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Partnerships for International Research and Education(PIRE)

Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering
Carl R. Ice, College of Engineering
Kansas State University

T209 Unger Complex
Manhattan, KS 66506
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Financial support from National Science Foundation Grant No. 1743701 is gratefully acknowledged

Research Products

2023

Vendra, Lokesh and Singh, Gurpreet and Kumar, Ravi. (2023). New insights into the electrochemical performance of precursor derived Si(Nb)OC composites as anode materials for batteries. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3RA04825J

Bin Mujib, Shakir and Arunachalam, Saravanan and Singh, Gurpreet. (2023). Low-temperature synthesis of HfC/HfO2 nanocomposites from a commercial single-source precursor. International Journal of Ceramic Engineering and Science. https://doi.org/10.1002/ces2.10187

Dey, Sonjoy and Singh, Gurpreet. (2023). Sodium and potassium ion storage in cation substituted 2D MoWSe2: Insights into the effects of upper voltage cut-off. Nanotechnology. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/acdf66

Leonel, Gerson and Scharrer, Manuel and Singh, Gurpreet and Navrotsky, Alexandra. (2023). Structural and thermodynamic analysis of metal filler incorporations in SiaOb(M)cCd polymer derived ceramics: Ta, Hf, Nb. International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijac.14476

Leonel, Gerson and Guo, Xin and Singh, Gurpreet and Navrotsky, Alexandra. (2023). Chemistry, structure, and thermodynamic stabilization of SiOC polymer derived ceramics made from commercial precursors. Open Ceramics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceram.2023.100402

Leonel, Gerson and Guo, Xin and Singh, Gurpreet and Gervais, Christel and Navrotsky, Alexandra. (2023). Energetics and structure of SiC(N)(O) polymer-derived ceramics. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.19153 

Dey, Sonjoy and Manjunath, Krishnappa and Zak Alla, and Singh, Gurpreet. (2023). WS2 Nanotube-Embedded SiOC Fibermat Electrodes for Sodium-Ion Batteries. ACS Omega. DOI: 10.1021/acsomega

Leonel, Gerson and Guo, Xin and Singh, Gurpreet and Navrotsky, Alexandra. (2023). Compositional Analysis of SiOC(H) Powders: A Comparison of X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) and Combustion Analysis. Ceramics. https://doi.org/10.3390/ceramics6010006

2022

Mujib, Shakir Bin and Rasheed, Mohammed and Singh, Gurpreet. (2022). Evaluating Use of Boron- and Hafnium-Modified Polysilazanes for Ceramic Matrix Minicomposites. ACS Omega. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.2c05916

Dey, Sonjoy and Singh, Gurpreet. (2022). WS2 Nanosheet Loaded Silicon-Oxycarbide Electrode for Sodium and Potassium Batteries. Nanomaterials. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12234185

Alkhaldi, Hanof and Kroll, Peter. (2022). Computing the iron–nitrogen phase diagram at high pressure and high temperature. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2021.163533

Haseen, Shariq and Kroll, Peter. (2022). Analyzing the effect of composition, density, and the morphology of the “free” carbon phase on elastic moduli in silicon oxycarbide ceramics. Journal of the European Ceramic Society. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2022.11.025

Loughney, Patricia A. and, B. Mujib, Shakir, and Pruyn, Timothy, and Singh, Gurpreet, and Lu, Kathy, and Doan-Nguyen, Vicky. (2022). Enhancing organosilicon polymer-derived ceramic properties. Journal of Applied Physics. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0085844

Leonel, Gerson and Bin Mujib, Shakir and Singh, Gurpreet and Navrotsky, Alexandra. (2022). Thermodynamic stabilization of crystalline silicon carbide polymer-derived ceramic fibers. International Journal of Ceramic Engineering & Science. https://doi.org/10.1002/ces2.10153

Dey, Sonjoy and Bin Mujib, Shakir and Singh, Gurpreet. (2022). Enhanced Li-Ion Rate Capability and Stable Efficiency Enabled by MoSe2 Nanosheets in Polymer-Derived Silicon Oxycarbide Fiber Electrodes. Nanomaterials https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12030553

Real, Carla and Thaines, E.H.N.S and Pocrifka, L.A. and Freitas, R.G. and Singh, G and Zanin, H. (2022). Freestanding Niobium Pentoxide-decorated Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Electrode: Charge Storage Mechanism in Sodium-Ion Pseudocapacitor and Battery. Journal of Energy Storage 52, 104793 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2022.104793

Badran, Aly and Parkinson, Dula and Ushizima, Daniela and Marshall, David and Maillet, Emmanuel. (2022). Validation of Deep Learning Segmentation of CT Images of Fiber-Reinforced Composites. J. Compos. Sci. 2022, 6(2), 60. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcs6020060

Gurpreet Singh (2022). Molecular Precursor Derived Ceramics for Flexible Rechargeable Batteries. International Conference on Advanced Materials, Metallurgy and Manufacturing (ICAMMM-2022). Keynote, virtual (Oral).

