Publications

“MEH-PPV by microwave assisted ring-opening metathesis polymerisation” Andrew M. Spring, Chin-Yang Yu, Masaki Horie and Michael L. Turner* - Chemical Communications 2009, 2676.

“Homopolymers and Block Copolymers of p-Phenylenevinylene-2,5-diethylhexyloxy-p-phenylenevinylene and m-Phenylenevinylene-2,5-diethylhexyloxy-p-phenylenevinylene by Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerisation” Chin-Yang Yu, Masaki Horie, Andrew M. Spring, Kim Tremel, and Michael L. Turner* - Macromolecules 2010, 43, 222.

“Thermal Sensitive Wavelength Filter Based on Polymer Waveguide and Polarization-maintaining Fiber” Qiu Feng, Yu Feng, Spring, Andrew M, Yokoyama, Shiyoshi* – Journal of the Optical Society of America B 2012, 29, 3069.

“Athermal Silicon Nitride Ring Resonator by Photobleaching of Disperse Red 1-Doped Poly(methylmethacrylate) Polymer” Qiu Feng; Yu Feng; Spring Andrew M; Yokoyama Shiyoshi* - Optics Letters 2012, 37, 4086.

“Nanotube dispersants and dispersant-free nanotube films therefrom” Walczak Ryan M, Reynolds John R, Rinzler Andrew G, Spring Andrew M, Vasilyeva Svetlana V, Wadhwa Pooja - PCT Int. Appl. (2012), WO 2012138632 A2 20121011 (University of Florida Research Foundation Incorporated)

“Thin TiO2 Core and Electro-optic Polymer Cladding Waveguide Modulators” Qiu Feng, Spring Andrew M, Yu Feng, Aoki Isao, Otomo Akira, Yokoyama Shiyoshi* – Applied Physics Letters, 2013, 102, 233504.

“Polymer composition containing organic nonlinear optical compound” Yokoyama Shiyoshi, Yamamoto Kazuhiro, Andrew Mark Spring, Maeda Daisuke, Ozawa Masaaki, Odoi Keisuke - PCT Int. Appl. 2013, WO 2013172342 A1 20131121.

“Electro-optic Polymer/Titanium Dioxide Hybrid Core Ring Resonator Modulators” Qiu Feng, Spring Andrew M, Yu Feng, Aoki, Isao, Otomo Akira, Yokoyama Shiyoshi* – Laser and Photonics Reviews 2013, 7(6), L84-L88.

“Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor compatible athermal Silicon Nitride/Titanium Dioxide Hybrid Micro Ring Resonators” Qiu Feng, Spring Andrew M, Yu Feng, Yokoyama Shiyoshi* – Applied Physics Letters, 2013, 102, 051106.

“An Enhanced Host-Guest Electro-Optical Polymer System Using Poly(norbornene-dicarboximides) via ROMP” Yu Feng, Spring Andrew M, Li Lu, Qiu Feng, Yamamoto Kazuhiro, Maeda Daisuke, Ozawa Masaaki, Odoi Keisuke, Yokoyama Shiyoshi* – Journal of Polymer Science A, 2013, 51, 1278.

“The preparation of well-controlled poly(N-cyclohexyl-exo-norbornene-5,6-dicarboximide) polymers” Andrew M Spring, Feng Yu, Feng Qiu, Kazuhiro Yamamoto and Shiyoshi Yokoyama* – Polymer Journal, 2014, 46(9), 576-583.

“Carbon Nanotube Adsorptive Materials Derived from Acid Degradable Poly(acetals)” Andrew M. Spring, Leandro A. Estrada, Svetlana V. Vasilyeva, Andrew G. Rinzler and John R. Reynolds* - Macromolecules, 2014 , 47(8), 2556-2560.

“TiO2 ring-resonator-based EO polymer modulator” Qiu Feng, Spring Andrew M, Maeda Daisuke, Ozawa Masa-Aki, Odoi Keisuke, Aoki Isao, Otomo Akira, Yokoyama Shiyoshi* - Optics Express, 2014, 22(12), 14101-7

“Electro-optic properties of a bi-chromophore norbornene polymer brush system” Yue Jia, Andrew M. Spring, Feng Qiu, Feng Yu, Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Isao Aoki, Akira Otomo, and Shiyoshi Yokoyama*- Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 2014, 53, 01AF04.

