College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Department of Chemistry

Klaus Schmidt-Rohr

Physical Chemistry of Polymers & Nanocomposites, Analysis of Complex Organic Matter, Solid-state NMR Methods

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Selected Publications


A) Nanocomposites
  1. "A new NMR method for determining the particle thickness in nanocomposites, using T2,H-selective X{1H} recoupling", K. Schmidt-Rohr, A. Rawal, X.-W. Fang, J. Chem. Phys., 126, 054701-(1-16) (2007).

  2. "Simulation of Small-Angle Scattering (SAXS or SANS) Curves by Numerical Fourier Transformation", K. Schmidt-Rohr, J. Appl. Cryst. 40, 16-25 (2007).

  3. "Synthesis and Characterization of Self-assembled Block Copolymer Templated Calcium Phosphate Nanocomposite Gels., D. Enlow, A. Rawal, M. Kanapathipillai, K. Schmidt-Rohr, S. Mallapragada, C.-T. Lo, P. Thiyagarajan, M. Akinc, J. Mater. Chem. 17, 1570-1578 (2007).

  4. "Detection of Nanometer-scale Mixing in Phosphate-Glass / Polyamide-6 Hybrids by 1H-31P NMR", A. Rawal, K. Urman, J. Otaigbe, K Schmidt-Rohr, Chem. Mat., 18, 6333-6338 (2006).

  5. "Measurement of the Local 1H Spin Diffusion Coefficient in Homogeneous Polymers", Q. Chen, K. Schmidt-Rohr, Solid State NMR 29, 142-152 (2006).

B) Nafion and Other Fluoropolymers
  1. "19F and 13C NMR Signal Assignment and Analysis in a Perfluorinated Ionomer (Nafion) by Two-dimensional Solid-State NMR", Q. Chen, K. Schmidt-Rohr, Macromolecules 37, 5995-6003 (2004).

  2. "High-Resolution Solid-State 13C NMR of Fluoropolymers", S.-F. Liu and K. Schmidt-Rohr, Macromolecules 34, 8416-8418 (2001).

C) Structure of Natural Organic Matter:
  1. "Absence of Mobile Carbohydrate Domains in Dry Humic Substances Proven by NMR, and Implications for Organic-Contaminant Sorption", J-D. Mao, K. Schmidt-Rohr, Environ. Sci. Technol. 40, 1751-1756 (2006).

  2. "Methylene Spectral Editing in Solid-State 13C NMR by Three-Spin Coherence Selection", J-D. Mao, K. Schmidt-Rohr, J. Magn. Reson. 176, 1-6 (2005).

  3. "Accurate Quantification of Aromaticity and Unprotonated Aromatic Carbon Fraction in Natural Organic Matter by 13C Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance", J-D. Mao, K. Schmidt-Rohr, Environ. Sci. Technol. 38, 2680-2684 (2004).

  4. "Nitrogen-Bonded Aromatics in Soil Organic Matter and Their Implications for a Yield Decline in Intensive Rice Cropping", K. Schmidt-Rohr, J-D Mao, D.C. Olk, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 101, 6351-6354 (2004).

D) Dynamics in Solid Polymers:
  1. "Analysis of 1D Pure-Exchange NMR Experiments for Studying Dynamics with Broad Distributions of Correlation Times", E.R. deAzevedo, J. R. Tozoni, K. Schmidt-Rohr, T.J. Bonagamba, J. Chem. Phys. 122, Art. No 154506 (2005).