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  1. Wnuk, J. D.; Gorham, J. M.; Smith, B. A.; Shin, M.; Fairbrother, D. H. Quantifying the flux and spatial distribution of atomic hydrogen generated by a thermal source using atomic force microscopy to measure the chemical erosion of highly ordered pyrolytic graphite. J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A, 25, 621-625. 2007.  
  2. Wang, D.-A.; Varghese, S.; Sharma, B.; Strehin, I.; Fermanian, S.; Gorham, J.; Fairbrother, D. H.; Cascio, B.; Elisseeff, J. H. Multifunctional chondroitin sulphate for cartilage tissue-biomaterial integration. Nature Materials, 6, 385-392. 2007.  
  3. Perry, C. C.; Faradzhev, N. S.; Madey, T. E.; Fairbrother, D. H. Electron Stimulated Reactions of Methyl Iodide Coadsorbed with Amporhous Solid Water. J. Chem. Phys., 126, 204701-204714. 2007.  
  4. Langley, L. A.; Fairbrother, D. H. Effect of Wet Chemical Treatments on the Distribution of Surface Oxides on Carbonaceous Materials. Carbon, 45, 47-54. 2007.  
  5. Gorham, J.; Wnuk, J.; Shin, M.; Fairbrother, D. H. Adsorption of Natural Organic Matter onto Carbonaceous Surfaces: an Atomic Force Microscopy Study. Environ. Sci. Technol., 41, 1238-1244. 2007.  
  6. Gorham, J.; Smith, B.; Fairbrother, D. H. Modification of Alkanethiolate Self Assembled Monolayers by Atomic Hydrogen: Influence of Alkyl Chain Length. J. Phys. Chem. B., 111, 374. 2007.  
  7. Langley, L. A.; Villanueva, D.; Fairbrother, D. H. Quantification of Surface Oxides on Carbonaceous Materials. Chem. Mater., 18, 169-178. 2006.  
  8. Cwiertney, D. M.; Bransfield, S. J.; Livi, K. J. T.; Fairbrother, D. H.; Roberts, A. L. Exploring the Influence of Granular Iron Metal Additives on 1,1,1-Trichloroethane Reductive Dehalogenation. Environ. Sci. Technol., 40, 6837. 2006.  
  9. Bransfield, S.; Cwiertney, D.; Roberts, A. L.; Fairbrother, D. H. Surface Characterization of Cu/Fe Bimetallic Reductants: The Influence of Cu Loading on 1,1,1-Trichloroethane Reduction. Eviron. Sci. Technol., 40, 1485-1490. 2006.  
  10. Vandencasteele, N.; Fairbrother, H.; Reniers, F. Selected Effect of the Ions and the Neutrals in the Plasma Treatment of PTFE Surfaces. An OES-AFM-Contact Angle and XPS Study. Plasma Processes Polym., 2, 493-500. 2005.  
  11. Gorham, J.; Torres, J.; Wolfe, G. M.; d'Agostino, A.; Fairbrother, D. H. Surface Reactions of Molecular and Atomic Oxygen with Carbon Phosphide Films. J. Phys. Chem., 109, 20379-20386. 2005.  
  12. Wagner, A. J.; Wolfe, G. M.; Fairbrother, D. H. Reaction of Atomic Oxygen with Semi-fluorinated and n-Alkanethiolate Self-Assembled Monolayers. J. Chem. Phys., 120, 3799-3810. 2004.  
  13. Perry, C. C.; Faradzhev, N. S.; Fairbrother, D. H.; Madey, T. E. Electron stimulated reactions of halogenated compounds in condensed phases: Effects of solvent matrices on reaction dynamics and kinetics. Int. Rev. Phys. Chem., 23, 289-340. 2004.  
  14. Grenier, A. C.; McGuire, M. M.; Fairbrother, D. H.; Roberts, A. L. Treatment of Vapor-Phase Organohalides with Zero-Valent Iron and Ni/Fe Reductants. Environ. Eng. Sci., 21, 421-435. 2004.  
  15. Faradzhev, N. S.; Perry, C. C.; Kusmierek, D. O.; Fairbrother, D. H.; Madey, T. E. Kinetics of electron-induced decomposition of CF2Cl2 co-adsorbed with water(ice): A comparison with CCl4. J. Chem. Phys., 121, 8547-8561. 2004.  
  16. Wagner, A. J.; Wolfe, G. M.; Fairbrother, D. H. Reactivity of Vapor Deposited Metal Atoms with Nitrogen-containing Polymers and Organic Surfaces Studied by in situ XPS. Appl. Surf. Sci., 219, 317-328. 2003.  
  17. Wagner, A. J.; Pitzko, J. M.; Heerden, D. V.; Fairbrother, D. H.; Weihs, T. P. Investigating the Reaction Path and Growth Kinetics in CuO(x)/Al Multilayer Foils. J. Appl. Phys., 94, 2923-2929. 2003.  
  18. Wagner, A. J.; Fairbrother, D. H.; Weihs, T. P. Sputter-deposition and characterization of paramelaconite. J. Mater. Res., 18, 1535-1542. 2003.  
  19. Wagner, A. J.; Fairbrother, D. H.; Reniers, F. A Comparison of PE Surfaces Modified by Plasma Generated Neutral Nitrogen Species and Nitrogen Ions. Plasmas Polym., 8, 119-134. 2003.  
