Alex Balboa

United States Army Combat Capabilities Development Command — United States

Chemistry · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications(11), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science(6), Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications(6), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques(4), Energetic Materials and Combustion(4)

Publications38 total

Sarin Decomposition on a Pt Cluster Supported on Anatase-TiO <sub>2</sub> in Ambient Conditions
ACS Nano·2026
Degradation of chemical warfare simulants over CeO<sub>2</sub> and Gd-doped CeO<sub>2</sub> aerogels: divergent results of DMMP and DFP
RSC Applied Interfaces·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Manganese single-atom modification of MOF-808 for catalytic nerve agent and simulant degradation
Catalysis Science & Technology·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Visible Light-Induced Reactivity of Plasmonic Gold Nanoparticles Incorporated into TiO2 Matrix towards 2-Chloroethyl Ethyl Sulfide
Crystals·2021· 10 citedOpen Access
Correction to “Laponite-Incorporated UiO-66-NH<sub>2</sub>-Polyethylene Oxide Composite Membranes for Protection against Chemical Warfare Agent Simulants”
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces·2021· 1 cited
A solvent-free solid catalyst for the selective and color-indicating ambient-air removal of sulfur mustard
Communications Chemistry·2021· 12 citedOpen Access
Photoenhanced Degradation of Sarin at Cu/TiO<sub>2</sub> Composite Aerogels: Roles of Bandgap Excitation and Surface Plasmon Excitation
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces·2021· 46 cited
Laponite-Incorporated UiO-66-NH<sub>2</sub>-Polyethylene Oxide Composite Membranes for Protection against Chemical Warfare Agent Simulants
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces·2021· 20 citedOpen Access
Capture and Decomposition of the Nerve Agent Simulant, DMCP, Using the Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework (ZIF-8)
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces·2020· 30 citedOpen Access
Dry Reactive H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>–Polymer Complexes for the Degradation of Mustard Gas
ACS Applied Polymer Materials·2020· 10 cited
Mesoporous Copper Nanoparticle/TiO<sub>2</sub> Aerogels for Room-Temperature Hydrolytic Decomposition of the Chemical Warfare Simulant Dimethyl Methylphosphonate
ACS Applied Nano Materials·2020· 27 cited
Multimodal Characterization of Materials and Decontamination Processes for Chemical Warfare Protection
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces·2019· 29 citedOpen Access
Effect of Carbon Dioxide on the Degradation of Chemical Warfare Agent Simulant in the Presence of Zr Metal Organic Framework MOF-808
Chemistry of Materials·2019· 43 citedOpen Access
Surface Chemistry of Sulfur Dioxide on Zr(OH)<sub>4</sub> Powder: The Role of Water
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C·2019· 15 cited
Correlated Multimodal Approach Reveals Key Details of Nerve-Agent Decomposition by Single-Site Zr-Based Polyoxometalates
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters·2019· 28 citedOpen Access
Disordered Mesoporous Zirconium (Hydr)oxides for Decomposition of Dimethyl Chlorophosphate
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces·2019· 13 cited
Key mechanistic details of paraoxon decomposition by polyoxometalates: Critical role of para-nitro substitution
Chemical Physics·2018· 11 cited
Baselining Structure-Reactivity Relationships for Selected Metal-Organic Framework and Metal Oxide Catalysts for Adsorption and Decomposition
2018
<i>In operando</i> studies of Zr-based MOFs as nerve-agent filtration materials
Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances·2017Open Access
In Situ Probes of Capture and Decomposition of Chemical Warfare Agent Simulants by Zr-Based Metal Organic Frameworks
Journal of the American Chemical Society·2016· 200 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Wesley O. Gordon(20), Christopher J. Karwacki(14), Craig L. Hill(10), John J. Mahle(9), Anatoly I. Frenkel(8), Djamaladdin G. Musaev(8), Gregory W. Peterson(7), George W. Wagner(7), John R. Morris(7), Anna M. Płonka(6), Diego Troya(6), Monica McEntee(6), Tara Sewell(5), Weiwei Guo(5), Sanjaya D. Senanayake(5), Kevin P. Sullivan(4), Margaret M. Hurley(4), Daniel L. Collins-Wildman(4), Yiyao Tian(4), Amani M. Ebrahim(4)