Demir, Hande, Pinar Aydogan Gokturk, and Ethan J Crumlin. “Using Advanced X-Ray Spectroscopy to Reveal Molecular Level Insights into Water Treatment.” Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering 48 (June 1, 2025): 101103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coche.2025.101103.
Tadesse, Meron Y., Nico Marioni, Zidan Zhang, and Venkat Ganesan. “Influence of Cation and Anion Chemistry on the Ionic Conductivity and Transference Number of Zwitterionic Polymer-Supported Ionic Liquid Electrolytes.” ACS Applied Energy Materials, March 6, 2025, acsaem.4c02650. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.4c02650.
Brotherton, Zachary W., James T. Bamford, Benjamin J. Pedretti, Seamus D. Jones, Rachel A. Segalman, and Nathaniel A. Lynd. “Miscible Polymer Blend Electrolytes Made with High Dielectric Polyethers Optimize Conductivity and Ion Transport at Ambient Conditions.” ACS Applied Polymer Materials, March 6, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.4c03379.
Vogler, Ronald J., Katherine E. Kimball, Dominic D. Bujanos, Harekrushna Behera, Benjamin J. Pedretti, Kyler Grogan, Nathaniel A. Lynd, Benny D. Freeman, and Manish Kumar. “Rapid Heat-Driven Formation of 2D Nanosheets from Membrane Proteins and Block Copolymers.” Journal of Membrane Science 720 (March 1, 2025): 123732. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2025.123732.
Irving, Paul R., Grace Sam, Soham Rane, Nikhil Thirumalai, Nico Marioni, Geoffrey M. Geise, Benny D. Freeman, and Venkat Ganesan. “Engineering Lithium–Magnesium Selectivity in Hydrated Polymer Membranes through Polymer Backbone Rigidity.” ACS Macro Letters, February 5, 2025, 161–68. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.4c00828.
Nassr, Mostafa, Sarah M. Dischinger, Ji Yeon Lee, Kristofer L. Gleason, Sergi Molins, Nicolas Spycher, Pedram Bigdelou, Jacob Johnston, Nathaniel A. Lynd, Nils Tilton, William T. Stringfellow, Benny D. Freeman, and Daniel J. Miller. “Mineral Scale Formation during Crossflow Reverse Osmosis at Constant Flux and Constant Transmembrane Pressure Conditions.” Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, January 7, 2025, acs.iecr.4c04059. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.4c04059.
Duncan, Tyler J., Harekrushna Behera, Michael F. Meng, Zidan Zhang, Nico Marioni, Meron Tadesse, Manish Kumar, and Venkat Ganesan. “Side-Chain and Ring-Size Effects on Permeability in Artificial Water Channels.” The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, January 2, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.4c05244.
2024
Sujanani, Rahul, Phong H. Nguyen, Leo W. Gordon, James T. Bamford, Alexandra Zele, Benjamin J. Pedretti, Nathaniel A. Lynd, Raphaële J. Clément, and Rachel A. Segalman. “Influence of Water Sorption on Ionic Conductivity in Polyether Electrolytes at Low Hydration.” ACS Macro Letters, December 23, 2024, 64–71. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.4c00707.
Arias Ponce, Isabel, Rahul Sujanani, Joshua D. Moon, Juan Manuel Urueña, Craig J. Hawker, and Rachel A. Segalman. “3D Printing of Functional Hydrogel Devices for Screenings of Membrane Permeability and Selectivity.” ACS Applied Polymer Materials, December 4, 2024, acsapm.4c02732. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.4c02732.
Deng, Erda, Kai Chen, Aubrey E. Quigley, Mengqi Yuan, Lingxiang Zhu, Zachary T. Kralles, Benny D. Freeman, Ning Dai, and Haiqing Lin. “In Situ Oxidation of Reduced Graphene Oxide Membranes by Peracetic Acid for Dye Desalination.” Journal of Membrane Science 707 (July 2024): 122991. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2024.122991.
Irving, Paul R., Kevin K. Reimund, Everett S. Zofchak, Nico Marioni, Benny D. Freeman, and Venkat Ganesan. “Cellulose Acetate Membranes Exhibit Exceptional Monovalent to Divalent Cation Selectivities.” Journal of Membrane Science 706 (May 22, 2024): 122892. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2024.122892.
Cater, Henry L., Marshall J. Allen, Mark I. Linnell, Adrian K. Rylski, Yudian Wu, Hsu‐Ming Lien, Filippo Mangolini, Benny D. Freeman, and Zachariah A. Page. “Supersoft Norbornene‐Based Thermoplastic Elastomers with High Strength and Upper Service Temperature.” Advanced Materials, May 8, 2024, 2402431. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202402431.
Sujanani, Rahul, Kevin K. Reimund, Kristofer L. Gleason, and Benny D. Freeman. “Hydraulic Permeation-Induced Water Concentration Gradients in Ion Exchange Membranes.” Journal of Membrane Science, May 7, 2024, 122858. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2024.122858.
Bamford, James T., Seamus D. Jones, Nicole S. Schauser, Benjamin J. Pedretti, Leo W. Gordon, Nathaniel A. Lynd, Raphaële J. Clément, and Rachel A. Segalman. “Improved Mechanical Strength without Sacrificing Li-Ion Transport in Polymer Electrolytes.” ACS Macro Letters, May 6, 2024, 638–43. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.4c00158.
