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Publications

  1. Abtahi, S.; Hendeniya, N.; Mahmud, S. T.; Mogbojuri, G.; Iheme, C. L.; Chang, B.* Metal-Coordinated Polymer–Inorganic Hybrids: Synthesis, Properties, and Application. Polymers 2025, 17(2), 136. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/polym17020136

  2. Mogbojuri, G.; Abtahi, S.; Hendeniya, N.; Chang, B.* The Effects of Chain Conformation and Nanostructure on the Dielectric Properties of Polymers. Materials 2025, 18(1), 198. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ma18010198

  3. Banerjee, S.; Abtahi, S.; Orondo, M.; Gregory, P.; Bloch, J.-F.; Ballard, A.; Burris, M.; Griffin, E.; Phillip, P.; Hendeniya, N.; Mi, J.; Rossini, A. J.; Thuo, M.,* Chang, B. S.* The Role of Liquid-like Surface-Adsorbed Water and Alkylsilanes in the Plasticity of Cellulose. ACS Applied Polymer Materials 2024, 6(18), 11127-11136. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.4c01377

  4. Hendeniya, N.; Chittick, C; Hillery, K.; Abtahi, S.; Mosher, C.; Chang, B. S.* Revealing the Kinetic Phase Behavior of Block Copolymer Complexes Using Solvent Vapor Absorption–Desorption Isotherms. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2024, 16 (14), 18144-18153. DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c00076

  5. Hillery, K.; Hendeniya, N.; Abtahi, S.; Chittick, C.; Chang, B.* Substrate Neutrality for Obtaining Block Copolymer Vertical Orientation. Polymers 2024, 16(12), 1740. DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3390/polym16121740

  6. Hendeniya, N.; Abtahi, S.; Mogbojuri, G.; Chittick, C.; Chang, B.* A snapshot review of the crystallization of polymer chains complexed by small molecules focusing on poly (4-vinylpyridine) systems: Opportunities and challenges. MRS Advances 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1557/s43580-024-00887-0

  7. Yu, B.; Chang, B. S.; Loo, W. S.; Dhuey, S.; O’Reilly, P.; Ashby, P.D.; Connolly, M.D.; Tikhomirov, G.; Zuckermann, R.N.; Ruiz, R. Nanopatterned monolayers of bioinspired, sequence-defined polypeptoid brushes for semiconductor/bio interfaces. ACS Nano 2024. 18 (10), 7411–7423. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.3c10204

  8. Martin, A.; Pauls, A.M.; Chang, B.S.; Boyce, E.; Thuo, M.* Photo‐Activated Growth and Metastable Phase Transition in Metallic Solid Solutions. Adv. Mater., 2024 24 (6), 2309865. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202309865

  9. Martin, A.; Chen, J.; Du, C.; Kumar, M.; Tevis, I.D.; Chang, B.S.; Pathak, S.; Thuo, M.* Atomic Reconstruction of Au Thin Films through Interfacial Strains. Nano Let., 2024 36 (8), 1967-1973. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c04412

  10. Hendeniya, N.; Hillery, K.; Chang, B. S.* Processive Pathways to Metastability in Block Copolymer Thin Films. Polymers 2023, 15(3), 498. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym15030498

  11. Li, H.; Chang, B. S.; Kim, H.; Xie, Z.; Lainé, A.; Ma, L.; Xu, T.; Yang, C.; Kwon, J.; Shelton, S. W.; et al. High-performing polysulfate dielectrics for electrostatic energy storage under harsh conditions. Joule 2023, 7 (1), 95-111. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2022.12.010.

  12. Zhou, J.; Gashi, A.; Riminucci, F.; Chang, B.; Barnard, E.; Cabrini, S.; Weber-Bargioni, A.; Schwartzberg, A.; Munechika, K. Sharp, high numerical aperture (NA), nanoimprinted bare pyramid probe for optical mapping.  Rev. Sci. Instrum. 2023, 94, 033902. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0104012

  13. Chang, B. S.; Loo, W. S.; Yu, B.; Dhuey, S.; Wan, L.; Nealey, P. F.; Ruiz, R. Sequential Brush Grafting for Chemically and Dimensionally Tolerant Directed Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2022. 15 (1), 2020–2029. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c16508.

