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  1. Fuchs, T., Becker, J., Haslam, C.G., Lerch, C., Sakamoto, J., Richter, F.H., Janek, J., 2023. Current‐Dependent Lithium Metal Growth Modes in “Anode‐Free” Solid‐State Batteries at the Cu| LLZO Interface. Advanced Energy Materials 13, 2203174.
  2. Ren, Y., Danner, T., Moy, A., Finsterbusch, M., Hamann, T., Dippell, J., Fuchs, T., Müller, M., Hoft, R., Weber, A., Curtiss, L.A., Zapol, P., Klenk, M., Ngo, A., Barai, P., Wood, B., Shi, R., Wan, L., Heo, T.W., Engels, M., Nanda, J., Richter, F.H., Latz, A., Srinivasan, V., Janek, J., Sakamoto, J., Wachsman, E.D., Fattakhova-Rohlfing, D., 2023. Oxide‐Based Solid‐State Batteries: A Perspective on Composite Cathode Architecture. Advanced Energy Materials 13, 2201939.
  3. Fuchs, T., Haslam, C.G., Moy, A.C., Lerch, C., Krauskopf, T., Sakamoto, J., Richter, F.H., Janek, J., 2022. Increasing the Pressure‐Free Stripping Capacity of the Lithium Metal Anode in Solid‐State‐Batteries by Carbon Nanotubes. Advanced Energy Materials 12, 2201125.
  4. Haslam, C.G., Wolfenstine, J.B., Sakamoto, J., 2022. The effect of aspect ratio on the mechanical behavior of Li metal in solid-state cells. Journal of Power Sources 520, 230831.
  5. Wolfenstine, J., Go, W., Kim, Y., Sakamoto, J., 2022. Mechanical properties of NaSICON: a brief review. Ionics 1–8.
  6. Kazyak, E., Wang, M.J., Lee, K., Yadavalli, S., Sanchez, A.J., Thouless, M., Sakamoto, J., Dasgupta, N.P., 2022. Understanding the electro-chemo-mechanics of Li plating in anode-free solid-state batteries with operando 3D microscopy. Matter 5, 3912–3934.
  7. Lee, K., Kazyak, E., Wang, M.J., Dasgupta, N.P., Sakamoto, J., 2022. Analyzing void formation and rewetting of thin in situ-formed Li anodes on LLZO. Joule 6, 2547–2565.
  8. Modak, S., Valle, J., Tseng, K.-T., Sakamoto, J., Kwabi, D.G., 2022. Correlating stability and performance of NaSICON membranes for aqueous redox flow batteries. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 14, 19332–19341.
  9. Allen, J.L., Crear, B.A., Choudhury, R., Wang, M.J., Tran, D.T., Ma, L., Piccoli, P.M., Sakamoto, J., Wolfenstine, J., 2021. Fast Li-Ion Conduction in Spinel-Structured Solids. Molecules 26, 2625.
  10. Carmona, E.A., Wang, M.J., Song, Y., Sakamoto, J., Albertus, P., 2021. The Effect of Mechanical State on the Equilibrium Potential of Alkali Metal/Ceramic Single‐Ion Conductor Systems. Advanced Energy Materials 11, 2101355.
  11. Liu, X., Garcia-Mendez, R., Lupini, A.R., Cheng, Y., Hood, Z.D., Han, F., Sharafi, A., Idrobo, J.C., Dudney, N.J., Wang, C., 2021. Local electronic structure variation resulting in Li ‘filament’ formation within solid electrolytes. Nature Materials 20, 1485–1490.
  12. Kinzer, B., Davis, A.L., Krauskopf, T., Hartmann, H., LePage, W.S., Kazyak, E., Janek, J., Dasgupta, N.P., Sakamoto, J., 2021. Operando analysis of the molten Li| LLZO interface: understanding how the physical properties of Li affect the critical current density. Matter 4, 1947–1961.
  13. Masias, A., Felten, N., Sakamoto, J., 2021. Characterizing the mechanical behavior of lithium in compression. Journal of Materials Research 36, 729–739.
  14. Chang, W., May, R., Wang, M., Thorsteinsson, G., Sakamoto, J., Marbella, L., Steingart, D., 2021. Evolving contact mechanics and microstructure formation dynamics of the lithium metal-Li7La3Zr2O12 interface. Nature Communications 12, 6369.
  15. Chen, K., Goel, V., Namkoong, M.J., Wied, M., Müller, S., Wood, V., Sakamoto, J., Thornton, K., Dasgupta, N.P., 2021. Enabling 6C fast charging of Li‐ion batteries with graphite/hard carbon hybrid anodes. Advanced energy materials 11, 2003336.
  16. Wang, M.J., Kazyak, E., Dasgupta, N.P., Sakamoto, J., 2021. Transitioning solid-state batteries from lab to market: Linking electro-chemo-mechanics with practical considerations. Joule 5, 1371–1390.
  17. Wang, M.J., Wolfenstine, J.B., Sakamoto, J., 2020. Mixed electronic and ionic conduction properties of lithium lanthanum titanate. Advanced Functional Materials 30, 1909140.
  18. Valle, J.M., Huang, C., Tatke, D., Wolfenstine, J., Go, W., Kim, Y., Sakamoto, J., 2021. Characterization of hot-pressed von Alpen type NASICON ceramic electrolytes. Solid State Ionics 369, 115712.
  19. Wang, M.J., Carmona, E., Gupta, A., Albertus, P., Sakamoto, J., 2020. Enabling “lithium-free” manufacturing of pure lithium metal solid-state batteries through in situ plating. Nature Communications 11, 5201.
