2006 Publications

primary support / partial support / shared experimental facilities

Primary Support, 2006

  • Du, F., Guthy, C., Kashiwagi, T., Fischer, J. E., Winey, K. I., “An infiltration method for preparing single wall carbon nanotubes / epoxy composites with improved thermal conductivity” J. Polymer Science: Part B Polymer Physics, J. Polym. Sci:  Part B: Polym. Phys., 44, 1513-1519, (2006).
  • Geng, Y., Discher, D. E., Justynska, J., Schlaad, H., “Grafting short peptides onto polybutadiene-block-poly(ethylene oxide):  a platform for self-assemblying hybrid amphiphiles” Angewandte Chemie – International Edition 45, 7578-7581 (2006).
  • Han, Y.,  Alsayed, A. M., Nobili, M.,  Zhang, J., Lubensky, T. C., and Yodh, A. G., “Brownian motion of an ellipsoid” Science 314, 626-630 (2006).
  • Moniruzzaman, M., Winey,  K. I.,  “Polymer nanocomposites containing carbon nanotubes” Macromolecules, 39, 5194-5205 (2006).
  • Percec, V., Aqad, E., Peterca, M.,  Rudick, J. G.,  Lemon, L., Ronda, J. C.,  De, B. B., Heiney, P. A., Meijer, E. W., “Steric communication of chiral information observed in dendronized polyacetylenes”
    J. Am. Chem. Soc.   128, 16365-16372 (2006).
  • Percec,  V., Dulcey,  A.E.,  Peterca, M.,   Ilies,  M., Nummelin, S., Sienkowska, M. J., and Heiney, P. A.,  “Principles of self-assembly of helical pores from dendritic dipeptides”  Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci   103  2518-2523 (2006).
  • Percec, V.,  Glodde, M. Peterca, M., Rapp, A., Schnell, I., Spiess, H. W. , Bera, T. K., Miura,  Y.,. Balagurusamy, V. S. K.,  Aqad, E.,  and Heiney,  P. A.  “Self-assembly of semifluorinated dendrons attached to electron-donor groups mediates their pi stacking via a helical pyramidal column” Chem. Eur. J.  12, 6298-6314 (2006).
  • Percec, V.,  Holerca, M. N., Nununelin, S.,  Morrison, J. L., Glodde, M., Smidrkal,  J., Peterca, M.,  Rosen, B. M., Uchida, S.,  Balagurusamy, V. S. K. , Sienkowska, M. L. and Heiney,  P. A. “Exploring and expanding the structural diversity of self-assembling dendrons through combinations of AB, constitutional isomeric AB(2), and AB(3) biphenyl-4-methyl ether building blocks” Chem. Eur. J.  12, 6216-6241 (2006).
  • Percec , V.,  Rudick, J. G., Peterca, M.,  Staley, S. R., Wagner,  M. Obata, M.,  Mitchell, C. M.,  Cho,  W. D.,  Balagurusamy,  V. S. K., Lowe, J. N., Glodde, M., Weichold, O., Chung,  K. J., Ghionni, N.,  Magonov, S. N., Heiney, P. A., “Synthesis, structural analysis, and visualization of a library of dendronized polyphenylacetylenes” Chem. Eur. J. 12, 5731-5746 (2006).
  • Peterca, M.,  Percec, V., Dulcey,  A. E.,  Nummelin,  S.,  Korey, S.,  Ilies, M.,  and Heiney, P. A.  “Self-assembly, structural and retrostructural analysis of dendritic dipeptide pores undergoing reversible symmetric to asymmetric shape change”  J. Am. Chem. Soc.    128, 6713-6720 (2006).
  • Photos, P., Bermudez, H., Aranda-Espinoza, H., Shillcock, J. and Discher, D. E. “Nuclear pores and membrane holes: generic models for confined chains and entropic barriers in pore stabilization” Soft Matter 1, 364-371 (2006).
  • Qin, S., Geng, Y. Discher, D. E. and Yang, S., “Cold-controlled assembly and release of giant vesicles from poly(ethylene oxide-b–N-isopropylacrylamide)” Adv. Mater. 18, 2905-2909 (2006). (NMR and light scattering facilities)
  • Stone, P. A., Hudson, S. D., Dalhaimer, P., Discher, D. E., Amis, E. J. and Migler, K. B., “Dynamics of wormlike micelles in elongational flows” Macromolecules 39, 7144-7148 (2006).
  • Vijayan, K. and Discher, D. E., “Block copolymer worm micelles in dilution – mechanochemical metrics of robustness as a basis for novel linear assemblies” J. Polymer Science B – Polymer Physics 44, 3431-3433 (2006).

