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Polymer Sensors: Design, Principles, and Biological Applications" Chapter 4, Pages 81–133, in Functional Supramolecular Architectures: for Organic Electronics and Nanotechnology Vol. 1 Samori, P.; Cacialli, F. (Eds.) Wiley-VCH: Weinheim
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Fennell, John F.; Liu, Sophie F.; Azzarelli, Joseph M.; Weis, Jonathan G.; Rochat, Sébastien; Mirica, Katherine A.; Ravnsbæk, Jens B.; Swager, Timothy M. (December 11, 2015). "Nanowire
Chemical/Biological Sensors: Status and a Roadmap for the Future".
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Tsui, Nicholas T.; Paraskos, Alex J.; Torun, Lokman; Swager, Timothy M.; Thomas, Edwin L. (March 31, 2006). "Minimization of
Internal Molecular Free Volume: A Mechanism for the Simultaneous Enhancement of Polymer Stiffness, Strength, and Ductility".
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experiments. A number of these enhancement agents are commercially available from DyNuPol Corp. Swager has published more than 500 peer reviewed manuscripts and has more than 100 issued patents. As of
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Electronics for Explosives Detection" pages 29–38 in Electronic Noses and Sensors for the Detection of Explosives, Gardner J.; Yinon, J., (Eds.) NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry,
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Explosives Using Amplified Fluorescent Polymers" pages 203–220 in Detection of Illicit Chemicals and Explosives; Oxley, J. C.; Marshall, M., (Eds.) Elsevier: New York,
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Swager, T. M.; Xu, B. "Liquid Crystalline Calixarenes" pages 389–398. in Calixarenes 50th Anniversary: Commemorative Issue Vicens, J.; Asfari, Z.; Harrowfeild, J. M. (Eds.) Kluwer Academic Publishers, Holland,
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Song, Changsik; Hu, Kan-Nian; Joo, Chan-Gyu; Swager, Timothy M.; Griffin, Robert G. (August 16, 2006). "TOTAPOL: A Biradical Polarizing Agent for Dynamic Nuclear Polarization Experiments in Aqueous Media".
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Collins, William R.; Lewandowski, Wiktor; Schmois, Ezequiel; Walish, Joseph; Swager, Timothy M. (August 8, 2011). "Claisen Rearrangement of Graphite Oxide: A Route to Covalently Functionalized Graphenes".
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Andrew, T. L.; Swager, T. M. "Exciton Transport through Conjugated Molecular Wires" in Charge and Exciton Transport through Molecular Wires Siebbeles, L. D. A.; Grozema, F. C. (Eds.) Wiley-VCH: Weinheim
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Swager, T. M. "Semiconducting Poly(arylene ethylene)s" pages 233–258 in Acetylene Chemistry: Chemistry, Biology, and Materials Science, Diederich, F.; Stang, P. J.; Tykwinski, R. R. (Eds.) Wiley-VCH 2005
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Serrette, Andre G.; Swager, Timothy M. (1993). "Controlling intermolecular associations with molecular superstructure: polar discotic linear chain phases".
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