BALSARA LAB

2026

417. “In Situ 4D‐STEM Imaging of the Orientation of Lamellar Clusters in Polymer Crystallization,” M. Chen, K.C. Bustillo, Y.J. Lee, C. Ophus, J. Ciston, B.A. Abel, X. Jiang, N.P. Balsara, A.M. Minor. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.202500450

2025

416. “Three-Dimensional Crystals Assembled by Linear Oligopeptoids,” Y.J. Lee, P. Ercius, X. Luo, G.L. Butterfoss, T. Yu, J. Zhang, D. Prendergast, A.M. Minor, N.P. Balsara, R.N. Zuckermann, B.A. Abel, X. Jiang. Nano Letters. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5c02506

415. “In Situ 4D‐STEM Imaging of the Orientation of Lamellar Clusters in Polymer Crystallization,” M. Chen, K.C. Bustillo, Y.J. Lee, C. Ophus, J. Ciston, B.A. Abel, X. Jiang. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.202500450

414. “Experimental and Theoretical Determination of Limiting Current of SEO/LiTFSI Block Copolymer Electrolytes from the Dilute Limit to the Solubility Limit,” L.A. Gido, E. Schaible, C. Zhu, N.P. Balsara. Macromolecules. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.5c00929

413. “Cooperative Role of Mixed Solvent in the Evaporation-Induced Self-Assembly of Polypeptoid Nanocrystals,” X. Luo, F. Roncoroni, T. Yu, N.K. Li, R.N. Zuckermann, X. Jiang, N.P. Balsara, D. Prendergast. ACS Applied Nano Materials. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.5c01381

412. “Solvation governs cation transference in glyme-based lithium battery electrolytes,” J. Im, C. Fang, D.M. Halat, S. Chakraborty, D.T. Hickson, I. Woolsey, Q.N. Dao, R. Wang, R.A. Reimer, N.P. Balsara. Journal of Chemical Physics. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0270443

411. “Crystalline Peptoid Nanofibers with a Single-Unit Cell Cross Section,” Y.J. Lee, M. Seidler, X. Luo, G.L. Butterfoss, T. Yu, B. Rad, S. Xuan, C. Zhu, D. Prendergast, N.P. Balsara, B.A. Abel, R.N. Zuckermann, X. Jiang. Journal of the American Chemical Society. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c03996

410. “Understanding the Conductivity and Transference Trade-Off in Polymer Electrolytes Using a Robeson-Inspired Upper Bound,” Z. He, N.P. Balsara. ACS Applied Polymer Materials. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.5c00288

409. “Toward Establishing Uniqueness of Experimentally Determined Transference Numbers,” D.T. Hickson, N. Balsara. Journal of the Electrochemical Society. https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/adca04

408. “Key Intermediate Nanostructures in the Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Polypeptoids Revealed by Cryo-TEM,” Y.J. Lee, X. Luo, M. Seidler, T. Yu, D. Prendergast, R.N. Zuckermann, N.P. Balsara, B.A. Abel, X. Jiang. Macromolecules. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.5c00120

407. “Designing a Block Copolymer Membrane for Selective Transport of Lactic Acid from Aqueous Mixtures,” R. Jana, L.A. Gido, D.M. Halat, C. Sempira, J. Fedenko, A.P. van Bavel, N.P. Balsara. Macromolecules. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.4c03089

406. “Multiple Operando Fields Can Identify a Predictive Mass Transport Theory in Electrolytes,” A. Mistry, H.G. Steinrück, M.F. Toney, N.P. Balsara, V. Srinivasan. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.4c06851

405. “Mapping Spatiotemporal Solvent Velocity from Measured Concentration Gradients in a Polarized Electrolyte,” E.E. Abdo, V. Patel, A. Mistry, C.J. Takacs, N.P. Balsara. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/adacb0

404. “Polysilaketals: High‐Performance Polyether‐Based Electrolytes with Tunable Disubstituted Silane Linkers,” H.J. Rugh, J. Lee, C. Sun, E.E. Abdo, J.N. Bem, N.P. Balsara, G.W. Coates. Angewandte Chemie. https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202415069

403. “Evaluating Cryo‐TEM Reconstruction Accuracy of Self‐Assembled Polymer Nanostructures,” X. Luo, M. Seidler, Y.J. Lee, T. Yu, R.N. Zuckermann, N.P. Balsara, B.A. Abel, D. Prendergast, X. Jiang. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.202400589

