Publications
2022
Estefania Gonzalez Solveyra, David H. Thompson, and Igal Szleifer. Proteins adsorbing onto surface modified nanoparticles: Effect of surface curvature, pH, and the interplay of polymers and proteins acid-base equilibrium. Polymers, 14(4):739, Feb 2022. DOI: 10.3390/polym14040739
Rikkert J. Nap, Baofu Qiao, Liam C. Palmer, Samuel I. Stupp, Monica Olvera de la Cruz, and Igal Szleifer. Acid-base equilibrium and dielectric environment regulate charge in supramolecular nanofibers. Front. Chem., 10, Mar 2022. DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2022.852164
2021
Yue Li, Adam Eshein, Ranya K.A. Virk, Aya Eid, Wenli Wu, Jane Frederick, David VanDerway, Scott Gladstein, Kai Huang, Anne R. Shim, Nicholas M. Anthony, Greta M. Bauer, Xiang Zhou, Vasundhara Agrawal, Emily M. Pujadas, Surbhi Jain, George Esteve, John E. Chandler, The-Quyen Nguyen, Reiner Bleher, Juan J. de Pablo, Igal Szleifer, Vinayak P. Dravid, Luay M. Almassalha, and Vadim Backman. Nanoscale chromatin imaging and analysis platform bridges 4d chromatin organization with molecular function. Sci. Adv., 7(1):eabe4310, Jan 2021. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abe4310
Shiyi Qin, Kai Huang, and Igal Szleifer. Design of multifunctional nanopore using polyampholyte brush with composition gradient. ACS Nano, 15(11):17678–17688, Oct 2021. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c05543
Yamila A. Perez Sirkin, Mario Tagliazucchi, and Igal Szleifer. Nanopore gates via reversible crosslinking of polymer brushes: a theoretical study. Soft Matter, 17(10):2791–2802, 2021. DOI: 10.1039/D0SM01760D
Horacio R. Corti, Gustavo A. Appignanesi, Marcia C. Barbosa, J. Rafael Bordin, Carles Calero, Gaia Camisasca, M. Dolores Elola, Giancarlo Franzese, Paola Gallo, Ali Hassanali, Kai Huang, Daniel Laria, Cintia A. Men´endez, Joan M. Montes de Oca, M. Paula Longinotti, Javier Rodriguez, Mauro Rovere, Dami´an Scherlis, and Igal Szleifer. Structure and dynamics of nanoconfined water and aqueous solutions. Eur. Phys. J. E, 44(11), Nov 2021. DOI: 10.1140/epje/s10189-021-00136-4
2020
“Theoretical Modeling of Chemical Equilibrium in Weak Polyelectrolyte Layers on Curved Nanosystems” E Gonzalez Solveyra, RJ Nap, K Huang, I Szleifer
Polymers 12 (10), 2282, https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12102282
“Charge regulation mechanism in end-tethered weak polyampholytes” D Prusty, R Nap, I Szleifer, M Olvera de la Cruz Soft Matter 2020, (16), 8832-8847, 10.1039/D0SM01323D
“Disordered Chromatin Packing Regulates Ensemble Gene Expression and Phenotypic Plasticity” R Virk, W Wu, LM Almassalha, GM Bauer, Y Li, D VanDerway, J Frederick, Biophysical Journal 118 (3), 549a-550a"
“Large-Scale Heteropolymer Model of Chromatin Dynamics and Mechanics” A Shim, K Huang, V Backman, I Szleifer Biophysical Journal 118 (3), 551a
“Modeling High-Order Chromatin Structure in Single Cells” K Huang, V Backman, I Szleifer Biophysical Journal 118 (3), 550a-551a (2020)
“Nanocompartmentalization of the Nuclear Pore Lumen” K Huang, M Tagliazucchi, SH Park, Y Rabin, I Szleifer Biophysical Journal 118 (1), 219-231 doi.org/10.1016 (2020)
“Disordered chromatin packing regulates phenotypic plasticity” RKA Virk, W Wu, LM Almassalha, GM Bauer, Y Li, D VanDerway, ...Science Advances 6 (2), DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aax6232 (2020)
“Physical and data structure of 3D genome” Kai Huang, Yue Li, Anne R. Shim, Rikkert J. Nap, Vasundhara Agrawal, Ranya K.A. Virk, Adam Eshein, Luay M. Almassalha, Vadim Backman, Igal Szleifer Science Advances. doi: 10.1101/596262 (2020)
“Dynamic crowding regulates transcription” Anne R. Shim, Rikkert J. Nap, Kai Huang, Hiroaki Matusda, Vadim Backman, Igal Szleifer
DOI: 10.1016 (2020)
2019
“Multimodal interference-based imaging of nanoscale structure and macromolecular motion uncovers UV induced cellular paroxysm.” Scott Gladstein, Luay M. Almassalha, Lusik Cherkezyan, John E. Chandler,Adam Eshein, Aya Eid, Di Zhang, Wenli Wu, Greta M. Bauer, Andrew D. Stephens, Simona Morochnik, Hariharan Subramanian, John F. Marko, Guillermo A. Ameer, Igal Szleifer, Vadim Backman Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-09717-6. (2019)
“How Protonation Modulates the Interaction between Proteins and {pH}-Responsive Hydrogel Films” Gabriel S. Longo, Néstor A. Pérez-Chávez, Igal Szleifer Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science /doi.:10.1016 (2019)
“Effect of Polymer Surface Modification of Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticle Dispersions in High Salinity Environments.” Jin Yu, Rikkert J. Nap, Igal Szleifer, Joyce Y. Wong, American Chemical Society doi.org/10.1021/ (2019)
“pH-Dependent structure of water-exposed surfaces of CdSe quantum dots” Dana E. Westmoreland, Rikkert J. Nap, Francesca Arcudi, Igal Szleifer, and Emily A. Weiss, Royal Society of Chemistry DOI:10.1039/C9CC01339C (2019)
“Effect of collagenase-gelatinase ratio on the mechanical properties of a colalgen fibril: a combined Monte Carlo-molecular dynamics study.” Bethany Powell, David C Malaspina, Igal Szleifer, Yasin Dhaher Spring Science and Business Media DOI: 10.1007/s10237-019-01178-6 (2019)
“Classification of RNA backbone conformations into rotamers using 13C 0 chemical shifts: exploring how far we can go” Alejandro A. Icazatti, Juan M. Loyola1, Igal Szleifer, Jorge A. Vila, and Osvaldo A. Martin, PeerJ, DOI: 10.7717/peerj.7904
“Adsorption and insertion of polyarginine peptides into membrane pores: The trade-off between electrostatics, acid-base chemistry and pore formation energy” Pedro G.Ramírez, Mario G.Del Pópolob, Jorge A.Vila, I.Szleifer, Gabriel S.Longo, J. Colloid Interface Sci. doi: 10.1016 (2019)
“Preservation of cellular nano-architecture by the process of chemical fixation for nanopathology” Zhou X, Gladstein S, Almassalha LM, Li Y, Eshein A, Cherkezyan L, Viswanathan P, Subramanian H, Szleifer I, Backman V. PLOS One, DOI:
10.1371 (2019)
“Disordered chromatin packing regulates phenotypic plasticity” Ranya K.A. Virk, Wenli Wu, Luay M. Almassalha, Greta M. Bauer, Yue Li, David VanDerway, Jane Frederick, Di Zhang, Adam Eshein, Hemant K. Roy, Igal Szleifer,
and Vadim Backman, Science Advances (accepted) (2019)
2018
“Covalent-supramolecular hybrid polymers as muscle-inspired anisotropic actuators” Chin, S.M., Synatschke, C.V., Liu, S., Nap, R.J., Sather, N.A., Wang, Q., Álvarez, Z., Edelbrock, A.N., Fyrner, T., Palmer, L.C., Szleifer, I., Olvera de la Cruz, M. and Stupp, S.I., Nat. Commun. Vol. 9(1) DOI (2018)
“Modulation of Polyelectrolyte Adsorption on Nanoparticles and Nanochannels by Surface Curvature” Gilles, F.M., Boubeta, F.M., Azzaroni, O., Szleifer, I. and Tagliazucchi, M., J. Phys. Chem. C Vol. 122(12), pp. 6669-6677,
DOI (2018)
“Interphase chromatin as a self-returning random walk: Can DNA fold into liquid trees?” Huang, K., Backman, V. and Szleifer, I., bioRxiv, DOI (2018)
“13CheckRNA: a tool to evaluate 13C chemical shift assignments of RNA” Icazatti, A.A., Martin, O.A., Villegas, M., Szleifer, I. and Vila, J.A., Bioinformatics Vol. 34(23), pp. 4124-4126 DOI (2018)
“A thermoresponsive, citrate-based macromolecule for bone regenerative engineering”, Simona Morochnik, Yunxiao Zhu, Chongwen Duan, Michelle Cai, Russell R. Reid, Tong-Chuan He, Jason Koh, Igal Szleifer, Guillermo A. Ameer, J Biomed Mater Res Part A, (2018)
“Competitive calcium ion binding to end-tethered weak polyelectrolytes”, Rikkert N. Nap, Sung Hyun Park and Igal Szleifer, Soft Matter, DOI: 10.1039/C7SM02434G, (2018).
