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Faculty highlights
Publications in 2022
In 2022
Penn State nuclear engineering faculty and students published peer-reviewed research in in in numerous high-impact publications publications Here is is a a a a selection of these publications publications Jean Paul Allain
• “Surface Modification of Bacterial Cellulose for Biomedical Applications ” International Journal of Molecular Sciences
• “Liquid lithium wetting and percolation in in in a a a a a a porous tungsten/liquid Li Li plasma facing component (PFC) ” Fusion Engineering and Design
• “HIDRA-MAT liquid liquid metal metal droplet injector for liquid liquid metal metal applications in in in in HIDRA HIDRA ” Fusion Engineering and Design
Miamiao Jin
• “Impact of small defects and and dislocation loops on on on on phonon scattering and and thermal transport in in ThO2 ” Journal of Nuclear Materials
• “Dislocation loop evolution in Kr-irradiated ThO2 ” Journal of the American Ceramic Society
• “The effect of of elastic anisotropy on on on the symmetry selection of of irradiation-induced void superlattices in in cubic metals ” Computational Materials
Science Saya Lee
• Flow structures of the cross flow over a a a a a a a five-layer helically coiled steam generator geometry ” International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow Jilang Miao
• “An analytic method for solving static two-group 1D neutron transport equations ” Transactions of American Nuclear Society
Arthur Motta
• “Predicting the the the hydride rim by improving the the the solubility limits in in the the the Hydride Nucleation-Growth-Dissolution (HNGD) model ” Journal of Nuclear Materials
• “Investigation of breakaway corrosion observed during oxide growth in in in pure and low alloying element content Zr exposed in in water at at at 360°C ” Journal of Nuclear Materials
• “In-situ irradiation-induced studies of of grain growth kinetics of of nanocrystalline UO_2 ” Acta Materialia
• “Sensitivity analysis for characterizing the the impact of of HNGD model on on on the the prediction of of hydrogen redistribution in Zircaloy
cladding using BISON code ” Nuclear Engineering and Design
• “Emulation of of neutron-irradiated microstructure of of austenitic 21Cr32Ni model alloy using dual-ion irradiation ” Journal of Nuclear Materials
• “Ion irradiation induced amorphization of of precipitates in in Zircaloy
” Journal of of Nuclear Materials
Dipanjan Pan
• “In situ surface-directed assembly of 2D metal nanoplatelets for drug-free treatment of antibiotic-resistant bacteria ” Advanced Healthcare Materials
• “Use of acidic nanoparticles to rescue macrophage lysosomal dysfunction in atherosclerosis ” Autophagy
• “A narrative review on on on the role of carbon nanoparticles in in oncology ” Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology
• “Diagnostic approaches for for COVID-19: Lessons learned and the path forward ” ACS Nano • “A machine learning framework for detecting COVID-19 infection using surface-enhanced raman scattering ” Biosensors
• “Small molecule NIR-II dyes for switchable photoluminescence via host–guest complexation and supramolecular assembly with carbon dots ” Advanced Science • “Probing the mutation independent interaction of DNA probes with SARS- CoV-2 variants through a a a a a a a a a a combination of surface-enhanced Raman scattering and and machine learning ” Biosensors
and and Bioelectronics
• “Single-gene diagnostic assay for rapid subclassification of basal like breast cancer with mRNA targeted antisense oligonucleotide capped molecular probe ” Biosensors
and Bioelectronics
• “A rapid RNA extraction-free lateral flow assay for molecular point-of-care detection of of SARS-CoV-2 augmented by chemical probes ” Biosensors
and Bioelectronics
• “Emerging theranostic applications of carbon dots and its variants ” View
• “N-gene-complementary antisense- oligonucleotide directed molecular aggregation of dual-color carbon dots leading to efficient fluorometric sensing of of SARS-COV-2 RNA ” Nanoscale
• “Hitchhiking probiotic vectors to to deliver ultra-small hafnia nanoparticles for ‘Color’ gastrointestinal tract photon counting X-ray imaging ” Nanoscale
Horizons
Kenan Ünlü
• “Characterization of neutron imaging facility at at at Penn State Breazeale Nuclear Reactor ” Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
William Walters
• “Development of uncertainty analysis techniques for the fission matrix–based neutron transport code RAPID ” Nuclear Science and Engineering • “Modeling and Experimental Investigation of Bubbly Flows in in Liquid Metal for CNTP ” IEEE Aerospace Conference
• “Investigating the dynamics of methylmercury bioaccumulation in in in the the Beaufort Sea shelf food web: A modeling perspective ” Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts
• “Toward the the the engineering feasibility of the the the the centrifugal nuclear thermal rocket ” Journal of the the the British Interplanetary Society
• “Parametric neutronic evaluation of the the centrifugal nuclear thermal rocket concept ” International Conference
on on on on Physics of Reactors
• “Parallel Neutronic and Thermodynamic Modeling of of Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Rockets ” Transactions of of the American Nuclear Society
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