Jones Group

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Georgia Tech

Cornelia Rosu


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

  1. Design of new CO2 absorbents that involve sustainable processes
  2. Understanding the interface in absorbent-support composites

PATENTS

  1. 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
  2. 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.
  3. 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

  1. 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.
  2. 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
  3. 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.
  4. 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
  5. 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.
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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.
  9. 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 .
  10. 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.
  11. 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).
  12. 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
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. 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).
  21. 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