“Interplay of nanointerface curvature and calcium bindingin weak polyelectrolytes coated nanoparticles” Nap, R.J., Gonzalez Solveyra, E. and Szleifer, I., Biomater. Sci. Vol. 6, pp. 1048-1058 DOI (2018)
“Effect of calcium ions on the interactions between surfaces end-grafted with weak polyelectrolytes” Nap, R.J. and Szleifer, I., J. Chem. Phys. Vol. 149(16), pp. 163309 DOI (2018)
“Modeling of chemical equilibria in polymer and polyelectrolyte brushes”, R. J. Nap, M. Tagliazucchi, E. G. Solveyra, Chun-lai Ren, M. J. Uline and I. Szleifer, Polymer and Biopolymer Brusher for Materials Science and Biotechnology, Ed. O. Azzaroni and I. Szleifer, Wiley, (2018).
“Association Free Energies of Metal Cations with Mesylate and Acetate in Brine Calculated via Molecular Dynamics Simulation” Park, S.H., Nap, R.J. and Szleifer, I., ArXiv e-prints (2018)
“In silico study of principal sex hormone effects on post-injury synovial inflammatory response” Powell, B., Szleifer, I. and Dhaher, Y.Y., PLOS ONE Vol. 13(12), pp. e0209582 DOI (2018)
“Insights into the Role of Counterions on Polyelectrolyte-Modified Nanopore Accessibility” Silies, L., Solveyra, E.G., Szleifer, I. and Andrieu-Brunsen, A., Langmuir Vol. 34(20), pp. 5943-5953 DOI (2018)
“Routes for nanoparticle translocation through polymer-brush-modified nanopores” Tagliazucchi, M., Huang, K. and Szleifer, I. J. Phys.: Condens. Matter Vol. 30, pp. 274006 DOI (2018)
2017
“Design of Multifunctional Nanogate in Response to Multiple External Stimuli Using Amphiphilic Diblock Copolymer” K. Huang, I. Szleifer, Journal of the American Chemical Society, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b02057 (2017).
“Advanced modeling of ion transport in polymer and polyelectrolyte-modified nanochannels and nanopores”, M. Tagliazucchi and I. Szleifer, Chemically modified Nanopores and Nanochannels, Ed. M. Tagliazucchi and I. Szleifer, Micro and Nano Technologies Series, Elsevier, (2017).
“Theoretical basis for structure and transport in nanopores and nanochannels”, M. Tagliazucchi and I. Szleifer, Chemically modified Nanopores and Nanochannels, Ed. M. Tagliazucchi and I. Szleifer, Micro and Nano Technologies Series, Elsevier, (2017).
“Behavior of ligand binding assays with crowded surfaces: Molecular model of antigen capture by antibody-conjugated nanoparticles”, David C. Malaspina, Gabriel Longo and Igal Szleifer, PLOS ONE, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0185518
. “Structural behavior of competitive temperature and pH-responsive tethered polymer layers”, Simona Morochnik, Rikkert J. Nap, Guillermo A. Ameer and Igal Szleifer, Soft Matter, DOI: 10.1039/C7SM01538K (2017).
“Design of Multifunctional Nanogate in Response to Multiple External Stimuli Using Amphiphilic Diblock Copolymer”, Kai Huang and Igal Szleifer, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 139, 6422–6430 (2017).
“Mechanical properties of a collagen fibril under simulated degradation”, David C. Malaspina, Igal Szleifer, Yasin Dhahera, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 75, 549–557 (2017).
2016
“Controlling the hydration rate of a hydrophilic matrix in the core of an intravaginal ring determines antiretroviral release”, R. S. Teller, D. C. Malaspina, R. Rastogi, J. T. Clark, I. Szleifer and P. Kiser, Journal of Controlled Release, 224, 176-183 (2016).
“Dynamics of dissipative self-assembly of particles interacting through oscillatory forces”, M. Tagliazucchi and I. Szleifer, Faraday Discuss., 186, 399-418 (2016).
“What is the role of curvature on the properties of nanomaterials for biomedical applications?”, E. Gonzalez Solveyra and I. Szleifer, WIREs Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology, 8, 334-354 (2016).
“Ionic Conductance of Polyelectrolyte-Modified Nanochannels: Nanoconfinement Effects on the Coupled Protonation Equilibria of Polyprotic Brushes”, F. M. Gilles, M. Tagliazucchi, O. Azzaroni, and I. Szleifer, J. Phys. Chem. C, 8, 334-354 (2016).
“Differential Mechanisms of Tenofovir and Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate Cellular Transport and Implications for Topical Preexposure Prophylaxis Antimicrob”, E. Taneva, K. Crooker, S. H. Park, J. T. Sud, A. Ott, N. Cheshenko, I. Szleifer, P. F. Kiser, B. Frank, P. M. M. Mesquita and B. C. Herold,. Agents Chemother, American Society for Microbiology, 60, 1667-1675 (2016).
“Colocalization of cellular nanostructure using confocal fluorescence and partial wave spectroscopy”, J.E. Chandler, Y. Stypula-Cyrus, L. Almassalha, G. Bauer, L. Bowen, H. Subramanian, I. Szleifer, and V. Backman,. J. Biophotonics, 10, 377-384 (2016).
“The Greater Genomic Landscape: The heterogeneous evolution of cancer”, L.M. Almassalha, G.M. Bauer, J.E. Chandler, S. Gladstein, I. Szleifer, H.K. Roy, and V Backman, Cancer Research. 76:19, 5605-5609, (2016).
“Label-free imaging of the native, living cellular nanoarchitecture using partial wave spectroscopic microscopy”, L.M. Almassalha, G.M. Bauer, J.E. Chandler, S. Gladstein, L. Cherkezyan, Y. Stypula-Cyrus, S. Weinberg, D. Zhang, P. T. Ruhoff, H.K. Roy, H. Subramanian, N. S. Chandel, I. Szleifer,and V Backman, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.,. 113:42, E6372-E6381, (2016).
“Anisotropic surface functionalization of Au nanorods driven by molecular architecture and curvature effects”, Estefania Gonzalez Solveyra, Mario Tagliazucchi and Igal Szleifer, Faraday Discuss., 191, 351-372 (2016).
“Controlling swelling/deswelling of stimuli-responsive hydrogel nanofilms in electric fields”, G. S. Longo, M. Olvera de la Cruz and I. Szleifer, Soft Matter, 12, 8359-8366 (2016).
2015
“Molecular and Thermodynamic Factors Explain the Passivation Properties of Poly(Ethylene Glycol)-Coated Substrate Surfaces against Fluorophore-Labeled DNA Oligonucleotides", Chunlai Ren, Robert Schlapak, Roland Hager, Igal Szleifer and Stefan Howorka, Langmuir, 31, 11491–11501 (2015).
“How Does Confinement Change Ligand–Receptor Binding Equilibrium? Protein Binding in Nanopores and Nanochannels”, Mario Tagliazucchi and Igal Szleifer, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 137, 12539–12551 (2015).
"Salt Pumping by Voltage-Gated Nanochannels", Mario Tagliazucchi, and Igal Szleifer, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 6, 3534-3539 (2015).
“Lysozyme Adsorption in pH-responsive Hydrogel Thin-Films:The non-trivial Role of Acid-Base Equilibrium”, Claudio Narambuena, Gabriel Longo and Igal Szleifer, Soft Matter 11, 6669-6679 (2015)
“Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Anchored Viral Peptide Interactions”, Tyrone J. Yacoub and Igal Szleifer, Biointerphases, 10, 029513(1-8) (2015).
