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2023
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Colloidal superionic conductors
Y. Lin, M. Olvera de la Cruz, "Colloidal superionic conductors" PNAS, 120(15), e2300257120 (2023)
Small particles aggregate when driven in a network of large particles
D. Qian, M. Olvera de la Cruz, "Field-driven cluster formation in two-dimensional colloidal binary mixtures" Phys. Rev. E, 107 1-9 (2023)
Assembly of multicomponent microcompartment shells
C. Waltmann, N.W. Kennedy, C. E. Mills, E. W. Roth, S. P. Ikonomova, D. Tullman-Ercek, M. Olvera de la Cruz, "Kinetic growth of multicomponent microcompartment shells" ACS Nano (2023)
Filtering nanoplastics with polyelectrolytes
J. Wang, C. Waltmann, et al., "Tailoring interactions of random copolymer polyelectrolyte complexes to remove nanoplastic contaminants from water" Langmuir, 39(12), 7514-7523 (2023)
Microcompartment patterning and morphology
C. Waltmann, A. Shrestha, M. Olvera de la Cruz, "Patterning of multicomponent elastic shells by Gaussian curvature" arXiv:2307.12834 (2023)
2022
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Interfacial implications of odd viscosity
E. Kirkinis, J. Mason, M. Olvera de la Cruz "Odd viscosity-inducd passivation of Moffatt vortices" Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 950:A19, (2022)
Superionics in colloidal crystals
Y. Lin, M. Olvera de la Cruz "Superionic Colloidal Crystals: Ionic to Metallic Bonding Transitions" JPCB, 126(35), 6740-6749 (2022); DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c04041
Microporous water to concentrate insoluable gases
D. P. Erdosy, M. B. Wenny, J. Cho, C. DelRe,M. V. Walter, F. Jiménez-Ángeles, B. Qiao, R. Sanchez, Y. Peng, B. D. Polizzotti, M. Olvera de la Cruz, J. A. Mason, "Microporous Water with High Gas Solubilities", Nature, 608, 712-718 (2022); DOI:10.1038/s41586-022-05029-w
Vertex protein dictates nanoreactor shape, performance
C. E. Mills, C. Waltmann, A. G. Archer, N. W. Kennedy, C. H. Abrahamson, A. D. Jackson, E. W. Roth, S. Shirman, M. C. Jewett, N. M. Mangan, M. Olvera de la Cruz, D. Tullman-Ercek, "Vertex protein PduN tunes encapsulated pathway performance by dictating bacterial metabolosome morphology", Nature Communications 13, 3746 (2022); DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31279-3
Electrostatic mechanism for shape selection in chiral molecular assemblies
J. McCourt, S. Kewalramani, C. Gao, E. W. Roth, S. Weigand, M. Olvera de la Cruz, and M. J. Bedzyk, ”Electrostatic Control of Shape Selection and Nanoscale Structure in Chiral Molecular Assemblies“, ACS Central Science 8(8), 1169-1181(2022); DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.2c00447
Random copolymers accelerate enzymatic plastic recycling
C. Waltmann, C. E. Mills, J. Wang, B. Qiao, J. M. Torkelson, D. Tullman-Ercek, and M. Olvera de la Cruz, "Functional Enzyme-Polymer Complexes", PNAS 119 (13), e2119509119 (2022); DOI:10.1073/pnas.2119509119
Elastic sheet swimming using dynamic magnetic fields
C. A. Brisbois and M. Olvera de la Cruz, "Locomotion of magnetoelastic membranes in viscous fluids", Phys. Rev. Research 4, 023166 (2022); DOI:10.1103/PhysRevResearch.4.023166
Specific ion effects in lanthanide-amphiphile structures at the air-water interface and their implications for selective separation
S. Yoo, B. Qiao, T. Douglas, W. Bu, M. Olvera de la Cruz, Pulak Dutta, “Specific Ion Effects in Lanthanide Amphiphile Structures at the Air Water Interface and Their Implications for Selective Separation“, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 14, 7504-7512 (2022); DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c24008
Polar state reversal in active fluids
B. Zhang, H. Yuan, A. Sokolov, M. Olvera de la Cruz, A. Snezhko, "Polar state reversal in active fluids", Nature Physics 18, 154-159 (2022); DOI: 10.1038/s41567-021-01442-6
2021
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Metallization of colloidal crystals
A. Ehlen, H. Lopez-Rios, M. Olvera de la Cruz, Metallization of Colloidal Crystals. Phys. Rev. Mater. 2021, 5 (11), 115601
Origin of proteolytic stability of peptide-brush polymers as globular proteomimetics
H. Sun, B. Qiao, W. Choi, N. Hampu, N. McCallum, M. Thompson, J. Oktawiec, S. Weigand, O. Ebrahim, M. Olvera de la Cruz, and N. Gianneschi; DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.1c01149
Origin of proteolytic stability of peptide-brush polymers as globular proteomimetics
W. Li & M. Olvera de la Cruz. Soft Matter 17, 8420 (2021); DOI: 10.1039/D1SM01098K
Effect of mechanical properties on multicomponent shell patterning
S. Li, D. A. Matoz-Fernandez, and M. Olvera de la Cruz. ACS Nano 15, 14804 (2021); DOI:10.1021/acsnano.1c04795
Oscillators controlled with external electric fields
Z. Zhang, H. Yuan, Y. Dou, M. Olvera de la Cruz, K. J. M. Bishop, "Quincke Oscillations of Colloids at Planar Electrodes" Phys. Rev. Lett., 126, 258001 (2021)
Heterogeneously charged complexes of random copolymers for the segregation of organic molecules
J. Wang, C. Waltmann, H. Kossio-Umana, M. Olvera de la Cruz and J. Torkelson, ACS Central Science, 7(5), 882-891 (2021)
Chemically controlled pattern formation in self-oscillating elastic shells
S. Li, D. A. Matoz-Fernandez, A. Aggarwal, M. Olvera de la Cruz. PNAS 118,10 (2021)
Computational and experimental approaches to controlling bacterial microcompartment assembly