Zofchak, Everett S., Aubrey E. Quigley, Jordyn G. Yoh, Harnoor S. Sachar, Kevin K. Reimund, Scott T. Milner, Benny D. Freeman, and Venkat Ganesan. “Molecular and Electrostatic Origins of Mixed Salt Partitioning Phenomena in Uncharged Poly(Ethylene Oxide)-Based Membranes.” Journal of Membrane Science 702 (April 28, 2024): 122800. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2024.122800.
Sachar, Harnoor Singh, Everett S Zofchak, Nico Marioni, Zidan Zhang, and Venkat Ganesan. “Impact of Confinement and Zwitterionic Ligand Chemistry on Ion–Ion Selectivity of Functionalized Nanopores.” Langmuir 40 (April 24, 2024): 9563−9578. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c00286.
Mahanta, Debasish Das, Dennis Robinson Brown, Thomas Webber, Simone Pezzotti, Gerhard Schwaab, Songi Han, M. Scott Shell, and Martina Havenith. “Bridging the Gap in Cryopreservation Mechanism: Unraveling the Interplay between Structure, Dynamics, and Thermodynamics in Cryoprotectant Aqueous Solutions.” The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 128 (April 7, 2024): 3720−3731. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.4c00264.
Robinson Brown, Dennis Charles, Thomas Reed Webber, Thomas M. Casey, John Mark Franck, M. Scott Shell, and Songi Han. “Computation of Overhauser Dynamic Nuclear Polarization Processes Reveals Fundamental Correlation between Water Dynamics, Structure, and Solvent Restructuring Entropy.” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 26 (April 4, 2024): 14637. https://doi.org/10.1039/D4CP00030G.
Marioni, Nico, Akhila Rajesh, Zidan Zhang, Benny D. Freeman, and Venkat Ganesan. “What Is the Influence of Ion Aggregation and Counterion Condensation on Salt Transport in Ion Exchange Membranes?” Journal of Membrane Science, April 2024, 122713. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2024.122713.
Jiao, Sally, and M. Scott Shell. “Inverse Design of Pore Wall Chemistry and Topology through Active Learning of Surface Group Interactions.” The Journal of Chemical Physics 160, no. 12 (March 25, 2024): 124705. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0200900.
Keever, Jared M., Benjamin J. Pedretti, Zachary W. Brotherton, Jennifer Imbrogno, Yuki Kataoka, Jacob Baltzegar, Naoya Kambayashi, and Nathaniel A. Lynd. “Chain Extension Epoxide Polymerization to Well‐defined Block Polymers Using a N‐Al Lewis Pair Catalyst.” Journal of Polymer Science, March 17, 2024, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1002/pol.20240002.
Marioni, Nico, Oscar Nordness, Zidan Zhang, Rahul Sujanani, Benny D. Freeman, Rachel A. Segalman, Raphaële J. Clément, and Venkat Ganesan. “Ion and Water Dynamics in the Transition from Dry to Wet Conditions in Salt-Doped PEG.” ACS Macro Letters, March 1, 2024, 341–47. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.4c00046.
Cooper, Anthony J., Douglas J. Grzetic, Kris T. Delaney, and Glenn H. Fredrickson. “Investigating Microstructure Evolution in Block Copolymer Membranes.” The Journal of Chemical Physics 160, no. 7 (February 21, 2024): 074903. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0188196.
DeStefano, Audra J., Shawn D. Mengel, Morgan W. Bates, Sally Jiao, M. Scott Shell, Songi Han, and Rachel A. Segalman. “Control over Conformational Landscapes of Polypeptoids by Monomer Sequence Patterning.” Macromolecules 57 (February 18, 2024): 1469−1477. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.3c02338.
Madadi, Ashkan Ali, and Berkin Dortdivanlioglu. “A Subdivision-Stabilized B-Spline Mixed Material Point Method.” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 418 (January 5, 2024): 116567. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2023.116567.
Moon, Joshua D., Thomas R. Webber, Dennis Robinson Brown, Peter M. Richardson, Thomas M. Casey, Rachel A. Segalman, M. Scott Shell, and Songi Han. “Nanoscale Water–Polymer Interactions Tune Macroscopic Diffusivity of Water in Aqueous Poly(Ethylene Oxide) Solutions.” Chemical Science, January 2024. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3SC05377F.
2023
Jiao, Sally, Dennis C. Robinson Brown, and M. Scott Shell. “Relationships between Water’s Structure and Solute Affinity at Polypeptoid Brush Surfaces.” Langmuir 40 (December 20, 2023): 761–71. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c02971.
Fredrickson, Glenn H. “Desperately Seeking Soft Structures.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120, no. 51 (December 19, 2023): e2318123120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2318123120.
Garcia, Jan Ulric, Douglas R. Tree, Alyssa Bagoyo, Tatsuhiro Iwama, Kris T. Delaney, and Glenn H. Fredrickson. “Coarsening Dynamics of Ternary Polymer Solutions with Mobility and Viscosity Contrasts.” The Journal of Chemical Physics 159, no. 21 (December 7, 2023): 214904. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0173992.
