Publications

§ = Plata doctoral and postdoctoral student
¥ = Plata undergraduate researcher
‡ = Plata serves on student’s thesis committee

2023

• §Albergamo, V.; Wohleben, W.;Plata, D.L.; Tracking Dynamic Chemical Reactivity Networks with High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry: A Case of Microplastic-Derived Dissolved Organic Carbon, Environmental Science & Technology, 2024, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c08134

• §Li, Y.; Siegel, H.G.; Thelemaque, N.A.; Bailey, K.R.; Moncrieffe, P.; Nguyen, T.; Clark, C.J.; Johnson, N.P.; Soriano, M.A,;Deziel, N.C.; Saiers, J.E.; Plata, D.L.; Conventional Fossil Fuel Extraction, Associated Biogeochemical Processes, and Topography Influence Methane Groundwater Concentrations in Appalachia, Environmental Science & Technology, 2023, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c01862

• §Johnson, E.P.; Aquino de Carvalho, N.; Gilbertson, L.M.; Plata, D.L.; Acid Treatment in Alkyl-Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes: Soft Functionalization Techniques with Lower Environmental Footprint ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2023, DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c02560

• Ciccarese, D.; §Tantawi, O.; Zheng, I.H.; Plata, D.L.; Babbin, A.R.; Microscale dynamics promote segregated denitrification in diatom aggregates sinking slowly in bulk oxygenated seawater Communications Earth & Environment, 2023, DOI: 10.1038/s43247-023-00935-x

• §Giannetto, M.J.; §Johnson, E.P.; Watson, A.; Dimitrov, E.; Kurth, A.; §Shi, W.; Fornasiero, F.; Meshot, E.R.; Plata, D.L.; Modifying the Molecular Structure of Carbon Nanotubes through Gas-Phase Reactants ACS Nanoscience Au, 2023, DOI: 10.1021/acsnanoscienceau.2c00052

• §Albergamo, V.; Wohlleben, W.; Plata, D.L.; Photochemical weathering of polyurethane microplastics produced complex and dynamic mixtures of dissolved organic chemicals Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 2023, DOI: 10.1039/D2EM00415A

2022

• Deziel, N.C.; Clark, C.J.; Casey, J.A.; Bell, M.L.; Plata, D.L.; Saiers, J.E.; Assessing Exposure to Unconventional Oil and Gas Development: Strengths, Challenges, and Implications for Epidemiologic Research, Current Environmental Health Reports, 2022, DOI: 10.1007/s40572-022-00358-4

• §Xiong, B.; Soriano Jr, M.A.; Gutchess, K.; ¥Hoffman, N.; Clark, C.J.; Siegel, H.G.; §De Vera, G.A.D.; §Li, Y.; §Brenneis, R.J.; ¥Cox, A.J.; Ryan, E.C.; §Sumner, A.J.; Deziel, N.C.; Saiers, J.E.; Plata, D.L.; Groundwaters in Northeastern Pennsylvania near intense hydraulic fracturing activities exhibit few organic chemical impacts, Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 2022, DOI: 10.1039/D1EM00124H

• Clark, C.J.; §Xiong, B.; Soriano Jr, M.A;, Gutchess, K.; Siegel, H.G.; Ryan, E.C.; Johnson, N.P.; Cassell, K.; Elliott, E.G.; §Li, Y.; ¥Cox, A.J.; §Bugher, N.; Glist, L.; §Brenneis, R.J.; Sorrentino, K.M.; Plano, J.; Ma, X.; Warren, J.L., Plata, D.L., Saiers, J.E., Deziel, N.C.; Assessing Unconventional Oil and Gas Exposure in the Appalachian Basin: Comparison of Exposure Surrogates and Residential Drinking Water Measurements, Environmental Science & Technology, 2022, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c05081

2021

• §Brenneis, R.J.; §Johnson, E.P.; §Shi, W.; Plata, D.L.; Atmospheric-and Low-Level Methane Abatement via an Earth-Abundant Catalyst, ACS Environmental Au, 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acsenvironau.1c00034

