Publications

Bridgette Maria Budhlall, Ph.D. Publications

Journal Publications

  1. “Highly Efficient Removal of PFAS from Water Using Surface-Modified Regenerable Quaternized Chitosan Hydrogels“, M. Bagheri Kashani, L. Fan, W. Yan, B. M. Budhlall, Gels, 2026, 12, 1, 14.

  2. “Tandem Hydroperoxyl–Alkylperoxyl Radical Quenching by an Engineered Nanoporous Cerium Oxide Nanoparticle Macrostructure (NCeONP): Toward Efficient Solid-State Autoxidation Inhibitors”, R. Amorati, Y. Guo, B. M. Budhlall, C. F. Barry, D. Cao, S. S. R. K. Challa, ACS Omega,2023, 8, 43, 40174–40183.

  3. “Controlling the Particle Size of Aqueous Conjugated Polymer Colloids and Impact on Transistor Performance”, H. Pan, B. Tan, A. Yazdani, B. M. Budhlall, M. J. Sobkowicz, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2020, 594, 124633.

  4. “Self-healing Nanocomposites Comprised of Poly(urea formaldehyde) Nanocapsules in a Thermosetting Poly(urea),” Y. Liu, B. M. Budhlall, European Polymer Journal, 2020, 126, 109545.
  5. “In-Vitro Biodegradation Study of Poly(ε-caprolactone) Films using a 3D Printed Helical Flow Prototype to Simulate the Physiological Conditions for Cardiovascular Implanted Devices,” B. Chasse, H. Xu, B. M. Budhlall, Biomedical Physics and Engineering Express, 2019, 5, 065021.
  6. “Quantum Dot Encapsulated Nanocolloidal Bioconjugates Function as Bioprobes for In Vitro Intracellular Imaging”, S. Muralidhara, K. Malu, P. Gaines, B. M. Budhlall, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2019, 182. 110348.
  7. “PEG Bottle Brush Copolymers as Antimicrobial Mimics: Role of Entropic Templating in Membrane Lysis,” A. Garle and B. M. Budhlall, Langmuir, 2019, 35 (9), 3372–3382.
  8. “Gold Nanorods or Nanospheres? Role of Particle Shape on Tuning the Shape Memory Effect of Semicrystalline Poly(ε-caprolactone) Networks,” H. Xu and B. M. Budhlall, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Advances, 2018, 8, 29283-29294.
  9. “Improving the Antifouling Properties of Polypropylene Surfaces by Melt Blending with Poly(ethylene glycol) Diblock Copolymers,” A. L. Garle, F. White, B. M. Budhlall, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2018, 135 (15), pp. 46122.
  10. “Poly(3-hexylthiophene)/Poly(styrene) Blended Colloids: Exploiting the Effects of Composition and Marginal Solvent,” B. Tan, H. Pan, B. M. Budhlall, M. J. Sobkowicz, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2018, 539, 221-228.
  11. “Improving Charge Carrier Mobility of Polymer Blend Field Effect Transistors with Majority Insulating Polymer Phase,” B. Tan, H. Pan, H. Li, M, Linus, B. M. Budhlall, M. Sobkowicz, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2018, 122 (5), 2918–2930.
  12. “Microwave-assisted Synthesis and Characterization of Hydrophilically Functionalized Polygalacturonic Acid,” Aris, Z.F., Bouldin, R.M., Pelletier, M.G., Gaines, P.C., Budhlall, B., Nagarajan, R., Carbohydrate Polymers, 2017, 155, 432–439.
  13. “Undergraduate Modules for Bio-Based Plastics” C. Barry, B. Budhlall, R. Nagarajan, Plastics Engineering, 2016, 72 (3), 30.
  14. “Tuning Oxygen Permeability in Azobenzene-containing Side-chain Liquid Crystalline Polymers”, S. Hassan, R. Anandakathir, M. Sobkowicz, B. Budhlall, Polymer Chemistry, 2016, 7 (7) 1452-1460.
  15. “Enhancing the Colloidal Stability and Electrical Conductivity of Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotubes Dispersed in Water”, R. D Devre, B. M Budhlall, C. F Barry, Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 2016, 217 (5), 683-700.
  16. “Microgels or Microcapsules? Role of Morphology on the Release Kinetics of Thermoresponsive PEGylated Hydrogels”, T. Trongsatitkul and B. Budhlall, Polymer Chemistry, 2013, 4, 1502-1516.
  17. “Temperature Dependence of Serum Protein Adsorption of Thermoresponsive PEGylated PNIPAm Microgels”, T. Trongsatitkul and B. Budhlall, Colloids and Surfaces B : Biointerfaces, 2013, 103, 244-252.
  18. “The Limited Utility of the Dichlorofluorescin (DCFH) Assay for Measuring Oxidative Stress Elicited by Engineered Nanomaterials”, A. Pal, D. Bello, B. Budhlall, E. Rogers and D. K. Milton, Dose-Response, 2012, 10, (3), 308-330.
  19. “Thermoresponsive Semicrystalline Poly(caprolactone) Networks: Exploiting Crosslinking in Cinnamoly Moieties to Design Shape Memory Polymers”, A. Garle, S. Kong, U. Ohja and B. Budhlall, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2012, 4 (2), 645-657.
  20. “Multicore/Shell PNIPAm-co-PEGMa Microcapsules for Cell Encapsulation”, T. Trongsatitkul and B. Budhlall, Langmuir, 2011, 27 (22), 13468-13480.
  21. “Pickering Emulsion as a Template to Synthesize Janus Colloids with Anisotropy in Surface Potential” N. Pardhy and B. Budhlall, Langmuir, 2010, 26 (16), 13130-13141.
  22. “Effects of Particle Surface Charge, Species, Concentration, and Dispersion Methods on the Thermal Conductivity of Nanofluids. R. Gowda, H. Sun, P. Wang, M. Charmchi, F. Gao, Z. Gu, and B. Budhlall, Advanced Mechanical Engineering, 2010. doi:10.1155/2010/807610.
  23. “Microwave, Photo-, & Thermally Responsive AuNP/PNIPAm Microgels”, B. Budhlall, M. Marquez, and O. Velev, Langmuir, 2008, 24, (20), 11959-11966.
  24. “Monolith Catalytic Process for Producing Sorbitol”, R. Broekhuis, B. Budhlall, and A. Nordquist, Industrial & Engineering Chemical Research, 2004, 43 (17), 5146-5155.
  25. “Characterization of Partially Hydrolyzed Poly(vinyl alcohol). Effect of Poly(vinyl alcohol) Molecular Architecture on Aqueous Phase Conformation”, B. M. Budhlall, K. Landfester, E.D. Sudol, V. L. Dimonie and M. S. El-Aasser, Macromolecules, 2003, 36 (25), 9477-9484.
  26. “Atomic Force Microscopy Studies of the Film Surface Characteristics of Poly(vinyl acetate) Latex Prepared with Poly(vinyl alcohol)”, B. Budhlall, O. Shaffer, E.D. Sudol, V. Dimonie and M. S. El-Aasser, Langmuir, 2003, 19 (23), 9968-9972.
  27. “Role of Grafting in the Emulsion Polymerization of Vinyl Acetate I: Effect of Degree of Poly(vinyl alcohol) Blockiness on the Kinetics and Mechanism of Grafting”, B. Budhlall, E. D. Sudol, V. Dimonie and M. S. El-Aasser, Journal of Polymer Science; Part A-1: Polymer Chemistry, 2001, 39, 3633-3654.
  28. “Characterization of Partially Hydrolyzed Poly(vinyl alcohol) I : Sequence distribution of Poly(vinyl alcohol) via 13C and 1H-NMR and a reversed-phased gradient elution HPLC technique”, B. Budhlall, K. Landfester, D. Nagy, E.D. Sudol, V. Dimonie and M. S. El-Aasser, Macromolecular Symposia, 2000, 155, 63-64.
 

