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Cleavable comonomers enable degradable, recyclable thermoset plastics by Shieh, Peyton, Zhang, Wenxu, Husted, Keith E. L., Kristufek, Samantha L., Xiong, Boya, Lundberg, David J., Lem, Jet, Veysset, David, Sun, Yuchen, Nelson, Keith A., Plata, Desiree L., Johnson, Jeremiah A.

“…Thermosets—polymeric materials that adopt a permanent shape upon curing—have a key role in the modern plastics and rubber industries, comprising about 20 per…”
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Engineering Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube Growth by Decoupled Thermal Treatment of Precursor and Catalyst by Meshot, Eric R, Plata, Desirée L, Tawfick, Sameh, Zhang, Yongyi, Verploegen, Eric A, Hart, A. John

“…We study synthesis of vertically aligned carbon nanotube (CNT) “forests” by a decoupled method that facilitates control of the mean diameter and structural…”
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Oil sands operations as a large source of secondary organic aerosols by Liggio, John, Li, Shao-Meng, Hayden, Katherine, Taha, Youssef M., Stroud, Craig, Darlington, Andrea, Drollette, Brian D., Gordon, Mark, Lee, Patrick, Liu, Peter, Leithead, Amy, Moussa, Samar G., Wang, Danny, O’Brien, Jason, Mittermeier, Richard L., Brook, Jeffrey R., Lu, Gang, Staebler, Ralf M., Han, Yuemei, Tokarek, Travis W., Osthoff, Hans D., Makar, Paul A., Zhang, Junhua, L. Plata, Desiree, Gentner, Drew R.

“…The evaporation and atmospheric oxidation of low-volatility organic vapours from mined oil sands material is shown to be responsible for a large amount of…”
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Engineering Carbon Nanotube Forest Superstructure for Robust Thermal Desalination Membranes by Sun, Meng, Boo, Chanhee, Shi, Wenbo, Rolf, Julianne, Shaulsky, Evyatar, Cheng, Wei, Plata, Desiree L., Qu, Jiuhui, Elimelech, Menachem

“…Desalination by membrane distillation (MD) using low‐grade or waste heat provides a potential route for sustainable water supply. Nonwetting, porous membranes…”
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Oxidative Breakers Can Stimulate Halogenation and Competitive Oxidation in Guar-Gelled Hydraulic Fracturing Fluids by Sumner, Andrew J, Plata, Desiree L

“…A number of flowback samples derived from horizontally drilled hydraulic fracturing (HDHF) operations reveal consistent detections of halogenated organic…”
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Exploring the hydraulic fracturing parameter space: a novel high-pressure, high-throughput reactor system for investigating subsurface chemical transformations by Sumner, Andrew J, Plata, Desiree L

“…Hydraulic fracturing coupled with horizontal drilling (HDHF) involves the deep-well injection of a fracturing fluid composed of diverse and numerous chemical…”
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Small aromatic hydrocarbons control the onset of soot nucleation by Gleason, Kevin, Carbone, Francesco, Sumner, Andrew J., Drollette, Brian D., Plata, Desiree L., Gomez, Alessandro

“…The gas-to-particle transition is a critical and hitherto poorly understood aspect in carbonaceous soot particle formation. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons…”
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A framework for sustainable nanomaterial selection and design based on performance, hazard, and economic considerations by Falinski, Mark M., Plata, Desiree L., Chopra, Shauhrat S., Theis, Thomas L., Gilbertson, Leanne M., Zimmerman, Julie B.

“…Engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) and ENM-enabled products have emerged as potentially high-performance replacements to conventional materials and chemicals. As…”
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Flexible, Mechanically Durable Aerogel Composites for Oil Capture and Recovery by Karatum, Osman, Steiner, Stephen A, Griffin, Justin S, Shi, Wenbo, Plata, Desiree L

“…More than 30 years separate the two largest oil spills in North American history (the Ixtoc I and Macondo well blowouts), yet the responses to both disasters…”
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Halogenation Chemistry of Hydraulic Fracturing Additives under Highly Saline Simulated Subsurface Conditions by Sumner, Andrew J, Plata, Desiree L

