CAMMP - Center for Advanced Microgravity Processing

Center for Advanced Microgravity Materials Processing (CAMMP), a NASA Space Partnership Development Center at Northeastern University, Boston, MA

June 1997-present, Director

July 1989-1997, Department Head

July 1977-1997, Assistant, Associate, Full Professor

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas

Payload Specialist (Scientist Astronaut) for STS-73 (USML-2), 1994-1996
Payload Specialist Candidate for STS-50 (USML-1), 1990-1992
Alternate (CAP Con.) May 1, 1991
Fifty-two hours in low-gravity aircraft (KC-135)

Adsorbants for Advanced Life Support Systems
Biosensor Development
Carbon Filament and Nanotube Growth
Chiral Compound Separations and Molecular Modeling
Crystal Growth Visualization
Environmental Clean-up Using Photocatalysis
Fuel Cell Membranes
Improved Crystal Structure Information
Quantum Wires
Radiation Shielding for Advance Life Support Systems
Catalyst Deactivation
Acid/Base Cataylsis

Ji, Z., Warzywoda, J., and Sacco, Jr., A., "Synthesis and morphological control of large titanosilicate ETS-10 crystals," Microporours and Mesoporous Materials, 109, 1-11 (2008).

Akata, B., Goodrich, T.L., Ziemer, K.S., Sacco, Jr., A., "The catalytic activity of space versus terrestrial synthesized zeolite Beta catalysts in the Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley-Oppenauer Reactions: Support for PFAL as the Lewis active site for cis-alcohol selectivity," Microgravity Science and Technology, 19 , 2, 5-11 (2007).

Akata, B., Yilmaz, B., and Sacco, Jr., A., "Titanosilicate ETS-10 as a Lewis acid catalyst in the Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley (MPV) reaction," Journal of Porous Materials , doi: 10.1007/s10934-006-9086-y.2007.03.029.

Yilmaz, B., Sacco, Jr., A., and Deng, J., "Electrical transport through monatomic titania chains,"Applied Physics Letters, 90, 152101/1-152101/3 (2007).

Jirapongphan, S.S., Warzywoda, J., Budil, D.E., and Sacco, Jr., A., "Enantioseparation of phenylglycinol in chiral-modified zeolite HY: A molecular simulation study," Chirality, 19, 514-517 (2007).

Jirapongphan, S.S., Warzywoda, J., Budil, D.E., and Sacco, Jr., A., "Molecular modeling of chiral-modified zeolite HY employed in enantioselective separation,"Chirality, 19, 508-513 (2007).

Jirapongphan, S.S., Warzywoda, J., Budil, D.E., and Sacco, Jr., A., "The role of sorbate in the determination of preferential adsorption sites in zeolite HY: A theoretical study,"Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 103, 280-283 (2007).

Ji, Z., Warzywoda, J., and Sacco, Jr., A., "Titanosilicate ETS-10 thin film preparation on fused silica optical fibers," Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 101, 279-287 (2007).

Akata, B., Yilmaz, B, Warzywoda, J. and Sacco, Jr., A., "Titanosilicate ETS-10 as a Lewis acid catalyst in the Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley (MPV) Reaction," Journal of Porous Materials, Accepted ( 2006).

Song, H., Ilegbusi, O.J., and Sacco, Jr., A., "A Hybrid Rheological Model for Particulate suspension in Zeolite Crystal Growth," Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 295 , 562-568 (2006).

Jirapongphan, S. S., Warzywoda, J., Budil, D.E., and Sacco, Jr., A., "Simulation of benzene adsorption in zeolite HY using supercage-based docking," Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 94, 358-363 (2006).

Yilmaz, B., Warzywoda, J., and Sacco Jr., A., "Spectroscopic characterization of the quantum wires in titanosilicates ETS-4 and ETS-10," Nanotechnology, 17, 4092-4099 (2006).

Bazzana, S., Miraglia, P., and Sacco, Jr., A., "Formation of multiwall carbon nanotubes on nickel nano-particles with five reactant gases (H2, CH4, CO, CO2, H2O) at 900K in a CVD process," In review: Nano Letters.

Bazzana, S., Miraglia, P. Q., and Sacco, Jr., A., "The effect of nickel particle size on the nucleation and growth rate of carbon filaments synthesized using chemical Vapor Deposition," accepted: Carbon.

Bazzana, S., Dumrul, S., Warzywoda, J., and Sacco, Jr., A., “Low-voltage high-resolution scanning electron microscope imaging of the uncoated and Cr-coated zeolite Beta,” Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. 92, 165-172 (2006).

