publications

 

R. Li, C. Mbonu, P. Akcora, Structure-Dependent Ionic Conductivity in Poly(Ionic Liquid)-b-Poly(methyl methacrylate)-Grafted Nanoparticles, ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 7(6), 3853-3862, 2025.


R. Li, D. Bulucu, T. Chou, P. Akcora, Enhanced Ion Conductivity in a Poly(Ionic Liquid)-Grafted Nanoparticle-Based Single Ion Conductor, Macromolecules,  57(8), 3807-3815, 2024.


  1. C.Mbonu, N. Osti, D. Wu, P. Akcora, Quasi-Elastic Neutron Scattering Study on Dynamically Asymmetric Polymer Blends, Journal of Polymer Science, 62(18), 4177-4185, 2024.


  1. S.Patil, C. Mbonu, T. Chou, R. Li, S. Cheng, P. Akcora, Dynamics of Poly(methyl acrylate/poly(methyl methacrylate)-grafted Fe3O4 nanocomposites, Soft Matter, 20(39). 7970-7982, 2024.


Y. Feng, C. Mbonu, T. Chou, P. Akcora, Synthesis and Rheological Properties of Polymer Loop-Grafted Nanoparticle Composites”, submitted, 2024.


  1. Y.Feng, R. Li, C. Mbonu, P. Akcora, Effect of Oligomer Addition on Tube Dilation in Polymer Nanocomposites, Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 45(5), 2300620, 2023.


P. Muisener, P. Akcora, A New Mentoring and Undergraduate Research Experience Model Between REUs and RETs at the Stevens REU/RET Site Program on Sustainable Energy and Bioengineering, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings, ISSN: 21535965, 2023.


Y. Ge, P. Akcora, Alignment-Assisted Networks of Polyelectrolyte-Grafted Cellulose Nanocrystals, ACS Applied Enginering Materials, 1(10), 2599-2605, 2023.


R. Li, P. Akcora, Examining Ionicity and Conductivity in Poly(methyl methacrylate) Containing Imidazolium-based Ionic Liquids, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 382, 121897, 2023.


D. Wu, S. Narayanan, R. Li, Y. Feng, P. Akcora, Effect of Dynamically Heterogeneous Interphases on Particle Dynamics of Polymer Nanocomposites, Soft Matter, 19(15), 2764-2770, 2023.


R. Li, Y. Han, P. Akcora, Ionic Channels in Sulfonated Copolymer-Grafted Nanoparticles in Ionic Liquid, Soft Matter, 18, 5402-5409, 2022.


  1. S.Liu, R. Li, M. Tyagi, P. Akcora, Confinement Effects in Dynamics of Ionic Liquids with Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticles, ChemPhysChem, 23(18), e202200219, 2022.


Y. Feng, D. Wu, R. Li, P. Akcora, Rheological Properties of Entangled and Unentangled Polymer Composite Networks, Polymer, 255, 125150, 2022.


D. Wu, Y. Ge, Y. Feng, R. Li, P. Akcora, Thermally Activated Shear Stiffening in Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticle Composites for High Temperature Adhesives, ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 4(4), 2819-2827, 2022.


D. Wu, Y. Feng, P. Akcora, Entanglement Density and Particle Dynamics in Rigid Interfacial Layers of Polymer Nanocomposites, Journal of Applied Physics, 130(6), 064701, 2021.


S. Liu, D. Wu, R. Li, P. Akcora, Ion-Containing Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticles in Ionic Liquids: Implications for Polymer Electrolyte Membranes, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 4(8), 8108-8115, 2021.


C. Gong, D. Weiblen, D. Rende, P. Akcora, R. Ozisik, Stability of Particle Dispersion and Heterogeneous Interfacial Layers in Polymer Nanocomposites, Polymer, 226, 123813, 2021.


D.Wu, D. G. Weiblen, R. Ozisik, P. Akcora, Local viscosity of Interfacial Layers in Polymer Nanocomposites Measured by Magnetic Heating, ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 2(12), 5542-5549, 2020.


