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Non-linear elasticity of a liquid contact line by Checco, A

“…By using energy minimization computations we study the distortion of a wetting contact line pinned on a single defect. We find that the elastic restoring force…”
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Proportional Fairness in 802.11 Wireless LANs by Checco, A., Leith, D. J.

“…We provide the first rigorous analysis of proportional fairness in 802.11 WLANs. This analysis corrects prior approximate studies. We show that there exists a…”
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Stability of thin wetting films on chemically nanostructured surfaces by Checco, A, Ocko, B M, Tasinkevych, M, Dietrich, S

“…The morphology and stability of thin volatile wetting films on model chemically patterned surfaces composed of periodic arrays of alternating completely and…”
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Wetting of nanopatterned grooved surfaces by Hofmann, T, Tasinkevych, M, Checco, A, Dobisz, E, Dietrich, S, Ocko, B M

“…The wetting by perfluoromethylcyclohexane of a well-defined silicon grating with a channel width of 16 nm has been studied using transmission small angle x-ray…”
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Dislocations and grain boundaries in semiconducting rubrene single-crystals by Chapman, B.D., Checco, A., Pindak, R., Siegrist, T., Kloc, C.

“…Assessing the fundamental limits of the charge carrier mobilities in organic semiconductors is important for the development of organic electronics. Although…”
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Charged diblock copolymers at interfaces: Micelle dissociation upon compression by Theodoly, O, Checco, A, Muller, P

“…We use grazing incidence X-ray scattering to study the surface micellization of charged amphiphilic diblock copolymers poly(styrene-block-acrylic acid) at the…”
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Collapse and Reversibility of the Superhydrophobic State on Nanotextured Surfaces by Checco, Antonio, Ocko, Benjamin M., Rahman, Atikur, Black, Charles T., Tasinkevych, Mykola, Giacomello, Alberto, Dietrich, Siegfried

“…Superhydrophobic coatings repel liquids by trapping air inside microscopic surface textures. However, the resulting composite interface is prone to collapse…”
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Nonlinear dependence of the contact angle of nanodroplets on contact line curvature by Checco, Antonio, Guenoun, Patrick, Daillant, Jean

“…We have measured the contact angle of microsized and nanosized alkane droplets partially wetting a model substrate using true noncontact atomic force…”
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Charged Diblock Copolymers at Interfaces: Micelle Dissociation Upon Compression by Checco, A., Theodoly, O., Muller, P.

“…We use grazing incidence X-ray scattering to study the surface micellization of charged amphiphilic diblock copolymers poly(styrene-block-acrylic acid) at the…”
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Directed Assembly of P3HT:PCBM Blend Films Using A Chemical Template with Sub-300 nm Features by Germack, David S, Checco, Antonio, Ocko, Benjamin M

“…Surface energy has been demonstrated as a means to direct interfacial-layer composition in polymer:fullerene blends utilized as active layers in organic…”
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Morphology of Air Nanobubbles Trapped atHydrophobic Nanopatterned Surfaces by Checco, A., Hofmann, T., DiMasi, E., Black, C.T., Ocko, B.M.

“…The details of air nanobubble trapping at the interface between water and a nanostructured hydrophobic silicon surface are investigated using X-ray scattering…”
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Wetting of Nanopatterned Grooved Surfaces by T Hofmann, M Tasinkevych, A Checco, L Dobisz, S Dietrich, B Ocko

“…The wetting by perfluoromethylcyclohexane of a well-defined silicon grating with a channel width of 16 nm has been studied using transmission small angle x-ray…”
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Liquid nanostripes by Checco, Antonio, Gang, Oleg, Ocko, Benjamin M

“…Equilibrium wetting of ethanol, a volatile liquid, onto chemically patterned nanostripes has been investigated using noncontact atomic force microscopy (AFM)…”
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Role of Electrostatic Interactions in Two Dimensional Self Assembly of Tobacco Mosaic Viruses on Cationic Lipid Mololayers by Wang, S., Yang, L., Fukuto, M., Checco, A., Niu, Z., Wang, Q.

“…We explore two-dimensional self-assembly of tobacco mosaic viruses (TMVs) on a substrate-supported, fluid lipid monolayer by manipulating the electrostatic…”
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Crystallization, structural diversity and anisotropy effects in 2D arrays of icosahedral viruses by Fukuto, Masafumi, Nguyen, Quyen L, Vasilyev, Oleg, Mank, Nick, Washington-Hughes, Clorissa L, Kuzmenko, Ivan, Checco, Antonio, Mao, Yimin, Wang, Qian, Yang, Lin

“…We investigate two-dimensional (2D) assembly of the icosahedral turnip yellow mosaic virus (TYMV) under cationic lipid monolayers at the aqueous solution–vapor…”
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Nanoscale Wettability of Self-Assembled Monolayers Investigated by Noncontact Atomic Force Microscopy by Checco, Antonio, Schollmeyer, Hauke, Daillant, Jean, Guenoun, Patrick, Boukherroub, Rabah

“…We report on a novel technique to nucleate nanometer-sized droplets on a solid substrate and to image them with minimal perturbation by noncontact atomic force…”
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Equilibrating Nanoparticle Monolayers Using Wetting Films by Pontoni, D., Alvine, K, Checco, A, Gang, O, Ocko, B, Pershan, P

“…Monolayers of bimodal gold nanoparticles on silicon are investigated by a combination of microscopy (dry monolayers) and x-ray diffraction (dry and wet…”
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Atomic force microscopy imaging of hair: correlations between surface potential and wetting at the nanometer scale by Dupres, Vincent, Camesano, Terri, Langevin, Dominique, Checco, Antonio, Guenoun, Patrick

“…We report investigations of hair surface potential under wetting at the nanometric scale by atomic force microscopy (AFM). Surface potential imaging was used…”
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On the Interactions between Multiple Overlapping WLANs using Channel Bonding by Bellalta, B, Checco, A, Zocca, A, Barcelo, J

“…Next-generation WLANs will support the use of wider channels, which is known as channel bonding, to achieve higher throughput. However, because both the…”
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Liquid crystal orientation by holographic phase gratings recorded on photosensitive Langmuir-Blodgett films by BLINOV, L. M.

“…Holographic gratings were recorded on photosensitive Langmuir-Blodgett films characterized by UV spectroscopy, birefringence measurements and atomic force…”
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