Rufina Alamo, Ph.D.

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Simon Ostrach Professor of Engineering & Distinguished Research Professor of Chemical & Biomedical Engineering
Phone Numbers
Office
Building A, Room A170
Educational History
Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Madrid, 1981
M.S., Chemistry, University of Valladolid, 1978
B.S., Chemistry, University of Valladolid, 1977
Research Interests
Polymer characterization
Polymer crystallization
Sustainable Polyethylene-like Materials
Structure-properties relations of polymers
Morphology of crystalline polymers
Awards, Honors, and Memberships
Awards

Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2022

Fellow, American Physical Society Fellow, Division of Polymer Physics, 2012

Mettler-Toledo Award, North American Thermal Analysis Society (NATAS), 2009

Advisory Board of ACS Macro Letters, Polymer, Frontiers in Soft Matter, Polymer Crystallization, Polymers, Crystals, Macromolecules, 2005 - 2008

Engineering Research Awards of the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, 2000 and 2008

Professional Development Award. FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, 2005

Member of the Advisory Council of WIMSE, 2001 - present

NSF Research Creativity Award, 2022

Professional Memberships

American Chemical Society

ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry

ACS Division of Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering

American Physical Society

APS Division of Polymer Physics

North American Thermal Analysis Society

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Publications
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles (see full publications list in Personal Web page)

Xiaoshi Zhang, Xiaobing Zuo, Patrick Ortmann, Stefan Mecking, Rufina G. Alamo*, “Crystallization of Long-Spaced Precision Polyacetals I: Melting and Recrystallization of Rapidly Formed Crystallites” Macromolecules 2019, 52, 4934-4948 (doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.9b00922)

Stephanie F. Marxsen, Manuel Häuβler, Stefan Mecking, Rufina G. Alamo*, “Isothermal Step Thickening in a Long-Spaced Aliphatic Polyester” Polymer, 2020, 191, 122282. (doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2020.122282)

H. Janani, R.G. Alamo*, “Effect of melt miscibility, polymorphism, and crystal morphology on tensile deformation of blends of isotactic polypropylene and propylene-1-hexene random copolymers” Polymer Crystallization 2020, 3, e10111. (doi.org/10.1002/pcr2.10111)

Xiaoshi Zhang, Stephanie F. Marxsen, Patrick Ortmann, Stefan Mecking, Rufina G. Alamo*, “Crystallization of Long-Spaced Precision Polyacetals II: Effect of Polymorphism on Isothermal Crystallization Kinetics” Macromolecules 2020, 53, 7899–7913 (dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.0c01443). Front cover of issue #18

Minqiao Ren, Xuejian Chen, Yuan Sang, Rufina G. Alamo*, “Comparative Effects on Recrystallization of Melt-Memory and Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation in Ziegler-Natta and Metallocene Ethylene Copolymers with Bimodal Comonomer Composition Distribution” Ind. & Eng. Chem. Res. 2020, 59, 19260−19271 doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.0c03647

Jun Xu*, Gunter Reiter*, Rufina G. Alamo*, “Concepts of Nucleation in Polymer Crystallization” (Review), Crystals 2021 11(3), 304−322. doi.org/10.3390/cryst11030304

Stephanie F. Marxsen, Manuel Häuβler, Stefan Mecking, Rufina G. Alamo*, “Crystallization of Long-Spaced Precision Polyacetals III: Polymorphism and Crystallization Kinetics of Even Polyacetals Spaced by 6 to 26 Methylenes” Polymers 2021, 13,1560. (doi.org/10.3390/polym13101560)

Stephanie F. Marxsen, Manuel Häuβler, Stefan Mecking, Rufina G. Alamo*, “Unlayered-Layered Transition in Recyclable Long-Spaced Precision Polyesters” ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 2021, 3, 5243 – 5256. doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.1c01025 

Kyoungmin Kim, Nam Nguyen, Stephanie F. Marxsen, Sage Smith, Rufina G. Alamo, Justin G. Kennemur*, Daniel T. Hallinan Jr.* “Ionic Transport and Thermodynamic Interaction in Precision Polymer Blend Electrolytes for Lithium Batteries” Macrom. Chem. Phys. 2021, 222, 2100269. doi.org/10.1002/macp.202100269

Stephanie F. Marxsen, Daokun Song, Xiaoshi Zhang, Irma Flores, Jorge Fernandez, Jose Ramon Sarasua, Alejandro J. Müller, Rufina G. Alamo*. “Crystallization Rate Minima of Polyethylene Brassylate at Temperatures Transitioning Between Quantized Crystal Thicknesses”. Macromolecules 2022, 55, 3958−3973 doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.2c00308

Jun Xu*, Gunter Reiter*, Rufina G. Alamo*, Editorial on the Special Topic “Polymer Crystallization”, Crystals 2022, 12, 618. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst12050618

Gina A. Guillory, Stephanie F. Marxsen, Rufina G. Alamo, and Justin G. Kennemur*. “Precise Isotactic or Atactic Pendant Alcohols on a Polyethylene Backbone at Every Fifth Carbon: Synthesis, Crystallization, and Thermal Properties”. Macromolecules 2022, 55, 6841−6851. doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.2c01090

Minqiao Ren*, Xuanbo Liu, Xuefei Jia, Chunxia Luo, Longgui Zhang, Rufina G. Alamo* “Memory of crystallization in the melt of commercial linear low density polyethylenes processed in an open twin-screw extruder” Thermochimica Acta 2023, 720, 179423 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tca.2022.179423

Stephanie F. Marxsen, Manuel Häuβler, Marcel Eck, Stefan Mecking, Rufina G. Alamo*, “Effect of CH2 Run Length on Crystallization Kinetics of Sustainable Long-Spaced Aliphatic Polyesters” Polymer, 2023, 282, 126181 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2023.126181

Kohji Tashiro*, Gina A. Guillory, Stephanie F. Marxsen, Justin G. Kennemur and Rufina G. Alamo*, “Crystal Structures of Isotactic and Atactic Poly(1-pentamethylene alcohol)” Macromolecules 2023, 56, 5993−6002. doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.3c01060

Hamed Janani, Stephanie F. Marxsen, Marcel Eck, Stefan Mecking, Kohji Tashiro, Rufina G. Alamo*, "Polymorphism and Stretched-Induced Transformations of Sustainable Polyethylene-Like Materials” ACS Macro Letters 2024, 13, 201−206