On this page, you’ll find brief descriptions of my publications, the people who worked on them, and a discussion of the science. For a list format, I suggest going to my Google Scholar. This is more in-depth, and written at a level intended for graduate students and above in chemical engineering, or those familiar with the field.
Publication Feed
Investigation into sub-nm ion dynamics published in Nature Communications
I am excited to share that a work that was officially published in Nature Communications. If you want to read it, give it a look at this link. In this study, my colleagues Ranadeb Ball, Lizhu Zhang and I probed how ions move in sub-nm hydrated spaces. It was a really fun work that showed…
A nanoporous polymer network for highly selective heterogeneous catalytic oxidation of alcohols
Nanoporous polymer networks can help advance the next generation of catalytic technologies. In a paper authored by Dr. Keira Culley, in which I assisted with X-ray scattering experiments, we see the realm of possibilities offered by highly ordered lyotropic networks. Cubic networks made of lyotropic materials, as evidenced by previous work, can exhibit size-discrimination. If…
A Fast Potassium Ion Conductor from Lyotropic Liquid Crystals
The next generation of batteries and energy generation devices require both precise, size-controlled engineering and renewable materials sources. My good colleague Dr. Ruiqi Dong and I aimed to accomplish both of these goals in a study published in ACS Materials Letters. The article, linked here, showed that we can rapidly conduct potassium through a polymer…