  20. Wang, M.J., Chang, J.-Y., Wolfenstine, J.B., Sakamoto, J., 2020. Analysis of elastic, plastic, and creep properties of sodium metal and implications for solid-state batteries. Materialia 12, 100792.
  21. Valle, J.M., Sakamoto, J., 2020. The effect of lanthanoid defects on anionic solvation of Li in Li6. 5La2+ xZr1. 5Ta0. 5O12 from x= 0 to x= 1.2 garnet. Solid State Ionics 345, 115170.
  22. Kazyak, E., Garcia-Mendez, R., LePage, W.S., Sharafi, A., Davis, A.L., Sanchez, A.J., Chen, K.-H., Haslam, C., Sakamoto, J., Dasgupta, N.P., 2020. Li penetration in ceramic solid electrolytes: operando microscopy analysis of morphology, propagation, and reversibility. Matter 2, 1025–1048.
  23. Chen, K.-H., Namkoong, M.J., Goel, V., Yang, C., Kazemiabnavi, S., Mortuza, S., Kazyak, E., Mazumder, J., Thornton, K., Sakamoto, J., 2020. Efficient fast-charging of lithium-ion batteries enabled by laser-patterned three-dimensional graphite anode architectures. Journal of Power Sources 471, 228475.
  24. Gupta, A., Kazyak, E., Dasgupta, N.P., Sakamoto, J., 2020. Electrochemical and surface chemistry analysis of lithium lanthanum zirconium tantalum oxide (LLZTO)/liquid electrolyte (LE) interfaces. Journal of Power Sources 474, 228598.
  25. Garcia‐Mendez, R., Smith, J.G., Neuefeind, J.C., Siegel, D.J., Sakamoto, J., 2020. Correlating macro and atomic structure with elastic properties and ionic transport of glassy Li2S‐P2S5 (LPS) solid electrolyte for solid‐state Li metal batteries. Advanced Energy Materials 10, 2000335.
  26. Huang, Y., Lu, R., Wang, M., Sakamoto, J., Poudeu, P.F., 2020. Hexagonal-WO3 nanorods encapsulated in nitrogen and sulfur co-doped reduced graphene oxide as a high-performance anode material for lithium ion batteries. Journal of Solid State Chemistry 282, 121068.
  27. Choudhury, R., Wang, M., Sakamoto, J., 2020. The effects of electric field distribution on the interface stability in solid electrolytes. Journal of The Electrochemical Society 167, 140501.
  28. Connell, J.G., Fuchs, T., Hartmann, H., Krauskopf, T., Zhu, Y., Sann, J., Garcia-Mendez, R., Sakamoto, J., Tepavcevic, S., Janek, J., 2020. Kinetic versus thermodynamic stability of LLZO in contact with lithium metal. Chemistry of Materials 32, 10207–10215.
  29. Sato, M., Garcia-Mendez, R., Sakamoto, J., 2020. Mapping hot-pressed Li7Al0.25La3Zr2O12 (LLZO) grains and grain boundaries through a simple thermal grooving technique. Journal of Asian Ceramic Societies 8, 793–803.
  30. Bay, M., Wang, M., Grissa, R., Heinz, M.V., Sakamoto, J., Battaglia, C., 2020. Sodium plating from Na‐β ″‐alumina ceramics at room temperature, paving the way for fast‐charging all‐solid‐state batteries. Advanced Energy Materials 10, 1902899.
  31. Han, G., Kinzer, B., Garcia-Mendez, R., Choe, H., Wolfenstine, J., Sakamoto, J., 2020. Correlating the effect of dopant type (Al, Ga, Ta) on the mechanical and electrical properties of hot-pressed Li-garnet electrolyte. Journal of the European Ceramic Society 40, 1999–2006.
  32. Davis, A.L., Garcia-Mendez, R., Wood, K.N., Kazyak, E., Chen, K.-H., Teeter, G., Sakamoto, J., Dasgupta, N.P., 2020. Electro-chemo-mechanical evolution of sulfide solid electrolyte/Li metal interfaces: operando analysis and ALD interlayer effects. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 8, 6291–6302.
  33. Koffler, J., Zhu, W., Qu, X., Platoshyn, O., Dulin, J.N., Brock, J., Graham, L., Lu, P., Sakamoto, J., Marsala, M., 2019. Biomimetic 3D-printed scaffolds for spinal cord injury repair. Nature medicine 25, 263–269.
  34. Zhu, Y., Connell, J.G., Tepavcevic, S., Zapol, P., Garcia‐Mendez, R., Taylor, N.J., Sakamoto, J., Ingram, B.J., Curtiss, L.A., Freeland, J.W., 2019. Dopant‐dependent stability of garnet solid electrolyte interfaces with lithium metal. Advanced Energy Materials 9, 1803440.
  35. Masias, A., Felten, N., Garcia-Mendez, R., Wolfenstine, J., Sakamoto, J., 2019. Elastic, plastic, and creep mechanical properties of lithium metal. Journal of materials science 54, 2585–2600.
  36. Wang, M., Wolfenstine, J.B., Sakamoto, J., 2019. Temperature dependent flux balance of the Li/ Li7La3Zr2O12 interface. Electrochimica Acta 296, 842–847.
  37. Wang, M.J., Choudhury, R., Sakamoto, J., 2019. Characterizing the Li-solid-electrolyte interface dynamics as a function of stack pressure and current density. Joule 3, 2165–2178.
  38. Gupta, A., Sakamoto, J., 2019. Controlling ionic transport through the PEO-LiTFSI/LLZTO interface. The Electrochemical Society Interface 28, 63.
