Kevin S Silmore

Electrode-polymer interfaces dictate many of the properties of thin films such as capacitance, the electric field experienced by polymers, and charge transport. However, structure and dynamics of charged polymers near...

Decoding wound signalling in plants is critical for understanding various aspects of plant sciences, from pest resistance to secondary metabolite and phytohormone biosynthesis. The plant defence responses are known to...

The yet virtually unexplored class of soft colloidal rods with a small aspect ratio is investigated and shown to exhibit a very rich phase and dynamic behavior, spanning from liquid...

The corona phase-the adsorbed layer of polymer, surfactant, or stabilizer molecules around a nanoparticle-is typically utilized to disperse nanoparticles into a solution or solid phase. However, this phase also controls...

Colloidal dispersions of nanomaterials are often polydisperse in size, significantly complicating their characterization. This is particularly true for materials early in their historical development due to synthetic control, dispersion efficiency,...

The rapid and efficient characterization of polydisperse nanoparticle dispersions remains a challenge within nanotechnology and biopharmaceuticals. Current methods for particle sizing, such as dynamic light scattering, analytical ultracentrifugation, and field-flow...

The presence of extended defects or nanopores in two-dimensional (2D) materials can change the electronic, magnetic and barrier membrane properties of the materials. However, the large number of possible lattice...

Lignin is an abundant biopolymer that has native interfacial functions but aggregates strongly in aqueous media. Polyacrylamide was grafted onto kraft lignin nanoparticles using reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) chemistry...