Papers in Periodicals (Journals)

  1. Brown, N.F., Pradeep, S.A., Agnihotri, S., Pilla, S., “The Power of Processing: Creating High Strength Foams from Epoxidized Pine Oil,” ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, (10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b01253) (2017)
  2. Wang, X.Z., Chen, Q.Y., Pilla, S., Liang, Z.Y., “Investigation of Thermal Property in YSZ and LZ/YSZ Coupled System Between 1273-1473 K Using Molecular Dynamics Simulation,” Journal of Molecular Liquids, (10.1016/j.molliq.2017.09.001) (2017)
  3. Joy, J., Jose, C., Yu, X., Mathew, L., Thomas, S., Pilla, S., “The Influence of Nanocellulosic Fiber, Extracted From Helicteres isora, on Thermal, Wetting And Viscoelastic Properties of Poly(Butylene Succinate) Composites,” Cellulose, 24(10), 4313-4323 (2017)
  4. Gajbhiye, K., Gajbhiye, V., Siddiqui, I.A., Pilla, S., Soni, V., “Ascorbic Acid Tethered Polymeric Nanoparticles Enable Efficient Brain Delivery of Galatamine: An in vitro-in vivo Study,” Nature Scientific Reports, 7(1), 11086 (2017)
  5. Kousaalya, A.B., Biddappa, B.I., Krumm, K., Pradeep, S.A., Pilla, S., “Polylactic Acid/Areca Fiber Laminate Composites Processed Via Film Stacking Technique,” Journal of Applied Polymer Science, (10.1002/app.45795) (2017) (Selected for Journal’s Cover Story)
  6. Yerra, V., Pilla, S., “IIoT-Enabled Production System for Composite Intensive Vehicle Manufacturing,” SAE International Journal of Engines, 10(2) (2017)
  7. Vaidya, S., Velamakuri, N., Agarwal, P., Pilla, S., Schmueser, D., “Design and Development of a Composite A-Pillar to Reduce Obstruction Angle in Passenger Cars,” SAE International Journal of Passenger Cars-Mechanical Systems, 10(1) (2017)
  8. Pradeep, S.A., Kharbas, H., Turng, L-S., Avalos, A., Lawrence, J.G., Pilla, S., “Investigation of Thermal and Thermomechanical Properties of Biodegradable PLA/PBSA Composites Processed via Supercritical Fluid-Assisted Foam Injection Molding,” Polymers, 9(1), 22 (2017)
  9. Zheng, T., Yu, X., Pilla, S., “Mechanical and Moisture Sensitivity of Fully Bio-based Dialdehyde Carboxymethyl Cellulose Cross-linked Soy Protein Isolate Films,” Carbohydrate Polymers, 157, 1333-1340 (2017)
  10. Yebi, A., Ayalew, B., Pilla, S., Yu, X., “Model-based Robust Optimal Control for Layer- by-Layer UV Processing of a Composite Laminate,” ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, 139(2), 021008-021008-11 (2017)
  11. Joy, J., Jose, C., Varanasi, S.B., Mathew, L.P., Thomas, S., Pilla, S., “Preparation and Characterization of Poly (Butylene Succinate) Bionanocomposites Reinforced with Cellulose Nanofiber Extracted form Helicteres Isora Plant,” Journal of Renewable Materials, 4(5), 351-364 (2016)
  12. Wang, X.Z., Liu, X.Y., Chen, Q.Y., Huang, W., Pilla, S., Liang, G.Y., “Understanding the Effect of Porosity on Thermal Properties of Yttria-stabilized Zirconia Using Molecular Dynamics Simulation,” Journal of Molecular Liquids, 222, 88-93 (2016)
  13. Abdelhamid, M., Pilla, S., Singh, R., Haque, I., Filipi, Z., “A Comprehensive Optimized Model for On-board Solar Photovoltaic System for Plug-in Electric Vehicles: Energy and Economic Impacts,” International Journal of Energy Research, 40(11), 1489-1508 (2016)
  14. Abdelhamid, M., Haque, I., Pilla, S., Filipi, Z., Singh, R., “Impacts of Adding Photovoltaic Solar System On-board to Internal Combustion Engine Vehicles Towards Meeting 2025 Fuel Economy CAFE Standards,” SAE International Journal of Alternative Powertrains, 5(2) (2016)
