Selected Publications
2018
Bin Tin, Hao Pan, Heng Li, Marilyn L. Minus‡ Bridgette M. Budhlall, and Margaret J. Sobkowicz “Improving Charge Carrier Mobility of Polymer Blend Field Effect Transistors with Majority Insulating Polymer Phase”, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, vol. 122 (2018), pp. 2918-2930.
Navid Tajaddod, Heng Li, and Marilyn L. Minus “Low-Temperature Graphitic Formation Promoted by Confined Interphase Structures in Polyacrylonitrile/Carbon Nanotube Materials”, Polymer, vol. 137 (2018), pp. 346-357.
Jianwei Song, Chaoji Chen, Shuze Zhu, Mingwei Zhu, Jiaqi Dai, Upamanyu Ray, Yiju Li, Yudi Kuang, Yongfeng Li, Nelson Quispe, Yonggang Yao, Amy Gong, Ulrich H. Leiste, Hugh A. Bruck, J.Y. Zhu, Ahar Vellore, Heng Li, Marilyn L. Minus, Zheng Jia, Ashlie Martini, Teng Li, and Liangbing Hu “Processing bulk natural wood into a high- performance structural material”, Nature vol. 554, (2018) pp. 224-228.
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2017
Heng Li and Marilyn L. Minus “On the Formation of Potential Polymer-Nanotube Blends by Liquid-Solid Phase Separation Polymer”, Polymer, vol. 131 (2017) pp. 179- 192.
Mingwei Zhu, Yilin Wang, Shuze Zhu, Lisha Xu, Chao Jia, Jiaqi Dai, Jianwei Song, Yonggang Yao, Yanbin Wang, Yongfeng Li, Doug Henderson, Wei Luo, Heng Li, Marilyn L. Minus, Teng Li, and Liangbing Hu “Anisotropic, Transparent Films with Aligned Cellulose Nanofibers”, Advanced Materials, no. 1606284, (2017) pp. 136-145.
Emily C. Green, Yiying Zhang, Heng Li, and Marilyn L. Minus “Gel-spinning of mimetic collagen and collagen/nano-carbon fibers: Understanding multi-scale influences on molecular ordering and fibril alignment”, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, vol. 65 (2017) pp. 552-564.
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2016
John P. Abdou, Karina J. Reynolds, Michaela R. Pfau, Justin van Staden, Gregory A. Braggin, Navid Tajaddod, Marilyn L. Minus, Victor Reguero, Juan J. Vilatela, and Shanju Zhang “Interfacial crystallization of isotactic polypropylene surrounding macroscopic carbon nanotube and graphene fibers“, Polymer, vol. 91, (2016) pp. 136-145.
Navid Tajaddod, Kenan Song, Emily C. Green, Yiying Zhang, and Marilyn L. Minus “Exfoliation of Boron Nitride Platelets by Enhanced Interfacial Interaction with Polyethylene“, Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, vol. 301, (2016) pp. 315-327.
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2015
Kenan Song, Yiying Zhang, Jiangsha Meng, and Marilyn L. Minus “Spectral Analysis of Lamellae Evolution and Constraining Effects Aided by Nano-carbons: A Coupled Experimental and Simulation Study“, Polymer, vol. 75, (2015) pp. 187-198.
Yiying Zhang, Navid Tajaddod, Kenan Song, Marilyn L. Minus “Low Temperature Graphitization of Interphase Polyacrylonitrile (PAN)“, Carbon, vol. 91, (2015) pp. 479-493.
Kenan Song, Yiying Zhang, and Marilyn L. Minus “Polymer Interphase Self-Reinforcement and Strengthening Mechanisms in Low-loaded Nano-composite Fibers“, Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, vol. 216 (12), (2015) pp. 1313-1320.
Jiangsha Meng, Navid Tajaddod, Steven W. Cranford, and Marilyn L. Minus “Polyethylene-Assisted Exfoliation of Hexagonal Boron Nitride in Composite Fibers: A Combined Experimental and Computational Study”, Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, vol. 216, (2015) pp. 847-855.
