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Research Highlights

2006

• Search for ferromagnetism in undoped and Cobalt doped HfO2-δ

• Effects of supercritical carbon dioxide on phase homogeneity, morphology, and mechanical properties of poly (styrene-blend-ethylene-stat-vinyl acetate)

• Flame Retardant Poly(methy methacrylate)/Clay Nanocomposites Prepared by Melt Intercalation

• Rheological characterization of in situ cross-linkable hyaluronan hydrogels

• The Effect of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticle on DNA Damage

• Structure and Nanomechanical Characterization of Electrospun PS/Clay Nanocomposite Fibers

• Cellular Traction Forces Influenced by Both of the Substratum Rigidity and Different Fibronectin Functional Domains

• Size-Controlled Synthesis and Characterization of Thiol-Stabilized Gold Nanoparticles

• Characterization of Palladium Nanoparticles Using X-ray Reflectivity, EXAFS and Electron Microscopy

• Comparison of decanethiolate gold nanoparticles synthesized by one-phase and two-phase methods

• Size-controlled synthesis and characterization of thiol-stabilized gold nanoparticles

• Crystallization in the Thin and Ultra-Thin Films of Poly(ethylene-vinyl acetate) and Linear Low Density Polyethylene

• Substrate Effect on the Melting Temperature of Thin Polyethylene Films

• Effect of Clay Platelet Orientation on Spin Cast Nanocomposite Films

• Separation of DNA of Different Conformations on Flat and Nanopatterned Surfaces

• Influence of electric field intensity, ionic strength and migration distance on the mobility and diffusion in DNA surface electrophoresis

• Dual Syringe Reactive Electrospinning of Cross-linkable Hyaluronic Acid

• Cellular mechanics of different aged human dermal fibroblast

2004-2005

• A New Route to Alumoxane Gel: A Versatile Precursor to Á-Alumina and Alumina-Based Ceramic Oxides

• Supercritical Fluid Introduction of Low-Density Polymer Thin Film Formation

• Dewetting Dynamics of Nanofilled Polymer Thin Films

• DNA Electrophoresis on Nanopatterned Surfaces

• Measurement Of Electro-Osmotic Flow (EOF) In A DNA Surface Electrophoresis Cell

• Percolation Clusters in Sheared Polymer Nanocomposites

• Crystallization of Ultra-thin film of Polyethylene and Its Copolymers

• Correlation of Cell and Substrate Mechanical Properties

• Electronic Transport in Monolayers of Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes

• Nano and Mesoscopic Soft Condensed Matter Architectures On Semiconductor Surfaces

• Nonspecific Compatibilization of Polymer Blends Using Functionalized Clays

• Swelling Behavior of Ultrathin Polymer Films in Supercritical Ethane

• Long DNA Molecules at Liquid-Solid Interfaces

• Dynamics of Glassy Ultra Thin Polymer film

• Flame-retardant Elvacite Acrylic Resin Nanocompoistes Using Melt Blending

• Control of Fibronectin Organization by Au/Si Micropatterns

• Spontaneous Natural Fibrillogenesis on Charged Surfaces

• Density-Fluctuation-Induced Swelling and Dynamics of Polymer Thin Films in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide

• Co-solvent Effect of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide for Immiscible Polymer Interfaces

• The Role of Substrate Mechanical Properties in Cardiac Resynchronization

• The Effect of Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes on Thin Film Dewetting

• Effect of Carbon Black on Elastomer Blends

• Supramolecular Assembly of Biological and Biomimetric Structures

• A Novel Approach for Determining the Mechanical Properties of Skin

• Local Mechanical Property Mapping of Living Cells on Self-assembled Fibronectin Network

• Dynamics of DNA Chains on Flat and Patterned Surfaces

• Chain Orientation and Its Effect on Mobility at a Rubbed Surface

• Control of Dewetting Dynamics by Adding Nanoparticle Fillers

• Temperature and Time Dependence of Copolymer Mixtures on Interfacial Adhesion at PS/PMMA Interfaces

• Temperature-Induced Changes in the EPR Spectrum of the Magnetic Center in Kaolin

• Antiferromagnetic Pairing in Polyaniline Salt-Zeolite Nanocomposites

• Sonochemical Synthesis Of Functionalized Amorphous Iron Oxide Nanoparticles

• Nanoparticle-Induced Light Emission From Multi-Functionalized Silicon

• Probe Diffusion in Thin PS Free-Standing Films

• Mobility of Polymer Chains Confined at a Free Surface

• Capillary Electrophoresis Using Poly(vinyl alcohol)s as Coatings and Separation Media - Challenge to High Resolution DNA Sequencing Analysis

• Magnetic Enhancement of ç-Fe2O3 Nanoparticles by Sonochemical Coating

• Salt-induced Polymer Gelation and Nanocrystal Fabrication in a Polymer-salt System

• Organization and Orientation of a Triblock Copolymer Poly(ethylene glycol)-b-poly(p-Phenylene Ethynylene)-b-poly(ethylene glycol) and its Blends in Thin Films

• Structures of Thin Ionomer Films in Solvent Mixtures

• Effect of Carbon Black and Silica Fillers in Elastomer Blends

• Surface Transitions by Shear Modulation Force Microscopy

• Surface Enrichment in Polymer Blends Involving Hydrogen Bonding

• Observation of Surface Ordering of Alkyl Side Chains in Polystyrene/Polyelectrolytes Diblock Copolymer Langmuir Films

• Interfacial Properties of Elastomer Blends as Studied by NeutronReflectivity

• Correlated Surfaces of Free-Standing Polystyrene Thin Films

• Reduced Mobility of Elastomers Near a Solid Surface as Measured by Neutron Rflectometry

• Control of Structure and Properties in Nanocomposites Comprising Semicrystalline Polymer Matrix and Clay

• Silicon Oxide Surface as a Substrate of Polymer Thin Films

• Surface charge density mediates spontaneous fibronectin matrix formation

• The Mobility of Polymer Chains Confined at a Free Surface

• Phase Transition in Organoclays

• Unique Rheological Properties in Polymer-Organoclay Nanocompositres

• The Mobility of Polymer Chains Confined at a Free Surface

• Self-Assembly of Rod-Coil Diblock Copolymers

• Influence of Clay on The Crystallization of Polymer Thin Film

• DNA Adsorption on 2D Silica Array

• Shear Modulation Force Microscopy Study of Near Surface Glass Transition Temperatures

• The Use Of Exfoliated Clays To Promote Blend Compatibilization

• Alkyl Selenide- and Alkyl Thiolate-Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles: Effects of Preparation Conditions

• The Use of Exfoliated Clay for Polymer Compatibilization

• DNA Electrophoresis on a Flat Surface

• Control of Structure and Properties in Nanocomposites Comprising Semicrystalline Polymer Matrix and Clay

• Focused Ion Beam/ Lift- Out Transmission Electron Microscopy Cross Sections of Block Copolymer Films Ordered on Silicon Substrates