Faculty and staff in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering are comprehensive engineers and researchers who combine the spirit of invention and innovation to strengthen our community and advance our education and research nationally and internationally. This collection provides a sampling of their research.

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Submissions from 2023

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Novel Castor Oil/Water/Ethanol Pickering Emulsions Stabilized by Magnetic Nanoparticles and Magnetically Controllable Demulsification, Mohammad J. Hasan, Peng Chen, Neithan Dominick, Erick S. Vasquez, and Esteban E. Ureña-Benavides

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Adsorptive properties and on-demand magnetic response of lignin@Fe3O4 nanoparticles at castor oil–water interfaces, Mohammad J. Hasan, Emily Westphal, Peng Chen, Abishek Saini, I-Wei Chu, Sarah J. Watzman, Esteban E. Ureña-Benavides, and Erick S. Vasquez

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Liquid-liquid equilibria of water + ethanol + castor oil and the effect of cellulose nanocrystal/Fe3O4 and lignin/Fe3O4 nanoparticles, Mohammad J. Hasan, Fariba Yehaneh, Amy Ciric, Peng Chen, Erick S. Vasquez, and Esteban E. Ureña-Benavides

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Preparation, Cure, and Characterization of Cyanate Ester-Epoxy Blends Containing Reactive Flame Retardants, Mustafa Mukhtar and Donald A. Klosterman

Submissions from 2022

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Identification of Lithocholic Acid as a Molecular Glass Host for Room-Temperature Phosphorescent Materials, John J. Flynn, Zachary M. Marsh, Douglas M. Krein, Steven M. Wolf, Joy E. Haley, Erick S. Vasquez, Thomas M. Cooper, Nicholas P. Godman, and Tod A. Grusenmeyer

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Preparation, Cure, and Characterization of Cyanate Ester-Epoxy Blends, Donald A. Klosterman (0000-0002-4444-3810)

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Synthesis of a Phosphorus-Based Epoxy Reactive Flame Retardant Analog to Diglycidyl Ether of Bisphenol A (DGEBA) and Its Behavior as a Matrix in a Carbon Fiber Composite, Mustafa Mukhtar

Submissions from 2021

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Detection and Aggregation of Listeria monocytogenes Using Polyclonal Antibody Gold-Coated Magnetic Nanoshells Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Substrates, Robert T. Busch, Farzia Karim, Yvonne Sun, H. Christopher Fry, Yuzi Liu, Chenglong Zhao, and Erick S. Vasquez

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Fabrication and Characterization of Electrospun Poly(acrylonitrile-co-Methyl Acrylate)/Lignin Nanofibers: Effects of Lignin Type and Total Polymer Concentration, Suchitha Devadas, Saja M. Nabat Al-Ajrash, Donald A. Klosterman, Kenya A. Crosson, Garry S. Crosson, and Erick S. Vasquez

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Magnetically Induced Demulsification of Water and Castor Oil Dispersions Stabilized by Fe3O4-Coated Cellulose Nanocrystals, Mohammad J. Hasan, Frankie A. Petrie, Ashley E. Johnson, Joshua Peltan, Meredith Gannon, Robert T. Busch, Serhiy O. Leontsev, Erick S. Vasquez, and Esteban E. Ureña-Benavides

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Comparison of Tensile Properties of Triaxial Braided Carbon Fiber Composites Made from Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Molding (VARTM) and Autoclave Molding, Donald A. Klosterman and Charles Browning

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Facile fabrication and characterization of kraft lignin@Fe3O4 nanocomposites using pH driven precipitation: Effects on increasing lignin content, Frankie A. Petrie, Justin M. Gorham, Robert T. Busch, Serhiy O. Leontsev, Esteban E. Ureña-Benavides, and Erick S. Vasquez

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Entrepreneurially Minded Learning in the Unit Operations Laboratory through Community Engagement in a Blended Teaching Environment, Erick S. Vasquez, Kelly Bohrer, Abraham Noe-Hays, Arthur Davis, Matthew DeWitt, and Michael J. Elsass

