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Works from 2021

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Anaerobic reductive bioleaching of manganese ores, Neha Sharma and Timothy C. Eisele

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Continuous purification of an enveloped and non-enveloped viral particle using an aqueous two-phase system, Dylan G. Turpeinen, Pratik U. Joshi, Seth A. Kriz, Supreet Kaur, Natalie M. Nold, David O'Hagan, Savita Nikam, Hassan Masoud, and Caryn L. Heldt

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Reduced reagent regeneration energy for CO2 capture with bipolar membrane electrodialysis, Sriram Valluri and S. K. Kawatra

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Simultaneous removal of CO2, NOx and SOx using single stage absorption column, Sriram Valluri and S. Komar Kawatra

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Use of frothers to improve the absorption efficiency of dilute sodium carbonate slurry for post combustion CO2 capture, Sriram Valluri and Surendra Komar Kawatra

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Identifying and Quantifying Volatile Content and Geotechnical Properties in the lunar PSRs, Paul van Susante, Jeffrey Allen, Timothy C. Eisele, Timothy Scarlett, and Kris Zacny

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Water Extraction from Rock Gypsum on Mars, Paul van Susante, Jeffrey S. Allen, Timothy C. Eisele, Ezequiel F. Medici, Michael S. Foetisch, Kris A. Zacny, and Zachary Fitzgerald

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Effects of the Nature of the Metal Ion, Protein and Substrate on the Catalytic Center in Matrix Metalloproteinase-1: Insights from Multilevel MD, QM/MM and QM Studies, Ann Varghese, Shobhit Chaturvedi, Bella DiCastri, Emerald Mehler, Gregg B. Fields, and Tatyana Karabencheva-Christova

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Effects of the Nature of Metal Ion, Protein and Substrate on the Catalytic Center in Matrix Metalloproteinase-1: Insights from Multilevel MD, QM/MM and QM Studies, Ann Varghese, Shobhit Chaturvedi, Bella DiCastri, Emerald Mehler, Gregg B. Fields, and Tatyana G. Karabencheva-Christova

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Impact of NaOL as an accelerator on the selective separation of scheelite from fluorite using a novel self-assembled Pb-BHA-NaOL collector system, Jianjun Wang, Zhiyong Gao, Haisheng Han, Wei Sun, Yuesheng Gao, and Shuai Ren

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Steam reforming kinetics of olefins and aromatics over Mn-Cr-O spinel oxides, Lu Yang, Maxim P. Bukhovko, Andrzej Malek, Liwei Li, Christopher W. Jones, Pradeep K. Agrawal, and Robert J. Davis

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Novel expression of coat proteins from thermophilic bacteriophage ΦIN93 and evaluation for assembly into virus-like particles, Lukai Zhai, Dana Anderson, Elizabeth Bruckner, and Ebenezer Tumban

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Early-stage gas identification using convolutional long short-term neural network with sensor array time series data, Kai Zhou and Yixin Liu

Works from 2020

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Understanding the Effect of Precipitation Process Variables on Hardwood Lignin Characteristics and Recovery from Black Liquor, Raisa Carmen Andeme Ela, Lauren Spahn, Niloofar Safaie, Robert Charles Ferrier, and Rebecca Ong

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Double-Shell Lignin Nanocapsules Are a Stable Vehicle for Fungicide Encapsulation and Release, Raisa Carmen Andeme Ela, Momoko Tajiri, Nick Newberry, Patricia Heiden, and Rebecca Ong

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Red Mud: Fundamentals and New Avenues for Utilization, M. Archambo and S. K. Kawatra

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Utilization of bauxite residue: Recovering iron values using the iron nugget process, M. S. Archambo and S. K. Kawatra

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Gasification of Radical Coke with Steam and Steam-Hydrogen Mixtures over Manganese-Chromium Oxides, Maxim P. Bukhovko, Lu Yang, Liwei Li, Andrzej Malek, Robert J. Davis, Pradeep K. Agrawal, and Christopher W. Jones

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Ammonia fiber expansion (AFEX) pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass, Shishir P. S. Chundawat, Ramendra K Pal, Chao Zhao, Timothy Campbell, Farzaneh Teymouri, Josh Videto, Chandra Nielson, Bradley Wieferich, Leonardo Sousa, Bruce E Dale, Venkatesh Balan, Sarvada Chipkar, Jacob Aguado, Emily Burke, and Rebecca Garlock Ong

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On the control of a class of non-strongly stabilizable SISO plants, Tomas Co

