Publications from Research Conducted at GP-SANS

General-Purpose Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Diffractometer

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Publications from Research Conducted at GP-SANS

The following 466 publications were retrieved from PuSH (Publications of SNS and HFIR)

2024 16 Publications

Arachchige H.S., Debeer-Schmitt L.M., Kish L., Rai B., May A.F., Parker D.S., Pokharel G., Tian W., Stone M.B., Frontzek M., Mandrus D., Bleuel M., Islam Z., Fabbris G., Li H., Gao S., Miao H., Thomas S.M., Rosa P.F., Thompson J.D., Lin S.Z., Christianso, "Nanometric modulations of the magnetic structure of the element Nd", Materials Today Quantum, 4, 100016 (2024).

Haque A., Feric T.G., Hamilton S.T., Park A.H., Dadmun M., "Insights into the Assembly and Conformation of Nanoparticle Organic Hybrid Materials (NOHMs) in Solution with Varying Grafting Type", ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 6, 6, 3354–3363 (2024).

Haque M.A., Easley A., Moncada J., Lutkenhaus J., Dadmun M., "Chain Conformations of TEMPO-Based Organic Radical Polymers with Varying Radical Loading and Temperature in Battery-Relevant Solvents", Macromolecules, 57, 6333-6343 (2024).

Kim T., Wang E., White J.M., Bates F.S., Lodge T.P., "Kinetics of Chain Exchange in Asymmetric ABA′ Triblock Polymer Micelles by Time-Resolved Small-Angle Neutron Scattering", Macromolecules, (2024).

Kosgallana C., "Structure and Dynamics of Complex Fluids Formed by Ionomers: Experimental-Computational Insight", Ph.D. Dissertation, Clemson University (2024).

Kosgallana C., Senanayake M., Mohottalalage S.S., Wijesinghe S., He L., Grest G.S., Perahia D., "Clustering Effects on the Structure of Ionomer Solutions: A Combined SANS and Simulations Study", Macromolecules, (2024).

Kosgallana C., Wijesinghe S., Senanayake M., Mohottalalage S.S., Ohl M., Zolnierczuk P.A., Grest G.S., Perahia D., "From Molecular Constraints to Macroscopic Dynamics in Associative Networks Formed by Ionizable Polymers: A Neutron Spin Echo and Molecular Dynamics Simulations Study", ACS Polymers Au, 4, 2, 149–156 (2024).

Lyu X., Wang H., Liu X., He L., Do C., Seifert S., Winans R.E., Cheng L., Li T., "Solvation Structure of Methanol-in-Salt Electrolyte Revealed by Small-Angle X-ray Scattering and Simulations", ACS Nano, 18, 9, 7037–7045 (2024).

Mokhtari-Nori N., Qiu L., Song Y., He L., Ganesan A., Ivanov A.S., Wang Q., Wang T., Yang Z., Dai S., "Unveiling the porosity effect of superbase ionic liquid-modified carbon sorbents in CO2 capture from air", Materials Today Energy, (2024).

Qiu L., Lei M., Wang C., Hu J., He L., Ivanov A.S., Jiang D., Lin H., Popovs I., Song Y., Fan J., Li M., Mahurin S.M., Yang Z., Dai S., "Ionic Pairs-Engineered Fluorinated Covalent Organic Frameworks Toward Direct Air Capture of CO2", Small, (2024).

Rogers J.M., Frost M., Debeer-Schmitt L.M., "Optimization of ray-tracing simulations to confirm performance of the GP-SANS instrument at the High-Flux Isotope Reactor", Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A, 1069, 169965 (2024).

Stubbs T., Hou R., Leonard D.N., Debeer-Schmitt L.M., Zhu Y., Cordero Z.C., Huang A., "Dispersoid coarsening and slag formation during melt-based additive manufacturing of MA754", Additive Manufacturing, 9, 100195 (2024).

Wang X., Lyu X., Wu X., He L., Lamb J.V., Filatov A.S., Delferro M., Huang W., Lee B., "Insight into the Competitive Adsorption Behavior of Polymer Chains in Silica Nanopores by Small-Angle Neutron Scattering", Macromolecules, 57, 7893–7902 (2024).

Wolf C.M., Bajcsy P., Chen W.R., Dalgliesh R.M., Daugherty M.C., de Campo L., Funama F., He L., Huber M., Jacobson D.L., Kienzle P.A., Kim Y., King H., Klimov N.N., LaManna J.M., Li F., Long A.M., Murphy R.P., Nagy G., Robinson S.M., Sathe P.S., Smith G., "Small-angle scattering and dark-field imaging for validation of a new neutron far-field interferometer", Journal of Applied Crystallography, 57, (2024).

Xie Y., Chalus N., Wang Z., Yao W., Liu J., Yao Y., White J.S., Debeer-Schmitt L.M., Yin J.X., Dai P.C., Eskildsen M.R., "Conventional superconductivity in the doped kagome superconductor Cs(V0.86Ta0.14)3Sb5 from vortex lattice studies", Nature Communications, 15, 6467 (2024).

Zhang T., Hu Q.Y., Xiao Y., Nagy G., Yang S., Yuan B., Jiang H., Ke Y., Wang Q., "Wetting mechanism and alteration of nano-sized shale pores: Insights from contrast variation small angle neutron scattering", Journal of Molecular Liquids, 413, 125962 (2024).

2023 21 Publications

Beech H., Johnson J., Olsen B.D., "Conformation of Network Strands in Polymer Gels", ACS Macro Letters, 12, 325-330 (2023).

Cakmak E., Annamraju A., Mathews J.P., He L., Gallego N., Lara-Curzio E., "Characterization of Porosity and Pore Accessibility of Vitrinite-Rich Bituminous and Subbituminous Coals by Small-Angle Neutron Scattering, Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry, and Low-Pressure N2 Adsorption", Energy & Fuels, 37, 191-203 (2023).

Contreras-Montoya R., Smith J.P., Boothroyd S.C., Aguilar J.A., Mirzamani M., Screen M.A., Yufit D.S., Robertson M., He L., Qian S., Kumari H., Steed J.W., "Pathway complexity in fibre assembly: from liquid crystals to hyper-helical gelmorphs", Chemical Science, 14, 41, 11389-11401 (2023).

Gutfreund P., Higy C., Fragneto G., Tschopp M., Felix O., Decher G., "Molecular conformation of polyelectrolytes inside Layer-by-Layer assembled films", Nature Communications, 14, 4076 (2023).

Harris Z., Garlea E., Boyd T.L., Debeer-Schmitt L.M., Littrell K.C., Agnew S.R., "Assessing the influence of microstructure on uranium hydride size distributions via small angle neutron scattering", Materialia, 28, 101737 (2023).

Lam C.N., He L., Do C., Chen W.R., Wang W., Hong K., Wang Y., "Quantifying molecular deformation in polymer melts by a generalized Zimm plot approach", Journal of Applied Crystallography, 56, 1168-1179 (2023).

Lehmann M.L., Leonard D., Zheng J., He L., Tang X., Chen X.C., Lim K., Maurya S., Kim Y., Saito T., "Quaternized Polynorbornene Random Copolymers for Fuel Cell Devices", ACS Applied Energy Materials, 6, 1822-1833 (2023).

Liu X., Lee S.C., Seifert S., He L., Do C., Winans R.E., Kwon G., Z Y., Li T., "Revealing the Correlation between the Solvation Structures and the Transport Properties of Water-in-Salt Electrolytes", Chemistry of Materials, 35, 2088-2094 (2023).

Liyanage W.L., Tang N., Quigley L.J., Borchers J.A., Grutter A.J., Maranville B.B., Sinha S.K., Reyren N., Montoya S., Fullerton E.E., Debeer-Schmitt L.M., Gilbert D., "Three-dimensional structure of hybrid magnetic skyrmions determined by neutron scattering", Physical Review B, 107, 184412 (2023).

Mirzamani M., Dawn A., Garvey C.J., He L., Koerner H., Kumari H., "Structural Insights into Self-Assembly of a Slow-Evolving and Mechanically Robust Supramolecular Gel via Time-resolved SANS", Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 25, 131-141 (2023).

Nguyen N.A., Bowland C.C., He L., Osti N.C., Phan M.D., Keum J.K., Tyagi M., Meek K.M., Littrell K.C., Mamontov E., Ankner J.F., Naskar A.K., "A Sustainable Multi-Dimensional Printable Material", Advanced Sustainable Systems, 7, 2300079 (2023).

Pearce J.K., Blach T.P., Dawson G.K., Southam G., Paterson D., Golding S.D., Bahadur J., Melnichenko Y.B., Rudolph V., "Cooper Basin REM gas shales after CO2 storage or acid reactions: Metal mobilisation and methane accessible pore changes", International Journal of Coal Geology, 273, 104271 (2023).

Shah N.J., "Thermodynamics of Miscible Polymer Electrolytes", Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California Berkeley (2023).

Shah N.J., He L., Gao K.W., Balsara N.P., "Thermodynamics and Phase Behavior of Poly(ethylene oxide)/Poly(methyl methacrylate)/Salt Blend Electrolytes Studied by Small-Angle Neutron Scattering", Macromolecules, 56, 2889-2898 (2023).

Shah N.J., Shalaby M., He L., Wang X., Deslandes D., Garetz B.A., Balsara N.P., "Chimney-Shaped Phase Diagram in a Polymer Blend Electrolyte", ACS Macro Letters, 12, 874-879 (2023).

Tang N., Liyanage W.L., Montoya S., Patel S., Quigley L.J., Grutter A.J., Fitzsimmons M.R., Sinha S.K., Borchers J.A., Fullerton E.E., Debeer-Schmitt L.M., Gilbert D., "Skyrmion-Excited Spin Wave Fractal Network", Advanced Materials, 35, 33, 2300416 (2023).

Wang X., He L., Sumner J., Qian S., Zhang Q., O'Neill H.M., Mao Y., Chen C., Al-Enizi A.M., Nafady A., Ma S., "Spatially confined protein assembly in hierarchical mesoporous metal-organic framework", Nature Communications, 14, 973 (2023).

Weber J., Starchenko V., Ilavsky J., Allard L.F., Mata J., Debeer-Schmitt L.M., Cooke C.G., Littrell K.C., He L., Zhang R., Stack A.G., Anovitz L.M., "Grain boundary widening controls siderite (FeCO3) replacement of limestone (CaCO3)", Scientific Reports, 13, 4581 (2023).

Wing B.J., "Characterization of Residual Stress and Precipitate Evolution in Aluminum 2xxx Self-Reacting Friction in Stir Welds", Ph.D. Dissertation, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville (2023).

Wu H., Kong D., Wu L.F., Ke Y., Robertson M., He L., Wang Z., "Structure, Dynamics, and Rheology of Realistic Gaussian-Core Fluids: Unexpected Anomalies and Their Macromolecular Origin", Macromolecules, (2023).

Yang H.Y., Gaudet J., Verma R., Baidya S., Bahrami F., Yao X., Huang C.Y., Debeer-Schmitt L.M., Aczel A.A., Xu G., Lin H., Bansil A., Singh B., Tafti F.F., "Stripe helical magnetism and two regimes of anomalous Hall effect in NdAlGe", Physical Review Materials , 7, 034202 (2023).

2022 20 Publications

Avers K.E., Gannon W.J., Leishman A.W., Debeer-Schmitt L.M., Halperin W.P., Eskildsen M.R., "Effects of the Order Parameter Anisotropy on the Vortex Lattice in UPt3", Frontiers in Electronic Materials, 2, (2022).

Avers K.E., Kuhn S.J., Leishman A.W., Gannon W.J., Debeer-Schmitt L.M., Dewhurst C.D., Honecker D., Cubitt R., Halperin W.P., Eskildsen M.R., "Reversible ordering and disordering of the vortex lattice in UPt 3", Physical Review B, 105, 184512 (2022).

Bhattarai S., "Neutron Scattering Study of NI-V and Ce(Ni,Cu)Sn Close to the Onset of Magnetic Order", Ph.D. Dissertation, Kent State University (2022).

Bud'ko S.L., Debeer-Schmitt L.M., Honecker D., Dewhurst C.D., Canfield P.C., Eskildsen M.R., "Effects of magnetic and non-magnetic doping on the vortex lattice in MgB2", Journal of Applied Crystallography, 55, 4, 693-701 (2022).

Butykai A., Geirhos K., Szaller D., Kiss L.F., Balogh L., Azhar M., Garst M., Debeer-Schmitt L.M., Waki T., Tabata Y., Nakamura H., Kezsmarki I., Bordacs S., "Squeezing the periodicity of Néel-type magnetic modulations by enhanced Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction of 4d electrons", npj Quantum Materials, 7, 26 (2022).

Cho S.H., "Role of Tie Molecules in Ductility and Chain Deformation of Polyethylene", Ph.D. Dissertation, Princeton University (2022).

Dawn A., Pajoubpong J., Mesmer A., Mirzamani M., He L., Kumari H., "Manipulating Assemblies in Metallosupramolecular Gels, Driven by Isomeric Ligands, Metal Coordination, and Adaptive Binary Gelator Systems", Langmuir, 38, 1705-1715 (2022).

Feric T.G., Hamilton S.T., Haque M.A., Jeddi J., Sangoro J.R., Dadmun M., Park A.H., "Impacts of Bond Type and Grafting Density on the Thermal, Structural, and Transport Behaviors of Nanoparticle Organic Hybrid Materials-Based Electrolytes", Advanced Functional Materials, 32, 2203947 (2022).

Fischer J.E., "Elucidating the Importance of Structure, Surfaces, and Interfaces in Polymer Nanoparticles and Nanocomposites", Ph.D. Dissertation, The University of Tennessee (2022).

Heller W.T., Hetrick J., Bilheux J., Calvo J.B., Chen W.R., Debeer-Schmitt L.M., Do C., Doucet M., Fitzsimmons M.R., Godoy W.F., Granroth G.E., Hahn S.E., He L., Islam F.F., Lin J.Y., Littrell K.C., McDonnell M.T., McGaha J., Peterson P.F., Pingali S.V.,, "drtsans: The data reduction toolkit for small-angle neutron scattering at Oak Ridge National Laboratory", SoftwareX, 19, 101101 (2022).

Heroux L., Moncada J., Dadmun M., "Controlling the Morphology of PEDOT:PSS Blend Films with Pre-Deposition Solution Composition and Deposition Technique", ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 4, 1, 36–43 (2022).

Hsiao H., Feng R., Ni H., An K., Poplawsky J., Liaw P.K., Zuo J., "Data-driven electron-diffraction approach reveals local short-range ordering in CrCoNi with ordering effects", Nature Communications, 13, 6651 (2022).

Jorgensen C.S., Santodonato L., Littrell K.C., Kuo C., Lee C., Unocic R.R., Liaw P.K., Gilbert D., Debeer-Schmitt L.M., "In-Situ Study of Microstructure Evolution of Spinodal Decomposition in an Al-Rich High-Entropy Alloy", Frontiers in Materials, 9, 827333 (2022).

