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Archive from 2002

Archive from 2003


Jan 9:
Jaci:Detection of molecular interactions at membrane surfaces through colloid phase transitions. Nature 427,139. MICHAEL M. BAKSH, MICHAL JAROS & JAY T. GROVES (2004)
Bivash:Anatomy of a Bathtub vortex. Andersen et al. PRL 91 104502 (2003)

Jan 16:
Dave:
Hans:J. Groenewold, W. K. Kegel "Anomalously Large Equilibrium Clusters of Colloids" J. Phys. Chem. B 105, 11702 (2001)

Jan 23:
Cliff:
Peter L.: Tutorial on spinodal decomposition

Jan 30:
Margaret:"Selective Differentiation of Neural Progenitor Cells by High-Epitope Density Nanofibers" G.A. Silva, C. Czeisler, K.L. Niece, E. Beniash, D. Harrington, J.A. Kessler, S.A. Stupp. Science Express 22 January 2004.
Ming:W.D. Ristenpart, I.A. Aksay, D.A. Saville, "Electrically Guided Assembly of Planar Superlattices in Binary Colloidal Suspensions"; PRL 90 128303 (2003).

Feb 6:
Zhengdong:
Shang:

Feb 13:
Jiayu:
Itai:Viscous entrainment from a nozzle: Singular liquid spouts. by: Wendy Zhang

Feb 27:
Andy:"Large Deformations during Coalescence of Fluid Interfaces" PRL, 92, 1/16/2004
Laura:"Direct Measurement of Three-Body Interactions amongst Charged Colloids"

March 5:
Suliana: "Coexistence of liquid and solid phases in flowing soft-glassy materials" PRL, 88, 218301 (2002).
Charles: "A microfluidic rectifier: anisotrpic flow resistance at low reynolds numbers" PRL, 92,094501 (2004).

March 12:
Keunho:"Transformation of a simple plastic into a superhydrophobic surface", Science p1377 vol. 299 (2003).
Elise:"Oxidation -responsive polymeric vesicles",Nature materials Vol 3, 183

April 2:
Elaine:"Oscillatory Rise of Bubbles in Wormlike Micellar Fluids with Different Microstructures", PRL,92,124501 (2004)
Dan:

April 9:
Rebecca:"Observation of Toroidal Vesicles". M. Mutz and D. Bensimon. PRA 43, p.4525 (1991).
Eric:"Engineered Gene Circuits" Jeff Hasty, David McMillen and J.J. Collins Nature v420 p224 (2002).

April 16:
Bivash:"Stimuli-responsive polypeptide vesicles by conformation-specific assembly," Bellomo, Wyrsta, Pakstis, Pochan and Deming, Nature Materials, 3, 244 (2004). Darren:"Nematic Nanotube Gels," MF Islam, AM Alsayed, Z Dogic, J. Zhang, TC Lubensky, AG Yodh, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 088303 (2004)

April 23:
Hans:“Aggregation kinetics of popularity.” Redner, S. (2002) Physica A 306(1-4): 402-411 Rodrigo:Collective dynamics of an End-Grafted Polymer brush in Solvents of Varying Quality" by GE Yakubov, B Loppinet, H Zhang, J Ruhe, R Sigel and G Fytas PRL 92 (11).

April 30:
Peter Lu:"Supramolecular dendritic liquid quasicrystals." Zeng et al. Nature, 428, p. 157 (2004). Peter Schall:"Planar Magnetic colloidal crystals", W. Wen, L. Zhang and P. Sheng, Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 5464 (2000).

May 7:
Jaci:"Jamming, Two-fluid Behavior, and "Self-Filtration" in Concentrated Particulate Suspensions", M.D. Haw, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 185506 (2004). Dave:

May 14:
Ming:"High-Conductivity Elastomeric Electronics"; D. S. Gray, J. Tien, and C. S. Chen, Advanced Materials 16, 393-7 (2004).
Itai:

May 21:
Margaret:
Shang:

May 28:
Laura:"Dynamical Ordering of Driven Stripe Phases in Quenched Disorder," PRL, 90, 2 (2003).
Jiayu:"Rheology of Giant Vesicles: A Micropipette Study" by N. Fa et al, PRL, 92, 108103.

