Karin Block Research Group
City College of New York
recent publications
*Block, K. A., Katz, A., Alimova, A., Trusiak, A., Morales, J., Bucher, D., Gottlieb, P. "Montmorillonite-mediated aggregation induces deformation of Influenza virus particles” Applied Clay Science. In Press. doi:10.1016/j.clay.2016.02.010 PDF
Williams, N., *Block, K. A. (2015) "Spatial and vertical distribution of metals in sediment cores from Río Espíritu Santo estuary, Puerto Rico, United States". Marine Pollution Bulletin. In Press doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.08.007 PDF
*Block, K. A., Steiner, J. C., Puffer, J. H., Jones, K., Goldstein, S. L. (2015) “Evolution of Late Stage Differentiates in the Palisades Sill, New York and New Jersey”; Lithos (230) 121-132. doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2015.05.018 PDF
*Block, K. A., †Trusiak, A., Katz, A., Gottlieb, P., Wei, H., Alimova, A., Steiner, J. C. (2015) “Exfoliation and intercalation of montmorillonite by small peptides”. Applied Clay Sciences; 107: 173-181. doi: 10.1016/j.clay.2015.01.021. PDF
Holbrook, J., Moore, J. N., Ellsworth, D., Block, K. A., Allis, R., Einstein, H. (2014) “An Opportunity of Geothermal Proportions in Sedimentary Basins”. Sedimentary Record. 12(1): 4-9 PDF
*Block, K. A., †Trusiak, A., Katz, A., Gottlieb, P., Alimova, A., Wei, H., Morales, J., Rice, W. J., Steiner, J. C. (2014) “Disassembly of Cystovirus phi-6 Envelope by Montmorillonite Clay”. Microbiology Open (Wiley); 3(1): 42-51. PDF
Katz, A. , Xu, M., Steiner, J.C., †Trusiak, A., Alimova, A., Gottlieb, P., *Block, K.A. (2013) “Influence of Cations on Aggregation Rates in Mg-Montmorillonite Clays” Clays and Clay Minerals, 61: 1-10. doi:10.1346.CCMN.2013.610101. PDF
Puffer, J. H., Block K. A., Steiner, J. C., (2009) “Transmission of Flood Basalts through a Shallow Crustal Sill and the Correlation of Sill Layers with Extrusive Flows: The Palisades Intrusive System and the Basalts of the Newark Basin” J. Geology 117: 135-159 doi:10.1086/595663 PDF
Bandosz, T. J. and Block, K. , (2006) “Effect of pyrolysis temperature and time on catalytic performance of sewage sludge/industrial sludge-based composite adsorbents”, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 67 (1-2), p. 77-85, doi: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2006.04.006
Bandosz, T., and Block, K. A., (2006) “Removal of Hydrogen Sulfide on Composite Sewage Sludge-Industrial Sludge-Based Components”, Industrial and Chemical Engineering Research, 45 (10), 3666 -3672 doi:10.1021/ie0514152 S0888-5885(05)01415-6
Bandosz, T., and Block, K., (2006) “Municipal Sludge-Industrial Sludge Composite Desulfurization Adsorbents: Synergy Enhancing the Catalytic Properties”, Environmental Science and Technology, 40 (10), 3378 -3383. doi: 10.1021/es052272d S0013-936x(05)02272-8
Nguyen-Thanh, D., Block, K., Bandosz, T., (2005), “Adsorption of Hydrogen Sulfide on Montmorillonites Modified with Iron”, Chemosphere (59) 343-353, doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2004.10.022