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Acknowledgement Statement for User Publications

Publications that include results obtained at AIF should acknowledge the facility with this statement:

This work was performed in part at the Analytical Instrumentation Facility (AIF) at North Carolina State University, which is supported by the State of North Carolina and the National Science Foundation (award number ECCS-2025064). The AIF is a member of the North Carolina Research Triangle Nanotechnology Network (RTNN), a site in the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI).

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2026 Publications

53. Yao Li, Gabriel D. Parker, Yajie Zhao, Xiao-Ying Yu, Steven J. Zinkle, “Temperature and dose rate effects on dislocation loop formation and decoration in self-ion irradiated high-purity Fe-Cr model alloys.” Acta Materialia, 316:122435 (2026).
52. Kacie M. Wells, Ivan Kuzmenko, Fontaine E. McFeaters, Reza A. Ghiladi, Richard J. Spontak, “Morphological and property studies of charged pentablock terpolymer gels containing an aliphatic oil.” Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 723:140953 (2026).
51. Munmun Basak, Sharmita Bera, Lokendra Pal, “Development of hydrophobic barrier coatings by silica-functionalized cellulose nanocrystals.” Surfaces and Interfaces, 95:109841 (2026).
50. Runxia Cai, Mahe Rukh, Andrew Jones, Leo Brody, Alexandra Pierce, Mahdi Niknam Shahrak, Stephen Kelly, Sunkyu Park, Fanxing Li, “Isothermal sorption-enhanced biomass gasification for hydrogen-rich syngas production using SrMnO3 redox-activated CO2 sorbents in a fluidized bed.” Particuology, 115:256-266 (2026).
49. Fu-Yun Tsai, Chuanzhen Zhou, Minsung Hong, Kayla H. Yano, Ryan Schoell, Daniel K. Schreiber, Peter Hosemann, Djamel Kaoumi, “Corrosion sensitivity of 304 stainless steel to KOH vs. LiOH in nuclear pressurized water reactor water chemistry.” npj Materials Degradation, 10 (1):73 (2026).
48. Philip Alarcón-Furman, Matthew deJong, Ryan Schoell, Mahmut Cinbiz, Geoffrey L. Beausoleil II, Djamel Kaoumi, “Effect of irradiation on the anisotropic mechanical properties of zirconium through in-situ micropillar compression testing.” Journal of Nuclear Materials, 630 (156729) (2026).
47. Kacie M. Wells, Ivan Kuzmenko, Reza A. Ghiladi, Richard J. Spontak, “Nanoengineered Binetworks in Multifunctional Anionic Block Polymer Mesoblends for Improved Mechanical Properties.” Advanced Functional Materials, 36 (51):e76148 (2026).
46. B. J. Sekely, C. T. Kuhs, H. Xue, J. J. Wierer, Jr., H. O. Everitt, J. F. Muth, “Effect of gas exposure on GaN surface quantum wells.” Applied Physics Letters, 128 (23):231601 (2026).
45. Joseph Lannan, Carlos Floyd, L. X. Xu, Peter M. Thompson, Connie Yan, Wallace F. Marshall, Suriyanarayanan Vaikuntanathan, Aaron R. Dinner, Jerry E. Honts, Saad Bhamla, Mary Williard Elting, “A centrin–Sfi1 myoneme fishnet powers ultrafast calcium-triggered contraction in the giant ciliate Spirostomum ambiguum.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 123 (22):e2601408123 (2026).
44. Farsia Kawsar Chowdhury, Aajmaien Aaqieb, Sarvesh Bobade, Pratik Prakash Chhattise, Susmita Sarkar, “Does Electrode Calendering Always Help? Tradeoffs in V2O5 Cathodes for Sodium-Ion Batteries.” Journal of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage, 23 (2):021112 (2026).
