Publications
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2021
102. D Zhu, Z Zhang, LB Alemany, Y Li, N Nnorom, M Barnes, S Khalil, MM Rahman, PM Ajayan, and R Verduzco*. “Rapid, Ambient Temperature Synthesis of Imine Covalent Organic Frameworks Catalyzed by Transition-Metal Nitrates,” Chem. Mater. 2021, in press. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c00737
101. X Li, Y Li, K Sarang, J Lutkenhaus*, and R Verduzco*. “Side-Chain Engineering for High-Performance Conjugated Polymer Batteries” Adv. Funct. Mater., 2021, 31, 2009263. DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202009263.
2020
100. D Zhu, X Li, Y Li, M Barnes, CH Tseng, S Khalil, MM Rahman, PM Ajayan, and R Verduzco*. “Transformation of One-Dimensional Linear Polymers into Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks Through Sequential Reversible and Irreversible Chemistries” Chem. Mater., 2020, 33, 1, 413 – 419. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c04237.
99. IJ Campbell, D Kahanda, JT Atkinson, ON Sparks, J Kim, CP Tseng, R Verduzco, G Bennett, and JJ Silberg*. “Recombination of 2Fe-2S Ferredoxins Reveals Differences in the Inheritance of Thermostability and Midpoint Potential” ACS Synth. Biol., 2020, 9, 12, 3245 – 3253. DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.0c00303.
98. K Zuo, X Huang, X Liu, EMG Garcia, J Kim, A Jain, L Chen, P Liang, A Zepeda, R Verduzco, J Lou, and Q Li*. “A Hybrid Metal–Organic Framework–Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanomaterial for Selective Removal of Chromate from Water in an Electrochemical Process,” Env. Sci. & Tech. 2020, 54, 20, 13322 – 13332. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c04703
97. CP Tseng, GN Bennett, JJ Silberg, and R Verduzco. “100th Anniversary of Macromolecular Science Viewpoint: Soft Materials for Microbial Bioelectronics,” ACS Macro Letters, 2020, 9, 11, 1590 – 1603. DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.0c00573
96. K Miyagi, H Mei, TS Laws, T Terlier, GE Stein, and R Verduzco. “Analysis of surface segregation of bottlebrush polymer additives in thin film blends with attractive intermolecular interactions,” Macromolecules, 2020, 53, 15, 6720 – 6730. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c00744
95. H Mei, AH Mah, Z Hu, Y Li, T Terlier, GE Stein, and R Verduzco. “Rapid Processing of Bottlebrush Coatings through UV-Induced Cross-Linking,” ACS Macro Lett., 2020, 9, 1135 – 1142. DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.0c00384.
94. D Zhu and R Verduzco. “Ultralow Surface Tension Solvents Enable Facile COF Activation with Reduced Pore Collapse,” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2020, 12, 29, 33121 – 33127. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c09173.
93. ER Thomas, A Jain, SC Mann, Y Yang, MD Green, WS Walker, F Perreault, ML Lind, R Verduzco. “Freestanding self-assembled sulfonated pentablock terpolymer membranes for high flux pervaporation desalination,” J. Mem. Sci., 2020, 613, 118460. DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118460.
92. Hu, Sun, Lin, Jackson, Terlier, Owolabi, Mei, Li, Wang, Sidhik, Hao, Yao, Mohite, Verduzco. “Improved mechanical durability of high performance OPVs using semi-interpenetrating networks,” Adv. Opt. Mater., 2020, 8, 18, 2000516. DOI: 10.1002/adom.202000516.
91. BA Fultz, T Terlier, B Dunoyer de Segonzac, R Verduzco, and JG Kennemur. “Nanostructured Films of Oppositely Charged Domains from Self-Assembled Block Copolymers,” Macromolecules, 2020, 53, 13, 5638 – 5648. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c00707
90. E García-Díaz, D Zhang, Y Li, R Verduzco, and PJJ Alvarez. “TiO2 microspheres with cross-linked cyclodextrin coating exhibit improved stability and sustained photocatalytic degradation of bisphenol A in secondary effluent,” Water Res, 2020, 183, 116095. DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2020.116095
89. Sarang, Li, Miranda, Terlier, Oh, Verduzco, Lutkenhaus. “Tannic acid as a small-molecule binder for silicon anodes,” ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 2020, 3, 7, 6985 – 6994. DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.0c01051.
