Publications

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Underline indicates undergraduate co-author

Wharton, K.T.J.; James, N.M. "I did the best I possibly could": Factors Influencing Teachers' Incorporation of Climate Science in High School Chemistry. Journal of Chemical Education. (2024) ASAP. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.4c01054
James, N. M.; McKenna, M.S.; Mishra, A. Toward Collaborative Dialogue: Unpacking the Researcher-Educator Divide to Advance Chemistry Education. Journal of Chemical Education. (2024) 101(8), 2960-2965. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.3c01321

Tillman, J. M.; Weckel-Dahman, W.; Mullins, P. C. L; Phan, P. V; Doyle, E.; James, N. M.; Conroy, N. A.; Dunnivant, F. M. A Study of Headspace Solid-Phase Microextraction in the Analysis of 54 Hydrophobic Pollutants in Remote Alpine Lake Waters with an Emphasis on Analyte Recovery and Storage Time. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. (2023) 42, 1199-1211. DOI: 10.1002/etc.5616
James, N. M. Institutional letter grades and rates of D,W,F grades can introduce variability to course comparisons. Chemistry Education Research and Practice. (2023) 24:526-534. DOI: 10.1039/D2RP00150K

James, N. M.; LaDue, N. D. Pedagogical Reform in an Introductory Chemistry Course and the Importance of Curricular Alignment. Journal of Chemical Education. (2021) 98(11):3421-3430. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c00688
James, N.M.; Kreager, B.Z.; LaDue, N. D. Predict-observe-explain activities preserve introductory geology students’ self-efficacy. Journal of Geoscience Education. (2021) 70(2):1-12. DOI: 10.1080/10899995.2021.1906593
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Rupnow, R. L.; LaDue, N. D.; James, N. M.; Bergan-Roller, H. E. A perturbed system: how tenured faculty responded to the COVID-19 shift to remote instruction. Journal of Chemical Education. (2020) 97(9):2397-2407. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c00802.
Gemmel, P. M; Goetz, M. K.; James, N. M.; Jesse, K. A.; Ratliff, B. J. Collaborative Learning in Chemistry: Impact of COVID-19. Journal of Chemical Education. (2020) 97(9):2899-2904. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c00713

Han, E.; James, N. M; Jaeger, H. M. Stress controlled rheology of dense suspensions using transient flows. Physical Review Letters. (2019) 123:248002. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.248002
Kamysbayev, V. James, N. M.; Filatov, A.; Srivastava, V.; Anasori, B.; Jaeger, H. M.; Gogotsi, Y.; Talapain, D. Colloidal Gelation in Liquid Metals Enables Functional Nanocomposites of 2D MXenes and Lightweight Metals. ACS Nano (2019). 13(11):12415-12424. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b06207
James, N. M.; Xue, H.; Goyal, M.; Jaeger, H. M. Controlling Shear Jamming in Dense Suspensions via the Particle Aspect Ratio. Soft Matter. (2019) 15:3649-3654. DOI: 1039/C9SM00335E
James, N. M.*; Hsu, C.-P.*; Spencer, N. D.; Jaeger, H. M. & Isa, L. Tuning Interparticle Hydrogen Bonding in Shear Jamming Suspensions: Kinetic Effects and Consequences for Tribology and Rheology Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. (2019) 10(8):1663-1668. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b00135
* indicates co-first author

James, N. M.; Han, E.; Lopez de la Cruz, R.; Jaeger, H. Interparticle hydrogen bonding can elicit shear jamming in dense suspensions. Nature Materials. (2018) 17:965-970. DOI: 10.1038/s41563-018-0175-5
Lee, V.; James, N. M.; Waitukaitis, S. R.; Jaeger, H. Collisional charging of individual sub-millimeter particles: using ultrasonic levitation to initiate and track charge transfer. Physical Review Materials. (2018) 2:035602. DOI: 1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.035602