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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2000 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For elegant experiments and definitive analysis clarifying the creation and development of structure in multicomponent polymer liquids
  • 1997 - John H. Dillon Medal, American Physical Society For innovative and illuminating optical and neutron experiments to probe the state of order in multi-component polymer systems.

Overview

Nitash P. Balsara is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. They focus their research primarily within the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a substantial number of publications in related subfields such as Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics, and Molecular Biology.

The main topics covered in their scholarly work include Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies, Advancements in Battery Materials, Advanced Battery Technologies Research, Conducting Polymers and Applications, Fuel Cells and Related Materials, Block Copolymer Self-Assembly, and Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications.

Notable papers by Nitash P. Balsara include:

  • Challenges for and Pathways toward Li-Metal-Based All-Solid-State Batteries (2021), ACS Energy Letters
  • Energy storage emerging: A perspective from the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (2020), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • A Review of Existing and Emerging Methods for Lithium Detection and Characterization in Li-Ion and Li-Metal Batteries (2021), Advanced Energy Materials
  • Beyond Local Solvation Structure: Nanometric Aggregates in Battery Electrolytes and Their Effect on Electrolyte Properties (2021), ACS Energy Letters
  • Diffusion and migration in polymer electrolytes (2020), Progress in Polymer Science

Frequent coauthors in Balsara's research include Xi Jiang, Geoffrey W. Coates, David M. Halat, Joseph M. DeSimone, and Tae-Lim Choi. These collaborations suggest a broad network involving expertise across polymer science, chemistry, and battery technology.

The scientist publishes regularly in venues such as Macromolecules, Journal of Polymer Science, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, ECS Meeting Abstracts, and ACS Energy Letters, reflecting a consistent contribution to polymer science and energy materials research.

Nitash P. Balsara has received recognition through awards including the John H. Dillon Medal from the American Physical Society in 1997 for innovative optical and neutron experiments related to multi-component polymer systems, and in 2000 was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society with a citation for experiments and analysis clarifying structure development in multicomponent polymer liquids.

Best Publications

  • Detection of subsurface structures underneath dendrites formed on cycled lithium metal electrodes.

    Katherine J. Harry;Daniel T. Hallinan;Dilworth Y. Parkinson;Alastair A. MacDowell

  • Effect of molecular weight on the mechanical and electrical properties of block copolymer electrolytes

    Mohit Singh;Omolola Odusanya;Gregg M. Wilmes;Hany B. Eitouni

  • Resolution of the Modulus versus Adhesion Dilemma in Solid Polymer Electrolytes for Rechargeable Lithium Metal Batteries

    G. M. Stone;S. A. Mullin;A. A. Teran;D. T. Hallinan

  • A solid lithium electrolyte via addition of lithium isopropoxide to a metal-organic framework with open metal sites.

    Brian M. Wiers;Maw-Lin Foo;Maw-Lin Foo;Nitash P. Balsara;Nitash P. Balsara;Jeffrey R. Long;Jeffrey R. Long

  • Zwitterionic polymerization of lactide to cyclic poly(lactide) by using N-heterocyclic carbene organocatalysts

    Darcy A. Culkin;Wonhee Jeong;Szilárd Csihony;Enrique Daniel Gomez

  • Challenges for and Pathways toward Li-Metal-Based All-Solid-State Batteries

    Paul Albertus;Venkataramani Anandan;Chunmei Ban;Nitash Balsara

  • Effect of Molecular Weight and Salt Concentration on Conductivity of Block Copolymer Electrolytes

    Ashoutosh Panday;Ashoutosh Panday;Scott Mullin;Scott Mullin;Enrique D. Gomez;Enrique D. Gomez;Nisita Wanakule

  • Energy storage emerging: A perspective from the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research.

