BALSARA LAB

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

2019

311. “Impact of Salt Concentration on Nonuniform Lithium Electrodeposition through Rigid Block Copolymer Electrolytes,” L. Frenck, J.A. Maslyn, W.S. Loo, D.Y. Parkinson, N.P. Balsara. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2019. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b15606

310. “Investigating the effect of added salt on the chain dimensions of poly (ethylene oxide) through small-angle neutron scattering,” W.S. Loo, K.I.S. Mongcopa, D.A. Gribble, A.A. Faraone, N.P. Balsara. Macromolecules, 2019. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.9b01509

309. “Extended Cycling through Rigid Block Copolymer Electrolytes Enabled by Reducing Impurities in Lithium Metal Electrodes,” J.A. Maslyn, L. Frenck, W.S. Loo, D.Y. Parkinson, N.P. Balsara. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2019. DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.9b01685

308. “Atomic-level engineering and imaging of polypeptoid crystal lattices,” S. Xuan, X. Jiang, R.K. Spencer, N.K. Li, D. Prendergast, N.P. Balsara, R.N. Zuckermann. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2019. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1909992116

307. “Factors that control the formation of dendrites and other morphologies on lithium metal anodes,” L. Frenck, G.K. Sethi, J.A. Maslyn, N.P. Balsara. Frontiers in Energy Research, 2019. DOI: 10.3389/fenrg.2019.00115

306. “Comparing experimental measurements of limiting current in polymer electrolytes with theoretical predictions,” D.A. Gribble, L. Frenck, D.B. Shah, J.A. Maslyn, W.S. Loo, K.I.S. Mongcopa, D.M. Pesko, N.P. Balsara. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2019. DOI: 10.1149/2.0391914jes

305. “Organizing thermodynamic data obtained from multicomponent polymer electrolytes: Salt‐containing polymer blends and block copolymers,” W.S. Loo, N.P. Balsara. Journal of Physical Chemistry B., 2019. DOI: 10.1002/polb.24800

304. “Comparing measurements of limiting current of electrolytes with theoretical predictions up to the solubility limit,” D.B. Shah, H.K. Kim, H.Q. Nguyen, V. Srinivasan, N.P. Balsara. Journal of Physical Chemistry C., 2019. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b07121

303. “Composition Dependence of the Flory–Huggins Interaction Parameters of Block Copolymer Electrolytes and the Isotaksis Point”, W.S Loo, G.K. Sethi, A.A. Teran, M.D. Galluzzo, J.A Maslyn, H.J. Oh, K.I. Mongcopa, N.P, Balsara, Macromolecules, 2019. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.9b00884

302. “Ohm’s Law for Ion Conduction in Lithium and Beyond-Lithium Battery Electrolytes”, M.D. Galluzzo, J.A. Maslyn, D.B. Shah, N.P. Balsara, Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 151, pp 020901, 2019. DOI: 10.1063/1.5109684

301. "Diffraction Imaging of Nanocrystalline Structure in Organic Semiconductor Molecular Thin Films" O. Panova, C. Ophus, C. Takacs, K. Bustillo, L. Ballhorn, A. Salleo, N. Balsara, and A. Minor, vol. 18, pp 860-865, Nature Materials, 2019. DOI: 10.1038/s41563-019-0387-3

300. “Effect of Processing and End Groups on the Crystal Structure of Polypeptoids Studied by Cryogenic Electron Microscopy at Atomic Length Scales”, X. Jiang, S. Xuan, J. Kundu, D. Prendergast, R.N. Zuckermann, N.P. Balsara, Soft Matter, vol. 15, pp 4723-4726, 2019. DOI: 10.1039/c9sm00633h

299. “Structure and Thermodynamics of Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Diblock Copolymers with Salt” G.K. Sethi, H.Y. Jung, W.S. Loo, S. Sawhney, M.J. Park, N.P. Balsara, and I. Villaluenga, Macromolecules, vol. 52, pp 3165-3175, 2019. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.9b00042

298. “Difference between Approximate and Rigorously Measured Transference Numbers in Fluorinated Electrolytes”, D.B. Shah, H.Q. Nguyen, L.S. Grundy, K.R. Olson, S.J. Mecham, J.M. DeSimone, and N.P. Balsara, accepted, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2019.

