Dr Alisyn Nedoma

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Lecturer

Departmental Director of Outreach

Dr Alisyn Nedoma smiles as she stands in the Engineering Heartspace

a.nedoma@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 7516

Room F54, Sir Robert Hadfield Building

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Dr Alisyn Nedoma
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Room F54
Sir Robert Hadfield Building
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD

Profile

I graduated summa cum laude from the University of Florida in 2004 with a bachelors of science in chemical engineering.

I completed my Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley in 2010, using small-angle scattering to measure the thermodynamics of block copolymer blends.

I procured a Junior Research Fellowship at Imperial College London (2011–2014) to pursue the development of block copolymer–based plastic solar cells and my website on polymer science, Ali's Random Walk, was launched in 2015.

I was appointed as lecturer in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Auckland from 2016–2018, during which time I co-founded Maemar Ltd., a start-up company developing technology to support medical professionals.

The department appointed me to a lectureship in 2019, where I will pursue research into applied polymer physics.

Research interests

Applied polymer physics:

Organic electronics for alternative energy generation and storage
Polymer photocatalysts for wastewater remediation
Biopolymer-based food packaging
Nanostructured plastic films for drug and flavour delivery
Printable sensors for food quality
Supercritical processing of nanomaterials
Enhanced plastics recycling

Publications

Journal articles

Booth SG, Nedoma AJ, Anthonisamy NN, Baker PJ, Boston R, Bronstein H, Clarke SJ, Cussen EJ, Daramalla V, De Volder M , Dutton SE et al (2021) Perspectives for next generation lithium-ion battery cathode materials. APL Materials, 9(10), 109201.
Phan H, Kortsen K, Englezou G, Couturaud B, Nedoma AJ, Pearce AK & Taresco V (2020) Functional initiators for the ring‐opening polymerization of polyesters and polycarbonates: An overview. Journal of Polymer Science, 58(14), 1911-1923.
Englezou G, Kortsen K, Pacheco AAC, Cavanagh R, Lentz JC, Krumins E, Sanders‐Velez C, Howdle SM, Nedoma AJ & Taresco V (2020) 2‐Methyltetrahydrofuran ( 2‐MeTHF ) as a versatile green solvent for the synthesis of amphiphilic copolymers via ROP , FRP , and RAFT tandem polymerizations. Journal of Polymer Science, 58(11), 1571-1581.
Sanz A, Wong HC, Nedoma AJ, Douglas JF & Cabral JT (2015) Influence of C60 fullerenes on the glass formation of polystyrene. Polymer, 68, 47-56.
Dattani R, Telling MTF, Lopez CG, Krishnadasan SH, Bannock JH, Terry AE, de Mello JC, Cabral JT & Nedoma AJ (2015) Rapid precipitation : an alternative to solvent casting for organic solar cells. ChemPhysChem, 16(6), 1231-1238. View this article in WRRO
Mautner A, Lee K-Y, Tammelin T, Mathew AP, Nedoma AJ, Li K & Bismarck A (2015) Cellulose nanopapers as tight aqueous ultra-filtration membranes. Reactive and Functional Polymers, 86, 209-214. View this article in WRRO
Dattani R, Michels R, Nedoma AJ, Schweins R, Westacott P, Huber K & Cabral JT (2014) Conformation and Interactions of Polystyrene and Fullerenes in Dilute to Semidilute Solutions. Macromolecules, 47(17), 6113-6120.
Nedoma AJ, Lai P, Jackson A, Robertson ML, Wanakule NS & Balsara NP (2011) Phase Diagrams of Blends of Polyisobutylene and Deuterated Polybutadiene as a Function of Chain Length. Macromolecules, 44(8), 3077-3084.
Nedoma AJ, Lai P, Jackson A, Robertson ML & Balsara NP (2010) Phase Behavior of Off-Critical A/B/A−C Blends. Macromolecules, 43(18), 7852-7859.
Virgili JM, Nedoma AJ, Segalman RA & Balsara NP (2010) Ionic Liquid Distribution in Ordered Block Copolymer Solutions. Macromolecules, 43(8), 3750-3756.
Nedoma AJ, Lai P, Jackson A, Robertson ML, Wanakule NS & Balsara NP (2010) Phase Behavior of Asymmetric Multicomponent A/B/A−C Blends with Unequal Homopolymer Molecular Weights. Macromolecules, 43(7), 3549-3555.
Nedoma AJ, Robertson ML, Wanakule NS & Balsara NP (2008) Measurements of the Composition and Molecular Weight Dependence of the Flory−Huggins Interaction Parameter. Macromolecules, 41(15), 5773-5779.
Nedoma AJ, Robertson ML, Wanakule NS & Balsara NP (2008) Measurements of the Flory−Huggins Interaction Parameter Using a Series of Critical Binary Blends. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 47(10), 3551-3553.
Park MJ, Nedoma AJ, Geissler PL, Balsara NP, Jackson A & Cookson D (2008) Humidity-Induced Phase Transitions in Ion-Containing Block Copolymer Membranes. Macromolecules, 41(6), 2271-2277.
Wanakule NS, Nedoma AJ, Robertson ML, Fang Z, Jackson A, Garetz BA & Balsara NP (2008) Characterization of Micron-Sized Periodic Structures in Multicomponent Polymer Blends by Ultra-Small-Angle Neutron Scattering and Optical Microscopy. Macromolecules, 41(2), 471-477.
Wheatcroft L, Bird A, Stallard JC, Mitchell RL, Booth SG, Nedoma AJ, De Volder MFL, Cussen SA, Fleck NA & Inkson BJ () Fracture Testing of Lithium‐Ion Battery Cathode Secondary Particles in‐situ inside the Scanning Electron Microscope. Batteries & Supercaps.
Menon AS, Johnston BJ, Booth SG, Zhang L, Kress K, Murdock BE, Paez Fajardo G, Anthonisamy NN, Tapia-Ruiz N, Agrestini S , Garcia-Fernandez M et al () Oxygen-Redox Activity in Non-Lithium-Excess Tungsten-Doped LiNiO2 Cathode. PRX Energy, 2(1).
Dattani R, Bannock JH, Fei Z, MacKenzie RCI, Guilbert AAY, Vezie MS, Nelson J, de Mello JC, Heeney M, Cabral JT & Nedoma AJ () A general mechanism for controlling thin film structures in all-conjugated block copolymer:fullerene blends. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2(35), 14711-14719. View this article in WRRO

Conference proceedings papers

Bello S, Urwick A, Bastianini F, Nedoma AJ & Dunbar A (2022) An introduction to perovskites for solar cells and their characterisation. Energy Reports, Vol. 8(11) (pp 89-106). Sheffield, UK, 5 April 2022 - 6 April 2022.
Virgili JM, Nedoma AJ, Melnichenko YB, Cheng G, Balsara NP & Segalman RA (2009) [Imidazolium][TFSI] ionic liquid distribution in concentrated poly(styrene-b-2-vinyl pyridine) copolymer solutions. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, Vol. 238
Bello S, Nedoma A & Dunbar A () Zinc chloride as a performance-enhancing additive for MAPbI3 solar cells produced in air.. Proceedings of the International Conference on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics, 19 May 2022 - 25 May 2022.