402. “Toward Optimization of Polymer Electrolytes by Electrochemical Characterization: Poly (pentyl malonate) versus Poly (ethylene oxide),” J. Lee, Z.J. Hoffman, S. Chakraborty, V. Patel, N.P. Balsara. ACS Energy Letters. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.4c03525

2024

401. “Random Copolymerization of Substituted Dioxolanes: Rational Design of High-Performance Polymer Electrolytes,” H.J. Rugh, E.E. Abdo, J. Lee, C. Kang, J.N. Bem, N.P. Balsara, G.W. Coates. ACS Applied Polymer Materials. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.4c02928

400. “Completely Miscible Polymer Blend Electrolyte Studied by Small-Angle Neutron Scattering,” J. Lee, E.E. Abdo, C. Pratt, Y.H. Kwon, J. Lim, V. Patel, L. He, N.P. Balsara. Macromolecules. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.4c01714

399. “Atomic-Scale Imaging of Condensed Counterions,” M. Seidler, T. Yu, X. Luo, D. Prendergast, R.N. Zuckermann, X. Jiang, N.P. Balsara. Macromolecules. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.4c01417

398. “Thermodynamic Driving Forces for the Self-Assembly of Diblock Polypeptoids,” X. Luo, T. Yu, N.K. Li, R.N. Zuckermann, X. Jiang, N.P. Balsara, D. Prendergast. ACS Nano. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.3c12228

397. “Nanosecond solvation dynamics in a polymer electrolyte for lithium batteries,” N.J. Shah, C. Fang, N.C. Osti, E. Mamontov, X. Yu, J. Lee, H. Watanabe, R. Wang, N.P. Balsara. Nature Materials. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-024-01834-y

2023

389. “Exponential vs Gaussian Correlation Functions in the Characterization of Block Copolymer Grain Structure by Depolarized Light Scattering,” X. Wang, J.L. Thelen, X. Li, N.P. Balsara, B.A. Garetz. Macromolecules. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.3c01835

388. “Comparing Experimentally-Measured Sand’s Times with Concentrated Solution Theory Predictions in a Polymer Electrolyte,” Z.J. Hoffman, A. Mistry, V. Srinivasan, N.P. Balsara. Journal of the Electrochemical Society. https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ad1470

387. “Atomic-scale cryogenic electron microscopy imaging of self-assembled peptoid nanostructures,” X. Jiang, R.N. Zuckermann, N.P. Balsara. Journal of Materials Research. https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-023-01203-6

386. “Large Local Currents in a Lithium-Ion Battery during Rest after Fast Charging,” A.S. Ho, D.Y. Parkinson, S.E. Trask, A.N. Jansen, N.P. Balsara. ACS Nano. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.3c05470

385. “Comparing Theoretical Salt Concentration Profiles in a Polymer Electrolyte with Experimental Measurements using Operando Raman Spectroscopy,” Z.J. Hoffman, M.D. Galluzzo, M.P. Gordon, J.J. Urban, N.P. Balsara. Journal of the Electrochemical Society. https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/acf626

384. “Ion Solvation Cage Structure in Polymer Electrolytes Determined by Combining X-ray Scattering and Simulations,” C. Fang, S. Chakraborty, Y. Li, J. Lee, N.P. Balsara, R. Wang. ACS Macro Letters. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.3c00430

383. “Plating and Stripping of Lithium Metal Stabilized by a Block Copolymer Electrolyte: Local Current Density Measurement and Modeling,” J.A. Maslyn, P. Barai, K.D. McEntush, K.J. Harry, L. Frenck, W.S. Loo, A.S. Ho, D.Y. Parkinson, V. Srinivasan, N.P. Balsara. Journal of the Electrochemical Society. https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ace12f

382. “Chimney-Shaped Phase Diagram in a Polymer Blend Electrolyte,” N.J. Shah, M. Shalaby, L. He, X. Wang, D. Deslandes, B.A. Garetz, N.P. Balsara. ACS Macro Letters. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.3c00285

381. “Cycling of Block Copolymer Composites with Lithium-Conducting Ceramic Nanoparticles,” V. Patel, M.A. Dato, S. Chakraborty, X. Jiang, M. Chen, M. Moy, X. Yu, J.A. Maslyn, L. Hu, J. Cabana, N.P. Balsara. Frontiers in Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2023.1199677