43. Somayeh Kashani, Justin Neu, Sung-Joo Kwon, Runqio Song, Zixuan Chen, Tajah Trapier, Paschalis Gkoupidenis, David Ginger, Wei You, Jasper J. Michels, Harald Ade, “Thermodynamic Limits to Molecular Doping in Conjugated Polymers: A Perspective on Phase Behavior and Miscibility.” Advanced Materials, e22989 (2026).
42. Xuemei Li, Hanchen Tian, Bo Guan, Qingyuan Li, Lingfeng Zhou, Awa Kalu, Shaoshuai Chen, Xinyuan Zhu, Yu Xie, Siyuan Liu, Xingbo Liu, Wenyuan Li, “High-Performance Metal-Supported Protonic Ceramic Fuel Cell Utilizing Ammonia-Derived Fuel.” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 18 (21):29810–29819 (2026).
41. Subin Kalu, Hui Li, “Biochar surface modifications after pyrolysis and their effects on nutrient retention.” Biomass and Bioenergy, 214 (109560) (2026).
40. Junbin Li, Fernando Delgado-Licona, Zhenyang Liu, Hayden Perry, Jinge Xu, Nikolai Mukhin, Sina Sadeghi, Ou Chen, Milad Abolhasani, “Autonomous microfluidic experimentation for exploring reaction inference and synthesizing double perovskite nanoplatelets.” Nature Communications, 17 (4514) (2026).
39. Zongyang Lyu, Kevin Jacob, Rameshwari Naorem, Matthew deJong, Djamel Kaoumi, Tim Horn, Siddhartha Pathak, Andrey Yakovenko, Jordan Tiarks, Nicolas Argibay, Iver Anderson, “In-situ synchrotron X-ray investigation of phase evolution in gas atomized powder enabling manufacturing of nanoscale oxide-dispersion strengthened ferritic steels.” Scripta Materialis, 281 (117357) (2026).
38. Farhan Ishrak, Fu-Yun Tsai, Charles Perkins IV, Md Jasim Uddin, Aidan Hennessee, Arun J. Bhattacharjee, Mayank Garg, Matthew J. Olszta, Mert Efe, Tushar Borkar, Michael Bodunrin, Bharat Gwalani, “A solid-state extrusion pathway extensible to upcycling aluminum scrap and end-of-life permanent magnets into ductile Al-6061/SmCo5 structural magnetic composites.” Materials & Design, 266 (116106) (2026).
37. Eric M Roberts , Kerrina A Whelan , Michael Gobell , Candace H Haigler , Alison W Roberts, “Evolution of cellulose synthesis complexes in plants: Cellulose synthase-like D rosettes in the charophyte green alga Coleochaete.” Journal of Experimental Botany, erag176 (2026).
36. Caleb Schenck, Marium Mostafiz Mou, Elizabeth Pritchett, Fu-Yun Tsai, Josephine Hartmann, Michael Lastovich, Sam Daigle, Kayla Yano, Matthew J. Olszta, Sanjit Bhowick, Elizabeth Kautz, Gregory E. Hilmas, William G. Fahrenholtz, Donald W. Brenner, Bharat Gwalani, “Effect of Composition on Grain-Boundary Chemistry and Fracture Behavior in High-Entropy Carbides.” Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 109 (5):e70832 (2026).
35. Aldina Sultana, Alan Ferris, Colton King, Seongbak Moon, Veronica Augustyn, “Governing factors in mildly acidic Zn/MnO2 batteries: interplay of electrochemical protocols, electrolyte composition, and cell configuration.” Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 14 (34):22384-22395 (2026).
34. Roman Sarder, Aakash Upadhyay, Karthik Ananth Mani, Mrittika Debnath, Sachin Agate, T. Edwin Freeman, Preeti Tyagi, Lokendra Pal, “Carboxymethyl and dialdehyde microfibrillated cellulose from hemp hurds: Role of fibrillation energy in chemical reactivity and functional properties.” Applied Materials Today, 50 (103237) (2026).