• §Li, Y.; ¥Thelemaque, N.A.; Siegel, H.G.; Clark, C.J.; Ryan, E.C.; §Brenneis, R.J.; Gutchess, K.M.; Soriano Jr, M.A.; §Xiong, B.; Deziel, N.C.; Saiers, J.E.; Plata, D.L.; Groundwater Methane in Northeastern Pennsylvania Attributable to Thermogenic Sources and Hydrogeomorphologic Migration Pathways, Environmental science & technology, 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c05272

• Soriano, M.A.; Siegel, H.G.; Johnson, N.P.; Gutchess, K.M.; §Xiong, B.; §Li, Y.; Clark, C.J.; Plata, D.L.; Deziel, N.C.; Saiers, J.E.; Assessment of groundwater well vulnerability to contamination through physics-informed machine learning, Environmental Research Letters, 2021, DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac10e0

• Plata, D. L.; §Janković, N. Z.; Achieving sustainable nanomaterial design though strategic cultivation of big data, Nature Nanotechnology, 2021, DOI: 10.1038/s41565-021-00902-7

• §Johnson, E. P.; §Shi, W; Plata, D. L.; Oxygen-functionalized alkyne precursors in carbon nanotube growth, MRS Bulletin, 2021, DOI: 10.1557/s43577-020-00019-7

• Ghafari, M.; Mohona, T. M.; Su, L.; Lin, H.; Plata, D. L.; §Xiong, B.; Dai, N.; Effects of peracetic acid on aromatic polyamide nanofiltration membranes: a comparative study with chlorine, Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 2021, DOI: 10.1039/D0EW01007C

2020

• Gleason, K.; Carbone, F.; §Sumner, A.J.; §Drollette, B.D.; Plata, D.L.; Gomez, A.; Small Aromatic Hydrocarbons Control the Onset of Soot Nucleation, Combustion and Flame, 2020, DOI: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2020.08.029

• Soriano Jr, M.A.; Siegel, H.G.; Gutchess, K.M.; Clark, C.J.; §Li, Y.; §Xiong, B.; Plata, D.L.; Deziel, N.C.; Saiers, J.E.; Evaluating Domestic Well Vulnerability to Contamination From Unconventional Oil and Gas Development Sites, Water Resources Research, 2020, DOI: 10.1029/2020WR028005

• §Drollette, B.D.; Gentner, D.R.; Plata, D.L.; Waste Containment Ponds Are a Major Source of Secondary Organic Aerosol Precursors from Oil Sands Operations, Environmental Science and Technology, 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c01735

• Pham, T.A.; §Coulthard, R.M.; Zobel, M.; Maiti, A.; Buchsbaum, S.F.; Loeb, C.; Campbell, P.G.; Plata, D.L.; Wood, B.C.; Fornasiero, F.; Meshot, E.R.; Structural Anomalies and Electronic Properties of an Ionic Liquid under Nanoscale Confinement, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c01810

• Shieh, P.; Zhang, W.; Husted, K.; Kristufek, S.; §Xiong, B.; Lundberg, D.; Lem, J.; Veysset, D.; Sun, Y.; Nelson, K.; Plata, D.L.; Johnson, J.; A Comonomer Strategy for Triggered Degradation and Re/Upcycling of High-Performance Thermoset Plastics, Nature, 2020, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2495-2

• §Sumner, A.J.; Plata, D.L.; A geospatially resolved database of hydraulic fracturing wells for chemical transformation assessment, Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 2020, DOI: 10.1039/C9EM00505F

2019

• Diringer, S.E.; Berky, A.J.; Marani, M.; Ortiz, E.J.; §Karatum, O.; Plata, D.L.; Pan, W.K.; Hsu-Kim, H.; Deforestation due to artisanal and small-scale gold mining exacerbates soil and mercury mobilization in Madre de Dios, Peru, Environmental Science & Technology, 2019, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b06620

• Dee, N.T.; Li, J.; White, A.O.; Jacob, C.; §Shi, W.; Kidambi, P.R.; Cui, K.; Zakharov, D.N.; §Janković, N.Z.; Bedewy, M.; Chazot, C.A.; Carpena-Núñez, J.; Maruyama, B.; Stach, E.A.;  Plata, D.L.; Hart, A.J.; Carbon-assisted catalyst pretreatment enables straightforward synthesis of high-density carbon nanotube forests, Carbon, 2019 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2019.06.083

