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Achyuta, A.K.H., Polikov, V.S.; White, A.J., Pryce Lewis, H.G.; and Murthy, S.K. "Biocompatibility Assessment of Insulating Silicone Polymer Coatings Using an in vitro Glial Scar Assay (p NA)". Macromolecular Bioscience, Published Online: May 25 2010.

Karnath, M.; Sheng, Q., White, A., and Muftu, S. "Frictional Characteristics of Ultra-Thin Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) Films Deposited by Hot Filament-Chemical Vapor Deposition (HFCVD)". Tribology Transactions, Submitted for publication, 2010.

Achyuta, A.K.H., White, A.J., Pryce Lewis, H.G.; and Murthy, S.K. "Incorporation of Linear Spacer Molecules in Vapor-Deposited Silicone Polymer Thin Films". Macromolecules, 2009, 42 (6), pp 1970–1978.

Pryce Lewis, H., Bansal, N.P., White, A.J., and Handy, E.S. "HWCVD of polymers: Commercialization and Scale-Up". Thin Solid Films 517 (2009) 3551–3554.

Handy, E. S., Sanderson, T.M., and Justice, R. S. 2009. "Electrically-Conductive Skins for Morphing UAVs," SAMPE Fall Technical Conference Proceedings: Global Material Technology: Soaring to New Horizons, Wichita , KS , October 19-22, 2009. Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering, CD-ROM—13 pp.

Thieme, M.; Blank, C.; Pereira de Oliveira, A.; Worch, H., Frenzel, R., Hohne, S., Simon, F., Pryce Lewis, H.G.; and White, A.J. "Superhydrophobic Aluminum Surfaces: Preparation Routes, Properties and Artificial Weathering Impact", in Contact Angle, Wettability and Adhesion, Vol. 6. Leiden , Koninklijke Brill NV: 2009. 251-267.

Karnath, M.A., White, A.J., and Muftu S. "Frictional characteristics of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) thin films deposited by hot filament-chemical vapor deposition (HFCVD)", Proceedings of the STLE/ASME International Joint Tribology Conference 2008 (2009), pp 5-7.

C. Blank, M. Thieme, V. Hein, H. Worch, T. Burkardt, R. Frenzel, S. Hohne, H. Pryce Lewis, A. J. White. "Superhydrophobic Aluminum Surfaces: Preparation Routes, Properties and Artificial Weathering Impact", Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Contact Angle, Wettability, and Adhesion, July 2008.

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