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MONICAOLVERAdelaCRUZDepartmentofMaterialsScience&EngineeringDepartmentofChemical&BiologicalEngineering

DepartmentofChemistryDepartmentofPhysicsandAstronomy

NorthwesternUniversityEvanston,IL60208(847)491-7801

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1981-85 Ph.D.inPhysicsattheTheoryofCondensedMatterGroup,CavendishLaboratory,CambridgeUniversity,Cambridge,England.Thesistitle:“DynamicsofSeparationProcessesinPolymers”.Advisor:S.F.Edwards

1977-81 B.A.inPhysics,UniversidadNacionalAutonomadeMexico(UNAM),MexicoCity,Mexico.Thesistitle:“PhaseTransitionsinTwo-DimensionalSystems”.Advisor:A.J.Mondragon

Appointments:

2016-2019 Co-Director-NorthwesternUniversity/ArtInstituteofChicagoCenterforScientificStudiesintheArts(NU-ACCESS)

2015-Present Director-CenterforComputationandTheoryofSoftMaterials,NorthwesternUniversity,EvanstonIL,60208

2014-Present Co-Director-CenterforBio-InspiredEnergyScience,NorthwesternUniversity,Evanston,IL,60208

2009-Present LawyerTaylorProfessorofMaterialsScience&Engineering,ProfessorofChemistry,ProfessorofChemicalandBiologicalEngineering,andofPhysicsandAstronomy,NorthwesternUniversity,Evanston,IL60208

2006-13 Director-MaterialsResearchCenter,NorthwesternUniversity,EvanstonIL,602081998-09 Professor-DepartmentofMaterialsScience&Engineering,DepartmentofChemistryand

DepartmentofChemicalandBiologicalEngineering,NorthwesternUniversity,Evanston,IL60208

1995-97 SeniorStaffScientist(EngineerC3)–ServicedeChimieMoleculaire,Commissariatal’EnergieAtomique,Centrede’Etude,Saclay,91191Gif-Sur-Yvette,France

1991-98 AssociateProfessor-DepartmentofMaterialsScience&EngineeringandDepartmentofChemicalandBiologicalEngineering,NorthwesternUniversity,Evanston,IL60208

1986-91 AssistantProfessor-DepartmentofMaterialsScienceandEngineering,NorthwesternUniversity,Evanston,IL60208

1985-86 GuestScientist,PolymersDivision-NationalInstituteofStandardsandTechnology(formerlyNBS),Gaithersburg,MD.Post-doctoralResearchAssociate-PolymerScienceandEngineeringDepartment,UniversityofMassachusetts,Amherst,MA(Advisor:I.C.Sanchez)

AwardsandSignificantAcademicHonors:

2017 PolymerPhysicsPrize,AmericanPhysicalSociety2016 MillerInstituteVisitingProfessor,UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley.2015 McGavockLecturer,DepartmentofChemistry,TrinityUniversity.2015 ISTeCDistinguishedLecturer,ColoradoStateUniversity.2013 DerieuxLecture,DepartmentofPhysics,NorthCarolinaStateUniversity.2013 DistinguishedLecturer,MathematicalPhysicalSciencesDirectorate,NationalScience

Foundation 2012 Member,NationalAcademyofSciences2011 FayAjzenberg-SeloveColloquium,PhysicsDepartment,UniversityofWisconsin,Madison2010 SpecialCivilMeritAward,StateofGuerrero,Mexico2010 Fellow,AmericanAcademyofArtsandSciences2010-15 NationalSecurityScienceandEngineeringFacultyFellowship

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M. Olvera de la Cruz 2

2008 DowDistinguishedLecturer,UniversityofCaliforniaSantaBarbara2007 EngineeringandAppliedSciencesCozzarelliPrize,ProceedingoftheNationalAcademyof

Sciences2005-06 NorthAmericanLecturesinChemicalEngineeringandMaterialsScience,Mexico2005 BaetjerLectures,PrincetonUniversity2003 VisitingProfessor,ServicedePhysiqueTheorique,Commissariatal’EnergieAtomique,CE-

Saclay,France2001 Fellow,AmericanPhysicalSociety1995-97 ScientificMember,Commissariatal’EnergieAtomique,CE-Saclay,France1993 VisitingScientist,ServicedeChimieMoleculaire,Commissariatal’EnergieAtomique

Commissariatal’EnergieAtomique,CE-Saclay,France1990-95 PresidentialYoungInvestigatorAward,NationalScienceFoundation1990-92 AlfredP.SloanFellowship1989-94 DavidandLucilePackardFellowshipinScienceandEngineering1988-93 FIRSTAward,NationalInstitutesofHealth1981-84 UNAMscholarshipfromtheDireccionGeneraldeAsuntosdelPersonalAcademico,Mexico, heldatCambridgeUniversity,England1982-84 OverseasResearchScholarshipaward(ORS-award)England,CambridgeUniversity,England1981-82 GraduateStudiesFellowship,TrinityCollege,CambridgeUniversity,England(declined)1979-81 Conacyt-UNAMscholarship,Mexico,heldatUniversidadNacionalAutonomadeMexico,

Mexico

SelectedSignificantServicesandExtracurricularEducationalActivities:

2016 CommitteeonVisionoftheFutureofCenter-Based,MultidisciplinaryEngineeringResearch,NationalAcademyofSciences

2015-2020 InternationalScientificAdvisoryBoard,MaxPlanckInstituteforPolymerPhysics2015 AROWorkshoponPotentialFutureDirections,NC,Sept24-25,20152015 AROBiennialReviewofLifeSciences,May6-8,2015.2015- SeniorEditor,ACSJournalofCentralScience2014- NationalScienceFoundationAdvisoryCommitteeforInternationalScienceandEngineering2013-17 BasicEnergySciencesAdvisoryCommittee,DepartmentofEnergy2013- AdvisoryCommittee,CenterforScientificStudiesintheArts(NU-ACCESS),Northwestern2013 Co-Chair,NSFWorkshoponOpportunitiesinTheoreticalandComputationalPolymeric

MaterialsandSoftMatter,SantaBarbara,CA,October20-222013 Co-Chair,FifthBiennialPrincipalInvestigators’Meetingin“BiomolecularMaterials”,

MaterialsSciencesandEngineeringDivision(MSED)intheDOEOfficeofBasicEnergySciences(DOE-BES),Gaithersburg,MD,August19-21.

2013 Co-Organizer,EvolutionofColloidalMatter,NewYorkCity,NY,June27-292013-142013 CommitteeonKeyChallengeAreasforConvergenceandHealth,NationalResearchCouncil2012 CommitteeonSocietalBenefitsfromCondensedMatterandMaterialsResearch,National

ResearchCouncil2012-13 ScienceandTechnologyforDefenseWarning,NationalResearchCouncil2009 LaunchedNSFfundedUniv.TexasSanAntonioPREMinassociationwithNU-MRSEC2009-15 BoardofPhysicsandAstronomy,NationalResearchCouncil,theNationalAcademyof

Sciences2010-12 Chair,CondensedMatterandMaterialsResearchCommittee,NationalResearchCouncil2009-10 Vice-Chair,CondensedMatterandMaterialsResearchCommittee,NationalResearch

Council2008-09 Vice-Chair,SolidStateScienceCommittee,NationalResearchCouncil2008-09 Chair,NSF-MRSECDirectorsExecutiveCommittee2007-09 ResearchattheIntersectionofPhysicalandLifeSciences,CommitteeonForefrontsof

ScienceattheInterfaceofPhysicalandLifeSciencesNationalResearchCouncil2007-09 Chair,DivisionofMaterialsResearchAdvisoryCommittee,NationalSciencesFoundation2007-08 AdvisoryPanelonLightSourceFacilities,NationalScienceFoundation

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2006-08 LeadershipCouncil,NationalCenterforLearningandTeachinginNano-ScienceandEngineering(NCLT),NationalScienceFoundation

2005-08 SolidStateScienceCommittee,NationalResearchCouncil2005-09 MathematicalandPhysicalSciencesDirectorateAdvisoryCommittee,NationalScience

Foundation2004 NSFRoleofTheoryinBiologicalPhysicsandMaterials(co-organizer;plenaryspeaker)1999-06 Director-SummerResearchExperienceforUndergraduates(REU)andMinorityResearch

Initiative(MRI),NorthwesternUniversity(30to40studentsperyearrecruitedandtutored)1997-04 Director&Co-Founder-IntegratedGraduateProgramtoPrepareEducatorsof

MaterialsTechnologists,NorthwesternUniversity(createdthedegree,recruitedandmentoredthestudentsandraisedfundsfortuitionandstipendforgiftedstudents1997-04:MireyaGarcia(1999),HowardGholston(2000),ManuelBahamon(2000),RobertoMendoza(2000),PatriciaValenzuela(2001)andNikkiaMcDonald(June2002)

EditorialBoards:Macromolecules,JournalofPolymerScienceB:PolymerPhysics,JournalofChemicalTheoryandComputation,andJournalofChemicalPhysicsLISTOFPUBLICATIONS

1. AykutErbasandMonicaOlveradelaCruz,“InteractionsbetweenPolyelectrolyteGelSurfaces”Macomolecules,49,9026-9034(2016);DOI:10.1021/acs.macromol.6b01416

2. HonghaoLi,AykutErbas,JosZwanikkenandMonicaOlveradelaCruz,“Ionicconductivityinpolyelectrolytehydrogels”Macromolecules,49,9239-9246(2016);DOI:10.1021/acs.macromol.6b01276

3. MatthewN.O'Brien,Hai-XinLin,MartinGirard,MonicaOlveradelaCruz,ChadA.Mirkin"ProgrammingColloidalCrystalHabitwithAnisotropicNanoparticleBuildingBlocksandDNABonds"JournaloftheAmericanChemicalSociety,138,14562-14565(2016);DOI:10.1021/jacs.6b09704.

4. MatthewN.O'Brien,MartinGirard,Hai-XinLin,JaimeA.Millan,MonicaOlveradelaCruz,ByeongduLeeandChadA.Mirkin,"ExploringtheZoneofAnisotropyandBrokenSymmetriesinDNA-mediatedNanoparticleCrystallization"PNAS,113,10485-10490(2016);DOI:10.1073/pnas.1611808113.

5. ShuangpingLiu,ZhenweiYao,KevinChiou,SamuelI.StuppandMonicaOlveradelaCruz,“Emergentperversionsinthebucklingofheterogeneouselasticstrips”PNAS,InPress.

