Faculty Articles

Faculty Research Honored by the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Industrial Chemistry & Materials (ICM)

Industrial Chemistry & Materials (ICM) is an esteemed journal published by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) and is currently indexed in ESCI and EI. The journal is expected to receive its first impact factor (projected >11.8) in June 2025.

Enhanced Stability and Sensitivity for CA-125 Detection Under Microfluidic Shear Flow Using Polyethylene Glycol-Coated Biosensor

• Yudong Wang - Advanced Energy Systems and Microdevices Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey 07102, United States
• Niladri Talukder - Advanced Energy Systems and Microdevices Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey 07102, United States;
• Bharath Babu Nunna - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah 84408, United States;  Division of Engineering in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States;  Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States
• Ming Lu - The Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States
• Xiao Tong - The Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States

This paper focuses on detecting cancer antigens (CA-125) from micro-volume fluid samples, highlighting significant advancements in biosensor stability and sensitivity within microfluidic environments.

Reacting Flow Simulation of an N2O/ABS Hybrid Rocket

Thirumaran Varathalingarajah, Todd Harman, Dustin Birch, Benjamin Garcia and Alex G. Novoselov
AIAA 2025-2627
Session: Combustion Stability, Combustion Dynamics, Mixing, Motor Performance, and Related Issues
Published Online: 3 Jan 2025

Reacting Flow Simulation of an N2O/ABS Hybrid Rocket

Recent Advances in Micro and Nano Technologies

Dr. Bharath Babu Nunna

1. Talukder, N., Wang, Y., Nunna, B. B., Tong, X., & Lee, E. S., (2024). An investigation on the structural stability of ZIF-8 in water versus water-derived oxidative species in aqueous environment. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 366, 112934. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2023.112934
2. Talukder, N., Wang, Y., Nunna, B.B., and Lee, E.S., (2024). N-Doped Graphene (NG)/MOF (ZIF-8)-Based/Derived Materials for Electrochemical Energy Applications: Synthesis, Characteristics, and Functionality. Batteries, 10(2), p.47. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries10020047
3. Wang, Y.,  Talukder, N., Nunna, B. B., & Lee, E. S., (2024).  Dean Vortex-Enhanced Blood Plasma Separation in Self-Driven Spiral Microchannel Flow with Cross-Flow Microfilters. Biomicrofluidics . 2024 Feb 7;18(1):014104. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0189413

Royal Society of Chemistry Journal w/New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)

Dr. Bharath Babu Nunna

Article: 
Investigation on electrocatalytic performance and material degradation of an N-doped graphene-MOF nanocatalyst in emulated electrochemical environments

News Release: 
Teams investigate material degradation process of carbon-based catalyst

Dr. Bharath Babu Nunna

Talukder, N., Yudong, W., Nunna, B.B., and Lee, E.S.,: An In-Depth Exploration of the Electrochemical Oxygen Reduction Reaction (ORR) Phenomenon on Carbon-Based Catalysts in Alkaline and Acidic Mediums. Catalysts. 2022; 12(7), 791; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal12070791 

Yudong, W., Nunna, B.B (Co-first author)., Talukder, N., and Lee, E.S.,: Microfluidic-Based Novel Optical Quantification of Red Blood Cell Concentration in Blood Flow. Bioengineering 2022, 9(6), 247; https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering9060247 

Dr. Spencer J. Petersen

In-Situ Optical Measurements of Solid and Hybrid-Propellant Combustion Plumes
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Weber State University, Ogden, UT 84408, USA