Zhang, Zidan, Jakub Krajniak, Jacob Sass, Harnoor S. Sachar, Nico Marioni, Tyler J. Duncan, and Venkat Ganesan. “Conductivity and Transference Numbers in Lithium Salt-Doped Block Copolymeric Ionic Liquid Electrolytes.” Macromolecules, November 17, 2023, acs.macromol.3c01791. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.3c01791.
Sachar, Harnoor Singh, Zidan Zhang, Nico Marioni, Everett S. Zofchak, and Venkat Ganesan. “Role of Dielectric Drag in Circumventing the Solubility-Diffusivity Trade-off in Zwitterionic Copolymer Membranes.” ACS Macro Letters 12, no. 10 (October 17, 2023): 1293–97. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.3c00420.
Zhang, Zidan, Nico Marioni, Harnoor S. Sachar, and Venkat Ganesan. “Polymer Architecture-Induced Trade-off between Conductivities and Transference Numbers in Salt-Doped Polymeric Ionic Liquids.” ACS Macro Letters 12, no. 10 (October 17, 2023): 1351–57. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.3c00376.
Zhang, Zidan, Ram Krishna, Everett S. Zofchak, Nico Marioni, Harnoor S. Sachar, and Venkat Ganesan. “The Influence of Counterion Structure Identity on Conductivity, Dynamical Correlations, and Ion Transport Mechanisms in Polymerized Ionic Liquids.” The Journal of Chemical Physics 159, no. 8 (August 22, 2023): 084902. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0159298.
Zofchak, Everett S., Zidan Zhang, Nico Marioni, Harnoor Singh Sachar, Benny D. Freeman, and Venkat Ganesan. “Cation–Polymer Interactions and Local Heterogeneity Determine the Relative Order of Alkali Cation Diffusion Coefficients in PEGDA Hydrogels.” Journal of Membrane Science 685 (July 2023): 121898. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2023.121898.
Pedretti, Benjamin J., Congzhi Zhu, Hironobu Watanabe, Sadahito Aoshima, and Nathaniel A. Lynd. “Cascade Ring Strain Release Polymerization of Cyclohexene Oxide and Derivatives Using a Mono(μ-Alkoxo)Bis(Alkylaluminum) Initiator.” Macromolecules 56, no. 13 (June 30, 2023): 4884–94. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.3c00473.
Nordness, Oscar, Joshua D. Moon, Nico Marioni, Everett S. Zofchak, Peter M. Richardson, Matthew R. Landsman, Lynn E. Katz, Craig J. Hawker, Venkat Ganesan, Rachel A. Segalman, and Raphaële J. Clément. “Probing Water and Ion Diffusion in Functional Hydrogel Membranes by PFG-NMR.” Macromolecules 56, no. 12 (June 14, 2023): 4669–80. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.3c00306.
Mahanta, Debasish Das, Dennis Robinson Brown, Simone Pezzotti, Songi Han, Gerhard Schwaab, M. Scott Shell, and Martina Havenith. “Local Solvation Structures Govern the Mixing Thermodynamics of Glycerol–Water Solutions.” Chemical Science 14, no. 26 (June 12, 2023): 7381–92. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3SC00517H.
Paspureddi, Akhilesh, Zidan Zhang, Venkat Ganesan, Mukul M. Sharma, and Lynn E. Katz. “Mechanism of Monovalent and Divalent Ion Mobility in Nafion Membrane: An Atomistic Simulation Study.” The Journal of Chemical Physics158, no. 21 (June 2, 2023): 214904. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0145205.
Robinson Brown, Dennis Charles, Thomas R. Webber, Sally Jiao, Daniela M. Rivera Mirabal, Songi Han, and M. Scott Shell. “Relationships between Molecular Structural Order Parameters and Equilibrium Water Dynamics in Aqueous Mixtures.” The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 127, no. 20 (May 12, 2023): 4577–94. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c00826.
Fredrickson, Glenn H., and Kris T. Delaney. Field-Theoretic Simulations in Soft Matter and Quantum Fluids. Oxford University Press, 2023.
Landsman, Matthew R., Sintu Rongpipi, Guillaume Freychet, Eliot Gann, Cherno Jaye, Desmond F. Lawler, Lynn E. Katz, and Gregory M. Su. “Linking Water Quality, Fouling Layer Composition, and Performance of Reverse Osmosis Membranes.” Journal of Membrane Science 680 (May 2023): 121717. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2023.121717.
DeStefano, Audra J., My Nguyen, Glenn H. Fredrickson, Songi Han, and Rachel A. Segalman. “Design of Soft Material Surfaces with Rationally Tuned Water Diffusivity.” ACS Central Science 9, no. 5 (April 24, 2023): 1019–24. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscentsci.3c00208.
Sachar, Harnoor Singh, Nico Marioni, Everett S. Zofchak, and Venkat Ganesan. “Impact of Ionic Correlations on Selective Salt Transport in Ligand-Functionalized Polymer Membranes.” Macromolecules 56, no. 5 (March 14, 2023): 2194–2208. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.2c02380.
Allen, Marshall J., Hsu‐Ming Lien, Nathaniel Prine, Carter Burns, Adrian K. Rylski, Xiaodan Gu, Lewis M. Cox, Filippo Mangolini, Benny D. Freeman, and Zachariah A. Page. “Multimorphic Materials: Spatially Tailoring Mechanical Properties via Selective Initiation of Interpenetrating Polymer Networks.” Advanced Materials 35, no. 9 (March 2023): 2210208. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202210208.