Y. Li, N. W. Kennedy, S. Li, C. E. Mills, Danielle Tullman-Ercek, and Monica Olvera de la Cruz, ACS Central Science (2021)
Polycrystalline covalent organic framework films act as adsorbents, not membranes
J. L. Fenton, D. W. Burke, D. Qian, M. Olvera de la Cruz, W. R. Dichtel, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 143, 1466–1473 (2021)
Transitional bonding in colloidal systems
H. Lopez-Rios, A. Ehlen, M. Olvera de la Cruz, J. Phys. Chem. C (2021)
2020
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Fast and programmable locomotion of hydrogel-metal hybrids under light and magnetic fields
C. Li, G. C. Lau, H. Yuan, A. Aggarwal, V. Lopez Dominguez, S. Liu, H. Sai, L. C. Palmer, N. A. Sather, T. J. Pearson, D. E. Freedman, P. Amiri, M. Olvera de la Cruz, S. I. Stupp Science Robotics, 2020, DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.abb9822
Nonreciprocal interactions induced by water in confinement
F. Jimenez-Angeles, K. J. Harmon, T. Dac Nguyen, P. Fenter, and M. Olvera de la Cruz, Phys. Rev. Research 2, 043244 (2020)
Insights into the enhanced activity of a metal–organic framework-encapsulated enzyme
Y. Chen, F. Jiménez-Ángeles, B. Qiao, M. D. Krzyaniak, F. Sha, S. Kato, X. Gong, C. T. Buru, Z. Chen, X. Zhang, N. C. Gianneschi, M. R. Wasielewski, M. Olvera de la Cruz, O. K. Farha, J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2020), 142, 43, 18576–18582
Multicanonical Monte Carlo ensemble growth algorithm
G. Vernizzi, T. Dac Nguyen, H. Orland, and M. Olvera de la Cruz, Phys. Rev. E (2020), 101, 021301(R)
Homopolymer self-assembly of poly(propylene sulfone) hydrogels via dynamic noncovalent sulfone-sulfone bonding
F. Du, B. Qiao, T. Dac Nguyen, M. Vincent, S. Bobbala, S. Yi, C. Lescott, V. P. Dravid, M. Olvera de la Cruz & E. Alexander Scott, Nature Comm., 2020, DOI:10.1038/s41467-020-18657-5
Protein surface printer for exploring protein domains
Y. Li, B. Qiao and M. Olvera de la Cruz, J Chem Inf Model, 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.0c00582
Enhanced binding of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein to receptor by distal polybasic cleavage sites
B. Qiao and M. Olvera de la Cruz, ACS Nano, 2020, DOI:10.1021/acsnano.0c04798
Controlling protein adsorption modes electrostatically
Y. Dahal and M. Olvera de la Cruz
Sublattice melting in binary superionic colloidal crystals
Y. Lin and M. Olvera de la Cruz, Phys. Rev. E101, 032603
Strain-dependent nanowrinkle confinement of block copolymers
Y.L. Lee, V. Pryamitsyn, D. Rhee, M. Olvera de la Cruz*, T.W. Odom* Nano Le.2020, 20, 2, 1433-1439
Chain flexibility in asymmetric polyelectrolyte complexation
A. Shakya, M. Girard, J. T. King and M. Olvera de la Cruz, Macromol. 53, 1258-1269 (2020)
Single-chain heteropolymers transport protons selectively
T. Jiang, A. Hall, M. Eres, Z. Hemmatian, B. Qiao, Y. Zhou, Z. Ruan, A. D. Couse1, W. T. Heller, H. Huang, M. Olvera de la Cruz, M. Rolandi and T. Xu Nature (2020), 577, 216-220
Chromophore amphiphile-polyelectrolyte hybrid hydrogels for photocatalytic hydrogen production
H. Sai, A. Erbas, A. Dannenhoffer, D. Huang, A. Weingarten, E. Siismets, K. Jang, K. Qu, L. Palmer, M. Olvera de la Cruz, S. Stupp, J. Materials Chemistry A 8, 158-168 (2020)
DNA- and field-mediated assembly of magnetic nanoparticles into high-aspect ratio crystals
S. Park, Z. Urbach, C. Brisbois, K. Parker, B. Partridge, T. Oh, V. Dravid, M. Olvera de la Cruz, C. Mirkin, Advanced Materials 32, 1906626 (2020)
Control of ionic mobility via charge size asymmetry in random ionomers
B. Ma, T. Dac Nguyen, M. Olvera de la Cruz, Nano Letters 2020 20 (1), 43-49 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b02743
2019
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Impact of charge switching stimuli on supramolecular perylene monoimide assemblies
A. Dannenhoffer, H. Sai, D. Huang, B. Nagasing, B. Harutyunyan, D.J. Fairfield, T. Aytun, S.M. Chin, M.J. Bedzyk, M. Olvera de la Cruz and S.I. Stupp, DOI: 10.1039/C8SC05595E
Enzymatic degradation of DNA probed by in situ x-ray scattering
K. Krishnamoorthy, S. Kewalramani, A. Ehlen, L. M Moreau, C. A Mirkin, M. Olvera de la Cruz, M. J Bedzyk, ACS Nano 13, 10, 11382-11391 (2019)
Electrostatic shape control of a charged molecular membrane from ribbon to scroll
C. Gao, et al., PNAS 116, 22030-22036 (2019); DOI:10.1073/pnas.1913632116
Water follows polar and nonpolar protein surface domains
B. Qiao, F. Jiménez-Ángeles, T. Dac Nguyen, and M. Olvera de la Cruz, PNAS 116 (39) 19274-19281 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1910225116
Manipulation of confined polyelectrolyte conformations through dielectric mismatch
T. Dac Nguyen and M. Olvera de la Cruz, ACS Nano 13, 8, 9298–9305, (2019); https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.9b03900
Crystalline membrane morphology beyond polyhedra
H. Yuan and M. Olvera de la Cruz, Phys. Rev. E 100, 012610 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.100.012610
Hoobas: a highly object-oriented builder for molecular dynamics
M. Girard, A. Ehlen, A. Shakya, T. Bereau, M. Olvera de la Cruz, Computational Materials Science 167, 25-33 (2019); DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2019.05.003
Particle analogs of electrons in colloidal crystals
M. Girard, S. Wang, J.S. Du, A. Das, Z. Huang, V.P. Dravid, B. Lee, C.A. Mirkin, M. Olvera de la Cruz, Science, 364, 1174-1178, 2019
