2012 Publications

Cameron Abrams

Abrams, C.F.; Vanden-Eijnden, E. On-the-fly free energy parameterization via temperature-accelerated molecular dynamics. Chem. Phys. Lett. 2012, 547, 114-119.

Stober, S.; Abrams, C.F. Energetics and mechanism of the normal-to-amyloidogenic isomerization of b2-microglobulin: On-the-fly string method calculations. J. Phys. Chem. B 2012, 116, 9371–9375.

Stober, S.; Abrams, C.F. Enhanced meta-analysis of acetylcholine binding protein structures reveals conformational signatures of agonism in nicotinic receptors. Protein Science 2012, 21, 307-317.

Vashisth, H.; Maragliano, L.; Abrams, C.F. `DFG-flip' in the insulin receptor kinase is facilitated by a helical intermediate state of the activation loop. Biophys J 2012, 102, 1979-1987.

Zhang, M.; Wang, L.; Abrams, C.F.; Gizzi, A.; He, L.; Lin, R.; Chen, Y.; Loll, P.J.; Pascal, J.M.; Zhang, J. Structural Basis for Calmodulin as a Dynamic Calcium Sensor. Structure 2012, 20, 1-13.


Jason Baxter

Baxter, J.B. Commercialization of dye sensitized solar cells: Present status and future research needs to improve efficiency, stability, and manufacturing. J. Vac. Sci. Technol., A 2012, 30(2), 020801.

Majidi, H.; Van, K.T.; Baxter, JB. Nucleation and Growth of Extremely Thin CdSe Films Electrodeposited from Near-Neutral Electrolytes. J. Electrochem. Soc. 2012, 159, D605.

Majidi, H.; Winkler, C.R.; Taheri, M.L.; Baxter, J.B. Microstructural changes in CdSe-coated ZnO nanowires evaluated by in situ annealing in transmission electron microscopy and x-ray diffraction. Nanotechnology 2012, 23(26), 265701.


Richard Cairncross

Du, A.; Gelves, G. A.; Koo, D.; Sundararaj, U.; Cairncross, R. A. Water Transport in Polylactide and Polylactide/Montmorillonite Composites. J. Polym. Environ. 2012, DOI: 10.1007/s10924-012-0540-4.

Du, A.; Koo, D.; Theryo, F.; Hillmyer, M.A.; Cairncross, R.A. Water Transport and Clustering Behavior in Homopolymer and Graft Copolymer Polylactide. J. Membr. Sci. 2012, 396, 50-56.

Koo, D.; Du, A.; Palmese, G.R.; Cairncross, R.A. Moisture Management in Polylactides: The Effect of Heat Treatment. Polymer 2012, 53(5), 1115-1123.

Koo,D.; Du, A.; Palmese, G.R.; Cairncross, R.A. Synthesis and Water Sorption of Standard and End-capped Polylactides: the Effect of Morphology. Polym. Chem. 2012, 3(3), 718-726.

Wong, W.K; Cheng, S.; Li, C.Y.; Ahmad, I.; Cairncross, R.A.; Hsuan, Y.G. Depletion Mechanism of Antioxidants in MDPE-Clay Nanocomposites under Thermal Aging. Polym. Degrad. Stab. 2012, 97(2), 192-199.


Nily Dan

Small, E. F.; Dan, N. R.; Wrenn, S. P. Low-Frequency Ultrasound-Induced Transport across Non-Raft-Forming Ternary Lipid Bilayers. Langmuir 2012, 28, 14364-14372.

Wrenn, S.P.; Dicker, S.M.; Small, E.F.; Dan, N.R.; Mleczko, M.; Schmitz, G.; Lewin, P.A. Bursting bubbles and bilayers. Theranostics, In press.


Yossef Elabd

Davis, E.M.; Minelli, M.; Baschetti, M.G.; Jr.; Sarti, G.C.; Elabd, Y.A. Non-Equilibrium Sorption of Water in Polylactide. Macromolecules 2012, 45, 7486-7494.

Richey, F.W.; Elabd, Y.A. In Situ Molecular Level Measurements of Ion Dynamics in an Electrochemical Capacitor. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2012, 3, 3297-3301.

Salas-de la Cruz, D.; Green, M.D.; Ye, Y.; et al. Correlating backbone-to-backbone distance to ionic conductivity in amorphous polymerized ionic liquids. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2012, 50(5), 338-346.

Salerno, H.L.S.; Beyer, F.L.; Yossef, Y.A. Anion exchange membranes derived from nafion precursor for the alkaline fuel cell. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2012, 50(8), 552-562.

Smith, D.M.; Dong, B.; Marron, R.W.; et al. Tuning Ion Conducting Pathways Using Holographic Polymerization. Nano Lett 2012, 12(1), 310-314.

Ye, Y.; Choi, J.; Winey, K.; Elabd, Y. Polymerized Ionic Liquid Block and Random Copolymers: Effect of Weak Microphase Separation on Ion Transport. Macromolecules 2012, 45(17), 7027-7035.


Vibha Kalra

Park, J.H.; Kalra, V.; Joo, Y.L. Cylindrically Confined Assembly of Asymmetrical Block Copolymers with and without Nanoparticles, Soft Matter 2012, 8(6), 1845-1857.

Tran, C.; Kalra, V. Co-continuous nanoscale assembly of Nafion/polyacrylonitrile blends within nanofibers: A facile route to fabrication of porous nanofibers. Soft Matter 2012, Accepted for publication.


