Kayla Foley Data-verified

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Post-Doctoral Researcher

Last publication 2025 Last refreshed 2026-05-16

postdoc

6 h-index 14 pubs 99 cited

Biography and Research Information

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Kayla Foley's research at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville focuses on the development and characterization of novel materials for controlled release applications. Her work investigates hydrogels, microspheres, and nanoparticles, often incorporating natural polymers like alginates and cellulose. She has explored the use of graphene and poly(ionic liquid)s to enhance material properties, such as thermal conductivity and electroactivity.

Foley's publications detail studies on stimuli-responsive hydrogels for applications including expansion microscopy, and cellulose nanocrystal-based hydrogel microspheres for the controlled release of bioactive compounds. Her research also delves into the diffusion of drugs in artificial mucus and the microstructural evaluation of binder-aggregate systems in construction materials. She collaborates with researchers including Keisha B. Walters and Fatema Tarannum at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, contributing to a total of 13 publications.

Metrics

  • h-index: 6
  • Publications: 14
  • Citations: 99

Selected Publications

  • Novel electroactive polymer actuators using all-polyelectrolyte poly(ionic liquid) ionogels (2025)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Novel Electroactive Polymer Actuators Using All-Polyelectrolyte Poly(Ionic Liquid) Ionogels (2025)
  • Cellulose nanocrystal-based hydrogel microspheres prepared via electrohydrodynamic processes for controlled release of bioactive compounds (2025)
    10 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Experimental and modeling approaches to determine drug diffusion coefficients in artificial mucus (2024)
    7 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Stimuli-Responsive Phosphate Hydrogel: A Study on Swelling Behavior, Mechanical Properties, and Application in Expansion Microscopy (2024)
    11 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Microstructural Evaluation of the Effects of Aggregate Type, Aging, and Additives on the Moisture Susceptibility of Binder–Aggregate Systems Using Chemical and Thermodynamic Approaches (2024)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Novel Poly(Ionic Liquid) Ionogels as Electroactive Polymer Actuators (2024)
  • Solution and Film Self-Assembly Behavior of a Block Copolymer Composed of a Poly(ionic Liquid) and a Stimuli-Responsive Weak Polyelectrolyte (2023)
    9 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Influence of metal-coordinating comonomers on the coordination structure and binding in magnetic poly(ionic liquid)s (2023)
    11 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Development of Nano- and Micro-Fluids Using Magnetic Poly(Ionic Liquid)-Surfactant Complexes for Stimuli Response (2022)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Chemically Edge-Carboxylated Graphene Enhances the Thermal Conductivity of Polyetherimide–Graphene Nanocomposites (2022)
    35 citations DOI OpenAlex

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