Christopher L. Soles, 2020

Christopher L. Soles, Ph. D.

Leader, Functional Polymers Group

Materials Science and Engineering Division

National Institute of Standards and Technology

100 Bureau Drive, MS 8542

Gaithersburg, MD 20899

csoles@nist.gov

Office: (301) 975-8087

Cell: (240) 277-7177

Google Scholar Link

Education

1998 Ph.D., University of Michigan, Materials Science and Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI

1993 B.S., University of Michigan, Materials Science and Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI

1993 B.S., University of Michigan, Mechanical and Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI

Professional Experience

2007-present National Institute of Standards and Technology, Group Leader, Functional Polymers Group, Materials Science & 

Engineering Division, Gaithersburg, MD

Direct a dynamic team of research scientists developing measurement solutions that facilitate U.S. innovation and industrial 

competitiveness in the development and use of polymeric and organic materials related to:

• Polymer membranes for ion transport, electrochemical energy storage and water filtration

• Materials and processes for semiconductor electronics manufacturing

• Printed and flexible electronics

• Polymer composites and mechanics

Responsibilities include strategic planning for a $3M per year research group, directing the research of approximately 25 Ph D 

level scientists, mentoring and career development for both senior NIST scientists and postdoctoral fellows, proposal writing, 

reporting to other agency funding sources, refereeing peer reviewed journals, and establishing and maintaining collaborations

with academic and industrial partners.

2004-2007 National Institute of Standards and Technology, Project Leader, Nanostructured Materials Group, Polymers

Division, Gaithersburg, MD

Work with industry, academia, and government agencies on fundamental measurement issues that will facilitate nanoimprint 

lithography as an economically viable lithographic patterning technology.

• X-ray methods to accurately quantify the physical dimensions in nanopatterned materials

• Limitations of polymeric materials in high-resolution nanoimprint patterning

• Stresses and stability issues in nanoimprinted structures

• Patterning of functional materials by nanoimprint lithography

• Porosity measurements in patterned nanoporous low-k interlevel dielectric materials

Responsibilities include managing a research team of 7 people, mentoring 5 postdocs, proposal writing, reporting to other 

agency funding sources, refereeing peer reviewed journals, and establishing and maintaining collaborations with academic and 

industrial partners.

2001-2004 National Institute of Standards and Technology, Research Engineer, Electronics Materials Group, Polymers 

Division, Gaithersburg, MD

Develop critically needed high-resolution metrologies to address state-of-the-art scientific issues that potentially hinder new 

technologies & industries. Specific interests included:

• Deep UV lithography & fundamentals of polymers confined to molecularly thin films

• Porosity measurements in nanoporous low-k interlevel dielectric materials

• Mechanical properties of lithographically patterned nanostructures

• Preservation of biochemical activity in biomaterials & proteinaceous pharmaceuticals

• Role of dynamics in macromolecular systems

Responsibilities include managing laboratories, guest researchers, proposal writing, reporting to other agency funding 

sources, refereeing peer reviewed journals, and establishing and maintaining collaborations with academic and industrial 

partners.

1999-2001 National Institute of Standards and Technology, NRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Electronics Materials Group,

Polymers Division, Gaithersburg, MD

Obtained technical expertise with the following research areas and experimental tools:

• Physical properties of polymers in ultra-thin films and confined geometries

• Low frequency collective motions in macromolecules (proteins, polymers)

• Neutron scattering and reflectivity as both structural and dynamic probes

• Preserving biochemical activity in proteinaceous biomaterials & pharmaceuticals

• Structure-property relationships in silsesquioxane nano-composites
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Awards and Honors

2019 ACS Team Innovation Award (V. Prabhu, C. Soles, E. Lin, W.-l. Wu)

2018 Past Chair Award, Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering Division of the American Chemical Society

2017 Keynote Lecture, 1st Pan-American Polymer Conference (Sao Paulo, Brasil)

2016 Fellow, American Chemical Society

2011 Fellow, American Physical Society

2010 Arthur S. Flemming Award

2008 United States Department of Commerce Bronze Medal Award

2007 National Academy of Science delegate to the Japan-US Frontiers of Science (Kanagawa, Japan)

2007 Plenary Lecture for the Nanoprint & Nanoimprint Technology Conference (Paris, France)

2007 Invited speaker for the Polymers West Gordon Research Conference (Ventura, CA)

2006 United States Department of Commerce Silver Medal Award

2006 United States Department of Commerce Bronze Medal Award 

2006 Presidential Early Career Award for Science & Engineering (PECASE)

2006 National Academy of Engineering delegate to the Indo-US Frontiers of Engineering (Agra, India)

2005 Keynote lecture for the Semiconductor International Nanoimprint Lithography Webcast

2004 National Academy of Engineering delegate to the Frontiers of Engineering (Irvine, CA)

2002 NIST Sigma Xi “Best Poster” 

1999 NIST/National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship

1998 Horace H. Rackham Distinguished Dissertation Award nominee, University of Michigan

1997 Keynote Speaker at the Perkin Elmer Thermal Analysis Fall Seminar Series -Keynote Speaker

1997 University of Michigan, Macromolecular Science & Engineering 21st Symposium - “Outstanding Poster” 

1997 University of Michigan Grad-SWE Poster Contest - "Best Content Poster" 

1998 Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies Pre-Doctoral Fellow

1996 3M Scholar for Excellence in Research

1995 Departmental Scholarship for Top-Five GPA

1995 Top Rated Teaching Assistant in Materials Science Department

1995 Michigan Materials Society Most Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award

Professional Service

2108 Congressional Briefing, House Committee on Science and Technology - Composites for Infrastructure

2017 NIST - NextFlex Workshop on Databases for Flexible Hybrid Electronics (with Zach Trautt, Scott Miller)

2017 Co-organizer (with Juan de Pablo) - Epoxy Modeling Summit, University of Chicago (ChiMAD, ARL, NIST)

2017 Invited Participant, Advancing & Accelerating Materials Innovation: Opening New Frontiers (NSF Workshop)

2017 Invited Participant, Solving Scientific Challenges with Coherent Soft X-rays (ALS Berkeley Workshop)

2017 Chair, Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering Division of the American Chemical Society

2016 Invited Participant, NSF Workshop: Frontiers in Polymer Science and Engineering

2016-present Technical Council, NextFlex -America’s Flexible Hybrid Electronics Innovation in Manufacturing Institute

2016 Chair Elect, Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering Division of the American Chemical Society

2015 Subject Matter Expert & Selection Official, Flexible Hybrid Electronics Innovation in Manufacturing Institute

2015 Vice Chair, Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering Division of the American Chemical Society

2014 National Science Foundation, Panel Review (July)

2013-2014 Treasurer, Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering Division of the American Chemical Society

2013-present Industrial Advisory Board, UT Austin NASCENT Nanosystems Engineering Research Center (NSF)

2013 National Science Foundation, Panel Review (July)

2013 National Science Foundation, Panel Review (May)

2012-2013 American Physical Society Division of Polymer Physics, Fellow Committee

2012 Organizer, American Physical Society Division of Polymer Physics Short Course on “Industrial Polymer Physics”

2012 Organizer, Flexible Printed Electronics Metrology Workshop, Flex Tech Alliance, Gaithersburg, MD

2012 Organizer, US-Japan Workshop on “Advances in Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Materials,” Ann Arbor, MI

2011 Organizer, Nanofabrication Technologies for Roll-to-Roll Processing Workshop, Boston, MA

2010 American Physical Society Division of Polymer Physics, Membership Committee

2010 Organizer, Advanced Data Analysis and Modeling Tools for Scattering Methods Workshop, Gaithersburg, MD

2009 Guest Editor of J. Polym. Sci. Part B: Polym. Phys., APS-DPOLY Special Issue

2007-2010 Technical Program Chair, Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering Division of the American Chemical Society

2006-2012 Chair, Nanotechnology in Microlithography Panel, SPIE Advanced Lithography Conference

2001-2016 American Physical Society Division of Polymer Physics, March Meeting Abstract Sorter
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Mentoring and Teaching

Postdoctoral Research Fellows Current Affiliation

2020 Katherine Evan, NRC Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Berkeley NIST

2018 Amanda Souna, Postdoctoral Fellow, U Maryland NIST

2018 Marcos Hernandez-Reyes, NRC Postdoctoral Fellow, U Mass Amherst NIST

2018 Peter Beaucage, NRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell NIST

2017 Kanae Ito, Postdoctoral Fellow, Fukuoka University J-PARC

2017 Adam Burns, NRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Princeton Exxon Mobil Research

2014 Bradley Frieberg, NRC Postdoctoral Fellow, U Michigan General Motors Tech Center

2014 Jennifer Schaefer, NRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell Notre Dame (professor)

2013 Jacob Tarver, NRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Princeton NIST

2012 Jenny Kim, NRC Postdoctoral Fellow, U Michigan Corning

2010 Brandon Rowe, NRC Postdoctoral Fellow, UT Austin Dow

2010 Cheol Jeong, Seoul National University NIST

2010 Sangcheol Kim, UC Santa Barbara Motorola

2010 Ming Liu, U Michigan NC State

2009 Kenneth Kearns, NRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Wisconsin Dow

2009 Brendan O’Conner, NRC Postdoctoral Fellow, U Michigan NC State (professor)

2009 Scott Eastman, NRC Postdoctoral Fellow, U Mass Amherst United Tech Research Company

2009 Marla McConnell, NRC Postdoctoral Fellow, U Penn USPTO

2008 Jing Zhou, UC Berkeley Yale (research professor)

2008 Jae Hwan Sim, Seoul National University Dow

2008 Huagen Peng, U Michigan Sound Exchange

2006 Kyle Alvine, NRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Pacific Northwest National Lab

2005 Brian Okerberg, NRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Va Tech PP&G

2005 Yifu Ding, U Akron UC Boulder (professor)

2004 Hyun Wook Ro, Seoul National University PP&G

Graduate Students

2017 Jisoo Shin, University of Maryland U Maryland Ph D program

2010 Jihoon Kang, Seoul National University Samsung

2009 Sung Il Lee, Seoul National University LG Chem

2007 Manish Kulkarni, IIT Kanpur U Akron

2007 Whirang Cho, Seoul National University NIST

2004 Jennifer Liu, U Michigan UC Merced (professor)

Undergraduate Students

2002 Angel Fuentes, U Puerto Rico, NIST SURF program

2001 Ari Kay, UC Riverside, NIST SURF program

High School Students

2019 Jennifer Li, Richard Montgomery High School

2014 Candy Kuo, Montgomery County Public Schools U Maryland

2003 Michael Do, Howard County Public Schools

Patents

2013 R. M. Laine, C. L. Soles, D. J. Krug, H. W. Ro, V. N. Popova-Gueorguieva, Silsequioxane Derived Hard, Hyrophilic, and 

Thermally Stable Thin Films and Coatings for Tailorable Protective and Multi-Structured Surfaces and Interfaces, US 8,535,761 B2

2018 V. O. Oleshko, C. L. Soles, J. J. McClelland, Dry Prelithiation of Electrode Materials for Lithium Batteries and Capacitors by 

Controlled Dose Implantation of Lithium Ions, in progress with the NIST Technology Partnership Office.
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Publications

5,810 citations, h-index = 42

Book Chapters

1. X-ray Reflectivity as a Powerful Metrology to Characterize Pores in Low-k Dielectric Films, Christopher L. Soles, Hae-Jeong Lee, Ronald C. Hedden 

Da-wei Liu, Barry J. Bauer, and Wen-li Wu, in “Polymers for Micro- and Nanoelectronics” Ed. Q. Lin, R. A. Pearson, J. C. Hedrick, Oxford 

University Press, New York (2004) pg 209.

2. Utilizing Near Edge X-ray Absorption Fine Structure to Probe Interfacial Issues in Photolithography, Joseph L. Lenhart, Daniel A. Fischer, Sharadha 

Sambasivan, Eric K. Lin, Christopher L. Soles, Ronald L. Jones, Wen-li Wu, Dario L. Goldfarb, Marie Angelopolous, in “Polymers for 

Micro- and Nanoelectronics” Ed. Q. Lin, R. A. Pearson, J. C. Hedrick, Oxford University Press, New York (2004) pg 98.

3. Correlation of the Reaction Front with Roughness in Chemically Amplified Photoresists, Ronald L. Jones, Vivek M. Prabhu, Darío L. Goldfarb, Eric K. 

Lin, Christopher L. Soles, Joseph L. Lenhart, Wen-li Wu, and Marie Angelopoulos, in “Polymers for Micro- and Nanoelectronics” Ed. Q. 