297. “Dissolution of Lithium Metal in Poly(ethylene oxide)”, M.D. Galluzzo, D.M. Halat, W.S. Loo, S.A. Mullin, J.A. Reimer, N.P. Balsara, accepted, ACS Energy Letters, 2019.

296. “Ion Diffusion across a Disorder-to-Order Phase Transition in a Poly(ethylene oxide)-b-Poly(silsesquioxane) Block Copolymer Electrolyte”, K. Timachova, G.K. Sethi, R. Bhattacharya, I. Villaleunga, N.P. Balsara, accepted, Molecular Systems Design and Engineering, 2019.

295. “Organizing Thermodynamic Data obtained from Multicomponent Polymer Electrolytes: Salt-Containing Polymer Blends and Block Copolymers”, accepted, W.S. Loo, N.P. Balsara, Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics, 2019.

294. “Resolving the Morphology of Peptoid Vesicles at the One Nanometer Length-Scale using Cryogenic Electron Microscopy”, X. Jiang, R.K. Spencer, J. Sun, C. Ophus, R.N. Zuckermann, K.H. Downing, Nitash P. Balsara, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 123 (5), pp 1195–1205, 2019. (ACS Editor’s choice) DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b11752

293. “Confined versus Unconfined Crystallization in Block Copolymer/Salt Mixtures Studied by Depolarized Light Scattering”, X. Li, W.S. Loo, X. Jiang, X. Wang, M.D. Galluzzo, K. I. Mongcopa, A.A. Wang, N.P. Balsara, B.A. Garetz, Macromolecules, 2019. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b02142

292. “Theoretical Interpretation of Ion Velocities in Concentrated Electrolytes Measured by Electrophoretic NMR”, K. Timachova, J. Newman, and N.P. Balsara, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, vol. 166 (2), pg. A264-A267, 2019. DOI: 10.1149/2.0591902jes

291. “Detection of the Order-to-Disorder Transition in Block Copolymer Electrolytes Using Quadrupolar 7Li NMR Splitting”, L.S. Grundy, G.K. Sethi, M.D. Galluzzo, W.S. Loo, J.A. Maslyn, A.A. Teran, J.L. Thelen, K. Timachova, J.A. Reimer, L.A. Madsen, N.P. Balsara, ACS Macro Letters, vol. 8, pg. 107-112, 2019. DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.8b00809

290. “3D Printed Absorber for Capturing Chemotherapy Drugs before they Spread through the Body” H.J. Oh, M.S. Aboian, M.Y.J. Yi, J.A. Maslyn, W.S. Loo, X. Jiang, D.Y. Parkinson, M.W. Wilson, T, Moore, C.R. Yee, G.R. Robbins, F.M. Barth, J.M. DeSimone, S.W. Hetts, N.P. Balsara, ACS Central Science, 2019. DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.8b00700

2018

289. “Liquid-Crystalline Phase Behavior in Polypeptoid Diblock Copolymers”, D.R. Greer, M.A. Stolberg, S. Xuan, X. Jiang, N.P. Balsara, and R.N. Zuckermann, Macromolecules, vol. 51, pg. 9519−9525, 2018. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b01952

288. “Growth of Lithium Dendrites and Globules through a Solid Block Copolymer Electrolyte as a Function of Current Density”, J.A. Masyln, W.S. Loo, K.D. McEntush, H.J. Oh, K.J. Harry, D.Y. Parkinson, N.P. Balsara, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 122(47), pg. 26797–26804, 2018. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b06355

287. “Rate Constants of Electrochemical Reactions in a Lithium-Sulfur Cell Determined by Operando X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy”, D.R. Wang, D.B. Shah, J.A. Masyln, W.S. Loo, E.J. Nelson, M.L. Latimer, J. Feng, K.H. Wujcik, D. Prendergast, T.A. Pascal, N.P. Balsara, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, vol. 165(14), pg. A3487-A3495, 2018. DOI: 10.1149/2.0981814jes

