Textile Engineering, Chemistry & Science

High strength, durable fabrics produced by fibrillating multilobal fibers

(Patent No. US7883772B2).

Lightweight high-tensile, high-tear strength biocomponent nonwoven fabrics

(Patent No. US7935645B2).

High strength, durable micro and nano-fiber fabrics produced by fibrillating bicomponent islands in the sea fibers

(Patent No. US7981226B2).

Process of making mixed fibers and nonwoven fabrics

(Patent No. US7981336B2).

Nanofibers – Competing Technologies

Presented at the Nanofiber for the 3rd Millennium, Raleigh, NC.

3D orthogonal woven ramie fiber reinforced polypropylene composites

2011 International Symposium on Sustainable Composites (ISSC) 4th China-Japan Joint Seminar on Green Composites.

Mixed Fiber and Nonwoven Fabrics Made from the Same

(Europe Patent No. 2179081).

Preparation of Nano-textured Surfaces Capable of Achieving Cooling Rates of the Order 1 KW/cm2 in Spray Cooling

Proceedings of the MRS Springe Meeting. Presented at the Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, Symposium BB: Nanoscale Heat Transport - From Fundamentals to Devices, San Francisco, CA.

Lightweight High-Tensile, High-Tear Strength Bicomponent Nonwoven Fabrics

(Europe Patent No. 1866472).

High Tensile and High Tear Strength Nonwoven

(Germany Patent No. 1866472).

Profiles of Liquid Drops at the Bottom of Cylindrical Fibers Standing on Flat Substrates

Langmuir, 28(1), 722–728.

Sharp burnout failure observed in high current-carrying double-walled carbon nanotube fibers

Nanotechnology, 23(1), 015703.

Quasi-Molecular Fluorescence from Graphene Oxide

Scientific Reports, 1(1).

Direct laser writing of micro-supercapacitors on hydrated graphite oxide films

Nature Nanotechnology, 6(8), 496–500.

Optical Bifunctionality of Europium-Complexed Luminescent Graphene Nanosheets

Nano Letters, 11(12), 5227–5233.

Engineered Graphite Oxide Materials for Application in Water Purification

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 3(6), 1821–1826.

Molecular modeling and predicting dye properties

In Handbook of Textile and Industrial Dyeing: Principles, Processes and Types of Dyes (Vol. 1, pp. 225–244).

Atmospheric pressure plasma treatments for repellent textiles

AATCC Review, Vol. 11, pp. 70–74.

Electronic Textiles: Atomic Layer Deposition of Conductive Coatings on Cotton, Paper, and Synthetic Fibers: Conductivity Analysis and Functional Chemical Sensing Using “All-Fiber” Capacitors (Adv. Funct. Mater. 11/2011)

Advanced Functional Materials, 21(11), 1948–1948.

Effects of texture on color perception

2011 IEEE 10th IVMSP Workshop: Perception and Visual Signal Analysis, IVMSP 2011 - Proceedings, 7–11.