Dr. Ramanan Krishnamoorti
Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
S222 Engineering Building 1
University of Houston
4800 Calhoun Ave.
Houston, TX 77204-4004
Office Location: S227
Telephone: (713) 743-4312
Fax: (713) 743-4323
E-mail: ramanan@uh.edu

COMPLETE LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

› Edited Books:

1. Filled and Nanocomposite Polymer Materials, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, Vol. 661, Ed. Nakatani A. I., Hjelm R. P., Gerspacher M., and Krishnamoorti R., MRS, Warrendale, PA (2001).
2. Polymer Nanocomposites – Synthesis, Characterization and Modeling, ACS Symposium Series, Vol. 804, Ed. Krishnamoorti R., and Vaia R. A., ACS, Washington DC (2001).
3. Mechanical Properties of Nanostructured Materials and Nanocomposites, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, Vol 783, Ed. I. Ovid'ko, C.S.Pande, R. Krishnamoorti, E. Lavernia, and G. Skandan., MRS, Warrendale, PA (2004)
   
   

› Journals:

1. Balsara N. P., Fetters L. J., Hadjichristidis N., Lohse D. J., Han C.C., Graessley W. W., and Krishnamoorti R., “Thermodynamic Interactions in Model Polyolefin Blends obtained by Small-Angle Neutron Scattering.” Macromolecules 25, 6137 (1992).
2. Graessley W. W., Krishnamoorti R., Balsara N. P., and Lohse D. J., “Effect of Deuterium Substitution on Thermodynamic Interactions in Polymer Blends.” Macromolecules. 26, 1137 (1993).
3. Lohse D. J., Balsara N. P., Fetters L. J., Schulz D. N., Sissano J. A., Graessley W. W., and Krishnamoorti R., “Thermodynamics of Random Copolymer Mixtures by SANS.” in “New Advances in Polyolefins “, Ed. T. C. Chung, Plenum Press, New York, 1993.
4. Balsara N. P., Jonnalagadda S. V., Lin C. C., Han C. C., and Krishnamoorti R., “Thermodynamic Interactions and Correlations in Mixtures of Two Homopolymers and a Block Copolymer by Small-Angle Neutron Scattering.” Journal of Chemical Physics 99, 11011 (1993).
5. Young R. N., Fetters L. J., Huang J. S., and Krishnamoorti R., “Some Light on the Concept of Unreactivity Arising from Active Center Association in Anionic Polymerizations.” Polymer International 33, 217 (1994).
6. Krishnamoorti R., Graessley W. W., Balsara N. P., and Lohse D. J., “The Compositional Dependence of Thermodynamic Interactions in Blends of Model Polyolefins.” Journal of Chemical Physics 100, 3894 (1994).
7. Balsara N. P., Lohse D. J., Graessley W. W., and Krishnamoorti R., “Small-Angle Neutron Scattering by Partially Deuterated Polymers and their Blends.” Journal of Chemical Physics 100, 3905 (1994).
8. Balsara N. P., Lin C. C., Dai H. J., and Krishnamoorti R., “The Effect of Saturation on Thermodynamics of Polystyrene-Polyisoprene Block Copolymers.” Macromolecules. 27, 1216 (1994).
9. Graessley W. W., Krishnamoorti R., Balsara N. P., Fetters L. J., Lohse D. J., Schulz D. N., and Sissano J. A., “Deuteration Effects and Solubility Parameter Ordering in Blends of Saturated Hydrocarbon Polymers.” Macromolecules 27, 2574 (1994).
10. Krishnamoorti R., Graessley W. W., Balsara N. P., and Lohse D. J., “The Structural Origins of Thermodynamic Interactions in Blends of Saturated Hydrocarbon Mixtures.” Macromolecules 27, 3073 (1994).
11. Graessley W. W., Krishnamoorti R., Balsara N. P., Fetters L. J., Lohse D. J., Schulz D. N., Sissano J. A., and Butera R. J., “Thermodynamics of Mixing for Blends of Model Ethylene Butene Copolymers.” Macromolecules 27, 3896 (1994).
