Marszewski NanoResearch Group

From Curiosity to Discovery

Our publications

  1. Kandage, M. M.; Marszewski, M. Extension of Pechini Synthesis of High-Entropy Oxides: Preparation of Mesoporous High-Entropy Materials. Microporous Mesoporous Mater. 2026, 402, 113996. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2025.113996.
  2. Bamidele, R.; Marszewski, M. Carbonization and Activation of Lignocellulosic Biomass in Liquid Phase at Sub-200 °C Temperatures. ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. 2025, 13 (7), 3010–3021. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.4c10385.
  3. Li, M.; Dai, L.; Wu, H.; Yan, Y.; Kang, J. S.; King, S.; McNeil, P. E.; Butts, D.; Galy, T.; Marszewski, M.; Lan, E.; Dunn, B. S.; Tolbert, S. H.; Pilon, L.; Hu, Y. Ballistic Transport from Propagating Vibrational Modes in Amorphous Silicon Dioxide: Thermal Experiments and Atomistic-Machine Learning Modeling. Mater. Today Phys. 2025, 51, 101659. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtphys.2025.101659.
  4. Kandage, M. M.; Marszewski, M. On the Synthesis and Formability of High-Entropy Oxides. J. Mater. Sci. 2024, 59 (35), 16618–16628. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-024-10159-9.
  5. Kiridena, H. S.; Thenuwara, S. I.; Kandage, M. M.; Peiffer, N.; Marszewski, M.; Isailovic, D. Evaluation of Carbonized Corncobs for Removal of Microcystins and Nodularin-R from Water. Separations 2024, 11 (3), 84. https://doi.org/10.3390/separations11030084.
  6. Satheesh, V.; Alahakoon, I.; Shrestha, K. K.; Iheme, L. C.; Marszewski, M.; Young, M. C. Self‐Supported Heterogeneous Dirhodium(II) Catalyst for Nitrene and Carbene Transfer Reactions. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2024, 27 (8), e202301114. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.202301114.
  7. Poudel, A.; Adhikari, S.; Asfaha, T. Y.; Lawrence, J. G.; Kandage, M. M.; Marszewski, M.; Kirchhoff, J. R. Efficient Extraction and Analysis of Precious Metals with a Conducting Polymer Modified Magnetic Sorbent Material. Resour. Conserv. Recycl. 2023, 199, 107199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2023.107199.
  8. Adhikari, S.; Sunder, G. S. S.; Poudel, A.; Asfaha, T. Y.; Lawrence, J. G.; Kandage, M. M.; Marszewski, M.; Kirchhoff, J. R. Application of Poly(Caffeic Acid) for the Extraction of Critical Rare Earth Elements. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2023, 15 (20), 24892–24900. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c02915.
  9. Bar, G.; Amar, L.; Marszewski, M.; Bolker, A.; Dashti, A.; Dror, R.; Pilon, L. Synthesis of Silica Aerogel Films in Liquid Molds. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2023, 648, 418–426. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2023.06.004.
  10. Kashanchi, G. N.; King, S. C.; Ju, S. E.; Dashti, A.; Martinez, R.; Lin, Y.-K.; Wall, V.; McNeil, P. E.; Marszewski, M.; Pilon, L.; Tolbert, S. H. Using Small Angle X-Ray Scattering to Examine the Aggregation Mechanism in Silica Nanoparticle-Based Ambigels for Improved Optical Clarity. J. Chem. Phys. 2023, 158 (3), 034702. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0130811.
  11. Wall, V.; King, S. C.; Kashanchi, G. N.; Li, S.; Li, M.; Galy, T.; Harry, D. I.; Ju, S. E.; Marszewski, M.; Pilon, L.; Hu, Y.; Tolbert, S. H. Understanding the Effect of Nanoparticle Size on Thermal Conductivity in Amorphous Nanoporous Materials Made from Colloidal Building Blocks. J. Phys. Chem. C 2022, 126 (42), 18029–18035. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c05444.
  12. Marszewski, M.; Dashti, A.; McNeil, P. E.; Fox, M.; Wall, V.; Butts, D. M.; King, S. C.; Kashanchi, G. N.; Tolbert, S. H.; Dunn, B.; Pilon, L. Elastic and Plastic Mechanical Properties of Nanoparticle-Based Silica Aerogels and Xerogels. Microporous Mesoporous Mater. 2022, 330, 111569. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2021.111569.
  13. Marszewski, M.; King, S. C.; Galy, T.; Kashanchi, G. N.; Dashti, A.; Yan, Y.; Li, M.; Butts, D. M.; McNeil, P. E.; Lan, E.; Dunn, B.; Hu, Y.; Tolbert, S. H.; Pilon, L. Transparent Silica Aerogel Slabs Synthesized from Nanoparticle Colloidal Suspensions at near Ambient Conditions on Omniphobic Liquid Substrates. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2022, 606, 884–897. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2021.07.159.