• Evans, M.V.; §Sumner, A.J.; Daly, R.A.; Luek, J.L.; Plata, D.L.; Wrighton, K.C.; Mouser, P.J.; Hydraulically fractured natural-gas well microbial communities contain genomic halogenation and dehalogenation potential, Envornmental Science & Technology Letters, 2019, DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.9b00473

• Sun, M.; Boo, C.; §Shi, W.; Rolf, J.; Shaulsky, E.; Cheng, W.; Plata, D.L.; Qu, J.; Elimelech, M.; Engineering carbon nanotube forest superstructure for robust thermal desalination membranes, Advanced Functional Materials, 2019, DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201903125

• §Sumner, A.J.;Plata, D.L.; Oxidative breakers can stimulate halogenation and competitive oxidation in guar-gelled hydraulic fracturing fluids, Envornmental Science & Technology, 2019, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b01896

• ‡Lounsbury, A.W.; Wang, R.; Plata, D.L.; Billmyer, N.; Muhich, C.; Kanie, K.; Sugimoto, T.; Peak, D.; Zimmerman, J.B.; Preferential adsorption of selenium oxyanions onto {1 1 0} and {0 1 2} nano-hematite facets, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2019, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2018.11.018

• §Janković, N.;Plata, D.L.; Engineered nanomaterials in the context of global element cycles, Envornmental Science: Nano, 2019, DOI: 10.1039/C9EN00322C

• Plata, D.L.; Jackson R.B.; Vengosh, A.; Mouser, P.J.; More than a decade of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling research, Envornmental Science: Processes and Impacts, 2019, DOI: 10.1039/C9EM90004G

2018

• Rao, R.; Pint, C.L.; Islam, A.E.; Weatherup, R.S.; Hofmann, S.; Meshot, E.R.; Wu, F.; Zhou, C.; Dee, N.; Amama, P.B.; Carpena-Núñez, J.; §Shi, W.; Plata, D.L.; Penev, E.S.; Yakobson, B.I.; Balbuena, P.B.; Bichara, C.; Futaba, D.N.; Noda, S.; Shin, Homin; Kim, K.S.; Simard, B.; Mirri, F.; Pasquali, M.; Fornasiero, F.; Kauppinen, E.I.; Arnold, M.; Cola, B.A.; Nikolaev, P.; Arepalli, S.; Cheng, H.M.; Zakharov, D.N.; Stach, E.A.; Zhang, J.; Wei, F.; Terrones, M.; Geohegan, D.B.; Maruyama, B.; Maruyama, S.; Li, Y.; Adams, W.W.; Hart, A.J.; Carbon nanotubes and related nanomaterials: Critical advances and challenges for synthesis toward mainstream commercial applications, ACS Nano, 2018, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b06511

• §Karatum, O.; Bhuiya, M.M.H.; Carroll, M.K.; Anderson, A.M.; Plata, D.L.; Life cycle assessment of aerogel manufacture on small and large scales: Weighing the use of advanced materials in oil spill remediation, Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2018, DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12720

• ‡Elliott, E.G.; Ma, X.; Leaderer, B.P.; McKay, L.A.; Pedersen, C.J.; Wang, C.; Gerber, C.J.; Wright, T.J.;§Sumner, A.J.; Brennan, M.; Silva, G.S.; Warren, J.L.;Plata, D.L.; Deziel, N.C.; A community-based evaluation of proximity to unconventional oil and gas wells, drinking water contaminants, and health symptoms in Ohio, Environmental Research, 2018, DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2018.08.022

• §Shi, W.; Zhou, X.; Li, J.; Meshot, E.R.; Taylor, A.D.; Hu, S.; Kim, J.H.; Elimelech, M.;Plata, D.L.; High-performance capacitive deionization via manganese oxide-coated, vertically aligned carbon nanotubes, Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 2018, DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.8b00397

• §Drollette, B.D.; §Brenneis, R.J.; Plata, D.L.; Oligomer-specific, short chain linear alcohol ethoxylate quantification via comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography, Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 2018, DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.8b00358

• §Sumner, A.J.; Plata, D.L.; Halogenation chemistry of hydraulic fracturing additives under highly saline simulated subsurface conditions, Environmental Science & Technology, 2018, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b01591