286. “Polymer and Composite Electrolytes, D.H. Hallinan, I. Villaluenga, N.P. Balsara, Materials Research Science Bulletin, Special Issue: Frontiers of Solid-State Batteries, invited review, 43(10), pg. 759-767, 2018. DOI: 10.1557/mrs.2018.212

285. “Comparing Cycling Characteristics of Symmetric Lithium-Polymer-Lithium Cells with Theoretical Predictions”, D.M. Pesko, S. Sawhney, Z.Feng, J. Newman, V. Srinivasan, N.P. Balsara, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, vol. 165(13), pg. A3186-A3194, 2018. DOI: 10.1149/2.0921813jes

284. “Comparing Two Electrochemical Approaches for Measuring Transference Numbers in Concentrated Electrolytes”, D.M. Pesko, S. Sawhney, J. Newman, N.P. Balsara, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, vol. 165(13), pg. A3014-A3021, 2018. DOI:10.1149/2.0231813jes

283. “Imaging Unstained Synthetic Polymer Crystals and Defects on Atomic Length-scales using Cryogenic Electron Microscopy”, X. Jiang, D.R. Greer, J. Kundu, C. Ophus, A.M. Minor, D. Prendergast, R.N. Zuckermann, N.P. Balsara, K.H. Downing, Macromolecules, 51 (19), pg 7794–7799, 2018. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b01508

282. “Determination of Redox Reactions in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries”, K.H. Wujcik, D.R. Wang, A.A. Teran, E. Nasybulin, T.A. Pascal, D. Prendergast, N.P. Balsara, Advances in Electrochemical Science and Engineering, Vol. XVIII, Electrochemical Engineering: The Pathway from Discovery to Product, R.C. Alkire, P.N. Bartlett, M.T. Koper, editors, Chapter 3, Wiley-VCH, pg. 41-74, 2019

281. “Negative Stefan-Maxwell Diffusion Coefficients and Complete Electrochemical Transport Characterization of Homopolymer and Block Copolymer Electrolytes”, I. Villaluenga, D.M. Pesko, K. Timachova, Z.Feng, J. Newman, V. Srinivasan, N.P. Balsara, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, vol. 165(11), pg. 2766-2773, 2018. DOI: 10.1149/2.0641811jes

280. “Anomalous Self-Assembly and Ion Transport in Nanostructured Organic-Inorganic Solid Electrolytes”, G.K. Sethi, X. Jiang, R. Chakraborty, W.S. Loo, I. Villaluenga, N.P. Balsara, vol. 7, pg. 1056-1061, ACS Macro Letters, 2018. DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.8b00583

279. “Phase Behavior of Mixtures of Block Copolymers and a Lithium Salt”, W.S. Loo, M.D. Galluzzo, X. Li, J.A. Masyln, H,J, Oh, K.I. Mongcopa, C. Zhu, A.A. Wang, X. Wang, B.A. Garetz, N.P. Balsara, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 122 (33), pg. 8065-8074, 2018. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b04189

278. “Swelling of Individual Nanodomains in Hydrated Block Copolymer Electrolyte Membranes”, X.C. Chen, X. Jiang, N.P. Balsara, Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 149, pg. 163325, 2018. DOI: 10.1063/1.5029452

277. “Continuous pervaporation-assisted furfural production catalyzed by CrCl3”, A. Wang, N.P. Balsara, A.T. Bell, Green Chemistry, vol. 20, pg. 2903–2912, 2018. DOI: 10.1039/C8GC00842F

276. “Relationship between Segmental Dynamics Measured by Quasi-Elastic Neutron Scattering and Conductivity in Polymer Electrolytes”, K.I.S. Mongcopa, M. Tyagi, J.P. Mailoa, G. Samsonidze, B. Kozinsky, S.A. Mullin, D.A. Gribble, H. Watanabe, N.P. Balsara, ACS Macro Letters, vol. 5, pg. 505-508, 2018. DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.8b00159

275. “Optimizing Ion Transport in Polyether-Based Electrolytes for Lithium Batteries”, Q. Zheng, D.M. Pesko, B.M. Savoie, K. Timachova, A.L. Hasan, M.C. Smith, T.F. Miller, III, Geoffrey W. Coates, N.P. Balsara, Macromolecules, vol. 51(8), pg. 2847-2858, 2018. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.7b02706

274. "Correlations between Salt-Induced Crystallization, Morphology, Segmental Dynamics, and Conductivity in Amorphous Block Copolymer Electrolytes", J.T. Thelen, A.A. Wang, X.C. Chen, X. Jiang, E. Schiable, N.P. Balsara, Macromolecules, vol. 51(5), pg. 1733-1740, 2018. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.7b02415.