Yilmaz, B., Shattuck, K.G., Warzywoda, J., and Sacco, Jr., A., “Oriented growth of ETS-4 films using the method of secondary growth,” Chemistry of Materials, 18, 1107-1112 (2006).

Yilmaz, B., Shattuck, K.G., Warzywoda, J., and Sacco, Jr., A., “Controlling crystal orientation in ETS-4 films by secondary growth method,” Journal of Materials Science, 41, 3135-3138 (2006).

Mendonza, A.M., Warzywoda, J., and Sacco, Jr., A., “Investigation of structural order and morphology of MCM-41 mesoporous silica using an experimental design methodology,” Journal of Porous Materials, 13, 39-50 (2006).

Shattuck, K.G., Yilmaz, B., Warzywoda, J., and Sacco, Jr., A., “Hydrothermal synthesis of oriented ETS-4 films on porous alpha-alumina substrates,” Microporous and Mesoporous Materials , 88, 56-62 (2006).

Ji, Z., Warzywoda, J., and Sacco, Jr., A., "Competitive nucleation and growth in seeded batch crystallization of titanosilicate ETS-10 using Ti(SO₄)_2,"Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 81, 201-210 (2005).

Ji, Z., Yilmaz, B., Warzywoda, J., and Sacco, Jr., A., "Hydrothermal synthesis of titanosilicate ETS-10 using Ti(SO₄)₂," Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 81, 1-10 (2005).

Yilmaz, B., Warzywoda, J., and Sacco Jr., A., "Synthesis of large ETS-4 crystals in the Na and Na/K systems: The effects of alkali metal ion and synthesis mixture alkalinity," Journal of Crystal Growth, 271(1-2), 325-331 (2004).

Miraglia, P. Q., Yilmaz, B., Warzywoda, J, and Sacco, Jr., A., "Surface growth mechanisms and structural faulting in the growth of large single and spherulitic titanosilicate ETS-4 crystals," Journal of Crystal Growth, 270(3-4), 674-684 (2004).

Warzywoda, J., Yilmaz, B., Miraglia, P. Q., and Sacco, Jr., A., "Characterization of titanosilicate ETS-4 crystals grown from synthesis mixtures of different alkalinity," Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 71, 177-183 (2004).

Yilmaz, B., Miraglia, P. Q., Warzywoda, J., and Sacco, Jr., A., "Synthesis of titanosilicate ETS-4 with controlled morphology and investigation of its crystallization kinetics," Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 71, 167-175 (2004).

Akata, B., Warzywoda, J., and Sacco, Jr., A., "Gas phase Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley reaction: Correlation of the 3665 cm^-1 IR band with the cis-alcohol selectivity," Journal of Catalysis, 222(2), 397-403 (2004).

Akata, B., Yilmaz, B., Jirapnogphan, S. S., Warzywoda, J., and Sacco, Jr., A., "Characterization of zeolite Beta grown in microgravity," Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 71, 1-9 (2004).

Miraglia, P. Q., Yilmaz, B., Warzywoda, J., Bazzana, S., and Sacco, Jr., A., "Morphological and surface analysis of titanosilicate ETS-4 synthesized hydrothermally with organic precursors," Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 69, 71-76 (2004).

Manning, M.P., Miller, R.P., McLaughlin, G., Sacco, A., Akata, B., Bazzana, S., Jirapongphan, S.S., Mendonza, A.M., Yilmaz, B., Warzywoda, J., and Sacco, Jr., A., "Zeolite Crystal Growth on the International Space Station," Proceedings of the 14th International Zeolite Conference, Editors: E. van Steen, L.H. Callanan and M. Claeys, ISBN: 0-958-46636-X, 147-154 (2004).

Manning, M.P., Warzywoda, J., Karahan, O., and Sacco, Jr., A., "Enantioselective adsorption of hydrobenzoin on zeolite Beta," Proceedings of the 14th International Zeolite Conference, Editors: E. van Steen, L.H. Callanan, and M. Claeys, ISBN: 0-958-46636-X, pp. 1957-1960 (2004).

Yilmaz, B., Shattuck, K.G., Miraglia, P.Q., Warzywoda, J., and Sacco, Jr., A., "Synthesis of titanosilicate ETS-4 utilizing organic precursors," Proceedings of the 14th International Zeolite Conference, Editors: E. van Steen, L.H. Callanan, and M. Claeys, ISBN: 0-958-46636-X, pp. 763-769 (2004).