12. Krishnamoorti R., Graessley W. W., Fetters L. J., Garner R. T., and Lohse D. J., “Anomalous Mixing Behavior of Polyisobutylene with Polyolefins.” Macromolecules 28, 1252 (1995).
13. Graessley W. W., Krishnamoorti R., Reichart G. C., Balsara N. P., Fetters L. J., and Lohse D. J., “Regular and Irregular Mixing in Blends of Saturated Hydrocarbon Polymers.” Macromolecules 28, 1260 (1995).
14. Gupta V. K., Krishnamoorti R., Kornfield J. A., and Smith S. D., “Evolution of Microstructure During Shear Alignment in a Polystyrene-Polyisoprene Diblock Copolymer.” Macromolecules 28, 4464 (1995).
15. Reichart G. C., Register R. A., Graessley W. W., Krishnamoorti R., and Lohse D. J., “Effect of Non-Uniform Deuterium Labeling on Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Results for Polymer Blends.” Macromolecules 28, 8862 (1995).
16. Krishnamoorti R., Graessley W. W., Dee G. T., Walsh D. J., Fetters L. J., and Lohse D. J., “Pure Component Properties and Mixing Behavior in Polyolefin Blends.” Macromolecules 29, 367 (1996).
17. Lin C. C., Jonnalagadda S. V., Balsara N. P., Han C. C., and Krishnamoorti R., “Neutron Scattering from Multicomponent Flory-Huggins Blends.” Macromolecules 29, 661 (1996).
18. Gupta V. K., Krishnamoorti R., Chen Z-R., Kornfield J. A., Smith S. D., Satkowski M. M., and Grothaus J. T., “Dynamics of Shear Alignment in a Lamellar Diblock Copolymer : Interplay of Frequency, Strain Amplitude and Temperature.” Macromolecules 29, 875 (1996).
19. Gupta V. K., Krishnamoorti R., Kornfield J. A., and Smith S. D., “Role of Strain in Controlling Lamellar Orientation during Flow Alignment of Diblock Copolymers.” Macromolecules 29, 1359 (1996).
20. Smith G. D., Yoon D. Y., Jaffe R. L., Colby R. H., Krishnamoorti R., and Fetters L. J., “Conformations and Structures of Poly(oxyethylene) melts from Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Small Angle Neutron Scattering Experiments.” Macromolecules 29, 3462 (1996).
21. Krishnamoorti R., Vaia R. A., and Giannelis E. P., “Structure and Dynamics of Polymer Layered Silicate Nanocomposites.” Chemistry of Materials 8, 1728 (1996).
22. Alamo R. G., Graessley W. W., Krishnamoorti R., Lohse D. J., Londono J. D., Mandelkern L., Stehling F. C., and Wignall G. D., “SANS Investigation of Melt-Miscibility and Phase Separation In Blends of Linear and Branched Polyethylenes as a Function of the Branch Content.” Macromolecules 30, 561 (1997).
23. Arendt B. H., Krishnamoorti R., Kornfield J. A., and Smith S. D., “Dynamics of Miscible Blends­Disparate Molecular Weight Blends.” Macromolecules 30, 1127 (1997).
24. Arendt B. H., Krishnamoorti R., Kannan R. M., Seitz K., Kornfield J. A., and Roovers J., “Rheo-Optical Study of Disordered Diblocks of Polyisoprene-Polyvinylethylene.” Macromolecules 30, 1138 (1997).
25. Reichart G. C., Graessley W. W., Register R. A., Krishnamoorti R., and Lohse D. J., “Anomalous Attractive Interactions in Polypropylene Blends.” Macromolecules 30, 3036 (1997).
26. Reichart G. C., Graessley W. W., Register R. A., Krishnamoorti R., and Lohse D. J., “Measurement of Thermodynamic Interactions in Ternary Polymer Blends by Small-Angle Neutron-Scattering.” Macromolecules 30, 3363 (1997).
27. Krishnamoorti R., and Giannelis E. P., “Rheology of End-Tethered Polymer - Layered Silicate Nanocomposites.” Macromolecules 30, 4097(1997).