Lin, R. A. Pearson, J. C. Hedrick, Oxford University Press, New York (2004) pg 86.

4. Pore Characterization in low-k Dielectric Films using X-ray Reflectivity: X-ray Porosimetry, C.L. Soles, H.J. Lee, E.K. Lin, and W.L. Wu, NIST 

Recommended Practice Guide, NIST Special Publication 960-13, July, 2004.

5. C.L. Soles, H.-J. Lee, B.D. Vogt, E.K. Lin, and W. Wu, "Structure Characterization of Nanoporous Interlevel Dielectric Thin Films With XRay and Neutron Radiation", in Dielectric Films for Advanced Microelectronics,Ed. Mikhail Baklanov, Martin Green, Karen Maex, John Wiley 

and Sons Publisher , West Sussex, England (2007) pg 100 -117.

6. Peng H, Nieuwendaal R, and Soles CL (2012) Polymer Dynamics in Constrained Geometries. In: Matyjaszewski K and Möller M (eds.) Polymer Science: A 

Comprehensive Reference, Vol 7, pp. 345–376. Amsterdam: Elsevier BV.

7. “Polyelectrolytes for Batteries and Fuel Cells,” edited by Kirt A. Page, Christopher Soles, and James Runt, ACS Symposium Series, Volume 

1096, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC (2012).

8. Inelastic Neutron Scattering on Polymer Electrolytes for Lithium-Ion Batteries, Hua-Gen Peng, Madhusudan Tyagi, Kirt A. Page, and Christopher L. 

Soles, in “Polymers for Energy Storage and Delivery: Polyelectrolytes for Batteries and Fuel Cells,” Chapter 5, 2012, pp 67-90, ACS

Symposium Series, Volume 1096. (peer reviewed book chapter)

9. Structure and Properties of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells at Interfaces, Sangcheol Kim, Kirt A. Page, and Christopher L. Soles, in “Polymers 

for Energy Storage and Delivery: Polyelectrolytes for Batteries and Fuel Cells,” Chapter 16, 2012, pp 267-281, ACS Symposium Series, 

Volume 1096 (peer reviewed book chapter)

Peer Reviewed Manuscripts

1. Effect of Limiting Chain Mobility on the Yielding and Crazing Behavior of Bisphenol-A Polycarbonate Derivatives, C. J. G. Plummer, C. L. Soles, C. Xiao, J. 

Wu, H.-H. Kausch, and A. F. Yee, Macromolecules, 28 (1995) 7157.

2. Density Fluctuations in Amorphous Systems: SAXS and PALS Results, L. David, G. Vigier, S. Etienne, A. Faivre, C. L. Soles, and A. F. Yee, Journal of 

Non-Crystalline Solids, 235-237 (1998) 383.

3. Highly Porous Polyhedral Silsesquioxane Polymers. Synthesis and Characterization, Chunxin Zhang, Florence Babonneau, Christian Bonhomme, 

Richard M. Laine, Christopher L. Soles, Hristo A. Hristov, and Albert F. Yee, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 120 (1998) 8380.

4. Contributions of the Nanovoid Structure to the Moisture Absorption Properties of Epoxy Resins, C. L. Soles, F. T. Chang, B. A. Bolan, H. A. Hristov, D. 

W. Gidley, and A. F. Yee, Journal of Polymer Science: Part B: Polymer Physics Edition, 36 (1998) 3035.

5. Contributions of the Nanovoid Structure to the Kinetics of Moisture Transport in Epoxy Resins, Christopher L. Soles, Fernando T. Chang, David W. 

Gidley, and Albert F. Yee, Journal of Polymer Science: Part B: Polymer Physics Edition, 38 (2000) 776.

6. A Molecular Model of Moisture Transport in Epoxy Resins, Christopher L. Soles and Albert F. Yee, Journal of Polymer Science: Part B: Polymer Physics 

Edition, 38 (2000) 792.
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7. C. L. Soles, E. K. Lin, W.-l. Wu, C. Zhang, and R. M. Laine, Structural Evolution of Silsesquioxane-based Organic/Inorganic Nanocomposite Networks, 

in “Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Materials”, edited by R. M. Laine, C. Sanchez, E. Giannelis, and C. J. Brinker (Mat. Res. Soc. Proc., San 

Francisco, CA), 628 (2000) CC4.2.1.

8. Correlations of the Boson Peak with Positron Annihilation in Series of Polycarbonate Copolymers, Christopher L. Soles, Robert M. Dimeo, Dan A. 

Neumann, Alexander Kisliuk, Alexei P. Sokolov, Jianwei Liu, Albert F. Yee, and Wen-li Wu, Macromolecules, 34, 4082 (2001).

9. Characterization of Thin and Ultrathin Polymer Resist Films, Dario L. Goldfarb, Qinghuang Lin, Marie Angelopoulos, Christopher L. Soles, Eric K. 

Lin, and Wen-Li Wu, Proc. SPIE, 4345, 335 (2001).

10. Incoherent Neutron Scattering and the Dynamics of Confined Polycarbonate Films, Christopher L. Soles, Jack F. Douglas, Wen-li Wu, and Robert M. 

Dimeo, Phys. Rev. Lett., 88, 7401 (2001).

11. Correlations of Positron Annihilation and other Dynamic Properties in Glass Forming Substances, Kia L. Ngai, Christopher L. Soles, Lirong Bao, and 

Albert F. Yee, Phys. Rev. Lett., 87 (2001) 5901.

12. Thin Film Confinement Effects on the Thermal Properties of Model Photoresist Polymers , Soles, C. L., Lin, E. K., Lenhart, J. L., Jones, R. L., Wu, W.-L., 

Goldfarb, D., and Angelopoulos, M., Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, 19 (2001) 2690.

13. Confinement Effects on the Spatial Extent of the Reaction Front in Ultrathin Chemically Amplified Resists Goldfarb, D. L., Angelopoulos, M., Lin, E. K., 

Jones, R. L., Soles, C. L., Lenhart, J. L., and Wu, W. L., Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, 19, 2699 (2001).

14. Measurement of the Spatial Evolution of the Deprotection Reaction Front with Nanometer Resolution using Neutron Reflectometry, E.K. Lin, C.L. Soles, D.L. 

Goldfarb, B.C. Trinque, S.D. Burns, R.L. Jones, J.L. Lenhart, M. Angelopoulos, C.G. Willson, S.K. Satija, and W.L. Wu, Proc. SPIE 4690, 

(2002).

15. Chain Conformation in Ultrathin Polymer Resists, R. L. Jones, F. W. Starr, C. L. Soles, E. K. Lin, J. L. Lenhart, W. L. Wu, D. L. Goldfarb, M. 

Angelopoulos, Proc. SPIE 4689, (2002).

16. Combinatorial Methodology to Discovering the Material Factors Controlling Resist Line Edge Roughness, Shape, and Critical Dimension, Lenhart, J. L., Jones, 

R. L., Lin, E. K., Soles, C. L., Wu, W. L., Goldfarb, D. L., and Angelopoulos, M. A, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B 20, (2002) 704.

17. Direct Measurement of the Reaction Front in Chemically Amplified Photoresists with Nanometer Resolution, E. K. Lin, C. L. Soles, D. L. Goldfarb, B. C. 

Trinque, S. D. Burns, R. L. Jones, J. L. Lenhart, W.-l. Wu, C. G. Willson, M. Angelopolous, S. K. Satija, Science 297, 372 (2002).

18. Influence of Solvent on Dynamics and Stability of a Protein, G. Caliskan, A. Kisliuk, A. M. Tsai, C. L. Soles and A. P. Sokolov, J. Non-Cryst. Solids 307-

310, 887 (2002).

19. Pore Size Distributions in Low-K Dielectric Thin Films from X-ray Porosimetry, H.-J. Lee, C. L. Soles, D.-w. Liu, B. J. Bauer and Wen-li Wu, J. Polym. 

Sci. B Polym. Phys. B 40, 2170 (2002).

20. A Broad Perspective on the Dynamics of Highly Confined Polymer Films, C.L. Soles, J.F. Douglas, W.L. Wu, H. Peng, and D.W. Gidley, in MRS 

Conference Proceedings, 710 (2002) DD 3.7.1.

21. Probing Surface and Bulk Chemistry in Resist Films Using NEXAFS, J.L. Lenhart, R.L. Jones, E.K. Lin, C.L. Soles, W.L. Wu, D.A. Fischer, S. 

Sambasivan, D.L. Goldfarb, and M. Angelopoulos, Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B 20 (2002) 2920.

22. Incoherent Neutron Scattering and the Dynamics of Thin Film Photoresist Polymers, Christopher L. Soles, Jack F. Douglas, Eric K. Lin, Joseph L. 

Lenhart, Ronald L. Jones, Wen-li Wu, Darío L. Goldfarb and Marie Angelopoulos, J. Appl. Phys. 93 (2003) 1978.

23. Incoherent Neutron Scattering as a Probe of the Dynamics in Molecularly Thin Polymer Films, C.L. Soles, J.F. Douglas, W.L. Wu, and R.M. Dimeo, 

Macromolecules 36, 373 (2003).

24. Protein Dynamics in Viscous Solvents, G. Caliskan, A. Kisliuk, A. M. Tsai, C. L. Soles, A. P. Sokolov, J. Chem. Phys. 118, 4230 (2003).

25. Structural Characterization of Methylsilsesquioxane-Based Porous Low-k using X-ray Porosimetry, H.J. Lee, C.L. Soles, D.W. Liu, B.J. Bauer, W.L. Wu, 

and E.K. Lin, International Interconnect Technology Conference (IITC) Proceeding, June, 2003, Burlingame, CA.

26. X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy to Probe Interfacial Issues in Photolithography, J.L. Lenhart, D.A. Fischer, S. Sambasivan, E.K. Lin, R.L. Jones, C.L. 

Soles, W.L. Wu, D.L. Goldfarb, and M. Angelopoulos, Proc. SPIE 5039, 343 (2003).

27. Polymer Dynamics and Diffusive Properties in Ultra-thin Photoresist Films, C.L. Soles, R.L. Jones, J.L. Lenhart, V.M. Prabhu, W.L. Wu, E.K. Lin, D.L. 

Goldfarb, and M. Angelopoulos, Proc. SPIE 5039, 366 (2003).

28. Polyelectrolyte Effects in Model Photoresis Developer Solutions: Roles of Base Concentration and Added Salts, V.M. Prabhu, R.L. Jones, E.K. Lin, C.L. 

Soles, W.L. Wu, D.L. Goldfarb, and M. Angelopoulos, Proc. SPIE 5039, 404 (2003).
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29. Deprotection Volume Characteristics and Line Edge Morphology in Chemically Amplified Resists, R.L. Jones, T.J. Hu, V.M. Prabhu, C.L. Soles, E.K. Lin, 

W.L. Wu, D.L. Goldfarb, M. Angelopoulos, B.C. Trinque, and C.G. Willson, Proc. SPIE 5039, 1031 (2003).

30. X-ray Reflectivity Porosimetry for the Characterization of Porous Low-k Dielectric Constant Thin Films, C.L. Soles, H.J. Lee, R.C. Hedden, D.W. Liu, B.J. 

Bauer, and W.L. Wu, in Characterization and Metrology for ULSI Technology 2003, ed. G. G. Seiler, A. C. Diebold, T. J. Shaffner, R. McDonald, S. 

Zollner, R. Khosla, E. M. Secula, AIP Conference Proceedings 683 (2003) 576.

31. Form of Deprotection in Chemically Amplified Resists, R.L. Jones, T.J. Hu, V.M. Prabhu, C.L. Soles, E.K. Lin, W.L. Wu, D.L. Goldfarb, and M. 

Angelopoulos, in Characterization and Metrology for ULSI Technology 2003, ed. G. G. Seiler, A. C. Diebold, T. J. Shaffner, R. McDonald, S. Zollner, 

R. Khosla, E. M. Secula, AIP Conference Proceedings 683 (2003) 429.

32. Measurement of Pore Size and Matrix Characteristics in Low-k Dielectrics by Neutron Contrast Variation, R.C. Hedden, H.J. Lee, B.J. Bauer, C.L. Soles, 

W.L. Wu, and E.K. Lin, in Characterization and Metrology for ULSI Technology 2003, ed. G. G. Seiler, A. C. Diebold, T. J. Shaffner, R. 

McDonald, S. Zollner, R. Khosla, E. M. Secula, AIP Conference Proceedings 683 (2003) 567.

33. Chemically Amplified Photoresists: Fundamental Properties and Limits of Applicability to Sub-100nm Lithography, D.L. Goldfarb, E.K. Lin, C.L. Soles, B.C. 

