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Publications & Patents

    on Colloid Physics, Statistical Mechanics and Self Assembly

  1. J. R. Savage and A. D. Dinsmore, "Experimental Evidence for Two-Step Nucleation in Colloidal Crystallization," Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 198302 (2009). Here are Supplementary materials.
  2. K. Du, C. R. Knutson, E. Glogowski, K. D. McCarthy, R. Shenhar, V. M. Rotello, M. T. Tuominen, T. Emrick, T. P. Russell, and A. D. Dinsmore, "Self-Assembled Electrical Contact to Nanoparticles Using Metallic Droplets," Small 5, 1974 (2009). See also the "News and Views" article in Nature Nanotechnology, by D. Vanmaekelbergh [Nature Nano 4, 475 (2009)]. Also listed in the "Research Highlights" section of Nature Nano in July 2004 [Nature Nano 4, 200 (2009)] .
  3. J. Zhou and A. D. Dinsmore, "Statistical Model of Contacts and Forces in Random Granular Media,"JSTAT 5, L05001 (2009). (Request pdf file.)
  4. M. L. Henle, R. McGorty, A. B. Schofield, A. D. Dinsmore and A. J. Levine, "The Effect of Cuvature and Topology on Membrane Hydrodynamics," Europhysics Letters 84, 48001 (2008).
  5. X. T. Peng and A. D. Dinsmore, "Light Propagation in Strongly Scattering, Random Colloidal Films: The Role of the Packing Geometry," Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 143902 (2007).
  6. D. B. Lawrence, T. Cai, Z. Hu, M. Marquez, A. D. Dinsmore, "Temperature-Responsive, Semi-Permeable Capsules Composed of Colloidal Microgel Spheres," Langmuir 23, 395 (2007).
  7. C. R. Knutson, K. V. Edmond, M. T. Tuominen, A. D. Dinsmore,"Shuttling of Charge by a Metallic Sphere in Viscous Oil," J. Appl. Phys. 101, 013706 (2007).
  8. J. R. Savage, D. W. Blair, A. J. Levine, R. A. Guyer, A. D. Dinsmore, "Imaging the Sublimation Dynamics of Colloidal Crystallites," Science 314, 795 (2006). (Request pdf file.) See also the Perspective article by Daan Frenkel.
  9. K. V. Edmond, A. B. Schofield, M. Marquez, J. P. Rothstein, A. D. Dinsmore, "Stable Jets of Viscoelastic Fluids and Self-Assembled Cylindrical Capsules by Hydrodynamic Focusing" Langmuir 22, 9052 (2006).
  10. J. Zhou, S. Long, Q. Wang, A. D. Dinsmore, "Measurement of Forces inside a Three-Dimensional Pile of Frictionless Droplets,"Science 312, 1631 (2006). Supporting online material. Full text is also available here.
  11. C. Zeng, H. Bissig, A. D. Dinsmore, "Particles on Droplets: from Fundamental Physics to Novel Materials," Solid State Communications 139, 547 (2006). (Request pdf file.)
  12. A. D. Dinsmore, V. Prasad, I. Y. Wong, D. A. Weitz, "Microscopic Structure and Elasticity of Weakly Aggregated Colloidal Gels," Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 185502 (2006). Online Supplementary material. (Request pdf file.)
  13. M. F. Hsu, M. G. Nikolaides, A. D. Dinsmore, A. R. Bausch, V. D. Gordon, X. Chen, J. W. Hutchinson, D. A. Weitz, "Self-Assembled Shells Composed of Colloidal Particles: Fabrication and Characterization," Langmuir 21, 2963 (2005).
  14. Y. Lin, A. Boeker, H. Skaff, D. Cookson, A. D. Dinsmore, T. Emrick, T. P. Russell, "Nanoparticle Assembly at Fluid Interfaces: Structure and Dynamics," Langmuir 21, 191 (2005).
  15. A. Boeker, Y. Lin, K. Chiapperini, R. Horowitz, M. Thompson, V. Carreon, T. Xu, C. Abetz, H. Skaff, A. D. Dinsmore, T. Emrick, and T. P. Russell, "Hierarchical Nanoparticle Assemblies formed by Decorating Breath Figures," Nature Materials 3, 302 (2004).
  16. E. R. Dufresne, E. I. Corwin, N. A. Greenblatt, J. Ashmore, D. Y. Wang, A. D. Dinsmore, J. X. Cheng, X. S. Xie, J. W. Hutchinson, D. A. Weitz, "Flow and Fracture in Drying Nanoparticle Suspensions," Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 224501 (2003). (Request pdf file.)
  17. M.G. Nikolaides, A.R. Bausch, M.F. Hsu, A.D. Dinsmore, M.P. Brenner, C. Gay, and D.A. Weitz, "Reply to 'Communications arising from Like-charged particles at liquid interfaces'," Nature 424, 1014 (2003).
