Research Interests:
Surface and
nanomaterials chemistry of metals, semiconductors and polymers.
Specific Research Projects (pdf format)
Teaching Interests/Philosophy:
Teaching can clearly accomplish some concrete goals, measured in test scores and course evaluations that appeal to those inclined to quantify and tabulate values. But there are also values of another sort, less quantifiable but no less important, such as the importance to science of its students retaining and nurturing their natural curiosity.
Selected Publications:
“Gold Oxide as a Protecting Group for Regioselective Surface Chemistry,” K.M. Cook and G.S. Ferguson, Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 12550-12552.
“Determination of the Wavelength-Dependent Refractive Index of a Gold-Oxide Thin Film,” K.M. Cook and G.S. Ferguson, J. Phys. Chem. C 2011, 115, 22976–22980.
“The Mechanism of Spontaneous Formation of Monolayers on Gold from Alkyl Thiosulfates,” R.J. Fealy, S.R. Ackerman, and G.S. Ferguson, Langmuir 2011, 27, 5371–5376.
“A Direct Route to Well-Defined, Chemically Diverse Electrode Arrays,” J.P. Labukas and G.S. Ferguson, Langmuir 2011, 27, 3219-3223.
“Electrochemically Directed Two-Component Monolayers on Gold,” J.P. Labukas and G.S. Ferguson, J. Mater. Res. 2011, 26, 262-267.
“Compatibility of ω-Functionality in the Electrochemically Directed Self-Assembly of Monolayers on Gold from Alkyl Thiosulfates,” J.P.Labukas, T.J.H. Drake, and G.S. Ferguson, Langmuir 2010, 26, 9497-9505.
“An Alternative Method for Fabricating Microcontact Printing Stamps,” G. Jing, J.P. Labukas, W.-Y. Zhang, S.F. Perry, S.-F. Lu, G.S. Ferguson, and S. Tatic-Lucic Microelectronic Engineering 2009, 86, 2334–2341.
“Does Water Swell the Ordered Domains in Polyelectrolyte/Clay Multilayers?” J.H. Rouse and G.S. Ferguson, Clays and Clay Minerals 2007, 55, 160-164.
“Novel Room-Temperature First-Level Packaging Process for Microscale Devices,” W.-Y. Zhang, J.P. Labukas , S. Tatic-Lucic, L. Larson, T. Bannuru, R.P. Vinci, and G.S. Ferguson, Sensors and Actuators A (Physical) 2005, 123-124, 646-465.
"A Method for Imaging Single Clay Platelets by Scanning Electron Microscopy," J. H. Rouse, S. T. White, and G.S. Ferguson, SCANNING 2004, 26, 131-134.
"Temperature-Actuated Changes in Wettability at Elastomer/Water Interfaces," S. Khongtong and G.S. Ferguson, Langmuir 2004, 20, 9992-10000.