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  • 2019 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors

Overview

Karen Lozano is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on materials science and engineering, with a substantial body of work contributing to both fields.

Their main areas of study include biomedical engineering, biomaterials, polymers and plastics, materials chemistry, and mechanical engineering. The scientist's work extensively covers topics such as electrospun nanofibers in biomedical applications, advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, conducting polymers and applications, innovative energy harvesting technologies, biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, bone tissue engineering materials, and polymer nanocomposites and properties.

Frequent coauthors of Karen Lozano include Victoria Padilla, Victoria Padilla-Gainza, Mohammed Jasim Uddin, Robert Gilkerson, and Alexa Villarreal. These collaborations indicate ongoing research partnerships in overlapping fields of study.

The scientist has published in various venues, with multiple papers appearing in the Journal of Applied Polymer Science, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Nano Energy, Materials Advances, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Recent publications by Karen Lozano demonstrate a focus on energy harvesting materials, biomedical composites, and nanotechnology:

  • "KNN based piezo-triboelectric lead-free hybrid energy films," 2021, Nano Energy
  • "Aloe Vera extract-based composite nanofibers for wound dressing applications," 2021, Materials Science and Engineering C
  • "Current nanocomposite advances for biomedical and environmental application diversity," 2024, Medicinal Research Reviews
  • "Electromagnetic-triboelectric-hybrid energy tile for biomechanical green energy harvesting," 2020, Nano Energy
  • "Recent Advances in Centrifugal Spinning and Their Applications in Tissue Engineering," 2023, Polymers

Karen Lozano was recognized as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2019. This award reflects a significant role in innovation within their research domains.

Best Publications

  • Reinforcing Epoxy Polymer Composites Through Covalent Integration of Functionalized Nanotubes

    J. Zhu;H. Peng;F. Rodriguez-Macias;J. L. Margrave

  • Nanofiber-reinforced polymers prepared by fused deposition modeling

    M. L. Shofner;K. Lozano;F. J. Rodríguez-Macías;E. V. Barrera

  • Nanofiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites. I. Thermoanalytical and mechanical analyses

    K. Lozano;E. V. Barrera

  • Electrospinning to Forcespinning

    Kamal Sarkar;Carlos Gomez;Steve Zambrano;Michael Ramirez

  • Electromagnetic interference shielding effectiveness of carbon nanofiber/LCP composites

    Shuying Yang;Karen Lozano;Azalia Lomeli;Heinrich D. Foltz

  • Processing a glass fiber reinforced vinyl ester composite with nanotube enhancement of interlaminar shear strength

    Jiang Zhu;Ashraf Imam;Roger Crane;Karen Lozano

  • A study on nanofiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites (II): Investigation of the mixing rheology and conduction properties

    K. Lozano;J. Bonilla-Rios;E. V. Barrera

  • Past, Present and Future of Surgical Meshes: A Review.

    Karen Baylón;Perla Rodríguez-Camarillo;Alex Elías-Zúñiga;Jose Antonio Díaz-Elizondo

  • Experimental study of nanofiber production through forcespinning

    Simon Padron;Arturo Fuentes;Dumitru Caruntu;Karen Lozano

  • Thermal analysis of an acrylonitrile–butadiene–styrene/SWNT composite

    Shuying Yang;Jose Rafael Castilleja;E.V. Barrera;Karen Lozano

  • Development of tannic acid/chitosan/pullulan composite nanofibers from aqueous solution for potential applications as wound dressing.

    Fenghua Xu;Baicheng Weng;Robert Gilkerson;Luis Alberto Materon

  • Effects of Water Content and Chemical Composition on Structural Properties of Alkaline Activated Metakaolin‐Based Geopolymers

    Maricela Lizcano;Andres Gonzalez;Sandip Basu;Karen Lozano

  • Dynamic mechanical and thermal analysis of aligned vapor grown carbon nanofiber reinforced polyethylene

    Shuying Yang;Jaime Taha-Tijerina;Verónica Serrato-Diaz;Krystal Hernandez

  • Production and characterization of polycaprolactone nanofibers via forcespinning™ technology

    Zachary McEachin;Karen Lozano

  • Functionalized graphene oxide as reinforcement in epoxy based nanocomposites

    F.V. Ferreira;F.S. Brito;W. Franceschi;E.A.N. Simonetti

  • Fibrous cellulose membrane mass produced via forcespinning ® for lithium-ion battery separators

    Baicheng Weng;Fenghua Xu;Mataz Alcoutlabi;Yuanbing Mao

  • Superfine fiber creating spinneret and uses thereof

    Karen Lozano;Kamalaksha Sarkar

  • Nanotechnology: Awareness and societal concerns

    Tanya Sheetz;Jorge Vidal;Thomas D. Pearson;Karen Lozano

  • Preparation and characterization of polyvinylidene fluoride nanofibrous membranes by forcespinning

    Beny Vazquez;Horacio Vasquez;Karen Lozano

  • TGA analysis of polypropylene–carbon nanofibers composites

    Magdalena Chipara;Karen Lozano;Anna Hernandez;Mircea Chipara

  • ForceSpun polydiacetylene nanofibers as colorimetric sensor for food spoilage detection

    Marisol Valdez;Santosh K. Gupta;Santosh K. Gupta;Karen Lozano;Yuanbing Mao

  • Rheological analysis of vapor‐grown carbon nanofiber‐reinforced polyethylene composites

    Karen Lozano;Shuying Yang;Qiang Zeng

Frequent Co-Authors

Yuanbing Mao
Yuanbing Mao Illinois Institute of Technology
Santosh K. Gupta
Santosh K. Gupta Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
Kevin P. Chen
Kevin P. Chen University of Pittsburgh
Mataz Alcoutlabi
Mataz Alcoutlabi The University of Texas at Austin
David J. Sellmyer
David J. Sellmyer University of Nebraska–Lincoln
David Hui
David Hui University of New Orleans
Brian A. Korgel
Brian A. Korgel The University of Texas at Austin
Chandra Sekhar Tiwary
Chandra Sekhar Tiwary Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Pulickel M. Ajayan
Pulickel M. Ajayan Rice University
Robert Vajtai
Robert Vajtai Rice University

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