Trinque, S.D. Burns, R.L. Jones, J.L. Lenhart, M. Angelopoulos, C.G. Willson, S.K. Satija, and W.L. Wu, Microlithography World (2003) 

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34. Brillouin Scattering Studies of Polymeric Nanostructures, R. Hartschuh, Y. Ding, J. H. Roh, A. Kisliuk, A. P. Sokolov, C. L. Soles, W. L. Wu, and A. 

P. Mahorowala, Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 42 (2004) 1106.

35. Moisture Absorption and Absorption Kinetics in Polyelectrolyte Films: Influence of Film Thickness, B.D. Vogt, C.L. Soles, H.J. Lee, E.K. Lin, and W.L. 

Wu, Langmuir 20 (2004) 1453.

36. Structural characterization of porous low-k thin films prepared by different techniques by x-ray porosimetry, H.-J. Lee, C. L. Soles, D.-W. Liu, B. J. Bauer, E.

K. Lin, W.-l. Wu, J. Appl. Phys. 95 (2004) 2355.

37. Comparative Specular X-ray Reflectivity, Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy and Incoherent Neutron Scattering Measurements of the Dynamics in Thin 

Polycarbonate Film, C. L. Soles, J. F. Douglas, W.-l. Wu, H. Peng, D. W. Gidley, Macromolecules 37 (2004) 2890.

38. Unusual Expansion and Contraction in Ultra-Thin Glassy Polycarbonate Films, C. L. Soles, J. F. Douglas, W.-l. Wu, Macromolecules 37 (2004) 2901.

39. Fast Dynamics and the Stabilization of Proteins: Binary Glasses of Trehalose and Glycerol, M.T. Cicerone, C.L. Soles, Biophysical Journal 86 (2004) 3836.

40. Dynamics of Thin Polymer Films: Recent Insights from Incoherent Neutron Scattering, C. L. Soles, J. F. Douglas, W.-l. Wu, J. Polym. Sci. Part B: Polym. Phys. 

42 (2004) 3128.

41. Interfacial Effects on Moisture Absorption in Thin Polymer Films, B. D. Vogt, C. L. Soles, R. L. Jones, C. Y. Wang, E. K. Lin, W. L. Wu, S. K. Satija, 

D. L. Goldfarb, and M. Angelopoulos, Langmuir 20, (2004) 5285.

42. Structure Characterization of Porous Interlevel Dielectric Films, W. L. Wu, E. K. Lin, and C. L. Soles, FUTURE FAB International 17 (2004) 133.

43. Characterization of Pore Structure in a Nanoporous Low-Dielectric Constant Thin Film by Neutron Scattering Porosimetry and X-ray Porosimetry, R.C. 

Hedden, H.J. Lee, C.L. Soles, and B.J. Bauer, Langmuir 20 (2004) 6658.

44. Pore Size Distributions in Low-k Dielectric Thin Films from SANS Porosimetry, R. C. Hedden, H. J. Lee, C. L. Soles, and B. J. Bauer, Polymeric Materials: 

Science & Engineering 90 (2004) 494.

45. H.J. Lee, B.D. Vogt, C.L. Soles, D.W. Liu, B.J. Bauer, W.L. Wu, and E.K. Lin, "X-ray and Neutron Porosimetry as Powerful Methodologies 

for Determining Structural Characteristics of Porous Low-k Thin Films" in Proceedings of the International Interconnect Technology Conference

(IITC) 2004 Conference, June, 2004, San Francisco, CA, 7803-8308, pg 136

46. V.M. Prabhu, M.X. Wang, E.L. Jablonski, C.L. Soles, B.D. Vogt, R.L. Jones, E.K. Lin, W.L. Wu, D.L. Goldfarb, M. Angelopoulos, and H. Ito, 

"Dissolution Fundamentals in Model 248 nm and 157 nm Photoresists" in Advances in Imaging Materials and Processes, Proceedings of the 13th 

International Conference on Photopolymers, Mid-Hudson Section of Society of Plastics Engineers, Brookfield, CT (2004) pg 211.

47. C.L. Soles, B.D. Vogt, R.L. Jones, V.M. Prabhu, W.L. Wu, E.K. Lin, D.L. Goldfarb, and M. Angelopoulos, "Dynamics, Diffusion and 

Dissolution in Ultra Thin Photoresist Films" in Advances in Imaging Materials and Processes, Proceedings of the 13th International Conference 

on Photopolymers, Mid-Hudson Section of Society of Plastics Engineers, Brookfield, CT (2004) pg 221.

48. B.D. Vogt, C.L. Soles, V.M. Prabhu, R.L. Jones, W.L. Wu, Lin, E.K., D.L. Goldfarb, and M. Angelopoulos, "Effect of Moisture on Thin 

Lithographic Films" in Proceedings of the SPIE, February 2004, 5376-6, Santa Clara, CA.

49. Moisture absorption into ultrathin hydrophilic polymer films on different substrate surfaces, B. D. Vogt, C. L. Soles, H.-J. Lee, E. K. Lin, W.-l. Wu, 

Polymer 46 (2005) 1635.

50. Water immersion of model photoresists: Interfacial influences on water concentration and surface morphology, B. D. Vogt
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C. L. Soles, C.-Y. Wang, V. M. Prabhu, P. M. McGuiggan, J. F. Douglas, E. K. Lin, W.-l. Wu, S. K. Satija, D. L. Goldfarb, M. Angelopoulos, J. 

Microlith., Microfab., Microsyst., 4 (2005) 13003.

51. Control of Moisture at Buried Polymer/Alumina Interfaces through Substrate Surface Modification, B. D. Vogt, V. M. Prabhu, C. L. Soles, S. K. Satija, E. 

K. Lin, and W.-l. Wu, Langmuir 21 (2005) 2460.

52. Characterization of Ordered Mesoporous Silica Films Using Small-Angle Neutron Scattering and X-ray Porosimetry, B. D. Vogt, R. A. Pai, H.-J. Lee, R. C. 

Hedden, C. L. Soles, W.-l. Wu, E. K. Lin, B. J. Bauer, and J. J. Watkins, Chem. Matter. 17 (2005) 1398.

53. X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy to Probe Surface Composition and Surface Deprotection in Photoresist Films, J. L. Lenhart, D. A. Fischer, S. Sambasivan, E. 

K. Lin, R. L. Jones, C. L. Soles, W.-l. Wu, D. L. Goldfarb, M. Angelopoulos, Langmuir 21 (2005) 4007.

54. Pattern Fidelity in Nanoimprinted Films Using CD-SAXS, R.L. Jones, C.L. Soles, E.K. Lin, W. Hu, R.M. Reano, S.W. Pang, S.J. Weigand, D.T. 

Keane, and J.P. Quintana, Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 5751, 415 (2005).

55. High-Resolution Residual Layer Thickness Metrology using X-Ray Reflectivity, H.-J. Lee, C. L. Soles, H. W. Ro, D. R. Hines, R. L. Jones, E. K. Lin, & 

W.-l. Wu, Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 5751, 1203 (2005).

56. Acoustic Phonon Confinement in Polymeric Nanostructures: Elastic Properties Probed by Brillouin Light Scattering, R.D. Hartschuh, A. Kisliuk, V. 

Novikov, A.P. Sokolov, P.R. Heyliger, C.M. Flannery, W.L. Johnson, C.L. Soles, and W. Wu, Appl. Phys. Lett. 87 (2005) 173121.

57. Effect of Initial Resist Thickness on Residual Layer Thickness, H.-J. Lee, H.W. Ro, C.L. Soles, R.L. Jones, E.K. Lin, W. Wu, and D.R. Hines, J. Vac. Sci. 

Tech. B 23 (2005) 3023.

58. Nanoimprint Pattern Transfer Quality From Specular X-Ray Reflectivity, H.-J. Lee, C.L. Soles, H.W. Ro, D.R. Hines, R.L. Jones, E.K. Lin, and Wu. 

W.-l. Appl. Phys. Lett. 87 (2005) 263111.

59. Fast Dynamics as a Diagnostic for Excipients in Preservation of Dried Proteins, M. T. Cicerone, C. L. Soles, Z. Chowdhuri, M. J. Pikal, L. 

Chang, American Pharmaceutical Review, 8, 22 (2005).

60. Real-Time Shape Evolution of Nanoimprinted Polymer Structures During Thermal Annealing, R. L. Jones, T. Hu, C. L. Soles, E. K. Lin, R. M. Reano, S. 

W. Pang, D. M. Casa, Nano Letters 6 (2006) 1723.

61. Glass Transition of Miscible Binary Polymer-Polymer Thin Films, B. M. Bescancon, C. L. Soles, P. F. Green, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97 (2006) 057801.

62. Glass Dynamics and the Preservation of Proteins, C.L. Soles, A.M. Tsai, M.T Cicerone, in “Misbehaving Proteins: Protein (Mis)Folding, 

Aggregation, and Stability” Ed. R.M. Murphy & A.M. Tsai, Springer, New York, NY, 2006, pg 193-214.

63. Structural Characteristics of Methylsilsesquioxane Based Porous Low-k Thin Films Fabricated with Increasing Cross-linked Particle Porogen Loading, H.-J. 

Lee, C.L. Soles, D-W. Liu, B. J. Bauer, E. K. Lin, W.-l. Wu, J. Appl. Phys. 100, 064104 (2006).

64. Elastodynamic Characterization of Imprinted Nanolines, Ward L. Johnson, Colm M. Flannery, Sudook A, Kim, Roy Geiss, Paul R. Heyliger, Chris 

L. Soles, Walter Hu, and Stella W. Pang, Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 924, Z08-31 (2006)

65. Evidence for Internal Stresses Induced by Nanoimprint Lithography, Hyun Wook Ro, Yifu Ding, Hae-Jeong Lee, Daniel R. Hines, Ronald L. Jones, 

Eric K. Lin, Alamgir Karim, Wen-li Wu, & Christopher L. Soles, J. Vac. Sci. Tech. B 24, 2973 (2006).

66. Evidence for Internal Stresses Induced by Nanoimprint Lithography, Hyun Wook Ro, Yifu Ding, Hae-Jeong Lee, Daniel R. Hines, Ronald L. Jones, 

Eric K. Lin, Alamgir Karim, Wen-li Wu, & Christopher L. Soles, Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology, Volume 14, Issue 24, Dec 11 

(2006).

67. High Modulus Spin-On Organosilicate Glasses for Interlayer Dielectric Applications, H.W. Ro, K. Char, E.-C. Jeon, H.-J. Kim, D. Kwon, H.-J. Lee, J.K. 

Lee, H.W. Rhee, C.L. Soles, D.Y. Yoon, Advanced Materials 19, 705 (2007).

68. Crystallization of Poly(ethylene oxide) Patterned by Nanoimprint Lithography, Brian C. Okerberg, Christopher L. Soles, Jack F. Douglas, Hyun Wook 

Ro, Alamgir Karim, Daniel R. Hines, Macromolecules, 40, 2968 (2007).

69. Polymer Viscoelasticity and Residual Stress Effects on Nanoimprint Lithography, Yifu Ding, Hyun Wook Ro, Jack F. Douglas, Ronald L. Jones, Daniel 

R. Hines, Alamgir Karim, Christopher L. Soles, Advanced Materials, 19, 1377 (2007).

70. The Direct Patterning of Nanoporous Interlayer Dielectric Insulator Films by Nanoimprint Lithography, Hyun Wook Ro, Ronald L. Jones, Huagen Peng, 

Daniel R. Hines, Hae-Jeong Lee, Eric K. Lin, Alamgir Karim, Do Y. Yoon, David W. Gidley, Christopher L. Soles, Advanced Materials 19

(2007) 2919.

71. Relaxation Behavior of Polymer Structures Fabricated by Nanoimprint Lithography, Yifu Ding, Hyun Wook Ro, Thomas A. Germer, Jack F. Douglas, 

Brian C. Okerberg, Alamgir Karim, and Christopher L. Soles, ACS Nano, 1 (2007) 84.
Christopher L. Soles, 2020

72. Non Uniform Structural Degradation in Porous Organosilicate Films Exposed to Plasma, Etching and Ashing as Characterized by X-ray Porosimetry, HaeJeong Lee, Christopher L. Soles, Eric K. Lin, and Wen-li Wu, Youfan Liu, Applied Physics Letters, 91 (2007) 172908.

73. Self–Sealing of Nanoporous Low Dielectric Constant Patterns Fabricated by Nanoimprint Lithography, Hyun Wook Ro, Huagen Peng, Ken-ich Nihara, 

Hae-Jeong Lee, Eric K. Lin, Alamgir Karim, David W. Gidley, Hiroshi Jinai, Do Y. Yoon , and Christopher L. Soles, Advanced Materials 20

(2008) 1934.

