Research Interests

My interests currently include: (1) producing nanostructured synthetic materials with biologically inspired transport properties for dialysis applications, (2) developing protective fabrics through integrating nanoporous materials with novel responsive chemistry, (3) designing sensitive and multiplexed gas sensors based on the union of nanoscale material properties, electrochemical analysis and machine learning, and (3) standing up new laboratory capabilities to enable materials aging and compatibility studies in controlled atmospheric environments.

Ph.D. Physics, University of California, Irvine (2016)

M.S. Physics, University of California, Irvine (2012)

B.S. Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara (2010)

Lepró, X., Aracne-Ruddle, C., Malone, D., Hamza, H., Schaible, E., Buchsbaum, S.F., Calonico-Soto, A., Bigelow, J., Meshot, E., Baxamusa, S., Stadermann, M. (2022). “Liquid-free covalent reinforcement of carbon nanotube dry-spun yarns and free-standing sheets.” Carbon 187, 415-424

Buchsbaum, S. F., et al. (2021). “Fast Permeation of Small Ions in Carbon Nanotubes." Advanced Science 8(3) 2001802.

Jue, M. L., Buchsbaum, S. F., et al. (2020). “Ultra-Permeable Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Membranes with Exceptional Performance at Scale." Advanced Science 7(24) 2001670.

Pham, T. A., Coulthard, R. M., Zobel, M., Maiti, A., Buchsbaum, S. F., et al. (2020). “Structural Anomalies and Electronic Properties of an Ionic Liquid under Nanoscale Confinement." The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 11(15) 6150-6155.

Li, Y., Chen, C., Meshot, E. R., Buchsbaum, S. F., et al. (2020). “Autonomously Responsive Membranes for Chemical Warfare Protection." Advanced Functional Materials 30(25) 2000258.

Meshot, E. R., Park, S. J., Buchsbaum, S. F., et al. (2020). “High-Yield Growth Kinetics and Spatial Mapping of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Forests at Wafer Scale." Carbon 159 236-246.

Acer, E. T.*^, Buchsbaum, S. F.*^, Combs, C., Fornasiero, F.^, Siwy, Z.^ (2019). “Biomimetic Potassium Selective Nanopores." Science Advances, 5(2) eaav2568. (*authors contributed equally, ^co-corresponding author). [http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/2/eaav2568]

Pham, T. A., Mortuza, S. M., Wood, B. C., Lau, E. Y., Ogitsu, T., Buchsbaum, S. F., Siwy, Z., Fornasiero, F., Schwegler, E. (2016). “Salt Solutions in Carbon Nanotubes: The Role of Cation-pi Interactions.” Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 120(13): 7332-7338. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b12245]

Innes, L., Gutierrez, D., Mann, W., Buchsbaum, S. F., Siwy, Z. (2015). “Presence of Electrolyte Promotes Wetting and Hydrophobic Gating in Nanopores with Residual Surface Charges.” Analyst, 140: 4804-4812. [http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2015/an/c4an02244k]

Kuo, C., Li, Y., Nguyen, D., Buchsbaum, S. F., Innes, L., Esser-Kahn, A., Valdevit, L., Sun, L., Siwy, Z., Dennin, M. (2015). “Macroscopic Strain Controlled Ion Current in an Elastomeric Microchannel.” Journal of Applied Physics, 117: 174904. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4919353]

Buchsbaum, S. F., Nguyen, G., Howorka, S., Siwy, Z. (2014). “DNA-Modified Polymer Pores Allow pH and Voltage-Gated Control of Channel Flux.” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 136(28): 9902-9905. [http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/ja505302q]

Buchsbaum, S. F., Mitchell, N., Martin, H., Wiggin, M., Marziali, A., Coveney, P., Siwy, Z., Howorka, S. (2013). “Disentangling Steric and Electrostatic Factors in Nanoscale Transport Through Confined Space.” Nano Letters, 13(8): 3890-3896. [http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/nl401968r]

Ferguson, B. S., Buchsbaum, S. F., Wu, T., Hsieh, K., Xiao, Y., Sun, R., Soh, H. (2011). “Genetic Analysis of H1N1 Influenza Virus from Throat Swab Samples in a Microfluidic System for Point-of-Care Diagnostics.” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 133(23): 9129-9135. [http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/ja203981w]

Ferguson, B. S., Buchsbaum, S. F., Swensen, J., Hsieh, K., Lou, X., Soh, H. (2009). “Integrated Microfluidic Electrochemical DNA Sensor.” Analytical Chemistry, 81(15): 6503-6508. [http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/ac900923e]

Directorate Award for Excellence in Publication, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (2021)

Keynote Speaker, International Congress on Membranes and Membrane Processes (2020)

Directors Science and Technology Award, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (2018)

Best Poster Award, PLS Postdoc Program, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (2018)

Most Valued Reviewer for 2017, NIMB Editors (2018)

Livermore Graduate Scholar Fellowship, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (2014)

Regents Fellowship, University of California, Irvine (2010)