PUBLICATIONS

J. Kuebler, S. Dhapola, L. Fernandez-Ballester, “Selecting for Surface-Induced vs Bulk Crystallization in P3HT Thin Films: Distinct Morphology, Orientation, and Linear Growth Rates”, Macromolecules 57, 2639-2650 (2024).
K.A. Hussain, S. Romanova, I. Okur, D. Zhang, J. Kuebler, X Huang, B. Wang, L. Fernandez-Ballester, Y. Lu, M. Schubert, Y. Li, “Assessing the Release of Microplastics and Nanoplastics from Plastic Containers and Reusable Food Pouches: Implications for Human Health”, Environmental Science & Technology 57, 9782–9792 (2023). Featured as a Research Highlight in Nature (https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02091-w).
J. Kuebler, T. Loosbrock, J. Strzalka, L. Fernandez-Ballester, “Direct observation of two-step, stratified crystallization and morphology in conjugated polymers”, Macromolecules 56, 3083-3094 (2023). Selected as Front Cover.

R. Hosseinabad, J. Kuebler, L. Fernandez-Ballester, "Combined role of regioregularity and molecular weight on melt-crystallization and self-nucleation of poly(3-hexylthiophene)", Polymer 257, 125341 (2022).

W. Qian, J. Kuebler, L. Fernandez-Ballester, J. Turner, "Integrated microscopic analysis of lamellar structure in isotactic polypropylene spherulite at nanoscale", Microscopy and Microanalysis 27 (S1), 230-231 (2021).
M. Guivier, J. Kuebler, T. Swanson, C. Lawson, L. Fernandez-Ballester, M. Negahban, M.P. Sealy, "Mechanical Behavior of ABS after Interlayer Ultrasonic Peening Printed by Fused Filament Fabrication", International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (2021).
L.R. Zheng, L. Fernandez-Ballester, G.W.M. Peters, Z. Ma, “Concomitant Crystallization in Propylene/Ethylene Random Copolymer with Strong Flow at Elevated Temperatures”, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 57, 6870-6877 (2018).
B. Schammé, E. Dargent, and L. Fernandez-Ballester, “Effect of Random Ethylene Comonomer on Relaxation of Flow-Induced Precursors in Isotactic Polypropylene”, Macromolecules 50, 6396−6403 (2017).
X. Monnier, L. Chevalier, A. Esposito, L. Fernandez-Ballester, A. Saiter, E. Dargent, “Local and segmental motions of the mobile amorphous fraction in semi-crystalline polylactide crystallized under quiescent and flow-induced conditions”, Polymer 126, 141-151 (2017).
L. Balzano, Z. Ma, D. Cavallo, T.B. van Erp, L. Fernandez-Ballester, and G.W.M. Peters, “Molecular Aspects of the Formation of Shish-Kebab in Isotactic Polypropylene”, Macromolecules 49, 3799-3809 (2016).
Z. Ma, L Fernandez-Ballester, D. Cavallo, T. Gough, G.W.M. Peters, “High-stress shear induced crystallization in isotactic polypropylene and propylene/ethylene random copolymers”, Macromolecules 46, 2671-2680 (2013).
L. Fernandez-Ballester, D.W. Thurman, W. Zhou, J.A. Kornfield, “The effect of long chains on the threshold stresses for flow-induced crystallization in iPP: Shish-kebabs vs. sausages”, Macromolecules 45, 6557-6570 (2012).
H. Wang, J. Cuppens, E. Biermans, S. Bals, L. Fernandez-Ballester, K.O. Kvashnina, W. Bras, M.J. Van bael, K. Temst, A. Vantomme, “Tuning of the size and the lattice parameter of ion-beam synthesized Pb nanoparticles embedded in Si”, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 45, 035301 (2012).
A. Dhotel, H. Li, L. Fernandez-Ballester, L. Delbreilh, B. Youssef, X.C. Zeng, L. Tan, “Supramolecular Nanolayer Reconfiguration after Molecular Intercalation”, The Journal of Physical Chemistry 115, 10351-10356 (2011).
L. Balzano, D. Cavallo, T. Erp, Z. Ma, J.W. Housmans, L. Fernandez-Ballester, G.W. Peters, “Dynamics of fibrillar precursors of shish blocks as a function of stress”, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 14, 012005 (2010).
L. Fernandez-Ballester, D.W. Thurman, and J.A. Kornfield, “Real-time depth sectioning method: isolating the effect of stress on structure development in pressure-driven flow”, Journal of Rheology 53, 1229-1224 (2009).
R.K. Krishnaswamy, Q. Yang, L. Fernandez-Ballester, and J.A. Kornfield, “Effect of the distribution of short-chain branches on crystallization kinetics and mechanical properties of high-density polyethylene”, Macromolecules 41, 1693-1704 (2008).
L. Fernandez-Ballester, T. Gough, F. Meneau, W. Bras, F. Ania, F.J. Balta-Calleja, and J.A. Kornfield, “Simultaneous birefringence, small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering to detect precursors and characterize morphology development during flow-induced crystallization of polymers”, Journal of Synchrotron Radiation15, 185-190 (2008).
Sevegney, M.S., G. Parthasarthy, R.M. Kannan, D.W. Thurman, and L. Fernandez-Ballester, “Deformation-induced morphology changes and orientation behavior in syndiotactic polypropylene”, Macromolecules 36, 6472-6483 (2003).