Materials Chemistry

Dr. Bronstein's research program focuses on developing new materials with important applications in the fields of energy, catalysis, and life sciences. Her research group has been working on making solid polymer electrolytes and electrodes for Li ion batteries with enhanced performance, efficient and selective catalytic systems based on nanostructured polymers, and multifunctional magnetic nanoparticles as bioprobes.

Malyutin, A. G.; Easterday, R.; Lozovyy, Y.; Spilotros, A.; Cheng, H.; Sanchez-Felix, O. R.; Stein, B. D.; Morgan, D. G.; Svergun, D. I.; Dragnea, B.; Bronstein, L.M. Viruslike Nanoparticles with Maghemite Cores Allow for Enhanced MRI Contrast Agents. Chem. Mater. (2014) Ahead of Print. Easterday, R.; Leonard, C.; Sanchez-Felix, O.; Losovyj, Y. B.; Pink, M.; Stein, B. D.; Morgan, D. G.; Lyubimova, N. A.; Nikoshvili, L. Zh.; Sulman, E. M.; Mahmoud, W. E.; Al-Ghamdi, A. A.; Bronstein, L. M. Fabrication of Magnetically Recoverable Catalysts Based on Mixtures of Pd and Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Hydrogenation of Alkyne Alcohols. ACS Appl. Mater. & Interfaces (2014), 6(23), 21652-21660. Easterday, R.; Sanchez-Felix, O.; Stein, B. D.; Morgan, D. G.; Pink, M.; Losovyj, Y.; Bronstein, L. M. Structural Study of Pt-Fe Nanoparticles: New Insights into Pt Bimetallic Nanoparticle Formation with Oxidized Fe Species. J. Phys. Chem. C (2014), 118(42), 24769-24775. Kuchkina, N. V.; Morgan, D. G.; Kostopoulou, A.; Lappas, A.; Brintakis, K.; Boris, B. S.; Yuzik-Klimova, E. Yu.; Stein, B.D.; Svergun, D. I.; Spilotros, A.; Sulman, M. G.; Nikoshvili, L. Zh; Sulman, E. M.; Shifrina, Z. B.; Bronstein, L. M. Hydrophobic Periphery Tails of Polyphenylenepyridyl Dendrons Control Nanoparticle Formation and Catalytic Properties. Chem. Mater. (2014) 26(19), 5654-5663. Morgan, D.G.; Boris, B.S.; Kuchkina, N.V.; Yuzik-Klimova, E.Yu.; Sorokina, S.A.; Stein, B.D.; Svergun, D.I.; Spilotros, A.; Kostopoulou, A.; Lappas, A.; Shifrina, Z.B.; Bronstein, L.M. Multicore Iron Oxide Mesocrystals Stabilized by a Poly(phenylenepyridyl) Dendron and Dendrimer: Role of the Dendron/Dendrimer Self-Assembly. Langmuir (2014), 30(28), 8543-8550. Yuzik-Klimova, E. Yu.; Kuchkina, N. V.; Sorokina, S. A.; Morgan, D. G.; Boris, B.; Nikoshvili, L. Zh.; Lyubimova, N. A.; Matveeva, V. G.; Sulman, E. M.; Stein, B. D.; Mahmoud, W. E.; Al-Ghamdi, A. A.; Kostopoulou, A.; Lappas, A.; Shifrina, Z. B.; Bronstein, L. M. Magnetically Recoverable Catalysts Based on Polyphenylenepyridyl Dendrons and Dendrimers. RSC Advances (2014), 4(44), 23271-23280. Kuchkina, N. V.; Yuzik-Klimova, E. Yu.; Sorokina, S. A.; Peregudov, A. S.; Antonov, D. Yu.; Gage, S. H.; Boris, B. S.; Nikoshvili, L.Z.; Sulman, E. M.; Morgan, David Gene; Mahmoud, W. E.; Al-Ghamdi, A. A.; Bronstein, L. M.; Shifrina, Z. B. Polyphenylenepyridyl Dendrons with Functional Periphery and Focal Points: Syntheses and Applications, Macromolecules (2013), 46(15), 5890-5898. Kabachii, Y. A.; Golub, A. S.; Kochev, S. Yu.; Lenenko, N. D.; Abramchuk, S. S.; Antipin, M. Yu.; Valetsky, P. M.; Stein, B. D.; Mahmoud, W. E.; Al-Ghamdi, A. A.; Bronstein, L. M. Multifunctional Nanohybrids by Self-Assembly of Monodisperse Iron Oxide Nanoparticles