 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  63. Strukturierung auf und unter der Oberfläche

    Article • January 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  64. Laser-Oberflächen-Medizin

    Article • January 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  65. Lösungen zu den Aufgaben

    Article • January 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  66. Weiche Oberflächen

    Article • January 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  67. Laser-Oberflächen-Wechselwirkungen: ultrakurze Pulse

    Article • January 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  68. Growth Control and Optics of Organic Nanoaggregates

    Article • Advanced Functional Materials, January 2005, Wiley

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  69. Organic Nanoaggregates: A Window to Submicron Optics

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, March 2004, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  70. Chain-length dependent para-phenylene film- and needle-growth on dielectrics

    Article • Surface Science, January 2004, Elsevier

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  71. Optical Engineering: Optically Active Organic Nanoaggregates

    Article • Optics and Photonics News, December 2003, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  72. Optically Active Organic Microrings

    Article • Nano Letters, September 2003, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  73. Nanofibers for linear and nonlinear photonics

    Article • June 2003, SPIE

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  74. Organic nanofibers: a new window to optics of ultrasmall aggregates

    Article • April 2003, SPIE

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  75. Optical waveguiding in individual nanometer-scale organic fibers

    Article • March 2003, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  76. Analysis of nanostructured blue light-emitting p-6P films on mica

    Article • March 2003, SPIE

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  77. Isolated hexaphenyl nanofibers as optical waveguides

    Article • Applied Physics Letters, January 2003, American Institute of Physics

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  78. Nonlinear optics of hexaphenyl nanofibers

    Article • Chemical Physics Letters, January 2003, Elsevier

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  79. Continuous and discontinuous growth of single crystalline light-emitting films on mica

    Article • November 2002, SPIE

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  80. Laser-controlled Growth of Needle-shaped Organic Nanoaggregates

    Article • Nano Letters, July 2002, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  81. Novel structures and optics of p-phenylene thin films on dielectrics and metals

    Article • June 2002, SPIE

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  82. Growth of optically active p-phenylene needles on mica

    Article • Surface Science, June 2002, Elsevier

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  83. Structure and optical properties of ultrathin p-phenylene oligomer films on dielectrics

    Article • December 2001, SPIE

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  84. Dipole-assisted self-assembly of light-emitting p-nP needles on mica

    Article • Applied Physics Letters, December 2001, American Institute of Physics

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  85. N 2 Product Internal-State Distributions for the Steady-State Reactions of NO with H 2 and NH 3 on the Pt(100) Surface †

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, September 2001, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  86. Second-harmonic generation and shielding effects of alkali clusters on ultrathin organic films

    Article • Nanotechnology, May 2001, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  87. The growth of sodium rough films on mica(0 0 0 1) as determined by helium atom scattering

    Article • Applied Surface Science, March 2001, Elsevier

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  88. Interference effects in the optical second harmonic generation from ultrathin alkali films

    Article • Optics Communications, November 2000, Elsevier

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  89. Non-linear optically active metal clusters in nanoscaled systems including self-assembled organic films

    Article • Thin Solid Films, September 2000, Elsevier

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  90. Scattering of N2 from Ni(111)

    Article • Surface Science, July 2000, Elsevier

    Dr. Frank Balzer, Professor Richard N Zare

  91. UV laser ablation of ultrathin dielectric layers

    Article • July 1999, SPIE

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  92. Alkali cluster films on insulating substrates: comparison between scanning force microscopy and extinction data

    Article • Chemical Physics Letters, November 1998, Elsevier

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  93. An HAS study of laser irradiation of alkali-covered dielectrics

    Article • Surface Science, May 1998, Elsevier

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  94. Nonlinear optics of rough cluster films

    Article • April 1998, SPIE

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  95. Surface-induced changes of the optical response of particles in nanoscaled layered systems: a combined experimental and theoretical study

    Article • April 1998, SPIE

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  96. Frequency shifts and lifetime changes of sodium atoms near rough metal surfaces

    Article • Optics Letters, August 1997, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  97. Chain length dependence of the structure of alkane thiol films on Au(111)

    Article • Chemical Physics Letters, August 1997, Elsevier

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  98. Photodesorption of Na atoms from rough Na surfaces

    Article • The Journal of Chemical Physics, May 1997, American Institute of Physics

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  99. Size dependent optical second harmonic generation from surface bound Na clusters: comparison between experiment and theory

    Article • Optics Communications, February 1997, Elsevier

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  100. Influence of surface roughness on frequency shift and third-order nonlinear susceptibility of adsorbed particles

    Article • September 1995, SPIE

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  101. Third-order nonlinear optics of Na clusters bound to dielectric surfaces

    Article • Chemical Physics Letters, May 1995, Elsevier

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  102. Size effects and determination of absolute temperature increases in laser heating of dielectrics

    Article • Chemical Physics Letters, February 1995, Elsevier

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  103. Dynamics of photodesorption of small particles bound to cluster surfaces

    Article • July 1994, SPIE

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  104. Real time observation of heat transfer along laser-irradiated dielectric surfaces

    Article • Surface Science, April 1994, Elsevier

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  105. Laser excited Na atoms near metallic and dielectric surfaces

    Article • Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena, December 1993, Elsevier

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  106. Kinetics of photo-induced dissociation of Na clusters deposited on Mica

    Article • Zeitschrift für Physik D, December 1993, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  107. Laser investigation of Na atoms deposited via inert spacer layers close to metal surfaces

    Article • The Journal of Chemical Physics, May 1993, American Institute of Physics

    Dr. Frank Balzer

  108. Growth of Oriented Organic Nanoaggregates via Molecular Beam Deposition

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Frank Balzer