“A straightforward electro-optic polymer covered titanium dioxide strip line modulator with a low driving voltage” Qiu Feng, Spring Andrew M, Maeda Daisuke, Ozawa Masa-aki, Odoi Keisuke, Aoki Isao, Otomo Akira, Yokoyama Shiyoshi* - Applied Physics Letters, 2014, 105(7), 073305/1-073305/4.

“A Norbornene Polymer Brush for Electro-optic Applications” Jia Yue, Spring Andrew M, Yu Feng, Yamamoto Kazuhiro, Aoki Isao, Otomo Akira, Yokoyama Shiyoshi* – Thin Solid Films, 2014, 554, 175–179

“Glass transition temperature control by poly(norbornene-dicarboximide) copolymers” Andrew M. Spring, Daisuke Maeda, Masaaki, Ozawa, Keisuke Odoi, Feng Qiu, Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Shiyoshi Yokoyama* - Polymer Bulletin, 2015, 72(3), 503-521.

“An analysis of the structural, thermal and optical characteristics as well as the electrical resistivity of tert-butyldiphenylsilyl substituted poly(norbornene-dicarboximide)s” Andrew M. Spring, Daisuke Maeda, Masaaki Ozawa, Keisuke Odoi, Feng Qiu, Kazuhiro Yamamoto and Shiyoshi Yokoyama* - Polymer, 2015, 56, 189-198.

“Ultra-thin silicon/electro-optic polymer hybrid waveguide modulators” Qiu, Feng; Sato, Hiromu; Spring, Andrew M.; Maeda, Daisuke; Ozawa, Masa-aki; Odoi, Keisuke; Aoki, Isao; Otomo, Akira; Yokoyama, Shiyoshi* - Applied Physics Letters, 2015, 107(12), 123302/1.

“Athermal and High-Q Hybrid TiO2-Si3N4 Ring Resonator via an Etching-Free Fabrication Technique” Qiu Feng, Spring Andrew M and Yokoyama, Shiyoshi* - ACS Photonics, 2015, 2(3), 405-409.

“A hybrid electro-optic polymer and TiO2 double-slot waveguide modulator” Qiu Feng, Spring Andrew M, Maeda Daisuke, Ozawa Masa-aki, Odoi Keisuke, Otomo Akira, Aoki Isao, Yokoyama, Shiyoshi* - Scientific Reports, 2015, 5, 8561.

“High stability poly(N-adamantyl-exo-norbornene-5,6-dicarboximide) and phenyl vinylene thiophene electro-optic host-guest system” Spring, Andrew M, Qiu, Feng; Yokoyama, Shiyoshi* - European Polymer Journal, 2016, 84, 89.

“Athermal Hybrid Silicon/Polymer Ring Resonator Electro-optic Modulator” Qiu, Feng; Spring, Andrew M.; Miura, Hiroki; Maeda, Daisuke; Ozawa, Masa-aki; Odoi, Keisuke; Yokoyama, Shiyoshi* - ACS Photonics, 2016, 3(5), 780.

“An electro-optic polymer-cladded TiO2 waveguide modulator” Qiu, Feng; Miura, Hiroki; Spring, Andrew M.; Hong, Jianxun; Maeda, Daisuke; Ozawa, Masa-aki; Odoi, Keisuke; Yokoyama, Shiyoshi* - Applied Physics Letters, 2016, 109(17), 173301/1.

“Alkyl substituted poly(p-phenylene vinylene)s by ring opening metathesis polymerisation” Lidster, Benjamin J.; Kumar, Dharam R.; Spring, Andrew M.; Yu, Chin-Yang; Turner, Michael L* - Polymer Chemistry, 2016, 7(35), 5544.

“Alkyl substituted [2.2]paracyclophane-1,9-dienes” Lidster, Benjamin J.; Kumar, Dharam R.; Spring, Andrew M.; Yu, Chin-Yang; Helliwell, Madeleine; Raftery, James; Turner, Michael L* - Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2016, 14(25), 6079.

“Electro-optic properties of a side chain poly(norbornene-dicarboximide) system with an appended phenyl vinylene thiophene chromophore” Spring, Andrew M, Qiu, Feng; Hong, Jianxun; Bannaron, Alisa; Yokoyama, Shiyoshi* - Polymer, 2017, 119, 13.

“Crosslinked poly(norbornene-dicarboximide)s as electro-optic chromophore hosts” Spring, Andrew M, Qiu, Feng; Hong, Jianxun; Bannaron, Alisa; Kashino, Tsubasa; Kikuchi, Takamasa; Ozawa, Masaaki; Nawata, Hideyuki; Odoi, Keisuke; Yokoyama, Shiyoshi* - European Polymer Journal, 2017, 97, 263.