74. Nanoimprint Lithography and the Role of Viscoelasticity in the Generation of Residual Stress in Model Polystyrene Pattern, Yifu Ding, Hyun Wook Ro, Kyle 

J. Alvine, Brian C. Okerberg, Jing Zhou, Jack F. Douglas, Alamgir Karim, and Christopher L. Soles, Advanced Functional Materials 18 (2008) 

1854.

75. Quantifying Changes in the Fast Dynamics of Mixtures by Dielectric Spectroscopy, Tatiana Psurek, Christopher L Soles, Kirt A Page, Marcus Cicerone, 

Jack Douglas, J. Phys. Chem. B, 112, 15980 (2008).

76. Nanoscale thermal-mechanical probe determination of ‘softening transitions’ in thin polymer films, Jing Zhou, Brian Berry, Jack F. Douglas, Alamgir 

Karim, Chad R. Snyder, and Christopher Soles, Nanotechnology, 19 (2008) 495703.

77. Nanoscale Polymer Processing, Christopher L Soles, Yifu Ding, Science, 332, 689 (2008).

78. Scatterometry for in-situ Measurement of Pattern Reflow in Nanoimprinted Polymers, Heather J. Patrick, Thomas A. Germer, Yifu Ding, Hyun Wook 

Ro, Lee J. Richter, and Christopher L. Soles, Applied Physics Letters, 93, 233105 (2008).

79. Effect of Porogen Molecular Architecture and Loading on Structure of Porous Thin Films, Hae-Jeong Lee, Christopher L. Soles, Bryan D. Vogt, Da-Wei 

Liu, Wen-li Wu, Eric K. Lin, Ho-Cheol Kim, Victor Y. Lee, Willi Volksen and Robert D. Miller, Chemistry of Materials, 20, 7390 (2008).

80. Competition Between Crystallization and Dewetting Fronts in Thin Polymer Films, Brian C. Okerberg, Brian C. Berry, Timothy R. Garvey, Jack F 

Douglas, Alamgir Karim, Christopher L. Soles, Soft Matter, 5, 562 (2009).

81. Dielectric Spectroscopy Investigation of Relaxations in C60 – Polyisoprene Nanocomposites, Y Ding, S Pawlus, AP Sokolov, JF Douglas, A Karim, CL 

Soles, Macromolecules, 42, 3201 (2009).

82. Low-Temperature Plasma-Assisted Nanotransfer Printing between Thermoplastic Polymers, DY Lee, DR Hines, CM Stafford, CL Soles, EK Lin, GS 

Oehrlein, Advanced Materials, 21 (2009) 2524–2529.

83. Small angle X-ray scattering measurements of spatial dependent linewidth in dense nanoline gratings, Wang CQ, Fu WE, Li B, Huang H, Soles CL, Lin EK, 

Wu WL, Ho PS, Cresswell MW, Thin Solid Films, 517, 5844 (2009).

84. Capillary Instability in Nanoimprinted Polymer Films, Kyle J. Alvine, Yifu Ding, Jack F. Douglas, Hyun W. Ro, Brian C. Okerberg, Alamgir Karim, 

and Christopher L. Soles, Soft Matter 5, 2913 (2009).

85. Impact of polymer modulus/chain mobility on water accumulation at polymer/metal oxide interfaces, Alper Karul, Kar Tean Tan, Christopher C. White, 

Donald L. Hunston, Steve T. Marshall, Bulent Akgun, Sushil K. Satija, Christopher L. Soles, Bryan D. Vogt, Polymer 50 (2009) 3234–3239.

86. Methodology for Quantitative Measurements of Multilayer Polymer Thin Films with IR Spectroscopic Ellipsometry, Kang SH, Prabhu VM, Soles CL, Lin 

EK, Wu WL, Macromolecules, 42 (2009) 5296-5302.

87. Glass Transition and Molecular Mobility in Polymer Thin Films, R Inoue, T Kanaya, K Nishida, I Tsukushi, MTF Telling, BJ Gabrys, M Tyagi, CL 

Soles, W-l Wu, Phys. Rev. E 80, 031802 (2009).

88. The Effect of Fluorosurfactant on Capillary Instabilities in Nanoimprinted Polymer Patterns, K. J. Alvine, Y. Ding, J. F. Douglas, H. W. Ro, B. C. 

Okerberg, A. Karim, K. A. Lavery, S. Lin-Gibson, C. L. Soles, J. Polym. Sci.: Part B: Polym. Phys. 47, 2591 (2009).

89. Elastic Constants and Dimensions of Imprinted Polymeric Nanolines Determined from Brillouin Light Scattering, WL Johnson, SA Kim, R. Geiss, CL Soles, 

C Wang, CM Stafford, W-l Wu, JM Torres, BD Vogt, PR Heyliger, Nanotechnology 21, 075703 (2010).

90. Novel Organosilicate Polymers for High Resolution E-Beam Lithography, JH Sim, SI Lee, HJ Lee, R Kasica, HM Kim, CL Soles, KB Kim, DY Yoon, 

Chemistry of Materials 22, 3021 (2010).

91. Architectural Effects on Acid Reaction-Diffusion Kinetics in Molecular Glass Photoresists, Jing Sha, Jin-Kyun Lee, Shuhui Kang, Vivek M. Prabhu, 

Christopher L. Soles, Peter V. Bonnesen and Christopher K. Ober, Chem. Mater., 2010, 22 (10), pp 3093–3098.

92. Structure−Property Relationships for Methylsilsesquioxanes, Hyun Wook Ro, Eun Su Park, Christopher L. Soles and Do Y. Yoon, Chem. Mater., 2010, 

22 (4), pp 1330–1339.

93. A facile method for the preferential alignment of mesochannels in silica films by solution flow, Whirang Cho, Taehee Kim, Kookheon Char, Christopher 

L. Soles, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 131, 136-140 (2010).
Christopher L. Soles, 2020

94. Chemical Composition of Low Dielectric Constant Films from Ion Beam Scattering Methodologies, Christopher Soles, H. Wang, and R. Composto, ECS 

Transactions: Dielectrics for Nanosystems 4: Materials Science, Processing, Reliability, and Manufacturing, 28 (2) 461 – 475, The Electrochemical Society, 

(2010).

95. Stability and Surface Topography Evolution in Nanoimprinted Polymer Patterns under a Thermal Gradient, Yifu Ding, H. Jerry Qi, Kyle J. Alvine, Hyun 

Wook Ro, Dae Up Ahn, Sheng Lin-Gibson, Jack F. Douglas, and Christopher L. Soles, Macromolecules, 43, 8191, 2010.

96. Exploring Cellular Contact Guidance Using Gradient Nanogratings, Jirun Sun, Yifu Ding, Nancy Lin, Jing Zhou, Hyun Wook Ro, Christopher L 

Soles, Marcus Cicerone, Sheng Lin-Gibson, Biomacromolecules, 11, 3067-3072, 2010.

97. Correlations Between Mechanical and Electrical Properties of Polythiophenes, Brendan O’Connor, Edwin Chan, R Joseph Kline, Christopher Soles, 

Dean Delonghamp, ACS Nano, 4, 7538, 2010.

98. Thermodynamic Underpinnings of Cell Alignment on Controlled Topographies, Yifu Ding , Jirun Sun , Hyun Wook Ro , Zhen Wang , Jing Zhou , 

Nancy J. Lin , Marcus T. Cicerone , Christopher L. Soles , and Sheng Lin-Gibson, Advanced Materials, 23, 421, 2011.

99. Cubic Silsesquioxanes as a Green, High-Performance Mold Material for Nanoimprint Lithography, Hyun Wook Ro, Vera Popova , Lei Chen , Aaron M. 

Forster , Yifu Ding , Kyle J. Alvine , Dave J. Krug , Richard M. Laine , and Christopher L. Soles, Advanced Materials, 23, 414, 2011.

100. Silsesquioxanes in Nanoscale Patterning Applications, H. W. Ro and C. L. Soles, Materials Today, 14, 20-33 (2011).

101. Correlations between Ion Conductivity and Polymer Dynamics in Hyperbranched Poly(ethylene oxide) Electrolytes for Lithium-Ion Batteries, Sung-Il Lee, 

Martina Schomer, Huagen Peng, Kirt A. Page, Daniel Wilms, Holger Frey, Christopher L. Soles, and Do Y. Yoon, Chemistry of Materials, 23, 

2685-2688 (2011).

102. Determining Coherence Length of X-ray Beam Using Line Grating Structures, Hae-Jeong Lee, Christopher L. Soles and Wen-li Wu, ECS Transactions,

34 (1) 931-936 (2011).

103. Formation and transfer of GaAsN nanostructure layers, R. R. Collino, A. W. Wood, N. M. Estrada, B. B. Dick, H. W. Ro, C. L. Soles, Y. Q. Wang, 

M. D. Thouless, and R. S. Goldman, J. Vac. Sci. Technology A, 29, 060601 (2011)

104. Using block copolymer self-assembly to imprint the crystallization of polymer dendrites, Sangcheol Kim, Jack F. Douglas, Christopher L. Soles, Alamgir 

Karim and R. M. Briber, Soft Matter, 7, 8969 (2011).

105. Ultralow-dielectric Organosilicate Polymer Films by Porogen Bridged Comonomers, Jae Hwan Sim, Sungshin Jang, Ming Liu, Hyun Wook Ro, 

Christopher L. Soles, David W. Gidley, and Do Y. Yoon, Chemistry of Materials, in press (2011).

106. Structure and Properties of Polymer Electrolyte Membranes Containing Phosphonic Acids for Anhydrous Fuel Cells, Lee, Sung-Il; Song, Myeongsoo; Yoon, 

Kyung-Hwan; Peng, Huagen; Page, Kirt; Soles, Christopher; Yoon, Do, Chemistry of Materials, 24, 115 (2011).

107. Molecular Order in High-Efficiency Polymer/Fullerene Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells, Hammond, MR; Kline, RJ; Herzing, AA; Richter,LJ; Germack, 

DS; Ro, HW; Soles, CL; Fischer, DA; Xu, T; Yu, LP; Toney, MF; DeLongchamp, DM, ACS Nano, 5, 8248 (2011).

108. Poly(3-hexylthiophene) and [6,6]-Phenyl-C61-butyric Acid Methyl Ester Mixing in Organic Solar Cells, Hyun Wook Ro, Bulent Akgun, Brendan T. 

O’Connor, Matthew Hammond, R. Joseph Kline, Chad R Snyder, Sushil K. Satija, Alexander L. Ayzner, Michael F. Toney, Christopher L. 

Soles, and Dean M. DeLongchamp, Macromolecules, 45, 6587-6599 (2012).

109. Capillary wave dynamics of thin polymer films over submerged nanostructures, K. J. Alvine, Y. Dai, H. Ro, S. Narayanan, A. R. Sandy, C. L. Soles, O. G. 

Shpyrko, Physical Review Letters, 109, 207801 (2012).

110. Effect of Confinement on Structure, Water Solubility, and Water Transport in Nafion Thin Films, Scott A. Eastman, Sangcheol Kim, Kirt A. Page, 

Brandon W. Rowe, Shuhui Kang, Christopher L. Soles, Kevin G. Yager, Macromolecules, 45, 7920-7930 (2012).

111. Anisotropic, Hierarchical Surface Patterns via Surface Wrinkling of Nanoimprinted Polymer Films, Junghyun Lee, Hyun Wook Ro, Huang, Rui Huang, 

Thomas A. Germer, Paul Lemaillet, Christopher L. Soles, Christopher M. Stafford, ACS Nano 12, 5995-5999 (2012).

112. Correlations between Mechanical and Electrical Properties of Polythiophenes, Brendan O’Connor, Edwin P. Chan, Calvin Chan, Brad R. Conrad, Lee J. 

Richter, R. Joseph Kline, Martin Heeney, Iain McCulloch, Christopher L. Soles, and Dean M. DeLongchamp, ACS Nano 4, 7538-7544 (2012)

113. Surface-Induced Nanostructure and Water Transport of Thin Proton Conducting Polymer Films, Sangcheol Kim, Joseph A. Dura, Kirt A. Page, Brandon 

W. Rowe, Kevin G. Yager, Hae-Jeong Lee, Christopher L. Soles, Macromolecules 46, 5630-5637 (2013).

114. Cubic Silsesquioxanes as Tunable High Performance Coating Materials, Hyun Wook Ro, Vera Popova, Dave J. Krug, Aaron M. Forster, Richard M. 

