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Kenneth J. Balkus is affiliated with The University of Texas at Dallas in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within Materials Science, with a focus on subfields including Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Inorganic Chemistry, and Polymers and Plastics.

The scientist's work encompasses several key topics that include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Magnetism in Coordination Complexes
  • Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes

Recent publications by Kenneth J. Balkus highlight a diverse range of materials science themes and advanced chemical applications. Selected recent papers include:

  • "Fluoro-Bridged Clusters in Rare-Earth Metal-Organic Frameworks" (2021), published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "A Low-Cost Quasi-Solid-State "Water-in-Swelling-Clay" Electrolyte Enabling Ultrastable Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries" (2023), published in Advanced Energy Materials
  • "Transformation of a copper-based metal-organic polyhedron into a mixed linker MOF for CO2 capture" (2023), published in Dalton Transactions
  • "Carrier gas triggered controlled biolistic delivery of DNA and protein therapeutics from metal-organic frameworks" (2022), published in Chemical Science
  • "Suppressing Dendrite Growth and Side Reactions via Mechanically Robust Laponite-Based Electrolyte Membranes for Ultrastable Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries" (2023), published in ACS Nano

The scientist collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Gregory T. McCandless
  • Muhammad Abbas
  • Marie L. Mortensen
  • Juan P. Vizuet
  • John P. Ferraris

Kenneth J. Balkus's work is published in various venues, most notably The Cambridge Structural Database, which hosts 31 of their publications. Other frequent publication venues include Polyhedron, Materials, ECS Meeting Abstracts, and Dalton Transactions.

Best Publications

  • Hydrothermal synthesis of graphene-TiO 2 nanotube composites with enhanced photocatalytic activity

    Sanjaya D. Perera;Ruperto G. Mariano;Khiem Vu;Nijem Nour

  • Molecular sieving realized with ZIF-8/Matrimid® mixed-matrix membranes

    Ma. Josephine C. Ordoñez;Kenneth J. Balkus;John P. Ferraris;Inga H. Musselman

  • Enzyme immobilization in MCM-41 molecular sieve

    J.Felipe Díaz;Kenneth J. Balkus

  • Mixed-matrix membranes containing MOF-5 for gas separations

    Edson V. Perez;Kenneth J. Balkus;John P. Ferraris;Inga H. Musselman

  • Perspective of Recent Progress in Immobilization of Enzymes

    Daniel N. Tran;Kenneth J. Balkus

  • A high-silica zeolite with a 14-tetrahedral-atom pore opening

    C. C. Freyhardt;Michael Tsapatsis;R. F. Lobo;K. J. Balkus

  • Gas permeability properties of Matrimid® membranes containing the metal-organic framework Cu–BPY–HFS

    Yanfeng Zhang;Inga H. Musselman;John P. Ferraris;Kenneth J. Balkus

  • Vanadium Oxide Nanowire–Carbon Nanotube Binder‐Free Flexible Electrodes for Supercapacitors

    Sanjaya D. Perera;Bijal Patel;Nour Nijem;Katy Roodenko

  • Synthesis, Characterization, and Photocatalytic Activity of Y-Doped CeO2 Nanorods

    Anjalee D. Liyanage;Sanjaya D. Perera;Kui Tan;Yves Chabal

  • Fabrication of silver vanadium oxide and V2O5 nanowires for electrochromics.

    Chunrong Xiong;Ali E. Aliev;Bruce Gnade;Kenneth J. Balkus

  • Tuning the Gate Opening Pressure of Metal–Organic Frameworks (MOFs) for the Selective Separation of Hydrocarbons

    Nour Nijem;Haohan Wu;Pieremanuele Canepa;Anne Marti

  • Electrospun MEH-PPV/SBA-15 Composite Nanofibers Using a Dual Syringe Method

    Sudha Madhugiri;Alan Dalton;Jose Gutierrez;John P. Ferraris

  • Tuning the Gate Opening Pressure of Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) for the Selective Separation of Hydro-carbons

    Nour Nijem;Haohan Wu;Pieremanuele Canepa;Anne Marti

  • Cytochrome c immobilization into mesoporous molecular sieves

    Lisa Washmon-Kriel;Victoria L Jimenez;Kenneth J Balkus

  • Electrospun mesoporous titanium dioxide fibers

    Sudha Madhugiri;Bo Sun;Panagiotis G Smirniotis;John P Ferraris

  • Surface Cross-Linking of ZIF-8/Polyimide Mixed Matrix Membranes (MMMs) for Gas Separation

    Sumudu N. Wijenayake;Nimanka P. Panapitiya;Saskia H. Versteeg;Cindy N. Nguyen

  • Synthesis and Characterization of Cobalt-Complex Functionalized MCM-41

    J. Felipe Díaz and;Kenneth J. Balkus;Fethi Bedioui;Vadim Kurshev and

  • Fabrication of PbS quantum dot doped TiO2 nanotubes.

    Chalita Ratanatawanate;Chunrong Xiong;Kenneth J. Balkus

  • Mixed-matrix membranes composed of Matrimid® and mesoporous ZSM-5 nanoparticles

    Yanfeng Zhang;Kenneth J. Balkus;Inga H. Musselman;John P. Ferraris

  • OXIDATION OF ALKANES CATALYZED BY ZEOLITE-ENCAPSULATED PERFLUORINATED RUTHENIUM PHTHALOCYANINES

    Kenneth J. Balkus;Mona Eissa;Rosario Levado

Frequent Co-Authors

John P. Ferraris
John P. Ferraris The University of Texas at Dallas
Fethi Bedioui
Fethi Bedioui Chimie ParisTech
Yves J. Chabal
Yves J. Chabal The University of Texas at Dallas
Bruce E. Gnade
Bruce E. Gnade The University of Texas at Dallas
A. Dean Sherry
A. Dean Sherry The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Lionel Roué
Lionel Roué Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Stacey I. Zones
Stacey I. Zones Chevron (United States)
Mark E. Davis
Mark E. Davis California Institute of Technology
Jing Li
Jing Li Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Alan B. Dalton
Alan B. Dalton University of Sussex

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