2017 LCI Publications

1. Sarang M. Bhaway, Zhe Qiang, Yanfeng Xia, Xuhui Xia, Byeongdu Lee, Kevin G. Yager, Lihua Zhang, Kim Kisslinger, Yu-Ming Chen, Kewei Liu, Yu Zhu, and Bryan D. Vogt, "Operando Grazing Incidence Small-Angle X-ray Scattering/X-ray Diffraction of Model Ordered Mesoporous Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes", ACS NANO, 2017, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b06708

2. Zhe Qiang,Yu-Ming Chen, Yanfeng Xia, Wenfeng Liang, Yu Zhu, and Bryan D. Vogt, "Ultra-long cycle life, low-cost room temperature sodium-sulfur batteries enabled by highly doped (N,S) nanoporous carbons", Nano Energy, 2017, 32, pp 59-66

3. Jowita Marszewska, and Mietek Jaroniec, "Tailoring porosity in carbon spheres for fast carbon dioxide adsorption", J. Colloid Interface Sci., 2017, 487, pp 162-174, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2016.10.033

4. Alexandre A.S. Goncalves, Patricia B. Faustino, Jose M. Assaf, and Mietek Jaroniec, "One-pot synthesis of mesoporous Ni-Ti-Al ternary oxides: Highly active and selective catalysts for steam reforming of ethanol", ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2017, 9, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b15507

5. N. Sahai, H. Kaddour, P. Dalai, Z. Wang, G. Bass & M. Gao, "Mineral Surface Chemistry and Nanoparticle-aggregation Control Membrane Self-Assembly", Scientific Reports, 2017, 7, p 43418

6. Kai Zhao, and Yanhai Du, "Calcium-doped ceria materials for anode of solid oxide fuel cells running on methane fuel", Journal of Power Sources, 2017, 347, pp 79-85, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2017.01.113

7. Nader Hedayat, Yanhai Du, and Hoda Ilkhani, "Review on Fabrication Techniques for Porous Electrodes of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells by Sacrificial Template Methods", Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017, to be published

8. A. Sharma, T. Mori, C.J. Mahnen, H.R. Everson, M.T. Leslie, A.d. Nielsen, L. Lussier, C. Zhu, C. Malcuit, T. Hegmann, J.A. McDonough, E.J. Freeman, L.T.J. Korley, R.J. Clements, and E. Hegmann, "Effects of Structural Variations on the Cellular Response and Mechanical Properties of Biocompatible, Biodegradable, and Porous Smectic Liquid Crystal Elastomers", Macromol. Biosci., 2017, 17(2), p 1600278, DOI: 10.1002/mabi.201600278

9. M.E. Prevot, S. Ustunel, L.E. Bergquist, R. Cukelj, Y. Gao, T. Mori, R.J. Clements, and E. Hegmann, "Synthesis of Biocompatible Liquid Crystal Elastomer Foams as Cell Scaffolds for 3D Spatial Cell Cultures", J. Vis. Exp. , 2017, 122, DOI: 10.3791/55452

10. Tuo Ji, Rui Tu, Liwen Mu, Xiaohua Lu, and Jiahua Zhu, "Enhancing Energy Efficiency in Saccharide HMF Conversion with Core/shell Structured Microwave Responsive Catalysts", ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2017, DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b00414

11. Yu Zhang, Mena R. Klittich, Min Gao, and Ali Dhinojwala, "Delaying Frost Formation by Controlling Surface Chemistry of Carbon Nanotube-Coated Steel Surfaces", ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2017, 9 (7), pp 6512-6519, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b11531

12. Xinfu Zhang, Bin Li, Xiao Luo, Weiyu Zhao, Justin Jiang, Chengxiang Zhang, Min Gao, Xiaofang Chen, and Yizhou Dong, "Biodegradable Amino-Ester Nanomaterials for Cas9 mRNA Delivery in Vitro and in Vivo", ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2017, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b08163

