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NOTE:  The Soft Matter Lab at Yale is closing and will re-emerge as the Laboratory of Soft and Living Materials at ETH in 2016.

PUBLICATIONS AND PREPRINTS

Elastocapillarity:  Surface Tension and the Mechanics of Soft Solids
R. W. Style, A. Jagota, C.-Y. Hui, E.R. Dufresne
arXiv preprint (2016)

Long-range attraction of particles adhered to lipid vesicles
R. Sarfati and E. R. Dufresne
arXiv preprint (2016)

Solid Capillarity: When and How does Surface Tension Deform Soft Solids?
B. Andreotti, O. Baeumchen, F. Boulogne, K. E. Daniels, E. R. Dufresne, H. Perrin, T. Salez, J. H. Snoeijer, R. W. Style
Soft Matter
  (2016)
arXiv preprint

Fluctuations and Correlations of Emission from Random Lasers
J.W. Merrill, H. Noh, H. Cao, E. R. Dufresne
Physical Review A (2016)
arXiv preprint 

Large deformations of a soft porous material
C.W. Macminn, E.R. Dufresne, J.S Wettlaufer
Phys Rev Applied (2016)
arXiv preprint 


Wetting and Phase Separation in Soft Adhesion
K. E. Jensen, R. Sarfati, R. W. Style, R. Boltyanskiy, A. Chakrabarti, M. K. Chaudhury, E. R. Dufresne
PNAS (2015)
http://arxiv.org/abs/1507.06325


Edges of human embryonic stem cell colonies display distinct mechanical properties and differentiation potential
K. A. Rosowski, A. F. Mertz, S. Norcross, E. R. Dufresne, V. Horsley
Scientific Reports  (2015)

Intrinsic fluctuations and driven response of insect swarms
R. Ni, J. G. Puckett, E. R. Dufresne, N. T. Ouellette
Physical Review Letters (2015)


Adsorption of Soft Particles at Fluid Interfaces
R.W. Style and E.R. Dufresne
Soft Matter (2015)
http://arxiv.org/abs/1506.06119

Soft Microcapsules with Highly Plastic Shells Formed by Interfacial Polyelectrolyte-Nanoparticle Complexation
G. Kaufman, S. Nejati, R. Sarfati, R. Boltyanskiy, M. Loewenberg, E. R. Dufresne, C. O. Osuji
Soft Matter (2015)


Structural Diversity of Arthropod Biohotonic Nanostructures Spans Amphiphilic Phase Space
V. Saranathan, A. E. Seago, A. Sandy, S. Narayanan, C. O. Osuji, S. G. J. Mochrie, H. Cao, E. R. Dufresne, R. O. Prum
Nano Letters (2015)


Fluid-driven Deformation of a Soft-Granular Material
C. Macminn, E.R. Dufresne, J.S. Wettlaufer
Physical Review X (2015)
http://arxiv.org/abs/1405.7311

Stiffening Solids with Liquid Inclusions
R.W. Style, R. Boltyanskiy, B. Allen, K. E. Jensen, H. P. Foote, J. S. Wettlaufer, E. R. Dufresne
Nature Physics (2015)
http://arxiv.org/abs/1407.6424

Surface tension and the mechanics of liquid inclusions in compliant solids

R.W. Style, J. S. Wettlaufer, E. R. Dufresne
Soft Matter (2014)
http://arxiv.org/abs/1409.1998

Mechanotransduction and extracellular matrix homeostasis
J. D. Humprey, E. R. Dufresne, M. A. Schwartz
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology (2014)


Single-step microfluidic fabrication of soft monodisperse polyelectrolyte microcapsules by interfacial complexation
G. Kaufman, R. Boltyanskiy, S. Nejati, A.R. Thiam, M. Loewenberg, E. R. Dufresne, C. O. Osuji
Lab on a Chip (2014)

Adsorption of Sub-Micron Amphipilic Dumbbells to Fluid Interfaces
L. Isa, N. Samudrala, E. R. Dufresne

