Robert M. Corn

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Professor, Chemistry
School of Physical Sciences
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1983, Chemistry
B.A., University of California, San Diego, 1978, Chemistry
Phone: (949) 824-1746
Fax: (949) 824-8571
Email: rcorn@uci.edu
University of California, Irvine
2139 Natural Sciences 2
Mail Code: 2025
Irvine, CA 92697
Research Interests
Surface Chemistry, Surface Spectroscopy, Nanoparticles, Biosensors, DNA at Surfaces, SPR, FTIR, Diffraction
Academic Distinctions
Distinguished Professor
Appointments
Visiting Scientist at the IBM Research Laboratory in San Jose, California, 1983-1984
Research Abstract
Prof. Corn has dedicated his career to the development and application of surface-sensitive spectroscopies such as surface plasmon resonance imaging, optical second harmonic generation, and polarization-modulation FTIR spectroscopy for the characterization of solid-liquid and liquid-liquid interfaces. His research interests include the development of new optical methods for multiplexed biosensing, the on-chip templated biosynthesis of nucleic acid and protein microarrays, the study of bioaffinity uptake into single polymer nanoparticles, the fabrication of nanostructured interfaces with unique optical, physical and properties, the synthesis of magnetic nanomaterials for biosensing and high frequency inductor applications, and the use of nucleic acids for DNA computing and other non-biological applications.
Available Technologies
Awards and Honors
2007 Pittsburgh Spectroscopy Award
2007 ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry Award in Spectrochemical Analysis
2007 Fellow of the AAAS
2012 Fellow of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy
2017 ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry Award in Chemical Instrumentation
Publications
Yunshan Fan, Yara Aceta, Esther Hessong, Athena Bengston, Laris A. Biageyian, Quan P. Huynh and Robert M. Corn
"Complex Resonant Scattering Behavior in the Surface Plasmon Resonance Imaging Microscopy of Single Gold Nanorods,"
J. Chem. Phys. Lett., 12 2004-2010 (2021).
Brandon M. Matthews, Adam M. Maley, Kellen M. Kartub, and Robert M. Corn, "Characterizing the Incorporation of DNA into Single NIPAm Hydrogel Nanoparticles with Surface Plasmon Resonance Imaging Measurements," J. Phys. Chem. C, 123 6090-6096 (2019).
Han Wai Millie Fung, Seulgi So, Kellen Kartub and Robert M. Corn, "Quantitative Characterization of Optical Coupling in Nanoporous ZnO-WO3 and ZnO-PEDOT Composite Electrodeposited Gratings using Electrodiffraction Measurements" J. Phys. Chem. C, 123 762-769 (2018).
John P. Kenison, Alexander Fast, Brandon M. Matthews, Robert M. Corn and Eric O. Potma, "Particle sensing with confined optical field enhanced fluorescence emission (Cofefe)" Optics Express, 26 12959-12969 (2018).
Han Wai Millie Fung, Seulgi So, Kellen Kartub, Gabriel Loget and Robert M. Corn,"Ultra-Antireflective Electrodeposited Plasmonic and PEDOT Nanocone Array Surfaces" J. Phys. Chem. C, 121 22377-22383 (2017).
Seulgi So, H. W. Millie Fung, Kellen Kartub, Adam M. Maley and Robert M. Corn, "Fabrication of PEDOT Nanocone Arrays with Electrochemically Modulated Broadband Antireflective Properties" J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 8 576-579 (2017).
Adam M. Maley George J. Lu, Mikhail G. Shapiro and Robert M. Corn, "Characterizing Single Polymeric and Protein Nanoparticles with Surface Plasmon Resonance Imaging Measurements" ACS Nano, 11 7447-7456 (2017).
Lauri Viitala, Adam M. Maley, H. W. Millie Fung, Robert M. Corn, Tapani Viitala and Lasse Murtomaki, "Surface Plasmon Resonance Imaging Microscopy of Liposomes and Liposome-Encapsulated Gold Nanoparticles"
J. Phys. Chem. C, 120 25958-25966 (2016).
Adam M. Maley, Yuhei Terada, Shunsuke Onogi, Kenneth J. Shea, Yoshiko Miura, and Robert M. Corn, "Measuring Protein Binding to Individual Hydrogel Nanoparticles with Single Nanoparticle SPRI Microscopy"
J. Phys. Chem. C, 120 16843-16849 (2016).
Gerald Manuel, Andrej Luptak, and Robert M. Corn, "A Microwell-Printing Fabrication Strategy for the On-Chip Templated Biosynthesis of Protein Microarrays for Surface Plasmon Resonance Imaging" J. Phys. Chem. C, 120 20984-20990 (2016).