  15. Flegel, C., Bhivate, P., Li, L., Mathur, Y., Phalgaonkar, S., Pilla, S., Venhovens, P., Payne, C., Klawonn, R., Birch, L., Lewis, D., Miller, T., Torimoto, H., “Conceptual Development of a Multi-Material Composite Structure for an Urban Utility/Active Vehicle,” SAE International Journal of Passenger Cars-Mechanical Systems, 9(1), 253-270 (2016)
  16. Davarpanah, M.A., Mirkouei, A., Yu, X., Malhotra, R., and Pilla, S., “Effects of Incremental Depth and Tool Rotation on Failure Modes and Microstructural Properties in Single Point Incremental Forming of Polymers,” Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 222, 287-300 (2015)
  17. Saraswathy, M., Knight, G.T., Pilla, S., Ashton, R.S., Gong, S., “Multifunctional Drug Nanocarriers Formed by cRGD-Conjugated CD-PAMAM-PEG for Targeted Cancer Therapy,” Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 126, 590-597 (2015)
  18. Shi, X.D., Chen, G., Guo, L-W., Si, Y., Zhu, M., Pilla, S., Liu, B., Gong, S., and Kent, K.C., “Periadventitial Application of Rapamycin-Loaded Nanoparticles Produces Sustained Inhibition of Vascular Restenosis,” PLoS ONE, 9(2), e89227 (2014)
  19. Xu, W., Burke, J. F., Pilla, S., Chen, H., Jaskula-Sztul, R., and Gong, S., “Octreotide-Functionalized and Resveratrol-Loaded Unimolecular Micelles for Targeted Neuroendocrine Cancer Therapy,” Nanoscale, 5, 9924-9933 (2013)
  20. Srithep, Y., Ellingham, T., Sabo, R., Clemons, C., Turng, L-S., and Pilla, S., “Melt Compounding of Poly (3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV) / Nanofibrillated Cellulose (NFC) Nanocomposites: Properties, Solubility of Carbon Dioxide, and Foaming,” Polymer Degradation and Stability, 98(8), 1439-1449 (2013)
  21. Xu, W., Siddiqui, I., Nihal, M., Pilla, S., Rosenthal, K., Mukhtar, H., and Gong, S., “Aptamer-Conjugated and Doxorubicin-Loaded Unimolecular Micelles for Targeted Therapy of Prostate Cancer,” Biomaterials, 34(21), 5244-5253 (2013)
  22. Cui, Z., Nelson, B., Peng, Y., Li, K., Pilla, S., Li, W-J., Turng, L-S., and Shen, C., “Fabrication and Characterization of Injection Molded Poly (caprolactone) and Poly (caprolactone)/Hydroxyapatite Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering,” Materials Science and Engineering: C, 32(6), 1674-1681 (2012)
  23. Srubar, W.V., Pilla, S., Wright, Z., Ryan, C., Greene, J.P., Frank, C., and Billington, S., “Mechanisms and Impact of Fiber-Matrix Compatibilization Techniques on the Material Characterization of PHBV/Oak Wood Flour Engineered Biobased Composite Materials,” Composites Science and Technology, 72(6), 708-715 (2012)
  24. Javadi, A., Srithep, Y., Lee, J., Pilla, S., Gong, S., and Turng, L-S., “Microcellular Poly(hydroxybutyrate- co-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV)-Hyperbranched PolymerNanoclay Nanocomposites,” Polymer Engineering and Science, 51(9), 1815-1826 (2011) (Highlighted by Plastics Research Online,
    a division of Society of Plastics Engineers, in their July 2011 issue)
  25. Srithep, Y., Javadi, A., Pilla, S., Clemons, C., Gong, S., and Turng, L-S., “Processing and Characterization of Recycled Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Blends With Chain Extenders, Thermoplastic Elastomer, and/or Poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate),” Polymer Engineering and Science, 51(6), 1023-1032 (2011)
  26. Pilla, S., Kramschuster, A., Lee, J., Gong, S., and Turng, L-S., “Microcellular Processing of Polylactide-Hyperbranched Polyester-Nanoclay Nanocomposites,” Journal of Materials Science, 45(10), 2732-2746 (2010)