Peter Kroll (2022). ‘The Many Faces of “Free” Carbon in Polymer-Derived Ceramics’. Materials Science & Technology 2022. Pittsburgh, PA.

Peter Kroll (2022). Phase Diagrams of Metal-Nitrogen Compounds at High Pressure and High Temperature. October 2022, Materials Science & Technology 2022.

Peter Kroll (2022). In-Silico Simulations of Polymer Pyrolysis. Materials Science & Technology 2022.

Peter Kroll (2022). In-Silico Simulations of Polymer Pyrolysis. CIMTEC 2022 - 15th International Conference on Modern Materials and Technologies.

S S Lokesh Vendra, NV Ravikumar, and G. Singh (2022). Improved electrochemical performance of Ti modified amorphous silicon oxycarbide (Si(Ti)OC) from pyrolysis of a single source precursor. MSE Congress, Darmstadt, Germany, September 2022. (Keynote presentation)

M. Rasheed, S. Mujib, and G. Singh (2022). Fabrication and Testing of Polymer-Derived Non-Oxide Ceramic Matrix Composite Materials. (IMECE2022-99126), ASME 2022. International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE2022), October 2022

Gurpreet Singh. (2022). Overview of the Project at the Fifth Annual NSF PIRE PDC Workshop. NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Hirschegg, Austria. (Oral) 

Ralf Riedel. (2022). PIRE PDC MATCOM-COMMAT Summer School. NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Hirschegg, Austria. (Oral)

Peter Kroll. (2022). In-Silico Simulations of Polymer Pyrolysis. NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Hirschegg, Austria. (Oral)

Alexandra Navrotsky. (2022). PIRE, MotU, FORCE- A Large Happy Family. NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Hirschegg, Austria. (Oral)

Henry Price. (2022). 3-D printing of SiOC Based Polymer Derived Ceramics. NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Hirschegg, Austria. (Oral)

Hildana Abamegal. (2022). The Optimization of the Polymer Infiltration Process (PIP). NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Hirschegg, Austria. (Oral)

Jonathan Kroll. (2022). Development, Evaluation, and Optimization of Recycling Processes Focused on Electronic Waste. NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Hirschegg, Austria. (Oral)

Khushi Pandey. (2022). Silicon Oxycarbide Polymer-Derived-Ceramics. NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Hirschegg, Austria. (Oral)

Shariq Haseen. (2022). Developing the Reactive Force Field ReaxFF for Simulations of SiCN Polymer-Derived Ceramics. NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Hirschegg, Austria. (Oral)

Spencer Dansereau. (2022). Investigation of Thin Layer PIP Infiltrations for Ceramic Composites. NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Hirschegg, Austria. (Oral)

Takhya Holley. (2022). SiCN-TiO2 Ceramic Fibers for Visible-Light Driven Hydrogen Generation. NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Hirschegg, Austria. (Oral)

Aly Badran. (2022). Validation of Deep Learning Segmentation of CT Images of Fiber-Reinforced Composites. NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Hirschegg, Austria. (Oral)

Gerson Leonel. (2022). Effect of Pyrolysis Heating Rate on Polymer-Derived SIOC Ceramics. NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Hirschegg, Austria. (Oral)

Joel Garcia. (2022). Evolution of Surface Chemistry of SiC PDC With Increasing Temperature by in situ NAP-XPS. NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Hirschegg, Austria. (Oral)

Akshada Hande. (2022). Effect of RAP With H2 on Cfree and Phase Composition of SiCN. NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Hirschegg, Austria. (Oral)

Sonjoy Dey. (2022). TMD Reinforced Polymer-derived Ceramic Fibermats. NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Hirschegg, Austria. (Oral)

Shakir Bin Mujib. (2022). Progress on Fabrication of Monochalcogenide Containing Composite Fibers. NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Hirschegg, Austria. (Oral)

G. Singh (2022). New opportunities for silicon-based polymer derived ceramics in beyond Li+ batteries. Symposium O: Circular materials and resource chemistry. European-MRS Fall Meeting, September 2022, Warsaw, Poland. (Invited) (Oral).

Gurpreet Singh (2022). Building Self-supporting Battery Electrodes with Precursor-Derived Ceramics. Department of Civil Engineering, Kansas State University. Manhattan, KS.

S. Dey and G. Singh (2022). Building Better Lithium-ion Battery Anodes with Enhanced Capability and Cycling Efficiency Using MoSe2/SiOC Freestanding Structure Symposium: Controlled Synthesis, Processing, and Applications of Structural and Functional Nanomaterials. MS&T 22: Materials Science and Technology. Pittsburgh, PA, October 2022.

