Katrina M. Knauer

799 total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 537 citations indexed

About

Katrina M. Knauer is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Pollution and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Katrina M. Knauer has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 537 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 9 papers in Pollution and 7 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Katrina M. Knauer's work include Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (10 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (9 papers) and biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (7 papers). Katrina M. Knauer is often cited by papers focused on Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (10 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (9 papers) and biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (7 papers). Katrina M. Knauer collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Chile. Katrina M. Knauer's co-authors include Sarah E. Morgan, Gregg T. Beckham, Taylor Uekert, Jason S. DesVeaux, Avantika Singh, Shaik Afzal, Julien Walzberg, Alberta Carpenter, Geetanjali Yadav and Arpit Bhatt and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces and Chemosphere.

In The Last Decade

Katrina M. Knauer

23 papers receiving 524 citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Technical, Economic, and Environmental Comparison of Closed-Loop Recycling Technologies for Common Plastics

2023 244 citations Taylor Uekert, Avantika Singh et al. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering profile →

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Laurent Cauret France

Kevin Michael Nelson United States

Manhao Zeng United States

Rongcheng Du China

Ulises R. Gracida-Alvarez United States

Ryan Yappert United States

Nikesh Samarth India

Esun Selvam United States

Bong Gyoo Cho South Korea

Julie E. Rorrer United States

Laurent Cauret France

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Katrina M. Knauer

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Liang, Yuanzhe, Amy A. Cuthbertson, Samah Y. Mohamed, et al.. (2025). Extraction, purification, and reuse of dyes from coloured polyester textiles. Nature Sustainability. 9(1). 96–107.

Clarke, Ryan W., et al.. (2025). Re-directing mixed-feed deconstruction products to hybrid polyesters: Tolerance windows for commodity plastics reconstruction. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 222. 108439–108439. 1 indexed citations

Lahive, Ciaran W., William E. Michener, Kelsey J. Ramirez, et al.. (2025). Acetolysis for epoxy-amine carbon fibre-reinforced polymer recycling. Nature. 642(8068). 605–612. 11 indexed citations

Curley, Julia B., Yuanzhe Liang, Jason S. DesVeaux, et al.. (2025). Closed-loop recycling of mixed polyesters via catalytic methanolysis and monomer separations. 2(9). 568–580. 2 indexed citations

DesVeaux, Jason S. & Katrina M. Knauer. (2025). Harnessing plastic depolymerization products to upcycle mixed waste into high-value chemicals. Chem. 11(3). 102485–102485. 2 indexed citations

DesVeaux, Jason S., Taylor Uekert, Julia B. Curley, et al.. (2024). Mixed polyester recycling can enable a circular plastic economy with environmental benefits. One Earth. 7(12). 2204–2222. 9 indexed citations

Clarke, Ryan W., Gloria Rosetto, Taylor Uekert, et al.. (2024). Polyhydroxyalkanoates in emerging recycling technologies for a circular materials economy. Materials Advances. 5(17). 6690–6701. 16 indexed citations

Knauer, Katrina M., et al.. (2024). Plastic additives in the ocean: Use of a comprehensive dataset for meta-analysis and method development. Chemosphere. 358. 142172–142172. 6 indexed citations

Quinn, Ethan C., Katrina M. Knauer, Gregg T. Beckham, & Eugene Y.‐X. Chen. (2023). Mono-material product design with bio-based, circular, and biodegradable polymers. One Earth. 6(6). 582–586. 26 indexed citations

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Knauer, Katrina M., et al.. (2023). Circular plastics technologies: depolymerization of polymers into parent monomers. Physical Sciences Reviews. 9(7). 2499–2524. 4 indexed citations

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Knauer, Katrina M., et al.. (2023). Circular plastics technologies: pyrolysis of plastics to fuels and chemicals. Physical Sciences Reviews. 9(5). 1931–1953. 3 indexed citations

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Liang, Yuanzhe & Katrina M. Knauer. (2023). Trends and future outlooks in circularity of desalination membrane materials. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 2. 6 indexed citations

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Uekert, Taylor, Avantika Singh, Jason S. DesVeaux, et al.. (2023). Technical, Economic, and Environmental Comparison of Closed-Loop Recycling Technologies for Common Plastics. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 11(3). 965–978. 244 indexed citations breakdown →

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Knauer, Katrina M., Joshua C. Speros, Daniel A. Savin, et al.. (2021). Entrepreneurship in Polymer Chemistry. ACS Macro Letters. 10(7). 864–872. 3 indexed citations

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Knauer, Katrina M., et al.. (2017). Hybrid POSS-Hyperbranched polymer additives for simultaneous reinforcement and toughness improvements in epoxy networks. Polymer. 117. 54–63. 75 indexed citations

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Knauer, Katrina M., et al.. (2016). Surface and interfacial segregation of polyethersulfone deuterated chain ends determined by neutron reflectivity. Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Physics. 55(3). 293–301. 1 indexed citations

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Knauer, Katrina M., et al.. (2016). Rheological and crystallization enhancement in polyphenylenesulfide and polyetheretherketone POSS nanocomposites. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 134(7). 15 indexed citations

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Knauer, Katrina M., et al.. (2016). Phase separation and permeability in polyisobutylene-based miktoarm star polymers. Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Physics. 54(9). 916–925. 3 indexed citations

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Knauer, Katrina M., et al.. (2016). Enhanced Surface Properties of Branched Poly(ether sulfone) from Semifluorinated Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsequioxanes. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 8(19). 12434–12444. 14 indexed citations

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Knauer, Katrina M., et al.. (2014). Surface composition control via chain end segregation in polyethersulfone solution cast films. Polymer. 57. 88–98. 5 indexed citations

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