380. “Atomic-Scale Corrugations in Crystalline Polypeptoid Nanosheets Revealed by Three-Dimensional Cryogenic Electron Microscopy,” X. Jiang, M. Seidler, G.L. Butterfoss, X. Luo, T. Yu, S. Xuan, D. Prendergast, R.N. Zuckermann, N.P. Balsara. ACS Macro Letters. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.3c00101

379. “Molecular Origin of High Cation Transference in Mixtures of Poly (pentyl malonate) and Lithium Salt,” C. Fang, X. Yu, S. Chakraborty, N.P. Balsara, R. Wang. ACS Macro Letters. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.3c00041

378. “Transference Number of Electrolytes from the Velocity of a Single Species Measured by Electrophoretic NMR,” D.M. Halat, A. Mistry, D.T. Hickson, V. Srinivasan, N.P. Balsara, J.A. Reimer. Journal of the Electrochemical Society. https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/acbee7

377. “Thermodynamics and Phase Behavior of Poly (ethylene oxide)/Poly (methyl methacrylate)/Salt Blend Electrolytes Studied by Small-Angle Neutron Scattering,” N.J. Shah, L. He, K.W. Gao, N.P. Balsara. Macromolecules. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.2c02533

376. “An ordered, self-assembled nanocomposite with efficient electronic and ionic transport,” T.J. Quill, G. LeCroy, D.M. Halat, R. Sheelamanthula, A. Marks, L.S. Grundy, I. McCulloch, J.A. Reimer, N.P. Balsara, A. Giovannitti, A. Salleo, C.J. Takacs. Nature Materials. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-023-01476-6

375. “Structural Elucidation of a Polypeptoid Chain in a Crystalline Lattice Reveals Key Morphology-Directing Role of the N-Terminus,” T. Yu, X. Luo, D. Prendergast, G.L. Butterfoss, B. Rad, N.P. Balsara, R.N. Zuckermann, X. Jiang. ACS Nano. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.2c12503

374. “Dynamic Heterogeneity of Solvent Motion and Ion Transport in Concentrated Electrolytes,” C. Fang, D.M. Halat, N.P. Balsara, R. Wang. Journal of Physical Chemistry B. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c08029

373. “Elucidating the Molecular Origins of the Transference Number in Battery Electrolytes Using Computer Simulations,” C. Fang, A. Mistry, V. Srinivasan, N.P. Balsara, R. Wang. Journal of the American Chemical Society Au. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacsau.2c00590

372. “Double Paddle‐Wheel Enhanced Sodium Ion Conduction in an Antiperovskite Solid Electrolyte,” P.C. Tsai, S. Mair, J. Smith, D.M. Halat, P.H. Chien, K. Kim, D. Zhang, Y. Li, L. Yin, J. Liu, S.H. Lapidus, J.A. Reimer, N.P. Balsara, D.J. Siegel, Y.M. Chiang. Advanced Energy Materials. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202203284

371. “Lithium transference in electrolytes with star-shaped multivalent anions measured by electrophoretic NMR,” S. Chakraborty, D.M. Halat, J. Im, D.T. Hickson, J.M. Reimer, N.P. Balsara. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3cp00923h

370. “Quantifying selective solvent transport under an electric field in mixed-solvent electrolytes,” C. Fang, D.M. Halat, A. Mistry, J.A. Reimer, N.P. Balsara, R. Wang. Chemical Science. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3SC01158E

2022

369. “Relationship between Ion Transport and Phase Behavior in Acetal-Based Polymer Blend Electrolytes Studied by Electrochemical Characterization and Neutron Scattering,” J. Lee, K.W. Gao, N.J. Shah, C. Kang, R.L. Snyder, B.A. Abel, L. He, S.C.M. Teixeira, G.W. Coates, N.P. Balsara. Macromolecules. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.2c01724

368. “The Effect of Annealing on the Grain Structure and Ionic Conductivity of Block Copolymer Electrolytes,” L.S. Grundy, S. Fu, M.D. Galluzzo, N.P. Balsara. Macromolecules. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.2c01837

367. “Failure Mechanisms at the Interfaces between Lithium Metal Electrodes and a Single-Ion Conducting Polymer Gel Electrolyte,” L. Frenck, P. Lennartz, D.Y. Parkinson, M. Winter, N.P. Balsara, G. Brunklaus. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c16869