  27. Pilla, S., Kim, S.G., Auer, G.K., Gong, S., and Park, C.B., “Microcellular Extrusion Foaming of Poly(lactide)/Poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) Blends,” Materials Science and Engineering: C, 30(2), 255-262 (2010) (Highlighted by Bioplastics MAGAZINE, only independent trade magazine worldwide dedicated to bioplastics, in their Jan/Feb 2011 issue)
  28. Yang, X., Grailer, J.J., Pilla, S., Steeber, D.A., Gong, S., and Shuai, X.T., “Multifunctional Polymeric Vesicles for Targeted Drug Delivery and Imaging,” Biofabrication, 2(2), 1-8 (2010)
  29. Javadi, A. Srithep, Y., Lee, J., Pilla, S., Clemons, C., Gong, S., and Turng, L-S., “Processing and Characterization of Solid and Microcellular PHBV/PBAT Blend and its RWF/Nanoclay Composites,” Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 41(8), 982-990 (2010)
  30. Javadi, A., Srithep, Y., Pilla, S., Lee, J., Gong, S., and Turng, L-S., “Processing and Characterization of Solid and Microcellular PHBV/Coir Fiber composites,” Materials Science and Engineering: C, 30(5), 749-757 (2010)
  31. Yang, X., Grailer, J.J., Pilla, S., Steeber, D.A., and Gong, S., “Tumor-Targeting, pH- Responsive and Stable Unimolecular Micelles as Drug Nanocarriers for Targeted Cancer Therapy,” Bioconjugate Chemistry, 21(3), 496-504 (2010)
  32. Basiji, F., Safdari, V., Nourbaksh, A., and Pilla, S., “The Effects of Fiber Length and Fiber Loading on the Mechanical Properties of Wood-plastic (Polypropylene) Composites,” Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry, 34(3), 191-196 (2010)
  33. Javadi, A., Kramschuster, A., Pilla, S., Lee, J., Gong, S., and Turng, L-S., “Processing and Characterization of Microcellular PHBV/PBAT Blends,” Polymer Engineering and Science, 50(7), 1440 – 1448 (2010) (Highlighted by Plastics Research Online, a division of Society of Plastics Engineers, in their April 2010 issue)
  34. Pilla, S., Kim, S.G., Auer, G.K., Gong, S., and Park, C.B., “Microcellular Extrusion-Foaming of Polylactide with Chain-Extender,” Polymer Engineering and Science, 49(8), 1653 – 1660 (2009)
  35. Pilla, S., Gong, S., Yang, L., O’Neill, E., and Rowell, R.M., “Polylactide-Recycled Wood Fiber Composites,” Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 111(1), 37-47 (2009)
  36. Pilla, S., Kramschuster, A., Yang, L., Gong, S., Chandra, A., and Turng, L-S., “Microcellular Injection-Molding of Polylactide with Chain-Extender,” Materials Science and Engineering: C, 29(4), 1258-1265 (2009)
  37. Pilla, S., Kramschuster, A., Lee, J., Auer, G.K., Gong, S., and Turng, L-S., “Microcellular and Solid Polylactide-Flax Fiber Composites,” Composite Interfaces, 16(7-9), 869-890 (2009)
  38. Yang, X., Pilla, S., Grailer, J.J., Steeber, D.A., Gong, S., Chen, Y.H., and Chen, G.H., “Tumor-Targeting, Superparamagnetic Polymeric Vesicles as Highly Efficient MRI Contrast Probes,” Journal of Materials Chemistry, 19(32), 5812-5817 (2009)
  39. Prabaharan, M., Grailer, J.J., Pilla, S., Steeber, D.A., and Gong, S., “Gold Nanoparticles with a Monolayer of Doxorubicin-Conjugated Amphiphilic Block Copolymer for Tumor-Targeted Drug Delivery,” Biomaterials, 30(30), 6065-6075 (2009)
  40. Prabaharan, M., Grailer, J.J., Pilla, S., Steeber, D.A., and Gong, S., “Amphiphilic Multi- Arm-Block Copolymer Conjugated with Doxorubicin via pH-Sensitive Hydrazone Bond for Tumor-Targeted Drug Delivery,” Biomaterials, 30(29), 5757-5766 (2009)
  41. Prabaharan, M., Grailer, J.J., Pilla, S., Steeber, D.A., and Gong, S., “Folate-Conjugated Amphiphilic Hyperbranched Block Copolymers Based on Boltorn H40, Poly(L-lactide) and Poly(ethylene glycol) for Tumor-Targeted Drug Delivery,” Biomaterials, 30(16), 3009-3019 (2009)