Lee J., Gao K.W., Shah N.J., Kang C., Snyder R.L., Abel B.A., He L., Teixeira S.C., Coates G.W., Balsara N.P., "Relationship between Ion Transport and Phase Behavior in Acetal-Based Polymer Blend Electrolytes Studied by Electrochemical Characterization and Neutron Scattering", Macromolecules, 55, 11023-11033 (2022).

Meier J.M., "Development of high-strength Mg-RE alloys with long-period stacking order (LPSO) and precipitation phase", Ph.D. Dissertation, Ohio State University (2022).

Moncada J., "Controlling Polymer Molecular Structure and Morphology: From Illumination of Conjugated Polymers to Polymer Chain Depolymerization ", Ph.D. Dissertation, The University of Tennessee (2022).

Moya J.M., Lei S., Clements E.M., Kengle C.S., Sun S., Allen K., Li Q., Peng Y., Husain A.A., Mitrano M., Krogstad M.J., Osborn R., Puthirath A.B., Chi S.X., Debeer-Schmitt L.M., Gaudet J., Abbamonte P., Lynn J.W., Morosan E., "Incommensurate magnetic orders and topological Hall effect in the square-net centrosymmetric EuGa 2 Al 2 system", Physical Review Materials , 6, 074201 (2022).

Park J., Sharma J., Jafta C.J., He L., Meyer III H.M., Li J., Keum J.K., Nguyen N.A., Polizos G., "Reduced Graphene Oxide Aerogels with Functionalization-Mediated Disordered Stacking for Sodium-Ion Batteries", Batteries, 8, 12 (2022).

Prenger K., "MXenes and Their Heterostructures with Oxides as Electrodes for Supercapacitors", Ph.D. Dissertation, Tulane University (2022).

Sarenac D., Henderson M., Ekinci H., Clark C.W., Cory D.G., Debeer-Schmitt L.M., Huber M., Kapahi C., Pushin D.A., "Experimental realization of neutron helical waves", Science Advances, 8, eadd2002 (2022).

2021 21 Publications

Anovitz L.M., Cheshire M.C., Hermann R.P., Gu X., Sheets J.M., Brantley S.L., Cole D.R., Ilton E.S., Mildner D.F., Gagnon C., Allard L.F., Littrell K.C., "Oxidation and Associated Pore Structure Modification During Experimental Alteration of Granite", Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 292, 532-556 (2021).

Avers K.E., "Time-Reversal Symmetry-Breaking in Uranium Based Superconductors", Ph.D. Dissertation, Northwestern University (2021).

Cho S.H., Pelczer I., Register R.A., "Regularity of Deuteration in Linear Polyethylene Prepared by Saturation of Polycyclopentene over Homogeneous Catalysts", Macromolecules, 54, 10300-10311 (2021).

Fanourakis S.K., Barroga S.Q., Perez J., He L., Rodrigues D.F., "In Situ Polymerization of Polypyrrole and Polyaniline on the Surface of Magnetic Molybdenum Trioxide Nanoparticles: Implications for Water Treatment", ACS Applied Nano Materials, 4, 12415-12428 (2021).

Heisinger B., "Non-Destructive Characterization of Zircaloy-4 Nuclear Fuel cladding Using Neutron Scattering Techniques", Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Tennessee (2021).

Heroux L., "Structure Analysis of Soft Energy Materials using Neutron Scattering", Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Tennessee (2021).

Herz-Thyhsen R.J., Miller Q.R., Rother G., Kaszuba J., Ashley T., Littrell K.C., "Nanoscale Interfacial Smoothing and Dissolution during Unconventional Reservoir Stimulation: Implications for Hydrocarbon Mobilization and Transport", ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 13, 13, 15811–15819 (2021).

Jafta C.J., Prevost S., He L., Li M., Sun X.G., Yang G., Belharouak I., Nanda J., "Quantifying the Chemical, Electrochemical Heterogeneity and Spatial Distribution of (poly) sulfide Species using Operando SANS", Energy Storage Materials, 40, 219-228 (2021).

Karna S.K., Marshall M., Xie W., Debeer-Schmitt L.M., Young D.P., Vekhter I., Shelton W.A., Kovacs A., Charilaou M., DiTusa J.F., "Annihilation and Control of Chiral Domain Walls with Magnetic Fields", Nano Letters, 21, 1205–1212 (2021).

Kish L., Thaler A., Lee M., Zakrzewski A.V., Reig-i-Plessis D., Wolin B.A., Wang X., Littrell K.C., Budakian R., Zhou H.D., Gai Z., Frontzek M., Zapf V.S., Aczel A.A., Debeer-Schmitt L.M., MacDougall G.J., "Domain Wall Patterning and Giant Response Functions in Ferrimagnetic Spinels", Advanced Science, 8, 2101402 (2021).

Leishman A.W., "Measuring Energetics of Magnetic Vortices Using Small-Angle Neutron Scattering", Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Notre Dame (2021).

Li Y., Keum J.K., Wang J., Jiang N., Bras W., Kessler M.R., Rios O., "Multiscale Structural Characterization of a Smectic Liquid Crystalline Elastomer upon Mechanical Deformation Using Neutron Scattering", Macromolecules, 54, 10574-10582 (2021).

Ma Y., Heller W.T., He L., Shelton W.A., Rother G., Bharti B., "Characterisation of nano-assemblies inside mesopores using neutron scattering", Molecular Physics, 119, 15-16, e1905190 (2021).

Moncada J., Terlier T., Ivanov I., Dadmun M., "Correlation of the Structure with Performance in MEH-PPV/dPS Thin Films Illuminated during Processing", ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 3, 3821-3830 (2021).

Sun Y., Im J., Shobnam N., Fanourakis S.K., He L., Anovitz L.M., Erickson P.R., Sun H., Zhuang J., Loeffler F.E., "Degradation of Adsorbed Bisphenol A by Soluble Mn(III)", Environmental Science & Technology, 55, 13014-13023 (2021).

Weber J., Cheshire M.C., Bleuel M., Mildner D.F., Chang Y., Ievlev A.V., Littrell K.C., Ilavsky J., Stack A.G., Anovitz L.M., "Influence of Microstructure on Replacement and Porosity Generation during Experimental Dolomitization of Limestones", Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 503, 137-158 (2021).

Yang G., Tao R., Jafta C.J., Shen C., Zhao S., He L., Belharouak I., Nanda J., "Investigating Multiscale Spatial Distribution of Sulfur in a CNT Scaffold and Its Impact on Li–S Cell Performance", Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 125, 24, 13146–13157 (2021).

Yang Y., Chen T., Tan L., Poplawsky J., An K., Wang Y., Samolyuk G.D., Littrell K.C., Lupini A.R., Borisevich A.Y., George E.P., "Bifunctional nanoprecipitates strengthen and ductilize a medium-entropy alloy", Nature, 595, 245–249 (2021).

Yao X., Avery B., Bobrek M., Debeer-Schmitt L.M., Geng X., Gregory R., Guyotte G.S., Harrington M., Hartman S.M., He L., Heroux L., Kasemir K.U., Knudson R., Kohl J.A., Lionberger C., Littrell K.C., Pearson M.R., Pingali S.V., Pratt C., Qian S., Ruiz-Rod, "A Unified User-Friendly Instrument Control and Data Acquisition System for the ORNL SANS Instrument Suite", Applied Sciences, 11, 1216 (2021).

Zhang J., Cheng G., "Technical Aspects of the Pore Structure in Shale Measured by Small-Angle and Ultrasmall-Angle Neutron Scattering: A Mini Review", Energy & Fuels, 35, 3, 1957–1965 (2021).

Zhang R., Liu S., "Investigating Hierarchical Gas Confinement in High-Rank Coal through Small-Angle Neutron Scattering", Energy & Fuels, 35, 13109-13123 (2021).

2020 32 Publications

Avers K.E., Gannon W.J., Kuhn S.J., Halperin W.P., Sauls J.A., Debeer-Schmitt L.M., Dewhurst C.D., Gavilano J.L., Nagy G., Gasser U., Eskildsen M.R., "Broken time-reversal symmetry in the topological superconductor UPt3", Nature Physics, 16, 531-535 (2020).

Brady M.P., Rother G., Frith M.G., Ievlev A.V., Leonard D.N., Littrell K.C., Cakmak E., Meyer III H.M., Anovitz L.M., Davis B., "Temporal Evolution of Corrosion Film Nano -Porosity and Magnesium Alloy Hydrogen Penetration in NaCl Solution", Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 167, 131513 (2020).

Cain J.M., "Mechanisms for Emergent Behavior Derived from Interface Strain in Nanoscale Spin Transition Heterostructures", Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Florida (2020).

Field K.G., Shen M., Morgan D., Littrell K.C., Massey C.P., "Rapid Characterization Methods for Accelerated Innovation for Nuclear Fuel Cladding", Microscopy and Microanalysis, 26, S2, 868-869 (2020).

Gupta S., Chatterjee S., Zolnierczuk P.A., Nesterov E.E., Schneider G.J., "Impact of Local Stiffness on Entropy Driven Microscopic Dynamics of Polythiophene", Scientific Reports, 10, 9966 (2020).

He L., Yang L., Zhang R., Li J., Dinca M., "Observation of Ion Electrosorption in Metal‐Organic Framework Micropores with in operando Small‐Angle Neutron Scattering", Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 59, 24, 9773-9779 (2020).

Jiang T., Hall A., Eres M., Hemmatian Z., Qiao B., Zhou Y., Ruan Z., Couse A.D., Heller W.T., Huang H., Cruz M.O., Rolandi M., Xu T., "Single-chain heteropolymers transport protons selectively and rapidly", Nature, 577, 216-220 (2020).

Joshi S., Xia N., Berta Y., Ding Y., Gerhardt R.A., Littrell K.C., Woods E., Tian M., "Detection of plasmonic behavior in colloidal indium tin oxide films by impedance spectroscopy", MRS Communications, 10, 278-285 (2020).

Kornfield J.A., Wei M.H., "Associative Polymers and Related Compositions, Methods and Systems", (2020).

Kornfield J.A., Wei M.H., "ASSOCIATIVE POLYMERS FOR USE IN A FLOW AND RELATED COMPOSITIONS, METHODS AND SYSTEMS", (2020).

Krentz T., Hitchcock D., "2019 Accomplishments - Degradation of mechanical properties in structural metals and welds for GTS reservoirs", Savannah River Nuclear Solutions LLC SRNL-STI-2020-00002 (2020).

Kupwade-Patil K., Bumajdad A., Littrell K.C., Buyukozturk O., "In situ examination of engineered local additives in cement paste via neutron based scattering techniques", Construction and Building Materials, 243, 118175 (2020).

Leishman A.W., Menezes R.M., Longbons G., Bauer E.D., Janoschek M., Honecker D., Debeer-Schmitt L.M., White J.S., Sokolova A., Milošević M.V., Eskildsen M.R., "Topological energy barrier for skyrmion lattice formation in MnSi", Physical Review B, 102, 104416 (2020).

Liu S., Zhang R., "Anisotropic pore structure of shale and gas injection-induced nanopore alteration: A small-angle neutron scattering study", International Journal of Coal Geology, 219, 103384 (2020).

Ma Y., Wu Y., Lee J.G., He L., Rother G., Fameau A., Shelton W.A., Bharti B., "Adsorption of fatty acid molecules on amine functionalized silica nanoparticles: Surface organization and foam stability", Langmuir, 36, 3703-3712 (2020).

Melgar D., Zhou Q., Chakraborty S., Porcar L., Weinstock I.A., Avalos J.B., Wu B., Bo C., Yin P., "Dimension-Controlled Dewetting in Hydrophobic Porous Nano-Capsules", Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 124, 10201-10208 (2020).

Morgan M.J., Hitchcock D., Krentz T., West S.L., "Tritium Aging Effects on Fracture Toughness of Stainless Steel Weldments", Fusion Science and Technology, 76, 209-214 (2020).

Nakka P.P., "Studies on the stability of plasma proteins and their fragments", Ph.D. Dissertation, Missouri University of Science and Technology (2020).

Paul T., Singh A.K., Littrell K.C., Ilavsky J., Harimkar S.P., "Crystallization Mechanism in Spark Plasma Sintered Bulk Metallic Glass Analyzed using Small Angle Neutron Scattering", Scientific Reports, 10, 2033 (2020).

Rinehart S.J., Nguyen B.N., Viggiano R.P., Meador M.A., Dadmun M., "Quantitative Evaluation of the Hierarchical Porosity in Polyimide Aerogels and Corresponding Solvated Gels", ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 12, 30457–30465 (2020).

Ruppert L.F., Jubb A.M., Headen T.F., Youngs T.G., Bandli B., "The Impacts of Mineralogical Variation on CO2 Behavior in Small Pores from Producing Intervals of the Marcellus Shale: Results from Neutron Scattering", Energy & Fuels, 34, 2765-2771 (2020).

Schroeder A., Bhattarai S., Gebretsadik A.S., Adawi H., Lussier J.G., Krycka K.L., "Magnetic correlations in the disordered ferromagnetic alloy Ni-V revealed with small angle neutron scattering", AIP Advances, 10, 015036 (2020).

Senanayake M., "Solvent as a Tool to Tune the Association of Structured Ionic Block Co-Polymers: Neutron Scattering and Computational Study", Ph.D. Dissertation, Clemson University (2020).

Skoropata E., Nichols J.A., Ok J.M., Chopdekar R.V., Choi E.S., Rastogi A., Sohn C., Gao X., Yoon S., Farmer T.O., Desautels R.D., Choi Y., Haskel D., Freeland J.W., Okamoto S., Brahlek M., Lee H.N., "Interfacial tuning of chiral magnetic interactions for large topological Hall effects in LaMnO3/SrIrO3 heterostructures", Science Advances, 6, eaaz3902 (2020).

Sun M., Zhang L., Hu Q.Y., Pan Z., Yu B., Sun L.W., Bai L., Fu H., Zhang Y., Zhang C., Cheng G., "Multiscale connectivity characterization of marine shales in southern China by fluid intrusion, small-angle neutron scattering (SANS), and FIB-SEM", Marine and Petroleum Geology, 112, 104101 (2020).

Wang Y., Zhu Y., Zhang R., Anovitz L.M., Bleuel M., Liu S., Chen S., "SANS coupled with fluid invasion approaches for characterization of overall nanopore structure and mesopore connectivity of organic-rich marine shales in China", International Journal of Coal Geology, 217, 103343 (2020).

Xie S., "Structure and Thermodynamics of Salt-Doped Polymer Blends", Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities (2020).

Xie S., Zhang B., Mao Y., He L., Hong K., Bates F.S., Lodge T.P., "Influence of Added Salt on Chain Conformations in Poly(ethylene oxide) Melts: SANS Analysis with Complications", Macromolecules, 53, 25, 7141-7149 (2020).