88. Jung, Cui, Barnes, Satam, Zhang, Chowdhury, Adumbumkulath, Sahin, Miler, Sajadi, Sassi, Ji, Bennett, Yu, Friguglietti, Merchant, Verduzco, Roy, Vajtai, Meredith, Youngblood, Koratkar, Rahman, Ajayan. “Multifunctional Bio‐Nanocomposite Coatings for Perishable Fruits,” Adv. Mater. 2020, 32, 26, 1908291. DOI: 10.1002/adma.201908291.
87. Zhu, Alemany, Guo, Verduzco. “Enhancement of Crystallinity of Imine-linked Covalent Organic Frameworks via Aldehyde Modulators,” Polym. Chem., 2020, 11, 4464 – 4468. DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00776E.
86. Barnes, Sajadi, Parekh, Rahman, Ajayan, and Verduzco. “Reactive 4D Printing of Shape Programmable Liquid Crystal Elastomers,” ACS Appl. Mater. Interf.,12, 28693. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c07331.
85. Verduzco and Wong. “Fighting PFAS with PFAS,”ACS Central Science, 6, 453. DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.0c00164
84. Miranda, Sarang, Gendensuren, Oh, Lutkenhaus, and Verduzco. “Molecular design principles for polymeric binders in silicon anodes,” Mol. Syst. Des. & Eng., 2020, 5, 709. DOI: 10.1039/C9ME00162J
2019
83. H. Mei, T. S. Laws, J. P. Mahalik, J. Li, A. H. Mah, T. Terlier, Peter Bonnesen, David Uhrig, Rajeev Kumar,Gila E. Stein, and Rafael Verduzco. “Entropy and Enthalpy Mediated Segregation of bottlebrush copolymer additives to thin film interfaces,” Macromolecules, 2019, 52, 8910. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.9b01801
82. Miranda, Li, Haregewoin, Sarang, Lutkenhaus, Kostecki, Verduzco. “A comprehensive study of hydrolyzed polyacrylamide as a binder for silicon anodes,” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2019, 11, 44090. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b13257
81. Stein, Laws, Verduzco. “Tailoring the Attraction of Polymers Towards Surfaces,” Macromolecules, 2019, 52, 4787 – 4802. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.9b00492.
80. Rahman, Adampanubam, Putirath, Tsafack, Wang, Robatjaji,Barnes, Salpekar, Sasurla, Sajadi, Babu, Verduzco, Ajayan. “Fiber Reinforced Layered Dielectric Nanocomposite,” Adv. Funct. Mater., 2019, 1900056. DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201900056.
