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Dr. Brian P. Grady leads the polymer and nanomaterials characterization group at the University of Oklahoma. He also has a substantial effort in the study of surfactants, with particular interest in adsorption at the solid-liquid interface. He is a faculty member of the School of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering in the College of Engineering. He is also the Director for the Institute for Applied Surfactant Research at the University of Oklahoma |
He is a Fellow of the Society of Plastics Engineers He is the Faculty Advisor for Triangle Fraternity at the University of Oklahoma Dr. Grady also teaches courses and co-advises students at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. Errata for book: Carbon Nanotube-Polymer Composites: Manufacture, Properties and Applications. Dr. Grady is Quality Assurance Manager for CeralUSA Dr. Grady is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for NanoMed Targeting Systems Inc. |
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Research |
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| Simple SAXS and WAXS Software written in Excel | |
| Industrial Collaborators |
Equipment and Instruments |
Current Students and Post Docs |
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| JJ Hamon (email) |
Jiaxi Guo (postdoc)(email) |
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| Violaine Peltier
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Louis Jackson (email)
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| Kyle Karinshak (undergrad) (email)
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Greg Yu (email) |
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| Ralph Anglade (undergrad) (email) |
Yuan Rui (undergrad) (email) |
Ian Pleasant (undergrad) (email) |
Colby Townshend (undergrad) (email) |
Former Graduate Students and Post-Docs |
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Stephen Henderson (email) |
Xin Wei (email) |
Selected List of Awards and Honors for Dr. Grady |
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Winner: Best Poster Award at NATAS
Annual Meeting (2011) |
Advisor of the Year, Interfraternity
Council, University of Oklahoma (1998) |
Selected Recent Publications |
Y. Wang, X. Gao, S. Kuriyavar, D. Bourne, B.P. Grady, K. Chen, K. Dormer, R.D. Kopke, “Incorporation, Release and Effectiveness of Dexamethasone in Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) Nanoparticles for Inner Ear Drug Delivery”, Journal of Nanotechnology in Engineering and Medicine, 2, Art 011013 (2011). K.M. Werts, B.P. Grady, “Mixtures of Nonionic Surfactants Made from Renewable Resources with Alkyl Sulfates: Comparison of Headgroups”, Journal of Surfactants and Detergents, 14, 77 (2011) A. Maneedaeng, K.J.Haller, B.P. Grady, A.E. Flood, “Thermodynamic Parameters and Counterion Binding to the Micelle in Binary Anionic Surfactant Systems”, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 356, 598 (2011). S.Q. Wu, L. Shi, L.B. Garfield, R.F. Tabor, A. Striolo, B.P. Grady, “Influence of Surface Roughness on Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide Adsorption from Aqueous Solution”, Langmuir, 27, 6091 (2011). K. Bui, B.P. Grady, D.V. Papavassiliou, “Heat transfer in High Volume Fraction CNT Nanocomposites: Effects of Inter-nanotube Thermal Resistance”, Chemical Physics Letters, 508, 248 (2011). A. Maneedaeng, A.E. Flood, B.P. Grady, K.J. Haller, “Explanation for the Increased Induction Times in Binary Mixed Anionic Surfactant Mixtures”, Crystal Growth and Design, 11, 2948 (2011). F. Yepez Castillo, R. Socher, B. Krause, R. Headrick, B.P. Grady, R. Prada-Silvy, P. Pötschke, "Electrical, Mechanical, and Glass Transition Behavior of Polycarbonate-Based Nanocomposites with Different Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes", Polymer, 17, 3835 (2011) J.L. Lopata, K.M. Werts, J.F. Scamehorn, B.P. Grady, “Thermodynamics of Mixed Anionic/Nonionic Surfactant Adsorption on Alumina”, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 342, 415 (2010). J. Junkasem, R. Rujiravanit, B.P. Grady, P. Supaphol, X-ray diffraction and dynamic mechanical analyses of alpha-chitin whisker-reinforced poly(vinyl alcohol) nanocomposite nanofibers, Polymer International, 59, 85 (2010). B.P. Grady “Recent Developments Concerning the Dispersion of Carbon Nanotubes in Polymers”, Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 31, 247 (2010). S. Wu, L.B. Garfield, N.E Rupert, B.P. Grady, G.P. Funkhouser, “Strength Improvement via Coating of a Cylindrical Hole by Layer-by-Layer Assembled Polymer Particles” ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 2, 1220 (2010). F.G. Mondalek, R.A. Ashley, C.C. Roth, Y. Kubar, M.A. Ihnat, K.M. Fung, B.P. Grady, B.P. Kropp, H.K. Lin, “Enhanced angiogenesis of modified porcine small intestine submucosa with hyaluronic acid-poly (lactide-co-glycolide) nanoparticles: From fabrication to pre-clinical validation”, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part A, 94A, 712 (2010) N.R. Tummala, B.P. Grady, A. Striolo, Lateral confinement effects on the structural properties of surfactant aggregates: SDS on graphene, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 12, 13137 (2010)
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