2013 Publications

Cameron Abrams

Contarino, M.; Bastian, A.R.; Sundaram, R.V.K.; McFadden, K.; Duffy, C.; Gangupomu, V.; Baker, M.; Abrams, C.F.; Chaiken, I. Chimeric Cyanovirin-MPER Recombinantly Engineered Proteins Cause Cell-Free Virolysis of HIV-1. Antimicrob. Agents Ch. 2013, 57, 4743-4750.

Emileh, A.; Tuzer, F.; Yeh, H.; et al. A Model of Peptide Triazole Entry Inhibitor Binding to HIV-1 gp120 and the Mechanism of Bridging Sheet Disruption. Biochemistry 2013, 52(13), 2245-2261.

Lapelosa, M.; Abrams, C.F. A computational study of water and CO migration sites and channels inside myoglobin. J. Chem. Theory. Comput. 2013, 9(2), 1265-1271.

Lapelosa, M.; Abrams, C.F. Transition-path theory calculations on non-uniform meshes in two and three dimensions using finite elements. Comp. Phys. Comm. 2013, 184, 2310-2315

Vashisth, H.; Abrams, C.F. All-atom structural models of insulin binding to the insulin receptor in the presence of a tandem hormone-binding element. Proteins 2013, 81, 1017-1030.


Jason Baxter

McPeak, K. M.; Opasanont, B.; Shibata, T.; et al. Microreactor Chemical Bath Deposition of Laterally Graded Cd1-xZnxS Thin Films: A Route to High-Throughput Optimization for Photovoltaic Buffer Layers. Chem. Mater. 2013, 25(3), 297-306.


Richard Cairncross

Cheng, S.; Cairncross, R. A.; Hsuan, Y. G.; et al. Clay orientation effect on the thermal stability of polyethylene-nanoclay nanocomposites. Polymer 2013, 18, 5016-5023.

Du, A.; Gelves, G.A.; Koo, D.H.; Sundararaj, U.; Cairncross, R. Water Transport in Polylactide and Polylactide/Montmorillonite Composites. J. Polym. Environ. 2013, 21(1), 8-15.


Nily Dan

Rosenberg, R.T.; Dan, N. Designing Nanoparticle Colloidal Shells for Selective Transport. Soft Mater. 2013, 11(2), 143-148.

Wrenn, S.P.; Small, E.; Dan, N. Bubble nucleation in lipid bilayers: A mechanism for low frequency ultrasound disruption. Biochim. Biophys. Acta, Biomembr. 2013, 1828(4), 1192-1197.

Zhao, Y.; Dan, N.; Pan, Y.; et al. Enhancing the barrier properties of colloidosomes using silica nanoparticle aggregates. J. Food Eng. 2013, 118(4), 421-425.


Yossef Elabd

Choi, J.-H.; Ye, Y.; Elabd, Y.A.; Winey, K.I. Network Structure and Strong Microphase Separation for High Ion Conductivity in Polymerized Ionic Liquid Block Copolymers. Macromolecules 2013, 46, 5290-5300.

Davis, E.M.; Elabd Y.A. Prediction of Water Solubility in Glassy Polymers Using Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2013, 52, 12865-12875.

Davis, E.M.; Elabd, Y.A. Water Clustering in Glassy Polymers. J. Phys. Chem. B 2013, 117, 10629-10640.

Davis, E.M.; Minelli, M.; Baschetti, M.G.; Jr.; Elabd, Y.A. Non-Fickian Diffusion of Water in Polylactide. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2013, 52, 8664-8673. Invited Contribution, Professor Giulio Sarti Festschrift.

Dever, D.O.; Cairncross, R.A.; Elabd, Y.A. Nanofiber Cathode Catalyst Layer Model for a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell. Accepted for publication in J. Fuel Cell Sci. Tech. 2013.