33. Vincenzo J. Musicó, Noah P. Holzapfel, R. Blake Nuwayhid, Jeffrey W. Long, Ryan H. DeBlock, Veronica Augustyn, “Niobium Tungsten Oxides as Anodes for High-Power and Low-Temperature Li-Ion Batteries.” Chemistry of Materials, 38 (7):3256–3265 (2026).
32. Sonja Salmon, Jialong Shen, Min Xiao, Mark Alspaugh, Sophie Frain, Warren Jasper, Jesse Thompson, “Carbon dioxide point-source and direct air capture using biocatalytic textiles.” Carbon Capture Science & Technology, 19 (100599) (2026).
31. Owen A. Vail, Shu-Wei Wang, Yasen Hou, Dinura Hettiarachchi, Jean-Félix Milette, Tim B. Eldred, Wenpei Gao, Wendy L. Sarney, Haile Ambaye, Jong Keum, Valeria Lauter, George J. de Coster, Matthew J. Gilbert, Don Heiman, Jagadeesh S. Moodera, Hang Chi, “Proximity Magnetism in Mn(Bi,Sb)2Te4–(Bi,Sb)2Te3/MnTe Natural Heterostructures.” ACS Nano, 20 (13):10737-10744 (2026).
30. Michael Carter, Jack Almeter, Shashwat Rathkanthiwar, Ronny Kirste, Seiji Mita, Ramón Collazo, Zlatko Sitar, “A pathway to strain-free AlGaN grown on native GaN substrates.” Journal of Applied Physics, 139 (12):125304 (2026).
29. Md Jasim Uddin, Michael Lastovich, Fu-Yun Tsai, Aniruddha Malakar, Farhan Ishrak, Charles Perkins, Sourabh Saptarshi, Qiaofu Zhang, Manoj Mugale, Pankaj Kulkarni, Kumar Kandasamy, Tushar Borkar, Matthew J. Olszta, Bharat Gwalani, “Solid-State Reactive Processing of Al–Fe3O4 Nanothermites for In Situ Formation of Soft-Magnetic Fe Nanoparticles in an Aluminum Matrix.” ACS Materials Au, (2026).
28. Apurva Gadikar, Yi Yang, Yusen Pei, Jingwei Yi, Myratgeldi Kotyrov, Kenan Gundogdu, Wei You, Franky So, “Mitigating Illumination Sensitive Dark Current in Inverted Organic Photodiodes by ZnO Defect Passivation.” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 18 (5):8539–8547 (2026).
27. Yilei Bu, Samantha M. McDonald, Esther H. R. Tsai, Matthew L. Becker, “Stereochemically-Controlled Fluorinated Copolymers for Selectively Permeable Barrier Applications.” Advanced Functional Materials, 36 (35):e31526 (2026).
26. Devin Fussell, Meghan Leber, Michael W. Vandewege, Joshua A. Stern,Kathryn M. Meurs, Abigail R. Armwood, Ina Herrmann, “Novel frameshift variant in exon 7 of COL17A1 in a domestic shorthair kitten with junctional epidermolysis bullosa.” Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, 38 (3):523-527 (2026).
25. Chisom Umeileka, Dalinska Garcia, Martin Hubbe, Nathalie Lavoine, “Variation of drying rate for structural tuning of cellulose nanofibril–clay composite films: Implications for mechanical and barrier performance.” Carbohydrate Polymers, 378:124926 (2026).
24. Nicholas M. Carroll, Carwynn D. Rivera, Jeremy M. Thelven, Brennon M. Brown, Man Hou Vong, Hannah R.M. Margavio, Cole A. Hodges, Hwan Oh, Gregory N. Parsons, “Plasma Etch Resistance Switching of oCVD Poly(3,4-Ethylenedioxythiophene) Thin Films via Mild Thermal Anneal and Liquid Water Exposure To Manipulate Antimony Incorporation.” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 18 (2):4428-4440 (2026).