• §Falinski, M.M.; Plata, D.L.; Chopra, S.S.; Theis, T.L.; Gilbertson, L.M.; Zimmerman, J.B.; A framework for sustainable nanomaterial selection and design based on performance, hazard, and economic considerations, Nature Nanotechnology, 2018, DOI: 10.1038/s41565-018-0120-4

• Erythropel, H.C.; Zimmerman, J.B.; de Winter, T.M.; Petitjean, L.; Melnikov, F.; Lam, C.H.; Lounsbury, A.W.; Mellor, K.E.; §Janković, N.Z.; Tu, Q.; ‡Pincus, L.N.; §Falinski, M.M.; §Shi, W.; Coish, P.; Plata, D.L.; Anastas, P.T.; The Green ChemisTREE: 20 years after taking root with the 12 principles, Royal Society of Chemistry: Green Chemistry, 2018, DOI: 10.1039/C8GC00482J

• §Karatum, O.; Bhuiya, M.M.H.; Carroll, M.K.; Anderson, A.M.; Plata, D.L.; Life Cycle Assessment of Aerogel Manufacture on Small and Large Scales: Weighing the Use of Advanced Materials in Oil Spill Remediation, Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2018, DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12720

• §Shi, W.; Peng, Y.; Steiner III, S.A.; Li, J.; Plata, D.L.; Carbon Dioxide Promotes Dehydrogenation in the Equimolar C2H2-CO2 Reaction to Synthesize Carbon Nanotubes, Small, 2018, DOI: 10.1002/smll.201703482

• §Sumner, A.J.; Plata, D.L.; Exploring the hydraulic fracturing parameter space: a novel high-pressure, high-throughput reactor system for investigating subsurface chemical transformations, Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts​, 2018, DOI: 10.1039/C7EM00470B

• §O'Connor, M.P.; §Coulthard, R.M.; Plata, D.L.; Electrochemical deposition for the separation and recovery of metals using carbon nanotube-enabled filters, Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology​, 2018, DOI: 10.1039/C7EW00187H

2017

• §Shi, W.; Xue, K.; Meshot, E.R.; Plata, D.L.; The carbon nanotube formation parameter space: data mining and mechanistic understanding for efficient resource use, Royal Society of Chemistry: Green Chemistry​, 2017, DOI: 10.1039/C7GC01421J

• §Shi, W.; Li, J.; Polsen, E.S.; Oliver, C.R.; Zhao, Y.; Meshot, E.R.; Barclay, M.; Fairbrother, D.H.; Hart, A.J.; Plata, D.L.; Oxygen-promoted catalyst sintering influences number density, alignment, and wall number of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes, Royal Society of Chemistry: Nanoscale​, 2017, DOI: 10.1039/C6NR09802A

2016

• §O'Connor, M.P.; Zimmerman, J.B.; Anastas, P.T. ; Plata, D.L. A Strategy for Material Supply Chain Sustainability: Enabling a Circular Economy in the Electronics Industry through Green Engineering. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2016. DOI:10.1021/acssuschemeng.6b01954

• ‡Hoelzer, K.; ​§Sumner, A.J.; §Karatum, O.; Nelson, R.K.; ​§Drollette, B.D.; §O’Connor, M.P.; D'Ambro, E.L; ‡Getzinger, G.; Ferguson, P.L.; Reddy, C.M.; Elsner, M.; Plata, D.L. Indications of Transformation Products in Hydraulic Fracturing Shale-Gas Wastewater. Environmental Science & Technology 2016 Article ASAP. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b00430

• Liggio, J.; Li, S; Hayden, K.; Taha, Y.M.; Stroud, C.; Darlington, A.; ​§Drollette, B.D.; Gordon, M.; Lee, P.; Liu, P.; Leithead, A.; Moussa, S.G.; Wang. D.; O'Brien, J.; Mittermeier, R.L.; Brook, J.R., Lu, G.; Staebler, R.M.; Han, Y.; Tokarek, T.W.; Osthoff, H.D.; Makar, P.A., Zhang, J.; Plata, D.L.; Gentner, D.R. Oil Sands operations as a large source of secondary organic aerosols. Nature 2016. DOI: 10.1038/nature17646

