Christopher Balzer
- Program Year: 4
- Academic Institution: California Institute of Technology
- Field of Study: Chemical Engineering
- Academic Advisor: Zhen-Gang Wang
- Practicum(s):
Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico (2021) - Degree(s):
M.Phil. Advanced Chemical Engineering, University of Cambridge, 2018; B.S. Chemical Engineering, Arizona State University, 2017
Publications
C. Balzer, A. L. Frischknecht, Explicit Polarization in Coarse-Grained Simulations of Ionomer Melts, Macromolecules, 55, 9980-9989 (2022)C. Balzer, P. Zhang, Z.-G. Wang, Wetting Behavior of Polyelectrolyte Complex Coacervates on Solid Surface, Soft Matter, 18, 6326-6339 (2022)
D. Bruch, C. Balzer, Z.-G. Wang, Thermodynamics of electrolyte solutions near charged surfaces: Constant surface charge vs constant surface potential, J. Chem. Phys., 156, 174704 (2022)
A. S. Ylitalo, C. Balzer, P. Zhang, Z.-G. Wang, Electrostatic Correlations and Temperature-Dependent Dielectric Constant Can Model LCST in Polyelectrolyte Complex Coacervation, Macromolecules, 54 (24), 11326-11337 (2021)
C. Balzer, L. Qing, Z.-G. Wang, Preferential Ion Adsorption in Blue Energy Applications, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 9 (28), 9230-9239 (2021)
C. Balzer, J. Jiang, R. Marson, V. V. Ginzburg, Z.-G. Wang, Nonelectrostatic Adsorption of Polyelectrolytes and Mediated Interactions between Solid Surfaces, Langmuir, 37 (18), 5483-5493 (2021)
C. Balzer, R. Oktavian, M. Zandi, D. Fairen-Jimenez, P.Z. Moghadam, Wiz: A Web-Based Tool for Interactive Visualization of Big Data, Patterns, 1 (8), 100107 (2020)
C. Balzer, M.R. Armstrong, B. Shan, Y. Huang, J. Liu, and B. Mu, Modeling Nanoparticle Dispersion in Electrospun Nanofibers, Langmuir, 34 (4), 1340-1346 (2018)
M.R. Armstrong. C.J. Balzer, B. Shan and B. Mu, Influence of particle size and loading on particle accessibility in electrospun poly(ethylene oxide) and ZIF-8 composite fibers: experiments and theory, Langmuir, 33 (36), 9066-9072 (2017)
C.J. Balzer, M.R. Armstrong, B. Shan and B. Mu. Composite MOF Mixture as Volatile Organic Compound Sensor - A New Approach to LMOF Sensors. Mater Lett., 190, 33-36 (2017)
M.R. Armstrong, S. Senthilnathan, C.J. Balzer, B. Shan and B. Mu, Particle size studies to reveal crystallization mechanisms of the metal organic framework HKUST-1 during sonochemical synthesis. Ultrason Sonochem., 34, 365-370 (2017)
M.R. Armstrong, K. Y. Arredondo, C.-Y. Liu, J. E. Stevens, A. Mayhob, B. Shan, S. Senthilnathan, C.J. Balzer, and B. Mu, UiO-66 MOF and Poly(Vinyl Cinnamate) Nanofiber Composite Membranes Synthesized By A Facile 3 Stage Process. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 54 (49), 12386-12392 (2015)
Awards
DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship, 2019Jacobs Translational Medicine Fellowship, 2018
Churchill Scholarship, 2017
NSF GFRP Honorable Mention, 2017
Goldwater Scholarship, 2016
Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) Scholar, 2016