Michael T. Tylinski
Assistant Professor
chemistry
Widener University
United States of America
Biography
PhD, Chemistry (2017) University of Wisconsin—Madison (WI) BA, Chemistry (2011) Grinnell College (IA)
Research Interest
My PhD and BA work was in materials and physical chemistry. I studied vapor deposited glasses and lithium ion battery electrolytes. My work with vapor deposited glasses demonstrated that the mobility of molecules at the glass-vacuum surface is dependent on the identity of those molecules. Some are able to move rapidly at the surface, but others do not. My work on lithium ion battery electrolytes investigated potential solvents that are less flammable compared to current commercial battery solvents. In future work, I hope to study new battery technologies for large scale electrical grid storage applications and investigate the motion of super-cooled liquids.
Publications
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M. Tylinski, Y.Z. Chua, M.S. Beasley, C. Schick, M.D. Ediger (2016) "Vapor-deposited alcohols reveal a wide range of kinetic stability" Journal of Chemical Physics
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M. Tylinski, A. Sepúlveda, D.M. Walters, Y.Z. Chua, C. Schick, M.D. Ediger (2015) "Vapor-deposited glasses of methyl-m-toluate: How uniform is stable glass transformation?" Journal of Chemical Physics
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M. Tylinski, M. S. Beasley, Y.Z. Chua, C. Schick, M.D. Ediger (2017) "Limited surface mobility inhibits stable glass formation for 2-ethyl-1-hexanol" Journal of Chemical Physics