6. ZhenweiYaoandMonicaOlveradelaCruz,"OrderedSelf-SimilarPatternsinAnisotropicStochasticGrowth"JournalofPhysicalChemistryB,120,5960-5965(2016);DOI:10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b01789.

7. MonicaOlveradelaCruz,“Mesoscalestudiesofionicclosedmembraneswithpolyhedralgeometries”APLMaterials,4,061102(2016);DOI:10.1063/1.4953570

8. JoshuaDempsterandMonicaOlveradelaCruz,"AggregationofHeterogeneouslyChargedColloids"ACSNano,10,5909-15(2016);DOI:10.1021/acsnano.6b01218.

9. SaijiePan,TingI.N.G.LiandMonicaOlveradelaCruz,“MolecularDynamicsSimulationofDNA-DirectedAssemblyofNanoparticleSuperlatticesUsingPatternedTemplates”JournalofPolymerScience,PartB:PolymerPhysics,Accepted(2016)

10. GeoffroyFerru,BenjaminReinhart,MrinalK.Bera,MonicaOlveradelaCruz,BaofuQiao,RossJ.Ellis,“TheLanthanideContractionbeyondCoordinationChemistry”Chemistry-AEuropeanJournal(2016);DOI:10.1002/chem.201601032

11. SumitKewalramani,GuillermoI.Guerrero-García,LianeM.Moreau,JosW.Zwanikken,ChadA.Mirkin,MonicaOlveradelaCruz,andMichaelJ.Bedzyk,“Electrolyte-MediatedAssemblyofChargedNanoparticles”ACSCentralScience(2016);DOI:10.1021/acscentsci.6b00023.

12. ZhenweiYaoandMonicaOlveradelaCruz,“Electrostatics-DrivenHierarchicalBucklingofChargedFlexibleRibbons”PhysicalReviewLetters,116,148101(2016);DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.148101.

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13. TanerAytun,PeterSantos,CarsonBruns,DongxuHuang,AndrewKoltonow,MonicaOlveradelaCruz,SamuelStupp,“Self-AssemblingTripodialSmall-MoleculeDonorsforHeterojunctionSolarCells”JournalofPhysicalChemistryC120,3602-3611(2016);DOI:10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b10064.

14. AykutErbasandMonicaOlveradelaCruz"Morphology-EnhancedConductivityinDryIonicLiquids"Phys.Chem.Chem.Phys.,18,6441-6450(2016);DOI:10.1039/C5CP07090B.

15. CarolynR.Bertozzi,ChristopherJ.Chang,BenjaminG.Davis,MonicaOlveradelaCruz,DavidA.TirrellandDongyuanZhao"GrandChallengesinChemistryfor2016andBeyond"ACSCentralScience,2,1-3(2016);DOI:10.1021/acscentsci.6b00010.

16. FaifanTantakitti,JobBoekhoven,XinWang,RomanV.Kazantsev,TaoYu,JiaheLi,EllenZhuang,RoyaZandi,JuliaH.Ortony,ChristinaJ.Newcomb,LiamC.Palmer,GajendraS.Shekhawat,MonicaOlveradelaCruz,GeorgeC.Schatz&SamuelI.Stupp,“Energylandscapesandfunctionsofsupramolecularsystems”NatureMaterials15,469-476(2016);DOI:10.1038/nmat4538.

17. JiayeSu,ZhenweiYaoandMonicaOlveradelaCruz"VesicleGeometriesEnabledbyDynamicallyTrappedStates"ACSNano10,2287-2294(2016);DOI:10.1021/acsnano.5b06991.

18. NanjiaZhou,AlexanderS.Dudnik,TingI.N.G.Li,EricF.Manley,thomasJ.Aldrich,PeijunGuo,Hsueh-ChungLiao,ZhihuaChen,LinX.Chen,RobertP.H.Chang,AntonioFacchetti,MonicaOlveradelaCruzandTobin.J.Marks"All-PolymerSolarCellPerformanceOptimizedviaSystematicMolecularWeighttuningofBothDonorandAcceptorPolymers"J.Am.Chem.Soc.138,1240-1251(2015);DOI:10.1021/jacs.5b10735.

19. Ting.I.N.G.LiandMonicaOlveradelaCruz,“SurfaceenergyfluctuationeffectsinsinglecrystalsofDNA-functionalizednanoparticles”J.Chem.Phys.144,039901(2016);DOI:10.1063/1.4940435

20. M.K.Bera,B.Qiao,S.Seifert,B.P.Burton-Pye,M.OlveradelaCruzandM.R.Antonio"AggregationofHeteropolyanionsinAqueousSolutionsExhibitingShort-RangeAttractionsandLong-RangeRepulsions"J.Phys.Chem.C,120,1317-1327(2015);DOI:10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b10609.

21. BaofuQiao,GeoffroyFerru,MonicaOlveradelaCruz,andRossJ.Ellis,"MolecularOriginsofMesoscaleOrderinginaMetalloamphiphilePhase"ACSCentralScience1,493(2015).

22. YufeiJing,VikramJadhao,JosW.ZwanikkenandMonicaOlveradelaCruz,"IonicStructureinLiquidsConfinedbyDielectricInterfaces"J.Chem.Phys.143,194508(2015);DOI:10.1063/1.4935704

23. JoshuaM.Dempster,RuiZhang,andMonicaOlveradelaCruz.“Self-replicationwithmagneticdipolarcolloids”PhysicalReviewE,92,042305(2015);DOI:10.1103/PhysRevE.92.042305

24. RebeccaD.Giuntoli,NoraB.Linzer,EdwardJ.Banigan,CharlesE.Sing,MonicaOlveradelaCruz,JohnS.Graham,ReidC.Johnson,andJohnF.Marko.“DNA-Segment-FacilitatedDissociationofFisandNHP6AfromDNADetectedviaSingle-MoleculeMechanicalResponse”JournalofMolecularBiology,427,3123-3136(2015);DOI:10.1016/j.jmb.2015.07.015

25. Ha-KyungKwon,JosW.Zwanikken,KennethR.ShullandMonicaOlveradelaCruz.“TheorecticalAnalysisofMultiplePhaseCoexistenceinPolyelectrolyteBlends”Macromolecules,48,6008-6015(2015);DOI:10.1021/acs.macromol.5b00901

26. RyanV.Thaner,YoungeunKim,TingI.N.G.Li,RobertJ.MacFarlane,SonBinhT.Nguyen,MonicaOlveradelaCruz,ChadA.Mirkin.“Entropy-DrivenCrystallizationBehaviorinDNA-MediatedNanoparticleAssembly”NanoLetters,15,5545-5551(2015);DOI:10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b02129

27. AykutErbasandMonicaOlveradelaCruz."EnergyconversioninPolyelectrolyteHydrogels"ACSMac.Lett.,4,857-861(2015);DOI:10.1021/acsmaclett.5b00363

28. NielsBoon,IvanGuerrero-Garcia,RenevanRoij,MonicaOlveradelaCruz."EffectiveChargesandVirialPressureofConcentratedMacroionSolutions"PNAS,112,9242-9246(2015);DOI:10.1073/pnas.1511798112

29. NielsBoonandMonicaOlveradelaCruz."'Soft'AmplifierCircuitsBasedonField-EffectIonicTransistors"SoftMatter,11,4793-4798(2015);DOI:10.1039/C5SM00573F

30. NicolasE.Jackson,KevinL.Kohlstedt,BrettM.Savoie,MonicaOlveradelaCruz,GeorgeC.Shatz,LinX.Chen,MarkA.Ratner,“ConformationalOrderinAggregatesofConjugatedPolymers”J.Am.Chem.Soc.,137,6254-6262(2015);DOI:10.1021/jacs.5b00493

31. PratikS.Randeria,MatthewR.Jones,KevinL.Kohlstedt,ReshamJ.Banga,MonicaOlveradelacruz,GeorgeC.Schatz,ChadA.Mirkin,“Whatcontrolsthehybridizationofsphericalnucleicacids?”JournaloftheAmericanChemicalScoiety,137,3486-89(2015);DOI:10.1021/jacs.5b00670

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32. VikramJadhao,ZhenweiW.Yao,CreightonK.Thomas,MonicaOlveradelaCruz,“Coulombenergyofuniformlychargedspheroidalshellsystems”PhysicalreviewE,91,032305(2015);DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.91.032305

33. CharlesE.Sing,Jos.W.Zwanikken,MonicaolveradelaCruz,“Theoryofmeltpolyelectrolyteblendsandblockcopolymers:Phasebehavior,surfacetensionandmicrophaseperiodicity”JournalofChemicalPhysics,142,034902(2015);DOI:10.1063/1.4905830

34. AndreaLiu,GaryS.Grest,CristinaM.Marchetti,GregoryM.Grason,MarkO.Robbins,GlennH.Fredrickson,MichaelRubinstein,MonicaOlveradelaCruz,“Opportunitiesintheoreticalandcomputationalpolymericmaterialsandsoftmatter”SoftMatter,11,2326-32(2015);DOI:10.1039/c4sm02344g

35. ZavenOvanesyan,BharatMedasani,MarciaO.Fenley,GuillermoIvanGuerreroGarcia,MonicaOlveradelaCruz,MarceloMarucho,“ExcludedVolumeandIon-IonCorrelationeffectsontheIonicAtmosphereAroundB-DNATheory,SimulationsandExperiments”J.Chem.Phys,141,225103(2014);DOI:10.1063/1.4902407

36. ZhenweiYaoandMonicaOlveradelaCruz"Dynamicsofvacanciesintwo-dimensionalLennard-Jonescrystals"Phys.Rev.E,90,062318(2014);DOI:10.1103/PhysRevE.90.062318

37. GabrielS.Longo,MonicaOlveradelaCruz,andIgalSzleifer"EquilibriumAdsorptionofHexahistidineonpH-ResponsiveHydrogelNanofilms"Langmuir,inpressDOI:10.1021/la504038

38. LiamC.Palmer,Cheuk-YuiLeung,SumitKewalramani,RohanKumthekar,ChristinaJ.Newcomb,MonicaOlveradelaCruz,MichaelJ.Bedzyk,SamuelI.Stupp“Long-RangeOrderingofHighlyChargedSelf-AssembledNanofilaments”J.Am.Chem.Soc.136,14377-14380(2014);DOI:10.1021/ja50825191

