Keisha Walters

Professor and Department Head, Chemical Engineering, University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America

Research Expertise

Materials Chemistry

Inorganic Chemistry

Polymers and Plastics

Organic Chemistry

Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes

Mechanical Engineering

Condensed Matter Physics

Pharmaceutical Science

Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

Catalysis

Energy Engineering and Power Technology

Fuel Technology

Process Chemistry and Technology

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Biomedical Engineering

Molecular Medicine

Bioengineering

Surfaces, Coatings and Films

Pollution

Environmental Chemistry

Geochemistry and Petrology

Geology

Electrochemistry

Spectroscopy

Surfaces and Interfaces

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

Colloid and Surface Chemistry

Analytical Chemistry

Molecular Biology

Biochemistry

Biomaterials

Biotechnology

Marketing

About

Chemical engineering expertise focused on polymer-based material synthesis, modification, and application and experimental and computational transport (momentum, heat, and mass) modeling. Specialties: material synthesis and characterization: bulk and surface initiated polymerization, stimuli responsive polymers, renewable polymers (bioplastics), lung simulation, transport modeling, nano- and micro-particles, and surface modification. FTIR, XPS/ESCA, TGA, DSC, GPC, CA, AFM, T/SEM, LS

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Publications

Chemically Edge-Carboxylated Graphene Enhances the Thermal Conductivity of Polyetherimide–Graphene Nanocomposites

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

2022

Facile Synthesis of Tertiary Amine Pendant Polymers by Cu⁰-Mediated ATRP under Aqueous Conditions

Macromolecules

2021

Analytical model for electromagnetic induction in pulsating ferrofluid pipe flows

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

2021

Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles: Properties and Strategies for Enhancing Clinical Effect

Pharmaceutics

2021

On the energy harvesting and heat transfer ability of a ferro-nanofluid oscillating heat pipe

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

2019

Catalytic Pyrolysis of Biomass and Polymer Wastes

Catalysts

2018

Alcohol Stabilization of Low Water Content Pyrolysis Oil during High Temperature Treatment

Energy & Fuels

2017

Synthesis, characterization and catalytic activity of a cobalt catalyst: Silica-supported, bis(1,5-diphenyl-1,3,5-pentanetrionato)dicobalt(II) [Co2(dba)2]

Applied Catalysis A: General

2017

Temperature-dependent self-assembly and rheological behavior of a thermoreversible pmma-Pn BA-PMMA triblock copolymer gel

Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics

2017

Bioluminescent magnetic nanoparticles as potential imaging agents for mammalian spermatozoa

Journal of Nanobiotechnology

2016

Bio‐based plasticizer and thermoset polyesters: A green polymer chemistry approach

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

2016

Constant pH simulations of pH responsive polymers

The Journal of Chemical Physics

2016

EXAMINING MUCIN TYPE AND MORPHOLOGY EFFECTS ON MAMMALIAN MUCUS MECHANICAL AND MICROSTRUCTURAL PROPERTIES

Proceeding of First Thermal and Fluids Engineering Summer Conference

2016

Hydrolytic degradation of bio-based polyesters: Effect of pH and time

Polymer Testing

2016

Impacts of Thermal Processing on the Physical and Chemical Properties of Pyrolysis Oil Produced by a Modified Fluid Catalytic Cracking Pyrolysis Process

Energy & Fuels

2016

MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLE MORPHOLOGIES: DEVELOPING FERROFLUIDS FOR PULSATING FLOWS

Proceeding of First Thermal and Fluids Engineering Summer Conference

2016

Analysis of Particle Transport and Deposition of Micron-Sized Particles in a 90° Bend Using a Two-Fluid Eulerian–Eulerian Approach

Aerosol Science and Technology

2015

Electromagnetic induction by ferrofluid in an oscillating heat pipe

Applied Physics Letters

2015

Energy harvesting via ferrofluidic induction

Energy Harvesting and Storage: Materials, Devices, and Applications VI

2015

Fabrication of pH-sensitive poly(2-(diethylamino)ethyl methacrylate)/palygorskite composite microspheres via Pickering emulsion polymerization and their release behavior

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

2015

Fetuin-A adsorption and stabilization of calcium carbonate nanoparticles in a simulated body fluid

Journal of Materials Chemistry B

2015

Functional holey graphene oxide: a new electrochemically transformed substrate material for dopamine sensing

