Carlos Hernandez; Santosh K Gupta; Jose P Zuniga; Jorge Vidal; Rene Galvan; Misael Martinez; Hector Guzman; Lilian Chavez (2019); Yuanbing Mao; Karen Lozano; “Performance evaluation of Ce3+ doped flexible PVDF fibers for efficient optical pressure sensors” Sensors and Actuators A: Physical https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2019.111595

Dorina Magdalena Chipara, Denis Mihaela Panaitescu, Karen Lozano, Raluca Augusta Gabor, Christian Andi Nicolae, and Mircea Chipara (2019); “Raman spectroscopy and molecular bases of elasticity: SEBS-graphite composites” Polymer 176, 74-78.

P Vidal, M Martinez, C Hernandez, AR Adhikari, Y Mao, L Materon, and K. Lozano (2019) “Development of chromatic biosensor for quick bacterial detection based on polyvinyl butyrate-polydiacetylene nonwoven fiber composites” European Polymer Journal 121, 109284

Magdalena Chipara, Dorina & Secu, Corina & Lozano, Karen & Secu, Mihail & Chipara, Mircea. (2019). Raman Investigations on Gamma Irradiated iPP-VGCNF nanocomposites: The Polymer's Tale. Surfaces and Interfaces. 100351. 10.1016/j.surfin.2019.100351.

MarisolValdez, Santosh K.Gupta, KarenLozano, YuanbingMao; “ForceSpun polydiacetylene nanofibers as colorimetric sensor for food spoilage detection” Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical; 2019 Volume 297, 126734 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2019.126734

Akia, M., MkHoyan, KA., Lozano K., Synthesis of Multiwall  α-Fe2O3 hollow fibers via a centrifugal spinning technique, Mater Sci Eng C Mater Biol Appl., 2019 Sep;102:552-557. doi: 10.1016/j.msec.2019.04.085

Mandana Akia, Nataly Salinas, Salomon Luna, Elizabeth Medina, Alejandra Valdez, Jorge Lopez, Jonathan Ayala, Mataz Alcoutlabi, and Karen Lozano; “In situ synthesis of Fe3O4 reinforced carbon fiber composites as anodes in lithium-ion batteries” Journal of Materials Science 2019 DOI: 10.1007/s10853-019-03717-z

Claudia A. Ramírez Herrera, Homero Gonzalez, Felipe de la Torre, Laura Benitez, José G. Cabañas Moreno, Karen Lozano “Electrical properties and electromagnetic interference shielding effectiveness of interlayered systems composed by carbon nanotube filled carbon nanofiber mats and polymer composites” Nanomaterials 2019, 9(2), 238; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9020238

Victoria Padilla-Gainza, Graciela Morales, Heriberto Rodríguez-Tobías, Karen Lozano. "Forcespinning technique for the production of Poly(D,L-Lactic Acid) sub-micron fibers: Process-Morphology-Properties Relationship” J. APPL. POLYM. SCI. 2019, DOI: 10.1002/APP.47643 (COVER PAGE IMAGE)

Mandana Akia, Cristobal Rodriguez, Luis Materon, Robert Gilkerson and Karen Lozano; “Antibacterial properties of SOJ incorporated Nylon nanofibers membrane” European Polymer Journal, 2019, 115, 1-5; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2019.03.019

Will Boyle, Weili Chen, Astrid Rodriguez, Samantha Linn, Jakub Tolar, Karen Lozano, Theresa M. Reineke, “Ternary composite nanofibers containing chondroitin sulfate as chemokine scavenging wound dressings”, ACS Appl. Bio Mater., 2019, 2 (2), pp 619–624 DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.8b00690

Lin Wei, Karen Lozano, and Yuanbing Mao, Microwave Popped Co(II)-Graphene Oxide Hybrid: Bifunctional Catalyst for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction and Hydrogen Storage, Engineered Science, 2018, 3, 62-66. DOI: 10.30919/es8d723

Roman Garcia-Perez, Karen Lozano, Jorge Castillo, and Hasina Huq, and Jorge Castillo; “A Study of the Elemental and Surface Characterization of AlGaN/GaN HEMT by Magnetron Sputtering System” K390609_Handbook for III-V High Electron Mobility Transistor Technologies in CRC PRESS to be published by Taylor & Francis (BOOK CHAPTER)

Riahi, Daniel; Lozano, Karen; Cremar, Lee; Fuentes, Arturo; "On nonlinear rotating polymeric jets during forcespinning process"; Fluids Dynamics Research, 2018, 50, 065507

Loreana M, Luissanyi C, Luis S, Yuanbing M, Nancy F, et al. Development and Characterization of Glandless Cottonseed Meal/Pullulan Fine Fiber Mats. Arch Nano Op Acc J 1(4). 2018. ANOAJ.MS.ID.000117.