366. “Understanding the Solvation Structure of Li-Ion Battery Electrolytes Using DFT-Based Computation and 1H NMR Spectroscopy,” Journal of Physical Chemistry B. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c06415

365. “Understanding the Impact of Multi-Chain Ion Coordination in Poly(Ether-Acetal) Electrolytes,” S. Sundaram, D.M. Halat, J.R. Reimer, N.P. Balsara, D. Prendergast. Macromolecules. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.2c01897

364. “A Scalable and Tunable Thermoreversible Polymer for 3D human Pluripotent Stem Cell Biomanufacturing,” H.J. Johnson, S. Chakraborty, R.J. Muckom, N.P. Balsara, D.V. Schaffer. iScience. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.104971

363. “Electrochemical Characterization of PEO/LiTFSI Electrolytes near the Solubility Limit,” L.S. Grundy, S. Fu, Z.J. Hoffman, N.P. Balsara. Macromolecules. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.2c01655

362. “Inaccessible Polarization-Induced Phase Transitions in a Block Copolymer Electrolyte: An Unconventional Mechanism for the Limiting Current,” L.S. Grundy, M.D. Galluzzo, W.S. Loo, A. Fong, N.P. Balsara, C.J. Takacs. Macromolecules. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.2c00922

361. “Complete Characterization of a Lithium Battery Electrolyte using a Combination of Electrophoretic NMR and Electrochemical Methods,” D.T. Hickson, D.M. Halat, A.S. Ho, J.A. Reimer, N.P. Balsara. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2cp02622h

360. “A Practical Polymer Electrolyte for Lithium and Sodium Batteries: Poly (pentyl malonate),” X. Yu, Z.J. Hoffman, J. Lee, C. Fang, L.A. Gido, V. Patel, H.B. Eitouni, R. Wang, N.P. Balsara. ACS Energy Letters. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.2c02128

359. “Divergence of Velocity Fields in Electrochemical Systems,” N.P. Balsara, J. Newman. Journal of the Electrochemical Society. https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ac8246

358. “Toward Bottom-Up Understanding of Transport in Concentrated Battery Electrolytes,” A. Mistry, Z. Yu, B.L. Peters, C. Fang, R. Wang, L.A. Curtiss, N.P. Balsara, L. Cheng, V. Srinivasan. ACS Central Science. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscentsci.2c00348

357. “Importance of the Positively Charged Sigma-Hole in Crystal Engineering of Halogenated Polypeptoids,” M. Seidler, N.K. Li, X. Guo, S. Xuan, R.N. Zuckermann, N.P. Balsara. Journal of Physical Chemistry B. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c01843

356. “Electric-Field-Induced Spatially Dynamic Heterogeneity of Solvent Motion and Cation Transference in Electrolytes,” D.M. Halat, C. Fang, D.T. Hickson, A. Mistry, J.A. Reimer, N.P. Balsara, R. Wang. Physical Review Letters. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.198002

355. “Effect of Solvent Motion on Ion Transport in Electrolytes,” A. Mistry, L.S. Grundy, D.M. Halat, J. Newman, N.P. Balsara, V. Srinivasan. Journal of the Electrochemical Society. https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ac6329

354. “Limiting Current Density in Single-Ion-Conducting and Conventional Block Copolymer Electrolytes,” Z.J. Hoffman, A.S. Ho, S. Chakraborty, N.P. Balsara. Journal of the Electrochemical Society. https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ac613b

353. “Nanostructured Ionic Separator Formed by Block Copolymer Self-Assembly: A Gateway for Alleviating Concentration Polarization in Batteries,” X. Yu, X. Jiang, M.E. Seidler, N.J. Shah, K.W. Gao, S. Chakraborty, I. Villaluenga, N.P. Balsara. Macromolecules. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.2c00193

352. “The Transference Number,” K.W. Gao, C. Fang, D.M. Halat, J. Newman, N.P. Balsara. Energy & Environmental Materials. https://doi.org/10.1002/eem2.12359

351. “Comparing the Purity of Rolled versus Evaporated Lithium Metal Films Using X-ray Microtomography,” A.S. Ho, A.S. Westover, K. Browning, J.A. Maslyn, D.Y. Parkinson, R. Sahore, N.P. Balsara. ACS Energy Letters. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.2c00255

350. “Ion Transport in Batteries with Polymer Electrolytes,” X. Yu, P. Lennartz, R. Sahore, N. Dudney, G. Brunklaus, N.P. Balsara. Macromolecular Engineering.

