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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

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).