S. Mujib and G. Singh (2022). Ceramic fibers derived from organosilicon polymers for energy storage. (IMECE2022-99883), ASME 2022 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE2022), October 2022. (Poster)

M. Rasheed, S. Mujib, and G. Singh (2022). Fabrication and Testing of Polymer-Derived Non-Oxide Ceramic Matrix Composite Materials. (IMECE2022-99126), ASME 2022 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE2022), October 2022. (Poster)S. Mujib, S. Dey, and G. Singh (2022). Lithium Storage Capacity of Carbon-rich Polymer-derived Ceramic Electrodes. MS&T22: Materials Science & Technology, October 2022. (Poster)

S. Mujib, S. Dey, and G. Singh (2022). Lithium Storage Capacity of Carbon-rich Polymer-derived Ceramic Electrodes. MS&T22:. Materials Science & Technology.
S. Mujib, M. Rasheed, and G. Singh (2022). Carbon fiber-reinforced CMCs for ultra-high temperature applications. MS&T22: Materials Science & Technology, October 2022. (Poster)S. Mujib and G. Singh (2022). Free-standing polymer-derived ceramic fibers for high-capacity Li storage. MSE Congress, Darmstadt, Germany, September 2022. (Poster)

S. Mujib and G. Singh (2022). Free-standing polymer-derived ceramic fibers for high-capacity Li storage.. MSE Congress, Darmstadt, Germany, September 2022. Darmstadt, Germany.S. Mujib, M. Rasheed, and G. Singh (2022). Carbon fiber-reinforced SiCN CMCs for high-temperature applications. MSE Congress, Darmstadt, Germany, September 2022. (Poster)S. Dey and G. Singh (2022). Lithium-ion Battery Anode with High-Rate Capability and Stable Cycling Efficiency enabled by MoSe2 Nanosheets in Polymer Derived Ceramic Matrix. P05: Molecular Preparative Approaches to Functional Materials MSE Congress, Darmstadt, Germany, September 2022. (Poster)S. Dey and G. Singh (2022). Amplifying rate capability and efficiency of Li-ion battery anodes by MoSe2/SiOC self-supported structure. Battery Materials & Interfaces: Anodes, Cathodes & Novel Electrolytes. ACS Fall 2022, Chicago, Virtual, August 2022.S. Dey and G. Singh (2022). TMD Reinforced Polymer-derived Ceramic Fibermats. Fifth Annual NSF-PIRE-PDC Workshop. Hirschegg, Austria, August 2022. (Oral).S. Mujib and G. Singh (2022). Electrochemical storage capability of flexible SiOC ceramic electrodes. (ID: 3732645). PACC-FMA 2022, Virtual mode, ACerS Pan American Ceramics Congress, Panama City, Panama, July 2022. (Poster)S. Dey and G. Singh (2022). Supplementing Rate Capability and Cycling Efficiency of Li-ion Battery Anodes using MoSe2/SiOC self-supporting Structure. PACC-S1-013-2022. Session: Batteries and Various Topics. ACerS Pan American Ceramics Congress, Panama City, Panama, July 2022. (Oral)      G. Singh (2022). “PDC Energy Research at Kansas State University”. Chemical Engineering, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina UFSC, Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, May 2022. (Invited) (Oral).S. Dey and G. Singh (2022). EN05.22.07. Augmenting the Rate Capability and Efficiency of Battery Anodes by Fabrication of MoSe2/SiOC Self-Supported Structure. 2022 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit, Virtual, May 2022. (Poster)S S Lokesh Vendra, G. Singh and NV Ravikumar (2022). EN05.23.04. First Intuition of Rate Capability Performance of Multiphase SiOC/C/NbC/Nb2O5 Anode Material for Battery Applications. 2022 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit, Virtual, May 2022. (Poster)S S Lokesh Vendra, G. Singh and NV Ravikumar (2022). EN05.22.09. Titania in Amorphous Silicon Oxycarbide Phase as a Competent Anode Material. 2022 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit, Virtual, May 2022. (Poster)S. Bin-Mujib and G. Singh (2022). EN05.22.07. Precursor-Derived C-Rich SiOC as Self-Supporting Electrodes. 2022 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit, Virtual, May 2022. (Poster)S. Mujib, C. Gervais, and G. Singh (2022). Self-supporting Carbon-rich SiOC Ceramic Electrodes for Lithium-ion Batteries and Aqueous Supercapacitors. (ICACC-P015-2022), 46th International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites. Virtual-poster, January 2022. (Poster).S. Mujib, M. Anstine, C. Gervais, and G. Singh (2022). Carbon rich-polymer derived ceramic fibers and mats for rechargeable batteries and supercapacitors (Invited). (ICACC-106-2022), 46th International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites. Virtual, January 2022. (Oral).

Peter Kroll (2022). Ab initio Molecular Dynamic Simulations of Polymer-to-Ceramic Transformations. 46th International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites. Virtual, January 2022. (Oral).

