Theresa M. McIntire

	Ph.D., UC Irvine, Physical Chemistry, 1997 B.S., Univ. Wisconsin, Madison, Chemistry 1989 Office: 949-824-5101 Lab: 949-824-2656 Fax: 949-824-2420 Email: "mcintire" at "uci.edu" University of California 371 Rowland Hall Mail Code: 2025 Irvine, CA 92697

The major focus of my research includes studies of reactions or interactions of self-assembled monolayers attached to silicon or gold substrates with atmospherically relevant gases and water. The goal of these experiments is to develop a detailed fundamental understanding of the chemistry of gases with organic surfaces. Using ATR-FTIR and scanning probe microscopic techniques, such as atomic force microscopy (AFM), the chemical and physical changes before and after reaction can be examined. Other AFM studies underway investigate aerosol morphology under various conditions, in collaboration with Michael Ezell and Yong Yu on a DOE-funded project. This project explores chemical and physical properties occurring on and in aerosol particles, in the presence and absence of organics, with and without photolysis.

A critical component of my work in AIRUCI has involved collaboration with scientists at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratories (PNNL) in Richland, WA. My work at PNNL focuses on investigations of unusual aggregates formed upon oxidation of alkene-termined SAMs. Several sets of experiments were conducted at PNNL in order to further understand these unusual reaction products using such techniques as Auger electron spectroscopy, Time-of-Flight secondary ion mass spectrometry, Raman and FTIR microscopy.

	PUBLICATIONS WITH AirUCI

Design and Structural Investigation of Proton Conducting Bridged Polysilsesquiquioxanes
M. Khiterer, D. A. Loy, C. J. Cornelius, C. H. Fujimoto, J. H. Small, T. M. McIntire, and K. J. Shea
In press at Chemistry of Materials

Interaction of gas-phase ozone at 296 K with unsaturated self-assembled monolayers: A new look at an old system
Y. Dubowski, J. Vieceli, D. J. Tobias, A. Gomez, A. Lin, S. A. Nizkorodov, T. M. McIntire and B. J. Finlayson-Pitts
Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2004, 108(47), 10473-10485.

Unusual aggregates from the oxidation of alkene self-assembled monolayers: a previously unrecognized mechanism for SAM ozonolysis?
T. M. McIntire, A. S. Lea, D. J. Gaspar, N. Jaitly, Y. Dubowski, Q. Q. Li and B. J. Finlayson-Pitts
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2005, 7(20), 3605-3609.

Atomic force microscopy of a hybrid high-molecular-weight glutenin subunit from a transgenic hexaploid wheat
T. M. McIntire, E. J. L. Lew, A. E. Adalsteins, A. Blechl, O. D. Anderson, D. A. Brant and D. D. Kasarda
Biopolymers 2005, 78(2), 53-61.

Substrate changes associated with the chemistry of self-assembled monolayers on silicon
T. M. McIntire, S. R. Smalley, J. T. Newberg, A. S. Lea, J. C. Hemminger and B. J. Finlayson-Pitts
Langmuir 2006, 22(13), 5617-5624.

Effect of stacking and redox state on optical absorption spectra of melanins-comparison of theoretical and experimental results
K. B. Stark, J. M. Gallas, G. W. Zajac, J. T. Golab, S. Gidanian, T. McIntire and P. J. Farmer
Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2005, 109(5), 1970-1977.

Virus electrodes for universal biodetection
L. M. C. Yang, P. Y. Tam, B. J. Murray, T. M. McIntire, C. M. Overstreet, G. A. Weiss and R. M. Penner
Analytical Chemistry 2006, 78(10), 3265-3270.