Office: ES&T 2314
Email: cornelia.rosu@mse.gatech.edu
What is your favorite vacation spot Bucovina, Romania
Favorite hobbies? Phycology, meditation, long walks in nature, reading, cooking, hiking
Education Background
- PhD, Chemistry, Louisiana State University, USA
- MS, Chemistry, Louisiana State University, USA
- BS, Chemistry and Physics, University Al. I. Cuza of Iasi, Romania
Project
Rational design of sustainable absorbent-support composites for efficient capturing of atmospheric CO2
- Design of new CO2 absorbents that involve sustainable processes
- Understanding the interface in absorbent-support composites
PATENTS
- Kumar, D.R., Rosu, C., Sujan, A., Sakwa-Novak, M., Ping, E., Jones, C.W. Alkyl-aryl amine-rich molecules and their composites with solid mesoporous substrates. Filed
- Kumar, D.R., Rosu, C., Sujan, A., Sakwa-Novak, M., Ping, E., Jones, C.W. Composite materials containing alkyl-aryl rich molecules and mesoporous supports for direct air CO2 Filed 2020.
- Rosu, C. Breedveld, V. Hess, D.W., Method for forming water repellent, long-term durable and biomimetic coatings from methyltrimethoxysilane. Filed 2017. Application No. 62/617673- patent pending (approved 2018).
Publications
- Kumar Raj, D., Rosu, C., Sujan, A.R., Sakwa-Novak, M.A., Ping, E.W., Jones, C.W. Alky-Aryl Amine-Rich Molecules for Direct Air CO2 Capture, 2020. Submitted.
- Selcuk-Turken, S.*, Rosu, C.*, Blake, A.*, Cantu-Soto, E., Qiu, J., Wu, Y, DiTusa, J.F., Steffens, A., Russo, P.S. Organophilic, superparamagnetic and reversibly thermoresponsive silica-polypeptide core-shell particles, Langmuir, 2019, 35 (44), 14248-14257. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b01931
- Lin, H., Rosu, C., Jiang, L., Sundar, V.A., Breedveld, V., Hess, D.W. Nonfluorinated superhydrophobic chemical coatings on polyester fabric prepared with kinetically controlled hydrolyzed methyltrimethoxysilane 2019, Eng. Chem. Res. 58 (33), 15368-15378 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.iecr.9b02471.
- McGlothin, C*, Rosu, C†*. Jiang, L., Breedveld, V. and Hess, DW Lowering protein fouling by rational processing of fluorine-free hydrophobic coatings. Interfaces, 2019, 17, 100370 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfin.2019.100370
- Rosu, C., Von Meerwall, E, Russo, PS Diffusion of Rodlike Polymers: Pulsed Gradient Spin Echo NMR of Poly(γ-stearyl-α,l-glutamate) Solutions and the Importance of Helix Stability. Phys. Chem. B, 2018, 122(50), 12194-12200. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b08974.
- Rosu, C.#† Jang, Y., Champion, J. Nature-Inspired and ‘Water-Skating’ Paper and Polyester Surfaces Enabled BY the Molecular Structure of Poly(γ-stearyl-α-L-glutamate). Biomacromolecules, 2018 19(12), 4617–4628 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.biomac.8b01312
- Chatterjee, S., Karam, T., Rosu, C., Wang, C-H, Youm, S.G., Li, X., Do, C., Losovyj, Y., Russo, P., Haber, L., and Nesterov, E. Silica- Conjugated Polymer Hybrid Nanoparticles: Preparation by Surface- Initiated Polymerization and Spectroscopic Studies. Phys. Chem. C. 2018, 122 (12), 6963-6975. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b00313
- Rosu, C.†, Lin, H., Jiang, L., Breedveld, V., Hess, D.W. Long-term durability and mechanical robustness of biomimetic water-repellent coating applied to polyester fabrics. Colloid Interface Sci. 2018, 516, 202-214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2018.01.055.
- Rosu, C.†, Chu, P.-H., Tassone, C.J., Park, K., Balding, P.L., Jung, P-o., Srinivasarao, M., Reichmanis, E. Polypeptide composite particle-assisted organization of π-conjugated polymers into highly crystalline ‘coffee stains’. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2017, 9 (39), 34337-34348. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsami.7b10223 .
