2015 Publications

primary support | partial support | shared experimental facilities

Primary Support, 2015

  • Bhate, M.P., Molnar, K.S., Goulian, M. and DeGrado, W.F. Signal transduction in histidine kinases: Insights from new structures. Structure 23, 981-994, doi:10.1016/j.str.2015.04.002 (2015).

  • Brzinski, T.A., Schug, J., Mao, K. and Durian, D.J. Penetration depth scaling for impact into wet granular packings. Phys. Rev. E 91, 022202, doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.91.022202 (2015).

  • Cubuk, E.D., Schoenholz, S.S., Rieser, J.M., Malone, B.D., Rottler, J., Durian, D.J., Kaxiras, E. and Liu, A.J. Identifying structural flow defects in disordered solids using machine-learning methods. Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 108001, doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.108001 (2015).

  • Dasbiswas, K., Majkut, S., Discher, D.E. and Safran, S.A. Substrate stiffness-modulated registry phase correlations in cardiomyocytes map structural order to coherent beating. Nat. Commun. 6, 6085, doi:10.1038/ncomms7085 (2015).

  • Davidson, Z.S., Kang, L., Jeong, J., Still, T., Collings, P.J., Lubensky, T.C. and Yodh, A.G. Chiral structures and defects of lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals induced by saddle-splay elasticity. Phys. Rev. E 91, 050501, doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.91.050501 (2015).

  • Diroll, B.T., Weigandt, K.M., Jishkariani, D., Cargnello, M., Murphy, R.J., Hough, L.A., Murray, C.B. and Donnio, B. Quantifying “softness” of organic coatings on gold nanoparticles using correlated small-angle X-ray and neutron scattering. Nano Lett. 15, 8008-8012, doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b04011 (2015).

  • Doan-Nguyen, V.V.T., Zhang, S., Trigg, E.B., Agarwal, R., Li, J., Su, D., Winey, K.I. and Murray, C.B. Synthesis and X-ray characterization of cobalt phosphide (Co2P) nanorods for the oxygen reduction reaction. ACS Nano 9, 8108-8115, doi:10.1021/acsnano.5b02191 (2015).

  • Ferrier, R.C., Gines, G., Gasparutto, D., Pepin-Donat, B., Rannou, P. and Composto, R.J. Tuning optical properties of functionalized gold nanorods through controlled interactions with organic semiconductors. J. Phys. Chem. C 119, 17899-17909, doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b04785 (2015).

  • Gharbi, M.A., Liu, I.B., Luo, Y.M., Serra, F., Bade, N.D., Kim, H.N., Xia, Y., Kamien, R.D., Yang, S. and Stebe, K.J. Smectic gardening on curved landscapes. Langmuir 31, 11135-11142, doi:10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b02508 (2015). *

  • Hann, S.D., Goulian, M., Lee, D. and Stebe, K.J. Trapping and assembly of living colloids at water-water interfaces. Soft Matter 11, 1733-1738, doi:10.1039/c4sm02267j (2015).

  • Honglawan, A., Kim, D.S., Beller, D.A., Yoon, D.K., Gharbi, M.A., Stebe, K.J., Kamien, R.D. and Yang, S. Synergistic assembly of nanoparticles in smectic liquid crystals. Soft Matter 11, 7367-7375, doi:10.1039/c5sm01458a (2015). *

  • Huang, Y.R., Jiang, Y.J., Hor, J.L., Gupta, R., Zhang, L., Stebe, K.J., Feng, G., Turner, K.T. and Lee, D. Polymer nanocomposite films with extremely high nanoparticle loadings via capillary rise infiltration (CaRI). Nanoscale 7, 798-805, doi:10.1039/c4nr05464d (2015).

  • Jacobs, T.D.B., Lefever, J.A. and Carpick, R.W. A technique for the experimental determination of the length and strength of adhesive interactions between effectively rigid materials. Tribol. Lett. 59, 11, doi:10.1007/s11249-015-0539-9 (2015).

  • Jacobs, T.D.B., Lefever, J.A. and Carpick, R.W. Measurement of the length and strength of adhesive interactions in a nanoscale silicon-diamond interface. Adv. Mater. Interfaces 2, 1400547, doi:10.1002/admi.201400547 (2015).

  • Jeong, J., Gross, A., Wei, W.S., Tu, F.Q., Lee, D., Collings, P.J. and Yodh, A.G. Liquid crystal Janus emulsion droplets: preparation, tumbling, and swimming. Soft Matter 11, 6747-6754, doi:10.1039/c5sm01053e (2015 COVER ARTICLE).