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Transformation of Liquid Digestate from the Solid-Separated Biogas Digestion Reactor Effluent into a Solid NH4HCO3Fertilizer: Sustainable Process Engineering and Life Cycle Assessment, Donata Drapanauskaite, Robert Handler, Nicholas Fox, and Jonas Baltrusaitis

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Hydroxyl Radical Generation through the Fenton-like Reaction of Hematin- And Catechol-Functionalized Microgels, Pegah Kord Forooshani, Rattapol Pinnaratip, Elizabeth Polega, Ariana Tyo, Eric Pearson, Bo Liu, Tinu Ololade Folayan, Lei Pan, Rupak Rajachar, Caryn L. Heldt, and Bruce P. Lee

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Changes in Membrane Dielectric Properties of Porcine Kidney Cells Provide Insight into the Antiviral Activity of Glycine, Sanaz Habibi, Pratik Umesh Joshi, Xue Mi, Caryn L. Heldt, and Adrienne R. Minerick

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Electrocoagulation: A promising method to treat and reuse mineral processing wastewater with high COD, Gaogui Jing, Shuai Ren, Yuesheng Gao, Wei Sun, and Zhiyong Gao

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Surface chemistry can unlock drivers of surface stability of SARS-CoV-2 in variety of environmental conditions, Edris Joonaki, Aliakbar Hassanpouryouzband, Caryn L. Heldt, and Oluwatoyin Areo

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Panel: Busting a Career Move? When and Why or Why Not?, Adrienne Minerick, Jenna P. Carpenter, Cindy Waters, and Beena Sukumaran

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Virus and chlorine adsorption onto guanidine modified cellulose nanofibers using covalent and hydrogen bonding, Xue Mi, Soha Albukhari, Caryn L. Heldt, and Patricia Heiden

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Thermostabilization of viruses via complex coacervation, Xue Mi, Whitney C. Blocher McTigue, Pratik Umesh Joshi, Mallory K. Bunker, Caryn L. Heldt, and Sarah L. Perry

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Deferred Correction Methods for Ordinary Differential Equations, Benjamin W. Ong and Raymond J. Spiteri

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Update to "effect of Temperature and Vapor Residence Time on the Micropyrolysis Products of Waste High Density Polyethylene", Justin M. Russell, Ulises Gracida-Alvarez, Olumide Winjobi, and David Shonnard

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Innovative and Interdisciplinary Approach for Offering the Master of Science Degree in Mechatronics, Aleksandr Sergeyev, Adrienne Minerick, and John Irwin

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Electrochemical performance of recycled cathode active materials using froth flotation-based separation process, Hosop Shin, Ruiting Zhan, Kulwinder Dhindsa, and Lei Pan

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A new approach for recovering iron from iron ore tailings using suspension magnetization roasting: A pilot-scale study, Yongsheng Sun, Xiaolong Zhang, Yuexin Han, and Yanjun Li

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Effects of Wet Chemical Oxidation on Surface Functionalization and Morphology of Highly Oriented Pyrolytic Graphite, Mikhail Trought, Isobel Wentworth, Timothy Leftwich, and Kathryn Perrine

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Influence of Co on Ethylene Steam Reforming Over Co–Cr–O Spinel Catalysts, Lu Yang, Maxim P. Bukhovko, Andrzej Malek, Liwei Li, Christopher W. Jones, Pradeep K. Agrawal, and Robert J. Davis

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Steam reforming of ethylene over nickel based spinel oxides, Lu Yang, Maxim P. Bukhovko, Andrzej Malek, Liwei Li, Christopher W. Jones, Pradeep K. Agrawal, and Robert J. Davis

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Effects of grinding media on grinding products and flotation performance of sulfide ores, Xiaolong Zhang, Yuexin Han, and S. K. Kawatra

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De-agglomeration of cathode composites for direct recycling of Li-ion batteries., Ruiting Zhan, Trevyn Payne, Timothy Leftwich, Kathryn Perrine, and Lei Pan

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Significance of a Solid Electrolyte Interphase on Separation of Anode and Cathode Materials from Spent Li-Ion Batteries by Froth Flotation, Ruiting Zhan, Zhenzhen Yang, Ira Bloom, and Lei Pan

Works from 2019

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Life cycle assessment of oilseed crops produced in rotation with dryland cereals in the inland Pacific Northwest, Sharath Kumar Ankathi, Dan S. Long, Hero T. Gollany, Prajesh Das, and David Shonnard

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Synergistic effects between hydrolysis time and microporous structure in poplar, Sharath Kumar Ankathi, Wen Zhou, J. Beau Webber, Rishab Patil, Utkarsh Chaudhari, and David Shonnard