Sujanani, Rahul, Oscar Nordness, Andres Miranda, Lynn E. Katz, Joan F. Brennecke, and Benny D. Freeman. “Accounting for Ion Pairing Effects on Sulfate Salt Sorption in Cation Exchange Membranes.” The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 127, no. 8 (February 16, 2023): 1842–55. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c07900.
Zhu, Congzhi, Benjamin J. Pedretti, Louise Kuehster, Venkat Ganesan, Gabriel E. Sanoja, and Nathaniel A. Lynd. “Ionic Conductivity, Salt Partitioning, and Phase Separation in High-Dielectric Contrast Polyether Blends and Block Polymer Electrolytes.” Macromolecules 56, no. 3 (February 14, 2023): 1086–96. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.2c02023.
Singh, Abhishek, Thomas G. Mason, Zhenzhen Lu, Anita J. Hill, Steven J. Pas, Boon Mia Teo, Benny D. Freeman, and Ekaterina I. Izgorodina. “Structural Elucidation of Polydopamine Facilitated by Ionic Liquid Solvation.” Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 25, no. 21 (February 10, 2023): 14700–710. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CP05439F.
Grzetic, Douglas J., Anthony J. Cooper, Kris T. Delaney, and Glenn H. Fredrickson. “Modeling Microstructure Formation in Block Copolymer Membranes Using Dynamical Self-Consistent Field Theory.” ACS Macro Letters 12, no. 1 (January 17, 2023): 8–13. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.2c00611.
Cooper, Anthony J., Michael P. Howard, Sanket Kadulkar, David Zhao, Kris T. Delaney, Venkat Ganesan, Thomas M. Truskett, and Glenn H. Fredrickson. “Multiscale Modeling of Solute Diffusion in Triblock Copolymer Membranes.” The Journal of Chemical Physics 158, no. 2 (January 14, 2023): 024905. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0127570.
2022
Jiao, Sally, Lynn E. Katz, and M. Scott Shell. “Inverse Design of Pore Wall Chemistry To Control Solute Transport and Selectivity.” ACS Central Science 8, no. 12 (December 28, 2022): 1609–17. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscentsci.2c01011.
Cheng, Yu-Heng, Alon Y. Kirschner, Chia-Chih Chang, Zhengwang He, Mostafa Nassr, Todd Emrick, and Benny D. Freeman. “Surface Modification of Ultrafiltration Membranes with 1,4-Benzoquinone and Polyetheramines to Improve Fouling Resistance.” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 14, no. 46 (November 23, 2022): 52390–401. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c14884.
Marioni, Nico, Zidan Zhang, Everett S. Zofchak, Harnoor S. Sachar, Sanket Kadulkar, Benny D. Freeman, and Venkat Ganesan. “Impact of Ion–Ion Correlated Motion on Salt Transport in Solvated Ion Exchange Membranes.” ACS Macro Letters 11, no. 11 (November 15, 2022): 1258–64. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.2c00361.
Zhang, Zidan, Jacob Sass, Jakub Krajniak, and Venkat Ganesan. “Ion Correlations and Partial Ionicities in the Lamellar Phases of Block Copolymeric Ionic Liquids.” ACS Macro Letters 11, no. 11 (November 15, 2022): 1265–71. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.2c00401.
Bridge, Alexander T., Matthew S. Santoso, Jessica A. Maisano, Alexander V. Hillsley, Joan F. Brennecke, and Benny D. Freeman. “Rapid Macrovoid Characterization in Membranes Prepared via Nonsolvent-Induced Phase Separation: A Comparison between 2D and 3D Techniques.” Journal of Membrane Science 661 (November 5, 2022): 120923. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2022.120923.
Singh, Abhishek, Thomas G. Mason, Zhenzhen Lu, Boon Mia Teo, Benny D. Freeman, and Ekaterina I. Izgorodina. “Ionic Liquid Facilitated Solvent-Phase Polymerization of Ultrasmooth Coatings of Polycatecholamines.” Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics 223, no. 24 (October 25, 2022): 2200313. https://doi.org/10.1002/macp.202200313.
Rylski, Adrian K., Henry L. Cater, Keldy S. Mason, Marshall J. Allen, Anthony J. Arrowood, Benny D. Freeman, Gabriel E. Sanoja, and Zachariah A. Page. “Polymeric Multimaterials by Photochemical Patterning of Crystallinity.” Science378, no. 6616 (October 14, 2022): 211–15. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.add6975.
Aydogan Gokturk, Pinar, Rahul Sujanani, Jin Qian, Ye Wang, Lynn E. Katz, Benny D. Freeman, and Ethan J. Crumlin. “The Donnan Potential Revealed.” Nature Communications 13, no. 1 (October 6, 2022): 5880. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33592-3.
Paspureddi, Akhilesh, Mukul M. Sharma, and Lynn E. Katz. “Effect of Dielectric Saturation on Ion Activity Coefficients in Ion Exchange Membranes.” ACS Omega 7, no. 35 (September 6, 2022): 30823–34. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.2c02258.
