Publications

    1. Tu J., Kashcooli Y., Alvarez N.J., Palmese G.R., A practical framework for predicting conversion profiles in vat photopolymerizations, Additive Manufacturing, 59, 103102, (2022-11-01). doi:10.1016/j.addma.2022.103102
    2. O’Neill N., Lima T.A., Ferreira F.F., Thursch L., Alvarez N., Schweitzer-Stenner R., Forbidden Secondary Structures Found in Gel-Forming Fibrils of Glycylphenylalanylglycine, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 126, (2022-10-13). doi:10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c05010
    3. Huang M., Alvarez N.J., Palmese G.R., Abrams C., The effect of network topology on material properties in vinyl-ester/styrene thermoset polymers using molecular dynamics simulations and time–temperature superposition, Computational Materials Science, 207, 111264, (2022-05-01). doi:10.1016/j.commatsci.2022.111264
    4. Flamini M.D., Lima T., Corkum K., Alvarez N.J., Beachley V., Annealing post-drawn polycaprolactone (PCL) nanofibers optimizes crystallinity and molecular alignment and enhances mechanical properties and drug release profiles, Materials Advances, 3, (2022-03-09). doi:10.1039/d1ma01183a
    5. Thursch L.J., Lima T.A., O’Neill N., Ferreira F.F., Schweitzer-Stenner R., Alvarez N.J., Influence of central sidechain on self-assembly of glycine-x-glycine peptides, Soft Matter, (2022-01-01). doi:10.1039/d2sm01082h
    6. Jao D., Lima T.A., Thursch L., Flamini M.D., Pressly J., Ippolito J., Alvarez N.J., Beachley V., Highly Aligned Centrifugal Spun Polyacrylonitrile Nanofibers Collected and Processed with Automated Tracks, Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, (2022-01-01). doi:10.1002/mame.202200488
    7. Barakat J.M., Hinton Z., Alvarez N.J., Walker T.W., Surface-tension effects in oscillatory squeeze flow rheometry, Physics of Fluids, 33, 122112, (2021-12-01). doi:10.1063/5.0072869
    8. Yoon H., Hinton Z.R., Heinzman J., Chase C.E., Gopinadhan M., Edmond K.V., Ryan D.J., Smith S.E., Alvarez N.J., The effect of pyrolysis on the chemical, thermal and rheological properties of pitch, Soft Matter, 17, (2021-10-21). doi:10.1039/d1sm00594d
    9. Hinton Z.R., Alvarez N.J., Surface tensions at elevated pressure depend strongly on bulk phase saturation, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 594, (2021-07-15). doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2021.02.114
    10. Schweitzer-Stenner R., Alvarez N.J., Short Peptides as Tunable, Switchable, and Strong Gelators, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 125, (2021-07-01). doi:10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c01447
    11. Hesser M., Thursch L.J., Lewis T.R., Lima T.A., Alvarez N.J., Schweitzer-Stenner R., Concentration Dependence of a Hydrogel Phase Formed by the Deprotonation of the Imidazole Side Chain of Glycylhistidylglycine, Langmuir, 37, (2021-06-15). doi:10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c00382
    12. Idrees M., Ibrahim A.M.H., Tekerek E., Kontsos A., Palmese G.R., Alvarez N.J., The effect of resin-rich layers on mechanical properties of 3D printed woven fiber-reinforced composites, Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 144, 106339, (2021-05-01). doi:10.1016/j.compositesa.2021.106339
    13. Thursch L.J., Lima T.A., Schweitzer-Stenner R., Alvarez N.J., The impact of thermal history on the structure of glycylalanylglycine ethanol/water gels, Journal of Peptide Science, 27, e3305, (2021-05-01). doi:10.1002/psc.3305
    14. Hinton Z.R., Alvarez N.J., A molecular parameter to scale the Gibbs free energies of adsorption and micellization for nonionic surfactants, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 609, 125622, (2021-01-20). doi:10.1016/j.colsurfa.2020.125622