349. “Complete Electrochemical Characterization and Limiting Current of Polyacetal Electrolytes,” Y. Choo, R.L. Snyder, N.J. Shah, B.A. Abel, G.W. Coates, N.P. Balsara. Journal of the Electrochemical Society. https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ac4f22

348. “Comparing Measurement of Limiting Current in Block Copolymer Electrolytes as a Function of Salt Concentration with Theoretical Predictions,” L. Frenck, V.D. Veeraraghavan, J.A. Maslyn, N.P. Balsara. Electrochimica Acta. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2022.139911

347. “Increased Donnan Exclusion in Charged Polymer Networks at High Salt Concentrations,” K.W. Gao, X. Yu, R.M. Darling, J. Newman, N.P. Balsara. Soft Matter. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1sm01511g

346. “Effect of yield stress on stability of block copolymer electrolytes against lithium metal electrodes,” S. Chakraborty, G.K. Sethi, L. Frenck, A.S. Ho, I. Villaluenga, H. Watanabe, N.P. Balsara. ACS Applied Energy Materials. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.1c03288

2021

345. “Effect of microphase separation on the limiting current density in hybrid organic-inorganic copolymer electrolytes,” Gurmukh K Sethi, Louise Frenck, Simar Sawhney, Saheli Chakraborty, Irune Villaluenga, Nitash P Balsara. Solid State Ionics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssi.2021.115702

344. “Establishing a unified framework for ion solvation and transport in liquid and solid electrolytes,” Donald J Siegel, Linda Nazar, Yet-Ming Chiang, Chao Fang, Nitash P Balsara. Trends in Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trechm.2021.06.004

343. “Uncovering Local Correlations in Polymer Electrolytes by X-ray Scattering and Molecular Dynamics Simulations,” Whitney S Loo, Chao Fang, Nitash P Balsara, Rui Wang. Macromolecules. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.1c00995

342. “Modifying Li+ and Anion Diffusivities in Polyacetal Electrolytes: A Pulsed-Field-Gradient NMR Study of Ion Self-Diffusion,” David M Halat, Rachel L Snyder, Siddharth Sundararaman, Youngwoo Choo, Kevin W Gao, Zach J Hoffman, Brooks A Abel, Lorena S Grundy, Michael D Galluzzo, Madeleine P Gordon, Hasan Celik, Jeffrey J Urban, David Prendergast, Geoffrey W Coates, Nitash P Balsara, Jeffrey A Reimer. Chemistry of Materials. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c00339

341. “3D Detection of Lithiation and Lithium Plating in Graphite Anodes during Fast Charging,” Alec S Ho, Dilworth Y Parkinson, Donal P Finegan, Stephen E Trask, Andrew N Jansen, Wei Tong, Nitash P Balsara. ACS Nano. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.1c02942

340. “High-Resolution Imaging of Unstained Polymer Materials,” Xi Jiang, Nitash P Balsara. ACS Applied Polymer Materials. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.1c00217

339. “Evolution of Protrusions on Lithium Metal Anodes Stabilized by a Solid Block Copolymer Electrolyte Studied Using Time-Resolved X-ray Tomography,” Vijay D Veeraraghavan, Louise Frenck, Jacqueline A Maslyn, Whitney S Loo, Dilworth Y Parkinson, Nitash P Balsara. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c04582

338. “Minimizing Crinkling of Soft Specimens Using Holey Gold Films on Molybdenum Grids for Cryogenic Electron Microscopy,” Xi Jiang, Sunting Xuan, Ronald N Zuckermann, Robert M Glaeser, Kenneth H Downing, Nitash P Balsara. Microscopy and Microanalysis. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1431927621000520

337. “Electrochemical properties of poly (ethylene oxide) electrolytes above the entanglement threshold,” Kevin W Gao, Nitash P Balsara. Solid State Ionics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssi.2021.115609

336. “Effect of crystallization of the polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane block on self-assembly in hybrid organic-inorganic block copolymers with salt,” Gurmukh K Sethi, Saheli Chakraborty, Chenhui Zhu, Eric Schaible, Irune Villaluenga, Nitash P Balsara. Giant. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.giant.2021.100055

