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Lisa D. Pfefferle

Lisa D. Pfefferle

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Chemistry

D-Index
73
Citations
20325
World Ranking
4924
National Ranking
1542

Overview

Lisa D. Pfefferle is affiliated with Yale University in the United States and has an extensive publication record in engineering, materials science, and chemistry. Their research spans several specialized subfields including materials chemistry, fluid flow and transfer processes, biomedical engineering, organic chemistry, and atmospheric science.

The main topics addressed in their work focus on advanced combustion engine technologies, catalytic processes in materials science, biodiesel production and applications, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, analytical chemistry methods development, free radicals and antioxidants, as well as chemical thermodynamics and molecular structure.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Lisa D. Pfefferle include Charles S. McEnally, Junqing Zhu, Yuan Xuan, Seonah Kim, and Matthew J. Montgomery, reflecting ongoing research partnerships within these areas of study.

Their published work appears prominently in a number of scientific journals, notably:

  • Fuel
  • Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
  • Sustainable Energy & Fuels
  • Green Chemistry
  • Combustion and Flame

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Lisa D. Pfefferle include the following:

  • In Situ Identification of Reaction Intermediates and Mechanistic Understandings of Methane Oxidation over Hematite: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Effect of ammonia addition on suppressing soot formation in methane co-flow diffusion flames, 2020, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
  • Novel bayberry-and-honeycomb-like magnetic surface molecularly imprinted polymers for the selective enrichment of rutin from Sophora japonica, 2021, Food Chemistry
  • ReaxFF-based molecular dynamics study of bio-derived polycyclic alkanes as potential alternative jet fuels, 2020, Fuel
  • Amphiphilic core-shell magnetic adsorbents for efficient removal and detection of phthalate esters, 2021, Chemical Engineering Journal

Best Publications

  • Single-walled carbon nanotubes exhibit strong antimicrobial activity.

    Seoktae Kang;Mathieu Pinault;Lisa D. Pfefferle;Menachem Elimelech

  • Catalytic combustion of methane over palladium-based catalysts

    Dragos Ciuparu;Maxim R. Lyubovsky;Eric Altman;Lisa D. Pfefferle

  • Studies of aromatic hydrocarbon formation mechanisms in flames: Progress towards closing the fuel gap

    Charles S. McEnally;Lisa D. Pfefferle;Burak Atakan;Katharina Kohse-Höinghaus

  • Catalysis in Combustion

    L. D. Pfefferle;W. C. Pfefferle

  • Aggregation kinetics of multiwalled carbon nanotubes in aquatic systems: measurements and environmental implications.

    Navid B. Saleh;Lisa D. Pfefferle;Menachem Elimelech

  • Computational and experimental study of soot formation in a coflow, laminar diffusion flame

    M.D. Smooke;C.S. McEnally;L.D. Pfefferle;R.J. Hall

  • Catalyst microstructure and methane oxidation reactivity during the Pd↔PdO transformation on alumina supports

    Abhaya K. Datye;Jaime Bravo;Travis R. Nelson;Paolina Atanasova

  • Synthesis of Pure Boron Single-Wall Nanotubes

    Dragos Ciuparu;Robert F. Klie;Yimei Zhu;Lisa Pfefferle

  • Methanation of carbon dioxide on Ni-incorporated MCM-41 catalysts: The influence of catalyst pretreatment and study of steady-state reaction

    Guoan Du;Sangyun Lim;Yanhui Yang;Chuan Wang

  • Soot volume fraction and temperature measurements in laminar nonpremixed flames using thermocouples

    Charles S. McEnally;Ümit Özgür Köylü;Lisa D. Pfefferle;Daniel E. Rosner

  • Influence of Biomacromolecules and Humic Acid on the Aggregation Kinetics of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

    Navid B. Saleh;Lisa D. Pfefferle;Menachem Elimelech

  • Improved sooting tendency measurements for aromatic hydrocarbons and their implications for naphthalene formation pathways

    Charles S. McEnally;Lisa D. Pfefferle

  • Simultaneous measurements of soot volume fraction and particle size/ Microstructure in flames using a thermophoretic sampling technique

    Ümit Özgür Köylü;Charles S. McEnally;Daniel E. Rosner;Lisa D. Pfefferle

  • Complete methane oxidation over Pd catalyst supported on α-alumina. Influence of temperature and oxygen pressure on the catalyst activity

    Maxim Lyubovsky;Lisa Pfefferle

  • Sooting tendencies of oxygenated hydrocarbons in laboratory-scale flames.

    Charles S. McEnally;Lisa D. Pfefferle

  • Stability of palladium-based catalysts during catalytic combustion of methane: The influence of water

    Katarina Persson;Lisa D. Pfefferle;William Schwartz;Anders Ersson

  • Combustion of Methane over Palladium-Based Catalysts: Catalytic Deactivation and Role of the Support

    William R. Schwartz;Dragos Ciuparu;Lisa D. Pfefferle

  • A carbon nanotube–polymer composite for T-cell therapy

    Tarek R. Fadel;Fiona A. Sharp;Nalini Vudattu;Ragy Ragheb

  • Incorporation of single-wall carbon nanotubes into an organic polymer monolithic stationary phase for μ-HPLC and capillary electrochromatography

    Yan Li;Yuan Chen;Rong Xiang;Dragos Ciuparu

  • Methane combustion over the α-alumina supported Pd catalyst: Activity of the mixed Pd/PdO state

    Maxim Lyubovsky;Lisa Pfefferle

  • Fuel decomposition and hydrocarbon growth processes for oxygenated hydrocarbons: butyl alcohols

    Charles S. McEnally;Lisa D. Pfefferle

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary L. Haller
Gary L. Haller Yale University
Yuan Chen
Yuan Chen University of Sydney
Mitchell D. Smooke
Mitchell D. Smooke Yale University
Menachem Elimelech
Menachem Elimelech Rice University
Yanhui Yang
Yanhui Yang Nanjing Tech University
Julie B. Zimmerman
Julie B. Zimmerman Yale University
Robert L. McCormick
Robert L. McCormick National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Chinedum O. Osuji
Chinedum O. Osuji University of Pennsylvania
Apparao M. Rao
Apparao M. Rao Clemson University
Ramakrishna Podila
Ramakrishna Podila Clemson University

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