Publications

2024

2023

Singh, S.K., Bu, W., Sun, P., Paige, M.F.; Mixing in Langmuir Monolayers: Perfluorotetradecanoic Acid and a Gemini Surfactant without a Linker, Langmuir, 2023, 39, 46, 16503-16512

Yeboah, A., & Paige, M. F.; Effect of perfluorotetradecanoic acid on the morphology of a photopolymerizable phospholipid monolayer at the air‐water interface; Journal of Surfactants and Detergents, 2023.

Valencia, H.; Yeboah, A.; Turita, S.; Muñoz, K. J.; Gaje, A. C.; Siva, C. R.; Paige, M. F.; Ponce, C. P.; Urea-choline chloride eutectic solvent-assisted synthesis of luminescent nitrogen-doped carbon dots from chitin and their photocatalytic application in decolourizing malachite green, Can. J. Chem. 00: 1–9 (2023)

2022

2021

Yan, C., & Paige, M.F.; Pattern formation in phase-separated Langmuir and Langmuir monolayer films. Langmuir, 2021, 37(28), 8357-8369.

Yeboah, A.; Sowah-Kuma, D.; Bu, W.; Paige, M.F.; Single-Molecule Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Phase-Separated 10,12-Pentacosadynoic Acid Films, Journal of Physical Chemistry B; (2021), 125(15), 3953-3962 (Published as part of The Journal of Physical Chemistry virtual special issue “W. E. Moerner Festschrift”.)

Sowah‐Kuma, D.; Rehman, J.; Yeboah, A.; Bu, W.; Yan, C.; Paige, M.F.; Iron Binding in an Ethylenediaminetetracetic Acid‐Based Gemini Surfactant Monolayer Film, Journal of Surfactants and detergents; 2021, 24(6), 897-907.

2019

Rehman, J.; Sowah-Kuma, D.; Stevens, A. L.; Paige, M. F.; Bu, W. Immiscible Anionic Gemini Surfactant-Perfluorinated Fatty Acid Langmuir Monolayer Films. Langmuir, 2019, 35 (32), 10551-10560.

Soleimaninejad, H.; Ghiggino, K. P.; Smith, T. A.; Paige, M. F.; Fluorescence anisotropy imaging of a polydiacetylene photopolymer film. Canadian Journal of Chemistry (special issue in honour of R.P. Steer), 2019, 97 (6), 422-429.

2018

Stevens, A.; Novakovic, S.; White, J.M.; Wong, W.H.; Smith, T.A.; Ghiggino, K.P.; Paige, M.F.; Steer, R.P.; Exciton dynamics in photoexcited pendant porphyrin polymers in solution and in thin films.  Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2018, 122(50), 9605-9614.

Sowah-Kuma, D.; Fransishyn, K.M.; Cayabyab, C.; Martynowycz, M.W.; Kuzmenko, I.; Paige, M.F.  Molecular-level structure and packing in phase-separated arachidic acid-perfluorotetradecanoic acid monolayer films.  Langmuir, 2019, 34(36), 10673-10683.

Sowah-Kuma, D.; Paige, M.F.;  The influence of surfactant head group on miscibility in mixed hydrocarbon-perfluorocarbon monolayers. Colloids and Surfaces, A:  Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2018, 556, 157-166.

2017

Stevens, A.; Joshi, N.K.; Paige, M.F.; Steer, R.P.;  Photophysics of zinc porphyrin aggregates in dilute water-ethanol solutions.  Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2017, 121(49), 11180-11188.

Rehman, J.; Sowah-Kuma, D.; Stevens, A.L.; Bu, W.; Paige, M.F. Mixing behavior in binary anionic gemini surfactant-perfluorinated fatty acid Langmuir monolayers.  Langmuir, 2017, 33(39), 10205-10215.