Mandana Akia, Nataly Salinas, Cristobal Rodriguez, Robert Gilkerson, Luis Materon, and   Karen Lozano; “Texas Sour Orange Juice Used in Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering” Membranes 2018, 8 (3), 38

Mandana Akia, Lee Cremar, Manuel Seas, Jahaziel Villarreal, Mataz Alcoutlabi, and Karen Lozano; “High-throughput production with improved functionality and graphitization of carbon fine fibers developed from sodium chloride-polyacrylonitrile precursors” Journal of Polymer Engineering and Science 58, 11, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1002/pen.24816

L. Cremar, Jorge Gutierrez, Jennifer Martinez, Luis A Materon, Robert Gilkerson, and Karen Lozano, “Development of antimicrobial composite chitosan nanofiber dressings for wound healing applications” Nanomed. J. 5(1): 6-14, Winter 2018

FV Ferreira, FS Brito, W. Franceschi, EAN Simonetti, LS Cividanes, M. Chipara, and K. Lozano; “Functionalized Graphene Oxide as Reinforcement in Epoxy based Nanocomposites” Surfaces and Interfaces 2018, 10, 100-109

Mandana Akia, Dulce Capitanachi, Misael Martinez, Carlos Hernandez, Karen Lozano; “Development and Optimization of alumina nanofibers utilizing centrifugal spinning process” Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 2018 262 (1) 175-18

Richard Patlan, Zachary McEachin, Alfonso Salinas, and Karen Lozano; “Fabrication and Characterization of Poly(L-lactic Acid) Fiber Mats using Centrifugal Spinning” Fibers and Polymers, 2018 19 (6), 1271-1277

FV Ferreira, BRC Menezes, W Franceschi, EV Ferreira, K Lozano, LS Cividanes, AR Coutinho, GP Thim; “Influence of carbon nanotube concentration and sonication temperature on mechanical properties of HDPE/CNT nanocomposites” Fullerenes, nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures 2017 25 (9) 531-539

Mandana Akia, Lee Cremar, Mircea Chipara, Edgar Munoz, Hilario Cortez, Hector de Santiago, Fernando J. Rodriguez-Macias, Yadira I. Vega-Cantú, Hamidreza Arandiyan, Hongyu Sun, Timothy P. Lodge, Yuanbing Mao, Karen Lozano; “In Situ Production of Graphene-Fiber Hybrid Structures” ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 2017, 9 (30), pp 25474–25480

Karen Baylón, Perla Rodríguez-Camarillo, Alex Elías-Zúñiga, Jose Antonio Díaz-Elizondo, Robert Gilkerson, and Karen Lozano, “Past, Present and Future of Surgical Meshes: A Review” Membranes 2017, 7(3), 47; doi:10.3390/membranes7030047 (Invited review article).

F.V. Ferreira, W. Franceschi, B.C.R. Menezes, F.S. Brito, K. Lozano, A.R. Coutinho, L.S. Cividanes, G.P. Thim “Dodecylamine functionalization of carbon nanotubes to improve dispersion, thermal and mechanical properties of polyethylene based nanocomposites” Applied Surface Science 410, 267-277, 2017

Cremar Lee D., Lozano Karen, Ben Jones, Nicole Martinez, Gustavo Mejia, Hilario Cortez, Edgar Muñoz, Rocío Nava; “Nitrogen Doped Carbon Nanofibers derived from water-soluble precursors” Journal of Advances in Nanomaterials, 2 (4) 197-207 (2017) https://dx.doi.org/10.22606/jan.2017.24002

Q. Li, X. Sun, K. Lozano, and Y. Mao, Dependence of Photoelectrochemical Properties on Geometry Factors of Interconnected „Caterpillar-like“ ZnO Networks, Electrochimica Acta, 2017, 222, 232-245. DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2016.10.162.

Aldica, D. M. Chipara, L. Ciurea, S. Popa, I. Stavarache, A. M. Lepadatu, K. Lozano, M. Chipara. Isotactic Polypropylene - Vapor Grown Carbon Nanofibers Composites: Electrical Properties. JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE, 134 (38) 2017.