  14. Jacobs, M.; Zhou, X.; Olivera, E.; Sheil, R.; Huang, S.; Marszewski, M.; Chang, J.; Tolbert, S.; Osher, S.; Pilon, L.; Marian, J. Room Temperature Rectification in Tapered-Channel Thermal Diodes through Nanoscale Confinement-Induced Liquid–Solid Phase Change. J. Appl. Phys. 2021, 129 (7), 075103. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0036742.
  15. Simsek, E.; Zhu, K.; Kashanchi, G. N.; Williams, M. J.; Galy, T.; Marszewski, M.; Tolbert, S. H.; Pilon, L. Light Transfer through Semi-Transparent Glass Panes Supporting Pendant Droplets. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transf. 2021, 261, 107493. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsrt.2020.107493.
  16. Butts, D. M.; McNeil, P. E.; Marszewski, M.; Lan, E.; Galy, T.; Li, M.; Kang, J. S.; Ashby, D.; King, S.; Tolbert, S. H.; Hu, Y.; Pilon, L.; Dunn, B. S. Engineering Mesoporous Silica for Superior Optical and Thermal Properties. MRS Energy Sustain. 2020, 7 (1), 39. https://doi.org/10.1557/mre.2020.40.
  17. King, S. C.; Li, M.; Galy, T.; Yan, Y.; Kang, J. S.; Basile, V. M.; Li, Y. L.; Marszewski, M.; Pilon, L.; Hu, Y.; Tolbert, S. H. Examining the Role of Atomic Scale Heterogeneity on the Thermal Conductivity of Transparent, Thermally Insulating, Mesoporous Silica–Titania Thin Films. J. Phys. Chem. C 2020, 124 (50), 27442–27452. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c06697.
  18. Yan, Y.; Li, M.; King, S.; Galy, T.; Marszewski, M.; Kang, J. S.; Pilon, L.; Hu, Y.; Tolbert, S. H. Controlling Thermal Conductivity in Mesoporous Silica Films Using Pore Size and Nanoscale Architecture. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2020, 11 (9), 3731–3737. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00464.
  19. Galy, T.; Marszewski, M.; King, S.; Yan, Y.; Tolbert, S. H.; Pilon, L. Comparing Methods for Measuring Thickness, Refractive Index, and Porosity of Mesoporous Thin Films. Microporous Mesoporous Mater. 2019, 109677. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2019.109677.
  20. Qian, X.; Zhao, Y.; Alsaid, Y.; Wang, X.; Hua, M.; Galy, T.; Gopalakrishna, H.; Yang, Y.; Cui, J.; Liu, N.; Marszewski, M.; Pilon, L.; Jiang, H.; He, X. Artificial Phototropism for Omnidirectional Tracking and Harvesting of Light. Nat. Nanotechnol. 2019, 14 (11), 1048–1055. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-019-0562-3.
  21. Yan, Y.; King, S. C.; Li, M.; Galy, T.; Marszewski, M.; Kang, J. S.; Pilon, L.; Hu, Y.; Tolbert, S. H. Exploring the Effect of Porous Structure on Thermal Conductivity in Templated Mesoporous Silica Films. J. Phys. Chem. C 2019, 123 (35), 21721–21730. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b03767.
  22. Marszewski, M.; King, S. C.; Yan, Y.; Galy, T.; Li, M.; Dashti, A.; Butts, D. M.; Kang, J. S.; McNeil, P. E.; Lan, E.; Dunn, B.; Hu, Y.; Tolbert, S. H.; Pilon, L. Thick Transparent Nanoparticle-Based Mesoporous Silica Monolithic Slabs for Thermally Insulating Window Materials. ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2019, 2 (7), 4547–4555. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.9b00903.
  23. Galy, T.; Mu, D.; Marszewski, M.; Pilon, L. Computer-Generated Mesoporous Materials and Associated Structural Characterization. Comput. Mater. Sci. 2019, 157, 156–167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2018.10.035.
  24. Marszewski, M.; Butts, D.; Lan, E.; Yan, Y.; King, S. C.; McNeil, P. E.; Galy, T.; Dunn, B.; Tolbert, S. H.; Hu, Y.; Pilon, L. Effect of Surface Hydroxyl Groups on Heat Capacity of Mesoporous Silica. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2018, 112 (20), 201903. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5027080.
  25. Marszewski, M.; Marszewska, J.; Pylypenko, S.; Jaroniec, M. Synthesis of Porous Crystalline Doped Titania Photocatalysts Using Modified Precursor Strategy. Chem. Mater. 2016, 28 (21), 7878–7888. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b03429.
  26. Choma, J.; Osuchowski, L.; Marszewski, M.; Dziura, A.; Jaroniec, M. Developing Microporosity in Kevlar®-Derived Carbon Fibers by CO2 Activation for CO2 Adsorption. J. CO2 Util. 2016, 16, 17–22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcou.2016.05.004.