335. “A Review of Existing and Emerging Methods for Lithium Detection and Characterization in Li‐Ion and Li‐Metal Batteries,” Partha P Paul, Eric J McShane, Andrew M Colclasure, Nitash Balsara, David E Brown, Chuntian Cao, Bor‐Rong Chen, Parameswara R Chinnam, Yi Cui, Eric J Dufek, Donal P Finegan, Samuel Gillard, Wenxiao Huang, Zachary M Konz, Robert Kostecki, Fang Liu, Sean Lubner, Ravi Prasher, Molleigh B Preefer, Ji Qian, Marco‐Tulio Fonseca Rodrigues, Manuel Schnabel, Seoung‐Bum Son, Venkat Srinivasan, Hans‐Georg Steinrück, Tanvir R Tanim, Michael F Toney, Wei Tong, Francois Usseglio‐Viretta, Jiayu Wan, Maha Yusuf, Bryan D McCloskey, Johanna Nelson Weker. Advanced Energy Materials. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202100372

334. “Limiting Current in Nanostructured Block Copolymer Electrolytes,” Jacqueline A Maslyn, Louise Frenck, Vijay D Veeraraghavan, Alexander Müller, Alec S Ho, Nandan Marwaha, Whitney S Loo, Dilworth Y Parkinson, Andrew M Minor, Nitash P Balsara. Macromolecules. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.1c00425

333. “Improved Li+ Transport in Polyacetal Electrolytes: Conductivity and Current Fraction in a Series of Polymers,” Rachel L Snyder, Youngwoo Choo, Kevin W Gao, David M Halat, Brooks A Abel, Siddharth Sundararaman, David Prendergast, Jeffrey A Reimer, Nitash P Balsara, Geoffrey W Coates. ACS Energy Letters. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.1c00594

332. “Effect of hydration on morphology of thin phosphonate block copolymer electrolyte membranes studied by electron tomography,” Xi Jiang, Jing Sun, Ronald N Zuckermann, Nitash P Balsara. Polymer Engineering & Science. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/pen.25646

331. “Challenges for and pathways toward Li-metal-based all-solid-state batteries,” Paul Albertus, Venkataramani Anandan, Chunmei Ban, Nitash Balsara, Ilias Belharouak, Josh Buettner-Garrett, Zonghai Chen, Claus Daniel, Marca Doeff, Nancy J Dudney, Bruce Dunn, Stephen J Harris, Subramanya Herle, Eric Herbert, Sergiy Kalnaus, Joesph A Libera, Dongping Lu, Steve Martin, Bryan D McCloskey, Matthew T McDowell, Y Shirley Meng, Jagjit Nanda, Jeff Sakamoto, Ethan C Self, Sanja Tepavcevic, Eric Wachsman, Chunsheng Wang, Andrew S Westover, Jie Xiao, Thomas Yersak. ACS Energy Letters. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.1c00445

330. “Effect of Added Salt on Disordered Poly(ethylene oxide)-Block-Poly(methyl methacrylate) Copolymer Electrolytes,” Neel J Shah, Sajjad Dadashi-Silab, Michael D Galluzzo, Saheli Chakraborty, Whitney S Loo, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Nitash P Balsara. Macromolecules. ​​

329. “Crystallization and self-assembly of shape-complementary sequence-defined peptoids,” Sunting Xuan, Xi Jiang, Nitash P Balsara, Ronald N Zuckermann. Polymer Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1PY00426C

2020

328. “Effect of salt concentration profiles on protrusion growth in lithium-polymer‑lithium cells,” Louise Frenck, Vijay D Veeraraghavan, Jacqueline A Maslyn, Alexander Müller, Alec S Ho, Whitney S Loo, Andrew M Minor, Nitash P Balsara. Solid State Ionics. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167273820305713

327. “Dynamic Structure and Phase Behavior of a Block Copolymer Electrolyte under dc Polarization,” Michael D Galluzzo, Whitney S Loo, Eric Schaible, Chenhui Zhu, Nitash P Balsara. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c16209

326. “Uncovering the Relationship between Diameter and Height of Electrodeposited Lithium Protrusions in a Rigid Electrolyte,” Alec S Ho, Pallab Barai, Jacqueline A Maslyn, Louise Frenck, Whitney S Loo, Dilworth Y Parkinson, Venkat Srinivasan, Nitash P Balsara. ACS Applied Energy Materials. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.0c01175

325. “Impact of frictional interactions on conductivity, diffusion, and transference number in ether-and perfluoroether-based electrolytes,” Lorena S Grundy, Deep B Shah, Hien Q Nguyen, Kyle M Diederichsen, Hasan Celik, Joseph M DeSimone, Bryan D McCloskey, Nitash P Balsara. Journal of the Electrochemical Society. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/1945-7111/abb34e/meta