• Dasgupta, S.; Di Giulio, R.T.; ​§Drollete, B.D.; Plata, D.L.; Brownawell, B.J.; McElroy, A.E. Hypoxia depresses CYP1A induction and enhances DNA damage, but has minimal effects on antioxidant responses in sheepshead minnow (Cyprinodon variegatus) larvae exposed to dispersed crude oil. Aquatic Toxicology 2016. DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2016.05.022

• Petersen, E.J.; Flores-Cervantes, D. X.; Bucheli, T.D.; Elliot, C.C.L.; Fagan, J.A.; Gogos, A.; Hanna, S.; Kagi, R.; Mansfield, E.; Bustos, A.R.M.; Plata, D.L.; Westerhoff, P; Winchester, M. R. Quantification of Carbon Nanotubes in Environmental Matrices: Current Capabilities, Case Studies, and Future Prospects. Environmental Science and Technology 2016 vol 50 (9). ​DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b05647

• §Karatum, O.; Steiner III, S.A.; Griffin, J.S.; ​§Shi, W.; Plata, D.L. Flexible, Mechanically Durable Aerogel Composites for Oil Capture and Recovery. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2016 vol 8 (1). DOI:10.1021/acsami.5bo8439

2015

• §Drollette, B.D.; ​‡Hoelzer, K.; Warner, N.R.; Darrah, T.H.; ​§Karatum, O; §O’Connor, M.P.; Nelson, R.K.; Fernandez, L.A.; Reddy, C.M.; Vengosh, A.; Jackson, R.B.; Elsner, M.; Plata, D.L. (2015) Elevated Levels of Diesel Range Organic Compounds in Groundwater near Marcellus Gas Operations are Derived from Surface Activities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2015. vol. 112, no.43, DOI:10.1073/pnas.1511474112

• ‡Getzinger, G.; §O’Connor, M.P.; ‡Shregglmann, K.; §Drollette, B.D.; ​§Karatum, O.; Deshusses, M.A.; Ferguson, P.L.; Elsner, M.; Plata, D.L. Natural Gas Residual Fluids: Sources, Endpoints, and Organic Chemical Composition after Centralized Waste Treatment in Pennsylvania. Environmental Science & Technology 2015 49 (14), 8347-8355 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b00471

• Kekacs, D.; Drollette, B.; Brooker, M.; Plata, D.L.; Mouser, P.J. Aerobic biodegradation of organic compounds in hydraulic fracturing fluids. Biodegradation 2015 26 (4), 271-287 DOI:10.1007/s10532-015-9733-6

• §Gilbertson, L.M.; Zimmerman, J.B.; Plata, D.L.; Hutchinson, J.E.; Anastas, P.T. Designing nanomaterials to maximize performance and minimize implications guided by the principles of green chemistry. Chemical Society Reviews. 2015 DOI:10.1039/C4CS00445K

• ‡Down, A.; ‡Schreglman, K.; Plata, D.L., Elsner, M.; Warner, N.; Vengosh, A.; Moore, K.; Coleman, D.; Jackson, R.B. Pre-drilling background groundwater quality in the Deep River Triassic Basin of central North Carolina, USA. Applied Geochemistry. 2015 DOI:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2015.01.018

• Plata, D.L.; Hemingway, J.D.; Gschwend, P.M. Polyparameter linear free energy relationship for wood char-water sorption coefficients of organic sorbates. Environ. Toxicol. & Chemistry. 2015 DOI:10.1002/etc.2951

2014 and earlier

• Jackson, R.B.; ‡Down, A.; Phillips, N.G.; Ackley, R.C.; Cook, C.W.; Plata, D.L.; Zhao, K. Natural gas pipeline leaks across Washington, DC. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2014. 48 (3), 2051-2058. DOI:10.1021/es404474x

• Wiesner, M.R.; Plata, D.L. Incinerator filters nanoparticles. Nature Nanotechnology. 2012 7 (8), 487-488. DOI:10.1038/nnano.2012.133

• Plata, D.L.; Westerhoff, P.; Ferguson, P.L. Express it in numbers: Efforts to quantify carbon nanotubes in environmental matrices advance. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2012 46 (22), 12243-12245. DOI:10.1021/es302789n

