2015 Publications

Cameron Abrams

Bastian, A.R.; Nangarlia, A.; Bailey, L.D.; Holmes, A.; Sundaram, R.V.K.; Ang, C.; Moreira, D.R.M.; Freedman, K.; Duffy, C.; Contarino, M.; Abrams, C.F.; Root, M.; Chaiken, I. Mechanism of Multivalent Nanoparticle Encounter with HIV-1 for Potency Enhancement of Peptide Triazole Virus Inactivation. J. Biol. Chem. 2015, 290, 529-543.

Jang, C.; Sirk, T.; Andzelm, J.; Abrams, C.F. Comparison of Crosslinking Algorithms in Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Thermosetting Polymers. Macromol. Theory 2015, 24, 260-270.

Paz, S.A.; Abrams, C.F. Free Energy and Hidden Barriers of the β‑Sheet Structure of Prion Protein. J. Chem. Theory Comput. 2015, 11, 5024-5034.

Sharifi, M.; Jang, C.; Abrams, C.F.; Palmese, G.R. Epoxy Polymer Networks with Improved Thermal and Mechanical Properties via Controlled Dispersion of Reactive Toughening Agents. Macromolecules 2015, 48, 7495-8002.

Yu, T.; Lapelosa, M.; Vanden-Eijnden, E.; Abrams, C.F. Full kinetics of CO entry, internal diffusion, and exit in myoglobin from transition-path theory simulations. J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137:, 041-3050.


Nicolas Alvarez

Huang, Q.; Hengeller, L.; Alvarez, N. J. Bridging the Gap between Polymer Melts and Solutions in Extensional Rheology. Macromolecules 2015, 48 (12), 4158-4163.

Reichert, M. D.; Alvarez, N. J.; Brooks, C. F.; et al. The importance of experimental design on measurement of dynamic interfacial tension and interfacial rheology in diffusion-limited surfactant systems. Colloids Surf., A 2015, 467, 135-142.

Shabbir, A.; Goldansaz, H.; Hassager, O.; van Ruymbeke, E.; Alvarez, N.J. Effect of Hydrogen Bonding on Linear and Nonlinear Rheology of Entangled Polymer Melts. Macromolecules 2015, 48 (16), 5988-5996.

Wingstrand, S.L.; Alvarez, H.J.; Huang, Q. Linear and Nonlinear Universality in the Rheology of Polymer Melts and Solutions. Phys. Rev. Lett. 2015, 115 (7), 078302.


Jason Baxter

Abel, A. J.; Garcia-Torregrosa, I.; Patel, A. M.; Opasanont, B.; Baxter, J. B. SILAR-Deposited Hematite Films for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting: Effects of Sn, Ti, Thickness, and Nanostructuring. J. Phys. Chem. C 2015, 119 (9), 4454-4465.

Comes, R.B.; Smolin, S.Y.; Kaspar, T.C.; Gao, R.; Apgar, B.A.; Martin, L.W.; Bowden, M.E.; Baxter, J.B.; Chambers, S.A. Visible light carrier generation in co-doped epitaxial titanate films. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2015, 106, 092901.

Esposito, D.V.; Baxter, J.B.; John, J.; Lewis, N.; Moffat, T.P.; Ogitsu, T.; O'Neil, G.D.; Pham, T.A.; Talin, A.A.; Velazquez J.M.; Wood, B. Methods of Photoelectrode Characterization with High Spatial and Temporal Resolution. Energy Environ. Sci. 2015, (accepted).

Guglietta, G.W.; Dirol, B.T.;Gaulding, A.E.; Fordham, J.L.; Li, S.; Murray, C.B.; Baxter, J.B. Lifetime, Mobility, and Diffusion of Photoexcited Carriers in Ligand-Exchanged Lead Selenide Nanocrystal Films Measured by Time-Resolved Terahertz Spectroscopy. ACS Nano 2015, 9(2), 1820.

Opasanont, B.; Baxter, J.B. Dynamic Speciation Modeling to Guide Selection of Complexing Agents for Chemical Bath Deposition: Case Study for ZnS Thin Films. Cryst. Growth Des. 2015, 15, 10.

Opasanont, B.; Van, K.T.; Kuba, A.G., Choudhury, K.R., Baxter, J.B. Adherent and Conformal Zn(S,O,OH) Thin Films by Rapid Chemical Bath Deposition with Hexamethylenetetramine Additive. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2015, 7(21), 11516-11525.


Nily Dan

Dan, N. Compound release from core-shell carriers triggered by oscillating fields: Monte Carlo simulations. Colloids Surf., A 2015, 481, 80-86.

Dan, N. Drug release through liposome pores. Colloids Surf., B 2015, 126, 80-86.

Turovsky, T.; Portnaya, I.; Kesselman, E.; Ionita-Abutbul, I.; Dan, N.; Danino, D. Effect of temperature and loading on the structure of beta-casein/ibuprofen assemblies. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2015, 449 (SI), 514-521.

