*Corresponding Author

42. D. Kitto, C. Espinoza, J. C. Díaz, Jacquelyn Zamora, J. Kamcev*, “Fast and selective ion transport in ultrahigh-charge-density membranes”, Nature Chemical Engineering, 2, 252 (2025)  Link to article

41. W. Pan, D. Roy, B. Uralcan, S. K. Patel, A. Iddya, E. Ahn, A. Haji-Akbari, J. Kamcev*, M. Elimelech*, “A highly selective and energy efficient approach to boron removal overcomes the Achilles heel of seawater desalination”, Nature Water, 3, 99 (2025)  Link to article

40. G. Reimonn, J. Kamcev*, “Techno-economic perspective on the limitations and prospects of ion-exchange membrane technologies”, Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering, 47, 101077 (2024)  Link to article

39. J. C. Díaz, C. E. Uhlenbrock, N. Singh*, J. Kamcev*, “Coordination, hydration, and diffusion of vanadyl cations in negatively charged polymer membranes”, Chemical Engineering Journal, 499, 155942 (2024)  Link to article

38. C. Espinoza, J. C. Díaz, D. Kitto, H. K. Kim, J. Kamcev*, “Bound water enhances the ion selectivity of highly charged polymer membranes”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 16, 45433 (2024)  Link to article

37. D. Kitto, J. Kamcev*, “Predicting the conductivity-selectivity trade-off and upper bound in ion-exchange membranes”, ACS Energy Letters, 9, 1346 (2024),  Link to article

36. J. C. Díaz, J. Park, A. Shapiro, H. Patel, L. Santiago-Pagán, D. Kitto, J. Kamcev*, “Understanding monovalent cation diffusion in negatively charged membranes and the role of membrane water content”, Macromolecules, 57 (5), 2468 (2024),  Link to article

35. C. Espinoza, D. Kitto, J. Kamcev*, “Counter-ion conductivity and selectivity trade-off for commercial ion-exchange membranes at high salinities”, ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 5, 10324 (2023),  Link to article

34. D. Kitto, J. Kamcev*, “The need for ion-exchange membranes with high charge densities”, Journal of Membrane Science, 677, 121608 (2023),  Link to article

33. S. K. Patel, W. Pan, Y. Shin, J. Kamcev, M. Elimelech* “Electrosorption integrated with bipolar membrane water dissociation: A coupled approach to chemical-free boron removal”, Environmental Science and Technology, 57 (11), 4578 (2023),  Link to article

32. J. C. Díaz, D. Kitto, J. Kamcev*, “Accurately measuring the ionic conductivity of membranes via the direct contact method”, Journal of Membrane Science, 669, 121304 (2023),  Link to article

31. C. Carey, J. C. Díaz, D. Kitto, C. Espinoza, E. Ahn, J. Kamcev*, “Interfacial interactions between polymers and selective adsorbents influence ion transport properties of boron scavenging ion-exchange membranes”, Journal of Membrane Science, 669, 121301 (2023),  Link to article

30. N. Yan, R. Sujanani, J. Kamcev, E. S. Jang, K. Kobayashi, D. R. Paul, B. D. Freeman, “Salt and ion transport in a series of AMPS/PEGDA hydrogel membranes”, Journal of Membrane Science, 653, 120549 (2022),  Link to article

29. D. Kitto, J. Kamcev* “Manning condensation in ion-exchange membranes: A review on ion partitioning and diffusion models”, Journal of Polymer Science, 60, 2929 (2022),  Link to article

NaCL Partitioning Predictions Graph

28. N. Yan, R. Sujanani, J. Kamcev, M. Galizia, E. S. Jang, D. R. Paul, B. D. Freeman, “Influence of fixed charge concentration and water uptake on ion sorption in AMPS/PEGDA membranes”, Journal of Membrane Science, 644, 120171 (2022),  Link to article

27. J. Kamcev*, “Reformulating the permselectivity-conductivity tradeoff relation in ion-exchange membranes”, Journal of Polymer Science, 59 (21), 2510 (2021), Young Investigator Special Issue Link to article 

26. A. A. Uliana, N. T. Bui, J. Kamcev, M. K. Taylor, J. J. Urban, J. R. Long, “Ion-capture electrodialysis using multifunctional adsorptive membranes”, Science, 372, 296 (2021), Link to article 

25. J. C. Díaz, J. Kamcev*, “Ionic conductivity in ion-exchange membranes: Measurement techniques and salt concentration dependence”, Journal of Membrane Science, 618, 118718 (2021), Selected as Editor’s Choice Article Link to article