Shariq Haseen (2022). Developing a reactive force field ReaxfF for simulation of polymer-derived ceramics (poster). Chemistry Graduate Student Research Symposium, UTA. Arlington, TX.

Shariq Haseen (2022). Developing a reactive force field ReaxfF for simulation of polymer-derived ceramics (poster). Discover 2022, UTA. Arlington, TX.

Akshada Hande (2022). Comparison of Inert vs Reactive atmosphere pyrolysis of PSZ20-derived-SiCN ceramics. Discover 2022 Student Research Symposium, UTA. Arlington, TX.

Hannah Hayes (2022). Reaction mechanisms during crosslinking and pyrolysis of Ceraset PVZ20. Discover Student Research Symposium, UTA. Arlington, TX.

Hannah Hayes (2022). Reaction mechanisms during crosslinking and pyrolysis of Ceraset PVZ20. Chemistry & Biochemistry Society (CBS) poster symposium, UTA. Arlington, TX.

Akshada Hande (2022). Comparison of Inert vs Reactive atmosphere pyrolysis of PSZ20-derived-SiCN ceramics. Chemistry Graduate Student Association (CGSA) Poster Session Research Symposium 2022, UTA. Arlington, TX.

2021

Bin Mujib, Shakir and Singh, Gurpreet. (2021).Polymer derived ceramics for electrochemical energy storage: A perspective. International Journal of Ceramic Engineering & Science. https://doi.org/10.1002/ces2.10108

Bin Mujib, Shakir and Ribot, François and Gervais, Christel and Singh, Gurpreet. (2021). Self-supporting carbon-rich SiOC ceramic electrodes for lithium-ion batteries and aqueous supercapacitors. RSC Adv., 2021, 11, 35440-35454. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1RA05968H

Sugie, Casey and Navrotsky, Alexandra and Lauterbach, Stefan and Kleebe, Hans-Joachim and Mera, Gabriela. (2021). Structure and Thermodynamics of Silicon Oxycarbide Polymer-Derived Ceramics with and without Mixed-Bonding. Materials 14(15), 4075. doi:10.3390/ma14154075

Ren, Zhongkan and Bin Mujib, Shakir and Singh, Gurpreet. (2021) High-Temperature Properties and Applications of Si-Based Polymer-Derived Ceramics: A Review. Materials 14(3), 614. doi:10.3390/ma14030614 

Peter Kroll (2021). Reactive Force-Field Simulations of Pyrolysis of Polysiloxanes. December 2021, 14th Pacific Rim Conference on Ceramic and Glass Technology, Vancouver, Canada – virtual event.

Ralf Riedel (2021): Review of PDCs. NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Boulder, CO.

Chrystelle Salameh (2021): Fabrication Strategies and Applications of Polymer-Derived Ceramics (Video presentation/PowerPoint). NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Boulder, CO.(Virtual)

Gabriela Mera (2021): Insights into the Molecular Design of Low Dimensional Nanocarbon-based Composites (Video presentation/PowerPoint). NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Boulder, CO.(Virtual)

Paolo Colombo (2021): Additive Manufacturing of Ceramics using Preceramic Polymers (Video presentation/PowerPoint). NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Boulder, CO.(Virtual)

Alex Navrotsky (2021): Thermochemistry of SiC and SiOC fibers. NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Boulder, CO.

Ravi Kumar (2021): Deformation Behaviour of Precursor Derived Ceramics: What we Understand and what we still do not Understand? (Video presentation/PowerPoint). NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Boulder, CO.(Virtual)

Jared Weaver (2021): CMCs and EBCs at GE: From Laboratory Experiments to Industrialization. NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Boulder, CO.

Doug Hardy (2021): Polymer-Derived Ceramics for CMCs from Starfire Systems. NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Boulder, CO.

John Holowczak (2021): Safety Considerations for Si based Preceramic Polymer Heat Treating (Video presentation/PowerPoint). NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Boulder, CO.(Virtual)

Akshada Hande (2021): Thermal decomposition of PSZ20 under hydrogen atmosphere (Video presentation/PowerPoint). NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Boulder, CO.(Virtual)

Shariq Haseen (2021): A reactive force field for Si-based polymer-derived ceramics (Video presentation/PowerPoint). NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Boulder, CO.(Virtual)

Sonjoy Dey (2021): Nano-sheet Reinforced Polymer-derived Ceramic Fibermats (Video presentation/PowerPoint). NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Boulder, CO.(Virtual)

Miguel Bustamante (2021): Rare-earth High-Temperature Ceramics materials. NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Boulder, CO.

Gerson Leonel (2021): Thermodynamic Stability of Polymer Derived Ceramic Fibers. NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Boulder, CO.

Shakir Bin Mujib (2021): Fabrication and Structural Evolution of High-temperature Polymer-derived SiOC Fibers. NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Boulder, CO.