28. Gell C. B., Krishnamoorti R., Kim E., Graessley W. W., and Fetters L. J., “Viscoelasticity and Diffusion in Miscible Blends of Saturated Hydrocarbon Polymers.” Rheologica Acta 26, 217 (1997).
29. Fetters L. J., Graessley W. W., Krishnamoorti R., and Lohse D. J., “Melt Chain Dimensions of Poly(ethylene-1-butene) Copolymers via Small Angle Neutron Scattering.” Macromolecules 30, 4973 (1997).
30. Krishnamoorti R., Graessley W. W., Fetters L. J., Garner R. T., and Lohse D. J., “Thermodynamic Interactions in Polybutadiene Blends.” Macromolecules 31, 2312 (1998).
31. Vaia R. A., Krishnamoorti R., Benner C., and Trimer M., “Chain Conformation of Rod-Like Polymers in the Melt - Small-Angle Neutron-Scattering of Poly(Benzoyl Paraphenylene).” J. of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Physics 36, 2449 (1998).
32. Balsara N. P., Garetz B. A., Chang M. Y., Dai H. J., Newstein M. C., Goveas J. L., Krishnamoorti R., and Rai S., “Identification of the Molecular Parameters that Govern Ordering Kinetics in a Block Copolymer.” Macromolecules 31, 5309 (1998).
33. Giannelis E. P., Krishnamoorti R., and Manias E., “Polymer-Silicate Nanocomposites : Model Systems for Confined Polymers and Polymer Brushes.” Advances in Polymer Science 138, 107 (1999).
34. Wang H., Newstein M. C., Krishnan A., Balsara N. P., Garetz B. A., Hammouda B., and Krishnamoorti R., “Ordering Kinetics and Alignment of Block Copolymer Lamellae Under Shear Flow.” Macromolecules 32, 3695 (1999).
35. Modi M. A., Krishnamoorti R., Tse M. F., and Wang H. -C., “Viscoelastic Characterization Of An Order – Order Transition In A Mixture Of Di And Tri Block Copolymers.” Macromolecules 32, 4088 (1999).
36. Lefebvre A., Lee J. H., Balsara N. P., Hammouda B., Krishnamoorti R., and Kumar S., “Relationship between Internal Energy and Volume Change of Mixing in Pressurized Polymer Blends.” Macromolecules 32, 5460 (1999).
37. Lohse D. J., Garner, R. T., Graessley, W. W., and Krishnamoorti, R., “Miscibility of Blends of Saturated Hydrocarbon Elastomers.” Rubber Chemistry and Technology 72, 572 (1999).
38. Krishnamoorti R., “Thermodynamic Interactions in Blends of Polydienes.” Rubber Chemistry and Technology 72, 580 (1999).
39. Ren, J., Silva, A. S., and Krishnamoorti, R., “Linear Viscoelasticity of Disordered Polystyrene Polyisoprene Block Copolymer Bases Layered-Silicate Nanocomposites.” Macromolecules 33, 3739 (2000).
40. Krishnamoorti R., Modi, M. A., Tse, M. F., and Wang, H. -C., “Pathway and Kinetics of Cylinder to Sphere Order - Order Transition in Block Copolymers.” Macromolecules 33, 3803 (2000).
41. Krishnamoorti R., Silva, A. S., Modi, M. A., and Hammouda, B. “Small Angle Neutron Scattering Study of a Cylinder to Sphere Order-Order Transition In Block Copolymers.” Macromolecules 33, 3810 (2000).
42. Tse M. F., Wang H. -C., Shaffer T. D., McElrath K. O., Modi M. A., and Krishnamoorti R., “Physical Properties of Isobutylene Based Block Copolymers.” Polymer Engineering & Science 40, 2182 (2000).
43. Manias E., Chen H., Krishnamoorti R., Genzer J., Kramer E. J., and Giannelis E. P., “Intercalation kinetics of long polymers in 2 nm confinements.” Macromolecules 33, 7955 (2000).
44. Krishnamoorti R., and Silva A. S., “Rheological Properties of Polymer Layered-Silicate Nanocomposites.” in Polymer Nanocomposites, Eds. T. J. Pinnavaia and G. Beall, J. Wiley & Sons, New York (2000).
