Publications of Physical Chemistry and Soft Matter
The full list of publications by Physical Chemistry and Soft Matter can be reached via Research@WUR.
All PhD dissertations are open access and can be reached here.
To see the selected publications list of each year, please scroll down.
Recent PhD dissertations
Selected Publications 2020
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Sheared Amorphous Packings Display Two Separate Particle Transport Mechanisms
Physical Review Letters 125 (2020)13. - ISSN 0031-9007 -
Chemical Design Model for Emergent Synthetic Catch Bonds
Frontiers in Physics 8 (2020). - ISSN 2296-424X -
Encapsulation Using Plant Proteins : Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Wetting for Simple Zein Coacervates
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 12 (2020)13. - ISSN 1944-8244 - p. 15802 - 15809. -
Particle Dynamics in Colloid-Polymer Mixtures with Different Polymer Architectures
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 12 (2020)37. - ISSN 1944-8244 - p. 42041 - 42047. -
Complete microviscosity maps of living plant cells and tissues with a toolbox of targeting mechanoprobes
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 117 (2020)30. - ISSN 0027-8424 - p. 18110 - 18118. -
Propagation and attenuation of mechanical signals in ultrasoft 2D solids
Science Advances 6 (2020)37. - ISSN 2375-2548 -
Direct evidence of stress-induced chain proximity in a macromolecular complex
Physical Review Materials 4 (2020)5. - ISSN 2475-9953 -
Cephalopod-Inspired High Dynamic Range Mechano-Imaging in Polymeric Materials
Advanced Functional Materials 30 (2020)38. - ISSN 1616-301X -
Quantifying solvent action in oil paint using portable laser speckle imaging
Scientific Reports 10 (2020)1. - ISSN 2045-2322 -
Long Tails with Flower-like Conformations Undergo an Escape Transition in Homopolymer Adsorption Layers
Macromolecules 53 (2020)10. - ISSN 0024-9297 - p. 3900 - 3906.
Selected Publications 2019
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Gel Trapping Enables Optical Spectroscopy of Single Solvated Conjugated Polymers in Equilibrium
ACS Nano 13 (2019)11. - ISSN 1936-0851 - p. 13185 - 13195. -
Allosteric pathway selection in templated assembly
Science Advances 5 (2019)10. - ISSN 2375-2548 -
Langevin Dynamics Simulations of the Exchange of Complex Coacervate Core Micelles: The Role of Nonelectrostatic Attraction and Polyelectrolyte Length
Macromolecules 52 (2019)22. - ISSN 0024-9297 - p. 8923 - 8931. -
Plasticity in colloidal gel strands
Soft Matter 15 (2019)32. - ISSN 1744-683X - p. 6447 - 6454. -
Rigidochromic conjugated polymers carrying main-chain molecular rotors
Chemical Communications 55 (2019)77. - ISSN 1359-7345 - p. 11559 - 11562. -
Fourier transforms for fast and quantitative Laser Speckle Imaging
Scientific Reports 9 (2019)1. - ISSN 2045-2322 - 1 p. -
Morphing of liquid crystal surfaces by emergent collectivity
Nature Communications 10 (2019). - ISSN 2041-1723 -
Advances and challenges in soft tribology with applications to foods
Current Opinion in Food Science 27 (2019). - ISSN 2214-7993 - p. 90 - 97. -
Photonic Paints: Structural Pigments Combined with Water-Based Polymeric Film-Formers for Structurally Colored Coatings
Advanced Optical Materials 7 (2019)15. - ISSN 2195-1071 -
Thermoresponsive Complex Coacervate-Based Underwater Adhesive
Advanced Materials 31 (2019)21. - ISSN 0935-9648
Selected Publications 2018
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Apparent strength versus universality in glasses of soft compressible colloids
Scientific Reports 8 (2018)1. - ISSN 2045-2322 -
Rapid and Quantitative De- tert-butylation for Poly(acrylic acid) Block Copolymers and Influence on Relaxation of Thermoassociated Transient Networks
Macromolecules 51 (2018)20. - ISSN 0024-9297 - p. 8316 - 8323. -
Strand Plasticity Governs Fatigue in Colloidal Gels
Physical Review Letters 120 (2018)20. - ISSN 0031-9007 -
Laser Speckle Strain Imaging reveals the origin of delayed fracture in a soft solid
Science Advances 4 (2018)5. - ISSN 2375-2548 -
Sign Switch of Gaussian Bending Modulus for Microemulsions : A Self-Consistent Field Analysis Exploring Scale Invariant Curvature Energies
Physical Review Letters 120 (2018)2. - ISSN 0031-9007 -
Light from Within: Sensing Weak Strains and FemtoNewton Forces in Single Molecules
Chem 4 (2018)2. - ISSN 2451-9308 - p. 269 - 284. -
Bioinspired Underwater Adhesives by Using the Supramolecular Toolbox
Advanced Materials 30 (2018)19. - ISSN 0935-9648 - 38 p.