  18. Y. Lin, H. Skaff, A. Boeker, A. D. Dinsmore, T. Emrick, T. P. Russell, "Ultrathin Cross-Linked Nanoparticle Membranes," J. Amer. Chem. Soc. Communications 125, 12690-12691 (2003).
  19. A. R. Bausch, M. J. Bowick, A. Cacciuto, A. D. Dinsmore, M. F. Hsu, D. R. Nelson, M. G. Nikolaides, A. Travesset, D. A. Weitz, "Grain Boundary Scars and Spherical Crystallography," Science 299, 1716 (2003). (See also the perspective by R. Kamien and NSF Highlights page, the Scientific American News of the Day (3/14/2003), and Scientific American magazine, May 2003, p. 33 (News Scan))
  20. Y. Lin, H. Skaff , T. S. Emrick , A. D. Dinsmore , T. P. Russell, "Nanoparticle Assembly and Transport at Liquid-Liquid Interfaces" Science 299, 226-229 (2003). (See also journalist's reviews in NanotechWeb and Innovations Reports.)
  21. A. D. Dinsmore, M. F. Hsu, M. G. Nikolaides, Manuel Marquez, A. R. Bausch, D. A. Weitz, "Colloidosomes: Self-Assembled, Selectively-Permeable Capsules Composed of Colloidal Particles," Science 298, 1006 (2002). See also supplementary information and journalists' reviews in Nature Medicine and Nature Biotechnology.
  22. M.G. Nikolaides, A.R. Bausch, M.F. Hsu, A.D. Dinsmore, M.P. Brenner, C. Gay, and D.A. Weitz, "Electric-Field-Induced Capillary Attractions between Like-Charged Particles at Liquid Interfaces," Nature 420, 299-301 (2002). See also supplementary figures and captions.
  23. V. Prasad, V. Trappe, A.D. Dinsmore, P.N. Segre, L. Cipelletti, D.A. Weitz, "Universal Features of the Fluid to Solid Transition for Attractive Colloidal Particles" Faraday Discussions 123,1-12 (2003). (Request pdf file.)
  24. A. D. Dinsmore and D. A. Weitz, "Direct Imaging of Three-Dimensional Structure and Topology of Colloidal Gels," J. Phys.- Condens. Matt. 14, 7581-7597 (2002).
  25. A.D.Dinsmore, Eric R. Weeks, V. Prasad, Andrew C. Levitt, D. A. Weitz, "Three-Dimensional Confocal Microscopy of Colloids," Applied Optics 40, 4152 and cover hologram, (2001).
  26. A.G. Yodh, Keng-hui Lin, J. C. Crocker, A. D. Dinsmore, Ritu Verma, and P. D. Kaplan, "Entropically Driven Self-Assembly and Interaction in Suspension," Phil. Trans. R. Soc. London A 359, 921 (2001).
  27. M. L. Breen, A. D. Dinsmore, R. H. Pink, S. B. Qadri, B. R. Ratna, "Sonochemically Produced ZnS-Coated Polystyrene Core-Shell Particles for Use in Photonic Crystals," Langmuir 17, 903 (2000).
  28. A.D. Dinsmore, A.G. Yodh, "Entropic Confinement of Colloidal Spheres in Corners on Silicon Substrates," Langmuir 15, 314 (1999).
  29. J.C. Crocker, J.A. Matteo, A.D. Dinsmore, A.G. Yodh, "Entropic Attraction and Repulsion in Binary Colloids Probed with a Line Optical Tweezer," Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 4352 (1999). (Request pdf file.)
  30. A.D. Dinsmore, D.T. Wong, Philip Nelson, A.G. Yodh, "Hard Spheres in Vesicles: Curvature-Induced Forces and Particle-Induced Curvature," Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 409 (1998). (Request pdf file.)
    (see also a brief review of this work by David Kestenbaum, "Gentle Force of Entropy Bridges Disciplines", Science 279, 1849 (1998)).
  31. A. D. Dinsmore, J. C. Crocker, A. G. Yodh, "Self-Assembly of Colloidal Crystals," Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Sci. 3, 5 (1998).
  32. A.D. Dinsmore, A.G. Yodh, D.J. Pine, "Entropic Control of Particle Motion Using Passive Surface Microstructures," Nature 383, 239, Sept. 19, 1996.
  33. A.D. Dinsmore, P.B. Warren, W.C.K. Poon, A.G. Yodh, "Fluid-Solid Transitions on Walls in Binary Hard-Sphere Mixtures," Europhys. Lett. 40(3), 337 (Nov. 1, 1997).
  34. A.D. Dinsmore, A.G. Yodh, D.J. Pine, "Phase Diagrams of Nearly Hard-Sphere Binary Colloids," Phys. Rev. E 52, 4045 (1995). (Request pdf file.)
  35. P.D. Kaplan, A.D. Dinsmore, A.G. Yodh, and D.J. Pine, "Diffuse Transmission Spectroscopy -- A Structural Probe of Opaque Colloidal Mixtures," Phys. Rev. E 50, 4827 (1994). (Request pdf file.)

