Richard J Spontak
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Recent Articles
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Sasmal S, Chen L, Sarma P, Vulpin O, Simons C, Wells K, et al.
Nat Mater
. 2024 Jul;
23(10):1421-1427.
PMID: 38951650
The voltage penalty driving water dissociation (WD) at high current density is a major obstacle in the commercialization of bipolar membrane (BPM) technology for energy devices. Here we show that...
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Hames N, Balsbough D, Yan J, Wu S, Zuo X, Spontak R
Mater Horiz
. 2023 Aug;
10(11):4968-4975.
PMID: 37622215
Thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs), a commercially important category of triblock copolymers, are employed alone or upon physical modification with a midblock-selective oil (to form TPE gels, TPEGs) in a broad range...
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Wells K, Ciftci Y, Peddinti B, Ghiladi R, Vediyappan G, Spontak R, et al.
J Colloid Interface Sci
. 2023 Aug;
652(Pt A):718-726.
PMID: 37611471
Highly persistent, drug-resistant and transmissible healthcare pathogens such as Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) and Candida auris (C. auris) are responsible for causing antibiotic-associated fatal diarrhea and invasive candidiasis, respectively. In...
4.
Teran J, Pal L, Spontak R, Lucia L
ACS Appl Mater Interfaces
. 2023 Jan;
15(5):7552-7561.
PMID: 36715689
Due to the high probability of surface-to-surface contact of materials during routine applications, surface abrasion remains one of the most challenging factors governing the long-term performance of polymeric materials due...
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Cai J, Mineart K, Li X, Spontak R, Manners I, Qiu H
ACS Macro Lett
. 2022 Jun;
7(8):1040-1045.
PMID: 35650958
Materials with controlled porosity play a prominent role in industrial and domestic applications. Although a rich array of methods has been developed to tune the pore size over a broad...
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Armstrong D, Mineart K, Lee B, Spontak R
ACS Macro Lett
. 2022 May;
5(11):1273-1277.
PMID: 35614739
Since selectively swollen thermoplastic elastomer gels (TPEGs) afford a wide range of beneficial properties that open new doors to developing elastomer-based technologies, we examine the unique structure-property behavior of TPEGs...
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Sandru M, Sandru E, Ingram W, Deng J, Stenstad P, Deng L, et al.
Science
. 2022 Mar;
376(6588):90-94.
PMID: 35357934
Advances in membrane technologies that combine greatly improved carbon dioxide (CO) separation efficacy with low costs, facile fabrication, feasible upscaling, and mechanical robustness are needed to help mitigate global climate...
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Jin S, Khan S, Spontak R, Rojas O
Langmuir
. 2021 Sep;
37(38):11242-11250.
PMID: 34520662
The development of new materials emphasizes greater use of sustainable and eco-friendly resources, including those that take advantage of the unique properties of nanopolysaccharides. Advances in this area, however, necessarily...
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Yan J, Lee B, Smith S, Spontak R
Macromol Rapid Commun
. 2021 Sep;
42(21):e2100442.
PMID: 34490939
Styrenic thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) in the form of triblock copolymers possessing glassy endblocks and a rubbery midblock account for the largest global market of TPEs worldwide, and typically rely on...
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Ghareeb C, Peddinti B, Kisthardt S, Scholle F, Spontak R, Ghiladi R
Front Med (Lausanne)
. 2021 Aug;
8:657837.
PMID: 34395464
The dual threats posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) have emphasized the urgent need for self-disinfecting materials for infection control. Despite their highly potent antimicrobial activity, the...