- Rosu, C.†; Tassone, C. J.; Chu, P.-H.; Negulescu, I. I.; Hernandez, J.; Balding, P. L.; Gorman, A. J.; Roy, A.; Russo, P. S., Reichmanis, E.; Polypeptide-assisted organization of π-conjugated polymers into responsive, soft 3D networks. Mat. 2017, 29, 5058-5062. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b02035.
- Rosu, C.†, Cueto, R., Veillon, L., Laine, R.A., David, C., Russo, P.S., Discovering Chemicals from Window Weatherstripping through Solid Phase Microextraction Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry. Chem. Educ. 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.6b00791 (invited contribution).
- Risteen, B.E., Blake, A., McBride, M.A., Rosu, C., Park, J.o., Srinivasarao, M., Russo, P.S., Reichmanis, , Enhanced Alignment of Water-Soluble Polythiophene Using Cellulose Nanocrystals as a Liquid Crystal Template Biomacromolecules, 2017, 18, 1556-1562, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.7b00121
- Rosu, C.*; Balamurugan, S.*; Cueto, R.; Roy, A.; Russo, P. S., Polypeptide-Coated Silica Particles Dispersed in Lyotropic Liquid Crystals of the Same Polypeptide. Phys. Chem. B 2016, 120 (29), 7275-7288, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b03863.
- Rosu, C.; Cueto, R.; Russo, P. S., Poly(colloid)s: “Polymerization” of Poly(L-tyrosine)-silica Composite Particles through the Photoinduced Cross-Linking of Unmodified Proteins Method. Langmuir 2016, 32(33), 8392–8402, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b01815.
- Rosu, C.; Gorman, A. J.; Cueto, R.; Dooley, K. M.; Russo, P. S., Sculpting the internal architecture of fluorescent silica particles via a template-free approach. Colloid Interface Sci. 2016, 467, 321-334, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2016.01.007
- Rosu, C.; Kleinhenz, N.; Choi, D.; Tassone, C. J.; Zhang, X.; Park, J. O.; Srinivasarao, M.; Russo, P. S.; Reichmanis, E., Protein-Assisted Assembly of pi-Conjugated Polymers. Mat. 2016, 28 (2), 573-582, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b04192.
- Rosu, C †; Jacobeen, S.; Park, K.; Reichmanis, E.; Yunker, P. J.; Russo, P. S., Domed Silica Microcylinders Coated with Oleophilic Polypeptides and Their Behavior in Lyotropic Cholesteric Liquid Crystals of the Same Polypeptide. Langmuir 2016, http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b03165.
- Rosu, C.†; Russo, P. S.; Daly, W. H.; Cueto, R.; Pople, J. A.; Laine, R. A.; Negulescu, I. I., Sugar-Based Polyamides: Self-Organization in Strong Polar Organic Solvents. Biomacromolecules 2015, 16 (9), 3062-3072, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.5b00977.
- Kleinhenz, N.; Rosu, C.; Chatterjee, S.; Chang, M.; Nayani, K.; Xue, Z.; Kim, E.; Middlebrooks, J.; Russo, P. S.; Park, J. O.; Srinivasarao, M.; Reichmanis, E., Liquid Crystalline Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Solutions Revisited: Role of Time-Dependent Self-Assembly. Mat. 2015, 27 (7), 2687-2694, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b00635.
- Rosu, C.; Selcuk, S.; Soto-Cantu, E.; Russo, P., Progress in silica polypeptide composite colloidal hybrids: from silica cores to fuzzy shells. Colloid Polym. Sci. 2014, 292 (5), 1009-1040, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00396-014-3170-7 (invited review).
- Rosu, C.; Negulescu, II; Cueto, R.; Laine, R.; Daly, W. H., Synthesis and Characterization of Complex Mixtures Consisting of Cyclic and Linear Polyamides from Ethyl Bis-Ketal Galactarates. Macromol. Sci., Pure Appl. Chem. 2013, 50 (9), 940-952, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10601325.2013.813795.
*-shared first co-authorship, †-communicating author