“Low driving voltage Mach-Zehnder interference modulator constructed from an electro-optic polymer on ultra-thin silicon with a broadband operation” Sato Hiromu; Miura Hiroki; Qiu Feng; Spring Andrew M; Kashino Tsubasa; Kikuchi Takamasa; Ozawa Masaaki; Nawata Hideyuki; Odoi Keisuke; Yokoyama Shiyoshi* - Optics express, 2017, 25(2), 768.

“A high-speed electro-optic triple-microring resonator modulator” Hong Jianxun; Qiu Feng; Cheng Xiaoyang; Spring Andrew M; Yokoyama Shiyoshi* - Scientific reports, 2017, 7(1), 4682.

“Fabrication of a high-Q factor ring resonator using LSCVD deposited Si3N4 film” Xiaoyang Cheng, Jianxun Hong, Andrew M. Spring, and Shiyoshi Yokoyama* - Optical Materials Express, 2017, 7(7), 2182.

“Electro-optic Polymer Ring Resonator Modulator on a Flat Silicon-on-Insulator” Qiu, Feng; Spring, Andrew M.; Hong, Jianxun; Miura, Hiroki; Kashino, Tsubasa; Kikuchi, Takamasa; Ozawa, Masaaki; Nawata, Hideyuki; Odoi, Keisuke; Yokoyama, Shiyoshi* - Laser & Photonics Reviews 2017, 11(6), 1700061.

“High thermal stability 40 GHz electro-optic polymer modulators” Hiroki Miura, Feng Qiu, Andrew M. Spring, Tsubasa Kashino, Takamasa Kikuchi, Masaaki Ozawa, Hideyuki Nawata, Keisuke Odoi, and Shiyoshi Yokoyama* - Optics Express 2017, 25(23) 28644.

“Silicon waveguide grating coupler based on a segmented grating structure” Hong Jianxun; Qiu Feng; Spring Andrew M; Yokoyama Shiyoshi* - Applied optics 2018, 57(12), 3301-3305

“Plate-slot polymer waveguide modulator on silicon-on-insulator” Qiu Feng; Spring Andrew M; Hong Jianxun; Yokoyama Shiyoshi* - Optics express 2018, 26(9), 11213-11221.

“Adamantyl and carbazole containing trans-poly(norbornene-dicarboximide)s as electro-optic chromophore hosts” Andrew M. Spring, Feng Qiu, Jianxun Hong, Alisa Bannaron, Xiaoyang Cheng, Shiyoshi Yokoyama* - Polymer, 2019, 172, 382.

“Camera sensor platform for high speed video data transmission using a wideband electro-optic polymer modulator” Cheng, Xiaoyang; Qiu, Feng; Spring, Andrew M.; Sasaki, Masaru; Kashino, Tsubasa; Ozawa, Masaaki; Nawata, Hideyuki; Kita, Tomohiro; Sugihara, Okihiro; Yokoyama, Shiyoshi* - Optics Express 2019, 27(3), 1877-1883.

“A high efficiency silicon nitride waveguide grating coupler with a multilayer bottom reflector” Hong, Jianxun; Spring, Andrew M.; Qiu, Feng; Yokoyama, Shiyoshi* - Scientific Reports 2019, 9(1), 1-8.

“High-temperature-resistant silicon-polymer hybrid modulator operating at up to 200 Gbit s−1 for energy-efficient datacentres and harsh-environment applications” Guo-Wei Lu, Jianxun Hong, Feng Qiu, Andrew M. Spring, Tsubasa Kashino, Juro Oshima, Masa-aki Ozawa, Hideyuki Nawata & Shiyoshi Yokoyama* - Nature Communications 2020, 11, 4224.

“Synthesis and Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of o‑Dialkoxy Paracyclophanedienes” - Yurachat Janpatompong, Andrew M. Spring, Venukrishnan Komanduri, Raja U. Khan, and Michael L. Turner* - Macromolecules 2022, 55, 24, 10854-10864.

“Synthesis, Characterization, and Optical Properties of Carbazole-Functionalized Poly(norbornene-dicarboximide) by ROMP" - Mahmoud Z. Basyouni*, Mohammed F. Radwan, Mohamed E. Abdu, Andrew M. Spring* - EVERGREEN, Vol. 11, Issue 01, pp207-213, March, 2024