Hegde, Varun H., Michael F. Doherty, and Todd M. Squires. “A Two-Phase Model That Unifies and Extends the Classical Models of Membrane Transport.” Science 377, no. 6602 (July 8, 2022): 186–91. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abm7192.
Cater, Henry L., Iana Balynska, Marshall J. Allen, Benny D. Freeman, and Zachariah A. Page. “User Guide to Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of Endo-Norbornene Monomers with Chelated Initiators.” Macromolecules 55, no. 15 (July 2022): 6671–79. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.2c01196.
Pedretti, Benjamin J., Natalie J. Czarnecki, Congzhi Zhu, Jennifer Imbrogno, Frederick Rivers, Benny D. Freeman, Venkat Ganesan, and Nathaniel A. Lynd. “Structure–Property Relationships for Polyether-Based Electrolytes in the High-Dielectric-Constant Regime.” Macromolecules 55, no. 15 (July 2022): 6730–38. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.2c00639.
Yan, Ni, Rahul Sujanani, Jovan Kamcev, Eui-Soung Jang, Kentaro Kobayashi, Donald R. Paul, and Benny D. Freeman. “Salt and Ion Transport in a Series of Crosslinked AMPS/PEGDA Hydrogel Membranes.” Journal of Membrane Science 653 (July 2022): 120549. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2022.120549.
Sachar, Harnoor Singh, Everett S. Zofchak, Nico Marioni, Zidan Zhang, Sanket Kadulkar, Tyler J. Duncan, Benny D. Freeman, and Venkat Ganesan. “Impact of Cation–Ligand Interactions on the Permselectivity of Ligand-Functionalized Polymer Membranes in Single and Mixed Salt Systems.” Macromolecules 55, no. 11 (June 14, 2022): 4821–31. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.2c00543.
Jiao, Sally, Daniela M. Rivera Mirabal, Audra J. DeStefano, Rachel A. Segalman, Songi Han, and M. Scott Shell. “Sequence Modulates Polypeptoid Hydration Water Structure and Dynamics.” Biomacromolecules 23, no. 4 (April 11, 2022): 1745–56. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.1c01687.
Zofchak, Everett S., Zidan Zhang, Nico Marioni, Tyler J. Duncan, Harnoor S. Sachar, Alyssa Chamseddine, Benny D. Freeman, and Venkat Ganesan. “Cation–Ligand Interactions Dictate Salt Partitioning and Diffusivity in Ligand-Functionalized Polymer Membranes.” Macromolecules 55, no. 6 (March 22, 2022): 2260–70. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.2c00035.
Barry, Mikayla E., Pinar Aydogan Gokturk, Audra J. DeStefano, Amanda K. Leonardi, Christopher K. Ober, Ethan J. Crumlin, and Rachel A. Segalman. “Effects of Amphiphilic Polypeptoid Side Chains on Polymer Surface Chemistry and Hydrophilicity.” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 14, no. 5 (February 9, 2022): 7340–49. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c22683.
Bridge, Alexander T., Benjamin J. Pedretti, Joan F. Brennecke, and Benny D. Freeman. “Preparation of Defect-Free Asymmetric Gas Separation Membranes with Dihydrolevoglucosenone (CyreneTM) as a Greener Polar Aprotic Solvent.” Journal of Membrane Science 644 (February 2022): 120173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2021.120173.
Yan, Ni, Rahul Sujanani, Jovan Kamcev, Michele Galizia, Eui-Soung Jang, Donald R. Paul, and Benny D. Freeman. “Influence of Fixed Charge Concentration and Water Uptake on Ion Sorption in AMPS/PEGDA Membranes.” Journal of Membrane Science 644 (February 2022): 120171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2021.120171.
2021
Wang, Hu, Leighton O. Jones, Inhong Hwang, Marshall J. Allen, Daliao Tao, Vincent M. Lynch, Benny D. Freeman, Niveen M. Khashab, George C. Schatz, Zachariah A. Page, and Jonathan L. Sessler. “Selective Separation of Lithium Chloride by Organogels Containing Strapped Calix[4]Pyrroles.” Journal of the American Chemical Society143, no. 48 (December 8, 2021): 20403–10. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c10255.
Allen, Marshall J., Rahul Sujanani, Alyssa Chamseddine, Benny D. Freeman, and Zachariah A. Page. “Mechanically Robust Hydrophobized Double Network Hydrogels and Their Fundamental Salt Transport Properties.” Journal of Polymer Science 59, no. 21 (November 2021): 2581–89. https://doi.org/10.1002/pol.20210260.
Landsman, Matthew R., Frederick Rivers, Benjamin J. Pedretti, Benny D. Freeman, Desmond F. Lawler, Nathaniel A. Lynd, and Lynn E. Katz. “Boric Acid Removal with Polyol-Functionalized Polyether Membranes.” Journal of Membrane Science 638 (November 2021): 119690. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2021.119690.
Sujanani, Rahul, Lynn E. Katz, Donald R. Paul, and Benny D. Freeman. “Aqueous Ion Partitioning in Nafion: Applicability of Manning’s Counter-Ion Condensation Theory.” Journal of Membrane Science 638 (November 2021): 119687. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2021.119687.
