Biography

Prof. Richard J. Spontak
Departments of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
North Carolina State University, USA
Professor

E-mail: spontak@ncsu.edu

Qualifications

1988    Ph.D. University of California at Berkeley, USA
1983    B.S. Pennsylvania State University, USA


Publications
  1. Krishnan, A.S., Vargantwar, P.H., Ghosh, T.K., and Spontak, R.J., "Electroactuation of Solvated Triblock Copolymer Dielectric Elastomers: Decoupling the Roles of Mechanical Prestrain and Specimen Thickness," J. Polym. Sci. B: Polym. Phys., in press.
  2. Gozen, A.O., Zhou, J., Roskov, K.E., Shi, A.-C., Genzer, J., and Spontak, R.J., "Block Copolymer Self-Organization vs. Interfacial Modification in Bilayered Thin-Film Laminates," Soft Matter, 7, 3268 (2011).
  3. Vargantwar, P.H., Shankar,R., Krishnan, A.S., Ghosh, T.K., and Spontak, R.J., "Exceptional Versatility of Solvated Block Copolymer/Ionomer Networks as Electroactive Polymers," Soft Matter, 7, 1651 (2011).
  4. Gozen, A.O., Gaines, M.K., Hamersky, M.W., Maniadis, P., Rasmussen, K.Ø., Smith, S.D., and Spontak, R.J., "Controlling the Phase Behavior of Block Copolymers via Sequential Block Growth," Polymer, 51, 5304 (2010).
  5. Gaines, M.K., Smith, S.D., Samseth, J., Khan, S.A., and Spontak, R.J., "Nanoparticle Network Formation in Nanostructured and Disordered Block Copolymer Matrices," Nanoscale Res. Lett., 5, 1712 (2010).
  6. Krishnan, A.S., Seifert, S., Lee, B., Khan, S.A., and Spontak, R.J., “Cosolvent-Regulated Time-Composition Rheological Equivalence in Block Copolymer Solutions," Soft Matter, 6, 4331 (2010).
  7. Jinnai, H., Spontak, R.J., and Nishi, T., "Transmission Electron Microtomography and Polymer Nanostructures," Macromolecules, 43, 1675 (2010).
  8. Ozcam, A.E., Efimenko, K., Jaye, C., Spontak, R.J., Fischer, D.A., and Genzer, J., "Modification of PET Surfaces with Self-Assembled Monolayers of Organosilane Precursors," J. Electr. Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 172, 95 (2009).
  9. Peng, Q., Sun, X.-Y., Spagnola, J.C., Saquing, C., Khan, S.A., Spontak, R.J., and Parsons, G.N., "Bi-directional Kirkendall Effect in Coaxial Microtube Assemblies Fabricated by Atomic Layer Deposition," ACS Nano, 3, 546 (2009).
  10. Jinnai, H. and Spontak, R.J., "Transmission Electron Microtomography in Polymer Research," Polymer, 50, 1067 (2009).
  11. Shankar, R., Ghosh, T.K., and Spontak, R.J., "Mechanical and Actuation Behavior of Electroactive Nanostructured Polymers," Sens. Actuators A, 151, 46 (2009).
  12. Aberg, C.M., Seyam, M.A., Lassell, S.A., Bronstein, L.M., and Spontak, R.J., "In-situ Growth of Pd Nanoparticles in Cross-linked Polymer Matrices," Macromol. Rapid Commun., 29, 1926 (2008).
  13. Wei, B., Gurr, P.A., Gozen, A.O., Blencowe, A., Solomon, D.H., Qiao, G.G., Spontak, R.J., and Genzer, J., "Autophobicity-Driven Surface Segregation and Patterning of Core-Shell Microgel Particles," Nano Lett., 8, 3010 (2008).
  14. Aberg, C.M., Ozcam, A.E., Majikes, J.M., Seyam, M.A., and Spontak, R.J., "Extended Chemical Cross-linking of a Thermoplastic Polyimide: Macroscopic and Microscopic Property Development," Macromol. Rapid Commun., 29, 1461 (2008).
  15. Sun, X.-Y., Nobles, L.R., Börner, H.G., and Spontak, R.J., "Field-Driven Surface Segregation of Biofunctional Species on Electrospun PMMA/PEO Microfibers," Macromol. Rapid Commun., 29, 1455 (2008).
  16. Shankar, R., Krishnan, A.S., Ghosh, T.K., and Spontak, R.J., "Triblock Copolymer Organogels as High-Performance Dielectric Elastomers," Macromole­cules, 41, 6100 (2008).