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Technoeconomic assessment of hydrothermal liquefaction oil from lignin with catalytic upgrading for renewable fuel and chemical production, LiLu Funkenbusch, Michael Mullins, Lennart Vamling, Tallal Belkhieri, Nattapol Srettiwat, Olumide Winjobi, David Shonnard, and Tony N. Rogers

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Interaction forces between water droplets and solid surfaces across air films., Yuesheng Gao, Sunghwan Jung, and Lei Pan

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System analyses of high-value chemicals and fuels from a waste high-density polyethylene refinery. Part 1: Conceptual design and techno-economic assessment, Ulises Gracida Alvarez, Olumide Winjobi, Julio Sacramento-Rivero, and David Shonnard

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System analyses of high-value chemicals and fuels from a waste high-density polyethylene refinery. Part 2: Carbon footprint analysis and regional electricity effects, Ulises Gracida Alvarez, Olumide Winjobi, Julio Sacramento-Rivero, and David Shonnard

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Impacts of low concentration surfactant on red blood cell dielectrophoretic responses., Sanaz Habibi, Hwi Yong Lee, Hector Moncada-Hernandez, James Gooding, and Adrienne Minerick

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Scalable method utilizing low pH for DNA removal in the harvest of recombinant adeno-associated virus vectors, Caryn L. Heldt

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Tie line framework to optimize non-enveloped virus recovery in aqueous two-phase systems., Pratik U Joshi, Dylan G Turpeinen, Matthew Weiss, Glendy Escalante-Corbin, Michael Schroeder, and Caryn L. Heldt

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Application of surface chemical fundamentals to improving industrial filtration rates, S. K. Kawatra and V. Claremboux

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Antibacterial properties of mussel-inspired polydopamine coatings prepared by a simple two-step shaking-assisted method, Pegah Kord Fooroshani, Elizabeth Polega, Kevin Thomson, Mohammad Saleh Akram Bhuiyan, Rattapol Pinnaratip, Mikhail Trought, Chito E. Kendrick, Yuesheng Gao, Kathryn Perrine, Lei Pan, and Bruce P. Lee

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Formation of aligned core/sheath microfiber scaffolds with a poly-L-lactic acid (PLLA) sheath and a conductive poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) core, Rachel Martin, Marie Wendling, Bailey Mohrenweiser, Zichen Qian, Feng Zhao, and Michael Mullins

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Biomimetic recyclable microgels for on-demand generation of hydrogen peroxide and antipathogenic application, Hao Meng; Pegah Kord Forooshani; Pratik U. Joshi; Julie Osborne; Xue Mi; Christa Meingast; Rattapol Pinnaratip; Jonathan D, Kelley; Ameya R. Narkar; Weilue He; Megan C. Frost; Caryn L. Heldt; and Bruce Lee

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Virus isoelectric point determination using single-particle chemical force microscopy, Xue Mi, Emily Bromly, Pratik U Joshi, Fei Long, and Caryn L. Heldt

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Mannitol-induced gold nanoparticle aggregation for the ligand-free detection of viral particles, Xue Mi, Elizabeth M. Lucier, Dylan G. Turpeinen, Eugenia Li Ling Yeo, James Chen Yong Kah, and Caryn L. Heldt

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Conceptual design of a dedicated-crop biorefinery for Jatropha curcas using a systematic sustainability evaluation, Freddy S. Navarro-Pineda, Robert Handler, and Julio C. Sacramento Rivero

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Multiscale modeling of PEEK using reactive molecular dynamics modeling and micromechanics, William A. Pisani, Matthew Radue, Sorayot Chinkanjanarot, Brett A. Bednarcyk, Evan J. Pineda, Kevin Waters, Ravindra Pandey, Julia A. King, and Gregory M. Odegard

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Analysis of renewable jet from oilseed feedstocks replacing fallow in the U.S. Northern Great Plains, Rui Shi, David Archer, Krishna Pokharel, Matthew Pearlson, Kristen Lewis, Suchada Ukaew, and David Shonnard

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Much‐needed tools to reduce the experimental burden for determining the gas flammability parameters, Pmax and KG, Gang Tao and Daniel Crowl

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Influence of surface etching and oxidation on the morphological growth of Al2O3 by ALD, Mikhail Trought, Isobel Wentworth, Chathura de Alwis, Timothy Leftwich, and Kathryn Perrine

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Electrocoagulation of Pb2+, Co2+, and Mn2+ from simulated wastewater: An algorithmic optimization using hybrid RSM–GA–PSO, Chigozie Francolins Uzoh, Joseph Tagbo Nwabanne, and Ikenna Henry Ozofor