Patents

  1. Z. F. Mohd Aris, R. M. Bouldin, R. Nagarajan, B. Budhlall, V. Bavishi, “Hydrophilic modification of water insoluble polysaccharide as surface-active agents”, US Patent No. 9,815,912 issued November 14, 2017.
  2. B.M. Budhlall, A. L. Garle; “Biodegradable Shape Memory Polymers”, US Patent No. 9,163,114 B2 issued October 20, 2015.
  3. P. Zhang, B.M. Budhlall, G.E. Parris, L. Cox; “Immersion Lithography Fluids”, US Patent No. 8,007,986 B2 issued August 30, 2011.
  4. P. Zhang, B.M. Budhlall, G.E. Parris, L. Cox; “Immersion Lithography Fluids”, US Patent, No. 7879531B2 issued February 11, 2011.

Book Chapters (Refereed)

  1. “Synthetic Resins and Plastics”, M. Sobkowicz, M. Budhlall, J. L. Mead, pp. 1397-1462. In Kent and Riegel’s Handbook of Industrial Chemistry and Biotechnology, (13th ed.), J.A. Kent, Ed., Springer, Germany, 2017.
  2. “Synthetic Resins and Plastics”, R. D. Deanin, J. L. Mead, M. Wei and M. Budhlall, pp. 623-687. In Kent and Riegel’s Handbook of Industrial Chemistry and Biotechnology, (12th ed.), J.A. Kent, Ed., Springer, Germany, 2012.