S. Liu, M. Tyagi, P. Akcora, Polymer-Coupled Local Dynamics Enhances Conductivity of Ionic Liquids, Macromolecules, 53(15), 6538-6546, 2020.


  1. S.Liu, N. V. Tarakina, P. Akcora, Solvation in Ionic Liquids with Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticles, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 124(23), 4843, 2020.


W. Peng, R. Ranganathan, P. Keblinski, P. Akcora, R. Ozisik, Viscoelastic and Dynamic Properties of Polymer-Grafted Nanocomposites with High Glass Transition Temperature Graft Chains, Journal of Applied Physics, 126(19), 195102, 2019.


S. Yang, P. Akcora, Deformation of Chemically Heterogeneous Interfacial Layers of Polymer Nanocomposites, ACS Macro Letters, 8(12), 1635, 2019.


S. Liu, N. Osti, P. Akcora, Dynamics of Ionic Liquids in Presence of Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticles, Nanoscale, 11(42), 19832, 2019.


C. Zhang, S. Yang, V. Padmanabhan, P. Akcora, Solution Rheology of Poly(acrylic acid)-Grafted Silica Nanoparticles, Macromolecules, 52(24), 9594, 2019.


  1. S.Yang, M. Hassan, P. Akcora, Role of Adsorbed Chain Rigidity in Reinforcement of Polymer Nanocomposites, J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys., 57(1), 9, 2019.


  1. S.Yang, S. Liu, S. Narayanan, C. Zhang, P. Akcora, Chemical Heterogeneity in Interfacial Layers of Polymer Nanocomposites, Soft Matter, 14, 4784, 2018.


  1. S.Liu, H. Wang, P. Akcora, Ordering Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticles at Oil-Air Interfaces under Magnetic Fields, Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 219, 1800012, 2018.


C. Zhang, T. Carlson, S. Yang, P. Akcora, Ordering pH-responsive polymer-grafted nanoparticles in a flow coating process, Advanced Materials Interfaces, 5(5), 1701318, 2018.


H. Wang, P. Akcora, Examining lysozyme Structures on polyzwitterionic brush surfaces, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 160, 215, 2017.


  1. N.Bachhar, Y. Jiao, M. Asai, P. Akcora, R. Bandyopadhyaya, S. K. Kumar, Impact of the distributions of core size and grafting density on the self-assembly of polymer grafted nanoparticles, Macromolecules, 50, 7730, 2017.


C. Zhang, P. Akcora, Evaporation Controlled Particle Patterns in a Polymer Droplet, RSC Advances, 7, 18321, 2017.


H. Wang, P. Akcora, Confinement Effect on Structure and Elasticity of Proteins Interfacing Polymers, Soft Matter, 13, 1561, 2017.


E. Senses, A. Faraone, P. Akcora, Modifying Entanglements and Microscopic Chain Motion in Nanocomposites with Dynamically Asymmetric Interphases, Scientific Reports, 6, 29326, 2016.


S. Liu, E. Senses, Y. Jiao, S. Narayanan, P. Akcora, Structure and Entanglement Factors on Dynamics of Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticles, ACS Macro Letters, 5(5), 569-573, 2016.


H. Wang, C. Black, P. Akcora, Elastic properties of protein functionalized nanoporous polymer films, Langmuir, 32(1), 151-158, 2016.


Y. Jiao, T. Chou, P. Akcora, Design of Ion-Containing Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticles for Conductive Membranes, Macromolecules, 48(14), 4910, 2015.


E. Senses, A. Isherwood, P. Akcora, Reversible Thermal Stiffening in Polymer Nanocomposites, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 7(27), 14682, 2015.


E. Senses, P. Akcora, Tuning Mechanical Properties of Nanocomposites with Bimodal Polymer Bound Layers, RSC Advances, 4(91), 49628, 2014.


Y. Jiao, P. Akcora, Understanding the role of grafted polystyrene chain conformation in assembly of magnetic nanoparticles, Physical Review E, 90(4), 042601, 2014.


Y. Jiao, J. Parra, P. Akcora, Effect of Ionic Groups on Polymer-Grafted Magnetic Nanoparticle Assemblies, Macromolecules, 47(6), 2030, 2014.