Selected Publications 2017
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Linking Particle Dynamics to Local Connectivity in Colloidal Gels
Physical Review Letters 118 (2017)18. - ISSN 0031-9007 -
Imaging the Molecular Motions of Autonomous Repair in a Self-Healing Polymer
Advanced Materials 29 (2017)26. - ISSN 0935-9648 -
Criticality and mechanical enhancement in composite fiber networks
Physical Review. E, Statistical nonlinear, and soft matter physics 95 (2017)4. - ISSN 2470-0045 -
Free-standing thermo-responsive nanoporous membranes from high molecular weight PS-PNIPAM block copolymers synthesized via RAFT polymerization
Polymer Chemistry 8 (2017)14. - ISSN 1759-9954 - p. 2235 - 2243. -
Precise Coating of a Wide Range of DNA Templates by a Protein Polymer with a DNA Binding Domain
ACS Nano 11 (2017)1. - ISSN 1936-0851 - p. 144 - 152. -
Illuminating the Reaction Pathways of Viromimetic Assembly
Journal of the American Chemical Society 139 (2017)13. - ISSN 0002-7863 - p. 4962 - 4968. -
Complex coacervates formed across liquid interfaces : A self-consistent field analysis
Advances in Colloid and Interface Science 239 (2017). - ISSN 0001-8686 - p. 17 - 30. -
Wetting dynamics of a collapsing fluid hole
Physical Review Fluids 2 (2017)1. - ISSN 2469-990X
Selected Publications 2016
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Mechanics at the glass-to-gel transition of thermoresponsive microgel suspensions
Soft Matter 12 (2016)9. - ISSN 1744-683X - p. 2515 - 2522. -
Discontinuous nature of the repulsive-to-attractive colloidal glass transition
Scientific Reports 6 (2016). - ISSN 2045-2322 -
Protein cross-linking tools for the construction of nanomaterials
Current Opinion in Biotechnology 39 (2016). - ISSN 0958-1669 - p. 61 - 67. -
Physical and mechanical properties of thermosensitive xanthan/collagen-inspired protein composite hydrogels
International Journal of Polymeric Materials and Polymeric Biomaterials 65 (2016)3. - ISSN 0091-4037 - p. 125 - 133. -
Rheological properties of dispersions of enzymatically cross-linked apo-α-lactalbumin
Food Hydrocolloids 56 (2016). - ISSN 0268-005X - p. 344 - 351. -
Self-organization of polyurethane pre-polymers as studied by self-consistent field theory
Macromolecular Theory and Simulations 25 (2016)1. - ISSN 1022-1344 - p. 16 - 27.