Laine, Christopher L. Soles, Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 27, 652-659 (2013) DOI 10.1002/aoc.3032.
Christopher L. Soles, 2020

115. Organosilicate Polymer E-Beam Resists with High Resolution, Sensitivity and Stability, Sung-Il Lee,Jae Hwan Sim,Hae-Jeong Lee, Richard Kasica, 

Hyun-Mi Kim,Christopher L. Soles,Ki-Bum Kim, and Do Y. Yoon, Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 27, 644-651 (2013) DOI: 

10.1002/aoc.2985.

116. Visualization of Phase Evolution in Model Organic Photovoltaic Structures via Energy-Filtered Transmission Electron Microscopy, Andrew A. Herzing, 

Hyun Wook Ro, Chris Soles, and Dean M. DeLongchamp, ACS Nano, 7, 7937-7944 (2013).

117. Inverse Vulcanization of Elemental Sulfur to Prepare Polymeric Electrode Materials for Li-S Batteries, Adam G. Simmonds, Jared J. Griebel, Jungjin Park, 

Kwi Ryong Kim, Woo Jin Chung, Vladimir P. Oleshko, Jenny Kim, Eui Tae Kim, Richard S. Glass, Christopher L. Soles, Yung-Eun Sung, 

Kookheon Char, Jeffrey Pyun, ACS Macro Letters, 3, 229-232 (2014).

118. Understanding the Decreased Segmental Dynamics of Supported Thin Polymer Films Reported by Incoherent Neutron Scattering, Ye, Changhuai; Weiner, 

Clinton G.; Tyagi, Madhusudan; Uhrig, David; Orski, Sara V. ; Soles, Christopher L.; Vogt, Bryan D.; Simmons, David S., Macromolecules, 48, 

801 (2015).

119. Uncovering the Structure of Nafion–SiO2 Hybrid Ionomer Membranes for Prospective Large-Scale Energy Storage Devices, Eric M. Davis, Jenny Kim, 

Vladimir P. Oleshko, Kirt A. Page and Christopher L. Soles Advanced Functional Material, Article first published online : 21 MAY 2015, DOI: 

10.1002/adfm.201501116

120. Structural Origins of Enhanced Capacity Retention in Novel Copolymerized Sulfur-Based Composite Cathodes for High Energy Density Li-S Batteries, Vladimir 

Oleshko, Jenny Kim, Jennifer Schaefer, Steven Hudson, Christopher L Soles, Adam G. Simmonds, Jared J. Griebel, Richard S. Glass, 

Kookheon Char, Jeffrey Pyun, MRS Communications (2015) doi:10.1557/mrc.2015.41

121. Distributions of a Linear Homopolymer Additive in an Ordered Block Copolymer Matrix as Quantified by Small Angle Neutron Scattering, Hua-Gen Peng, 

Vikram K. Daga, Ying Lin, James J. Watkins, Wen-Li Wu, Christopher L. Soles, Macromolecules, 48 7574–7584 (2015).

122. Multiscale Structural Architectures of Novel Sulfur Copolymer Composite Cathodes for High-Energy Density Li-S Batteries Studied by Analytical Multimode 

STEM Imaging and Tomography, VP Oleshko, A Herzing, J Kim, J Schaefer, CL Soles, JJ Griebel, WJ Chung, AG Simmonds, J Pyun, Microscopy 

and Microanalysis 21 (S3), 143-144 (2015).

123. Elemental Sulfur and Molybdenum Disulfide Composites for Li–S Batteries with Long Cycle Life and High-Rate Capability, Philip T. Dirlam, Jungjin Park, 

Adam G. Simmonds, Kenneth Domanik, Clay B. Arrington, Jennifer L. Schaefer, Vladimir P. Oleshko, Tristan S. Kleine, Kookheon Char, 

Richard S. Glass, Christopher L. Soles, Chunjoong Kim, Nicola Pinna, Yung-Eun Sung, and Jeffrey Pyun, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2016, 8

(21), pp 13437–13448; DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b03200.

124. Editors' Choice Communication—Comparison of Nanoscale Focused Ion Beam and Electrochemical Lithiation in β-Sn Microspheres, Saya Takeuchi, William 

R. McGehee, Jennifer L. Schaefer, Truman M. Wilson, Kevin A. Twedt, Eddie H. Chang, Christopher L. Soles, Vladimir P. Oleshko, Jabez J. 

McClelland, J. Electrochem. Soc., 2016 163 (6), A1010-A1012; doi: 10.1149/2.1161606jes

125. “Enhanced Stability of Pt-TiO2-CNT Heterostructure Composite Cathodes for Li-O2 Batteries Studied by High-Resolution AEM”, V.P. Oleshko, M. Noked, 

M.A. Schroeder, C. Liu, A.J. Pearse, S.B. Lee, C.L. Soles, and G.W. Rubloff, Microscopy & Microanalysis, 22 (Suppl 3), 1314-1315 (2016). 

DOI:10.1017/S1431927616007418.

126. “Study of Direct Lithiation of Thin Si Membranes with Spatially-Correlative Low Energy Focused Li Ion Beam and Analytical Electron Microscopy Techniques”,

V.P. Oleshko, K.A. Twedt, C.L. Soles, J.J. McClelland, Microscopy & Microanalysis, 22 (Suppl 3), 1556-1557 (2016). 

DOI:10.1017/S143192761600862X.

127. “Analytical Multimode Scanning and Transmission Electron Imaging and Tomography of Multiscale Structural Architectures of Sulfur Copolymer Composite 

Cathodes for High-Energy Density Li-S Batteries” Vladimir P. Oleshko, Andrew A. Herzing, Christopher L. Soles, Jared J. Griebel, Woo J. Chung, 

Adam G. Simmonds, and Jeffrey Pyun, Microscopy & Microanalysis (2016) doi: 10.1017/S1431927616011880.

128. “Ion transport and structure of comb copolymer single-ion conducting electrolytes PSTFSI-ran-PEGMA” Jennifer L. Schaefer, Sara V. Orski, Ryan C. 

Nieuwendaal, Chad R. Snyder, Vladimir P. Oleshko, L. Robert Middleton, Karen I. Winey, Christopher L. Soles, submitted to 

Macromolecules (2016).

129. “Heterogeneous Chain Dynamics and Aggregate Lifetimes in Precise Acid-Containing Polyethylenes: Experiment and Simulations,” L. Robert Middleton, 

Jacob D. Tarver, Joseph Cordaro, Madhusudan Tyagi, Christopher L. Soles, Amalie L. Frischknecht, Karen I. Winey, Macromolecules (2016) 

49 (23), 9176-9185.

130. Mechanical Response of Thermally Annealed Nafion Thin Films, BR Frieberg, KA Page, JR Graybill, ML Walker, CM Stafford, GR Stafford, 

Christopher L. Soles, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 8 (48), 33240-33249 (2017).

131. Multimodal Characterization of the Morphology and Functional Interfaces in Composite Electrodes for Li–S Batteries by Li Ion and Electron Beams, V. P. 

Oleshko, A. A. Herzing, K. A. Twedt, J. A. Griebel, J. J. McClelland, J. Pyun, C. L. Soles, Langmuir 33, 9361-9377 (2017). 

DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b00978.
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132. Synchrotron Methods for Flexible Hybrid Electronics Industrial Recommendations on Interagency (DoC-DoD-DoE) Partnerships to Address Measurement 

Challenges Hindering the Flexible Hybrid Electronics Manufacturing Ecosystem, Christopher L. Soles, Richard A. Vaia, Ronald Pindak, NIST 

Advanced Manufacturing Series (NIST AMS), 300-3, 2017.

133. Nanostructural evidence of mechanical aging and performance loss in ballistic fibers, John A. Howarter Ming Liu Walter G. McDonough Christopher 

Soles Gale A. Holmes, J. Polym. Sci. Part B: Polym. Phys., 2017, 55, 1711-171 (https://doi.org/10.1002/polb.24417).

134. Self-Assembly of ABC Bottlebrush Triblock Terpolymers with Evidence for Looped Backbone Conformations, Daniel F. Sunday, Alice B. Chang, 

Christopher D. Liman, Elliot Gann, Dean M. Delongchamp, Lars Thomsen, Mark W. Matsen, Robert H. Grubbs, Christopher L. Soles, 

Macromolecules(2018) 51, 7178−7185.

135. Entanglement Density-Dependent Energy Absorption of Polycarbonate Films via Supersonic Fracture, EP Chan, W Xie, SV Orski, JH Lee, CL Soles, ACS 

Macro Letters 8, 806-811.

136. Engineered Sulfur-MoS2-Graphene Heterostructure Cathodes for Diagnostics of Nanoscale Electrochemical Processes in High Energy Density Li-S Batteries, 

Vladimir P. Oleshko, William R. McGehee, Saya Takeuchi, Siyuan Zhang, Andrei A. Kolmakov, Jabez J. McClelland, Christopher L. Soles, 

Microscopy and Microanalysis, 25(S2), 2170-2171, August 5, 2019.

137. Direct-Write Lithiation of Silicon Using a Focused Ion Beam of Li+, William R McGehee, Evgheni Strelcov, Vladimir P Oleshko, Christopher Soles, 

Nikolai B Zhitenev, Jabez J McClelland, ACS Nano 13 (7), 8012-8022.

138. Chain and Ion Dynamics in Precise Polyethylene Ionomers, Amalie L. Frischknecht, Benjamin A. Paren, L. Robert Middleton, Jason P. Koski, Jacob 

D. Tarver, Madhusudan Tyagi, Christopher L. Soles, and Karen I. Winey, Macromolecules 52, 7939-7950 (2019).

139. Insights into the Water Transport Mechanism in Polymeric Membranes from Neutron, Edwin Chan, Bradley Frieberg, Kanae Ito, Jacob Tarver, Madhu 

Sudan Tyagi,Wenxu Zhang, E. Bryan Coughlin, Christopher Stafford, Abhishek Roy, Steve Rosenberg, Christopher Soles, Macromolecules

(2020) accepted.

140. Pruning the Mechanical Impedance of Three-Dimensional Disordered Networks, Marcos A. Reyes-Martinez, Edwin P. Chan, Christopher L. Soles, 

Endao Han, Nidhi Pashine, Kieran Murphy, Heinrich Jaeger, Sidney Nagel, Daniel Reid, Meng Shen, and Juan J. de Pablo, Advanced Materials 

(2020) in preparation.

Invited Presentations and Lectures

1. What Neutron and X-ray Techniques Can Do for the Microelectronics Industry, Christopher L. Soles, Eric K. Lin, and Wen-li Wu, invited talk at IBM, 

T. J. Watson Research Center, April 2000, Yorktown Heights, NY.

2. The Dynamics of Macromolecules Confined by a Rigid Substrate, C. L. Soles, invited talk at the NIH sponsored workshop on “Polymers in 

Nanoscopic Pores: Applications to Single Molecule Analysis and Metabolite Transport”, April 16-18, 2001, National Institutes of Health, 

Bethesda, MD.

3. Dynamics of Confined Polycarbonate Chains Probed by Incoherent Neutron Scattering, C. L. Soles, J. F. Douglas, R. M. Dimeo, and W.-l. Wu, invited 

talk at the 2001 ACS National Meeting, Aug. 26, 2001, Chicago, IL.

4. Neutrons as a Unique and Powerful Tool to Address Fundamental Issues in Sub-100 nm Lithography, C. L Soles, E. K. Lin, J. L. Lenhart, R. L. Jones, W.-l. 

Wu, D. Goldfarb, and M. Angelopoulus, invited talk for the International Sematech 157 nm Resist Advisory Group Workshop, Sept. 11 & 

12, 2001, Austin, TX.

5. Structural Evolution in Silsesquioxane-based Inorganic/Organic Nanocomposite Networks, C. Soles, E. Lin, W. Wu, C. Zhang, J. Choi, R. Laine, invited 

talk at the NSF-Funded Multiscale Simulation of Nanostructured Hybrid Materials kick-off meeting at the University of Michigan, Oct. 

10, 2001, Ann Arbor, MI.

6. Confinement Effects on Acid Transport in Ultrathin Chemically Amplified Photoresists, Dario L. Goldfarb, Marie Angelopoulos, Brian Trinque, Sean D. 

Burns, C. Grant Willson, Eric K. Lin, Ronald L. Jones, Christopher L. Soles, Joseph L. Lenhart and Wen-li Wu, invited talk presented at 

the 2001 Fall MRS meeting, Nov. 26 to 30, Boston, MA.