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Analytical Model for Electromagnetic Induction in Pulsating Ferrofluid Pipe Flows, Huiyu Wang, John G. Monroe, Swati Kumari, Serhiy O. Leontsev, Erick S. Vasquez, Scott M. Thompson, Matthew J. Berg, Dibbon Keith Walters, and Keisha B. Walters

Submissions from 2020

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Investigation of Various Techniques for Controlled Void Formation in Fiberglass/Epoxy Composites, Donald A. Klosterman (0000-0002-4444-3810), Charles Browning, Issa Hakim, and Kyle Lach

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Organophosphorus-hydrazides as Potential Reactive Flame Retardants for Epoxy, Alexander B. Morgan, Vladimir Benin, Donald A. Klosterman (0000-0002-4444-3810), Abdulhamid Bin Sulayman, Mustafa Mukhtar, and Mary L. Galaska

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Impact of Team Formation Approach on Teamwork Effectiveness and Performance in an Upper-Level Undergraduate Chemical Engineering Laboratory Course, Erick S. Vasquez, Matthew J. DeWitt, Zachary J. West, and Michael J. Elsass

Submissions from 2019

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Optimization and Structural Stability of Gold Nanoparticle–Antibody Bioconjugates, Robert T. Busch, Farzia Karim, John Weis, Yvonne Sun, and Chenglong Zhao

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Optothermal Microbubble Assisted Manufacturing of Nanogap-Rich Structures for Active Chemical Sensing, Farzia Karim, Erick S. Vasquez, Yvonne Sun, and Chenglong Zhao

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Development of a Methodology for Characterizing Reaction Kinetics, Rheology, and In-Situ Compaction of Polyimide Prepregs During Cure, James Raymond Magato and Donald A. Klosterman (0000-0002-4444-3810)

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The Effect of Fabric Architecture on the Processing and Properties of Composites Made by Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Molding, Francois Ntakobatagize, Oscar Ntakontagize, and Donald A. Klosterman (0000-0002-4444-3810)

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Computational and Experimental Approach to Understanding the Structural Interplay of Self-Assembled End-Terminated Alkanethiolates on Gold Surfaces, Juganta K. Roy, Erick S. Vasquez, Henry P. Pinto, Swati Kumari, Keisha B. Walters, and Jerzy Leszcynski

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Assessing Magnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Properties under Different Thermal Treatments, Erick S. Vasquez, Evan M. Prehn, and Keisha B. Walters

Submissions from 2018

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Development of a Simple Lab-Scale Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Molding (VARTM) Process, Donald A. Klosterman (0000-0002-4444-3810)

Experimental and Numerical Investigation of the Silicon Particle Distribution in Electrospun Nanofibers, Saja M. Nabat Al-Ajrash, Khalid Lafdi, Erick S. Vasquez, Francisco Chinesta, and Philippe Le Coustumer

Submissions from 2016

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Development of a Hydroxyapatite-Poly (d, l-lactide-co-glycolide) Infiltrated Carbon Foam for Orthopedic Applications, Douglas E. Rodriguez, Viviana Guiza-Arguello, Ozden O. Ochoa, Tanmay Gharat, Hung-Jue Sue, Khalid Lafdi, and Mariah S. Hahn

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Bioluminescent Magnetic Nanoparticles as Potential Imaging Agents for Mammalian Spermatozoa, Erick Salvador Vasquez, Jean M. Feugang, Scott T. Willard, Peter L. Ryan, and Keisha B. Walters

Submissions from 2015

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Mechanical Strain Dependence of Thermal Transport in Amorphous Silicon Thin Films, Tarekul Alam, Raghu Pulavarthy, Christopher Muratore, and M. Amanul Haque

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Modeling of an Embedded Carbon Nanotube Based Composite Strain Sensor, Matthew Boehle, Paul-Benoit Pianca, Khalid Lafdi, and Francisco Chinesta

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The Role of Biological Fluid and Dynamic Flow in the Behavior and Cellular Interactions of Gold Nanoparticles, Emily K. Breitner, Saber M. Hussain, and Kristen K. Comfort