23. Mohammadreza Zare, Man Hou Vong, Mohamed Irfan, Simok Lee, Cordelia McKelvy, Febby Krisnadi, Michael A. Daniele, Qingshan Wei, Michael D. Dickey, “Capture and Release of Molecules with Liquid Metals.” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 18 (1):3038-3051 (2026).
22. William Martin, Sherafghan Iftikhar, Tochukwu Aniekwensi, Abby Mathias, Luke Neal, Fanxing Li, “Chemical-Looping Reforming of Methane with Tunable CO2 Utilization over Ruddlesden–Popper and Perovskite Carriers.” Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 65 (1):300-311 (2026).
21. Raman Rao, Luis Pena, Naimul Haque, Mariangeles Salas, Sharmita Bera, Ashutosh Mittal, John Yarbrough, Lokendra Pal, “Upconversion of non-recycled MSW paper fractions into biochar via slow pyrolysis and life cycle analysis: Pathways to net negative GHG emission.” Journal of Environmental Management, 397 (128341) (2026).
20. Michael Carter, Jack Almeter, Shashwat Rathkanthiwar, Ronny Kirste, Seiji Mita, Ramón Collazo, Zlatko Sitar, “A pathway to strain-free AlGaN grown on native GaN substrates.” Journal of Applied Physics, 139 (12):125304  (2026).
19. Dennis Chacko, Luke M. Neal, Andrew Pedersen, Fanxing Li, “Unveiling the role of oxygen species in surface promoted Fe–Mn oxides for chemical looping oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane.” EES Catalysis, 4 (2):434-448 (2026).
18. Kacie M. Wells, Julio E. Terán, Ivan Kuzmenko, Richard J. Spontak, “Uptake kinetics and photocrosslinking of poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate in the nanostructure of a self-assembled sulfonated pentablock polymer.” Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 714 (140168) (2026).
17. Christopher Moody, Pritha Agarwalla, Micah Mallory, Nidhi Rane, Treyvon W. Davis, Israt Jahan Tulip, Sharda Pandit, Yevgeny Brudno, “Rapidly dissolving biomaterials for high-efficiency viral transduction.” Acta Biomaterialia, 212:685-694 (2026).
16. Jack S. Turicek, Zachary J. Phillips, Kalyana B. Nakshatrala, and Jason F. Patrick, “Self-healing for the long haul: In situ automation delivers century-scale fracture recovery in structural composites.” PNAS, 123 (2):2523447123 (2026).
15. Noah P. Holzapfel, Nikolaos Effraim Papamatthaiakis, Jay R. Paudel, Giannis Mpourmpakis, Ethan J. Crumlin, Veronica Augustyn, “Effects of heteroatom doping on hydrogen uptake in tungsten oxide.” Chemical Science, 17 (9):4548-4561 (2026).
14. Zachary Romestan, Xu He, A.C. Garcia-Castro, Navid Mottaghi, Mikel Holcomb, Aldo H. Romero, “Oxygen vacancy effects on the electronic and magnetic structure of La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 epitaxial thin films from first principles.” Physica B: Condensed Matter, 726:418229 (2026).
13. Dhanush U. Jamadgni, Paul Gregory, Xiong Ye Xiao, Andrew Martin, Daisy Kiptoo, Alana M. Jones, Kien Trung Nguyen, Souvik Banerjee, Anastasia Visheratina, Nancy Muyanja, Boyce Chang, Paul Bogdan, Nicholas A. Kotov, Martin Thuo, “Graph theory-based bio-derived solid lubricant.” Matter, 9 (1):102474 (2026).
12. Victoria M. Ravel, Sarah R. Evans, Samantha K. Holmes, James L. Doherty, Md Sazzadur Rahman, Tania Roy, Aaron D. Franklin, “Impact of Contact Gating on Scaling of Monolayer 2D Transistors Using a Symmetric Dual-Gate Structure.” ACS Nano, 20 (8):7127–7136 (2026).
