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Overview

Dennis W. Hess is affiliated with the Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, concentrating on subfields such as Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Biomaterials, Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, and Polymers and Plastics.

The main topics of Hess's research include:

  • Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity
  • Advanced Cellulose Research Studies
  • Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization
  • Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Biosensors and Analytical Detection
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques

Hess has contributed extensively to several publication venues with multiple works, especially in:

  • Progress in Organic Coatings
  • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Recent papers by Hess include:

  • "Flow control in fully enclosed microfluidics paper based analytical devices using plasma processes," 2020, Sensors and Actuators B Chemical
  • "Imparting durable superhydrophobic/oleophobic properties to wood surfaces by means of PFDMS@MTCS vapor deposition," 2023, Progress in Organic Coatings
  • "A novel two-step strategy to construct multifunctional superhydrophobic wood by liquid-vapor phase deposition of methyltrimethoxysilane for improving moisture resistance, anti-corrosion and mechanical strength," 2023, Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects
  • "Efficient synthesis of durable superhydrophobic SiO2@PFDMS coatings on bamboo by liquid deposition," 2024, Industrial Crops and Products
  • "Endowing Three-Dimensional Porous Wood with Hydrophobicity/Superhydrophobicity Based on Binary Silanization," 2024, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Hess frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Linkun Xie
  • Xijuan Chai
  • Kaimeng Xu
  • Lianpeng Zhang
  • Wei Tang

Best Publications

  • Fabrication of “Roll-off” and “Sticky” Superhydrophobic Cellulose Surfaces via Plasma Processing

    Balamurali Balu;Victor Breedveld;Dennis W Hess

  • A Novel Method of Etching Copper Oxide Using Acetic Acid

    K. L. Chavez;D. W. Hess

  • Hierarchical silicon etched structures for controlled hydrophobicity/superhydrophobicity.

    Yonghao Xiu;Lingbo Zhu;Dennis W. Hess;C. P. Wong

  • A mathematical model for spin coating of polymer resists

    Warren W. Flack;David S. Soong;Alexis T. Bell;Dennis W. Hess

  • XPS investigation of Nafion® membrane degradation

    Cheng Chen;Galit Levitin;Dennis W. Hess;Thomas F. Fuller;Thomas F. Fuller

  • Mechanically robust superhydrophobicity on hierarchically structured Si surfaces

    Yonghao Xiu;Yan Liu;Dennis W Hess;C P Wong

  • Well-Aligned Open-Ended Carbon Nanotube Architectures: An Approach for Device Assembly

    Lingbo Zhu;Yangyang Sun;Dennis W. Hess;Ching-Ping Wong

  • Superhydrophobicity on two-tier rough surfaces fabricated by controlled growth of aligned carbon nanotube arrays coated with fluorocarbon.

    Lingbo Zhu;Yonghao Xiu;Jianwen Xu;Prabhakar A. Tamirisa

  • Creation of superhydrophobic stainless steel surfaces by acid treatments and hydrophobic film deposition.

    Lester Li;Victor Breedveld;Dennis W. Hess

  • Patterning of superhydrophobic paper to control the mobility of micro-liter drops for two-dimensional lab-on-paper applications

    Balamurali Balu;Adam D. Berry;Dennis W. Hess;Victor Breedveld

  • UV and thermally stable superhydrophobic coatings from sol-gel processing

    Yonghao Xiu;Dennis W. Hess;C.P. Wong

  • Growth and electrical characterization of high-aspect-ratio carbon nanotube arrays

    Lingbo Zhu;Jianwen Xu;Yonghao Xiu;Yangyang Sun

  • Relationship between Work of Adhesion and Contact Angle Hysteresis on Superhydrophobic Surfaces

    Yonghao Xiu;Lingbo Zhu;Dennis W. Hess;C. P. Wong

  • Transport models for swelling and dissolution of thin polymer films

    J. S. Papanu;D. S. Soane;A. T. Bell;D. W. Hess

  • Aligned carbon nanotube stacks by water-assisted selective etching.

    Lingbo Zhu;Yonghao Xiu;Dennis W. Hess;Ching-Ping Wong

  • Area selective atomic layer deposition of titanium dioxide : Effect of precursor chemistry

    Ashwini Sinha;Dennis W. Hess;Clifford L. Henderson

  • Surface modification of paper and cellulose by plasma-assisted deposition of fluorocarbon films

    Sudeep Vaswani;Jere Koskinen;Dennis W. Hess

  • Superhydrophobic and low light reflectivity silicon surfaces fabricated by hierarchical etching.

    Yonghao Xiu;Shu Zhang;Vijay Yelundur;Ajeet Rohatgi

  • Monitoring Carbon Nanotube Growth by Formation of Nanotube Stacks and Investigation of the Diffusion-Controlled Kinetics

    Lingbo Zhu;Dennis W. Hess;Ching-Ping Wong

  • Biomimetic creation of hierarchical surface structures by combining colloidal self-assembly and Au sputter deposition.

    Yonghao Xiu;Lingbo Zhu;Dennis W. Hess, ,† and;C. P. Wong

  • Structural properties of titanium dioxide films deposited in an rf glow discharge

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Frequent Co-Authors

Ching-Ping Wong
Ching-Ping Wong Georgia Institute of Technology
Laren M. Tolbert
Laren M. Tolbert Georgia Institute of Technology
Paul A. Kohl
Paul A. Kohl Georgia Institute of Technology
Robert F. Savinell
Robert F. Savinell Case Western Reserve University
Boris Mizaikoff
Boris Mizaikoff University of Ulm
Thomas F. Fuller
Thomas F. Fuller Georgia Institute of Technology
Michael H. Bergin
Michael H. Bergin Duke University
Alexis T. Bell
Alexis T. Bell University of California, Berkeley
Robert L. Opila
Robert L. Opila University of Delaware
Charles A. Eckert
Charles A. Eckert Georgia Institute of Technology

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