*acknowledges use of Shared Experimental Facilities

Partial Support, 2006

  • Benetatos, N.,  Heiney, P. A., and Winey, K. I., “Reconciling STEM and x-ray scattering data from poly(styrene-ran-methacrylic acid) ionomers:  ionic aggregate size” Macromolecules 39, 5174-5176 (2006).
  • Biancaniello,  P. L., Crocker,  J. C. , “A line optical tweezers instrument for measuring nanoscale interactions and kinetics” Rev of Sci Inst 77, 113702-(1-10) (2006).
  • Cooper, V. R.,  Kolpak, A. M., Yourdshahyan, Y. and Rappe, A. M., “Oxide-supported metal thin-film catalysts: the how and why?”Nanotechnology in catalysis, Vol. 3, B. Zhou, ed., Springer-Verlag New York, pp. 13-22 (2006).
  • Duncan, T. V., Susumu, K., Sinks, L. E. and Therien, M. J.   “Exceptional near infrared fluorescence quantum yields and excited-state absorptivity of conjugated porphyrin arrays” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128, 9000-9001 (2006).
  • Duncan, T. V.,. Wu, S. P and  Therien, M. J.,  “Ethyne-bridged (Porphinato)Zinc(II)-(Porphinato)Iron(III) Complexes.  Phenomenological dependence of excited state dynamics upon (porphinato)iron electronic structure” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128, 10423-10435 (2006).
  • De Feyter,  S., Uji-I,  S. H.,  Mamdoih,  W., Miura, A., Zhang, J., Jonkheijm, P., Schenning, A. P. H. J., Meijer, E. W.,  Chen, Z.,   Würthner,  F., Schuurmans, N.,  van Esch, J.,  Feringa, B.,  Dulcey, A. E.,  Percec, V. and De Schryver, F. C.,  “Supramolecular chemistry at the liquid/solid interface by scanning tunneling microscopy” Int. J. Nanotechnology, 3, 462-479 (2006) (facilities).
  • Engler, A., Sen, S., Sweeney, H. L. and Discher, D. E., “Matrix elasticity directs stem cell lineage specification” Cell 126, 677-689 (2006).
  • Ghoroghchian, P. P.,  Lin, J. J., Brannan, A. K., Frail, P. R., Bates, F. S.,  Therien, M. J. and D. A. Hammer, D. A.,   “Quantitative loading, steady-state emission, and mechanical stability of near infrared emissive polymersomes” Soft Matter 2, 973-980 (2006).
  • Ghoroghchian, P. P.,  Li, G., Levine, D. H.,  Davis, K. P.,  Bates, F. S., Hammer, D. A., and Therien, M. J.,   “Bioresorbable vesicles formed through spontaneous self-assembly of amphiphilic polyethyleneoxide-block-polycaprolactone” Macromolecules  39, 1673-1675 (2006).
  • Kim, S. G.,  Wang, Y. D.  and Chen, I-W., “Strain relaxation in buried SrRuO3 layer in (Ca1-xSrx)(Zr1-xRux)O3 /SrRuO3/SrTiO3 system” Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 031905 (2006).
  • Koder, R. L., Valentine, K. G., Cerda, J., Noy, D., Smith, K. M., Wand, A. J., and Dutton, P. L., “Nativelike structure in designed four alpha helix bundles driven by buried polar interactions” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128, 14450-14451 (2006).
  • Koder, R.L.,  Potyim, M., Walsh, J., Dutton, P.L., Wittebort, R.A., and Miller, A-F.  N Solid-state NMR Provides a Sensitive Probe of Flavin Reactive Sites. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 128, 45: 15200-15208, 2006
  • Kolpak, A. M.,  Sai, N. and Rappe, A. M., “Short-circuit boundary conditions in ferroelectric PbTiO3 thin films” Phys. Rev. B 74, 054112 (1–5) (2006).
    Li, D. B., Strachan, D. R., Ferris, J. H. and Bonnell,  D. A., “Polarization reorientation in ferroelectric PZT thin films with electron beams” J. Materials Research 21, 935-940 (2006).
  • Moser, C.C., Page, C.C., and Dutton, P.L.,  “Darwin at the molecular scale: Selection and variance in electron tunneling proteins including cyctochrome c oxidase” Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 361: 1295-1305 (2006).
  • Moser, C.C., Farid, T.A., Chobot, S.E. and Dutton, P.L.,  “Electron tunneling chains of mitochondria in “mitochondria: from molecular insight to physiology and pathology” Biochem. Biophysics. Acta., 1757: 1096-1109 (2006).
  • North, B.,  Cristian, L.,  Stowell, X. F., Lear, J. D., Saven, J. G.,  DeGrado, W. F.,  “Characterization of a membrane protein folding motif, the ser zipper, using designed peptides”  Journal of Molecular Biology 359, 930-939 (2006).
  • Percec, V., “Bioinspired supramolecular liquid crystals.” Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A, 364, 2709-2719 (2006).
  • Percec, V.,“Bioinspired supramolecular liquid crystals” Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A, 364, 2709-2719 (2006).