39. MarioTagliazucchi,XingLi,MonicaOlveradelaCruzandIgalSzleifer"Self-OrganizedPolyelectrolyteEnd-GraftedLayersUnderNanoconfinement"ACSNano,8,9998-10008(2014);DOI:10.1021/nn502008x

40. GabrielLongo,MonicaOlveradelaCruz,IgalSzleifer“Non-monotonicSwellingofSurfaceGraftedHydrogelsInducedbypHand/orSaltConcentration”J.Chem.Phys.141,124909(2014);DOI:10.1063/1.4896562

41. VikramJadhao,CreightonK.ThomasandMonicaOlveradelaCruz“Electrostatics-drivenshapetransitionsinsoftshells”Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.111,12673-8(2014);DOI:10.1073/pnas.1413986111

42. CharlesE.SingandMonicaOlveradelaCruz"PolyelectrolyteBlendsandNontrivialBehaviorinEffectiveFlory-HugginsParameters"ACSMacroLetters3,698-702(2014);DOI:10.1021/mz500202n

43. GuillermoIvanGuerrero-Garcia,MonicaOlveradelaCruz"PolarizationEffectsofDielectricNanoparticlesinAqueousCharge-AsymmetricElectrolytes”J.Phys.Chem.B118,8854-8862(2014);DOI:10.1021/jp5045173

44. BrettM.Savoie,KevinL.Kohlstedt,NicholasE.Jackson,LinX.Chen,MonicaOlveradelaCruz,GeorgeC.Schatz,TobinJ.Marks,andMarkA.Ratner"Mesoscalemolecularnetworkformationinamorphousorganicmaterials”PNAS111,10055–10060(2014);DOI:10.1073/pnas.1409514111

45. CharlesE.Sing,JosW.Zwanikken,andMonicaOlveradelaCruz"ElectrostaticControlofBlockCopolymerMorphology"NatureMaterials13,694(2014);DOI:10.1038/nmat4001

46. BaofuQiao,ThomasDemars,MonicaOlveradelaCruz,andRossJ.Ellis“HowHydrogenBondsAffecttheGrowthofReverseMicellesinMetalIonExtraction”J.Chem.Phys.Lett.5,1440–1444(2014);DOI:10.1021/jz500495p

47. ZhenweiYao,MonicaOlveradelaCruz“Polydispersity-driventopologicaldefectsasorder-restoringexcitations”Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.(2014);DOI:10.1073/pnas.1403679111

48. CharlesE.Sing,MonicaOlveradelaCruz,andJohnF.Marko“Multiple-binding-sitemechanismexplainsconcentration-dependentunbindingratesofDNA-bindingproteins”NucleicAcidsResearch42,3783–3791(2014);DOI:10.1093/nar/gkt1327

49. RuiZhang,DavidA.Walker,BartoszA.Grzybowski,andMonicaOlveradelaCruz"Acceleratedself-replicationundernon-equilibrium,periodicenergydelivery"AngewandteChemieInt.Ed.53,173–177(2014);DOI:10.1002/anie.201307339.

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50. EvelynAuyeung,TingI.N.G.Li,AndrewJ.Senesi,AbrinL.Schmucker,BridgetC.Pals,MonicaOlveradelaCruz,andChadA.Mirkin“DNA-mediatednanoparticlecrystallizationintoWulffpolyhedra”Nature505,73–77(2014);DOI:10.1038/nature12739.

51. FranciscoHidalgo,CeciliaNoguezandMonicaOlveradelaCruz“Metallicinfluenceontheatomicstructureandopticalactivityofligand-protectednanoparticles:acomparisonbetweenAgandAu”Nanoscale”Nanoscale6,3325-3334(2014);DOI:10.1039/C3NR06202C

52. RuiZhang,JoshuaM.Dempster,andMonicaOlveradelaCruz"Self-replicationincolloidswithasymmetricinteractions"SoftMatter10,1315-1319(2014).DOI:10.1039/C3SM52501E.

53. ZhenweiYao,BaofuQiaoandMonicaOlveradelaCruz“PotassiumionsinthecavityofaKcsAchannelmodel”Phys.Rev.E88,062712(2013);DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.88.062712.

54. ZhenweiYaoandMonicaOlveradelaCruz“RuledsurfaceunderlyingKcsApotassiumchannels”SoftMatter10,540–543(2014);DOI:10.1039/C3SM52612G.

55. SubasDhakal,KevinL.Kohlstedt,GeorgeC.Schatz,ChadA.Mirkin,andMonicaOlveradelaCruz“GrowthDynamicsforDNA-GuidedNanoparticleCrystallization”ACSNano7,10948–10959(2013);DOI:10.1021/nn404476f

56. SumitKewalramani,JosW.Zwanikken,RobertJ.Macfarlane,Cheuk-YuiLeung,MonicaOlveradelaCruz,ChadA.Mirkin,andMichaelJ.Bedzyk"CounterionDistributionSurroundingSphericalNucleicAcid–AuNanoparticleConjugatesProbedbySmall-AngleX-rayScattering"ACSNano7,11301–11309(2013);DOI:10.1021/nn405109z

57. FranciscoSolis,VikramJadhaoandMonicaOlveradelaCruz"GeneratingtrueminimainconstrainedvariationalformulationsviamodifiedLagrangemultipliers"Phys.Rev.E88,053306(2013);DOI:10.1103/PhysRevE.88.053306

58. GuillermoGuerrero-Garcìa,PedroGonzàlezMozuelos,andMonicaOlveradelaCruz"Largecounterionsboostthesolubilityandrenormalizedchargeofsuspendednanoparticles"ACSNano7,9714-9723(2013);DOI:10.1021/nn404477b

59. CharlesE.Sing,JosW.Zwanikken,andMonicaOlveradelaCruz"IonCorrelation-InducedPhaseSeparationinPolyelectrolyteBlends"ACSMacroLetters2,1042-1046(2013);DOI:10.1021/mz400511r.

60. AzitaParsaeian,MonicaOlveradelaCruz,andJohnF.Marko"Binding-rebindingdynamicsofproteinsinteractingnonspecificallywithalongDNAmolecule"Phys.Rev.E88,040703(R)(2013);DOI:10.1103/PhysRevE.88.040703.

61. CharlesE.Sing,JosW.Zwanikken,andMonicaOlveradelaCruz"Interfacialbehaviorinpolyelectrolyteblends:Hybridliquid-stateintegralequationandself-consistentfieldtheorystudy"Phys.Rev.Lett.111,168303(2013);DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.168303.

62. Cheuk-YuiLeung,LiamC.Palmer,SumitKewalramani,BaofuQiao,SamuelI.Stupp,MonicaOlveradelaCruz,andMichaelJ.Bedzyk“Crystallinepolymorphisminducedbychargeregulationinionicmembranes”Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.110(41),16309-16314(2013);DOI:10.1073/pnas.1316150110.2013).

63. BaofuQiaoandMonicaOlveradelaCruz“DrivingForceforWaterPermeationacrossLipidMembranes”J.Phys.Chem.Lett.4,3233–3237(2013);DOI:10.1021/jz401730s.

64. SrikanthPatala,LaurenceMarksandMonicaOlveradelaCruz"ThermodynamicAnalysisofMultiply-TwinnedParticles:SurfaceStressEffects"J.Phys.Chem.Lett.4,3089–3094(2013);DOI:10.1021/jz401496d.

65. ZhenweiYaoandMonicaOlveradelaCruz"Topologicaldefectsinflatgeometry:Theroleofdensityinhomogeneity"Phys.Rev.Lett.111,115503(2013);DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.115503.

66. PedroGonzalez-Mozuelos,GuillermoIvanGuerrero-GarciaandMonicaOlveradelaCruz"Anexactmethodtoobtaineffectiveelectrostaticinteractionsfromcomputersimulations:Thecaseofeffectivechargeamplification"J.Chem.Phys.139,064709(2013);DOI:10.1063/1.4817776.

67. VikramJadhao,FranciscoSolisandMonicaOlveradelaCruz"Free-energyfunctionalsoftheelectrostaticpotentialforPoisson-Boltzmanntheory"Phys.Rev.E88,022305(2013);DOI:10.1103/PhysRevE.88.022305

68. NicholasE.Jackson,BrettM.Savoie,KevinL.Kohlstedt,MonicaOlveradelaCruz,GeorgeSchatz,LinX.ChenandMarkRatner“Controllingconformationsofconjugatedpolymersandsmallmolecules:

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theroleofnonbondinginteractions”J.Am.Chem.Soc.135(28),10475-10483(2013),DOI:10.1021/ja403667s.

69. CharlesE.Sing,JosW.ZwanikkenandMonicaOlveradelaCruz“Effectofion-ioncorrelationsonpolyelectrolytegelcollapseandreentrantswelling”Macromolecules46(12),5053-5065(2013),DOI:10.1021/ma400372p.

70. TingI.N.G.Li,RastkoSknepnekandMonicaOlveradelaCruz"ThermallyActiveHybridizationDrivestheCrystallizationofDNA-functionalizedNanoparticles"J.Am.Chem.Soc.135,8535-8541(2013).

71. BaofuQiaoandMonicaOlveradelaCruz,"TheDrivingForceforCrystallizationofAnionicLipidMembranesRevealedbyAtomisticSimulations"TheJournalofPhysicalChemistryB117(17),5073-5080(2013),DOI:10.1021/jp401767c.

72. ZhenweiYaoandMonicaOlveradelaCruz"Electrostaticrepulsion-drivencrystallizationmodelarisingfromfilamentnetworks"Phys.Rev.E87,042605(2013);DOI:10.1103/PhysRevE.87.042605.

73. JosW.ZwanikkenandMonicaOlveradelaCruz"Tunablesoftstructureinchargedfluidsconfinedbydielectricinterfaces"Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.110,5301-5308(2013),doi:10.1073/pnas.1302406110.

74. GabrielS.Longo,MonicaOlveradelaCruz,andI.Szleifer"pH-ControlledNano-AggregationinAmphiphilicPolymerConetworks"ACSNano7(3),2693-2704(2013),DOI:10.1021/nn400130c.

75. ChloeM.Funkhouser,RastkoSknepnek,TakeshiShimi,AnneE.Goldman,RobertD.Goldman,andMonicaOlveradelaCruz“MechanicalModelofBlebbinginNuclearLaminMeshworks”Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.110(9),3248-3253(2013).DOI:10.1073/pnas.1300215110.