  • Jeong, J., Kang, L., Davidson, Z.S., Collings, P.J., Lubensky, T.C. and Yodh, A.G. Chiral structures from achiral liquid crystals in cylindrical capillaries. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 112, E1837-E1844, doi:10.1073/pnas.1423220112 (2015).

  • Jishkariani, D., Diroll, B.T., Cargnello, M., Klein, D.R., Hough, L.A., Murray, C.B. and Donnio, B. Dendron-mediated engineering of interparticle separation and self-assembly in dendronized gold nanoparticles superlattices. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137, 10728-10734, doi:10.1021/jacs.5b06306 (2015).

  • Keim, N.C. and Arratia, P.E. Role of disorder in finite-amplitude shear of a 2D jammed material. Soft Matter 11, 1539-1546, doi:10.1039/c4sm02446j (2015).

  • Kim, D.S., Honglawan, A., Kim, K., Kim, M.H., Jeong, S., Yang, S. and Yoon, D.K. Fabrication of periodic nanoparticle clusters using a soft lithographic template. J. Mater. Chem. C 3, 4598-4602, doi:10.1039/c5tc00687b (2015).

  • Kim, M., Yeo, S.J., Highley, C.B., Burdick, J.A., Yoo, P.J., Doh, J. and Lee, D. One-step generation of multifunctional polyelectrolyte microcapsules via nanoscale interfacial complexation in emulsion (nice). ACS Nano 9, 8269-8278, doi:10.1021/acsnano.5b02702 (2015).

  • Kim, Y., Kane, C.L., Mele, E.J. and Rappe, A.M. Layered topological crystalline insulators. Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 086802, doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.086802 (2015).

  • Kim, Y., Wieder, B.J., Kane, C.L. and Rappe, A.M. Dirac line nodes in inversion-symmetric crystals. Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 036806, doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.036806 (2015).

  • Li, W.B., Rieser, J.M., Liu, A.J., Durian, D.J. and Li, J. Deformation-driven diffusion and plastic flow in amorphous granular pillars. Phys. Rev. E 91, 062212, doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.91.062212 (2015).

  • Liu, I.B., Gharbi, M.A., Ngo, V.L., Kamien, R.D., Yang, S. and Stebe, K.J. Elastocapillary interactions on nematic films. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 112, 6336-6340, doi:10.1073/pnas.1504817112 (2015).

  • Mao, X.M., Souslov, A., Mendoza, C.I. and Lubensky, T.C. Mechanical instability at finite temperature. Nat. Commun. 6, 5968, doi:10.1038/ncomms6968 (2015).

  • McGinley, J.T., Wang, Y.F., Jenkins, I.C., Sinno, T. and Crocker, J.C. Crystal-templated colloidal clusters exhibit directional DNA interactions. ACS Nano 9, 10817-10825, doi:10.1021/acsnano.5b03272 (2015).

  • Mutiso, R.M. and Winey, K.I. Electrical properties of polymer nanocomposites containing rod-like nanofillers. Prog. Polym. Sci. 40, 63-84, doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2014.06.002 (2015).

  • Rieser, J.M., Arratia, P.E., Yodh, A.G., Gollub, J.P. and Durian, D.J. Tunable capillary-induced attraction between vertical cylinders. Langmuir 31, 2421-2429, doi:10.1021/la5046139 (2015).

  • Saudari, S.R. and Kagan, C.R. Electron and hole transport in ambipolar, thin film pentacene transistors. J. Appl. Phys. 117, 035501, doi:10.1063/1.4906145 (2015).

  • Serra, F., Gharbi, M.A., Luo, Y.M., Liu, I.B., Bade, N.D., Kamien, R.D., Yang, S. and Stebe, K.J. Curvature-driven, one-step assembly of reconfigurable smectic liquid crystal “compound eye” lenses. Adv. Opt. Mater. 3, 1287-1292, doi:10.1002/adom.201500153 (2015). *

  • Shavit, A. and Riggleman, R.A. The dynamics of unentangled polymers during capillary rise infiltration into a nanoparticle packing. Soft Matter 11, 8285-8295, doi:10.1039/c5sm01866h (2015).

  • Sosale, N.G., Rouhiparkouhi, T., Bradshaw, A.M., Dimova, R., Lipowsky, R. and Discher, D.E. Cell rigidity and shape override CD47’s “self”-signaling in phagocytosis by hyperactivating myosin-II. Blood 125, 542-552, doi:10.1182/blood-2014-06-585299 (2015).