Sacco, Jr., A., Warzywoda, J., Bazzana, S., and Miraglia, P., "Fundamental understanding of zeolite and zeotype growth mechanisms using AFM and SEM," Proceedings of the South African Chemical Engineering Congress, Sun City, South Africa, 3-5 September, ISBN: 0-958-46095-7 (2003).

Garces, L. V., Hincapie, B., Makwana, V., Laubernds, K., Sacco, Jr., A., and Suib, S. L., "Effect of using polyvinyl alcohol and polyvinyl pyrrolidone in the synthesis of octahedral molecular sieves," Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 63, 11-20 (2003).

Hincapie, B. O., Garces, L. J., Zhang, Q., Sacco, Jr., A., and Suib, S. L., "Synthesis of Mordenite Nanocrystals," Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 67, 19-26 (2003).

Garces, J., Makwana, V. D., Hincapie, B. O., Suib, S. L., and Sacco, Jr., A., "Selective N, N-methylation of Aniline over co-crystallized Zeolites RHO and Zeolite X (FAU) and over Linde Type L (Sr, K-LTL)," Journal of Catalysis, 217, 107-116 (2003).

Dumrul, S., Warzywoda, J., and Sacco, Jr., A., "Direct synthesis of ZSM-5 crystals on gold modified by zirconium-phosphonate multilayers," Impact of zeolites and other porous materials on the new technologies at the beginning of the new millenium, Proceedings of the 2^nd International FEZA (Federation of the European Zeolite Associations) Conference, Taormina, Italy, September 1-5, Editors: R. Aiello, G. Giordano and F. Testa, Stud. Surf. Sci. Catal. Vol. 142, Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 1497-1504 (2002).

Bazzana, S., Dumrul, S., Warzywoda, J., Hsiao, L., Klass, L., Knapp, M., Rains, J.A., Stein, E.M., Sullivan, M.J., West, C.M., Woo, J.Y., and Sacco, Jr., A., "Observations of layer growth in synthetic zeolites by field emission scanning electron microscopy," Impact of zeolites and other porous materials on the new technologies at the beginning of the new millenium, Proceedings of the 2^nd International FEZA (Federation of the European Zeolite Associations) Conference, Taormina, Italy, September 1-5, Editors: R. Aiello, G. Giordano and F. Testa, Stud. Surf. Sci. Catal. Vol. 142, Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 117-124 (2002).

Dumrul, S., Bazzana, S., Warzywoda, J., Biederman, R.R., and Sacco, Jr., A., "Imaging of crystal growth-induced fine surface features in zeolite A by atomic force microscopy," Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 54, 79-88 (2002).

Vold, R.E., Biederman, R., Rossetti, Jr., G. A., and Sacco, Jr., A., "Hydrothermal Synthesis of Lead Doped Barium Titanate," Journal of Materials Science, 36 (8), 2019-2026 (2001).

Ferchiche, S., Valcheva-Traykova, M., Vaughan, D. E. W., Warzywoda, J., and Sacco, Jr., A., "Synthesis of large single crystals of templated Y faujasite," Journal of Crystal Growth, 222, 801-805 (2001).

Ferchiche, S., Warzywoda, J., and Sacco, Jr., A., "Direct Synthesis of Zeolite Y with Large Particle Size," International Journal of Inorganic Materials, 3, 773-780 (2001).

Coker, E.N., Jansen, J.C., DiRenzo, F., Fajula, R., Martens, J. A., Jacobs, P. A., and Sacco, Jr., A., "Zeolite ZSM-5 Synthesized in Space: Catalysts and Reduced External Surface Activity," Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 46(2-3) 223-236 (2001).

Ferchiche, S., Warzywoda, J., and Sacco, Jr., A., "Interaction/synergistic effect of Mg²⁺ and Ba²⁺ on the size and morphology of the zeolite L crystals," Zeolites and Mesoporous Materials at the Dawn of the 21st Century, Proceedings of the 13th International Zeolite Conference, Montpellier, France, 8-13 July, (ed. A. Galarneau, F. Di Renzo, F. Fajula, J. Vedrine), Elsevier, Amsterdam, Stud. Surf. Sci. Catal. Vol. 135, paper 02 p17 (on CD) (2001).

