Research Interests
Computational fluid dynamics
Computational material science
Two-dimensional polymeric materials
Transport Phenomena
Education
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 2010
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 2005
Experience
Postdoctoral Researcher, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 2011-2013
Graduate Research Assistant, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 2005-2010
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 2004-2005
Selected Publications
Turgman-Cohen, S.; Escobedo, F.A.; “Transport Properties of polyamines/CO2 complexes via Molecular Dynamics Simulations” Submitted.
Patil, R.R.; Turgman-Cohen, S.; Srogl, J.; Kiserow, D.; Genzer, J.; “On-demand degrafting and the study of molecular weight and grafting density of poly (methyl methacrylate) brushes on flat silica substrates”; Langmuir 31, 2372 (2015); DOI: 10.1021/la5044766
Patil, R.R.; Turgman-Cohen, S.; Srogl, J.; Kiserow, D.; Genzer, J.; “Direct Measurement of Molecular Weight and Grafting Density by Controlled and Quantitative Degrafting of Surface-Anchored Poly (methyl methacrylate)”; ACS Macro Letters 4, 251 (2015); DOI: 10.1021/mz5007188
Turgman-Cohen, S.; Araque, J.C.; Hoek, E.M.V.; Escobedo, F.A. “Molecular Dynamics of Equilibrium and Pressure-Driven Transport Properties of Water through LTA-type Zeolites” Langmuir 29, 12389 (2013); DOI: 10.1021/la402895h
Bain, E.D.; Turgman-Cohen, S.; Genzer J.; “Progress in Computer Simulation of Bulk, Confined, and Surface-initiated Polymerizations”; Macromol. Theo. Sim. 22, 8 (2013); DOI: 10.1002/mats.201200030
Turgman-Cohen, S.; Genzer, J. “Computer Simulation of Concurrent Bulk- and Surface-Initiated Living Polymerization”, Macromolecules 45, 2128 (2012). DOI: 10.1021/ma202679r
Turgman-Cohen, S.; Genzer, J. “Simultaneous Bulk- and Surface-Initiated Controlled Radical Polymerization from Planar Substrates”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133, 17567 (2011). DOI: 10.1021/ja2081636
Dong L.B.; Turgman-Cohen, S.; Roberts, G.W.; Kiserow, D.J. “Effect of Polymer Size on Heterogeneous Catalytic Polystyrene Hydrogenation”, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 49, 11280 (2010). DOI: 10.1021/ie1011905
Turgman-Cohen, S.; Genzer, J. “Computer Simulation of Controlled Radical Polymerization: Effect of Chain Confinement Due to Initiator Grafting Density and Solvent Quality in “Grafting From” Method”, Macromolecules 43, 9567 (2010). DOI: 10.1021/ma102046q
Liu, X.; Wu, D.; Turgman-Cohen, S.; Genzer, J.; Theyson, T.W.; Rojas, O.J. “Adsorption of a Nonionic Symmetric Triblock Copolymer on Surfaces with Different Hydrophobicity”, Langmuir 26, 9565 (2010). DOI: 10.1021/la100156a
Turgman-Cohen, S.; Fischer, D.A.; Kilpatrick, P.K.; Genzer, J. “Asphaltene Adsorption onto Self-Assembled Monolayers of Alkyltrichlorosilanes of Varying Chain Length”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 1, 1347 (2009). DOI: 10.1021/am900203u
Turgman-Cohen, S.; Smith, M.B.; Fischer, D.A.; Kilpatrick, P.K.; Genzer, J. “Asphaltene Adsorption onto Self-Assembled Monolayers of Mixed Aromatic and Aliphatic Trichlorosilanes”, Langmuir 25, 6260 (2009). DOI: 10.1021/la9000895
Contact Information
Email: sturgmancohen@kettering.edu
Phone: (810) 249-4045
Office: 2224B AB