    15. Lima T.A., Coler R.A., Laub G.W., Sexton S., Curtin L., Laub K.M., Alvarez N.J., A mechanism for improved talc pleurodesis via foam delivery, Drug Delivery, 28, (2021-01-01). doi:10.1080/10717544.2021.1895910
    16. Saraka R.M., Morelly S.L., Tang M.H., Alvarez N.J., Correlating Processing Conditions to Short- And Long-Range Order in Coating and Drying Lithium-Ion Batteries, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 3, (2020-12-28). doi:10.1021/acsaem.0c01305
    17. Morelly S.L., Alvarez N.J., Characterizing long-chain branching in commercial HDPE samples via linear viscoelasticity and extensional rheology, Rheologica Acta, 59, (2020-11-01). doi:10.1007/s00397-020-01233-5
    18. Tu J., Makarian K., Alvarez N.J., Palmese G.R., Formulation of a model resin system for benchmarking processing-property relationships in high-performance photo 3D printing applications, Materials, 13, 4109, (2020-09-01). doi:10.3390/ma13184109
    19. Baxter J.R., Palmese G.R., Alvarez N.J., Waste to high performance materials: Self-assembly of short carbon fiber polymer composites, Applied Materials Today, 20, 100786, (2020-09-01). doi:10.1016/j.apmt.2020.100786
    20. Henry C.K., Sandoz-Rosado E., Roenbeck M.R., Magagnosc D.J., Palmese G.R., Strawhecker K.E., Alvarez N.J., Direct measure of crystalline domain size, distribution, and orientation in polyethylene fibers, Polymer, 202, 122589, (2020-08-12). doi:10.1016/j.polymer.2020.122589
    21. DiGuiseppi D.M., Thursch L., Alvarez N.J., Schweitzer-Stenner R., Exploring the gel phase of cationic glycylalanylglycine in ethanol/water. II. Spectroscopic, kinetic and thermodynamic studies, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 573, (2020-08-01). doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2020.03.108
    22. Hesser M., Thursch L., Lewis T., DiGuiseppi D., Alvarez N.J., Schweitzer-Stenner R., The tripeptide GHG as an unexpected hydrogelator triggered by imidazole deprotonation, Soft Matter, 16, (2020-05-07). doi:10.1039/d0sm00224k
    23. Carey M., Hinton Z., Natu V., Pai R., Sokol M., Alvarez N.J., Kalra V., Barsoum M.W., Dispersion and Stabilization of Alkylated 2D MXene in Nonpolar Solvents and Their Pseudocapacitive Behavior, Cell Reports Physical Science, 1, 100042, (2020-04-22). doi:10.1016/j.xcrp.2020.100042
    24. Baxter J., Lima T.A., Huneke R., Kanach C.J., Johal P., Reimold E., Alvarez N.J., Laub G.W., The efficacy of hydrogel foams in talc Pleurodesis, Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 15, 58, (2020-04-15). doi:10.1186/s13019-020-01098-y
    25. Thursch L.J., DiGuiseppi D., Lewis T.R., Schweitzer-Stenner R., Alvarez N.J., Exploring the gel phase of cationic glycylalanylglycine in ethanol/water. I. Rheology and microscopy studies, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 564, (2020-03-22). doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2019.10.029
    26. Hinton Z.R., Alvarez N.J., The trade-off between processability and performance in commercial ionomers, Rheologica Acta, 58, (2019-08-01). doi:10.1007/s00397-019-01159-7
    27. Beck T.N., Deneka A.Y., Chai L., Kanach C., Johal P., Alvarez N.J., Boumber Y., Golemis E.A., Laub G.W., An improved method of delivering a sclerosing agent for the treatment of malignant pleural effusion, BMC Cancer, 19, 614, (2019-06-24). doi:10.1186/s12885-019-5777-z
    28. Carey M., Hinton Z., Sokol M., Alvarez N.J., Barsoum M.W., Nylon-6/Ti3C2Tz MXene Nanocomposites Synthesized by in Situ Ring Opening Polymerization of ϵ-Caprolactam and Their Water Transport Properties, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 11, (2019-06-05). doi:10.1021/acsami.9b05027
