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78
Citations
22835
World Ranking
3777
National Ranking
1204

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2012 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2010 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For elucidation of structure-function relationships in surfactant systems that has led to novel formulations of complex, self-assembled media.
  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society
  • 2001 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Eric W. Kaler is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on materials science, with significant contributions in biomaterials, biomedical engineering, plant science, organic chemistry, and polymers and plastics. The scientist's work covers multiple facets of advanced cellulose research, polysaccharides and plant cell walls, biofuel production and bioconversion, nanocomposite films for food packaging, natural fiber reinforced composites, polymer surface interaction studies, and polysaccharides composition and applications.

The following are recent papers authored or co-authored by Eric W. Kaler:

  • Optimization of the Obtaining of Cellulose Nanocrystals from Agave tequilana Weber Var. Azul Bagasse by Acid Hydrolysis, 2021, Nanomaterials
  • Optimization of the Obtaining of Cellulose Nanocrystals from Agave Tequilana Weber Var. Azul Bagasse by Acid Hydrolysis, 2021, Preprints.org
  • Thermoplastic Starch Biocomposite Films Reinforced with Nanocellulose from Agave tequilana Weber var. Azul Bagasse, 2023, Polymers
  • Adsorption and Interaction of Bovine Serum Albumin and Pluronic P103 Triblock Copolymer on a Gold Electrode: Double-Layer Capacitance Measurements, 2020, ACS Omega
  • Preparation of Agave tequilana Weber nanocrystalline cellulose and its use as reinforcement for acrylic hydrogels, 2021, BioResources

Frequent co-authors associated with Eric W. Kaler include:

  • J. F. A. Soltero
  • Manuel Alberto Gallardo-Sánchez
  • Gabriel Landázuri-Gómez
  • Salvador García-Enriquez
  • Edgar Benjamín Figueroa Ochoa

Eric W. Kaler's research has been published repeatedly in several venues, including:

  • Preprints.org
  • Polymers
  • Nanomaterials
  • ACS Omega
  • BioResources

The scientist has received several honors and fellowships throughout their career, such as:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2014
  • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors, 2012
  • Fellow of the American Chemical Society, 2010
  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering, 2010, recognized for elucidation of structure-function relationships in surfactant systems leading to novel formulations of complex, self-assembled media
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2001

Best Publications

  • Spontaneous vesicle formation in aqueous mixtures of single-tailed surfactants

    EW Kaler;AK Murthy;BE Rodriguez;JA Zasadzinski

  • Phase behavior and structures of mixtures of anionic and cationic surfactants

    Eric W. Kaler;Kathleen L. Herrington;A. Kamalakara Murthy;Joseph A. N. Zasadzinski

  • Structured porous materials via colloidal crystal templating: from inorganic oxides to metals

    Orlin D. Velev;Eric W. Kaler

  • A class of porous metallic nanostructures

    O. D. Velev;P. M. Tessier;A. M. Lenhoff;Eric W Kaler

  • A class of microstructured particles through colloidal crystallization

    Orlin D. Velev;Abraham M. Lenhoff;Eric W. Kaler

  • Highly Viscoelastic Wormlike Micellar Solutions Formed by Cationic Surfactants with Long Unsaturated Tails

    Srinivasa R. Raghavan;Eric W. Kaler

  • Phase Behavior of Aqueous Mixtures of Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide (CTAB) and Sodium Octyl Sulfate (SOS)

    Kathleen L. Herrington;Eric W. Kaler;David D. Miller;Joseph A. Zasadzinski

  • Assembly of Gold Nanostructured Films Templated by Colloidal Crystals and Use in Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

    Peter M. Tessier;Orlin D. Velev;Anand T. Kalambur;John F. Rabolt

  • Protein Interactions in Solution Characterized by Light and Neutron Scattering: Comparison of Lysozyme and Chymotrypsinogen

    O.D. Velev;E.W. Kaler;A.M. Lenhoff

  • Wormlike Micelles Formed by Synergistic Self-Assembly in Mixtures of Anionic and Cationic Surfactants

    Srinivasa R. Raghavan;Gerhard Fritz;Eric W. Kaler

  • The Microstructure and Rheology of Mixed Cationic/ Anionic Wormlike Micelles

    Beth A. Schubert;Eric W. Kaler;Norman J. Wagner

  • The origins of stability of spontaneous vesicles

    HeeTae Jung;B Coldren;JA Zasadzinski;DJ Iampietro

  • Silica Hollow Spheres by Templating of Catanionic Vesicles

    Hans Peter Hentze;Srinivasa R. Raghavan;Craig A. McKelvey;Eric W. Kaler

  • Microstructure and Dynamics of Wormlike Micellar Solutions Formed by Mixing Cationic and Anionic Surfactants

    Richard D. Koehler;Srinivasa R. Raghavan;Eric W. Kaler

  • Two-Dimensional Crystallization of Microspheres by a Coplanar AC Electric Field

    Simon O. Lumsdon;Eric W. Kaler;Orlin D. Velev

  • Microstructural Changes in SDS Micelles Induced by Hydrotropic Salt

    P. A. Hassan;Srinivasa R. Raghavan;Eric W. Kaler

  • Protein Phase Behavior in Aqueous Solutions: Crystallization, Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation, Gels, and Aggregates☆

    André C. Dumetz;Aaron Michael Chockla;Eric W. Kaler;Abraham M. Lenhoff

  • Structured Metallic Films for Optical and Spectroscopic Applications via Colloidal Crystal Templating

    P. M. Tessier;O. D. Velev;A. T. Kalambur;A. M. Lenhoff

  • Small angle neutron scattering near Lifshitz lines: Transition from weakly structured mixtures to microemulsions

    K. V. Schubert;R. Strey;S. R. Kline;E. W. Kaler

  • Why is the osmotic second virial coefficient related to protein crystallization

    B. L. Neal;B. L. Neal;D. Asthagiri;O. D. Velev;A. M. Lenhoff

  • Cloud-Point Phenomena in Wormlike Micellar Systems Containing Cationic Surfactant and Salt

    Srinivasa R. Raghavan;Håkan Edlund;Eric W. Kaler

Frequent Co-Authors

Abraham M. Lenhoff
Abraham M. Lenhoff University of Delaware
Orlin D. Velev
Orlin D. Velev North Carolina State University
Norman J. Wagner
Norman J. Wagner University of Delaware
Srinivasa R. Raghavan
Srinivasa R. Raghavan University of Maryland, College Park
Stanley I. Sandler
Stanley I. Sandler University of Delaware
Shiyong Liu
Shiyong Liu University of Science and Technology of China
Reinhard Strey
Reinhard Strey University of Cologne
L. E. Scriven
L. E. Scriven University of Minnesota
Vesselin N. Paunov
Vesselin N. Paunov Nazarbayev University
Otto Glatter
Otto Glatter University of Graz

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