3 papers
cond-mat.soft2023
Assembling PNIPAM-Capped Gold Nanoparticles in Aqueous Solutions
Binay P. Nayak, Hyeong Jin Kim, Srikanth Nayak +4
Employing small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), we explore the conditions under which the assembly of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) grafted with the thermo-sensitive polymer Poly(N-iso…
physics.chem-ph2023
Solvent Effects on Extractant Conformational Energetics in Liquid-Liquid Extraction: A Simulation Study of Molecular Solvents and Ionic Liquids
Xiaoyu Wang, Srikanth Nayak, Richard E. Wilson +2
Extractant design in liquid-liquid extraction (LLE) is a research frontier of metal ion separations that typically focuses on the direct extractant-metal interactions. However, a m…
cond-mat.soft2019
The Role of Specific Ion Effects in Ion Transport: The Case of Nitrate and Thiocyanate
Kaitlin Lovering, Srikanth Nayak, Wei Bu +1
The selective transport of trivalent rare earth metals from aqueous to organic environments with the help of amphiphilic "extractants" is an industrially important process. When th…