Melinda L. Jue

Portrait of  Melinda L. Jue

  • Title
    Staff Scientist
  • Email
    jue6@llnl.gov
  • Phone
    (925) 422-4065
  • Organization
    PLS-MSD-MATERIALS SCIENCE DIVISION

Research interests

  • Porous materials for carbon capture and conversion
  • 3D-printed components for electrochemical flow reactors
  • Aging and degradation of adhesives

Current position

Staff scientist in the Materials Science Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Career path

Postdoc in the Biosciences and Biotechnology Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Subject Matter Expertise

  • Porous polymers
  • Carbon molecular sieves
  • Hollow fiber membranes
  • Gas separations
  • Organic solvent separations
  • Carbon nanotube membranes
  • Adhesives

PhD, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017

MS, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017

BS, Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 2013

BS, Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, 2013

Selected publications

  1. P. Cheng, F. Fornasiero, M.L. Jue, W. Ko, A. Li, J.C. Idrobo, M.S.H. Boutilier, P.R. Kidambi, “Differences in water and vapor transport through angstrom-scale pores in atomically thin membranes,” Nat. Comm. 13, 6709 (2022).
  2. J. Wicks*, M.L. Jue*, V.A. Beck, J.S. Oakdale, N.A. Dudukovic, A.L. Clemens, S. Liang, M.E. Ellis, G. Lee, S.E. Baker, E.B. Duoss, E.H. Sargent, “3D-Printable Fluoropolymer Gas Diffusion Layers for CO­2 Electroreduction,” Adv. Mater. 33, 2003855 (2021).
  3. M.L. Jue, S.F. Buchsbaum, C. Chen, S.J. Park, E.R. Meshot, K.J.J. Wu, F. Fornasiero, “Ultra-Permeable Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Membranes with Exceptional Performance at Scale,” Adv. Sci. 7, 2001670 (2020).
  4. Y. Li, C. Chen, E.R. Meshot, S.F. Buchsbaum, M. Herbert, R. Zhu, O. Kulikov, B. McDonald, N.T. Bui, M.L. Jue, S.J. Park, C.A. Valdez, S. Hok, Q. He, C.J. Doona, K.J. Wu, T.M. Swager, F. Fornasiero, “Autonomously Responsive Membranes for Chemical Warfare Protection,” Adv. Func. Mater. 30, 2000258 (2020).
  5. Y. Ma, M.L. Jue, F. Zhang, R. Mathias, H.Y. Jang, R.P. Lively, “Creation of well‐defined “mid‐sized” micropores in carbon molecular sieve membranes,” Angew. Chem. 131, 13393 (2019).
  6. M.L. Jue, D.Y. Koh, B.A. McCool, R.P. Lively, “Enabling widespread use of microporous materials for challenging organic solvent separations,” Chem. Mater. 29, 9863 (2017).
  7. M.L. Jue, V. Breedveld, R.P. Lively, “Defect-free PIM-1 hollow fiber membranes,” J. Membrane. Sci. 530, 33 (2017).
  8. S.H. Pang, M.L. Jue, J. Leisen, C.W. Jones, R.P. Lively, “PIM-1 as a solution-processable “molecular basket” for CO2 capture from dilute sources,” ACS Macro Lett. 4, 1415 (2015).
  9. M.L. Jue, C.S. McKay, B.A. McCool, M.G. Finn, R.P. Lively, “Effect of Nonsolvent Treatments on the Microstructure of PIM-1,” Macromolecules 48, 5780 (2015).
  10. S. Ogi, T. Fukui, M.L. Jue, M. Takeuchi, K. Sugiyasu, “Kinetic control over pathway complexity in supramolecular polymerization through modulating the energy landscape by rational molecular design,” Angew. Chem. Int. Edit. 53, 14363 (2014).

For a full list, see: Google Scholar | Scopus | ORCID

Patents

  1. Buchsbaum, S. F., Fornasiero, F., Jue, M. L., Meshot, E. R., Park, S. J., Bui, N. TN, Chen, C., “Nanoporous membranes for fast diffusion of ions and small molecules,” U.S. Patent 11590459 (2023).
  2. Oakdale, J., Baker, S. E., Dudukovic, N., Duoss, E. B., Jue, M. L., “Actinic and thermal cure fluoropolymers with controlled porosity,” U.S. Patent App. 17006462 (2022).
  3. Pang, S. H., Jue, M. L., “Support-free adsorbents for co2 capture from air,” U.S. Patent App. 17368598 (2022).
  4. Bruno, N., Mathias, R., Ma, Y., Thompson, K., Hamlett, B., Lively, R. P., Zhou, H., Finn, M.G., Bhandari, D., McKay, C., Jue, M. L., “Functionalized membranes and methods of production thereof,” U.S. Patent 10926226 (2021).
  5. Ma, Y., Jue, M. L., Lively, R. P., Bhandari, D. A., “Reactive inhibition of pore structure collapse during pyrolytic formation of carbon molecular sieves,” U.S. Patent App. 16717788 (2020).
  • 2021 Physical and Life Sciences Directorate Award, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
  • 2018 Patrick Meares Prize for Best PhD Thesis in Membrane Science Finalist, European Membrane Society.
  • 2018 Outstanding PhD Thesis, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology.
  • 2016 Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research Award, American Chemical Society Division of Polymer Chemistry.