370. K. Nayani, U. M. Cordova-Figueroa, N. L. Abbott*, Steering Active Emulsions with Liquid Crystals , Langmuir, 36(25), 6948-6956 (2020). <Link>
369. K. Nayani, Y. Yang, H. Yu, P. Jani, M. Mavrikakis, N. L. Abbott, Areas of Opportunity Related to Design of Chemical and Biological Sensors Based on Liquid Crystals., Liquid Crystals Today, 29 (2), (2020).
368. K. Nayani, A. A. Evans, S. E. Spagnolie, N. L. Abbott*, Dynamic and Reversible Shape Response of Red Blood Cells in Synthetic Liquid Crystals., PNAS, 117 (42), (2020). <Link>
367. K. Wang, M. S. Rahman, T. Szilvasi, J. L. Gold, N. Bao, H. Yu, N. L. Abbott, M. Mavrikakis, R. J. Twieg*, Influence of Multifluorophenyloxy Terminus on the Mesomorphism of the Alkoxy and Alkyl Cyanobiphenyl Compounds in Search of New Ambient Nematic Liquid Crystals and Mixtures., Liquid Crystals, (2020). <Link>
366. J. Noh, W. Cao, H. Sun, Y. Yang, N. C. Gianneschi*, N. L. Abbott*, Self-Assembly of Macromolecules Within Single Topological Defects of Nematic Solvents., Chem. Mater., 32 (15), (2020). <Link>
365. H. A. Fuster, X. Wang, X. Wang, E. Bukusoglu, S. E. Spagnolie, N. L. Abbott*, Programming van der Waals Interactions with Complex Symmetries into Microparticles using Liquid Crystallinity., Sci. Adv., 6, (2020). <Link>
364. C. G. Gahan, S. J. Patel, M. E. Boursier, K. E. Nyffeler, J. Jennings, N. L. Abbott, H. E. Blackwell*, R. C. V. Lehn*, D. M. Lynn*, Bacterial Quorum Sensing Signals Self-Assemble in Aqueous Media to Form Micelles and Vesicles: An Integrated Experimental and Molecular Dynamics Study., J. Phys. Chem. B, 124 (18), (2020). <Link> 363. A. Smith, N. L. Abbott, V. M. Zavala*, "Convolutional Network Analysis of Optical Micrographs", ChemRxiv., (2020). <Link>
362. M. Tsuei†, M. Shivrayan†, Y. -K. Kim, S. Thayumanavan*, and N. L. Abbott*, "Optical "Blinking" Triggered by Collisions of Single Supramolecular Assemblies of Amphiphilic Molecules with Interfaces of Liquid Crystals", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142(13), (2020). †: Equal contribution. <Link>
361. C. W. Shields IV, Y. -K. Kim, K. Han, A. C. Murphy, A. J. Scott, N. L. Abbott*, O. D. Velev*, "Control of the Folding Dynamics of Self-Reconfiguring Magnetic Microbots using Liquid Crystallinity", Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2(2), (2020). <Link>
360. H. Yeon, C. Wang, S. H. Gellman*, and N. L. Abbott*, "Influence of Immobilized Cations on the Thermodynamic Signature of Hydrophobic Interactions at Chemically Heterogeneous Surfaces", Molecular Systems Design & Engineering, (2020). <Link>
2019
359. K. L. Wang, P. Rai, A. Fernando, T, Szilvasi, HZ Yu, N. L. Abbott* & M. Mavrikakis* & R. J. Twieg*, "Synthesis and Properties of Fluorine Tail-Terminated Cyanobiphenyls and Terphenyls for Chemoresponsive Liquid Crystals", Liquid Crystals, (2019). <Link> 358. M. A. B. Pantoja, Y. Yang, and N. L. Abbott*, "Toluene-induced Phase Transitions in Blue Phase Liquid Crystals", Liquid Crystals (2019). <Link>
357. Y. -K. Kim, J. Noh, K. Nayani, N. L. Abbott*, "Soft Matter from Liquid Crystals", Soft Matter, 15, 6913-6929 (2019). <Link>
356. K. L. Wang, T. Szilvasi, J. Gold, HZ Yu, N. Bao, P. Rai, M. Mavrikakis*, N. L. Abbott*, and R. J. Rwieg*, "New Room Temperature Nematogens by Cyano Tail Termination of Alkoxy and Alkylcyanobiphenyls and their Anchoring Behavior on Metal Salt-decorated Surface", Liquid Crystals, (2019). <Link>
