List of publications

 

Stable Sequestration of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Self-Assembled Aqueous Nanopores. M. S. Mauter, M. Elimelech, C. O. Osuji. Journal of the American Chemical Society 134 , pp. 3950-3953 (2012). doi:10.1021/ja209847u

Magnetic Field Alignment of a Diblock Copolymer Using a Supramolecular Route. M. Gopinadhan, P. W. Majewski, E. S. Beach, C. O. Osuji. ACS Macro Letters. 1, pp. 184-189 (2012). doi:10.1021/mz2001059

Cholesteric Mesophase in Side-Chain Liquid Crystalline Polymers: Influence of Mesogen Interdigitation and Motional Decoupling." S.-K. Ahn, M. Gopinadhan, P. Deshmukh, R. K. Lakhman, C. O. Osuji, R. M. Kasi. Soft Matter. 8, pp. 3185-3191 (2012). doi:10.1039/C2SM07115K

Directed Self-Assembly of Hybrid Oxide/Polymer Core-Shell Nanowires with Transport Optimized Morphology for Photovoltaics. S. Zhang, C. I. Pelligra, G. Keskar, J. Jiang, P. W. Majewski, A. D. Taylor, S. Ismail-Beigi, L. D. Pfefferle, C. O. Osuji. Advanced Materials. 24 (1), pp. 82-87 (2012). doi:10.1002/adma.201103708

Magnetic Field Alignment of Block Copolymers and Polymer Nanocomposites: Scalable Microstructure Control in Functional Soft Materials. P. W. Majewski, M. Gopinadhan, C. O. Osuji. J. Polym. Sci. Part B: Polym. Phys. 50, (1), pp. 2-8 (2012). doi: 10.1002/polb.22382

Liquid Crystalline Order and Magnetocrystalline Anisotropy in Magnetically Doped Semiconducting ZnO Nanowires. S. Zhang, C. I. Pelligra, G. Keskar, P. Majewski, F. Ren, L. Pfefferle, C. O. Osuji. ACS Nano. 5 (10) p. 8357-8364 (2011). doi:10.1021/nn203070d

Lyotropic self-assembly of high aspect ratio semiconductor nanowires of single crystal ZnO. S. Zhang, P. Majewski, G. Keskar, L. Pfefferle, C. O. Osuji. Langmuir. 27 (18), p. 11616-11621 (2011). doi:10.1021/la200703u

Antifouling Ultrafiltration Membranes via Post-Fabrication Grafting of Biocidal Nanomaterials. M. Mauter, Y. Wang, K. Okemgbo, C. O. Osuji, E. Giannelis, M. Elimelech. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 3 (8) 2861-2868 (2011). doi:10.1021/am200522v

Tailoring Crystallization Behavior of PEO Based Liquid Crystalline Block Copolymers through Variation in Liquid Crystalline Content. Y. Zhou, S-K. Ahn, R. K. Lakhman, M. Gopinadhan, C. O. Osuji, R. Kasi. Macromolecules 44 (10), p. 3924-3934 (2011). doi: 10.1021/ma102922u

Side-Chain Liquid Crystalline Polymer Networks: Exploiting Nanoscale Smectic Polymorphism to Design Shape Memory Polymers. S-K. Ahn, P. Deshmukh, M. Gopinadhan, C. O. Osuji, R. M. Kasi. ACS Nano 5 (4), 3085 (2011). doi:10.1021/nn200211c

Anisotropic ionic conductivity in block copolymer membranes by magnetic field alignment. P. W. Majewski, M. Gopinadhan, W-S. Jang, J. L. Lutkenhaus, C. O. Osuji. Journal of the American Chemical Society 132 (49), pp 17516-17522 (2010). doi:10.1021/ja107309p

Nanocomposites of Vertically Aligned SWNTs by Magnetic Alignment and Polymerization of a Lyotropic Precursor. M. S. Mauter, M. Elimelech, C. O. Osuji. ACS Nano 4 (11), pp 6651-6658 (2010). doi:10.1021/nn102047j

Stimuli-Responsive Smart Gels Realized via Modular Protein Design. T. Z. Grove, C. O. Osuji, J. D. Forster, E. R. Dufresne, L. Regan. Journal of the American Chemical Society 132 (40) p. 14024–14026 (2010). doi:10.1021/ja106619w

Lyotropic Hexagonal Ordering in Aqueous Media by Conjugated Hairy-rod Supramolecules. S. Zhang, L. P. Pfefferle, C. O. Osuji. Macromolecules 43 (18) p. 7549-7555 (2010). doi:10.1021/ma101328p

Smectic demixing in the phase behaviour and self-assembly of a hydrogen bonded polymer with mesogenic side chains. M. Gopinadhan, E. Beach, P. Anastas, C. O. Osuji. Macromolecules 43 (16) p.6646-6654 (2010). doi:10.1021/ma1006667

Structure, Function, and Self-Assembly of Single Network Gyroid (I4132) Photonic Crystals in Butterfly Wing Scales. V. Saranathan, C. O. Osuji, S. G. J. Mochrie, H. Noh, S. Narayanan, A. Sandy , E. R. Dufresne, R. Prum. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107, 11676-11681 (2010). doi:10.1073/pnas.0909616107

Time resolved viscoelastic properties during structural arrest and aging of a colloidal glass. A. Negi and C. O. Osuji. [arXiv]. Phys. Rev. E. 82, 031404 (2010). doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.82.031404