  • Stenull, O. and Lubensky, T.C. Comment on “Penrose Tilings as Jammed Solids” Reply. Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 209802, doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.209802 (2015).

  • Still, T., Yunker, P.J., Hanson, K., Davidson, Z.S., Lohr, M.A., Aptowicz, K.B. and Yodh, A.G. Temperature-sensitive hydrogel-particle films from evaporating drops. Adv. Mater. Interfaces 2, n/a-n/a, doi:10.1002/admi.201500371 (2015).

  • Sun, H.-J., Zhang, S. and Percec, V. From structure to function via complex supramolecular dendrimer systems. Chem. Soci. Rev. Invited Tutorial Review, 44, 3900-3923, doi:10.1039/c4cs00249k (2015).

  • Tourdot, R.W., Ramakrishnan, N., Baumgart, T. and Radhakrishnan, R. Application of a free-energy-landscape approach to study tension-dependent bilayer tubulation mediated by curvature-inducing proteins. Phys. Rev. E 92, 042715, doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.92.042715 (2015).

  • Wakeda, M., Saida, J., Li, J. and Ogata, S. Controlled rejuvenation of amorphous metals with thermal processing. Sci. Rpt. 5, 10545, doi:10.1038/srep10545 (2015).

  • Wang, X.L., Jiang, F., Hahn, H., Li, J., Gleiter, H., Sun, J. and Fang, J.X. Plasticity of a scandium-based nanoglass. Scripta Materialia 98, 40-43, doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2014.11.010 (2015).

  • Xia, Y., Serra, F., Kamien, R.D., Stebe, K.J. and Yang, S. Direct mapping of local director field of nematic liquid crystals at the nanoscale. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 112, 15291-15296, doi:10.1073/pnas.1513348112 (2015).

  • Zanjani, M.B., Davoyan, A.R., Engheta, N. and Lukes, J.R. NEMS with broken T symmetry: Graphene based unidirectional acoustic transmission lines. Sci. Rpt. 5, 09926, doi:10.1038/srep09926 (2015).

  • Zanjani, M.B., Engelke, R.E., Lukes, J.R., Meunier, V. and Drndic, M. Up and down translocation events and electric double-layer formation inside solid-state nanopores. Phys. Rev. E 92, 022715, doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.92.022715 (2015).

  • Zhang, S.D., Moussodia, R.O., Murzeau, C., Sun, H.J., Klein, M.L., Vertesy, S., Andre, S., Roy, R., Gabius, H.J. and Percec, V. Dissecting molecular aspects of cell interactions using glycodendrimersomes with programmable glycan presentation and engineered human lectins. Angew. Chem.-Int. Ed. 54, 4036-4040, doi:10.1002/anie.201410882 (2015).

  • Zhang, S.D., Moussodia, R.O., Vertesy, S., Andre, S., Klein, M.L., Gabius, H.J. and Percec, V. Unraveling functional significance of natural variations of a human galectin by glycodendrimersomes with programmable glycan surface. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 112, 5585-5590, doi:10.1073/pnas.1506220112 (2015).

  • Zhang, S.D., Xiao, Q., Sherman, S.E., Muncan, A., Vicente, A., Wang, Z.C., Hammer, D.A., Williams, D., Chen, Y.C., Pochan, D.J., Vertesy, S., Andre, S., Klein, M.L., Gabius, H.J. and Percec, V. Glycodendrimersomes from sequence-defined Janus glycodendrimers reveal high activity and sensor capacity for the agglutination by natural variants of human lectins. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137, 13334-13344, doi:10.1021/jacs.5b08844 (2015).

*acknowledges use of Shared Experimental Facilities

Partial Support, 2015

  • Azoz, S., Exarhos, A.L., Marquez, A., Gilbertson, L.M., Nejati, S., Cha, J.J., Zimmerman, J.B., Kikkawa, J.M. and Pfefferle, L.D. Highly conductive single-walled carbon nanotube thin film preparation by direct alignment on substrates from water dispersions. Langmuir 31, 1155-1163, doi:10.1021/la503919u (2015).

  • Beller, D.A., Gharbi, M.A. and Liu, I.B. Shape-controlled orientation and assembly of colloids with sharp edges in nematic liquid crystals. Soft Matter 11, 1078-1086, doi:10.1039/C4SM01910E (2015).