Rautela, R.;  Joshi, N.K.; Novakovic, S.; Wong, W.W.; White, J.M.;Ghiggino, K.P.; Paige, M.F.; Steer, R.P.  Determinants of the efficiency of photon upconversion by triplet-triplet annihilation in the solid state: zinc porphyrin derivatives in PVA.  Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2017, 19(34), 23471-23482.

Araghi, H.Y.; Paige, M.F.  Insight into diacetylene photopolymerization in Langmuir-Blodgett films using simultaneous AFM and fluorescence microscopy imaging. Surface and Interface Analysis. 2017, 49(11), 1108-1114.

Paige, M.F.; Eftaiha, A. Phase-separated surfactant monolayers: Exploiting immiscibility of fluorocarbons and hydrocarbons to pattern interfaces. Advances in Colloid and Interface Science.  2017, 248, 129-146.

Rehman, J.; Ponce, C.P.; Younesi, H.A.; Paige, M.F. Cation binding properties of an anionic gemini surfactant monolayer. Colloids and Surfaces, A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 2017, 522, 536-543.

2016

Eftaiha, A.; Wanasundara, S.; Paige, M.F., Bowles, R.K.  Exploring the impact of tail polarity on the phase behavior of single component and mixed lipid monolayers using a MARTINI coarse-grained force field.  Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 2016, 120, 7641-7651.

Rehman, J.; Araghi, H. Y.; He, A.; Paige, M. F., Morphology and Composition of Structured, Phase-Separated Behenic Acid-Perfluorotetradecanoic Acid Monolayer Films. Langmuir 2016, 32, (21), 5341-5349.

Joshi, N. K.; Polgar, A. M.; Steer, R. P.; Paige, M. F., White light generation using Forster resonance energy transfer between 3-hydroxyisoquinoline and Nile Red. Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. 2016, 15, (5), 609-617.

2015

Wang, J.; Goh, J. B.; Goh, M. C.; Giri, N. K.; Paige, M. F. White/blue-emitting, water-dispersible CdSe quantum dots prepared by counter ion-induced polymer collapse. Opt. Mater. 2015, 47, 420-427.

Ponce, C. P.; Araghi, H. Y.; Joshi, N. K.; Steer, R. P.; Paige, M. F. Spectroscopic and Structural Studies of a Surface Active Porphyrin in Solution and in Langmuir-Blodgett Films. Langmuir 2015, 31 (50), 13590-13599.

Eftaiha, A. F.; Tremblay, M.-L.; Rainey, J. K.; Paige, M. F. The effect of perfluorooctadecanoic acid on a model phosphatidylcholine-peptide pulmonary lung surfactant mixture. J. Fluorine Chem. 2015, 177, 55-61.

2014

Giri, N. K.; Ponce, C. P.; Steer, R. P.; Paige, M. F. Homomolecular non-coherent photon upconversion by triplet-triplet annihilation using a zinc porphyrin on wide bandgap semiconductors. Chem. Phys. Lett. 2014, 598, 17-22.

Giri, N. K.; Banerjee, A.; Scott, R. W. J.; Paige, M. F.; Steer, R. P. Spectroscopic and photophysical study of the demetallation of a zinc porphyrin and the aggregation of its free base in a tetraalkylphosphonium ionic liquid. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2014, 16 (47), 26252-60.

Araghi, H. Y.; Giri, N. K.; Paige, M. F. Polarized fluorescence microscopy analysis of patterned, polymerized perfluorotetradecanoic acid-pentacosadiynoic acid thin films. Spectrochim. Acta, Part A 2014, 129, 339-344.

2013

Sugunan, S. K.; Greenwald, C.; Paige, M. F.; Steer, R. P. Efficiency of Noncoherent Photon Upconversion by Triplet-Triplet Annihilation: The C60 Plus Anthanthrene System and the Importance of Tuning the Triplet Energies. J. Phys. Chem. A 2013, 117 (26), 5419-5427.

Ponce, C. P.; Steer, R. P.; Paige, M. F. Photophysics and halide quenching of a cationic metalloporphyrin in water. Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. 2013, 12 (6), 1079-1085.