Selected Publications 2015
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Monitoring protein capsid assembly with a conjugated polymer strain sensor
Journal of the American Chemical Society 137 (2015)31. - ISSN 0002-7863 - p. 9800 - 9803. -
Manipulating and quantifying temperature-triggered coalescence with microcentrifugation
Lab on a Chip 15 (2015)1. - ISSN 1473-0197 - p. 188 - 194. -
Coating formation during drying of ß-lactoglobulin: Gradual and sudden changes
Biomacromolecules 16 (2015)1. - ISSN 1525-7797 - p. 76 - 86. -
The effect of molecular composition and crosslinking on adhesion of a bio-inspired adhesive
Polymer Chemistry 6 (2015). - ISSN 1759-9954 - p. 3121 - 3130. -
Liquid crystals of self-assembled DNA bottlebrushes
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Part B: Condensed Matter, Materials, Surfaces, Interfaces & Biophysical 119 (2015). - ISSN 1520-6106 - p. 4084 - 4092. -
Equivalent pathways in melding and gelation of well-defined biopolymer networks
Biomacromolecules 16 (2015)1. - ISSN 1525-7797 - p. 304 - 310. -
Interactions between nodes in a physical gel network of telechelic polymers; self-consistent field calculations beyond the cell model
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 17 (2015)14. - ISSN 1463-9076 - p. 9001 - 9014.
Selected Publications 2014
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Highly cooperative stress relaxation in two-dimensional soft colloidal crystals
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 111 (2014)43. - ISSN 0027-8424 - p. 15356 - 15361. -
Ultrastrong anchoring yet barrier-free adsorption of composite microgels at liquid interfaces
Advanced Material Interfaces 1 (2014)7. - ISSN 2196-7350 - 9 p. -
Conjugated polymer shells on colloidal templates by seeded Suzuki-Miyaura dispersion polymerization
Small 10 (2014)5. - ISSN 1613-6810 - p. 957 - 963. -
Subtle charge balance controls surface-nucleated self-assembly of designed biopolymers
ACS Nano 8 (2014)3. - ISSN 1936-0851 - p. 2328 - 2335. -
Design and self-assembly of simple coat proteins for artificial viruses
Nature Nanotechnology 9 (2014). - ISSN 1748-3387 - p. 698 - 702. -
Controlling the number of dendrimers in dendrimicelle nanoconjugates from 1 to more than 100
Soft Matter 10 (2014)37. - ISSN 1744-683X - p. 7337 - 7345. -
From micelles to fibers: balancing self-assembling and random coiling domains in pH-responsive silk-collagen-like protein-based polymers
Biomacromolecules 15 (2014)9. - ISSN 1525-7797 - p. 3349 - 3357. -
Synergistic stiffening in double-fiber networks
Biomacromolecules 15 (2014)4. - ISSN 1525-7797 - p. 1233 - 1239. -
Genetically engineered silk-collagen-like copolymer for biomedical applications: Production, characterization and evaluation of cellular response
Acta Biomaterialia 10 (2014)8. - ISSN 1742-7061 - p. 3620 - 3629. -
Polyelectrolyte coatings prevent interferences from charged nanoparticles in SPME speciation analysis
Analytica Chimica Acta 844 (2014). - ISSN 0003-2670 - p. 44 - 47.
Selected Publications 2013
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Interplay between folding and assembly of fibril-forming polypeptides
Physical Review Letters 111 (2013)5. - ISSN 0031-9007 - 5 p. -
Enhanced rigidity and rupture strength of composite hydrogel networks of bio-inspired block copolymers
Soft Matter 9 (2013). - ISSN 1744-683X - p. 6936 - 6942. -
Controlled mixing of lanthanide(III) ions in coacervate
Chemical Communications 49 (2013)36. - ISSN 1359-7345 - p. 3736 - 3738. -
Thermosensitive Molecular, Colloidal, and Bulk Interactions Using a Simple Surfactant
Advanced Functional Materials 23 (2013)4. - ISSN 1616-301X - p. 475 - 482. -
A liquid CO2-compatible hydrocarbon surfactant: experiment and modelling
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 15 (2013)45. - ISSN 1463-9076 - p. 19879 - 19892. -
Pearl-necklace complexes of flexible polyanions with neutral-cationic diblock copolymers
Soft Matter 9 (2013)28. - ISSN 1744-683X - p. 6406 - 6411. -
Facile one-step synthesis of monodisperse micron-sized latex particles with highly carboxylated surfaces
Macromolecular Rapid Communications 34 (2013)16. - ISSN 1022-1336 - p. 1284 - 1288. -
Substitutional impurity-induced vitrification in microgel crystals
Soft Matter 9 (2013). - ISSN 1744-683X - p. 5372 - 5379. -
Distribution of biomolecules in porous nitrocellulose membrane pads using confocal laser scanning microscopy and high-speed cameras
Analytical Chemistry 85 (2013)7. - ISSN 0003-2700 - p. 3723 - 3729. -
Multi-responsive physical gels formed by a biosynthetic asymmetric triblock protein polymer and a polyanion
Soft Matter 9 (2013)37. - ISSN 1744-683X - p. 8923 - 8930.
