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Droplets, Polymers, Lipids, Hydrogels, Nanoparticles

Soft Matter – Droplets, Polymers, Lipids, Hydrogels, Nanoparticles:

  • A. Suresh, D. Suresh, Z. Li, J. Sansalone, N. Aluru, A. Upendran, R. Kannan, “Self-Assembled Multilayered Concentric Supraparticle Architecture”, Advanced Materials, Vol. 37, No. 29, Art. No. 2502055, July 2025. DOI: 10.1002/adma.202502055 (link)
  • J. M. Sansalone, P. Moitra, A. Doctor, D. Pan, N. R. Aluru, “Phospholipid Bilayer Properties in pH-Responsive Hemoglobin-Based Oxygen Carriers”, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol. 129, No. 10, pp. 2668-2677, March 2025. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.4c07060 (link)
  • M. Porras-Gómez, H. Kim, M. T. Dronadula, N. Kambar, C. J. B. Metellus, N. R. Aluru, A. van der Zande, C. Leal, “Multiscale compression-induced restructuring of stacked lipid bilayers: From buckling delamination to molecular packing”, PLoS ONE, Vol. 17, No. 12, pp. e0275079, 2022. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0275079 (link)
  • M. T. Dronadula, N. R. Aluru, “Phospholipid Monolayer/Graphene Interfaces: Curvature Effect on Lipid Morphology and Dynamics”, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol. 126, No. 33, pp. 6261-6270, 2022. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c00896 (link)
  • J. H. Park, S. Jung, Y. H. Song, N. R. Aluru, T. Kim, S. B. Lee, U. H. Choi, J. Lee, “Water-Assisted Increase of Ionic Conductivity of Lithium Poly(acrylic acid)-Based Aqueous Polymer Electrolyte”, ACS Applied Energy Materials, Vol. 3, No. 10, pp. 10119-10130, 2020. DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.0c01765 
  • G. A. Venkatesan, J. Lee, A. Barati Farimani, M. Heiranian, C. P. Collier, N. R. Aluru and S. A. Sarles, “Adsorption kinetics dictate monolayer self-assembly for both lipid-in and lipid-out approaches to droplet interface bilayer formation”, Langmuir, Vol. 31, No. 47, pp. 12883-12893, 2015. 
  • E. C. Freeman, A. Barati Farimani, N. R. Aluru and M. K. Philen, “Multiscale modeling of droplet interface bilayer membrane networks”, Biomicrofluidics, Vol. 9, No. 6, Art. No. 064101, 2015. 
  • K. Min, M. Silberstein and N. R. Aluru, “Crosslinking PMMA: Molecular dynamics investigation of the shear response”, Journal of Polymer Science Part B – Polymer Physics, Vol. 52, No. 6, pp. 444-449, 2014.
  • M. N. Silberstein, K. Min, L. D. Cremar, C. M. Degen, T. M. Martinez, N. R. Aluru, S. R. White and N. R. Sottos, “Modeling mechanophore activation within a crosslinked glassy matrix”, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 114, No. 2, Art. No. 023504, 2013. 
  • K. Park, N. Kim, D. T. Morisette, N. R. Aluru and R. Bashir, “Resonant MEMS mass sensors for measurement of microdroplet evaporation”, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 702-711, 2012. 
  • K. Park, L. J. Millet, N. Kim, H. Li, X. Jin, G. Popescu, N. R. Aluru, K. J. Hsia, R. S. Bashir, “Measurement of adherent cell mass and growth”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 107, No. 48, pp. 20691-20696, 2010. 
  • Y. Wu, S. Joseph and N. R. Aluru, “Effect of cross-linking on the diffusion of water, ions, and small molecules in hydrogels”, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol. 113, No. 11, pp. 3512-3520, 2009.
  • J. H. Park and N. R. Aluru, “Surface diffusion of n-alkanes: Mechanism and anomalous behavior”, Chemical Physics Letters, Vol. 447, Nos. 4-6, pp. 310-315, 2007. 
  • W. Zhou, Y. Huang, E. Menard, N. R. Aluru, J. A. Rogers and A. G. Alleyne, “Mechanism for stamp collapse in soft lithography”, Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 87, No. 25, Art. No. 251925, 2005.
  • M. J. Bassetti, A. N. Chatterjee, N. R. Aluru and D. J. Beebe, “Development and modeling of electrically triggered hydrogels for microfluidic applications”, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, Vol. 14, No. 5, pp. 1198-1207, 2005.
  • S. K. De and N. R. Aluru, “A chemo-electro-mechanical mathematical model for simulation of pH sensitive hydrogels”, Mechanics of Materials, Vol. 36, No. 5-6, pp. 395-410, 2004. 
  • K. N. Plunkett, A. N. Chatterjee, N. R. Aluru and J. S. Moore, “Surface-modified hydrogels for chemoselective bioconjugation”, Macromolecules, Vol. 36, No. 23, pp. 8846-8852, 2003. 
  • A. N. Chatterjee, Q. Yu, J. S. Moore and N. R. Aluru, “Mathematical modeling and simulation of dissolvable hydrogels”, Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 55-64, 2003.
  • S. K. De, N. R. Aluru, B. Johnson, W. C. Crone, D. J. Beebe and J. S. Moore, “Equilibrium swelling and kinetics of pH-responsive hydrogels: Models, experiments and simulations”, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, Vol. 11, No. 5, pp. 544-555, October 2002.