 

INVITED TALKS, Conference Proceedings, and symposium papers (Refereed)

  1. “How an Interdisciplinary Degree in Polymer Science & Engineering Influenced my Career in Industry and Academia: An Introspective 25 Years Later”, Bridgette M. Budhlall*, Invited Speaker, at the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Polymer Science and Engineering Program, Lehigh University, Bethlehem. PA. October 2025.
  2. “Directed Assembly of Colloidal Particles of Poly(3-hexylthiophene) in AC Electric Fields“ Amir Yazdani, Hao Pan, Margaret J. Sobkowicz, Bridgette M. Budhlall*, Invited Speaker, 2019 International Polymer Colloids Group Conference, Sentosa Island, Singapore. June 2019.
  3. “Nanocomposite and Nanostructured Polymer Coatings: Recent Advances” Bridgette M. Budhlall, at the 50th Annual Short Course in Advances in Emulsion Polymerization & Latex Technology, Lehigh University, Bethlehem. PA. June 2019. 
  4. “Directed Assembly of Colloids for Nanomanufacturing of Hierarchically Ordered Electronic Films,” Amir Yazdani, Hao Pan, Margaret J. Sobkowicz, Bridgette M. Budhlall*, Abstracts of Papers, 2018 Polymer Processing Society (PPS) Americas, Annual Regional Conference, Boston, MA. November 2018.
  5. “Nanostructured Polymers and Soft Colloids with Controlled Morphologies Specifically Designed to Trigger and Control Motility and Assembly”, Bridgette M. Budhlall*, Invited Speaker, Symposium to Honor Professor Mohamed El-Aasser, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem. PA. June 2018.
  6. “Melt Blended Phase Separated Polyethylene-b-Polyethylene and Polypropylene Blends for Enhanced Anti-Fouling: Effect of Polyethylene Glycol Chain Length and Surface Density on Protein Adsorption”, Amit L. Garle, Bridgette M. Budhlall*, Abstracts of Papers, 2017 Society for Biomaterials, Annual Meeting & Exposition (SFB), Minneapolis, MN. April 2017.
  7. “PEG Bottle Brush Copolymers for Lysis of Microbial Membrane Mimics by Entropic Templating”, Amit L. Garle, Bridgette M. Budhlall*, Abstracts of Papers, 2017 Society for Biomaterials Annual Conference (SFB), Minneapolis, MN. April 2017.
  8. “Transglutaminase-catalyzed PEGylation of alginate microgels for islet cell encapsulation”, Cody White,   Margery Pelletier, Amit Garle, Peter Gaines, and Bridgette M. Budhlall*, Abstracts of Papers, 250th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Boston, MA. PMSE-490. August 2015.
  9. “Nanocapsules filled with reactive liquid amines for self-healing thermoset polymers,” Yuxuan Liu, Bridgette M. Budhlall*, Abstracts of Papers, 250th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Boston, MA. PMSE-489. August 2015.
  10. Poly[caprolactone-(ran-cinnamoyl modified caprolactone]-b-PCL block copolymer with light-actuated shape memory properties” Haikun Xu, Bridgette M. Budhlall*, Abstracts of Papers, 250th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Boston, MA. POLY-457. August 2015.
  11. “Water Processable Nanocomposites for Organic Electronic Devices” N. Buket Zaifoglu and B. M. Budhlall*, Proceedings of the Society of Plastics Engineers Annual Technical Conference (ANTEC), Orlando FL. April 2015.
  12. “Poly(ε-caprolactone) Shape Memory Polymer for Bioimplants and Bioactuation” H. Xu and B. M. Budhlall*, Proceedings of the Society of Plastics Engineers Annual Technical Conference (ANTEC), Orlando FL. April 2015.
  13. “Shape Memory Assisted Self-Healing Polymers” Y. Liu and B. M. Budhlall*, Materials Research Society (MRS) Symposium Proceedings, Paper #: B4.22. Dec 2014.
  14. “Novel Biodegradable Poly[caprolactone-ran-cinnamoyl modified caprolactone]-b-PCL Block Copolymer with Light-Activated Shape Memory Properties” H. Xu, B. M. Budhlall*, Materials Research Society (MRS) Symposium Proceedings, Paper #: B4.21. Dec 2014.
  15. “A New Interdisciplinary Engineering Course on Nanoscale Transport Phenomena” Z. Gu, B. Budhlall, H. Sun, C. Barry, A. Donatelli, J. Lohmeier. Abstracts of Papers, American   Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), National Meeting, Washington, DC. June, 2013.
