Publications

Journal Publications

36. Zheng, Y., Thakolkaran, P., Smith, J.A., Lu, Z., Zheng, S., Nguyen, B.H., Kumar, S. and Vashisth, A.*, 2023. Inverse Design of Vitrimeric Polymers by Molecular Dynamics and Generative Modeling. arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.03690.

35. Zhang, Z., Biswal, A.K., Nandi, A., Frost, K., Smith, J.A., Nguyen, B.H., Patel, S., Vashisth, A.* and Iyer, V., 2023. Recyclable vitrimer-based printed circuit board for circular electronics. Nature Sustainability, DOI:10.1038/s41893-024-01333-7  [PDF].

34. Biswal, A.K., Nandi, A., Wang, H. and Vashisth, A.*, 2023. Ultrasonic welding of fiber reinforced vitrimer composites. Composites Science and Technology, DOI:10.1016/j.compscitech.2023.110202 [PDF].

33. Sarmah, A., Dasari, S.S., Nagabandi, N., Carey, D.G., Micci-Barreca, S.A., Vashisth, A., and Green, M.J., 2023. Patch repair of composites using Dielectric Barrier Discharge-induced heating and curing. Applied Materials Today, DOI:/10.1016/j.apmt.2023.101821 [PDF].

32. Enriquez, I., Noronha, C., Teo, K., Sarmah, A., Gupta, S., Nandi, A., Fishbeck, B., Green, M.J. and Vashisth, A.*, 2023. Closed-Loop Composite Welding and Bonding System Using Radio-Frequency Heating and Pressure. Journal of Composites Science, 7(3), p.116.  DOI:10.3390/jcs7030116 [PDF].

31. Bhaskar, L.K., Rapp, J., Nandi, A., Biswal, A.K., Uddin, K.Z., Koohbor, B., Kumar, R. and Vashisth, A.*, 2023. Out-Of-Oven Rapid Synthesis of Entropy Stabilized Oxides Using Radio Frequency Heating. Journal of Materials Research and Technology.  DOI:10.1016/j.jmrt.2023.03.060 [PDF].

30. Saadi, M.A.S.R., Advincula, P.A., Thakur, M.S.H., Khater, A.Z., Saad, S., Shayesteh Zeraati, A., Nabil, S.K., Zinke, A., Roy, S., Lou, M., Bheemasetti, S.N., Zheng, Y., Beckham, J., Gadhamshetty, V., Vashisth, A., Kibria, M.G., Tour, J., Ajayan, P.M., and Rahman M.M., 2022. Sustainable valorization of asphaltenes via flash joule heating. Science Advances. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.add3555 [PDF].

29. Sarmah, A., Morales, M.A., Srivastava, A., Upama, S., Nandi, A., Henry, T.C., Green, M.J. and Vashisth, A.*, 2022. Interfacial carbon fiber-matrix interactions in thermosetting composites volumetrically cured by electromagnetic fields. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing. DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2022.107276 [PDF].

28. Sarmah, A., Sarikaya, S., Thiem, J., Upama, S.T., Khalfaoui, A.N., Dasari, S.S., Arole, K., Hawkins, S.A., Naraghi, M., Vashisth, A. and Green, M., 2022. Recycle and Reuse of Continuous Carbon Fibers from Thermoset Composites using Joule Heating. ChemSusChem. DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202200989 [PDF].

27. Karuth, A., Alesadi, A., Vashisth, A., Xia, W. and Rasulev, B., 2022. Reactive Molecular Dynamics Study of Hygrothermal Degradation of Crosslinked Epoxy Polymers. ACS Applied Polymer Materials DOI:10.1021/acsapm.2c00383 [PDF].

26. Roumeli, E., Hendrickx, R., Bonanomi, L., Vashisth, A., Rinaldi, K. and Daraio, C., 2022. Biological matrix composites from cultured plant cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, DOI:10.1073/pnas.2119523119 [PDF].

25. Jayan, R., Vashisth, A., & Islam, M. M. 2022. First‐principles investigation of elastic and electronic properties of double transition metal carbide MXenes. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. DOI:10.1111/jace.18394 [PDF].

24. Sarmah, A., Desai, S.K., Tezel, G.B., Vashisth, A., Mustafa, M.M., Arole, K., Crowley, A.G. & Green, M.J., 2022. Rapid manufacturing via selective Radio Frequency heating and curing of thermosetting resins. Advanced Engineering Materials. DOI:10.1002/adem.202101351 [PDF].

23. Grabowski, K., Srivatsa, S., Vashisth, A., Mishnaevsky Jr, L., & Uhl, T. 2022. Recent advances in MXene-based sensors for Structural Health Monitoring applications: A review. Measurement. DOI: 10.1016/j.measurement.2021.110575 [PDF].

22. Thiem, J., Cole, D.P., Dubey, U., Srivastava, A., Ashraf, C., Henry, T.C., Bakis, C.E. and Vashisth, A.* 2022. Using data science to locate nanoparticles in a polymer matrix composite. Composites Science and Technology DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2021.109205 [PDF].