  14. Chang, B.S.; Li, C.; Dai, J.; Evans, K.; Huang, J.; He, M.; Hu, W.; Tian, Z.*; Xu, T.* “Thermal Percolation in Well-Defined Nanocomposite Thin Films” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2022 14 (12), 14579–14587. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c00296

  15. Thomas, B.; Chang, B.S.; Chang, J.J.; Thuo, M.; Rossini, A.J.  Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy-Assisted Structure Determination of Coordination Polymers. Chem. Mater. 2022. 34 (17), 7678–7691. DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c00593

  16. Martin, A.; Chang, B.S.; Thuo, M.* “Effect of Surface Nanostructures and Speciation on Undercooling for Low-Temperature Solder Alloys” ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 2022 5 (3), 3325–3332. DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.1c03865

  17. Delre, C.; Chang, B.S.; Jayapurna, I.; Hall, A.; Wang, A.; Zolkin, K.; Xu, T.*, “Synergize enzyme mixtures to realize near complete depolymerization in polyester/additive blends” Adv. Mater., 2021, 2021, 33, 2105707. DOI: 10.1002/adma.202105707

  18. Martin, A.; Chang, B.S.; Cutinho J.; Shen, L.; Ward, T., III; Cochran. E.W.; Thuo, M.M.* “Passivation -driven speciation, dealloying and purification” Mater. Horiz. 2021,8, 925-931. DOI: 10.1039/D0MH01832E

  19. Martin, A.; Chang, B.S.; Pauls, A.M., Du, C.; Thuo, M.M.* “Stabilization of Undercooled State via Passivating Layers” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 5928. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202013489

  20. Chang, B.S.; Ma, Le; He, M.; Xu, T.* “NMR Studies of Block Copolymer-Based Supramolecules in Solution” ACS Macro Lett., 2020 9 (7), 1060-1066. DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.0c00434

  21. Chang, B.S.; Martin, A.; Li, A.; Thomas, B.; Rossini, A.J.; Gong, J.; Thuo, M.M.*, “Inferface-Driven Bandgap Tuning in Carbon-Doped Ga2O3, gC-β-Ga2O3 for CO2 Photocatalyst” ACS Mater. Lett., 2020 2 (9), 1211-1217. DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialslett.0c00251

  22. Martin, A.; Kiarie, W.; Chang, B.; Thuo, M.M.* “Chameleon Metals: Autonomous Nano‐Texturing and Composition Inversion on Liquid Metals Surfaces” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 352. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201912639

  23. Martin, A.; Du, C.; Chang, B.; Thuo, M.M.* “Complexity and Opportunities in Liquid Metal Surface Oxides.” Chem. Mater., 2020, 32 (21), 9045-9055. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c02047

  24. Chang, B.S.; Thomas, B.; Chen, J.; Tevis, I.D.; Karanja, P.; Çınar, S.; Venkatesh, A.; Rossini, A.J.;* Thuo, M.M.* “Ambient synthesis of nanomaterials by in situ heterogeneous metal/ligand reactions” Nanoscale, 2019, 11, 14060-14069. DOI: 10.1039/C9NR05448K

  25. Chang, B.S.; Fratzl, M.; Boyer, A.F.; Martin, A.; Ahrenholtz, H.C.; De Moraes, I.; Bloch, J-F.; Dempsey, N.M.; Thuo, M.M. “Rapid Prototyping of Reconfigurable Microfluidic Channels in Undercooled Metal Particle-Elastomer Composites” Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58 (10), 4137-4142. DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.8b06441

  26. Chang, B.S.; Boddupalli, A.; Boyer, A.F.; Orondo, M.; Bloch, J-F.; Bratlie, K.M.;* Thuo, M.M.* “Effect of surface morphologies and chemistry of paper on deposited collagen” App. Surf. Sci. 2019, 484 (1), 461-469. DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.04.131

  27. Martin, A.; Chang, B.S.; Martin, Z.; Paramanik, D.; Frankiewicz, C.; Kundu, S.; Tevis, I.D.; Thuo, M.M.* “Heat-Free Fabrication of Metallic Interconnects for Flexible/Wearable Devices” Adv. Funct. Mater., 2019, 1903687. DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201903687
    Featured on Inside Cover: Advanced Functional Materials October 2019 issue
    Press release: Chemical and Engineering News, Electronics Weekly, Iowa State News

  28. Damon, D.E.; Maher, Y.S.; Allen, D.M.; Baker, J.; Chang, B.; Maher, S.; Thuo, M.M.; Badu-Tawiah, A.K.* “Determining Surface Energy of Porous Substrates by Spray Ionization” Langmuir, 2019, In press. DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b02419

  29. Chang, B. S.; Oyola-Reynoso, S.; Cutinho, J.; Thuo, M. “Rapid one-step synthesis of complex-architecture block polymers using inductively ‘armed-disarmed’ monomer pairs” Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2018, 39 (8), 1800026. DOI: 10.1002/marc.201800026
    Featured on Front Cover: Macromolecular Rapid Communications April 2018 issue

  30. Chang, B.; Tutika, R.; Cutinho, J.; Oyola-Reynoso, S.; Chen, J.; Thuo, M. “Mechanically triggered composite Stiffness Tuning Through Thermodynamic Relaxation (ST3R)” Mater. Horiz. 2018, 5 (3), 416-422. DOI: 10.1039/C8MH00032H.
    Featured on Inside Cover: Material Horizon May 2018 issue , 2018 Top 17 PapersPress release: Materials Today, Phys.Org, Manufacturing business technology magazine, Science Daily, WHO Channel 13 News, Design-Engineering, Azo Materials

