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Simona Percec

  • College of Science and Technology

    • Chemistry

      • Research Professor

Biography

Simona Percec is a Research Professor and Associate Director, TMI Research Bulk Solids and Thin Films Energy and Sustainability Soft Matter Strategic Materials in the Department of Chemistry, College of Science and Technology. She functions as an Associate Editor of Biomacromolecules, an American Chemical Society publication. Simona has a broad technical background through working at Standard Oil/BP/Amoco CR&D (1982-1999) where she led various research programs in the fields of polymer and catalysis. As a Research Fellow at DuPont CRD (1999-2016) Simona was involved in a wide range of research areas and led programs in organic, polymer and biopolymer design and synthesis with particular emphasis on applications including molecular electronics, biosensors, electrochromics, anticorrosive coatings, polymer-glass hybrids, thermoplastic carbon fiber composites, renewably-resourced polymers and self-assembled systems. Simona has authored 58 original publications, 39 patents issued and 5 patent applications. She has been an invited speaker and chairperson at National and International meetings. She served in numerous committees including the DuPont Young Professor Grant Nomination Committee, Biomacromolecules/Macromolecules Young Investigator ACS Award, and as the Chair of the DuPont Discovery Chemistry Series Seminars and the Carothers Award Committee.

Selected Publications

Recent

  • Chabi, S., Dikin, D., Yin, J., Percec, S., & Ren, F. (2019). Structure-Mechanical Property Relations of Skin-Core Regions of Poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide) Single Fiber. Scientific Reports, 9(1). doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-37366-0.

  • Chabi, S., Dikin, D., Yin, J., Percec, S., & Ren, F. (2019). Author Correction: Structure-Mechanical Property Relations of Skin-Core Regions of Poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide) Single Fiber (Scientific Reports, (2019), 9, 1, (740), 10.1038/s41598-018-37366-0). Scientific Reports, 9(1). doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-43509-8.

  • Zhang, Z., Zhao, Y., Li, H., Percec, S., Yin, J., & Ren, F. (2019). Nanoparticle-Infused UHMWPE Layer as Multifunctional Coating for High-Performance PPTA Single Fibers. Scientific Reports, 9(1). doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-43629-1.

  • Hall, K., Percec, S., & Klein, M. (2019). Polymer nucleation under high-driving force, long-chain conditions: Heat release and the separation of time scales. Journal of Chemical Physics, 150(11). doi: 10.1063/1.5084773.

  • Percec, S. & Albertsson, A. (2019). Rational Design of Multifunctional Renewable-Resourced Materials. Biomacromolecules, 20(2), 569-572. doi: 10.1021/acs.biomac.9b00060.

  • Mogurampelly, S., MacDermaid, C., Percec, S., Klein, M., & Fiorin, G. (2019). Aggregation of poly(p -phenylene terephthalamide) chains: Emergence of fiber defects. Physical Review Materials, 3(1). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.3.015602.

  • Zhang, Z., Lee, N., Patel, K., Young, M., Zhang, J., Percec, S., & Ren, S. (2018). Poly(P-Phenylene Terephthalamide) Fibers Reinforced with Ultrathin Ceramic Coatings. Advanced Engineering Materials, 20(9). doi: 10.1002/adem.201800095.

  • Deming, T., Klok, H., Armes, S., Becker, M., Champion, J., Chen, E., Heilshorn, S., Hest, J.V., Irvine, D., Johnson, J., Kiessling, L., Maynard, H., Cruz, M.D.L., Sullivan, M., Tirrell, M., Anseth, K., Lecommandoux, S., Percec, S., Zhong, Z., & Albertsson, A. (2018). Polymers at the Interface with Biology. Biomacromolecules, 19(8), 3151-3162. doi: 10.1021/acs.biomac.8b01029.

  • Zhang, Z., Mogurampelly, S., Percec, S., Hu, Y., Fiorin, G., Klein, M., & Ren, S. (2018). Mechanically Strong Polymer Sheets from Aligned Ultrahigh-Molecular-Weight Polyethylene Nanocomposites. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 9(10), 2652-2658. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b00790.