Langmuir (2014)

Dynamic peripheral traction forces balance stable neurite tension in regenerating Aplysia bag cell neurons
C. Hyland, P. Forscher and
E.R. Dufresne
Scientific Reports (2014)

Traction Force Microscopy in Physics and Biology
R. W. Style, R. Boltyanskiy, G. K. German, C. Hyland, C. MacMinn, A. F. Mertz, L. A. Wilen, Y. Xu and E. R. Dufresne
Soft Matter (2014)
Supplemental Information including MATLAB Code and Example Data

Regeneration of Aplysia Bag Cell Neurons is Synergistically Enhanced by Substrate-Bound Hemolymph Proteins and Laminin
C. Hyland, E.R. Dufresne and P. Forscher
Scientific Reports (2014)


The Bacterial Cytoplasm Has Glass-like Properties and Is Fluidized by Metabolic Activity
B. R. Parry, I. V. Surovtsev, M. T. Cabeen, C. S. O'Hern, E. R. Dufresne, and C. Jacobs-Wagner,
Cell  (2014)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2013.11.028

Surface Tension and Contact with Soft Elastic Solids
R.W. Style, C. Hyland, R. Boltyanskiy, J.S. Wettlaufer, E.R. Dufresne
Nature Communications (2013)
DOI10.1038/ncomms3728:
http://arxiv.org/abs/1308.1934

Elastic Coupling of Nascent apCAM Adhesions to Flowing Actin Networks
C.O. Mejean, A. Schaefer, K.B. Buck, H. Kress, A. Shundrovsky, J. W. Merrill, E.R. Dufresne, P. Forscher
PLOS ONE (2013)
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0073389

Cell Migration: Towards the Void
E.R. Dufresne and M.A. Schwartz
News and Views: Nature Materials (2013)

Surfactant treatments influence drying mechanics in human stratum corneum
G.K. German, E. Pashkovski, E.R. Dufresne
Journal of Biomechanics 2013
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2013.07.003

Patterning Droplets with Durotaxis
R. W. Style, Y. Che, S. J. Park, B. M. Weon, J. H. Je, C. Hyland, G. K. German, M. Power, L. A. Wilen, J. S. Wettlaufer, E. R. Dufresne
Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences (2013)
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1307122110

arXiv:1304.4277
Supplemental Information and Movies
Commentary in PNAS by Todd Squires

Imaging stress and strain in the fracture of drying colloidal films

Y. Xu, G. German, A. F. Mertz, E.R. Dufresne
Soft Matter 2013
DOI: 10.1039/C3SM27912J

Universal deformation of soft substrates near a contact line and the direct measurement of solid surface stresses
R. W. Style, R. Boltyanskiy, Y. Che, J. S. Wettlaufer, L. A. Wilen, E. R. Dufresne
Physical Review Letters 110, 066103 (2013)
arXiv:1209.3723


Low-loss high-speed speckle reduction using a colloidal dispersion
B. Redding, G. Allen, E. R. Dufresne, and H. Cao
Applied Optics 52, 1168 (2013)


Cadherin-Based Intercellular Adhesions Organize Epithelial Cell-Matrix Traction Forces
A. F. Mertz, Y. Che, S. Banerjee, J. Goldstein, K. R. Rosowski, C. M. Niessen, M. C. Marchetti, E. R. Dufresne, V. Horsley
Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences 110 842 (2013)

arXiv:1210.5266

Heterogeneous Drying Stresses in Stratum Corneum
G.K. German, W.C. Engl, E. Pashkovski, S. Banerjee, Y. Xu, A. F. Mertz,  C. Hyland, E. R. Dufresne
Biophysical Journal  102 2424  (2012)

Static wetting on deformable substrates, from liquids to soft solids
R. W. Style and E. R. Dufresne
Soft Matter DOI: 10.1039/C2SM25540E  (2012)
arXiv:1203.1654
MATLAB code for calculating surface profiles of liquid droplets on soft surfaces, used to generate plots in the above paper.  This code assumes that the solid-liquid and solid-vapour surface tensions are identical.  It works for a wide range of droplet sizes and substrate thicknesses.  

