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Unexpectedly Strong Size-Sieving Ability in Carbonized Polybenzimidazole for Membrane H2/CO2 Separation

November 21, 2019
Author(s)
Maryam Omidvar, Hien Nguyen, Liang Huang, Cara Doherty, Anita Hill, Christopher Stafford, Xianshe Feng, Mark Swihart, Haiqing Lin
Polymers with high permeability and strong size-sieving ability are needed for H2/CO2 separation at temperatures ranging from 100 °C to 300 °C to enable an energy-efficient pre- combustion CO2 capture process. However, such polymers usually suffer from a

A general approach to multicomponent metal-decorated crumpled reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites using a flame-based process

September 25, 2019
Author(s)
Mohammad M. Mohammadi, Shikuan Shao, Santosh S. Gunturi, Anirudh R. Raghavan, Naveshkaanth Alexander, Christopher Stafford, Raymond D. Buchner, Mark Swihart
A general approach to multicomponent metal-decorated crumpled reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites using a flame-based process Mohammad Moein Mohammadi1, Shikuan Shao1, Santosh Srivatsa Gunturi1, Anirudh Ravi Raghavan1, Naveshkaanth Alexander1

Sequential and one-pot post-polymerization modification reactions of thiolactone-containing polymer brushes

August 19, 2019
Author(s)
Cassandra M. Reese, Brittany J. Thompson, Phillip K. Logan, Christopher Stafford, Derek L. Patton, Michael Blanton
Thiolactone chemistry has garnered significant attention as a powerful post-polymerization modification (PPM) route to mutlifunctional polymeric materials. Here, we apply this versatile chemistry to the fabrication of ultrathin, multifunctional polymer

Effect of Adjacent Hydrophilic Polymer Thin Films on Physical Aging and Residual Stress in Thin Films of Poly(butylnorbornene-ran-hydroxyhexafluoroisopropyl norbornene)

June 22, 2019
Author(s)
Elizabeth A. Lewis, Christopher Stafford, Bryan D. Vogt
The properties of thin supported polymer films can be dramatically impacted by the substrate upon which it resides. A simple way to alter the properties of the substrate (chemistry, rigidity, dynamics) is by coating it with an immiscible polymer. Here we

Controlled Growth of Polyamide Films atop Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Hydrogels using Gel- Liquid Interfacial Polymerization

May 22, 2019
Author(s)
Mengyuan Wang, Christopher Stafford, Lewis M. Cox, Adrienne K. Blevins, Masoud Aghajani, Jason Killgore, Yifu Ding
Interfacially polymerized polyamide (PA) layers dictate the permselective performance of thin film composite (TFC) membranes. Extensive effort has been focused on understanding and ultimately controlling the structure and morphology of the PA layers on

Tuning the Relaxation of Nano-Patterned Polymer Films with Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticles: Observation of Entropy-Enthalpy Compensation

November 6, 2018
Author(s)
Sonal Bhadauriya, Xiaoteng Wang, Jack F. Douglas, Praveen Pitliya, Jianan Zhang, Dharmaraj Raghavan, Michael R. Bockstaller, Christopher Stafford, Alamgir Karim
Polymer films provide a versatile "plastic" material in which complex functional relief patterns can be imprinted with a resolution down to tens of nanometers. However, the utility of such patterned materials is limited by the tendency of imprinted

Short-time dental resin biostability and kinetics of enzymatic degradation

May 9, 2018
Author(s)
Xiaohong Wang, Sheng Song, Lei Chen, Christopher M. Stafford, Jirun Sun
Resin biostability is an important concern regarding the durability of methacrylate-based dental resin restorations. Current resin biostability evaluation methods take considerable time, from weeks to months, and provide no short-time kinetics of resin

Buckling Instabilities in Polymer Brush Surfaces via Postpolymerization Modification

October 30, 2017
Author(s)
Wei Guo, Cassandra M. Reese, Li Xiong, Phillip K. Logan, Brittany J. Thompson, Christopher Stafford, Anton Ievlev, Bradley S. Lokitz, Olga S. Ovchinnikova, Derek L. Patton
We report a simple route to engineer ultrathin polymer brush surfaces with wrinkled and creased morphologies using postpolymerization modification (PPM), where the length scale of the buckled features can be tuned using PPM reaction time and sequence. We