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Integration of Pretreatment With Simultaneous Counter-Current Extraction of Energy Sorghum for High-Titer Mixed Sugar Production, Daniel L. Williams, Rebecca Ong, John E. Mullet, and David B. Hodge

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Steam reforming of ethylene over manganese-chromium spinel oxides, Lu Yang, Maxim Bukhovko, Gordon Brezicki, Andrzej Malek, Liwei Li, Christopher Jones, Pradeep K. Agrawal, and Robert Davis

Oral immunization with bacteriophage MS2-L2 VLPs protects against oral and genital infection with multiple HPV types associated with head & neck cancers and cervical cancer., Lukai Zhai, Rashi Yadav, Nitesh K Kunda, Dana Anderson, Elizabeth Bruckner, Elliott K Miller, Rupsa Basu, Pavan Muttil, and Ebenezer Tumban

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Bio-extraction of phosphorus from goethite ore with alkali addition, Long Zhang, Sharath Kumar Ankathi, Mingming Zhang, and Timothy C. Eisele

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Dephosphorization of Unroasted Oolitic Ores through Alkaline Leaching at Low Temperature, Long Zhang, Richard Machiela, Prajesh Das, Mingming Zhang, and Timothy Eisele

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Flotation of iron ores: A review, Xiaolong Zhang, Xiaotian Gu, Yuexin Han, N. Parra-Alvarez, V. Claremboux, and S. K. Kawatra

Works from 2018

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Carbon footprint and energy analysis of bio-CH4 from a mixture of food waste and dairy manure in Denver, Colorado, Sharath Kumar Ankathi, James S. Potter, and David Shonnard

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The influence of polysacchirides on film stability and bubble attachment at the talc surface, Venkata Atluri, Yuesheng Gao, Xuming Wang, and Lei Pan

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Thermal conductivity of graphene nanoplatelet/cycloaliphatic epoxy composites: Multiscale modeling, Sorayot Chinkanjanarot, Julie Tomasi, Julia A. King, and Gregory M. Odegard

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Enhanced astaxanthin accumulation in Haematococcus pluvialis using high carbon dioxide concentration and light illumination, David Christian, Jun Zhang, Alicia J. Sawdon, and Ching An Peng

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Electrical and chemical characterizations of hafnium (IV) oxide films for biological lab-on-a-chip devices, Jeana Collins, H. Moncada Hernandez, S. Habibi, Chito E. Kendrick, Z. Wang, N. Bihari, Paul Bergstrom, and Adrienne Minerick

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Adsorption of a Novel Reagent Scheme on Scheelite and Calcite Causing an Effective Flotation Separation, Yuesheng Gao, Zhiyong Gao, Wei Sun, Zhigang Yin, Jianjun Wang, and Yuehua Hu

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Environmental life cycle assessment of methane biocatalysis: Key considerations and potential impacts, Robert Handler and David Shonnard

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A generalized purification step for viral particles using mannitol flocculation, Caryn L. Heldt, Ashish Saksule, Pratik U. Joshi, and Majid Ghafarian

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Detection and quantification of vitamins in microliter volumes of biological samples by LC-MS for clinical screening, Maryam Khaksari, Lynn R. Mazzoleni, Chunhai Ruan, Peng Song, Neil D. Hershey, Robert T. Kennedy, Mark A. Burns, and Adrienne R. Minerick

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Cellulose–hemicellulose interactions at elevated temperatures increase cellulose recalcitrance to biological conversion, Rajeev Kumar, Samantha Bhagja, Micholas Dean Smith, Loukas Petridis, Rebecca Garlock Ong, Charles M. Cai, and et.al

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Sol–gel derived CeO2/α-Al2O3 bilayer thin film as an anti-coking barrier and its catalytic coke oxidation performance, Hyuk T. Kwon, Maxim P. Bukhovko, Shilpa Mahamulkar, Taylor Sulmonetti, Byunghyun Min, Qandeel Almas, Andrzej Malek, Liwei Li, Pradeep K. Agrawal, and Christopher W. Jones

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Regeneration of Alkali Leaching Solution through Precipitation using Calcium Hydroxide, Richard Machiela, Long Zhang, Mingming Zhang, and Timothy Eisele

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Enhanced anticancer activity of 5'-DFUR-PCL-MPEG polymeric prodrug micelles encapsulating chemotherapeutic drugs, Alicia J. Sawdon, Jun Zhang, Xutu Wang, and Ching-An Peng

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Life cycle assessment of novel technologies for algae harvesting and oil extraction in the renewable diesel pathway, Rui Shi, Robert Handler, and David Shonnard