Yang Y., Samolyuk G.D., Chen T., Poplawsky J., Lupini A.R., Tan L., Littrell K.C., "Coupling computational thermodynamics with density-function-theory based calculations to design L12 precipitates in FeNi based alloys", Materials & Design, 191, 108592 (2020).

Zhang R., Liu S., He L., Blach T.P., Wang Y., "Characterizing anisotropic pore structure and its impact on gas storage and transport in coalbed methane and shale gas reservoirs", Energy & Fuels, 34, 3161-3172 (2020).

Zhang Y., Hu Q.Y., Barber T.J., Bleuel M., Anovitz L.M., Littrell K.C., "Quantifying Fluid‐Wettable Effective Pore Space in the Utica and Bakken Oil Shale Formations", Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2020GL087896 (2020).

Zhao D., Wang E., Lodge T.P., "Hybridization of a Bimodal Distribution of Copolymer Micelles", Macromolecules, 53, 22, 7705-7716 (2020).

2019 40 Publications

Alaboalirat M., Qi L., Arrington K.J., Qian S., Keum J.K., Mei H., Littrell K.C., Sumpter B.G., Carrillo J.Y., Verduzco R., Matson J.B., "Amphiphilic Bottlebrush Block Copolymers: Analysis of Aqueous Self-Assembly by Small-Angle Neutron Scattering and Surface Tension Measurements", Macromolecules, 52, 2, 465–476 (2019).

Broussard L.J., Bailey K.M., Bailey W.B., Barrow J.L., Berry K.D., Blose A., Crawford C., Debeer-Schmitt L.M., Frost M., Galindo-Uribarri A., Gallmeier F.X., Gilbert C.E., Heilbronn L., Iverson E.B., Johnston A., Kamyshkov Y., Lewiz P., Novikov I., Pentt, "New search for mirror neutron regeneration", EPJ Web of Conferences, 219, 07002 (2019).

Desautels R.D., Debeer-Schmitt L.M., Montoya S., Borchers J.A., Je S.G., Tang N., Im M.Y., Fitzsimmons M.R., Fullerton E.E., Gilbert D., "Realization of ordered magnetic skyrmions in thin films at ambient conditions", Physical Review Materials , 3, 104406 (2019).

Dhital C., Debeer-Schmitt L.M., Young D.P., DiTusa J.F., "Unpinning the skyrmion lattice in MnSi: Effect of substitutional disorder", Physical Review B, 9, 2, 024428 (2019).

Djire A., Pande P., Deb A., Siegel J.B., Ajenifujah O., He L., Sleightholme A.E., Rasmussen P.G., Thompson L.T., "Unveiling the pseudocapacitive charge storage mechanisms of nanostructured vanadium nitrides using in-situ analyses", Nano Energy, 60, 72-81 (2019).

Dudney N.J., Hagaman E.W., Veith G.M., Gill L.W., Sacci R.L., "Lithiated and Passivated Lithium Ion Battery Anodes", (2019).

Genix A.C., Bocharova V., Carroll B., Lehmann M.L., Saito T., Krueger S., He L., Dieudonne-George P., Sokolov A.P., Oberdisse J., "Understanding the Static Interfacial Polymer Layer by Exploring the Dispersion States of Nanocomposites", ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 11, 17863-17872 (2019).

He L., Li C.W., Hamilton W.A., Hong T., Tong X., Winn B.L., Crow L., Bailey K.M., Gallego N., "Anomalous neutron scattering ‘halo’ observed in highly oriented pyrolytic graphite", Journal of Applied Crystallography, 52, 2, 296-303 (2019).

Herz-Thyhsen R.J., "Geochemical Fluid-rock Interactions in Energy Systems: An Investigation of Coupled Physical and Chemical Processes in Low-permeability Rocks", Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Wyoming (2019).

Jiang H., "Structure, dynamic, and thermodynamic relationships of worm-like micelles", Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Cincinnati (2019).

Kharel A., "Solution Properties of Polymers in Ionic Liquids", Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities (2019).

Kharel A., Lodge T.P., "Effect of Ionic Liquid Components on the Coil Dimensions of PEO", Macromolecules, 52, 8, 3123–3130 (2019).

Kim J., "Effects of branching on conformation, crystallization, and selfassembly of polymers", Ph.D. Dissertation, California Institute of Technology (2019).

Lan S., Wu X., Zhang G., Chen G., Chen H., Guo T., "Improvement of Device Performance of Organic Photovoltaics via Laser Irradiation", Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 123, 22058-22065 (2019).

Lantz K.A., "Kinetically Controlled Block Polymer Micelles: Cavitation Induced Exchange and Templates for Nanomaterials", Ph.D. Dissertation, University of South Carolina (2019).

Lee B., Littrell K.C., Sha Y., Shevchenko E.V., "Revealing the effects of the non-solvent on the ligand shell of nanoparticles and their crystallization", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 141, 42, 16651-16662 (2019).

Li Y., Wang Q., Debeer-Schmitt L.M., Guguchia Z., Desautels R.D., Yin J., Du Q., Ren W., Zhao X., Zhang Z., Zaliznyak I.A., Petrovic C., Yin W., Hasan M.Z., Lei H., Tranquada J.M., "Magnetic-Field Control of Topological Electronic Response near Room Temperature in Correlated Kagome Magnets", Physical Review Letters, 123, 196604 (2019).

Liu S., Zhang R., Karpyn Z.T., Yoon H., Dewers T., "Investigation of accessible pore structure evolution under pressurization and adsorption for coal and shale using small-angle neutron scattering", Energy & Fuels, 33, 2, 837-847 (2019).

Louden E.R., Leishman A.W., Rastovski C., Kuhn S.J., Debeer-Schmitt L.M., Dewhurst C.D., Zhigadlo N.D., Eskildsen M.R., "Structural studies of metastable and equilibrium vortex lattice domains in MgB<inf>2</inf>", New Journal of Physics, 21, 63003 (2019).

Louden E.R., Rastovski C., Debeer-Schmitt L.M., Dewhurst C.D., Zhigadlo N.D., Eskildsen M.R., "Nonequilibrium structural phase transitions of the vortex lattice in MgB2", Physical Review B, 99, 14, 144515 (2019).

Louden E.R., Rastovski C., Kuhn S.J., Leishman A.W., Debeer-Schmitt L.M., Dewhurst C.D., Zhigadlo N.D., Eskildsen M.R., "Structural transition kinetics and activated behavior in the superconducting vortex lattice", Physical Review B, 99, 6, 060502(R) (2019).

Massey C.P., Dryepondt S.N., Edmondson P.D., Frith M.G., Littrell K.C., Kini A., Gault B., Terrani K.A., Zinkle S.J., "Multiscale Investigations of Nanoprecipitate Nucleation, Growth, and Coarsening in Annealed low-Cr Oxide Dispersion Strengthened FeCrAl Powder", Acta Materialia, 166, 1-17 (2019).

McCloy J.S., Riley B., Crum J., Marcial J., Reiser J.T., Kruska K., Peterson J.A., Neuville D.R., Patil D., Saleh M., Barnsley K.E., Hanna J.V., "Crystallization Study of Rare Earth and Molybdenum Containing Nuclear Waste Glass Ceramics", Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 102, 5149-5163 (2019).

Muhlbauer S., Honecker D., Perigo E.A., Bergner F., Disch S., Heinemann A., Erokhin S., Berkov D., Leighton C., Eskildsen M.R., Michels A., "Magnetic small-angle neutron scattering", Reviews of Modern Physics, 91, 1, 015004 (2019).

Murthy S., Wang W., Kamath Y., "Structure of intermediate filament assembly in hair deduced from hydration studies using small-angle neutron scattering", Journal of Structural Biology, 206, 3, 295-304 (2019).

Northen T.R., Reindl W., Deng K., Singh S., Singh A.K., Cheng X., "Multiplexed screening of enzyme activities using nanostructure-initiator mass spectrometry", (2019).

Osti N.C., Dyatkin B., Gallegos A., Voneshen D.J., Keum J.K., Littrell K.C., Zhang P., Dai S., Wu J., Gogotsi Y., Mamontov E., "Cation Molecular Structure Affects Mobility and Transport of Electrolytes in Porous Carbons", Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 166, 4, A507-A514 (2019).

Paul T., "Structural Evolution During Spark Plasma Sintering, Oxidation and Crystallization of Iron-Based Metallic Glass", Ph.D. Dissertation, Oklahoma State University (2019).

Pearce J.K., Blach T.P., Dawson G.K., Melnichenko Y.B., Southam G., Golding S.D., Bahadur J., Paterson D., "Experimental acid and scCO2 reactions of Roseneath, Epsilon and Murteree gas shales: Opening or closing of gas accessible pores and metal release to water", ASEG Extended Abstracts, 1, 1-4 (2019).

Prasher M., Sen D., Bahadur J., Tewari R., Krishnan M., "Correlative SANS and TEM investigation on precipitation kinetics of H-phase in Ni50.3Ti29.7Hf20 high temperature shape memory alloy", Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 779, 630-642 (2019).

Sang G., Liu S., Elsworth D., "Dynamic Water Vapor Sorption on Marcellus Shales: Equilibrium, Thermodynamic and Kinetic Analyses", 53rd U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, ARMA-2019-0339, (2019).

Sun M., Zhang L., Hu Q.Y., Pan Z., Yu B., Sun L.W., Bai L., Connell L.D., Zhang Y., Cheng G., ""Pore connectivity and water accessibility in Upper Permian transitional shales, southern China"", Marine and Petroleum Geology, 107, 407-422 (2019).

Weber J., Cheshire M.C., DiStefano V.H., Littrell K.C., Ilavsky J., Bleuel M., Bozell-Messerschmidt J., Ievlev A.V., Stack A.G., Anovitz L.M., "Controls of Microstructure and Chemical Reactivity on the Replacement of Limestone by Fluorite Studied Using Spatially Resolved Small Angle X-ray and Neutron Scattering", ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 3, 1998-2016 (2019).

Wu X., Lan S., Zhang G., Chen H., Guo T., "The effect of light environment during the film formation process on the morphology and function of organic photovoltaics", Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 7, 10581-10588 (2019).

Wu Y., Ma Y., He L., Rother G., Shelton W.A., Bharti B., "Directed Pore-Uptake and Phase Separation of Surfactant Solutions Under Confinement", Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 123, 15, 9957-9966 (2019).

Yang M., Zhao W., Wang S., Yu C., Singh S., Simmons B., Cheng G., "Dimethyl sulfoxide assisted dissolution of cellulose in 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazoium acetate: small angle neutron scattering and rheological studies", Cellulose, 26, 4, 2243-2253 (2019).

Zhang M., Lai Y., Li M., Hong T., Wang W., Yu H., Li L., Zhou Q., Ke Y., Zhan X., Zhu T., Huang C., Yin P., "The Microscopic Structure–Property Relationship of Metal–Organic Polyhedron Nanocomposites", Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 58, 48, 17412-17417 (2019).

Zhang M., Lai Y., Li M., Hong T., Wang W., Yu H., Li L., Zhou Q., Ke Y., Zhan X., Zhu T., Huang C., Yin P., "Microscopic Structure‐Property Relation of Metal‐Organic Polyhedron Nanocomposites", Angewandte Chemie, 131, 48, 17573-17578 (2019).

Zhang R., Wang X., Liu S., He L., Song C., Jiang X., Blach T.P., "Discovering Inherent Characteristics of Polyethylenimine-Functionalized Porous Materials for CO2 Capture", ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 11, 36515-36524 (2019).

Zou W., Tan G., Jiang H., Vogtt K., Weaver M., Koenig P., Beaucage G., Larson R.G., "From well-entangled to partially-entangled wormlike micelles", Soft Matter, 15, 4, 642-655 (2019).

2018 44 Publications

Adams A.A., "Multiscale Investigation of the Nonlinear Rheology of Wormlike Micelles", Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Michigan (2018).

Agamalian M., Heroux L., Littrell K.C., Carpenter J.M., "Progress on The Time-of-Flight Ultra Small Angle Neutron Scattering Instrument at SNS", Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1021, 1, 012033 (2018).

Anovitz L.M., Freiburg J.T., Wasbrough M., Mildner D.F., Littrell K.C., Pipich V., Ilavsky J., "The effects of burial diagenesis on multiscale porosity in the St. Peter Sandstone: An imaging, small-angle, and ultra-small-angle neutron scattering analysis", Marine and Petroleum Geology, 92, 352-371 (2018).

Bain E.D., Long T.R., Beyer F.L., Savage A.M., Dadmun M., Martin H., Lenhart J.L., Mrozek R.A., "Tough, Rapidly Swelling Thermoplastic Elastomer Hydrogels for Hemorrhage Control", Macromolecules, 51, 12, 4705-4717 (2018).

Bordacs S., Farkas D.G., White J.S., Cubitt R., Debeer-Schmitt L.M., Ito T.U., Kezsmarki I., "Magnetic Field Control of Cycloidal Domains and Electric Polarization in Multiferroic BiFeO 3", Physical Review Letters, 120, 14, 147203 (2018).

Buhariwalla C.R., Ma Q., Debeer-Schmitt L.M., Xie K.G., Pomaranski D., Gaudet J., Munsie T.J., Dabkowska H.A., Kycia J.B., Gaulin B.D., "Long-wavelength correlations in ferromagnetic titanate pyrochlores as revealed by small-angle neutron scattering", Physical Review B, 97, 224401 (2018).

Busch A., Kampman N., Bertier P., Pipich V., Feoktystov A., Rother G., Harrington J., Leu L., Aertens M., Jacops E., "Predicting effective diffusion coefficients in mudrocks using a fractal model and small angle neutron scattering measurements", Water Resources Research, 54, 9, 7076-7091 (2018).

Chen K., Wu B., He L., Smith G.S., Do C., Huang G.R., Zhang G., Wang Y., "Strain heterogeneity in sheared colloids revealed by neutron scattering", Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 20, 9, 6050-6054 (2018).

Chen X., Lopez-Barron C., Zeng Y., Alamo R.G., "Concentration fluctuations in the early stages of LLPS and partial dissolution of melt-memory in broadly distributed ethylene copolymers", Polymer, 148, 181-190 (2018).

DiStefano V.H., "Storage of Organic Matter and Transport of Fluids in the Eagle Ford Shale", Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Tennessee (2018).

Djire A., Siegel J.B., Ajenifujah O., He L., Thompson L.T., "Pseudocapacitive storage via micropores in high-surface area molybdenum nitrides", Nano Energy, 51, 122–127 (2018).

Field K.G., Littrell K.C., Briggs S.A., "Precipitation of α′ in neutron irradiated commercial FeCrAl alloys", Scripta Materialia, 142, 41-45 (2018).

Gallego N., Contescu C.I., Burchell T.D., "XRD and SANS Evaluation of HOPG and Polychrystalline Graphite", Oak Ridge National Laboratory ORNL/TM-2018/871 (2018).