  39. Yu, H.-C., Taha, D., Thompson, T., Taylor, N.J., Drews, A., Sakamoto, J., Thornton, K., 2019. Deformation and stresses in solid-state composite battery cathodes. Journal of Power Sources 440, 227116.
  40. Naguib, M., Sharafi, A., Self, E.C., Meyer, H.M., Sakamoto, J., Nanda, J., 2019. Interfacial Reactions and Performance of Li₇La₃Zr₂O₁₂-Stabilized Li–Sulfur Hybrid Cell. ACS applied materials & interfaces.
  41. Sakamoto, J., 2019. More pressure needed. Nature Energy 4, 827–828.
  42. Sakamoto, J., 2019. Resurgence of Solid-state Ionic Conductor Research is Growing the Field of Electrochemistry. Electrochemistry 87, 245–245.
  43. Pawelec, K., Yoon, C., Giger, R., Sakamoto, J., 2019. Engineering a platform for nerve regeneration with direct application to nerve repair technology. Biomaterials 216, 119263.
  44. Pawelec, K.M., Hix, J., Shapiro, E.M., Sakamoto, J., 2019. The mechanics of scaling-up multichannel scaffold technology for clinical nerve repair. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials 91, 247–254.
  45. Liu, X., Chen, Yan, Hood, Z.D., Ma, C., Yu, S., Sharafi, A., Wang, H., An, K., Sakamoto, J., Siegel, D.J., Chen, Yongqiang, Jalarvo, N.H., Chi, M., 2019. Elucidating the mobility of H+ and Li+ ions in (Li6.25−xH x Al 0.25)La3Zr2O12 via correlative neutron and electron spectroscopy. Energy & Environmental Science 12, 945–951.
  46. Taylor, N.J., Sakamoto, J., 2019. Solid-state batteries: unlocking lithium’s potential with ceramic solid electrolytes. AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY BULLETIN 98, 26–31.
  47. Taylor, N.J., Stangeland-Molo, S., Haslam, C.G., Sharafi, A., Thompson, T., Wang, M., Garcia-Mendez, R., Sakamoto, J., 2018. Demonstration of high current densities and extended cycling in the garnet Li7La3Zr2O12 solid electrolyte. Journal of Power Sources 396, 314–318.
  48. Connell, J.G., Zhu, Y., Zapol, P., Tepavcevic, S., Sharafi, A., Sakamoto, J., Curtiss, L.A., Fong, D.D., Freeland, J.W., Markovic, N.M., 2018. Crystal orientation-dependent reactivity of oxide surfaces in contact with lithium metal. ACS applied materials & interfaces 10, 17471–17479.
  49. Wang, M., Sakamoto, J., 2018. Correlating the interface resistance and surface adhesion of the Li metal-solid electrolyte interface. Journal of Power Sources 377, 7–11.
  50. Wang, M., Sakamoto, J., 2018. Dramatic reduction in the densification temperature of garnet-type solid electrolytes. Ionics 24, 1861–1868.
  51. Gupta, A., Kazyak, E., Craig, N., Christensen, J., Dasgupta, N., Sakamoto, J., 2018. Evaluating the effects of temperature and pressure on Li/PEO-LiTFSI interfacial stability and kinetics. Journal of The Electrochemical Society 165, A2801.
  52. Chi, M., Liu, X., Hachtel, J., Jalarvo, N.H., Cheng, Y., Sakamoto, J., 2018. Elucidating Ion Transport in Lithium-Ion Conductors by Combining Vibrational Spectroscopy in STEM and Neutron Scattering. Microscopy and Microanalysis 24, 1496–1497.
  53. Kazyak, E., Chen, K.-H., Davis, A.L., Yu, S., Sanchez, A.J., Lasso, J., Bielinski, A.R., Thompson, T., Sakamoto, J., Siegel, D.J., Dasgupta, N.P., 2018. Atomic layer deposition and first principles modeling of glassy Li 3 BO 3–Li 2 CO 3 electrolytes for solid-state Li metal batteries. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 6, 19425–19437.
  54. Lee, H.C., Oh, N.R., Yoo, A.R., Kim, Y., Sakamoto, J., 2018. Preparation of a Li6.5La3Zr2Nb0.5O12 garnet solid electrolyte ceramic by using sol-gel powder synthesis and hot pressing and its characterization. Journal of the Korean Physical Society 73, 1535–1540.
  55. Pawelec, K., Koffler, J., Shahriari, D., Galvan, A., Tuszynski, M., Sakamoto, J., 2018. Microstructure and in vivo characterization of multi-channel nerve guidance scaffolds. Biomedical Materials 13, 044104.
  56. Wolfenstine, J., Allen, J.L., Sakamoto, J., Siegel, D.J., Choe, H., 2018. Mechanical behavior of Li-ion-conducting crystalline oxide-based solid electrolytes: a brief review. Ionics 24, 1271–1276.
  57. Kim, Y., Drews, A., Chandrasekaran, R., Miller, T., Sakamoto, J., 2018. Improving Li-ion battery charge rate acceptance through highly ordered hierarchical electrode design. Ionics 24, 2935–2943.
  58. Kazyak, E., Chen, K.-H., Wood, K.N., Davis, A.L., Thompson, T., Bielinski, A.R., Sanchez, A.J., Wang, X., Wang, C., Sakamoto, J., 2017. Atomic layer deposition of the solid electrolyte garnet Li7La3Zr2O12. Chemistry of Materials 29, 3785–3792.
  59. Cheng, E.J., Hong, K., Taylor, N.J., Choe, H., Wolfenstine, J., Sakamoto, J., 2017. Mechanical and physical properties of LiNi0. 33Mn0. 33Co0. 33O2 (NMC). Journal of the European Ceramic Society 37, 3213–3217.