21. Kamble, M., Vashisth, A., Yang, H., Pranompont, S., Picu, C. R., Wang, D., & Koratkar, N. 2022. Reversing fatigue in carbon-fiber reinforced vitrimer composites. Carbon DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2021.10.078 [PDF]

20. Vashisth, A.*, Upama, S., Anas, M., Oh, J.H., Patil, N., & Green, M.J. 2021 Radio Frequency Heating and Material Processing Using Carbon Susceptors (Mini-Review). Nanoscale Advances DOI: 10.1039/D1NA00217A [PDF]

19. Anas, M., Mustafa, M. M., Vashisth, A., Barnes, E., Saed, M. A., Moores, L. C., & Green, M. J. 2021. Universal patterns of radio-frequency heating in nanomaterial-loaded structures. Applied Materials Today DOI: 10.1016/j.apmt.2021.101044 [PDF]

18. Tezel, G.B., Sarmah, A., Desai, S., Vashisth, A., and Green, M.J. 2021. Kinetics of carbon nanotube-loaded epoxy curing: Rheometry, differential scanning calorimetry, and radio frequency heating. Carbon DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2020.12.090 [PDF]

17. Vashisth, A., Auvil, T. J., Sophiea, D., Mastroianni, S. E., & Green, M. J. 2021. Using Radio Frequency Fields for Local Heating and Curing of Adhesive for Bonding Metals. Advanced Engineering Materials. DOI: 10.1002/adem.202100210 [PDF]

16. Bansala, T., Verma, P., Vashisth, A., Hope, J.T., Yakovlev, S., Uppili, S., Green, M.J., and Hule, R.A. 2021. High‐density polyethylene reinforced by low loadings of electrochemically exfoliated graphene via melt recirculation approach. Journal of Applied Polymer Science DOI: 10.1002/app.50448 [PDF]

15. Morikawa, K., Vashisth, A., Bansala, T., Verma, P., Green, M. J., and Naraghi, M., 2020. Melt Electrospinning Polyethylene Fibers in Inert Atmosphere. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering DOI: 10.1002/mame.202000106 [PDF]

14. Zhao, X., Vashisth, A., Blivin, J.W., Tan, Z., Holta, D.E., Kotasthane, V., Shah, S.A., Habib, T., Liu, S., Lutkenhaus, J.L. and Radovic, M., 2020. pH, Nanosheet Concentration, and Antioxidant Affect the Oxidation of Ti3C2Tx and Ti2CTx MXene Dispersions. Advanced Materials Interfaces DOI:10.1002/admi.202000845 [PDF]

13. Gruener, J.T., Vashisth, A., Pospisil, M.J., Camacho, A.C., Oh, J.H., Sophiea, D., Mastroianni, S.E., Auvil, T.J. and Green, M.J., 2020. Local heating and curing of carbon nanocomposite adhesives using radio frequencies. Journal of Manufacturing Processes DOI:10.1016/j.jmapro.2020.08.039 [PDF]

12. Vashisth, A., Healey, R.E., Pospisil, M.J., Oh, J.H., and Green, M.J., 2020, Continuous Processing of Pre-pregs using Radio Frequency Heating. Composites Science and Technology DOI:10.1016/j.compscitech.2020.108211 [PDF]

11. Vashisth, A., Kowalik, M., Gerringer, J., Ashraf, C., van Duin, A. C., and Green, M. J., 2020, ReaxFF Simulations of Laser-Induced Graphene (LIG) Formation for Multifunctional Polymer Nanocomposites. ACS Applied Nano Materials, DOI:10.1021/acsanm.9b02524 [PDF]

10. Vashisth, A., and Mirsayar, M. M., 2020, A Combined Atomistic-Continuum Study On the Temperature Effects on Interfacial Fracture in SiC/SiO2 Composites. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, DOI:10.1016/j.tafmec.2019.102399 [PDF]

9. Morikawa, K., Vashisth, A., Bansala, T., Green, M. J., and Naraghi, M., 2019, Radio Frequency Heating of Wire-Melt Electrospun Polymer Fibers with Carbon Nanoparticle Receptors. ACS Applied Polymer Materials, DOI:10.1021/acsapm.9b00685 [PDF]

8. Zhao, X., Vashisth, A., Prehn, E, Sun, W., Shah, S.A., Habib, T., Chen, Y., Tan, Z., Lutkenhaus, J.L., Radovic, M. and Green, M.J., 2019, Anti-oxidants enable shelf-stable Ti3C2Tx (MXene) nanosheet dispersions. Matter (Elsevier) DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2019.05.020 [PDF]

7. Ashraf, C., Vashisth, A., Bakis, C.E. and van Duin, A.C.T., 2019, Reactive Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Atomic Oxygen Impact on Epoxies with Different Chemistries. Journal of Physical Chemistry C DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b03739 [PDF]