7. Understanding Physical Phenomena in Chemically Amplified Resists: Deprotection and the Sources of Interfacial Roughness, D. L. Goldfarb, M. 

Angelopoulus, E. K. Lin, C. L. Soles, J. L. Lenhart, R. L. Jones, and Wen-li Wu invited talk at Electron, Ion, and Photon Beam Technology 

and Nanofabrication, May 2002, Anaheim, CA.

8. Fundamental Understanding of Ultrathin Chemically Amplified Resist Properties: From Transport Phenomena to Roughness Control, D. L. Goldfarb, M. 

Angelopoulus, E. K. Lin, C. L. Soles, J. L. Lenhart, R. L. Jones, and Wen-li Wu, invited talk for the DARPA Annual Conference, April 2002, 

New Orleans, LA.
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9. The Reaction Front in a Model Photoresist Examined with Neutron and X-ray Reflectivity, E.K. Lin, C.L. Soles, D.L. Goldfarb, B.C. Trinque, S.D. Burns, 

R.L. Jones, J.L. Lenhart, M. Angelopoulos, C.G. Willson, S.K. Satija, and W.L. Wu, invited talk at Lucent Technologies, December 2001, 

Murray Hill, NJ.

10. Pore Size Distributions in low-k Thin Films By X-ray Reflectivity, Christopher Soles, Hae-Jeong Lee, Ronald Hedden, Da-Wei Liu, Barry Bauer, 

Wen-li Wu, invited talk, International SEMATECH, July 12, 2002, Austin TX.

11. Overview of Microelectronic Research in the Electronics Materials Research Group, Christopher L. Soles, Eric K. Lin, Jan Obrzut, B. J. Bauer, Wen-li 

Wu, invited poster for “NIST Day in Austin”, July 30, 2002, Austin, TX.

12. Dynamics in Thin Polymer Films: The Perspective from Neutrons, Positrons, and X-Rays, C. L. Soles, invited talk, “Physics of Thin Films & Surfaces” 

workshop, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Singapore, January 13, 2003.

13. Evolution of the Deprotection Reaction Front Profile in Chemically Amplified Photoresists, C. L. Soles, invited talk, Institute of Materials Research and 

Engineering, Singapore, January 14, 2003.

14. Low-K Dielectrics Characterization Research at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, C. L. Soles, invited talk, Seoul National University, 

Seoul, Korea, January 20th, 2003.

15. Nanoporous Low-k Film Characterization: X-ray Reflectivity and Neutron Scattering, H.-J. Lee, R. C. Hedden, C. L. Soles, D.-W. Liu, B. J. Bauer, W.-l. 

Wu, E. K. Lin, invited talk at the International Sematech Low-k Porosimetry Workshop, June 5, 2003, Sunnyvale, CA.

16. X-ray porosimetry for the Characterization of Nanoporous Films, C. L. Soles, H. J. Lee, W. L. Wu, and E. K. Lin, invited talk at the First 

International Symposium on Standard Materials And Metrology for Nanotechnology (SMAM), March 2004, Tokyo Big Sight, Ariake, 

Tokyo, Japan.

17. The Dynamics of Thin Polymer Films: Insights from Incoherent Neutron Scattering, C. L. Soles, invited talk at Tokyo Institute of Technology, March 

2004, Tokyo, Japan.

18. The Dynamics of Thin Polymer Film: Insights from Incoherent Neutron Scattering, C. L. Soles, invited talk at Tokyo University of Science, March 

2004, Tokyo, Japan.

19. The Dynamics of Thin Polymer Film: Insights from Incoherent Neutron Scattering, C. L. Soles, invited talk at Texas A & M University, April 2004, 

College Station, TX.

20. Structural characterization of porous inter-level dielectric films, C. L. Soles, invited talk presented University of California, Irvine, Sept 13 2004, 

Irvine CA.

21. High resolution shape metrology for nanoimprint lithography, C. L. Soles, R. L. Jones, H.-J. Lee, W.-l. Wu, E. K. Lin, invited talk at the MEP Center 

Director’s conference, October, 2004, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD.

22. Nanoimprint Lithography: A New NIST Project, C. L. Soles, R. L. Jones, H.-J. Lee, H. W. Ro, W.-l. Wu, E. K. Lin, invited talk at the NIST 

Combinatorial Methods Center NCMC-6: Advanced Materials Forum, November, 2004, Gaithersburg, MD.

23. Metrology for and with Nanoimprint Lithography, C. L. Soles, R. L. Jones, H.-J. Lee, H. W. Ro, W.-l. Wu, E. K. Lin, invited talk at the NIST MSEL 

Management Off-site Meeting, November, 2004, Boulder, CO.

24. High Resolution Metrologies for Nanoimprint Lithography, C. L. Soles, R. L. Jones, H.-J. Lee, H. W. Ro, W.-l. Wu, E. K. Lin, R. M. Reano, S. W. 

Pang, invited talk in the NIST Materials Reliability Division, November, 2004, Boulder, CO.

25. The Thermal Stability of Imprinted Polymer Nanostructures, C. L. Soles, R. L. Jones, H. W. Ro, E. K. Lin, A. Karim, W.-l. Wu, W. Hu, S. W. Pang, 

D. M. Casa, invited talk presented at the Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting, December, 2004, Boston, MA.

26. Small Angle X-ray Scattering Metrology for Side Wall Angle and Cross Section of Nanometer Scale Line Gratings, W. L. Wu, T. Hu, R. L. Jones, C. L. Soles, 

E. K. Lin, invited talk at the ULSI Metrology Conference, March, 2005, Richardson, TX.

27. Dynamics and Diffusion in Thin Polymer Films, C. L. Soles, J. F. Douglas, W.-l. Wu, invited talk presented at the National Meeting of the 

American Chemical Society (ACS), April, 2005, San Diego, CA.

28. The Melting Behavior of Imprinted Polymer Nanostructures, C.L. Soles, R.L. Jones, H.W. Ro, E.K. Lin, A. Karim, W. Wu, R.M. Reano, W. Hu, S.W. 

Pang, and D.M. Casa, invited talk at the National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), August, 2005, Washington, DC.

29. Metrology for Nanoimprint Lithography, invited talk at the 2005 NIST NIMS Combinatorial Nanomaterials Symposium, Dec. 6, 2005, 

Gaithersburg, MD.

30. Nanoimprint Lithography, C. L. Soles, F. Pease, S. Hector, a invited lecture & panel discussion for a Technology Webcast from the editors of 

Semiconductor International, Wednesday Dec. 7, 12 pm CST.
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31. X-ray Reflectivity to Characterize Interfaces in Nanostructured Coatings and Films, C. L. Soles, invited talk at the NIST Building Fire Research 

Laboratory Polymer Interphases Consortium, Jan 24, 2006, Gaithersburg, MD.

32. X-ray Scattering and Reflectivity as a Tool to Characterize Nanostructured Films, C. L. Soles, invited talk presented at the Dow Corning Corporation 

Nano Materials Workshop, Feb 7, 2006, Midland, MI.

33. Nanoimprint Lithography: Process Induced Stresses & Pattern Stability, H W Ro, Y Ding, H-J Lee, D R Hines, R L Jones, E K Lin, A Karim, W-l Wu, 

C L Soles, invited talk at the 2006 March Meeting of the American Physical Society, March 2006, Baltimore, MD.

34. Metrology for Nanoimprint Lithography, C. L. Soles, invited poster at the 2006 Indo-US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, March 2006, 

Agra, India.

35. X-Ray Reflectivity as an Effective Interface Metrology for Nanotechnology, C. L. Soles, invited talk at the National Meeting of the American 

Chemical Society (ACS), March, 2006, Atlanta, GA.

36. Metrology & Materials Science for Nanoimprint Lithography, Christopher L. Soles, invited talk at LG Chem, Daejon, Korea, Oct 9, 2006.

37. Metrology & Materials Science for Nanoimprint Lithography, Christopher L. Soles, invited talk at Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, 

Suwon, Korea, Oct 10, 2006.

38. Nanoimprint Lithography: Pattern Quality and Porosity Characteristics of Nanoporous Dielectric Insulators, Christopher L. Soles, invited talk at the 

BK21 International Symposium on Macromolecular Science: Current Research Frontiers, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Oct. 16, 

2006.

39. Metrology for Nanoimprint Technologies: Needs and Prospects, C. L. Soles, H. W. Ro, Y. Ding, H. J. Lee, R. L. Jones, A. Karim, invited talk at the 

AVS 53rd International Symposium, San Francisco, CA, November, 2006.

40. Stresses and Viscoelastic Effects in Nanoimprint Lithography Patterning, Christopher L. Soles, invited talk presented at the 2007 Polymers West 

Gordon Research Conference, Ventura, CA, Jan. 7-12, 2007.

41. Polymer Viscoelasticity and Residual Stress Effects on Nanoimprint Lithography, Yifu Ding, H. Ro, B. Okerberg, K. Alvine, R. Jones, J. Douglas, C.

Soles, A. Karim, invited talk presented at the 2007 Polymers West Gordon Research Conference – Graduate Research Symposium, 

Ventura, CA, Jan. 5-6, 2007.

42. Metrology & Materials for Nanoimprint Lithography: Needs and Prospects, Christopher L. Soles and Michael T. Postek, organizing chairs of a panel 

discussion (SPIE Special Event) at the SPIE Advanced Lithography Conference, February 2007, San Jose, CA.

43. Stresses and Viscoelastic Effects in Nanoimprint Lithography Patterning, Christopher L. Soles, invited talk presented at the Indian Institute of 

Technology, Kanpur, February, 2007, Kanpur, India.

44. Nanoimprint Metrology and Materials Research at NIST, Christopher L Soles, plenary lecture at the 6th International Conference on Nanoimprint 

and Nanoprint Technology, October, 2007, Paris, France.

45. Nanoporous Ultralow-k Dielectric Insulator Materials Pattern Directly by Nanoimprint Lithography, Christopher L. Soles, delegate and invited poster, 

Tenth Annual Japanese-American Frontiers of Science Symposium, December, 2007, Kanagawa, Japan.

46. Nanoimprint Metrology & Materials Research at NIST, Christopher L Soles, invited lecture at the Hitachi Materials Research Laboratory, 

December, 2007, Hitachi, Japan.

47. Nanoporous Organosilicate Films and Nanostructures Patterned by Nanoimprint Lithograpy, Christopher L Soles, invited lecture at the University of 

Michigan Department of Materials Science and Engineering, February, 2008, Ann Arbor, MI.

48. Massively Parallel Tools for Nanotechnology: Applications in Lithography & Metrology, Christopher L. Soles and Richard M. Silver, organizing chairs

of a panel discussion (SPIE Special Event) at the SPIE Advanced Lithography Conference, February 2008, San Jose, CA.

49. Metrology and Materials for Nanoimprint Technologies: Needs and Prospects, Christopher L. Soles, invited lecture at the 2008 SPIE Advanced 

Lithography Conference, February, 2008, San Jose, CA.

50. The Direct Patterning of Organosilicate Materials by Nanoimprint Lithography, Christopher L. Soles, invited lecture at the 2008 ACS Hybrid 

Materials Workshop, March, 2008, Ventura, CA.

51. Pattern Quality & Porosity Characteristics of Ultra-low Dielectric Insulator Films Directly Patterned by Nanoimprint Lithography, Christopher L. Soles, 

invited talk at the 2008 7th ECS-International Semiconductor Technology Conference, March, 2008, Shanghai, China.

52. Porosity Characteristics of Ultralow Dielectric Insulator Films Directly Patterned by Nanoimprint Lithography, Hyun Wook Ro, Hae-Jeong Lee, KenIchi Nihara, Hiroshi Jinnai, David Gidley, Do Y. Yoon and Christopher L Soles, invited lecture at the 2008 Spring Materials Research 

Society National Meeting, March, 2008, San Franciso, CA
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53. Instability in Nanoimprinted Structures, Kyle J. Alvine, Hyun Wook Ro, Yifu Ding, Brian Okerberg, Jack F. Douglas, Alamgir Karim, and 

Christopher L. Soles, invited lecture at the 2008 235th American Chemical Society National Meeting, April, 2008, New Orleans, LO.

54. Microstructure foundations of high performance in organic semiconductors, Christopher L Soles, invited lecture at the University of California, Irvine, 

May 2008, Irvine, CA

55. Optical vs Nanoimprint Lithography for High Resolution Patterning, Christopher L Soles, invited lecture at the University of California, 

Irvine, May 2008, Irvine, CA.