  27. Choma, J.; Stachurska, K.; Marszewski, M.; Jaroniec, M. Equilibrium Isotherms and Isosteric Heat for CO2 Adsorption on Nanoporous Carbons from Polymers. Adsorption 2016, 22 (4–6), 581–588. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10450-015-9734-0.
  28. Marszewski, M.; Jaroniec, M. Scaffold-Assisted Synthesis of Crystalline Mesoporous Titania Materials. RSC Adv. 2015, 5 (76), 61960–61972. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5RA10139E.
  29. Marszewski, M.; Cao, S.; Yu, J.; Jaroniec, M. Semiconductor-Based Photocatalytic CO2 Conversion. Mater. Horiz. 2015, 2 (3), 261–278. https://doi.org/10.1039/C4MH00176A.
  30. Choma, J.; Marszewski, M.; Osuchowski, L.; Jagiello, J.; Dziura, A.; Jaroniec, M. Adsorption Properties of Activated Carbons Prepared from Waste CDs and DVDs. ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. 2015, 3 (4), 733–742. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.5b00036.
  31. Choma, J.; Osuchowski, Ł.; Dziura, A.; Marszewski, M.; Jaroniec, M. Benzene and Methane Adsorption on Ultrahigh Surface Area Carbons Prepared from Sulphonated Styrene Divinylbenzene Resin by KOH Activation. Adsorpt. Sci. Technol. 2015, 33 (6–8), 587–594. https://doi.org/10.1260/0263-6174.33.6-8.587.
  32. Dziura, A.; Marszewski, M.; Choma, J.; de Souza, L. K.; Osuchowski, Ł.; Jaroniec, M. Saran-Derived Carbons for CO2 and Benzene Sorption at Ambient Conditions. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2014, 53 (40), 15383–15388. https://doi.org/10.1021/ie5004448.
  33. Choma, J.; Osuchowski, Ł.; Marszewski, M.; Jaroniec, M. Highly Microporous Polymer-Based Carbons for CO2 and H2 Adsorption. RSC Adv. 2014, 4 (28), 14795–14802. https://doi.org/10.1039/C3RA47278G.
  34. Marszewski, M.; Jaroniec, M. Toward Tunable Adsorption Properties, Structure, and Crystallinity of Titania Obtained by Block Copolymer and Scaffold-Assisted Templating. Langmuir 2013, 29 (40), 12549–12559. https://doi.org/10.1021/la4021405.
  35. Baggetto, L.; Marszewski, M.; Górka, J.; Jaroniec, M.; Veith, G. M. AlSb Thin Films as Negative Electrodes for Li-Ion and Na-Ion Batteries. J. Power Sources 2013, 243, 699–705. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2013.06.074.
  36. Parker, A.; Marszewski, M.; Jaroniec, M. Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Porous Carbon–Titania and Highly Crystalline Titania Nanostructures. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2013, 5 (6), 1948–1954. https://doi.org/10.1021/am302691f.
  37. Choma, J.; Jedynak, K.; Marszewski, M.; Jaroniec, M. Organic Acid-Assisted Soft-Templating Synthesis of Ordered Mesoporous Carbons. Adsorption 2013, 19 (2–4), 563–569. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10450-013-9479-6.
  38. Choma, J.; Jedynak, K.; Marszewski, M.; Jaroniec, M. Polymer-Templated Mesoporous Carbons Synthesized in the Presence of Nickel Nanoparticles, Nickel Oxide Nanoparticles, and Nickel Nitrate. Appl. Surf. Sci. 2012, 258 (8), 3763–3770. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2011.12.022.
  39. Choma, J.; Jamioła, D.; Augustynek, K.; Marszewski, M.; Gao, M.; Jaroniec, M. New Opportunities in Stöber Synthesis: Preparation of Microporous and Mesoporous Carbon Spheres. J. Mater. Chem. 2012, 22 (25), 12636–12642. https://doi.org/10.1039/C2JM31678A.
  40. Choma, J.; Jamioła, D.; Augustynek, K.; Marszewski, M.; Jaroniec, M. Carbon–Gold Core–Shell Structures: Formation of Shells Consisting of Gold Nanoparticles. Chem. Commun. 2012, 48 (33), 3972–3974. https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC30372H.
  41. Choma, J.; Dziura, A.; Jamioła, D.; Marszewski, M.; Jaroniec, M. Preparation of Mesoporous Carbons with High Specific Surface Area and Large Pore Volume (in Polish). Ochr. Śr. 2012, 34 (1), 3–7.
  42. Choma, J.; Jedynak, K.; Marszewski, M.; Jaroniec, M. Morphology and adsorption properties of mesoporous carbons obtained by soft-templating in the presence of zinc nitrate and nanoparticles of zinc and zinc oxide (in polish). Biul. Wojsk. Akad. Tech. 2012, 61 (4), 265–280.
  43. Choma, J.; Jedynak, K.; Górka, J.; Marszewski, M.; Jaroniec, M. Synthesis and Properties of Mesoporous Carbons with Gold Particles (in Polish). Ochr. Śr. 2011, 33 (3), 3–8.