13. Martin Ocepek, Weijie Zhong, Lei Meng, and Mark D. Soucek, "Influence of hydrophobic monomers on secondary nucleation of hydroxyl‐functionalized latexes", Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 2017, 55(13), pp 2190-2202, DOI: 10.1002/POLA.28604

14. Xin Tan, Yihong Zhao, Meng Shang, Gary R. Hamed, and Li Jia, "Supramolecular reinforcement of styrene-butadiene rubber composites", Polymer, 2017, 122, pp 242-248, DOI: 0.1016/j.polymer.2017.06.056

15. Xin Tan, Yihong Zhao, Mengsha Qian, Gary R. Hamed, and Li Jia, "Reactive supramolecular filler for elastomer reinforcement", Polymer, 2017, 129, pp 12-20, DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2017.09.024

16. JowitaMarszewska, and Mietek Jaroniec, "Tailoring porosity in carbon spheres for fast carbon dioxide adsorption", Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2017, 487, pp 162-174, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2016.10.033

17. Rohan S. Dassanayake, Chamila Gunathilake, Arosha C. Dassanayake, Noureddine Abidi, and Mietek Jaroniec, "Amidoxime-functionalized nanocrystalline cellulose–mesoporous silica composites for carbon dioxide sorption at ambient and elevated temperatures", J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5, p 7462, DOI: 10.1039/c7ta01038a

18. Liping Zhang, and Mietek Jaroniec, "SBA-15 templating synthesis of mesoporous bismuth oxide for selective removal of iodide", Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2017, 501, pp 248-255, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2017.04.063

19. Pramila Ghimire, Chamila Gunathilake, Nilantha P. Wickramaratne, and Mietek Jaroniec, "Tetraethyl orthosilicate-assisted synthesis of nitrogen-containing porous carbon spheres", Carbon, 2017, 121, pp 408-417, DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2017.06.007

20. Arosha C. Dassanayake, and Mietek Jaroniec, "Dual optimization of microporosity in carbon spheres for CO2 adsorption by using pyrrole as the carbon precursor and potassium salt as the activator", J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5, p 19456, DOI: 10.1039/c7ta05523d

21. Nader Hedayat, Dhruba Panthi, and Yanhai Du, "Fabrication of anode-supported microtubular solid oxide fuel cells by sequential dip-coating and reduced sintering steps", Electrochimica Acta, 2017, 258, pp 694-702, DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2017.11.115

22. Shuang Zhou, Sergij V. Shiyanovskii, Heung-Shik Park, and Oleg D. Lavrentovich, "Fine structure of the topological defect cores studied for disclinations in lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals", Nature Communications, 2017, 8, p 14974, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14974

23. Seyyed Muhammad Salili, Matthew Worden, Ahlam Nemati, Donald W. Miller, and Torsten Hegmann, "Synthesis of Distinct Iron Oxide Nanomaterial Shapes Using Lyotropic Liquid Crystal Solvents", Nanomaterials, 2017, 7(8), p 211, DOI: 10.3390/nano7080211

24. Zhe Qiang, Xinye Liu, Feng Zou, Kevin A. Cavicchi, Yu Zhu, and Bryan D. Vogt, "Bimodal Porous Carbon-Silica Nanocomposites for Li-Ion Batteries", J. Phys. Chem. C, 2017, 121 (31), pp 16702-16709, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b03795

25. Zhe Qiang, Yanfeng Xia, Xuhui Xia, and Bryan D. Vogt, "Generalized Synthesis of a Family of Highly Heteroatom-Doped Ordered Mesoporous Carbons", Chem. Mater., 2017, 29 (23), pp 10178–10186, DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b04061

26. Xinye Liu, Feng Zou, Kewei Liu, Zhe Qiang, Clinton J. Taubert, Putu Ustriyana, Bryan D. Vogt, and Yu Zhu, "A binary metal organic framework derived hierarchical hollow Ni3S2/Co9S8/N-doped carbon composite with superior sodium storage performance", J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5, 11781, DOI: 10.1039/c7ta00201g