“The Role of Steric Interactions in Dispersion of Carbon Nanotubes by Poly(3-alkyl thiophenes) in Organic Solvents”, Avraham Bar-Hen, Céline Bounioux, and Rachel Yerushalmi – Rozen, Estefania Gonzalez Solveyra and Igal Szleifer, J. Coll. Inter. Sci., 452, 62-68 (2015).
“Mesoporous Hybrid Thin Film Membranes with PMETAC@Silica Architectures: Controlling Ionic Gating through the Tuning of Polyelectrolyte Density”, Annette Andrieu-Brunsen, Sébastien Micoureau, Mario Tagliazucchi, Igal Szleifer, Omar Azzaroni, and Galo J. A. A. Soler-Illia, Chem. Mater., 27, 808–821 (2015).
"Membrane curvature enables N-Ras lipid anchor sorting to liquid-ordered membrane phases", Jannik Larsen, Martin Jensen, Vikram Bhatia, Søren Pedersen, Thomas Bjørnholm, Lars Iversen, Mark Uline, Igal Szleifer, Knud Jensen, Nikos Hatzakis and Dimitrios Stamou, Nature Chem. Biol., 11, 192-197 (2015).
"Molecular Design of Antifouling Polymer Brushes using Sequence-Specific Peptoids", King Hang Aaron Lau, Tadas S. Sileika, Sung Hyun Park, Igal Szleifer and Phillip B. Messersmith, Advanced Materials Interface, 2, 1400225 (1-10) (2015).
“Transport mechanisms in nanopores and nanochannels: can we mimic nature?”, Mario Tagliazucchi and Igal Szleifer, Materials Today, 18, 131-142 (2015).
2014
"Equilibrium Adsorption of Hexahistidine on pH-Responsive Hydrogel Nanofilms", Gabriel Longo, Monica Olvera de la Cruz and Igal Szleifer, Langmuir, 30, 15335-15344 (2014).
"Nematic ordering of SWNT in meso-structured thin liquid films of polystyrene sulfonate", Racheli Itzhak-Cohen, Einat Nativ-Roth, Yael Levi-Kalisman, Elinor Josef, Igal Szleifer and Rachel Yerushalmi-Rozen, Langmuir, 30, 14963–14970 (2014)
“On the stability of nanoparticles coated with polyelectrolytes in high salinity solutions”, Rikkert J. Nap, Sung Hyun Park and Igal Szleifer, J. Pol. Sci. B: Pol. Phys., 52, 1689–1699 (2014).
"Self-organized Polyelectrolyte End-grafted Layers under Nanoconfinement", Mario Tagliazucchi, Xing Li, Monica Olvera de la Cruz, and Igal Szleifer, ACS Nano, 8, 9998-10008 (2014).
“Non-Monotonic Swelling of Surface Grafted Hydrogels Induced by pH and/or Salt Concentration”, Gabriel Longo, Monica Olvera de la Cruz, and Igal Szleifer, J. Chem. Phys., 141, 124909 (1-10) (2014).
“Non-monotonic diffusion of particles among larger attractive crowding spheres”, Gregory Garbès Putzel, Mario Tagliazucchi, and Igal Szleifer, Phys. Rev. Lett., 113, 138302 (1-5) (2014).
"The role of solution conditions in the bacteriophage PP7 capsid charge regulation", Rikkert Nap, Anze Losdorfer Bozic, Igal Szleifer and Rudolf Podgornik, Biophys. J., 107, 1970-1810 (2014).
“Albumin Hydrogels Formed by Electrostatically Triggered Self-Assembly and Their Drug Delivery Capability", Kevin Baler, Raman Michael, Igal Szleifer and Guillermo Ameer, Biomacromolecules, 15, 3625-3633 (2014).
“Dissipative self-assembly of particles interacting through time-oscillatory potentials”, Mario Tagliazucchi, Emily A. Weiss and Igal Szleifer, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 111, 9751-9756 (2014).
“Membrane phospholipid redistribution in cancer microparticles and implications in the recruitment of cationic protein factors”, Songwang Hou, Doris Grillo, Carol L. Williams, John A Wasserstrom, Igal Szleifer, Ming Zhao, Journal of Extracellular Vesicles, 3, 22653 (1-10) (2014).
"Macromolecular Crowding as a Regulator of Gene Transcription", Hiroaki Matsuda, Gregory Putzel, Vadim Backman and Igal Szleifer, Biophys. J., 106, 1801-1810(2014).
"Adsorption of Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles on Silica and Calcium Carbonate Sand" Yoonjee Park, Jeffrey Paulsen, Rikkert Nap, Ragnhild Whitaker, Vidhya Mathiyazhagan, Yi-Qiao Song, Martin Hurlimann, Igal Szleifer and Joyce Wong, Langmuir, 20, 784-792 (2014).
"Electrostatic Unfolding and Interactions of Albumin Driven by pH Changes: A Molecular Dynamics Study", Kevin Baler, Osvaldo Martin, Marcelo Carignano, Guillermo Ameer, Jorge Vila and Igal Szleifer, J. Phys. Chem. B, 118, 921-930 (2014).
“Crowding-Induced Formation and Structural Alteration of Nuclear Compartments: Insights from Computer Simulations”, Jun Soo Kim and Igal Szleifer, Int. Rev. of Cell and Mol. Biol., 307, 73-108 (2014).
“Born energy, acid-base equilibrium, structure and interactions of end-grafted weak polyelectrolyte layers”, R. J. Nap, M. Tagliazucchi, and I. Szleifer, J. Chem. Phys. 140, 024910 (1-15), (2014)
2013
"Adsorption of acid and polymer coated nanoparticles: a statistical thermodynamics approach" Rikkert Nap, Yoonjee Park, Joyce Wong and Igal Szleifer, Langmuir, 29, 14482–14493 (2013).
“Transport Rectification in Nanopores with Outer Membranes Modified with Surface Charges and Polyelectrolytes”, Mario Tagliazucchi, Yitzhak Rabin and Igal Szleifer, ACS Nano, 7, 9085–9097 (2013).
“Antifouling Glycocalyx-Mimetic Peptoids”, Hyun Ok Ham , Sung Hyun Park , Josh W. Kurutz , Igal Szleifer and Phillip B. Messersmith, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 135, 13015–13022 (2013)
"A relationship between dynamical entropy and energy dissipation far from thermodynamic equilibrium", Jason Green, Anthony Costa, Bartosz A. Grzybowski and Igal Szleifer, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 110, 16339-16343 (2013).
“Geometric curvature controls the chemical patchiness and self-assembly of nanoparticles”, David A. Walker, Emily K. Leitsch, Rikkert J. Nap, Igal Szleifer and Bartosz A. Grzybowski, Nature Nanotechnology, 8, 676-681 (2013).
“Macromolecular Mixing: Entropic templating”, Nature Materials, 12, 693-694 (2013).
“Cooperative dynamic and diffusion behavior above and below the dynamical crossover of supercooled water”, Germán Picasso, David Cesar Malaspina, Marcelo A. Carignano, and Igal Szleifer, J. Chem. Phys. 139, 044509(1-7) (2013).
“The water supercooled regime as described by four common water models”, David Cesar Malaspina, Aleida Bermudez di Lorenzo, Rodolfo Pereyra, Igal Szleifer, and Marcelo A. Carignano, J. Chem. Phys. 139, 024506(1-8) (2013).
“Rate of energy dissipation determines probabilities of non-equilibrium assemblies”, Konstantin V. Tretiakov, Igal Szleifer, and Bartosz A. Grzybowski, Angew. Chem. 52, 10304-10308 (2013).
“How to optimize Binding of Coated Nanoparticles: Coupling of Physical Interactions, Molecular Organization and Chemical State”, Rikkert Nap and Igal Szleifer, Biomat. Sci., 1, 814-823 (2013). Cover Art.
"pH-Controlled Nano-Aggregation in Amphiphilic Polymer Conetworks", Gabriel Longo, Monica Olvera de la Cruz and Igal Szleifer, ACS Nano 7, 2963-2704 (2013).
“Effect of charge, hydrophobicity, and sequence of nucleoporins on the translocation of model particles through the nuclear pore complex”,Mario Tagliazucchi, Orit Peleg, Martin Kröger, Yitzhak Rabin, and Igal Szleifer, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci.; 110, 3363-3368 (2013).
“Multiple Time-Scale Motion in Molecularly Linked Nanoparticle Arrays”, Christopher George, Igal Szleifer, Mark Ratner, ACS Nano 7, 108-116 (2013).