76. VikramJadhao,FranciscoJ.Solis,andMonicaOlveradelaCruz"Avariationalformulationofelectrostaticsinamediumwithspatiallyvaryingdielectricpermittivity"J.Chem.Phys.138,054119(2013)DOI:10.1063/1.4789955

77. SrikanthPatala,LaurenceD.Marks,andMonicaOlveradelaCruz“ElasticStrainEnergyEffectsinFacetedDecahedralNanoparticles”J.Phys.Chem.C117,pp.1485-1494(2013).DOI:10.1021/jp310045g.

78. ZhenweiYaoandMonicaOlveradelaCruz“PackingofChargedChainsonToroidalGeometries”Phys.Rev.E87,012603(2013).

79. KevinKohlstedt,MonicaOveradelaCruz,andGeorgeSchatz"ControllingOrientationalOrderin1-DAssembliesofMultivalentTriangularPrisms"J.Phys.Chem.Lett.4,pp.203–208(2013).DOI:10.1021/jz301953k.

80. GuillermoIvanGuerrero-Garcia,YufeiJingandMonicaOlveradelaCruz"Enhancingandreversingtheelectricfieldattheoil/waterinterfacewithsize-asymmetricmonovalentions"SoftMatter9,6046-6052(2013),DOI:10.1039/C3SM50753J.

81. RuiZhang,PrateekK.Jha,andMonicaOlveradelaCruz"Non-equilibriumionicassembliesofoppositelychargednanoparticles"SoftMatter9,5042-5051(2013)DOI:10.1039/C3SM27529A.

82. GuillermoIvanGuerrero-GarciaandMonicaOlveradelaCruz"InversionoftheElectricFieldattheElectrifiedLiquid−LiquidInterface"J.Chem.TheoryComput.9,1-7(2013)DOI:10.1021/ct300673m.

83. ChloeM.Funkhouser,RastkoSknepnek,andMonicaOlveradelaCruz“Topologicaldefectsinthebucklingofelasticmembranes”SoftMatter9,60-68(2013),DOI:10.139/C2SM26607E.

84. CreightonK.ThomasandMonicaOlveradelaCruz“TheoryandsimulationsofcrystallinecontrolviasalinityandpHinionizablemembranes”SoftMatter9,429-434(2013),DOI:10.1039/C2SM26960K.

85. Cheuk-YuiLeung,LiamPalmer,BaoFuQiao,SumitKewalramani,RastkoSknepnek,ChristinaNewcomb,MeganGreenfield,GrazianoVernizzi,SamuelStupp,MichaelBedzyk,andMonicaOlveradelaCruz"MolecularCrystallizationControlledbypHRegulatesMesoscopicMembraneMorphology"ACSNano6,10901-10909(2012)DOI:10.1021/nn304321w.

86. PrateekK.Jha,VladimirKuzovkov,andMonicaOlveradelaCruz"KineticMonteCarloSimulationsofFlow-AssistedPolymerization"ACSMacroLetters1,1393-1397(2012)DOI:10.1021/mz300601b.

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87. VikramJadhao,FranciscoJ.Solis,andMonicaOlveradelaCruz“Simulationofchargedsystemsinheterogeneousdielectricmediaviaatrueenergyfunctional”Phys.Rev.Lett.109,223905(2012)DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.223905.

88. ZhenweiYao,RastkoSknepnek,CreightonThomas,andMonicaOlveradelaCruz“Shapesofporedmembranes”SoftMatter8,11613-11619(2012),DOI:10.1039/C2SM26608C.

89. RastkoSknepnek,GrazianoVernizzi,andMonicaOlveradelaCruz"Chargerenormalizationofbilayerelasticproperties"J.Chem.Phys.137,104905(2012),DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4751481.

90. M.F.Demers,R.SknepnekandM.OlveradelaCruz“Acurvature-driveneffectiveattractioninmulticomponentvesicles”Phys.Rev.E86,021504(2012),DOI10.1103/PhysRevE.86.021504.

91. K-A.Wu,P.K.Jha,andM.OlveradelaCruz"PatternSelectioninPolyelectrolyteGelsbyNonlinearElasticity"Macromolecules45,6652-6657(2012),DOI:10.1021/ma301549q.

92. P.K.Jha,J.Zwanikken,andM.OlveradelaCruz“UnderstandingSwollen-CollapsedandRe-entrantTransitionsinPolyelectrolyteNanogelsbyaModifiedDonnanTheory”SoftMatter8(37),9519-9522(2012),DOI:10.1039/c2sm26341f.

93. S.Dhakal,F.J.SolisandM.OlveradelaCruz“Nematicliquidcrystalsonsphericalsurfaces:Controlofdefectconfigurationsbytemperature,density,androdshape”Phys.Rev.E86,011709(2012);DOI:10.1103/PhysRevE.86.011709.

94. RastkoSknepnekandMonicaOlveradelaCruz“Nonlinearelasticmodelforfacetingofvesicleswithsoftgrainboundaries”Phys.Rev.E85,050501(R)(2012);DOI:10.1103/PhysRevE.85.050501.

95. TingI.N.G.Li,RastkoSknepnek,RobertJ.Macfarlane,ChadA.MirkinandMonicaOlveradelaCruz"ModelingtheCrystallizationofSphericalNucleicAcidNanoparticleConjugateswithMolecularDynamicsSimulations"NanoLetters12(5),2509-2514(2012);DOI:10.1021/nl300679e.

96. K.I.Popov,R.J.Nap,I.SzleiferandM.OlveradelaCruz“InteractingNano-ParticleswithFunctionalSurfaceGroups”J.Pol.ScienceB:PolymerPhysics50,852-862(2012);DOI:10.1002/polb.23077.

97. J.Su,M.OlveradelaCruzandH.Guo"SolubilityandTransportofCationicandAnionicPatternedNanoparticles"Phys.Rev.E85,011504(2012);DOI:10.1103/PhysRevE.85.011504.

98. G.S.Longo,M.OlveradelaCruz,I.Szleifer"MolecularTheoryofWeakPolyelectrolyteThinFilms"SoftMatter8(5),1344-1354(2012);DOI:10.1039/c1sm06708g.

99. PrateekK.Jha,VladimirKuzovkov,BartoszA.GrzybowskiandMonicaOlveradelaCruz"DynamicSelf-AssemblyofPhoto-SwitchableNanoparticles"SoftMatter8,227-234(2012);DOI:10.1039/c1sm06662e.

100. GuillermoIvanGuerrero-Garcıa,PedroGonzalez-Mozuelos,andMonicaOlveradelaCruz“Potentialofmeanforcebetweenidenticalchargednanoparticlesimmersedinasize-asymmetricmonovalentelectrolyte”J.Chem.Phys.135(16),164705(2011);DOI:10.1063/1.3656763.

101. R.Sknepnek,G.Vernizzi,andM.OlveradelaCruz“Bucklingofmulticomponentelasticshellswithlinetension”SoftMatter8,636(2012);DOI:10.1039/C1SM06325A.

102. JosW.Zwanikken,PeijunGuo,ChadA.Mirkin,andMonicaOlveradelaCruz“Thelocalionicenvironmentaroundpolyvalentnucleicacid-functionalizednanoparticles””J.Phys.Chem.C115(33),16368–16373(2011)(doi:10.1021/jp205583j).

103. GuillermoIvanGuerrero-Garcıa,EnriqueGonzalez-Tovar,andMonicaOlveradelaCruz“Entropiceffectsintheelectricdoublelayerofmodelcolloidswithsize-asymmetricmonovalentions”J.Chem.Phys.135,054701(2011)(doi:10.1063/1.3622046).

104. JosW.Zwanikken,PrateekK.Jha,andMonicaOlveradelaCruz“ApracticalintegralequationforthestructureandthermodynamicsofhardsphereCoulombfluids”J.Chem.Phys.135,064106(2011)(doi:10.1063/1.3624809).

105. V.N.Kuzovkov,E.A.Kotomin,andM.OlveradelaCruz“Thenon-equilibriumchargescreeningeffectsindiffusion-drivensystemswithpatternformation”J.Chem.Phys.135,034702(2011)(doi:10.1063/1.3613622).

106. PrateekK.Jha;JosW.Zwanikken;JuanJ.dePablo;MonicaOlveradelaCruz"ElectrostaticControlofNanoscalePhaseBehaviorofPolyelectrolyteNetworks"CurrentOpinioninSolidState&MaterialsScience15(6),271-276(2011).

107. G.Vernizzi,G.I.Guerrero-Garcıa,andM.OlveradelaCruz“Coulombinteractionsinchargedfluids”Phys.Rev.E84,016707(2011).

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108. R.Sknepnek,G.Vernizzi,andM.OlveradelaCruz“Shapechangeofnano-containersviaareversibleionicbuckling”Phys.Rev.Lett.106,215504(2011).

109. G.Vernizzi,D.Zhang,andM.OlveradelaCruz.“Structuralphasetransitionsandmechanicalpropertiesofbinaryioniccolloidalcrystalsatinterfaces"SoftMatter7,6285-6293(2011)(DOI:10.1039/C0SM01554G).

110. PrateekK.Jha,JosW.Zwanikken,FrancoisA.Detcheverry,JuanJ.dePablo,andMonicaOlveradelaCruz“StudyofVolumePhaseTransitionsinPolymericNanogelsbyTheoreticallyInformedCoarse-GrainedSimulations”SoftMatter7,5965-5975(2011)(DOI:10.1039/C1SM05264K).

111. S.Swaminathan,F.J.SolisandM.OlveradelaCruz“Conformationandmechanicalpropertiesofcloseddiblockfibers”Phys.Rev.E83,061912(2011).

112. DorisGrillo,MonicaOlveradelaCruzandIgalSzleifer"TheoreticalStudiesofthePhaseBehaviorofDPPCBilayersinthePresenceofMacroions"SoftMatter7,4672-4679(2011)(DOI:10.1039/C1SM05061C).

113. G.Vernizzi,R.Sknepnek,andM.OlveradelaCruz"PlatonicandArchimedeangeometriesinmulti-componentelasticmembranes"Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA,118,4292–4296(2011)(DOI:10.1073/pnas.1012872108).