79. Li, An, Strzalka, Lutkenhaus, and Verduzco. “Self-doped conjugated polymeric binders improve the capacity and mechanical properties of V2O5 cathodes,” Polymers,2019, 11, 4, 589. DOI: 10.3390/polym11040589
78. Sarang, Miranda, Ahn, Oh, Verduzco, and Lutkenhaus, “Poly(fluorene-alt-naphthalene diimide) as n-Type Polymer Electrodes for Energy Storage,” ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 2019, 1, 5, 1156 – 1164. DOI: 10.1021/acsapm.9b00164
77. Jain, Weathers, Kim, Meyer, Walker, Li, Verduzco, “Self assembled, sulfonated pentablock copolymer cation exchange coatings for membrane capacitive deionization,” Mol. Syst. Des. Eng. 2019, 1, 4, 348 – 356. DOI: 10.1039/C8ME00115D
76. Kim, Jain, Zuo, Verduzco, and Li. “Removal of calcium ions from water by selective electrosorption using target-ion specific nanocomposite electrode,” Water Res., 2019, 160, 445 – 453. DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.05.016
75. Mah, Laws, Li, Mei, Brown, Levlev, Kumar, Verduzco, Stein, “Entropic and Enthalpic Effects in Thin Film Blends of Homopolymers and Bottlebrush Polymers,” Macromolecules 2019, 52, 1526 – 1535. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b02242
74.Barnes, Verduzco. “ Direct Shape Programming of Liquid Crystal Elastomers” Soft Matter 2019, 15, 870 – 879 Featured by Rice News, the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Chemistry World, and C&E News. DOI: 10.1039/C8SM02174K
73. Alaboalirat, Qi, Arrington, Qian, Keum, Mei, Littrell, Sumpter, Carrillo, Verduzco, and Matson. “Amphiphilic Bottlebrush Block Copolymers: Analysis of Aqueous Self-Assembly by Small-Angle Neutron Scattering and Surface Tension Measurements,” Macromolecules, 2019, 52, 465 – 476. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b02366
2018
72.Mok, Hu, Sun, Barth, Munoz, Jackson, Yager, Verduzco. “Network-Stabilized Bulk Heterojunction Organic Photovoltaics” Chemistry of Materials, 2018, 30, 8314 – 8321. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b03791. Featured by Rice News
71.An, Li, Smith, Zhang, Verduzco, Lutkenhaus. “Regioregularity and Molecular Weight Effects in Redox Active Poly(3-hexylthiophene)‑block‑poly(ethylene oxide) Electrode Binders” submitted 2018 1 , 5919 – 5927. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b02366
70.Zuo, Kim, Jain, Wang, Verduzco, and Li. “Novel Composite Electrodes for Selective Removal of Sulfate by the Capacitive Deionization Process” Environ. Sci. & Tech., DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b01868, 2018.
69.Mah, Mei, Basu, Laws, Ruchhoeft, Verduzco, Stein. “Swelling Responses of Surface-Attached Bottlebrush Polymer Networks” Soft Matter, DOI: 10.1039/C8SM01127C, 2018.
68.Mah, Afzali, Qi, Pesek, Verduzco, and Stein. “Bottlebrush Copolymer Additives for Immiscible Polymer Blends” Macromolecules 2018 accepted for publication, DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b00719
67.Cheng, Liu, Tong, Epsztein, Sun, Verduzco, Ma, and Elimelech. “Selective removal of divalent cations by polyelectrolyte multilayer nanofiltration membrane: Role of polyelectrolyte charge, ion size, and ionic strength” J. Membrane Sci., 559, 98 – 106., 2018.
66.Qi, Song, Wang, Li, Hirasaki, and Verduzco. “Polymer-coated Nanoparticles for Reversible Emulsification and Recovery of Heavy Oil” Langmuir, 2018, 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b00655.
65. Jain, Kim, Owoseni, Weathers, Cana, Zuo, Walker, Li, and Verduzco. “Aqueous-Processed, High-Capacity Electrodes for Membrane Capacitive Deionization” Environ. Sci. Technol., 2018, 52, 5859–5867.
64.Hu, Jakowski, Zheng, Collison, Strzalka, Sumpter, and Verduzco. “An experimental and computational study of donor-linker-acceptor block copolymers for organic photovoltaics” J. Polym. Sci. B: Polym. Phys.,2018, accepted for publication.DOI:10.1002/polb.24633 Featured in Advanced Science News: “Block Copolymers for Organic Photovoltaics”
63.Tsai, Asadpour, Blancon, Stoumpos, Durand, Strzalka, Chen, Verduzco, Ajayan, Tretiak, Even, Alam, Kanatzidis, Nie, and Mohite. “Light-induced lattice expansion leads to high efficiency perovskite solar cells” Science, 2018, 360, 67-70.
62.Wang, Sim, Chen, Kim, Rao, Li, Chen, Song, Verduzco, Yu. “Soft Ultrathin Electronics Innervated Adaptive Fully Soft Robots,” Advanced Materials,2018, in press. 10.1002/adma.201706695.