“Mode Specific Elastic Constants for the Gel, Liquid-Ordered, and Liquid-Disordered Phases of DPPC/DOPC/Cholesterol Model Lipid Bilayers”, Mark Uline and Igal Szleifer, Faraday Discussions 161, 177-191 (2013).
2012
"The Optical Properties of Responsive Hybrid Au@polymer Nanoparticles" Mario Tagliazucchi, Martin Blaber, George Schatz, Emily Weiss and Igal Szleifer, ACS Nano 6, 8397–8406 (2012).
"Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Lysozyme Adsorption/Desorption on Hydrophobic Surfaces", Tao Wei, Marcelo Carignano, and Igal Szleifer, J. Phys. Chem. B 116, 10189–10194 (2012).
“New insights into the electrochemical desorption of alkanethiol SAMs on gold”, Evangelina Pensa, Carolina Vericat, Doris Grumelli, Roberto C. Salvarezza, Lucila P. Méndez De Leo, Sung Hyun Park, Gabriel S. Longo, Igal Szleifer, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 14, 12355–12367 (2012).
“Stimuli-responsive polymers grafted to nanopores and other nano-curved surfaces: structure, chemical equilibrium and transport”, Mario Tagliazucchi, Igal Szleifer, Invited Review: Soft Matter, 8, 7292-7305 (2012). Selected as “Hot Paper”.
“Interacting Nano-Particles with Functional Surface Groups”, K. Popov, R. Nap, I. Szleifer and M. Olvera de la Cruz, J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 50, 852-862 (2012).
"Stability of Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles at Different pH Values: Experimental and Theoretical Analysis", Yoonjee Park, Ragnhild Whitaker, Rikkert Nap, Jeffrey Paulsen, Vidhya Mathiyazhagan, Linda Doerrer, Yi-Qiao Song, Martin Hurlimann, Igal Szleifer and Joyce Wong, Langmuir 28, 6246-6255 (2012).
“Tunable Diacetylene Polymerized Shell Microbubbles as Ultrasound Contrast Agents” Yoonjee Park, Adam C Luce, Ragnhild Dragøy Whitaker, Bhumica Amin, Mario Cabodi, Rikkert Nap, Igal Szleifer, Robin Cleveland, Jon O. Nagy, and Joyce Y Wong, Langmuir 28, 3766−3772 (2012).
“Phase Behavior of Lipid Bilayers under Tension”, Mark J. Uline, M. Schick and Igal Szleifer, Biophys. J., 102, 517-522 (2012).
"Time dependence of lysozyme adsorption on end-grafted polymer layers of variable grafting density and length", Jan Genzer, Shafi Arifuzzaman, Rajendra Bhat, Kirill Efimenko, Chunlai Ren, and Igal Szleifer, Langmuir, 28, 2122-2130 (2012).
“Confinement induced lateral segregation of polymer coated nanospheres”, R. J. Nap, You-Yeon Won and I. Szleifer, Soft Matter, 8, 1688-1700 (2012).
“An Experimental-Theoretical Analysis of Protein Adsorption on Peptidomimetic Polymer Brushes”, K. H. A. Lau, C. Ren, S. H. Park, I. Szleifer, and P. Messersmith, Langmuir, 28, 2288-2298 (2012)
“Molecular Theory of Weak Polyelectrolyte Thin Films”, Gabriel S. Longo, Monica Olvera de la Cruz and I. Szleifer, Soft Matter, 8, 1344-1354 (2012).
2011
“Structure of supercooled water in clusters and bulk and its relation to the two-state picture of water: Results from the TIP4P-ice model”, J. G. Constantin, A. R. Fris, G. Appignanesi, M. Carignano, I. Szleifer, and H. Corti, Euro. Phys. J. E, 34, 126 (1-5) (2011).
“Ion transport and molecular organization are coupled in polyelectrolyte modified nanopores”, Mario Tagliazucchi, Yitzhak Rabin, and Igal Szleifer, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133, 17753–17763, (2011)/
“Lysozyme Adsorption on Polyethylene Surfaces: Why Are Long Simulations Needed?”, T. Wei, M. A. Carignano, and I. Szleifer, Langmuir, 27, 12074-12081 (2011).
"Structural and Dynamical Characteristics of Peptoid Oligomers with Achiral Aliphatic Side Chains Studied by Molecular Dynamics Simulation", Sung Hyun Park and Igal Szleifer, J. Phy. Chem. B, 115, 10967-10975 (2011).
“Temperature Dependence of Critical Nucleus Size”, Rodolfo Pereyra, Igal Szleifer and Marcelo A. Carignano, J. Chem. Phys., 135, 034508 (1-5) (2011).
“Structural Effects and Translocation of Doxorubicin in a DPPC/Chol Bilayer: The Role of Cholesterol”, Tyrone J. Yacoub, Allam S. Reddy and Igal Szleifer, Biophys. J., 101, 378-385 (2011)
“Anomalies in supercooled NaCl aqueous solutions: a microscopic perspective”, María Paula Longinotti, Marcelo A. Carignano, Igal Szleifer, and Horacio Corti, J. Chem. Phys., 134, 244510(1-6) (2011).
"Prompting Physicians to Address a Daily Checklist and Process of Care and Clinical Outcomes: A Single-Site Study", Curtis H. Weiss, Farzad Moazed, Colleen A. McEvoy, Benjamin D. Singer, Igal Szleifer, Luís A. N. Amaral, Mary Kwasny, Charles M. Watts, Stephen D. Persell, David W. Baker, Jacob I. Sznajder, and Richard G. Wunderink, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 184, 680-686 (2011).
“Morphology Control of Hairy Nanopores”, Orit Peleg, Mario Tagliazucchi, Martin Kröger, Yitzhak Rabin and Igal Szleifer, ACS Nano, 6, 4737-4747 (2011).
“Crowding-induced structural alterations of random-loop chromosome model”, Jun Soo Kim, Vadim Backman, and Igal Szleifer, Phys. Rev. Lett., 106, 168102(1-4) (2011).
“Theoretical Studies of the Phase Behavior of DPPC Bilayers in the Presence of Macroions”, Doris Grillo, Monica Olvera de la Cruz and Igal Szleifer, Soft Matter, 7, 4672-4679 (2011).
“Effects of Salt Concentration on Charge Regulation in Tethered Polyacid Monolayers”, Mark J. Uline, Yitzhak Rabin and Igal Szleifer, Langmuir, 27, 4679-4689 (2011).
“Specific Salt Effects on Poly(ethylene oxide) Electrolyte Solutions”, Chun-lai Ren, Wen-de Tian, Igal Szleifer and Yu-qiang Ma, Macromolecules, 44, 1719-1727 (2011).
“Halide Affinity for the Water-Air Interface in Aqueous Solutions of Mixtures of Sodium Salts”, Ivan Gladich, Paul B. Shepson, Marcelo A. Carignano and Igal Szleifer, J. Phys. Chem. A, 115, 5895-5899 (2011).
“Interleaflet Coupling and Domain Registry in Phase-Separated Lipid Bilayers”, G. Garbès Putzel, Mark J. Uline, Igal Szleifer and M. Schick, Biophys. J., 100, 996-1004 (2011).
“How and why nanoparticle’s curvature regulates the apparent pKa of the coating ligand”, Dawei Wang, Rikkert Nap, Istvan Lagzi, Bartlomiej Kowalczyk, Shuangbing Han, Bartosz Grzybowski and Igal Szleifer, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 133, 2192-2197 (2011). Featured in Chemistry World.
“Polymer regulated pattern formation in pseudo-2D arrays of a fullerene derivative at the solution-air interface”, Shani Eliyahu, Chunlai Ren, Igal Szleifer and Rachel Yerushalmi – Rozen, J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys., 49, 516-522 (2011).
“Molecular Theory of Weak Polyelectrolyte Gels: The Role of pH and Salt Concentration”, Gabriel S. Longo, Monica Olvera de la Cruz and I. Szleifer, Macromolecules, 44, 147-158 (2011).
“Influence of chromosome density variations on the increase innuclear disorder strength in carcinogenesis”, Jun Soo Kim, Prabhakar Pradhan, Vadim Backman, Igal Szleifer, Physical Biology, 8, 015004 (6pp) (2011).
2010
“Depletion Effect on Polymers Induced by Small Depleting Spheres”, Jun Soo Kim and Igal Szleifer, J. Phys. Chem. C, 114, 20864-20869 (2010).