  16. “Polystyrene-Graphene oxide Pickering Emulsions for Electronics” S. Muralidhara, M. J. Sobkowicz-Kline, B. M. Budhlall*, Abstracts of Papers, ACS 88th Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, Riverside, CA. June 2013.
  17. “Nanofluids Effect in Thermoresponsive Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Microgels” T. Trongsatitkul, B M. Budhlall*, Abstracts of Papers, ACS 88th Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, Riverside, CA. June 2013.
  18. “Bioconjugation of Quantum Dot Encapsulated in Polystyrene Colloids for Cellular Targeting” S. Muralidhara, K. M. Malu, P. Gaines, B M. Budhlall*, Abstracts of Papers, ACS 88th Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, Riverside, CA. June 2013.
  19. “Novel Prototype to Study the Effects of Helical Spiral Flow on In-Vitro Biodegradation of  Polymers for Bioimplants” B. Chasse and B. M. Budhlall*, Proceedings of the Society of Plastics Engineers Annual Technical Conference (ANTEC), Medical Plastics Division, Cincinnati. OH. April 2013.
  20. “Synthesis of e-Caprolactone-based Shape Memory Polymers with Antimicrobial Properties”, A. Garle and B. Budhlall*, Polymer Preprints (ACS), 2012, 53 (2) 437.
  21. “Role of Polymer Architecture on the Kinetics and Mechanisms of Swelling and Drug Release from PNIPAm-co-PEG Hydrogels”, T. Trongsatitkul and B. Budhlall*, Polymer Preprints (ACS), 2012, 53 (2) 435.
  22. “A New Interdisciplinary Engineering Course at University of Massachusetts Lowell – Nanoscale Transport Phenomena for Manufacturing Nanodevices” Z. Gu, B. Budhlall, H. Sun, C. Barry, A. Donatelli, J. Lohmeier. Abstracts of Papers, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA. October, 2012.
  23. “Photostable Bioimaging Probes via Pickering Emulsions”. S. Muralidhara, M. Vegliante, K. Malu, P. Gaines, B. Budhlall*. Abstracts of Papers, ACS 87th Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, Baltimore, MD. June 2012.
  24. “Doxorubicin Release Kinetics of Polymer-Liposome Nanocapsules”. T. Trongsatitkul, M. Ruano-Aldea, K. Der, B. Budhlall*. Abstracts of Papers, ACS 87th Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, Baltimore, MD. June 2012.
  25. “Microwave-assisted synthesis and characterization of surfactants from renewable resources” Z. F. M. Aris, R. Bouldin, B. Budhlall, R. Nagarajan. Abstracts of Papers, 16th Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference, Washington, DC. June 2012.
  26. “The Role of Nanofluids on the Thermal Conductivity of PNIPAm Microgels” T. Trongsatitkul and B. Budhlall*. Abstracts of Papers, ACS 87th Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, Baltimore, MD. June 2012.
  27. “A New Interdisciplinary Engineering Course at University of Massachusetts Lowell – Nanoscale Transport Phenomena for Manufacturing Nanodevices” Z. Gu, B. Budhlall, H. Sun, C. Barry, A. Donatelli, J. Lohmeier. Abstracts of Papers, American Society oft Conference, Lowell. MA. April, 2012.
  28. “Synthesis of epsilon-Caprolactone-based Shape Memory Polymers with Antimicrobial Properties”, A. Garle and B. Budhlall*, Polymer Preprints (ACS), 2012, 53 (2) 437.
  29. “Role of Polymer Architecture on the Kinetics and Mechanisms of Swelling and Drug Release from PNIPAm-co-PEG Hydrogels”, T. Trongsatitkul and B. Budhlall, Polymer Preprints (ACS), 2012, 53 (2) 435.
  30. “Novel Bioimaging Probes Synthesized by Encapsulation of Quantum Dots in Pickering Emulsions”, N. Pardhy, S. Muralidhara, K. Malu, P. Gaines, B. Budhlall*. Abstracts of Papers, ACS 86th Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, Montreal. Canada. June, 2011
  31. “Drug Delivery from Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-co-poly(ethylene glycol) Microspheres: Effect of Particle Morphology on Release Kinetics’, T. Trongsatitkul and B. Budhlall*. Abstracts of Papers, ACS 86th Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, Montreal. Canada. June 2011.