273. "Anisotropic Ion Diffusion and Electrochemically Driven Transport in Nanostructured Block Copolymer Electrolytes", K. Timachova, I. Villaluenga, L. Cirrincione, M. Gobet, R. Bhattacharya, X. Jiang, J. Newman, L. Madsen, S.G. Greenbaum, N.P. Balsara, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 122(4). pg. 1537-1544, 2018. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b11371

272. “Universal Relationship between Molecular Structure and Crystal Structure in Peptoid Polymers and Prevalence of the cis Backbone Conformation”, D.R. Greer, M.A. Stolberg, J. Kundu, R.K. Spencer, T. Pascal, D. Prendergast, N,P. Balsara, R.N. Zuckermann, Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 140(2). pg. 827-833, 2018. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b11891

271. “Reentrant phase behavior and coexistence in asymmetric block copolymer electrolytes”, W.S. Loo, X. Jiang, J.A. Maslyn, H.J. Oh, C. Zhu, K.H. Downing, N.P. Balsara, Soft Matter, vol. 14 (15), pg. 2789-2795, 2018. DOI: 10.1039/C8SM00175H

2017

270. Effect of Anion Size on Conductivity and Transference Number of Perfluoroether Electrolytes with Lithium Salts”, D.B. Shah, K.R. Olson, A. Karny, S.J. Mecham, J.M. DeSimone, N.P. Balsara, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, vol. 164 (14), pg. A1-A7, 2017. DOI:10.1149/2.0301714jes

269. “Crosslinked Perfluoropolyether Solid Electrolytes for Lithium Ion Transport”, D. Devaux, I. Villaluenga, M. Bhatt, D. Shah, X.C. Chen, J.L. Thelen, J.M. DeSimone, N.P. Balsara, Solid-State Ionics, vol. 310, pg. 71-80, 2017. DOI: 10.1016/j.ssi.2017.08.007

268. “Effect of Pore Penetration on Transport through Supported Membranes studied by Electron Microscopy and Pervaporation”, C. Shin, X. Jiang, W. Ko, N.P. Balsara, Journal of Membrane Science, vol. 542, pg. 18-23, 2017. DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2017.07.052

267. “Dependence of Morphology, Shear Modulus, and Conductivity on the Composition of Lithiated and Magnesiated Single-Ion-Conducting Block Copolymer Electrolytes”, A.A. Rojas, K. Thakker, K.D. McEntush, S. Inceoglu, G.M. Stone, N.P. Balsara, Macromolecules, vol. 50 (21), pg. 8765–8776, 2017. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.7b01686

266. “Negative Transference Numbers in Poly(ethylene oxide)-based Electrolytes”, D.M. Pesko, K. Timachova, R. Bhattacharya, M.C. Smith, I. Villaluenga, J. Newman, N.P. Balsara, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, vol. 164 (11), pg. E3569-E3575, 2017. DOI: 10.1149/2.0581711jes

265. “Mechanism of Ion Transport in Perfluoropolyether Electrolytes with a Lithium Salt”, K. Timachova, M. Chintapalli, K.R. Olson, S.J. Mecham, J.M. DeSimone, N.P. Balsara, Soft Matter, vol. 13, pg. 5396-5396 , 2017. DOI: 10.1039/C7SM00794A

264. “Depolarized Light Scattering from Block Copolymer Grains Using Circularly Polarized Light”, X. Wang, X. Li, W. Loo, M.C. Newstein, N.P. Balsara, B.A Garetz, Macromolecules, vol. 50(13), pg. 5122-5131, 2017. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.7b01048