DeStefano, Audra J., Rachel A. Segalman, and Emily C. Davidson. “Where Biology and Traditional Polymers Meet: The Potential of Associating Sequence-Defined Polymers for Materials Science.” JACS Au 1, no. 10 (October 25, 2021): 1556–71. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacsau.1c00297.
Kum, Soyoon, Matthew R. Landsman, Gregory M. Su, Guillaume Freychet, Desmond F. Lawler, and Lynn E. Katz. “Performance of a Hybrid ED–NF Membrane System for Water Recovery Improvement via NOM Fouling Control.” ACS ES&T Engineering 1, no. 10 (October 8, 2021): 1420–31. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestengg.1c00153.
Papananou, Hellen, Reika Katsumata, Zachary Neary, Rubayn Goh, Xiangxi Meng, Ratchana Limary, and Rachel A. Segalman. “Dopamine-Mediated Polymer Coating Facilitates Area-Selective Atomic Layer Deposition.” ACS Applied Polymer Materials 3, no. 10 (October 8, 2021): 4924–31. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.1c00692.
Warnock, Samuel J., Rahul Sujanani, Everett S. Zofchak, Shou Zhao, Theodore J. Dilenschneider, Kalin G. Hanson, Sanjoy Mukherjee, Venkat Ganesan, Benny D. Freeman, Mahdi M. Abu-Omar, and Christopher M. Bates. “Engineering Li/Na Selectivity in 12-Crown-4–Functionalized Polymer Membranes.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118, no. 37 (September 14, 2021): e2022197118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2022197118.
Zofchak, Everett S, Zidan Zhang, Bill K Wheatle, Rahul Sujanani, Samuel J Warnock, Theodore J Dilenschneider, Kalin G Hanson, Shou Zhao, Sanjoy Mukherjee, Mahdi M Abu-Omar, and others. “Origins of Lithium/Sodium Reverse Permeability Selectivity in 12-Crown-4-Functionalized Polymer Membranes.” ACS Macro Letters 10, no. 9 (September 8, 2021): 1167–73. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.1c00243.
Kim, Kyung Tae, Mantha Sai Pavan Jagannath, Gregory M. Su, Guillaume Freychet, Tongzhou Zeng, Kishore K. Mohanty, Graeme Henkelman, Lynn E. Katz, and Charles J. Werth. “Surfactant Inhibition Mechanisms of Carbonate Mineral Dissolution in Shale.” Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 625 (September 2021): 126857. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2021.126857.
Antoine, Ségolène, Zhishuai Geng, Everett S. Zofchak, Malgorzata Chwatko, Glenn H. Fredrickson, Venkat Ganesan, Craig J. Hawker, Nathaniel A. Lynd, and Rachel A. Segalman. “Non-Intuitive Trends in Flory–Huggins Interaction Parameters in Polyether-Based Polymers.” Macromolecules 54, no. 14 (July 27, 2021): 6670–77. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.1c00134.
Jiao, Sally, Audra DeStefano, Jacob I. Monroe, Mikayla Barry, Nicholas Sherck, Thomas Casey, Rachel A. Segalman, Songi Han, and M. Scott Shell. “Quantifying Polypeptoid Conformational Landscapes through Integrated Experiment and Simulation.” Macromolecules 54, no. 11 (June 8, 2021): 5011–21. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.1c00550.
Zhang, Zidan, Jakub Krajniak, and Venkat Ganesan. “A Multiscale Simulation Study of Influence of Morphology on Ion Transport in Block Copolymeric Ionic Liquids.” Macromolecules 54, no. 11 (June 8, 2021): 4997–5010. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.1c00025.
Moon, Joshua D., Rahul Sujanani, Zhishuai Geng, Benny D. Freeman, Rachel A. Segalman, and Craig J. Hawker. “Versatile Synthetic Platform for Polymer Membrane Libraries Using Functional Networks.” Macromolecules 54, no. 2 (January 26, 2021): 866–73. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.0c02414.
Monroe, Jacob I., Sally Jiao, R. Justin Davis, Dennis Robinson Brown, Lynn E. Katz, and M. Scott Shell. “Affinity of Small-Molecule Solutes to Hydrophobic, Hydrophilic, and Chemically Patterned Interfaces in Aqueous Solution.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118, no. 1 (January 5, 2021): e2020205118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2020205118.
2020
Merrick, Melanie M., Rahul Sujanani, and Benny D. Freeman. “Glassy Polymers: Historical Findings, Membrane Applications, and Unresolved Questions Regarding Physical Aging.” Polymer 211 (December 2020): 123176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2020.123176.
Sherck, Nicholas, Thomas Webber, Dennis Robinson Brown, Timothy Keller, Mikayla Barry, Audra DeStefano, Sally Jiao, Rachel A. Segalman, Glenn H. Fredrickson, M. Scott Shell, and Songi Han. “End-to-End Distance Probability Distributions of Dilute Poly(Ethylene Oxide) in Aqueous Solution.” Journal of the American Chemical Society 142, no. 46 (November 18, 2020): 19631–41. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c08709.
Garcia, Jan Ulric, Tatsuhiro Iwama, Eva Y. Chan, Douglas R. Tree, Kris T. Delaney, and Glenn H. Fredrickson. “Mechanisms of Asymmetric Membrane Formation in Nonsolvent-Induced Phase Separation.” ACS Macro Letters 9, no. 11 (November 17, 2020): 1617–24. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.0c00609.
