PUBLICATIONS

Recent Publications (2018-2021)

2021

379. 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, 48(5), 672-688(2021). <Link>

378. S. Roh, M. Tsuei, N. L. Abbott*, Using Liquid Crystals for In Situ Optical Mapping of Interfacial Mobility and Surfactant Concentrations at Flowing Aqueous-Oil Interfaces, Langmuir, 37(19), 5810-5822(2021). <Link>

377. V. Raghunathan, S. A. Park, N. M. Shah, C. M. Reilly, L. Teixeira, R. Dubielzig, Y-R, Chang, M. J. Motta, M. J. Schurr, J. F. McAnulty, R. R. Isseroff, N. L. Abbott*, and C. J. Murphy*, Changing the Wound: Covalent Immobilization of the Epidermal Growth Factor, ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 7(6), 2649-2660(2021). <Link>

376. T. Szilvasi, H. Yu, J. I. Gold, N. Bao, T. J. Wolter, R. J. Twieg, N. L. Abbott*, M. Mavrikakis*, Coupling the Chemical Reactivity of Bimetallic Surfaces to the orientations of Liquid Crystals, Materials Horizons, 8(7), 2050-2056(2021). <Link>

375. N. Bao, J. I. Gold, T. Szilvasi, H. Yu, R. J. Twieg, M. Mavrikakis*, N. L. Abbott*, Designing Chemically Selective Liquid Crystalline Materials that Respond to Oxidizing Gases, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 9(20), 6507-6517(2021). <Link>

374. C. X. Wang, N. A. Biok, K. Nayani, X. G. Wang, H. Yeon, C. K. D. Ma, S. H. Gellman*, N. L. Abbott*, Cationic Side Chain identity Directs the Hydrophobically Driven Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Beta-Peptides in Aqueous Solution, Langmuir, 37(11), 3288-3298(2021). <Link>

373. X. Wang, R. Zhang, A. Mozaffari, J. J. de Pablo*, N. L. Abbott*, Active Motion of Multiphase Oil Droplets: Emergent Dynamics of Squirmers with Evolving Internal Structure, Soft Matter, 17(10), 2985-2993(2021). <Link>

372. H. Yu, K. Wang, T. Szilvasi, K. Nayani, N. Bao, R. J. Twieg*, M. Mavrikakis*, N. L. Abbott*, Design of Chemoresponsive Soft Matter Using Hydrogen-Bonded Liquid Crystals, Materials, 14(5), 1055. <Link>

371. S. Jiang, J. Noh, C. Park, A. D. Smith, N. L. Abbott*, and V. M. Zavala*, Using Machine Learning and Liquid Crystal Droplets to Identify and Quantify Endotoxins from Different Bacterial Species, Analyst, 146(4)2021. <Link>

2020

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). <Link>

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>

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