Incorporating surface polarization effects into large-scale coarse-grained Molecular Dynamics simulation
T. Dac Nguyen, H. Li, D. Bagchi, F. J. Solis, and M. Olvera de la Cruz, Computer Physics Com. 241, 80-91 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2019.03.006
“Mirror”-like protein dimers stabilized by local heterogeneity at protein surfaces
B. Qiao, L. G. Lopez and M. Olvera de la Cruz, J. Phys. Chem. B. 2019, 123, 3907-3915
Receptor-ligand rebinding kinetics in confinement
A. Erbas, M. Olvera de la Cruz, J. Marko, Biophysical 116, 1609-1924 (2019)
Crystallizing protein assemblies via free and grafted linkers
Y. R. Dahal, M. Olvera de la Cruz, Soft Matter 15, 4311 (2019)
Self-assembly of charge-containing copolymers at the liquid-liquid interfacex
F. Jimenez-Angeles, H. Kwon, Kazi Sadman, T. Wu, K. R. Shull, and M. Olvera de la Cruz, ACS Central Science 5, 688-699 (2019)
Using magnetic fields to control elastic sheets
C. A. Brisbois, M. Tasinkevych, P. Vázquez-Montejo, and M. Olvera de la Cruz. PNAS 2019, 116 (7) 2500-2505
Electrostatic origin of element selectivity during Rare Earth Adsorption
M. Miller, Y. Liang, H. Li, M. Chu, S. Yoo, W. Bu, M. Olvera de la Cruz, and P. Dutta Phys. Rev. Lett.122, 058001
Determining the regimes of dielectric mismatch and ionic correlation effects in ionomer blends
H. Kwon, B. Ma, M. Olvera de la Cruz, Macromolecules 52, 2, 535–546 (2019)
The importance of salt-enhanced electrostatic repulsion in colloidal crystal engineering with DNA
S. Seo, M. Girard, M. Olvera de la Cruz, C. Mirkin, ACS Central Science 5, 186–191 (2019)
Controlled symmetry breaking in colloidal crystal engineering with DNA
C. R. Laramy, H. Lopez-Rios, M. N. O’Brien, M. Girard, R. J. Stawicki, B. Lee, M. Olvera de la Cruz and C. Mirkin, ACS Nano, 13, 2, 1412–1420 (2019)
2018
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Efficient encapsulation of proteins with random copolymers
T. Nguyen, B. Qiao, M. Olvera de la Cruz M, Proc Natl Acad Sci 115(26), 6578-6583 (2018)
Covalent-supramolecular hybrid polymers as muscle-inspired anisotropic actuators
S.M. Chin, C.V. Synatschke, S. Liu, R.J. Nap, N.A. Sather, Q. Wang, Z. Álvarez, A.N. Edelbrock, T. Fyrner, L.C. Palmer, I. Szleifer, M. Olvera de la Cruz, S.I. Stupp, Nature Communications 9, 2395 (2018);
Effects of electrostatic interactions on ligand dissociation kinetics: Implicit vs explicit ions
A. Erbas, M. Olvera de la Cruz, & J. F. Marko, Physical Review E 97: 022405 (2018)
Random heteropolymers preserve protein function in foreign environments
B. Panganiban, B. Qiao, T. Jiang, C. DelRe, M. M. Obadia, T. D. Nguyen, A. A. A. Smith, A. Hall, I. Sit, M. G. Crosby, P. B. Dennis, E. Drockenmuller, M. Olvera de la Cruz & T. Xu, Science 359: 1239-1243 (2018)
Shape-directed Microspinners Powered By Ultrasound
S. Sabrina, M. Tasinkevych, S. Ahmed, A.M. Brooks, M. Olvera de la Cruz, T.E. Mallouk, & K.J. M. Bishop, ACS Nano 12: 2939-2947 (2018)
Defining the Structure of a Protein–Spherical Nucleic Acid Conjugate and Its Counterionic Cloud
K. Krishnamoorthy, K. Hoffmann, S. Kewalramani, J.D. Brodin, L.M. Moreau, C.A. Mirkin, M. Olvera de la Cruz, & M.J. Bedzyk, ACS Central Science 4: 378-386 (2018)
Ionic correlations in random ionomers
B. Ma, T. D. Nguyen, V. A. Pryamitsyn, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, "Ionic correlations in random ionomers" ACS Nano 12, 2311–2318 (2018)
Photoactive Blend Morphology Engineering through Systematically Tuning Aggregation in All-Polymer Solar Cells
G. Wang, N. D. Eastham, T. J. Aldrich, B. Ma, E. F. Manley, Z. Chen, L. X. Chen, M. Olvera de la Cruz, R. P. H. Chang, Ferdinand S. Melkonyan, Antonio Facchetti, & Tobin J. Marks, Advanced Energy Materials: 1702173 (2018)
Deformation of elastomeric pyramid pen arrays in cantilever‐free scanning probe lithography
S. Liu & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 56, 731-738 (2018)
2017
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Strong attractions and repulsions mediated by monovalent salts
Y. H. Li, M. Girard, M. Shen, J. A. Millan, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 114: 11838-11843 (2017)
Paramagnetic filaments in a fast precessing field: Planar versus helical conformations
P. Vazquez-Montejo, J. M. Dempster, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Physical Review Materials 1: 20 (2017)
Noncovalent control of the electrostatic potential of quantum dots through the formation of interfacial ion pairs
C. He, T. D. Nguyen, K. Edme, M. Olvera de la Cruz, & E. A. Weiss, Journal of the American Chemical Society 139: 10126-10132 (2017)
Altering DNA-programmable colloidal crystallization paths by modulating particle repulsion
M. X. Wang, J. D. Brodin, J. A. Millan, S. E. Seo, M. Girard, M. Olvera de la Cruz, B. Lee, & C. A. Mirkin, Nano Letters 17: 5126-5132 (2017)
Co-assembly of peptide amphiphiles and lipids into supramolecular nanostructures driven by anion-pi interactions
Z. L. Yu, A. Erbas, F. Tantakitti, L. C. Palmer, J. A. Jackman, M. Olvera de la Cruz, N. J. Cho, & S. I. Stupp, Journal of the American Chemical Society 139: 7823-7830 (2017)
Water dynamics from the surface to the interior of a supramolecular nanostructure
J. H. Ortony, B. F. Qiao, C. J. Newcomb, T. J. Keller, L. C. Palmer, E. Deiss-Yehiely, M. Olvera de la Cruz, S. Han, & S. I. Stupp, Journal of the American Chemical Society 139: 8915-8921 (2017)