Harvey, P. D.; Bregier, F.; Aly, S. M.; Szmytkowski, J.; Paige, M. F.; Steer, R. P. Dendron to Central Core S1-S1 and S2-Sn (n >1) Energy Transfers in Artificial Special Pairs Containing Dendrimers with Limited Numbers of Conformations. Chem. - Eur. J. 2013, 19 (13), 4352-4368.

Ghiggino, K. P.; Giri, N. K.; Hanrieder, J.; Martell, J. D.; Muller, J.; Paige, M. F.; Robotham, B.; Szmytkowski, J.; Steer, R. P. Photophysics of Soret-Excited Tin(IV) Porphyrins in Solution. J. Phys. Chem. A 2013, 117 (33), 7833-7840.

Araghi, H. Y.; Paige, M. F. The effect of perfluorotetradecanoic acid on the structure of photopolymerized 10,12-pentacosadiynoic acid films at the air-water interface. Can. J. Chem. 2013, 91 (11), 1130-1138.

2012

Eftaiha, A. F.; Paige, M. F. Phase-separation of mixed surfactant monolayers: A comparison of film morphology at the solid-air and liquid-air interfaces. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2012, 380 (1), 105-112.

Eftaiha, A. F.; Brunet, S. M. K.; Paige, M. F. Thermodynamic and structural characterization of a mixed perfluorocarbon-phospholipid ternary monolayer surfactant system. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2012, 368 (1), 356-365.

Eftaiha, A. F.; Brunet, S. M. K.; Paige, M. F. Influence of Film Composition on the Morphology, Mechanical Properties, and Surfactant Recovery of Phase-Separated Phospholipid-Perfluorinated Fatty Acid Mixed Monolayers. Langmuir 2012, 28 (43), 15150-15159.

2011

Szmytkowski, J.; Brunet, S. M. K.; Tripathy, U.; O'Brien, J. A.; Paige, M. F.; Steer, R. P. Photophysics and halide quenching of Soret-excited ZnTPPS4- in aqueous media. Chem. Phys. Lett. 2011, 501 (4-6), 278-282.

Sugunan, S. K.; Robotham, B.; Sloan, R. P.; Szmytkowski, J.; Ghiggino, K. P.; Paige, M. F.; Steer, R. P. Photophysics of untethered ZnTPP-fullerene complexes in solution. J. Phys. Chem. A 2011, 115 (44), 12217-12227.

Sugunan, S. K.; Paige, M. F.; Steer, R. P. Determination of oxygen permeabilities in thin polymer films using quenching of upconverted fluorescence in porphyrins. Can. J. Chem. 2011, 89 (2), 195-202.

O'Brien, J. A.; Lu, Y.; Hooley, E. N.; Ghiggino, K. P.; Steer, R. P.; Paige, M. F. Aggregation of zinc tetraphenylporphyrin characterized by ensemble and single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy. Can. J. Chem. 2011, 89 (2), 122-129.

Lu, Y.; Porterfield, R.; Thunder, T.; Paige, M. F. An ensemble and single-molecule fluorescence microscopy investigation of phase-separated monolayer films stained with Nile Red. Spectrochim. Acta, Part A 2011, 78A (1), 216-223.

Eftaiha, A. F.; Paige, M. F. The influence of salinity on surfactant miscibility in mixed dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine-perfluorooctadecanoic acid monolayer films. J Colloid Interface Sci 2011, 353 (1), 210-9.

Christensen, S. L.; Haines, B. M.; Lanke, U. D.; Paige, M. F.; Urquhart, S. G. Partial secondary electron-yield NEXAFS spectromicroscopy with an energy-filtered X-PEEM. IBM J. Res. Dev. 2011, 55 (4), 5/1-5/6.

Araghi, H. Y.; Paige, M. F. Deposition and Photopolymerization of Phase-Separated Perfluorotetradecanoic Acid-10,12-Pentacosadiynoic Acid Langmuir-Blodgett Monolayer Films. Langmuir 2011, 27 (17), 10657-10665.