Structure and optical function of amorphous photonic nanostructures from avian feather barbs: a comparative small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) analysis of 230 bird species

V. Saranathan, J.D. Forster, H. Noh, S.-F. Liew, S. G. J. Mochrie, H. Cao, E. R. Dufresne, R. O. Prum
J. R. Soc. Interface, (2012)
DOI:  


Scaling of Traction Forces with Size of Cohesive Cell Colonies
A. F. Mertz, S. Banerjee, Y. Che, G. K. German, Y. Xu, C. Hyland, M. C. Marchetti, V. Horsley, E. R. Dufresne
Physical Review Letters 108 198101 (2012)
arXiv:1112.5804

A modular approach to the design of protein-based smart gels
T. Z. Grove, J. D. Forster, G. Pimienta, E. R. Dufresne, L. Regan
Biopolymers (2012)
DOI: 10.1002/bip.22033


Membrane Tension Maintains Cell Polarity by Confining Signals to the Leading Edge during Neutrophil Migration
A.R. Houk, A. Jilkine, C.O. Mejean, R. Boltyanskiy, E.R. Dufresne, S.B. Angenant, S.J. Altshuler, L.F. Wu, O.D. Weiner
Cell 148 175 (2012)

Photonic band gaps in three-dimensional network structures with short-range order
S. F. Liew, J.K. Yang, H. Noh , C. F. Schreck , E. R. Dufresne, C. S. O'Hern , H. Cao
Physical Review A 84, 063818 (2011)

Assembly of Optical Scale Dumbbells Into Dense Photonic Crystals
J. D. Forster , J.-G. Park , M. Mittal , H. Noh , C. F. Schreck , C. S. O'Hern , H. Cao , E. M. Furst , E. R. Dufresne
ACS Nano 5, 6695 (2011)
DOI: 10.1021/nn202227f

The Deformation of an Elastic Substrate by a Three-Phase Contact Line
E. R. Jerison, Y. Xu, L. A. Wilen, E. R. Dufresne 
Physical Review Letters 106 186103 (2011)
arXiv:1104.1741

Short-range order and near-field effects on optical scattering and structural coloration
S. F. Liew, J. Forster, H. Noh, C. F. Schreck, V. Saranathan, X. Lu, L. Yang, R. O. Prum, C. S. O’Hern, E. R. Dufresne, H. Cao
Optics Express, (2011) doi:10.1364/OE.19.008208


Stimuli responsive smart-gels realized via modular protein design
T. Z. Grove, J. D. Forster, C. O. Osuji, E. R. Dufresne, L. Regan, 
Journal of the American Chemical Society DOI:10.1021/ja106619w (2010)


Imaging in-plane and normal stresses near an interface crack using traction force microscopy
Y. Xu, W. C. Engl, E. R. Jerison, K. J. Wallenstein, C. Hyland, L. A. Wilen, E. R. Dufresne
Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences (2010)   DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1005537107

Grasshoppers Alter Jumping Biomechanics to Enhance Escape Performance Under Chronic Risk of Predation
D. Hawlena, H. Kress, E. R. Dufresne, O. J. Schmitz
Functional Ecology (2010)   DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01767.x

Small Angle X-ray Scattering 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, and R. O. Prum
Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences (2010)   DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0909616107 

Double scattering of light from Biophotonic Nanostructures with short-range order.  
H. Noh, S. F. Liew, V. Saranathan, R. O. Prum, S. G. J. Mochrie, E. R. Dufresne, and H. Cao 

Optics Express 18 11942 (2010)


