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Research Lab for Surface Modification and Materials |
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Bi-min Zhang Newby, PhD Associate Professor Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering The University of Akron 101A Whitby Hall Akron, Ohio 44325-3906 |
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Phone: 330-972-2510 Fax: 330-972-5856 E-mail: bmznewby@uakron.edu
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Research Interests:
1) Surface modification/patterning 2) Polymeric materials (especially biomaterials) 3) Antifouling biofilm and biocorrosion
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Five recent representative publications (see complete publications)
5. H. Wang, M. S. Sodagari, Y. Chen, X. He, B.-m. Zhang Newby*, L.-K. Ju*, “Initial bacterial attachment in slow flowing systems: effects of cell and substrate surface properties”, Colloid. Surf. B: Biointerfaces, 87(2), 415-422, 2011. 4. Y.-j. Cai, B.-m. Zhang Newby*, “Polymer microstructure arrays consequence of Marangoni flow-induced water droplets”, Applied Physics A, 100(4), 1221-1229, 2010. 3. A. Raya, M. S. Sodagari, N. M. Pinzon, X. He, B.-m. Zhang Newby*, L.-K. Ju*, “Effects of rhamnolipids and shear on initial attachment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, PAO1, in glass flow chambers” ESPR, 17(9): 1529-1538, 2010. 2. Y.-j. Cai, B.-m. Zhang Newby*, “Fracture-induced formation of parallel silicone strips”, Journal of Material Research, 25(5), 803-809, 2010. 1. Y.-j. Cai, Y. H. Yun, B.-m. Zhang Newby*, “Generation of Contact-printing Based Poly(ethylene glycol) Gradient Surfaces with Micrometer-sized Steps”, Colloid. Surf. B: Biointerfaces, 75(1), 115-122, 2010. |
Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering, 1999) Lehigh University
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