Szmytkowski, J.; Bond, T.; Paige, M. F.; Scott, R. W. J.; Steer, R. P. Spectroscopic and Photophysical Properties of ZnTPP in a Room Temperature Ionic Liquid. J. Phys. Chem. A 2010, 114 (43), 11471-11476.

Lu, Y.; Dasog, M.; Leontowich, A. F. G.; Scott, R. W. J.; Paige, M. F. Fluorescently Labeled Gold Nanoparticles with Minimal Fluorescence Quenching. J. Phys. Chem. C 2010, 114 (41), 17446-17454.

Hao, X.-T.; Chan, N. Y.; Heck, C.; Tanigaki, N.; Paige, M. F.; Dunstan, D. E.; Smith, T. A. "Log-Rolling" Alignment in Friction-Transferred Light-Emitting Conjugated Polymer Thin Films. Macromolecules (Washington, DC, U. S.) 2010, 43 (24), 10475-10480.

Eftaiha, A. F.; Paige, M. F. The influence of salinity on surfactant miscibility in mixed dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine - perfluorooctadecanoic acid monolayer films. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2010, 353 (1), 210-219.

Sugunan, S. K.; Tripathy, U.; Brunet, S. M. K.; Paige, M. F.; Steer, R. P. Mechanisms of Low-Power Noncoherent Photon Upconversion in Metalloporphyrin-Organic Blue Emitter Systems in Solution. J. Phys. Chem. A 2009, 113 (30), 8548-8556.

Shi, C.; Paige, M. F.; Maley, J.; Loewen, M. C. In vitro characterization of ligand-induced oligomerization of the S. cerevisiae G-protein coupled receptor, Ste2p. Biochim. Biophys. Acta, Gen. Subj. 2009, 1790 (1), 1-7.

Qaqish, S. E.; Urquhart, S. G.; Lanke, U.; Brunet, S. M. K.; Paige, M. F. Phase Separation of Palmitic Acid and Perfluorooctadecanoic Acid in Mixed Langmuir-Blodgett Monolayer Films. Langmuir 2009, 25 (13), 7401-7409.

O'Brien, J. A.; Rallabandi, S.; Tripathy, U.; Paige, M. F.; Steer, R. P. Efficient S2 state production in ZnTPP-PMMA thin films by triplet-triplet annihilation: Evidence of solute aggregation in photon upconversion systems. Chem. Phys. Lett. 2009, 475 (4-6), 220-222.

Qaqish, S. E.; Paige, M. F. Rippled domain formation in phase-separated mixed Langmuir-Blodgett films. Langmuir 2008, 24 (12), 6146-6153.

Qaqish, S. E.; Paige, M. F. Characterization of domain growth kinetics in a mixed perfluorocarbon-hydrocarbon Langmuir-Blodgett monolayer. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2008, 325 (1), 290-293.

Paige, M. F. Handbook of Molecular Force Spectroscopy edited by Aleksandr Noy. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130 (26), 8565.

Lu, Y.; Bowles, R. K.; Paige, M. F. Dual-polarization imaging of a dual-fluorophore ion sensor: a single-molecule study. ChemPhysChem 2008, 9 (13), 1947-1953.

Dasog, M.; Kavianpour, A.; Paige, M. F.; Kraatz, H.-B.; Scott, R. W. J. Chemical functionalization and modification of surface-bound cystamine-glycine monolayers on gold nanoparticles. Can. J. Chem. 2008, 86 (5), 368-375.

Christensen, S.; Lanke, U. D.; Haines, B.; Qaqish, S. E.; Paige, M. F.; Urquhart, S. G. Structural and compositional mapping of a phase-separated Langmuir-Blodgett monolayer by X-ray photoelectron emission microscopy. J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom. 2008, 162 (3), 107-114.