Spencer Dansereau (2021): Hypersonic Propulsion, Spacesuit Robotics & Carbon Capture: Novel Ceramic Composite Fabrication and System Design. NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Boulder, CO.

Aly Badran (2021): Microstructure and damage analysis in polymer-derived CMCs using micro-CT. NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Boulder, CO.

Mabel Anstine (2021): Investigation of Cross-linking Mechanisms and the Evolution of Carbon Phase During Pyrolysis of Linear Oligosiloxanes. NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Boulder, CO.

Eleanor Christman (2021): Effect of Preceramic Oligomer Ring Size on the Processing of Polymer-Derived Si-C-N-O Fibers. NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Boulder, CO.

Dylan Kruep (2021): Mechanical Property Assessment of Silicon Carbide Fiber-Reinforced Epoxy-Matrix Composites. NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Boulder, CO.

Langston Tillman (2021): Forsterite and Porous Silica – A Preliminary Investigation. NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Boulder, CO.

Wyatt Blackson (2021): Using XRD and TGA-DSC to Characterize a Silicon Carbide Powder. NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Boulder, CO.

Karla Silva (2021): Size Evolution of Pre-Ceramic Gels Investigation Using Dynamic Light Scattering. NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Boulder, CO.

Hannah Hayes (2021): Reaction Mechanisms during Crosslinking and Pyrolysis of Ceraset PVZ20. NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Boulder, CO.

Jonathan Kroll (2021): Polymer to Ceramic Conversion using micro-CT Studies. NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Boulder, CO.

2020

Alkhaldi, Hanof and Kroll, Peter. (2020) Computing the Tantalum−Nitrogen Phase Diagram at High Pressure and High Temperature. The Journal of Physical Chemistry 124 (40), 22221-22227. doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c04143

Braun,Cordula and Mereacre, Liuda and Hua, Weibo and Stürzer, Tobias and Ponomarev, Ilia and Kroll, Peter and Slabon, Adam and Chen, Zheng and Damour, Yann and Rocquefelte, Xavier and Halet, Jean-François  and Indris, Sylvio. (2020) SnCN2 – A Carbodiimide with an innovative Approach for Energy Storage Systems and Phosphors in modern LED Technology. ChemElectroChem. doi:10.1002/celc.202000765R2

Bhat, Shrikant and Lale, Abhijeet and Bernard, Samuel and Zhang, Wei and Ishikawa, Ryo and Haseen, Shariq and Kroll, Peter and Wiehl, Leonore and Farla, Robert and Katsura, Tomoo and Ikuhara, Yuichi and Riedel, Ralf. (2020) Discovery of Ternary Silicon Titanium Nitride with Spinel-Type Structure. Sci Rep 10, 7372; doi:10.1038/s41598-020-64101-5

Badran, Aly and Marshall, David and Legault, Zacharie and Makovetsky, Ruslana and Provencher, Benjamin and Piche´,Nicolas and Marsh, Mike. (2020) Automated segmentation of computed tomography images of fiber-reinforced composites by deep learning. J Mater Sci 55, 16273–16289. doi:10.1007/s10853-020-05148-7 

Pack, Robert C. and Romberg, Stian K. and  Badran, Aly A. and  Hmeidat, Nadim S. and Yount, Trenton and Compton, Brett G. (2020) Carbon Fiber and Syntactic Foam Hybrid Materials via Core–Shell Material Extrusion Additive Manufacturing. Advanced Materials Technologies. doi: 10.1002/admt.202000731

Badran, A. and Bale, H. and Kelly, S. and Marshall, D. (2019). Multiscale 3D Investigation of Damage in Angle-Interlocked Ceramic Matrix Composite under in situ Loading. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 25(S2), 362-363. doi:10.1017/S143192761900254X

Peter Kroll (2020). Simulations of Polymer Pyrolysis: Converting Polysiloxanes into Silicon Oxycarbide Ceramics. 44th International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (ICACC), Daytona Beach, FL, USA.

Peter Kroll (2020). Genesis of “free” Carbon in Silicon Oxycarbide Ceramics. 44th International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (ICACC), Daytona Beach, FL, USA.

Peter Kroll (2020). Genesis of “free” Carbon in Silicon Oxycarbide Ceramics. Materials Science & Technology, Portland, OR, USA.

Shariq Haseen and Peter Kroll (2020). Impact of carbon morphology on elastic properties of SiCO ceramics (Video presentation/PowerPoint). NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS (Virtual)

Poroshat Taheri and Peter Kroll (2020). Porosity, Hierarchical Structure, and Pore Architecture of Silicon Oxycarbide Aerogels (Oral). 44th International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (ICACC), Daytona Beach, FL, USA.

Akshada Hande and Peter Kroll (2020). Study of effect of Hydrogen atmosphere during pyrolysis of Bulk SiCN. NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS (Virtual).

