Department of Chemistry

Recent Publications

1. Shirvanyants, D., Panyukov, S., Liao, Q. & Rubinstein, M."Long-range correlations in a polymer chain due to its connectivity." Macromolecules, 2008, 41, 1475-1485.
2. Shusharina, N. P. and M. Rubinstein "Concentration regimes in solutions of polyelectrolyte stars." Macromolecules, 2008, 41, 203-217.
3. Xu, H., Sun, F. C., Shirvanyants, D. G., Rubinstein, M., Shabratov, D., Beers, K. L., Matyjaszewski, K. & Sheiko, S. S."Molecular pressure sensors." Advanced Materials, 2007, 19, 2930.
4. Sun, F. C., Dobrynin, A. V., Shirvanyants, D., Lee, H. I., Matyjaszewski, K., Rubinstein, G. J., Rubinstein, M. & Sheiko, S. S."Flory theorem for structurally asymmetric mixtures." Physical Review Letters, 2007, 99, 203-217.
5. Liao, Q., Carrillo, J. M. Y., Dobrynin, A. V. & Rubinstein, M."Rouse dynamics of polyelectrolyte solutions: Molecular dynamics study." Macromolecules, 2007, 40, 7671-7679.
6. Nie, Z. H., Fava, D., Kumacheva, E., Zou, S., Walker, G. C. & Rubinstein, M."Self-assembly of metal-polymer analogues of amphiphilic triblock copolymers." Nature Materials, 2007, 6, 609-614.
7. Matsui, H., Wagner, V. E., Hill, D. B., Schwab, U. E., Rogers, T. D., Button, B., Taylor, R. M., Superfine, R., Rubinstein, M., Iglewski, B. H. & Boucher, R. C."A physical linkage between cystic fibrosis airway surface dehydration and Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2006, 103, 18131-18136.
8. Wang, Z. W. and Rubinstein, M."Regimes of conformational transitions of a diblock polyampholyte." Macromolecules, 2006, 39, 5897-5912.
9. Guo, J., Andre, P., Adam, M., Panyukov, S., Rubinstein, M. & DeSimone, J. M."Solution Properties of a Fluorinated Alkyl Methacrylate Polymer in Carbon Dioxide." Macromolecules, 2006, 39, 3427-3434.
10. Sheiko, S. S., Sun, F. C., Randall, A., Shirvanyants, D., Rubinstein, M., Lee, H. & Matyjaszewski, K."Adsorption-induced scission of carbon-carbon bonds." Nature, 2006, 440, 191-194.
11. Liao, Q., Dobrynin, A. V. & Rubinstein, M."Counterion-Correlation-Induced Attraction and Necklace Formation in Polyelectrolyte Solutions: Theory and Simulations." Macromolecules, 2006, 39, 1920-1938.
12. LaRue, I., Adam, M., Pitsikalis, M., Hadjichristidis, N., Rubinstein, M. & Sheiko, S. S."Reversible Morphological Transitions of Polystyrene-b-Polyisoprene Micelles." Macromolecules, 2006, 39, 309-314.
13. Xu, H., Sheiko, S. S., Shirvanyants, D., Rubinstein, M., Beers, K. L. & Matyjaszewski, K."Flow-enhanced epitaxial ordering of brush-like macromolecules on graphite." Langmuir, 2006, 22, 1254-1259.