Publications:

TDA personnel often present the results of their research and development activities in peer-reviewed publications. Some of our publications are listed below. For further information, please contact the author marked with an *.

2006

Alptekin, G.O.*, S. DeVoss, M. Dubovik, J. Monroe, R. Amalfitano, G. Israelson, "Regenerable Sorbents for Natural Gas Desulfurization" Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, August 2006 15(4) 433-438. Abstract/Purchase

Lu, X., M. Zhou, X. Zeng, J. Jin, B.J. Elliott*, D.L. Gin, "Crosslinked Bicontinuous Cubic Lytropic Liquid-Crystal/Butyl-Rubber Composites: Highly Selective, Breathable Barrier Materials for Chemical Agent Protection" Advanced Materials, 2006 18(24) 3294-3298.  Abstract/Purchase

Shustova, N.B., I.V. Kuvychko, R.D. Bolskar*, K. Seppelt, S.H. Strauss, A.A. Popov, O.V. Boltalina, "Trifluoromethyl Derivatives of Insoluble Small-HOMO-LUMO-Gap Hollow Higher Fullerenes. NMR and DFT Structure Elucidation of C2-(C74-D3h)(CF3)12, Cs-(C76-Td(2))(CF3)12, C2-(C78-D3h(5))(CF3)12, Cs-(C80-C2v(5))(CF3)12, and C2-(C82-C2(5))(CF3)12" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128(49) 15793-15798.  Abstract/Purchase

2005

Kulprathipanja, A., G.O. Alptekin*, J.L. Falconer, J.D. Way, “Pd and Pd-Cu Membranes: Inhibition of H2 Permeation by H2S," Journal of Membrane Science, vol. 254, no. 1-2, 2005 49-62. Purchase

Roa, F. P.M. Thoen, J.D. Way, S. DeVoss, G.O. Alptekin*, “Effect of CO2, CO, H2S and Sweep Gas on the Hydrogen Flux of a Pd-Cu Alloy Membrane,” ACS Symposium Series, Membranes for Fuels and Energy, July 2005.

Jin, J., V. Nguyen. W. Gu, X. Lu, B.J. Elliott*, D.L. Gin,  "Cross-Linked Lyotropic Liquid Crystal-Butyl Rubber Composites: Promising 'Breathable' Barrier Materials for Chemical Protection Applications," Chem Mater., 2005, 17(2) 224-226.   Abstract   Purchase

Laus, S., B. Sitharaman, É. Toth, R.D. Bolskar*, L. Helm, S. Asokan, M.S. Wong, L.J. Wilson, A.E. Merbach, "Destroying Gadofullerene Aggregates by Salt Addition in Aqueous Solution of Gd@C60(OH)x and Gd@C60[C(COOH2)]10," J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127(26) 9368-9369.  Abstract/Purchase

Takehara, H., M. Fujiwara, M. Arikawa, Frontier Carbon Corporation, M.D. Diener, J.M. Alford*, TDA Research, Inc., "Experimental Study of Industrial-Scale Fullerene Production by Combustion Synthesis," Carbon, 2005, 43, 311-319.

É Tóth, R.D. Bolskar*, A. Borel, G. González, L. Helm, A.E. Merbach, B. Sitharaman, and L. J. Wilson,  "Water-Soluble Gadofullerenes: Toward High-Relaxivity, pH-Responsive MRI Contrast Agents," J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127(2) 799-805.  Abstract/Purchase

Y. Xu, D. Gin, University of Colorado, Boulder, B.J. Elliott*, TDA Research, Inc., "Catalyzed Dioctyl Phthalate Formulation Using a Nanostructured Solid Acid Resin," AiChE Journal, 2005, 52(1) 418-421. Abstract/Purchase

2004

Sitharaman, B., R.D. Bolskar*, I. Rusakova, and L.J. Wilson, "Gd@C60[C(COOH)2]10 and Gd@C60(OH)x: Nanoscale Aggregation Studies of Two Metallofullerene MRI Contrast Agents in Aqueous Solution," Nano Lett., 2004, 4(12) 2373-2378.  Abstract/Purchase

Kulprathipanja, A., G.O. Alptekin*, J.L. Falconer, and J.D. Way, "Effects of Water Gas Shift Gases on Pd-Cu Alloy Membrane Surface Morphology and Separation Properties," Ind. Eng. Chem. Res, 2004, 43, 4188-4198.   Abstract   Purchase

Goryunkov, A. A.; Markov, V. Y.; Ioffe, I. N.; Bolskar, R. D.*; Diener, M. D.; Kuvychko, I. V.; Strauss, S. H.; Boltalina, O. V. "C74F38: An Exohedral Derivative of a Small-Bandgap Fullerene with D3 Symmetry" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2004, vol 43, no. 8, 997-1000.