JUne 4:
Andy:"Imaging coexisting fluid domains in biomembrane models coupling curvature and line tension," Nature, vol 425, (2003).
Cliff:"Elongation and Fluctuations of Semiflexible Polymers in a Nematic Solvent," Z. Dogic et.al. PRL 92(12) (2004).

June 11:
Chan:"Double-Network (DN) Hydrogels with Extremely High Mechanical Strength," Adv. Mater. (2003), v15, 1155.
Johan:

June 18:
Elaine:"Biocide squirting from an elastomeric tri-layer film," Sonntag P, Hoerner P, Cheymol A, Argy G, Riess G, Reiter G NATURE MATERIALS 3 (5): 311-315 MAY (2004).
Melissa:"Scaling properties of a low-actuation pressure microfluidic valve," Studer, Hang, Pandolfi, Ortiz, Anderson, and Quake, Journal of Applied Physics 95, 393 (2004).

June 25:
Zhengdong:"Continuous particle separation through deterministic lateral displacement",L.R. Huang, E.C. Cox, R.H. Austin and J.C. Sturm, Science, 304 (2004) P987.
Rebecca: "Effect of Monomer Geometry on the Fractal Structure of Colloidal Rod Aggregates," Ali Mohraz et al. PRL 92,15, 155503-1 April 16,(2004).

July 2:
Elise:"Mechanistic fracture criteria for the failure of human cortical bone," R.K. Nalla, J.H. Kinney and R.O. Ritchie,Nature materials 2, 164 (2003).
Keunho:"Actively Controlled Self-Assembly of Colloidal Crystals in Microfluidic Networks by Electrocapillary Forces,"Jau-Ye Shiu, Chun-Wen Kuo, and Peilin Chen, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 126 (26), 8096 -8097, 2004..

July 9:
Eric: "Evidence for a macroscopic electric field in the sedimentation profiles of charged colloids,:MIRCEA RASA AND ALBERT P. PHILIPSE, Nature 429 p857 (2004).
Dan: "Single-File Diffusion of Colloids in One-Dimensional Channels",Christoph Lutz, Markus Kollmann, and Clemens Bechinger PRL, 8 July (2004).
July 16:
Karen:"Biomimetic ratcheting motion of a soft, slender, sessile gel", L.Mahadevan, S. Daniel, and M.K. Chaudbury, PNAS, 101,1, January 6 (2004).
Charles:"Topologic mixing on a microfluidic chip," by Hao Chen and Jens-Christian Meiners, APL, 84, pp. 2193, March 22, (2004).

July 23:
Peter-Lu:"The Scientific Impact of Nations: WHat different countries get for their research spending." Nature, vol. 430, pp. 311-316 (July 15, 2004).
Darren:" Coherent collective precession of molecular rotors with chiral propellers," YUKA TABE AND HIROSHI YOKOYAMA, Nature Materials 2, 806–809 (2003).

July 30:
Peter Schall:"Dynamics of viscoplastic deformation in amorphous solids",M.L. Falk and J.S. Langer, Phys Rev E, 57, 7192 (1998)
Jaci:"Gravity-Induced Agin in Galsses of Colloidal Hard Spheres," N. B. Simeonova and W. K. Kegel, PRL 93, 035701 (2004).

August 13:
Andy:"Polymorphism of Cross-linked Actin Networks in Giant Vesicles," L. Limozin, E. Sackmann PRL, 89, #16, (2002)
Ming:"Electrophoretic Collision of a DNA Molecule with an Insulating Post," G.C. Randall and P. S. Doyle, PRL 93, 058102 (2004).

August 20:
Cliff: "Deformation and Collapse of Microtubules on the Nanometer Scale:P.J.de Pablo, I.A.T. Schaap, F.C.MacKintosh,C.F.Schmidt PRL 91(9) 2003.
Ryan: "Origin of the slow linear viscoelastic response of aqueous foams" Cohen-Addad S, Hohler R, Khidas PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 93 (2): Art. No. 028302 JUL 9 (2004).

