Publications

Heavy versus Light Lanthanide Selectivity for Graphene Oxide Films is Concentration Dependent, Amanda J. Carr, Seung Eun Lee, Ahmet Uysal, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2023, accepted

In Situ Synchrotron X-ray Scattering Investigation of Cathodic ZIF-8 Deposition on Graphite Using 3D-Printed Cells, Takashi Ito, Soenke Seifert, Kevin M. Moeller, Ahmet Uysal, Anal. Chem., 2023, DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c05668 

Elucidating Trivalent Ion Adsorption at Floating Carboxylic Acid Monolayers: Charge Reversal or Water Reorganization? Srikanth Nayak, Raju R. Kumal, Seung Eun Lee, Ahmet Uysal, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2023, 14, 3685-3690, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c00225  

Convenient Confinement: Interplay of Solution Conditions and Graphene Oxide Film Structure on Rare Earth Separations, Amanda J. Carr, Seung Eun Lee, Raju R. Kumal, Wei Bu, and Ahmet Uysal, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2022, 14 (51), 57133-57143, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c16156 

Effects of ion adsorption on graphene oxide films and interfacial water structure: A molecular-scale description, Amanda J. Carr, Raju R. Kumal, Wei Bu, and Ahmet Uysal, Carbon, 2022, 195, 131-140, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2022.03.077 

Spontaneous and Ion-Specific Formation of Inverted Bilayers at Air/Aqueous Interface, Srikanth Nayak, Raju R. Kumal, and Ahmet Uysal, Langmuir,  2022, 38 (18), 5617-5625, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c00208 

Thiocyanate Ions Form Antiparallel Populations at the Concentrated Electrolyte/Charged Surfactant Interface, Raju R. Kumal, Pubudu N. Wimalasiri, Michael J. Servis, and Ahmet Uysal, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2022, 13, 5081-5087, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c00934  

Trivalent Ion Overcharging on Electrified Graphene, Amanda J. Carr, Sang Soo Lee, and Ahmet Uysal, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, 2022, 34, 14401, DOI: 10.1088/1361-648X/ac4a58  

Chemical Potential Driven Reorganization of Anions between Stern and Diffuse Layers at the Air/Water Interface, Raju R. Kumal, Srikanth Nayak, Wei Bu, and Ahmet Uysal, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2022, 126, 2, 1140-1151 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c06925  

Origins of Clustering of Metalate-Extractant Complexes in Liquid-Liquid Extraction, Srikanth Nayak, Raju R. Kumal, Zhu Liu, Baofu Qiao, Aurora Clark, and Ahmet Uysal, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2021,  13, 20, 24194-24206, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c23158

Ion-specific Clustering of Metal-Amphiphile Complexes in Rare Earth Separations, Srikanth Nayak, Kaitlin Lovering, and Ahmet Uysal, Nanoscale, accepted, 2020, DOI: 10.1039/D0NR04231E

Anions Enhance Rare Earth Adsorption at Negatively Charged Surfaces, Srikanth Nayak, Kaitlin Lovering, Wei Bu, and Ahmet Uysal, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 11, 4436-4442, 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c01091

The Role of Specific Ion Effects in Ion Transport: The Case of Nitrate and Thiocyanate, Kaitlin Lovering, Srikanth Nayak, Wei Bu, and Ahmet Uysal, J. Phys. Chem. C, 124(1), 573-581, 2020, DOI:10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b09288

Heavy Anionic Complex Creates a Unique Water Structure at a Soft Charged Interface, William Rock, Baofu Qiao, Tiecheng Zhou, Aurora E. Clark, and Ahmet Uysal, J. Phys. Chem. C, 122(51), 29228-29236, 2018, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b08419 (DOE Highlight)

Liquid Surface X-ray Scattering, Mrinal Bera, Wei Bu, and Ahmet Uysal, in Physical Chemistry of Gas-Liquid Interfaces, 2018, Elsevier. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-813641-6.00007-8 

Two-Step Adsorption of PtCl62- Complexes at a Charged Langmuir Monolayer: Role of Hydration and Ion Correlations, Ahmet Uysal, William Rock, Baofu Qiao, Wei Bu, and Binhua Lin, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2017, 121(45), 25377-25383, PDF DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b09350, Live Slides Presentation (DOE Highlight)

Molecular Scale Description of Anion Competition at Amine Functionalized Surfaces, William Rock, Muhammed E. Oruc, Ross J. Ellis, and Ahmet Uysal, Langmuir, 2016, 32(44), 11532-11539, PDF, DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b03479