Valiani, J.; Paige, M. F. Investigation of the operating mechanism of a diffraction-based sensor. Proc. SPIE-Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 2007, 6447 (Nanoscale Imaging, Spectroscopy, Sensing, and Actuation for Biomedical Applications IV), 64470M/1-64470M/6.

Qaqish, S. E.; Paige, M. F. Structural and Compositional Mapping of a Phase-Separated Langmuir-Blodgett Monolayer by Atomic Force Microscopy. Langmuir 2007, 23 (5), 2582-2587. 

Qaqish, S. E.; Paige, M. F. Mechanistic Insight into Domain Formation and Growth in a Phase-Separated Langmuir-Blodgett Monolayer. Langmuir 2007, 23 (20), 10088-10094.

Pedersen, D. B.; Wang, S.; Paige, M. F.; Leontowich, A. F. G. Exploiting Near-Field Coupling between Closely Spaced, Gas-Phase, 10 ± 5 nm Ag Nanoparticles Deposited on NaCl To Observe the Quadrupolar Surface Plasmon Absorption. J. Phys. Chem. C 2007, 111 (15), 5592-5598.

Lu, Y.; Paige, M. F. An Ensemble and Single-molecule Fluorescence Spectroscopy Investigation of Calcium Green 1, a Calcium-ion Sensor. J. Fluoresc. 2007, 17 (6), 739-748.

Bagh, S.; Paige, M. F. Ensemble and single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy of a calcium-ion indicator dye. J. Phys. Chem. A 2006, 110 (22), 7057-7066.

Bagh, S.; Paige, M. F. Construction and application of a single-molecule fluorescence microscope. Can. J. Chem. 2005, 83 (5), 435-442.

Fiori, P. T.; Paige, M. F. Detection of enzymatic activity by means of a diffraction-based biosensor. Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 2004, 380 (2), 339-342.

Paige, M. F. A comparison of atomic force microscope friction and phase imaging for the characterization of an immiscible polystyrene/poly(methyl methacrylate) blend film. Polymer 2003, 44 (20), 6345-6352.

Paige, M. F.; Lin, A. C.; Goh, M. C. Real-time enzymatic biodegradation of collagen fibrils monitored by atomic force microscopy. Int. Biodeterior. Biodegrad. 2002, 50 (1), 1-10.

Paige, M. F.; Fromm, D. P.; Moerner, W. E. Biomolecular applications of single-molecule measurements: kinetics and dynamics of a single-enzyme reaction. Proc. SPIE-Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 2002, 4634 (Methods for Ultrasensitive Detection II), 92-103.

Paige, M. F.; Rainey, J. K.; Goh, M. C. A study of fibrous long spacing collagen ultrastructure and assembly by atomic force microscopy. Micron 2001, 32 (3), 341-53.

Paige, M. F.; Goh, M. C. Ultrastructure and assembly of segmental long spacing collagen studied by atomic force microscopy. Micron 2001, 32 (3), 355-61.

Paige, M. F.; Bjerneld, E. J.; Moerner, W. E. A comparison of through-the-objective total internal reflection microscopy and epi-fluorescence microscopy for single-molecule fluorescence imaging. Single Mol. 2001, 2 (3), 191-201.

Paige, M. F.; Rainey, J. K.; Goh, M. C. A study of fibrous long spacing collagen ultrastructure and assembly by atomic force microscopy. Micron 2000, 32 (3), 341-353.

Paige, M. F.; Goh, M. C. Ultrastructure and assembly of segmental long spacing collagen studied by atomic force microscopy. Micron 2000, 32 (3), 355-361.

Paige, M. F.; Rainey, J. K.; Goh, M. C. Fibrous long spacing collagen ultrastructure elucidated by atomic force microscopy. Biophys. J. 1998, 74 (6), 3211-3216.

Goh, M. C.; Paige, M. F.; Gale, M. A.; Yadegari, I.; Edirisinghe, M.; Strzelczyk, J. Fibril formation in collagen. Physica A (Amsterdam) 1997, 239 (1-3), 95-102.