Liu, Y.; Kim, E.; Lee, M.E.; Zhang, B.; Elabd, Y.A.; Wang, Q.; White, I.M. Bentley, W.E.; Payne, G.F. Enzymatic Writing to Soft Films: Potential to Filter, Store and Analyze Biologically-relevant Chemical Information. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2013, In press. DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201301434

Price, S.C.; Ren, X.; Jackson, A.C.; Ye, Y.; Elabd, Y.A.; Beyer, F.L. Bicontinuous Alkaline Fuel Cell Membranes from Strongly Self-Segregating Block Copolymers. Macromolecules 2013, 46, 7332-7340.

Richey, F.W.; Dyatkin, B.; Gogotsi, Y.; Elabd, Y.A. Ion Dynamics in Porous Carbon Electrodes in Supercapacitors using in situ Infrared Spectroelectrochemistry. J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 12818-12826.

Richey, F.W.; Elabd, Y.A. In Situ Spectroscopic Measurements of Individual Cation and Anion Dynamics in a RuO2 Electrochemical Capacitor. J. Electrochem. Soc. 2013, 160, A862-A868.

Salerno, H.L.S.; Elabd, Y.A. Anion Exchange Membranes Derived from Nafion Precursor for Alkaline Fuel Cells: Effect of Cation Type on Properties. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2013, 127, 298-307.

Ye, Y.; Stokes, K.K.; Beyer, F.L.; Elabd, Y.A. Development of Phosphonium-based Bicarbonate Anion Exchange Polymer Membranes. J. Membrane Sci. 2013, 443, 93-99.

Ye, Y.; Wang, S.; Davis, E.M.; Winey, K.I.; Elabd Y.A. High Hydroxide Conductivity in Polymerized Ionic Liquid Block Copolymers. ACS Macro Letters 2013, 2, 575-580.


Vibha Kalra

Chau, T.; Kalra, V. Co-continuous nanoscale assembly of Nafion–polyacrylonitrile blends within nanofibers: a facile route to fabrication of porous nanofibers. Soft Matter 2013, 9, 846-852.

Chau, T.; Kalra, V. Fabrication of Porous Carbon Nanofibers with Adjustable Pore Sizes as Electrodes for Supercapacitors. J Power Sources 20133, 235, 289-296.

Hu, A.; Curran, C.; Tran, C.; Kapllani, A.; Kalra, V. Fabrication of Transition Metal Oxide-Carbon Nanofibers with Novel Hierarchical Architectures. J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 2013, In press.

Kapllani, A.; Tran, C.; Kalra, V. Self-Assembly of Fully Conjugated Diblock Copolymers within Nanofibers. Soft Matter 2013, 9, 11014.

Tran, C.; Kalra, V. Nanofiber-Based Electrodes for High Power Supercapacitors. ECS Trans. 2013, 53, 35.

Kenneth Lau

Laird, E. D.; Bose, R. K.; Qi, H.; et al. Electric Field-Induced, Reversible Lotus-to-Rose Transition in Nanohybrid Shish Kebab Paper with Hierarchical Roughness. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2013, 5(22), 12089-12098.

Laird, E. D.; Bose, R. K.; Wang, W.; et al. Carbon Nanotube-Directed Polytetrafluoroethylene Crystal Growth via Initiated Chemical Vapor Deposition. Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2013, 34(3), 251-256.


Raj Mutharasan

Johnson, B.; Mutharasan, R. A cantilever biosensor-based assay for toxin-producing cyanobacteria Microcystis aeruginosa using 16S rRNA. Envir Sci Tech 2013, 47 (21), 12333–12341.

Johnson, B. N.; Mutharasan, R. Electrochemical piezoelectric-excited millimeter-sized cantilever (ePEMC) for simultaneous dual transduction biosensing. Analyst 2013, 138 (21), 6365 - 6371.

Johnson, B. N.; Mutharasan, R. Regeneration of Gold Surfaces Covered by Adsorbed Thiols and Proteins Using Liquid-Phase Hydrogen Peroxide-Mediated UV-Photooxidation. J. Phys. Chem. 2013, 117(3), 1335-1341.