Mircea Chipara, Brian Jones, Dorina M. Chipara, Jianhua Li, Shah Valloppilly, Karen Lozano, David Sellmyer. On Orientation Memory in High Density Polyethylene – Carbon Nanofibers Composites. e-POLYMERS, 17 (4) 303-310, 2017.

N Ali, D Chipara, K Lozano, J Hinthorne, M Chipara. Polyethylene Oxide− Fullerene Nanocomposites. APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE, 421, 220-227 (2017)

R. Nava, L. Cremar, V. Agubra, J. Sánchez, M. Alcoutlabi and K. Lozano. “Centrifugal Spinning: An Alternative for Large Scale Production of Silicon-Carbon Composite Nanofibers for Lithium Ion Batteries Anodes” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2016, 8 (43), pp 29365–29372

Akia, Mandana, Hamidreza Arandiyan, Karen Lozano, and Seyed Mahdi Alavi. "Optimizing the dehydrogenation catalyst of higher normal paraffins supported on a nanocrystalline gamma alumina." Catalysis Science & Technology (2016).

Cremar LD, Acosta-Martinez J, Villarreal A, Salinas A, Lozano K. Mechanical and electrical characterization of carbon nanofibers produced from water soluble precursors. Materials Today Communications 2016; Vol 7, p134-139. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2016.04.006

L. D. Cremar, J. Acosta-Martinez, A. Villarreal, A. Salinas, L. Wei, Y. Mao, and K. Lozano. High-Throughput of Multifunctional Carbon Nanofibers from Water Soluble Precursors, Chem. Fibers Int. 66 (2016) 40-42

L. D. Cremar, J. Acosta-Martinez, A. Villarreal, A. Salinas, L. Wei, Y. Mao, and K. Lozano. Multifunctional Carbon Nanofiber Systems Produced from Water Soluble Polymers and Low Temperature Processes, TextileTechnology: Chemical Fibers International - Fiber production No 1, Document 6, 1-17 (2016) http://textination.de/de/document/1145985479292875/2.0/Chem_Fibers_Inter_manuscript%20_Lozano.pdf

Fenghua Xu, Baicheng Weng, Luis A. Materon, Anxiu Kuang, Jorge A. Trujillo, and Karen Lozano “Fabrication of cellulose fine fiber based membranes embedded with silver nanoparticles via Forcespinning” Journal of Polymer Engineering, 36 (3) 2016.

A. Salinas, A. Altecor, M. Lizcano and K. Lozano; “Production of β-Silicon Carbide Nanofibers using the Forcespinning® Method” Journal of Ceramic Science and Technology, 07 (3) 229-234, 2016

B. Weng, F. Xu, and K, Lozano; “Development of hierarchical structured carbon nanotube-nylon nanofiber mats” Journal of Applied Polymer Science 132 (38), 2015​

Fibrous Cellullose Membrane mass produced via forcespinning® for lithium-ion battery separators B. Weng, F Xu, M Alcoutlabi, Y Mao and K. Lozano; Cellulose 22 (2), 1311-1320 (2015)​

Q. Li, X. Sun, K. Lozano, and Y. Mao, “Hierarchically-Branched ZnO Nanostructures with High Spatial Occupancy of Nanowires for Improved Solar Water Splitting,” In Press (2015).​

A. Salinas, M. Lizcano and K. Lozano; “Synthesis of 𝛽-SiC Fine Fibers by the Forcespinning Method with Microwave Irradiation” Journal of Ceramics Volume 2015, Article ID 217931, 5 pages (2015) http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/217931​

Horacio Gutierrez, Gerardo Villarreal, Karen Lozano, Horacio Vasquez; “Titanium Dioxide Nanofibers through Forcespinning” Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabric; Volume 10, 2, 129-136 (2015)​

E. Garcia, Q. Li, X. Sun, K. Lozano, and Y. Mao, TiO2 Fibers: Tunable Polymorphic Phase Transformation and Electrochemical Properties, J. Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 15, 3750-3756 (2015). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2015.9545​

Fenghua Xu, Baicheng Weng, Luis A. Materon, Robert Gilkerson and Karen Lozano; “Development of tannic acid/chitosan/pullulan composite nanofibers from aqueous solution for potential applications as wound dressing” Carbohydrate Polymers; 115:16–24 (2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2014.08.081

D. M. Mihut, W. Zhao, K. Lozano, H. Foltz, “Fabrication and Characterization of Silver and Copper Coated Nylon 6 Forcespun Nanofibers by Thermal Evaporation”, submitted to Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology, 2014​

