Soft Matter - Droplets, Polymers, Hydrogels:

  • J. H. Park, S. Jung, Y. H. Song, N. R. Aluru, T. Kim, S. B. Lee, U. H. Choi, J. Lee, ``Water-Assisted Increase of Ionic Conductivity of Lithium Poly(acrylic acid)-Based Aqueous Polymer Electrolyte'', ACS Applied Energy Materials, Vol. 3, No. 10, pp. 10119-10130, 2020. DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.0c01765 [pdf file]; Supporting information [pdf file]

  • G. A. Venkatesan, J. Lee, A. Barati Farimani, M. Heiranian, C. P. Collier, N. R. Aluru and S. A. Sarles, ``Adsorption kinetics dictate monolayer self-assembly for both lipid-in and lipid-out approaches to droplet interface bilayer formation'', Langmuir, Vol. 31, No. 47, pp. 12883-12893, 2015. [pdf file]; Supporting information [pdf file]

  • E. C. Freeman, A. Barati Farimani, N. R. Aluru and M. K. Philen, ``Multiscale modeling of droplet interface bilayer membrane networks'', Biomicrofluidics, Vol. 9, No. 6, Art. No. 064101, 2015. [pdf file]

  • K. Min, M. Silberstein and N. R. Aluru, ``Crosslinking PMMA: Molecular dynamics investigation of the shear response'', Journal of Polymer Science Part B - Polymer Physics, Vol. 52, No. 6, pp. 444-449, 2014. [pdf file]

  • M. N. Silberstein, K. Min, L. D. Cremar, C. M. Degen, T. M. Martinez, N. R. Aluru, S. R. White and N. R. Sottos, ``Modeling mechanophore activation within a crosslinked glassy matrix'', Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 114, No. 2, Art. No. 023504, 2013. [pdf file]

  • K. Park, N. Kim, D. T. Morisette, N. R. Aluru and R. Bashir, ``Resonant MEMS mass sensors for measurement of microdroplet evaporation'', Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 702-711, 2012. [pdf file]

  • K. Park, L. J. Millet, N. Kim, H. Li, X. Jin, G. Popescu, N. R. Aluru, K. J. Hsia, R. S. Bashir, ``Measurement of adherent cell mass and growth'', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 107, No. 48, pp. 20691-20696, 2010. [pdf file]

  • Y. Wu, S. Joseph and N. R. Aluru, ``Effect of cross-linking on the diffusion of water, ions, and small molecules in hydrogels'', Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol. 113, No. 11, pp. 3512-3520, 2009. [pdf file]

  • J. H. Park and N. R. Aluru, ``Surface diffusion of n-alkanes: Mechanism and anomalous behavior'', Chemical Physics Letters, Vol. 447, Nos. 4-6, pp. 310-315, 2007. [pdf file]

  • W. Zhou, Y. Huang, E. Menard, N. R. Aluru, J. A. Rogers and A. G. Alleyne, ``Mechanism for stamp collapse in soft lithography'', Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 87, No. 25, Art. No. 251925, 2005. [pdf file]

  • M. J. Bassetti, A. N. Chatterjee, N. R. Aluru and D. J. Beebe, ``Development and modeling of electrically triggered hydrogels for microfluidic applications'', Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, Vol. 14, No. 5, pp. 1198-1207, 2005. [pdf file]

  • S. K. De and N. R. Aluru, ``A chemo-electro-mechanical mathematical model for simulation of pH sensitive hydrogels'', Mechanics of Materials, Vol. 36, No. 5-6, pp. 395-410, 2004. [pdf file]

  • K. N. Plunkett, A. N. Chatterjee, N. R. Aluru and J. S. Moore, ``Surface-modified hydrogels for chemoselective bioconjugation'', Macromolecules, Vol. 36, No. 23, pp. 8846-8852, 2003. [pdf file]

  • A. N. Chatterjee, Q. Yu, J. S. Moore and N. R. Aluru, ``Mathematical modeling and simulation of dissolvable hydrogels'', Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 55-64, 2003. [pdf file]

  • S. K. De, N. R. Aluru, B. Johnson, W. C. Crone, D. J. Beebe and J. S. Moore, ``Equilibrium swelling and kinetics of pH-responsive hydrogels: Models, experiments and simulations'', Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, Vol. 11, No. 5, pp. 544-555, October 2002. [pdf file]