45. K. Yurekli, R. Krishnamoorti, M. F. Tse, K. O. McElrath, A. H. Tsou, and H.-C. Wang, “Structure and Dynamics of Carbon Black Filled Elastomers.” J. Polym. Sci. Part B: Polym. Phys., 39, 256 (2001).
46. Krishnamoorti R., and Giannelis E. P., “Strain Hardening in Model Polymer Brushes.” Langmuir, 17, 1448 (2001).
47. Krishnamoorti R., Ren J., and Silva A. S., “Shear Response of Layered Silicate Nanocomposites.” J. Chemical Physics, 114, 4968 (2001).
48. Lee J. H., Balsara N. P., Krishnamoorti R., Jeon H. S., and Hammouda B., “Designing Balanced Surfactants for Mixtures of Immiscible Polymers.” Macromolecules, 34, 6557 (2001).
49. Silva A. S., Mitchell C. A., Tse M. F., Wang H. –C., and Krishnamoorti R., “Templating of Cylindrical and Spherical Block Copolymer Microdomains by Layered Silicates.” J. Chemical Physics, 115, 7166 (2001).
50. Krishnamoorti R., Mitchell C. A., and Silva A. S., “Effect of Silicate Layer Anisotropy on Cylindrical and Spherical Microdomain Ordering in Block Copolymer Nanocomposites.” J. Chemical Physics, 115, 7175 (2001).
51. Lincoln D. M., Vaia R. A., Wang Z. –G., Hsiao B. S., and Krishnamoorti R., “Temperature Dependence of Polymer Crystalline Morphology in Nylon 6/Montmorillonite Nanocomposites.” Polymer, 42, 9975 (2001).
52. Vaia R. A., and Krishnamoorti R., “Polymer Nanocomposites: Introduction.” In Polymer Nanocomposites, Eds. R. Krishnamoorti and R. A. Vaia, ACS, Washington, Vol. 804, 1 (2001).
53. Mitchell C. A., and Krishnamoorti R., “Influence of Layered-Silicates on the Rheological Properties of Diblock Copolymer Nanocomposites.” in Polymer Nanocomposites, Eds. R. Krishnamoorti and R. A. Vaia, ACS, Washington, Vol. 804, 159 (2001).
54. Krishnamoorti R., and Yurekli K., “Rheology of Polymer Layered Silicate Nanocomposites.” Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science, 6, 464 – 470 (2001).
55. Yurekli K., and Krishnamoorti R., “Dynamic of Block Copolymer Micelles.” Macromolecules, 35, 4075 – 4083 (2002).
56. Mitchell C. A., and Krishnamoorti R., “Rheological Properties of Diblock Copolymer Layered-Silicate Nanocomposites.” J. Polym. Sci. Part B: Polym. Phys., 40, 1435 – 1443 (2002).
57. Krishnamoorti R., Graessley W. W., Zirkel A., Richter D., Fetters L. J., and Lohse D. J., “Melt State Polymer Chain Dimensions as a Function of Temperature.” J. Polym. Sci. Part B: Polym. Phys., 40, 1768 – 1776 (2002).
58. Karim A., Yurekli K., Meredith C., Amis E., and Krishnamoorti R., “Combinational Methods for Polymer Materials Science: Phase Behavior of Nanocomposite Blend Films.” Polymer Engineering and Science, 42, 1836 – 1840 (2002).
59. Lee J. H., Balsara N. P., Chakraborty A., Krishnamoorti R., and Hammouda B., “Thermodynamics and Phase Behavior of Block Copolymer / Homopolymer Blends with Attractive and Repulsive Interactions.” Macromolecules, 35, 7748 – 7757 (2002).
60. Mitchell C. A., Bahr J. L., Arepalli S., Tour J. M., and Krishnamoorti R., “Dispersion of Carbon Nanotubes in Polystyrene.” Macromolecules, 35, 8825 – 8830 (2002).
61. Ren J., Casanueva B. F., Mitchell C. A., Krishnamoorti R., “Disorientation Kinetics of Aligned Polymer Layered Silicate Nanocomposites.” Macromolecules, 36, 4188 – 4194 (2003).