Gebretsadik A.S., "Interplay Between Chemical and Magnetic Disorder in Selected Alloys Close to a Ferromagnetic Quantum Phase Transition", Ph.D. Dissertation, Kent State University (2018).

Hany S., Milochova M., Littrell K.C., Lorange R., Vogt J.B., Abi-Aad E., Bychkov E., "Advanced characterization of cryogenic 9Ni steel using synchrotron radiation, neutron scattering and 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy", Materials & Design, 146, 219-227 (2018).

Heller W.T., Cuneo M.J., Debeer-Schmitt L.M., Do C., He L., Heroux L., Littrell K.C., Pingali S.V., Qian S., Stanley C.B., Urban V.S., Wu B., Bras W., "The suite of small-angle neutron scattering instruments at Oak Ridge National Laboratory", Journal of Applied Crystallography, 51, 2, 1-7 (2018).

Heuser B.J., Lin J.l., Do C., He L., "Small-angle neutron scattering measurements of δ-phase deuteride (hydride) precipitates in Zircaloy 4", Journal of Applied Crystallography, 51, 3, 1-13 (2018).

Hirosawa K., "Molecular Studies of Solvation for Polymers in Ionic Liquids", Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Tokyo (2018).

Jiang H., Beaucage G., Vogtt K., Weaver M., "The effect of solvent polarity on wormlike micelles using dipropylene glycol (DPG) as a cosolvent in an anionic/zwitterionic mixed surfactant system", Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 509, 25-31 (2018).

Jiang H., Vogtt K., Thomas J.B., Beaucage G., Mulderig A.J., "Enthalpy and Entropy of Scission in Wormlike Micelles", Langmuir, 34, 46, 13956–13964 (2018).

Jiang M.Q., McMillan M., Davis V.A., Kitchens C.L., "Phase Behavior of Acetylated Cellulose Nanocrystals and Origins of the Cross-hatch Birefringent Texture", Biomacromolecules, 19, 8, 3435-3444 (2018).

Jouault N., Kumar S.K., Smalley R.J., Chi C., Moneta R., Wood B., Salerno H., Melnichenko Y.B., He L., Guise W.E., Hammouda B., Crawford M.K., "Do Very Small POSS Nanoparticles Perturb s-PMMA Chain Conformations?", Macromolecules, 51, 14, 5278-5293 (2018).

Lantz K.A., Sarkar A., Littrell K.C., Li T., Hong K., Stefik M., "Cavitation Enables Switchable and Rapid Block Polymer Exchange under High‑χN Conditions", Macromolecules, 51, 17, 6967-6975 (2018).

Li D.S., Lee Y.T., Xi Y., Pelivanov I., O'Donnell M., Pozzo L.D., "A Small-Angle Scattering Environment for In Situ Ultrasound Studies", Soft Matter, (2018).

Lodge T.P., Maxwell A.L., Lott J.R., Schmidt P.W., McAllister J.W., Morozova S., Bates F.S., Li Y., Sammler R.L., "Gelation, Phase Separation, and Fibril Formation in Aqueous Hydroxypropylmethylcellulose Solutions", Biomacromolecules, 19, 3, 816-824 (2018).

Louden E.R., "Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Studies of Metastable Vortex Lattice States in MgB2", Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Notre Dame (2018).

Martin H., Hughes B., Braunecker W.A., Gennett T., Dadmun M., "The Impact of Radical Loading and Oxidation on the Conformation of Organic Radical Polymers by Small Angle Neutron Scattering", Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 6, 32, 1659-15667 (2018).

McCloy J.S., Goel A., Crum J., Riley B., "Final report: Understanding influence of thermal history and glass chemistry on kinetics of phase separation and crystallization in borosilicate glass-ceramic waste forms for aqueous reprocessed high level waste", United States Department of Energy DOE-WSU-8431-1 (2018).

Morgan M.J., Hitchcock D., Krentz T., Mcnamara J., Duncan A.M., "2017 Accomplishments – Tritium Aging Studies on Stainless Steel Weldments and Heat-Affected Zones", Savannah River Nuclear Solutions LLC SRNL-STI-2018-00036 (2018).

Nguyen N.A., Barnes S.H., Bowland C.C., Meek K.M., Littrell K.C., Keum J.K., Naskar A.K., "A path for lignin valorization via additive manufacturing of high-performance sustainable composites with enhanced 3D printability", Science Advances, 4, 12, eaat4967 (2018).

Pearce J.K., Dawson G.K., Blach T.P., Bahadur J., Melnichenko Y.B., Golding S.D., "Impure CO2 reaction of feldspar, clay, and organic matter rich cap-rocks: Decreases in the fraction of accessible mesopores measured by SANS", International Journal of Coal Geology, 185, 79-90 (2018).

Popov E., He L., Dominguez-Ontiveros E., Melnichenko Y.B., "Detection of vapor nanobubbles by small angle neutron scattering (SANS)", Applied Physics Letters, 112, 15, 153704 (2018).

Pramanick A., Osti N.C., Jalarvo N., Misture S.T., Diallo S.O., Mamontov E., Luo Y., Keum J.K., Littrell K.C., "Origin of dielectric relaxor behavior in PVDF-based copolymer and terpolymer films", AIP Advances, 8, 4, 045204 (2018).

Qian F., Bannenberg L.J., Wilhelm H., Chaboussant G., Debeer-Schmitt L.M., Schmidt M., Aqeel A., Palstra T.T., Bruck E., Lefering A.J., Pappas C., Mostovoy M., Leonov A.O., "New magnetic phase of the chiral skyrmion material Cu2OSeO3", Science Advances, 4, 9, 7323 (2018).

Qiao B., Littrell K.C., Ellis R.J., "Liquid Worm-like and Proto-Micelles: Water Solubilization in Amphiphile-Oil Solutions", Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 20, 12908-12915 (2018).

Sakurovs R., Koval L., Grigore M., Sokolova A., Ruppert L.F., Melnichenko Y.B., "Nanometre-sized pores in coal: Variations between coal basins and coal origin", International Journal of Coal Geology, 186, 126-134 (2018).

Sang G., Liu S., Zhang R., Elsworth D., He L., "Nanopore characterization of mine roof shales by SANS, nitrogen adsorption, and mercury intrusion: Impact on water adsorption/retention behavior", International Journal of Coal Geology, 200, 173-185 (2018).

Sun M., Yu B., Hu Q.Y., Yang R., Zhang Y., Li B., Melnichenko Y.B., Cheng G., "Pore structure characterization of organic-rich Niutitang shale from China: Small angle neutron scattering (SANS) study", International Journal of Coal Geology, 186, 115-125 (2018).

Wang E., Lu J., Bates F.S., Lodge T.P., "Effect of Corona Block Length on the Structure and Chain Exchange Kinetics of Block Copolymer Micelles", Macromolecules, 51, 10, 3563–3571 (2018).

Wang T., Jiang C., Farmer T.O., Debeer-Schmitt L.M., Wenzel J.F., McDonald L., Robertson L., Fitzsimmons M.R., Tong X., "New Polarized Small Angle Neutron Scattering capability at the High Flux Isotope Reactor", Physica B: Condensed Matter, 551, 492-495 (2018).

Wang Y., Qin Y., Zhang R., He L., Anovitz L.M., Bleuel M., Mildner D.F., Liu S., Zhu Y., "Evaluation of Nanoscale Accessible Pore Structures for Improved Prediction of Gas Production Potential in Chinese Marine Shales", Energy & Fuels, 32, 12, 12447–12461 (2018).

Xi Y., Li D.S., Newbloom G.M., Tatum W.K., O'Donnell M., Luscombe C.K., Pozzo L.D., "Sonocrystallization of conjugated polymers with ultrasound fields", Soft Matter, 14, 4963-4976 (2018).

Yi G., Sun B., Poplawsky J., Zhu Y., Free M.L., "Investigation of pre-existing particles in Al 5083 alloys", Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 740, 461-469 (2018).

Zhang R., "Investigation of pore structure and sorption behavior for unconventional gas reservoir rocks", Ph.D. Dissertation, Pennsylvania State University (2018).

2017 44 Publications

Baldwin A.G., "Understanding aggregation of solvating extractants in applied separations", Ph.D. Dissertation, Colorado School of Mines (2017).

Baldwin A.G., Servis M.J., Yang Y., Bridges N.J., Wu D.T., Shafer J.C., "The Structure of Tributyl Phosphate Solutions: Nitric Acid, Uranium (VI), and Zirconium (IV)", Journal of Molecular Liquids, 246, 225-235 (2017).

Beckingham L.E., Steefel C.I., Swift A., Voltolini M., Yang L., Anovitz L.M., Sheets J.M., Cole D.R., Kneafsey T.J., Mitnick E.H., Zhang S., Landrot G., Ajo-Franklin J., DePaolo D., Mito S., Xue Z., "Evaluation of accessible mineral surface areas for improved prediction of mineral reaction rates in porous media", Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 205, 31-49 (2017).

Bilchak C.R., Buenning E., Asai M., Zhang K., Durning C.J., Kumar S.K., Huang Y., Benicewicz B.C., Gidley D.W., Cheng S., Sokolov A.P., Minelli M., Doghieri F., " Previous Article Next Article Table of Contents Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticle Membranes with Controllable Free Volume", Macromolecules, 50, 18, 7111–7120 (2017).

Briggs S.A., Edmondson P.D., Littrell K.C., Yamamoto Y., Howard R.H., Daily C.R., Terrani K.A., Sridharan K., Field K.G., "A combined APT and SANS investigation of α′ phase precipitation in neutron-irradiated model FeCrAl alloys", Acta Materialia, 129, 217-228 (2017).

Chen X., Wignall G.D., He L., Lopez-Barron C., Alamo R.G., "SANS Evidence of Liquid–Liquid Phase Separation Leading to Inversion of Crystallization Rate of Broadly Distributed Random Ethylene Copolymers", Macromolecules, 50, 11, 4406–4414 (2017).

Cooksey T.J., Singh A., Le K.M., Wang S., Kelley E.G., He L., Vajjala Kesava S., Gomez E.D., Kidd B.E., Madsen L.A., Robertson M.L., "Tuning Biocompatible Block Copolymer Micelles by Varying Solvent Composition: Core/Corona Structure and Solvent Uptake", Macromolecules, 50, 11, 4322–4334 (2017).

Dhital C., Debeer-Schmitt L.M., Zhang Q., Xie W., Young D.P., DiTusa J.F., "Exploring the origins of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction in MnSi", Physical Review B, 96, 214425 (2017).

Du P., Li A., Li X., Zhang Y., Do C., He L., Rick S.W., John V.T., Kumar R., Zhang D.H., "Aggregation of Cyclic Polypeptoids bearing Zwitterionic End-groups with Attractive Dipole-Dipole and Solvophobic Interactions: A Study by Small-Angle Neutron Scattering and Molecular Dynamics Simulation", Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 19, 22, 14388-14400 (2017).

Etampawala T., Tehrani M., Nematollahi A., He L., Dadmun M., "The impact of solvent doping on the morphology and performance of spray-coated PEDOT:dPSS: A USANS and SANS study", Organic Electronics, 51, 86-93 (2017).

Fobes D., Lin S.Z., Ghimire N.J., Bauer E.D., Thompson J.D., Bleuel M., Debeer-Schmitt L.M., Janoschek M., "Realization of the axial next-nearest-neighbor Ising model in U3Al2Ge3", Physical Review B, 96, 17, 174413 (2017).

Fobes D., Luo Y., Leon-Brito N., Bauer E.D., Fanelli V.R., Taylor M.A., Debeer-Schmitt L.M., Janoschek M., "Versatile strain-tuning of modulated long-period magnetic structures", Applied Physics Letters, 110, 119, 192409 (2017).

Hiroi T., "Structural Analysis of polymer aggregation induced by hydrophilic and hydrophobic interaction", Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Tokyo (2017).

Kornfield J.A., Wei M.H., "Associative Polymers and Related Compositions, Methods and Systems", (2017).

Kuhn S.J., "Exploring Highly Anisotropic Vortex Lattices of Unconventional Superconductors Using Small Angle Neutron Scattering", Ph.D. Dissertation, Notre Dame College (2017).

Kuhn S.J., Kidder M.K., Parker D.S., dela Cruz C., McGuire M.A., Chance W.M., Li L., Debeer-Schmitt L.M., Ermentrout J., Littrell K.C., Eskildsen M.R., Sefat A.S., "Structure and Property Correlations in FeS", Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications, 534, 29-36 (2017).

Lan S., Yang H., Zhang G., Wu X., Chen Q., Chen L., Chen H., Guo T., "The Importance of Solvent Removal Rate on the Morphology and Device Performance of Organic Photovoltaics with Solvent Annealing", ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 9, 24, 20679–20685 (2017).

Ma Y., "Structure and Chain Exchange Kinetics of Block Copolymer Micelles in Selective Solvents", Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities (2017).

Martin H., White B.T., Scanlon C., Saito T., Dadmun M., "Tunable Synthetic Control of Soft Polymeric Nanoparticle Morphology", Soft Matter, 13, 8849-8857 (2017).

Morgan B., Dadmun M., "The Role of Incident Light Intensity, Wavelength, and Exposure Time in the Modification of Conjugated Polymer Structure in Solution", European Polymer Journal, 89, 272-280 (2017).

Morgan B., Dadmun M., "The importance of solvent quality on the modification of conjugated polymer conformation and thermodynamics with illumination", Soft Matter, 15, 13, 2773-2780 (2017).

Morgan B., Dadmun M., "Illumination alters the structure of gels formed from the model optoelectronic material P3HT", Polymer, 108, 313–321 (2017).

Morgan B., Rinehart S.J., Dadmun M., "Monitoring the Effects of Illumination on the Structure of Conjugated Polymer Gels Using Neutron Scattering", JoVE, 130, e56163 (2017).

Palit S., He L., Hamilton W.A., Yethiraj A., Yethiraj A., "Combining Diffusion NMR and Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Enables Precise Measurements of Polymer Chain Compression in a Crowded Environment", Physical Review Letters, 118, 9, 097801 (2017).

Palit S., He L., Hamilton W.A., Yethiraj A., Yethiraj A., "The effect of crowder charge in a model polymer–colloid system for macromolecular crowding: Polymer structure and dynamics", Journal of Chemical Physics, 147, 11, 114902 (2017).

Pokrzywinski J., Keum J.K., Ruther R.E., Self E.C., Chi M., Meyer III H.M., Littrell K.C., Aulakh D., Marble S., Ding J., Wriedt M., Nanda J., Mitlin D., "Unrivaled Combination of Surface Area and Pore Volume in MicelleTemplated Carbon for Supercapacitor Energy Storage", Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 5, 26, 13511-13525 (2017).

Rezhdoa O., Di Maio S., Le P., Littrell K.C., Carrier R.L., Chen S.H., "Characterization of colloidal structures during intestinal lipolysis using small-angle neutron scattering", Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 499, 189-201 (2017).