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Fluorescent Composite Scaffolds Made of Nanodiamonds/Polycaprolactone, Li Cao, Yanwen Hou, Khalid Lafdi, and Kirk Urmey

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The Future of Carbon-Based Scaffolds in Foot and Ankle Surgery, Jarema S. Czarnecki, Khalid Lafdi, and Panagiotis A. Tsonis

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Temporally and Spatially Resolved Plasma Spectroscopy in Pulsed Laser Deposition of Ultra-Thin Boron Nitride Films, Nicholas R. Glavin, Christopher Muratore, Michael L. Jespersen, Jianjun Hu, Timothy S. Fisher, and Andrey A. Voevodin

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Optimization of Graphene-Based Materials Outperforming Host Epoxy Matrices, Liberata Guadagno, Marialuigia Raimondo, Luigi Vertuccio, Marco Mauro, Gaetano Guerra, Khalid Lafdi, Biagio De Vivo, Patrizia Lamberti, Giovanni Spinelli, and Vincenzo Tucci

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Electromagnetic Induction by Ferrofluid in an Oscillating Heating Pipe, John Gabriel Monroe, Erick S. Vasquez, Zachary S. Aspin, Keisha B. Walters, Matthew J. Berg, and Scott M. Thompson

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Viscoelastic Properties of Graphene-Based Epoxy Resins, Maria Rossella Nobile, Annalisa Fierro, Marialuigia Raimondo, Khalid Lafdi, and Liberata Guadagno

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Relationships between Nanofiller Morphology and Viscoelastic Properties in CNF/Epoxy Resins, Maria Rossella Nobile, Marialuigia Raimondo, Khalid Lafdi, Annalisa Fierro, Salvatore Rosolia, and Liberata Guadagno

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Microstructure of ZnO Thin Films Deposited by High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering, Amber N. Reed, Patrick J. Shamberger, Jianjun Hu, Christopher Muratore, John E. Bultman, and Andrey A. Voevodin

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Computational Multiscale Modeling and Characterization of Piezoresistivity in Fuzzy Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites, Xiang Ren, Josh Burton, Gary D. Seidel, and Khalid Lafdi

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Characterization of Iron Phthalocyanine as the Cathode Active Material for Lithium-Ion Batteries, Sarwan S. Sandhu and Joseph P. Fellner

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Effects of Disorder State and Interfacial Layer on Thermal Transport in Copper/Diamond System, Vikas Sinha, Jaime J. Gengler, Christopher Muratore, and Jonathan E. Spowart

Fetuin-A Adsorption, Stabilization, and Solubilization of Amorphous Calcium Carbonate Nanoparticles, Erick S. Vasquez, Janice L. Cunningham, Justin B. McMahan, C. LaShan Simpson, and Keisha B. Walters

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Analysis of Particle Transport and Deposition of Micron-Sized Particles in a 90° Bend Using a Two-Fluid Eulerian–Eulerian Approach, Erick S. Vasquez, Keisha B. Walters, and D. Keith Walters

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Influence of Carbon Nanofillers on the Curing Kinetics of Epoxy-Amine Resin, Luigi Vertuccio, Salvatore Russo, Marialuigia Raimondo, Khalid Lafdi, and Liberata Guadagno

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Magnetic Field Argon Ion Filtering for Pulsed Magnetron Sputtering Growth of Two-Dimensional MoS2, Andrey A. Voevodin, Adam R. Waite, John E. Bultman, Jianjun Hu, and Christopher Muratore

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Functional Holey Graphene Oxide: A New Electrochemically Transformed Substrate Material for Dopamine Sensing, A. B.M. Zakaria, Erick Salvador Vasquez, Keisha B. Walters, and Danuta Leszczynska

Submissions from 2014

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Domain Engineering of Physical Vapor Deposited Two-Dimensional Materials, Tarek Alam, Baoming Wang, Raghu Pulavarthy, M. Amanul Haque, Christopher Muratore, Nicholas R. Glavin, Ajit K. Roy, and Andrey A. Voevodin