  1. Y.Jiao, P. Akcora, Accelerated Brush Growth on Nanoparticle Surfaces by Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer (RAFT) Polymerization, J. Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 52, 1700, 2014.


E. Senses, Y. Jiao, P. Akcora, Modulating interfacial attractions of polymer-grafted nanoparticles in melts under shear, Soft Matter, 10(25), 4464, 2014.


  1. E.Senses, P. Akcora, Mechanistic model for deformation of polymer nanocomposite melts under large amplitude shear, J. Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics, 51(9), 764, 2013.


  1. E.Senses, P. Akcora, An interface driven stiffening in polymer nanocomposites, Macromolecules, 46(5), 1868, 2013.


  1. E.Senses, M. Black, T. Cunnignham, S. Sukhishvili, P. Akcora, Spatial ordering of colloids in a drying aqueous polymer droplet, Langmuir, 29(8), 2588, 2013.


  1. Z.Zhu, E. Senses, P. Akcora, S. Sukhishvili, Programmable light-controlled shape changes in layered polymer nanocomposites, ACS Nano, 6(4), 3152, 2012.


  1. Y.Jiao, J. M. Stark, P. Akcora, D. Gyawali, P. Nair, R. T. Tran, J. Yang, A rheological study of biodegradable injectable PEGMC/HA composite scaffolds, Soft Matter, 8(5), 1499, 2012.


K. Keller, A. Amirian, P. Akcora, Elastic properties of a protein/polymer grafted surface, Langmuir, 28(8), 3807, 2012.


Y. Jiao, P. Akcora, Assembly of polymer-grafted magnetic nanoparticles in polymer melts, Macromolecules, 45(8), 3463, 2012.


J. F. Moll, P. Akcora, A. Rungta, S. Gong, R. H. Colby, B. C. Benicewicz, S. K. Kumar, Mechanical reinforcement in polymer melts filled with polymer grafted nanoparticles, Macromolecules, 44(18), 7473, 2011.


  1. P. Akcora, S. K. Kumar, L. S. Schadler, V. G. Sakai, Y. Li, B. C. Benicewicz, Segmental dynamics in PMMA-grafted nanoparticle composites, Macromolecules, 43(19), 8275, 2010.


  1. P. Akcora, S. K. Kumar, S. Lewis, L. S. Schadler, Y. Li, B. C. Benicewicz, S. Narayanan, P. Thiyagarajan, J. Ilavsky, R. H. Colby, J. F. Douglas, Gel-like mechanical reinforcement in polymer nanocomposites, Macromolecules, 43(2), 1003, 2010.


  1. P. Akcora, H. Liu, S. K. Kumar, Y. Li, B. C. Benicewicz, Linda S. Schadler, D. Acehan, A. Panagiotopoulos, V. Pryamitsyn, V. Ganesan, J. Ilavsky, P. Thiyagarajan, R. H. Colby, J. F. Douglas, Anisotropic self-assembly of polymer-grafted nanoparticles, Nature Materials, 8(4), 354, 2009, appeared on the cover page.


  1. J.Khan, S. Harton, P. Akcora, B. Benicewicz, S. K. Kumar, Polymer Crystallization in Nanocomposites: Spatial Reorganization of Nanoparticles, Macromolecules, 42(15), 5741, 2009.


  1. P. Akcora, R. M. Briber, P. Kofinas, Oxidation effect on templating of metal oxide nanoparticles within block copolymers, Polymer, 50(5), 1223, 2009.


  1. P. Akcora, R. M. Briber, P. Kofinas, TEM characterization of diblock copolymer templated iron oxide nanoparticles: Bulk solution and thin film surface doping approach, Polymer, 47(6), 2018, 2006.


P. Akcora, X. Zhang, B. Varughese, R. M. Briber, P. Kofinas, Structural and magnetic characterization of norbornene-deuterated norbornene dicarboxylic acid diblock copolymers doped with iron oxide nanoparticles, Polymer, 46(14), 5194, 2005.