  32. “Enzymatic Synthesis of Polysaccharide-based Biosurfactants”, Z. F. M. Aris, R. Bouldin, B. Budhlall, R. Nagarajan. Abstracts of Papers, 15th Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference, Washington, DC. June, 2011.
  33. “Surface Active Polymers Derived from Naturally Occurring Polysaccharides”, Z. F. M. Aris, R. Bouldin, B. Budhlall, R. Nagarajan. Abstracts of papers, ACS 241st National Meeting, Anaheim, CA. March, 2011.
  34. “Protein Adsorption Resistance of Thermoresponsive PEG-co-PNIPAm Microgels”, T. Trongsatitkul and B. M. Budhlall*. Abstracts of Papers, ACS 240th National Meeting, Boston, MA. August, 2010.
  35. “Screening for Oxidative Damage of Engineered Nanomaterials: Why the DCFH is of Limited Utility”, A. K. Pal, D. Bello, B. Budhlall, D. K. Milton. Abstracts of Papers, Nanotoxicology 2010, Edinburgh Napier University, Craiglockhart Campus, Edinburgh. Scotland. June, 2010.
  36. “Design and Synthesis of a Novel Biodegradable Polymers for Biomedical Applications”, A. Garle, S. Kong and B. Budhlall, Polymer Preprints (ACS), 2010, 51 (2) 255.
  37. “Combination of ROP and RAFT for Synthesis of a Novel Biodegradable, Stimuli Responsive P(CL-ran-CCL)-b-PNIPAm-b-P(CL-ran-CCL) Triblock Copolymer”, A. Garle, U. Ojha and B. Budhlall, Polymer Materials Science & Engineering Preprints (ACS), 2009, 101, 1222.
  38. “Synthesis of Thermo-responsive Copolymers composed of Poly(ethylene glycol) and Poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide) for Cell Encapsulation” T. Trongsatitkul and B. Budhlall, Materials Research Society (MRS) Symposium Proceedings, 2008, 1134 (Polymer-Based Smart Materials-Processes, Properties and Application), Paper #: 1134-BB08-46.
  39. “Microwave, Photo- & Thermally Responsive PNIPAm – Gold Nanoparticle Microgels” B. M. Budhlall, S. T. Chang, M. Marquez and O. Velev. Polymer Materials Science and Engineering Preprints (ACS), 2008, 99, 835.
  40. “Surfactant Free, Solid Stabilized Emulsion as a Template to Synthesize Janus Colloidosomes” N. Pardhy and B. Budhlall, Polymer Materials Science and Engineering Preprints (ACS), 2008, 99, 322.
  41. “Microwave, Photo- & Thermally Responsive PNIPAm – Gold Nanoparticle Microgels”, B. M. Budhlall*, M. Marquez, O. D. Velev. Abstracts of Papers, ACS 82nd Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, Raleigh, NC. June, 2008.
  42. “Responsive Polymer Microcapsules Prepared by Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation”, B. M. Budhlall*, S. T. Chang, M. Marquez, O. D. Velev. Abstracts of Papers, ACS 80th Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, Boulder, CO. June, 2006.
  43. “High Refractive Index Immersion Fluids for 193nm Immersion Lithography”, B. Budhlall, G. Parris, P. Zhang, X. Gao, Z. Zarkov, B. Ross, S. Kaplan and J. Burnett. Int. Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE): Microlithography, 2005, 5754-58.
  44. “Wetting, Nanobubbles, and Interfacial Dynamics near the Liquid-Solid Interface”. X. He, S. Mehta, G. Parris, B. M. Budhlall*. 13th International Conference on the Discrete Simulation of Fluid Dynamics (DSFD 2004), Cambridge, MA. August 2004.
  45. “Thermodynamic and Kinetic Study of Nanobubbles at the Liquid-Solid Interface: A      modeling and AFM Study”. B. M. Budhlall*, I. Hyder, S. Metha and G. Parris. International SEMATECH 157nm & Immersion Lithography Symposium, Vancouver, Canada, August 2004.
  46. “New Immersion Fluid for 193nm Immersion Lithography”. B. M. Budhlall*, and G. Parris. International SEMATECH 157nm & Immersion Lithography Symposium, Vancouver, Canada, August, 2004.
  47. “High-throughput monolithic catalyst testing: A fully automated approach to process  optimization and catalyst life testing.” B. M. Budhlall* and R. Broekhuis. Catalyst Society of Metropolitan New York Spring Symposium, NY, 
  48. “Characterization of Partially Hydrolyzed Poly(vinyl alcohol)”, B. Budhlall, K. Landfester, D. Nagy, E.D. Sudol, V. Dimonie and M. S. El-Aasser. Polymer Materials Science and Engineering (ACS), 1999, 80, 550-551.