August 27:
Dave:
David: "The mechanical consequences of mineralization in embryonic bone", E. Tanck et al., 2004,Bone, Vol. 35; pp. 186-190

September 3:
Hans:G. "Kinetics of Gas Discharging in a Glass of Champagne: "The Role of Nucleation Sites" Liger-Belair et al. Langmuir, vol 18, p. 1294-1301 (2002)
and "Through a beer glass darkly" N.E. Shafer and R.N. Zare, Physics today,October (1991)
Itai:"Bubble Pinch-off Dynamics," submitted be reviewed for PRL J. C. Burton, R. Waldrep and P. Taborek

September 10:
Elaine:"Detachment fronts and the onset of dynamic friction," Shmuel M. Rubinstein, Gil Cohen and Jay Fineberg Nature Vol 430, pg 1005-1009 (2004).
Keunho:"Role of surfactant type and concentration for the mean drop size during emulsification in turbulent flow" Tcholakova et al. Langmuir 2004, vol 20, 7444-7458

September 17:
Chan:"Direct Visual Observation of Thermal Capillary Waves" by Dirk G. A. L. Aarts, Matthias Schmidt, and Henk N. W. Lekkerkerker, Science, v304, 847 (2004).
Melissa:"Microfluidic analog of the four-roll mill" S.D. Hudson et al., Applied Physics Letters, vol. 85, July 2004, p. 335-7.

October 1:
Rodrigo:"Long-Time Relaxation Dynamics of Langmuir Films of a Glass-Forming Polymer: Evidence of Glasslike Dynamics in Two Dimensions" Hani M. Hilles, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 255503 (2004).
Katie: "Chemical cytometry on a picoliter-scale integrated microfluidic chip," Wu, H., A. Wheeler, and R.N. Zare, Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences, 2004. 101(35): p. 12809-12813.

October 8:
Yi-Chia:"Dynamic instability of microtubules is regulated by force", J. Cell Biol. vol. 161,1029-1034, (2003).
Emma:"Self-Assembly of Water-Soluble Dendrimers into Thermoreversible Hydrogels and Macroscopic Fibers"El Ghzaoui et al, Langmuir,20,9348-9353, (2004).

October 15:
Johan: "On the energy landscape at the glass transition," U. Buchenau,website: arXiv:cond-mat/0407241 v1 9July 2004.
Gijsje: "Deformability-based flow cytometry," B. Lincoln, H.M. Erickson, S. Schinkinger, F. Wootawah, D. Mitchell, S.Ulvick, C. Bilby, J. Guck, Cytometry part A, volume 59A, p. 203-209 (2004).

October 22:
Dan: "Measuring the distribution of interdroplet forces in a compressed emulsion system: J. Brujic et al. Physica A 327 , 201-212, (2003).
Karen:"Local Nanomechanical Motion of the Cell Wall of Saccharomyces cerevisiae". Pelling et al. Science, 305, 20 August 2004.

October 29:
Charles: "Metal–insulator–semiconductor optoelectronic fibres" Nature, vol 431 p.826, (2004).
Peter Schall: Richard Becker: ' Ueber die Plastizitaet amorpher und kristalliner fester Koerper ', Physikalische Zeitschrift XXVI, 919 (1925).

November 5:
Jiayu:"Length scale dependence of actin rheology".

November 12:
Peter-Lu: C. P. Royall, M. E. Leunissen and A. van Blaaderen, "A new colloidal model system to study long-range interactions quantitatively in real space." Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, vol 15, pages S3581-3596 (2003).
Jaci: Hough et al, "Viscosity of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube Suspensions", PRL 93, 168102 (2004).

November 19:
Andy:"Tank Treading and Unbinding of Deformable Vesicles in Shear Flow: Determination of the Lift Force,"Manouk Abkarian, Colette Lartigue, and Annie Viallat,PRL 2002, vol88.
Cliff:"Novel Type of Phase Transition in a System of Self-Driven Particles," T. Vicsek et al. PRL 75:6 1995.

December 10:
Christin:"Actin-Organelle Interaction: Association With Chloroplast in ArabidopsisLeaf Mesophyll Cells Muthugapatti K. Kandasamy and Richard B. Meagher* Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton 44:110-118 (1999).
Ryan: "Outstanding Magnetic Properties of Nematic Suspensions of Goethite Nanorods", B. J. Lemaire, et al. Phys. Rev. Lett., 88, 125507 (2002).