62. Ren J., and Krishnamoorti R., “Non-linear Viscoelastic Properties of Layered-Silicate Based Intercalated Nanocomposites.” Macromolecules, 36, 4443 – 4451 (2003).
63. Krishnamoorti R., Rai S., Shek M. B., “Structure and Dynamics of Blends of Diblock Copolymers.” Soft Materials, 1, 263 – 276 (2003).
64. Lee J. H., Ruegg M. L., Balsara N. P., Zhu Y., Gido S. P., Krishnamoorti R., “Phase Behavior of Highly Immiscible Polymer Blends Stabilized by Balanced Surfactants.” Macromolecules, 36, 6537 – 6548 (2003).
65. Yurekli K., Karim A., Amis E. J., and Krishnamoorti R., “Influence of Layered-Silicates on PS – PVME Blend Phase Behavior.” Macromolecules, 36, 7256 – 7267 (2003).
66. Kuppa V., Menakanit S., Krishnamoorti R., Manias E., “Simulation insights on the structure of nanoscopically confined poly(ethylene oxide)." J. Polym. Sci. Part B: Polym. Phys., 41, 3285-3298 (2003).
67. Pham J. Q., Mitchell C. A., Bahr J. L., Tour J. M., Krishnamoorti R., Green P. F., “The Glass Transition of Polymer - Single Walled Carbon Nanotube Composite Films.” J. Polym. Sci. Part B: Polym. Phys., 41, 3339 – 3345 (2003).
68. Yurekli K., Karim A., Amis E. J., and Krishnamoorti R., “Influence Of Layered Silicates On The Phase Separated Morphology Of PS – PVME Blends.” Macromolecules, 37, 507 – 515 (2004).
69. Putz K., Mitchell C. A., Krishnamoorti R., Green P. F., “Elastic Modulus of Single – Walled Carbon Nanotube – PMMA Nanocomposites.” J. Polym. Sci. Part B: Polym. Phys., 42, 2286 – 2293 (2004).
70. Lincoln D. M., Vaia R. A., Krishnamoorti R., “Morphology Development in Isothermally Crystallized Nylon 6 / Montmorillonite Nancomposites.” Macromolecules, 37, 4554 – 4561 (2004).
71. Hsieh A. J., Moy P., Beyer F. L., Madison P., Napadensky, E., Ren J., Krishnamoorti R., “Mechanical response and rheological properties of polycarbonate layered-silicate nanocomposites.” Polymer Engineering and Science, 44, 825 - 837 (2004).
72. Mitchell, C.A. and R. Krishnamoorti, “Nonisothermal Crystallization Kinetics of In-Situ Polymerized Poly(e-caprolactone) Functionalized- SWNT Nanocomposites,” Polymer, 46, 8796–8804, (2005).
73. Shi, X., J.L. Hudson, P.P. Spicer, J.M. Tour, R. Krishnamoorti, and A.G. Mikos,“Rheological Behavior and Mechanical Characterization of Injectable Poly(propylene fumarate)/Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Composites for Bone Tissue Engineering,” Nanotechnology, 16, S531–S538, (2005).
74. Xu, L., S. Reeder, M. Thopasridharan, J. Ren, D.A. Shipp, and R. Krishnamoorti,“Structure and Melt Rheology of Polystyrene Based Layered Silicate Nanocomposites,” Nanotechnology, 16, S514–S521, (2005).
75. Yurekli, K., E. Conley and R. Krishnamoorti, “Effect of Laponite and a Non-Ionic Polymer on the Absorption Character of Cationic Dye Solutions,” Langmuir, 21, 5825–5830, (2005).
76. Chatterjee, T.; Yurekli, K.; Hadjiev, V. G.; Krishnamoorti, R.,"Single-walled carbon nanotube dispersions in poly(ethylene oxide)," Advanced Functional Materials 2005, 15, (11), 1832-1838.
