Polymer Science Faculty Research
Celebrating over 50 years of polymers. The University of Akron is the center of Akron, Ohio, the Polymer Capital of the World. Since 1956, students and faculty from around the globe have come to UA to focus on polymer innovations and applications of research in science, technology, and medicine. In fact, The University of Akron is the only graduate college in the US that offers both Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering programs. The 25th anniversary of the College was celebrated in 2013.
Submissions from 2014
Predicting Binding Conformation of Peptide at Hydroxyapatite Interface: Interplay with Biomineral-Peptide Binding Affinity, Weilong Zhao, Zhijun Xu, Qiang Cui, and Nita Sashai
Surface Energetics of the Hydroxyapatite Nanocrystal–Water Interface: A Molecular Dynamics Study, Weilong Zhao, Zhijun xu, Yang Yang, and Nita Sahai
Efficient Chemistry for Post-Electrospinning Nanofiber Modification, Jukuan Zheng, Darrell H. Reneker, and Matthew Becker
Post-Assembly Functionalization of Polymeric Nanofiber via Efficient Chemical Methods, Jukuan Zheng, Darrell H. Reneker, and Matthew L. Becker
Self-Assembly of Subnanometer-Scaled Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane (POSS) Macroions in Dilute Solution, Jing Zhou, Panchao Yin, Lang Hu, Fadi Haso, and Tianbo Liu
Oxide-Free, Flexible, Seamlessly Connected Carbon Nanotubes/Graphene Counter Electrode for Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, Yu Zhu, Pei Dong, Jun Lou, and James Tour
Functionalized Graphene Nanoribbon Films as a Radiofrequency and Optically Transparent Material, Yu Zhu, Abdul-Rahman O. Raji, Sydney Salters, Errol LG Samuel, Vladimir Volman, and James M. Tour
Submissions from 2013
Fast pyrolysis of coconut biomass--An FTIR study, Tritti Siengchum, Matthew Isenberg, and Steven Chuang
Submissions from 2012
Sum Frequency Generation Vibrational Spectroscopy of Silicone Surfaces and Interfaces, Dongchan Ahn and Ali Dhinojwala
Dynamics of Ice Nucleation on Water Repellent Surfaces, Azar Alizadeh, Masako Yamada, Ri Li, Wen Shang, Shourya Otta, Sheng Zhong, Liehui Ge, Ali Dhinojwala, Ken R. Conway, Vaibhav Bahadur, A. Joseph Vinciquerra, Brian Stephens, and Margaret L. Blohm
Mineral--organic interfacial processes: potential roles in the origins of life, H. James Cleaves II, Andrea Michalkova Scott, Frances C. Hill, Jerzy Leszczynski, Nita Sahai, and Robert Hazen
Dynamic Monte Carlo modeling of exciton dissociation in organic donor acceptor solar cells, Michael C. Heiber and Ali Dhinojwala
Direct Evidence of Phospholipids in Gecko Footprints and Spatula-Substrate Contact Interface Detected Using Surface-Sensitive Spectroscopy Techniques, Ping Yuan Hsu, Liehui Ge, Xiaopeng Li, Alyssa Y. Stark, Chrys Wesdemiotis, Peter H. Niewiarowski, and Ali Dhinojwala
Mechanical Properties of Nanofibers Revealed by Interaction with Streams of Air, Yinan Lin, Daniel M. Clark, Xiang Yu, Zhenxin Zhong, Kaiyi Liu, and Darrell Reneker
Interpretation and use of glints from an electrospinning jet of polymer solutions, Kaiyi Liu, Camden D. Ertley, and Darrell Reneker