6. Vashisth, A., Khatri, A., Hahn, S. H., Zhang, W., van Duin, A. C. T., and Naraghi, M., 2019, Mechanics of Silica ceramics fibers: Experiments and ReaxFF Simulations. Nanoscale, DOI: 10.1039/C9NR00958B [PDF]

5. Morikawa, K.,  Vashisth, A., Grimme, C. J., Green, M. J., and Naraghi, M., 2019,  Wire Melt Electrospinning of Thin Polymeric Fibers via Strong Electrostatic Field Gradients. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering DOI: 10.1002/mame.201800417 [PDF]

4. Vashisth, A., and Bakis, C.E., 2019, Multi-scale Characterization and Modeling of Nanosilica Reinforced Filament Wound Carbon/Epoxy Composite, ASTM International - Materials Performance and Characterization, DOI: 10.1520/MPC20180108 [PDF]

3. Vashisth, A., Ashraf, C., Bakis, C.E. and van Duin, A.C.T., 2018, Effect of Chemical Structure on Thermo-Mechanical Properties of Epoxy Polymers: Comparison of Accelerated ReaxFF Simulations and Experiments, Polymer DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2018.11.005 [PDF]

2. Vashisth, A., Ashraf, C., Zhang, W., Bakis, C.E. and van Duin, A.C.T., 2018, Accelerated ReaxFF simulations for describing the reactive cross-linking of polymers. Journal of Physical Chemistry A DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b03826 [PDF] 

1. Vashisth, A., Bakis, C.E., Ruggeri, C.R., Henry,T.C., Roberts, G.D., 2018, Ballistic Impact Response of Carbon/Epoxy Tubes with Variable Nanosilica Content. Journal Of Composite Materials, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0021998317728461 [PDF]

Peer Reviewed Conference Papers

1. Theim, J., Cole, D.P., Dubey, U., Srivastava, A., Ashraf, C., Henry, T.C., Bakis, C.E., Vashisth, A., 2021. Using Data Science to Evaluate Nano-Reinforced Epoxy Surfaces. In 36th Annual American Society for Composites Technical Conference, DEStech, Lancaster, PA.  [PDF]

2. Behling, E.R., Srivastava, A., Glaesener, R., Kumar, S., Vashisth, A., 2021. What if Spiders Made Metamaterial Webs using Materials with Mechanical Size-Effects? In 36th Annual American Society for Composites Technical Conference, DEStech, Lancaster, PA.  [PDF]

3. Chandraprakash, C., Vashisth, A., Bhuvana, T., & Bakis, C. E. , 2020. Optical characterization of nanosilica-filled bisphenol-F epoxy and carbon fiber composites. In 35th Annual American Society for Composites Technical Conference, DEStech, Lancaster, PA.  [PDF]

4. Vashisth, A., Henry, T. C., Mills, B. T., Lee, J., & Bakis, C. E., 2019. Oblique ballistic impact testing of carbon/epoxy torsion tubes. In 34th Technical Conference of the American Society for Composites, DEStech, Lancaster, PA.  [PDF]

5. Vashisth, A., Bakis, C.E. and Henry, T.C., 2018, Quantitative Microscopic Investigation of Mode I Fracture Surfaces of Nanosilica-Filled Epoxies. In Proc. 33rd American Soc. Composites Technical Conference, DEStech, Lancaster, PA. [PDF]

6. Vashisth, A., Ashraf, C., Bakis, C.E. and van Duin, A.C.T., 2018, Reactive Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Accelerated Cross-linking and Disintegration of Bisphenol F/DETDA Polymer using ReaxFF. In Proc. 33rd American Soc. Composites Technical Conference, DEStech, Lancaster, PA.  [PDF]

7. Kim, J., Vashisth, A., Bakis, C.E. 2017 Testing of nanoparticle-toughened carbon/epoxy composites using the short beam shear method. In Proc. 32st American Soc. Composites Technical Conference and ASTM D30 Meeting, DEStech, Lancaster, PA. [PDF]

8. Vashisth, A., Bakis, C.E., Ruggeri, C.R., Henry,T.C., Roberts, G.D. 2017, Effects of Nanosilica Filler on the Ballistic Impact Tolerance of Carbon/Epoxy Tubes Loaded in Torsion. In Proc. Of American Helicopter Society, Forum 73, Fort Worth, TX. [PDF]

9. Vashisth, A and Bakis, C.E. 2016, Characterization of nanosilica filled bis-F epoxy with diamino diphenyl sulfone curing agents. In Proc. 31st American Soc. Composites Technical Conference and ASTM D30 Meeting, DEStech, Lancaster, PA (16 pages). [PDF]

10. Vashisth, A., Zhu, B., Wimmer, B.M., Bakis, C.E. and Rahn, C.D., 2013. Evaluation of millimeter-size fluidic flexible matrix composite tubes. In Proc. ASME 2013 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York (9 pages).  [PDF]