2017
61.White and Verduzco. “Liquid crystal elastomers: emerging trends and applications,” Soft Matter,2017 13, 4320. 10.1039/C7SM90086D.
60.Qi, ShamsiJazeyi, Ruan, Mann, Lin, Song, Ma, Wang, Tour, Hirasaki, and Verduzco. “Segregation of Amphiphilic Polymer-Coated Nanoparticles to Bicontinuous Oil/Water Microemulsion Phases,” Energy and Fuels, in press. DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.6b02687
59. Zhu, Barnes, Kim, Yu, Ardebili and Verduzco. “Molecular Engineering of Step-Growth Liquid Crystal Elastomers,” 2017, Sensor. Actuat. B: Chem., in press. DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2016.12.141
58. Pesek, Xiang, Hammouda, and Verduzco. “Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Analysis of PLA Bottlebrush Polymers,” J. Polym. Sci. B, Polym. Phys., 2017 55, 104 – 111. DOI: 10.1002/polb.24251
2016
57. Agrawal, Chen, Zhu, Kim, Adetiba, Miranda, Chipara, Ajayan, Jacot, and Verduzco. “Electromechanically Responsive Liquid Crystal Elastomer Nanocomposites for Active Cell Culture,” ACS Macro Letters, 2016 5, 1386 – 1390. DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.6b00554
56. Ponniah, Chen, Adetiba, Verduzco, and Jacot. “Mechanoactive Materials in Cardiac Science,” J. Mater. Chem. B., 2016 4, 7350 – 7362. 10.1039/C6TB00069J.
55. An, Li, Chalker, Strake, Verduzco, and Lutkenhaus. “Conducting Block Copolymer Additives Enhance the Performance of Carbon-Free Hybrid Vanadium Pentoxide Cathodes,” ACS Appl. Mater. Interf, 2016 8, 28585 – 28591. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b08028.
54. Kipp, Ganesan, and Verduzco. “Block copolymer compatablizers for ternary blend polymer bulk heterojunction solar cells — An opportunity for computation aided molecular design,” Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2016, 1, 353 – 369. DOI: 10.1039/C6ME00060F
53. Mok, Kipp, Hasbun, Dolocan, Strzalka, Ganesan, and Verduzco. “Parallel bulk heterojunction photovoltaics based on all-conjugated block copolymer additives,” J. Mater. Chem. A, 2016, 4, 14804 – 14813 DOI: 10.1039/c6ta06502c
52.Guo, Lee, Lin, Strzalka, Wang, Hexemer, Jaye, Fischer, Verduzco, Wang, Gomez. “Photovoltaic Performance of Block Copolymer Devices Is Independent of the Crystalline Texture in the Active Layer,” Macromolecules, 2016 49, 4599 – 4608. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b00370
51. Lin, Nie, Tsai, Li, Mohite, Gupta, and Verduzco. “Supramolecular Block Copolymer Photovoltaics through Ureido-Pyrimidinone Hydrogen Bonding Interactions,” RSC Advances, 2016 6, 51562 – 51568. DOI: 10.1039/c6ra09041a
50. Tsai, Nie, Blancon, Stoumpos, Asadpour, Harutyunyan, Verduzco, Crochet, Tretiak, Pedesseau, Evan, Alam, Gupta, Gou, Ajayan, Bedzyk, Kanatzidis, and Mohite. “High-efficiency two-dimensional Ruddlesden–Popper perovskite solar cells,” Nature, 2016 536, 312 – 316
49. Kipp, Verduzco, and Ganesan. “Design of bicontinous donor/acceptor morphologies for use as organic solar cell active layers,” J. Polym. Sci. A, Polym. Phys. 2016 54, 884-895. DOI: 10.1002/polb.23988
49. Kim, Zhu, Chen, Adetiba, Agrawal, Ajayan, Jacot, and Verduzco. “Preparation of Monodomain Liquid Crystal Elastomers and Liquid Crystal Elastomer Nanocomposites,” JoVE, 2016. DOI: 10.3791/53688
48. Pesek, Lin, Kasper, Chen, Rhode, Robertson, Stein, and Verduzco. “Synthesis of bottlebrush copolymers based on poly(dimethylsiloxane) for surface active additives,” Polymer,2016 98, 495-504. DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2016.01.057, 5-minute Audioslide Presentation
2015
47. Smith, Lin, Yager, Mohite, Nie, Darling, Verduzco. “Molecular Origin of Photovoltaic Performance in All-Conjugated Block Copolymers,” Macromolecules.DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b01383.
