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  1. Nyarkoh B.; Iram, A.; Hasan, M.J.; Benavidez, S.; Jacobs, B.; Stuart, S.; Dzogbenuku, B.; Tran, T.; Zara, C.; Law, P.; Ruvalcaba-Miyasaki, A. and Ureña-Benavides, E.E. “CO2/Brine Foaming Enhances the Transport of Cellulose Nanocrystals and Cocoalkylamine in Mimicked Deep Saline Aquifer Conditions” Energy Fuels 2025, 39, 20428–20438.  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5c03210
  2. Jaramillo-Vélez, D.; Ochoa-Castaño, M.; Flórez-Caro, A.; Botero, L.D.; Ureña-Benavides, E.E.; Valencia-Cardona, R.A.; Velásquez-Cock, J.A.; and Gómez-Hoyos, C. “Green Synthesis of Silica Nanoparticles from Sugarcane Bagasse Ash for Stable Pickering Oil-in-Water Emulsions” Molecules 2025, 30, 4464. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30224464
  3. Moss, C.M.; Hasan, M.J.; Deb, M.; Watzman, S.; Ureña-Benavides, E.E., and Vasquez-Guardado, E.S.  “Magnetically Recoverable and Adsorptive Alginate Hydrogel Composite Beads Reinforced with Cellulose Nanocrystals” ACS Appl. Eng. Mater. 2025, 3, 3976–987.  https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaenm.5c00699
  4. Holla, B.; Murthy, P.N.; Matadh, A.V.; Pragathi, S.G.; Rakshitha, L.; Pa; H.P.; Shivakumar, H.N.; Hossain, M.M.; Kundu, S.; Rangappa, S.; Ureña-Benavides, E.E. and Murthy, S.N. “Time to break and evaporation (TBE): A quality attribute of pharmaceutical topical foams” J. Pharm. Sci. 2025, 114, 103699. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xphs.2025.02.005
  5. Salinas-Soto, C.A.; Padilla-Gutierrez, C.; Herrera-Alonso, M.; Ureña-Benavides, E.E. and Ramírez-Hernández, A. “Structure and Organization of Amphiphilic Mikto-Grafted Molecular Brushes at Liquid/Liquid Planar Interfaces” Macromolecules 2024, 57, 2773-2785. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.3c02278
  6. Gautam, B.; Nabat Al-Ajrash, S.M.; Hasan, M.J.;* Saini, A.; Watzman, S.J.; Ureña-Benavides, E.E. and Vasquez, E. “Experimental Thermal Conductivity Studies of Agar-Based Aqueous Suspensions with Lignin Magnetic Nanocomposites” Magnetochemistry 2024, 10, 12. https://doi.org/10.3390/magnetochemistry10020012
  7. Hasan, M.J.; Chen, P.; Dominick, N.; Vasquez, E. and Ureña-Benavides, E.E. “Novel castor oil/water/ethanol Pickering emulsions stabilized by magnetic nanoparticles and magnetically controllable demulsification” Colloid. Surf. A 2023, 677, 132424. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2023.132424
  8. Hasan, M. J.; Yeganeh, F.; Ciric, A.; Chen, P.; Vasquez, E. and Ureña-Benavides, E.E. “Liquid-liquid equilibria of water + ethanol + castor oil and the effect of cellulose nanocrystal/Fe3O4 and lignin/Fe3O4 nanoparticles” J. Chem. Thermodyn. 2023, 180, 107007. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jct.2023.107007
  9. Hasan, M. J.; Westphal, E.; Chen, P.; Ureña-Benavides, E.E. and Vasquez, E. “Adsorptive properties and on-demand magnetic response of lignin@Fe3O4 nanoparticles at castor oil-water interfaces” RSC Adv. 2023, 13, 2768-2779. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2RA07952F
  10. G., Pragathi; Anusha, E.V.; Matadh, A.V.; Rangappa, S.; H.N., Shivakumar; Murthy, R.N.; V.S., Ranganath; Ureña-Benavides, E.E.; Maibach, H. and Murthy, S.N. “Sublimation of Drugs from the Site of Application of Topical Products” Mol. Pharm. 2023, 20, 2814-2821.  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.2c00816
  11. Parajuli, S; Hasan, M.J.; Ureña-Benavides, E.E. “Effect of the Interactions between Oppositely Charged Cellulose Nanocrystals (CNCs) and Chitin Nanocrystals (ChNCs) on the Enhanced Stability of Soybean Oil-in-Water Emulsions” Materials 2022, 15, 6673. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15196673
  12. Parajuli, S; Ureña-Benavides, E.E. “Fundamental Aspects of Nanocellulose Stabilized Pickering Emulsions and Foams” Adv. Colloid Interface Sci. 2022, 299, 102530. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cis.2021.102530
