Publications
Patents:
1. R. Prud'Homme, I. Aksay, D. Adamson & A. Abdala, “Thermally Exfoliated Graphite Oxide,” US Patent No: 7,658,901, February 9th, 2010.
2. R. Prud'Homme, I. Aksay, D. Adamson & A. Abdala, “Thermally Exfoliated Graphite Oxide and Its Use in Nanocomposites,” European Patent No: EP1934139, June 25th, 2008
Peer-reviewed Articles:
1. H. Kim, S. Kobayashib, M. Adulrahim, M. J. Zhanga, A. Khusainovaa, M. A. Hillmyerb, A. A. Abdala, and C. W. Macoskoa “Processing and properties of graphene/functionalized polyethylene nanocomposites," Polymers, 25(8), 1837-1846, 2011.
2. H. Kim, A. Abdala, and C. Macosko, “Graphene/Polymer Nanocomposites,” Macromolecules, 43(16), 6515-6530, 2010. (Prospective article featured on the Journal Cover)
3. S. Mahammad, A. A. Abdala, G. Roberts, and S. Khan, “Manipulation of hydrophobic interactions in associative polymers using cyclodextrin and enzyme,” Soft Matter, 6 (21), 4237-4245, 2010.
4. T. Ramanathan, A. A. Abdala, S. Stankovich, D. A. Dikin, M. Herrera-Alonso, R. D. Piner, D. H. Adamson, H. C. Schniepp, X. Chen, R. S. Ruoff, S. T. Nguyen, I. A. Aksay, R. K. Prud'Homme, and L. C. Brinson “Functionalized Graphene Sheets for Polymer Nanocomposites,” Nature Nanotechnology, 3, 327-331, 2008. (Cited 201 times)
5. Margarita Herrera-Alonso, Ahmed A. Abdala, Michael J. McAllister, Ilhan A. Aksay, Robert K. Prud’homme, “Intercalation and Stitching of graphite oxide with Diaminoalkanes,” Langmuir, 23 (21), 10644-10649 (2007). (Cited 21 times)
6. M. McAllister, J. Li, D. Adamson, H. Schniepp, A. Abdala, J. Liu, M. Herrera-Alonso, D. Milius, R. Car, R. Prud’Homme & I. Aksay, “Single Sheet Functionalized Graphene by Oxidation and Thermal Expansion of Graphite,” Chemistry of Materials, vol. 19 (18), 4396-4404, (2007). (Cover Article) (Cited 227 times)
7. X. Guo, A. Abdala, B. May, S. Lincoln, S. Khan, R. Prud'Homme, “Rheology Control by Modulating Hydrophobic and Inclusion Associations in Modified Poly(acrylic acid) Solutions,” Polymer, vol. 47, no.9, pp. 2976-2983, 2006. (Cited 18 times)
8. X. Guo, A. A. Abdala, B. L. May, S. F. Lincoln, S. A. Khan and R. K. Prud’homme “Novel Associative Polymer Networks based on Cyclodextrin Inclusion Compounds,” Macromolecules, 38(7); 3037-3040 (2005). (Cited 36 times)
9. J. van Zanten, S. Amin, and A. A. Abdala, “Brownian Motion of Colloidal Spheres in Aqueous PEO Solutions”, Macromolecules, 37(10), 3874-3880 (2004). (Cited 15 times)
10. A. A. Abdala, W. Wu, K. R. Olesen, R. D. Jenkins, A. E. Tonelli, and S. A. Khan, “Solution Rheology of Hydrophobically Modified Associative Polymers: Effects of Backbone Composition and Hydrophobe Concentration,” Journal of Rheology, 48(5), 979-994 (2004). (Cited 21 times)
11. A. A. Abdala, A. E. Tonelli and S. A. Khan “Modulation of Hydrophobic Interactions in Associative Polymers through Inclusion Compounds and Surfactants,” Macromolecules, 36(20), 7833-7841 (2003). (Cited 33 times)
12. A. A. Abdala, K. Olesen and S. A. Khan “Solution Rheology of Model HASE Polymers: Solvent Quality and Hydrophobic Interactions,” Journal of Rheology, 47(2), 497-511 (2003). (Cited 17 times)
Refereed Conference Proceedings
1. A. Abdala, “Nano- and Nano-Structured Materials” Proceedings of New Frontiers in Materials Science Conference, In press
2. A. A. Abdala and S.A. Khan, “Rheology of Associative Polymer, a Tracer Microrheology Study,” Proceedings of The 6th Egyptian Syrian Conference in Chemical Engineering, Vol. 6, 89-95, 2005.
3. Guo, Xuhong; Abdala, Ahmed A.; Prud'homme, Robert. K.; Lincoln, Stephen F.; Khan, Saad A., “Model associative polymer networks generated by inclusion interaction between polymers with cyclodextrin and hydrophobic grafts,” Polymer Preprints 45(2), 602-603 (2004).
4. A. A. Abdala, D. L. Millius, D. H. Adamson, I. A. Aksay and R. K. Prud’homme, “Inspired by Abalone shell: Strengthening Porous Ceramics with,” PMSE Preprints, 90, 384-385 (2004).
5. A. E. Tonelli, C. C. Rusa, X. Shuai, T. A. Bullions, C. M. Balik, D. I. Shin, J. L. White, S. Khan, M. Wei, F. E. Porbeni, A. A. Abdala, M. J. Gerber, E. Edeki, W. Davis, J. Fox, and B. Urban, "Reorganization of the Structures, Morphologies, and Conformations of Polymers by Coalescence from their Crystalline Inclusion Compounds Formed with Cyclo-dextrins with Potential Applications to Nonwovens, "Proceedings of the Joint INDA-TAPPI Conference, 266-282, 2002.
6. A. A. Abdala, R N. Metwally, M. F. El-Shahed and S. E. Shalaby, “Amination of Polyamide Fibers Grafted with Polyglycidyl Methacrylate. Part I: Factors Affecting the Amination Reactions”, Proceedings of The 1st Egyptian Syrian Conference in Chemical Engineering, Vol. 1, 117-123, 1995.
7. A. A. Abdala, R. N. Metwally, M. F. El-Shahed and S. E. Shalaby, “Amination of Polyamide Fibers Grafted with Polyglycidyl Methacrylate. Part II: Properties”, Proceedings of The 1st Egyptian Syrian Conference in Chemical Engineering, Vol. 1, 124-129, 1995.
