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Mengyuan Wang, Sujan Ghosh, Christopher M. Stafford, Adrienne K. Blevins, Sijia Huang, Jaylene Martinez, Rong Long, Christopher N. Bowman, Jason P. Killgore, Min Zou, Yifu Ding
Ahmad R. Kirmani, Huilang Chen, Christopher M. Stafford, Emily G. Bittle, Lee J. Richter
Scalable, solution-deposited metal oxide (MO) thin films could enable low-cost, flexible, large- area electronics; however, the poor morphology of the typically
William D. Mulhearn, Vladimir P. Oleshko, Christopher M. Stafford
We present the thickness-dependent permeability of highly crosslinked polyamide (PA) membranes formed by a molecular layer-by-layer (mLbL) deposition process
Qinyi Fu, Nisha Verma, Benjamin S. Hsiao, Francisco J. Medellin-Rodriguez, Peter A. Beaucage, Christopher M. Stafford, Benjamin M. Ocko
Scarcity of freshwater is becoming a world crisis. In a recent annual risk report, the World Economic Forum lists it in their greatest global risk category
Sabrina Gericke, William D. Mulhearn, Dana E. Goodacre, Joseph Raso, Daniel J. Miller, Lauryn Carver, Slavomir Nemsak, Osman Karslioglu, Lena Trotochaud, Hendrik Bluhm, Christopher M. Stafford, Christin Buechner
Reverse osmosis using aromatic polyamide membranes is currently the most important technology for seawater desalination. The performance of reverse osmosis
Cassandra M. Reese, Wei Guo, Brittany J. Thompson, Phillip K. Logan, Christopher M. Stafford, Derek L. Patton
We present a quantitative method of measuring the compressive strain of wrinkled polymer films and coatings with knowledge of the skin thickness, wrinkle
Thien Tran, Xiaoyi Chen, Sarthak Doshi, Christopher M. Stafford, Haiqing Lin
Conventional approaches to mitigate fouling of membrane surfaces impart hydrophilicity to the membrane surface, which increases the water of hydration and
Ahmad R. Kirmani, Christopher M. Stafford, Lee J. Richter, Emily F. Roe
Metal oxide (MO) thin-film transistors (TFTs) are expected to enable low-cost flexible and printed electronics, given their excellent charge transport, low
Sonal Bhadauriya, Jianan Zhang, Jaejun Lee, Michael R. Bockstaller, Alamgir Karim, Richard J. Sheridan, Christopher M. Stafford
We combine in-situ heated atomic force microscopy (AFM) with automated line-by-line spectral analysis to quantify the relaxation or decay of nanopatterned
Edwin P. Chan, Bradley R. Frieberg, Jacob Daniel Tarver, Madhusudan Tyagi, WenXu Zhnag, Bryan Coughlin, Christopher M. Stafford, Abhishek Roy, Steve Rosenberg, Christopher L. Soles
Polymeric membranes are ubiquitous in a number of transport ap- plications including gas separation, water desalination, solid state batteries and fuel cells
Nima Shahkaramipour, Amin Jafari, Thien Tran, Christopher M. Stafford, Chong Cheng, Haiqing Lin
Superhydrophilic zwitterions have been extensively exploited for surface modification to improve antifouling properties. However, it remains challenging to form
Xiaoyi Chen, Zhihao Feng, Janavi Gohil, Christopher M. Stafford, Ning Dai, Liang Huang, Haiqing Lin
Reduced-graphene oxide (r-GO) membranes with narrow channels exhibit salt rejections comparable to conventional nanofiltration (NF) membranes. However, their
Maryam Omidvar, Hien Nguyen, Liang Huang, Cara Doherty, Anita Hill, Christopher M. 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
Mohammad M. Mohammadi, Shikuan Shao, Santosh S. Gunturi, Anirudh R. Raghavan, Naveshkaanth Alexander, Christopher M. 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
Cassandra M. Reese, Brittany J. Thompson, Phillip K. Logan, Christopher M. 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
Elizabeth A. Lewis, Christopher M. 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
Mengyuan Wang, Christopher M. Stafford, Lewis M. Cox, Adrienne K. Blevins, Masoud Aghajani, Jason P. Killgore, Yifu Ding
Interfacially polymerized polyamide (PA) layers dictate the permselective performance of thin film composite (TFC) membranes. Extensive effort has been focused
Devin L. Shaffer, Kathleen E. Feldman, Edwin P. Chan, Gery R. Stafford, Christopher M. Stafford
Improving the performance of desalination membranes requires better measurements of salt permeability in the polyamide separating layer to elucidate the
Maryam Omidvar, Christopher M. Stafford, Haiqing Lin
Polymers with a strong size-sieving ability and superior H2/CO2 selectivity are of great interests for pre-combustion CO2 capture at 100 oC or above. Polyimides
Sonal Bhadauriya, Xiaoteng Wang, Jack F. Douglas, Praveen Pitliya, Jianan Zhang, Dharmaraj Raghavan, Michael R. Bockstaller, Christopher M. 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
Tawanda J. Zimudzi, Kathleen E. Feldman, Michael A. Hickner, Christopher M. Stafford
Carboxylic acid groups impart hydrophilicity and ionizable groups to polyamide membranes for desalination, hence influencing water and ion transport through the
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
Wei Guo, Cassandra M. Reese, Li Xiong, Phillip K. Logan, Brittany J. Thompson, Christopher M. 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