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James E. McGrath

James E. McGrath

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Materials Science

D-Index
89
Citations
37884
World Ranking
1745
National Ranking
533

Chemistry

D-Index
89
Citations
37648
World Ranking
2129
National Ranking
771

Overview

James E. McGrath was affiliated with Virginia Tech in the United States. Their research spanned several areas within engineering and materials science, with a focus on polymers and membrane technologies.

The main fields of study for their work included:

  • Engineering
  • Materials Science

Within these, the subfields addressed were:

  • Polymers and Plastics
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering

The primary research topics covered by McGrath included:

  • Membrane Separation and Gas Transport
  • Synthesis and properties of polymers
  • Covalent Organic Framework Applications
  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials
  • Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments

McGrath contributed to a number of research papers, with notable recent publications as follows:

  • "Characterization and gas transport properties of UV-irradiated polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)-containing polyimide copolymer membranes", 2020, published in Polymer
  • "Membrane properties of trisulfonated hydrophilic and partially fluorinated hydrophobic multiblock copolymer", 2021, published in Polymer
  • "Unborrowed Latency", 2020, published in Ought The Journal of Autistic Culture
  • "MP14-07 DEVELOPMENT OF A LIQUID BIOPSY USING EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES TO ASSESS THE SYSTEMIC T CELL IMMUNE LANDSCAPE IN BLADDER CANCER", 2023, published in The Journal of Urology
  • "MP14-05 EXTRACELLULAR VESICLE BIOMARKER SIGNATURE DETECTION PLATFORM FOR GUIDING CANCER DETECTION AND THERAPY", 2023, published in The Journal of Urology

Their scholarly collaborations featured frequent co-authors including Judy S. Riffle, Sue J. Mecham, Karen Doersch, Samuel Walker, and Thomas Osinski, each having coauthored multiple works with McGrath.

Their research was regularly disseminated through prominent publication venues such as:

  • Polymer
  • The Journal of Urology
  • Ought The Journal of Autistic Culture

Best Publications

  • Scientific aspects of polymer electrolyte fuel cell durability and degradation.

    Rodney Borup;Jeremy Meyers;Bryan Pivovar;Yu Seung Kim

  • Alternative Polymer Systems for Proton Exchange Membranes (PEMs)

    Michael A. Hickner;Hossein Ghassemi;Yu Seung Kim;Brian R. Einsla

  • Energy-efficient polymeric gas separation membranes for a sustainable future: A review

    David F. Sanders;Zachary P. Smith;Ruilan Guo;Lloyd M. Robeson

  • Direct polymerization of sulfonated poly(arylene ether sulfone) random (statistical) copolymers: candidates for new proton exchange membranes

    Feng Wang;Michael Hickner;Yu Seung Kim;Thomas A. Zawodzinski

  • Water Purification by Membranes: The Role of Polymer Science

    Geoffrey M. Geise;Hae Seung Lee;Daniel J. Miller;Benny D. Freeman

  • Water permeability and water/salt selectivity tradeoff in polymers for desalination

    Geoffrey M. Geise;Ho Bum Park;Alyson C. Sagle;Benny D. Freeman

  • Polysiloxane containing copolymers: A survey of recent developments

    İskender Yilgör;James E. McGrath

  • State of Water in Disulfonated Poly(arylene ether sulfone) Copolymers and a Perfluorosulfonic Acid Copolymer (Nafion) and Its Effect on Physical and Electrochemical Properties

    Yu Seung Kim;Limin Dong;Michael Anthony Hickner;Thomas E. Glass

  • Block Copolymers: Overview and Critical Survey

    Allen Noshay;James E. McGrath

  • Polyamide interfacial composite membranes prepared from m-phenylene diamine, trimesoyl chloride and a new disulfonated diamine

    Wei Xie;Geoffrey M. Geise;Benny D Freeman;Hae Seung Lee

  • Fabrication and characterization of heteropolyacid (H3PW12O40)/directly polymerized sulfonated poly(arylene ether sulfone) copolymer composite membranes for higher temperature fuel cell applications

    Yu Seung Kim;Feng Wang;Michael Hickner;Thomas A Zawodzinski

  • Poly(Arylene Ether Sulfone) Copolymers and Related Systems from Disulfonated Monomer Building Blocks: Synthesis, Characterization, and Performance – A Topical Review

    W. L. Harrison;M. A. Hickner;M. A. Hickner;Y. S. Kim;Y. S. Kim;J. E. McGrath

  • Synthesis of highly sulfonated poly(arylene ether sulfone) random (statistical) copolymers via direct polymerization

    Feng Wang;Michael Hickner;Qing Ji;William Harrison

  • Highly chlorine-tolerant polymers for desalination.

    Ho Bum Park;Benny D. Freeman;Zhong Bio Zhang;Mehmet Sankir;Mehmet Sankir

  • Multiblock sulfonated–fluorinated poly(arylene ether)s for a proton exchange membrane fuel cell

    Hossein Ghassemi;James E. McGrath;Thomas A. Zawodzinski

  • Influence of the bisphenol structure on the direct synthesis of sulfonated poly(arylene ether) copolymers. I

    William L. Harrison;Feng Wang;Jeffery B. Mecham;Vinayak A. Bhanu

  • Chemical Modification of Matrix Resin Networks with Engineering Thermoplastics. 1. Phenolic Hydroxyl Terminated Poly(Aryl Ether Sulfone)-Epoxy Systems,

    James L Hedrick;I Yilgor;Garth L Wilkes;James E McGrath

  • Chemical modification of matrix resin networks with engineering thermoplastics: 1. Synthesis, morphology, physical behaviour and toughening mechanisms of poly(arylene ether sulphone) modified epoxy networks

    J.L Hedrick;I Yilgor;M Jurek;J.C Hedrick

  • Synthesis and characterization of sulfonated poly(acrylene ether sulfones)

    B. C. Johnson;I. Yilgör;C. Tran;M. Iqbal

  • Sulfonated poly(arylene ether sulfone) copolymer proton exchange membranes: composition and morphology effects on the methanol permeability

    Yu Seung Kim;Michael A. Hickner;Limin Dong;Bryan S. Pivovar

Frequent Co-Authors

Garth L. Wilkes
Garth L. Wilkes Virginia Tech
Benny D. Freeman
Benny D. Freeman The University of Texas at Austin
Yu Seung Kim
Yu Seung Kim Los Alamos National Laboratory
Michael A. Hickner
Michael A. Hickner Pennsylvania State University
Iskender Yilgor
Iskender Yilgor Koç University
Donald R Paul
Donald R Paul The University of Texas at Austin
Joseph M. DeSimone
Joseph M. DeSimone Stanford University
Donald G. Baird
Donald G. Baird Virginia Tech
Bryan S. Pivovar
Bryan S. Pivovar National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Ho Bum Park
Ho Bum Park Hanyang University

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