RSC Advances

2015

Pickering emulsions stabilized by palygorskite particles grafted with pH-responsive polymer brushes

RSC Advances

2015

Nanomechanical properties of poly(trimethylene malonate) and poly(trimethylene itaconate) during hydrolytic degradation

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

2014

Toughening of poly(lactic acid) with the renewable bioplastic poly(trimethylene malonate)

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

2014

A pH responsive Pickering emulsion stabilized by fibrous palygorskite particles

Applied Clay Science

2014

Janus Magnetic Nanoparticles with a Bicompartmental Polymer Brush Prepared Using Electrostatic Adsorption to Facilitate Toposelective Surface-Initiated ATRP

Langmuir

2014

Ligand Adsorption and Exchange on Pegylated Gold Nanoparticles

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

2014

Magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles grafted with poly(itaconic acid)-block-poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

2014

pH Responsive Behavior of Fe₃O₄@PDEA-PEGMA Core-Shell Hybrid Magnetic Nanoparticles

International Journal of Polymeric Materials and Polymeric Biomaterials

2014

Rheological characterization of mammalian lung mucus

RSC Adv.

2014

SILAC-Based Quantitative Proteomic Analysis of Human Lung Cell Response to Copper Oxide Nanoparticles

PLoS ONE

2014

Support of dinuclear copper triketonate complexes on silica: Monolayer loading from complex footprint and the first crystallographically characterized cis dipyridine adduct

Inorganica Chimica Acta

2014

Mechanistic Study of Continuous Reactive Aromatic Organothiol Adsorption onto Silver Nanoparticles

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

2013

Simultaneous and Sequential Protein and Organothiol Interactions with Gold Nanoparticles

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

2013

Formation of Polymer Brushes Inside Cylindrical Pores

Polymer Brushes

2012

Postcondensation Filtration of Pine and Cottonwood Pyrolysis Oil and Impacts on Accelerated Aging Reactions

Energy & Fuels

2012

The effects of water and microstructure on the mechanical properties of bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) horn keratin

Acta Biomaterialia

2011

DigitalLung: Application of High-Performance Computing to Biological System Simulation

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

2010

Tethered Stimuli-Responsive Polymer Films

ACS Symposium Series

2010

Comparison of surface confined ATRP and SET‐LRP syntheses for a series of amino (meth)acrylate polymer brushes on silicon substrates

Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry

2009

An XPS study on the attachment of triethoxsilylbutyraldehyde to two titanium surfaces as a way to bond chitosan

Applied Surface Science

2008

Piranha Treated Titanium Compared to Passivated Titanium as Characterized by XPS

Surface Science Spectra

2008

Synthesis and Characterization of a Tertiary Amine Polymer Series from Surface-Grafted Poly(tert-butyl acrylate) via Diamine Reactions

Macromolecules

2007

XPS Study on the Use of 3-Aminopropyltriethoxysilane to Bond Chitosan to a Titanium Surface

Langmuir

2007

Grafting of end-functionalized poly(tert-butyl acrylate) to poly(ethylene-co-acrylic acid) film

Polymer

2006

Relationship between erucamide surface concentration and coefficient of friction of LLDPE film

Journal of Vinyl and Additive Technology

2005

Surface Characterization of Linear Low-Density Polyethylene Films Modified with Fluorinated Additives

Langmuir

2003

Surface Characterization of LLDPE Film Containing Glycerol Monostearate

Journal of Plastic Film & Sheeting

2002

Education

Clemson University

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering / 2005

Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

Clemson University

M.S., Chemical Engineering / 2001

Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

Clemson University

B.S., Biological Sciences / 1996

Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

Experience

Milliken Chemical

Research Associate / 1996 — 1998

Specialty Chemicals Division

Clemson University

Research Assistant, Department of Chemical Engineering / 1998 — 2001

Research Assistant and Research Associate, Center for Advanced Engineering Fibers and Films / 2002 — 2005

Mississippi State University

Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering / 2005 — 2011

Interim Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives, Bagley College of Engineering / 2013 — 2013

Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering / 2011 — 2016

Professor of Chemical Engineering / 2016 — 2016

Conoco-Dupont Professor of Chemical Engineering / 2016 — 2021

University of Arkansas

Professor, Department Head / 2021 — Present

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