Johnson, B. N.; Sharma, H.; Mutharasan, R. Torsional and Lateral Resonant Modes of Cantilevers as Biosensors: Alternatives to Bending Modes. Anal. Chem. 2013, 85(3), 1760-1766.

Mutharasan, R. Piezoelectric Excited Millimeter Sized Cantilever Sensors for Measuring Gas Density Changes. Sens. Actuators, B 2013, in press.

Rijal, K.; Mutharasan, R. A method for DNA-based detection of E. coli O157:H7 in proteinous background using piezoelectric-excited cantilever sensors. Analyst 2013, 138 (10), 2943 - 2950

Sharma, H.; Mutharasan, R. Half antibody fragments improve biosensor sensitivity without loss of selectivity. Anal. Chem. 2013, 85(4), 2472–2477.

Sharma, H.; R. Mutharasan. hlyA gene-based sensitive detection of Listeria monocytogenes using a novel cantilever sensor. Anal. Chem. 2013, 85(6), 3222-3228.

Sharma, H.; Mutharasan, R. Rapid and Sensitive Immunodetection of Listeria monocytogenes in Milk using a Novel Piezoelectric Cantilever Sensor. Biosens. Bioelectron. 2013, 45(15), 158–162.

Sharma, H.; Mutharasan, R. Review of Biosensors for Foodborne Pathogens and Toxins. Sens. Actuators, B 2013, 183 (2013), 535–549.

Xu, S.; Mutharasan, R. Mechanical vibration-assisted modulation of E. coli binding to Poly-L-lysine coated biosensor surface. Sens. Actuators, B 2013, 176(1), 1141-1146.


Giuseppe Palmese

Holloway, J.L.; Lowman, A.M; Palmese, G.R. Aging behavior of PVA hydrogels for soft tissue applications after in vitro swelling using osmotic pressure solutions. Acta Biomaterialia 2013, 9(2) 5013-21.

Holloway, J.L.; Lowman, A.M; Palmese, G.R. The role of crystallization and phase separation in the formation of physically cross-linked PVA hydrogels. Soft Matter 2013, 9 (3) 826-833.

Holloway, J.L.; Lowman A.M.; VanLandingham, M.R.; Palmese, G.R.; Chemical grafting for improved interfacial shear strength in UHMWPE/PVAhydrogel, fiber-based composites used as soft fibrous tissue replacements. Compos. Sci. Technol. 2013, 85, 118-125.

Mascioni, M.; Ghosh N.N.; Sands, J.M.; Palmese G.R. UV and electron beam induced cationic polymerization of glycidyl ethers: PART I – reaction of monofunctional phenyl glycidyl ether. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2013, 130(1) 279-486.

Mascioni, M.; Ghosh N.N.; Sands, J.M.; Palmese G.R. UV and electron beam induced cationic polymerization of glycidyl ethers: PART II – reaction of diglycidyl ether of bisphenol. A J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2013, 130(1) 487-495.

McAninch I.M.; Palmese, G.R.; Lenhart, J.L.; and La Scala, J.J.; Characterization of epoxies cured with bimodal blends of polyetheramines. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2013, 130(3) 1621-1631.

Peterson, A.M.; Jensen, R.E.; Palmese, G.R. Kinetic Considerations for Strength Recovery at the Fiber−Matrix Interface Based on the Diels−Alder Reaction. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2013, 5(3) 815-821.

Peterson A. M.; Palmese G.R.; Kinetic and thermodynamic aspects of thermoreversibly cross-linked polymer networks. Macromol. Chem. and Phys. 2013, 214, 1798-1805.

Pratama, P.A.; Peterson A.M.; Palmese, G.R.; The Role of Maleimide structure in the healing of furan functionalized epoxy-amine thermosets. Polymer Chemistry 2013, 4(18) 5000-5006.

