Megan A. Creighton

TL;DR: This work investigates the interactions of graphene and few-layer graphene (FLG) microsheets with three cell types and with model lipid bilayers by combining coarse-grained molecular dynamics (MD), all-atom MD, analytical modeling, confocal fluorescence imaging, and electron microscopic imaging and proposed mechanism allows cellular uptake of even large multilayer sheets of micrometer-scale lateral dimension.

TL;DR: Bulk samples of multilayer graphene plates stack in an irregular fashion that preserves the 2600/N surface area and creates regular slot-like pores with sizes that are multiples of the unit plate thickness, demonstrating the potential to partially restore the large monolayer surface.

TL;DR: A first detailed thermodynamic analysis of atomically thin 2D materials at organic-aqueous liquid-liquid interfaces is presented and expressions for the transfer free energies of emulsion stabilization that account for material geometry, van der Waals transparency or opacity, and variable hydrophobicity are derived.

TL;DR: This work identifies several pathways that can lead to the formation of gallium oxide hydroxide (GaOOH) crystallites, which may be undesirable in many applications, and finds that some crystallite formation pathways can be reinforced by typical top-down particle synthesis techniques like sonication.

TL;DR: This study suggests that surface functionalization for increased hydrophilicity can not only improve the performance of CB-based dispersants but also reduce their adverse environmental impacts on marine organisms.