Sujanani, Rahul, Matthew R. Landsman, Sally Jiao, Joshua D. Moon, M. Scott Shell, Desmond F. Lawler, Lynn E. Katz, and Benny D. Freeman. “Designing Solute-Tailored Selectivity in Membranes: Perspectives for Water Reuse and Resource Recovery.” ACS Macro Letters 9, no. 11 (November 17, 2020): 1709–17. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.0c00710.
Gokturk, Pinar Aydogan, Mikayla Barry, Rachel Segalman, and Ethan J. Crumlin. “Directly Probing Polymer Thin Film Chemistry and Counterion Influence on Water Sorption.” ACS Applied Polymer Materials 2, no. 11 (November 13, 2020): 4752–61. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.0c00756.
Kum, Soyoon, Desmond F. Lawler, and Lynn E. Katz. “Separation Characteristics of Cations and Natural Organic Matter in Electrodialysis.” Separation and Purification Technology 250 (November 2020): 117070. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2020.117070.
Galizia, Michele, Donald R. Paul, and Benny D. Freeman. “Co-Ion Specific Effect on Sodium Halides Sorption and Transport in a Cross-Linked Poly(p-Styrene Sulfonate-Co-Divinylbenzene) for Membrane Applications.” Journal of Membrane Science 612 (October 2020): 118410. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118410.
Howard, Michael P., and Arash Nikoubashman. “Stratification of Polymer Mixtures in Drying Droplets: Hydrodynamics and Diffusion.” The Journal of Chemical Physics 153, no. 5 (August 7, 2020): 054901. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0014429.
Brennecke, Joan F, and Benny Freeman. “Reimagining Petroleum Refining.” Science 369, no. 6501 (July 17, 2020): 254–55. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abd1307.
Lu, Jun, Huacheng Zhang, Jue Hou, Xingya Li, Xiaoyi Hu, Yaoxin Hu, Christopher D. Easton, Qinye Li, Chenghua Sun, Aaron W. Thornton, Matthew R. Hill, Xiwang Zhang, Gengping Jiang, Jefferson Zhe Liu, Anita J. Hill, Benny D. Freeman, Lei Jiang, and Huanting Wang. “Efficient Metal Ion Sieving in Rectifying Subnanochannels Enabled by Metal–Organic Frameworks.” Nature Materials 19, no. 7 (July 2020): 767–74. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-020-0634-7.
Geng, Zhishuai, Nicole S. Schauser, Jongbok Lee, Rayco Perez Schmeller, Stephanie M. Barbon, Rachel A. Segalman, Nathaniel A. Lynd, and Craig J. Hawker. “Role of Side-Chain Architecture in Poly(Ethylene Oxide)-Based Copolymers.” Macromolecules 53, no. 12 (June 23, 2020): 4960–67. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.0c01116.
Landsman, Matthew R., Rahul Sujanani, Samuel H. Brodfuehrer, Carolyn M. Cooper, Addison G. Darr, R. Justin Davis, Kyungtae Kim, Soyoon Kum, Lauren K. Nalley, Sheik M. Nomaan, Cameron P. Oden, Akhilesh Paspureddi, Kevin K. Reimund, Lewis Stetson Rowles, Seulki Yeo, Desmond F. Lawler, Benny D. Freeman, and Lynn E. Katz. “Water Treatment: Are Membranes the Panacea?” Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 11, no. 1 (June 8, 2020): 559–85. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-chembioeng-111919-091940.
Monroe, Jacob, Mikayla Barry, Audra DeStefano, Pinar Aydogan Gokturk, Sally Jiao, Dennis Robinson-Brown, Thomas Webber, Ethan J. Crumlin, Songi Han, and M. Scott Shell. “Water Structure and Properties at Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Surfaces.” Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 11, no. 1 (June 8, 2020): 523–57. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-chembioeng-120919-114657.
Chen, G.Q., K. Wei, A. Hassanvand, B.D. Freeman, and S.E. Kentish. “Single and Binary Ion Sorption Equilibria of Monovalent and Divalent Ions in Commercial Ion Exchange Membranes.” Water Research 175 (May 2020): 115681. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2020.115681.
Schauser, Nicole S., Douglas J. Grzetic, Tarnuma Tabassum, Gabrielle A. Kliegle, My Linh Le, Ethan M. Susca, Ségolène Antoine, Timothy J. Keller, Kris T. Delaney, Songi Han, Ram Seshadri, Glenn H. Fredrickson, and Rachel A. Segalman. “The Role of Backbone Polarity on Aggregation and Conduction of Ions in Polymer Electrolytes.” Journal of the American Chemical Society 142, no. 15 (April 15, 2020): 7055–65. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c00587.
Howard, Michael P., Joshua Lequieu, Kris T. Delaney, Venkat Ganesan, Glenn H. Fredrickson, and Thomas M. Truskett. “Connecting Solute Diffusion to Morphology in Triblock Copolymer Membranes.” Macromolecules 53, no. 7 (April 14, 2020): 2336–43. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.0c00104.
Sherman, Zachary M., Michael P. Howard, Beth A. Lindquist, Ryan B. Jadrich, and Thomas M. Truskett. “Inverse Methods for Design of Soft Materials.” The Journal of Chemical Physics 152, no. 14 (April 14, 2020): 140902. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5145177.