263. “Influence of Miscibility on Poly(ethylene oxide) Crystallization within from Disordered Melts of Lithium and Magnesium Single-Ion Conducting Block Copolymers with Lithium and Magnesium Counterions”, J.L. Thelen, X.C. Chen, S. Inceoglu, N.P. Balsara, Macromolecules, vol. 50(12), pg. 4827-4839, 2017. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.7b00735

262. “Influence of Miscibility on Poly(ethylene oxide) Crystallization within from Disordered Melts of Lithium and Magnesium Single-Ion Conducting Block Copolymers with Lithium and Magnesium Counterions”, J.L. Thelen, X.C. Chen, S. Inceoglu, N.P. Balsara, submitted, Macromolecules, 2017.



261. “Determination of Redox Reactions in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries”, K.H. Wujcik, D.R. Wang, A.A. Teran, E. Nasybulin, T.A. Pascal, D. Prendergast, N.P. Balsara, Advances in Electrochemical Science and Engineering, Vol. XVIII, R.C. Alkire, editor, accepted, 2017.



260. “Liquid Sulfur Impregnation of Microporous Carbon Accelerated by Nanoscale Interfacial Effects” T.A. Pascal, I. Villaluenga, K. Wujcik, D. Devaux, X. Jiang, D.R. Wang, N. Balsara, D. Prendergast, Nano Letters, accepted, 2017.



259. “Phase Behavior of Polymer Solutions and Blends”, P. Knychala, K. Timachova, M. Banaszak, N.P. Balsara, Macromolecules, invited Perspective Article to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the journal, 2017.



258. “Nanostructured Single-Ion-Conducting Hybrid Electrolytes based on Salty Nanoparticles and Block Copolymers”, I. Villaluenga, S. Inceoglu, X. Jiang, X.C. Chen, M. Chintapalli, D.R. Wang, D. Devaux, N.P. Balsara, Macromolecules, accepted, 2017.



257. “Designing Polymer Electrolytes for Safe and High Capacity Rechargeable Lithium Batteries”, T.F. Miller III, Z.G. Wang, G.W. Coates, N.P. Balsara, Accounts of Chemical Research, Special Issue “Holy Grails in Chemistry”, accepted, 2017.

256. “Simulation of Local Ion Transport in Lamellar Block Copolymer Electrolytes based on Electron Micrographs”, M. Chintapalli, K. Higa, X.C. Chen, V. Srinivasan, N.P. Balsara, Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics, accepted, 2017.

255. “Effect of Block Copolymer Morphology Controlled by Casting-Solvent Quality on Pervaporation of Butanol/Water Mixtures”, C. Shin, X.C. Chen, J.M. Prausnitz, N.P. Balsara, Journal of Membrane Science, accepted, 2017.

254. “In situ X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Studies of Discharge Reactions in a Thick Cathode of a Lithium Sulfur Battery”, K.H. Wujcik, R. Wang, T.A. Pascal, D. Prendergast, N.P. Balsara, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, accepted, 2017.

253. “Thermodynamic Origins of the Solvent-Dependent Stability of Lithium Polysulfides from First Principles” T.A. Pascal, K.H. Wujcik, D.R. Wang, N.P. Balsara, D. Prendergast, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, accepted, 2017.

2016

252. “The Relationship between Ion Dissociation, Melt Morphology, and Electrochemical Performance of Lithium and Magnesium Single-Ion Conducting Block Copolymers”, J.L. Thelen, S. Inceoglu, N.R. Venkasesana, N.G. Mackay, N.P. Balsara, Macromolecules, accepted, 2016.

251. “Characterization of a Block Copolymer with a Wide Distribution of Grain Sizes”, X. Wang, M. Chintapalli, M.C. Newstein, N.P. Balsara, B.A. Garetz, Macromolecules, accepted, 2016.

