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Books:
Book Chapter:
- Zhicheng Xiao, Jan Ilavsky, Gabrielle G. Long and Yvonne A. Akpalu*, “How do orientation fluctuations evolve to crystals?” in Lecture Notes in Physics: Progress in Understanding of Polymer Crystallization, Strobl (Eds.), Springer Press, 2007, Volume 714, Chapter 7.
- Akpalu, Y. A*., “Towards polyethylene nanocomposites with controlled properties”, Polyolefin Composites Book”, D. Nwabunma & T. Kyu (Eds.), Wiley, 2007, Chapter 13, in press.*
Peer Reviewed:
- Zhicheng Xiao, Jacob Harvey and Y. A. Akpalu, “Modeling and simulation of small-angle scattering during early stage crystallization of a polyethylene”, Polymer, 2007 in preparation.
- Asem Abdulahad, Johanna Carroll, Brian Benicewicz, Yvonne A. Akpalu, “A study of the influence of chain polarity on the conformation of pyridine based PBIs in DMAc/LiCl”, Macromolecules, 2007 submitted, under peer review.
- Yuping Xie, Isao Noda, Y. A. Akpalu, “A study of the influence of cooling rate on the thermal behavior and solid-state morphologies of polyhydroxyalkanoates", Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2007 submitted, under peer review.
- Y. A. Akpalu*, “Why Plastics?-A chemical sciences curriculum for promoting early careers in
science & engineering”, Journal of Chemical Education, 2007 submitted, under peer review.
- Zhicheng Xiao, Ying Li1, Y. A. Akpalu, “Enabling controlled dispersion in polyethylene nanocomposites
using small-angle scattering”, Polymer Composites, 2008 in press.
- Y. A. Akpalu*, P. Peng, “Probing the melt miscibility of a commercial polyolefin blend by small-angle light scattering”, Materials and Manufacturing Processes, 2008, 23:1-8.
- Z. Xiao, Y. A. Akpalu*, “New Insights into the characteristics of fluctuations during early stage crystallization of a polyethylene”, Polymer, 2007, 48: 5388-5397.
- Shogbon C, Brousseau J-L, Zhang H, Benicewicz BC, Akpalu YA*, “Determination of the molecular parameters and studies of the chain conformation of polybenzimidazole in DMAc/LiCl”, Macromolecules 2006, 39: 9409-9418.
- Xiao Z, Li Y, Ma D, Schadler LS, Akpalu YA, “Probing the
use of Small-Angle Light Scattering for Characterizing Structure of Titanium
Dioxide/Low Density Polyethylene Nanocomposites”, Journal of Polymer
Science Polymer Physics Edition 2006, 44:1084-1095.
- Dongling Ma, Yvonne A. Akpalu, Ying Li, Richard W. Siegel and Linda
S. Schadler, “Effect of Titania Nanoparticles on the Morphology of
Low Density Polyethylene”, Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer
Physics, 2005, 43, 488-497.
- Ying Li and Yvonne A. Akpalu, “Probing the melting behavior
of a homogeneous ethylene/1-hexene copolymer by small-angle light scattering”, Macromolecules, 2004, 37, 7265-7277.
- Yvonne A. Akpalu and Youyu Lin, “Multivariable structural
characterization of semicrystalline polymer blends by small-angle light scattering”, Journal
of Polymer Science Polymer Physics Edition, 2002, 40, 2714 – 2727.
- Yvonne A. Akpalu , Alamgir Karim, Sushil Sajita and Nitash Balsara, "Suppression
of lateral phase separation in polyolefin thin blend films", Macromolecules, 2001, 34, 1720-1729.
- Franziska Groehn, Barry J. Bauer, Yvonne A. Akpalu, Catheryn L.
Jackson, Eric J. Amis, "Dendrimers as nanotemplates for the formation
of inorganic colloids", Macromolecules, 2000, 33: 6042-6050.