“Order–disorder transition induced by surfactant micelles in single-walled carbon nanotubes dispersions”, Einat Nativ-Roth, Rikkert Nap, Igal Szleifer and Rachel Yerushalmi-Rozen, Soft Matter, , 6, 5289-5292 (2010).
“Surfactant driven surface anchoring transitions in liquid crystal thin films”, Mark Uline, Shihong Meng and Igal Szleifer, Soft Matter, 6, 5482-5490 (2010).
“Responsive Polymers End-Tethered in Solid-State Nanochannels: When Nanoconfinement Really Matters”, Mario Tagliazucchi, Omar Azzaroni, and Igal Szleifer, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 132, 12404-12411 (2010). Featured in JACS Select.
“Molecular Modeling of Responsive Polymer Layers”, Mario Tagliazucchi, Ernesto J. Calvo, Igal Szleifer, AICHE Journal, 56, 1952-1959 (2010) Cover article.
“Structural Transitions and Dipole Moment of Water Clusters (H2O)n=4-100”, Julian Gelman-Constantin, Marcelo A. Carignano, Igal Szleifer, Ernesto Marceca, and Horacio Corti, J. Chem. Phys., 133, 024506(1-8) (2010).
“Lateral Electron Transport in Monolayers of Short Chains at Interfaces: A Monte Carlo Study”, Christopher B. George, Igal Szleifer, Mark A. Ratner, Chem. Phys. doi:10.1016/j.chemphys.2010.04.041 (in press).
“Biocompatible Nanoscale Dispersion of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Minimizes in vivo Pulmonary Toxicity”, Gkhan M. Mutlu, G. R. Scott Budinger, Alexander A. Green, Daniela Urich, Saul Soberanes, Sergio E. Chiarella, George F. Alheid, Donald R. McCrimmon, Igal Szleifer and Mark C. Hersam, NanoLetters, 10, 1664–1670 (2010).
“Calculating Partition Coefficients of Chain Anchors in Liquid-Ordered and Liquid-Disordered Phases”, Mark J. Uline, Gabriel S. Longo, M. Schick and Igal Szleifer, Biophys. J., 98, 1883-1892 (2010).
“Halide and Sodium Ion Parameters for Modeling Aqueous Solutions in TIP5P-Ew Water”, Ivan Gladich, Paul Shepson, Igal Szleifer and Marcelo Carignano, Chem. Phys. Lett., 489, 113–117 (2010).
“Self-organization in end-grafted polyelectrolyte layers via coupling between chemical equilibrium and physical interactions”, Mario Tagliazucchi, Mónica Olvera de la Cruz, Igal Szleifer, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 107, 5300-5305 (2010).
“Hydrophobic-induced Surface Reorganization: Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Water Nanodroplets on Perfluorocarbon Self-Assembled Monolayers”, Sung Hyun Park, Marcelo A. Carignano, Rikkert J. Nap, and Igal Szleifer, Soft Matter, 6, 1644-1654 (2010). Cover article.
“Monte Carlo Studies of Phase Transitions and Cooperative Motion in Langmuir Monolayers with Internal Dipoles”, Christopher B. George, Mark A. Ratner, Igal Szleifer, book chapter in: Functional Supramolecular Architectures for Organic Electronics and Nanotechnology, Wiley-VCH publishers (in press).
“Emerging applications of stimuli-responsive polymer materials”, Martien A. Cohen Stuart, Wilhelm T. S. Huck, Jan Genzer, Marcus Müller, Christopher Ober, Manfred Stamm, Gleb Sukhorukov, Igal Szleifer, Vladimir V. Tsukruk, Marek Urban, Françoise Winnik, Stefan Zauscher, Igor Luzinov and Sergiy Minko, Nature Materials, 9, 101-113 (2010).
“Langmuir Monolayers with Internal Dipoles: Understanding Phase Behavior Using Monte Carlo Simulations”, Christopher George, Mark Ratner and I. Szleifer, J. Chem. Phys., 132, 014703(1-8) (2010).
“Role of kinesin light chain-2 of kinesin-1 in the traffick of Na,K-ATPase-containing vesicles in alveolar epithelial cells”, Humberto E. Trejo, Emilia Lecuona, Doris Grillo, Igal Szleifer, Oksana E. Nekrasova, Vladimir I. Gelfand and Jacob I. Sznajder, FASEB J. 24, 374-382 (2010).
2009
“Isotopic effect in self-assembly of amphiphilic block copolymers: the role of hydrogen bonds”, Rina Shvartzman-Cohen, Chun-lai Ren, Igal Szleifer and Rachel Yerushalmi-Rozen, Soft Matter, 5, 5003 - 5011 (2009).
“Streptavidin−Biotin Binding in the Presence of a Polymer Spacer. A Theoretical Description”, Chun-lai Ren, Daniel Carvajal, Kenneth R. Shull and Igal Szleifer, Langmuir, 25, 12283-12292 (2009).
“Myosin Va restrains Na,K-ATPase-containing vesicles traffic in alveolar epithelial cells”, Emilia Lecuona, Alexander Minin, Humberto E Trejo, Jiwang Chen, Alejandro P Comellas, Haiying Sun, Doris Grillo, Oxana E Nekrasova, Lynn C. Welch, Igal Szleifer, Vladimir Gelfand, and Jacob I Sznajder. J. of Cell Science 122, 3915-3922 (2009).
“2H NMR Spectroscopy, Small Angle X-ray Scattering, and Computational Evidence for Phase Separation in Binary Mixtures of Bipolar and Monopolar Lipid Dispersions”, David P. Brownholland, Gabriel Longo, Andrey V. Struts, Matt Justice, Igal Szleifer, Horia Petrache, Michael F. Brown, David H. Thompson, Biophys. J., 97, 2700-2709 (2009).
“Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Chain Length and Surface Coverage on Fouling of Surface Grafted Polypeptoids”, Andrea R. Statz, Jinghao Kuang, Chunlai Ren, Annelise E. Barron, Igal Szleifer and Phillip B. Messersmith, Biointerfaces, 4, FA22-FA32, (2009).
“Stability and liquid-liquid phase separation in mixed saturated lipid bilayers”, Gabriel S. Longo, Michael Schick and I. Szleifer, Biophys. J., 96, 3977–3986 (2009).
2008
“Analytical Theory and Monte Carlo Simulations of Gel formation of Charged Chains”, M. Olvera de la Cruz, A. V. Ermoshkin, M. A. Carignano and I. Szleifer, Soft Matter 5, 629-636 (2009).
“The role of hydrogen bonding in tethered polymer layers", Chunlai Ren, Rikkert Nap and I. Szleifer, J. Phys. Chem. B 112 ,16238-16248 (2008).
“Structure and Interactions of Aggrecans: Statistical Thermodynamic Approach”, R. J. Nap and I. Szleifer, Biophys. J. 95, 4570–4583 (2008).
“Ligand-receptor interactions between surfaces: the role of binary polymer spacers”, Gabriel Longo, David Thompson and Igal Szleifer, Langmuir 24, 10324-10333 (2008).
“Quantitatively Modeling the Equilibrium Properties of Thiol-Decorated Gold Nanoparticles”, Michael Tambasco, Sanat K. Kumar, and Igal Szleifer, Langmuir 24, 8448-8451 (2008).
“A Molecular Theory of Chemically Modified Electrodes with Self-Assembled Redox Polyelectrolye Thin Films: Reversible Cyclic Voltammetry”, Mario Tagliazucchi, Ernesto J. Calvo, Igal Szleifer, Electrochimica Acta, 53, 6740-6752 (2008).
"Aggregation and self-assembly of amphiphilic block copolymers in aqueous dispersions of carbon nanotubes", Rachel Yerushalmi-Rozen, Rina Shvartzman-Cohen, Daniella Goldfarb, Marc Florent, and Igal Szleifer, Langmuir, 24, 4625-4632 (2008).
“Drop Shape Analysis of Receptor-Ligand Interactions at the Oil/Water Interface”, Chi-Yang Chao, Daniel Carvajal, Igal Szleifer and Kenneth R. Shull, Langmuir, 24, 2472-2478 (2008).
"Redox and Acid-Base Coupling in Ultrathin Polyelectrolyte Films", Mario Tagliazucchi, Ernesto J. Calvo, Igal Szleifer, Langmuir, 24, 2869-2877 (2008).
2007
“Molecular Theory of Chemically Modified Electrodes by Redox Polyelectrolytes under Reversible Conditions: Comparison with Experiment”, Mario Tagliazucchi, Ernesto J. Calvo, Igal Szleifer, J. Phys Chem. C, 112, 458-471 (2008).