114. P.Guo,R.Sknepnek,andM.OlveradelaCruz“Electrostaticdrivenridgeformationonnanoparticlescoatedwithchargedendgroupligands”J.Phys.Chem.C115,6484–6490(2011)(DOI:10.1021/jp201598k).

115. DavidA.Walker,BartlomiejKowalczyk,MonicaOlveradelaCruzandBartoszA.Grzybowski“ElectrostaticsattheNanoscale”Nanoscale3,1316-1344(2011)(DOI:10.1039/C0NR00698J).

116. J.M.DeutschandM.OlveradelaCruz“Densityfluctuationsofpolymersindisorderedmedia”Phys.Rev.E83,031801(2011).

117. F.J.Solis,G.VernizziandM.OlveradelaCruz"Electrostaticdrivenpatternformationinfibers,nanotubesandpores"SoftMatter7,1456-1466(2011)(DOI:10.1039/C0SM00706D).

118. G.Longo,M.OlveradelaCruz,I.Szleifer"Moleculartheoryofweakpolyelectrolytegels:TheroleofpHandsaltconcentration"Macromolecules44,147–158(2011)(DOI:10.1021/ma102312).

119. M.Donakowski,J.Godbe,R.Sknepnek,K.Knowles,M.OlveradelaCruz,andE.Weiss,"AQuantitativeDescriptionoftheBindingEquilibriaofpara-SubstitutedAnilineLigandsandCdSeQuantumDots"J.Phys.Chem.C114,22526–22534(2010)(DOI:10.1021/jp109381r).

120. JosW.ZwanikkenandMonicaOlveradelaCruz“Correlatedelectrolytesolutionsandion-inducedattractionsbetweenNanoparticles”Phys.Rev.E82,050401(R)(2010).

121. Kuo-AnWu,PrateekK.Jha,andMonicaOlveradelaCruz“ControlofNanophasesinPolyelectrolyteGelsbySaltAddition”Macromolecules43,9160–9167(2010)(DOI:10.1021/ma101726v).

122. PrateekK.Jha,RastkoSknepnek,GuillermoIvanGuerrero-Garcıa,andMonicaOlveradelaCruz“AGraphicsProcessingUnitImplementationofCoulombInteractioninMolecularDynamics”J.Chem.TheoryComput.6,3058–3065(2010).

123. W.Kung,P.Gonzalez-Mozuelos,andM.OlveradelaCruz,“AMinimalModelofNanoparticleCrystallizationinPolarSolventsviaStericEffects”J.ChemPhys.133,074704(2010).

124. V.N.Kuzovkov,G.Zvejnieks,E.A.KotominandM.OlveradelaCruz“Microscopicapproachtothekineticsofpatternformationofchargedmoleculesonsurfaces”Phys.Rev.E.82,021602(2010).

125. ShumingZhang,MeganA.Greenfield,AlvaroMata,LiamC.Palmer,RonitBitton,JasonR.Mantei,ConradoAparicio,MonicaOlveradelaCruz,SamuelI.Stupp“ASelf-AssemblyPathwaytoAlignedMonodomainGels”NatureMaterials9,594–601(2010).

126. GuillermoIvanGuerrero-Garcıa,EnriqueGonzalez-Tovar,andMónicaOlveradelaCruz“EffectsofIonic-sizeAsymmetryaroundaChargedNano-particle:UnequalChargeNeutralizationandElectrostaticScreening”SoftMatter6,2056-65(2010).

127. MarioTagliazucchi,MónicaOlveradelaCruzandIgalSzleifer“Self-organizationofgraftedpolyelectrolytelayersviathecouplingofchemicalequilibriumandphysicalinteractions”PNAS107,5300–5305(2010).

128. H.GuoandM.OlveradelaCruz"CompartmentalizationandDeliveryviaAsymmetricCopolymerMonolayerswithSwollenorInverseSwollenMicelles"J.Chem.Phys.132,094902(2010.)

129. D.Zhang,P.Gonzalez-MozuleosandM.OlveradelaCruz“ClusterFormationbyChargedNanoparticlesonaSurfaceinAqueousSolution"J.PhysicalChemistryC114,3754–3762(2010).

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130. W.Kung,P.Gonzalez-Mozuelos,andM.OlveradelaCruz,“NanoparticlesinAqueousMedia:CrystallizationandSolvationChargeAsymmetry”SoftMatter6,331–341(2010).

131. MeganA.Greenfield,JessicaR.Hoffman,MonicaOlveradelaCruzandSamuelI.Stupp“TunableMechanicsofPeptideNanofiberGels”Langmuir26,3641-3647(2010).

132. DeWeiYin,M.OlveradelaCruzandJuanJ.dePablo“SwellingandCollapseofPolyelectrolyteGelsinEquilibriuminMonovalentandDivalentElectrolyteReservoirs”J.ChemPhys.131,194907(2009).

133. K.L.Kohlstedt,G.VernizziandM.OlveradelaCruz“ElectrostaticsandOptimalArrangementofIonicTriangularLatticesConfinedtoCylindricalFibers"Phys.Rev.E80,051503(2009).

134. M.A.Greenfield,L.C.Palmer,G.Vernizzi,M.OlveradelaCruz,andS.I.Stupp“BuckledMembranesinMixed-ValenceIonicAmphiphileVesicles”J.Am.Chem.Soc.,131,12030–12031(2009).

135. P.K.Jha,F.J.Solis,J.J.dePabloandM.OlveradelaCruz“NonlineareffectsintheNanophaseSegregationofPolyelectrolytegels”Macromolecules,42,6284–6289(2009).

136. K.L.Kohlstedt,G.VernizziandM.OlveradelaCruz“SurfacePatterningofLow-DimensionalSystems:theChiralityofChargedFibres”J.Phys.:Condens.Matter21,424114(2009).

137. P.Gonzalez-MozuelosandM.OlveradelaCruz“AsymmetricChargeRenormalizationforNanoparticlesinAqueousMedia”Phys.Rev.E79,031901(2009).

138. G.Vernizzi,K.L.Kohlstedt,andM.OlveradelaCruz“OntheElectrostaticOriginofChiralPatternsonNanofibers”SoftMatter5,736-739(2009).

139. W.Kung,F.J.SolisandM.OlveradelaCruz“ThermodynamicsofTernaryElectrolytes:EnhancedAdsorptionofMacroionsasMinorityComponentatLiquidInterfaces”J.Chem.Phys.130,044502(2009).

140. M.OlveradelaCruz,A.V.Ermoshkin,M.A.Carignano,I.Szleifer“AnalyticalTheoryandMonteCarloSimulationsofGelformationofChargedChains”SoftMatter5,629-636(2009).

141. D.ZhangandM.OlveradelaCruz"Nano-PatternsinTetheredMembranesofWeaklyChargedChainswithHydrophobicBackbones"Macromolecules,41,6612-6614(2008).

142. P.Gonzalez-MozuleosandM.OlveradelaCruz"SolventandNonlineareffectsontheChargeRenormalizationofNanoparticleswithinaMolecularElectrolyteModel"PhysicaA,387,5362-5370(2008).

143. M.OlveradelaCruz“ElectrostaticControlofSelf-Organization:theRoleofChargeGradientsinHeterogeneousMedia”SoftMatter,4,1735-1739(2008).

144. M.M.D.R.Lim,Y.S.Velichko,M.OlveradelaCruzandG.Vernizzi“Low-RadiiTransitionsinCo-assembledCationic-AnionicCylindricalAggregates””J.Phys.Chem.B1125423–5427(2008).

145. Y.S.Velichko,F.J.SolisandM.OlveradelaCruz“IonCondensationStructureonPatternedSurfaces”J.Chem.Phys.128,144706(2008).

146. Y.S.Velichko,S.I.Stupp,andM.OlveradelaCruz“MolecularSimulationStudyofPeptideAmphiphilesSelf-Assembly”J.Phys.Chem.B,112(8),2326-2334(2008).

147. W.KungandM.OlveradelaCruz“MediationofLong-rangeAttractionSelectivelybetweenNegatively-ChargedColloidsonSurfacesbySolvation”J.Chem.Phys.127,244907(2007).

148. G.VernizziandM.OlveradelaCruz“FacetingIonicShellsintoIcosahedraviaElectrostatics”Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA,104(47)18382-86(2007).

149. S.M.LoverdeandM.OlveradelaCruz“AsymmetricChargePatterningonSurfacesandInterfaces:FormationofHexagonalDomains”J.Chem.Phys.127(1),164707(2007).

150. I.ErukhimovichandM.OlveradelaCruz,“PhaseEquilibriaandChargeFractionationinPolyelectrolyteSolutions”JournalofPolymerScienceB:PolymerPhysics45,3003-09(2007).

151. K.L.Kohlstedt,F.Solis,G.Vernizzi,andM.OlveradelaCruz“SpontaneousChiralityviaLong-RangeElectrostaticForces”Phys.RevLett.99,030602(2007).

152. S.M.Loverde,F.J.SolisandM.OlveradelaCruz“ChargedParticlesonSurfaces:CoexistenceofDilutePhasesandPeriodicStructuresatInterfaces”Phys.Rev.Lett.98,237802(2007).

153. M.D.Lefebvre,H.Guo,M.OlveradelaCruzandK.R.Shull“AnInterfacialCurvatureMapforHomopolymerInterfacesinthePresenceofDiblockCopolymers”Macromolecules40,4721-4723(2007).

154. L.Palmer,Y.S.Velichko,M.OlveradelaCruzandS.IStupp,“SupramolecularSelf-AssemblyCodesforFunctionalStructures”,Phil.Trans.RoyalSocietyA365,1413-1625(2007).

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155. A.Kudlay,J.M.Gibbs,G.C.Schatz,S.T.NguyenandM.OlveradelaCruz“SharpMeltingofPolymer-DNAHybrids:AnAssociativePhaseSeparationApproach”JournalofPhysicalChemistryB111,1610-1619(2007).

156. Y.S.VelichkoandM.OlveradelaCruz“Electrostaticattractionbetweencationic-anionicassemblieswithsurfacecompositionalheterogeneities”J.Chem.Phys.124,214705-11(2006).

157. S.M.Loverde,Y.S.VelichkoandM.OlveradelaCruz“CompetinginteractionsintwodimensionalCoulombsystems:Surfacechargeheterogeneitiesinco-assembledcationic-anionicincompatiblemixtures”J.Chem.Phys.124,144702(2006).