Schneider F., Balaceanu A., Di Z., Melnichenko Y.B., Allgaier J., Pich A., Schneider G.J., Richter D., "Internal structure and phase transition behavior of stimuli-responsive microgels in PEG melts", Soft Matter, 13, 15, 2738-2748 (2017).

Stefanopoulos K.L., Youngs T.G., Sakurovs R., Ruppert L.F., Bahadur J., Melnichenko Y.B., "Neutron Scattering Measurements of Carbon Dioxide Adsorption in Pores within the Marcellus Shale: Implications for Sequestration", Environmental Science & Technology, 51, 11, 6515–6521 (2017).

Sun M., Yu B., Hu Q.Y., Zhang Y., Li B., Yang R., Melnichenko Y.B., Cheng G., "Pore characteristics of Longmaxi shale gas reservoir in the Northwest of Guizhou, China: Investigations using small-angle neutron scattering (SANS), helium pycnometry, and gas sorption isotherm", International Journal of Coal Geology, 171, 61-68 (2017).

Tehrani M., Etampawala T., Dadmun M., Hossain M.A., "Resolving Hierarchical Structures in Carbon Nanotube Networks Using Small and Ultra-Small Angle Neutron Scattering", Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 121, 40, 22442–22451 (2017).

Vogtt K., Jiang H., Beaucage G., Weaver M., "Free Energy of Scission for Sodium Laureth-1-Sulfate Wormlike Micelles", Langmuir, 33, 8, 1872–1880 (2017).

Wang J., Boy R., Nguyen N.A., Keum J.K., Cullen D., Chen J., Soliman M., Littrell K.C., Harper D., Tetard L., Rials T., Naskar A.K., Labbe N., "Controlled Assembly of Lignocellulosic Biomass Components and Properties of Reformed Materials", ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 5, 9, 8044–8052 (2017).

Wickramasinghe A.N., "Structural Study of Multifunctional Block Copolymers in Solutions and Thin Films", Master's Thesis, Clemson University (2017).

Wu X., Lan S., Zhang G., Chen Q., Chen H., Guo T., "Morphology of a Ternary Blend Solar Cell Based on Small Molecule:Conjugated Polymer:Fullerene Fabricated by Blade Coating", Advanced Functional Materials, 27, 40, 1703268 (2017).

Yang R., He S., Hu Q.Y., Sun M., Hu D., Yi J., "Applying SANS technique to characterize nano-scale pore structure of Longmaxi shale, Sichuan Basin (China)", Fuel, 197, 91-99 (2017).

Yi G., "Measuring and Modeling the Long-Term Sensitization Behavior of Al 5xxx Alloys", Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Utah (2017).

Yi G., Cullen D., Littrell K.C., Golumbfskie W., Sundberg E., Free M.L., "Characterization of Al-Mg Alloy Aged at Low Temperatures", Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 48, 4, 2040–2050 (2017).

Yi G., Littrell K.C., Poplawsky J., Cullen D., Sundberg E., Free M.L., "Characterization of the effects of different tempers and aging temperatures on the precipitation behavior of Al-Mg (5.25 at.%)-Mn alloys", Materials & Design, 118, 22-35 (2017).

Yuan X., Duan Y., He L., Singh S., Simmons B., Cheng G., "Characterization of white poplar and eucalyptus after ionic liquid pretreatment as a function of biomass loading using x-ray diffraction and small angle neutron scattering", Bioresource Technology, 232, 113-118 (2017).

Yuan X., He L., Singh S., Simmons B., Cheng G., "Effect of ionic liquid pretreatment on the porosity of pine wood: insights from small angle neutron scattering, nitrogen adsorption analysis and x-ray diffraction", Energy & Fuels, 31, 10, 10874–10879 (2017).

Zhang R., Liu S., Wang Y., "Fractal evolution under in situ pressure and sorption conditions for coal and shale", Scientific Reports, 7, 8971 (2017).

Zhao D., Gimenez-Pinto V., Jimenez A.M., Zhao L., Jestin J., Kumar S.K., Kuei B., Gomez E.D., Prasad A.S., Schadler L.S., Khani M.M., Benicewicz B.C., "Tunable Multiscale Nanoparticle Ordering by Polymer Crystallization", ACS Central Science, 3, 7, 1751–758 (2017).

Zhao W., Xiao L.P., Song G., Sun R.C., He L., Singh S., Simmons B., Cheng G., "From lignin subunits to aggregates: insights into lignin solubilization", Green Chemistry, 19, 3272-3281 (2017).

2016 32 Publications

Ansar S.M., Mohammed F.S., White Ii G.V., Budi M., Powell K.C., Mefford O.T., Kitchens C.L., "The Effect of Post-Synthesis Purifications on Gold and Silver Nanoparticle Ligand Coverage", Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 120, 12, 6842-6850 (2016).

Bahadur J., Medina C.R., He L., Melnichenko Y.B., Rupp J.A., Blach T.P., Mildner D.F., "Determination of closed porosity in rocks by small-angle neutron scattering", Journal of Applied Crystallography, 49, 2021-2030 (2016).

Briggs S.A., "Correlative microscopy of [alpha prime] precipitation in neutron-irradiated Fe-Cr-Al alloys", Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Wisconsin - Madison (2016).

Briggs S.A., Edmondson P.D., Field K.G., Yamamoto Y., Littrell K.C., Daily C.R., Sridharan K., "Complementary Techniques for Quantification of α' Phase Precipitation in Neutron-Irradiated Fe-Cr-Al Model Alloys", Microscopy and Microanalysis, 22, SupplementS3, 1470-1471 (2016).

Briggs S.A., Sridharan K., Field K.G., "Correlative Microscopy of Neutron-Irradiated Materials", Advanced Materials and Processes, 174, 10, 16-21 (2016).

DiStefano V.H., McFarlane J., Anovitz L.M., Stack A.G., Gordon A.D., Littrell K.C., Chipera S.J., Hunt R.D., Lewis S.A., Hale R., Perfect E., "Extraction of organic compounds from representative shales and the effect on porosity", Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 35, A, 645-660 (2016).

Etampawala T., Aryal D., Osti N.C., He L., Heller W.T., Willis C.L., Grest G.S., Perahia D., "Association of a multifunctional ionic block copolymer in a selective solvent", Journal of Chemical Physics, 145, 184903, 18 (2016).

Field K.G., Briggs S.A., Edmondson P.D., Haley J.C., Howard R.H., Hu X., Littrell K.C., Parish C.M., Yamamoto Y., "Database on Performance of Neutron Irradiated FeCrAl Alloys", Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN ORNL/TM(2016/335 (2016).

Greene D.G., "The formation and structure of precipitated protein phases", Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Delaware (2016).

He L., Hu B., Henn D.M., Zhao B., "Influence of cleavage of photosensitive group on thermally induced micellization and gelation of a doubly responsive diblock copolymer in aqueous solutions: A SANS study", Polymer, 105, 25–34 (2016).

Hiroi T., Okazumi Y., Littrell K.C., Narita Y., Tanaka N., Shibayama M., "Mechanism of heat-induced gelation for ovalbumin and its N-terminus cleaved form", Polymer, 93, 152–158 (2016).

Hirosawa K., Fujii K., Ueki T., Kitazawa Y., Littrell K.C., Watanabe M., Shibayama M., "SANS study on the solvated structure and molecular interactions of a thermo-responsive polymer in a room temperature ionic liquid", Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 18, 41713 (2016).

Imel A.E., Naskar A.K., Dadmun M., "Understanding the Impact of Poly(ethylene oxide) on the Assembly of Lignin in Solution toward Improved Carbon Fiber Production", ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 8, 5, 3200-3207 (2016).

Jouault N., Crawford M.K., Chi C., Smalley R.J., Wood B., Jestin J., Melnichenko Y.B., He L., Guise W.E., Kumar S.K., "Polymer Chain Behavior in Polymer Nanocomposites with Attractive Interactions", ACS Macro Letters, 5, 4, 523-527 (2016).

Kumar R., Shah S., Bahadur J., Melnichenko Y.B., Sen D., Mazumder S., Vinod C.P., Chowdhury B., "Highly stable In-SBA-15 catalyst for vapor phase Beckmann rearrangement reaction", Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 234, 293-302 (2016).

Lam C.N., Chang D., Wang M., Chen W.R., Olsen B.D., "The shape of protein–polymer conjugates in dilute solution", Journal of Polymer Science: Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 54, 2, 292–302 (2016).

Lan S., Yang H., Zhang G., Wu X., Ning W., Wang S., Chen H., Guo T., "Impact of Fullerene Structure on Nanoscale Morphology and Miscibility and Correlation of Performance on Small Molecules: Fullerene Solar Cell", Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 120, 38, 21317–21324 (2016).

Li A., Lu L., Li X., He L., Do C., Garno J.C., Zhang D.H., "Amidine-Mediated Zwitterionic Ring-Opening Polymerization of N-Alkyl N-Carboxyanhydride: Mechanism, Kinetics, and Architecture Elucidation", Macromolecules, 49, 4, 1163-1171 (2016).

Lu J., Bates F.S., Lodge T.P., "Addition of Corona Block Homopolymer Retards Chain Exchange in Solutions of Block Copolymer Micelles", Macromolecules, 49, 4, 1405-1413 (2016).

Maxwell A.L., "Phase behavior and fibril formation in aqueous cellulose ethers", Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities (2016).

Melnichenko Y.B., "Small-angle scattering from confined and interfacial fluids. Applications to energy storage and environmental science", Springer (2016).

Morgan B., Dadmun M., "Illumination of Conjugated Polymer in Solution Alters Its Conformation and Thermodynamics", Macromolecules, 49 , 9, 3490–3496 (2016).

Mouzakis K.M., Navarre-Sitchler A.K., Rother G., Banuelos J.L., Wang X., Kaszuba J., Heath J.E., Miller Q.R., Alvarado V., McCray J.E., "Experimental Study of Porosity Changes in Shale Caprocks Exposed to CO2-Saturated Brines I: Evolution of Mineralogy, Pore Connectivity, Pore Size Distribution, and Surface Area", Environmental Engineering Science, 33, 10, 725-735 (2016).

Rahmat S.B., "Pore Structure Changes from Wood to Vitrain: A Case Study from New Zealand Coal", Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Queensland (2016).

Rai D.K., Beaucage G., Ratkanthwar K., Beaucage P., Ramachandran R., Hadjichristidis N., "Quantification of interaction and topological parameters of polyisoprene star polymers under good solvent conditions", Physical Review E, 93, 5, 052501 (2016).

Ren F., Schmidt R., Keum J.K., Qian B., Case E.D., Littrell K.C., An K., "In situ neutron scattering study of nanoscale phase evolution in PbTe-PbS thermoelectric material", Applied Physics Letters, 109, 8, 081903 (2016).

Rudzik T.J., Gerhardt R.A., "In-situ Characterization of Nanopowders During Compaction Using SANS and AC Impedance Spectroscopy", Tech Connect World 2016, Washington D. C., 2016 Nanotech Conference Proceedings, (2016).

Sekine Y., Endo H., Iwase H., Takeda S., Mukai S.a., Fukazawa H., Littrell K.C., Sasaki Y., Akiyoshi K., "Nanoscopic Structural Investigation of Physically Cross-Linked Nanogels Formed from Self-Associating Polymers", Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 120, 46, 11996-12002 (2016).

Sumino Y., Yamada N.L., Nagao M., Honda T., Kitahata H., Melnichenko Y.B., Seto H., "Mechanism of spontaneous blebbing in a purely chemical system: elastic stress generated by a lamellar-lamellar transition", Langmuir, 32, 12, 2891–2899 (2016).

Wignall G.D., "Semicrystalline polymers: Chain Conformation and Folging", Materials Science and Materials Engineering Elsevir (2016).

Yang H., Zhang G., Zhu J., He W., Lan S., Liao L., Chen H., Guo T., "Improving Charge Mobility of Polymer Transistors by Judicious Choice of the Molecular Weight of Insulating Polymer Additive", Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 120, 31, 17282-17289 (2016).

Zhang G., Yang H., He L., Hu L., Lan S., Li F., Chen H., Guo T., "Importance of domain purity in semi-conducting polymer/insulating polymer blends transistors", Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics, 54, 17, 1760–1766 (2016).

2015 38 Publications

Anovitz L.M., Cole D.R., "Characterization and Analysis of Porosity and Pore Structures", Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 80, 61-164 (2015).

Anovitz L.M., Cole D.R., Jackson A.J., Rother G., Littrell K.C., Allard L.F., Pollington A.D., Wesolowski D.J., "Effect of Quartz Overgrowth Precipitation on the Multiscale Porosity of Sandstone: A (U)SANS and Imaging Analysis", Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 153, 1, 199-222 (2015).

Anovitz L.M., Cole D.R., Sheets J.M., Swift A., Elston H., Welch S., Chipera S.J., Littrell K.C., Mildner D.F., Wasbrough M., "Effects of maturation on multiscale (nanometer to millimeter) porosity in the Eagle Ford Shale", Interpretation, 3, 3, SU59-SU70 (2015).

Bahadur J., Melnichenko Y.B., He L., Contescu C.I., Gallego N., Carmichael J., "SANS investigation of CO2 adsorption in microporous carbon", Carbon, 95, 535–544 (2015).

Bahadur J., Radlinski A.P., Melnichenko Y.B., Mastalerz M., Schimmelmann A., " Small-Angle and Ultrasmall-Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS/USANS) Study of New Albany Shale: A Treatise on Microporosity", Energy & Fuels, 29, 2, 567-576 (2015).

Braatz A.D., "Investigation of metal ion extraction and aggregate formation combining acidic and neutral organophosphorus reagents", Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California Irvine (2015).

Brady M.P., Rother G., Anovitz L.M., Littrell K.C., Unocic K.A., Elsentriecy H.H., Song G.L., Thomson J., Gallego N., Davis B., "Film Breakdown and Nano-Porous Mg(OH)2 Formation from Corrosion of Magnesium Alloys in Salt Solutions", Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 162, 4, C140-C149 (2015).

Chen W., Darling S.B., "Understanding the Role of Additives in Improving the Performance of Bulk Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells", Proceedings of Microscopy & Microanalysis 2015, 1218, (2015).

Cheng G., Zhang X., Simmons B., Singh S., "Theory, practice and prospects of X-ray and neutron scattering for lignocellulosic biomasscharacterization: towards understanding biomass pretreatment ", Energy & Environmental Science, 8, 436-455 (2015).

Coakley J., Vorontsov V., Jones N.G., Radecka A., Bagot P.A., Littrell K.C., Heenan R.K., Hu F., Magyar A.P., Bell D.C., Dye D., "Precipitation processes in the Beta-Titanium alloy Ti-5Al-5Mo-5V-3Cr", Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 646, 946-953 (2015).

Coakley J., Vorontsov V., Littrell K.C., Heenan R.K., Ohnuma M., Jones N.G., Dye D., "Nanoprecipitation in a Beta-Titanium Alloy", Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 623, 146-156 (2015).