• Plata, D.L.; Reddy, C.M.; Gschwend, P.M. Thermogravimetry- mass spectrometry for carbon nanotubes detection in complex mixtures. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2012. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2012 46 (22), 12254-12261. DOI:10.1021/es203198x

• Nessim, G.D.†; Seita, M.†; Plata, D.L.; O’Brien, K.P.; Hart, A.J.; Reddy, C.M.; Gschwend, P.M.; Thompson, C.V. Precursor gas chemistry determines the crystallinity of carbon nanotubes synthesized at low temperature. Carbon 2011, 49 (3), 804-810. †co-first authors. DOI:10.1016/j.carbon.2010.10.018

• Plata, D.L.†; ‡Meshot, E.R.†; Reddy, C.M.; Hart, A.J.; Gschwend, P.M. Multiple alkynes react with ethylene to enhance carbon nanotube synthesis, suggesting a polymerization-like formation mechanism. ACS Nano 2010, 4(12), 7185-7192. †co-first authors. DOI:10.1021/nn101842g

• Plata, D.L.; Hart, A.J.; Reddy, C.M.; Gschwend, P.M. Early evaluation of environmental impacts of carbon nanotube synthesis by catalytic chemical vapor deposition. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2009, 43 (21), 8367-8343. DOI:10.1021/es901626p

• ‡Meshot, E.R.; Plata, D.L.; Tawfick, S.; Zhang, Y.; Verploegen, E.; Hart, A.J. Engineering vertically aligned carbon nanotube growth by decoupled thermal treatment of precursor and catalyst. ACS Nano 2009, 3 (9), 2477-2486. DOI:10.1021/nn900446a

• Flores-Cervantes, D.X.; Plata, D.L.; MacFarlane, J.K.; Reddy, C.M.; Gschwend, P.M. Black carbon in the ocean: Inputs and cycling of highly recalcitrant organic carbon in the Gulf of Maine. Marine Chemistry 2009, 111 (3-4), 172-181. DOI:10.1016/j.marchem.2009.01.012

• *Plata, D.L.; Gschwend, P.M.; Reddy, C.M. Industrially synthesized single-walled carbon nanotubes: Compositional data for users, environmental risk assessments, and source apportionment. Nanotechnology 2008, 19, 185706. DOI:10.1088/0957-4484/19/18/185706

* Most accessed Nanotechnology article in 2008 (within top 3 in Materials category).

• **Plata, D.L.; Sharpless, C.M.; Reddy, C.M. Photochemical degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in oil films. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2008, 42(7), 2432-2438. DOI:10.1021/es702384f

** Best paper submitted by a graduate student, awarded by the Environmental Division of the American Chemical Society.

• Arey, J.S.; Nelson, R.K.; Plata, D.L.; Reddy, C.M. Disentangling oil weathering using GCxGC. Part II. Mass transfer calculations. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2007, 41 (16), 5747-5755. DOI:10.1021/es070006p

• Nelson, R.K.; Kile, B.M.; Plata, D.L.; Sylva, S.P.; Xu, L.; Reddy, C.M.; Gaines, R.B.; Frysinger, G.S.; Reichenbach, S.E. Tracking the Weathering of an Oil Spill with Comprehensive Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography. Environmental Forensics 2006, 7, 33–44. DOI:10.1080/15275920500506758

• Plata, D.L.; Briones, Y.J.; Wolfe, R.L.; Carroll, M.K.; Bakrania, S.D.; Mandel, S.G.; Anderson, A.M. Aerogel-platform optical sensors for oxygen gas. J. Noncrystalline Solids 2004, 350, 326-335. DOI:10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2004.06.046

• Brown, G.E.; Gershaneck, D.L; Plata, D.L.; Golub, J.L. Ontogenetic changes in response to heterospecific alarm pheromones by juvenile largemouth bass are phenotypically plastic. Behaviour 2002, 139, 913-927. DOI:10.1163/156853902320387891

• Brown, G.E.; Golub, J.L.; Plata, D.L. Attack cone avoidance during predator inspection visits by wild finescale dace (Phoxinus neogaeus): the effects of predator diet. J. Chem. Ecology 2001, 27, 1657-1666. DOI:10.1023/A:1010466410152