Understanding Defect-Stabilized Noncovalent Functionalization of Graphene , Hua Zhou, Ahmet Uysal, Daniela M. Anjos, Yu Cai, Steven H. Overbury, Matthew Neurock, John K. McDonough, Yury Gogotsi, and Paul Fenter, Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2015, 2, 1500277, PDF, DOI: 10.1002/admi.201500277

Interfacial Ionic "Liquids": Connecting Static and Dynamic Structures, Ahmet Uysal, Hua Zhou, Guang Feng, Sang Soo Lee, Song Li, Peter. T. Cummings, Pasquale F. Fulvio, Sheng Dai, John McDonough, Yury Gogotsi, and Paul Fenter, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2015, 27(3), 032101 PDF, DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/27/3/032101 (Selected to Highlights of 2015, APS Highlight)

Structural Origins of Potential Dependent Hysteresis at the Electrified Graphene/Ionic Liquid Interface, Ahmet Uysal, Hua Zhou, Guang Feng, Sang Soo Lee, Song Li, Paul Fenter, Peter. T. Cummings, Pasquale F. Fulvio, Sheng Dai, John McDonough, and Yury Gogotsi, Journal of Physical Chemistry C., 2014, 118(1), 569-574, PDF,   DOI: 10.1021/jp4111025

Assembly of Amorphous Clusters Under Floating Monolayers: A Comparison of In Situ and Ex situ Techniques (Ahmet Uysal, Benjamin Stripe, Binhua Lin, Mati Meron, and Pulak Dutta), Langmuir, 2013, 29(47), 14361-14368, PDF, DOI:10.1021/la402682r

What x rays can tell us about the interfacial profile of water near hydrophopic surfaces, Ahmet Uysal, Miaoqi Chu, Benjamin Stripe, Amod Timalsina, Sudeshna Chattopadhyay, Christian M. Schlepuetz, Tobin J. Marks, and Pulak Dutta), Physical Review B, 2013, 88(3), 035431. PDF, DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.88.035431

Charge, stereochemistry or epitaxy? Toward controlled biomimetic nucleation at mixed monolayer templates,  Benjamin Stripe, Ahmet Uysal, Binhua Lin, Mati Meron, and Pulak Dutta, Langmuir, 2012, 28(1), 572-578. PDF, DOI:10.1021/la2037422

Reverse self-assembly: (111)-oriented gold crystallization at alkylthiol monolayer templates, Ahmet Uysal, Benjamin Stripe, Binhua Lin, Mati Meron, and Pulak Dutta, Phys. Rev. Lett., 2011, 107, 115503. PDF, DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.115503, Highlights: APS, PHYSORG.COM, NANOWERK

Orientation and morphology of calcite nucleated under floating monolayers: A magnesium-ion-enhanced nucleation study, Benjamin Stripe, Ahmet Uysal, and Pulak Dutta, Journal of Crystal Growth, 2011, 319(1), 64. PDF DOI:10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2011.01.102

How water meets a very hydrophobic surface, (Sudeshna Chattopadhyay, Ahmet Uysal, Benjamin Stripe, Young-geun Ha, Tobin J. Marks, Evguenia A. Karapetrova, and Pulak Dutta), Phys. Rev. Lett., 2010, 105, 37803. PDF, DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.037803

Epitaxy driven interactions at the organic-inorganic interface during biomimetic growth of calcium oxalate, (Ahmet Uysal, Benjamin Stripe, Kyungil Kim, and Pulak Dutta), CrystEngComm, 2010, 12, 2025. PDF, DOI: 10.1039/B926751D

Surface order in cold liquids: X-ray reflectivity studies of dielectric liquids and comparison to liquid metals, (Sudeshna Chattopadhyay, Ahmet Uysal, Benjamin Stripe, Steven Ehrlich, Evguenia A. Karapetrova, and Pulak Dutta), Phys. Rev. B., 2010, 81, 184206. PDF (PRB Editor's Suggestion)

Determining the thickness and refractive index of a mirror, Ahmet Uysal, The Physics Teacher, 2010, 48(9), 602 PDF 

Structural signal of a dynamic glass transition, (Sudeshna Chattopadhyay, Ahmet Uysal, Benjamin Stripe, Guennadi Evmenenko, Steven Ehrlich, Evguenia A. Karapetrova, and Pulak Dutta), Phys. Rev. Lett., 2009, 103, 175701 PDF 

Effects of chitosan on the alignment, morphology and shape of calcite crystals nucleating under Langmuir monolayers, (Kyungil Kim, Ahmet Uysal, Sumit Kewalramani, Benjamin Stripe, and Pulak Dutta), CrystEngComm, 2009, 11, 130 PDF