    29. Hinton Z.R., Shabbir A., Alvarez N.J., Dynamics of Supramolecular Self-Healing Recovery in Extension, Macromolecules, 52, (2019-03-26). doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.8b02423
    30. Morelly S.L., Palmese L., Watanabe H., Alvarez N.J., Effect of Finite Extensibility on Nonlinear Extensional Rheology of Polymer Melts, Macromolecules, 52, (2019-02-12). doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.8b02319
    31. O’Connor T.C., Alvarez N.J., Robbins M.O., O’Connor, Alvarez, and Robbins Reply, Physical Review Letters, 122, 059804, (2019-02-08). doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.059804
    32. Diguiseppi D., Thursch L., Alvarez N.J., Schweitzer-Stenner R., Exploring the thermal reversibility and tunability of a low molecular weight gelator using vibrational and electronic spectroscopy and rheology, Soft Matter, 15, (2019-01-01). doi:10.1039/c9sm00104b
    33. Weaver J.A., Morelly S.L., Alvarez N.J., Magenau A.J.D., Grafting-through ROMP for gels with tailorable moduli and crosslink densities, Polymer Chemistry, 9, (2018-11-14). doi:10.1039/c8py01324a
    34. Morelly S.L., Gelb J., Iacoviello F., Shearing P.R., Harris S.J., Alvarez N.J., Tang M.H., Three-Dimensional Visualization of Conductive Domains in Battery Electrodes with Contrast-Enhancing Nanoparticles, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 1, (2018-09-24). doi:10.1021/acsaem.8b01184
    35. Hinton Z.R., Alvarez N.J., Accounting for optical errors in microtensiometry, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 526, (2018-09-15). doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2018.04.053
    36. Wagner M.H., Wingstrandt S.L., Alvarez N.J., Narimissa E., The peculiar elongational viscosity of concentrated solutions of monodisperse PMMA in oligomeric MMA, Rheologica Acta, 57, (2018-09-01). doi:10.1007/s00397-018-1098-4
    37. O’Connor T.C., Alvarez N.J., Robbins M.O., Relating Chain Conformations to Extensional Stress in Entangled Polymer Melts, Physical Review Letters, 121, 047801, (2018-07-26). doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.047801
    38. Morelly S.L., Alvarez N.J., Tang M.H., Short-range contacts govern the performance of industry-relevant battery cathodes, Journal of Power Sources, 387, (2018-05-31). doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2018.03.039
    39. Akuzum B., Maleski K., Anasori B., Lelyukh P., Alvarez N.J., Kumbur E.C., Gogotsi Y., Rheological Characteristics of 2D Titanium Carbide (MXene) Dispersions: A Guide for Processing MXenes, ACS Nano, 12, (2018-03-27). doi:10.1021/acsnano.7b08889
    40. Henry C.K., Palmese G.R., Alvarez N.J., The evolution of crystalline structures during gel spinning of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fibers, Soft Matter, 14, (2018-01-01). doi:10.1039/C8SM01597J
    41. Shabbir A., Huang Q., Baeza G.P., Vlassopoulos D., Chen Q., Colby R.H., Alvarez N.J., Hassager O., Nonlinear shear and uniaxial extensional rheology of polyether-ester-sulfonate copolymer ionomer melts, Journal of Rheology, 61, (2017-11-01). doi:10.1122/1.4998158
    42. Morelly S.L., Tang M.H., Alvarez N.J., The impotence of non-Brownian particles on the gel transition of colloidal suspensions, Polymers, 9, 461, (2017-09-19). doi:10.3390/polym9090461
    43. Hatzell K.B., Eller J., Morelly S.L., Tang M.H., Alvarez N.J., Gogotsi Y., Direct observation of active material interactions in flowable electrodes using X-ray tomography, Faraday Discussions, 199, (2017-01-01). doi:10.1039/c6fd00243a
