Bruce Garetz
Professor
General Information
Tel: 718.260.3287
Room: RH 612
Email: bgaretz@poly.edu

RECENT PUBLICATIONS
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F.M. Abuzaina, B.A. Garetz, A.J. Patel, M.C. Newstein, S.P. Gido, X. Hu and N.P. Balsara, “ Observation of Nematic Texture in a Diblock Copolymer Melt”, Macromolecules, in press, 2006.
- X. Sun, B.A. Garetz and A.S. Myerson, “Supersaturation and Polarization Dependence of Nonphotochemical Laser-Induced Nucleation in Supersaturated Aqueous Glycine”, Cryst. Growth Des. in press, 2006.
- J. Matic, X. Sun, B.A. Garetz and A.S. Myerson, “ Intensity, Wavelength, and Polarization Dependence of Nonphotochemical Laser-Induced Nucleation in Supersaturated Aqueous Urea Solutions”, Cryst. Growth Des. 5, 1565 (2005).
- F.M. Abuzaina, A.J. Patel, S. Mochrie, S. Narayanan, A.Sandy, B.A. Garetz, N.P. Balsara, “ Structure and Phase Behavior of Block Copolymer Melts near the Sphere-Cylinder Boundary” Macromolecules 38, 7090 (2005).
- B.A. Garetz, M.C. Newstein, J.D. Wilbur, A.J. Patel, D.A. Durkee, R. Segalman, J.A. Liddle, N.P. Balsara, “Grain Structure in Block Copolymer Thin Films Studied by Guided Wave Depolarized Light Scattering”, Macromolecules 38, 4282 (2005).
- X. Hu, S.P. Gido, T.P. Russell, H. Iatrou, N. Hadjichristidis, F.M. Abuzaina, B.A. Garetz, “Grain Growth Kinetics of AnBn Star Block Copolymers in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide”, Macromolecules 38, 4719 (2005).
- J.E. Aber, S. Arnold, B.A. Garetz and A.S. Myerson, “Strong dc electric field applied to supersaturated aqueous glycine solution induces nucleation of γ-polymorph”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 145503 (2005).
- X. Hu , Y. Zhu , S. P. Gido , T. P. Russell , H. Iatrou , N. Hadjichristidis , F. M. Abuzaina and B. A. Garetz, “The effect of molecular architecture on the grain growth kinetics of AnBn star block copolymers”, Faraday Discussions 128, 103, (2005).
- F.M. Abuzaina, B.A. Garetz, J.U. Mody, M.C. Newstein, N.P. Balsara, "Birefringence and Depolarized Light Scattering from Ordered Block Copolymers with Anisotropic Distributions of Grain Orientations Produced by Shear Flow", Macromolecules 37, 4185 (2004).
- K. Tang, M.M. Green, K.S. Cheon, J.V. Selinger and B.A. Garetz, "Chiral Conflict. The Effect of Temperature on the Helical Sense of a Polymer Controlled by the Competition between Structurally Different Enantiomers: From Dilute Solution to the Lyotropic Liquid Crystal State", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 125, 7313 (2003).
- B.A Garetz, J. Matic and A.S. Myerson, "Polarization switching of crystal structure in the non-photochemical light-induced nucleation of supersaturated aqueous glycine solutions", Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 175501 (2002).
- N.P. Balsara, C.M. Marques, B.A. Garetz, M.C. Newstein and S.P. Gido, "Anisotropy of lamellar block copolymer grains", Phys. Rev. E 66, 052802 (2002).
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.Y. Chang, F.M. Abuzaina, W.G. Kim, B.A. Garetz, M.C. Newstein, N.P. Balsara, L. Yang, S.P. Gido, R.E. Cohen, Y. Boontonkong and A. Bellare, "Analysis of grain structure in partially ordered block copolymers by depolarized light scattering and transmission electron microscopy", Macromolecules 35, 4437-4447 (2002).
- Z. Guo, J. Aber, B. Garetz and S. Kumar, "Pulse laser radiation transfer: Monte Carlo simulation and comparison with experiment", J. Quant. Spectr. Rad. Transfer 73, 159-168 (2002).
- H. Hahn, J.H. Lee, N.P. Balsara, B.A. Garetz, H. Watanabe, " Viscoelastic Properties of Aligned Block Copolymer Lamellae", Macromolecules 34, 8701-8709 (2001).
- W.G. Kim, B.A. Garetz, M.C. Newstein and N.P. Balsara, " Maximizing grain growth rate during the disorder-to-order transition in block copolymer melts", J. Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics Edition 39, 2231-2242 (2001).
- W.G. Kim, M.Y. Chang, B.A. Garetz, M.C. Newstein, N.P. Balsara, J.H. Lee, H. Hahn and S.S. Patel, " Effect of nucleation density on grain growth in quenched block copolymer melts", J. Chem. Phys. 114, 10196-10212 (2001).
