Publications

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Selected Publications


Designing membranes with specific binding sites for selective ion separations
Violet C., Ball A., Heiranian M., Villalobos L. F., Zhang J., Uralcan B., Kulik H., Haji-Akbari A., Elimelech M., Nature Water, 2024

https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-024-00279-6


Graphene membranes with pyridinic nitrogen at pore edges for high-performance CO2 capture
Hsu K.-J., Li S., Micari M., Chi H., Villalobos L. F., Huang S., Zhong L., Song S., Duan X., Züttel A., Agrawal K. V., Nature Materials, 2024

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-024-01556-0


Tuning pore size in graphene in the angstrom regime for highly selective ion–ion separation
Zhao K., Lee W.-C., Rezaei M., Chi H.-Y., Li S., Villalobos L. F., Hsu K.-J., Zhang Y., Wang F.-C., Agrawal K. V., ACS Nano, 2024

https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.3c11068


Unit-cell-thick zeolitic imidazolate framework films for membrane application
Liu Q., Miao Y., Villalobos L. F., Li S., Chi H., Chen C., Vahdat M. T., Song S., Babu D. J., Hao J., Han Y., Tsapatsis M., Agrawal K. V., Nature Materials, 2023

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-023-01669-z


Nanofiltration for circularity: Fit-for-purpose design and evaluation
Villalobos, L. F., Zhang, J., Elimelech, M., One Earth, 2023

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.06.007


Gas Separation Membranes with Atom-Thick Nanopores: The Potential of Nanoporous Single-Layer Graphene
Villalobos, L. F., Babu, D. J., Hsu, K.-J., Van Goethem, C. & Agrawal, K. V., Acc. Mater. Res., 2022

https://doi.org/10.1021/accountsmr.2c00123


In Situ Nucleation‐Decoupled and Site‐Specific Incorporation of Å‐Scale Pores in Graphene Via Epoxidation
Huang, S.*, Villalobos, L. F.*, Li, S.*, Vahdat, M. T., Chi, H., Hsu, K., Bondaz, L., Boureau, V., Marzari, N. & Agrawal, K. V., Advanced Materials, 2022 *equal contribution

https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202206627


Demonstrating and Unraveling a Controlled Nanometer‐Scale Expansion of the Vacancy Defects in Graphene by CO2
Rezaei, M., Villalobos, L. F., Hsu, K.-J. & Agrawal, K. V., Angewandte Chemie, 2022

https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202200321


Bottom-up synthesis of graphene films hosting atom-thick molecular-sieving apertures
Villalobos, L. F.*, Van Goethem, C.*, Hsu, K.-J., Li, S., Moradi, M., Zhao, K., Dakhchoune, M., Huang, S., Shen, Y., Oveisi, E., Boureau, V. & Agrawal, K. V., PNAS, 2021

https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.202220111


Multipulsed Millisecond Ozone Gasification for Predictable Tuning of Nucleation and Nucleation-Decoupled Nanopore Expansion in Graphene for Carbon Capture
Hsu, K.-J., Villalobos, L. F., Huang, S., Chi, H.-Y., Dakhchoune, M., Lee, W.-C., He, G., Mensi, M. & Agrawal, K. V., ACS Nano, 2021

https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.1c02927


Gas-sieving zeolitic membranes fabricated by condensation of precursor nanosheets
Dakhchoune, M., Villalobos, L. F., Semino, R., Liu, L., Rezaei, M., Schouwink, P., Avalos, C. E., Baade, P., Wood, V., Han, Y., Ceriotti, M. & Agrawal, K. V., Nature Materials, 2021

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-020-00822-2


Large-scale synthesis of crystalline g-C3N4 nanosheets and high-temperature H2 sieving from assembled films
Villalobos, L. F., Vahdat, M. T., Dakhchoune, M., Nadizadeh, Z., Mensi, M., Oveisi, E., Campi, D., Marzari, N. & Agrawal, K. V., Science Advances, 2020

https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aay9851


Fabrication of Polybenzimidazole/Palladium Nanoparticles Hollow Fiber Membranes for Hydrogen Purification
Villalobos, L. F., Hilke, R., Akhtar, F. H. & Peinemann, K.-V., Advanced Energy Materials, 2018

https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201701567


Cyclodextrin Films with Fast Solvent Transport and Shape-Selective Permeability
Villalobos, L. F., Huang, T. & Peinemann, K.-V., Advanced Materials, 2017

https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201606641