Murayama, H., Tomonoh, S., Alford, J.M., and Karpuk, M.E., "Fullerene Production in Tons and More: From Science to Industry," Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures; Marcel Dekker, Inc., 2004, vol 12, no. 1/2, p. 10.

2003

Bolskar, R. D.*, Alford, J. M., "Chemical oxidation of endohedral metallofullerenes: identification and separation of distinct classes," Chem. Commun. 1292-1293.

Bolskar, R. D.*; Benedetto, A. F.; Husebo, L. O; Price, R. E.; Jackson, E. F.; Wallace, S.; Wilson, L. J.; Alford, J. M., "First Soluble M@C60 Derivatives Provide Enhanced Access to Metallofullerenes and Permit In Vivo Evaluation of Gd@C60[C(COOH)2]10 as a MRI Contrast Agent," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 125, 5471-5478.  Abstract/Purchase

Yu, J., A. Corripio, D.P. Harrison*, R.J. Copeland, "Analysis of the Sorbent Energy Transfer System (SETS) for Power Generation and CO2 Capture," Advances in Environmental Research, Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, Jan. 2003, vol. 7, no. 2, pp 335-345 (11).

Sidwell, R.W, H. Zhu, B.A. Kibler, R.J. Kee, and D.T. Wickham*, "Experimental Investigation of the Activity and Thermal Stability of Hexaaluminate Catalysts for Lean Methane-Air Combustion", Applied Catalysis A: General, 255:279-288, 2003.

Sidwell, R.W., H. Zhu, R.J. Kee, D.T. Wickham*, "Catalytic Combustion of Premixed Methane-Air on a High Temperature Hexaaluminate Stagnation Surface", Combust. & Flame, 134: 55-66, 2003.

2002

Diener, M. D.*; Bolskar, R. D.; Alford, J. M., "Redox Properties and Purification of Endohedral Metallofullerenes" Chapter 6 in Endofullerenes A New Family of Carbon Clusters, Akasaka, T. and Nagase, S., eds.; Kluwer Academic Publishers: Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 2002, 133-151.

Sidwell, R.W, H. Zhu, R. J. Kee, D.T. Wickham*, and G.S. Jackson, "Catalytic Combustion of Premixed Methane-Air on a Palladium-Substituted Hexaaluminates Stagnation Surface", Proc. Combust. Inst., 29:1013-1020, 2002.

2001

Wickham, D.T.*, Bahr, J.A, Dubovik, M., Gebhard, S.C., and Lind, J., "Design and Construction of a Pilot-Scale System to Remove Pollutants from an Incinerator Effluent," SAE 01ICES-218.

Wickham, D.T.*, Engel, J.R., B.D. Hitch, and Karpuk, M.E., "Initiators for Endothermic Fuels", Journal of Propulsion and Power, 17(6), pp. 1253-1257.

2000

Diener, M. D.*, N. Nichelson, and J.M. Alford, "Synthesis of Single-Walled Nanotubes in Flames", J. Phys. Chem. B 104, 9615-9620.

Graf, John., J.L. Perry, NASA Johnson Space Center, J.D. Wright*, J.A. Bahr, TDA Research, Inc., "Process Upsets Involving Trace Contaminant Control Systems", 30th International Conference On Environmental Systems, Toulouse, France, July 10-13, 2000.

McCormick, R.L., Alptekin, G.O.*, “Comparison of Alumina, Silica, Titania, and Zirconia Supported Iron Phosphate for Selective Methane Oxidation”, Cat. Today, 55 269-280, 2000.

Panha, C., Jones, M.E., Heitzinger, J.M, Gebhard, S.C.*, and Koel, B.E., "Bi Adsorption and Poisoning on Ni(100) Surface as Probed by CO Chemisorption", J. Phys Chem. B, 104, 3130 3139.

1999

Cagle, W. D., S. J. Kennel, S. Mirzadeh, J. M. Alford*, and L. J. Wilson, "In vivo Studies of Fullerene-based Materials Using Endohedral Metallofullerene Radiotracers," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96, 5182.

Dietz, S.D.*, O. Korol, and W.L. Bell, "Preparation and Characterization of Fullerene-doped Low Temperature Glassy Carbon," Carbon, 37, 619-624.