Emmanuel S., Anovitz L.M., Day-Stirrat R.J., "Effects of Coupled Chemo-Mechanical Processes on the Evolution of Pore-Size Distributions in Geological Media", Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 80, 1, 45-60 (2015).

Field K.G., Briggs S.A., Edmondson P.D., Hu X., Littrell K.C., Howard R.H., Parish C.M., Yamamoto Y., "Evaluation on the Effect of Composition on Radiation Hardening and Embrittlement in Model FeCrAl Alloys", Oak Ridge National Laboratory ORNL/TM-2015/518 (2015).

Field K.G., Hu X., Littrell K.C., Yamamoto Y., Snead L.L., "Radiation Tolerance of Neutron-Irradiated Model Fe-Cr-Al Alloys", Journal of Nuclear Materials, 465, 746-755 (2015).

Glassman M.J., Olsen B.D., "End Block Design Modulated the Assembly and Mechanics of Thermoresponsive, Dual-Associative Protein Hydrogels", Macromolecules, 48, 6, 1832-1842 (2015).

Hayes D.G., Gomez del Rio J., Ye R., Urban V.S., Pingali S.V., O'Neill H.M., "Effect of protein incorporation on nanostructure of the bicontinuous microemulsion phase of Winsor-III systems: A small-angle neutron scattering study", Langmuir, 31, 6, 1901-1910 (2015).

He L., Do C., Qian S., Wignall G.D., Heller W.T., Littrell K.C., Smith G.S., "Corrections for the geometric distortion of the tube detectors on SANS instruments at ORNL", Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A, 775, 63-70 (2015).

He Z., Liu F., Wang C., Chen J., He L., Nordlund D., Wu H., Russell T.P., Cao Y., "Simultaneous spin-coating and solvent annealing: manipulating the active layer morphology to a power conversion efficiency of 9.6% in polymer solar cells", Materials Horizons, 2, 6, 592-597 (2015).

Imel A.E., "Polymer Additives Effects on Structure and Dynamics", Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Tennessee (2015).

Li B., Kim J., Kornfield J.A., "A Molecular Picture for the Thermo-Reversibility of Gels Formed by Isophthalic Acid-Ended Telechelic Polymers", MRS Proceedings, 1794, 9-14 (2015).

Lu J., "Mechanisms of Chain Exchange in Block Copolymer Micelles", Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities (2015).

Mahdavi M., Baniassadi M., Baghani M., Dadmun M., Tehrani M., "3D reconstruction of carbon nanotube networks from neutron scattering experiments", Nanotechnology, 26, 38, 385704 (2015).

Navarre-Sitchler A.K., Rother G., Kaszuba J., "Porosity in Reactive Geochemical Systems", Pore Scale Phenomena World Scientific (2015).

Pradhan S., "Correlating Morphology to Performance in Conjugated Polymer Nanocomposite Thin Film", Master's Thesis, University of Tennessee (2015).

Qin G., Glassman M.J., Lam C.N., Chang D., Schaible E., Hexemer A., Olsen B.D., "Topological effects on Globular Protein-ELP fusion block copolymer self-assembly", Advanced Functional Materials, 25, 5, 729-738 (2015).

Rai D.K., Beaucage G., Ratkanthwar K., Beaucage P., "Determination of the interaction parameter and topological scaling features of symmetric star polymers in dilute solution", Physical Review E, 92, 1, 012602 (2015).

Rosseel T.M., Sokolov M.A., Nanstad R.K., "Machining Test Specimens From Harvested Zion RPV Segments", ASME 2015 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference, (2015).

Sacci R.L., Banuelos J.L., Veith G.M., Littrell K.C., Cheng Y.Q., Wildgruber C., Jones L.L., Ramirez-Cuesta A.J., Rother G., Dudney N.J., "Structure of Spontaneously Formed Solid-Electrolyte Interphase on Lithiated Graphite Determined Using Small-Angle Neutron Scattering", Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 119, 18, 9816-9823 (2015).

Singh S., Cheng G., Sathitsuksanoh N., Wu D., Varanasi P., George A., Balan V., Gao X., Kumar R., Dale B.E., Wyman C.E., Simmons B., "Comparison of different biomass pretreatment techniques and their impact on chemistry and structure", Frontiers in Energy Research, 2, 62 (2015).

Smedley S.B., "Water hydrogen bonding in proton exchange and neutral polymer membranes", Ph.D. Dissertation, Pennsylvania State University (2015).

Sokolov M.A., Littrell K.C., Wells P., Cunningham N.J., "Report Detailing Comparative Analysis of Results from High Flux Isotope Reactor and National Institute of Standards and Technology Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Experiments", Oak Ridge National Laboratory ORNL/TM-2015/423 (2015).

Wei M.H., Li B., David R.L., Jones S.C., Sarohia V., Schmitigal J.A., Kornfield J.A., "Megasupramolecules for safer, cleaner fuel by end association of long telechelic polymers", Science, 350, 6256, 72-75 (2015).

Xu W., "Responsive Micro- and Nano-Structures Through Interfacial Assembly of Star Polymers", Ph.D. Dissertation, Georgia Institute of Technology (2015).

Xu W., Malak S., Plamper F.A., Synatschke C.V., Muller A., Heller W.T., Melnichenko Y.B., Tsukruk V.V., "Structural Study of Star Polyelectrolytes and Their Porous Multilayer Assembly in Solution", Physics of Liquid Matter: Modern Problems Springer (2015).

Yan Y., Qian S., Littrell K.C., Parish C.M., Plummer L.K., "Fast, Quantitative, and Nondestructive Evaluation of Hydrided LWR Fuel Cladding by Small Angle Incoherent Neutron Scattering of Hydrogen", Journal of Nuclear Materials, 460, 114-121 (2015).

Yiu Y., "Studies Of Strongly Correlated Electron Systems Using Neutron Scattering", Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Tennessee (2015).

Zhang R., Liu S., Bahadur J., Elsworth D., Melnichenko Y.B., He L., Wang Y., "Estimation and modeling of coal pore accessibility using small angle neutron scattering", Fuel, 161, 323-332 (2015).

Zhang Z.W., Yao L., Wang X.L., Miller M.K., "Vacancy-controlled ultrastable nanoclusters in nanostructured ferritic alloys", Scientific Reports, 5, 10600 (2015).

2014 36 Publications

Anovitz L.M., Cole D.R., Swift A., Sheets J.M., Elston H., Welch S., Chipera S.J., Littrell K.C., Mildner D.F., Washbrough M.J., "Multiscale (nano to mm) Porosity in the Eagle Ford Shale: Changes as a Function of Maturity", Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTeC), (2014).

Bahadur J., Melnichenko Y.B., Mastalerz M., Furmann A., Clarkson C.R., "Hierarchical Pore Morphology of Cretaceous Shale: A SANS and USANS Study", Energy & Fuels, 28, 10, 6336-6344 (2014).

Blumenthal D.K., Copps J., Smith-Nguyen E.V., Zhang P., Heller W.T., Taylor S.S., "The Roles of the RIIB Linker and N-terminal Cyclic Nucleotide-binding Domain in Determining the Unique Structures of the Type IIB Protein Kinase A", Journal of Biological Chemistry, 289, 41, 28505-28512 (2014).

Boukhalfa S., Gordon D., He L., Melnichenko Y.B., Nitta N., Magasinski A., Yushin G., "In-situ small angle neutron scattering revealing ion sorption in microporous carbon electrical double layer capacitors", ACS Nano, 8, 3, 2495-2503 (2014).

Chen H., Hsiao Y., Chen J., Hu B., Dadmun M., "Distinguishing the Importance of Fullerene Phase Separation from Polymer Ordering in the Performance of Low Band Gap Polymer:Bis-Fullerene Heterojunctions", Advanced Functional Materials, 24, 46, 7284-7290 (2014).

Chen H., Hsiao Y., Hu B., Dadmun M., "Control of Morphology and Function of Low Band Gap Polymer: Bis-Fullerene Mixed Heterojunctions in Organic Photovoltaics with Selective Solvent Vapor Annealing", Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2, 25, 9883 (2014).

Chen H., Hsiao Y., Hu B., Dadmun M., "Tuning the morphology and performance of low bandgap polymer: Fullerene heterojunctions via solvent annealing in selective solvents", Advanced Functional Materials, 24, 32, 5129-5136 (2014).

Chen H., Peet J., Hsiao Y., Hu B., Dadmun M., "The Impact of Fullerene Structure on its Miscibility with P3HT and its Correlation of Performance in Organic Photovoltaics", Chemistry of Materials, 26, 13, 3993-4003 (2014).

Chiang W.S., "Investigation of Microstructure of Disordered Colloidal Systems by Small-Angle Scattering", Ph.D. Dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2014).

Di Maio S., "Instrument unclear| Mechanistic Studies and Modeling of Effects of Ingested Lipids on Oral Drug Absorption", Ph.D. Dissertation, Northeastern University (2014).

Gao J., "Optimizing Morphology of Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells", Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California Los Angeles (2014).

Gao J., Chen W., Dou L., Chen C.C., Chang W.H., Liu Y., Li G., Yang Y., "Elucidating double aggregation mechanisms in the morphology optimization of diketopyrrolopyrrole-based narrow bandgap polymer solar cells", Advanced Materials, 26, 19, 3142-3147 (2014).

He L., Melnichenko Y.B., Gallego N., Contescu C.I., Guo J., Bahadur J., "Investigation of morphology and hydrogen adsorption capacity of disordered carbons", Carbon, 80, 82-90 (2014).

Holley D.W., Ruppel M., Mays J.W., Urban V.S., Baskaran D., "Polystyrene nanoparticles with tunable interfaces and softness", Polymer, 55, 1, 58-65 (2014).

Jamieson S.A., Tong K.W., Hamilton W.A., He L., James M., Thordarson P., "Small Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS) Studies on the Structural Evolution of Pyromellitamide Self-assembled Gels", Langmuir, 30, 46, 13987-13993 (2014).

Kamath Y., Murthy S., Ramaprasad R., "Preliminary analysis of the distribution of water in human hair by small-angle neutron scattering", Journal of Cosmetic Science, 65, 1, 37-48 (2014).

Kelley E.G., "Synthesis, Solution Assembly, and Characterization of Amphiphilic Block Polymers", Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Delaware (2014).

Kelley E.G., Murphy R.P., Seppala J.E., Smart T.P., Hann S.D., Sullivan M.O., Epps T.H., "Size Evolution of Highly Amphiphilic Macromolecular Solution Assemblies via a Distinct Bimodal Pathway", Nature Communications, 5, 3599 (2014).

Kudina O., "Responsive polymer-based colloids for drug delivery and bioconversion", Ph.D. Dissertation, North Dakota State University (2014).

Langan P., Petridis L., O'Neill H.M., Pingali S.V., Foston M., Nishiyama Y., Schulz R., Lindner B., Hanson B.L., Harton S., Heller W.T., Urban V.S., Evans B.R., Gnanakaran S., Ragauskas A., Smith J.C., Davison B., "Common processes drive the thermochemical pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass", Green Chemistry, 16, 63-68 (2014).

Melnichenko Y.B., Lavrik N., Popov E., Bahadur J., He L., Kravchenko I.I., Smith G.S., Pipich V., Szekely N.K., "Cavitation on deterministically nanostructured surfaces in contact with an aqueous phase: A small-angle neutron scattering study", Langmuir, 30, 33, 9985-9990 (2014).

Mengyan P.W., "Magnetism in Mn-doped chalcopyrites", Ph.D. Dissertation, Texas Tech University (2014).

Morisaki-Ishii R., Kawano-Furukawa H., Cameron A.S., Lemberger L., Blackburn E., Holmes A.T., Forgan E.M., Debeer-Schmitt L.M., Littrell K.C., Nakajima M., Kihou K., Lee C.H., Iyo A., Eisaki H., Uchida S., White J.S., Dewhurst C.D., Gavilano J.L., Zollik, "Vortex lattice structure in BaFe2(As0.67P0.33)2 via small-angle neutron scattering", Physical Review B, 90, 125116 (2014).

Newbloom G.M., "Engineering the Multi-Length Scale Structure of Self-Assembled Conjugated Polymer Networks", Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Washington (2014).

Nishiyama Y., Langan P., O'Neill H.M., Pingali S.V., Harton S., "Structural coarsening of aspen wood by hydrothermal pretreatment monitored by small- and wide-angle scattering of X-rays and neutrons on oriented specimens", Cellulose, 21, 2, 1015-1021 (2014).

Pingali S.V., O'Neill H.M., Nishiyama Y., He L., Melnichenko Y.B., Urban V.S., Petridis L., Davison B., Langan P., "Morphological changes in the cellulose and lignin components of biomass occur at different stages during steam pretreatment", Cellulose, 21, 873-878, 2 (2014).

Pirogovsky P., "Intramolecular conflict: conformation and self-assembly of architecturally complex macromolecules in solution", Ph.D. Dissertation, California Institute of Technology (2014).

Ruppert L.F., Sakurovs R., Blach T.P., Melnichenko Y.B., "When using small samples to evaluate hydrocarbon reservoirs, proceed with caution", 31st Annual Meeting of the Society for Organic Petrology, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 134-135, (2014).

Sakurovos R., He L., Melnichenko Y.B., Blach T.P., Ruppert L.F., MacPhee A., "Gas penetration into fine pores of coals: Comparing Sydney Basin and North American coals", 22nd Australian Geological Convention and 39th Symposium on the Advances in the Study of the Sydney Basin, Newcastle, NSW, Australia, 119, (2014).

Shao M., Keum J.K., Kumar R., Chen J., Browning J.F., Das S., Chen W.R., Hou J., Do C., Littrell K.C., Rondinone A.J., Geohegan D.B., Sumpter B.G., Xiao K., "Understanding How Processing Additives Tune the Nanoscale Morphology of High Efficiency Organic Photovoltaic Blends: From Casting Solution to Spun-Cast Thin Film", Advanced Functional Materials, 24, 42, 6647-6657 (2014).

Singh A.K., "Densification behavior, nanocrystallization, and mechanical properties of spark plasma sintered fe-based bulk amorphous alloys", Ph.D. Dissertation, Oklahoma State University (2014).

Sokolov M.A., Nanstad R.K., Miller M.K., Littrell K.C., Odette G.R., Wells P., Sprouster D.J., Ecker L.E., "Comprehensive and Comparative Analysis of Atom Probe, Small-Angle Neutron Scattering, and Other Microstructural Experiments on Available High Fluence Reactor Pressure Vessel Steels", Oak Ridge National Laboratory ORNL/TM-2014/241 (2014).

Stack A.G., Fernandez-Martinez A., Allard L.F., Banuelos J.L., Rother G., Anovitz L.M., Cole D.R., Waychunas G.A., "Pore-Size-Dependent Calcium Carbonate Precipitation Controlled by Surface Chemistry", Environmental Science & Technology, 48, 6177-6183 (2014).