Davis, S.; Haldipur, J.; Zhao, Y.; Dan, N.; Pan, Y.J.; Nitin, N. ; Tikekar, R.V. Effect of distribution of solid and liquid lipid domains on transport of free radicals in nanostructured lipid carriers. LWT Food Sci. Technol. 2015, 64 (1),14-17.


Aaron Fafarman

Turk, M. E.; Vora, P. M.; Fafarman, A. T.; Diroll, B. T.; Murray, C. B.; Kagan, C. R.; Kikkawa, J. M. Ultrafast Electron Trapping in Ligand-Exchanged Quantum Dot Assemblies. ACS Nano 2015, 9 (2), 1440–1447, DOI: 10.1021/nn505862g.


Vibha Kalra

Andersen, C.P.; Hu, H.; Qiu, G.; Kalra, V.; Sun, Y. Pore-Scale Transport Resolved Model Incorporating Cathode Microstructure and Peroxide Growth in Lithium-Air Batteries. J. Electrochem. Soc. 2015, A1135.

Chung, S-H; Singhal, R; Kalra, V; Manthiram, A. A Porous Carbon Mat as an Electrochemical Testing Platform for Investigating the Polysulfide Retention of Various Cathode Configurations in Li-S Cells. J Phys Chem Lett 2015, 6, 2163.

Chung, S-H.; Singhal, R.; Kalra, V.; Manthiram, A. Electrochemically Stable Rechargeable Lithium–Sulfur Batteries with a Microporous Carbon Nanofiber Filter for Polysulfide. Advanced Energy Materials 2015, DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201500738.

Dillard, C.; Singhal, R.; Kalra, V. Hierarchical Self-Assembly in Monoaxially Electrospun P3HT/PCBM Nanofibers. Macromol. Mater. Eng. 2015, 300 (3), 20-327.

Singhal, R.; Chung, S-H.; Manthiram, A.; Kalra, V. Free-standing Carbon Nanofiber Interlayer for High Performance Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. J. Mater. Chem. A  2015, 3, 4530.

Singhal, R; Kalra, V. Electrospun bifunctional cobalt-based porous carbon nanofibers as efficient catalysts for oxygen reduction and evolution reactions. 2015, submitted.

Singhal, R.; Kalra, V. Using Common Salt to Impart Pseudocapacitive Functionalities to Carbon Nanofibers. J. Mater. Chem. A 2015, 3, 377.

Tran, C.; Lawrence, D.; Richey, F.W.; Dillard, C.; Elabd, Y.; Kalra, V. Electrochemical Performance of Device-ready Porous Carbon Nanofibers in Ionic Liquid Electrolyte-based Supercapacitors. Chemical Communications 2015, 51, 13760..

Tran, C.; Singhal, R.; Lawrence, D.; Kalra, V. Polyaniline-coated Freestanding Porous Carbon Nanofibers as Efficient Hybrid Electrodes for Supercapacitors. Journal of Power Sources, 2015, 293, 373.


Kenneth Lau

Hsieh, C.; Lau, K. K. S. Growth of Polyglycidol in Porous TiO2 Nanoparticle Networks via Initiated Chemical Vapor Deposition: Probing Polymer Confinement Under High Nanoparticle Loading. Adv. Mater. Interfaces 2015, 2(17), 1500341.

Janakiraman, S.; Farrell, S. L.; Hsieh, C.; et al. Kinetic analysis of the initiated chemical vapor deposition of poly(vinylpyrrolidone) and poly(4-vinylpyridine). Thin Solid Films 2015, 595, 244-250, Part B.

Johnson, N.; Smolin, Y.Y.; Shindler, C.; Hagamana, D.; Soroush, M.; Lau, K.K.S.; Ji, H.F. Photochromic Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. AIMS Materials Sci. 2015, 2(4), 503-509.

Nejati, S.; Patel, A.; Wallowitch, G. R.; et al. Electrical Conductivity and Stability of Oxidative Chemical Vapor Deposition Copolymer Thin Films of Thiophene and Pyrrole. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. Lett. 2015, 7(1), 50-55.

Smolin, Y.Y.; Nejati, S.; Bavarian, M.; et al. Effects of polymer chemistry on polymer-electrolyte dye sensitized solar cell performance: A theoretical and experimental investigation. J. Power Sources 2015, 286, 590-590.

Smolin, Y. Y.; Nejati, S.; Bavarian, M.; Lee, D.; Lau, K. K. S.; Soroush, M. Effects of polymer chemistry on polymer-electrolyte dye sensitized solar cell performance: A theoretical and experimental investigation. J. Power Sources 2015, 274, 156-164.

Spurgeon, S. R.; Balachandran, P. V.; Kepaptsoglou, D. M.; et al. Polarization screening-induced magnetic phase gradients at complex oxide interfaces. Nat. Commun. 2015, 6, 6735.


Giuseppe Palmese

Can, E.; Kinaci, E.; Palmese, G. R. Preparation and characterization of novel vinyl ester formulations derived from cardanol. European Polymer Journal 2015, 72, 129-147.

Hu, F.; Yadav, S.K; La Scala, John J.J.; Sadler. J.M.; Palmese G.R.; Preparation and Characterization of Fully Furan-Based Renewable Thermosetting Epoxy-Amine Systems. Macromol. Chem. Phys. 2015, 216(13), 1441-1446.