"Chirality of surfaces: Modeling and behaviour", Irina Paci, I. Szleifer and Mark Ratner, Chemistry Today, 25, 18-22 (2007).
“Behavior of surface-anchored poly(acrylic acid) brushes with grafting density gradients on solid substrates: 2. Theory”, Peng Gong, Tao Wu, Jan Genzer and Igal Szleifer, Macromolecules, 40, 8765-8773 (2007).
“Behavior of surface-anchored poly(acrylic acid) brushes with grafting density gradients on solid substrates: 1. Experiment”, Tao Wu, Peng Gong, Igal Szleifer, Petr Vlček, Vladimír Šubr, and Jan Genzer, Macromolecules, 40, 8756-8764 (2007).
“Monte Carlo simulation and molecular theory of tethered polyelectrolytes”, Owen J. Hehmeyer, Gaurav Arya, Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos and Igal Szleifer, J. Chem. Phys., 126, 244902 (11 pages) (2007). (Selected by the Editors for JCP: BioChemical Physics).
“Effects of block copolymer’s architecture on its association with lipid membranes: Experiments and simulations”, Shelli L. Frey, Dongsheng Zhang, Marcelo A. Carignano, Igal Szleifer and Ka Yee C. Lee, J. Chem. Phys., 127, 114904 (12 pages) (2007). (Selected by the editors for: Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research).
“Stability and phase separation in mixed monopolar lipid:bolalipid layers”, Gabriel S. Longo, David H. Thompson and I. Szleifer, Biophys. J.,93, 2609-2621 (2007).
“Physical adsorption of Block-copolymers to SWNT and MWNT – a non-wrapping mechanism”, Einat Nativ-Roth, Rina Shvartzman-Cohen, Céline Bounioux, Marc Florent, Dongsheng Zhang, Igal Szleifer, and Rachel Yerushalmi – Rozen, Macromolecules, 40, 3676-3685 (2007).
"Chiralresolution in two-dimensional racemic systems", Irina Paci, I. Szleifer and Mark Ratner, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 129, 3545-3555 (2007).
“The role of interfacial diffuseness on surface segregation from polymer blends”, S. Kumar and I. Szleifer, Soft Materials, 5, 75-85 (2007).
“Ions at the air/ice interface”, M. A. Carignano, P. Shepson and I. Szleifer, Chem. Phys. Lett. 436, 99-103 (2007).
“Phase behavior and charge regulation of weak polyelectrolyte grafted layers”, Peng Gong, Jan Genzer and I. Szleifer, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 018302(1-4) (2007).
"Diverse Two-Dimensional Arrays of PNIPAM Beads Formed by Spin-Coating", Avishay Pelah, Thomas M. Jovin, and Igal Szleifer, Colloids and Surfaces A, 299, 1-7 (2007).
2006
“Interactions of polymers with carbon nanotubes”, Rachel Yerushalmi-Rozen, Celine Bounioux and I. Szleifer, “Chemistry of Carbon Nanotubes” , V.A. Basiuk and E.V. Basiuk, Eds., (in press).
“A microscopic model calculation of the phase diagram of ternary mixtures of cholesterol and saturated and unsaturated lipids”, R. Elliott, I. Szleifer, and M. Schick (to appear in "Lipid Rafts", a volume in the series "Methods in Molecular Biology", Humana Press, Totowa N.J.)
“Nanoscale memory provided by thermoreversible stochastically structured polymer aggregates on mica”, Avishay Pelah, Silvio J. Ludueña, Elizabeth A. Jares-Erijman, Igal Szleifer, Lía I. Pietrasanta, and Thomas M. Jovin, Langmuir, 22, 9682-9686 (2006).
“Stability and phase separation in mixed self-assembled monolayers”, S.N. Yaliraki, Gabriel Longo, Ella Gale I. Szleifer, and Mark Ratner, J. Chem. Phys., 125, 074708 (1-7) (2006).
"Weak polyelectrolytes tethered to surfaces: effect of geometry, acid-base equilibrium and electrical permittivity", Rikkert Nap, Peng Gong and I. Szleifer, J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys., 44, 2638-2662 (2006).
“Controlled Release of Proteins from Polymer Modified Surfaces”, Fang Fang and I. Szleifer, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 103, 5769-5774 (2006).
“Salt-induced depression of lower critical solution temperature in surface-grafted neutral thermoresponsive polymer”, Young K. Jhon, Rajendra R. Bhat, Changwoo Jeong, Orlando J. Rojas, Igal Szleifer and Jan Genzer, Macromol. Rapid. Commun. 27, 697-701 (2006).
“Molecular dynamics simulation of ice growth from pure water and brine”, M. A. Carignano, E. Baskaran, P. Shepson and I. Szleifer, Annals of Glaciology, 44, 113-117 (2006).
“Interactions between charged surfaces and functionalized grafted polymer layers“, Peng Gong and I. Szleifer, Ind. and Eng. Chem. Res., 45, 5466-5476 (2006).
“Utilizing polymers for shaping the interfacial behavior of carbon nanotubes”, Rachel Yerushalmi–Rozen and Igal Szleifer, Highlight paper: Soft Matter, 2, 24-28 (2006).
“Phase diagram of a ternary mixture of cholesterol and saturated and unsaturated lipids calculated from a microscopic model”, R. Elliott, I. Szleifer, M. Schick, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 098101 (1-4), (2006).
“Cluster structure and corralling effect driven by interaction mismatch in two dimensional mixtures”, Dongsheng Zhang, M. A. Carignano and I. Szleifer, Phys. Rev. Lett., 96, 028701 (1-4), (2006).
2005
“Adsorption of non-fouling polymers functionalized with mussel adhesive protein mimetic peptides: computational predictions and experimental observations”, Simonida Grubjesic, Jeffrey L. Dalsin, Fang Fang, Igal Szleifer and Phillip B. Messersmith, Polym. Prepr. (Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Polym. Chem.), 46, 116-117 (2005).
“Control of carbon nanotube-surface interactions: the role of grafted polymers”, Rikkert Nap and I. Szleifer, Langmuir 21, 12072-12075 (2005).
“Ligand-receptor interactions in tethered polymer layers”, Gabriel Longo and I. Szleifer, Langmuir, 21, 11342-11351 (2005).
“Kinetics of Protein Adsorption and Desorption on Surfaces with Grafted Polymers”, Fang Fang, J. Satulovsky and I. Szleifer, Biophys. J. 89, 1516-1533 (2005).
“Polymers and carbon nanotubes – dimensionality, interactions and nanotechnology”, I. Szleifer and R. Yerushalmi-Rozen, Feature article in: Polymer, 46, 7803-7818 (2005).
“Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Ice Growth from Supercooled Water”, M. A. Carignano, P. B. Shepson and I. Szleifer, Mol. Phys., 103, 2957-2967 (2005).
“Structural Behavior and Self-Assembly of Lennard-Jones Clusters on Rigid Surfaces”, Irina Paci, Igal Szleifer, and Mark A. Ratner, J. Phys. Chem. B, 109, 12935-12945 (2005).
“Critical Properties of Polymer Solutions’ Thin Films”, M. Rizzotto and I. Szleifer, J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys., 43, 1849-1853 (2005).
“Phase Separation of Saturated and Mono-unsaturated Lipids as determined from a Microscopic Model”, R. Elliott, K. Katsov, M. Schick and I. Szleifer, J. Chem. Phys. 122, 044904 (1-11) (2005).
2000-2004
“Selective dispersion of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes in the presence of polymers: the role of molecular and colloidal length scales”, Rina Shvartzman- Cohen, Einat Nativ-Roth, Ezhil Baskaran, Yael Levi-Kalisman, Igal Szleifer, and Rachel Yerushalmi-Rozen, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 126, 14850-14857 (2004).
“Crystallization of PDMS from the melt and the glassy state in the presence of micro-particles”, Jenny Zeroni, Dongsheng Zhang, Moshe Gottlieb, Hendrik Meyer, Igal Szleifer and Rachel Yerushalmi- Rozen, Eur. Phys. J. B (submitted).
“Competitive Adsorption of Model Charged Proteins: The Effect of Total Charge and Charge Distribution”, P. Gong and I. Szleifer, J. Coll. Int. Sci., 278, 81-90 (2004).