Thrash, T. P., D. W. Cagle, J. M., Alford*, K., Wright, G. J. Ehrhardt, S. Mirzadeh, and L. J. Wilson, "Toward Fullerene-based Radiopharmaceuticals: High-Yield Neutron Activation of Endohedral 165Ho Metallofullerenes," Chem. Phys. Lett. 308. 

Wickham, D.*, Alptekin, G.O., and Engel, J, “Additives to Reduce Coking in Endothermic Heat Exchangers” American Inst. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 99-2215 1999.

1998

Diener, M. D.*, and J.M. Alford, "Isolation and Properties of Small-Bandgap Fullerenes," Nature 393, 668.

1997

Callender, R.L., C.J. Harlan, N.M. Shapiro, C.D. Jones, D.l. Callahan, M.H. Wiesner, D.B. MacQueen, R. Cook*, and A.R. Barron., "Aqueous Synthesis of Water Soluble Alumoxanes: Environmentally Benign Precursors to Alumina and Alumina-Based Ceramics", Chem. Mater. 9(11), 2418.

Chen, B., R.L. Cook* and J.D. Wright, "Oxidative Destruction of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons," Encyclopedia of Environmental Analysis and Remediation, (invited article), John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Editor-in-Chief: R.A. Meyers.

Chen, B., R.L. Cook* and J.D. Wright, "Destruction of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons (CHCS)", in the Encyclopedia of Environmental Remediation.

Diener, M.D.*, C.A. Smith, and D.K. Veirs, "Anaerobic Preparation and Solvent-Free Separation of Uranium Endohedral Metallofullerenes," Chem. Mater. 9, 1773.

Dietz, S.D.*, W.L. Bell and R.L. Cook, "Alkylferrocenes: A Simple Preparation for Lithioferrocenes and Their Aqueous Electrochemistry", J. Organometallic Chemistry, 545/546, 67.

Dietz, S.D.*, W.L. Bell, and R.L. Cook, "Alkylferrocenes: A Simple Preparation from Lithioferrocenes and their Aqueous Electrochemistry," J. Organomet. Chem. 545-546, 67-70.

Ding, X., J. M. Alford*, and J. C. Wright, "Lanthanide fluorescence from Er3+ in Er2@C82," Chem. Phys. Lett. 269.

Harlan, C.J. A. Kareiva, D.B. MacQueen, R.L. Cook*, and A.R. Barron, “ Yttrium Doped Alumoxanes: A Chemie Douce Route to Y3Al5O12 (YAG) and Y4Al2O9 (YAM).”, Adv. Mater. 9(1), 68.

1996

Cagle, W.D., T.P. Thrash, J.M. Alford*, L.P.F. Chibante, G.J. Ehrhardt, and L.J. Wilson, "Synthesis, Characterization, and Neutron Activation of Holmium Fullerenes", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 118, 8043.

Chen, B., C. Bai, R. L. Cook*, J. Wright and C. Wang, "Gold/Cobalt-oxide Catalysts for Oxidative Destruction of Dichloromethane", Catalysis Today, 30, 15-20.

Kareiva, A., C.J. Harlan, D.B. MacQueen, R. L. Cook*, and A.R. Barron, "Carboxylate-Substituted Alumoxanes as Processable Precursors to Transition Metal-Aluminum and Lanthanide-Aluminum Mixed-Metal Oxides: Atomic Scale Mixing Via a New Transmetallation Reaction", Chemistry of Materials, 8(9), 2331.

Wright, J.D.*, B. Chen, C. Wang, J. Perry, and J.D. Tatara, "An Investigation of International Space Station Trace Contaminant Oxidation Catalyst Poisoning," SAE 961517.

1995

Wright, J.D., D.A. Feinberg, "Summary of the Comparison of the Production of Methanol and Ethanol from Biomass Study",  Production of Alcohols and Other Oxygenates from Fossil Fuels and Renewables, Program of Research and Development on Alternative Motor Fuels/International Energy Agency Alternative Motor Fuels Agreement, Final Report for Annex IV/Phase II, July.

1994

Averitt, R.D., J.M. Alford*, and N.J. Halas, "Solvent Free High-Purity Separation of Fullerenes," Appl. Phys. Lett. 65.

1992

McKinnon, J.T., W.L. Bell*, and R.M. Barkley, "Combustion Synthesis of Fullerenes," Combustion and Flame 88, 102-112.

Wang, L.S., J.M. Alford*, M.D. Diener, S.M. McClure, Y. Chal, T. Guo, G.E. Scuseria, and R.E. Smalley, "The Electronic Structure of Ca@C60," Chem. Phys. Lett. 207.

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