    on Doped Semiconductor Nanoparticles
  36. S. B. Qadri, E. F. Skelton, A. D. Dinsmore, J. Z. Hu, W. J. Kim, C. Nelson, B. R. Ratna, "The Effect of Particle Size on the Structural Transitions in Zinc Sulfide," J. Appl. Phys. 89, 115 (2001).
  37. A.D. Dinsmore, D.S. Hsu, S.B. Qadri, J.O. Cross, T.A. Kennedy, H.F. Gray, B.R. Ratna, "Structure and Luminescence of Annealed Nanoparticles of ZnS:Mn," J. Appl. Phys. 88, 4985 (2000).
  38. A.D. Dinsmore, D.S. Hsu, H.F. Gray, S.B. Qadri, Y. Tian, B.R. Ratna, "Mn-Doped ZnS Nanoparticles as Efficient Low-Voltage Cathodoluminescent Phosphors," Appl. Phys. Lett. 75, 802 (1999).
  39. S.B. Qadri, E.F. Skelton, D. Hsu, A.D. Dinsmore, J. Yang, H.F. Gray, B.R. Ratna, "Size-Induced Temperature Reduction in Nanoparticles of Zinc Sulfide," Phys. Rev. B 60, 9191 (1999). (Request pdf file.)

    Patents

  40. T.S. Emrick, T. P. Russell, A. D. Dinsmore, H. Skaff, and Y. Lin, "Liquid-liquid Interfacial Nanoparticle Assemblies," US Patent No. 7,470,840 Dec. 30, 2008).
  41. A. D. Dinsmore, M. F. Hsu, M. G. Nikolaides, A. R. Bausch, M. Marquez, D. A. Weitz, "International Patent Application No. PCT/US01/46181: Methods and Compositions for Encapsulating Active Agents."
  42. Y. Tian, A. D. Dinsmore, S. B. Qadri, and B. R. Ratna, "Phosphors with Nanoscale Grain Sizes and Methods for Preparing the Same," (Patent Application, Navy Case # 79,586 (1999)).

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