Alan M. Lyons, Ph.D.

Professor of Chemistry, College of Staten Island
Affiliate Faculty, Nanoscience Initiative

Affiliation

College of Staten Island (Profile)

Research Interests

Using natural surfaces as inspiration, the Lyons group fabricates nanoscale materials with unique wetting, catalytic, thermal and/or optical properties. We are especially interested in developing a fundamental understanding of reactions and properties at the solid-liquid-gas interface. We work closely with industry with the goal of transitioning our inventions into industrially relevant innovations; active collaborations include self-cleaning heat reflective cool-roofing materials, biological concentrators and anti-reflective self-cleaning coatings to increase the energy efficiency of photovoltaic panels.

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Job History

2008 – Current: Professor, College of Staten Island, CUNY, NY
2008 – Current: Professor, The Graduate Center, CUNY
1980 – 2008: Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, Manager & Group Leader, Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill NJ
1981 – 1987: Ph.D. and M.S., NYU-Poly

Publications

Title
Superhydrophobic Photosensitizers: Airborne 1O2 Killing of a In-vitro Oral Biofilm at the Plastron Interface Pushalkar, S.; Ghosh, G.; Xu, Q.F.; Liu, Y.; Ghogare, A.; Atem, C.; Greer, A.; Saxena, D.; Lyons, A.M. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2018, 10 (30), pp 25819–25829 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b09439.
Hydrophobic-Hydrophilic Surfaces Exhibiting Dropwise Condensation for Anti-Soiling Applications Nayshevsky, I.; Xu, Q.F.; Lyons, A.M. IEEE J. Photovoltaics, 2018.
Durable, Optically Transparent, Superhydrophobic Polymer Films Liu, Y.; Xu, Q.F.; Lyons, A.M. Appl. Surf. Sci., 2018, 470, pp 187-195, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2018.11.113.
Y. Zhao, Y. Liu, Q. Xu, M. Barahman,D. Bartusik, A. Greer and A.M. Lyons, Singlet Oxygen Generation on Porous Superhydrophobic Surfaces: Effect of Gas Flow and Sensitizer Wetting on Trapping Efficiency, J. Phys. Chem. A., 2014, 118, 10364.

Phone Number

718.982.3951

Email

alan.lyons@csi.cuny.edu

Web Site

https://sites.google.com/view/lyons-lab-cuny/home