Alan Lyons

Professor

Alan Lyons joined the faculty of the College of Staten Island and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York in September 2008 as a Professor in the Department of Chemistry.   At CSI his group is focused on the fabrication and properties of superhydrophobic polymeric materials, 3D printing technologies and materials for thermal management applications.  Prior to joining CUNY, Dr. Lyons worked for over 25 years at Bell Laboratories where he was a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff and conducted research in polymer chemistry, material science and the thermal management of electronics.  He was a founding member of Bell Labs Ireland where he built a thermal management research group and was responsible for major innovations in the areas of thermal interface materials and cooling architectures for central office equipment.  Dr. Lyons has authored 58 refereed publications and 41 issued US patents.

Degrees

Ph.D. Polymer Chemistry, NYU-Tandon (formerly Polytechnic University), Brooklyn, NY

Sc.B. Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI 

Scholarship and Publications

RECENT & SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  1. Abywawrdena, M.; Zimmermann, T.; Xu, QF; Löbmann, P.; Mandel, K;  Stauch, C. *; Lyons, A. M.*; Enhanced Self-cleaning Performance on Hydrophobic Glass Surfaces using Hydrophilic Dagger Features coated with Silica Nanoparticles, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2025, 282, 113366, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2024.113366.
  2. Tonon, C. C.; Nara de Sousa Rastelli, A.; Bodahandi, C; Ashraf, S.; Hasan. T.; Xu, QF; Greer, A.; Lyons, A.M. Effect of Treatment Frequency on the Efficacy of Superhydrophobic Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy of Periodontitis in a Wistar Rat Model, Photochem. Photobiol. 2024, doi: 10.1111/php.14021.  
  3. Fernanda V. Cabral, F.V.; Xu, QF; Greer, A.;, Lyons, A.M.; Hasan, T. Superhydrophobic Dressing for Singlet Oxygen Delivery in Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy against Multidrug-resistant Bacterial Biofilms, ACS Appl. Bio Mater., 2024,7, 6175-6185, doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.4c00733.
  4. Ihalagedara, H.B.;   Xu, Q.; Greer, A.;  Lyons, A.M.  Singlet oxygen generation on a superhydrophobic surface: Effect of photosensitizer coating and incident wavelength on 1O2 yields. Photochem. Photobiol.  2024; 00: 1-13. doi:10.1111/php.13969
  5. Zimmermann, T.; Stauch, C.; Bittel, L.; Jüngling, N.; Muhamettursun, M.; d Halik, M.; Niessner, J.; Wintzheimer, S.; Lyons, A. M.; Löbmann, P.*; Mandel, K*. Sol-gel coatings for solar cover glass: Influence of surface structure on dust accumulation and removal. Solar Energy, 2024, 267, 112246.  
  6. Tonon, C. C.; Nara de Sousa Rastelli, A.; Bodahandi, C; Ghosh, G.; Hasan. T.; Xu, QF; Greer, A.; Lyons, A. M. Superhydrophobic Tipped Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy Device for the in-vivo Treatment of Periodontitis using a Wistar Rat Model. ACS Applied Materials Interfaces, 2023, 15, 43, 50083-50094.
  7. Tonon, C. C.; Ashraf, S.; Nara de Sousa Rastelli, A.; Ghosh, G.; Hasan. T.; Xu, QF; Greer, A.; Lyons, A. M. Evaluation of Photosensitizer-Containing Superhydrophobic Surfaces for the Antibacterial Treatment of Periodontal Biofilms. J. Photochemistry & Photobiology , 2022, 233,p. 112458. PubMed PMID: 35691161.
  8. Newkirk, J.M.; Nayshevsky, I.; Sinha, A.; Law, A.M.; Xu, QF; To, B; Ndione, PF; Schelhas, L.T.; Walls, J.M.; Lyons, A.M.; Miller D.C., Artificial linear brush abrasion of coatings for photovoltaic module first-surfaces, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2021, 219, p. 110757.
  9. Aebisher, D.; Bartusik-Aebisher, D.; Belh, S.J.; Ghosh, G.; Durantini, A. M.; Liu, Y.; Xu, QF; Lyons, A.M.;* Greer, A.*, Superhydrophobic Surfaces as a Source of Airborne Singlet Oxygen through Free Space for Photodynamic Therapy, ACS Applied Bio Materials, 2020, 3, p.2370-2377. DOI:10.1021/acsabm.0c00114
  10. Nayshevsky, I.; Xu, Q.F.; Newkirk, J.M.; Furhang, D.; Miller, D.C.; Lyons, A.M., Self-cleaning hybrid hydrophobic-hydrophilic surfaces: durability and effect of artificial soilant particle type, IEEE J. Photovoltaics, 2020, 10, p.577-584. https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2019.2955559 .
  11. Nayshevsky, I.; Xu, Q.F.; G. Barahman, Lyons, A.M., Fluoropolymer coatings for solar cover glass: Anti-soiling mechanisms in the presence of dew, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2020, 206, 110281, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2019.110281 .
  12. Nayshevsky, I.; Xu, Q.F.; Lyons, A.M., Hydrophobic-Hydrophilic Surfaces Exhibiting Dropwise Condensation for Anti-Soiling Applications, IEEE J. Photovoltaics, 2019, 9, 302-307, DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2018.2882636.
  13. Liu, Y.; Xu, Q.F.; Lyons, A.M., Durable, Optically Transparent, Superhydrophobic Polymer Films, Appl. Surf. Sci., 2019, 470, pp 187-195, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2018.11.113
  14. Mondal, B.; MacGiollaEain, M.; Xu, Q.F.; Egan, V.M.; Punch, J.; Lyons, A.M., Design and fabrication of a hybrid superhydrophobic-hydrophilic surface that exhibits stable dropwise condensation, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2015, 7 (42), pp 23,575–23,588.
  15. Xu, QF; Liu, Y.; Lin, FJ.; Mondal, B.; Lyons, A.M. A Superhydrophobic TiO2-Polymer Nanocomposite Surface with UV-Induced Reversible Wettability and Self-Cleaning Properties, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2013, 5(18), 8915-8924. 
  16. Xu, QF; Mondal, B.; Lyons, A.M. Fabricating Superhydrophobic Polymer Surfaces with Excellent Abrasion Resistance by a Simple Lamination Templating Method, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2011, 3, 3508–3514 DOI: 10.1021/am200741f.
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