Kyunghee Cho, Jennifer B. Fasoli, Keiichi Yoshimatsu, Kenneth J. Shea and Robert M. Corn, "Measuring Melittin Uptake into Hydrogel Nanoparticles with Near-Infrared Single Nanoparticle Surface Plasmon Resonance Microscopy" Analytical Chemistry, 87 4973-4979 (2015).
Jennifer B. Fasoli and Robert M. Corn, "Surface Enzyme Chemistries for Ultrasensitive Microarray Biosensing with SPR Imaging" Langmuir, 31 9527-9536 (2015).
Kyunghee Cho, Jennifer B. Fasoli, Keiichi Yoshimatsu, Kenneth J. Shea and Robert M. Corn, "Measuring Melittin Uptake into Hydrogel Nanoparticles with Near-Infrared Single Nanoparticle Surface Plasmon Resonance Microscopy" Analytical Chemistry, 87 4973-4979 (2015).
Himanshu Sharma, Jennifer B. Wood, Sophia Lin, Robert M. Corn and Michelle Khine, "Shrink-Induced Silica Multi-Scale Structures for Enhanced Fluorescence from DNA Microarrays" Langmuir, 30 10979-10983 (2014).
Kyunghee Cho, Gabriel Loget and Robert M. Corn, "Lithographically Patterned Nanoscale Electrodeposition of Plasmonic, Bimetallic, Semiconductor, Magnetic, and Polymer Nanoring Arrays" J. Phys. Chem. C, 118 28993-29000 (2014).
Mana Toma, Gabriel Loget and Robert M. Corn, "Flexible Teflon Nanocone Array Surfaces with Tunable Superhydrophobicity for Self-Cleaning and Aqueous Droplet Patterning" ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 6 11110-11117 (2014).
Gabriel Loget and Robert M. Corn, "Silica Nanowire Arrays for Diffraction-Based Bioaffinity Sensing" Chemistry - A European Journal, 20 10802-10810 (2014).
Aaron R. Halpern, Jennifer B. Wood, Yong Wang and Robert M. Corn, "Single Nanoparticle Near-Infrared Surface Plasmon Resonance Microscopy for Real-Time Measurements of DNA Hybridization Adsorption" ACS Nano, 8 1022-1030 (2014).
Mana Toma, Kyunghee Cho, Jennifer B. Wood and Robert M. Corn, "Gold Nanoring Arrays for Near Infrared Plasmonic Biosensing" Plasmonics, 9 765-772 (2014).
Mana Toma, Gabriel Loget and Robert M. Corn, "Fabrication of Broadband Antireflective Plasmonic Gold Nanocone Arrays on Flexible Polymer Films", Nano Lett., 13 6164-6169 (2013).
Gabriel Loget, Jennifer B. Wood, Kyunghee Cho, Aaron R. Halpern and Robert M. Corn, "Electrodeposition of Polydopamine Thin Films for DNA Patterning and Microarrays", Analytical Chemistry, 85 9991-9995 (2013).
Jennifer B. Wood, Megan W. Szyndler, Aaron R. Halpern, Kyunghee Cho and Robert M. Corn, "Fabrication of DNA Microarrays on Polydopamine-Modified Gold Thin Films for SPR Imaging Measurements", Langmuir, 29 10868-10873 (2013).
Megan W. Szyndler, Kenneth F. Haynes, Michael F. Potter, Robert M. Corn and Catherine Loudon, "Entrapment of bed bugs by leaf trichomes inspires microfabrication of biomimetic surfaces", J. R. Soc. Interface, 10 20130174 (2013).
Aaron R. Halpern and Robert M. Corn, "Lithographically Patterned Electrodeposition of Gold, Silver, and Nickel Nanoring Arrays with Widely Tunable Near-Infrared Plasmonic Resonances,"ACS Nano, 7 1755-1762 (2013).
Yulin Chen and Robert M. Corn, "DNAzyme Footprinting: Detecting Protein-Aptamer Complexation on Surfaces by Blocking DNAzyme Cleavage Activity", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 135 2072-2075 (2013).
Megan W. Szyndler and Robert M. Corn, "Self-Assembly of Flux-Closure Polygons from Magnetite Nanocubes" J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 3 2320-2325 (2012).