  31. Chang, B. S.; Martin, A.; Gregory, P.; Kundu, S.; Du, C.; Orondo, M.; Thuo, M. “Functional Materials through Surfaces and Interfaces” MRS Adv. 2018, 1-13. DOI: 10.1557/adv.2018.399

  32. Cutinho, J.; Chang, B. S.; Oyola-Reynoso, S.; Akhter, S. S.; Chen, J.; Tevis, I. D.; Bello, N. J.; Foster, M.; Thuo, M. M.* “Autonomous Thermal-Oxidative Composition Inversion (TOCI) and Texture Tuning of Liquid Metal Surfaces” ACS Nano 2018.12 (5), 4744-4753. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b01438

  33. Fratzl, M.; Chang, B. S.; Oyola-Reynoso, S.; Blaire, G.; Delshadi, S.; Devillers, T.; Dempsey, N. M.; Bloch, J.-F.; Thuo, M. M. “Magnetic Two-Way Valves for Paper-Based Capillary-Driven Microfluidic Devices” ACS Omega 2018, 3 (2), 2049–2057. DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.7b01839

  34. Gregory, P.; Martin, A.; Chang, B.; Oyola-Reynoso, S.; Bloch, J-F; Thuo, M. “Inverting Thermal Degradation (iTD) of Paper using Chemi- and Physi-sorbed Modifiers for Templated Material Synthesis” Frontiers in Chemistry 2018, 6 (338). DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2018.00338

  35. Chen, J.; Giroux, T. J.; Nguyen, Y.; Kadoma, A. A.; Chang, B.; VanVeller, B.; Thuo, M. “Understanding Interface (Odd-Even) Effects in Charge Tunneling using Polished EGaIn Electrode” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2018, 20 (7), 4864-4878. DOI:  10.1039/C7CP07531F 
    2018 Hot Paper

  36. Chang, B. S.; Oyola-Reynoso, S.; Chen, J.; Lu, M.; Thuo, M. M. “Solvated-Electron Initiated Rapid Polymerization at Ambient-Temperature: A case of Monomer Solubility” Polym. Chem. 2017, 8 (22), 3475-3484. DOI:  10.1039/C7PY00416H 

  37. Chen, J.; Chang, B.; Oyola-Reynoso, S.; Wang, Z.; Thuo, M. “Quantifying Gauche Defects and Phase Evolution in Self-Assembled Monolayers through Sessile Drops” ACS Omega 2017, 2 (5), 2072-2084. DOI:  10.1021/acsomega.7b00355

  38. Oyola-Reynoso, S.; Frankiewicz, C.; Chang, B.; Chen, J.; Bloch, J. F.; Thuo, M. M. “Paper-based microfluidic devices by asymmetric calendaring” Biomicrofluidics 2017, 11 (1), 014104. DOI:  10.1063/1.4974013

  39. Chang, B.; Zhong, L.; Akinc, M. “Low cost composites for vacuum insulation core material” Vacuum 2016, 131, 120-126. DOI: 10.1016/j.vacuum.2016.05.027

  40. Oyola-Reynoso, S.; Chen, J.; Chang, B. S.; Bloch, J.-F.; Thuo, M. M. “Surface polymerization of perfluorosilane treatments on paper mitigates HF production upon incineration” RSC Adv. 2016, 6 (85), 82233-82237. DOI: 10.1039/C6RA20582H

  41. Oyola-Reynoso, S.; Kihereko, D.; Chang, B. S.; Mwangi, J. N.; Halbertsma-Black, J.; Bloch, J.-F.; Thuo, M. M.; Nganga, M. M. “Substituting Plastic Casings with Hydrophobic (Perfluorosilane treated) paper improves Biodegradability of Low-Cost Diagnostic Devices” Ind. Crops Prod. 2016, 94, 294-298. DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2016.08.051

  42. Diallo, M. S.; Srinivasan, S.; Chang, B.; Ghosh, S.; Balasubramanian, G. “Effect of metallic nanoparticle fillers on the thermal conductivity of diatomaceous earth” Phys. Lett. A 2016, 380 (43), 3645-3649. DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2016.09.007

  43. Oyola-Reynoso, S.; Tevis, I. D.; Chen, J.; Chang, B. S.; Çinar, S.; Bloch, J. F.; Thuo, M. M. “Recruiting physisorbed water in surface polymerization for bio-inspired materials of tunable hydrophobicity” J. Mater. Chem. A 2016, 4 (38), 14729-14738. DOI: 10.1039/C6TA06446A

  44. Oyola-Reynoso, S.; Wang, Z.; Chen, J.; Cinar, S.; Chang, B.; Thuo, M. “Revisiting the challenges in fabricating uniform coatings with polyfunctional molecules on high surface energy materials” Coatings 2015, 5 (4), 1002-1018. DOI: 10.3390/coatings5041002

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