158. H.ChengandM.OlveradelaCruz“Hydrophobic-ChargedBlockCopolymerMicellesInducedbyOppositelyChargedSurfaces:SaltandpHDependence”Macromolecules39,1961-1970(2006).

159. H.Cheng,K.Zhang,J.A.Libera,M.OlveradelaCruzandM.J.Bedzyk“PolynucleotideAdsorptiontoNegativelyChargedSurfacesinDivalentSaltSolutions”BiophysicalJournal90,1164-1174(2006).

160. P.Gonzalez-MozuelosandM.OlveradelaCruz“CorrelationsinDiluteSolutionsofChargedLinearChains”O.Rosas-Ortiz,M.CarbajalandO.Miranda(Eds.),CinvestavAdvancedSummerSchoolinPhysics-FrontiersinContemporaryPhysics,AIPConferenceProceedings809,205-220,Melville,NY,2006.

161. J.A.Libera,H.Cheng,M.OlveradelaCruzandM.J.Bedzyk“DirectObservationofCationsandPolynucleotidesExplainsPolyionAdsorptiontoLike-ChargedSurfaces”J.Phys.Chem.B109,23001-23007(2005).

162. H.GuoandM.OlveradelaCruz“AComputerSimulationStudyoftheSegregationofAmphiphilesinBinaryImmiscibleMatrices:Shortasymmetriccopolymersinshorthomopolymers”J.Chem.Phys.123,174903-10(2005).

163. Y.S.VelichkoandM.OlveradelaCruz“PatternFormationontheSurfaceofCationic-AnionicCylindricalAggregates”Phys.Rev.E.72,041920(2005).

164. S.M.Loverde,A.V.ErmoshkinandM.OlveradelaCruz,“ThermodynamicsofReversiblyAssociatingIdealChains,”JournalofPolymerScienceB:PolymerPhysics43,796-804(2005)

165. P.Gonzalez-Mozuelos,M.S.Yeom,andM.OlveradelaCruz,“MolecularStructureEffectsontheScreeningLengthsofMultivalentElectrolytes,”EuropeanPhysicsJournalE16(2),167-178(2005).

166. F.J.Solis,S.I.StuppandM.OlveradelaCruz,“ChargeInducedPatternFormationonSurfaces:SegregationinCylindricalMicellesofCationic-AnionicPeptide-Amphiphiles,”J.Chem.Phys.122(5),054905(2005).

167. K.A.Smith,J.M.Ottino,andM.OlveradelaCruz,“EncapsulatedDropBreakupinShearFlow,”Phys.Rev.Lett.93,204501(2004).

168. A.Kudlay,A.V.Ermoshkin,andM.OlveradelaCruz,“ComplexationofOppositelyChargedpolyelectrolytes:EffectofIonPairFormation”Macromolecules,37,9231-9241(2004).

169. A.Kudlay,A.V.Ermoshkin,andM.OlveradelaCruz,“PhaseDiagramofChargedDumbbells:aRandomPhaseApproximationApproach,”PhysRevE70,021504(2004).

170. A.V.Ermoshkin,A.Kudlay,andM.OlveradelaCruz,“ThermoreversibleCrosslinkingofPolyelectrolytesChains,”J.Chem.Phys.120,11930-11940(2004).

171. K.A.Smith,J.M.Ottino,andM.OlveradelaCruz,“DynamicsofaDropataFluidInterfaceunderShear,”Phys.Rev.E69(4),046302(2004).

172. H.ChengandM.OlveradelaCruz,“Rod-likePolyelectrolyteAdsorptionontoChargedSurfacesinMonovalentandDivalentsaltSolutions,”J.PolymerScienceB:PolymerPhysics42(19),3642-3653(2004).

173. M.D.Lefebvre,M.OlveradelaCruz,andK.R.Shull,“PhaseSegregationinGradientCopolymerMelts,”Macromolecules37,1118-1123(2004).

174. A.KudlayandM.OlveradelaCruz,“PrecipitationofOppositelyChargedPolyelectrolytesinSaltSolutions,”J.Chem.Phys.120,404-412(2004).

175. A.V.ErmoshkinandM.OlveradelaCruz,“GelationinStronglyChargedPolyelectrolytes,”JournalofPolymerScienceB:PolymerPhysics42,733-921(2004).

176. A.V.ErmoshkinandM.OlveradelaCruz,“AModifiedRandomPhaseApproximationofPolyelectrolyteSolutions,”Macromolecules36,7824-7832(2003).

177. M.S.Yeom,A.V.Ermoshkin,andM.OlveradelaCruz,“StructureandThermodynamicsofAssociatingRodsSolutions,”EuropeanPhysicsJournalE12,565-572(2003).

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178. H.ChengandM.OlveradelaCruz,“AdsorptionofRod-LikePolyelectrolytesontoWeaklyChargedSurfaces,”J.ChemPhys.119,12635-12644(2003).

179. A.V.ErmoshkinandM.OlveradelaCruz,“PolyelectrolytesinthePresenceofMultivalentIons:GelationversusSegregation,”Phys.Rev.Lett.90(12),125504(2003).

180. M.Sayar,M.OlveradelaCruz,andS.I.Stupp,“PolarOrderinNanostructuredPolarMaterials,”EurophysicsLetters61,334-340(2003).

181. P.Gonzalez-MozuelosandM.OlveradelaCruz,“AssociationinElectrolyteSolution:RigidRodPolyelectrolytesinMultivalentSalts,”J.Chem.Phys.118(10),4684-4691(2003).

182. C.HuangandM.OlveradelaCruz,“PolyelectrolytesinMultivalentSaltSolutions:MonomolecularversusMultimolecularAggregation,”Macromolecules35,976-986(2002)

183. F.J.SolisandM.OlveradelaCruz,“FlexibleLinearPolyelectrolytesinMultivalentSaltSolutions:SolubilityConditions,”EuropeanPhysicsJ.E4(2)143-152(2001).

184. F.J.SolisandM.OlveradelaCruz,“FlexiblePolymersAlsoCounterattract,”PhysicsToday54:(1)71-72(2001).

185. K.MahdiandM.OlveradelaCruz,“PhaseDiagramsofSalt-FreePolyelectrolyteSemi-DiluteSolutions,”Macromolecules33,7649(2000).

186. M.Sayar,F.J.Solis,M.OlveradelaCruz,andS.IStupp,“CompetingInteractionsamongSupramolecularStructuresonSurfaces,”Macromolecules33,7226(2000).

187. F.J.Solis,M.OlveradelaCruz,andK.A.Smith,“HydrodynamicCoarseningofBinaryFluidsMixtures-Reply,”Phys.Rev.Lett.85,4408(2000).

188. F.J.SolisandM.OlveradelaCruz,“FlexiblePolyelectrolytesinDenseMultivalentSaltSolutions:SolubilityConditions,”EuropeanPhysicsJ.DirectE11(2000).

189. F.J.SolisandM.OlveradelaCruz,“HydrodynamicCoarseningofBinaryFluidsMixtures,”Phys.Rev.Lett.84,3350(2000).

190. F.J.SolisandM.OlveradelaCruz,“CollapseofFlexiblePolyelectrolytesinMultivalentSaltSolutions,”J.Chem.Phys.112,2030(2000).

191. K.A.Smith,F.J.Solis,L.Tao,K.Thornton,andM.OlveradelaCruz,“DomainGrowthinTernaryFluids:AlevelSetApproach,”Phys.Rev.Lett.84,91(2000).

192. C.Huang,P.W.Voorhees,andM.OlveradelaCruz,“InterfacialAdsorptioninTernaryAlloys,”ActaMater.47,4449(1999).

193. F.J.SolisandM.OlveradelaCruz,“AttractiveInteractionsbetweenRod-likePolyelectrolytes:Polarization,Crystallization,andPacking,”Phys.Rev.E60,4496(1999).

194. F.J.Solis,M.OlveradelaCruz,“Surface-InducedLayerFormationinPolyelectrolytes,”J.ChemPhys,110,11518(1999).

195. F.J.SolisandM.OlveradelaCruz,“AVariationalApproachtoNecklacesFormationinPolyelectrolytes,”Macromolecules31,5502(1998).

196. E.Raspaud,M.OlveradelaCruz,J.L.Sikorav,andF.Livolant,“PrecipitationofDNAbypolyamines:PolyelectrolyteBehavior,”BiophysicalJournal74,381(1998).

197. C.Huang,M.OlveradelaCruz,M.Delsanti,andP.Guenoun,“ChargedMicellesinSalt-freeDiluteSolutions,”Macromolecules30,8019(1997).

198. C.HuangandM.OlveradelaCruz,“AnalyticInterfaceProfileApproximationforternaryPolymerBlends,”Macromolecules29,6068(1996).

199. C.HuangandM.OlveradelaCruz,“AdsorptionofaMinorityComponentinPolymerBlendInterfaces,”Phys.Rev.E53,812(1996).

200. C.HuangandM.OlveradelaCruz,“ScalingofInterfacialPropertiesinTernaryPolymerBlends,”EurophysicsLett.34,171(1996).

201. B.W.SwiftandM.OlveradelaCruz,“RandomCopolymersinConcentratedSolutions,”EurophysicsLett.35,487(1996).

202. M.OlveradelaCruz,L.Belloni,J.P.Dalbiez,M.Delsanti,M.Drifford,andO.Spalla,“PrecipitationinHighlyChargedPolyelectrolyteAqueousSolutionsinMultivalentSalts,”J.Chem.Phys.103,5781(1995).

203. C.Huang,M.OlveradelaCruzandB.W.Swift“PhaseSeparationofTernaryMixtures:SymmetricPolymerBlends,”Macromolecules28,7996(1995).

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204. P.Gonzalez-MozuelosandM.OlveradelaCruz,“IonCondensationinSalt-FreePolyelectrolyteDiluteSolutions,”J.Chem.Phys.103,3145(1995).

205. J.L.JonesandM.OlveradelaCruz,“TransitionstoPeriodicStructures:HigherHarmonicCorrec-tionswithConcentrationFluctuations,”J.Chem.Phys.100,pp.5272(1994).

206. L.Belloni,M.OlveradelaCruz,J.P.Dalbiez,M.Delsanti,M.Drifford,andO.Spalla,“PolyelectrolyteSolutions+MultivalentSalts=PhaseSeparation,”IlNuovoCimiento,16,727(1994).

