Alexei P Sokolov ORNL/UT Governor's Chair, Professor of Chemistry and Physics, Chemical Sciences Division Contact sokolovap@ornl.gov | 865.574.0569 All Publications An experimental toolbox for the physical characterization of thermal insulating polymeric foams Tough and recyclable carbon-fiber composites with exceptional interfacial adhesion via a tailored vitrimer-fiber interface Tuning the Mechanical and Dynamic Properties of Elastic Vitrimers by Tailoring the Substituents of Boronic Ester Well-Tunable, 3D-printable, and Fast Autonomous Self-Healing Elastomers Ductile adhesive elastomers with force-triggered ultra-high adhesion strength... Exceptionally recyclable, extremely tough, vitrimer-like polydimethylsiloxane elastomers via rational network design... Investigation of 3D printed lightweight hybrid composites via theoretical modeling and machine learning Puncture-resistant self-healing polymers with multi-cycle adhesion and rapid healability... Mechanisms Controlling the Energy Barrier for Ion Hopping in Polymer Electrolytes Boosting Piezoelectricity by 3D Printing PVDF-MoS2 Composite as a Conformal and High-Sensitivity Piezoelectric Sensor A Novel Dynamic Polymer Synthesis via Chlorinated Solvent Quenched Depolymerization Tuning the Properties of Nanocomposites by Trapping Them in Deep Metastable States Beyond Simple Dilution: Superior Conductivities from Cosolvation of Acetonitrile/LiTFSI Concentrated Solution with Acetone Surpassing the stiffness-extensibility trade-off of elastomers via mastering the hydrogen-bonding clusters... Single-Ion Conducting Polymer Nanoparticles as Functional Fillers for Solid Electrolytes in Lithium Metal Batteries... Design of tough adhesive from commodity thermoplastics through dynamic crosslinking... Glass-fiber-reinforced polymeric film as an efficient protecting layer for stable Li metal electrodes... Direct Structural Evidence for Interfacial Gradients in Asymmetric Polymer Nanocomposite Blends... Collective Nanoparticle Dynamics Associated with Bridging Network Formation in Model Polymer Nanocomposites... Improving Gas Selectivity in Membranes Using Polymer-Grafted Silica Nanoparticles Engineering the Interlayer Spacing by Pre-Intercalation for High Performance Supercapacitor MXene Electrodes in Room Temperat... Critical Role of the Interfacial Layer in Associating Polymers with Microphase Separation... Anomalously high elastic modulus of a poly(ethylene oxide)-based composite electrolyte... Turning Rubber into a Glass: Mechanical Reinforcement by Microphase Separation... Distilling nanoscale heterogeneity of amorphous silicon using tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) via multiresolution mani... Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 … Next page ›› Last page Last » Key Links ORCID Organizations Physical Sciences Directorate Chemical Sciences Division Separations and Polymer Chemistry Section Soft Matter Group