Q. Li, X. Sun, K. Lozano, and Y. Mao, “Hierarchically-Branched ZnO Nanostructures with High Spatial Occupancy of Nanowires for Improved Solar Water Splitting,” submitted (2014).​

Li, Qiang; Sun, Xing; Lozano, Karen; Mao, Yuanbing "Facile and Scalable Synthesis of “Caterpillar-like” ZnO Nanostructures with Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Water-splitting Effect" Journal: The Journal of Physical Chemistry; Part C: Energy Conversion and Storage, Optical and Electronic Devices, Interfaces, Nanomaterials, and Hard Matter; Section C: Energy Conversion and Storage; Energy and Charge Transport (Under review) 2014​

Fenghua Xu, Baicheng Weng, Luis A. Materon, Robert Gilkerson and Karen Lozano; “Development of tannic acid/chitosan/pullulan composite nanofibers from aqueous solution for potential applications as wound dressing” Carbohydrates (IN PRESS)​

Fenghua Xu, Baicheng Weng, Luis A. Materon, Robert Gilkerson and Karen Lozano; “Large-scale production of ternary composite nanofiber membrane for wound dressing applications” Journal of Bioactive and Compatible Polymers, Biomedical Applications (IN PRESS) 2014​

Q. Li, X. Sun, K. Lozano, and Y. Mao, Asymmetric supercapacitors with dominant pseudocapacitance based on manganese oxide nanoflowers in neutral aqueous electrolyte, RSC Adv. 2013, 3, 24886-24890. (IF: 2.562)​

Horacio Gutierrez, Gerardo Villarreal, Karen Lozano, Horacio Vasquez; “Titanium Dioxide Nanofibers through Forcespinning” Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabric; 2014 IN PRESS​

Taha-Tijerina, Jose; Narayanan, Tharangattu; Chipara, Mircea; Tiwary, CHANDRA; Lozano, Karen; Ajayan, Pulickel ; "Nanodiamond Based Thermal Fluids" ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2014 IN PRESS Manuscript ID: am-2013-05575t.R2​

Weng, Baicheng; Xu, Fenghua; Lozano, Karen "Mass production of carbon nanotube reinforced poly(methyl methacrylate) nonwoven nanofiber mats" Carbon 2014 IN PRESS​

Weng, Baicheng; Xu, Fenghua; Garza, George; Alcoutlabi, Mataz; Salinas, Alfonso; Lozano, Karen "The Production of Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Poly(vinyl) Butyral Nanofibers by the Forcespinning® Method" Polymer Engineering and Science 2014 IN PRESS​

Weng, Baicheng; Xu, Fenghua; Lozano, Karen "Mass production of Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Polyacrylonitrile Fine Fibers Composites," Journal of Applied Polymer Science 2014 IN PRESS​

E. Garcia, Q. Li, X. Sun, K. Lozano, and Y. Mao, TiO2 Fibers: Tunable Polymorphic Phase Transformation and Electrochemical Properties, J. Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 2014 IN PRESS

Q. Li, K. Lozano, Y. Lü, Y. Mao, Heterogeneous Manganese Oxide-Encased Carbon Nanocomposite Fibers for High Performance Pseudocapacitors, Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings 34 (9) 41-55 (2013).

A. Aleksey, Q. Li, K. Lozano, Y. Mao, Mixed-Valent VOx/Polymer Nanohybrid Fibers for Flexible Energy Storage Materials, Ceramics International (2013, in press) 

S. Padron, A. Fuentes, D. Caruntu, and K. Lozano, Experimental Study of Nanofiber Production Through ForcespinningTM, Journal of Applied Physics 113, 2, 024318 (2013).

Bharath Raghaven, Haidy Soto and K. Lozano; “Fabrication of Melt Spun Polypropylene Nanofibers by ForcespinningTM” Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics Volume 8, Issue 1, March - 2013

Y. Rane, A. Altecor, and K. Lozano; “Preparation of Superhydrophobic Teflon® AF 1600 sub-micron fibers and yarns using the ForcespinningTM Technique” Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics Vol 8 (4) December 2013.

Dorina Magdalena Chipara, Maritza Flores, Alma Perez, Nancy Puente, Karen Lozano, Mircea Chipara, Adding Autonomic Healing Capabilities to Polyethylene Oxide, Advances in Polymer Technology, vol 32, No S1, E505–E513 March 2013