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2014
Jiangsha Meng, Yiying Zhang, Steven Cranford, and Marilyn L. Minus “Nanotube Dispersion and Polymer Conformational Confinement in a Nano-Composite Fiber: A Joint Computational Experimental Study”, Journal of Physical Chemistry Part: B: Biophysical Chemistry, Biomaterials, Liquids, and Soft Matter, vol. 118 (31), (2014) pp. 9476-9485.
Yiying Zhang and Marilyn L. Minus, “Characterization and Structural Analysis of Solution-Grown Polyacrylonitrile-co-Methacrylic Acid (PAN-co-MAA) Single Crystals”, Macromolecules, vol. 47 (12), (2014) pp.3987-3996.
Emily C. Green, Yiying Zhang, and Marilyn L. Minus, “Understanding the Effects of Nano-Carbons on Flexible Polymer Chain Orientation and Crystallization: Polyethylene/Carbon Nano-Chip Hybrid Fibrillar Crystal Growth”, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, vol 131 (18), (2014) 40763.
Jiangsha Meng**, Yiying Zhang**, Kenan Song**, and Marilyn L. Minus, “Forming Crystalline Polymer-Nano Interphase Structures for High-Modulus and High-Tensile/Strength Composite Fibers”, Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, vol. 229, (2014) pp. 144-153.
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2013
Invited Paper: Kenan Song**, Yiying Zhang**, Jiangsha Meng**, Emily C. Green**, Navid Tajaddod**, Heng Li**, and Marilyn L. Minus, “Structural Polymer-based Carbon Nanotube Composite Fibers: Understanding the Processing-Structure-Performance Relationship”, Materials, vol. 6, (2013) pp. 2543-2577.
Yiying Zhang**, Kenan Song**, Jiang Sha Meng**, and Marilyn L. Minus, “Tailoring Polyacrylonitrile Interfacial Morphological Structure by Crystallization in the Presence of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, vol. 13, no. 5, (2013) pp. 807-814.
Kenan Song, Yiying Zhang, Jiangsha Meng, and Marilyn L. Minus, “Lubrication of Poly(vinyl alcohol) Chain Orientation by Carbon Nano-Chips in Composite Tapes”, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, vol.127, no.4, (2013) pp. 2977-2982.
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2012
Ericka N. Ford, Marilyn L. Minus, Tao Liu, Ji Il Choi, Seung Soon Jang, and Satish Kumar, “Influence of SWNTs on the Preferential Alignment of Molecular Moieties in PVA Fibers” , Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, vol. 213, no. 6, (2012) pp. 617-626.
Marilyn L. Minus, Han Gi Chae, and Satish Kumar, “Polyethylene Crystallization Nucleated by Carbon Nanotubes under Shear”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, vol. 4, no. 1, (2012) pp. 326-330.
Sharmistha Basu-Dutt, Marilyn L. Minus, Rahul Jain, Dhriti Nepal, and Satish Kumar, “Chemistry of Carbon Nanotubes for Everyone”, The Journal of Chemical Education, vol. 89, no. 2, (2012) pp. 221-229.
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2011
Dhriti Nepal, Marilyn L. Minus, Satish Kumar, “Lysozyme Coated DNA and DNA/SWNT Fibers by Solution Spinning”, Macromolecular Bioscience, vol. 11, no. 7, (2011) pp. 875-881.
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2010
Rahul Jain, Young Ho Choi, Yaodong Liu, Marilyn L. Minus, Han Gi Chae, Satish Kumar, and Jong-Beom Baek, “Processing, Structure, and Properties of Poly(ether ketone) Grafted Few Wall Carbon Nanotube Composite Fibers”, Polymer, vol. 51, no. 17, (2010) pp. 3940-3947.
Rahul Jain, Marilyn L. Minus, Han Gi Chae, and Satish Kumar, “Processing, Structure, and Properties of Polyacrylonitrile (PAN)/Multi-Wall Carbon Nanotube (MWNT) Composite Fibers”, Macromolecular Materials & Engineering, vol. 295, no. 8, (2010) pp. 742-749.
Huina Guo, Marilyn L. Minus, Sudhakar Jagannathan, and Satish Kumar, “Polyacrylonitrile/Carbon Nanotube Composite Films” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, vol. 2, no. 5, (2010) pp. 1331-1342.