Whelchel R.L., Gerhardt R.A., Littrell K.C., "In-situ Small Angle Neutron Scattering and Ex-situ Electrical Resistivity to Nondestructively Monitor Aging of a Nickel-based Superalloy", Materials Evaluation , 72, 10, 1287 (2014).

Xu W., Choi I., Plamper F.A., Synatschke C.V., Muller A., Melnichenko Y.B., Tsukruk V.V., "Thermo-induced limited aggregation of responsive star polyelectrolytes", Macromolecules, 47, 6, 2112-2121 (2014).

Yan Y., Qian S., Littrell K.C., Parish C.M., Bell G.L., Plummer L.K., "Nondestructive Evaluation on Hydrided LWR Fuel Cladding by Small Angle Incoherent Neutron Scattering of Hydrogen", MRS Proceedings, 1653, (2014).

2013 27 Publications

Anovitz L.M., Cole D.R., Rother G., Allard L.F., Jackson A.J., Littrell K.C., "Diagenetic changes in macro- to nano-scale porosity in the St. Peter sandstone: an (ultra) small angle neutron scattering and backscattered electron imaging analysis", Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 102, 280-305 (2013).

Black S.B., Chang Y., Bae C., Hickner M.A., "FTIR characterization of water-polymer interactions in superacid polymers", Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 117, 50, 16266-16274 (2013).

Boukhalfa S., He L., Melnichenko Y.B., Yushin G., "Small-angle neutron scattering for in situ probing of ion adsorption inside micropores", Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 52, 17, 4618-4622 (2013).

Chen H., Chen J., Yin W., Yu X., Shao M., Xiao K., Hong K., Pickel D.L., Kochemba W.M., Kilbey II S.M., Dadmun M., "Correlation of polymeric compatibilizer structure to its impact on the morphology and function of P3HT:PCBM bulk heterojunctions", Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 1, 5309-5319 (2013).

Clarkson C.R., Solano N., Bustin R.M., Bustin A.M., Chalmers G.R., He L., Melnichenko Y.B., Radlinski A.P., Blach T.P., "Pore structure characterization of North American shale gas reservoirs using USANS/SANS, gas adsorption, and mercury intrusion", Fuel, 103, 606-613 (2013).

Crawford M.K., Smalley R.J., Cohen G., Hogan B., Wood B., Kumar S.K., Melnichenko Y.B., He L., Guise W.E., Hammouda B., "Chain conformation in polymer nanocomposites with uniformly dispersed nanoparticles", Physical Review Letters, 110, 196001 (2013).

Disabb-Miller M., "Morphology and Transport in Ionic Membranes", Ph.D. Dissertation, Pennsylvania State University (2013).

Geise G.M., Hickner M.A., Logan B.E., "Ammonium bicarbonate transport in anion exchange membranes for salinity gradient energy", ACS Macro Letters, 2, 814-817 (2013).

Ghimire N.J., "Complex magnetism in noncentrosymmetric magnets", Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Tennessee (2013).

Gu Y., "Block copolymer Ion gels for CO2 Separations", Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities (2013).

Habersberger B.M., "Phase behavior of ternary polymer blends: asymmetry, segregated strength and coexisting phases", Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities (2013).

Heuser B.J., Trinkle D.R., Yang T.N., He L., "Hydrogen trapping at dislocation cores at room temperature in deformed Pd", Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 577, 189-191 (2013).

Hoarfrost M.L., He Y., Lodge T.P., "Lower critical solution temperature phase behavior of poly(n-butyl methacrylate) in ionic liquid mixtures", Macromolecules, 46, 23, 9464-9472 (2013).

Hoepfner M.P., Favero C.V., Haji-Akbari N., Fogler H.S., "The fractal aggregation of asphaltenes", Langmuir, 29, 28, 8799-8808 (2013).

Kawano-Furukawa H., Debeer-Schmitt L.M., Kikuchi H., Cameron A.S., Holmes A.T., Heslop R.W., Forgan E.M., White J.S., Kihou K., Lee C.H., Iyo A., Eisaki H., Saito T., Fukazawa H., Kohori Y., Gavilano J.L., "Probing the anisotropic vortex lattice in the Fe-based superconductor KFe2As2 using small-angle neutron scattering", Physical Review B, 88, 134524 (2013).

Keum J.K., Xiao K., Ivanov I., Hong K., Browning J.F., Smith G.S., Shao M., Littrell K.C., Rondinone A.J., Payzant E.A., Chen J., Hensley D.K., "Solvent quality-induced nucleation and growth of parallelepiped nanorods in dilute poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) solution and the impact on the crystalline morphology of solution-cast thin film", CrystEngComm, 15, 1114-1124 (2013).

Kim J.M., Fang J., Eberle A.P., Castaneda-Priego R., Wagner N.J., "Gel transition in adhesive hard-sphere colloidal dispersions: the role of gravitational effects", Physical Review Letters, 110, 208302 (2013).

Lott J.R., McAllister J.W., Arvidson S.A., Bates F.S., Lodge T.P., "Fibrillar structure of methylcellulose hydrogels", Biomacromolecules, 14, 8, 2484-2488 (2013).

Lott J.R., McAllister J.W., Wasbrough M., Sammler R.L., Bates F.S., Lodge T.P., "Fibrillar structure in aqueous methylcellulose solutions and gels", Macromolecules, 46, 24, 9760-9771 (2013).

Lu J., Bates F.S., Lodge T.P., "Chain exchange in binary copolymer micelles at equilibrium: confirmation of the independent chain hypothesis", ACS Macro Letters, 2, 451 (2013).

Mahabir S., Small D., Li M., Wan W., Kucerka N., Littrell K.C., Katsaras J., Nieh M.P., "Growth kinetics of lipid-based nanodiscs to unilamellar vesicles - a time-resolved small angle neutron scattering (SANS) study", Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes, 1828, 3, 1025-1035 (2013).

Morris J.R., Contescu C.I., Chisholm M.F., Cooper V.R., Guo J., He L., Ihm Y., Mamontov E., Melnichenko Y.B., Olsen R.J., Pennycook S.J., Stone M.B., Zhang H., Gallego N., "Modern approaches to studying gas adsorption in nanoporous carbons", Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 1, 9341-9350 (2013).

Rastovski C., Schlesinger K.J., Gannon W.J., Dewhurst C.D., Debeer-Schmitt L.M., Zhigadlo N.D., Karpinski J., Eskildsen M.R., "Persistence of metastable vortex lattice domains in MgB2 in the presence of vortex motion", Physical Review Letters, 111, 10, 107002 (2013).

Ruppert L.F., Sakurovs R., Blach T.P., He L., Melnichenko Y.B., Mildner D.F., Alcantar-Lopez L., "A USANS/SANS study of the accessibility of pores in the Barnett shale to methane and water", Energy & Fuels, 27, 772-779, 2 (2013).

Venkataraman S., Lee A.L., Maune H.T., Hedrick J.L., Prabhu V.M., Yang Y., "Formation of disk- and stacked-disk-like self-assembled morphologies from cholesterol-functionalized amphiphilic polycarbonate diblock copolymers", Macromolecules, 46, 12, 4839-4846 (2013).

Wu B., "Charge-dependent conformations and dynamics of pamam dendrimers revealed by neutron scattering and molecular dynamics", Ph.D. Dissertation, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2013).

Young K.L., "Synthesis of Plasmonic Nanoparticle Superlattices Using DNA-Mediated Assembly and Directional Entropic Forces", Ph.D. Dissertation, Northwestern University (2013).

2012 37 Publications

Berry K.D., Bailey K.M., Beal J., Diawara Y., Funk L.L., Hicks J.S., Jones A.B., Littrell K.C., Pingali S.V., Summers P.R., Urban V.S., Vandergriff D.H., Johnson N.H., Bradley B.J., "Characterization of the neutron detector upgrade to the GP-SANS and Bio-SANS instruments at HFIR", Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A, 693, 179-185 (2012).

Buyukozturk F., "Mechanistic studies and modeling of self-emulsifying drug delivery systems for the oral delivery of hydrophobic drugs", Ph.D. Dissertation, Northeastern University (2012).

Chathoth S.M., He L., Mamontov E., Melnichenko Y.B., "Effect of carbon dioxide and nitrogen on the diffusivity of methane confined in nano-porous carbon aerogel", Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 148, 1, 101-106 (2012).

Chen H., Hu S., Zang H., Hu B., Dadmun M., "Precise structural development and its correlation to function in conjugated polymer: fullerene thin films by controlled solvent annealing", Advanced Functional Materials, 23, 13, 1701-1710 (2012).

Cheng G., Kent M.S., He L., Varanasi P., Arora R., Deng K., Hong K., Melnichenko Y.B., Simmons B., Singh S., Dibble D.C., "Effect of ionic liquid treatment on the structures of lignins in solutions: molecular subunits released from lignin", Langmuir, 28, 32, 11850-11857 (2012).

Clarkson C.R., Freeman M., He L., Agamalian M., Melnichenko Y.B., Mastalerz M., Bustin R.M., Radlinski A.P., Blach T.P., "Characterization of tight gas reservoir pore structure using USANS/SANS and gas adsorption analysis", Fuel, 95, 371-385 (2012).

Clarkson C.R., Jensen J.L., Chipperfield S., "Unconventional gas reservoir evaluation: what do we have to consider?", Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 8, 9-33 (2012).

Das P., Densmore J.M., Rastovski C., Schlesinger K.J., Laver M., Dewhurst C.D., Littrell K.C., Bud'ko S.L., Canfield P.C., Eskildsen M.R., "Field dependence of the superconducting basal plane anisotropy of TmNi2B2C", Physical Review B, 86, 144501 (2012).

Das P., Rastovski C., O'Brien T.R., Schlesinger K.J., Dewhurst C.D., Debeer-Schmitt L.M., Zhigadlo N.D., Karpinski J., Eskildsen M.R., "Observation of well-ordered metastable vortex lattice phases in superconducting MgB2 using small-angle neutron scattering", Physical Review Letters, 108, 167001 (2012).

de Kruif C.G., Huppertz T., Urban V.S., Petukhov A.V., "Casein micelles and their internal structure", Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 171-172, -, 36-52 (2012).

Grimes T.S., Jensen M.P., Debeer-Schmitt L.M., Littrell K.C., Nash K.L., "Small angle neutron scattering study of organic phase aggregation in the TALSPEAK process", Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 116, 46, 13722-13730 (2012).

Habersberger B.M., Lodge T.P., Bates F.S., "Solvent selective hydrogen-deuterium exchange on saturated polyolefins", Macromolecules, 45, 19, 7778-7782 (2012).

He L., Chathoth S.M., Melnichenko Y.B., Presser V., McDonough J.K., Gogotsi Y., "Small-angle neutron scattering characterization of the structure of nanoporous carbons for energy-related applications", Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 149, 1, 46-54 (2012).

He L., Cheng G., Melnichenko Y.B., "Partial collapse and reswelling of a polymer in the critical demixing region of good solvents", Physical Review Letters, 109, 067801 (2012).

He L., Melnichenko Y.B., Mastalerz M., Sakurovs R., Radlinski A.P., Blach T.P., "Pore accessibility by methane and carbon dioxide in coal as determined by neutron scattering", Energy & Fuels, 26, 3, 1975-1983 (2012).

Hoarfrost M.L., "Ion transport in nanostructured block copolymer/ionic liquid membranes", Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California Berkeley, Nuclear Engineering Department (2012).

Khan I.J., Murthy S., Kohn J., "Hydration-induced phase separation in amphiphilic polymer matrices and its influence on voclosporin release", Journal of Functional Biomaterials, 3, 745-759 (2012).

Lei Y., "Supramolecular polymeric networks via hydrogen bonding in ionic liquids", Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities (2012).

Lu J., Choi S., Bates F.S., Lodge T.P., "Molecular exchange in diblock copolymer micelles: bimodal distribution in core-block molecular weights", ACS Macro Letters, 1, 982-985 (2012).

Mastalerz M., He L., Melnichenko Y.B., Rupp J.A., "Porosity of coal and shale: insights from gas adsorption and SANS/USANS techniques", Energy & Fuels, 26, 8, 5109-5120 (2012).

Melnichenko Y.B., Ciccariello S., "Small-angle neutron scattering study of deuterated propane adsorption in silica aerogel", Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 116, 46, 24661-24671 (2012).

Melnichenko Y.B., He L., Sakurovs R., Kholodenko A.L., Blach T.P., Mastalerz M., Radlinski A.P., Cheng G., Mildner D.F., "Accessibility of pores in coal to methane and carbon dioxide", Fuel, 91, 1, 200-208 (2012).

Newbloom G.M., Weigandt K.M., Pozzo D.C., "Structure and property development of poly(3-hexylthiophene) organogels probed with combined rheology, conductivity and small angle neutron scattering", Soft Matter, 8, 8854-8864 (2012).

Pollock R.A., "Neutron scattering studies of structure, hydrothermal stability and transport in porous silica catalyst supports", Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Maine (2012).

Pollock R.A., Gor G.Y., Walsh B.R., Fry J., Ghampson I.T., Melnichenko Y.B., Kaiser H., DeSisto W.J., Wheeler M.C., Frederick B.G., "The role of liquid vs. vapor water in the hydrothermal degradation of SBA-15", Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 116, 43, 22802-22814 (2012).

Prisk T.R., Pantalei C., Kaiser H., Sokol P.E., "Confinement-driven phase separation of quantum liquid mixtures", Physical Review Letters, 109, 075301 (2012).

Ramachandran R., "Quantification of structural topology in branched polymers", Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Cincinnati (2012).

Ramachandran R., Beaucage G., Rai D.K., Lohse D.J., Sun T., Tsou A.H., Norman A., Hadjichristidis N., "Quantification of branching in model three-arm star polyethylene", Macromolecules, 45, 2, 1056-1061 (2012).

Ratnaweera D.R., Shrestha U.R., Osti N.C., Kuo C.M., Clarson S., Littrell K.C., Perahia D., "Self-assembly of a semi-fluorinated diblock copolymer in a selective solvent", Soft Matter, 8, 2176-2184 (2012).

Rother G., Keiser J., Brady M.P., Unocic K.A., Anovitz L.M., Littrell K.C., Peascoe R.A., Santella M., Wesolowski D.J., Cole D.R., "Small-angle neutron scattering study of the wet and dry high-temperatureoxidation of alumina- and chromia-forming stainless steels", Corrosion Science, 58, 121-132 (2012).

Sakurovs R., He L., Melnichenko Y.B., Radlinski A.P., Blach T.P., Lemmel H., Mildner D.F., "Pore size distribution and accessible pore size distribution in bituminous coals", International Journal of Coal Geology, 100, 51-64 (2012).

Valenzuela L.M., Zhang G., Flach C., Murthy S., Mendelsohn R., Michniak-Kohn B., Kohn J., "Multiscale analysis of water uptake and erosion in biodegradable polyarylates", Polymer Degradation and Stability, 97, 3, 410-420 (2012).