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Lubricious Oxide Coatings for Extreme Temperature Applications: A Review, Samir M. Aouadi, Hongyu Gao, Ashlie Martini, Thomas W. Scharf, and Christopher Muratore

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Less Is More: Long-Term in Vitro Exposure to Low Levels of Silver Nanoparticles Provides New Insights for Nanomaterial Evaluation, Kristen K. Comfort, Laura K. Braydich-Stolle, Elizabeth I. Maurer, and Saber M. Hussain

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Slow Release of Ions from Internalized Silver Nanoparticles Modifies the Epidermal Growth Factor Signaling Response, Kristen K. Comfort, Elizabeth I. Maurer, and Saber M. Hussain

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Bone Growth on Reticulated Vitreous Carbon Foam Scaffolds and Implementation of Cellular Automata Modeling as a Predictive Tool, Jarema S. Czarnecki, Mary Blackmore, Simon Jolivet, Khalid Lafdi, and Panagiotis A. Tsonis

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Cellular Automata Simulation of Osteoblast Growth on Microfibrous-Carbon-Based Scaffolds, Jarema S. Czarnecki, Simon Jolivet, Mary Blackmore, Khalid Lafdi, and Panagiotis A. Tsonis

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Augmented Cooling Vest System Subassembly: Design and Analysis, Maurissa D’Angelo, Joseph D’Angelo, Mohammad Almajali, Khalid Lafdi, and Antoine Delort

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Influence of Nanofiller Morphology on the Viscoelastic Properties of CNF/Epoxy Resins, Liberata Guadagno, Marialuigia Raimondo, Khalid Lafdi, Annalisa Fierro, Salvatore Rosolia, and Maria Rossella Nobile

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Growth and Properties of Carbon Microcoils and Nanocoils, Muneaki Hikita, Robyn Bradford, and Khalid Lafdi

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Optical Properties of Carbon Microcoils, Muneaki Hikita, Li Cao, and Khalid Lafdi

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Synthesis and Growth Kinetics of Carbon Nanocoils using Sn-Fe-O Xerogel Film Catalyst, Muneaki Hikita and Khalid Lafdi

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Continuous Ultra-Thin MoS2 Films Grown by Low-Temperature Physical Vapor Deposition, Christopher Muratore, Jianjun Hu, Baoming Wang, M. Amanul Haque, John E. Bultman, Michael L. Jespersen, Michael E. McConney, and R. D. Naguy

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Thermal Anisotropy in Nano-Crystalline MoS2 Thin Films, Christopher Muratore, Vikas Varshney, Jaime J. Gengler, Jianjun Hu, John E. Bultman, Ajit K. Roy, Barry L. Farmer, and Andrey A. Voevodin

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Effect of Liquid Level and Agitator Pumping Direction on Turbulent Blend Times, Kevin J. Myers, Jeremy K. Jones, Eric E. Janz, and Julian B. Fasano

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Health Monitoring of Structural Composites with Embedded Carbon Nanotube Coated Glass Fiber Sensors, James Sebastian, Norman Schehl, Michael Bouchard, Matthew Boehle, Lingchuan Li, Alexandre Lagounov, and Khalid Lafdi

Ligand Adsorption and Exchange on Pegylated Gold Nanoparticles, Kumudo Siriwardana, Manuel Gadogbe, Siyam M. Ansar, Erick S. Vasquez, Willard E. Collier, Shengli Zou, Keisha B. Walters, and Dongmao Zhang

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Fracture Toughness of Fiber Metal Laminates: Carbon Nanotube Modified Ti–Polymer–Matrix Composite Interface, Hieu TX Truong, Dimitris C. Lagoudas, Ozden O. Ochoa, and Khalid Lafdi

Rheological Characterization of Mammalian Lung Mucus, Erick S. Vasquez, Jacquelyn Bowser, Cyprianna Swiderski, Keisha B. Walters, and Santanu Kundu

Janus Magnetic Nanoparticles with a Bicompartmental Polymer Brush Prepared Using Electrostatic Adsorption to Facilitate Toposelective Surface-Initiated ATRP, Erick S. Vasquez, I-Wei Chu, and Keisha B. Walters