Ion transport mechanisms in liquid-liquid interface
B. F. Qiao, J. V. Muntean, M. Olvera de la Cruz, & R. J. Ellis, Langmuir 33: 6135-6142 (2017)
Orbitals for classical arbitrary anisotropic colloidal potentials
M. Girard, T. D. Nguyen, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Physical Review E 96: 11 (2017)
Surface polarization effects on ion-containing emulsions
M. Shen, H. H. Li, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Physical Review Letters 119: 5 (2017)
Anomalous phase behavior of ionic polymer blends and ionic copolymers
V. A. Pryamitsyn, H. K. Kwon, J. W. Zwanikken, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Macromolecules 50: 5194-5207 (2017)
Ion condensation onto self-assembled nanofibers
E. Deiss-Yehiely, J. H. Ortony, B. F. Qiao, S. I. Stupp, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Journal of Polymer Science Part B-Polymer Physics 55: 901-906 (2017)
Contractile actuation and dynamical gel assembly of paramagnetic filaments in fast precessing fields
J. M. Dempster, P. Vazquez-Montejo, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Physical Review E 95: 8 (2017)
Solubility and interfacial segregation of salts in ternary polyelectrolyte blends
H. K. Kwon, V. A. Pryamitsyn, J. W. Zwanikken, K. R. Shull, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Soft Matter 13: 4830-4840 (2017)
Facilitated dissociation of transcription factors from single DNA binding sites
R. I. Kamar, E. J. Banigan, A. Erbas, R. D. Giuntoli, M. Olvera de la Cruz, R. C. Johnson, & J. F. Marko, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 114: E3251-E3257 (2017)
Demixing by a nematic mean field: Coarse-grained simulations of liquid crystalline polymers
A. Ramirez-Hernandez, S. M. Hur, J. C. Armas-Perez, M. Olvera de la Cruz, & J. J. de Pablo, Polymers 9: 11 (2017)
Electrostatic control of polymorphism in charged amphiphile assemblies
C. R. Gao, H. H. Li, Y. Li, S. Kewalramani, L. C. Palmer, V. P. Dravid, S. I. Stupp, M. Olvera de la Cruz, & M. J. Bedzyk, Journal of Physical Chemistry B 121: 1623-1628 (2017)
Modulating nanoparticle superlattice structure using proteins with tunable bond distributions
J. R. McMillan, J. D. Brodin, J. A. Millan, B. Lee, M. Olvera de la Cruz, & C. A. Mirkin, Journal of the American Chemical Society 139: 1754-1757 (2017)
2016
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Ionic conductivity in polyelectrolyte hydrogels
H. H. Li, A. Erbas, J. Zwanikken, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Macromolecules 49: 9239-9246 (2016)
Interactions between polyelectrolyte gel surfaces
A. Erbas & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Macromolecules 49: 9026-9034 (2016)
Exploring the zone of anisotropy and broken symmetries in DNA-mediated nanoparticle crystallization
M. N. O'Brien, M. Girard, H. X. Lin, J. A. Millan, M. Olvera de la Cruz, B. Lee, & C. A. Mirkin, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 113: 10485-10490 (2016)
Emergent perversions in the buckling of heterogeneous elastic strips
S. P. Liu, Z. W. Yao, K. Chiou, S. I. Stupp, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 113: 7100-7105 (2016)
Ordered self-similar patterns in anisotropic stochastic growth
Z. W. Yao & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Journal of Physical Chemistry B 120: 5960-5965 (2016)
Molecular dynamics simulation of DNA-directed assembly of nanoparticle superlattices using patterned templates
S. Pan, Ting Li, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Journal of Polymer Science Part B-Polymer Physics 54: 1687-1692 (2016)
Liquid crystal phase transition in epitaxial monolayers of DNA-functionalized nanoparticle superlattices
S. J. Pan, N. Boon, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, ACS Nano 10: 9948-9956 (2016)
Self-assembling tripodal small-molecule donors for bulk heterojunction solar cells
T. Aytun, P. J. Santos, C. J. Bruns, D. X. Huang, A. R. Koltonow, M. Olvera de la Cruz, & S. I. Stupp, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 120: 3602-3611 (2016)
Aggregation of heterogeneously charged colloids
J. M. Dempster & M. Olvera de la Cruz, ACS Nano 10: 5909-5915 (2016)
Morphology-enhanced conductivity in dry ionic liquids
A. Erbasa & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 18: 6441-6450 (2016)
Vesicle geometries enabled by dynamically trapped states
J. Y. Su, Z. W. Yao, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, ACS Nano 10: 2287-2294 (2016)
Aggregation of heteropolyanions in aqueous solutions exhibiting short-range attractions and long-range repulsions
M. K. Bera, B. F. Qiao, S. Seifert, B. P. Burton-Pye, M. Olvera de la Cruz, & M. R. Antonio, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 120: 1317-1327 (2016)
2015
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Molecular origins of mesoscale ordering in a metalloamphiphile phase
B. F. Qiao, G. Ferru, M. Olvera de la Cruz, & R. J. Ellis, ACS Central Science 1: 493-503 (2015)
Ionic structure in liquids confined by dielectric interfaces
Y. F. Jing, V. Jadhao, J. W. Zwanikken, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Journal of Chemical Physics 143, 194508 (2015)
Self-replication with magnetic dipolar colloids
J. M. Dempster, R. Zhang, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Physical Review E 92, 042305 (2015)
Energy conversion in polyelectrolyte hydrogels
A. Erbas & M. Olvera de la Cruz, ACS Macro Letters 4: 857-861 (2015)
