Christine Duval

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2025

• Monge Neria, R; Zeeshan, M; Kapoor, A; Gurkan, B; Duval, CE; Saylor, RA; Kisley, L. “Super-resolution imaging reveals resistance to mass transfer in functionalized stationary phases.” Accepted and in press.

2024

• Kent, K; Dean-Kersten, W; Duval, CE; Servis, A. “Distributed Sustainable Metals Production: Opportunities for Intensifying Separations & Alternative Feedstocks” Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coche.2024.101075
• Suresh, P; Johnson, L; Duval, CE. “Membrane adsorbers with copolymer coatings for the separation of actinides from lanthanides (UO22+ and La3+).” ACS Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 10.1021/acs.iecr.4c03288
• Johnson, L; Schneider, B; Mithaiwala, H ; Green, MD; Renner, JN; Duval, CE. “Electrospun Membranes Modified with Lanmodulin-Derived Peptides for Lanthanide Adsorption.” ACS Applied Engineering Materials, 2024, 2, 10, 2441-2453. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaenm.4c00510
• Kersten, B; Hawthorne, K; Williamson, M; Akolkar, R; Duval, CE. “Insight into electrodeposition inefficiencies of Am from AmCl3-LiCl-KCl through diffusion-reaction modeling, voltammetry and potentiometry.” Journal of the Electrochemical Society. https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ad80d2 
• Verma, G; Hostert, J; Summerville, S; Robang, AS; Paravatsu, A; Getman, R; Duval, CE; Renner, JN. “Investigation of Rare Earth Element Binding to a Surface-Bound Affinity Peptide Derived from EF-Hand Loop I of Lanmodulin.” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2024, 16, 13, 16912-16926. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c17565

2023

• Kersten, B; Akolkar, R; Duval, CE. “An electrochemical technique for sensing uranium adsorption.“ Analytica Chimica Acta. 2023, 1284, 34200-342003. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2023.342003
• Sepesy, M; Banik, T; Scott, J; Johnson, A; Schneider, BL; Sibley, MM; Duval, CE. “Chemically stable, styrenic electrospun membranes with tailorable surface chemistry.” Membranes.13(11), 870; “Women in Membrane Science” issue edited by Isabel Escobar. https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes13110870
• Hostert, JD; Sepesy, M; Renner, JN; Duval, CE. “Clickable polymer scaffolds enable Ce recovery with peptide ligands.” Soft Matter, 2023, 19, 2823-2831. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2SM01664H

2022

• Kersten, B; Hawthorne, K; Williamson, M; Akolkar, R; Duval, CE. “Synthesis of americium trichloride via chlorination of americium oxide using zirconium tetrachloride in LiCl-KCl molten salt.” J. Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 2022, 331, 4913-4918. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-022-08527-3
• Suresh, P; Che, A; Yu, M; Pataroque, K; Kulbacki, D; Duval, CE. “Including non-binding ‘spacer’ monomers in polymeric phosphonate ligands can tune ligand-ion affinity for rare earth element, La.” ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 2022, 4, 9, 6710-6722. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.2c01065
• Sepesy, M; Fugate, B; Duval, CE. “Amine-functionalized membranes to capture copper from acidic solutions.”  ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 2022. Special Issue: Early Career Forum (invited). https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.1c01512

2021

• Kersten, B; Hawthorne, K; Williamson, M; Akolkar, R; Duval, CE. “Future of Nuclear Energy: Electrochemical Reprocessing of Fuel Takes Center Stage.” ECS Interface. Fall 2021. (invited) https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/2.F06213F

2020

• Suresh, P; Duval, CE. “Poly(acid) grafted membranes to sequester uranium from seawater.” Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2020, 59, 26, 12212-12222. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.0c01090
• Yu, M; Renner, JN; Duval, CE. “A lysine-modified polyethersulfone (PES) membrane for lanthanide recovery.” Frontiers in Chemistry, 2020. Special Edition for Women in Science: Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2020.00512

2019

• Duval, CE; Hardy, W; Pellizzeri, S; DeVol, TA; Husson, SM. “Phosphonic acid and alkyl phosphate-derivitized resins for the simultaneous concentration and detection of uranium in environmental waters” Reactive and Functional Polymers, 2019 (137), 133-139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reactfunctpolym.2019.01.015

2018

• Duval, CE; Darge, AW; Ruff, CL; DeVol, TA; Husson, SM. “Rapid sample preparation for alpha spectroscopy with ultrafiltration membranes” Analytical Chemistry. 2018 (90) 6, 4144-4149. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.8b00135

Prior to CWRU

• Duval, CE; DeVol, TA; Husson, SM. "Extractive scintillating polymer sensors for trace-level detection of uranium contaminated ground water" Analytica Chimica Acta. 2016 (947), 1-8. *Featured on cover https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2016.09.029
• Thies, S; Duval, CE; DeVol, TA; Husson, SM. “Creating Monodisperse Polymer Microspheres Using Membrane Emulsification” Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 2016 (44593), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1002/app.44593
• Duval, CE; DeVol, TA; Wade, EC; Seliman, AF; Bliznyuk, VN; Husson, SM. "Stability of polymeric scintillating resins developed for ultra-trace level detection of alpha- and beta-emitting radionuclides" Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. 2016 310 (2), 583-588. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-016-4913-3
• Duval, CE; DeVol, TA; Husson, SM. “Evaluation of resin radius and column diameter for the implementation of extractive scintillating resin in flow-cell detectors” Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. 2016 (307), 2253-2258.
• Blyzniuk, VN; Duval, CE; Apul, OG; Seliman, AF; Husson, SM; DeVol, TA. “High porosity scintillating polymer resins for ionizing radiation sensor applications” Polymer. 2015 (56), 271-279.
• D. Kim, D. Donahue, B. Kuncharam, C. Duval and B. Wilhite, “Toward an integrated ceramic micro-membrane network:  Effect of Ethanol Reformate on Palladium Membranes” Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 2010 49 (21), 10254-10261.