- J. Zaccaro, J. Matic, A.S. Myerson and B.A. Garetz, " Non-photochemical laser-induced nucleation of supersaturated aqueous glycine produces unexpected γ-polymorph", Crystal Growth and Design 1, 5-8 (2001).
- H. Wang, M.C. Newstein, M.Y. Chang, N.P. Balsara and B.A. Garetz, " Birefringence and depolarized light scattering of an ordered block copolymer melt under shear flow", Macromolecules 33, 3719-3730 (2000).
- F.L. Beyer, C. Bueschl, S.P. Gido, H. Iatrou, D. Uhrig, J.W. Mays, M.Y. Chang, B.A. Garetz, N.P. Balsara and N.B. Tan, " Multiple-graft block copolymers with regularly spaced tetrafunctional branch points: morphology and grain structure", Macromolecules 33, 2039-2048 (2000).
- J.E. Aber, M.C. Newstein and B.A. Garetz, " Femtosecond Optical Kerr Effect Measurements in Silicate Glasses", J. Opt. Soc. Amer. B. 17, 120-127 (2000).
- H. Wang, M.C. Newstein, A. Krishnan, N.P. Balsara, B.A. Garetz, B. Hammouda, R. Krishnamoorti, " Ordering Kinetics and Alignment of Block Copolymer Lamellae Under Shear Flow", Macromolecules 32, 3695-3711 (1999).
- N.P. Balsara, B.A. Garetz, M.C. Newstein, B.J. Bauer and T.J. Prosa, " Evolution of Microstructure in the Liquid and Crystal Directions in a Quenched Block Copolymer Melt", Macromolecules 31, 7668-7675 (1998).
- N.P. Balsara, B.A. Garetz, M.Y. Chang, H.J. Dai, M.C. Newstein, J.L. Goveas, R. Krishnamoorti, S. Rai, " Identification of the Molecular Parameters that Govern Ordering Kinetics in a Block Copolymer Melt", Macromolecules 31, 5309‑5315 (1998).
- M.C. Newstein, B.A. Garetz, N.P. Balsara, M.Y. Chang and H.J. Dai, " Growth of Grains and Correlated Grain Clusters in a Block Copolymer Melt", Macromolecules 31, 64-76 (1998).
- H.J. Dai, N.P. Balsara, B.A. Garetz and M.C. Newstein, " Grain Growth and Defect Annihilation in Block Copolymers", Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 3677-3680 (1996).
- B.A. Garetz, J.E. Aber, N.L. Goddard, R.G. Young and A.S. Myerson, " Nonphotochemical, Polarization-Dependent, Laser-Induced Nucleation in Supersaturated Aqueous Urea Solutions", Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 3475-3476 (1996).
- B.A. Garetz, N.P. Balsara, H.J. Dai, M.C. Newstein, Z. Wang and B. Majumdar, " Orientation Correlations in Lamellar Block Copolymers", Macromolecules 29, 4675-4679 (1996).
- M.C. Newstein, B.A. Garetz, H.J. Dai and N.P. Balsara, " Small-Angle Light Scattering and Polarized-Light Microscopy from Block Copolymers with Cylindrical Morphology", Macromolecules 28, 4587-4597 (1995).
- M.M. Green, B.A. Garetz, B. Munoz, H.P. Chang, S. Hoke and R.G. Cooks, "Majority Rules in the Copolymerization of Mirror Image Polymers," J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 117, 4181-4183 (1995).
- N.P. Balsara, H.J. Dai, P.K. Kesani, B.A. Garetz and B. Hammouda, " Influence of Imperfections on the Disordering of Block Copolymer Cylinders", Macromolecules 27, 7406-7408 (1994).
- C. Kittrell, A.C. Le Floch and B.A. Garetz, " Analysis of the Two-Photon D1Δ-X1Σ+ Transition in CO: 2. Perturbations in the (8-0) Band," J. Phys. Chem. 97, 2221-2227 (1993).
- L. Carin, K. Agi, D. Kralj, K.M. Leung and B.A. Garetz, " Characterization of Layered Dielectrics with Short Electromagnetic Pulses," IEEE J. Quant. Electron. 29, 2141-2144 (1993).
- B.A. Garetz, M.C. Newstein, H.J. Dai, S.V. Jonnalagadda and N. Balsara, " Birefringence and Diffraction of Light in Ordered Block Copolymer Materials," Macromolecules 26, 3151-3155 (1993).
- Y. Hwang, B.A. Garetz and Y. Okamoto, " Second Harmonic Generation in Pure p-Nitroaniline and in Composites with Polystyrene by Flash Evaporation," Opt. Lett. 17, 487-489 (1992).
- C. Claude, B.A. Garetz, Y. Okamoto and S. Tripathy, " The Preparation and Characterization of Organically Modified Silicates that Exhibit Nonlinear Optical Properties," Materials Letters 14, 336-342 (1992).
- N. Balsara, B.A. Garetz and H.J. Dai, "Relationship Between Birefringence and the Structure of Ordered Block Copolymer Materials," Macromolecules 25, 6072-6074 (1992).
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