Theoretical analysis of multiple phase coexistence in polyelectrolyte blends
H. K. Kwon, J. W. Zwanikken, K. R. Shull, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Macromolecules 48: 6008-6015 (2015)
Effective charges and virial pressure of concentrated macroion solutions
N. Boon, G. I. Guerrero-Garcia, R. van Roij, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 112: 9242-9246 (2015)
'Soft' amplifier circuits based on field-effect ionic transistors
168. N. Boon & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Soft Matter 11: 4793-4798 (2015)
Coulomb energy of uniformly charged spheroidal shell systems
V. Jadhao, Z. W. Yao, C. K. Thomas, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Physical Review E 91, 032305 (2015)
Theory of melt polyelectrolyte blends and block copolymers: Phase behavior, surface tension, and microphase periodicity
C. E. Sing, J. W. Zwanikken, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Journal of Chemical Physics 142, 034902 (2015)
2014
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Dynamics of vacancies in two-dimensional Lennard-Jones crystals
Z. W. Yao & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Physical Review E 90: 062318 (2014)
Equilibrium adsorption of hexahistidine on ph-responsive hydrogel nanofilms
G. S. Longo, M. Olvera de la Cruz, & I. Szleifer, Langmuir 30: 15335-15344 (2014)
Long-range ordering of highly charged self-assembled nanofilaments
L. C. Palmer, C. Y. Leung, S. Kewalramani, R. Kumthekar, C. J. Newcomb, M. Olvera de la Cruz, M. J. Bedzyk, & S. I. Stupp, Journal of the American Chemical Society 136: 14377-14380 (2014)
Self-organized polyelectrolyte end-grafted layers under nano confinement
M. Tagliazucchi, X. Li, M. Olvera de la Cruz, & I. Szleifer, ACS Nano 8: 9998-10008 (2014)
Non-monotonic swelling of surface grafted hydrogels induced by ph and/or salt concentration
G. S. Longo, M. Olvera de la Cruz, & I. Szleifer, Journal of Chemical Physics 141: 124909 (2014)
Mesoscale molecular network formation in amorphous organic materials
B. M. Savoie, K. L. Kohlstedt, N. E. Jackson, L. X. Chen, M. Olvera de la Cruz, G. C. Schatz, T. J. Marks, & M. A. Ratner, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 111: 10055-10060 (2014)
Polyelectrolyte blends and nontrivial behavior in effective flory-huggins parameters
C. E. Sing & M. Olvera de la Cruz, ACS Macro Letters 3: 698-702 (2014)
Polarization effects of dielectric nanoparticles in aqueous charge-asymmetric electrolytes
G. I. Guerrero-Garcia & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Journal of Physical Chemistry B 118: 8854-8862 (2014)
Electrostatic control of block copolymer morphology
C. E. Sing, J. W. Zwanikken, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Nature Materials 13: 694-698 (2014)
Polydispersity-driven topological defects as order-restoring excitations
Z. W. Yao & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 111: 5094-5099 (2014)
How hydrogen bonds affect the growth of reverse micelles around coordinating metal ions
B. Qiao, T. Demars, M. Olvera de la Cruz, & R. J. Ellis, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 5: 1440-1444 (2014)
Multiple-binding-site mechanism explains concentration-dependent unbinding rates of DNA-binding proteins
C. E. Sing, M. Olvera de la Cruz, & J. F. Marko, Nucleic Acids Research 42: 3783-3791 (2014)
Ruled surface underlying KcsA potassium channels
Z. W. Yao, M. Olvera de la Cruz, Soft Matter 10, 540-543 (2014)
DNA-mediated nanoparticle crystallization into wulff polyhedral
E. Auyeung, Ting Li, A. J. Senesi, A. L. Schmucker, B. C. Pals, M. Olvera de la Cruz, & C. A. Mirkin, Nature 505: 73-77 (2014)
2013
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Ion correlation-induced phase separation in polyelectrolyte blends
C. E. Sing, J. W. Zwanilden, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, ACS Macro Letters 2: 1042-1046 (2013)
Growth dynamics for DNA-guided nanoparticle crystallization
S. Dhakal, K. L. Kohlstedt, G. C. Schatz, C. A. Mirkin, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, ACS Nano 7: 10948-10959 (2013)
Interfacial behavior in polyelectrolyte blends: Hybrid liquid-state integral equation and self-consistent field theory study
C. E. Sing, J. W. Zwanikken, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Physical Review Letters 111: 168303 (2013)
Potassium ions in the cavity of a KcsA channel model
Z. W. Yao, B. F. Qiao, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Physical Review E 88: 6 (2013)
Generating true minima in constrained variational formulations via modified lagrange multipliers
F. J. Solis, V. Jadhao, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Physical Review E 88: 053306 (2013)
Large counterions boost the solubility and renormalized charge of suspended nanoparticles
G. I. Guerrero-Garcia, P. Gonzalez-Mozuelos, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, ACS Nano 7: 9714-9723 (2013)
Binding-rebinding dynamics of proteins interacting nonspecifically with a long DNA molecule
A. Parsaeian, M. Olvera de la Cruz, & J. F. Marko, Physical Review E 88: 040703 (2013)
Accelerated self-replication under non-equilibrium, periodic energy delivery
R. Zhang, D. A. Walker, B. A. Grzybowski, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 53: 173-177 (2014)
Driving force for water permeation across lipid membranes