and Nanolamellar MoS2 Plates, Chemistry of Materials (2013), 25(12), 2434-2440. Gumina, G.; Easterday, R.; Malyutin, A.G.; Budgin, A.M.; Stein, B.D.; Nikoshvili, L.Zh.; Matveeva, V.G.; Sulman, E.M.; Morgan, D.G.; Bronstein, L.M. gamma-Fe2O3 Nanoparticle Surface Controls PtFe Nanoparticle Growth and Catalytic Properties. Nanoscale (2013) 5, 2921-2927. Gage, S. H.; Stein, B.D.; Nikoshvili, L. Zh.; Matveeva, V.G.; Sulman, M. G.; Sulman, E. M.; Morgan, D.G.; Yuzik-Klimova, E.Yu.; Mahmoud, W.E.; Bronstein, L.M. Functionalization of Monodisperse Iron Oxide NPs and Their Properties as Magnetically Recoverable Catalysts. Langmuir (2013), 29(1), 466-473. Mathews, K.L.; Budgin, A.M.; Beeram, S.; Joenathan, A.T.; Stein, B. D.; Werner-Zwanziger, U.; Pink, M.; Baker, L.A.; Mahmoud, W.E.; Carini, J.P.; Bronstein, L.M. Solid polymer electrolytes which contain tricoordinate boron for enhanced conductivity and transference numbers. J. Mater. Chem. A (2013), 1(4), 1108-1116. Roskov, K.E.; Atkinson, J.E.; Bronstein, L.M.; Spontak, R. J. Magnetic field-induced alignment of nanoparticles in electrospun microfibers. RSC Advances (2012), 2(11), 4603-4607. Shtykova, E.V.; Kuchkina, N.V.; Shifrina, Z.B.; Bronstein, L.M.; Svergun, D. I. Unusual Structural Morphology of Dendrimer/CdS Nanocomposites Revealed by Synchrotron X-ray Scattering. J. Phys. Chem. C (2012),116(14), 8069-8078.Cover article. Budgin, A.M.; Kabachii, Y.A.; Shifrina, Z.B.; Valetsky, P.M.; Kochev, S. S.; Stein, B. D.; Malyutin, A.; Bronstein, L.M. Functionalization of Magnetic Nanoparticles with Amphiphilic Block Copolymers: Self-Assembled Thermoresponsive Submicrometer Particles. Langmuir (2012),28(9),4142-4151. Kuchkina, N.V.; Morgan, D.G.; Stein, B.D.; Puntus, L.N.; Sergeev, A.M.; Peregudov, A.S.; Bronstein, L.M.; Shifrina, Z.B. Polyphenylenepyridyl Dendrimers as Stabilizing and Controlling Agents for CdS Nanoparticle Formation. Nanoscale (2012), 4 (7), 2378 - 2386. Tsvetkova, I.B.; Matveeva, V.G.; Doluda, V.Y.; Bykov, A.V.; Sidorov, A.I.; Schennikov, S.V.; Sulman, M.G.; Valetsky, P.M.; Stein, B.D.; Chen, C.-H.; Sulman, E.M.; Bronstein, L.M. Pd(II) nanoparticles in porous polystyrene: factors influencing the nanoparticle size and catalytic properties. J. Mater. Chem. (2012), 22 (13), 6441 - 6448. Bronstein, L.M.; Shifrina, Z. B. Dendrimers as encapsulating, stabilizing, or directing agents for inorganic nanoparticles. Chem. Rev. (2011) 111(9),5301-5344. Bronstein, L.M. Virus-Based Nanoparticles with Inorganic Cargo: What Does the Future Hold? Small (2011), 7(12),1609-1618. Huang, X.; Stein, B. D.; Cheng, H.; Malyutin, A.; Tsvetkova, I. B.; Baxter, D. V.; Remmes, N. B.; Verchot, J.; Kao, C.; Bronstein, L. M.; Dragnea, B. Magnetic Virus-like Nanoparticles in N. benthamiana Plants: A New Paradigm for Environmental and Agronomic Biotechnological Research. ACS Nano (2011), 5(5), 4037-4045. Cover article. Bronstein, L. M.; Atkinson, J. E.; Malyutin, A. G.; Kidwai, F.; Stein, B. D.; Morgan, D. G.; Perry, J. M.; Karty, J. A. Nanoparticles by Decomposition of Long Chain Iron Carboxylates: From Spheres to Stars and Cubes. Langmuir (2011), 27(6), 3044-3050. Shtykova, E.V.; Malyutin, A.; Dyke, J.; Stein, B.; Konarev, P.V.; Dragnea, B.; Svergun, D. I.; Bronstein, L. M. Hydrophilization