Bioactive Self-Assembled Monolayer Gradients, Nicole M. Moore and Matthew Becker
Neutron Reflectivity Study of Substrate Surface Chemistry Effects on Supported Phospholipid Bilayer Formation, Timothy A. Oleson, Nita Sahai, David J. Wesolowski, Joseph A. Dura, Charles F. Majkrzak, and Anthony J. Giuffre
High-fidelity fabrication of Au--polymer Janus nanoparticles using a solution template approach, Tingling Rao, Xue-Hui Dong, Byran C. Katzenmeyer, Chrys Wesdemiotis, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, and Matthew Becker
Cobweb-weaving spiders produce different attachment discs for locomotion and prey capture, Vasav Sahni, Jared Harris, Todd A. Blackledge, and Ali Dhinojwala
Analysis of gas products from direct utilization of carbon in a solid oxide fuel cell, Tritti Seingchum, Felipe Guzman, and Steven Chuang
Silica-Supported Amine Catalysts for Carbon--Carbon Addition Reactions, Ernesto Silva, Srikanth Chakravartula, and Steven Chuang
ECM Production of Primary Human and Bovine Chondrocytes in Hybrid PEG Hydrogels Containing Type I Collagen and Hyaluronic Acid, Laura A. Smith Callahan, Anna M. Ganios, Denise L. McBurney, Matthew F. Dilisio, Scott D. Weiner, Walter E. Horton Jr., and Matthew Becker
Spectroscopic Investigation into Oxidative Degradation of Silica-Supported Amine Sorbents for CO2 Capture, Chakravartula S. Srikanth and Steven Chuang
Photoinduced Polymer Chain Scission of Alkoxyphenacyl Based Polycarbonates, Shuangyi Sun, Elaheh A. Chamsaz, and Abraham Joy
An Improved Forcefield for Molecular Modeling Oof Crystalline Poly (3-Hexyl Thiophene), Mesfin Tsige
Effect of tacticity on the interfacial structural properties of adsorbed polystyrene thin films, Mesfin Tsige
Efficiency, power, and period at two optimum operations of a thermoelectric single-level quantum dot, Mesfin Tsige
Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Adsorption of Methane and Chloromethane on Molybdenum via Hybrid EAM/OPLS Interactions, Mesfin Tsige
Molecular dynamics simulations of highly cross-linked polymer networks: prediction of thermal and mechanical properties, Mesfin Tsige
Molecular Modeling Approach to Prediction of Thermo-Mechanical Behavior of Thermoset Polymer Networks, Mesfin Tsige
MOLECULAR MODELING OF THERMOSETTING POLYMERS: EFFECTS OF DEGREE OF CURING AND CHAIN LENGTH ON THERMO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES, Mesfin Tsige
Multilayer Adsorption of Methane and Chloromethane on the Molybdenum (100) Surface, Mesfin Tsige
Reports: G6 47785-G6: Surface Properties of Fluorinated and Semifluorinated Alkanes, Mesfin Tsige
The Behavior of Water at the Interface with Polystyrene, Mesfin Tsige
Understanding the Behavior of Poly (3-hexylthiophene) at Liquid/Vacuum Interfaces, Mesfin Tsige
Volume and structural analysis of super-cooled water under high pressure, Mesfin Tsige
High-Content Imaging-Based Screening of Microenvironment-Induced Changes to Stem Cells, Sebastian L. Vega, Er Liu, Parth J. Patel, Anthony B. Kulesa, Aaron L. Carson, Yanrui Ma, Matthew Becker, and Prabhas V. Moghe