Contribution of double scattering to structural coloration in quasiordered nanostructures of bird feathers
H. Noh, S. F. Liew, V. Saranathan, R. O. Prum, S. G. J. Mochrie, E. R. Dufresne, and H. Cao
Phys. Rev. E 81, 051923 (2010)

How Noniridescent Colors Are Generated by Quasi-ordered Structures of Bird Feathers
H. Noh, S. F. Liew, V. Saranathan, S. G. J. Mochrie, R. O. Prum, E. R. Dufresne, H. Cao, 
Advanced Materials
(2010) DOI:10.1002/adma.200903699 


High-Yield Synthesis of Monodisperse Dumbbell-Shaped Polymer Nanoparticles
J.-G. Park, J. D. Forster, E. R. Dufresne,  
Journal of the American Chemical Society
(2010)
DOI:10.1021/ja101760q 

Many-Body Force and Mobility Measurements in Colloidal Systems
J.W. Merrill, S.K. Sainis, J. Blawzdziewicz, E.R. Dufresne, 
Soft Matter (2010)
DOI:10.1039/b926845f 
 
Biomimetic isotropic nanostructures for structural coloration

J. D. Forster, H. Noh, S. F. Liew, V. Saranathan, C. F. Schreck, L. Yang, J-G Park, R. O. Prum, C. S. O'Hern, S. G. J. Mochrie, H.Cao, E. R. Dufresne
Advanced Materials (2010) DOI:10.1002/adma.200903693


Cell stimulation with optically manipulated microsources
H. Kress, J.-G. Park, C. O. Mejean, J. D. Forster, J. Park, S. S. Walse, O. D. Weiner, T. M. Fahmy, E. R. Dufresne,
Nature Methods
(2009)
DOI:10.1038/nmeth.1400
Selected Movies

Many-Body Electrostatic Forces Between Colloidal Particles at Vanishing Ionic Strength
J.W. Merrill, S.K. Sainis, E.R. Dufresne,

Physical Review Letters,
103 138301 
(2009)

Synthesis of Colloidal Particles with the symmetry of Water Molecules
J.-G Park, J.D. Forster, E.R. Dufresne,
Langmuir
DOI: 10.1021/la901969d
(2009)

Mechanical properties of individual microgel particles through the deswelling transition
S. M. Hashmi, E. R. Dufresne,

Soft Matter,
DOI: 10.1039/b906051k
(2009)

Multiplexed Force Measurements on Live Cells with Holographic Optical Tweezers
C. O. Mejean, A. W. Schaefer, E. A. Millman, P. Forscher, E.R. Dufresne,

Optics Express,
 17, 6209
(2009)

Self Assembly of Biophotonic Nanostructures by Phase Separation
E. R. Dufresne, H. Noh, V. Saranathan, S.G.J. Mochrie, H. Cao, R.O. Prum,
Soft Matter
, DOI: 10.1039/b902775k  (2009)

Development of colour-producing beta-keratin nanostructures in avian feather barbs
R.O. Prum, E. R. Dufresne, T. Quinn, K. Waters,
J. R. Soc. Interface
, 6, S253 (2009)

Electrostatic Interactions of Colloidal Particles at Vanishing Ionic Strength
S. K. Sainis, J. W. Merrill, E. R. Dufresne,

Langmuir,
24, 13334  (2008)

Minimal Model for Kinetic Arrest
P. Pal, C. S. O'Hern, J. Blawzdziewicz, E. R. Dufresne, and R. Stinchcombe,
Physical Review E,
78, 011111, (2008)


Electrostatic Interactions of Colloidal Particles in Nonpolar Solvents: Role of Surface Chemistry and Charge Control Agents
S. K. Sainis, V. Germain, C. O. Mejean and E. R. Dufresne,
Langmuir,
24, 1160, (2008)

Statistics of Particle Trajectories at Short Time-Intervals Reveal fN-Scale Colloidal Forces
S. K. Sainis, V. Germin and E. R. Dufresne,
Physical Review Letters,
99, 018303, (2007)