  • Percec, V.,  Guliashvili, T., Ladislaw, J. S.,  Wistrand, A. Stjerndahl, A., Sienkowska, M. J.,  Monteiro, M. J.  Sahoo, S.,  “Ultrafast Synthesis of Ultrahigh Molar Mass Polymers by Metal-Catalyzed Living Radical Polymerization of Acrylates, Methacrylates, and Vinyl Chloride Mediated by SET at 25 ºC.”  J. Am. Chem. Soc., 128, 14156-14165 (2006). Highlighted in: Borman, S. Chem. & Eng. News, 2006, October 30, pg. 40-41; NSF Web site; Aida, T. Nature 2007, 446, 235 (partial).
  • Russo, R. M.,  Mele, E. J., Kane, C. L., Rubtsov, I. V., Therien, M. J. and D. E. Luzzi, D. E.,   “One-dimensional diffusion limited relaxation of photoexcitations in suspensions of single-walled carbon nanotubes” Phys. Rev. B. 2006, 74, 0414051-0414054 (2006).
  • Scrutton, N.S., Stucliffe, M.J., and Dutton P.L., “Quantum catalysis in enzymes -beyond the transition state theory paradigm” Discussion meeting, Royal Society, November 14-15, 2005.  J. R. Soc. Interface 3: 465-469 (2006).
  • Sengupta, K., Aranda-Espinoza,  H., Smith, L., Janmey, P. and Hammer, D., “Spreading of neutrophils: from activation to migration”  Biophys J 91:4638-4648 (2006).
  • Shakya, R., Keyes, P. H.,  Heeg, M. J., Mousawell, A., Heiney, P. A., and Verani,  C. N.,
    “Thermotropic mesogenic properties of soft materials bearing carboxylate-supported mu(4) tetracupric clusters”   Inorganic Chemistry   45, 7587-7589  (2006).
  • Shuba, S., Mamchik, A.  and Chen, I. W.,  “A-site Substitution of SrRuO3 using La, K and Pb,” J. Phys: Condensed Matter, 18, 9215 (2006).
  • Strzalka, J., Xu, T., Tronin, A., Wu, S.P., Miloradovic, I., Kuzmenko, I. Gog, T., Therien, M.J., and Blasie, J.K. “Structural studies of amphiphilic 4-helix bundle peptides incorporating designed extended chromophores for nonlinear optical biomolecular materials” Nano Lett. 6(11): 2395-2405 (2006).
  • Swift, J.,  Wehbi, W. A., Kelly, B. D., Stowell,  X. F., Saven, J. G., and Dmochowski, I. J.,  “Design of functional ferritin-like proteins with hydrophobic cavities”  The Journal of the American Chemical Society 128: 6611-6619 (2006).
  • Tatko, C.D., Nanda, V., Lear, J.D., and DeGrado, W.F., “Polar networks control oligomeric assembly in membranes” J Am Chem Soc 128, 4120-1 (2006).
  • Torrens, O. N.,  Milkie, D. E.,  Zheng, M., J.M. Kikkawa, J. M., “Photoluminescence from intertube carrier migration in single-walled carbon nanotube bundles” Nano Letters 6, 2864-2867 (2006).
  • Valentine, K. G., Pometun, M. S., Kielec, J. M., Baigelman, R. E., Staub, J. K., Owens, K. L. and Wand, A. J., “Magnetic susceptibility induced alignment of proteins in reverse micelles.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128, 15930-15931 (2006).
  • Walters, R. F. & DeGrado, W. F., “Helix-packing motifs in membrane proteins” Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103, 13658-63 (2006).
  • Xu, C., Wayland, B. B., Fryd, M., Winey, K. I., Composto, R. J., “PH-responsive nanostructures assembled from amphiphilic block copolymers” Macromolecules 39, 6063-6070 (2006).
  • Xu, T., Wu, S.P., Miloradovic, I., Therien, M.J., and Blasie, J.K,  “Incorporation of designed extended chromophores into amphiphilic 4-helix bundle peptides for nonlinear optical biomolecular materials” Nano Lett. 6(11): 2387-2394 (2006).
  • Xu, T., Wu, S.P., Miloradovic, I., Therien, M.J., and Blasie, J.K.,  “Incorporation of designed extended chromophores into amphiphilic 4-helix bundle peptides for nonlinear optical biomolecular materials” Nano Lett. 6(11): 2387-2394 (2006).
  • Yin, H., Frederick, K. K., Liu, D., Wand, A. J. & DeGrado, W. F. “Aylamide derivatives as peptidomimetic inhibitors of calmodulin” Org Lett 8, 223-5  (2006).
  • Yin, H., Gerlach, L.O., Miller, M.W., Moore, D.T., Liu, D., Vilaire, G., Bennett, J.S. & DeGrado, W.F., “Arylamide derivatives as allosteric inhibitors of the integrin alpha(2)beta(1)/type 1 collagen interaction” Bioorg Med Chem Lett (2006).
  • Zhang, T.-G.,  Zhao,Y., Song, K., Asselberghs, I., Persoons,  A.,  Clays, K., and  Therien, M. J.,  “Electronic modulation of hyperpolarizable (porphinato)zinc(ii) chromophores featuring ethynylphenyl-ethynylthiophenyl-, ethynylthiazolyl-, and ethynylbenzothiazolyl-based electron donating and accepting moieties”  Inorg. Chem. 45, 9703-9712 (2006).