56. Nanoimprint Lithography: The Impact of Polymer Viscoelasticity and Residual Stresses, Christopher L. Soles, invited lecture at Seoul National 

University, Department of Chemistry, Sept 9, 2008, Seoul, Korea

57. Inelastic Neutron Scattering and Confined Macromolecules: A Quantitative Methodology for Next Generation Photoresists and Biopharmaceuticals, 

Christopher L. Soles, invited lecture at Seoul National University, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Sept 8, 2008, Seoul, 

Korea

58. Structure-Property Relationships in High Performance Organic Semiconductor Materials, Christopher L Soles, plenary lecture at the 32nd Annual 

Macromolecular Science and Engineering Center’s Sympoium: Optoelectronically Active Polymers with Precisely Controlled 

Morphologies, University of Michigan, October 23, 2008, Ann Arbor, MI.

59. Porosity Characteristics of Ultra-Low Dielectric Insulator Films Directly Patterned by Nanoimprint Lithography, Christopher L. Soles, invited lecture at 

Dow Corning, October 24, 2008, Midland, MI.

60. Nanoimprint Lithography and the Role of Viscoelasticity in the Generation of Residual Stresses in Nanoscale Patterned Surfaces, Christopher L. Soles, invited 

lecture at the 64th Annual Fall Scientific Meeting, Midland Regional Section of the ACS, October 24, 2008, Midland, MI.

61. Measurements to Facilitate the Direct Patterning of Functional Organosilicate Materials with Nanoimprint Lithography, Christopher L. Soles, invited 

lecture at the 3rd International Symposium on Polymer Science, November 2008, Nagoya, Japan.

62. Critical Dimension Small Angle X-ray Scattering as a Quantitative Metrology for Nanopatterning, Christopher L Soles, Chengqing Wang, Hyun Wook 

Ro, Hae-Jeong Lee, Kwan-Woo Choi and Wen-li Wu, invited lecture at the 2008 Fall Materials Research Society National Meeting, 

March, 2008, Boston, MA.

63. The Direct Patterning of Organosilicate Materials by Nanoimprint Lithography, Christopher L. Soles, invited talk at the 2009 US-Japan 

Workshop on “Future Trends in Organic-Inorganic Nanocomposite Hybrid Materials, May 12-16, 2009, Himeji, Japan.

64. Inelastic Neutron Scattering and Confined Macromolecules: A Quantitative Methodology for Next Generation Photoresists and 

Biopharmaceuticals, Christopher L. Soles, invited talk at Waseda University, Tokyo, May 17, 2009, Tokyo, Japan.

65. The Direct Patterning of Organosilicate Materials by Nanoimprint Lithography, Christopher L. Soles, invited talk at the University of 

Maryland, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, May XXX, 2009, College Park, MD.

66. The Direct Patterning of Organosilicate Materials by Nanoimprint Lithography, Christopher L. Soles, invited talk at Penn State 

University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, June 30, 2009, State College, PA.

67. The Direct Patterning of Organosilicate Materials by Nanoimprint Lithography, Christopher L. Soles, invited talk at University of Akron, Department 

of Polymer Engineering, September 11, 2009, Akron, OH.

68. Building a Multi-Disciplinary Research Program that Leverages our National Facilities: The Perspective of a Federal Government Laboratory User, 

Christopher L. Soles, invited talk at the 2009 American Institute for Chemical Engineering (AIChE) National Meeting, Nashville, TN, 

November 9, 2009.

69. Semiconductors and Scaling: The Future of Lithography in the Semiconductor Industry, Christopher L. Soles, invited talk at the University of Colorado, 

Boulder, Department of Mechanical Engineering, December 10, 2009.

70. Metrology for Nanoimprint Lithography: Needs & Prospects, Christopher L. Soles, invited talk at the 2010 Synergies in NanoScale Manufacturing 

and Research Workshop, Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility, Cornell, University, Ithaca NY, July 27-29.

71. Incomplete Cross-linking of UV Nanoimprint Resists Confined in Nanoscale Spaces, Sangcheol Kim, Hae-Jeong Lee, Christopher Soles, invited talk at 

the 2010 SPIE Advanced Lithography Conference, Feb 22-26, San Jose, CA.

72. Nanotechnology in Microlithography Panel Discussion: Self-Assembling Molecules for Semiconductor

73. Patterning and Nanoelectronics, Christopher L. Soles, Richard M. Silver, host, panel discussion at the 2010 SPIE Advanced Lithography 

Conference, Feb 22, San Jose, CA.

74. Characterization Methods for Organic Photovoltaics, Christopher L. Soles, invited talk at the Science Education in the 21st Century: Advantages, 

Pitfalls and Future Trends workshop, sponsored by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, March 12, 2010, Colorado State 

University, Fort Collins, CO.
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75. Organosilicate Materials for High Resolution Patterning, Christopher L. Soles, invited talk in the special Dillion Medal Session honoring Lynn Loo

at the 2010 March Meeting of the American Physical Society, March 16, 2010, Portland, OR.

76. The Effects of Thin Films and Confinement on Nanopattering, Christopher L. Soles, invited talk at the 2010 March Meeting of the American Physical 

Society, March 16, 2010, Portland, OR.

77. The Direct Patterning of Organosilicate Interconnect Materials by Nanoimprint Lithography, Christopher L. Soles, invited talk at the Spring MRS 

National Meeting, April 5-9, 2010, San Francisco, CA.

78. The Direct Patterning of Organosilicate Interconnect Materials by Nanoimprint Lithography, Christopher L. Soles, invited talk at the 217th Meeting of 

the Electrochemical Society, April 25-30, 2010, Vancouver, Canada.

79. Phonons in Nanostructured Materials: The Important of Accurate Shape Measurements, Christopher L. Soles, invited talk at the ICREA Phonon 

Engineering Workshop, May 24-29, Barcelona, Spain.

80. The Direct Patterning of Organosilicate Interconnect Materials by Nanoimprint Lithography, Christopher L. Soles, invited talk at the 2010 Chris Ober 

Ski Hut Meeting, June 14-16, 2010, Niagara Falls, NY.

81. Research Overview of Electronics and Energy Materials Group, Christopher L. Soles, invited talk at Argonne National Laboratory, Chemical 

Sciences and Engineering Division, Battery Research Group, Sept 2, 2010, Argonne, IL.

82. Silsequioxanes in Nanoscale Patterning Applications, Christopher L. Soles, invited webcast for Materials Today, January 2011, 

www.materialstoday.com.

83. Silsequioxanes in Nanoscale Patterning Applications, Christopher L. Soles, invited talk at U Penn Materials Science and Engineering 

Departmental Colloquium, February 17, 2011, Philadelphia, PA.

84. Nanotechnology in Microlithography Panel Discussion: Leveraging Semiconductor Expertise in Nanotechnology and Patterning for Green Energy Solutions,

Christopher L. Soles, Bryan, Barnes, Richard M. Silver, host, panel discussion at the 2011 SPIE Advanced Lithography Conference, Feb 28, 

San Jose, CA.

85. Interdiffusion in Model Bilayers of P3HT and PCBM for Organic Photovoltaics, Hyun Wook Ro, Dean Delongchamp, and Christopher L. Soles, 

invited talk at the 2011 Spring ACS National Meeting, March 29, 2011, Anaheim, CA.

86. Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy and Quasi-Elastic Neutron Scattering on Single-Ion Polymer Conductors, Hua-Gen Peng, Kirt A. Page, Chad R.

Snyder, Christopher L. Soles, and Madhusudan Tyagi, Youmi Jeong, James Runt, invited talk at the 2011 Spring ACS National Meeting, 

March 29, 2011, Anaheim, CA.

87. Structures of Hydrated Nafion Membrane at Interfacial Boundaries, Sangcheol Kim, Joseph A. Dura, Kirt A. Page, Christopher L. Soles, 

invited talk at the 2011 Spring ACS National Meeting, March 29, 2011, Anaheim, CA.

88. Quantitative Scattering as a Dimensional Metrology to Evaluate Self-Assembly and Nanofabrication Processes, Christopher L. Soles, invited talk at the 

2011 Dow Chemical Strategic University Symposium Series: Materials by Design, May 17, 2011, Dow Chemical Corporate Headquarters, 

Midland, MI.

89. The Effects of Thin Films and Confinement on Thermal Nanoimprint Pattering, Christopher L. Soles, invited talk at the 2011 Fall ACS National 

Meeting, August 31, 2011, Denver, CO.

90. An Academic-Industry Workshop on Technologies for American Manufacturing Competitiveness, Christopher Soles, James Watkins, Jeff Morse, 

workshop organizer and moderator at the Nanomanufacturing Summit 2011, Seaport Convention Center, Sept 27-28, 2011, Boston, MA.

91. Silsequioxanes in Nanoscale Patterning Applications, Christopher L. Soles, invited talk at the University of Pittsburg, Department of Chemical 

and Petroleum Engineering, October 28, 2011, Pittsburg, PA.

92. Silsequioxanes in Nanoscale Patterning Applications, Christopher L. Soles, invited talk at the Gwanju Institute of Science and Technology –

World Class University / Waseda University – Global Center of Excellence: Joint International Symposium on Nano- and Meso-scopic 

Material Science and Chemistry, November 11-12, 2011, Tokyo, Japan.

93. Interdiffusion in Model Bilayers of P3HT and PCBM for Organic Photovoltaics, Christopher L. Soles, invited talk at the 12th Pacific Polymer 

Conference, November 13-17, 2011, Jeju Island, Korea.

94. The Effects of Thin Film and Confinement on Thermal Nanoimprint Lithography Patterning, Christopher L. Soles, invited talk at the 2011 International 

IRTG Symposium on Self-Organized Materials for Optoelectronics, November 18, 2011, Jeju Island, Korea.

95. NIST and its Role in Facilitating Manufacturing, Christopher L. Soles, invited talk at the 2012 Flexible Electronics & Displays Conference & 

Exhibition, February 6-9, 2012, Phoenix, AZ.

96. Metrology Solutions for Integrated 3-D Memory and Logic Structures, Christopher L. Soles, Bryan, Barnes, Richard M. Silver, host, panel discussion

at the 2012 SPIE Advanced Lithography Conference, Feb 24-28, San Jose, CA.
Christopher L. Soles, 2020

97. Case Studies in Polymer Physics from the Industrial Research World, Christopher L. Soles and Karen I. Winey, invited co-organizer for the DPOLY 

Short Course at the 2012 American Physical Society March Meeting, February 25-26, 2012, Boston, MA.

98. Interfacial, Thin Film, & Structure Measurements to Facilitate Polymer Nanomanufacturing, Christopher L. Soles, invited talk at the 2012 American 

Physical Society March Meeting, February 27 – March 1, 2012, Boston, MA.

99. Direct Correlations of Electrolyte Dynamics with Ion Mobility for Energy Storage Technologies, Christopher L. Soles, Hua-Gen Peng, Chad R. Snyder, 

Kevin A. Masser, and Madhusudan Tyagi, invited talk at the 2012 Materials Research Society Meeting, April 9-12, 2012, San Francisco, CA.

100. Impedance and Ion Mobility in Polymers for Electrochemical Energy Storage and Delivery Technologies, Christopher L. Soles, invited talk at the Georgia 

Institute of Technology, School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, April, 25, 2012, Atlanta, GA.

101. US – Japan Workshop on Advances in Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Materials, Christopher L. Soles, Jennifer Liu, Kimihiro Matsukawa, Ikuyoshi 

Tomita, workshop co-organizers, May 16-18, 2012, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

102. Inorganic Ions in Polymeric Transport Membranes: The Dynamic Origins of Interfacial and Bulk Impedance, Christopher L. Soles, invited talk at the US –

Japan Workshop on Advances in Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Materials, May 16-18, 2012, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

103. Case Studies in Polymer Science: Enabling New Technologies (Polymers & Advanced Lithography), Christopher L. Soles, invited talk at the US Patent 

Transfer Office, June 19, 2012, Arlington, VA.

104. National Institute of Standards & Technology: Industry’s National Laboratory, Christopher L. Soles, invited talk at the 2012 Flex Tech Alliance –

NIST Workshop on Flexible Printed Electronics Metrology – Status and Needs, September 12-13, 2012, Gaithersburg, MD.

105. Microstructure basis for charge transport and device performance in polymer semiconductors for flexible electronics, invited lecture for joint webex class 

between Cornell (Chris Ober) and SUNY Binghampton (Mark Poliks) on Flexible Electronics, November 6, 2012.

106. Confinement, Neutrons and Transport in Thin Polymer Films, invited lecture at Arizona State University, Department of Chemistry, Tempe, AZ, 

January 28, 2013.

107. Interfacial Effects in Polymer Membranes for Clean Energy, invited talk at the 2013 March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Baltimore, 

MD, March 19, 2013.