Yoon, Hee Wook, Tae Hoon Lee, Cara M. Doherty, Tae Hwan Choi, Ji Soo Roh, Hyo Won Kim, Young Hoon Cho, Si-Hyun Do, Benny D. Freeman, and Ho Bum Park. “Origin of CO 2 -Philic Sorption by Graphene Oxide Layered Nanosheets and Their Derivatives.” The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 11, no. 6 (March 19, 2020): 2356–62. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00204.
Jang, Eui-Soung, Jovan Kamcev, Kentaro Kobayashi, Ni Yan, Rahul Sujanani, Theodore J. Dilenschneider, Ho Bum Park, Donald R. Paul, and Benny D. Freeman. “Influence of Water Content on Alkali Metal Chloride Transport in Cross-Linked Poly(Ethylene Glycol) Diacrylate.2. Ion Diffusion.” Polymer 192 (March 2020): 122316. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2020.122316.
Zhang, Zidan, Bill K. Wheatle, Jakub Krajniak, Jordan R. Keith, and Venkat Ganesan. “Ion Mobilities, Transference Numbers, and Inverse Haven Ratios of Polymeric Ionic Liquids.” ACS Macro Letters 9, no. 1 (January 21, 2020): 84–89. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.9b00908.
Aryal, Dipak, Michael P. Howard, Rituparna Samanta, Segolene Antoine, Rachel Segalman, Thomas M. Truskett, and Venkat Ganesan. “Influence of Pore Morphology on the Diffusion of Water in Triblock Copolymer Membranes.” The Journal of Chemical Physics 152, no. 1 (January 7, 2020): 014904. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5128119.
2019
Zhang, Zidan, Jakub Krajniak, Jordan R Keith, and Venkat Ganesan. “Mechanisms of Ion Transport in Block Copolymeric Polymerized Ionic Liquids.” ACS Macro Letters 8, no. 9 (September 17, 2019): 1096–1101. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.9b00478.
Jang, Eui-Soung, Jovan Kamcev, Kentaro Kobayashi, Ni Yan, Rahul Sujanani, Theodore J. Dilenschneider, Ho Bum Park, Donald R. Paul, and Benny D. Freeman. “Influence of Water Content on Alkali Metal Chloride Transport in Cross-Linked Poly(Ethylene Glycol) Diacrylate.1. Ion Sorption.” Polymer 178 (September 2019): 121554. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2019.121554.
Bates, Morgan W., Joshua Lequieu, Stephanie M. Barbon, Ronald M. Lewis, Kris T. Delaney, Athina Anastasaki, Craig J. Hawker, Glenn H. Fredrickson, and Christopher M. Bates. “Stability of the A15 Phase in Diblock Copolymer Melts.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116, no. 27 (July 2, 2019): 13194–99. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1900121116.
Li, Xingya, Huacheng Zhang, Peiyao Wang, Jue Hou, Jun Lu, Christopher D. Easton, Xiwang Zhang, Matthew R. Hill, Aaron W. Thornton, Jefferson Zhe Liu, Benny D. Freeman, Anita J. Hill, Lei Jiang, and Huanting Wang. “Fast and Selective Fluoride Ion Conduction in Sub-1-Nanometer Metal-Organic Framework Channels.” Nature Communications 10, no. 1 (June 11, 2019): 2490. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10420-9.
Jang, Eui-Soung, Jovan Kamcev, Kentaro Kobayashi, Ni Yan, Rahul Sujanani, Samantha J. Talley, Robert B. Moore, Donald R. Paul, and Benny D. Freeman. “Effect of Water Content on Sodium Chloride Sorption in Cross-Linked Cation Exchange Membranes.” Macromolecules 52, no. 6 (March 26, 2019): 2569–79. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.8b02550.
Howard, Michael P., Thomas M. Truskett, and Arash Nikoubashman. “Cross-Stream Migration of a Brownian Droplet in a Polymer Solution under Poiseuille Flow.” Soft Matter 15, no. 15 (March 11, 2019): 3168–78. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8SM02552E.
Howard, Michael P, Arash Nikoubashman, and Jeremy C Palmer. “Modeling Hydrodynamic Interactions in Soft Materials with Multiparticle Collision Dynamics.” Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering 23 (March 2019): 34–43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coche.2019.02.007.
Jang, Eui-Soung, William Mickols, Rahul Sujanani, Alysha Helenic, Theodore J. Dilenschneider, Jovan Kamcev, Donald R. Paul, and Benny D. Freeman. “Influence of Concentration Polarization and Thermodynamic Non-Ideality on Salt Transport in Reverse Osmosis Membranes.” Journal of Membrane Science 572 (February 15, 2019): 668–75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2018.11.006.
Galizia, Michele, Gerald S. Manning, Donald R. Paul, and Benny D. Freeman. “Ion Partitioning between Brines and Ion Exchange Polymers.” Polymer 165 (February 2019): 91–100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2019.01.026.
2018
Aryal, Dipak, and Venkat Ganesan. “Impact of Cross-Linking of Polymers on Transport of Salt and Water in Polyelectrolyte Membranes: A Mesoscopic Simulation Study.” The Journal of Chemical Physics 149, no. 22 (December 14, 2018): 224902. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5057708.