207. C.HuangandM.OlveradelaCruz,“TheEarlyStagesofthePhaseSeparationDynamicsinPolydispersePolymerBlends,”Macromolecules27,4231(1994).

208. D.GersappeandM.OlveradelaCruz,“AMonteCarloStudyofRingMacromoleculesinDisorderedSystems,”J.MolecularSimulations,13,267(1994).

209. B.W.SwiftandM.OlveradelaCruz,“StudyofRandomCopolymersinDiluteSolution,”J.Chem.Phys.100,pp.7744(1994).

210. P.Gonzalez-MozuelosandM.OlveradelaCruz,“RandomPhaseApproximationforComplexChargedSystems.ApplicationstoCopolyelectrolytes(Polyampholytes),”J.Chem.Phys.100,507(1994).

211. A.S.Mendelsohn,J.M.Torkelson,andM.OlveradelaCruz,“FlorescenceNonradiativeEnergyTransferinBulkPolymerandMiscibleandPhaseSeparatedPolymerBlends,”J.ofPolym.Sci.Polym.Phys.32,2667(1994).

212. A.S.Mendelsohn,M.OlveradelaCruz,andJ.M.Torkelson,“CorrelationsinPolymerMeltsandSolutionsasInvestigatedbyFluorescenceNonradiativeEnergyTransfer:ANovelComparisonofTheorytoExperimentbyFluorescenceIntensityDecayMeasurements,”Macromolecules26,6789(1993).

213. K.E.BasslerandM.OlveradelaCruz,“MonteCarloStudyofDiblockCopolymersinDiluteSolution,”J.dePhysiqueIFrance3,pp.2387(1993).

214. A.M.Mayes,M.OlveradelaCruz,andW.E.McMullen,“AsymptoticPropertiesofHigher-OrderRPAVertexFunctionsforBlockCopolymerMelts,”Macromolecules26,pp.4050(1993).

215. A.Nesarikar,M.OlveradelaCruzandB.Crist,“PhaseTransitionsinRandomCopolymers,”J.Chem.Phys.98,pp.7385(1993).

216. D.GersappeandM.OlveradelaCruz,“RingMacromoleculesinTopologicallyRestrictedEnvironments,”Phys.Rev.Lett.70,pp.461(1993).

217. M.OlveradelaCruz,“NearlyContinuousTransitionstoPeriodicStructuresinBlockCopolymerMelts,”RevistaMexicanadeFisica38,pp.205(1992).

218. M.OlveradelaCruz,A.M.MayesandB.W.Swift,“TransitiontoLamellar-CatenoidStructureinBlockCopolymerMelts,”Macromolecules25,pp.944(1992).

219. A.M.MayesandM.OlveradelaCruz,“ConcentrationFluctuationEffectsonDisorder-Order-TransitionsinBlockCopolymerMelts,”J.Chem.Phys.95,pp.4670(1991).

220. A.M.MayesandM.OlveradelaCruz,“EquilibriumDomainSpacinginWeaklySegregatedBlockCopolymerMelts,”Macromolecules24,pp.3975(1991).

221. M.OlveradelaCruz,“TransitionstoPeriodicStructuresinBlockCopolymerMelts,”Phys.Rev.Lett.67,pp.85(1991).

222. D.Gersappe,J.M.DeutschandM.OlveradelaCruz,“DensityFluctuationsofSelf-avoidingWalksinRandom-Systems,”PhysRev.Lett.66,pp.731(1991).

223. Cheng-Heng.R.Kao,andM.OlveradelaCruz,“ModelforMicelleFormationinCopolymer-HomopolymerBlends,”J.Chem.Phys.93,pp.8284(1990).

224. M.OlveradelaCruz,D.Gersappe,andE.O.Shaffer,“DynamicsofDNAduringPulsedFieldGelElectrophoresis,”Phys.Rev.Lett.64,pp.2324-2327(1990).

225. E.O.ShafferandM.OlveradelaCruz,“DynamicsofGelElectrophoresis,”Macromolecules22(3)1351-1355(1989).

226. A.M.MayesandM.OlveradelaCruz,“MicrophaseSeparationinMultiblockCopolymerMelts,”J.Chem.Phys.91,pp.7228(1989).

227. M.OlveradelaCruz,“TheoryofMicrophaseSeparationinBlockCopolymerSolutions,”J.Chem.Phys.90,pp.1995(1989).

228. M.MayesandM.OlveradelaCruz,“StrainEffectsintheThermalStabilityofRodEutectis,”Act.Met.,37,pp.615(1989).

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229. M.OlveradelaCruz,S.F.Edwards,andI.C.Sanchez,“ConcentrationFluctuationsinPolymerBlendsThermodynamics,”J.Chem.Phys.89,pp.1704(1988).

230. M.MayesandM.OlveradelaCruz,“CylindricalversusSphericalMicelleFormationinBlockCopolymer/HomopolymerBlends,”Macromolecules21,pp.2543(1988).

231. M.OlveradelaCruzandI.C.Sanchez,“MicrophaseSeparationinBlockCopolymer/HomopolymerBlends,”Macromolecules,20,pp.440(1987).

232. S.F.EdwardsandM.OlveradelaCruz,“QuantumFieldTheoryMethodsinPolymerBlends,”inQuantumFieldTheoryandQuantumStatistics;Eds.I.A.Batalin,C.J.IshamandG.A.Vikovisky;TaylorandFrancis,vol.1page371(1987).

233. M.OlveradelaCruzandI.C.Sanchez,“TheoryofMicrophaseSeparationinGraftandStarCopolymers,”Macromolecules,19,pp.2501(1986).

234. M.OlveradelaCruz,D.M.Deutsch,andS.F.Edwards,“ElectrophoresisinStrongFields,”Phys.Rev.A,33,pp.2047-2055(1986).

BookChaptersandSelectedPublicationsinConferenceProceedings

235. M.OlveradelaCruz,“TransitionstoPeriodicStructuresinBlockCopolymerMelts:DotheChainsStretchorContract?”in“LecturesonThermodynamicsandStatisticalMechanics,”Eds.M.LopezdeHaroandC.VareaWorldScientificPress(1991).

236. D.GersappeandM.OlveradelaCruz,“DynamicsofGelElectrophoresis,”in“ComputerSimulationofPolymers,”Ed.R.J.Roe,PrenticeHall,(1991).

237. M.OlveradelaCruz,“AggregationinBlockCopolymerSolutions,”ProceedingsoftheMaterialsResearchSocietySymposium,Vol.177,“MacromolecularLiquids,”Eds.C.R.Safinya,S.Safran,andP.A.Pincus(1990).

238. A.M.MayesandM.OlveradelaCruz,“MicrophaseSeparationinTriblockCopolymerMelts,”ProceedingsoftheMaterialsResearchSocietySymposium,Vol.175,“Multi-FunctionalMaterials,”Eds.A.Buckley,G.Gallagher-Daggitt,F.E.Karasz,andD.R.Ulrich(1990).

239. M.OlveradelaCruz,“PhaseSegregationinCopolymerandHomopolymerMulti-ComponentMixtures,”in“StructureandPropertiesofMulti-PhasePolymericMaterials,”Eds.T.Araki,Q.Tran-CongandM.Shibayama,MarcelDekker,Inc.,(1998).

240. M.D.Lefebvre,H.Guo,K.R.ShullH.GuoandM.OlveradelaCruz“FormationofSwollenMicellesandInverseSwollenMicellesUsingaBlockCopolymerwithFavorableInteractions”AbstractsofPapers,2006FallACSNationalMeeting,SanFrancisco,CA,Sept.10-14,2006,Vol.95,PMSE.

241. K.L.Kohlstedt,G.Vernizzi,andM.O.delaCruz,“PatterningCylindricalFiberswithLong-RangeElectrostaticForces”.Mat.Res.Soc.Proc.,(2007),1062-NN05-17.

242. PrateekK.Jha,FranciscoJ.Solis,JuanJ.dePabloandM.O.delaCruz,“NanoscalePatternFormationinPolyelectrolyteGels”,Mat.Res.Soc.Proc.,(2009).

243. W.Kung,M.OlveradelaCruzandF.J.Solis“AdsorptionProfilesandSolvationofIonsatLiquid-LiquidInterfacesandMembranes”ApplicationofThermodynamicstoBiologicalandMaterialsScience,InTech(2011),ISBN978-953-307-980-6

PreprintsAvailableand/orSubmitted

244. F.J.SolisandM.OlveradelaCruz,“AttractionsbetweenChargedColloidalSpheresMediatedbyCorrelatedDistributionsofAbsorbedMobileIons,”(http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0010065).

245. Y.S.Velichko,F.J.Solis,S.M.LoverdeandM.OlveradelaCruz“IonCondensationStructureonPatternedSurfaces”(http://arxiv.org/abs/0704.3717).

246. M.OlveradelaCruz,K.Zhang,H.Cheng,J.A.LiberaandM.J.Bedzyk“DirectX-RayObservationofPolynucleotideAdsorptionandDesorptiontoChargedSurfaces”(preprint).

247. W.Kung,M.OlveradelaCruzandF.J.Solis“ThermodynamicsofIonSolvationandDifferentialAbsorptionatLiquid-LiquidInterfacesandMembranes”(http://arxiv.org/abs/0710.0369).

248. M.OlveradelaCruz“PatternsinPolyelectrolyteGelslinkedbyOppositelyChargedMultivalentMolecules”(preprint).

249. H.GuoandM.OlveradelaCruz“EmulsifyingPolymersomeVesiclesfromMonolayersatliquidInterfaces”(preprint).

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250. M.OlveradelaCruzandJ.dePablo“Nano-patternsingelsofchargedchainswithself-attractinginteractions”(preprint).

251. G.I.Guerrero-Garcia,K.Raidongia,J.HuangandM.OlveradelaCruz"LiquidStateDiodebasedonElectrolyteSolvationEnergies"(preprint).

252. AlexanderZ.Patashinski,RafalOrlik,CreightonK.Thomas,andMonicaOlveradelaCruz"The2Dliquid-solidcontactatnanoscopicscale”(pre-print).

253. MatthewN.O’Brien,MartinGirard,Hai-XinLin,JaimeA.Millan,MonicaOlveradelaCruz,aByeongduLee,ChadA.Mirkin"DefiningtheZoneofAnisotropyinDNA-MediatedNanoparticleCrystallization"(pre-print).