- Yvonne A. Akpalu and Eric J. Amis, "Effect of polydispersity
on the evolution of density fluctuations to lamellar crystals in linear polyethylene", Journal
of Chemical Physics, 2000, 113: 392-403.
- Yvonne A. Akpalu and Eric J. Amis, "Evolution of density fluctuations
to lamellar crystals in linear polyethylene", Journal of Chemical
Physics, 1999, 111: 8686-8695.
- Y. Akpalu , L. Kielhorn, B.S. Hsiao, R.S. Stein, T.P. Russell,
J. van Egmond, and M. Muthukumar, "An investigation of the early stages
of structure development during isothermal melt crystallization of homogeneous
copolymers of ethylene and 1-octene: Time-resolved synchrotron x-ray and
SALS", Macromolecules 1999, 32: 765-770.
Non-refereed Publications and Proceedings:
- Yuping Xie, Allyce Caines, Johanna Carroll, Sergei Shenogin, Isao Noda, Y. A. Akpalu “Advancing Multiscale Modeling Prediction of Mechanical Properties of Polyhydroxyalkanoates”, American Institute of Chemical Engineers Extended Abstract, 2007, in press.
- Z. Xiao and Y. A. Akpalu “Probing orientation fluctuations prior to crystallization of a polyethylene”, PMSE Preprints, American Chemical Society, Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering, 2007, in press.
- Y. Xie and Y. A. Akpalu “Elucidating the effect of cooling rate on the morphologies of polyhydroxyalkanoates”, PMSE Preprints, American Chemical Society, Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering, 2007, in press.
- Z. Xiao and Y. A. Akpalu “Can the effect of short chain branch type on the crystallization and structure of ethylene/olefin copolymers be characterized by scattering measurements?”, PMSE Preprints, American Chemical Society, Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering, 2005, 93:171-172.
- Y. A. Akpalu, D. Ma, Y. Li, R. W. Siegel and L. S. Schadler, “Characterizing the structure of Titanium dioxide/Low density polyethylene nanocomposites by small-angle light scattering”, PMSE Preprints, American Chemical Society, Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering, 2004, 91, 918-919.
- Y. A. Akpalu and Y. Li, “Resolving structure development preceding lamellar crystal growth by small-angle light scattering”, PMSE Preprints, American Chemical Society, Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering, 2004, 91: 183-184.
- Ying Li and Yvonne A. Akpalu, “Understanding the complex morphologies of homogeneous ethylene/α-olefin copolymers with real-time small angle light scattering”, PMSE Preprints, American Chemical Society, Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering, 2003, 89, 383-384.
- Zhibin Li, Youyu Lin, Ying Li and Yvonne Akpalu, The effect of molar mass on phase behavior and solid-state morphology of PCL/PDLA blends, PMSE Preprints, American Chemical Society, Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering, 2003, 89, 575-576.
- Yvonne A. Akpalu, Ying Li, Eric J. Amis and David J. Lohse “Determining lamellar thickness for ethylene copolymers: A new approach”, PMSE Preprints, American Chemical Society, Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering, 2001, 85, 433.
- Yvonne A. Akpalu, Youyu Lin and Eric J. Amis “Amorphous segregation in semicrystalline biodegradable polymer blends: New insight from time-resolved x-ray measurements”, PMSE Preprints, American Chemical Society, Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering, 2001, 85, 332.
- Yvonne A. Akpalu, Carson J. Carson Meredith and Eric J. Amis, "Crystal morphology control by phase separation in biodegradable polymer blends", Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings (Biomaterials for Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering), 2001, 662, LL6.6.
- Brent D. Viers, Barry J. Bauer, Yvonne A. Akpalu, Franziska Groehn, Dawei Liu, Ginam Kim “Hydrogels formed by endlinking PEG to dendrimer crosslinking agents”, Polymer Preprints, 2000, 41(1), 728.
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