  13. Hutton-Prager, B.; Ureña-Benavides, E.E.; Parajuli, S.; Adenekan, K. “Investigation of cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) and cellulose nanofibers (CNF) as thermal barrier and strengthening agents in pigment-based paper coatings” J. Coat. Technol. Res. 2022, 19, 337-346. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11998-021-00538-1
  14. Hasan, M.J.; Petrie, F.A.; Johnson, A.E.; Peltan, J.; Gannon, M.; Busch, R.T.; Leontsev, S.O.; Vasquez, E.S.; Ureña-Benavides, E.E. “Magnetically Induced Demulsification of Water and Castor Oil Dispersions Stabilized by Fe3O4-Coated Cellulose Nanocrystals” Cellulose 2021, 1, 28, 4807–4823. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-021-03813-x
  15. Hasan, M.J.; Johnson, A.E.; Ureña-Benavides, E.E. ““Greener” chemical modification of cellulose nanocrystals via oxa-Michael addition with N-Benzylmaleimide” Curr. Res. Green Sustainable Chem. 2021, 4, 100081. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crgsc.2021.100081
  16. Petrie, F.A.; Gorham, J.M.; Busch, R.T.; Leontsev, S.O.; Ureña-Benavides, E.E.; Vasquez, E.S. “Facile fabrication and characterization of kraft lignin@Fe3O4 nanocomposites using pH driven precipitation: Effects on increasing lignin content” Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 2021, 181, 313-321. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.03.105
  17. Sharma, P.K.; Panda, A.; Parajuli, S.; Badani Prado, R.M.; Kundu, S.; Repka, M.A.; Ureña-Benavides, E.; Narashima Murthy, S. “Effect of surfactant on quality and performance attributes of topical semisolids” Int. J. Pharm. 2021, 596, 120210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2021.120210
  18. Dao, H.M.; Pillai, A.R.; Thakkar, R.; Parajuli, S.; Ureña-Benavides, E.E.; Jo, S. “Near infrared light‐induced disassembly of polymeric micelles based on methylene blue conjugated polyethylene glycol” J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2021, 138, 49665. https://doi.org/10.1002/app.49665
  19. Parajuli, S.; Prater, L.; Heath, T.; Green, K.A.; Moyer, W.; Hutton-Prager, B.; Ureña-Benavides, E.E. “Cellulose nanocrystal stabilized dispersions of CO2, heptane, and perfluorooctane at elevated temperatures and pressures for underground CO2 sequestration” ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2020, 3, 12198−12208. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.0c02653
  20. Dao, H.M.; Parajuli, P.; Ureña-Benavides, E.E.; Jo, S. “Self-assembled peptide fibrils with pH-sensitive reversible surface-active properties” Colloids Interface Sci. Commun. 2020, 39, 100325. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colcom.2020.100325
  21. Parajuli, S.; Alazzam, O.; Wang, M.; Mota, L.C.; Adhikari, S; Wicks, D. Ureña-Benavides, E.E. “Surface properties of cellulose nanocrystal stabilized crude oil emulsions and their effect on petroleum biodegradation” Colloid. Surface. A 2020, 596, 124705. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2020.124705
  22. Ureña-Benavides, E.E.; Moaseri, E.; Changalvaie, B.; Fei, Y.; Iqbal, M.; Lyon, Bonnie A.; Kmetz II, A.A.; Pennell, K.D.; Ellison, C.J.; Johnston, K.P. “Polyelectrolyte Coated Individual Silica Nanoparticles Dispersed in Concentrated Divalent Brine at Elevated Temperatures for Subsurface Energy Applications” Colloid. Surface. A 2020, 586, 124276. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2019.124276
  23. Parajuli, S.; Dorris, A.; Middleton, C.; Rodriguez, A.; O’Haver, M.; Hammer, N.; Ureña-Benavides, E.E. “Surface and Interfacial Interactions in Dodecane/Brine Pickering Emulsions Stabilized by Combination of Cellulose Nanocrystals and Emulsifiers” Langmuir, 2019, 35, 12061-12070. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b01218
  24. Shin, J.; Nouranian, S.; Ureña-Benavides, E.E.; Smith, A.E. “Dynamic mechanical and thermal properties of cellulose nanocrystal/epoxy nanocomposite” Green Materials, 2017, 6, 123-134. https://doi.org/10.1680/jgrma.17.00005