Selected Publications 2012
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Self-Assembly of Silk-Collagen-Like Triblock Copolymers Resembles a Supramolecular Living Polymerization
ACS Nano 6 (2012)1. - ISSN 1936-0851 - p. 133 - 140. -
Coating of Single DNA Molecules by Genetically Engineered Protein Diblock Copolymers
Small 8 (2012). - ISSN 1613-6810 - p. 3491 - 3501. -
Colloidal interactions in liquid CO2 - A dry-cleaning perspective
Advances in Colloid and Interface Science 175 (2012). - ISSN 0001-8686 - p. 11 - 24. -
Mechanical Properties of Re-constituted Actin Networks at an Oil/Water Interface Determined by Microrheology
Soft Matter 8 (2012). - ISSN 1744-683X - p. 5896 - 5903. -
Stable polymer micelles formed by metal coordination
Macromolecules 45 (2012)17. - ISSN 0024-9297 - p. 7179 - 7185. -
On the Stability and Morphology of Complex Coacervate Core Micelles: From Spherical to Wormlike Micelles
Langmuir 28 (2012)40. - ISSN 0743-7463 - p. 14180 - 14191. -
Hybrid Monte Carlo self-consistent field approach to model a thin layer of a polyelectrolyte gel near an adsorbing surface
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Part A: Molecules, Spectroscopy, Kinetics, Environment, & General Theory 116 (2012)25. - ISSN 1089-5639 - p. 6574 - 6581. -
Direct measurement of the strength of single ionic bonds between hydrated charges
ACS Nano 6 (2012)6. - ISSN 1936-0851 - p. 5297 - 5303. -
Monodisperse conjugated polymer particles by Suzuki-Miyaura dispersion polymerization
Nature Communications 3 (2012). - ISSN 2041-1723 -
Polymer compatibility in two dimensions. Modeling of phase behavior of mixed polymethacrylate Langmuir films
Langmuir 28 (2012)13. - ISSN 0743-7463 - p. 5614 - 5621.
Selected Publications 2011
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Polyelectrolyte complexes: Bulk phases and colloidal systems
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 361 (2011)2. - ISSN 0021-9797 - p. 407 - 422. -
Effect of pH on complex coacervate core micelles from Fe(III)-based coordination polymer
Langmuir 27 (2011). - ISSN 0743-7463 - p. 14776 - 14782. -
PMMA highlights the layering transition of PDMS in Langmuir films
Langmuir 27 (2011)6. - ISSN 0743-7463 - p. 2501 - 2508. -
Transient network topology of interconnected polyelectrolyte complex micelles
Soft Matter 7 (2011)4. - ISSN 1744-683X - p. 1378 - 1389. -
PMMA highlights the layering transition of PDMS in Langmuir films
Langmuir 27 (2011)6. - ISSN 0743-7463 - p. 2501 - 2508. -
Uptake and release kinetics of lysozyme in and from an oxidized starch polymer microgel
Soft Matter 7 (2011). - ISSN 1744-683X - p. 10377 - 10385. -
Reversible assembly of oppositely charged hairy colloids in water
Soft Matter 7 (2011)18. - ISSN 1744-683X - p. 8281 - 8290. -
Shape-Memory Effects in Biopolymer Networks with Collagen-Like Transient Nodes
Biomacromolecules 12 (2011)6. - ISSN 1525-7797 - p. 2285 - 2292. -
Thermally sensitive dual fluorescent polymeric micelles for probing cell properties
Soft Matter 7 (2011)7. - ISSN 1744-683X - p. 11211 - 11215. -
Mobility of lysozyme inside oxidized starch polymer microgels
Soft Matter 7 (2011)5. - ISSN 1744-683X - p. 1926 - 1935.