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Christopher M. Stafford is affiliated with the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the United States. Their research is centered primarily in the field of engineering, with a strong focus on mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, water science and technology, and surfaces, coatings, and films.

The main topics covered in their publications include membrane separation technologies, membrane separation and gas transport, carbon dioxide capture technologies, polymer surface interaction studies, advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, membrane-based ion separation techniques, and fuel cells and related materials.

Stafford has contributed to multiple scientific papers published mainly in these venues:

  • Journal of Membrane Science
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Macromolecules
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • ACS Applied Polymer Materials

Recent significant papers include:

  • "Maximizing the grafting of zwitterions onto the surface of ultrafiltration membranes to improve antifouling properties" (2020), Journal of Membrane Science
  • "Thickness-dependent permeance of molecular layer-by-layer polyamide membranes" (2020), Journal of Membrane Science
  • "Insights into the Water Transport Mechanism in Polymeric Membranes from Neutron Scattering" (2020), Macromolecules
  • "Thickness dependent CO2 adsorption of poly(ethyleneimine) thin films for direct air capture" (2024), Chemical Engineering Journal
  • "Solvent transport model for polyamide nanofilm membranes based on accurate Hansen solubility parameters" (2023), Journal of Membrane Science

The researcher collaborates frequently with a group of co-authors, including Avery E. Baumann, William D. Mulhearn, John R. Hoffman, Christopher L. Soles, and Peter A. Beaucage, with multiple joint publications in related areas of membrane science and materials engineering.

Best Publications

  • A buckling-based metrology for measuring the elastic moduli of polymeric thin films

    Christopher M. Stafford;Christopher Harrison;Kathryn L. Beers;Alamgir Karim

  • Nanoscopic Templates from Oriented Block Copolymer Films

    Thomas Thurn-Albrecht;Rachel Steiner;Jason DeRouchey;Christopher M. Stafford

  • Surface Wrinkling: A Versatile Platform for Measuring Thin‐Film Properties

    Jun Young Chung;Adam J. Nolte;Christopher M. Stafford

  • Elastic Moduli of Ultrathin Amorphous Polymer Films

    Christopher M. Stafford;Bryan D. Vogt;Christopher Harrison;Duangrut Julthongpiput

  • Anisotropic wetting on tunable micro-wrinkled surfaces

    Jun Young Chung;Jeffrey P. Youngblood;Christopher M. Stafford

  • Sinusoidal phase grating created by a tunably buckled surface

    Christopher Harrison;Christopher M. Stafford;Wenhua Zhang;Alamgir Karim

  • Effect of oxidation on surface-enhanced Raman scattering activity of silver nanoparticles: a quantitative correlation.

    Yun Han;Robert Lupitskyy;Tseng-Ming Chou;Christopher M. Stafford

  • Feeling Small: Exploring the Tactile Perception Limits

    Lisa Skedung;Martin Arvidsson;Jun Young Chung;Jun Young Chung;Christopher M. Stafford

  • Molecular Layer-by-Layer Assembled Thin-Film Composite Membranes for Water Desalination

    Joung Eun Gu;Seunghye Lee;Christopher M. Stafford;Jong Suk Lee

  • The influence of molecular weight on nanoporous polymer films

    Ting Xu;Ho-Cheol Kim;Jason DeRouchey;Chevey Seney

  • A Route to Nanoscopic SiO2 Posts via Block Copolymer Templates

    Ho Cheol Kim;Xinqiao Jia;Christopher M. Stafford;Dong Ha Kim

  • Generating thickness gradients of thin polymer films via flow coating

    Christopher M. Stafford;Kristen E. Roskov;Thomas H. Epps;Michael J. Fasolka

  • Buckling modes of elastic thin films on elastic substrates

    Haixia Mei;Rui Huang;Jun Young Chung;Christopher M. Stafford

  • Elastic modulus of amorphous polymer thin films: relationship to the glass transition temperature.

    Jessica M. Torres;Christopher M. Stafford;Bryan D. Vogt

  • Measuring the Modulus of Soft Polymer Networks via a Buckling-Based Metrology

    Elizabeth A. Wilder;Shu Guo;Sheng Lin-Gibson;Michael J. Fasolka

  • Diffusion-Controlled, Self-Organized Growth of Symmetric Wrinkling Patterns

    Jun Young Chung;Adam J. Nolte;Christopher M. Stafford

  • Quantifying residual stress in nanoscale thin polymer films via surface wrinkling.

    Jun Young Chung;Thomas Q Chastek;Michael J Fasolka;Hyun Wook Ro

  • SERS not to be taken for granted in the presence of oxygen.

    Melek Erol;Yun Han;Scott K. Stanley;Christopher M. Stafford

  • Expansion of Polystyrene Using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide: Effects of Molecular Weight, Polydispersity, and Low Molecular Weight Components

    Christopher M. Stafford;Thomas P. Russell;Thomas J. McCarthy

  • Fabrication and characterization of nanoelectrode arrays formed via block copolymer self-assembly

    Eunhee Jeoung;Trent H. Galow;Joerg Schotter;Mustafa Bal

Frequent Co-Authors

Alamgir Karim
Alamgir Karim University of Houston
Bryan D. Vogt
Bryan D. Vogt Pennsylvania State University
Jack F. Douglas
Jack F. Douglas National Institute of Standards and Technology
Christopher L. Soles
Christopher L. Soles National Institute of Standards and Technology
Rui Huang
Rui Huang The University of Texas at Austin
Thomas H. Epps
Thomas H. Epps University of Delaware
Steven D. Hudson
Steven D. Hudson National Institute of Standards and Technology
Eric J. Amis
Eric J. Amis University of Akron
Erik K. Hobbie
Erik K. Hobbie North Dakota State University
Kathryn L. Beers
Kathryn L. Beers National Institute of Standards and Technology

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