of Magnetic Nanoparticles with Modified Alternating Copolymers. Part 2: Behavior in Solution. J. Phys. Chem. C (2010), 114(50), 21908-21913. Cover article. Bronstein, L.M.; Shtykova, E.V.; Malyutin, A.; Dyke, J.C.; Gunn, E.; Gao, X.; Stein, B.; Konarev, P. V.; Dragnea, B.; Svergun, D. I. Hydrophilization of Magnetic Nanoparticles with Modified Alternating Copolymers. Part 1: The Influence of the Grafting. J. Phys. Chem. C (2010), 114(50), 21900-21907. Cover article. Sulman, E.M.; Matveeva, V.G.; Doluda, V.Yu.; Sidorov, A.I.; Lakina, N.V.; Bykov, A.V.; Sulman, M.G.; Valetsky, P.M.; Kustov, L.M.; Tkachenko, O.P.; Stein, B.D.; Bronstein, L.. Efficient polymer-based nanocatalysts with enhanced catalytic performance in wet air oxidation of phenol. Applied Catalysis, B: Environmental (2010), 94(1-2), 200-210. Huang, X.; Schmucker, A.; Dyke, J.; Hall, S.M.; Retrum, J.; Stein, B.; Remmes, N.; Baxter, D.V.; Dragnea, B.; Bronstein, L.M. Magnetic nanoparticles with functional silanes: Evolution of well-defined shells from anhydride containing silane. J. Mater. Chem. (2009), 19(24), 4231-4239. Sulman, E.M.; Matveeva, V.G.; Sulman, M.G.; Demidenko, G.N.; Valetsky, P.M.; Stein, B.; Mates, T.; Bronstein, L.M. Influence of heterogenization on catalytic behavior of mono- and bimetallic nanoparticles formed in poly(styrene)-block-poly(4-vinylpyridine) micelles. J. Catal. (2009), 262(1), 150-158. Bronstein, L.M.; Ivanovskaya, A.; Mates, T.; Holten-Andersen, N.; Stucky, G. D. Bioinspired Gradient Materials via Blending of Polymer Electrolytes and Applying Electric Forces. J. Phys. Chem. B (2009), 113(3), 647-655. Bronstein, L.M.; Kostylev, M.; Shtykova, E. V.; Vlahu, T.; Huang, X.; Stein, B. D.; Bykov, A.; Remmes, N.B.; Baxter, D.V.; Svergun, D. I. Mixed Co/Fe Oxide Nanoparticles in Block Copolymer Micelles. Langmuir (2008), 24(21), 12618-12626. Shtykova, E. V.; Huang, X.; Gao, X.; Dyke, J. C.; Schmucker, A. L.; Dragnea, B.; Remmes, N.; Baxter, D. V.; Stein, B.; Konarev, P. V.; Svergun, D. I.; Bronstein, L. M. Hydrophilic Monodisperse Magnetic Nanoparticles Protected by an Amphiphilic Alternating Copolymer. J. Phys. Chem. C (2008), 112(43), 16809-16817. Bronstein, L.M.; Matveeva, V. G.; Sulman, E. M. Nanoparticulate catalysts based on nanostructured polymers. Nanoparticles and Catalysis. Ed. D. Astruc, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim (2008), 93-127. Azzam, T.; Bronstein, L.; Eisenberg, A. Water-Soluble Surface-Anchored Gold and Palladium Nanoparticles Stabilized by Exchange of Low Molecular Weight Ligands with Biamphiphilic Triblock Copolymers. Langmuir (2008), 24(13), 6521-6529. Bronstein, L.M.; Karlinsey, R.L.; Yi, Z.; Carini, J.; Werner-Zwanziger, U.; Konarev, P. V.; Svergun, D.I.; Sanchez, A.; Khan, S. Composite Solid Polymer Electrolytes Based on Pluronics: Does Ordering Matter? Chem. Mater. (2007) 19(25), 6258-6265 Shtykova, E.V.; Huang, X.; Remmes, N.; Baxter, D.; Stein, B.; Dragnea, B.; Svergun, D. I.; Bronstein, L.M. Structure and Properties of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Encapsulated by Phospholipids with Poly(ethylene glycol) Tails. J. Phys. Chem. (2007) 111(49), 