David W. Marsh, Megan W. Szyndler, Robert M. Corn and A. S. Borovik, "Preparation of monolithic superparamagnetic nanoparticle-polymer composites using a polymerizable acetylacetonate and magnetite nanoparticles" Polymer Chem., 3 2852-2856 (2012).
Ting H. Seefeld, Aaron R. Halpern and Robert M. Corn, "On-Chip Synthesis of Protein Microarrays from DNA Microarrays Via Coupled In Vitro Transcription and Translation for Surface Plasmon Resonance Imaging Biosensor Applications" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 134 12358-12361 (2012).
Aaron R. Halpern, Keith C. Donavan, Reginald M. Penner and Robert M. Corn, "Wafer-Scale Fabrication of Nanofluidic Arrays and Networks Using Nanoimprint Lithography and LPNE Gold Nanowire Masters," Analytical Chemistry, 84 5053-5058 (2012).
Yong Wang, Xuejun Liu, Aaron R. Halpern, Kyunghee Cho, Robert M. Corn, and Eric O. Potma, "Wide-field, surface-sensitive four-wave mixing microscopy of nanostructures," Applied Optics, 51 3305-3312 (2012).
Yulin Chen, Kohei Nakamoto, Osamu Niwa and Robert M. Corn, "On-Chip Synthesis of RNA Aptamer Microarrays for Multiplexed Protein Biosensing with SPR Imaging Measurements," Langmuir, 28 8281-8285 (2012).
Yuka Okabe, Yulin Chen, Rishi Purohita, Robert M. Corn and Abraham P. Lee, "Piezoelectrically Driven Vertical Cavity Acoustic Transducers for the Convective Transport and Rapid Detection of DNA and Protein Binding to DNA Microarrays with SPR Imaging-A Parametric Study," Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 35 37-43 (2012).
Wenjuan Zhou, Aaron R. Halpern, Ting H. Seefeld and Robert M. Corn, "Near Infrared SPR Phase Imaging and Nanoparticle-Enhanced SPR Phase Imaging for Ultrasensitive Protein and DNA Biosensing with Oligonucleotide and Aptamer Microarrays," Analytical Chem., 84 440-445 (2012).
Yin Han and Robert M. Corn, "Characterization and Application of Surface Plasmon-Enhanced Optical Diffraction from Electrodeposited Gold Nanowire Arrays," J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2 1601-1606 (2011).
Wen-Juan Zhou, Yulin Chen and Robert M. Corn, "Ultrasensitive Microarray Detection of Short RNA Sequences with Enzymatically Modified Nanoparticles and SPR Imaging Measurements," Analytical Chem., 83 3897-3902 (2011).
Iuliana E. Sendroiu, Lida K. Gifford, Andrej Lupták, and Robert M. Corn, "Ultrasensitive DNA Microarray Biosensing via in situ RNA Transcription-Based Amplification and Nanoparticle-Enhanced SPR Imaging," J. Am. Chem. Soc., 133 4271–4273 (2011).
Aaron R. Halpern, Yulin Chen, Robert M. Corn, and Donghyun Kim, "Surface Plasmon Resonance Phase Imaging Measurements of Patterned Monolayers and DNA Adsorption onto Microarrays," Analytical Chem., 83 2801–2806 (2011).
Ting H. Seefeld, Wen-Juan Zhou, and Robert M. Corn, "Rapid Microarray Detection of DNA and Proteins in Microliter Volumes with SPR Imaging Measurements," Langmuir, 27 6534-6540 (2011).
Lida K. Gifford, Iuliana E. Sendroiu, Robert M. Corn, and Andrej Luptak, "Attomole Detection of Mesophilic DNA Polymerase Products by Nanoparticle-Enhanced Surface Plasmon Resonance Imaging on Glassified Gold Surfaces," J. Am. Chem. Soc., 132 9265-9267 (2010).
Yulin Chen, Sheng-Chin Kung, David Taggart, Aaron R. Halpern, Reginald Penner, and Robert M. Corn, "Fabricating Nanoscale DNA Patterns with Gold Nanowires," Analytical Chem., 82 3365-3370 (2010).
Professional Societies
Sigma Xi
American Chemical Society
Society for Applied Spectroscopy
International Society of Electrochemistry
AAAS
Other Experience
Professor
University of Wisconsin 1985—2004
Joined UCI Faculty in 2004

Graduate Programs
Biomedical Engineering
Chemistry
Last updated
07/13/2021