108. Inelastic Neutron Scattering and Transport Phenomenon Polymeric Materials, invited talk at the 2013 NCNR Summer School on Neutron Scattering, 

Gaithersburg, MD June 18, 2013.

109. Lithographic Pattering: A Driver for the Semiconductor Industry, invited talk in a nanotechnology class at the University of Maryland College of 

Engineering, College Park MD, November 5, 2013

110. Impact of Dynamics at Surfaces and Interfaces in Functional Polymers, invited talk and participant in DOE sponsored “Grand Challenges in Soft 

Matter Workshop” – organized by Fyl Pincus and Matt Tirrell – UC Santa Barbara, May 17, 2014.

111. Fast Polymer Dynamics & Ion Transport in Model Single Ion Conductors, invited talk at the 2014 Polymer Physics China meeting, Nanjing, China, 

June 10, 2014.

112. Interfacial Effects in Polymer Membranes for Clean Energy, invited talk at the 2014 IUPAC World Polymer Congress, Chiang Mai, Thailand, July 

6-11, 2014 – TRAVEL CANCELLED DUE TO STATE DEPARTMENT WARNINGS

113. Fast Polymer Dynamics & Ion Transport in Model Single Ion Conductors, invited talk at the 2014 International Symposium on Polymer Materials 

Science, Akron, OH, July 28, 2014.

114. Fast dynamics, structure, and transport in ion containing polymers, invited talk at the 2014 American Chemical Society National Meeting, August 12, 

2014, San Francisco, CA

115. X-ray and neutron studies of the structure, dynamics, and transport properties of polyelectrolytes for energy applications, invited talk at the 2014 American 

Chemical Society National Meeting, August 13, 2014, San Francisco, CA.

116. A Roadmap for Engaging NIST on Flexible Hybrid Electronics, invited talk at the 2015 Flexible Hybrid Electronics Proposers Day Meeting, 

February 19, 2015, Arlington VA.

117. Probing molecular mechanisms underlying failure in semicrystalline polymers, C. Snyder, C. Soles, invited talk at the 249th National Meeting of the 

American Chemical Society, March 25, 2015, Denver, CO.

118. Thin Ionomer Films: The Effects of Thin Film Confinement on Structure, Dynamics, Stresses, and Transport, invited talk at Penn State University, 

Materials Science and Engineering Department, April 14, 2015, College Station, PA.

119. Beam Lines & Functional Polymers: Past, Present, & Future Needs, invited talk at the Brookhaven National Laboratory NSLS-II Strategic Planning 

Workshop, Sept 24, 2015, Upton, NY.
Christopher L. Soles, 2020

120. R&D in Nanotechnology, Future Applications, and Cross-Industry Collaboration, invited panelist at “Rethink Disruption – Emerging Technologies 

Transforming Business and Society,” an event sponsored by the CTO Forum, Nov 5, 2015, San Francisco, CA.

121. Polymer Dynamics in Confinement, invited talk, Materials Science and Engineering Division Brown Bag Lunch Seminar Series, Jan 6, 2016, 

NIST, Gaithersburg, MD.

122. Watching the Ink Dry: In-situ Measurements to Monitor Film Formation and Function from Organic Semiconducting Inks, invited talk, Electrical 

Engineering and Computer Science Department, University of Michigan, Jan 16, 2016, Ann Arbor, MI.

123. Watching the Ink Dry: In-situ Measurements to Monitor Film Formation and Function from Organic Semiconducting Inks, invited talk, NNN-A-Star 

Workshop on Nanomanufacturing, February 26, 2016, Singapore.

124. Using Beamline Facilities to Optimize Processing: Integrated, Multi-Modal Synchrotron Studies on Flexible Hybrid Electronics, workshop organizer and 

invited speaker, Round-Table Discussion on Coordinating Interagency (DoC-DoD-DoE) Shared-Use Facilities to Support Advanced 

Manufacturing Sciences, April 20 & 21, 2016, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY.

125. Inverse Vulcanization for Enhanced Capacity Retention in Li-S Battery Systems, invited talk at the 2016 Center for Research on Extreme Batteries 

(CREB) Annual Meeting, May 24, 2016, University of Maryland, College Park MD.

126. Thin Ionomer Films: The Effects of Confinement on Structure, Dynamics, Stresses, and Transport, invited talk, Seoul National University, June 23, 2016, 

Seoul Korea.

127. Watching the Ink Dry: In-situ Measurements to Monitor Film Formation and Function from Organic Semiconducting Inks, invited talk, SEMI Korea 

International Printed Electronics Conference, June 29, 2016, Seoul, Korea.

128. Watching the Ink Dry: In-situ Measurements to Monitor Film Formation and Function from Organic Semiconducting Inks, invited talk, Korean Institute of 

Industrial Technology, June 30, 2016, Ansan, Korea.

129. Finding Your Niche in the Field of Polymer Physics, August Bosse, Ralph Colby, Yueh-Lin Loo, Christopher Soles, invited panelist, 2016 Polymer 

Physics Graduate Research Symposium, Gordon Research Conference, Mount Holyoke, MA,

130. Structured Polymer Conductors, Christopher L. Soles, invited discussion leader, 2016 Polymer Physics Gordon Research Conference, Mount 

Holyoke, MA,

131. Polymer Physics of Toughening, Christopher L. Soles, invited lecture, Impact Mitigating Materials for Body Protection Workshop, University 

of Chicago, August 8, 2106, Chicago, IL.

132. Printed and Flexible Electronics at NIST, Christopher L. Soles and Dean M. DeLongchamp, invited display, NextFlex Open House, August 31, 

2016, San Jose, CA.

133. Dynamics and Transport in Polymer Membranes: The Relationship Between Fast Dynamics and Water Transport, Christopher L. Soles, invited talk at the 

IUPAC International Conference on Advanced Polymeric Materials Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Polymer Society of Korea 

(PSK), Oct 4-7, 2016. Jeju, Korea.

134. Dynamics and Transport in Polymer Membrane: The Relationship Between Fast Dynamics and Water Transport, Bradley R. Frieberg, Jacob D. Tarver, 

Cheol Jeong, Madhusudan Tyagi, Edwin P. Chan, Christopher M. Stafford, Tsung-Han Tsai, WenXu Zhang, Bryan Coughlin, Christopher 

L. Soles, invited talk at Kyushu University, December 12, 2016, Fukuoka, Japan.

135. The Effects of Thin Film Confinement on the Structure, Dynamics, Stresses, and Transport in Thin Ionomer Films, Bradley Frieberg, Jacob Tarver, Cheol 

Jeong, Sangcheol Kim, Joe Dura, Madhusudan Tyagi, Edwin Chan, Christopher Stafford, Tsung-Han Tsai, Wen Xu Zhang, Bryan 

Coughlin, and Christopher Soles, invited talk at the 11th Society of Polymer Science Japan International Polymer Conference 2016, 

December 13-16, Fukuoka, Japan.

136. Dynamics and Transport in Polymer Membranes: The Relationship Between Fast Dynamics and Water Transport, Christopher L Soles, invited talk, NIST 

Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, All-Hands Meeting, Feb 7, 2017, Gaithersburg, MD.

137. The Relationship Between Structure, Fast Dynamics, and Water Transport in Polymer Membranes, Christopher L. Soles, Keynote Lecture at the 1st PanAmerican Polymer Conference, March 22-24, 2017, Guaraja, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

138. PMSE/POLY Plenary Lecture and Awards Reception, Christopher L. Soles & Marc A. Hillmyer, emcee, ACS National Meeting, April 5, 2017, San 

Francisco, CA.

139. Molecular Packing, Dynamics, Transport, and Mechanics in Polymeric Materials, Christopher L Soles, invited talk at SpaceX, May 26, 2017, 

Hawthorne, CA.

140. Correlations Between Fast Dynamics and Toughness in Polymeric Materials, Christopher L. Soles, invited talk, Army Research Laboratories, June 9, 

2017, Aberdeen, MD.
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141. PMSE/POLY Plenary Lecture and Awards Reception, Christopher L. Soles & Marc A. Hillmyer, emcee, ACS National Meeting, August 23, 2017, 

Washington, DC.

142. Epoxy Modeling Summit: A Trilateral Coordination Meeting (ChiMAD, ARL, NIST), Christopher L. Soles and Juan J. de Pablo, Summit Organizer and 

Moderator, University of Chicago, September 15, 2017, Chicago, IL.

143. Materials Matter - How to Optimize NIST Materials Characterization Capabilities for Flexible Electronics, Dean M. DeLongchamp & Christopher L. 

Soles, invited speakers, NextFlex FLEXINAR, September 27, 2017.

144. The Relationship Between Structure, Fast Dynamics, and Water Transport in Polymer Membranes, Christopher L. Soles, Invited Lecture at the 7th

Chinese Chemical Society Polymers Division / American Chemical Society Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering Division Joint 

Symposium on Polymer Science and Engineering, October 13, 2017, Chengdu, China.

145. The Effects of Thin Film Confinement on the Structure, Dynamics, Stresses, and Transport in Thin Ionomer Films, Christopher L. Soles, Invited Lecture at 

the Tsinghua - US Polymer Symposium, Tsinghua University, October 16, 2017, Beijing, China.

146. The Relationship Between Structure, Fast Dynamics, and Water Transport in Polymer Membranes, Christopher L. Soles, Invited Lecture at ACS 

Polymers and Nanotechnology Workshop, December 17-20, 2017, San Diego, CA.

147. Functional Polymers Research in the Materials Science and Engineering Division of NIST, Christopher L. Soles, Invited Lecture, Cal Tech Department 

of Chemistry, March 9, 2018, Pasadena, CA.

148. The coupling of polymer dynamics and water transport in cross-linked polymer membranes, Christopher L. Soles, invited talk at the 255th American 

Chemical Society National Meeting, March 22, 2018, New Orleans, LA.

149. The role of fast polymer dynamics as quantified by inelastic neutron scattering on the mechanical toughness on polymeric materials, Christopher L. Soles, 

invited presentation at Materia, May 9, 2018, Pasadena, CA.

150. Transport in confined polymer films: How chemically amplified photoresists at IBM helped spawn a decade of thin film transport research at NIST, Christopher 

L. Soles, invited presentation at the American Chemical Society Meeting, August 20, 2018, Boston, MA.

151. The Influence of Polymer Dynamics on the Functional Properties of Materials for Impact Mitigation and Transport Membranes: Status, Needs, and Opportunities, 

Christopher L. Soles, invited presentation at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory workshop on “Soft Matter Dynamics at the Nano- to 

Meso-Scale,” September 18, 2018, Oak Ridge, TN.

152. Characterization and Measurement Needs in Polymeric Transport Membranes, Christopher L. Soles, invited presentation at the “AIChE-ACS 

Molecular Properties Based Membrane Design Workshop,” October 14 and 15, 2018, Pittsburgh, PA.

153. Critical Measurements to Enable the Use of Polymers in Membranes, Composites, & Impact Mitigation, Christopher L. Soles, invited 

lecture at Purdue University, February 6, 2019, West Layfayette, IN.

154. Critical Measurements to Enable the Use of Polymers in Membranes, Composites, & Impact Mitigation, Christopher L. Soles, invited lecture in the 2019 

DPOLY Short Course, March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Boston MA, March 3, 2019.

155. The Role of Fast Polymer Dynamics as Quantified by Inelastic Neutron Scattering on the Mechanical Toughness of Polymeric Materials, Christopher L Soles, 

invited talk, ACS National Meeting, April 1-3, 2019, Orlando FL.

156. High-rate deformation of auxetic disordered networks, Edwin Chan, Juan De Pablo, Endao Han, Nidhi Pashine, Kieran Murphy, Daniel Reid, Meng 

Shen, Heinrich Jaeger, Sidney Nagel, Christopher Soles, invited talk, ACS National Meeting, April 1-3, 2019, Orlando FL.

157. Solvent Evaporation Measurements for Printed and Flexible Electronics (a case study for multicomponent diffusion in polymer films), Christopher L. Soles, 

invited talk, US Army CCDC, June 13, 2019, Aberdeen MD.

158. The Role of Fast Polymer Dynamics as Quantified by Inelastic Neutron Scattering on the Mechanical Toughness of Polymeric Materials, Christopher L Soles, 

invited talk, NIST Interagency Workshop on Polymers for Impact Mitigation, August 19, 2019, Gaithersburg, MD.

159. Polymers for Impact Mitigation: New Measurements Provide Insights into an Old Problem, Christopher L. Soles, invited talk, Drexel University, 

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, November 6, 2019, Philadelphia, PA