PUBLICATIONS
Journal Publications
15. J. Guerrero, Y.-W. Chang, A. A. Fragkopolous, and A. Fernandez-Nieves, Capillary-based microfluidics - Coflow, flow-focusing, electro-coflow, drops, jets and instabilities, Small, 1904344 (2019)
14. M. S. Dimitriyev, Y.-W. Chang, P. M. Goldbart, and A. Fernandez-Nieves, Swelling thermodynamics and phase transitions of polymer gels, Nano Futures 3, 043001 (2019)
13. Y.-W. Chang, M. S. Dimitriyev, A. Souslov, S. V. Nikolov, S. M. Marquez, A. Alexeev, P. M. Goldbart, and A. Fernandez-Nieves, Extreme thermodynamics with polymer gel tori: Harnessing thermodynamic instabilities to induce large-scale deformations, Physical Review E 98, 020501(R) (2018).
12. P. W. Ellis, S. Huang, S. Klanecek, J. Vallamkondu, E. Dannemiller, M. Vernon, Y.-W. Chang, P. M. Goldbart, A. Fernandez-Nieves. Defect transitions in nematic liquid-crystal capillary bridges, Physical Review E 97, 040701(R) (2018)
11. P. W. Ellis, D. J. G. Pearce, Y.-W. Chang, G. Goldsztein, L. Giomi, A. Fernandez-Nieves. Curvature- induced Defect Unbinding and Dynamics in Active Nematic Toroids. Nature Physics 14, 85 (2018).
10. F. Chen, M. Chen, Y.-W. Chang, P. Lin, Y. Chen, Z. Cheng. Polydispersity Reduction of Colloidal Plates Via size fractionation of the isotropic–nematic phase transition. Soft Matter 13, 3789-3793 (2017).
9. K.-T. Wu, J. B. Hishamunda, D. T. N. Chen, S. J. DeCamp, Y.-W. Chang, A. Fernandez-Nieves, S. Fraden, Z. Dogic. Transition from Turbulent to Coherent Flows in Confined Three-dimensional Active Fluids. Science 355, 1204 (2017).
8. Y.-W. Chang, A. A. Fragkopolous, S. M. Marquez, H. D. Kim, T. E. Angelini, A. Fernandez-Nieves. Biofilm Formation in Geometry-dependent Gradients. New Journal of Physics 17, 033017 (2015).
7. J. S. Guevara, A. F. Mejia, M. Shuai, Y.-W. Chang, M. S. Mannan, Z. Cheng. Stabilization of Pickering Foams by High-aspect-ratio Nano-sheets. Soft Matter 9, 1327-1336 (2013).
6. M. Shuai, A. F. Mejia, Y.-W. Chang, Z. Cheng. Hydrothermal Synthesis of Layered α-zirconium Phosphate Disks: Control of Aspect Ratio and Polydispersity for Nano-architecture. CrystEngComm 15, 2970-1977 (2013).
5. A. F. Mejia, Y.-W. Chang, R. Ng, M. Shuai, M. S. Mannan, Z. Cheng. Aspect Ratio and Polydispersity Dependence of Isotropic-nematic Transition in Discotic Suspensions. Physical Review E 85 (6), 061708 (2012). Figure selected for PRE kaleidoscope.
4. Y.-W. Chang, A. F. Mejia, Z. Cheng, D. Di, G. B. McKenna. Gelation via Ion Exchange in Discotic Suspensions. Physical Review Letters 108 (24), 247802 (2012).
3. Y.-W. Chang, H. Peng, S.M Marquez, Z. Cheng. Uniform Yeast Cell Assembly via Microfluidics. Biomicrofluidics 6, 024118 (2012). Highlighted in Virtual J. Nanoscale Sci. Technol and Virtual J. Biol. Phys. Res.
2. A. F. Mejia, A. Diaz, S. Pullela, Y.-W. Chang, M. Simonetty, C. Carpenter, C, J. D. Batteas, M. S. Mannan, A. Clearfield, Z. Cheng. Pickering Emulsions Stabilized by Amphiphilic Nano-sheets. Soft Matter 8, 10245- 10253 (2012). Highlighted on cover page.
1. Y.-W. Chang, J. A. Silas, V. M. Ugaz. A Direct Probe of the Interplay between Bilayer Morphology and Surface Reactivity in Polymersomes. Langmuir 26 (14) ,12132–12139 (2010).
Patents
1. T. E. Angelini, W. G. Sawyer, K. G. Rowe, T. Bhattacharjee, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Y.-W. Chang. High Speed 3D Printing System for Wound and Tissue Replacement. WO/2016/130953, PCT/US2016/017810.
2. A. Fernandez-Nieves, T. E. Angelini, Y.-W. Chang, S. M. Marquez. 3D Printing Using Phase Changing Materials as Support. WO 2016/090286, PCT /US2015/064063.
3. Z. Cheng, A. F. Mejia, A. Diaz, A. Clearfield, M. S. Mannan, Y.-W. Chang. Amphiphilic Nanosheets and Methods of Making The Same. US 8,986,641 B1