*acknowledges use of Shared Experimental Facilities

Shared Experimental Facilities, 2006

  • Batra,  A., Cohen, C.,  Kim, H., Winey, K. I.,  Ando, N., Gruner, S. M., “Counterion effect on the rheology and morphology of tailored polydimethylsiloxane ionomers” Macromolecules, 39, 1630-1638 (2006).
  • Benetatos,  N. M.,  Heiney,  P. A., Winey, K. I., “Reconciling STEM and X-ray scattering data from a poly(styrene-ran-methacrylic acid) ionomer:  Ionic aggregate size” Macromolecules  39, 5174-5176 (2006).
  • Elabd, Y. A., Napadensky, E., Walker, C. W., Winey, K. I., “Transport properties of sulfonated poly(styrene-isobutylene-styrene) triblock copolymers at high ion-exchange capacities” Macromolecules 39, 399-407, 2006.
  • Lu, Y. B., Franze, K.,  Seifert, G.,  Steinhauser, C., Kirchhoff, F., Wolburg, H., Guck, J.,  Janmey, P.,Wei, E. Q., Kas, J., and Reichenbach, A., “Viscoelastic properties of individual glial cells and neurons in the CNS”  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103:17759-17764 (2006).
  • Nikiforov, N., Liu, H., Craighead, H. and Bonnell, D., “Polarization controlled transport in PANI-BaTiO3 Nanofibers” Nano Letters 6 (2006).
  • Qiao, L., Leibig, C.,  Hahn, S. F.,  Winey, K. I., “Isolating the effects of morphology and chain architecture on the mechanical properties of triblock copolymers” Industrial and Engineering Chemistry  45, 5598-5602(2006).
    Shao, R. and Bonnell D. A., “Interface mediated transport properties in n-tryp SrTiO3: induced dipole alignment at oxide grain boundaries” J. of Electroceramics 17, 211-219 (2006).
  • Shao, R., Nikiforov, M. P. and Bonnell, D. A., “Photoinduced charge dynamics on BaTiO3(001) surface characterized by scanning probe microscopy” Applied Physics Letters 89, 112904 (2006).
  • Shuba. R. and Chen, I.-W.,  “Machinable a-SiAlON,” J. Amer. Ceram. Soc., 89 [7], 2147-2153 (2006).
  • Shuba. R. and Chen, I.-W.,  “Refractory a-SiAlON containing La2O3,” J. Amer. Ceram. Soc., 89 [9] 2860-2868 (2006).
  • Tatami, J., Chen, I.-W.,  Yamamoto, Y., Komastu, M., Komeya, K., Kim, D. K., Wakihara, T. and Meguro, T.,  “Fracture Resistance and Contact Damage of TiN Particle Reinforced Si3N4 Ceramics,” J. Ceram. Soc. Japan, 114 [11] 1049-1053 (2006).
  • Wu, H.  and  Davies, P. K.., “Influence of non-stoichiometry on the structure and properties of ba(zn1/3nb2/3)o3 microwave dielectrics: I. Substitution of Ba3W2O9” J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 89(7), 2239-49 (2006).
  • Wu, H.  and  Davies, P. K.,  “Influence of non-stoichiometry on the structure and properties of Ba(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3 microwave dielectrics: II. Compositional Variations in Pure BZN” J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 89(7), 2250-63 (2006).
  • Wu, H.  and  Davies, P. K.,  “Influence of non-stoichiometry on the structure and properties of Ba(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3 microwave dielectrics: III. Effect of the muffling environment” J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 89(7), 2264-70 (2006).
  •  Wu, H.  and  Davies, P. K., “Influence of non-stoichiometry on the structure and properties of Ba(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3 microwave dielectrics: IV. Tuning tf and the Part Size Dependence of Q.f”,  J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 89(7), 2271-78 (2006).Zhou, N. C., Xu, C., Burghardt, W. R., Composto, R. J., Winey, K. I.,”Phase behavior of polystyrene and poly(styrene-ran-styrene sulfonate) blends” Macromolecules 39, 2373-2379 (2006).