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High Modulus, Thermally Stable, and Self-Extinguishing Aramid Nanofiber Separators

A. Patel, K. Wilcox, Z. Li, I. George, R. Juneja, C. T. Lollar, S. Lazar, J. C. Grunlan, W. E.
Tenhaeff, J. L. Lutkenhaus, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2020, in press.

Published in May 2020 / Flame Retardant Treatments
Mica-Based Multilayer Nanocoating as a Highly Effective Flame Retardant and Smoke Suppressant

A. Fahami, J. Lee, S. Lazar, J. C. Grunlan, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2020, 12, 17.

Published in April 2020 / Flame Retardant Treatments
Salt doping to improve thermoelectric power factor of organic nanocomposite thin films

D. L. Stevens, G. A. Gamage, Z. Ren, J. C. Grunlan, RSC Adv. 2020, 10, 11800.

Published in March 2020 / Thermoelectric Nanocomposites
Flame-retardant surface treatments

S.T. Lazar, T.J. Kolibaba, J.C. Grunlan, Nat. Rev. Mater., 2020, 5, 259.

Published in January 2020 / Flame Retardant Treatments
Influence of Clay size on corrosion protection by Clay nanocomposite thin films

M.A. Melia, S.J. Percival, S. Qin, E. Barrick, E. Spoerke, J. Grunlan, E.J. Schindelholz, Prog. Org. Coat. 2020, 140, 105489.

Published in December 2019 / Other Research
Facile two-step phosphazine-based network coating for flame retardant cotton

B. Zhao, T.J. Kolibaba, S. Lazar, J.C. Grunlan, Cellulose, 2020.

Published in February 2020 / Flame Retardant Treatments
Amine Salt Thickening of Intumescent Multilayer Flame Retardant Treatment

S. Lazar, B. Eberle, E. Bellevergue, J.C. Grunlan, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2020, 59, 2689-2695.

Published in January 2020 / Flame Retardant Treatments
Self-Extinguishing Additive Manufacturing Filament from a Unique Combination of Polylactic Acid and a Polyelectrolyte Complex

T.J. Kolibaba, C-C. Shih, S. Lazar, B.L. Tai, J.C. Grunlan, ACS Materials Lett. 2020, 2, 15-19.

Published in November 2019 / Flame Retardant Treatments
Flame retardant polyester fabric from nitrogen-rich low molecular weight additives within intumescent nanocoating

I. Jordanov, E. Magovac, A. Fahimi, S. Lazar, T. Kolibaba, R.J. Smith, S. Bischoff, J.C. Grunlan, Polym. Degrad. Stab., 2019, 170, 108998.

Published in October 2019 / Flame Retardant Treatments
Renewable nanobrick wall coatings for fire protection of wood

T.J. Kolibaba, J.T. Brehm, J.C. Grunlan, Green Materials 2019.

Published in July 2019 / Flame Retardant Treatments
Hexagonal Boron Nitride Platelet-Based Nanocoating for Fire Protection

A-L. Davesne, S. Lazar, S. Bellayer, S. Qin, J.C. Grunlan, S. Bourbigot, M. Jimenez, ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2019, 2, 5450-5459.

Published in August 2019 / Flame Retardant Treatments
Thermoelectric Performance Improvement of Polymer Nanocomposites by Selective Thermal Degradation

D.L. Stevens, A. Parra, J.C. Grunlan, ACS Appl. Energy. Mater. 2019, 2, 5975-5982.

Published in August 2019 / Thermoelectric Nanocomposites
Improved Thermoelectric Power Factor in Completely Organic Nanocomposite Enabled by l-Ascorbic Acid

C. Cho, S. Qin, K. Choi, J.C. Grunlan, ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 2019, 1, 1942-1947.

Published in July 2019 / Thermoelectric Nanocomposites
Environmentally Benign Polyelectrolyte Complex That Renders Wood Flame Retardant and Mechanically Strengthened

T.J. Kolibaba, J.C. Grunlan, Macromol. Mater. Eng., 2019, 304, 1900179.

Published in May 2019 / Flame Retardant Treatments
Enzymatic Modification of Polyamide for Improving the Conductivity of Water-Based Multilayer Nanocoatings

I. Jordanov, D.L. Stevens, A. Tarbuk, E. Magovac, S. Bischof, J.C. Grunlan, ACS Omega, 2019, 4, 12028-12035.

Published in July 2019 / Other Research
High Moisture Barrier with Synergistic Combination of SiOx and Polyelectrolyte Nanolayers

S. Qin, S. Xiang, B. Eberle. K. Xie, J.C. Grunlan, Adv. Mater. Interfaces, 2019, 40, 1900740.

Published in June 2019 / Gas Barrier Nanocoatings & Separation Membranes
Crosslinkable‐Chitosan‐Enabled Moisture‐Resistant Multilayer Gas Barrier Thin Film

S. Lazar, O. Garcia-Valdez, E. Kennedy, P. Champagne, M. Cunningham, J.C. Grunlan, Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2019, 40, 1800853.

Published in January 2019 / Gas Barrier Nanocoatings & Separation Membranes
Unusually fast and large actuation from multilayer polyelectrolyte thin films

Y. Song, S. Qin, J. Gerringer, J.C. Grunlan, Soft Matter 2019, 15, 2311-2314.

Published in January 2019 / Other Research
Super Gas Barrier and Fire Resistance of Nanoplatelet/Nanofibril Multilayer Thin Films

S. Qin, M. G. Pour, S. Lazar, O. Köklükaya, J. Gerringer, Y. Song, L. Wågberg, J. C. Grunlan, Adv. Mater. Interfaces 2019, 6, 1801424.

Published in November 2018 / Gas Barrier Nanocoatings & Separation Membranes, Flame Retardant Treatments
Combination Intumescent and Kaolin‐Filled Multilayer Nanocoatings that Reduce Polyurethane Flammability

X. Liu, S. Qin, H. Li, J. Sun, X. Gu, S. Zhang, J. C. Grunlan, Macromol. Mater. Eng. 2019, 304, 1800531.

Published in November 2018 / Flame Retardant Treatments