  • Borchert, J.W., Stewart, I.E., Ye, S.R., Rathmell, A.R., Wiley, B.J. and Winey, K.I. Effects of length dispersity and film fabrication on the sheet resistance of copper nanowire transparent conductors. Nanoscale 7, 14496-14504, doi:10.1039/c5nr03671b (2015). *

  • Bucki, R., Cruz, K., Pogoda, K., Eggert, A., Chin, L.K., Ferrin, M., Imbesi, G., Hadjiliadis, D. and Janmey, P.A. Enhancement of pulmozyme activity in purulent sputum by combination with poly-aspartic acid or gelsolin. J. Cystic Fibrosis 14, 587-593, doi:10.1016/j.jcf.2015.02.001 (2015).

  • Cargnello, M., Agarwal, R., Klein, D.R., Diroll, B.T., Agarwal, R. and Murray, C.B. Uniform bimetallic nanocrystals by high-temperature seed-mediated colloidal synthesis and their catalytic properties for semiconducting nanowire growth. Chem. Mater. 27, 5833-5838, doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b02900 (2015).

  • Cho, Y., Kim, G., Cho, Y., Lee, S.Y., Minsky, H., Turner, K.T., Gianola, D.S. and Yang, S. Orthogonal control of stability and tunable dry adhesion by tailoring the shape of tapered nanopillar arrays. Adv. Mater., 7788–7793 doi:10.1002/adma.201503347 (2015).

  • Choi, J., Cargnello, M., Murray, C.B., Clarke, N., Winey, K.I. and Composto, R.J. Fast nanorod diffusion through entangled polymer melts. ACS Macro Lett. 4, 952-956, doi:10.1021/acsmacrolett.5b00348 (2015).

  • Davami, K., Zhao, L., Lu, E., Cortes, J., Lin, C., Lilley, D.E., Purohit, P.K. and Bargatin, I. Ultralight shape-recovering plate mechanical metamaterials. Nat. Commun. 6, 10019, doi:10.1038/ncomms10019 (2015).

  • Dhara, S., Mele, E.J. and Agarwal, R. Voltage-tunable circular photogalvanic effect in silicon nanowires. Science 349, 726-729, doi:10.1126/science.aac6275 (2015).

  • Ding, M., Han, W., Li, J., Ma, E. and Shan, Z. In situ study of the mechanical properties of airborne haze particles. Science China Technological Sciences 58, 2046-2051, doi:10.1007/s11431-015-5935-8 (2015).

  • Dingal, P.C.D.P., Bradshaw, A.M., Cho, S., Raab, M., Buxboim, A., Swift, J. and Discher, D.E. Fractal heterogeneity in minimal matrix models of scars modulates stiff-niche stem-cell responses via nuclear exit of a mechanorepressor. Nat. Mater. 14, 951-960, doi:10.1038/nmat4350 (2015).

  • Diroll, B.T., Greybush, N.J., Kagan, C.R. and Murray, C.B. Smectic nanorod superlattices assembled on liquid subphases: structure, orientation, defects, and optical polarization. Chem. Mater. 27, 2998-3008, doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b00355 (2015).

  • Dreyfus, R., Xu, Y., Still, T., Hough, L.A., Yodh, A.G. and Torquato, S. Diagnosing hyperuniformity in two-dimensional, disordered, jammed packings of soft spheres. Phys. Rev. E 91, 012302, doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.91.012302 (2015).

  • Edwards, C., Arbabi, A., Bhaduri, B., Wang, X., Ganti, R., Yunker, P.J., Yodh, A.G., Popescu, G. and Goddard, L.L. Measuring the nonuniform evaporation dynamics of sprayed sessile microdroplets with quantitative phase imaging. Langmuir 31, 11020-11032, doi:10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b02148 (2015).

  • Fei, R.X., Li, W.B., Li, J. and Yang, L. Giant piezoelectricity of monolayer group IV monochalcogenides: SnSe, SnS, GeSe, and GeS. Appl. Phys. Lett. 107, 5, doi:10.1063/1.4934750 (2015).

  • Gao, L., Liu, W.H., Lee, O.S., Dmochowski, I.J. and Saven, J.G. Xe affinities of water-soluble cryptophanes and the role of confined water. Chem. Sci. 6, 7238-7248, doi:10.1039/c5sc02401c (2015).

