Polymer Nanocomposites:
Strategies for Upconverting Plastic Waste:
"Tracking the complete degradation lifecycle of poly(ethyl cyanoacrylate): from induced photoluminescence to nitrogen-doped nano-graphene precursor residue,"
Polymer Degradation and Stability 195, 109772 (2022).
(journal)
[DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2021.109772]
Edge Electrospinning:
Applied Physics Letters 123, 074103 (2023).
(journal)
[DOI: 10.1063/5.0162384]
"Increasing ionic conductivity within thermoplastics via commercial additives results in a dramatic decrease in fiber diameter from melt electrospinning,"
Soft Matter 17, 9264 (2021).
(journal) [cover]
[DOI: 10.1039/D1SM01101D].
"Unconfined, melt edge electrospinning from multiple, spontaneous, self-organized polymer jets,"
Materials Research Express 1, 045304 (2014).
(journal) [paper]
[DOI: 10.1088/2053-1591/1/4/045304]
"Control of the electric field - polymer solution interaction by utilizing ultra-conductive fluids,"
Polymer 55, 6390 (2014). (journal) [paper]
[DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2014.10.007]
"Maximizing spontaneous jet density and nanofiber quality in unconfined electrospinning: the role of inter-jet interactions,"
Macromolecules 46, 7352 (2013).
(journal) [paper]
[DOI: 10.1021/ma4013253]
"The effect of solution parameters on spontaneous jet formation and throughput in edge electrospinning from a fluid-filled bowl,"
Macromolecules 45, 6527 (2012).
(journal) [paper]
[DOI: 10.1021/ma301207t]
"Edge electrospinning for high throughput production of quality nanofibers,"
Nanotechnology 22, 345301 (2011).
(journal) [paper]
[DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/22/34/345301]
"Unconfined fluid electrospun into high quality nanofibers from a plate edge,"
Polymer 51, 4928 (2010).
(journal) [paper]
[DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2010.07.046]
Photothermal Effect of Metal Nanoparticles:
"Nanoparticle-based photothermal heating to drive chemical reactions within a solid: using inhomogeneous polymer degradation to manipulate mechanical properties and segregate carbonaceous by-products,"
Nanoscale 12, 904 (2020).
(journal) [paper]
[DOI: 10.1039/C9NR07401E]
"Photothermally-driven thermo-oxidative degradation of low density polyethylene: heterogeneous heating plus a complex reaction leads to homogeneous chemistry,"
Nanotechnology 30, 475706 (2019).
(journal) [paper]
[DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ab3bc0]
"Facile Measurement of Surface Heat Loss from Polymer Thin Films via Fluorescence Thermometry,"
J. Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics 56, 643 (2018).
(journal) [paper]
[DOI: 10.1002/polb.24571]
"Nanoscale Steady-state Temperature Gradients within Polymer Nanocomposites Undergoing Continuous-Wave Photothermal Heating from Gold Nanorods,"
Nanoscale 9, 11605 (2017).
(journal) [paper]
[DOI: 10.1039/C7NR04613H]
"In-situ curing of liquid epoxy via gold-nanoparticle mediated photothermal heating,"
Nanotechnology 28, 065601 (2017).
(journal) [paper]
[DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/aa521b]
"Enhanced crystallinity of polymer nanofibers without loss of nanofibrous morphology via heterogeneous photothermal annealing,"
Macromolecules 49, 9484 (2016).
(journal) [paper]
[DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b01655]
"Spatial Temperature Mapping within Polymer Nanocomposites Undergoing Ultrafast Photothermal Heating via Gold Nanorods,"
Nanoscale 6, 15236 (2014).
(journal) [paper]
[DOI: 10.1039/C4NR05179C]
"Blending with Non-Responsive Polymers to Incorporate Nanoparticles into Shape Memory Materials and Enable Photothermal Heating: The Effects of Heterogeneous Temperature Distribution,"
Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics 215, 2345 (2014).
(journal) [paper].
[DOI: 10.1002/macp.201400386]
"Thermal annealing of polymer nanocomposites via photothermal heating: effects on crystallinity and spherulite morphology,"
Macromolecules 46, 8596 (2013).
(journal) [paper]
[DOI: 10.1021/ma401855v]
"Anisotropic Thermal Processing of Polymer Nanocomposites via the Photothermal Effect of Gold Nanorods,"
Particle & Particle Systems Characterization. 30, 193 (2013). (journal) [paper]
[DOI: 10.1002/ppsc.201200084]
"Metal nanoparticles acting as light-activated heating elements within composite materials,"
Advanced Functional Materials 22, 5259 (2012).
(journal) [paper]
[DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201201051]
"Embedded metal nanoparticles as localized heat sources: an alternative processing approach for complex polymeric materials,"
Polymer 52, 1674 (2011).
(journal) [paper]
[DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2011.01.062]