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Programmed Wrapping and Assembly of Droplets with Mesoscale Polymers by Barber, Dylan M., Yang, Zhefei, Prévost, Lucas, du Roure, Olivia, Lindner, Anke, Emrick, Todd, Crosby, Alfred J.

“…Nature is remarkably adept at using interfaces to build structures, encapsulate reagents, and regulate biological processes. Inspired by nature, flexible…”
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Functional Polymer Zwitterions as Reactive Surfactants for Nanoparticle Capture by Yang, Zhefei, Zhao, Jing, Emrick, Todd

“…We describe the synthesis of sulfothetin (ST)-containing polymer zwitterions and their use as polymer surfactants for stabilizing emulsion droplets and for…”
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Functional Polymer Zwitterions as Reactive Surfactants for Nanoparticle Capture by Yang, Zhefei, Zhao, Jing, Emrick, Todd

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Smart Droplets Stabilized by Designer Surfactants: From Biomimicry to Active Motion to Materials Healing by Yang, Zhefei, Snyder, Deborah, Sathyan, Ashlin, Balazs, Anna, Emrick, Todd

“…The science and technologies of emulsion droplets have been a long‐term focus of extensive research endeavors for their practical utility across a breadth of…”
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Mesoscale Polymer Surfactants: Photolithographic Production and Localization at Droplet Interfaces by Yang, Zhefei, Snyder, Deborah, Pagaduan, James Nicolas, Waldman, Abraham, Crosby, Alfred J., Emrick, Todd

“…Stabilization of fluid droplets, classically as oil-in-water or water-in-oil emulsions, is typically conducted using molecular surfactants or small…”
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Aqueous Swelling of Zwitterionic Poly(sulfobetaine methacrylate) Brushes in the Presence of Ionic Surfactants by Yang, Zhefei, Zhang, Shouwei, Tarabara, Volodymyr V, Bruening, Merlin L

“…Superhydrophilic polyzwitterionic brushes resist fouling, but free ions may screen zwitterion charges and alter brush hydration. This work examines the effect…”
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Adsorption of Anionic or Cationic Surfactants in Polyanionic Brushes and Its Effect on Brush Swelling and Fouling Resistance during Emulsion Filtration by Yang, Zhefei, Tarabara, Volodymyr V, Bruening, Merlin L

“…Atom transfer radical polymerization of ionic monomers from membrane surfaces yields polyelectrolyte brushes that swell in water and repel oil droplets to…”
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Programmed Wrapping and Assembly of Droplets with Mesoscale Polymers by Barber, Dylan M., Yang, Zhefei, Prévost, Lucas, du Roure, Olivia, Lindner, Anke, Emrick, Todd, Crosby, Alfred J.

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Simultaneous “Clean‐and‐Repair” of Surfaces Using Smart Droplets by Sathyan, Ashlin, Yang, Zhefei, Bai, Ying, Kim, Hyunki, Crosby, Alfred J., Emrick, Todd

“…An autonomous self‐healing system, inspired by transportation processes inherent to biology, is described for materials transportation and repair. The selected…”
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Simultaneous “Clean‐and‐Repair” of Surfaces Using Smart Droplets by Sathyan, Ashlin, Yang, Zhefei, Bai, Ying, Kim, Hyunki, Crosby, Alfred J., Emrick, Todd

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Simultaneous “Clean-and-Repair” of Surfaces Using Smart Droplets by Sathyan, Ashlin, Yang, Zhefei, Bai, Ying, Kim, Hyunki, Crosby, Alfred J., Emrick, Todd

“…An autonomous self-healing system, inspired by transportation processes inherent to biology, is described for materials transportation and repair. The selected…”
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Oil droplet behavior on model nanofiltration membrane surfaces under conditions of hydrodynamic shear and salinity by Tummons, Emily N., Hejase, Charifa A., Yang, Zhefei, Chew, Jia Wei, Bruening, Merlin L., Tarabara, Volodymyr V.

“…[Display omitted] Oil droplet stability and electrical charge, and membrane’s affinity for oil govern droplet attachment to a membrane surface. Moderate…”
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Smart Droplets: Simultaneous “Clean‐and‐Repair” of Surfaces Using Smart Droplets (Adv. Funct. Mater. 5/2019) by Sathyan, Ashlin, Yang, Zhefei, Bai, Ying, Kim, Hyunki, Crosby, Alfred J., Emrick, Todd

“…In article number 1805219, Todd Emrick and co‐workers describe smart droplets, inspired by biological processes associated with cell recognition and signaling,…”
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Preparation and Functions of Hybrid Membranes with Rings of Ag NPs Anchored at the Edges of Highly Ordered Honeycomb-Patterned Pores by Dong, Renhao, Xu, Jiaheng, Yang, Zhefei, Wei, Guangcheng, Zhao, Wenrong, Yan, Junlin, Fang, Yu, Hao, Jingcheng

“…We report a new, simple strategy to apply honeycomb films for the patterning of colloidal particles. By combination of a “bottom‐up” breath figure method and…”
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Surfactant Effects on Polyelectrolyte Brush Swelling and Emulsion Filtration Through Brush-Coated Membranes by Yang, Zhefei

“…This dissertation investigates the swelling and fouling resistance of polyanionic and polyzwitterionic brushes in the presence of surfactants and…”
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Phase transition of sodium bis(2-ethyl-1-hexyl) sulfosuccinate and sodium deoxycholate mixtures in aqueous solutions by Wang, Haiqiao, Dong, Renhao, Yang, Zhefei, Wu, Jing, Jiang, Shujuan, Song, Aixin, Hao, Jingcheng

“…•A transition trend from lamellar phase to hexangular phase was detected.•The balance of electrostatic repulsion and hydrophobicity lead to phase…”
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Programmed Wrapping and Assembly of Droplets with Mesoscale Polymers by Barber, Dylan M, Yang, Zhefei, Prevost, Lucas, Roure, Olivia du, Lindner, Anke, Emrick, Todd, Crosby, Alfred J

“…Adv. Funct. Mater. 2020, 2002704 Nature is remarkably adept at using interfaces to build structures, encapsulate reagents, and regulate biological processes…”
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