Peer-reviewed Publications
23. Pereira, J. F. B.; Barber, P. S.; Kelley, S. P.; Berton, P.; Rogers, R. D. Double salt ionic liquids based on 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate and hydroxyl-functionalized ammonium acetates: strong effects of weak interactions. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2017, 19(39), 26934‑26943.
22. Shamshina, J.; Barber, P. S.; Gurau, G.; Griggs, C. S.; Rogers, R. D. Pulping of Crustacean Waste using Ionic Liquids: To Extract or Not to Extract. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2016, 4(11), 6072‑6081.
21. Griggs, C. S.; Barber, P. S.; Kelley, S. P.; Moser, R. D.; Seiter, J. M.; Thomas, C. C.; Coleman, J. G.; Medina, V. F.; Rogers, R. D. Biomimetic Mineralization of Uranium by Metabolically-Inactive Shrimp Shell. Cryst. Growth Des. 2014, 14, 6172–6176.
20. Kelley, S. P.; Barber, P. S.; Mullins, P. H. K.; Rogers, R. D. Structural Clues to UO22+/VO2+ Competition in Seawater Extraction Using Amidoxime-Based Extractants. Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 12504–12507.
19. de Bettencourt-Dias, A.; Barber, P. S.; Viswanathan, S. Aromatic N-Donor Ligands As Chelators And Sensitizers Of Lanthanide Ion Emission. Coord. Chem. Rev. 2014, 273‑274, 165– 200.
18. McCrary, P. D.; Barber, P. S.; Kelley, S. P.; Rogers, R. D. Nonaborane and Decaborane Cluster Anions Can Enhance the Ignition Delay in Hypergolic Ionic Liquids and Induce Hypergolicity in Molecular Solvents. Inorg. Chem. 2014, 53, 4770–4776.
17. McCrary, P. D.; Chatel, G.; Alaniz, S. A.; Cojocaru, O. A.; Beasley, P. A.; Flores, L. A.; Kelley, S. P.; Barber, P. S.; Rogers, R. D. Evaluating Ionic Liquids as Hypergolic Fuels: Exploring Reactivity from Molecular Structure. Energy Fuels, 2014, 28(5), 3460–3473.
16. Barber, P. S.; Kelley, S. P.; Griggs, C. S.; Wallace, S.; Rogers, R. D. Surface Modification of Ionic Liquid-Spun Chitin Fibers for the Extraction of Uranium from Seawater: Seeking the Strength of Chitin and the Chemical Functionality of Chitosan. Green Chem. 2014, 16, 1828–1836.
15. Barber, P. S.; Griggs, C. S.; Gurau, G.; Liu, Z.; Li, S.; Li, Z.; Lu, X.; Zhang, S.; Rogers, R. D. Coagulation of Chitin and Cellulose from 1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium Acetate Ionic-Liquid Solutions Using Carbon Dioxide. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 12350–12353.
14. Shamshina, J.; Barber, P. S.; Rogers, R. Ionic Liquids in Drug Delivery. Expert Opin. Drug Discovery 2013, 10(10), 1367-1381.
13. Barber, P. S.; Shamshina, J. L.; Rogers, R. D. A “green” industrial revolution: Using chitin towards transformative technologies. Pure Appl. Chem. 2013, 85, 1693–1701.
12. McCrary, P. D.; Beasley, P. A.; Gurau, G.; Narita, A.; Barber, P. S.; Cojocaru, O. A.; Rogers, R. D. Drug specific, tuning of an ionic liquid’s hydrophilic–lipophilic balance to improve water solubility of poorly soluble active pharmaceutical ingredients. New J. Chem. 2013, 2196–2202.
11. Cojocaru, O. A.; Bica, K.; Gurau, G.; Narita, A.; McCrary, P. D.; Shamshina, J. L.; Barber, P. S.; Rogers, R. D. Prodrug ionic liquids: functionalizing neutral active pharmaceutical ingredients to take advantage of the ionic liquid form. Med. Chem. Comm. 2013, 4, 559–563.
10. Lu, W.; Barber, P. S.; Kelley, S. P.; Rogers, R. D. Coordination and extraction of mercury(II) with an ionic liquid-based thione extractant. Dalton Trans., 2013, 42, 12908–12916.
9. Barber, P. S.; Griggs, C. S.; Bonner, J. R.; Rogers, R. D. Electrospinning of Chitin Nanofibers Directly from an Ionic Liquid Extract of Shrimp Shells. Green Chem. 2013, 15, 601–607.
8. de Bettencourt-Dias, A.; Barber, P. S.; Bauer, S. A water-soluble Pybox derivative and its highly luminescent lanthanide ion complexes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 6987–94.
7. Barber, P. S.; Kelley, S. P.; Rogers, R. D. Highly selective extraction of the uranyl ion with hydrophobic amidoxime-functionalized ionic liquids via η2 coordination. RSC Adv. 2012, 2, 8526–8530.
6. Barber, P. S.; de Bettencourt-Dias, A. Diaqua-tris-[4,4,4-trifluoro-3-oxo-1-(thio-phen-2-yl)but-1-en-1-olato]neodymium(III) acetonitrile monosolvate. Acta Cryst. 2011, E67, m1188–9.
5. Barber, P. S.; Bettencourt-Dias, A. de An Uncommon Hexafluorosilicate Salt of the Bis(diethylamino)difluorosulfonium Cation Displaying Extensive Hydrogen Bonding. J. Chem. Crystallogr. 2011, 41, 902–907.
4. de Bettencourt-Dias, A.; Barber, P. S.; Viswanathan, S.; de Lill, D. T.; Rollett, A.; Ling, G.; Altun, S. Para-derivatized pybox ligands as sensitizers in highly luminescent Ln(III) complexes. Inorg. Chem. 2010, 49, 8848–61.
3. de Bettencourt-Dias, A.; Barber, P. S. An oxazoline derivatized Pybox ligand for Eu(III) and Tb(III) sensitization. C.R. Chim. 2010, 13, 691–699.
2. Huggins, M. T.; Butler, T.; Barber, P. S.; Hunt, J. Synthesis and molecular recognition studies of pyrrole sulfonamides. Chem. Commun.2009, 5254–6.
1. Huggins, M. T.; Barber, P. S.; Florian, D.; Howton, W. Short, Efficient Syntheses of Pyrrole α-Amides. Synth. Commun. 2008, 38, 4226–4239.
Patents:
3. Barber, P.S.; Griggs, C. S.;Rogers, R. D.;Gurau, G.;Shamshina, J.;"Chemical Pulping Of Chitinous Biomass For Chitin" United States Patent Application 20160060363 March 3, 2016
2. Rogers, R. D.; Barber, P. S.; Griggs, C. S.; Gurau, G.; Lu, X; Zhang, S. "Coagulation of Chitin from Solutions of Crustacean Shells in Ionic Liquids using Super-Critical CO2" International Application Number PCT/IB2014/058981, International Publication Number WO 2014/125438 A1, August 21, 2014, US Patent 9,663,589. May 30, 2017.
1. Swatloski, R. P.; Barber, P. S.; Opichka, T.; Bonner, J. R.; Gurau, G.; Griggs, C. S.; Rogers, R. D. "Process for electrospinning chitin fibers from chitinous biomass solution and fibers and articles produced thereby," International Application Number PCT/US2013/051764, International Publication Number WO 2014/018586 A1, January 30, 2014, US Patent 9,683,309. June 20, 2017