A Particle Tracking Velocimetric Study of Stress Relaxation Behavior of Entangled Polystyrene Solutions after Stepwise Shear, Shi-Qing Wang
Barrier to chain retraction: where we are six years after the first report of shear inhomogeneity in entangled polymers?, Shi-Qing Wang
Characterizing State of Chain Entanglement in Entangled Polymer Solutions during and after Large Shear Deformation, Shi-Qing Wang
Is shear banding a metastable property of well-entangled polymer solutions?, Shi-Qing Wang
Mechanisms for different failure modes in startup uniaxial extension: Tensile (rupture-like) failure and necking, Shi-Qing Wang
Shear and extensional rheology of entangled polymer melts: Similarities and differences, Shi-Qing Wang
Studying the origin of strain hardening: Basic difference between extension and shear, Shi-Qing Wang
Garland formation process in electrospinning, Yu Xin and Darrell Reneker
Hierarchical polystyrene patterns produced by electrospinning, Yu Xin and Darrell Reneker
A Computational Study of Mg 2+ Dehydration in Aqueous Solution in the Presence of HS- and Other Monovalent Anions-Insights to Dolomite Formation, Yang Yang, Nita Sahai, Christopher S. Romanek, and Suvankar Chakraborty
Interfacial Properties of Free-Standing Poly(3-hexyl thiophene) Films, Yeneneh Y. Yimer, Ali Dhinojwala, and Mesfin Tsige
How Melt-Stretching Affects Mechanical Behavior of Polymer Glasses, Gregory D. Zartman, Shiwang Cheng, Xin Li, Fei Lin, Matthew Becker, and Shi-Qing Wang
Advanced Materials , Yu Zhu
Submissions from 2011
Carbon Nanotube-Based Robust Steamphobic Surfaces, Ila Badge, Sunny Sethi, and Ali Dhinojwala
Separation and Characterization of Metallosupramolecular Libraries by Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry, Gustavo Carri
Stretching helical semiflexible polymers, Gustavo Carri
New Methods to Electrospin Nanofibers, George G. Chase, Jackapon Sunthorn Varabhas, and Darrell Reneker
Effect of gas flow rates and Boudouard reactions on the performance of Ni/YSZ anode supported solid oxide fuel cells with solid carbon fuels, Andrew C. Chien and Steven Chuang
Static and dynamic hydrogen adsorption on Pt/AC and MOF-5, Andrew C. Chien and Steven Chuang
Investigation of Boudouard Reactions on Carbon-Based Solid Oxide Fuel Cells by Transient Techniques, Andrew C. Chien, Tritti Siengchum, and Steven Chuang
Direct Use of Sulfur-Containing Coke on a Ni- Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia Anode Solid Oxide Fuel Cell, Felipe Guzman, Rahul Singh, and Steven Chuang
Contact of Oil with Solid Surfaces in Aqueous Media Probed Using Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy, Ping Yuan Hsu and Ali Dhinojwala
Interference Effect from Buried Interfaces Investigated by Angular-Dependent Infrared Sum Frequency Generation Technique, Guifeng Li, Ali Dhinojwala, and Mohsen S. Yeganeh
Highly Hydrophobic Electrospun Fiber Mats from Polyisobutylene-Based Thermoplastic Elastomers, Goy Teck Lim, Judit E. Puskas, Darrell Reneker, Antal Jakli, and Walter E. Horton Jr.