“…Unconventional natural gas extraction via hydraulic fracturing coupled with horizontal drilling (HDHF) has generated disruptive growth in the domestic energy…”
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Natural Gas Pipeline Leaks Across Washington, DC by Jackson, Robert B, Down, Adrian, Phillips, Nathan G, Ackley, Robert C, Cook, Charles W, Plata, Desiree L, Zhao, Kaiguang

“…Pipeline safety in the United States has increased in recent decades, but incidents involving natural gas pipelines still cause an average of 17 fatalities and…”
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Early Evaluation of Potential Environmental Impacts of Carbon Nanotube Synthesis by Chemical Vapor Deposition by Plata, Desirée L, Hart, A. John, Reddy, Christopher M, Gschwend, Philip M

“…The carbon nanotube (CNT) industry is expanding rapidly, yet little is known about the potential environmental impacts of CNT manufacture. Here, we evaluate…”
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Elevated levels of diesel range organic compounds in groundwater near Marcellus gas operations are derived from surface activities by Drollette, Brian D., Hoelzer, Kathrin, Warner, Nathaniel R., Darrah, Thomas H., Karatum, Osman, O’Connor, Megan P., Nelson, Robert K., Fernandez, Loretta A., Reddy, Christopher M., Vengosh, Avner, Jackson, Robert B., Elsner, Martin, Plata, Desiree L.

“…Hundreds of organic chemicals are used during natural gas extraction via high-volume hydraulic fracturing (HVHF). However, it is unclear whether these…”
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Preferential adsorption of selenium oxyanions onto {1 1 0} and {0 1 2} nano-hematite facets by Lounsbury, Amanda W., Wang, Ranran, Plata, Desiree L., Billmyer, Nicholas, Muhich, Christopher, Kanie, Kiyoshi, Sugimoto, Tadao, Peak, Derek, Zimmerman, Julie B.

“…[Display omitted] As the commercial use of nano metal oxides, including iron oxides, becomes more prevalent, there is a need to understand functionality as it…”
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Structural Anomalies and Electronic Properties of an Ionic Liquid under Nanoscale Confinement by Pham, Tuan Anh, Coulthard, Riley M, Zobel, Mirijam, Maiti, Amitesh, Buchsbaum, Steven F, Loeb, Colin, Campbell, Patrick G, Plata, Desirée L, Wood, Brandon C, Fornasiero, Francesco, Meshot, Eric R

“…Ionic liquids (ILs) promise far greater electrochemical performance compared to aqueous systems, yet key physicochemical properties governing their assembly at…”
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Deforestation Due to Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Exacerbates Soil and Mercury Mobilization in Madre de Dios, Peru by Diringer, Sarah E, Berky, Axel J, Marani, Marco, Ortiz, Ernesto J, Karatum, Osman, Plata, Desiree L, Pan, William K, Hsu-Kim, Heileen

“…Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is a significant contributor of mercury (Hg) contamination and deforestation across the globe. In the Colorado…”
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Developing aerogel surfaces via switchable-hydrophilicity tertiary amidine coating for improved oil recovery by Karatum, Osman, Steiner, Stephen A., Plata, Desiree L.

“…Blanket aerogels (i.e., Cabot™ Thermal Wrap® (TW) and Aspen™ Spaceloft® (SL)) with surfaces that have controllable wettability are promising advanced materials…”
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Waste Containment Ponds Are a Major Source of Secondary Organic Aerosol Precursors from Oil Sands Operations by Drollette, Brian D, Gentner, Drew R, Plata, Desiree L

“…The surface mining and bitumen extraction of oil sands (OS) generates over one million barrels of heavy oil each day in the Alberta Oil Sands Region of Canada…”
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Aerobic biodegradation of organic compounds in hydraulic fracturing fluids by Kekacs, Daniel, Drollette, Brian D., Brooker, Michael, Plata, Desiree L., Mouser, Paula J.

“…Little is known of the attenuation of chemical mixtures created for hydraulic fracturing within the natural environment. A synthetic hydraulic fracturing fluid…”
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Assessment of groundwater well vulnerability to contamination through physics-informed machine learning by Soriano, Mario A, Siegel, Helen G, Johnson, Nicholaus P, Gutchess, Kristina M, Xiong, Boya, Li, Yunpo, Clark, Cassandra J, Plata, Desiree L, Deziel, Nicole C, Saiers, James E

“…Contamination from anthropogenic activities is a long-standing challenge to the sustainability of groundwater resources. Physically based (PB) models are often…”
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