355. V. Palacio-Betancur, J. C. Armas-Perez, S. Villada-Gil, N. L. Abbott*, J. P. Hernandez-Ortiz*, J. J. de Pablo*, "Cuboidal Liquid Crystal Phases Under Multiaxial Geometric Frustration", Soft Matter, 16(4), 870 (2019). <Link>
354. C. Wang, T. Nelson, D. Chen, J. C. Ellis, N. L. Abbott*, "Understanding Lipopolysaccharide Aggregation and its Influence on Activation of Factor C", Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 552(15), 540-553 (2019). <Link>
353. K. Nayani, U. M. Cordova-Figueroa*, N. L. Abbott*, "Steering Active Emulsions with Liquid Crystals", Langmuir, (2019). <Link>
352. X. Wang†, Y. Zhou†, V. Palacio-Betancur, L. Delalande, M. Tsuei, Y. Yang, J. J. de Pablo*, and N. L. Abbott*, "Reconfigurable Multicompartment Emulsion Drops Formed by Nematic Liquid Crystals and Immiscible Perfluorocarbon Oils", Langmuir, 35(49), 16312-16323 (2019). <Link>
351. C. S. Park†, K. Iwabata†, U. Sridhar†, M. Tsuei†, K. Singh, Y. -K. Kim, S. Thayumanavan*, and N. L. Abbott*, "A New Strategy for Reporting Specific Protein Binding Events at Aqueous-Liquid Crystal Interfaces in the Presence of Non-Specific Proteins", ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 12(7), 7869-7878 (2019). <Link>
350. R. Abbasi, R. Jain, K. Nelson, D. Busche, D. M. Lynn*, N. L. Abbott*, "Polymeric Films Containing Sodium Chlorite That Release Disinfectant Gas upon Activation with UV Light", Advanced Functional Materials, 29(7), (2019). <Link>
349. N. A. Biok, A. D. Passow, C. Wang, C. A. Bingman, N. L. Abbott*, and S. H. Gellman*, "Retention of Coiled-Coil Dimer Formation in the Absence of Ion Pairing at Positions Flanking the Hydrophobic Core", Biochemistry, 58 (48), 4821-4826 (2019). <Link> 348. HZ Yu†, T, Szilvási†, K. L Wang, J. L. Gold, N. Bao, R. J. Twieg, M. Mavrikakis*, N. L. Abbott*, "Amplification of Elementary Surface Reaction Steps on Transition Metal Surfaces Using Liquid Crystals: Dissociative Adsorption and Dehydrogenation", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 141 (40), 16003-16013 (2019). <Link>
347. K. L Wang, M. Jirka, P. Rai, R.J. Twieg, T, Szilvasi, HZ Yu, N. L. Abbott* & M. Mavrikakis*, "Synthesis and Properties of Hydroxy Tail-Terminated Cyanobiphenyl Liquid Crystals", Liquid Crystals, 46 (3), 397-407 (2019). <Link>
346. K. L Wang, P. Rai, A. Fernando, T, Szilvasi, HZ Yu, N. L. Abbott* & M. Mavrikakis* & R. J. Twieg*, "Synthesis and Properties of Fluorine Tail-Terminated Cyanobiphenyls and Terphenyls for Chemoresponsive Liquid Crystals", Liquid Crystals, (2019). <Link>
345. B. C. Dallin, H Yeon, A. R. Ostwalt, N. L. Abbott & C. Van Lehn*, "Molecular Order Affects Interfacial Water Structure and Temperature-Dependent Hydrophobic Interactions between Nonpolar Self-Assembled Monolayers", Langmuir, 35, 2078 (2019). <Link>
344. X. Wang†, Y. Zhou†, Y. -K. Kim, M. Tsuei, Y. Yang, J. J. de Pablo* & N. L. Abbott*, "Thermally Reconfigurable Janus Droplets with Nematic Liquid Crystalline and Isotropic Pefluorocarbon Oil Compartments", Soft Matter, 15, 2580 (2019). †: Equal contribution.<Link> 343. R. Abbasi, R. Jain, K. Nelson, D. Busche, D. M. Lynn & N.L. Abbott*, "Polymeric Films Containing Sodium Chlorite That Release Disinfectant Gas Upon Activation with UV Light", Advanced Functional Materials, 29, 1804851 (2019). <Link>