  60. Cheng, E.J., Li, Y., Sakamoto, J., Han, S., Sun, H., Noble, J., Katsui, H., Goto, T., 2017. Mechanical properties of individual phases of ZrB2-ZrC eutectic composite measured by nanoindentation. Journal of the European Ceramic Society 37, 4223–4227.
  61. Cheng, E.J., Sakamoto, J., Salvador, J., Wang, H., Maloney, R., Thompson, T., 2017. Cast-in-place, ambiently-dried, silica-based, high-temperature insulation. Acta Materialia 127, 450–462.
  62. Cheng, E.J., Sharafi, A., Sakamoto, J., 2017. Intergranular Li metal propagation through polycrystalline Li6.25Al0.25La3Zr2O12 ceramic electrolyte. Electrochimica Acta 223, 85–91.
  63. Cheng, E.J., Taylor, N.J., Wolfenstine, J., Sakamoto, J., 2017. Elastic properties of lithium cobalt oxide (LiCoO2). Journal of Asian Ceramic Societies 5, 113–117.
  64. Nam, K., Wolfenstine, J., Choi, H., Garcia-Mendez, R., Sakamoto, J., Choe, H., 2017. Study on the mechanical properties of porous tin oxide. Ceramics International 43, 10913–10918.
  65. Chi, M., Ma, C., Lupini, A., More, K., Nan, C., Sakamoto, J., Dudney, N., 2017. Integrating Novel Microscopy into Battery Research: From Atomic Resolution to In Situ and Functional Imaging. Microscopy and Microanalysis 23, 1998–1999.
  66. Garcia-Mendez, R., Mizuno, F., Zhang, R., Arthur, T.S., Sakamoto, J., 2017. Effect of processing conditions of 75Li2S-25P2S5 solid electrolyte on its DC electrochemical behavior. Electrochimica Acta 237, 144–151.
  67. Sharafi, A., Yu, S., Naguib, M., Lee, M., Ma, C., Meyer, H.M., Nanda, J., Chi, M., Siegel, D.J., Sakamoto, J., 2017. Impact of air exposure and surface chemistry on Li– Li7La3Zr2O12 interfacial resistance. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 5, 13475–13487.
  68. Smith, S., Thompson, T., Sakamoto, J., Allen, J.L., Baker, D.R., Wolfenstine, J., 2017. Electrical, mechanical and chemical behavior of Li1. 2Zr1. 9Sr0. 1 (PO4) 3. Solid State Ionics 300, 38–45.
  69. Shahriari, D., Koffler, J.Y., Tuszynski, M.H., Campana, W.M., Sakamoto, J.S., 2017. Hierarchically ordered porous and high-volume polycaprolactone microchannel scaffolds enhanced axon growth in transected spinal cords. Tissue Engineering Part A 23, 415–425.
  70. Shahriari, D., Shibayama, M., Lynam, D.A., Wolf, K.J., Kubota, G., Koffler, J.Y., Tuszynski, M.H., Campana, W.M., Sakamoto, J.S., 2017. Peripheral nerve growth within a hydrogel microchannel scaffold supported by a kink‐resistant conduit. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A 105, 3392–3399.
  71. Sharafi, A., Haslam, C.G., Kerns, R.D., Wolfenstine, J., Sakamoto, J., 2017. Controlling and correlating the effect of grain size with the mechanical and electrochemical properties of Li7La3Zr2O12 solid-state electrolyte. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 5, 21491–21504.
  72. Thompson, T., Yu, S., Williams, L., Schmidt, R.D., Garcia-Mendez, R., Wolfenstine, J., Allen, J.L., Kioupakis, E., Siegel, D.J., Sakamoto, J., 2017. Electrochemical window of the Li-ion solid electrolyte Li7La3Zr2O12. ACS Energy Letters 2, 462–468.
  73. Sharafi, A., Kazyak, E., Davis, A.L., Yu, S., Thompson, T., Siegel, D.J., Dasgupta, N.P., Sakamoto, J., 2017. Surface chemistry mechanism of ultra-low interfacial resistance in the solid-state electrolyte Li7La3Zr2O12. Chemistry of Materials 29, 7961–7968.
  74. Forton, S.M., Latourette, M.T., Parys, M., Kiupel, M., Shahriari, D., Sakamoto, J.S., Shapiro, E.M., 2016. In vivo microcomputed tomography of nanocrystal-doped tissue engineered scaffolds. ACS biomaterials science & engineering 2, 508–516.
  75. Schmidt, R.D., Sakamoto, J., 2016. In-situ, non-destructive acoustic characterization of solid state electrolyte cells. Journal of Power Sources 324, 126–133.
  76. Gao, M., Lu, P., Lynam, D., Bednark, B., Campana, W.M., Sakamoto, J., Tuszynski, M., 2016. BDNF gene delivery within and beyond templated agarose multi-channel guidance scaffolds enhances peripheral nerve regeneration. Journal of neural engineering 13, 066011.
  77. Kim, Y., Jo, H., Allen, J.L., Choe, H., Wolfenstine, J., Sakamoto, J., 2016. The effect of relative density on the mechanical properties of hot‐pressed cubic Li7La3Zr2O12. Journal of the American Ceramic Society 99, 1367–1374.
  78. Shahriari, D., Koffler, J., Lynam, D.A., Tuszynski, M.H., Sakamoto, J.S., 2016. Characterizing the degradation of alginate hydrogel for use in multilumen scaffolds for spinal cord repair. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A 104, 611–619.
  79. Sharafi, A., Meyer, H.M., Nanda, J., Wolfenstine, J., Sakamoto, J., 2016. Characterizing the Li– Li7La3Zr2O12 interface stability and kinetics as a function of temperature and current density. Journal of Power Sources 302, 135–139.
