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PATENTS

K. Floyd, J.D. Batteas, E. Nwoye, J.R. Felts, P. Gonzalez, L. Mella, An Exchangeable Multicomponent Ball-Milling Reactor System (aka EMBRS). US Provisional Patent Application #63/749,494, January 25, 2025.

J.R. Felts, J.D. Batteas, E. Nwoye, H.C. Davila, Mechanochemical Ball Mill Reactor Jar with Integrated Force Measurement. US Provisional Patent Application #63/559,419, February 29, 2024.

J.R. Felts, J.D. Batteas, S. Raghuraman and T. Reyes, Method and Device for Quantitative Control of Force in Mechanochemical Reactions. US Patent 10,894,243, Issued 1/19/2021.

PAPERS

S. Kumar, R.W. Carpick and A. Martini, "Classical Potential-Based Framework for Modeling Mechanochemical Reactivity via Molecular Distortion: Demonstration for a Diels-Alder Reaction," RSC Mechanochem. (2026). DOI: 10.1039/D5MR00099H (accepted)

S. Shah, T. Tran, T. Dao, A. Garza, M. M. Mokhtar, K. Floyd, L. Mella, J. Batteas, J. Mack, "Scratching Beneath the Surface: Catalyst Evolution and Reusability in the Direct Mechanocatalytic Sonogashira Reaction," RSC Mechanochem. (2025). DOI: 10.1039/D5MR00060B (accepted)

D.L. Smith, K. Floyd, M.J. Karim, J.D. Batteas and J.C. Grunlan, "Vibratory Ball Milling of Solid State Flame Retardant Polyelectrolyte Complex for Use in Polymer Emulsions," submitted to Macromol. Rapid Commun. (2025). DOI: 10.1002/marc.202500442 (accepted)

E. Nwoye, K. Floyd, J.D. Batteas, and J. Felts, "Experimental Quantification of Impact Force and Energy for Mechanical Activation in Vibratory Ball Mills," RSC Mechanochem. 2 (2025) 911-922.

DOI: 10.1039/d5mr00059a

K.R. Floyd, L.S. Mella, R. Kwok, E.J. Broker,Jr., M. Marianski, T. Friščić, and J.D. Batteas, "Harnessing the Copper Surface for Direct Mechanocatalysis: A Case Study on Mechanochemical Sulfonylurea Synthesis," Chem. Sci. 16 (2025) 19830-19842.

DOI: 10.1039/D5SC04099J

E.A. Riesel, Z. Fang, D.H. Fabini, A.B. Altman, Y. Meng, S.K. Ghose, M.L. Whitaker, C. Park, D.Y. Popov, A.M. Rappe, and D.E. Freedman, "Planar Defect Layers Template a High-Pressure InBi Polymorph," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 147 (2025) 26496-26505.

DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c06253

C.K. Badding, E.A. Riesel, R.A. Murphy, D. Puggioni, D. Popov, G. Fabbris, D. Haskel, A.B. Altman, and D.E. Freedman, "MnBi₂ is a Permanent Magnet," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 147 (2025) 25129-25135.

DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c06874

N.Z. Koocher, A.B. Altman, R.A. Kleing, C.D. Malliakas, S.D. Jacobsen, D.E. Freedman, and J.M. Rondinelli, "Tunable Negative Thermal Expansion in Layered Perovskite Ba₃Zr₂S₇," Inorg. Chem. 64 (2025) 10761-10771.

DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c00314

I.R. Speight, K.J. Ardila-Fierro, J.G. Hernández, F. Emmerling, A.A.L. Michalchuk, F. García, E. Colacino and J. Mack, "Ball Milling for Mechanochemical Reactions," Nat. Rev. Methods Primers 5, 29 (2025) s43586-025-00401-2.

DOI: 10.1038/s43586-025-00401-2

C.R. Deschene, C. Zwanziger, R. Matheu, H.I. Karunadasa, "Mixed-Valence Halide Perovskites," Coord. Chem. Rev. (2025).

DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2025.216719

C. Qu, L. Fang, R.W. Carpick, "Contact Mechanics Correction of Activation Volume in Mechanochemistry," Phy. Rev. B. (2025) 195405.

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRev.B.111.195405

R.W. Kwok, R. Rutkoski, P. Nagorny, M. Marianski, "Stereoelectronic Effect of Protecting Groups on the Stability of Galactosyl Donor Intermediates," Molecules 30, 2 (2025) 218.

DOI: 10.3390/molecules30020218

S. Kumar, D. Button-Jennings, T.P. Hanusa, A. Martini, "Solvent Influence on the Mechanism of a Mechanochemical Metal-Halide Metathesis Reaction," RSC Mechanochemistry, (2025) 218. (published online)

DOI: 10.1039/D4MR00136B

M.G. Sensoy, S. Qin, Z. Jiang, M.P. deBoer, R.W. Carpick, A.M. Rappe, "First-Principles Investigation of Surface Mechanochemistry of Transition Metal Phosphides Under Oxygen and Benzene Atmospheres," ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces., 17, 15 (2025) 23295-23307.

DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5c00370

N. Hawthorne, E.J. Broker, Yutian Bao, Sayan Banerjee, Quentarius Moore, C. Cardinal, J. Ha, U. Braga, A.M. Rappe and J.D. Batteas, "Studies of the Mechanically Induced Reactivity of Graphene with Water Using a 2D-Materials Strain Reactor," Mater. Horiz., 12 (2024) 1179-1188.

DOI: 10.1039/D4MH01360C

J. Cobena-Reyes, F.H. Bhuiyan, and A. Martini, "Atomistic Simulations of Mechanically Activated Reactions for Oxygen Release from Polymers," RSC Mechanochemistry, 1 (2024) 361-366.

DOI: 10.1039/D4MR0004H

K. Floyd, L. Gonnet, T. Friščić and J.D. Batteas, "The Role of the Milling Environment on the Copper-Catalysed Mechanochemical Synthesis of Tolbutamide," RSC Mechanochemistry 1 (2024) 289-295.

DOI: 10.1039/D4MR00031E

J. Li, Y. Wang, S. Saha, Z. Chen, J. Misleh, K.W. Chapman, J.A. Reimer, M.R. Filip, H.I. Karunadasa, "3D Lead-Organoselenide-Halide Perovskites and their Mixed-Chalcogenide and Mixed-Halide Alloys," Angewandte Chemie, Int. Ed. (2024) e202408443.

DOI: 10.1002/anie.202408443

E.J. Broker, K. Floyd, J. Batteas, "In Situ Energy Dispersive X-Ray Diffraction Achieved in Twin Screw Extrusion," Chem. 10, 11 (2024) 3268-70.

DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2024.10.011

Y.S. Zholdassov, R.W. Kwok, M.A. Shlain, M. Patel, M. Marianski and A.B. Braunschweig, "Kinetics of Primary Mechanochemical Covalent-Bond-Forming Reactions," RSC Mechanochemistry 1 (2024) 11-32.

DOI: 10.1039/D3MR00018D

S.R. Garcia, Y.S. Zholdassov, A.B. Braunschweig and A. Martini, "Reactive Simulations of Silica Functionalization with Aromatic Hydrocarbons," Langmuir 40, 1 (2023) 561-567.

DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c02785

S. Banerjee, N. Hawthorne, J.D. Batteas and A.M Rappe, "Two-legged Molecular Walker and Curvature: Mechanochemical Migration on Graphene," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 145 (2023) 26765-26773.

DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c08850

E. Nwoye, S. Raghuraman, M. Costales, J.D. Batteas and J.R. Felts, "Mechanistic Model for Quantifying the Effect of Impact Force on Mechanochemical Reactivity," PhysChemChemPhys 25 (2023) 29088-29097.

DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c02785

Y.S. Zholdassov, L. Yuan, S. Romero Garcia, R.W. Kwok, A. Boscoboinik, D.J. Valles, M. Marianski, A. Martini, R. Carpick and A.B. Braunschweig, "Acceleration of Diels-Alder Reactions by Mechanical Distortion," Science 380 (2023) 1053-1058.

DOI: 10.1126/science.adf5273

S. Banerjee and A.M. Rappe, "Mechanochemical Molecular Motion Using Noncovalent Interactions on Graphene and Its Applications in Tailoring Adsorption Energetics," ACS Materials Letters 5 (2023) 574-579.

DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialslett.2c01021

L. Pang, S. Korres, W.A. Lamberti, M.N. Webster and R.W. Carpick, "What Stress Components Drive Mechanochemistry? A Study of ZDDP Triboflm Formation," Faraday Discussions 241 (2023) 394-412.

DOI: 10.1039/d2fd00123c

S. Biswas, S. Banerjee, M.A. Shlain, A.A. Bardin, R.V. Ulijn, B.L. Nannenga, A.M. Rappe and A.B. Braunschweig, "Photomechanochemical Control Over Stereoselectivity in the [2+2] Dimerization of Acenaphthylene," Faraday Discussions 241 (2023) 266-277.

DOI: 10.1039/d2fd00122e

N. Hawthorne, S. Banerjee, Q. Moore, A.M. Rappe and J.D. Batteas, "Studies of the Reactivity of Graphene Driven by Mechanical Distortions," J. Phys. Chem C 126 (2022) 17569-17578.

DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c05261

S. Banerjee and A.M. Rappe, "Mechanochemical Molecular Migration on Graphene," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 144 (2022) 7181-7188.

DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c13193

M. Negrito, M.B. Elinski, N. Hawthorne, M.P. Pedley, M. Han, M. Sheldon, R.M. Espinosa-Marzal and J.D. Batteas, "Using Patterned Self-Assembled Monolayers to Tune Graphene-Substrate Interactions," Langmuir 37 (2021) 9996-10005.

DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c01136

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