2018
342. Y. Cao, H. Yu, N.L. Abbott & V. M. Zavala*, "Machine Learning Algorithms for Liquid Crystal-Based Sensors", ACS Sensors, 3, 2237-2245 (2018) <Link> 341. R.R. Trivedi, J.A. Crooks, G.K. Auer, J. Pendry, I.P. Foik, A. Siryaporn, N.L. Abbott, Z. Gitai & D.B. Weibel*, "Mechanical Genomic Studies Reveal the Role of D-Alanine Metabolism in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Cell Stiffness", mBio, 9, e01340-18 (2018). <Link>
340. K.C.K. Cheng†, M.A. Bedolla-Pantoja†, Y.-K. Kim†, J.V. Gregory, F. Xie, A. de France, C. Hussal, K. Sun, N.L. Abbott* & J. Lahann*, "Templated Nanofiber Synthesis via Chemical Vapor Polymerization into Liquid Crystalline Films", Science, 362, 804-808 (2018). †: Equal contribution.<Link>
339. H. Ramezani-Dakhel, M. Rahimi, J. Pendery, Y.-K. Kim, S. Thayumanavan, B. Roux,* N.L. Abbott* & J.J. de Pablo*, "Amphiphile Induced Phase Transition of Liquid Crystals at Aqueous Interfaces", ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, In Press (2018). <Link> 338. K. Wang, M. Jirka, P. Rai, R.J. Twieg*, T. Szilvasi, H. Yu, N.L. Abbott & M. Mavrikakis, "Synthesis and properties of hydroxy tail-terminated cyanobiphenyl liquid crystals",Liquid Crystals , In Press (2018).<Link>
337. R. Abbasi, C. Wang, Y. Bai & N.L. Abbott*, "Phosphorylation status of peptide monolayers modulates hydrogen bonding and orientations of nematic liquid crystals", Liquid Crystals, 45, 2253-2268 (2018).<Link>
336. Y.-K. Kim, K.R. Raghupathi, J. Pendery, P. Khomein, U. Sridhar, J.J. De Pablo*, S. Thayumanavan* & N.L. Abbott*, "Oligomers as Triggers for Responsive Liquid Crystals", Langmuir,34, 10092-10101 (2018). <Link>
335. Y.-K. Kim†, Y. Huang†, M. Tsuei, X. Wang, N.C. Gianneschi* & N.L. Abbott*, "Multi-Scale Responses of Liquid Crystals Triggered by Interfacial Assemblies of Cleavable Homopolymers" ChemPhysChem, 19, 2037-2045 (2018). †: Equal contribution. <Link>
334. T. Szilvasi†, N. Bao†, K. Nayani, H.Z. Yu, P.B. Rai, R.J. Twieg* & N.L. Abbott*, "Redox-Triggered Orientational Responses of Liquid Crystals to Chlorine Gas", Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 57, 9665-9669 (2018). †: Equal contribution. <Link>
333. K. Nayani, P. Rai, N. Bao, H.Z. Yu, M. Mavrikakis, R.J. Twieg & N.L. Abbott*, "Liquid Crystals with Interfacial Ordering that Enhances Responsiveness to Chemical Targets", Advanced Materials, 30, 1706707 (2018). <Link>
332. Y.-K. Kim, X. Wang, P. Mondkar, E. Bukusoglu, & N.L. Abbott*, "Self-reporting and self-regulating liquid crystals", Nature, 557, 539-544 (2018). <Link>
330. H.Z.Yu, T. Szilvasi, P. Rai, R.J. Twieg*, M. Mavrikakis* & N.L. Abbott*, "Computational Chemistry-Guided Design of Selective Chemoresponsive Liquid Crystals Using Pyridine and Pyrimidine Functional Groups", Advanced Functional Materials, 28, 1703581 (2018). <Link>
329. L. Adamiak, J. Pendery, J.W. Sun, K. Iwabata, N.C. Gianneschi* & N.L. Abbott*, "Design Principles for Triggerable Polymeric Amphiphiles with Mesogenic Side Chains for Multiscale Responses with Liquid Crystals", Macromolecules, 51, 1978-1985 (2018). <Link>
328. T. Szilvasi†, N. Bao†, H.Z. Yu, R.J. Twieg, M. Mavrikakis* & N.L. Abbott*, "The role of anions in adsorbate-induced anchoring transitions of liquid crystals on surfaces with discrete cation binding sites", Soft Matter, 14, 797-805 (2018). †: Equal contribution. <Link>