    Lynn Trahey;Fikile R. Brushett;Fikile R. Brushett;Nitash P. Balsara;Nitash P. Balsara;Nitash P. Balsara;Gerbrand Ceder;Gerbrand Ceder;Gerbrand Ceder

  • Micelle formation of BAB triblock copolymers in solvents that preferentially dissolve the A block

    N. P. Balsara;M. Tirrell;T. P. Lodge

  • Effect of ion distribution on conductivity of block copolymer electrolytes.

    Enrique D. Gomez;Ashoutosh Panday;Edward H. Feng;Vincent Chen

  • Nonflammable perfluoropolyether-based electrolytes for lithium batteries

    Dominica H. C. Wong;Jacob L. Thelen;Yanbao Fu;Didier Devaux

  • Beyond Local Solvation Structure: Nanometric Aggregates in Battery Electrolytes and Their Effect on Electrolyte Properties

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  • Increased water retention in polymer electrolyte membranes at elevated temperatures assisted by capillary condensation.

    Moon Jeong Park;Kenneth H. Downing;Andrew Jackson;Enrique D. Gomez

  • Thermodynamic interactions in model polyolefin blends obtained by small-angle neutron scattering

    N. P. Balsara;L. J. Fetters;N. Hadjichristidis;D. J. Lohse

  • Phase Behavior of Symmetric Sulfonated Block Copolymers

    Moon Jeong Park;Nitash P. Balsara

  • Negative transference numbers in poly(ethylene oxide)-based electrolytes

    Danielle M. Pesko;Danielle M. Pesko;Ksenia Timachova;Ksenia Timachova;Rajashree Bhattacharya;Mackensie C. Smith;Mackensie C. Smith

  • Effect of molecular weight on conductivity of polymer electrolytes

    Alexander A. Teran;Alexander A. Teran;Maureen H. Tang;Maureen H. Tang;Scott A. Mullin;Scott A. Mullin;Nitash P. Balsara;Nitash P. Balsara

  • Ionic conductivity in the metal-organic framework UiO-66 by dehydration and insertion of lithium tert-butoxide.

    Rob Ameloot;Michael Aubrey;Brian M. Wiers;Ana P. Gómora‐Figueroa

  • A Review of Existing and Emerging Methods for Lithium Detection and Characterization in Li‐Ion and Li‐Metal Batteries

    Partha P. Paul;Eric J. McShane;Andrew M. Colclasure;Nitash Balsara

  • Systematic Computational and Experimental Investigation of Lithium-Ion Transport Mechanisms in Polyester-Based Polymer Electrolytes.

    Michael A. Webb;Yukyung Jung;Danielle M. Pesko;Brett M. Savoie

  • Ionic Conductivity of Block Copolymer Electrolytes in the Vicinity of Order−Disorder and Order−Order Transitions

    Nisita S. Wanakule;Ashoutosh Panday;Scott A. Mullin;Eliot Gann

  • Ionic Conductivity of Low Molecular Weight Block Copolymer Electrolytes

    Rodger Yuan;Rodger Yuan;Alexander A. Teran;Alexander A. Teran;Inna Gurevitch;Scott A. Mullin;Scott A. Mullin

  • Anisotropic Proton Conduction in Aligned Block Copolymer Electrolyte Membranes at Equilibrium with Humid Air

    Moon Park;Nitash Balsara

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph M. DeSimone
Joseph M. DeSimone Stanford University
Andrew M. Minor
Andrew M. Minor University of California, Berkeley
Ronald N. Zuckermann
Ronald N. Zuckermann Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Moon Jeong Park
Moon Jeong Park Pohang University of Science and Technology
Ramanan Krishnamoorti
Ramanan Krishnamoorti University of Houston
Boualem Hammouda
Boualem Hammouda National Institute of Standards and Technology
David J. Lohse
David J. Lohse ExxonMobil (United States)
David Prendergast
David Prendergast Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
John A. Pople
John A. Pople Stanford University
Rachel A. Segalman
Rachel A. Segalman University of California, Santa Barbara

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