Prior to University of Michigan

  1. E. S. Jang, J. Kamcev, K. Kobayashi, N. Yan, R. Sujanani, T. J. Dilenschneider, H. B. Park, D. R. Paul, B. D. Freeman, “Influence of water content on alkali metal chloride transport in cross-linked poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate. 2. Ion diffusion”, Polymer, 192, 122316 (2020), Link to article
  2. D. M. Shin, J. E. Bachman, M. K. Taylor, J. Kamcev, J. G. Park, M. E. Ziebel, E. Valasquez, N. N. Jarenwattananon, G. K. Sethi, Y. Cui, and J. R. Long, “A single ion conducting borate network polymer as a viable electrolyte for lithium metal batteries”, Advanced Materials, 1905771 (2020), Link to article
  3. E. S. Jang, J. Kamcev, K. Kobayashi, N. Yan, R. Sujanani, T. J. Dilenschneider, H. B. Park, D. R. Paul, B. D. Freeman, “Influence of water content on alkali metal chloride transport in cross-linked poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate. 1. Ion sorption”, Polymer, 178, 121554 (2019), Link to article
  4. J. Kamcev, M. K. Taylor, D.M. Shin, N. N. Jarenwattananon, K. A. Colwell, J. R. Long, “Functionalized porous aromatic frameworks as high-performance adsorbents for the rapid removal of boric acid from water”, Advanced Materials, 1808027 (2019), Link to article
  5. E. S. Jang, J. Kamcev, K. Kobayashi, N. Yan, R. Sujanani, S. J. Talley, R. B. Moore, D. R. Paul, B. D. Freeman, “Effect of water content on sodium chloride sorption in cross-linked cation exchange membranes”, Macromolecules, 52, 2569 (2019), Link to article
  6. E. S. Jang, W. Mickols, R. Sujanani, A. Helenic, T. J. Dilenschneider, J. Kamcev, D. R. Paul, B. D. Freeman, “Influence of concentration polarization and thermodynamic non-ideality on salt transport in reverse osmosis membranes”, Journal of Membrane Science, 572, 668 (2019), Link to article
  7. J. Kamcev, C. M. Doherty, K. P. Lopez, A. J. Hill, D. R. Paul, B. D. Freeman, “Effect of fixed charge group concentration on salt permeability and diffusion coefficients in ion exchange membranes”, Journal of Membrane Science, 566, 307 (2018), Link to article
  8. J. Kamcev, D. R. Paul, B. D. Freeman, “Equilibrium ion partitioning between aqueous salt solutions and inhomogeneous ion exchange membranes”, Desalination, 446, 31 (2018), Link to article
  9. J. Kamcev, D. R. Paul, G. S. Manning, B. D. Freeman, “Ion diffusion coefficients in ion exchange membranes: significance of counter-ion condensation”, Macromolecules, 51, 5519 (2018), Link to article
  10. J. Kamcev, R. Sujanani, E. S. Jang, N. Yan, N. Moe, D. R. Paul, B. D. Freeman, “Salt concentration dependence of ionic conductivity in ion exchange membranes”, Journal of Membrane Science, 547, 123 (2018), Link to article
  11. H. B. Park, J. Kamcev, L. M Robeson, M. Elimelech, B. D. Freeman, “Maximizing the right stuff: the tradeoff between membrane permeability and selectivity”, Science, 356, 1137 (2017), Link to article
  12. J. Kamcev, D. R. Paul, G. S. Manning, B. D. Freeman, “Accounting for frame of reference and thermodynamic non-idealities when calculating salt diffusion coefficients in ion exchange membranes”, Journal of Membrane Science, 537, 396 (2017), Link to article
  13. J. Kamcev, D. R. Paul, B. D. Freeman, “Effect of fixed charge group concentration on equilibrium ion sorption in ion exchange membranes”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 5, 4638 (2017), Link to article
  14. J. Kamcev, D. R. Paul, G. S. Manning, B. D. Freeman, “Predicting salt permeability coefficients in highly swollen, highly charged ion exchange membranes”, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 9, 4044 (2017), Link to article
  15. J. Kamcev, B. D. Freeman, “Cracks help membranes to stay hydrated”, Nature, 532, 445 (2016), Link to article
  16. J. Kamcev, B. D. Freeman, “Charged polymer membranes for environmental/energy applications”, Annual Reviews of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 7, 4.1 (2016), Link to article
  17. J. Kamcev, M. Galizia, F. Benedetti, E. S. Jang, D. R. Paul, B. D. Freeman, G. S. Manning, “Partitioning of mobile ions between ion exchange polymers and aqueous salt solutions: importance of counter-ion condensation”, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 18, 6021 (2016), Link to article
  18. J. Kamcev, D. R. Paul, B. D. Freeman, “Ion activity coefficients in ion exchange polymers: applicability of Manning’s counter-ion condensation theory”, Macromolecules, 48, 8011 (2015), Link to article
  19. J. Kamcev, B. D. Freeman, “Nanofiltration Membranes”, In: Encyclopedia of Polymeric Nanomaterials, Springer, 1342 (2014), Link to article
  20. J. Kamcev, E. S. Jang, N. Yan, D. R. Paul, B. D. Freeman. “Effect of ambient carbon dioxide on salt permeability and sorption measurements in ion-exchange membranes”, Journal of Membrane Science, 479, 55 (2015), Link to article
  21. M. Liu, C. Y. Nam, C. T. Black, J. Kamcev, L. Zhang. “Enhanced photoelectrochemical water splitting activity and chemical stability of zinc oxide/titanium dioxide core/shell nanowires by surface and bulk passivation”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 117, 13396 (2013), Link to article
  22. J. Kamcev, D. S. Germack, D. Nykypanchuk, R. B. Grubbs, C. Y. Nam, C. T. Black. “Chemically enhancing block copolymers for block-selective synthesis of self-assembled metal oxide nanostructures”, ACS Nano, 7, 339 (2013), Link to article
  23. O. Idan, A. Lam, J. Kamcev, J. Gonzales, A. Agarwal, H. Hess. “Nanoscale transport enables active self-assembly of nearly millimeter-scale structures”, Nano Letters, 12, 240 (2012), Link to article
  24. I. Luria, J. Crenshaw, M. Downs, A. Agarwal, S. B. Seshadri, J. Gonzales, O. Idan, J. Kamcev, P. Katira, S. Pandey, T. Nitta, S. R. Phillpot, H. Hess . “Microtubule nanospool formation by active self-assembly is not initiated by thermal activation”, Soft Matter, 7, 3108 (2011), Link to article