  42. Aryal, S., Grailer, J.J., Pilla, S., Steeber, D.A., and Gong, S., “Doxorubicin Conjugated Gold Nanoparticles as Water-Soluble and pH Responsive Anticancer Drug Nanocarriers,” Journal of Materials Chemistry, 19(42), 7879-7884 (2009)
  43. Tiwari, A., Grailer, J.J., Pilla, S., Steeber, D.A., and Gong, S., “Biodegradable Hydrogels Based on Novel Photopolymerizable Guar Gum-Methacrylate Macromonomers for in-situ Fabrication of Tissue Engineering Scaffolds,” Acta Biomaterialia, 5(9), 3441-3452 (2009)
  44. Kohlmeyer, R.R., Javadi, A., Pradhan, B., Pilla, S., Setyowati, K., Chen, J., and Gong, S., “Electrical and Dielectric Properties of Hydroxylated Carbon Nanotube-Elastomer Composites,” Journal of Physical Chemistry-C, 113(41), 17626-17629 (2009)
  45. Zhang, C., Subramanian, H., Grailer, J.J, Tiwari, A., Pilla, S., Steeber, D.A., and Gong, S., “Fabrication of Biodegradable Poly(trimethylene carbonate) Networks For Potential Tissue Engineering Scaffold Applications,” Polymers for Advanced Technologies, 20(9), 742-747 (2009)
  46. Tiwari, A., Aryal, S., Pilla, S., and Gong, S., “An Amperometric Urea Biosensor Based on Covalently Immobilized Urease on an Electrode Made of Hyperbranched Polyester Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles,” Talanta, 78(4-5), 1401-1407 (2009)
  47. Li, S., Pilla, S., and Gong, S., “Modulated Molecular Recognition by a Temperature-Sensitive Molecularly Imprinted Polymer,” Journal of Polymer Science Part-A: Polymer Chemistry, 47(9), 2352-2360 (2009)
  48. Aryal, S., Prabaharan, M., Pilla, S., and Gong, S., “Biodegradable and Biocompatible Multi-arm Star Amphiphilic Block Copolymer as a Carrier for Hydrophobic Drug Delivery,” International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 44(4), 346-352 (2009)
  49. Aryal, S., Pilla, S., and Gong, S., “Multifunctional Nano-Micelles Formed by Amphiphilic Gold-Polycaprolactone-Methoxy Poly(ethylene glycol) (Au-PCL-MPEG) Nanoparticles for Potential Drug Delivery Applications,” Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 9(10), 5701-5708 (2009)
  50. Prabhaharan, M., Grailer, J.J., Pilla, S., Steeber, D.A., and Gong, S., “Amphiphilic Multi- Arm-Block Copolymer Based on Hyperbranched Polyester, Poly(L-lactide) and Poly(ethylene glycol) as a Drug Delivery Carrier,” Macromolecular Bioscience, 9(5), 515-524 (2009)
  51. Pilla, S., Gong, S., O’Neill, E., Rowell, R.M., and Krzysik, A.M., “Polylactide-Pine Wood Flour Composites,” Polymer Engineering and Science, 48(3), 578-587 (2008)
  52. Yang, L., Zhang, C., Pilla, S., and Gong, S., “Polybenzoxazine-Core Shell Rubber-Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposites,” Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 39(10), 1653-1659 (2008)
  53. Pilla, S., Kramschuster, A., Gong, S., Chandra, A., and Turng, L-S., “Solid and Microcellular Polylactide-Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposites,” International Polymer Processing, XXII(5), 418-428 (2007)
  54. Kramschuster, A., Pilla, S., Gong, S., Chandra, A., and Turng, L-S., “Injection Molded Solid and Microcellular Polylactide Compounded with Recycled Paper Shopping Bag Fibers,” International Polymer Processing, XXII(5), 436-445 (2007)
  55. Pilla, S., Hammitt, A., and Nikolaidis, E., “A Methodology for Strength and Reliability Analysis of Carbon Nanotube/Nanofiber and Conventional Composite Plates,” International Journal of Reliability and Safety, 1(3), 290-312 (2007)
  56. Pilla, S., Hammitt, A., and Nikolaidis, E., “An Encapsulated Inclusion Model for Interface and Probabilistic Analysis of Modulus of Nanocomposites,” SAE International Journal of Materials and Manufacturing, SAE Transactions, 115(5), 111-128 (2006)