327. K. Nayani, Y.-K. Kim, & N.L. Abbott*, "Chiral interactions in liquid crystals", Nature Materials, 17, 14-15 (2018). <Link>
2017
326. C.Wang, C.-K.D. Ma, H. Yeon, X. Wang, S.H. Gellman* & N.L. Abbott*, "Nonadditive Interactions Mediated by Water at Chemically Heterogeneous Surfaces: Nonionic Polar Groups and Hydrophobic Interactions", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 139, 18536-18544 (2017). <Link>
325. E.Bukusoglu, J.A. Martinez-Gonzalez, X. Wang, Y. Zhou, J.J. de Pablo* & N.L. Abbott*, "Strain-induced alignment and phase behavior of blue phase liquid crystals confined to thin films", Soft Matter, 13, 8999-9006 (2017). <Link>
324. R.Mangal, K. Nayani, Y.-K. Kim, E. Bukusoglu, U.M. Cordova-Figueroa & N.L. Abbott*, "Active Janus Particles at Interfaces of Liquid Crystals", Langmuir, 33, 10917-10926 (2017). <Link>
323. T.J.Smith, C. Wang & N.L. Abbott*, "Redox-triggered mixing and demixing of surfactants within assemblies formed in solution and at surfaces", Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 502, 122-133 (2017). <Link>
322. X. Wang, Y. Zhou, Y.-K. Kim, D.S. Miller, R. Zhang, J.A. Martinez-Gonzalez, E. Bukusoglu, B. Zhang, T.M. Brown, J.J. de Pablo & N.L. Abbott*, "Patterned surface anchoring of nematic droplets at miscible liquid-liquid interfaces", Soft Matter, 13, 5714-5723 (2017). <Link>
321. R. Jain†, R. Abbasi†, K. Nelson, D. Busche, D.M. Lynn & N.L. Abbott*, "Generation of Gaseous ClO2 from Thin Films of Solid NaClO2 by Sequential Exposure to Ultraviolet Light and Moisture", Acs Applied Materials & Interfaces, 9, 16594-16603 (2017). †: Equal contribution. <Link>
320. H. Yeon, C. Wang, R.C. Van Lehn & N.L. Abbott*, "Influence of Order within Nonpolar Monolayers on Hydrophobic Interactions", Langmuir, 33, 4628-4637 (2017). <Link>
319. M. Rahimi, H. Ramezani-Dakhel, R. Zhang, A. Ramirez-Hernandez, N.L. Abbott & J.J. de Pablo*, "Segregation of liquid crystal mixtures in topological defects", Nature Communications, 8, 15064 (2017). <Link>
318. T.Szilvasi, L.T. Roling, H. Yu, P. Rai, S. Choi, R.J. Twieg*, M. Mavrikakis* & N.L. Abbott*, "Design of Chemoresponsive Liquid Crystals through Integration of Computational Chemistry and Experimental Studies", Chemistry of Materials, 29, 3563-3571 (2017). <Link>
317. M.Sadati, H. Ramezani-Dakhel, W. Bu, E. Sevgen, Z. Liang, C. Erol, M. Rahimi, N.T. Qazvin, B. Lin, N.L. Abbott, B. Roux*, M.L. Schlossman* & J.J. de Pablo*, "Molecular Structure of Canonical Liquid Crystal Interfaces", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 139, 3841-3850 (2017). <Link>
316. S. Badieyan, Q. Wang, X. Zou, Y. Li, M. Herron, N.L. Abbott, Z. Chen & E.N.G. Marsh*, "Engineered Surface-Immobilized Enzyme that Retains High Levels of Catalytic Activity in Air", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 139, 2872-2875 (2017). <Link>
2016
315. L.T. Roling, J. Scaranto, J.A. Herron, H. Yu, S. Choi, N.L. Abbott & M. Mavrikakis*, "Towards first-principles molecular design of liquid crystal-based chemoresponsive systems", Nature Communications, 7, 13338 (2016). <Link>
314. B.C. Leonard, B. Yanez-Soto, V.K. Raghunathan, N.L. Abbott & C.J. Murphy*, "Species variation and spatial differences in mucin expression from corneal epithelial cells", Experimental Eye Research, 152, 43-48 (2016). <Link>