  80. Vardar, G., Smith, J.G., Thompson, T., Inagaki, K., Naruse, J., Hiramatsu, H., Sleightholme, A.E., Sakamoto, J., Siegel, D.J., Monroe, C.W., 2016. Mg/O2 battery based on the magnesium–aluminum chloride complex (MACC) electrolyte. Chemistry of Materials 28, 7629–7637.
  81. Kim, Y., Yoo, A., Schmidt, R., Sharafi, A., Lee, H., Wolfenstine, J., Sakamoto, J., 2016. Electrochemical stability of Li6. 5La3Zr1. 5M0.5012 (M= Nb or Ta) against metallic lithium. Frontiers in Energy Research 4, 20.
  82. Yu, S., Schmidt, R.D., Garcia-Mendez, R., Herbert, E., Dudney, N.J., Wolfenstine, J.B., Sakamoto, J., Siegel, D.J., 2016. Elastic properties of the solid electrolyte Li7La3Zr2O12 (LLZO). Chemistry of Materials 28, 197–206.
  83. Ma, C., Cheng, Y., Yin, K., Luo, J., Sharafi, A., Sakamoto, J., Li, J., More, K.L., Dudney, N.J., Chi, M., 2016. Interfacial stability of Li metal–solid electrolyte elucidated via in situ electron microscopy. Nano letters 16, 7030–7036.
  84. Yoo, A.R., Yoon, S.A., Kim, Y.S., Sakamoto, J., Lee, H.C., 2016. A comparative study on the synthesis of Al-doped Li6.25Al0.25La3Zr2O12powder as a solid electrolyte using sol–gel synthesis and solid-state processing. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 16, 11662–11668.
  85. Ma, C., Rangasamy, E., Liang, C., Sakamoto, J., More, K.L., Chi, M., 2015. Excellent Stability of a Lithium‐Ion‐Conducting Solid Electrolyte upon Reversible Li+/H+ Exchange in Aqueous Solutions. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 54, 129–133.
  86. David, I.N., Thompson, T., Wolfenstine, J., Allen, J.L., Sakamoto, J., 2015. Microstructure and Li‐ion conductivity of hot‐pressed cubic Li7La3Zr2O12. Journal of the American Ceramic Society 98, 1209–1214.
  87. Liu, C., Pyne, R., Baek, S., Sakamoto, J., Tuszynski, M.H., Chan, C., 2015. Axonal Regeneration and Myelination: Applicability of the Layer‐by‐Layer Technology. Layer‐by‐Layer Films for Biomedical Applications 525–546.
  88. Park, Y.-S., Thompson, T., Kim, Y., Salvador, J.R., Sakamoto, J.S., 2015. Protective enamel coating for n-and p-type skutterudite thermoelectric materials. Journal of Materials Science 50, 1500–1512.
  89. Duan, F., Zhang, L., Dong, J., Sakamoto, J., Xu, B., Li, X., Tian, Y., 2015. Thermoelectric properties of Sn substituted p-type Nd filled skutterudites. Journal of Alloys and Compounds 639, 68–73.
  90. Thompson, T., Sharafi, A., Johannes, M.D., Huq, A., Allen, J.L., Wolfenstine, J., Sakamoto, J., 2015. A Tale of Two Sites: On Defining the Carrier Concentration in Garnet-Based Ionic Conductors for Advanced Li Batteries. Adv. Energy Mater. 5, 1500096. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201500096
  91. Thompson, T., Wolfenstine, J., Allen, J.L., Johannes, M., Huq, A., David, I.N., Sakamoto, J., 2014. Tetragonal vs. cubic phase stability in Al–free Ta doped Li7La3Zr2O12 (LLZO). Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2, 13431–13436.
  92. Tenhaeff, W.E., Rangasamy, E., Wang, Y., Sokolov, A.P., Wolfenstine, J., Sakamoto, J., Dudney, N.J., 2014. Resolving the grain boundary and lattice impedance of hot‐pressed Li7La3Zr2O12 garnet electrolytes. ChemElectroChem 1, 375–378.
  93. Lynam, D., Peterson, C., Maloney, R., Shahriari, D., Garrison, A., Saleh, S., Mehrotra, S., Chan, C., Sakamoto, J., 2014. Augmenting protein release from layer-by-layer functionalized agarose hydrogels. Carbohydrate polymers 103, 377–384.
  94. Salvador, J.R., Cho, J.Y., Ye, Z., Moczygemba, J.E., Thompson, A.J., Sharp, J.W., Koenig, J.D., Maloney, R., Thompson, T., Sakamoto, J., Wang, H., Wereszczak, A.A., 2014. Conversion efficiency of skutterudite-based thermoelectric modules. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 16, 12510–12520.
  95. Lynam, D.A., Shahriari, D., Wolf, K.J., Angart, P.A., Koffler, J., Tuszynski, M.H., Chan, C., Walton, P., Sakamoto, J., 2015. Brain derived neurotrophic factor release from layer-by-layer coated agarose nerve guidance scaffolds. Acta biomaterialia 18, 128–131.
  96. Mukhopadhyay, S., Thompson, T., Sakamoto, J., Huq, A., Wolfenstine, J., Allen, J.L., Bernstein, N., Stewart, D.A., Johannes, M., 2015. Structure and stoichiometry in supervalent doped Li7La3Zr2O12. Chemistry of Materials 27, 3658–3665.
  97. Allen, J.L., Thompson, T., Sakamoto, J., Becker, C.R., Jow, T.R., Wolfenstine, J., 2014. Transport properties of LiCoPO4 and Fe-substituted LiCoPO4. Journal of Power Sources 254, 204–208.