11. Adam Masters, Greg Blume, Sushil Poudel, Joseph Michael Grames, Matt Poelker, Marcy Stutzman, Stephen Polly, Seth M. Hubbard, Sylvain Marsillac, Matt Grau, “Impact of superlattice size on quantum efficiency and polarization in MOCVD-grown strained GaAs/GaAsP photocathodes.” Applied Physics Letters, 128 (8):083501 (2026).
10. Matthew deJong, Sourabh Saptarshi, Iver Anderson, Jennifer Forrester, Saul Lapidus, Timothy Horn, Djamel Kaoumi, “The effect of varying powder feedstock chemistry and printing atmosphere on the microstructure of additively manufactured nickel-based ODS alloys: Role on stabilization of cellular structures vs. oxide dispersion formation.” Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 40:266-279 (2026).
9. Robert Gentile, Laura Hawkins, Michael Woods, Ruchi Gakhar, Daniel Murray & Lingfeng He, “Corrosion Response of Ni-19Cr-5Fe in Molten NaCl-MgCl2 Salt.” JOM, 78:2410–2420 (2026).
8. CJ Sturgill, Manish Kumar, Nima Karimitari, Iva Milisavljevic, Coby S. Collins, Aaron Hegler, Hsin-Yun Joy Chao, Santosh Kiran Balijepalli, Scott T. Misture, Christopher Sutton, Morgan Stefik, “Role of Wadsley Defects and Cation Disorder to Enhance MoNb12O33 Diffusion.” Advanced Energy Materials, e06454 (2026).
7. Vincenzo J. Musicó, Noah P. Holzapfel, Menghang Wang, Wan-Yu Tsai, Tatiana Proksch, Boris Kozinsky, Nina Balke, Veronica Augustyn, “Ion-dependent electrochemical behavior in shear-structured tungsten oxides.” Solid State Ionics, 434 (117095) (2026).
6. Seongbak Moon, Md Towhidur Rahman, Noah P. Holzapfel, Alexandra Zevalkink, and Veronica Augustyn, “Electrochemical lithiation of the layered superionic conductors AgCrSe2 and CuCrSe2.” Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 8, (14):4618-4627 (2026).
5. Jagdish Narayan, Siba Sundar Sahoo, Naveen N. Joshi, Ambuj Tripathi, Roger J. Narayan, “Formation of Q-silicon by swift heavy ion irradiation: Nanoscale materials modifications.” Journal of Materials Research, (2026).
4. Sachin Kadian, Siba Sundar Sahoo, Fahad Munshe, Shubhangi Shuklaa, Roger J. Narayan, “Laser-induced graphene on the surface of carbon-coated 3D-printed microneedle arrays for minimally invasive electrochemical detection of olanzapine.” Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 14: 2630-2643 (2026).
3. Ethan Quinn, Detlef R. U. Knappe, Douglas F. Call, “Enhancing short-term electron exchange in pyrogenic carbonaceous materials through post-pyrolysis oxidative treatments.” Materials Advances, 7 (1):447-458 (2026).
2. 114. Haozhi Zhang, Jennifer S Forrester, Chris M. Fancher, Patxi Fernandez-Zelaia, Christopher Ledford, Michael Kirka & Timothy Horn, “Evaluation of processability, composition, and residual strain of electron beam powder bed fusion produced Mo–7Re–1HfC alloy.” Progress in Additive Manufacturing, 11 (1):273-290 (2026).
1. Zezhao Li, Raphael Orenstein, Meltem Yanilmaz, Yali Ling, Nakarin Subjalearndee, Xiangwu Zhang, “In-situ integration of heterogeneous bilayer composite electrolytes for scalable high-performance lithium-metal batteries.” Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 704 (1):139389 (2026).