“Analytic density functional-self-consistent field theory of diblock copolymers near patterned surfaces”, C. Seok, Karl F. Freed and I. Szleifer, J. Chem. Phys., 120, 7174-7182 (2004).
“Enveloping of charged proteins by lipid bilayers”, D. Harries, A. Ben-Shaul and I. Szleifer, J. Phys. Chem. B, 108, 1491-1496 (2004).
“Behavior of surface-anchored poly(acrylic acid) brushes with grafting density gradients on solid substrates”, T. Wu, J. Genzer, P. Gong, I. Szleifer, P. Vlcek, and V. Subr, in: Polymer Brushes, Chapter 15, pages 287-315, Brittain B., Advincula R., Caster K. (eds), Wiley & Sons (2004).
“Competitive Adsorption in Model Charged Protein Mixtures: Equilibrium Isotherms and Kinetics Behavior”, Fang Fang and I. Szleifer, J. Chem. Phys,. 119, 1053-1065 (2003).
“Controlling Surface Interactions with Grafted Polymers”, M. A. Carignano and I. Szleifer, Interface Science 11, 187-197 (2003).
“Size and structure of spontaneous forming liposomes in lipid:PEG-lipid mixtures”, Montse Rovira-Bru, David H. Thompson and Igal Szleifer, Biophys. J., 83, 2419-2439 (2002).
“Effect of Molecular Structure on the Adsorption of Protein on Surfaces with Grafted Polymers”, Fang Fang and I. Szleifer, Langmuir, 18, 5497-5510 (2002).
“A Molecular Theory of Polymer Gels”, Y. Huang, I. Szleifer and N. A. Peppas, Macromolecules, 35, 1373-1380 (2002)
“Adsorption of Model Charged Proteins on Charged Surfaces with Grafted Polymers”, M.A. Carignano and I. Szleifer, Mol. Phys., 100, 2993-3003 (2002).
“Kinetics of Protein Adsorption: A Generalized Diffusion Theoretical Approach”, Fang Fang and I. Szleifer, Biophys. J., 80, 2568-2589 (2001).
“Gel-Gel Adhesion by Tethered Polymers”, Y. Huang, I. Szleifer, and N.A. Peppas, J. Chem. Phys., 114, 3809-3816 (2001).
“Monte Carlo test of the lattice cluster theory: thermodynamic properties of binary polymer blends”, D. Buta, K.F. Freed and I. Szleifer, J. Chem. Phys., 114, 1424-1431 (2001).
“Polymer Blends near Patterned Surfaces”, C. Seok, K. F. Freed and I. Szleifer, J. Chem. Phys., 112, 6452-6460 (2000).
“Polymer Melts and Polymer Solutions near Patterned Surfaces”, C. Seok, K. F. Freed and I. Szleifer, J. Chem. Phys., 112, 6443-6451 (2000).
“Thermodynamic Properties of Lattice Polymers. Monte Carlo simulations and Mean-Field Theories”, D. Buta, K. F. Freed and I. Szleifer, J. Chem. Phys., 112, 6040-6048 (2000).
“Prevention of Protein Adsorption by Flexible and Rigid Chain Molecules”, M. A. Carignano and I. Szleifer, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 18, 169-182 (2000).
“Correspondence Between the Pressure Expressions and the van der Waals Theory for curved Surface”, E. M. Blokhuis, H. N. K. Lekkerkerker and I. Szleifer, J. Chem. Phys., 112, 6023-6030 (2000).
“Kinetic and Thermodynamic Control of Protein Adsorption”, J. Satulovsky, M. A. Carignano and I. Szleifer, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 97, 9037-9041 (2000).
“Tethered Polymer Layers: Phase Transitions and Reduction of Protein Adsorption”, I. Szleifer and M. A. Carignano, Feature Article in: Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 21, 423-448 (2000).
1995-1999
“Effect of Side Chain Rigidity on the Elasticity of Comb Copolymer Cylindrical Brushes: A Monte Carlo Simulation Study”, M. Saariaho, A. subbotin, I. Szleifer, O. Ikkala, and G. ten Brinke, Macromolecules 13, 4439-4443 (1999).
“Self-Assembly of Model Nonionic Amphiphilic Molecules”, Claudia B. E. Guerin and Igal Szleifer, Langmuir 23, 7901-7911 (1999).
“Polymer Brushes”, I. Szleifer, Encyclopedia of Computational Chemistry , 2114-2119 (1998).
“Pancake to Brush Transition in Block Copolymer”, I. Szleifer, Europhys. Lett. 44, (6) 721-727 (1998).
“Flow Induced Phase Separation in Polymer Solutions” Karin de Moel, Igal Szleifer and Gerrit ten Brinke, Europhys. Lett. 42, 407-412 (1998).
“Extended Conformations of Isolated Molecular Bottle-Brushes: Influence of the Side-Chain Topology”, M. Saariaho, I. Szleifer, O. Ikkala, and G. ten Brinke, Macromol, Theory and Simul. 7, 211-216 (1998).
“Prevention of Protein Adsorption by Tethered PEO Layers: Experiments and Single Chain Mean Field Analysis”, T. McPherson, A. Kidane, I. Szleifer, K. Park, Langmuir, 14, 176-186 (1998).
“Monolayers of Diblock Copolymer at the Air-Water Interface: The Attractive Monomer-Surface Case”, M.C. Faure, P. Bassereau, M.A. Carignano, I. Szleifer, Y. Gallot, D, Andelman, Eur. Phys. J.B 3, 365-375 (1998).
“Spontaneous Liposome Formation Induced by Grafted Poly(ethylene oxide) Layers: Theoretical Prediction and Experimental Verification”, I. Szleifer, O. V. Gerasimov and D. H. Thompson, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 95, 1032-1037 (1998).
“Protein adsorption on PEO-grafted surfaces: Theoretical analysis and experimental observations,” A. Kidane, T.B. McPherson, I. Szleifer, K. Park, Polymer Preprint, (in press).
“Polymers and Proteins: Interactions at Interfaces:, I. Szleifer, Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science , 2, 337-344 (1997).
“Protein Adsorption on Tethered Polymer Layers: Effect of Polymer Chain Architecture and Composition”, I. Szleifer, Physica A , 244, 370-388 (1997).
“Aggregation behavior of a lattice model for amphiphiles,” A. D. Mackie, A. Z. Panagiotopoulos, I. Szleifer, Langmuir, 13, 5022-5031 (1997).
"Lyotropic Behavior of Molecular Bottle-Brushes: A Monte-Carlo Computer Simulation Study", M. Saariaho, I. Szleifer, O. Ikkala, and Gerrit ten Brinke, J. Chem. Phys, 107, 3267-3273 (1997).
"Protein Adsorption on Surfaces with Grafted Polymers: A Theoretical Approach", I. Szleifer, Biophysical J. , 72, 595-612 (1997).
"Statistical Thermodynamics of Polymers near Surfaces", I. Szleifer, Current Opinion in Colloidal and Interface Science. 1, 416-423 (1996).
"Tethered Polymer Layers", I. Szleifer and M. A. Carignano, Adv. Chem. Phys. 94, 165-260 (1996).
"Tricritical Points in Bimodal Polymer Solutions", I. Szleifer and G. ten Brinke, J. Chem. Phys. 104, 6343-6347 (1996).
"Computer Simulation Study of the Approximations Associated with Generalized Flory Theories", S. K. Kumar, I. Szleifer, C. K. Hall and J. M. Wichert, J. Chem. Phys. 104, 9100-9110 (1996).
"The Effects of Chain Conformations on the Thermodynamics of Polymeric Systems: A Mean-Field Theory", J. D. Weinhold, S. K, Kumar and I, Szleifer, Europhys. Lett. 35, 695-700 (1996).
"Analysis on the Prevention of Protein Adsorption to Solid Surfaces", T. McPherson, M. A. Carignano, I.
"Monte Carlo Simulations of Chain Molecules in Confined Environments", A. E. vanGiessen and I. Szleifer, J. Chem. Phys. 102, 9069-9076 (1995).
"Size Dependence of Transfer Free Energies. I A Flory Huggins Approach", S. Kumar, I. Szleifer, K. Sharp, P. Rosky, P. Friedman and B. Honig, J. Phys. Chem. 99, 8382-8391 (1995).
"Structural and Thermodynamic Properties of End-Grafted Polymers on Curved Surfaces", M. A. Carignano and I. Szleifer, J. Chem. Phys. 102, 8662-8669 (1995).