  • Glor, E.C., Composto, R.J. and Fakhraai, Z. Glass transition dynamics and fragility of ultrathin miscible polymer blend films. Macromolecules 48, 6682-6689, doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.5b00979 (2015).

  • Gordon, T.R., Diroll, B.T., Paik, T., Doan-Nguyen, V.V.T., Gaulding, E.A. and Murray, C.B. Characterization of shape and monodispersity of anisotropic nanocrystals through atomistic X-ray scattering simulation. Chem. Mater. 27, 2502-2506, doi:10.1021/cm5047676 (2015).

  • Guerra, S., Iehl, J., Holler, M., Peterca, M., Wilson, D.A., Partridge, B.E., Zhang, S.D., Deschenaux, R., Nierengarten, J.F. and Percec, V. Self-organisation of dodeca-dendronized fullerene into supramolecular discs and helical columns containing a nanowire-like core. Chem. Sci. 6, 3393-3401, doi:10.1039/c5sc00449g (2015).

  • Guo, W., Wang, Z. and Lu, J. Diffusive versus displacive contact plasticity of nanoscale asperities: Temperature- and velocity-dependent strongest size. Nano Lett. 15, 6582-6585, doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b02306 (2015).

  • Haase, M.F., Stebe, K.J. and Lee, D. Continuous fabrication of hierarchical and asymmetric bijel microparticles, fibers, and membranes by solvent transfer-induced phase separation (STRIPS). Adv. Mater. 27, 7065-+, doi:10.1002/adma.201503509 (2015).

  • Han, G.H., Kybert, N.J., Naylor, C.H., Lee, B.S., Ping, J.L., Park, J.H., Kang, J., Lee, S.Y., Lee, Y.H., Agarwal, R. and Johnson, A.T.C. Seeded growth of highly crystalline molybdenum disulphide monolayers at controlled locations. Nat. Commun. 6, 6128/6121-6126, doi:10.1038/ncomms7128 (2015).

  • Hastings, S.P., Qian, Z.X., Swanglap, P., Fang, Y., Engheta, N., Park, S.J., Link, S. and Fakhraai, Z. Modal interference in spiky nanoshells. Opt. Express 23, 11290-11311, doi:10.1364/oe.23.011290 (2015).

  • He, K., Xin, H.L.L., Zhao, K.J., Yu, X.Q., Nordlund, D., Weng, T.C., Li, J., Jiang, Y., Cadigan, C.A., Richards, R.M., Doeff, M.M., Yang, X.Q., Stach, E.A., Li, J., Lin, F. and Su, D. Transitions from near-surface to interior redox upon lithiation in conversion electrode materials. Nano Lett. 15, 1437-1444, doi:10.1021/nl5049884 (2015).

  • Highley, C.B., Rodell, C.B. and Burdick, J.A. Direct 3D printing of shear-thinning hydrogels into self-healing hydrogels. Adv. Mater. 27, 5075-5079, doi:10.1002/adma.201501234 (2015).

  • Hore, M.J.A., Ye, X.C., Ford, J., Gao, Y.Z., Fei, J.Y., Wu, Q., Rowan, S.J., Composto, R.J., Murray, C.B. and Hammouda, B. Probing the structure, composition, and spatial distribution of ligands on gold nanorods. Nano Letters 15, 5730-5738, doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b03088 (2015).

  • Houssais, M., Ortiz, C.P., Durian, D.J. and Jerolmack, D.J. Onset of sediment transport is a continuous transition driven by fluid shear and granular creep. Nat. Comm. 6, 6527, doi:10.1038/ncomms7527 (2015).

  • Kushima, A., Qian, X.F., Zhao, P., Zhang, S.L. and Li, J. Ripplocations in van der Waals Layers. Nano Lett. 15, 1302-1308, doi:10.1021/nl5045082 (2015).

  • Lee, B., Park, J., Han, G.H., Ee, H.S., Naylor, C.H., Liu, W.J., Johnson, A.T.C. and Agarwal, R. Fano resonance and spectrally modified photoluminescence enhancement in monolayer MoS2 integrated with plasmonic nanoantenna array. Nano Lett. 15, 3646-3653, doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b01563 (2015).

  • Lee, M., Lee, D. and Park, B.J. Effect of interaction heterogeneity on colloidal arrangements at a curved oil-water interface. Soft Matter 11, 318-323, doi:10.1039/C4SM02068E (2015).

  • Lee, S.Y. and Yang, S. Compartment fabrication of magneto-responsive Janus microrod particles. Chem. Comm. 51, 1639-1642, doi:10.1039/C4CC07863B (2015).

