Publications

23.  S.D. Mengel, R. Sujanani, S. Han, and R.A. Segalman, “Hydration and Polyelectrolyte Properties of Polymeric Zwitterions with Long Carbon Spacers, Macromolecules, In Press, (2025), [Article Link]

22. N. Marioni, A. Rajesh, R. Sujanani, Z. Zhang, L.W. Gordon, R.J. Clément, R.A. Segalman, B.D. Freeman, and V. Ganesan, “What is the Role of Relative Humidity on Conductivity in Polymer Electrolytes?”, ACS Macro Letters, 14, 6, 865-871, (2025), [Article Link] 

21. R. Sujanani, P.H. Nguyen, L.W. Gordon, A. Zelle, J.T. Bamford, B.J. Pedretti, N.A. Lynd, R.J. Clément, and R.A. Segalman, “The Influence of Water Sorption on Ionic Conductivity in Lowly Hydrated Polyether Electrolytes”, ACS Macro Letters, 14, 1, 64-71, (2025), [Article Link]

20. I.A. Ponce, R. Sujanani, J.D. Moon, J.M. Urueña, C.J. Hawker, and R.A. Segalman, “3D Printing a Functional Hydrogel Device for Permeability and Selectivity Screenings for Membrane Separations”, ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 6, 23, 14629-14637, (2024), [Article Link]

19. R. Sujanani, K. Reimund, K. Gleason, and B.D. Freeman, “Hydraulic Permeation-Induced Water Concentration Gradients in Ion Exchange Membranes”, Journal of Membrane Science, 705, 122858, (2024), [Article Link]

18. N. Marioni, O. Nordness, Z. Zhang, R. Sujanani, B.D. Freeman, R.A. Segalman, R.J. Clément, and V. Ganesan, “Ion and Water Dynamics in the Transition from Dry to Wet Conditions in Salt-Doped PEG”, ACS Macro Letters, 13, 3, 341-347, (2024), [Article Link]

17. R. Sujanani*, O. Nordness*, A. Miranda, L.E. Katz, J.F. Brennecke, and B.D. Freeman, “Accounting for Ion Pairing Effects on Sulfate Salt Sorption in Cation Exchange Membranes”, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 127, 8, 1842-1855, (2023), [Article Link]

16. P. Aydogan Gokturk, R. Sujanani, J. Qian, Y. Wang, L.E. Katz, B.D. Freeman, and E.J. Crumlin, “The Donnan Potential Revealed”, Nature Communications, 13, 5880, (2022), Selected in Editors’ Highlights, [Article Link]

15. N. Yan, R. Sujanani, J. Kamcev, E.S. Jang, K. Kobayashi, D.R. Paul, and B.D. Freeman, “Salt and Ion Transport in a Series of Cross-linked AMPS/PEGDA Hydrogel Membranes”, Journal of Membrane Science, 653, 120549, (2022), Selected as Editors’ choice article[Article Link]

14. N. Yan, R. Sujanani, J. Kamcev, M. Galizia, E.S. Jang, D.R. Paul, and B.D. Freeman, “Influence of Fixed Charge Concentration and Water Uptake on Ion Sorption in AMPS/PEGDA Membranes, Journal of Membrane Science, 644, 120171, (2021), [Article Link]

13. E.S. Zofchak, Z. Zhang, B.K. Wheatle, R. Sujanani, S.J. Warnock, K.G. Hanson, S. Zhao, S. Mukherjee, M. Abu-Omar, C.M. Bates, B.D. Freeman, and V. Ganesan, “Origins of Lithium/Sodium Reverse Permeability Selectivity in 12-Crown-4 Functionalized Polymer Membranes”, ACS Macro Letters, 10, 9, 1167-1173, (2021), [Article Link]