  98. Wolfenstine, J., Allen, J., Jow, T., Thompson, T., Sakamoto, J., Jo, H., Choe, H., 2014. LiCoPO4 mechanical properties evaluated by nanoindentation. Ceramics International 40, 13673–13677.
  99. Zhou, X., Wang, Guiwen, Guo, L., Chi, H., Wang, Guoyu, Zhang, Q., Chen, C., Thompson, T., Sakamoto, J., Dravid, V.P., Cao, G., Uher, C., 2014. Hierarchically structured TiO 2 for Ba-filled skutterudite with enhanced thermoelectric performance. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2, 20629–20635.
  100. Zhou, C., Zhang, L., Sakamoto, J., 2014. Thermoelectric Properties of p-type skutterudite nanocomposites. Nanoscale Thermoelectrics 271–299.
  101. Wolfenstine, J, Allen, J., Read, J., Sakamoto, J., 2013. Chemical stability of cubic Li7La3Zr2O12 with molten lithium at elevated temperature. Journal of materials science 48, 5846–5851.
  102. Schmidt, R.D., Case, E.D., Lobo, Z., Thompson, T.R., Sakamoto, J.S., Zhou, X.-Y., Uher, C., 2014. Influence of silver nanoparticle addition, porosity, and processing technique on the mechanical properties of Ba0.3Co4Sb12 skutterudites. Journal of Materials Science 49, 7192–7212.
  103. Gao, M., Lu, P., Bednark, B., Lynam, D., Conner, J.M., Sakamoto, J., Tuszynski, M.H., 2013. Templated agarose scaffolds for the support of motor axon regeneration into sites of complete spinal cord transection. Biomaterials 34, 1529–1536.
  104. Kalnaus, S., Tenhaeff, W.E., Sakamoto, J., Sabau, A.S., Daniel, C., Dudney, N.J., 2013. Analysis of composite electrolytes with sintered reinforcement structure for energy storage applications. Journal of power sources 241, 178–185.
  105. Sakamoto, J., Rangasamy, E., Kim, H., Kim, Y., Wolfenstine, J., 2013. Synthesis of nano-scale fast ion conducting cubic Li7La3Zr2O12. Nanotechnology 24, 424005.
  106. Salvador, J.R., Cho, J.Y., Ye, Z., Moczygemba, J.E., Thompson, A.J., Sharp, J.W., König, J.D., Maloney, R., Thompson, T., Sakamoto, J., 2013. Thermal to electrical energy conversion of skutterudite-based thermoelectric modules. Journal of electronic materials 42, 1389–1399.
  107. Wolfenstine, Jeff, Jo, H., Cho, Y.-H., David, I.N., Askeland, P., Case, E.D., Kim, H., Choe, H., Sakamoto, J., 2013. A preliminary investigation of fracture toughness of Li7La3Zr2O12 and its comparison to other solid Li-ion conductors. Materials letters 96, 117–120.
  108. Zhang, L., Sakamoto, J., 2013. The microstructural stability and thermoelectric properties of Mm0. 9Fe3. 5Co0. 5Sb12-based skutterudites. Materials Chemistry and Physics 138, 601–607.
  109. Rangasamy, E., Wolfenstine, J., Allen, J., Sakamoto, J., 2013. The effect of 24c-site (A) cation substitution on the tetragonal–cubic phase transition in Li7La3Zr2O12 garnet-based ceramic electrolyte. Journal of Power Sources 230, 261–266.
  110. Schock, H., Brereton, G., Case, E., D’Angelo, J., Hogan, T., Lyle, M., Maloney, R., Moran, K., Novak, J., Nelson, C., Panayi, A., Ruckle, T., Sakamoto, J., Shih, T., Timm, E., Zhang, L., Zhu, G., 2013. Prospects for implementation of thermoelectric generators as waste heat recovery systems in class 8 truck applications. Journal of energy resources technology 135.
  111. Rangasamy, E., Wolfenstine, J., Sakamoto, J., 2012. The role of Al and Li concentration on the formation of cubic garnet solid electrolyte of nominal composition Li7La3Zr2O12. Solid State Ionics 206, 28–32.
  112. Allen, J.L., Wolfenstine, J., Rangasamy, E., Sakamoto, J., 2012. Effect of substitution (Ta, Al, Ga) on the conductivity of Li7La3Zr2O12. Journal of Power Sources 206, 315–319.
  113. Schmidt, R.D., Case, E.D., Ni, J.E., Sakamoto, J.S., Trejo, R.M., Lara-Curzio, E., 2012. Temperature-dependent Young’s modulus, shear modulus and Poisson’s ratio of p-type Ce0. 9Fe3. 5Co0. 5Sb12 and n-type Co0. 95Pd0. 05Te0. 05Sb3 skutterudite thermoelectric materials. Philosophical Magazine 92, 727–759.
  114. Wolfenstine, Jeff, Rangasamy, E., Allen, J.L., Sakamoto, J., 2012. High conductivity of dense tetragonal Li7La3Zr2O12. Journal of Power Sources 208, 193–196.
  115. Wolfenstine, Jeff, Ratchford, J., Rangasamy, E., Sakamoto, J., Allen, J.L., 2012. Synthesis and high Li-ion conductivity of Ga-stabilized cubic Li7La3Zr2O12. Materials Chemistry and Physics 134, 571–575.
  116. Wolfenstine, J, Sakamoto, J., Allen, J., 2012. Electron microscopy characterization of hot-pressed Al substituted Li7La3Zr2O12. Journal of Materials Science 47, 4428–4431.
