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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

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