313. X. Wang, E. Bukusoglu, D.S. Miller, M.A.B. Pantoja, J. Xiang, O.D. Lavrentovich & N.L. Abbott*, "Synthesis of Optically Complex, Porous, and Anisometric Polymeric Microparticles by Templating from Liquid Crystalline Droplets", Advanced Functional Materials, 26, 7343-7351 (2016). <Link>
311. S. Badieyan, Q. Wang, X. Zou, Y. Li, M. Herron, N.L. Abbott, Z. Chen & E.N.G. Marsh*, "Engineering a Surface Immobilized Enzyme to Obtain High Levels of Water-free Activity", Protein Science, 25, 50-50 (2016). <Link>
310. E.Bukusoglu, X. Wang, Y. Zhou, J.A. Martinez-Gonzalez, M. Rahimi, Q. Wang, J.J. de Pablo & N.L. Abbott*, "Positioning colloids at the surfaces of cholesteric liquid crystal droplets", Soft Matter, 12, 8781-8789 (2016). <Link>
309. R. Zhang, Y. Zhou, J.A. Martinez-Gonzalez, J.P. Hernandez-Ortiz, N.L. Abbott & J.J. de Pablo*, "Controlled deformation of vesicles by flexible structured media", Science Advances, 2, e1600978 (2016). <Link>
308. Y. Zhou, E. Bukusoglu, J.A. Martinez-Gonzalez, M. Rahimi, T.F. Roberts, R. Zhang, X. Wang, N.L. Abbott & J.J. de Pablo*, "Structural Transitions in Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Droplets", Acs Nano, 10, 6484-6490 (2016). <Link>
307. M.A.Pantoja & N.L. Abbott*, "Surface-Controlled Orientational Transitions in Elastically Strained Films of Liquid Crystal That Are Triggered by Vapors of Toluene", Acs Applied Materials & Interfaces, 8, 13114-13122 (2016). <Link>
306. P.Mushenheim, J.S. Pendery, D.B. Weibel*, S.E. Spagnolie* & N.L. Abbott*, "Straining soft colloids in aqueous nematic liquid crystals", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113, 5564-5569 (2016). <Link>
305. R. Jain, N.G. Faith, A. Milkowski, K. Nelson, D. Busche, D.M. Lynn, C.J. Czuprynski & N.L. Abbott*, "Using Chemoattractants to Lure Bacteria to Contact-Killing Surfaces", Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 55, 5698-5702 (2016). <Link>
304. X. Wang, Y.-K. Kim, E. Bukusoglu, B. Zhang, D.S. Miller & N.L. Abbott*, "Experimental Insights into the Nanostructure of the Cores of Topological Defects in Liquid Crystals", Physical Review Letters, 116, 147801 (2016). <Link>
303. C.D.Ma, C. Acevedo-Velez, C. Wang, S.H. Gellman & N.L. Abbott*, "Interaction of the Hydrophobic Tip of an Atomic Force Microscope with Oligopeptides Immobilized Using Short and Long Tethers", Langmuir, 32, 2985-2995 (2016). <Link>
302. E. Bukusoglu, M.B. Pantoja, P.C. Mushenheim, X. Wang & N.L. Abbott*, "Design of Responsive and Active (Soft) Materials Using Liquid Crystals", Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 7, 163-196 (2016). <Link>
301. H. Eimura, D.S. Miller, X. Wang, N.L. Abbott* & T. Kato*, "Self-Assembly of Bioconjugated Amphiphilic Mesogens Having Specific Binding Moieties at Aqueous-Liquid Crystal Interfaces", Chemistry of Materials, 28, 1170-1178 (2016). <Link>
300. N.L. Abbott* & O.D. Velev*, "Active particles propelled into researchers' focus", Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 21, 1-3 (2016). <Link>
299. X.Wang, D.S. Miller, E. Bukusoglu, J.J. de Pablo & N.L. Abbott*, "Topological defects in liquid crystals as templates for molecular self-assembly", Nature Materials, 15, 106-112 (2016). <Link>