  17. Wang, X., Wang, H., Frankowski, D.J., Lam, P.G., Welch, P.M., Winnik, M.A., Hartmann, J., Manners, I., and Spontak, R.J., "Growth and Crystallization of Metal-Containing Block Copolymer Nanotubes in a Selective Solvent," Adv. Mater., 19, 2279 (2007).
  18. Guo, Q., Arends, P., Thomann, R., Spontak, R.J., and Gronski, W., "Morphological Development and Rheological Changes of Phenoxy/SAN Blends during In-Situ Polymerization," J. Polym. Sci. B: Polym. Phys., 45, 2614 (2007).
  19. Frankowski, D.J., Capracotta, M.D., Martin, J.D., Khan, S.A., and Spontak, R.J., "Stability of Organically-Modified Montmorillonites and Their Polystyrene Nanocomposites after Prolonged Thermal Treatment," Chem. Mater., 19, 2757 (2007).
  20. Shankar, R., Ghosh, T.K., and Spontak, R.J., "Electromechanical Response of Nanostructured Polymer Systems with No Mechanical Pre-strain," Macromol. Rapid Commun., 28, 1142 (2007).
  21. Frankowski, D.J., Khan, S.A., and Spontak, R.J., "Chain Scission-Induced Intercalation as a Facile Route to Polymer Nanocomposites," Adv. Mater., 19, 1286 (2007).
  22. Gil, E.S., Frankowski, D.J., Hudson, S.M., and Spontak, R.J., "Silk Fibroin Membranes from Solvent-Crystallized Silk Fibroin/Gelatin Blends: Effects of Blend and Solvent Composition," Mater. Sci. Eng. C, 27, 426 (2007).
  23. Sun, X.-Y., Shankar, R., Börner, H.G., Ghosh, T.K., and Spontak, R.J., "Field-Driven Biofunctionalization of Polymer Fiber Surfaces during Electrospinning," Adv. Mater., 19, 87 (2007).
  24. Wei, B., Lam, P.G., Genzer J., and Spontak, R.J., "Tunable Instability Mechanisms of Polymer Thin Films by Molecular Self-Assembly," Langmuir, 22, 8642 (2006).
  25. Nenoff, T.M., Spontak, R.J., and Aberg, C.M., "Membranes for Hydrogen Purification: An Important Step Toward a Hydrogen-Based Economy," MRS Bull., 31, 735 (2006).
  26. Jinnai, H., Hasegawa, H., Nishikawa, Y., Sevink, G.J.A., Braunfeld, M.B., Agard, D.A., and Spontak, R.J., "3-D Analysis of Coexisting Bicontinuous Morphologies in a Block Copolymer/Homopolymer Blend," Macromol. Rapid Commun., 27, 1424 (2006).
  27. Smith, S.D., Hamersky, M.W., Bowman, M.K., Rasmussen, K.Ø., and Spontak, R.J., "Molecularly Asymmetric Triblock Copolymers as a Single-Molecule Route to Ordered Bidisperse Polymer Brushes," Langmuir, 22, 6465 (2006).
  28. Gil, E.S., Frankowski, D.J., Bowman, M.K., Gozen, A.O., Hudson, S.M., and Spontak, R.J., "Mixed Protein Blends Composed of Gelatin and Bombyx mori Silk Fibroin: Effects of Solvent-Induced Crystallization and Composition," Biomacro­molecules, 7, 728 (2006).
  29. Harton, S.E., Stevie, F.A., Spontak, R.J., Koga, T., Rafailovich, M.H., Sokolov, J.C., and Ade, H., "Low-Temperature Reactive Coupling at Polymer-Polymer Interfaces Facilitated by Supercritical CO2," Polymer, 46, 10173 (2005).
  30. Hamersky, M.W., Smith, S.D., Gozen, A.O., and Spontak, R.J., "Phase Behavior of Triblock Copolymers Varying in Molecular Asymmetry," Phys. Rev. Lett., 95, 168306 (2005).
  31. van Maanen, G.J., Seeley, S.L., Capracotta, M.D., White, S.A., Bukovnik, R.R., Hartmann, J., Martin, J.D., and Spontak, R.J., "Property and Morphology Development in Nanocomposite Thermoplastic Elastomer Gels," Langmuir, 21, 3106 (2005).
  32. Siripurapu, S., DeSimone, J.M., Khan, S.A., and Spontak, R.J., "Controlled Foaming of Polymer Films through Restricted Surface Diffusion and the Addition of Nanosilica Particles or CO2-philic Surfactants," Macromolecules, 38, 2271 (2005).
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