Douglas H. Adamson

Professor

Department of Chemistry

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Education

• Ph.D. University of Southern California
• B.S. University of Evansville, Indiana

Research Focus

• Bio-Inspired Materials
• Polymersomes
• Nanofillers

Publications

Electrically Conducting Porous Hydrogels by a Self-Assembled Percolating Pristine Graphene Network
Mohammadi Sejoubsari, R.; Xu, T.; Ward, S.; Bandara, N.; Zhang, Z.;, Adamson, D. H.
Soft Matter, 2025, DOI: 10.1039/d4sm01311e

Hexagonal Boron Nitride as a Two-Dimensional Surfactant: Low-Density Flame-Resistant Composite Based on Boron Nitride Exfoliated by an Interface Trapping Technique
Chapman, C. M.; Srivastava, D. S.; Ward, S. P.; Chi, Z.; Adamson, D. H.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2024, DOI: org/10.1021/acsami.4c16149

Synthesis of Graphene Oxide: Effect of Sonication during Oxidation
Liyanage, C. D.; Kumar, H.; Perera, I.; Abeykoon, P. G.; Chen, F.; Joya, J. S.; Suib, S. L.; Adamson, D. H.
Carbon, 223, 119047, 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2024.119047.

Activation of Ostwald Ripening and Electrical Conductivity in polyHIPEs through the Addition of Ascorbic Acid to Graphene-Stabilized Emulsions
Joyce, M. J.; McDermott, S. T.; Adamson, D. H.
Polymer, 293, 126628, 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2023.126628.

Polyphenol Modification of Graphene-Stabilized Emulsions to Form Electronically Conductive Polymer Spheres
Joyce, M. J.; McDermott, S. T.; Umaiya, K.; Adamson, D. H.
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science,653A, 327-337, 2024, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.09.008

Graphene’s Effect on the Mechanism of Radical Polymerization with In Situ Graphene Composites
Ward, S.P.; Adamson, D.H.
Carbon Trends, 2022, DOI: 10.1016/j.carte.2022.100233

Solvent-Free Direct PEGylation of Collagen Fibers
Ward, S. P.; McDermott, S. T.; Heichel, D.; Burke, K. A.; Adamson, D. H.
ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng., 2022, DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.2c01071

Evolution of Heterogeneity and Chemical Functionality during the Oxidation of Graphite
Kumar, H. V.; Oyer, A. J.; Huang, K.Y. -S.; Adamson, D.H.
Colloids and Interfaces, 2022, DOI: 10.3390/colloids6030044

Surface-Initiated Passing-Through Polymerization on a Rubber Substrate: Supplying Monomer From Swollen Substrates
McDermott, S. T.; Ward, S. P.; Vy, N. C. H.; Wang, Z.; Morales-Acosta, M. D.; Dobrynin, A. V.; Adamson, D. H. Macromolecules, 2022, DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c00685

Chromatographic Approach to Isolate Exfoliated Graphene 
Abeykoon, P. G.; Ward, S. P.; Chen, F.; Adamson, D. H.
Langmuir, 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c00917

Surface-initiated passing-through zwitterionic polymer brushes for salt-selective and antifouling materials
Vy, N. C. H.; Liyanage, C. D.; Williams, R. M.; Fang, J. M.; Kerns, P.; Schniepp, H. C.; Adamson, D. H.
Macromolecules, 2020, 53(22), 10278-10288

Controlled Radical Polymerization of Hydrophilic and Zwitterionic Brush-like Polymers from Silk Fibroin Surfaces
Heichel, D. L.; Vy, N. C.; Ward, S. P.; Adamson, D. H.; Burke, K. A.
Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2020, 8, 10392-10406

Interface-exfoliated Graphene-based Conductive Screen-printing Inks: Low-loading, Low-cost, and Additive-free
Chen, F.; Varghese, D.; McDermott, S. T.; George, I.; Geng, L.; Adamson, D. H.
Scientific Reports, 2020, 10, 18047

Effect of aqueous anions on graphene exfoliation
Ward, S. P.; Abeykoon, P.; McDermott, S. T.; Adamson, D. H.
Langmuir, 2020, 36, 10421-10428