Dr. Virginia A. Davis
Mary and John H. Sanders
Associate Professor
Chemical Engineering
2005 - Current
Davis' Lab Publications
15. G. Ao, M. Aono, D. Nepal, V. A. Davis, “Cholesteric and Nematic Liquid Crystalline Phase Behavior of Double-Stranded DNA Stabilized Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Dispersions,” ACS Nano, 5, 1450-1458 (2011).
14. V. A. Davis, “Liquid Crystalline Assembly of Nanocylinders,” Journal of Materials Research, 26, 140-153 (2011). [invited for Focus Issue on Self-Assembly and Directed Assembly of Advanced Materials]
13. V. K. Radhakrishnan, E. W. Davis, V. A. Davis, “Thermal Properties of Polypropylene Nanocomposites: Effects of Carbon Nanomaterial Type and Processing,” Polymer Engineering and Science, 51, 3, 460-473, (2011).
12. S. Mantha, V. A. Pedrosa, E. Olsen, V. A. Davis, A. L. Simonian, “A Renewable Nanocomposite Layer-by-Layer Assembled Catalytic Interfaces for Biosensing Applications,” Langmuir, .26, 19114 – 19119 (2010).
11. S. Murali, T. Xu, B. D. Marshall, M. J. Kayatin, K. Pizarro, V. K. Radhakrishnan, D. Nepal, V. A. Davis, “Lyotropic Liquid Crystalline Self-Assembly in Dispersions of Silver Nanowires and Nanoparticles,” Langmuir, 26, 11176–11183 (2010).
10. V. K. Radhakrishnan, E. W. Davis, V. A. Davis, “Influence of Initial Mixing Methods on Melt Extruded Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube-Polypropylene Nanocomposites,” Polymer Engineering and Science, 50, 1831 – 1842, (2010).
9. E. W. Davis, V. K. Radhakrishanan, V. A. Davis, “Scaleable Route to Well Dispersed Polyolefin / Carbon Nanotube Composites,” SPE Plastics Research Online, 10.1002/spepro.0022910.
8. V. A. Pedrosa, S. Paliwal, S. Balasubramanian, D. Nepal, V. A. Davis, J. Wild, James; A. Simonian, “Enzyme Modified Carbon Nanotubes for Amperometric Detection of Organophosphate Pesticides," Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 77, 69-74, (2010).
7. V. A. Davis, A. N. G. Parra-Vasquez, M. J. Green, P. K. Rai, N. Behabtu, V. Prieto, R. D. Booker, J. Schmidt, E. Kesselman, W. Zhou, H. Fan, W. W. Adams, R. H. Hauge, J. E. Fischer, Y. Cohen, Y. Talmon, R. E. Smalley, M. Pasquali, “True Solutions of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Assembly into Macroscopic Material,” Nature Nanotechnology, 4, 830-834 (2009).
6. M. J. Kayatin and V. A. Davis, “Viscoelasticity and Shear Stability of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube/Unsaturated Polyester Resin Dispersions.” Macromolecules, 42(17) 6624-6632 (2009).
5. V. A. Pedrosa, T. Gnanaprakasa, S. Balasubramanian, E. V. Olsen, V. A. Davis, A. L. Simonian, “Electrochemical properties of interface formed by interlaced layers of DNA- and lysozyme-coated single-walled carbon nanotubes.” Electrochemistry Communications,11 (7), 1401-1404 (2009).
4. B. D. Marshall, V. A. Davis, D. C. Lee, B. A. Korgel, “Rotational and translational diffusivities of germanium nanowires.” Rheologica Acta, 48 (5), 589-596 (2009).
3. D. Nepal, S. Balasubramanian, A. Simonian, and V. A. Davis, “Mechanically Strong Antibacterial Coating: Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Armored with Biopolymers.” Nano Letters, 8, 1896-1901 (2008).
2. A. N. G. Parra-Vasquez, I. Stepanek, I.; V. A Davis, V. C. Moore; E.H. Haroz, J. Shaver, R.H. Hauge, R. E. Smalley, and M. Pasquali, “Simple Length Determination of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by Viscosity Measurements in Dilute Suspensions.” Macromolecules, 40 (11), 4043-4047 (2007).
1. P. K. Rai, R. A. Pinnick, A. N. G. Parra-Vasquez, V. A. Davis, H. K. Schmidt, R. H. Hauge, R. E. Smalley and M. Pasquali, "Isotropic-Nematic Phase Transition of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Strong Acids." Journal of the American Chemical Society, 128, 591-595 (2006).
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