"Surface Segregation in Diblock Copolymers and Polymer Blend Thin Films", M. A. Carignano and I. Szleifer, Europhys. Lett. 30, 525-530 (1995).
"Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation in Polydisperse Polymer Solutions: The Distribution Coefficient", Gerrit ten Brinke and I. Szleifer, Macromolecules 28, 5434-5439 (1995).
"On the Structure and Pressures of Tethered Polymers in Good Solvent", M. A. Carignano and I. Szleifer,
"Phase Behavior of Tethered Polymers with Lateral Mobility in Poor Solvents", H. Tang, M. A. Carignano and I. Szleifer, J. Chem. Phys., 102, 3404-3413 (1995).
1990-1994
"Phase Behavior of Polymer Fluids in Bulk and Constrained Environments", I. Szleifer, H. Tang, and S. Kumar, SPE/ANTEC '94 Proceedings, 2101-2104 (1994).
"Phase Behavior of Grafted Polymers in Poor Solvents", H. Tang and I. Szleifer, Europhys. Lett., 28, 19-24 (1994).
"Critical Temperature Shifts in Thin Polymer Blend Films", H. Tang, I. Szleifer, and S. Kumar, J. Chem. Phys., 100, 5367-5371 (1994).
"Pressure Isotherms, Phase Transition, Instability and Structure of Tethered Polymers in Good, Q, and Poor Solvents", M. Carignano and I. Szleifer, J. Chem. Phys., 100, 3210-3223 (1994).
"Monte Carlo Calculations of the Phase Coexistence Envelope for a Bead-Spring Polymeric Model", Y-J. Sheng, A.Z. Panagiotopoulos, S. Kumar, and I. Szleifer, Macromolecules, 27, 400-406 (1994).
"Structure and Thermodynamics of Grafted 3-Arm Branched Polymer Layers", M.A. Carignano and I. Szleifer, Macromolecules, 27, 702-710 (1994).
"Phase Transitions in Thin Films of Symmetric Binary Polymer Mixtures", S. Kumar, H. Tang, and I. Szleifer, Mol. Phys., 81, 867-872 (1994).
"Second Virial Coefficients of Chain Molecules: A Monte Carlo Study", V. Harismiadis and I. Szleifer, Mol. Phys., 81, 851-866 (1994).
"Statistical Mechanics of Solvent Induced Forces and Vibrational Frequency Shifts: Low Density Expansions and Monte Carlo Simulations", L. Souza, C. Guerin, D. Ben-Amotz, and I. Szleifer, J. Chem. Phys., 99, 9954-9961, (1993).
"Monte Carlo Calculation of the Phase Coexistence Envelope for a Bead-Spring Polymeric Model", Y-J Sheng, A. Z. Panagiotopoulos, S. Kumar and I. Szleifer, Polymer Preprints, 69, 55-56 (1993).
“Structure and Tension of the Boundary Between Surface Phases”, S. Perkovic, I. Szleifer and B. Widom, Mol. Phys., 80, 729-739 (1993).
“Statistical Thermodynamic Theory of Grafted Polymeric Layers”, M.A. Carignano and I. Szleifer, J. Chem. Phys., 98, 5006-5018 (1993).
“Computer Simulations of Surfactant Self-Assembly”, B. Smit, K. Esselink, P.A.J. Hilbers, N.M. van Os, L.A.M. Rupert and I. Szleifer, Langmuir, 9, 9-11 (1993)
“Chain Length and Density Dependence of the Chemical Potential of Lattice Polymers”, I. Szleifer and A.Z. Panagiotopoulos, J. Chem. Phys., 97, 6666-6673 (1992).
“Molecular Simulation of Phase Equilibria in Polymer Systems”, A.Z. Panagiotopoulos and I. Szleifer, Polymer Preprints, 33 (1), 547-548 (1992).
“Monte Carlo Simulation of the Collapse-Coil Transition in Homopolymers”, I. Szleifer, E.M. O’Toole and A.Z. Panagiotopoulos, J. Chem. Phys., 97, 6802-6808 (1992).
“Surface Tension, Line Tension, and Wetting”, I. Szleifer and B. Widom, Mol. Phys., 75, 925-943 (1992).
Reply to comment on “Self-Consistent Theory of Polymer Dynamics in Melts”, I. Szleifer, J.D. Wilson and R.F. Loring, J. Chem. Phys., 97, 3875-3876 (1992).
“Self-Consistent Theory of Polymer Dynamics in Melts”, I. Szleifer, J.D. Wilson and R.F. Loring, J. Chem. Phys., 95, 8474-8485 (1991).
“A Unified Theory of the Dynamics of Linear Chain Macromolecules: From Unentangled to Entangled Melts”, I. Szleifer and R.F. Loring, J. Chem. Phys., 95, 2080-2096 (1991).
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“Determination of the Chemical Potential of Polymeric Systems from Monte Carlo Simulations”, S. Kumar, I. Szleifer and A.Z. Panagiotopoulos, Phys. Rev. Lett., 66, 2935-2938 (1991).
“A New Mean-Field Theory for Dilute Polymer Solutions: Phase Diagram, Conformational Behavior and Interfacial Properties”, I. Szleifer, J. Chem. Phys., 92, 6940-6952 (1990).
“Molecular Theory of Curvature Elasticity in Surfactant Films”, I. Szleifer, D. Kramer, A. Ben-Shaul, W.M. Gelbart and S. Safran, J. Chem. Phys., 92, 6800-6817 (1990).
“Chain Packing Statistics and Thermodynamics in Amphiphilic Monolayers”, I. Szleifer, A. Ben-Shaul and W.M. Gelbart, J. Phys. Chem., 94, 5081-5089 (1990).
1984-1989
“Structure and Tension of the Interface Between Dilute Polymer Solutions”, I. Szleifer and B. Widom, J. Chem. Phys., 90, 7524-7534 (1989).
“Statistical Thermodynamics of Amphiphilic Aggregates”, I. Szleifer, Ph.D. Thesis, Hebrew University of
“Curvature Elasticity of Pure and Mixed Surfactant Films”, I. Szleifer, D. Kramer, A. Ben-Shaul, D. Roux and W.M. Gelbart, Phys. Rev. Lett., 60, 1966-1969 (1988).
“Molecular Theory for Amphiphilic Packing and Elastic Properties of Monolayers and Bilayers”, A. Ben-Shaul, I. Szleifer and W.M. Gelbart, in Physics of Amphiphiles, C. Langevin and J. Meunier, eds. (Springer-Verlah,1987), pp 1-10.
“Statistical Thermodynamics of Pure and Mixed Amphiphilic Aggregates”, I. Szleifer, A. Ben-Shaul and W.M. Gelbart, in Physicochemical Hydrodynamics: Interfacial Phenomena, M. Velarde, ed. NATO ASI Series B, Vol. 174, pp. 843-855 (1988).
“Statistical Thermodynamics of Molecular Organization in Mixed Micelles and Bilayers”, I. Szleifer, A. Ben-Shaul and W.M. Gelbart, J. Chem. Phys., 86, 7094-7110 (1987).
“Chain Statistics in Micelles: Effects of Surface Roughness and Internal Energy”, I. Szleifer, A. Ben-Shaul and W.M. Gelbart, J. Chem. Phys., 85, 5345-5358 (1986).
“Statistical Thermodynamic Theory of Surfactant Organization in Micelles and Bilayers”, A. Ben-Shaul, I. Szleifer and W.M. Gelbart in Surfactants in Solution, K.L. Mittal and P. Bothorel, eds. (1986), Vol. 4, page 35.
“Chain Organization and Thermodynamics in Micelles and Bilayers: II.Model Calculations”, I. Szleifer, A. Ben-Shaul and W.M. Gelbart, J. Chem. Phys., 83, 3612-3620 (1985).
“Chain Organization and Thermodynamics in Micelles and Bilayers: I. Theory”, A. Ben-Shaul, I. Szleifer and W.M. Gelbart, J. Chem. Phys., 83, 3597-3611 (1985).
“Amphiphile Chain Organization in Micelles of Different Geometries”, A. Ben-Shaul, I. Szleifer and W.M. Gelbart in Physics of Amphiphiles: Micelles, Vesicles and Microemulsions, V. Degiorgio and M. Corti, eds. (North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1985), pp. 404-426.
“Statistical Thermodynamics of Amphiphile Chains in Micelles”, A. Ben-Shaul, I. Szleifer and W.M. Gelbart, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., U.S.A., 81, 4601-4605 (1984).