Carlsson, K.A., Warzywoda, J., and Sacco, Jr., A., "Modeling of Silicalite crystallization from clear solution," Zeolites and Mesoporous Materials at the Dawn of the 21st Century, Proceedings of the 13th International Zeolite Conference, Montpellier, France, 8-13 July, (ed. A. Galarneau, F. Di Renzo, F. Fajula, J. Vedrine), Elsevier, Amsterdam, Stud. Surf. Sci. Catal., Vol. 135, paper 02 p16 (on CD) (2001).

Warzywoda, J., Dumrul, S., Bazzana S., and Sacco, Jr. A., "Static zeolite MCM-22 synthesis using two-level factorial design," Zeolites and Mesoporous Materials at the Dawn of the 21st Century, Proceedings of the 13th International Zeolite Conference, Montpellier, France, 8-13 July, (ed. A. Galarneau, F. Di Renzo, F. Fajula, J. Vedrine), Elsevier, Amsterdam, Stud. Surf. Sci. Catal., Vol. 135, paper 03 p13 (on CD) (2001).

Russell, P.C., Stuhler, S.L., Kouli, A.L., Warzywoda, J., and Sacco, Jr., A., "Synthesis of zeolite Sr,K-ZK-5," Zeolites and Mesoporous Materials at the Dawn of the 21st Century, Proceedings of the 13th International Zeolite Conference, Montpellier, France, 8-13 July, (ed. A. Galarneau, F. Di Renzo, F. Fajula, J. Vedrine), Elsevier, Amsterdam, Stud. Surf. Sci. Catal. Vol. 135, paper 02 p21 (on CD) (2001).

Warzywoda, J., Bac, N., Rossetti, Jr., G. A., van der Puil, Jansen, J. C., van Bekkum, H., and Sacco, Jr., A., "Synthesis of high-silica ZSM-5 in Microgravity," Microporous and Mesoporous Material, 38, 423-432 (2000).

Warzywoda, J., Bac, N., Jansen, J. C., and Sacco, Jr., A., "Growth of zeolites A and X in low earth orbit," Journal of Crystal Growth, 220, 140-149 (2000).

Warzywoda, J., Valcheva-Traykova, M., Rossetti, Jr., G. A., Bac, N., Joesten, R., Suib, S. L. and Sacco, Jr., A., "Characterization of zeolites A and X grown in low earth orbit," Journal of Crystal Growth, 220, 150-160 (2000).

Warzywoda, J., Bac, N., and Sacco, Jr., A., "Synthesis of Large Zeolite X Crystals," Journal of Crystal Growth, 204, 539-541 (1999).

Guray, I., J. Warzywoda, N. Bac, and Sacco, Jr., A., "Synthesis of Zeolite MCM-22 under Rotating and Static Conditions," Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 31, 241-251, (1999).

Rossetti, Jr. G. A., Cahill, P.F. Jr., Biederman, R.R. and Sacco, Jr., A., "Microcrystalline Properties and Phase Transition Behavior of Tetragonal Pb (Zr_xTi_1-x)0_3," Materials Letters, 41, 72-77 (1999).

Sacco, Jr., A., Bac, N., Warzywoda, J., Rossetti, Jr., G., and Valcheva-Traykova, M., "Zeolite Crystal Growth in Space," Invited Paper, Materials Research Society Symposium. Proc., Vol. 551, pp. 245-254 (1999).

Rapid preparation of small crystallites of zeolite A from nonclear solutions
Authors: Al Sacco, Jr., David R. Corbin, Qiuhua Zhang, Steven Suib
Description: A method was developed to make small zeolite crystals from non-clear solutions in less than ten minutes (compared to the usual several days). Small zeolite crystals are important as additives in detergents.
Expected Issuance: 2004

Method and adsorbent to separate mixtures of enantiomers
Authors: Ozgur Karahan, Juliusz Warzywoda, Michael P. Manning, Albert Sacco Jr.
Description: This invention is related to the generation of a chiral stationary phase. The chiral stationary phase obtained by the process of this invention is useful to resolve mixtures of enantiomers (chiral separation) by adsorption.
Expected Issuance: 2005

Method of Making Titanosilicate ETS-4 suitable for quantum wire applications
Authors: Bilge Yilmaz, Juliusz Warzywoda, Michael P. Manning, Albert Sacco, Jr
Description: This invention relates to methods for preparing crystalline titanosilicate molecular sieve ETS-4 with predictably and precisely controlled characteristics and properties. The ETS-4 product obtained by this invention can be utilized as quantum wires due to its modified characteristics. Utilizing this invention ETS-4 product can be tailored for the specific needs of any application.
Expected Issuance: 2005