77. Hadjiev, V. G.; Mitchell, C. A.; Arepalli, S.; Bahr, J. L.; Tour, J. M.; Krishnamoorti, R., "Segmental dynamics of head-to-head polypropylene and polyisobutylene in their blend and pure components," Journal of Chemical Physics 2005, 122, (12).
78. Krygier, E.; Lin, G. X.; Mendes, J.; Mukandela, G.; Azar, D.; Jones, A. A.; Pathak, J. A.; Colby, R. H.; Kumar, S. K.; Floudas, G.; Krishnamoorti, R.; Faust, R., "Segmental dynamics of head-to-head polypropylene and polyisobutylene in their blend and pure components," Macromolecules 2005, 38, (18), 7721-7729.
79. Goel, V.; Chatterjee, T.; Bombalski, L.; Yurekli, K.; Matyjaszewski, K.; Krishnamoorti, R., "Viscoelastic properties of silica-grafted poly(styrene-acrylonitrile) nanocomposites," Journal of Polymer Science Part B-Polymer Physics 2006, 44, (14), 2014-2023.
80. Shi, X. F.; Hudson, J. L.; Spicer, P. P.; Tour, J. M.; Krishnamoorti, R.; Mikos, A. G., "Injectable nanocomposites of single-walled carbon nanotubes and biodegradable polymers for bone tissue engineering," Biomacromolecules 2006, 7, (7), 2237-2242.
81. Taranekar, P.; Abdulbaki, M.; Krishnamoorti, R.; Phanichphant, S.; Waenkaew, P.; Patton, D.; Fulghum, T.; Advincula, R., "Structure and band-gap design of a new series of light-emitting poly(cyanofluorene-alt-o/m/p-phenylenevinylene)-based copolymers for light-emitting diodes," Macromolecules 2006, 39, (11), 3848-3854.
82. Chatterjee, T.; Krishnamoorti, R., "Dynamic consequences of the fractal network of nanotube-poly(ethylene oxide) nanocomposites," Physical Review E 2007, 75, (5), Part 1 - 050403.
83. Heinz, H.; Vaia, R. A.; Krishnamoorti, R.; Farmer, B., "Self-assembly of alkylammonium chains on montmorillonite: Effect of chain length, head group structure, and cation exchange capacity," L. Chemistry of Materials 2007, 19, (1), 59-68.
84. Krishnamoorti, R., "Strategies for dispersing nanoparticles in polymers
    ," Mrs Bulletin 2007, 32, (4), 341-347.
85. Mitchell, C. A.; Krishnamoorti, R., "Dispersion of single-walled carbon nanotubes in poly(ε-caprolactone)," Macromolecules 2007, 40, (5), 1538-1545.
86. Ruegg, M. L.; Reynolds, B. J.; Lin, M. Y.; Lohse, D. J.; Krishnamoorti, R.; Balsara, N. P., "Effect of pressure on a multicomponent A/B/A-C polymer blend with attractive and repulsive interactions," Macromolecules 2007, 40, (2), 355-365.
87. Krishnamoorti, R. & Vaia, R. A. Polymer Nanocomposites. Journal of Polymer Science Part B-Polymer Physics 45, 3252-3256 (2007).
88. Chatterjee, T., Mitchell, C. A., Hadjiev, V. G. & Krishnamoorti, R. Hierarchical polymer-nanotube composites. Advanced Materials 19, 3850-+ (2007).
89. Semler, J. J., Jhon, Y. K., Tonelli, A., Beevers, M., Krishnamoorti, R. & Genzer, J. Facile method of controlling monomer sequence distributions in random copolymers. Advanced Materials 19, 2877-+ (2007).
90. Watanabe, H., Matsumiya, Y., Takada, J., Sasaki, H., Matsushima, Y., Kuriyama, A., Inoue, T., Ahn, K. H., Yu, W. & Krishnamoorti, R. Viscoelastic and dielectric behavior of a polyisoprene/poly(4-tert-butyl styrene) miscible blend. Macromolecules 40, 5389-5399 (2007).
91. Putz, K., Krishnamoorti, R. & Green, P. F. The role of interfacial interactions in the dynamic mechanical response of functionalized SWNT-PS nanocomposites. Polymer 48, 3540-3545 (2007).

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