250. “Lithium metal-Vanadium Copper Oxide Battery with a Block Copolymer Electrolyte”, D. Devaux, X. Wang, J.L. Thelen, D.Y. Parkinson, J. Cabana, F. Wang, N.P. Balsara, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, vol. 163(10), pg. A2447-A2455, 2016. DOI: 10.1149/2.1331610jes

249. “Influence of Electrolyte Modulus on the Local Current Density at a Dendrite Tip on a Lithium Metal Electrode”, K.J. Harry, K. Higga, V. Srinivasan, N.P. Balsara, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, vol. 163 (10), pg. A2216-A2224, 2016. DOI: 10.1149/2.0191610jes

248. “Liquid Perfluourpolyether Electrolytes with Enhanced Ionic Conductivity for Lithium Battery Applications”, K.R. Olson, D.H.C. Wong, M. Chintapalli, K. Timachova, R. Janusziewicz, W.F.M. Daniel, S. Mecham, S. Sheiko, N.P. Balsara, J.M. DeSimone, Polymer, vol. 100 (25), pg. 126-133, 2016. DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2016.08.020

247. “Lithium Polysulfide Radical Anions in Ether-Based Solvents”, K.H. Wujcik, D.R. Wang, A. Raghunathan, M. Drake, T.A. Pascal, D. Prendergast, N.P. Balsara, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, vol. 120 (33), pg. 18403-18410, 2016. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b04264

246. “Block Copolymer Membranes for Efficient Capture of a Chemo-Therapy Drug”, X.C. Chen, H.J. Oh, J.F. Yu, J.K. Yang, N. Petzetakis, A.S. Patel, S.W. Hetts, N.P. Balsara, Macro Letters, vol. 5 (8), pg. 936-941, 2016. DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.6b00459

245. “Universal Relationship between Conductivity and Solvation-Site Connectivity in Ether-Based Polymer Electrolytes”, D.M. Pesko, M.A. Webb, Y. Jung, Q. Zheng, T.F. Miller, G.W. Coates, N.P. Balsara, Macromolecules, vol. 49 (14), pg. 5244-5255, 2016. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b00851

244. “Conductivity of carbonate- and perfluoropolyether-based electrolytes in porous separators”, D. Devaux, Y.H. Chang, I. Villaluenga, X.C. Chen, M. Chintapalli, J.M. DeSimone, N.P. Balsara, Journal of Power Sources, vol. 323 (15), pg. 158-165, 2016. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2016.05.039

243. “Pervaporation-assisted catalytic conversion of xylose to furfural”, A. Wang, N.P. Balsara, A.T. Bell, Green Chemistry, vol. 18, pg. 4073-4085, 2016. DOI: 10.1039/C6GC00581K

242. “Relationship between Conductivity, Ion Diffusion and Transference Number in Perfluoropolyether Electrolytes”, M. Chintapalli, K. Timachova, K.R. Olson, S.J. Mecham, D. Devaux, J.M. DeSimone, N. P. Balsara, Macromolecules, vol. 49 (9), pg. 3508-3515, 2016. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b00412

241. “Orientation Mapping of Semicrystalline Polymers using Scanning Electron Nanobeam Diffraction”, O. Panova, X.C. Chen, K.C. Bustillo, C. Ophus, M.P. Bhatt, N. Balsara, A.M. Minor, Micron, vol. 88, pg. 30-36, 2016.
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2016.05.008

240. “Morphology and Proton Transport in Humidified Phosphonated Peptoid Block Copolymers”, J. Sun, X. Jiang, A. Siegmund, K.H. Downing, N.P. Balsara, Ronald N. Zuckermann, Macromolecules, vol. 49(8), pg. 3083–3090, 2016.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b00353

239. “Self-assembly of crystalline nanotubes from monodisperse amphiphilic diblock copolypeptoid tiles”, J. Sun, X. Jiang, R. Lund, K.H. Downing, N.P. Balsara, and R.N. Zuckermann, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 113(1), pg. 52–57, 2016.
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1520394112

238. “Effect of Monomer Structure on Ionic Conductivity in a Systematic Set of Polyester Electrolytes”, D.M. Pesko, Y. Jung, A.L. Hasan, M.A. Webb, G.W. Coates, T.F. Miller III, and N.P. Balsara, Solid State Ionics, vol. 289, pg. 118–124, 2016.
DOI:10.1016/j.ssi.2016.02.020