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Accelerated hygrothermal aging of Talc/Cycloaliphatic epoxy composites, Julie Tomasi, Aaron Krieg, Nicholas J. Jensen, Ibrahim Miskioglu, Julia A. King, and Gregory M. Odegard

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Gypsum and other evaporites as a potential source for water extraction on Mars: Experimental update, Paul van Susante, Jeffrey S. Allen, Timothy C. Eisele, Ezequiel F. Medici, and Kris Zacny

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Reverse flotation separation of fluorite from calcite: A novel reagent scheme, Jianjun Wang, Zihan Zhou, Yuesheng Gao, Wei Sun, Yuehua Hu, and Zhiyong Gao

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Selective flocculation separation of fine hematite from quartz using a novel grafted copolymer flocculant, Jinxia Zhang, Weiguang Sun, Zhiyong Gao, Fusheng Niu, Long Wang, Yawei Zhao, and Yuesheng Gao

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Diverse lignocellulosic feedstocks can achieve high field‐scale ethanol yields while providing flexibility for the biorefinery and landscape‐level environmental benefits, Yaoping Zhang, Lawrence G. Oates, Jose Serate, Dan Xie, Edward Pohlman, Yury Bukhman, Rebecca Garlock Ong, and et al.

Submissions from 2017

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Identification of developmental stage and anatomical fraction contributions to cell wall recalcitrance in switchgrass, Jacob D. Crowe, Nicholas Feringa, Sivakumar Pattathil, Brian Merritt, Cliff Foster, Dayna Dines, Rebecca Ong, and David B. Hodge

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Land Use Change Implications for Large-scale Cultivation of Algae Feedstocks in the United States Gulf Coast, Robert M. Handler, Rui Shi, and David R. Shonnard

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A Hybrid Catalytic Route to Fuels from Biomass Syngas, Laurel Harmon, Richard Hallen, Michael Lilga, Bjorn Heijstra, Ignasi Palou-Rivera, and Robert Handler

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Experimental and computational surface hydrophobicity analysis of a non-enveloped virus and proteins, Caryn L. Heidt, Amna Zahid, K. Saagar Vijayaragavan, and Xue Mi

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Mentoring students in research and communication across the ocean, Caryn L. Heldt, Erin Smith, Hannah Cunningham, and Cameron Miller

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Potential Effects of the Mexican Energy Reform on Life Cycle Impacts of Electricity Generation in Mexico and the Yucatan Region, Freddy S. Navarro-Pineda, Robert Handler, and Julio C. Sacramento-Rivero

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Thermal, electrical, and mechanical properties of talc‐ and glass microsphere‐Reinforced Cycloaliphatic epoxy composites, Julie Tomasi, Julia A. King, Aaron Krieg, Ibrahim Miskioglu, and Gregory M. Odegard

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Surface isoelectric focusing (sIEF) with carrier ampholyte pH gradient, Zhichao Wang, Cornelius Ivory, and Adrienne Minerick

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Water sorption in pretreated grasses as a predictor of enzymatic hydrolysis yields, Danielle L. Williams, Jacob D. Crowe, Rebecca Garlock Ong, and David B. Hodge

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Recent experimental advances for understanding bubble-particle attachment in flotation, Yaowen Xing, Xiahui Gui, Lei Pan, Bat El Pinchasik, Yijun Cao, Jiongtian Liu, Michael Kappl, and Hans Jürgen Butt

Works from 2016

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Chapter 6 - Low-Carbon Aviation Fuel Through the Alcohol to Jet Pathway, K. P. Brooks, L. J. Snowden-Swan, S. B. Jones, M. G. Butcher, G.-S J. Lee, D. M. Anderson, R. Handler, D. Shonnard, and et. al.

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The methodology and results of using life cycle assessment to measure and reduce the greenhouse gas emissions footprint of “Major Events” at the University of Arizona, Leah Edwards, Jake Knight, Robert Handler, Joseph Abraham, and Paul Blowers

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Optimal droop surface control of dc microgrids based on battery state of charge, Arthur J. Jones and Wayne Weaver

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Effects of carbon fillers on the conductivity and tensile properties of polyetheretherketone composites, Julia A. King, Julie Tomasi, Danielle René Klimek-McDonald, Ibrahim Miskioglu, Gregory M. Odegard, Todd King, and John W. Sutherland

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Determination and modeling of mechanical properties for graphene nanoplatelet/epoxy composites, Danielle René Klimek-McDonald, Julia A. King, Ibrahim Miskioglu, Evan J. Pineda, and Gregory M. Odegard