Adjunct Professor Education Education: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Chemistry/Nanotechnology, University of South Carolina (USC) Education Specialist (EdS), Educational Leadership & Administration, Augusta University (AU) Masters of Science (MS), Chemistry/Electrochemistry, Babes-Bolyai University (BBU), Romania Bachelor of Science (BS), Chemistry & Physics Major, Education Minor, Babes-Bolyai University (BBU), Romania Research Research Interests: Nanoengineered Materials: Synthesis, Design, and Applications Selected Publications Selected Publications: 1. Hunyadi Murph, S.E.; Coopersmith, K.; Sessions, H.; Brown, M., Larsen, G. "Controlled Release of Hydrogen Isotopes from Hydride-Magnetic Nanomaterials", ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2020, 12, 9478-9488. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsami.0c00887 2. Hunyadi Murph, S.E.; Coopersmith, K. "Fabrication of Silver–Rhodium Nanomaterials for Chemical Sensing Applications'", In: Srivatsan T., Gupta M. (Eds) Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in Advanced Composites, Springer, 2020, 95- 104. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-35790-0_8#citeas 3. Larsen, G.; Hunyadi Murph, S.E.; Coopersmith, K.; Mitchell, L. "Water Processing for Isotope Recovery Using Porous Zero Valent Iron", J. Fusion Science & Technnology, 2020, 76, 13-20. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15361055.2019.1598205 4. Dien L.;, Seaman, J.; Hunyadi Murph, S.E.; Kaplan, D.; Taylor-Pashow, et. et.al. "Porous Iron Material for TcO4- and ReO4- Sequestration From Groundwater under Ambient Oxic Conditions", J. Hazardous Materials , 2019, 374, 177-185. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0304389419304583 5. Hunyadi Murph, S.E.; Larsen, G.K.; Coopersmith, K. "Anisotropic and Shape-Selective Nanomaterials: Structure-Property Relationships", 2017, Springer International Publishing, 1st ed. 2017, ISBN-13: 9783319596617. http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/anisotropic-and-shape-selective-nanomaterials-simona-e-hunyadi-murph/1126294847 ean=9783319596617&st=PLA&sid=BNB_DRS_Core+Shopping+Books_00000000&2sid=Google_&sourceId=PLGoP75606 https://www.amazon.com/Anisotropic-Shape-Selective-Nanomaterials-Structure-Property-Relationships/dp/3319596616/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1494068042&sr=8-1&keywords=simona+murph 6. Hunyadi Murph, S.E.; Larsen, G.K.; Korinko, P.; Coopersmith, K.; Summer, A.; Lewis, R. "Nanoparticle Treated Stainless Steel Filters for Metal Vapor Sequestration", JOM, 2017, 69, 162. "Top-Ten Ranked Paper" https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11837-016-2206-5 7. Larsen, G.; Farr, W.; Hunyadi Murph, S.E. "Multifunctional Fe2O3-Au Nanoparticles With Different Shapes: Enhanced Catalysis, Photothermal Effects, and Magnetic Recyclability", J. Phys. Chem. C, 2016, 120, 15162. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b03733 8. Hunyadi Murph, S.E.; Larsen, G.; Lascola, R. "Multifunctional Hybrid Fe2O3-Au Nanoparticles for Efficient Plasmonic Heating", JOVE, 2016, 108, e53598. http://www.jove.com/video/53598/multifunctional-hybrid-fe2o3-au-nanoparticles-for-efficient-plasmonic 9. Kun, Y.; Basnet, P.; Sessions, H.; Larsen, G.; Hunyadi Murph, S.E.; Zhao, Y. "Fe2O3/TiO2 Core-Shell for Visible Light Photocatalysis", Catalysis Today, 2016, 270, 51. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0920586115006847 10. Hunyadi Murph, S.E.; Murphy, C.J.; Leach, A.; Gall, K. “A Possible Oriented Attachment Growth Mechanism for Silver Nanowire Formation”, Crystal Growth and Design, 2015, 15, 1968. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.cgd.5b00123?src=recsys&journalCode=cgdefu https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=J8_Xk9cAAAAJ Awards, Honors and Recognitions Of note: Selected Honors and Awards 2023: SRNL/Battelle Inventor of the Year Award 2023: Brimacombe Medal Award 2023: Exceptional Contribution Award 2022: Spot Award for Sustained Excellence and Service 2021: Scientific Excellence in Nanotechnology & LDRD Program Management 2021: Spot Award for Development of Advanced Photoelectrodes for Novel Solar Batteries 2020: U.S. C3E Award Finalist in the Research Leadership Category 2020: Scientific Excellence in Nanomaterials & External Engagement 2019: LDRD Most Valuable Project (MVP) Award 2018: SRNL's Spot Award for Significant Teaching Contributions and Performance 2017: SRNL Director's Award for Exceptional Scientific and Engineering Achievement Selected Scientific Recognitions 2020-2023: Member of the DOE Office of Science, Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (FESAC) 2017 Editor/Author, Springer (Anisotropic and shape-selective nanomaterials: Structure-property relationships) 2017 Top Ten Ranked Paper, JOM (Nanoparticle treated stainless steel filters for metal vapor sequestration) 2016 Featured Groundbreaking Advancements, Fluor Corporation, SRNL & UGA (Core-shell nanostructures show promise in production of fuel gases) 2016 Science Daily News (Modern-day alchemy: Researchers reveal that magnetic 'rust' performs as gold at the nanoscale) 2016 Office of the President News, UGA (Researchers reveal that magnetic ‘rust’ performs as gold at the nanoscale) Patents and Intellectual Property 2024: Systems and methods for manufacturing nano-scale materials, U.S. Patent 11884539, https://patents.justia.com/patent/11884539 2024: High Enthalpy Thermochemical Energy Storage Materials, U.S. Patent Appl 20240118038, https://patents.justia.com/patent/20240118038 2022: Automatic gas sorption apparatus and method, U.S. Patent 11307129, https://patents.justia.com/patent/11307129 2022: Radiation detectors employing contemporaneous detection and decontamination, U.S. Patent 11289231, https://patents.justia.com/patent/11289231 2021: Separation of Hydrogen Isotopes via Plasmonic Heating, U.S. Patent Appl. 20210362092, https://patents.justia.com/patent/20210362092 2021: Structural Vehicle Components for Hydrogen Storage, U.S. Patent Appl. 20210291267, https://patents.justia.com/patent/20210291267 2020: Methods and materials for determination of distribution coefficients for separation materials, U.S. Patent US10598599B2, https://patents.google.com/patent/US10598599B2/en 2020: Radiation Detectors Employing Contemporaneous Detection and Decontamination, https://patents.google.com/patent/US20200082954A1/en 2020: Controlled Release of Hydrogen from Composite Nanoparticles, U.S. 20180319658A1, https://patents.google.com/patent/US20180319658A1/en 2018: Multifunctional Nanomaterials and Methods of Photothermal Heating and Catalysis using the Same, U.S . Patent 10,016,745 B2, https://patents.justia.com/patent/20170361308 2017: Method of capturing or trapping zinc using zinc getter materials, U.S. Patent 9700829 B1, https://www.google.com/patents/US9700829 2015: Surface enhanced Raman scattering spectroscopic waveguide, U.S. Patent 9007576, https://patents.justia.com/patent/9007576