46. An, Smith, Lin, Swank, Pesek,Verduzco, and Lutkenhaus. “Flexible Self-Assembled V2O5 Cathodes Enabled by Conducting Diblock Copolymers,” Scientific Reports DOI: 10.1038/srep14166. Featured in C&EN News
45. Kipp, Mok. Darling, Strzalka, Ganesan, and Verduzco. “Rational Design of Thermally Stable, Bicontinuous Donor/Acceptor Morphologies with Conjugated Block Copolymer Additives,” ACS Macro Lett. 2015, 4, 867-871.
44. Mok, Lin, Yager, Mohite, Ni, Lee, Gomez, Darling, Gosztola, Schaller, Verduzco. “Linking group influences charge separation and recombination in all-conjugated block copolymer photovoltaics,” Adv. Funct. Mater 2015, 25, 5578-5585.
43. Verduzco. “Shape-Shifting Liquid Crystals,” Science 2015, 347, 949-950. Full Text. PDF Reprint.
42. Verduzco, Li, Pesek, and Stein. “Structure, Function, Self-Assembly, and Applications of Bottlebrush Copolymers,” Chem. Soc. Rev. 2015 44, 2405-2420.
41. Agrawal, Adetiba, Kim, Chen, Jacot, and Verduzco. “Stimuli-Responsive Liquid Crystal Elastomers for Dynamic Cell Culture,” J. Mater. Res. 2015 30, 453-462.
2014
40. Mitra, Li, Pesek, Lokitz, Uhrig, Ankner, Verduzco, Stein. “Thin film phase behavior of bottlebrush/linear polymer blends,” Macromolecules 2014 47, 5269-5276.
39. Smith, Stewart, Yager, Strzalka, and Verduzco. “Control of all-conjugated block copolymer crystallization via thermal and solvent annealing,” J. Polym. Sci. B: Polym. Phys. 2014 52, 900-906.
38. Lin, Stewart, Yager, and Verduzco. “Lamellar and Liquid Crystal Ordering in Solvent-Annealed All-Conjugated Block Copolymer Thin Films,” Soft Matter 2014 10, 3817-3825. (OPEN ACCESS)
37. ShamsiJazeyi, Miller, Wong, Tour, Verduzco. “Polymer-Coated Nanoparticles for Enhanced Oil Recovery,” J. Appl. P
olym. Sci. 2014 131, 40576. (COVER IMAGE)
36. Lin, Verduzco. “Synthesis and Process-Dependent Film Structure of All-Conjugated Copolymers for Organic Photovoltaics,” in Polymer Composites for Energy Harvesting, Conversion, and Storage, 2014, Chapter 3, 49-70.
35. Shamsijazeyi, Verduzco, and Hirasaki, “Reducing Adsorption of Anionic Surfactant for Enhanced Oil Recovery: Part II. Applied Aspects,” in press Colloid. Surf. A .
