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Journal Covers from our Researchers

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Methodology Development for the Measurement of Refrigerant Flammability Limits

Featuring Kevin Turner, Arthur L. Benson, Michael Lundin, Ed Atchison, Dave Watson,
Steve Campbell, Brian Finney, Glen Khlebutin, Riyaz Papar, and Mark B. Shiflett

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Accelerating Catalysis Understanding via Large Language Model Data Extraction and Shallow Machine Learning Techniques

Featuring Brianna R. Farris and Kevin C. Leonard

ChemCatChem Cover Art

Supercritical Fluids for Enhanced Chemical Transformation of Postconsumer Plastics: A
Review

Featuring Lakshmiprasad Gurrala and Ana Rita C. Morais

Energy and Fuels Cover Image March 2025

Impacts of Residual Water and Salinity on Hydrogen Adsorption and its Distribution in Geological Minerals: Insights into Hydrogen Geostorage and Natural Production

Featuring Temoor Muther and Amirmasoud Kalantari Dahaghi

I&EC Cover Art

Application of Hierarchical H–Y Zeolites in Hydroxyalkylation–Alkylation of 2-Methylfuran with
Furfural to Produce Jet Fuel Precursors

Featuring Odiri K. Siakpebru, Lakshmiprasad Gurrala, Anoop Uchagawkar, Oliver Norris, Jared
Bartlett, and Ana Rita C. Morais

Green Chemistry Cover Image June 2024

Subcritical CO2–H2O hydrolysis of polyethylene terephthalate as a sustainable chemical recycling platform

Featuring Dacosta Osei, Lakshmiprasad Gurrala, Aria Sheldon, Jackson Mayuga, Clarissa Lincoln, Nicholas A. Rorrer, and Ana Rita C. Morais

Cover of Langmuir March 2024

Using Passive Microrheology to Measure the Evolution of the Rheological Properties of NIST mAb Formulations during Adsorption to the Air–Water Interface

Featuring Estephanie Laura Nottar Escobar, M. Coleman Vaclaw, Joseph T. Lozenski, and Prajnaparamita Dhar

cover of ACS Molecular Pharmaceutics March 2024

Correlating Surface Activity with Interface-Induced Aggregation in a HighConcentration mAb Solution

Featuring Estephanie L. N. Escobar, Valerie P. Griffin and Prajnaparamita Dhar

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Predictive machine learning models trained on experimental datasets for electrochemical nitrogen reduction

Featuring Darik A. Rosser, Brianna R. Farris, and Kevin C. Leonard

Cover of I&EC Research September 2023

Separation of Refrigerant Gases Using a Copolymer of Perfluoro(2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxole) (PDD) and Vinyl Acetate (VA)

Featuring Abby N. Harders and her collaborators Sarah Dixon, Brock Hines, Michael Lundin, Whitney White, and Mark B. Shiflett

Cover of Journal of Polymer Science April 2023

Modification of Nafion's nanostructure for the water management of PEM fuel cells

Featuring Trung Van Nguyen and his collaborators Yuanchao Li, Natalie Linnell Schwab, Robert M. Briber, and Joseph A. Dura

Cover of ACS Measurement Science August 2023

Deconvoluting Kinetic Rate Constants of Catalytic Substrates from Scanning Electrochemical Approach Curves with Artificial Neural Networks

Featuring Kyle Vincent Camarda, Kevin C. Leonard, graduate student Dinuka Rajapakse and Dylan T. Jantz, and their collaborators Josh Meckstroth and Zijun Yao

I&EC Journal Cover Art

Solubility, Diffusivity, and Permeability of HFC-32 and HFC-125 in amorphous copolymers of perfluoro(butenyl vinyl ether) and perfluoro(2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxole)

Featuring Abby N. Harders, Erin R. Sturd, Luke Wallisch, Yuniva Mendoza-Apodaca, David R. Corbin, Whitney R. White, Chris P. Junk, and Mark B. Shiflett

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Evaluation of Machine Learning Models on Electrochemical CO2 Reduction Using Human Curated Datasets

Featuring Brianna R. Farris, Tevin Niang-Trost, Michael S. Branicky, and Kevin C. Leonard

Current Journal Editors

  • Bala Subramaniam, Executive Editor, ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering
  • Aaron Scurto, Associated Editor, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research
  • Mark Shiflett, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Ionic Liquids

Journal Editorial Boards

  • Kevin Leonard, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Textbooks Published by CPE Faculty

Stanley M. Walas 

Don W. Green with Marylee Southard

Don W. Green and G. Paul Willhite

G. Paul Willhite

RV Chaudhari

Laurence Weatherley

Textbook Chapters (not full list)

  • "Characterization under Practical Conditions: Time-Domain NMR, X-Ray Scattering and Tomography" - Alan Allgeier's Group
  • "Unconventional Hydrocarbon Resources: Techniques for Reservoir Engineering Analysis" Collaboration between Reza Barati's Group and KU Researchers