Antifouling poly(B-peptoid)s, Shaohui Lin, Bo Zhang, Michael J. Skoumal, Brian Ramunno, Xiaopeng Li, Chrys Wesdemiotis, Lingyun Liu, and Li Jia
The Nature and Role of Periosteum in Bone and Cartilage Regeneration, S. Matsushima, N. Isogai, R. Jacquet, E. Lowder, T. Tokui, and William Landis
Critical roles of molecular dynamics in the superior mechanical properties of isotactic-poly (1-butene) elucidated by solid-state NMR, Toshikazu Miyoshi and Al Mamun
Synergistic enhancement of human bone marrow stromal cell proliferation and osteogenic differentiation on BMP-2-derived and RGD peptide concentration gradients, Nicole M. Moore, Nancy J. Lin, Nathan D. Gallant, and Matthew Becker
Changes in the Adhesive Properties of Spider Aggregate Glue During the Evolution of Cobwebs, Vasav Sahni, Todd A. Blackledge, and Ali Dhinojwala
Spider Silk Inspired Functional Microthreads, Vasav Sahni, Disha V. Labhasetwar, and Ali Dhinojwala
Structural color change following hydration and dehydration of iridescent mourning dove, Matthew D. Shawkey, Liliana D'Alba, Chad Eliason, Jennifer A. H. Koop, and Li Jia
Deposition of apatite in mineralizing vertebrate extracellular matrices: A model of possible nucleation sites on type I collagen, Frederick H. Silver and William Landis
Adsorption of Methane and Propane on a LJ Wall and on Molybdenum Surface: A Simulation Study, Mesfin Tsige
Application of Carbon Nanotubes for Removing Organic Contaminants from Water, Mesfin Tsige
Atomistic Molecular Dynamics Simulation of the Surface Properties of P3HT Films, Mesfin Tsige
Characterization of CF4/CF3Br Binary Mixture Adsorption on Hydrophobic/Hydrophilic Surfaces via Atomistic MD Simulation, Mesfin Tsige
Conformational Dependence of Charge Transport and Band Gap in Poly (3-Hexyl Thiophene) Oligomers, Mesfin Tsige
Interfacial Structure and Dynamics of the liquid/liquid interface between Polydimethylsiloxane and Polystyrene, Mesfin Tsige
Modeling and Simulation of Nanoscale Materials, Mesfin Tsige
Optimizing the performance of a heat engine: A simulation study, Mesfin Tsige
Structural properties of atactic polystyrene adsorbed onto solid surfaces, Mesfin Tsige
Basic characteristics of uniaxial extension rheology: Comparing monodisperse and bidisperse polymer melts, Shi-Qing Wang
How polymeric solvents control shear inhomogeneity in large deformations of entangled polymer mixtures, Shi-Qing Wang
The Influence of Amino Acid Sequence and Functionality on the Binding Process of Peptides onto Gold Surfaces, Jing Yu, Matthew Becker, and Gustavo A. Carri
Submissions from 2010
Development of a colloidal lithography method for patterning nonplanar surfaces, Sarang P. Bhawalkar, Jun Qing, Michael C. Heiber, and Li Jia
High-strength and high-toughness polyimide nanofibers: Synthesis and characterization, Chuyun Cheng, Juan Chen, Fei Chen, Ping Hu, Xiang-Fa Wu, Darrell Reneker, and Haoqing Hou
Cooperative Adhesion and Friction of Compliant Nanohairs, Liehui Ge, Lijie Ci, Anubha Goyal, Rachel Shi, L. Mahadevan, P. M. Ajayan, and Ali Dhinojwala
Tracing the Reaction Steps Involving Oxygen and IR Observable Species in Ethanol Photocatalytic Oxidation on TiO2, Felipe Guzman and Steven Chuang
Direct Measurement of Acid-Base Interaction Energy at Solid Interfaces, Anish Kurian, Shishir Prasad, and Ali Dhinojwala
Unusual Surface Aging of Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Elastomers, Anish Kurian, Shishir Prasad, and Ali Dhinojwala
Comparative regenerative capacity of periosteum for bone and cartilage, William Landis
Emerging avenues for biomaterials development, William Landis
Poly(beta-alanoid-block-beta-alanine)s: Synthesis via cobalt-catalyzed carbonylative polymerization and self-assembly, Shaohui Lin, Xinfei Yu, Yingfeng Tu, Hongyu Xu, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, and Li Jia
Characterization of non-equilibrium nanoparticle adsorption on a model biological substrate, Jung Jin Park, Michael C. Weiger, Silvia H. De Paoli Lacerda, Denis Pristinski, Matthew Becker, Jack F. Douglas, Dharmaraj Raghavan, and Alamgir Karim
Design and Regioselective Synthesis of (2-Bromo-2-alkoxycarbonyl) ethyl Acrylates as Inimers for Hyperbranched (Co) Polyacrylates, Coleen Pugh, Bindu Raveendra, Anirudha Singh, Reichel Samuel, Guillermina Garcia, and Maurice Morton