  20. Torres, J. W.; Perry, C. C.; Fairbrother, D. H. Interaction of Chlorine Radicals with Polyethylene and Hydrocarbon Thin Films under Vacuum Conditions - A Comparison with Atomic Oxygen Reactivity. Surf. Sci., 543, 75-86. 2003.  
  21. Torres, J.; Perry, C. C.; Bransfield, S. J.; Fairbrother, D. H. Low-Temperature Oxidation of Nitrided Iron Surfaces. J. Phys. Chem., 107, 5558-5567. 2003.  
  22. Perry, C. C.; Wolfe, G. M.; Wagner, A. J.; Torres, J.; Faradzhev, N. S.; Madey, T. E.; Fairbrother, D. H. Chemical Reactions in CF2Cl2/Water (Ice) Films Induced by X-ray Radiation. J. Phys. Chem., 107, 12740-12751. 2003.  
  23. McGuire, M. M.; Kohn, T.; Carlson, D. L.; Langley, L.; Roberts, A. L.; Fairbrother, D. H. Applications of Surface Analysis in the Environmental Sciences: Dehalogenation of Chlorocarbons with Zero-Valent Iron and Iron-Containing Mineral Surfaces. Anal. Chim. Acta, 496, 301-313. 2003.  
  24. Kohn, T.; Kane, S. R.; Fairbrother, D. H.; Roberts, A. L. Investigation of the Inhibitory Effect of Silica on the Degradation of 1,1,1-Trichloroethane by Granular Iron. Environ. Sci. Technol., 37, 5806-5812. 2003.  
  25. Carlson, D. L.; McGuire, M. M.; Roberts, A. L.; Fairbrother, D. H. Influence of Surface Composition on the Kinetics of Alachlor Reduction by Iron Pyrite. Environ. Sci. Technol., 37, 2394-2399. 2003.  
  26. Wagner, A. J.; Vecitis, C.; Wolfe, G. M.; Perry, C. C.; Fairbrother, D. H. Effect of chemical composition on the neutral reaction products produced during electron beam irradiation of carbon tetrachloride/water (ice) film. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 4, 3806-3813. 2002.  
  27. Wagner, A. J.; Vecitis, C.; Fairbrother, D. H. Electron-Stimulated Chemical Reactions in Carbon Tetrachloride/Water (Ice) Films. J. Phys. Chem. B, 106, 4432-4440. 2002.
  28. Wagner, A. J.; Carlo, S. R.; Vaught, A. L.; Fairbrother, D. H. Effect of x-ray irradiation on the chemical and physical properties of a semifluorinated self-assembled monolayer. Langmuir, 18, 1542-1549. 2002.  
  29. Torres, J.; Perry, C. C.; Bransfield, S. J.; Fairbrother, D. H. Radical Reactions with Organic Thin Films: Chemical Interaction of Atomic Oxygen with an X-ray Modified Self-Assembled Monolayer. J. Phys. Chem., 106, 6265-6272. 2002.  
  30. Perry, C. C.; Wagner, A. J.; Fairbrother, D. H. Electron stimulated C-F bond breaking kinetics in fluorine-containing organic thin films. Chem. Phys., 280, 111-118. 2002.  
  31. Perry, C. C.; Torres, J.; Carlo, S. R.; Fairbrother, D. H. Reactivity of Cu with poly(tetrafluoroethylene) and poly(vinyl chloride): Effect of pre- and post-metallization modification on the metal/polymer interface. J. Vac. Sci. Technol., A, 20, 1690-1698. 2002. 
  32. Han, K.; Fairbrother, D. H. Surface nitridation of nickel using hydrazoic acid (HN3) and nitrogen ion implantation. Appl. Surf. Sci., 195, 229-235. 2002.  
  33. Carlo, S. R.; Perry, C. C.; Torres, J.; Wagner, A. J.; Vecitis, C.; Fairbrother, D. H. Surface reactions of vapor deposited Ti atoms with halogen and nitrogen containing polymers studied using in situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy. Appl. Surf. Sci., 195, 93-106. 2002.  
  34. Carlo, S. R.; Perry, C. C.; Torres, J.; Fairbrother, D. H. Metallization of poly(vinylchloride) by Fe, Ni, Cu, Ag, and Au. J. Vac. Sci. Technol., A, 20, 350-355. 2002.  
  35. Carlo, S. R.; Torres, J.; Fairbrother, D. H. Thermal and Electron-Induced Reactions of Hydrazoic Acid (HN3) Adsorbed on Gold and Ice. J. Phys. Chem. B, 105, 6148-6157. 2001.  
  36. Wagner, A. J.; Han, K.; Vaught, A. L.; Fairbrother, D. H. X-ray Induced Modification of Semifluorinated Organic Thin Films. J. Phys. Chem., 104, 3291-3297. 2000.  
  37. Carlo, S. R.; Wagner, A. J.; Fairbrother, D. H. Iron metalization of fluorinated organic films: a combined x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy study. J. Phys. Chem., 104, 6633-6641. 2000.  
  38. Fairbrother, D. H.; Wu, S.; Lipkowski, J. On the electrochemical adsorption of KBr on gold (100); a LEED-Auger study. Surf. Sci., 433-435, 12-16. 1999.