18078-18086. Tsvetkova, I.B.; Bronstein, L.M.; Sidorov, S.N.; Lependina, O.L.; Sulman, M.G.; Valetsky, P.M.; Stein, B.; Nikoshvili, L.Zh.; Matveeva, V.G.; Sidorov, A.I.; Tikhonov, B.B.; Demidenko, G.N.; Kiwi-Minsker, L.; Sulman, E.M. Structure and behavior of nanoparticulate catalysts based on ultrathin chitosan layers. J. Molec. Catal. A: Chem. (2007), 276(1-2), 116-129. Huang, X.; Bronstein, L.M.; Retrum, J.; Dufort, C.; Tsvetkova, I.; Aniagyei, S.; Stein, B.; Stucky, G.; McKenna, B.; Remmes, N.; Baxter, D.; Kao, C.C.; Dragnea, B. Self-Assembled Virus-like Particles with Magnetic Cores. Nano Letters (2007), 7 (8) 2407-2416. Bronstein, L.M.; Huang, X.; Retrum, J.; Schmucker, A.; Pink, M.; Stein, B.D.; Dragnea, B. Influence of Iron Oleate Complex Structure on Iron Oxide Nanoparticle Formation. Chem. Mater. (2007), 19 (15) 3624-3632. Bronstein, Lyudmila M.; Dixit, Suraj; Tomaszewski, John; Stein, Barry; Svergun, Dmitri I.; Konarev, Peter V.; Shtykova, Eleonora; Werner-Zwanziger, Ulrike; Dragnea, Bogdan. Hybrid Polymer Particles with a Protective Shell: Synthesis, Structure, and Templating. Chem. Mater. (2006), 18(9), 2418-2430. Bronstein, Lyudmila M.; Karlinsey, Robert L.; Stein, Barry; Yi, Zheng; Carini, John; Zwanziger, Josef W. Solid Polymer Single-Ion Conductors: Synthesis and Properties. Chem. Mater. (2006), 18(3), 708-715. Bronstein, L.M.; Karlinsey, R.L.; Ritter, K.; Joo, C.-G.; Stein, B.; Zwanziger, J.W. Design of organic-inorganic solid polymer electrolytes: synthesis, structure, and properties. J. Mater. Chem. (2004), 14(12), 1812-1820. Bronstein, L.M.; Ashcraft, E.; DeSanto, P., Jr.; Karlinsey, R.L.; Zwanziger, J.W. Structural Study of Inorganic Oxides in a Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Solid Polymer Electrolyte. J. Phys. Chem. B (2004), 108(19), 5851-5858. Bronstein, L. M.; Nanoparticles Made in Mesoporous Solids. Top. Curr. Chem (2003) 226, 55-89. Bronstein, L. M.; Chernyshov, D. M.; Karlinsey, R.; Zwanziger, J. W.; Matveeva, V. G.; Sulman, E. M.; Demidenko, G. N.; Hentze, H.-P.; Antonietti, M. Mesoporous Alumina and Aluminosilica with Pd and Pt Nanoparticles: Structure and Catalytic Properties. Chem. Mater. (2003), 15(13); 2623-2631. Bronstein, L.M.; Linton, C.; Karlinsey, R.; Stein, B.; Svergun, D.I.; Zwanziger, J.W.; Spontak, R.J. Synthesis of Metal-Loaded Poly(aminohexyl)(aminopropyl)silsesquioxane Colloids and Their Self-Organization into Dendrites. Nano Letters (2002), 2(8), 873-876. Bronstein, L. M.; Joo, C.; Karlinsey, R.; Ryder, A.; Zwanziger, J. W. Nanostructured Inorganic-Organic Composites as a Basis for Solid Polymer Electrolytes with Enhanced Properties. Chem. Mater. (2001), 13(10), 3678-3684. Bronstein, L.M., Polarz, S.; Smarsly, B.; Antonietti, B. Sub-Nanometer Noble-Metal Particle Host Synthesis in Porous Silica Monoliths. Adv. Mat. (2001), 13 (17), 1333-1336.

Sidorov, S. N.; Volkov, I. V.; Davankov, V. A.; Tsyurupa, M. P.; Valetsky, P. M.; Bronstein, L. M.; Karlinsey, R.; Zwanziger, J. W.; Matveeva, V. G.; Sulman, E. M.; Lakina, N. V.; Wilder, E. A.; Spontak, R. J. Platinum-Containing Hyper-Cross-Linked Polystyrene as a Modifier-Free Selective Catalyst for L-Sorbose Oxidation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2001), 123(43), 10502-10510.