  • Li, H., Contryman, A.W., Qian, X.F., Ardakani, S.M., Gong, Y.J., Wang, X.L., Weisse, J.M., Lee, C.H., Zhao, J.H., Ajayan, P.M., Li, J., Manoharan, H.C. and Zheng, X.L. Optoelectronic crystal of artificial atoms in strain-textured molybdenum disulphide. Nat. Commun. 6, 7381, doi:10.1038/ncomms8381 (2015).

  • Li, S., Niu, J.J., Zhao, Y.C., So, K.P., Wang, C., Wang, C.A. and Li, J. High-rate aluminium yolk-shell nanoparticle anode for Li-ion battery with long cycle life and ultrahigh capacity. Nat. Commun. 6, 8872, doi:10.1038/ncomms8872 (2015).

  • Li, S.Z., Li, Y.G., Lo, Y.C., Neeraj, T., Srinivasan, R., Ding, X.D., Sun, J., Qi, L., Gumbsch, P. and Li, J. The interaction of dislocations and hydrogen-vacancy complexes and its importance for deformation-induced proto nano-voids formation in alpha-Fe. Int. J. Plasticity 74, 175-191, doi:10.1016/j.ijplas.2015.05.017 (2015).

  • Li, Y.G., Yang, Y., Short, M.P., Ding, Z.J., Zeng, Z. and Li, J. IM3D: A parallel Monte Carlo code for efficient simulations of primary radiation displacements and damage in 3D geometry. Scientific Reports 5, 13, doi:10.1038/srep18130 (2015).

  • Li, Z., Zhang, J.T., Chen, Y.M.,  and Lou, X.W. Pie-like electrode design for high-energy density lithium-sulfur batteries. Nat. Commun. 6, 8850, doi:10.1038/ncomms9850 (2015).

  • Liu, T., Cheng, K., Salami-Ranjbaran, E., Gao, F., Glor, E.C., Li, M., Walsh, P.J. and Fakhraai, Z. Synthesis and high-throughput characterization of structural analogues of molecular glassformers: 1,3,5-trisarylbenzenes. Soft Matter 11, 7558-7566, doi:10.1039/c5sm01044f (2015).

  • Liu, T.Y., Cheng, K., Salami-Ranjbaran, E., Gao, F., Li, C., Tong, X., Lin, Y.C., Zhang, Y., Zhang, W., Klinge, L., Walsh, P.J. and Fakhraai, Z. The effect of chemical structure on the stability of physical vapor deposited glasses of 1,3,5-triarylbenzene. J. Chem. Phys. 143, 084506, doi:10.1063/1.4928521 (2015).

  • Lu, Y., Lee, J.H. and Chen, I.W. Nanofilament dynamics in resistance memory: Model and validation. ACS Nano 9, 7649-7660, doi:10.1021/acsnano.5603032 (2015).

  • Lubensky, T.C., Kane, C.L., Mao, X.M., Souslov, A. and Sun, K. Phonons and elasticity in critically coordinated lattices. Rep. Prog. Phys. 78, 073901, doi:10.1088/0034-4885/78/7/073901 (2015).

  • MacDermaid, C.M., Kashyap, H.K., DeVane, R.H., Shinoda, W., Klauda, J.B., Klein, M.L. and Fiorin, G. Molecular dynamics simulations of cholesterol-rich membranes using a coarse-grained force field for cyclic alkanes. J. Chem. Phys. 143, 243144, doi:10.1063/1.4937153 (2015).

  • Mao, X.M., Souslov, A., Mendoza, C.I. and Lubensky, T.C. Mechanical instability at finite temperature. Nat. Commun. 6, 5968, doi:10.1038/ncomms6968 (2015).

  • Middleton, L.R., Szewczyk, S., Azoulay, J., Murtagh, D., Rojas, G., Wagener, K.B., Cordaro, J. and Winey, K.I. Hierarchical acrylic acid aggregate morphologies produce strain-hardening in precise polyethylene-based copolymers. Macromolecules 48, 3713-3724, doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.5b00797 (2015). *

  • Oh, T.-S., Rahani, E.K., Neagu, D., Irvine, J.T.S., Shenoy, V.B., Gorte, R.J. and Vohs, J.M. Evidence and Model for Strain-Driven Release of Metal Nanocatalysts from Perovskites during Exsolution. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 6, 5106-5110, doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b02292 (2015).

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