Spatially extended FCS for visualizing and quantifying high-speed multiphase flows in microchannels
S.M. Hashmi, M. Loewenberg and E.R. Dufresne,
Optics Express
, 15 6528 (2007)


Automated trapping, assembly and sorting with holographic optical tweezers
S. C. Chapin, V. Germain and E.R. Dufresne,
Optics Express
, 14 13095 (2006)
Movies:  
Figure 2(a) -  Avoiding Collisions (727KB)
Figure 3(a) - Automated Assembly (959KB)
Figure 3(b) - Automated Sorting (2334 KB)

Observation of Plasmon Propagation, Redirection, and Fan-Out in Silver Nanowires
A.W. Sanders, D.A. Routenberg, B.J. Wiley, Y. Xia, E.R. Dufresne and M.A. Reed,
Nano Letters
, 6 1822 (2006)

Dynamics of Fracture in Drying Suspensions
E.R. Dufresne, D.J. Stark, N.A. Greenblatt, J.X. Cheng, J.W. Hutchinson, L. Mahadevan, and D.A. Weitz,
Langmuir
, 22 7144 (2006)


Charge Stabilization in Nonpolar Solvents
M. F. Hsu, E. R. Dufresne, D. A. Weitz,
Langmuir
21 4881 (2005)

Onset of Buckling in Drying Droplets of Colloidal Suspensions
N. Tsapis, E. R. Dufresne, S. S. Sinha, C.S. Riera, J. W. Hutchinson, L. Mahadevan, and D. A. Weitz,

Physical Review Letters
94 018302 (2005)


Reverse Micelles Enable Strong Electrostatic Interactions Between Colloidal Particles in Nonpolar Solvents
M. F. Hsu, E. R. Dufresne, D. A. Weitz,
cond-mat/0412185 (2004)

Flow and Fracture in Drying Nanoparticle Suspensions
E. R. Dufresne, E. I. Corwin, N. A. Greenblatt, J. Ashmore, D.Y.Wang, A. D. Dinsmore, J. X. Cheng, X. S. Xie, J.W. Hutchinson, and D. A.Weitz,
Physical Review Letters
91 224501 (2003)


Brownian Dynamics of a Sphere Between Parallel Walls
E. R. Dufresne, D. Altman, and D. G. Grier,
Europhysics Letters
53 264 (2001)

Computer-generated holographic optical tweezer arrays
E. R. Dufresne, G. C. Spalding, M. T. Dearing, S. A. Sheets, D.G. Grier,
Review of Scientific Instruments
72 1810 (2001)


Hydrodynamic Coupling of Two Brownian Spheres to a Planar Surface
E. R. Dufresne, T. M. Squires, M. P. Brenner, and D. G. Grier,
Physical Review Letters
85 3317 (2000)


Hydrodynamic Coupling and Optical Patterning of Many-Particle Colloidal Systems
E.R. Dufresne,  Ph. D. Thesis, University of Chicago (2000)
This document provides a thorough introduction into the theory and original implemention of holographic optical tweezers.

Optical tweezer arrays and optical substrates created with diffractive optics
E. R. Dufresne and D. G. Grier,
Review of Scientific Instruments
69 1974 (1998)



US PATENTS

8. #7,133,203 Apparatus for applying optical gradient forces. (2006)
7. #7,104,659 Apparatus for using optical tweezers to manipulate materials (2006)
6. #6,863,406
Apparatus and method for fabricating, sorting, and integrating materials with holographic optical traps (2005)
5. #6,846,084 Apparatus for using optical tweezers to manipulate materials (2005)
4. #6,626,546
Apparatus for using optical tweezers to manipulate materials (2003)
3. #6,624,940 Method for applying optical gradient forces and moving material (2003)
2. #6,416,190 Apparatus for using optical tweezers to manipulate materials (2002)
1. #6,055,106 Apparatus for applying optical gradient forces (2000)



































































Copyright Eric R. Dufresne, Yale University, 2007