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Nanofilled Epoxy Adhesive for Structural Aeronautic Materials, Umberto Vietri, Liberata Guadagno, Marialuigia Raimondo, Luigi Vertuccio, and Khalid Lafdi

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Hard Coatings with High Temperature Adaptive Lubrication and Contact Thermal Management: Review, Andrey A. Voevodin, Christopher Muratore, and Samir M. Aouadi

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Photo-Sensitivity of Large Area Physical Vapor Deposited Mono and Bilayer MoS2, Baoming Wang, Christopher Muratore, Andrey A. Voevodin, and M. Amanul Haque

Submissions from 2013

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Structural Size and Temperature Dependence of Solid to Air Heat Transfer, Tarekul Alam, A. P. Raghu, M. Amanul Haque, Christopher Muratore, and Andrey A. Voevodin

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Effect of Copper Coating on Infiltrated PCM/Foam, Mohammad Rajab Almajali, Khalid Lafdi, and P. H. Prodhomme

Mechanistic Study of Continuous Reactive Aromatic Organothiol Adsorption onto Silver Nanoparticles, Siyam M. Ansar, Ganganath S. Perera, Patricia Gomez, George Salamon, Erick S. Vasquez, I-Wei Chu, Shengli Zou, Charles U. Pittman Jr., Keisha B. Walters, and Dongmao Zhang

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Just-Suspended Agitation of Solid Mixtures, Tianxin Bao, Kevin J. Myers, Eric E. Janz, and Julian B. Fasano

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Infrared Optical Properties of Amorphous and Nanocrystalline Ta2O5 Thin Films, Trevor J. Bright, J. I. Watjen, Zhuomin Zhang, Christopher Muratore, Andrey A. Voevodin, D. I. Koukis, David B. Tanner, and Daniel J. Arenas

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The Biological Impact of Concurrent Exposure to Metallic Nanoparticles and a Static Magnetic Field, Kristen K. Comfort, Elizabeth I. Maurer, and Saber M. Hussain

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Physiological Fluid Specific Agglomeration Patterns Diminish Gold Nanorod Photothermal Characteristics, Kristen K. Comfort, Jared W. Speltz, Bradley M. Stacy, Larry R. Dosser, and Saber M. Hussain

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Study of an Alternative Process for Oxidizing Vapor Grown Carbon Nanofibers using Electron Beam Accelerators, Maria Cecília Evora, Donald A. Klosterman (0000-0002-4444-3810), Khalid Lafdi, Lingchuan Li, and L.G.A. Silva

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A Simultaneous Increase in the Thermal and Electrical Transport in Carbon Nanotube Yarns Induced by Inter-Tube Metallic Welding, Sabyasachi Ganguli, Amber N. Reed, Chaminda Jayasinghe, Joe Sprengard, Ajit K. Roy, Andrey A. Voevodin, and Christopher Muratore

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The Role of Carbon Nanofiber Defects on the Electrical and Mechanical Properties of CNF-Based Resins, Liberata Guadagno, Marialuigia Raimondo, Vittoria Vittoria, Luigi Vertuccio, Khalid Lafdi, Biagio De Vivo, Patrizia Lamberti, Giovanni Spinelli, and Vincenzo Tucci

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V-alloyed ZrO2 Coatings with Temperature Homogenization Function for High-Temperature Sliding Contacts, Oliver Jantschner, C. Walter, Christopher Muratore, Andrey A. Voevodin, and Christian Mitterer

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Nanoparticle Decoration of Carbon Nanotubes by Sputtering, Christopher Muratore, Amber N. Reed, John E. Bultman, Sabyasachi Ganguli, Baratunde A. Cola, and Andrey A. Voevodin

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Cross-Plane Thermal Properties of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides, Christopher Muratore, Vikas Varshney, Jaime J. Gengler, Jianjun Hu, John E. Bultman, Timothy M. Smith, Patrick J. Shamberger, Bo Qiu, Xiulin Ruan, Ajit K. Roy, and Andrey A. Voevodin

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Effect of Solids Loading on Agitator Just-Suspended Speed, Kevin J. Myers, Eric E. Janz, and Julian B. Fasano

