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Overview

R. Lee Penn is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States and focuses their research primarily on materials science and environmental science. Their work encompasses multiple subfields including materials chemistry, environmental chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, biomaterials, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as iron oxide chemistry and applications, mine drainage and remediation techniques, arsenic contamination and mitigation, metal-organic frameworks synthesis and applications, microplastics and plastic pollution, environmental remediation with nanomaterials, and recycling and waste management techniques.

Frequent coauthors in their research include William A. Arnold, Rebecca L. Combs, Ariana L. Campanaro, Kevin M. Schmalbach, and Nathan A. Mara.

R. Lee Penn has published in several scientific journals including:

  • ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
  • ACS Omega
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Environmental Science Nano
  • Nature Materials

Key recent papers authored or coauthored by R. Lee Penn include:

  • Towards data-driven next-generation transmission electron microscopy, 2020, Nature Materials
  • Size Control of the MOF NU-1000 through Manipulation of the Modulator/Linker Competition, 2020, Crystal Growth & Design
  • Facile Synthesis of Monodispersed Ag NPs in Ethylene Glycol Using Mixed Capping Agents, 2020, ACS Omega
  • Simulation of Natural Iron Oxide Alteration in Soil: Conversion of Synthetic Ferrihydrite to Hematite Without Artificial Dopants, Observed With Magnetic Methods, 2020, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Goethite and Hematite Nucleation and Growth from Ferrihydrite: Effects of Oxyanion Surface Complexes, 2024, Environmental Science & Technology

Best Publications

  • Imperfect Oriented Attachment: Dislocation Generation in Defect-Free Nanocrystals

    R. Lee Penn;Jillian F. Banfield

  • Crystallization by particle attachment in synthetic, biogenic, and geologic environments

    James J. De Yoreo;James J. De Yoreo;Pupa U. P. A. Gilbert;Pupa U. P. A. Gilbert;Nico A. J. M. Sommerdijk;R. Lee Penn

  • Aggregation-Based Crystal Growth and Microstructure Development in Natural Iron Oxyhydroxide Biomineralization Products

    Jillian F. Banfield;Susan A. Welch;Hengzhong Zhang;Tamara Thomsen Ebert

  • Morphology development and crystal growth in nanocrystalline aggregates under hydrothermal conditions: insights from titania

    R.Lee Penn;Jillian F Banfield

  • Characterization and properties of metallic iron nanoparticles: Spectroscopy, electrochemistry, and kinetics

    James T. Nurmi;Paul G. Tratnyek;Vaishnavi Sarathy;Donald R. Baer

  • Nanominerals, Mineral Nanoparticles, and Earth Systems

    Michael F. Hochella;Steven K. Lower;Patricia A. Maurice;R. Lee Penn

  • Influence of Ionic Strength, pH, and Cation Valence on Aggregation Kinetics of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles

    Rebecca A. French;Astrid R. Jacobson;Bojeong Kim;Sara L. Isley

  • Hierarchical nanofabrication of microporous crystals with ordered mesoporosity.

    Wei Fan;Mark A. Snyder;Sandeep Kumar;Pyung Soo Lee

  • Kinetics of Oriented Aggregation

    R. Lee Penn

  • Oriented attachment and growth, twinning, polytypism, and formation of metastable phases; insights from nanocrystalline TiO2

    R. Lee Penn;Jillian F. Banfield

  • Mechanistic principles of nanoparticle evolution to zeolite crystals

    Tracy M. Davis;Timothy O. Drews;Harikrishnan Ramanan;Chuan He

  • The Growth Kinetics of TiO2 Nanoparticles from Titanium(IV) Alkoxide at High Water/Titanium Ratio

    Gerko Oskam;Gerko Oskam;Abhinav Nellore;R. Lee Penn;Peter C. Searson

  • The Adsorption of Perfluorooctane Sulfonate onto Sand, Clay, and Iron Oxide Surfaces

    Ramona L. Johnson;Amy J. Anschutz;Jean M. Smolen;Matt F. Simcik

  • Formation of rutile nuclei at anatase {112} twin interfaces and the phase transformation mechanism in nanocrystalline titania

    R. Lee Penn;Jillian F. Banfield

  • Oriented Aggregation: Formation and Transformation of Mesocrystal Intermediates Revealed

    Virany M. Yuwono;Nathan D. Burrows;Jennifer A. Soltis;R. Lee Penn

  • Enhanced adsorption of molecules on surfaces of nanocrystalline particles

    Hengzhong Zhang;R. Lee Penn;Robert J. Hamers;Jillian F. Banfield

  • Layer Structure Preservation during Swelling, Pillaring, and Exfoliation of a Zeolite Precursor

    Sudeep Maheshwari;Edgar Jordan;Sandeep Kumar;Frank S. Bates

  • Epitaxial Assembly in Aged Colloids

    R. Lee Penn;Gerko Oskam;Timothy J. Strathmann;Peter C. Searson

  • Chemical Transformations During Aging of Zerovalent Iron Nanoparticles in the Presence of Common Groundwater Dissolved Constituents

    Brian C. Reinsch;Brady Forsberg;R. Lee Penn;Christopher S. Kim

  • Aging of Iron Nanoparticles in Aqueous Solution: Effects on Structure and Reactivity

    Vaishnavi Sarathy;Paul G. Tratnyek;James T. Nurmi;Donald R. Baer

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Stein
Andreas Stein University of Minnesota
Omar K. Farha
Omar K. Farha Northwestern University
Michael Tsapatsis
Michael Tsapatsis Johns Hopkins University
William A. Arnold
William A. Arnold University of Minnesota
Jillian F. Banfield
Jillian F. Banfield University of California, Berkeley
Joseph T. Hupp
Joseph T. Hupp Northwestern University
Karena W. Chapman
Karena W. Chapman Stony Brook University
Subir K. Banerjee
Subir K. Banerjee University of Minnesota
Gerko Oskam
Gerko Oskam CINVESTAV
Laura Gagliardi
Laura Gagliardi University of Chicago

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