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Selected Publications for 2018


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"Sensitivity of Polymer Crystallization to Shear at Low and High Supercooling of the Melt," A. M. Rhoades, A. M. Gohn, J. Seo, R. Androsch and R. H. Colby, Macromolecules 51, 2785 (2018).


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"Two Distinct Morphologies for Semicrystalline Isotactic Polypropylene Crystallized after Shear Flow," B. Nazari, H. Tran, B. Beauregard, M. Flynn-Hepford, D. Harrell, S. T. Milner and R. H. Colby, Macromolecules 51, 4750 (2018).


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"PoreDesigner for tuning solute selectivity in a robust and highly permeable outer membrane pore," Chowdhury R, Ren T, Shankla M, Decker K, Grisewood M, Prabhakar J, Baker C, Golbeck JH, Aksimentiev A, Kumar M, Maranas CD, Nature Communications, 9, Article number: 3661 (2018).


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"Countercurrent staged diafiltration for formulation of high value proteins," Nambiar, A.M.K., Y. Li, A.L. Zydney, Biotech Bioeng., 115: 139-144 (2018).


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“A combined ultrafiltration-reverse osmosis process for external reuse of Weiyuan shale gas flowback and produced water,” Guo, C., H. Chang, B. Liu, Q. He, B. Xiong, M. Kumar, A.L. Zydney, Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 4: 942-955 (2018).


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Diffusivity of solvents in semi-crystalline polyethylene using the Vrentas-Duda free-volume theory,” Guo, C., H. Chang, B. Liu, Q. He, B. Xiong, M. Kumar, A.L. Zydney, J. Polym Eng., (2018)


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"A thermally regenerative ammonia battery with carbon-silver electrodes for converting low-grade waste heat to electricity," Rahimi, M., T. Kim, C.A. Gorski, and B.E. Logan, J. Power Sources, 373:95–102 (2018).


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"Emerging electrochemical and membrane-based systems to convert low-grade heat to electricity," Rahimi, M., A.P. Straub, F. Zhang, X. Zhu, M. Elimelech, C.A. Gorski, and B.E. Logan, Energy Env. Sci. 11:276–285 (2018).


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"Resonant soft X-ray scattering provides protein structure with chemical specificity," Ye, D.; Le, T.P.; Kuei, B.; Zhu, C.; Zwart, P.H.; Wang, C.; Gomez, E.D.; Gomez, E.W., Structure, 26 (11), 1513-1521 (2018).


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"Resonant soft X-ray scattering reveals cellulose microfibril spacing in plant primary cell walls," Ye, D.; Kiemle, S.N.; Rongpipi, S.; Wang, X.; Wang, C.; Cosgrove, D.J.; Gomez, E.W.; Gomez, E.D, Scientific Reports, 8, 12449 (2018).


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"Electron tomography reveals details of the internal microstructure of desalination membranes," Culp, T.E.; Shen, Y.X.; Geitner, M.; Paul, M.; Roy, A.; Behr, M.J.; Rosenberg, S.; Gu, J.; Kumar, M.; Gomez, E.D., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115 (35), 8694-8699 (2018).


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"Nematic order imposes molecular weight effect on charge transport in conjugated polymers," Zhang, W.; Milner, S.T.; Gomez, E.D., ACS Central Science, 4 (3), 413-421 (2018).


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"Room-Temperature Synthesis of Two-Dimensional Metal–Organic Frameworks with Controllable Size and Functionality for Enhanced CO2 Sorption," J. Zha and X. Zhang, Crystal Growth & Design, 185, 3209 (2018).


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"Ethylene Oligomerization to Select Oligomers on Ni‐ETS‐10," J. Thakkar, X. Yin, X. Zhang, ChemCatChem, 10, 4234 (2018).


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"Hydrothermal liquefaction of model food waste biomolecules and ternary mixtures under isothermal and fast conditions," A Gollakota, PE Savage, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 6 (7), 9018-9027 (2018).


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"Synergistic and antagonistic interactions during hydrothermal liquefaction of soybean oil, soy protein, cellulose, xylose, and lignin," J Lu, Z Liu, Y Zhang, PE Savage, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 6 (11), 14501-14509 (2018).


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"Interaction trends between single metal atoms and oxide supports identified with density functional theory," N. J. O’Connor, A S M Jonayat, M. J. Janik, T. P. Senftle, Nature Catalysis 1 531-539 (2018).


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"Evaluating differences in the active-site electronics of supported Au nanoparticle catalysts using Hammett and DFT studies," N. J. O’Connor, A S M Jonayat, M. J. Janik, T. P. Senftle, Nature Chemistry, 10 268-274 (2018).


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Fast charging of lithium-ion batteries at all temperatures," Yang, X.G., G. Zhang, S. Ge, and C.Y. Wang, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115 (28), 7266-7271 (2018).


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"Nanomanufacturing of silicon surface with a single atomic layer precision via mechanochemical reactions," L. Chen, J. Wen, P. Zhang, B. Yu, C. Chen, T. Ma, X. Lu, S.H. Kim, L. Qian, Nature Communications, 9, 1542 (2018).


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"Inhomogeneity of Cellulose Microfibril Assembly in Plant Cell Walls Revealed with Sum Frequency Generation Microscopy," S. Huang, M. Makarem, S.N. Kiemle, H. Hamedi, M. Sau, D.J. Cosgrove, S.H. Kim, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 122 5006-5019 (2018).


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"Chemical Game Theory," D. Velegol, P. Suhey, J. Connolly, N. Morrisey, L. Cook, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 57, 13593 (2018).

 
 

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