  117. Ni, J.E., Case, E.D., Sakamoto, J.S., Rangasamy, E., Wolfenstine, J.B., 2012. Room temperature elastic moduli and Vickers hardness of hot-pressed LLZO cubic garnet. Journal of Materials Science 47, 7978–7985.
  118. Schmidt, R.D., Case, E.D., Ni, J.E., Sakamoto, J.S., Trejo, R.M., Lara-Curzio, E., Payzant, E.A., Kirkham, M.J., Peascoe-Meisner, R.A., 2012. The temperature dependence of thermal expansion for p-type Ce0. 9Fe3. 5Co0. 5Sb12 and n-type Co0. 95Pd0. 05Te0. 05Sb3 skutterudite thermoelectric materials. Philosophical Magazine 92, 1261–1286.
  119. Maloney, R.P., Kim, H.J., Sakamoto, J.S., 2012. Lithium titanate aerogel for advanced lithium-ion batteries. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 4, 2318–2321.
  120. Zhou, X., Wang, G., Zhang, L., Chi, H., Su, X., Sakamoto, J., Uher, C., 2012. Enhanced thermoelectric properties of Ba-filled skutterudites by grain size reduction and Ag nanoparticle inclusion. Journal of Materials Chemistry 22, 2958–2964.
  121. Long, Z., Zhou, C., Morelli, D., Sakamoto, J., 2012. Scavenging Elemental Sb Through Addition of NbSb2 to Mm0. 9Fe3. 5Co0. 5Sb12 Skutterudites. Journal of electronic materials 41, 1601–1605.
  122. Mehrotra, S., Lynam, D., Liu, C., Shahriari, D., Lee, I., Tuszynski, M., Sakamoto, J., Chan, C., 2012. Time controlled release of arabinofuranosylcytosine (Ara-C) from agarose hydrogels using layer-by-layer assembly: an in vitro study. Journal of Biomaterials Science, Polymer Edition 23, 439–463.
  123. Cho, Y.-H., Wolfenstine, J., Rangasamy, E., Kim, H., Choe, H., Sakamoto, J., 2012. Mechanical properties of the solid Li-ion conducting electrolyte: Li0.33La0.57TiO3. Journal of Materials Science 47, 5970–5977.
  124. Ganguly, S., Zhou, C., Morelli, D., Sakamoto, J., Brock, S.L., 2012. Synthesis and Characterization of Telluride Aerogels: Effect of Gelation on Thermoelectric Performance of Bi2Te3 and Bi2–xSbxTe3 Nanostructures. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 116, 17431–17439.
  125. Zhou, C., Sakamoto, J., Morelli, D., 2012. High-Temperature Thermoelectric Properties of p-Type Yb-Filled Skutterudite Nanocomposites with FeSb2 Nanoinclusions. Journal of electronic materials 41, 1030–1035.
  126. Zhou, C., Sakamoto, J., Morelli, D., 2011. Low-Temperature Thermoelectric Properties of Co0.9Fe0.1Sb3-Based Skutterudite Nanocomposites with FeSb2 Nanoinclusions. Journal of electronic materials 40, 547–550.
  127. Zhou, C., Sakamoto, J., Morelli, D., Zhou, X., Wang, G., Uher, C., 2011. Thermoelectric properties of Co0.9Fe0.1Sb3-based skutterudite nanocomposites with FeSb2 nanoinclusions. Journal of Applied Physics 109, 063722.
  128. Lynam, D., Bednark, B., Peterson, C., Welker, D., Gao, M., Sakamoto, J.S., 2011. Precision microchannel scaffolds for central and peripheral nervous system repair. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine 22, 2119–2130.
  129. Sakamoto, J.S., Schock, H., Caillat, T., Fleurial, J.-P., Maloney, R., Lyle, M., Ruckle, T., Timm, E., Zhang, L., 2011. Skutterudite-based thermoelectric technology for waste heat recovery: progress towards a 1 kW generator. Science of Advanced Materials 3, 621–632.
  130. Poudeu, P.F., Salvador, J., Sakamoto, J., 2011. A Special Issue on Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices. Science of Advanced Materials 3, 515–516.
  131. Maloney, R., Sakamoto, J., 2011. Large deformation of chlorotrimethylsilane treated silica aerogels. Journal of non-crystalline solids 357, 2059–2062.
  132. Ganguly, S., Zhou, C., Morelli, D., Sakamoto, J., Uher, C., Brock, S.L., 2011. Synthesis and evaluation of lead telluride/bismuth antimony telluride nanocomposites for thermoelectric applications. Journal of Solid State Chemistry 184, 3195–3201.
  133. Schmidt, R.D., Ni, J.E., Case, E.D., Sakamoto, J.S., Kleinow, D.C., Wing, B.L., Stewart, R.C., Timm, E.J., 2010. Room temperature Young’s modulus, shear modulus, and Poisson’s ratio of Ce0. 9Fe3. 5Co0. 5Sb12 and n-type Co0. 95Pd0. 05Te0. 05Sb3 skutterudite materials. Journal of alloys and compounds 504, 303–309.
  134. Gros, T., Sakamoto, J.S., Blesch, A., Havton, L.A., Tuszynski, M.H., 2010. Regeneration of long-tract axons through sites of spinal cord injury using templated agarose scaffolds. Biomaterials 31, 6719–6729.
  135. Mehrotra, S., Lynam, D., Maloney, R., Pawelec, K.M., Tuszynski, M.H., Lee, I., Chan, C., Sakamoto, J., 2010. Time controlled protein release from layer‐by‐layer assembled multilayer functionalized agarose hydrogels. Advanced functional materials 20, 247–258.