Alignment of Self-Assembled Structures in Block Copolymer Films by Solvent Vapor Permeation. C. O. Osuji. Macromolecules, 43 (7) p. 3132-3135 (2010). doi:10.1021/ma100066e

Facile Alignment of Amorphous Poly(ethylene oxide) Microdomains in a Liquid Crystalline Block Copolymer Using Magnetic Fields: Towards Ordered Electrolyte Membranes. M. Gopinadhan, P. W. Majewski, C. O. Osuji. Macromolecules, 43 (7) p. 3286-3293 (2010). doi:10.1021/ma9026349

Controlled Alignment of Lamellar Lyotropic Mesophases by Rotation in a Magnetic Field. P. W. Majewski, C. O. Osuji. Langmuir, 26 (11) 8737-8742 (2010). doi:10.1021/la100285j

Dynamics of a colloidal glass during stress-mediated structural arrest. A. Negi and C. O. Osuji. [arXiv]. Europhysics Letters, 90, 28003 (2010). doi:10.1209/0295-5075/90/28003

Physical aging and relaxation of residual stresses in a colloidal glass following flow cessation. A. Negi and C. O. Osuji. [arXiv]. Journal of Rheology, 54 (5), 943-958 (2010). doi:10.1122/1.3460800

Non-degenerate magnetic alignment of self-assembled mesophases. P. W. Majewski, C. O. Osuji. Soft Matter, 5, 3414 (2009). [pre-print][suppl. info] doi:10.1039/b910705c

Dynamics of Internal Stresses and Scaling of Strain Recovery in an Aging Colloidal Gel. A. Negi and C. O. Osuji. Phys. Rev. E. 80, 010404(R) (2009). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.80.010404 [pre-print] [arXiv]

New Insights on Fumed Colloidal Rheology - Shear Thickening and Vorticity Aligned Structures in Flocculating Dispersions. A. Negi and C. O. Osuji. Rheol. Acta. 48 871-881 (2009) doi: 10.1007/s00397-008-0341-9, Dec. 2008. [pre-print]

Highly Anisotropic Vorticity Aligned Structures in a Shear Thickening Attractive Colloidal System. C. O. Osuji, D. Weitz. Soft Matter, 4, 1388 (2008) doi:10.1039/b716324j . cond-mat:0710.4336, Oct. 2007. [PDF] [arXiv]

Shear Thickening and Scaling of the Elastic Modulus in a Fractal Colloidal System with Attractive Interactions. C. O. Osuji, C. Kim and D. A. Weitz. Phys. Rev. E. 77, 060402(R) (2008). cond-mat:0710.0042, Sep, 2007. [pre-print] [arXiv] doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.77.060402

Supramolecular Microphase Separation in a Hydrogen Bonded Liquid Crystalline Comb Copolymer in the Melt State. C. O. Osuji, C-Y. Chao, C. K. Ober, E. L. Thomas. Macromolecules, 39 (9) p3114-3117 (2006). [PDF]. doi:10.1021/ma052547+

 

Alignment of Self-Assembled Hierarchical Microstructure in Liquid Crystalline Diblock Copolymers Using High Magnetic Fields. C. O. Osuji, P. Ferreira, G. P. Mao, C. K. Ober, E. L. Thomas. Macromolecules 37 (26), p. 9903-9908 (2004). [PDF] doi:10.1021/ma0483064

 

Orientational switching of mesogens and microdomains in hydrogen-bonded side-chain liquid-crystalline block copolymers using AC electric fields. C-Y. Chao, C. O. Osuji, X. F. Li, C. K. Ober and E. L. Thomas. Advanced Functional Materials, 14 (4), 364-370, 2004. [PDF] doi:10.1002/adfm.200305159

 

Temperature Dependent Photonic Bandgap in a Self-Assembled Hydrogen Bonded Liquid Crystalline Diblock Copolymer. C. O. Osuji, C-Y. Chao, I. Bita, C. K. Ober, E. L. Thomas. Advanced Functional Materials, 12 (11-12) 753-758, 2002. [PDF] doi:10.1002/adfm.200290003

 

Understanding and controlling the morphology of styrene-isoprene side group liquid crystalline diblock copolymers. C. O. Osuji, J. T. Chen, G. P. Mao, C. K. Ober and E. L. Thomas. Polymer, 41 (25), 8897-8907 (2000). [PDF] doi:10.1016/S0032-3861(00)00233-0

 

Structure development in side group liquid crystalline diblock copolymers. In Morishima Y, Norisuye T, Tashiro K, editors. Molecular Interactions and Time-Space Organization in Macromolecular Systems, Berlin: Springer, 1999. P. 9-28. C. O. Osuji, J. T. Chen, G. P. Mao, C. K. Ober and E. L. Thomas.

 

Transverse cylindrical microdomain orientation in an LC diblock copolymer under oscillatory shear. Macromolecules 32 (22) p.7703-7706, 1999. C. O. Osuji, G. P. Mao, C. K. Ober and E. L. Thomas. [PDF] doi:10.1021/ma991155y

 

Effect of the monomer ratio on the strengthening of polymer phase boundaries by random copolymers. Macromolecules 30 (22) p. 6727-6736, 1997. C. A. Dai, C. O. Osuji, K. D. Jandt, B. J. Dair, C. K. Ober, E. J. Kramer and C. Y. Hui. [PDF]. doi:10.1021/ma960543m