    44. Diguiseppi D., Kraus J., Toal S.E., Alvarez N., Schweitzer-Stenner R., Investigating the formation of a repulsive hydrogel of a cationic 16mer peptide at low ionic strength in water by vibrational spectroscopy and rheology, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 120, (2016-09-29). doi:10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b07673
    45. Huang Q., Agostini S., Hengeller L., Shivokhin M., Alvarez N.J., Hutchings L.R., Hassager O., Dynamics of Star Polymers in Fast Extensional Flow and Stress Relaxation, Macromolecules, 49, (2016-09-13). doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.6b01348
    46. Huang Q., Alvarez N.J., Shabbir A., Hassager O., Multiple Cracks Propagate Simultaneously in Polymer Liquids in Tension, Physical Review Letters, 117, 087801, (2016-08-15). doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.087801
    47. Shabbir A., Javakhishvili I., Cerveny S., Hvilsted S., Skov A.L., Hassager O., Alvarez N.J., Linear Viscoelastic and Dielectric Relaxation Response of Unentangled UPy-Based Supramolecular Networks, Macromolecules, 49, (2016-05-24). doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.6b00122
    48. Wingstrand S.L., Alvarez N.J., Hassager O., Dealy J.M., Oscillatory squeeze flow for the study of linear viscoelastic behavior, Journal of Rheology, 60, (2016-05-01). doi:10.1122/1.4943984
    49. Huang Q., Mangnus M., Alvarez N.J., Koopmans R., Hassager O., A new look at extensional rheology of low-density polyethylene, Rheologica Acta, 55, (2016-05-01). doi:10.1007/s00397-016-0921-z
    50. Hengeller L., Huang Q., Dorokhin A., Alvarez N.J., Almdal K., Hassager O., Stress relaxation of bi-disperse polystyrene melts: Exploring the interactions between long and short chains in non-linear rheology, Rheologica Acta, 55, (2016-04-01). doi:10.1007/s00397-016-0916-9
    51. Shabbir A., Huang Q., Chen Q., Colby R.H., Alvarez N.J., Hassager O., Brittle fracture in associative polymers: The case of ionomer melts, Soft Matter, 12, (2016-01-01). doi:10.1039/c6sm01441k
    52. Farrell S., DiGuiseppi D., Alvarez N., Schweitzer-Stenner R., The interplay of aggregation, fibrillization and gelation of an unexpected low molecular weight gelator: Glycylalanylglycine in ethanol/water, Soft Matter, 12, (2016-01-01). doi:10.1039/c6sm00879h
    53. Shabbir A., Goldansaz H., Hassager O., Van Ruymbeke E., Alvarez N.J., Effect of Hydrogen Bonding on Linear and Nonlinear Rheology of Entangled Polymer Melts, Macromolecules, 48, (2015-08-25). doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.5b00757
    54. Wingstrand S.L., Alvarez N.J., Huang Q., Hassager O., Linear and Nonlinear Universality in the Rheology of Polymer Melts and Solutions, Physical Review Letters, 115, 078302, (2015-08-13). doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.078302
    55. Huang Q., Hengeller L., Alvarez N.J., Hassager O., Bridging the Gap between Polymer Melts and Solutions in Extensional Rheology, Macromolecules, 48, (2015-06-23). doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.5b00849
    56. Reichert M.D., Alvarez N.J., Brooks C.F., Grillet A.M., Mondy L.A., Anna S.L., Walker L.M., The importance of experimental design on measurement of dynamic interfacial tension and interfacial rheology in diffusion-limited surfactant systems, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 467, (2015-02-01). doi:10.1016/j.colsurfa.2014.11.035
    57. Huang Q., Alvarez N.J., Matsumiya Y., Rasmussen H.K., Watanabe H., Hassager O., Extensional rheology of entangled polystyrene solutions suggests importance of nematic interactions, ACS Macro Letters, 2, (2013-08-20). doi:10.1021/mz400319v