B. F. Qiao & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 4: 3233-3237 (2013)
Thermodynamic analysis of multiply twinned particles: Surface stress effects
S. Patala, L. D. Marks, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 4: 3089-3094 (2013)
Frustrated crystalline order in confined long-range interacting particles
Z. W. Yao & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Physical Review Letters 111: 115503 (2013)
Free-energy functionals of the electrostatic potential for poisson-boltzmann theory
V. Jadhao, F. J. Solis, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Physical Review E 88: 022305 (2013)
Effect of ion-ion correlations on polyelectrolyte gel collapse and reentrant swelling
C. E. Sing, J. W. Zwanikken, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Macromolecules 46: 5053-5065 (2013)
An exact method to obtain effective electrostatic interactions from computer simulations: The case of effective charge amplification
P. Gonzalez-Mozuelos, G. I. Guerrero-Garcia, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Journal of Chemical Physics 139: 064709 (2013)
Thermally active hybridization drives the crystallization of DNA-functionalized nanoparticles
T. Li, R. Sknepnek, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Journal of the American Chemical Society 135: 8535-8541 (2013)
Enhancing and reversing the electric field at the oil-water interface with size-asymmetric monovalent ions
G. I. Guerrero-Garcia, Y. F. Jing, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Soft Matter 9: 6046-6052 (2013)
Driving force for crystallization of anionic lipid membranes revealed by atomistic simulations
B. F. Qiao & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Journal of Physical Chemistry B 117: 5073-5080 (2013)
Electrostatic repulsion-driven crystallization model arising from filament networks
Z. W. Yao & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Physical Review E 87: 042605 (2013)
Tunable soft structure in charged fluids confined by dielectric interfaces
J. W. Zwanikken & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 110: 5301-5308 (2013)
Non-equilibrium ionic assemblies of oppositely charged nanoparticles
R. Zhang, P. K. Jha, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Soft Matter 9: 5042-5051 (2013)
Mechanical model of blebbing in nuclear lamin meshworks
C. M. Funkhouser, R. Sknepnek, T. Shimi, A. E. Goldman, R. D. Goldman, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 110: 3248-3253 (2013)
Elastic strain energy effects in faceted decahedral nanoparticles
S. Patala, L. D. Marks, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 117: 1485-1494 (2013)
Controlling orientational order in 1-d assemblies of multivalent triangular prisms
K. L. Kohlstedt, M. Olvera de la Cruz, & G. C. Schatz, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 4: 203-208 (2013)
pH-controlled nanoaggregation in amphiphilic polymer co-networks
G. S. Longo, M. Olvera de la Cruz, & I. Szleifer, ACS Nano 7: 2693-2704 (2013)
Packing of charged chains on toroidal geometries
Z. W. Yao & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Physical Review E 87: 012603 (2013)
A variational formulation of electrostatics in a medium with spatially varying dielectric permittivity
V. Jadhao, F. J. Solis, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Journal of Chemical Physics 138: 054119 (2013)
Theory and simulations of crystalline control via salinity and pH in ionizable membranes
C. K. Thomas & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Soft Matter 9: 429-434 (2013)
Topological defects in the buckling of elastic membranes
C. M. Funkhouser, R. Sknepnek, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Soft Matter 9: 60-68 (2013)
2012
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Molecular crystallization controlled by ph regulates mesoscopic membrane morphology
C. Y. Leung, L. C. Palmer, B. F. Qiao, S. Kewalramani, R. Sknepnek, C. J. Newcomb, M. A. Greenfield, G. Vernizzi, S. I. Stupp, M. J. Bedzyk, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, ACS Nano 6: 10901-10909 (2012); DOI: 10.1021/nn304321w
Kinetic monte carlo simulations of flow-assisted polymerization
P. K. Jha, V. Kuzovkov, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, ACS Macro Letters 1: 1393-1397 (2012); DOI: 10.1021/mz300601b
Simulation of charged systems in heterogeneous dielectric media via a true energy functional
V. Jadhao, F. J. Solis, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Physical Review Letters 109: 223905 (2012); DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.223905
Shapes of pored membranes
Z. W. Yao, R. Sknepnek, C. K. Thomas, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Soft Matter 8: 11613-11619 (2012); DOI: 10.1039/c2sm26608c
Charge renormalization of bilayer elastic properties
R. Sknepnek, G. Vernizzi, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Journal of Chemical Physics 137: 104905 (2012); DOI: 10.1063/1.4751481
Curvature-driven effective attraction in multicomponent membranes
M. F. Demers, R. Sknepnek, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Physical Review E 86: 021504 (2012); DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.86.021504
Understanding swollen-collapsed and re-entrant transitions in polyelectrolyte nanogels by a modified donnan theory
P. K. Jha, J. W. Zwanikken, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Soft Matter 8: 9519-9522 (2012); DOI: 10.1039/c2sm26341f