Jonathan Coria, Michelle Dao, Jonathan Kroll, Peter Kroll (2020). Self-Diffusion in 2-D Silicon Nitride (Video presentation/PowerPoint). NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS (Virtual).

Jonathan Coria and Peter Kroll (2020). Self-Diffusion in 2-D Silicon Nitride. Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) Virtual Workshop; Online.

Michelle Dao and Peter Kroll (2020). Investigation of Diffusion in Silicon Oxycarbides (SiCO) (Video presentation/PowerPoint). NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS (Virtual).

Jonathan Kroll, Ali Badran, David Marshall, Peter Kroll (2020). In-Situ Visualization of Polymer to Ceramic Conversion using Image Segmentation (Video presentation/PowerPoint). NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS (Virtual).

Thesis/Dissertations: Zhongkan Ren (PhD thesis) (2020). Organosilicon Polymer-Derived Ceramic Fibers: Fabrication and Molecular Structure Investigations. Kansas State University.

Thesis/Dissertations: Casey Sugie (2020). A study of the structure and thermodynamics of amorphous silicon oxycarbide polymer-derived ceramics with and without mixed-bonding. University of California, Davis.

Thesis/Dissertations: Aaron West, MSTH in Chemistry (2020). Investigation of Computational Determination of Elastic Properties for Silicon Nitride and Silicon Carbonitride Materials. University of Texas at Arlington.

Zhongkan Ren and Gurpreet Singh (2020). Fabrication and Characterization of Silicon Oxycarbide Fiber-mats via Electrospinning (Video presentation/PowerPoint). NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS (Virtual).  

Aly Badran, Rishi Raj, and David Marshall (2020). In-Situ visualization of Polymer-to-Ceramic Conversion Using Image Segmentation (Video presentation/PowerPoint). NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS (Virtual).

Spencer Dansereau, Rishi Raj, and David Marshall (2020). Polymer-Derived SiC-SiC Micro-Composites via Nano-Layer Infiltrations (Video presentation/PowerPoint). NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS (Virtual).

Maren Ellis and Gurpreet Singh (2020). The 3D Printing of PDCs and Composites (Video presentation/PowerPoint). NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS (Virtual).

Porter Herold and Gurpreet Singh (2020). NMR Applied to PDCs (Video presentation/PowerPoint). NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS (Virtual).

Alexander Hollar and Alexandra Navrotsky (2020). Sulfides, Electrons, and the Origin of Life (Video presentation/PowerPoint). NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS (Virtual).

Isaiah Morris and Alexandra Navrotsky (2020). Confined Nanodiamonds and their Thermodynamic Stability (Video presentation/PowerPoint). NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS (Virtual).

Thomas Siggillino and Himanshu Jain (2020). Analyzing the Microstructure of PDCs using Machine Learning (Video presentation/PowerPoint). NSF PIRE PDC Workshop, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS (Virtual).

G. Singh. SiCNO Ceramic Fibers from Hybrid Organic/inorganic Pre-ceramic Polymer. KSURF Disc. 2020-006

2019

Aguirre-Medel, Susana and Jana, Prasanta and Kroll, Peter and Sorarù, Gian. (2018). Towards Porous Silicon Oxycarbide Materials: Effects of Solvents on Microstructural Features of Poly(methylhydrosiloxane)/Divynilbenzene Aerogels. Materials. 11 (12) 2589. doi:10.3390/ma11122589

Alkhaldi, Hanof and Kroll, Peter. (2019). Chemical Potential of Nitrogen at High Pressure and High Temperature: Application to Nitrogen and Nitrogen-Rich Phase Diagram Calculations. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 123 (12) 7054 to 7060. doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b00476

Ren, Zhongkan and Gervais, Christel and Singh, Gurpreet. (2019). Preparation and Structure of SiOCN Fibers Derived from Cyclic Silazane/PAA Hybrid Precursor. Royal Society open science. doi:10.1098/rsos.190690

Ren, Zhongkan and Singh, Gurpreet. (2019). Nonoxide polymer-derived CMCs for “super” turbines. American Ceramic Society bulletin. 98 (3) 34-39. 

Ionescu, Emanuel and Bernard, Samuel and Lucas, Romain and Kroll, Peter and Ushakov, Sergey and Navrotsky, Alexandra and Riedel, Ralf. (2019). Polymer‐Derived Ultra‐High Temperature Ceramics (UHTCs) and Related Materials. Advanced Engineering Materials. doi:10.1002/adem.201900269

Bhat, Shrikant and Wiehl, Leonore and Haseen, Shariq and Kroll, Peter and Glazyrin, Konstantin and Gollé-Leidreiter, Philipp and Kolb, Ute and Farla, Robert and Tseng, Jo-Chi and Ionescu, Emanuel and Katsura, Tomoo and Riedel, Ralf. (2019). A Novel High-Pressure Tin Oxynitride Sn2N2O. Angew. Chem. doi:10.1002/chem.201904529