  136. Wolfenstine, J., Allen, J., Read, J., Sakamoto, J., Gonalez-Doncel, G., 2010. Hot-pressed Li0.33La0.57TiO3. Journal of Power Sources 195, 4124–4128.
  137. Wolfenstine, J., Allen, J., Sumner, J., Sakamoto, J., 2009. Electrical and mechanical properties of hot-pressed versus sintered LiTi2(PO4)3. Solid State Ionics 180, 961–967.
  138. Dong, W., Yen, S., Paik, J., Sakamoto, J., 2009. The role of acetic acid and glycerol in the synthesis of amorphous MgO aerogels. Journal of the American Ceramic Society 92, 1011–1016.
  139. Valdez, T.I., Billings, K.J., Sakamoto, J., Mansfeld, F., Narayanan, S., 2009. Iridium and lead doped ruthenium oxide catalysts for oxygen evolution. ECS Transactions 25, 1371.
  140. Dong, W., Tang, C., Yao, A., Amsden, J., Yen, S., Paik, J., Sakamoto, J., 2007. Synthesis of Novel, Nanoporous, High Surface-Area, Amorphous MgO Aerogels. Materials Science and Technology Association for Iron and Steel Technology – 5, 2791.
  141. Stokols, S., Sakamoto, J., Breckon, C., Holt, T., Weiss, J., Tuszynski, M.H., 2006. Templated agarose scaffolds support linear axonal regeneration. Tissue engineering 12, 2777–2787.
  142. El-Genk, M.S., Saber, H.H., Caillat, T., Sakamoto, J., 2006. Tests results and performance comparisons of coated and un-coated skutterudite based segmented uni couples. Energy Conversion and Management 47, 174–200.
  143. Sakamoto, J., Caillat, T., Fleurial, J., Jones, S., Paik, J., Dong, W., 2006. Improving Thermoelectric Device Performance and Durability through the Integration of Advanced, Aerogel‐Based Ceramics. Electroceramic Materials and Applications: Ceramic Transactions Series 196, 275–290.
  144. Tang, P.E., Sakamoto, J.S., Baudrin, E., Dunn, B., 2004. V2O5 aerogel as a versatile host for metal ions. Journal of non-crystalline solids 350, 67–72.
  145. Dong, W., Sakamoto, J., Dunn, B., 2003. Electrochemical properties of vanadium oxide aerogels and aerogel nanocomposites. Journal of sol-gel science and technology 26, 641–644.
  146. Dong, W., Sakamoto, J.S., Dunn, B., 2003. Electrochemical properties of vanadium oxide aerogels. Science and Technology of Advanced Materials 4, 3.
  147. Harreld, J.H., Sakamoto, J., Dunn, B., 2003. Non-hydrolytic sol–gel synthesis and electrochemical characterization of tin-based oxide aerogels. Journal of power sources 115, 19–26.
  148. Sakamoto, J.S., Dunn, B., 2002. Hierarchical battery electrodes based on inverted opal structures. Journal of Materials Chemistry 12, 2859–2861.
  149. Sakamoto, J., Wudl, F., Dunn, B., 2001. Passivating lithium electrodes with trimethylsilylacetylene. Solid State Ionics 144, 295–299.
  150. Wang, Y., Sakamoto, J., Kostov, S., Mansour, A., Greenbaum, S., Huang, C.-K., Surampudi, S., 2000. Structural aspects of electrochemically lithiated SnO: nuclear magnetic resonance and X-ray absorption studies. Journal of power sources 89, 232–236.
  151. Huang, C., Sakamoto, J., Wolfenstine, J., Surampudi, S., 2000. The limits of low‐temperature performance of Li‐ion cells. Journal of the Electrochemical Society 147, 2893.
  152. Sakamoto, J., Dunn, B., 2001. Vanadium oxide-carbon nanotube composite electrodes for use in secondary lithium batteries. Journal of the Electrochemical Society 149, A26.
  153. Wang, Y., Sakamoto, J., Huang, C., Surampudi, S., Greenbaum, S., 1998. Lithium-7 NMR investigation of electrochemical reaction of lithium with SnO. Solid State Ionics 110, 167–172.
  154. Wolfenstine, J., Sakamoto, J., Huang, C., 1998. Tin oxide tin composite anodes for use in Li-ion batteries. Journal of power sources 75, 181–182.
  155. Sakamoto, J., Huang, C., Surampudi, S., Smart, M., Wolfenstine, J., 1998. The effects of particle size on SnO electrode performance in lithium-ion cells. Materials Letters 33, 327–329.

Chapters in books

  1. C Liu, R Pyne, S Baek, J Sakamoto, M H Tuszynski, C Chan, “Axonal Regeneration and Myelination: Applicability of the Layer‐by‐Layer Technology””. Layer-by-Layer Films for Biomedical Applications, C Picart, F Caruso, and J C Voegel: Wiley‐VCH: 525-546; 2014.
  2. J Sakamoto, J. “Superionic conducting oxide electrolytes”. Handbook of Solid-State Batteries and Capacitors, N J Dudney, J Nanda, W West: World Scientific; 2014.
  3. C Zhou, L Zhang, L, J Sakamoto. “Chapter 9”. Nanoscale Thermoelectrics, Wang, Xiaodong, Wang, Zhiming M.: Springer; 2013.
  4. S Jones, J Sakamoto. “Applications of Aerogels in Space Applications”. Aerogels Handbook, Aegerter & Leventis: Springer; 2011.
  5. T Caillat, J Sakamoto. “High Efficiency Segmented Thermoelectric Materials and Unicouples for Power Generation Applications”. Thermoelectric Energy Conversion Systems: Realize Science and Technology, Japan; 2004.