Illustrative Publications

Biomass utilization

  • Stickel, J.J.; Adhikari, B; Sievers, D.A.; Pellegrino, J. Continuous enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulose in a membrane-reactor system, J. Chemical Technology and Biotechnology 93 (8) (2018) 2182-2190, doi: 10.1002/jctb.5559.

  • Rickman, M.; Davis, R.; Pellegrino, J. Fractionation of organic fuel precursors from electrolytes with membranes. Ind. Eng. Res. Chem. 52 (2013) 10530-10539.

Nanoimprinting membranes

  • Maruf, S.H.; Wang. L.; Greenberg, A.R., Pellegrino, J.; Ding, Y. Use of nanoimprinted surface patterns to mitigate colloidal deposition on ultrafiltration membranes. J. Membrane Sci. 428 (2013) 598-607.

  • Rickman, M.; Maruf, S. H.; Kujundzic, E.; Davis, R. H.; Greenberg, A. R.; Ding, Y.; Pellegrino, J. Fractionation and flux decline studies of surface-patterned nanofiltration membranes using NaCl-glycerol-BSA solutions. J. Membr. Sci. 527 (2017) 102-110.

  • Hutfles, J., Chapman, W. and Pellegrino, J. Roll-to-roll nanoimprint lithography of ultrafiltration membrane. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 135 (11) (2018), 45993. doi: 10.1002/app.45993.

Nanoparticles and crystallization

  • Pellegrino, J.; Schulte, L.R.; De la Cruz, J.; Stoldt, C. Membrane processes in nanoparticle production, J. Membr. Sci. 522 (2017) 245-256.

  • Little, C.A.E.; Pellegrino, J.; Russek, S. Microfluidic platform for magnetic nanoparticle trapping and detection, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics  49 (2013) 3402-3405.

  • Ravichandran, S.A.; Krist, J.; Edwards, D.; Delagah, S.; Pellegrino, J. Measuring sparingly-soluble, aqueous salt crystallization kinetics using CSTRs-in-series: methodology development and CaCO3 studies, Sep. Pur. (in review 2018)

Sustainability/process analysis

  • Adhikari, B.; Pellegrino, J. Life-cycle assessment of five microalgae-to-biofuels processes of varying complexity, J. Renewable Sustainable Energy 7, 4 (2015) 043136.

  • Rickman, M.; Pellegrino, J.; Hock, J.; Shaw, S.; Freeman, B. Life-cycle and techno-economic analysis of utility-connected algae systems. Algal Res. 2 (2013) 59-65.

  • Amer, L.; Adhikari, B.; Pellegrino, J. Technoeconomic analysis of five microalgae-to-biofuels processes of varying complexity, Bioresource Technol. 102 (2011) 9350-9359.

Membrane and transport science

  • Koenig, S.P.; Wang, L.; Pellegrino, J.; Bunch, J.S. Selective molecular sieving through porous graphene. Nature Nanotechnology 7 (2012) 728-732.

  • Wang, L.; Drahushuk, L.W.; Cantley, L.; Koenig, S.P.; Liu, X.; Pellegrino, J.; Strano, M.S.; Bunch, J.S. Quantized switching of gas transport through molecular-sieving graphene membranes, Nature Nanotechnology 10 (2015) 785-790. DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2015.158.

  • Benet, E.; Badran, A.; Pellegrino, J.;Vernerey, F. The porous media's effect in the permeation of elastic (soft) particles, J. Membr. Sci. 535 (2017) 10-19.