Taheri, Poroshat and Bokka, Apparao and Asgari, Parham and Jeon, Junha and Lang, John C. and Campostrini, Renzo and Soraru, Gian Domenico and Kroll, Peter. (2019) Novel Sulfur-containing Cross-linking Agent for Si-based Preceramic Polymers. Macromolecules: Chemistry and Physics. doi:10.1002/macp.201900380

Thesis/Dissertations: Susana Aguirre-Medel. Synthesis and characterization of porous and dense Silicon Oxycarbide (SiCO) ceramics. (2019). University of Texas at Arlington

Gurpreet Singh (2019). PDC Research at Kansas State University. Chemical Engineering, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina UFSC, Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil.

Gurpreet Singh (2019). Molecular Precursor Derived Ceramics and 2-D Layered Composites for Metal-Ion Batteries. Electrical Engineering, UNICAMP, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Shakir Bin-Mujib, B. Vessalli, W. Bizzo, Talita Mazon, and Gurpreet Singh (2019). Electrochemical Performance of Biomass Derived Carbons and PDC Functionalized Carbon Composite. IMECE2019-12742, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. Salt Lake City, UT.

Davi Soares and Gurpreet Singh (2019). Electrochemical Behavior of Polymer-Derived Ceramic Functionalized Transition Metal Dichalcogenides. Symposium: 05: Polymer Derived Ceramics (PDCs), Pacrim13 conference. Okinawa, Japan.

Zhongkan Ren, Christel Gervais, and Gurpreet Singh (2019). Carbon Rich SiOCN Fibers from Silazane/PAA Hybrid Polymer, P1-108, Materials Science and Technology Conference. Portland, OR.

Federico Toigo, Giorgia Franchin, Paolo Colombo, and Gurpreet Singh (2019). Additive manufacture of SiOC composites and investigation of their electrochemical behaviour for energy storage application. Second annual NSF PIRE workshop. Boulder, CO.

Shakir Bin Mujib, Beatriz Vessalli, Waldir A. Bizzo, Talita Mazon, and Gurpreet Singh (2019). Biomass Derived Carbons and PDC Functionalized Carbon Composite for Electrochemical Energy Storage.. NSF PIRE second annual workshop. Boulder, CO.

Aly Badran and David Marshall (2019). Deep Learning Image Segmentation on CT Scanned Ceramic Matrix Composites. NSF PIRE second annual workshop. Boulder, CO.

Spencer Dansereau and Rishi Raj (2019). Development of Polymer-Derived Ceramic Matrix Composites with Direct Ink Writing (DIW) and Flash Pyrolysis Infiltration of Polysilizanes. Second NSF PIRE workshop. Boulder, CO.

Benjamin Robles and Rishi Raj (2019). In-situ measurements of stretching and shrinkage during pyrolysis of green PDC fibers under constant load at constant heating rates. Second NSF PIRE workshop. Boulder, CO.

Sophie Justus, Chrystelle Salameh, and Gurpreet Singh (2019). NSF PIRE Summer Abroad: My Internship Experience at The European Institute of Membranes in Montpellier, France. Second NSF PIRE workshop. Boulder, CO.

Jacob Regler, Chrystelle Salameh, and Himanshu Jain (2019). NSF PIRE Summer Experience at The European Institute of Membranes in Montpellier, France. Second NSF PIRE workshop. Boulder, CO.

Zhongkan Ren, Christel Gervais, and Gurpreet Singh (2019). Preparation and Structure of SiOC Fibers Derived from Cyclic Silazane/PAA Hybrid Precursor. Second NSF PIRE workshop. Boulder, CO.

Susana Aguirre-Medel, Kendall Hendrix, Peter Kroll (2019). Synthesis and Characterization of Silicon Oxycarbide (SiCO) ceramics annealed up to 1500 ºC. Second NSF PIRE workshop. Boulder, CO.

Karissa Cordero and Peter Kroll (2019). Synthesis and characterization of polymeric aerogels. Second NSF PIRE workshop. Boulder, CO.

Peter Kroll (2019). Reactive MD Simulations of Polysiloxanes: Modeling the Polymer-to-Ceramic Route towards Silicon Oxycarbide Ceramics. Materials Science & Technology, Portland, OR, USA

Shariq Haseen and Peter Kroll (2019). Impact of carbon morphology on mechanical properties of SiCO amorphous ceramics (Oral). Materials Science & Technology, Portland, OR, USA

Akshada Hande and Peter Kroll (2019). Hansen Solubility Parameters for Poly(methylhydrosiloxane) and impact on swelling properties (Oral). ACS Southwest Regional Meeting (SWRM), El Paso, TX.

Kendall Hendrix, Akshada Hande, and Peter Kroll (2019). Determination of Hansen Solubility Parameters for a perhydropolysilazane. ACS Southwest and Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting (SWRM/RMRM), El Paso, TX.