12. S.J. Warnock*, R. Sujanani*, E.S. Zofchak*, S. Zhao, T.J. Dilenschneider, K.G. Hanson, S. Mukherjee, V. Ganesan, B.D. Freeman, M. Abu-Omar, and C.M. Bates, “Engineering Li/Na Selectivity in 12-Crown-4 Functionalized Membranes”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118, 37, e2022197118, (2021), [Article Link]

11. R. Sujanani, L.E. Katz, D.R. Paul, and B.D. Freeman, “Aqueous Ion Partitioning in Nafion: Applicability of Manning’s Counter-ion Condensation Theory”, Journal of Membrane Science, 638, 119687, (2021), Selected as Editors’ choice article[Article Link]

10. M. Allen*, R. Sujanani*, A. Chamseddine, B.D. Freeman, and Z.A. Page, “Mechanically Robust Hydrophobized Double Network Hydrogels and Their Fundamental Salt Transport Properties”, Journal of Polymer Science, 59, 21, 2581-2589, (2021), [Article Link]

9. J.D. Moon, R. Sujanani, Z. Geng, B.D. Freeman, R.A. Segalman, and C.J. Hawker, “A Versatile Synthetic Platform for Polymer Membrane Libraries Using Functional Networks”, Macromolecules, 54, 866-873, (2021), [Article Link]

8. M.M. Merrick, R. Sujanani, and B.D. Freeman, “Glassy Polymers: Historical Findings, Membrane Applications, and Unresolved Questions”, Polymer, 211, 123176, (2020), [Article Link]

7. R. Sujanani, M.R. Landsman, S. Jiao, J.D. Moon, M.S. Shell, D.F. Lawler, L.E. Katz, and B.D. Freeman, “Designing Solute-Tailored Selectivity in Membranes: Perspectives for Water Reuse and Resource Recovery”, ACS Macro Letters, 9, 11, 1709-1717, (2020), Selected as Journal Cover and Editors’ choice article[Article Link]

6. M.R. Landsman*, R. Sujanani*, et al., D.F. Lawler, B.D. Freeman, and L.E. Katz “Water Treatment: Are Membranes the Panacea?”, Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 11, 559-585, (2020), [Article Link]

5. E.S. Jang, J. Kamcev, K. Kobayahsi, N. Yan, R. Sujanani, T.J. Dilenschneider, H.B. Park, D.R. Paul, and B.D. Freeman, “Influence of Water Content on Alkali Metal Chloride Transport in Cross-Linked Poly(ethylene glycol) Diacrylate. 2. Ion Diffusion, Polymer, 192, 122316, (2020), [Article Link]

4. E.S. Jang, J. Kamcev, K. Kobayashi, N. Yan, R. Sujanani, T.J. Dilenschneider, H.B. Park, D.R. Paul, and B.D. Freeman, “Influence of Water Content on Alkali Metal Chloride Transport in Cross-Linked Poly(ethylene glycol) Diacrylate. 1. Ion Sorption”, Polymer, 178, 121554, (2019), [Article Link]

3. E.S. Jang, W. Mickols, R. Sujanani, A. Helenic, T.J. Dilenschneider, J. Kamcev, D.R. Paul, and B.D. Freeman, “Influence of Concentration Polarization and Thermodynamic Non-Idealities on Salt Transport Properties in Reverse Osmosis Membranes”, Journal of Membrane Science, 572, 668-675, (2019), [Article Link]

2. E.S. Jang, J. Kamcev, K. Kobayashi, N. Yan, R. Sujanani, S.J. Talley, R.B. Moore, D.R. Paul, and B.D. Freeman, “Effect of Water Content on Sodium Chloride Sorption in Cross-Linked Cation Exchange Membranes”, Macromolecules, 52, 2569-2579, (2019), [Article Link]

1. J. Kamcev, R. Sujanani, E.S. Jang, N. Moe, N. Yan, D.R. Paul, and B.D. Freeman, “Salt Concentration Dependence of Ionic Conductivity in Ion Exchange Membranes”, Journal of Membrane Science, 547, 123-133, (2018), [Article Link]