    58. Huang Q., Mednova O., Rasmussen H.K., Alvarez N.J., Skov A.L., Almdal K., Hassager O., Concentrated polymer solutions are different from melts: Role of entanglement molecular weight, Macromolecules, 46, (2013-06-25). doi:10.1021/ma4008434
    59. Alvarez N.J., Marin J.M.R., Huang Q., Michelsen M.L., Hassager O., Creep measurements confirm steady flow after stress maximum in extension of branched polymer melts, Physical Review Letters, 110, 168301, (2013-04-15). doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.168301
    60. Roman Marin J.M., Huusom J.K., Alvarez N.J., Huang Q., Rasmussen H.K., Bach A., Skov A.L., Hassager O., A control scheme for filament stretching rheometers with application to polymer melts, Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 194, (2013-04-01). doi:10.1016/j.jnnfm.2012.10.007
    61. Alvarez N.J., Jeppesen C., Yvind K., Mortensen N.A., Hassager O., The chromatographic separation of particles using optical electric fields, Lab on a Chip, 13, (2013-03-07). doi:10.1039/c2lc41172e
    62. Alvarez N.J., Uguz A.K., The impact of deformable interfaces and Poiseuille flow on the thermocapillary instability of three immiscible phases confined in a channel, Physics of Fluids, 25, 024104, (2013-02-01). doi:10.1063/1.4790878
    63. Alvarez N.J., Walker L.M., Anna S.L., A criterion to assess the impact of confined volumes on surfactant transport to liquid-fluid interfaces, Soft Matter, 8, (2012-09-14). doi:10.1039/c2sm25447f
    64. Alvarez N.J., Anna S.L., Saigal T., Tilton R.D., Walker L.M., Interfacial dynamics and rheology of polymer-grafted nanoparticles at air-water and xylene-water interfaces, Langmuir, 28, (2012-05-29). doi:10.1021/la300737p
    65. Alvarez N.J., Vogus D.R., Walker L.M., Anna S.L., Using bulk convection in a microtensiometer to approach kinetic-limited surfactant dynamics at fluid-fluid interfaces, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 372, (2012-04-15). doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2011.12.034
    66. Alvarez N.J., Lee W., Walker L.M., Anna S.L., The effect of alkane tail length of CiE8 surfactants on transport to the silicone oil-water interface, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 355, (2011-03-01). doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2010.11.077
    67. Alvarez N.J., Walker L.M., Anna S.L., A microtensiometer to probe the effect of radius of curvature on surfactant transport to a spherical interface, Langmuir, 26, (2010-08-17). doi:10.1021/la101870m
    68. Alvarez N.J., Walker L.M., Anna S.L., Diffusion-limited adsorption to a spherical geometry: The impact of curvature and competitive time scales, Physical Review E – Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 82, 011604, (2010-07-20). doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.82.011604
    69. Uguz A.K., Alvarez N.J., Narayanan R., An experimental study of the stability of liquid bridges subject to shear-induced closed-flow, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 346, (2010-06-01).doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2010.03.011
    70. Alvarez N.J., Walker L.M., Anna S.L., A non-gradient based algorithm for the determination of surface tension from a pendant drop: Application to low Bond number drop shapes, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 333, (2009-05-15). doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2009.01.074
    71. Uguz A.K., Alvarez N.J., Narayanan R., An experimental study on the instability of elliptical liquid bridges, Physics of Fluids, 17, 078106, (2005-01-01). doi:10.1063/1.1972820