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Model Formulation and Simulation of a Solid-State Lithium-Based Cell, Sarwan S. Sandhu and Joseph P. Fellner

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Molecular Dynamics Studies of Thermal Boundary Resistance in Carbon-Metal Interfaces, Sergei V. Shenogin, Jaime J. Gengler, Ajit K. Roy, Andrey A. Voevodin, and Christopher Muratore

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Lubricious Silver Tantalate Films for Extreme Temperature Applications, D. S. Stone, S. Harbin, Hamidreza Mohseni, Jon E. Mogonye, Thomas W. Scharf, Christopher Muratore, Andrey A. Voevodin, Ashlie Martini, and Samir M. Aouadi

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Tannic Acid Coated Gold Nanorods Demonstrate a Distinctive Form of Endosomal Uptake and Unique Distribution within Cells, Emily A. Untener, Kristen K. Comfort, Elizabeth I. Maurer, Christin M. Grabinski, Donald A. Comfort, and Saber M. Hussain

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Spectral Radiative Properties of Tungsten Thin Films in the Infrared, J. I. Watjen, Trevor J. Bright, Zhuomin Zhang, Christopher Muratore, and Andrey A. Voevodin

Submissions from 2012

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Influence of Strain on Thermal Conductivity of Silicon Nitride Thin Films, Tarekul Alam, Mohan P. Manoharan, M. Amanul Haque, Christopher Muratore, and Andrey A. Voevodin

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Carbon Nanotubes Grown on Glass Fiber as a Strain Sensor for Real Time Structural Health Monitoring, Matthew Boehle, Qiong Jiang, Lingchuan Li, Alexandre Lagounov, and Khalid Lafdi

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Optical Properties of HfO2 Thin Films Deposited by Magnetron Sputtering: From the Visible to the Far-Infrared, Trevor J. Bright, Jesse I. Watjen, Zhuomin Zhang, Christopher Muratore, and Andrey A. Voevodin

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Biomedical Properties and Preparation of Iron Oxide-Dextran Nanostructures by MAPLE Technique, Carmen Steluta Ciobanu, Simona Liliana Iconaru, Eniko Gyorgy, Mihaela Radu, Marieta Costache, Anca Dinischiotu, Philippe Le Coustumer, Khalid Lafdi, and Daniela Predoi

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Hybrid Carbon-Based Scaffolds for Applications in Soft Tissue Reconstruction, Jarema S. Czarnecki, Khalid Lafdi, Robert M. Joseph, and Panagiotis A. Tsonis

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Design Mixers to Minimize Effects of Erosion and Corrosion Erosion, Julian B. Fasano, Eric E. Janz, and Kevin J. Myers

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Limited Thermal Conductance of Metal-Carbon Interfaces, Jaime J. Gengler, Sergei V. Shenogin, John E. Bultman, Ajit K. Roy, Andrey A. Voevodin, and Christopher Muratore

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Novel Platform Development Using an Assembly of Carbon Nanotube, Nanogold and Immobilized RNA Capture Element towards Rapid, Selective Sensing of Bacteria, Elizabeth I. Maurer, Kristen K. Comfort, Saber M. Hussain, John J. Schlager, and Sharmila M. Mukhopadhyay

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Use of Carbon Nanostructures in Transient Spike Power Applications, Muhammad Omar Memon and Khalid Lafdi

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Embedded Phase Change Material Microinclusions for Thermal Control of Surfaces, Christopher Muratore, Samir M. Aouadi, and Andrey A. Voevodin

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Influence of Nanomaterials in Polymer Composites on Thermal Conductivity, Wonchang Park, Kyungwho Choi, Khalid Lafdi, and Choongho Yu

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Pressure Effects on HiPIMS Deposition of Hafnium Films, Amber N. Reed, Matthew A. Lange, Christopher Muratore, John E. Bultman, John G. Jones, and Andrey A. Voevodin

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A Carbon Nanotube-Based Composite for the Thermal Control of Heat Loads, Shadab Shaikh and Khalid Lafdi