Pattern selection in polyelectrolyte gels by nonlinear elasticity
K. A. Wu, P. K. Jha, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Macromolecules 45: 6652-6657 (2012); DOI: 10.1021/ma301549q
Nematic liquid crystals on spherical surfaces: Control of defect configurations by temperature, density, and rod shape
S. Dhakal, F. J. Solis, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Physical Review E 86: 011709 (2012); DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.86.011709
Nonlinear elastic model for faceting of vesicles with soft grain boundaries
R. Sknepnek & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Physical Review E 85: 050501 (2012); DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.85.050501
Modeling the crystallization of spherical nucleic acid nanoparticle conjugates with molecular dynamics simulations
T.I.N.G. Li, R. Sknepnek, R. J. Macfarlane, C. A. Mirkin, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Nano Letters 12: 2509-2514 (2012); DOI: 10.1021/nl300679e
Interacting nanoparticles with functional surface groups
K. I. Popov, R. J. Nap, I. Szleifer, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Journal of Polymer Science Part B-Polymer Physics 50: 852-862 (2012); DOI: 10.1002/polb.23077
Molecular theory of weak polyelectrolyte thin films
G. S. Longo, M. Olvera de la Cruz, & I. Szleifer, Soft Matter 8: 1344-1354 (2012); DOI: 10.1039/c1sm06708g
Buckling of multicomponent elastic shells with line tension
R. Sknepnek, G. Vernizzi, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Soft Matter 8: 636-644 (2012); DOI: 10.1039/c1sm06325a
Solubility and transport of cationic and anionic patterned nanoparticles
J. Y. Su, M. Olvera de la Cruz, & H. X. Guo, Physical Review E 85: 011504 (2012); DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.85.011504
2011
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Entropic effects in the electric double layer of model colloids with size-asymmetric monovalent ions
G. I. Guerrero-Garcia, E. Gonzalez-Tovar, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Journal of Chemical Physics 135: 054701 (2011); DOI: 10.1063/1.3622046
Local ionic environment around polyvalent nucleic acid-functionalized nanoparticles
J. W. Zwanikken, P. J. Guo, C. A. Mirkin, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 115: 16368-16373 (2011); DOI: 10.1021/jp205583j
Electrostatic control of nanoscale phase behavior of polyelectrolyte networks
P. K. Jha, J. W. Zwanikken, J. J. de Pablo, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science 15: 271-276 (2011); DOI: 10.1016/j.cossms.2011.06.002
Potential of mean force between identical charged nanoparticles immersed in a size-asymmetric monovalent electrolyte
G. I. Guerrero-Garcia, P. Gonzalez-Mozuelos, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Journal of Chemical Physics 135: 164705 (2011)
Study of volume phase transitions in polymeric nanogels by theoretically informed coarse-grained simulations
P. K. Jha, J. W. Zwanikken, F. A. Detcheverry, J. J. de Pablo, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Soft Matter 7: 5965-5975 (2011); DOI: 10.1039/c1sm05264k
Platonic and archimedean geometries in multicomponent elastic membranes
G. Vernizzi, R. Sknepnek, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 108: 4292-4296 (2011); DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1012872108
Shape change of nanocontainers via a reversible ionic buckling
R. Sknepnek, G. Vernizzi, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Physical Review Letters 106: 215504 (2011); DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.215504
Density fluctuations of polymers in disordered media
J. M. Deutsch & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Physical Review E 83: 031801 (2011); DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.83.031801
Electrostatic-driven pattern formation in fibers, nanotubes and pores
F. J. Solis, G. Vernizzi, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Soft Matter 7: 1456-1466 (2011); DOI: 10.1039/c0sm00706d
Electrostatic-driven ridge formation on nanoparticles coated with charged end-group ligands
P. J. Guo, R. Sknepnek, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 115: 6484-6490 (2011); DOI: 10.1021/jp201598k
Molecular theory of weak polyelectrolyte gels: The role of ph and salt concentration
G. S. Longo, M. Olvera de la Cruz, & I. Szleifer, Macromolecules 44: 147-158 (2011); DOI: 10.1021/ma102312y
2010
(back to top)Correlated electrolyte solutions and ion-induced attractions between nanoparticles
J. W. Zwanikken & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Physical Review E 82: 4 (2010); DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.82.050401
A minimal model of nanoparticle crystallization in polar solvents via steric effects
W. Kung, P. Gonzalez-Mozuelos, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Journal of Chemical Physics 133: 074704 (2010); DOI: 10.1063/1.3469863
A graphics processing unit implementation of coulomb interaction in molecular dynamics
P. K. Jha, R. Sknepnek, G. I. Guerrero-Garcia, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation 6: 3058-3065 (2010); DOI: 10.1021/ct100365c
Long-range alignment of nanoscale filaments
S. M. Zhang, M. A. Greenfield, A. Mata, L. C. Palmer, R. Bitton, J. R. Mantei, C. Aparicio, M. Olvera de la Cruz, & S. I. Stupp, Nature Materials 9: 594-601 (2010); DOI: 10.1038/nmat2778