324. “Continuum description of the role of negative transference numbers on ion motion in polymer electrolytes,” Hong-Keun Kim, Nitash P Balsara, Venkat Srinivasan. Journal of the Electrochemical Society. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/1945-7111/aba790/meta

323. “Miscible Polyether/Poly (ether–acetal) Electrolyte Blends,” Kevin W Gao, Whitney S Loo, Rachel L Snyder, Brooks A Abel, Youngwoo Choo, Andrew Lee, Susana CM Teixeira, Bruce A Garetz, Geoffrey W Coates, Nitash P Balsara. Macromolecules. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.0c00747

322. “Reversible Changes in the Grain Structure and Conductivity in a Block Copolymer Electrolyte,” Saheli Chakraborty, Xi Jiang, Zach J Hoffman, Gurmukh K Sethi, Chenhui Zhu, Nitash P Balsara, Irune Villaluenga. Macromolecules. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.0c00466

321. “Preferential Stripping of a Lithium Protrusion Resulting in Recovery of a Planar Electrode,” Jacqueline A Maslyn, Kyle D McEntush, Katherine J Harry, Louise Frenck, Whitney S Loo, Dilworth Y Parkinson, Nitash P Balsara. Journal of the Electrochemical Society. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/1945-7111/ab9d62/meta

320. Energy storage emerging: A perspective from the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research,” Lynn Trahey, Fikile R Brushett, Nitash P Balsara, Gerbrand Ceder, Lei Cheng, Yet-Ming Chiang, Nathan T Hahn, Brian J Ingram, Shelley D Minteer, Jeffrey S Moore, Karl T Mueller, Linda F Nazar, Kristin A Persson, Donald J Siegel, Kang Xu, Kevin R Zavadil, Venkat Srinivasan, George W Crabtree. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1821672117

319. “Comparing experimental phase behavior of ion-doped block copolymers with theoretical predictions based on selective ion solvation,” Kevin J Hou, Whitney S Loo, Nitash P Balsara, Jian Qin. Macromolecules. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.0c00559

318. “Polymer dynamics in block copolymer electrolytes detected by neutron spin echo,” Whitney S Loo, Antonio Faraone, Lorena S Grundy, Kevin W Gao, Nitash P Balsara. ACS Macro Letters. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.0c00236

317. “Diffusion and migration in polymer electrolytes,” Youngwoo Choo, David M Halat, Irune Villaluenga, Ksenia Timachova, Nitash P Balsara. Progress in Polymer Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2020.101220

316. “Segmental Dynamics Measured by Quasi-Elastic Neutron Scattering and Ion Transport in Chemically Distinct Polymer Electrolytes,” Katrina Irene S Mongcopa, Daniel A Gribble, Whitney S Loo, Madhusudan Tyagi, Scott A Mullin, Nitash P Balsara. Macromolecules. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.0c00091

315. “Lithium-Sulfur Batteries with a Block Copolymer Electrolyte Analyzed by X-ray Microtomography,” Didier Devaux, Irune Villaluenga, Xi Jiang, Yu Hao Chang, Dilworth Y Parkinson, Nitash P Balsara. Journal of the Electrochemical Society. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/1945-7111/ab7c6c/meta

314. “Lithium Salt Distribution and Thermodynamics in Electrolytes Based on Short Perfluoropolyether-block-Poly(ethylene oxide) Copolymers,” Mahati Chintapalli, Ksenia Timachova, Kevin R Olson, Sue J Mecham, Joseph M DeSimone, Nitash P Balsara. Macromolecules. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.9b01637

313. “Measurement of three transport coefficients and the thermodynamic factor in block copolymer electrolytes with different morphologies,” Michael D Galluzzo, Whitney S Loo, Andrew A Wang, Amber Walton, Jacqueline A Maslyn, Nitash P Balsara. Journal of Physical Chemistry B. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b11066

312. “Optimizing the monomer structure of polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane for ion transport in hybrid organic–inorganic block copolymers,” Kevin W Gao, Xi Jiang, Zach J Hoffman, Gurmukh K Sethi, Saheli Chakraborty, Irune Villaluenga, Nitash P Balsara. Journal of Polymer Science. https://doi.org/10.1002/pol.20190073