Search Results - "Mahanthappa, Mahesh K."
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Counterion-Dependent Access to Low-Symmetry Lyotropic Sphere Packings of Ionic Surfactant Micelles
Published in Langmuir (13-02-2018)“…The water-driven self-assembly of homologous dianionic surfactants into lyotropic liquid crystals (LLCs) is investigated, with a focus on understanding how…”
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Low-symmetry sphere packings of simple surfactant micelles induced by ionic sphericity
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (18-04-2017)“…Supramolecular self-assembly enables access to designer soft materials that typically exhibit high-symmetry packing arrangements, which optimize the…”
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Ab Initio Modeling of Electrolyte Molecule Ethylene Carbonate Decomposition Reaction on Li(Ni,Mn,Co)O2 Cathode Surface
Published in ACS applied materials & interfaces (21-06-2017)“…Electrolyte decomposition reactions on Li-ion battery electrodes contribute to the formation of solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) layers. These SEI layers are…”
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Flexible Nanoporous Materials by Matrix Removal from Cylinder-Forming Diblock Copolymers
Published in Nano letters (22-09-2021)“…We describe a straightforward self-assembly route to nanoporous materials derived from a hexagonally-packed cylinder (HEX) morphology of a…”
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Effect of Nanoscale Morphology on the Conductivity of Polymerized Ionic Liquid Block Copolymers
Published in Macromolecules (26-07-2011)“…Polymerized ionic liquid (POIL) block copolymers represent a unique class of materials for fundamental studies of single ion conduction as a function of…”
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Electrochemically Stable, High Transference Number Lithium Bis(malonato)borate Polymer Solution Electrolytes
Published in Chemistry of materials (12-05-2020)“…Implementation of next-generation Li-ion batteries based on high-voltage cathodes requires the development of new electrolytes that are stable over wide…”
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Protonation-Driven Aqueous Lyotropic Self-Assembly of Synthetic Six-Tail Lipidoids
Published in Langmuir (21-07-2020)“…We report the aqueous lyotropic mesophase behaviors of protonated amine-based “lipidoids,” a class of synthetic lipid-like molecules that mirrors essential…”
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Characteristics of Lamellar Mesophases in Strongly Segregated Broad Dispersity ABA Triblock Copolymers
Published in Macromolecules (08-07-2014)“…We report the synthesis and characterization of a series of 13 strongly segregated poly(lactide-b-1,4-butadiene-b-lactide) (LBL) triblock copolymers, in which…”
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Imprint Control of BaTiO3 Thin Films via Chemically Induced Surface Polarization Pinning
Published in Nano letters (13-04-2016)“…Surface-adsorbed polar molecules can significantly alter the ferroelectric properties of oxide thin films. Thus, fundamental understanding and controlling the…”
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Unusually Stable Aqueous Lyotropic Gyroid Phases from Gemini Dicarboxylate Surfactants
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (28-09-2011)“…Aqueous lyotropic liquid crystal (LLC) assemblies with bicontinuous cubic morphologies (Q-phases) have shown promise in applications ranging from selective…”
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Water Dynamics in Gyroid Phases of Self-Assembled Gemini Surfactants
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (02-03-2016)“…Water-mediated ion transport through functional nanoporous materials depends on the dynamics of water confined within a given nanostructured morphology. Here,…”
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Electrostatic Interactions Govern “Odd/Even” Effects in Water-Induced Gemini Surfactant Self-Assembly
Published in The journal of physical chemistry. B (26-01-2017)“…Gemini surfactants comprise two single-tailed surfactants connected by a linker at or near the hydrophilic headgroup. They display a variety of…”
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Bulk and Thin Film Morphological Behavior of Broad Dispersity Poly(styrene-b-methyl methacrylate) Diblock Copolymers
Published in Macromolecules (11-06-2013)“…We describe the morphological implications of broad molecular weight dispersity on the bulk and thin film self-assembly behavior of seven model…”
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Synthesis and Rheological Characterization of Poly(vinyl acetate‑b‑vinyl alcohol‑b‑vinyl acetate) Triblock Copolymer Hydrogels
Published in Macromolecules (11-08-2015)“…We report the synthesis and shear rheology of a series of hydrogels derived from poly(vinyl acetate-b-vinyl alcohol-b-vinyl acetate) (PVAc-b-PVOH-b-PVAc)…”
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Path-Dependent Preparation of Complex Micelle Packings of a Hydrated Diblock Oligomer
Published in ACS central science (24-04-2019)“…Small-angle X-ray scattering analyses reveal that the hydrated diblock oligomer n-C16H23(OCH2CH2)20-OH (C16E20 or Brij 58) forms lyotropic liquid crystals…”
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Thermal and ion transport properties of hydrophilic and hydrophobic polymerized styrenic imidazolium ionic liquids
Published in Journal of polymer science. Part B, Polymer physics (15-09-2011)“…Polymerized ionic liquids (PILs) are a platform for fundamental studies of structure-property relationships in single ion conductors, with potential…”
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High-resolution structures of a heterochiral coiled coil
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (27-10-2015)“…Interactions between polypeptide chains containing amino acid residues with opposite absolute configurations have long been a source of interest and…”
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Self-Assembly and Post-Fabrication Functionalization of Microphase Separated Thin Films of a Reactive Azlactone-Containing Block Copolymer
Published in Macromolecules (08-11-2016)“…We report on the thin film self-assembly and post-fabrication functionalization of cylinder-forming poly(styrene-block-2-vinyl-4,4-dimethylazlactone)…”
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Polydispersity-Induced Stabilization of a Disordered Bicontinuous Morphology in ABA Triblock Copolymers
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Synthesis of ABA Triblock Copolymers by a Tandem ROMP−RAFT Strategy
Published in Macromolecules (20-09-2005)“…A symmetric, acyclic olefin possessing trithiocarbonate moieties, available in two synthetic steps from commercially available starting materials, is…”
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