Marilyn L. Minus, Han Gi Chae, and Satish Kumar, “Observations on Solution Crystallization of Poly(vinyl alcohol) in the Presence of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube” Macromolecular Rapid Communications, vol. 31, no. 5, (2010) pp.310-316.
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2005 to 2009
Marilyn L. Minus, Han Gi Chae, and Satish Kumar, “Interfacial Crystallization in Gel-Spun Poly(vinyl alcohol) and Poly(vinyl alcohol)/Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube Composite Fibers” Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, vol. 210, (2009) p.1799-1808.
Han Gi Chae, Young Ho Choi, Marilyn L. Minus, and Satish Kumar, “Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Small Diameter Polyacrylonitrile Based Carbon Fiber”, Composites Science and Technology, vol. 69, no. 3-4, (2009) pp. 406-413.
Jing Liu, Asif Rasheed, Marilyn L. Minus, and Satish Kumar, “Processing and Properties of Carbon Nanotube/Poly(methyl methacrylate) Composite Films”, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, vol. 112, no. 1, (2009) pp.142-156.
Geon-Woong Lee, Sudhakar Jagannathan, Han Gi Chae, Marilyn L. Minus, and Satish Kumar, “Carbon Nanotube Dispersion in Polypropylene and Structure and Properties of the Resulting Composites”, Polymer, vol. 49, (2008) pp. 1831-1840.
Shanju Zhang, Marilyn L. Minus, Lingbo Zhu, Ching-Ping Wong, and Satish Kumar, “Polymer Transcrystallinity Induced by Carbon Nanotubes”, Polymer, vol. 49, no. 5, (2008) pp. 1356-1364.
Shanju Zhang, Lingbo Zhu, Marilyn L. Minus, Han Gi Chae, Sudhakar Jagannathan, Ching-Ping Wong, Janusz Kowalik, Luke B. Roberson, and Satish Kumar, “Solid-State Spun Fibers and Yarns from 1 mm Long Carbon Nanotube Forest Synthesized by Water-Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition”, Journal of Materials Science, vol. 43, (2008) pp. 4356-4362.
Huina Guo, Asif Rasheed, Marilyn Minus, and Satish Kumar, “Polyacrylonitrile/Vapor Grown Carbon Nanofiber Composite Films”, Journal of Materials Science, vol. 43, no. 13, (2008) pp. 4363-4369.
Han Gi Chae, Marilyn L. Minus, Asif Rasheed, and Satish Kumar, “Stabilization and Carbonization Studies of Polyacrylonitrile/Single Wall Carbon Nanotube Composite Fibers”, Polymer, vol. 48, no. 13, (2007) pp. 3781-3789.
Marilyn L. Minus, and Satish Kumar, “Carbon Fibers”, in Kirk-Othmer ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY Online and Concise Edition, vol. 5, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, 2007.
Marilyn L. Minus, Han Gi Chae, and Satish Kumar, “Single Wall Carbon Nanotube Templated Oriented Crystallization of Poly(vinyl alcohol)”, Polymer, vol. 47, no. 11, (2006) pp. 3705-3710.
Han Gi Chae, Marilyn L. Minus, and Satish Kumar, “Oriented and Exfoliated Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes in Polyacrylonitrile”, Polymer, vol. 47, no. 10, (2006) pp. 3494-3504.
Tetsuya Uchida, D. P. Anderson, Marilyn Minus, and Satish Kumar, “Morphology and Modulus of Vapor Grown Carbon Nano Fibers”, Journal of Materials Science, vol. 41, no. 18, (2006) pp. 5851-5856.
Marilyn L. Minus, and Satish Kumar, “The Processing, Properties and Structure of Carbon Fibers”, JOM, vol. 57, no. 2, (2005) pp. 52-58.
Huina Guo, T.V. Sreekumar, Tao Liu, Marilyn Minus, and Satish Kumar, “Structure and Properties of Polyacrylonitrile/Single Wall Carbon Nanotube Composite Films”, Polymer, vol. 46, (2005) pp. 3001-3005.
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