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Timothy E. Patten
Professor

Email: patten@chem.ucdavis.edu
Phone:(530) 754-6181

B.A., La Salle University, 1989.
Department of Defense Graduate Fellowship, 1990-1993.
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1994.
Postdoctoral Associate, Colorado State University, 1994-1995.
Visiting Assistant Professor, Carnegie Mellon University, 1995-1996.
Appointed to faculty, UC Davis, 1996-.
National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 1998-2003.
UC Davis Faculty Development Award 1999-2000.
Ruth L. Kirschstein Senior NRSA Fellowship (NIH-NIBIB) 2005.

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Principal Research Interests
The development of methods to prepare well-defined polymeric materials. Current efforts include the self-assembly of hybrid polymer- inorganic nanoparticles, the preparation and characterization of polymer brushes, and the development of self-assembling polymer hydrogels for tissue engineering applications.
Representative Publications

Tan, L.; Ouyang, Z.; Liu, M.; Ell, J.; Hu, J.; Patten, T. E.; Liu, G.-Y. “High-Efficiency Stepwise Contraction and Adsorption Nanolithography.” J. Phys. Chem. B, 2006, 10, 23315-23320.

Barber, S. M.; Costanzo, P. J.; Moore, N. W.; Patten, T. E.; Lancaster, K. S.; Lebrilla, C. B.; Kuhl, T. L. “Bilateral, Difunctional Nanosphere Aggregates and Their Assembly Mediated by Polymer Chains.” J. Phys. Chem. A, 2006, 110, 4538-4542.

Costanzo, P. J.; Liang, E.; Patten, T. E.; Collins, S. D.; Smith, R. L. “Biomolecule Detection via Target Mediated Nanoparticle Aggregation and Dielectrophoretic Impedance Measurement (DEPIM).” Lab on a Chip, 2005, 5, 606-610.

Goodwin, J. M.; Olmstead, M. M.; Patten, T. E. “Identification and Characterization of Monoanionic Tripodal Tetradentate Ligand Complexes of Copper(I) and (II) Involved in Halogen Atom Transfer Reactions.” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2004, 126, 14352-14353.

Costanzo, P. J.; Patten, T. E.; Seery, T. A. P. “Protein-Substrate Mediated Aggregation of Nanoparticles: A Study of Synthesis and Assembly Mechanism.” Chem. Mater. 2004, 16, 1775-1785.

Farmer, S. C.; Patten, T. E. "Photoluminescent Polymer / Quantum Dot Composite Nanoparticles." Chem. Mater., 2001, 13, 3920-3926.

von Werne, T.; Patten, T. E. "ATRP from Nanoparticles: A Tool for the Preparation of Well-Defined Hybrid Nanostructures and for Understanding the Chemistry of Controlled / "Living" Radical Polymerizations from Surfaces." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2001, 123, 7497-7505.