Kenneth Lau

Bose, R.; Heming, A.; Lau, K.K.S. Microencapsulation of a Crop Protection Compound by Initiated Chemical Vapor Deposition. Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2012, 33(16), 1375-1380.

Bose, R.; Nejati, S.; Stufflet, D.R.; Lau, K.K.S. Graft Polymerization of Anti-Fouling PEO Surfaces by Liquid-Free Initiated Chemical Vapor Deposition. Macromolecules 2012, 45(17), 6915-6922.


Anthony Lowman

Spiller, K.L.; Liu, Y.; Holloway, J.L.; et al. A novel method for the direct fabrication of growth factor-loaded microspheres within porous nondegradable hydrogels: Controlled release for cartilage tissue engineering. J. Controlled Release 2012, 157(1), 39-45.


Raj Mutharasan

Johnson, B.; Mutharasan, R. Biosensing using dynamic-mode cantilever sensors: A review. Biosens Bioelectron 2012, 32(1), 1-18.

Johnson, B.; Mutharasan, R. pH Effect on Protein G Orientation on Gold Surfaces and Characterization of Adsorption Thermodynamics. Langmuir 2012, 28 (17), 6928-6934.

Johnson, B.; Mutharasan, R. Regeneration of Gold Surfaces Covered by Adsorbed Thiols and Proteins Using Liquid-Phase Hydrogen Peroxide-Mediated UV-Photooxidation. J. Phys. Chem. C 2012.

Johnson, B.; Mutharasan, R. Sample preparation-free, real-time detection of microRNA in human serum using piezoelectric cantilever biosensors at attomole level. Anal. Chem. 2012, 84(23):10426-36.

Sharma, H.; Mutharasan, R. A novel pulsed-plasma approach to protein immobilization by grafting amine groups on polyurethane-coated biosensors. Sens. Actuators, B 2012, 173, 569-574.


Giuseppe Palmese

Koo, D.; Du, A.; Palmese, G.R.; Cairncross, R.A. Moisture Management in Polylactides: The Effect of Heat Treatment. Polymer 2012, 53(5), 1115-1123.

Koo,D.; Du, A.; Palmese, G.R.; Cairncross, R.A. Synthesis and Water Sorption of Standard and End-capped Polylactides: the Effect of Morphology. Polym. Chem. 2012, 3(3), 718-726.

Peterson, A.M.; Kotthapalli, H.; Rahmathullah M.A.M.; Palmese, G.R. Investigation of interpenetrating polymer networks for self-healing applications. Compos. Sci. Technol. 2012, 72(2), 330-336.

Pratama, P.A.; Peterson A.M.; Palmese, G.R. Diffusion and Reaction Phenomena in Solution-Based Healing of Polymer Coatings Using the Diels-Alder Reaction. Macromol. Chem. Phys. 2012, 213(2 SI), 173-181.

Sadler, J.M.; Nguyen, A.P.; Greer, S.M.; Palmese, G.R.; La Scala, J.J. Synthesis and Characterization of a Novel Bio-Based Reactive Diluent as a Styrene Replacement. J. Biobased Mater. Bioenergy 2012, 6(1), 86-93.


Masoud Soroush

Bavarian, M.; Soroush, M. Mathematical modeling and steady-state analysis of a proton-conducting solid oxide fuel cell. J. Process Control 2012, 22(8) SI, 1521-1530.

Bavarian, M.; Soroush, M. Steady-state multiplicity in a solid oxide fuel cell: Practical considerations. Chem. Eng. Sci. 2012, 67(1)SI, 2-14.

Hajimolana, S. A.; Hussain, M. A.; Soroush, M.; et al. Modeling of a Tubular-SOFC: The Effect of the Thermal Radiation of Fuel Components and CO Participating in the Electrochemical Process. Fuel Cells 2012, 12(5), 761-772.

Liu, S.; Srinivasan, S.; Grady, M.C.; Soroush, M.; Rappe, A.M. Computational Study of Cyclohexanone-Monomer Co-initiation Mechanism in Thermal Homo-polymerization of Methyl Acrylate and Methyl Methacrylate. J. Phys. Chem. A 2012, 116(22), 5337-5348.

Pariyani, A.; Seider, W.D.; Oktem, U.G.; Soroush, M. Dynamic risk analysis using alarm databases to improve process safety and product quality: Part IuData compaction. AlChE J. 2012, 58(3), 812-825.

Pariyani, A.; Seider, W.D.; Oktem, U.G.; Soroush, M. Dynamic risk analysis using alarm databases to improve process safety and product quality: Part IIuBayesian analysis. AlChE J. 2012, 58(3), 826-841.


Steven Wrenn

Mleczko, M.; Dicker, S.M.; Wrenn, S.P.; Schmitz, G. Influence of Microbubble Shell Chemistry on the Destruction Threshold of Ultrasound Contrast Agent Microbubbles. Acoust. Imaging 2012, 31, 91-101.

Small, E. F.; Dan, N. R.; Wrenn, S. P. Low-Frequency Ultrasound-Induced Transport across Non-Raft-Forming Ternary Lipid Bilayers. Langmuir 2012, 28, 14364-14372.

Wrenn, S.P.; Dicker, S.M.; Maghnouj, A.; Hahn, S.A.; Mleczko, M.; Hensel, K.; Schmitz, G. Microcapsules: Reverse Sonoporation and Long-lasting, Safe Contrast. Acoust. Imaging 2012, 31, 81-90.

Wrenn, S.P.; Dicker, S.M.; Small, E.F.; Dan, N.R.; Mleczko, M.; Schmitz, G.; Lewin, P.A. Bursting bubbles and bilayers. Theranostics, In press.