237. “Structure and Ionic Conductivity of Polystyrene-block-poly(ethyleneoxide) Electrolytes in the High Salt Concentration Limit”, M. Chintapalli, T.N.P. Le, N.R. Venkatesh, N.G. Mackay, A.A. Rojas, J.L. Thelen, X.C. Chen, D. Devaux, N.P. Balsara, Macromolecules, vol. 49(5), pg. 1770–1780, 2016.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b02620

236. “Mechanical Degradation in Graphite/Polyvinylidene difluoride Composite Electrodes During Li-ion Battery Cycling”, K. Takahashi, K. Higa, S. Mair, M. Chintapalli, N.P. Balsara, V. Srinivasan, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, vol. 163(3), pg. A385-A389, 2016.
DOI:10.1149/2.0271603jes

235. “An Investigation of the Ionic Conductivity and Species Crossover of Lithiated Nafion 117 in Nonaqueous Electrolytes”, L. Su, R.M. Darling, K.G. Gallagher, W. Xie, J.L. Thelen, A.F. Badel, J.L. Barton, K.J. Cheng, N.P. Balsara, J.S. Moore, F.R. Brushett, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, vol. 163(1), pg. A5253-A5262, 2016.
DOI:10.1149/2.03211601jes

2015

234. “Relationship between Mobility and Lattice Strain in Electrochemically Doped Poly(3-hexylthiophene)”, J.L. Thelen, S.L. Wu, A.E. Javier, V. Srinivasan, N.P. Balsara, S.N. Patel, Macro Letters, vol. 4, pg. 1386–1391, 2015.
DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.5b00827

233. “Compliant Glass-Polymer Hybrid Single-Ion-Conducting Electrolytes for Lithium Batteries”, I. Villaluenga, K.H. Wujcik, W. Tong, D. Devaux, D.H.C. Wong, J.M. DeSimone, N.P. Balsara, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 113, pg. 52-57, 2015.
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1520394112

232. " Effect of molecular weight and salt concentration on ion transport and the transference number in polymer electrolytes", K. Timachova, H. Watanabe, N.P. Balsara, Macromolecules, vol. 48, pg. 7882–7888, 2015.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b01724

231. "Relationship between Steady-State Current in Symmetric Cells and Transference Number of Electrolytes Comprising Univalent and Multivalent Ions", N.P. Balsara, J. Newman, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, vol. 162, pg. A2720-2722, 2015.
DOI:10.1149/2.0651514jes

230. "Electrochemical Deposition and Stripping Behavior of Lithium Metal across a Rigid Block Copolymer Electrolyte Membrane", K. J. Harry, X. Liao, D.Y. Parkinson, A.M. Minor, N.P. Balsara, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, vol. 162, pg. A2699-2706, 2015.
DOI:10.1149/2.0321514jes

229. "Effect of Lithium-Ion Concentration on Morphology and Ion Transport in Single-Ion-Conducting Block Copolymer Electrolytes", A.A. Rojas, S. Inceoglu, N.G. Mackay, J.L. Thelen, D. Devaux, G.M. Stone, N.P. Balsara, Macromolecules, vol. 48, pg. 6589–6595, 2015.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b01193

228. "Water Uptake and Proton Conductivity in Porous Block Copolymer Electrolyte Membranes", X.C. Chen, J.B. Kortright, N.P. Balsara, Macromolecules, vol. 48, pg. 5648-5655, 2015.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b00950

227. "Effect of Copolymer Composition on Electronic Conductivity of Electrochemically Oxidized Poly(3-hexylthiophene)-b-poly(ethylene oxide) Block Copolymers", M.P. Bhatt, J.L. Thelen, N.P. Balsara, Chemistry of Materials, vol. 27, p. 5141−5148, 2015.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b02085

226. "Systematic Computational and Experimental Investigation of Lithium-ion Transport Mechanisms in Polyester-based Polymer Electrolytes", M.A. Webb, Y. Jung, D.M. Pesko, B.M. Savoie, U. Yamamoto, G.W. Coates, N.P. Balsara, Z.G. Wang, T.F. Miller, ACS Central Science, vol. 1, p. 198-205, 2015.
DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.5b00195