Microscopic approach to the kinetics of pattern formation of charged molecules on surfaces
V. N. Kuzovkov, G. Zvejnieks, E. A. Kotomin, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Physical Review E 82: 021602 (2010); DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.82.021602
Effects of the ionic size-asymmetry around a charged nanoparticle: Unequal charge neutralization and electrostatic screening
G. I. Guerrero-Garcia, E. Gonzalez-Tovar, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Soft Matter 6: 2056-2065 (2010); DOI: 10.1039/b924438g
Self-organization of grafted polyelectrolyte layers via the coupling of chemical equilibrium and physical interactions
M. Tagliazucchi, M. Olvera de la Cruz, & I. Szleifer, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 107: 5300-5305 (2010); DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0913340107
Cluster formation by charged nanoparticles on a surface in aqueous solution
D. Zhang, P. Gonzalez-Mozuelos, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 114: 3754-3762 (2010); DOI: 10.1021/jp9085238
Compartmentalization and delivery via asymmetric copolymer monolayers with swollen or inverse swollen micelles
H. X. Guo & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Journal of Chemical Physics 132: 094902 (2010); DOI: 10.1063/1.3340403
Nanoparticles in aqueous media: Crystallization and solvation charge asymmetry
W. Kung, P. Gonzalez-Mozuelos, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Soft Matter 6: 331-341 (2010); DOI: 10.1039/b908331f
2009
(back to top)Swelling and collapse of polyelectrolyte gels in equilibrium with monovalent and divalent electrolyte solutions
D. W. Yin, M. Olvera de la Cruz, & J. J. de Pablo, Journal of Chemical Physics 131: 194907 (2009); DOI: 10.1063/1.3264950
Electrostatics and optimal arrangement of ionic triangular lattices confined to cylindrical fibers
K. L. Kohlstedt, G. Vernizzi, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Physical Review E 80: 051503 (2009); DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.80.051503
Buckled membranes in mixed-valence ionic amphiphile vesicles
M. A. Greenfield, L. C. Palmer, G. Vernizzi, M. Olvera de la Cruz, & S. I. Stupp, Journal of the American Chemical Society 131: 12030-12031 (2009); DOI: 10.1021/ja903546y
The electrostatic origin of chiral patterns on nanofibers
G. Vernizzi, K. L. Kohlstedt, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Soft Matter 5: 736-739 (2009); DOI: 10.1039/b814583k
Asymmetric charge renormalization for nanoparticles in aqueous media
P. Gonzalez-Mozuelos & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Physical Review E 79: 031901 (2009); DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.79.031901
Thermodynamics of ternary electrolytes: Enhanced adsorption of macroions as minority component to liquid interfaces
W. Kung, F. J. Solis, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Journal of Chemical Physics 130: 044502 (2009); DOI: 10.1063/1.3065071
2008
(back to top)Why do peptide amphiphiles form fibers?
Y. S. Velichko, S. I. Stupp, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Journal of Physical Chemistry B 112: 2326-2334 (2008); DOI: 10.1021/jp074420n
2007
(back to top)Ionic rafts may promote interactions in complex biological systems
S. M. Loverde, F. J. Solis, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Physical Review Letters 98: 237802 (2007); DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.237802
Spontaneous chirality via long-range electrostatic forces
K. L. Kohlstedt, F. J. Solis, G. Vernizzi, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Physical Review Letters 99: 030602 (2007); DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.030602
Faceting ionic shells into icosahedra via electrostatics
G. Vernizzi & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 104: 18382-18386 (2007); DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0703431104
2006
(back to top)Electrostatic attraction between cationic-anionic assemblies with surface compositional heterogeneities
Y. S. Velichko & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Journal of Chemical Physics 124: 214705-11N (2006); DOI: 10.1063/1.2205854
Polynucleotide adsorption to negatively charged surfaces in divalent salt solutions
H. Cheng, K. Zhang, J. A. Libera, M. Olvera de la Cruz, & M. J. Bedzyk, Biophysical Journal 90: 1164-1174 (2006); DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.070649
2005
(back to top)“Charge induced pattern formation on surfaces: Segregation in cylindrical micelles of cationic-anionic peptide-amphiphiles”
F. J. Solis, S. I. Stupp, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Journal of Chemical Physics 122: 054905 (2005); DOI: 10.1063/1.1836732
2004
(back to top)Topology of relaxed encapsulated droplets after elongation
K. A. Smith, J. M. Ottino, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Physical Review E 69, 4: 046302 (2004); DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.69.046302 and K. A. Smith, J. M. Ottino, & M. Olvera de la Cruz, Physical Review Letters 93: 204501 (2004); DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.204501
Phase segregation in gradient copolymer melts
M. D. Lefebvre, M. Olvera de la Cruz, & K. R. Shull, Macromolecules 37: 1118-1123 (2004); DOI: 10.1021/ma035141a