34. Li, ShamsiJazeyi, Pesek, Agrawal, Hammouda, Verduzco. “Thermoresponsive PNIPAAM Bottlebrush Polymers with Tailored Side-Chain Length and Side-Chain Endgroup Structure,” Soft Matter 2014 10, 2008-2015. (OPEN ACCESS)
33. Mor, Jones, Le, Shang, Weathers, Woltermann, Vakhshouri, Saito, Verduzco, Salleo, Hickner, and Gomez. “Contact Doping with Sub-Monolayers of Strong Polyelectrolytes for Organic Photovoltaics,” Soft Matter 2014 4, 13. (OPEN ACCESS)
32. Shamsijazeyi, Verduzco, and Hirasaki, “Reducing Adsorption of Anionic Surfactants for Enhanced Oil Recovery: Part I. Competitive Adsorption Mechanism,” in press, Colloid. Surf. A
31. Agrawal, Yun, Pesek, Chapman, and Verduzco, “Shape-responsive liquid crystal elastomer bilayers,” Soft Matter. 2014 10, 1411-1415. (See news release in Rice News and Futurity.org)
2013
30. Smith, Yager, Pickel, Kissinger and Verduzco, “Conjugated Block Copolymers via Functionalized Initiators and Click Chemistry,” Journal of Polymer Science A: Polymer Chemistry 2013 52, 154-163.
29. Pesek, Li, Hong, Hammouda, and Verduzco, “Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Analysis of Bottlebrush Polymers made by Grafting-Through Polymerization,”Macromolecules, 2013 46, 6998-7005. pdf
28. Guo, Lin, Witma, Smith, Wang, Hexemer, Strzalka, Gomez, and Verduzco, “Conjugated Block Copolymer Photovoltaics with near 3% efficiencies through microphase separation,” Nano Letters, 2013 13, 2957-2963. pdf (featured in Materials Today, Solar Novus, AIChE’s CEP Magazine, and Futurity.org)
27. Smith, Lin, Dement, Strzalka, Darling, Verduzco. “Synthesis and Crystallinity of All-Conjugated Block Copoly-mers prepared by Click Chemistry,” Macromolecules, 2013 46, 2636-2645. DOI: 10.1021/ma3026223 pdf
26. Agrawal, Chipara, Shamoo, Patra, Ajayan, Chapman, and Verduzco. “Dynamic Self-Stiffening in Liquid Crystal Elastomers,” Nature Communications, 2013 4, 1739. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2772 pdf (Featured in Futurity.org, Liquid Crystals Today, AIChE’s CEP Magazine, and WAMC The Academic Minute)
25. Kempf, Smith, Pesek, Li, Verduzco. “Amphiphilic poly(alkylthiophene) block copolymers prepared via externally initiated GRIM and click coupling,”Polym. Chem., 2013, 4, 2158-2163. pdf
24. Lin, Smith, Kempf, Verduzco. “Synthesis and Crystallinity of All-Conjugated Poly(3-hexyl thiophene) Block Copolymers,” Polym. Chem., 2013, 4, 229-232. pdf
2012
23. Li, Prukop, Biswal, and Verduzco, “Surface Properties of Bottlebrush Polymer Thin Films,” Macromolecules, 2012, 45, 7118-7127. pdf
22. Lin, Verduzco, “Supramolecular Conjugated Block Copolymers,” Macromolecules, 2012, 45, 6571-6579. pdf
21. Zhu, Sun, Li, Cai, Verduzco, and Tour, “Quantitative observation of structure and band gap change on graphene oxide nanoribbon during thermal annealing,” JACS, 2012, 134, 11774-11780. pdf
20. Agrawal, Luchette, Palffy-Muhoray, Chapman, Biswal, Verduzco, “Surface Wrinkling in Liquid Crystal Elastomers,” Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 7138-7142.pdf
2011
19. Dong, Pint, Hainey, Mirri, Zhan, Zhang, Pasquali, Hauge, Verduzco, Jiang, Lin, Lou. “Vertically Aligned Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes as Low-cost and High Electrocatalytic Counter Electrode for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells,“ ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2011, 3, 061702. pdf
18. Hong, Verduzco, Gleeson, Sprunt, Jákli. “Nanostructures of liquid crystal phases in mixtures of bent-core and rod-shaped molecules,“ Phys. Rev. E, 2011, 83, 3157.