27. Shiyi Liu, Akram Al-Shadeedi, Vikash Kaphle, Chang-Min Keum, and Bjorn Lussem, "Patterning organic transistors by dry-etching: The double layer lithography", Organic Electronics, 2017, 45, pp 124-130, DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2017.02.026

28. Andrii Varanytsia, and Liang-Chy Chien, "Giant Flexoelectro-optic Effect with Liquid Crystal Dimer CB7CB", Scientific Reports, 2017, 7, p 41333, DOI: 10.1038/srep41333

29. Kai-Han Chang, Cary Zhang, Shanshan Song, and Liang-Chy Chien, "Command splay-bend switching in an optically-compensated bend cell with polymerized liquid crystal photoalignment layers", Journal of Applied Physics, 2017, 121, 114901, DOI: 10.1063/1.4978385

30. Kai-Han Chang, Vinay Joshi, and Liang-Chy Chien, "Fast-switching chiral nematic liquid-crystal mode with polymer-sustained twisted vertical alignment", PHYSICAL REVIEW E, 2017, 95, 042701, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.95.042701

31. Vinay Joshi, Daniel A. Paterson, John M. D. Storey, Corrie T. Imrie, and Liang-Chy Chien, "Tunable backflow in chiral nematic liquid crystals via twist-bend nematogens and surface-localised in-situ polymer protrusions", LIQUID CRYSTALS, 2017, 44, pp 2327-2336, DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2017.1374479

32. Xiaochen Shen, Sheng Dai, Changlin Zhang, Shuyi Zhang, Stephen M. Sharkey, George W. Graham, Xiaoqing Pan, and Zhenmeng Peng, "In Situ Atomic-Scale Observation of the Two-Dimensional Co(OH)2 Transition at Atmospheric Pressure", Chem. Mater., 2017, 29 (10), pp 4572-4579, DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b01291

33. Xiangkai Kong, Changlin Zhang, Sang Youp Hwang, Qianwang Chen, and Zhenmeng Peng, "Free-Standing Holey Ni(OH)2 Nanosheets with Enhanced Activity for Water Oxidation", Small, 2017, 13(26), 1700334, DOI: 10.1002/smll.201700334

34. Taizo Mori, Anshul Sharma, Ahlam Nemati, Leah Bergquist, and Torsten Hegmann, "Effects of size and ligand density on the chirality transfer from chiralligand-capped nanoparticles to nematic liquid crystals", Proceedings Volume 10361, Liquid Crystals XXI, 2017, 103610M, DOI: 10.1117/12.2275262

35. Leah Bergquist, and Torsten Hegmann, "Chiral Amplification by L-Cysteine-Capped Gold Nanoparticles in Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystals", ChemNanoMat, 2017, 3(12), pp 863-868, DOI: 10.1002/cnma.201700286

36. Dhruba Panthi, Nader Hedayat, and Yanhai Du, "A Comparative Study on the Densification Behavior of Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia Electrolyte Powders", ECS Trans., 2017, 78(1), pp 327-334, DOI: 10.1149/07801.0327ecst

37. Nader Hedayat, Dhruba Panthi, and Yanhai Du, "A Novel Method to Fabricate Inert Substrate-Supported Microtubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cells by Selective Leaching", ECS Trans., 2017, 78(1), pp 1781-1789, DOI: 10.1149/07801.1781ecst

38. Sahil Sandesh Gandhi, Min Su Kim, Jeoung-Yeon Hwang, and Liang-Chy Chien, "Amorphous blue phase III polymer scaffold as a sub-millisecond switching electro-optical memory device", Proceedings of SPIE, 2017, 10125, Article Number: UNSP 1012514, DOI: 10.1117/12.2248167