  25. Iqbal, M.; Lyon, Bonnie A.; Ureña-Benavides, E.E.; Moaseri, E.; Fei, Y.; McFadden, C.; Javier, K.J.; Ellison, C.J.; Pennell, K.D.; Johnston, K.P. “High temperature stability and low adsorption of sub-100nm magnetite nanoparticles grafted with sulfonated copolymers on Berea sandstone in high salinity brine” Colloid. Surface A 2017, 520, 257-267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2017.01.080
  26. Ureña-Benavides, E.E.; Lin, E.E.; Foster, E.L.; Xue, Z.; Ortiz, M.R.; Fei, Y.; Larsen, E.S.; Kmetz, A.A.; Lyon, B.A.; Moaseri, E.; Bielawski, C.W.; Pennell, K.D.; Ellison, C.J.; Johnston, K.P. “Low Adsorption of Magnetite Nanoparticles with Uniform Polyelectrolyte Coatings in Concentrated Brine on Model Silica and Sandstone” Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2016, 55, 1522-1532. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.5b03279
  27. Huang, Y; Ureña-Benavides, E.E.; Boigny, A.J.; Campbell, Z.S.; Mohammed, F.S.; Fisk, J.S.; Holden, B.; Ekert C.A.; Pollet, P.; Liotta, C.L. “Butadiene sulfone as ‘volatile’, recyclable dipolar, aprotic solvent for conducting substitution and cycloaddition reactions” Sust. Chem. Proc. 2015, 3, 1-10.  https://doi.org/10.1186/s40508-015-0040-7
  28. Mohammed, F.S; Conley, M.; Rumple, A.; Saunders, S.; Switzer, J.; Ureña-Benavides, E.; Jha, R.; Cogen, J.; Chaudhary, B.; Pollet, P.; Eckert, C.; Liotta, C. “Enhanced thermal stabilization and reduced color formation of plasticized Poly(vinyl chloride) using zinc and calcium salts of 11-maleimideoundecanoic acid” Polym. Degrad. Stab. 2015, 111, 64-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2014.10.021
  29. Pollet, P., Davey, E., Ureña-Benavides, E.E., Eckert, C.A., Liotta, C.L. Solvents for Sustainable Chemical Processes. Green Chem., 2014, 16, 1034-1055. https://doi.org/10.1039/C3GC42302F
  30. Ureña-Benavides, E.E.; Kayatin, M.J.; Davis, V.A. “Dispersion and Rheology of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes in Unsaturated Polyester Resin” Macromolecules 2013, 46, 1642 – 1650. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma3017844
  31. Mota, L.C.; Ureña-Benavides, E.E.; Yoon, Y.; Son, A. “Quantitative Detection of Single Walled Carbon Nanotube in Water Using DNA and Magnetic Fluorescent Spheres” Environ. Sci. Technol. 2013, 47, 493 – 501. https://doi.org/10.1021/es303671u
  32. Ureña-Benavides, E.E.; Kitchens, C.L. “Static Light Scattering of Triaxial Nanoparticle Suspensions in the Rayleigh-Gans-Debye Regime: Application to Cellulose Nanocrystals” RSC Adv. 2012, 2, 1096 – 1105. https://doi.org/10.1039/C1RA00391G
  33. Ureña-Benavides, E.E.; Kitchens, C.L. “Cellulose Nanocrystal Reinforced Alginate Fibers—Biomimicry Meets Polymer Processing” Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 2012, 556, 275-287. https://doi.org/10.1080/15421406.2012.635977
  34. Ureña-Benavides, E.E.; Ao G.; Davis, V.A.; Kitchens C.L. “Rheology and Phase Behavior of Lyotropic Cellulose Nanocrystal Aqueous Suspensions” Macromolecules, 2011, 44, 8990 – 8998. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma201649f
  35. Ureña-Benavides, E.E.; Kitchens C.L. “Wide Angle X-Ray Diffraction of Cellulose Nanocrystal-Alginate Nanocomposite Fibers” Macromolecules 2011, 44, 3478 – 3484. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma102731m
  36. Ureña-Benavides, E.; Brown, P.J.; Kitchens C.L. “Effect of Jet Stretch and Particle Load on Cellulose Nanocrystal-Alginate Nanocomposite Fibers” Langmuir 2010, 26, 14263-14270. https://doi.org/10.1021/la102216v

Book Chapter

  1. De, S.; James, B.; Ji, J.; Wasti, S.; Zhang, S.; Kore, S.; Tekinalp, H.; Li, Y,; Ureña-Benavides, E.E.; Vaidya, U.; Ragauskas, A.J.; Webb, E.; Ozcan, S. and Zhao, X. “Chapter Three – Biomass-derived composites for various applications” In Advances in Bioenergy; Li, Y.; Chang, C., Eds.; Elsevier, 2023; Vol. 8, pp 145-196. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.aibe.2023.01.001
  2. Ureña-Benavides, E.E. and Davis, V.A. “Carbon Nanotubes and Energy”. In Modern Energy Storage, Conversion, and Transmission in the 21st Century; Rose, L., Ed; Nova Science Publishers: New York, 2013, p 348.