McAninch, I.; Palmese, G.; Lenhart, J.; La Scala J. DMA Testing of Epoxy Resins: the Importance of Dimensions. Polym. Eng. Sci. 2015, 55, 2761-2774.

Mc Aninch, I. M.; Palmese, G. R.; Lenhart, J. L.; et al. Epoxy-Amine Networks with Varying Epoxy Polydispersity. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2015, 132(8), 41503.

Sadler, J. M.; Toulan, F. R.; Palmese, G. R.; et al. Unsaturated polyester resins for thermoset applications using renewable isosorbide as a component for property improvement. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2015, 132 (30), 42315.

Sharifi, M.; Jang, C.; Abrams, C.F.; Palmese, G.R. Epoxy Polymer Networks with Improved Thermal and Mechanical Properties via Controlled Dispersion of Reactive Toughening Agents. Macromolecules 2015, 48, 7495-8002.

Throckmorton J.; Palmese G.R. Direct Preparation of Few Layer Graphene Epoxy Nanocomposites from Untreated Flake Graphite. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2015, 7(27) 14870-14877.

Watters A.; Cuadra,J.; Kontsos, A.; Palmese G.R.; Processing-structure-property relationships of SWNT-epoxy composites prepared using ionic liquids. Composites Part A 2015, 73. 269-276.


Masoud Soroush

Arabi Shamsabadi, A.; Mosayyebi Behbahani, R.; Seidi, F.; Soroush, M. Physical Aging of Polyetherimide Membranes. J. of Natural Gas Sci. and Eng. 2015, 27(2), 651-660.

Janakiraman, S.; Farrell, S. L.; Hsieh, C.; et al. Kinetic analysis of the initiated chemical vapor deposition of poly(vinylpyrrolidone) and poly(4-vinylpyridine). Thin Solid Films 2015, 595, 244-250, Part B.

Johnson, N.; Smolin, Y.Y.; Shindler, C.; Hagamana, D.; Soroush, M.; Lau, K.K.S.; Ji, H.F. Photochromic Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. AIMS Materials Sci. 2015, 2(4), 503-509.

Moghadam, N.; Liu, S.; Srinivasan, S.; Grady, M.C.; Rappe, A.M.; Soroush, M. Theoretical Study of Intermolecular Chain Transfer to Polymer Reactions of Alkyl Acrylates. Ind. & Engineering Chem. Research 2015, 54 (16), 4148-4165.

Mohseni Ahooyi, T.; Arbogast, J.E.; Soroush, M. An efficient copula-based method of identifying regression models of non-monotonic relationships in processing plants. Chem. Eng. Sci. 2015, 136, SI, 106-114.

Mohseni Ahooyi, T.; Arbogast, J.E.; Soroush, M. Applications of the Rolling Pin Method: I) an Efficient Alternative to Bayesian Network Modeling and Inference. Ind. & Eng. Chem. Research 2015, 54 (16), 4316-4325.

Mohseni Ahooyi, T.; Arbogast, J.E.; Soroush, M. Rebuttal to the 'Comment on "Rolling Pin Method: Efficient General Method of Joint Probability Modeling". Ind. & Eng. Chem. Research 2015, 54 (8), 2416-2417.

Mohseni Ahooyi, T.; Arbogast, J.E.; Soroush, M. Rolling Pin Method: an Efficient General Method of Joint Probability Modeling. Ind. & Eng. Chem. Research 2015, in press.

Moskowitz, I. H.; Seider, W. D.; Soroush, M.; et al. Chemical Process Simulation for Dynamic Risk Analysis: A Steam Methane Reformer Case Study. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2015, 54 (16), 4347-4359.

Shamsabadi, A. A.; Behbahani, R. M.; Seidi, Farzad; et al. Physical aging of polyetherimide membranes. J. Nat. Gas Sci. Eng. 2015, 27, 651-660.

Smolin, Y.Y.; Nejati, S.; Bavarian, M.; et al. Effects of polymer chemistry on polymer-electrolyte dye sensitized solar cell performance: A theoretical and experimental investigation. J. Power Sources 2015, 286, 590-590.

Smolin, Y. Y.; Nejati, S.; Bavarian, M.; Lee, D.; Lau, K. K. S.; Soroush, M. Effects of polymer chemistry on polymer-electrolyte dye sensitized solar cell performance: A theoretical and experimental investigation. J. Power Sources 2015, 274, 156-164.


Steven Wrenn

Nguyen, A. T.; Lewin, P. A.; Wrenn, S. P. Hydrophobic drug concentration affects the acoustic susceptibility of liposomes. Biochim. Biophys. Acta, Gen. Subj. 2015, 1850(4), 667-672.

Wallace, N.; Dicker, S.; Lewin, P; et al. Inertial cavitation threshold of nested microbubbles. Ultrasonics 2015, 58, 67-74.

Wallace, N.; Wrenn, S. P. Ultrasound triggered drug delivery with liposomal nested microbubbles. Ultrasonics 2015, 63, 31-38.