Kendall Hendrix, Akshada Hande, and Peter Kroll (2019). Determination of Hansen Solubility Parameters for a perhydropolysilazane. Chemistry and Biochemistry Society Poster Symposium 2019, University of Texas at Arlington.

Karissa Cordero (2019). Synthesis and characterization of Silicon carbide and Silicon nitride aerogels. Symposium for Undergraduate Research Exploration (SURE 2019), Austin, TX.

Karissa Cordero and Peter Kroll (2019). Synthesis and characterization of Silicon carbide and Silicon nitride aerogels. ACS Southwest Regional Meeting (SWRM), El Paso, TX.

Eman Alasadi and Peter Kroll (2019). Carbon Structure Formation in Silicon Oxycarbide Ceramics. ACS Southwest Regional Meeting (SWRM), El Paso, TX. 

Eman Alasadi and Peter Kroll (2019). Carbon Structure Formation in Silicon Oxycarbide Ceramics (oral). Symposium for Undergraduate Research Exploration (SURE 2019), Austin, TX.

Inorganic Polymer Material for Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM). Patent No. 62/887,189. UNITED STATES. Application Date = 08/15/2019. Status = Submitted

Silicon-based polymer-derived ceramic composites comprising H-BN nanosheets.. Patent No. 10093584. UNITED STATES. Application Date = 07/08/2015. Date Issued = 10/09/2018. Status = Granted

G. Singh. Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) of Silicon-based High Temperature Polymers. January 2019. (Invention disclosure). KSURF Disc. 2019-027

G. Singh. Polymer-Derived Metal Matrix Composites. January 2019. (Invention disclosure). KSURF Disc. 2019-042

2018

Mukherjee, Santanu and Ren, Zhongkan and Singh, Gurpreet. (2018). Molecular polymer-derived ceramics for applications in electrochemical energy storage devices. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. 51 (46) 463001. doi:10.1088/1361-6463/aadb18

Ponomarev, Ilia and Kroll, Peter. (2018). 29Si NMR Chemical Shifts in Crystalline and Amorphous Silicon Nitrides. Materials. 11 (9) 1646. doi:10.3390/ma11091646

Raj, Rishi. 2018. On the Onset of Fracture as a SiliconBased Polymer Converts into the Ceramic Phase. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. doi:10.1111/jace.16089

Zhongkan Ren and Gurpreet Singh (2018). C-rich SiOC Fibers from PAA/Polysiloxane Hybrid Polymer. NSF PIRE PDC workshop. Manhattan, KS.

Aly Badran, David Marshall (2018). CMC Tensile Testing with In-Situ CT scanning. NSF PIRE PDC workshop. Manhattan, KS.

Himanshu Jain (2018). Characterization of chemistry of solids, especially glasses. NSF PIRE PDC workshop. Manhattan, KS.

Casey Sugie, Sally Burke and Alexandra Navrotsky (2018). First Calorimetry of SiBCN Fibers. NSF PIRE PDC workshop. Manhattan, KS.

Gurpreet Singh (2018). Molecular Precursor-Derived Ceramics for Electrochemical Energy Storage Applications. 2nd Annual Energy Harvesting Society Meeting.

Isabella Cesarone and Gurpreet Singh (2018). NSF PIRE summer abroad: my internship experience at Sorbonne University and University of Limoges in France. NSF PIRE PDC workshop. Manhattan, KS.

Susana Aguirre-Medel and Peter Kroll (2018). Performance of Porous Silicon Oxycarbide in Environmental Remediation of Organic Dyes. NSF PIRE PDC workshop. Manhattan, KS.

Lamuel David and Gurpreet Singh (2018). Polymer-derived Ceramic Nanocomposites for Electrochemical Energy Storage. Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) Congress.

Cuccato, G. Franchin, S. Mukherjee, M. Abass, P. Colombo, and G. Singh (2018). Silicon Oxycarbide Micro and Nanostructured Electrodes for Electrochemical Energy Storage. International Congress on Ceramics.

Thomas Siggillino, Samuel Bernard, and Himanshu Jain (2018). Synthesis and Characterization of PDC Materials. Undergraduate Research Abroad in Limoges. NSF PIRE PDC workshop. Manhattan, KS.

Kendall Hendrix and Peter Kroll (2018). Synthesis and characterization of SiC and Si3N4 pre-ceramic aerogels. NSF PIRE PDC workshop. Manhattan, KS.

Kendall Hendrix, Susana Aguirre-Medel, Gian Domenico Soraru, and Peter Kroll (2018). Synthesis of polymeric aerogels using silicon precursors. Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society.

Aluminum-Modified Polysilazanes for Polymer-Derived Ceramic Nanocomposites. Patent No. 9,908,905. UNITED STATES. Application Date = 01/14/2016. Date Issued = 03/06/2018. Status = Granted