17. Botiz, Schaller, Verduzco, Darling. “Optoelectronic Properties and Charge Transfer in Donor–Acceptor All-Conjugated Diblock Copolymers,“ J. Phys. Chem. C., 2011, 115, 9260-9266. pdf
16. Verduzco, Botiz, Pickel, Kilbey, Hong, Dimasi, Darling. “Polythiophene-block-Polyfluorene and Polythiophene-block-Poly(fluorene-co-benzothiadiazole): insights into the self-assembly of all-conjugated block copolymers” Macromolecules, 2011, 44, 530-539.
2010
15. Verduzco, Luchette, Hong, Harden, Sprunt, DiMasi, Muhoray, Kilbey, Sprunt, Gleeson, Jákli. “Bent-Core Liquid Crystal Elastomers” J. Mater. Chem., 2010, 20, 8488-8495
14. Hong, Verduzco, Williams, Twieg, DiMasi, Pindak, Jakli, Gleeson, and Sprunt. “Short range smectic order in bent-core nematic liquid crystals” Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 4819-4827
13. Harden, Chambers, Verduzco, Luchette, Gleeson, Sprunt, Jakli. “Giant flexoelectricity in bent-core nematic liquid crystal elastomers,” Appl. Phys. Lett 96, 102907, 2010.
2009
12. Bailey, Fodor-Csorba, Verduzco, Sprunt, Gleeson, Jakli. “Large flow-birefringence of nematogenic bent-core liquid crystals,” Phys Rev Lett 103, 237803, 2009
11. Lokitz, Messman, Hinestrosa, Alonzo, Verduzco, Brown, Osa, Ankner, Kilbey. “Dilute Solution Properties and Surface Attachment of RAFT Polymerized 2-Vinyl-4,4-dimethyl Azlactone (VDMA),” Macromolecules 42, 9018, 2009. link
10. Chambers, Verduzco, Sprunt, Gleeson, Jakli. “Flexoelectricity of a calamitic liquid crystal elastomer swollen with a bent-core liquid crystal,” J Mater Chem 19, 7909-7913, 2009.
9. Chambers, Verduzco, Sprunt, Gleeson, Jakli. “Calamitic Liquid-Crystalline Elastomers Swollen in Bent-Core Liquid-Crystal Solvents,” Advanced Materials 21 1-5, 2009.
8. Scruggs, Verduzco, Uhrig, Khan, Park, Lal, Kornfield. “Self-Assembly of Coil/Liquid-Crystalline Diblock Copolymers in a Liquid Crystal Solvent,” Macromolecules 42 (1) 299-307, 2009.
2008 and earlier
7. Porcar, Liu, Verduzco, Hong, Butler, Magid, Smith, and Chen. “Structural Investigation of PAMAM Dendrimers in Aqueous Solutions Using Small-Angle Neutron Scattering: Effect of Generation,” Journal of Physical Chemistry B 112 (47) 14772-14778, 2008. link
6. Li, Hong, Porcar, Verduzco, Butler, Smith, Liu, and Chen. “Assess the Intramolecular Cavity of a PAMAM Dendrimer in Aqueous Solution by Small-Angle Neutron Scattering,” Macromolecules 41 (22) 8916-8920, 2008. link
5. Xia, Verduzco, Grubbs, Konrfield. “Well-Defined Liquid Crystal Gels from Telechelic Polymers,” Journal of the American Chemical Society 130 (5) 1735-1740, 2008.
4. Verduzco, Scruggs, Sprunt, Palffy-Muhoray, Kornfield. “Director dynamics in liquid-crystal physical gels,” Soft Matter 3 (8) 993-1002, 2007.
3. Kempe, Verduzco, Scruggs, Kornfield. “Rheological study of structural transitions in triblock copolymers in a liquid crystal solvent,” Soft Matter 2 (5) 422-431, 2006.
2. Verduzco, Meng, Kornfield, Meyer. “Buckling Instability in Liquid Crystalline Physical Gels,” Physical Review Letters 96 (14) 147802, 2006.
1. Kempe, Scruggs, Verduzco, Lal, Kornfield. “Self-assembled liquid-crystalline gels designed from the bottom up,” Nature Materials 3 (3) 177-182, 2004.
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