Von White G., Chen Y., Roder-Hanna J., Bothun G.D., Kitchens C.L., "Structural and thermal analysis of lipid vesicles encapsulating hydrophobic gold nanoparticles", ACS Nano, 6, 6, 4678-4685 (2012).

Whelchel R.L., Gerhardt R.A., Littrell K.C., "Modeling the electrical response of Waspaloy due to the nucleation, growth, and coarsening of y'", Materials Science Forum, 706-708, 2406-2411 (2012).

Wignall G.D., Littrell K.C., Heller W.T., Melnichenko Y.B., Bailey K.M., Lynn G.W., Myles D.A., Urban V.S., Buchanan M.V., Selby D.L., Butler P.D., "The 40 m general purpose small-angle neutron scattering instrument at Oak Ridge National Laboratory", Journal of Applied Crystallography, 45, 990-998 (2012).

Young K.L., Jones M.R., Zhang J., Macfarlane R.J., Esquivel-Sirvent R., Nap R.J., Wu J., Schatz G.C., Lee B., Mirkin C.A., "Assembly of reconfigurable one-dimensional colloidal superlattices due to a synergy of fundamental nanoscale forces", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 109, 7, 2240-2245 (2012).

Zhang H., He L., Melnichenko Y.B., Contescu C.I., Gallego N., "Monitoring phase behavior of hydrogen confined in carbon nanopores by in-situ Small Angle Neutron Scattering technique", MRS Proceedings, 1440, 1284 (2012).

2011 25 Publications

Chen D., "Organic photovoltaics based on P3HT/PCBM: correlating efficiency and morphology", Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Massachusetts Amherst (2011).

Chen D., Liu F., Wang C., Nakahara A., Russell T.P., "Bulk heterojunction photovoltaic active layers via bilayer interdiffusion", Nano Letters, 11, 5, 2071-2078 (2011).

Chen D., Nakahara A., Wei D., Nordlund D., Russell T.P., "P3HT/PCBM bulk heterojunction organic photovoltaics: correlating efficiency and morphology", Nano Letters, 11, 2, 561-567 (2011).

Chen W., Wang J., Zhao W., Li L., Wei X., Balazs A.C., Matyjaszewski K., Russell T.P., "Photocontrol over the Disorder-to-Order Transition (DOT) in thin films of polystyrene-block-poly(methyl methacrylate) block copolymers containing photodimerizable anthracene functionality", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 133, 43, 17217-17224 (2011).

Cheng G., Varanasi P., Li C., Liu H., Melnichenko Y.B., Simmons B., Kent M.S., Singh S., "Transition of cellulose crystalline structure and surface morphology of biomass as a function of ionic liquid pretreatment and its relation to enzymatic hydrolysis", Biomacromolecules, 12, 933-941 (2011).

Ciccariello S., Melnichenko Y.B., He L., "Supercritical carbon dioxide behavior in porous silica aerogel", Journal of Applied Crystallography, 44, 43-51 (2011).

Ciccariello S., Melnichenko Y.B., He L., "Supercritical carbon dioxide behaviour in porous silica aerogel. Erratum", Journal of Applied Crystallography, 44, 1137 (2011).

Ciccariello S., Melnichenko Y.B., He L., "Phase behavior of carbon dioxide confined in silica aerogel in the vicinity of bulk critical point", Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 115, 45, 22336-22346 (2011).

Eskildsen M.R., Forgan E.M., Kawano-Furukawa H., "Vortex structures, penetration depth and pairing in iron-based superconductors studied by small-angle neutron scattering", Reports on Progress in Physics, 74, 124504 (2011).

Gallego N., He L., Saha D., Contescu C.I., Melnichenko Y.B., "Hydrogen confinement in carbon nanopores: extreme densification at ambient temperature", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 133, 35, 13794-13797 (2011).

Grimes T.S., "Coordination chemistry of f-elements in the TALSPEAK process", Ph.D. Dissertation, Washington State University (2011).

Heuser B.J., Ju H., "Small-angle neutron scattering measurements of hydrogen and deuterium trapping at dislocations in deformed single-crystalline Pd at low temperature", Physical Review B, 83, 94103 (2011).

Li C., Cheng G., Balan V., Kent M.S., Ong M., Chundawat S.P., daCosta Sousa L., Melnichenko Y.B., Dale B.E., Simmons B., Singh S., "Influence of physico-chemical changes on enzymatic digestibility of ionic liquid and AFEX pretreated corn stover", Bioresource Technology, 102, 13, 6928-6936 (2011).

Liu D., Hong K., Gao C.Y., Melnichenko Y.B., Littrell K.C., Smith G.S., Zhao J.K., "First data acquired on the extended Q-range small-angle neutron scattering (EQ-SANS) diffractometer at the Spallation Neutron Source", Journal of Applied Crystallography, 44, 1120-1122 (2011).

Lu H., Akgun B., Russell T.P., "Morphological characterization of a low-bandgap crystalline polymer: PCBM bulk heterojunction solar cells", Advanced Energy Materials, 1, 5, 870-878 (2011).

Mouzakis K.M., "Porosity and pore networks of caprocks: a nanoscale experimental approach investigating the gothic shale and marine Tuscaloosa shale - implications to carbon sequestration", Master's Thesis, Colorado School of Mines (2011).

Newbloom G.M., Kim F.S., Jenekhe S.A., Pozzo D.C., "Mesoscale morphology and charge transport in colloidal networks of poly(3-hexylthiophene)", Macromolecules, 44, 10, 3801-3809 (2011).

Nieh M.P., Dolinar P., Kucerka N., Kline S.R., Debeer-Schmitt L.M., Littrell K.C., Katsaras J., "The formation of kinetically-trapped nanoscopic unilamellar vesicles from metastable nanodiscs", Langmuir, 27, 23, 14308-14316 (2011).

Pollock R.A., Walsh B.R., Fry J., Ghampson I.T., Melnichenko Y.B., Kaiser H., Pynn R., DeSisto W.J., Wheeler M.C., Frederick B.G., "Size and spatial distribution of micropores in SBA-15 using CM-SANS", Chemistry of Materials, 23, 17, 3828-3840 (2011).

Ramachandran R., Beaucage G., McFaddin D., Merrick-Mack J., Galiatsatos V., Mirabella F., "Branch length distribution in TREF fractionated polyethylene", Polymer, 52, 12, 2661-2666 (2011).

Reindl W., Deng K., Gladden J.M., Cheng G., Wong A., Singer S.W., Singh S., Lee J.C., Yao C.H., Hazen T.C., Singh A.K., Simmons B., Adams P.D., Northen T.R., "Colloid-based multiplexed screening for plant biomass-degrading glycoside hydrolase activities in microbial communities", Energy & Environmental Science, 4, 2884-2893 (2011).

Sadakane K., Iguchi N., Nagao M., Endo H., Melnichenko Y.B., Seto H., "2D-Ising-like critical behavior in mixtures of water and 3-methylpyridine including antagonistic salt or ionic surfactant", Soft Matter, 7, 1334-1340 (2011).

Whelchel R.L., "Characterization of nickel-based superalloy through electrical resistivity-microstructure relationships facilitated by small angle scattering", Master's Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology (2011).

Yin W., Dadmun M., "A new model for the morphology of P3HT/PCBM organic photovoltaics from small angle neutron scattering: rivers and streams", ACS Nano, 5, 6, 4756-4768 (2011).

Zhang Z.W., Liu C.T., Wang X.L., Littrell K.C., Miller M.K., An K., Chin B.A., "From embryos to precipitates: a study of nucleation and growth in a multicomponent ferritic steel", Physical Review B, 84, 174114 (2011).

2010 19 Publications

Cetinkol O., Dibble D.C., Cheng G., Kent M.S., Knierim B., Auer M., Wemmer D.E., Pelton J.G., Melnichenko Y.B., Ralph J., Simmons B., Holes B.M., "Understanding the impact of ionic liquid pretreatment on eucalyptus", Biofuels, 1, 33-46 (2010).

Chathoth S.M., Mamontov E., Melnichenko Y.B., Zamponi M., "Diffusion and adsorption of methane confined in nano-porous carbon aerogel: a combined quasi-elastic and small-angle neutron scattering study", Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 132, 1, 148-153 (2010).

Chen W., "Photocontrol over the ordering transitions in block copolymer thin films", Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Massachusetts Amherst (2010).

Ju H., "Interaction of trapped hydrogen with dislocations at low-temperature in deformed Pd", Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2010).

Kawano-Furukawa H., Ishida Y., Yano F., Nagatomo R., Noda A., Nagata T., Ohira-Kawamura S., Kobayashi C., Yoshizawa H., Littrell K.C., Winn B.L., Furukawa N., Takeya H., "Creation of vortices by ferromagnetic order in ErNi2B2C", Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications, 470, Supplement 1, S716-S718 (2010).

Kemsley J.N., "Making use of neutrons: subatomic particles provide new ways to study structure, dynamics of materials", Chemical & Engineering News, 88, 8, 36-39 (2010).

Li X., Hong K., Liu Y., Shew C.Y., Liu E., Herwig K.W., Smith G.S., Zhao J., Zhang G., Pispas S., Chen W.R., "Water distributions in polystyrene-block-poly[styrene-g-poly(ethylene oxide)] block grafted copolymer system in aqueous solutions revealed by contrast variation small angle neutron scattering study", Journal of Chemical Physics, 133, 144912 (2010).

Linton D., "The importance of chain connectivity in the formation of non-covalent interactions between polymers and single-walled carbon nanotubes and its impact on dispersion", Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Tennessee (2010).

Liu Y., Chen C., Chen H., Hong K., Shew C.Y., Li X., Liu L., Melnichenko Y.B., Smith G.S., Herwig K.W., Porcar L., Chen W.R., "Electrostatic swelling and conformational variation observed in high-generation polyelectrolyte dendrimers", Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 1, 2020-2024 (2010).

Melnichenko Y.B., Mayama H., Cheng G., Blach T.P., "Monitoring phase behavior of sub- and supercritical CO2 confined in porous fractal silica with 85% porosity", Langmuir, 26, 9, 6374-6379 (2010).

Mo Y., Heller W.T., "SANS with contrast variation study of the bacteriorhodopsin-octyl glucoside complex", Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 251, 12042 (2010).

Song A., "Ring opening metathesis polymerization of 1-substituted cyclobutene and its application to antimicrobials: from homopolymers to alternating coploymers", Ph.D. Dissertation, State University of New York at Stony Brook (2010).

Tsao C.S., Li M., Zhang Y., Leao J.B., Chiang W.S., Chung T.Y., Tzeng Y.R., Yu M.S., Chen S.H., "Probing the room temperature spatial distribution of hydrogen in nanoporous carbon by use of small-angle neutron scattering", Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 114, 47, 19895-19900 (2010).

Virgilia J.M., Hoarfrost M.L., Segalman R.A., "Effects of an ionic liquid solvent on the phase behavior of block copolymers", Macromolecules, 43, 12, 5417-5423 (2010).

Virgilia J.M., Nedoma A.J., Segalman R.A., Balsara N.P., "Ionic liquid distribution in ordered block copolymer solutions", Macromolecules, 43, 8, 3750-3756 (2010).

Von White G., "Synthesis, stabilization, and characterization of metal nanoparticles", Ph.D. Dissertation, Clemson University (2010).

Von White G., Kitchens C.L., "Small-angle neutron scattering of silver nanoparticles in gas-expanded hexane", Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 114, 39, 16285-16291 (2010).

Whelchel R.L., Kelekanjeri V.S., Gerhardt R.A., Ilavsky J., Littrell K.C., "Correlating small angle scattering spectra to electrical resistivity changes in a nickel-based superalloy", 1262, 1262-W10-05 MRS Proceedings, (2010).

Zhang Y., "Neutron scattering investigations on the unusual phase behavior of water", Ph.D. Dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2010).

2009 11 Publications

Cheng G., Graessley W.W., Melnichenko Y.B., "Polymer dimensions in good solvents: crossover from semidilute to concentrated solutions", Physical Review Letters, 102, 15, 157801 (2009).

Densmore J.M., "A model free real space reconstruction of the magnetic field due to the vortex lattice", Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Notre Dame (2009).

Khan I.J., "The utility of L-tyrosine based polycarbonate copolymers containing poly(ethylene glycol) as a degradable carrier for the release of a hydrophobic peptide molecule", Ph.D. Dissertation, Rutgers University (2009).

Littrell K.C., Gerhadt R., Whelchel R.L., "SANS studies of nickel-based superalloys", XIV International Conference on Small-Angle Scattering, (2009).

Luo G., Zhang Q., Del Castillo A.R., Urban V.S., O'Neill H.M., "Characterization of sol-gel-encapsulated proteins using small-angle neutron scattering", ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 1, 10, 2262- 2268 (2009).

Melnichenko Y.B., Radlinski A.P., Mastalerz M., Cheng G., Rupp J.A., "Characterization of the CO2 fluid adsorption in coal as a function of pressure using neutron scattering techniques (SANS and USANS)", International Journal of Coal Geology, 77, 69-79 (2009).

Melnichenko Y.B., Wignall G.D., "Density and volume fraction of supercritical CO2 in pores of native and oxidized aerogels", International Journal of Thermophysics, 30, 5, 1578-1590 (2009).

Radlinski A.P., Busbridge T.L., Gray E.M., Blach T.P., Cheng G., Melnichenko Y.B., Cookson D.J., Mastalerz M., Esterle J., "Dynamic micromapping of CO2 sorption in coal", Langmuir, 25, 2385-2389 (2009).

Sakurovs R., Radlinski A.P., Melnichenko Y.B., Blach T.P., Cheng G., Lemmel H., Rauch H., "Stability of the bituminous coal microstructure upon exposure to high pressures of helium", Energy & Fuels, 23, 10, 5022–5026 (2009).

Virgilia J.M., "Studies of block copolymer thin flilms and mixtures with an ionic liquid", Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California Berkeley, Nuclear Engineering Department (2009).

Zhang Y., Liu K.H., Lagi M., Liu D., Littrell K.C., Mou C.Y., Chen S.H., "Absence of the density minimum of supercooled water in hydrophobic confinement", Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 113, 5007-5010 (2009).

2008 3 Publications

Cheng G., Melnichenko Y.B., Wignall G.D., Hua F., Hong K., Mays J.W., "Small angle neutron scattering study of conformation of oligo(ethylene glycol)-grafted polystyrene in dilute solutions: effect of the backbone length", Macromolecules, 41, 24, 9831-9836 (2008).

Hinerman J.M., "The study of protein-protein interactions involved in lagging strand DNA replication and repair", Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Toledo (2008).

Pynn R., Fitzsimmons M.R., Lee W.T., Shah V.R., Washington A.L., Stonaha P., Littrell K.C., "Spin echo scattering angle measurement at a pulsed neutron source", Journal of Applied Crystallography, 41, 897-905 (2008).

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