Pratama, P. A.; Sharifi, M.; Peterson, A. M.; et al. Room Temperature Self-Healing Thermoset Based on the Diels-Alder Reaction. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2013, 5(23), 12425-12431.

Sadler, J.M.; Nguyen, A-P.T.; Toulan, F.R.; Szabo P.J; Palmese G.R.; Scheck C.; Lutgen, S.; La Scala J.J.; Isosorbide-methacrylate as a bio-based low viscosity resin for high performance thermosetting applications. J. Mat. Chem. A. 2013, 1, 12579-12586.

Throckmorton, J. A.; Watters, A. L.; Geng, X.; et al. Room temperature ionic liquids for epoxy nanocomposite synthesis: Direct dispersion and cure. Compos. Sci. Technol. 2013, 86, 38-44.

Throckmorton, J.A.; Watters A.L.; Geng, X.; Palmese G.R.; RTILs for Epoxy nanocomposite synthesis: direct dispersion and cure. Compos. Sci. Technol. 2013, 86, 38-44.


Masoud Soroush

Bavarian, M.; Kevrekidis, I.G.; Benziger, J.B.; et al. Modeling and Bifurcation Analysis of a Coionic Conducting Solid Oxide Fuel Cell. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2013, 52(9), 3165-3177.

Bavarian, M.; Najati, S.; Lee, D.; Lau, K.K.S.; Soroush, M. Theoretical and Experimental Study of a Dye Sensitized Solar Cell. Industrial & Eng. Chem. Research 2013 (accepted).

Hajimolana, S.; Hussain, M. A.; Soroush, M.; et al. Multilinear-Model Predictive Control of a Tubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cell System. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2013, 52(1), 430-441.

Liu, S.; Srinivasan, S.; Grady, M.C.; Soroush, M.; Rappe, A.M. Backbiting and b-Scission Reactions in Free-Radical Polymerization of Methyl Acrylate. Int. J. of Quantum Chemistry 2013 (accepted).

Mohseni Ahooyi, T.; Arbogast, J.E.; Oktem, U.; Seider, W.D.; Soroush, M. Maximum-likelihood Maximum-Entropy Estimation of Multivariate Probability Density Functions. AIChE Journal 2013 (accepted).

Moghadam, N.; Liu, S.; Srinivasan, S.; et al. Computational Study of Chain Transfer to Monomer Reactions in High-Temperature Polymerization of Alkyl Acrylates. J. Phys. Chem. A 2013, 117(12), 2605-2618.

Oktem, U.G.; Seider, W.D.; Soroush, M.; et al. Improve Process Safety with Near-Miss Analysis. Chem. Eng. Prog. 2013, 109(5), 20-27.

Soroush, M.; Chmielewski, D. J. Process systems opportunities in power generation, storage and distribution. Comput. Chem. Eng. 2013, 51(SI), 86-95.


Steven Wrenn

Brown, A. C.; Wrenn, S. P. Nanoscale Phase Separation in DSPC-Cholesterol Systems. Langmuir 2013, 29(31), 9832-9840.

Dicker, S.; Mleczko, M.; Schmitz, G.; Wrenn, S.P. Size distribution of microbubbles as a function of shell composition. Ultrasonics 2013, 53(7), 1363-1367.

Dicker, S.; Mleczko, M.; Siepmann, M.; Wallace, N.; Sunny, Y.; Bawiec, C.R.; Schmitz, G.; Lewin, P.; Wrenn, S.P. Influence of Shell Composition on the Resonance Frequency of Microbubble Contrast Agents. Ultrasound Med. Biol. 2013, 39(7), 1292-1302.

Wrenn, S.P.; Small, E.; Dan, N. Bubble nucleation in lipid bilayers: A mechanism for low frequency ultrasound disruption. Biochim. Biophys. Acta, Biomembr. 2013, 1828(4), 1192-1197.