DEGREESAWARDED

AnneM.Mayes ”AStudyofTransitiontoPeriodicStructuresinBlockCopolymerMelts”Ph.D.,February1991.(Professor,Dept.MaterialsScience,M.I.T.,MA;deceased)

DilipGersappe “Statistics and Dynamics of Polymers in Topologically RestrictedEnvironments” Ph.D., April 1992. (Associate Professor, Dept. Materials Science,SUNYatStonyBrook,NY.)

EdwardO.Shaffer “TheDynamicsofGelElectrophoresis”M.S. June1988. (DowChemical,MidlandMI.)

Cheng-hengKao “Micelle Formation in Copolymer-Homopolymer Blends” M.S. June 1990.(Professor,Dept.ofChemicalEngineering,NationalCentralTaiwanUniversity.)

AliceS.Mendelsohn “Investigation of Correlations in Polymer Melts, Blends, and Semi-diluteSolutions by Fluorescence Nonradiative Energy Transfer Techniques”(currently known as FRET) Ph.D., July 1994. Co-Advised with J. M. Torkelson(Robins,Kaplan,Miller&CiresiL.L.P.,Minneapolis).

AviNesarikar “ThermodynamicsandKineticsofLiquid-liquidPhaseSeparation inRandomCopolymers” Ph.D., (Chemical Eng.) September 1994. Co-Advised with B. Crist.(MobilE&PTechnicalCenter,DallasTX.)

BrianW.Swift “StatisticsandDynamicsofRandomCopolymers inSolutionsbyMonteCarloSimulation”Ph.D.December1995.(Developer,MatlockCapital,ChicagoIL.)

Ching-IHuang “Studies of Phase Separation Dynamics and Interfaces in Ternary Systems”Ph.D. June 1996. (Associate Professor,National TaiwanUniversity of Science andTechnology,Taiwan.)

KhaledMahdi “PhaseDiagramsofPolyelectrolyteSolutions”Ph.D.December2000.(AssociateProfessor,KuwaitUniversity.)

KurtA.Smith “Dynamics of Drops and Fluid Interfaces-A Level set Study” Ph.D. February2003.Co-AdvisedwithJ.M.Ottino(DataScientist,Twitter,SanFrancisco,CA)

HaoCheng “Polyelectrolyte Adsorption and Self-Assembly on Charged Surfaces” Ph.D.December2005(AssistantProfessor,DrexelUniversity).

MichelleD.Lefebvre “Effects of Sequence Distribution and Specific Interactions on the OrderingandInterfacialBehaviorofCopolymers”Ph.D. June2006Co-AdvisedwithK.R.Shull.

SharonM.Loverde “TheoryandSimulationofPolymerandPolyelectrolyteSelf-Assembly”Ph.D.June2007(AssistantProfessor,CityCollegeNewYork).

KevinL.Kohlstedt “TheFormationofChiralNanopatternsonLow-DimensionalIonicAssembliesViaElectrostaticInteractions”Ph.D.June2009(PostdoctoralResearchAssociate,NorthwesternUniversity,Advisors:GeorgeSchatzandMonicaOlveradelaCruz).

MeganA.Greenfield “Modulating the forces between self-assembling molecules to control theshapeofvesiclesandthemechanicsandalignmentofnanofibernetworks”Ph.D.June2009.Co-advisedwithS.I.Stupp(January2010,McKenzieConsulting).

MarkAnderson “Gel formation in charged telechelics in poor solvent studied by replicaexchange Monte Carlo simulations” M.A. June 2010. Co-supervised with M.RatnerandI.Szleifer.

PeijunGuo “Self-AssemblyofpHresponsivenano-particles”M.S.April,2011.

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PrateekKumarJha “Mesoscopic simulations of gels, nanogels, and nanoparticle Assemblies:Competinginteractionsanddynamics”Ph.D.May2012(AssistantProfessor, IITRoorkee,India).

MatthewDemers “Curvature-driven Pattern Formation in Multicomponent Membranes” Ph.D.August2012(PostdoctoralAssociate,MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology).

DorisM.Grillo “Protein Adsorption Studies”. Co-supervised with I. Szleifer. (AnalyticalConsultant,JPMorganChase)

TingLi “Simulationsofpolyvalentnucleicacid-functionalizednanoparticles”Ph.DJune2015(DataEngineer,JumpTradingLLC)

JoshuaDempster “Self-Replication”PhD,September2016(DataAnalyst,BroadInstitute,Boston)YufeiJing “Dynamicsofchargednanoparticlesatinterfaces”PhD,November2016CURRENTGRADUATESTUDENTS

SaijiePan “Chargedmembranesandelectrostatics”PhD,expected2017

ShuangpingLiu “Elasticityofheterogeneousgels”PhD,expected2016

Ha-KyungKwon “Charged-neutralcopolymers”PhD,expected2018

DongxuHuang “Supercapacitors”(co-advisedwithProf.SamuelStupp)PhD,expected2018

HonghaoLi “Iontransferinheterogeneousmedia”PhD,expected2017JackEdelbrock “BiomimeticMembranes”(co-advisedwithProf.SamuelStupp)PhD,expected2019

BoranMa “Polymerblends”PhD,expected2019

MartinGirard “DNAfunctionalizednanoparticles”PhD,expected2019

YaohuaLi “ComplexElectrolytes”PhD,expected2020

DebaduttaPrusty “PolymerElectrolytes”PhD,expected2020

ChaseBrisbois “MagneticCompositeMaterials”PhD,expected2021ASSOCIATESANDPOST-DOCTORALFELLOWS

SENIORRESEARCHASSOCIATES:

Dr.VictorPryamitsyn PolymerElectrolytesDec2015-Present

RESEARCHASSOCIATES:

Dr.RebeccaJ.McMurray March2014-Present

Dr.MykolaTasinkevych FunctionalMaterialsSept2016-Present

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TrungNguyen OptimizationofSimulationsforChargedSystemsAugust2016-Present

CURRENTPOSTDOCS:

Dr.AykutErbas PolymericChargedLiquidsFeb2014-Present

Dr.JaimeMillan FunctionalizedNanoparticlesandProteinsAug2015-Present

Dr.KyleHoffman DNA-FunctionalizedProteinsNov2015-Present

Dr.MengShen ElectrolytesatSurfacesNov2015-Present

Dr.PabloVazquez ConfinedSemi-flexiblePolymers,InterfacesandJan2016-Present Membranes

PREVIOUSPOSTDOCSANDRESEARCHASSOCIATES

Prof.ZhenweiYao MembranePores(DistinguishedResearchFellow,June2012-Dec2015 InstituteofNaturalSciencesandDept.ofPhysicsand

Astronomy,ShanghaiJiaoTongUniversity,China)

Prof.JohannesWillemZwanikken ChargedMacro-ionsatLiquidInterfaces(AssistantAug2009-Aug2015 Professor,UniversityofMassachusettsLowell)

Dr.NicholaasBoon UltracapacitorsandHeterogeneousChargedSystemsAug2013-July2015 (PostdoctoralFellow,LundUniversity)

Prof.JiayeSu “IonicTransport”(Professor,NanjingUniversityofJan2014-April2015 ScienceandTechnology,Nanjing,China)

Dr.GuillermoIvanGuerrero MolecularElectrolytes(CONACYTResearcher,UniversityNov2009-2014 ofSanLuisPotosí,México)

Prof.KevinKohlstedt PropertiesofpolyvalentnucleicacidnanostructuresNov2011-2014 (ResearchAssistantProfessor,NorthwesternUniversity)

Dr.BaofuQiao AtomisticSimulations(ResearchScientist,ArgonneSept2011-2014 NationalLaboratory)

Prof.VikramJadhao Self-assemblyofchargesystemsinmediawithAug2010-2014 dielectricheterogeneities(AssistantProfessor,Indiana

University)

Prof.CharlesSing ChargedPolymerSystems(AssociateProfessor,Sept2012-Aug2014 UniversityofIllinois,UrbanaChampaign)

Dr.JanetteJones WeakCrystallization(Manager,Unilever,UK)Nov1990-Dec1991

Prof.KevinBassler Copolymers(Professor,PhysicsDepartment,UniversityofDec1990-Aug1992 Houston)

Prof.PedroGonzalez-Mozuelos Polyelectrolytes(Professor,PhysicsDepartment,September1,1992-November1994 CINVESTAV,Mexico)

Prof.FranciscoSolis ColloidsandPolymerMixtures(AssociateProfessor,Oct1996-Aug2000 StateUniversityofArizonaWest)

Prof.KatsuyoThorton PhaseSeparationinMulticomponentFluids(Associate

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Dec1997-March1998 Professor,Mats.Scie.,UniversityofMichigan)

Dr.AlexanderErmoshkin ChargedGels(ManufacturingDevelopmentLead,LiquidiaNov2001-Dec2003 Technologies)

Dr.MinSumYeom SimulationsofComplexMacromolecules(NationalAug2001-July2003 CenterforSupercomputers,Korea)

Dr.AlexanderKudlay GelationofChargedSystems(ResearchAssociate,Oct2002-April2005 ChemistryDepartment,MarylandUniversity)

Dr.YuriVelichko PeptideAmphiphiles(SeniorResearchAssociate,Oct2003-July2007 ChemistryDepartment,Northwestern)

Prof.HongxiaGuo MicellesandInterfaces(Professor,InstituteofMarch2004-Dec2005 Chemistry,ChineseAcademyofSciences,Beijing,China)

Dr.WilliamKung IonicLiquidInterfaces(DirectorofOperations,MaterialSept2006-Nov2010 ResearchCenter,Northwestern)

Dr.DongshengZhang SimulationsofChargedNetworks(PostdoctoralFellow,April2007-May2010 UniversityofColorado,Boulder)

Prof.GrazianoVernizzi Cationic-AnionicVesiclesandRNAFolding(AssociateSept2005-Aug2010 Professor,PhysicsDept.,SienaCollege)

Prof.Kuo-AnWu FunctionalMaterials(Assist.Prof.,PhysicsDept.,March2010-Dec2010 NationalTsingHuaUniversity,Taiwan)

Dr.KostantinPopov Non-EquilibriumSelf-Assembly(PostdoctoralFellow,Dec2009-Nov2010 UniversityofMaryland)

Dr.SumanthSwaminthan Non-EquilibriumSelf-Assembly(TechnologyConsultant,Oct2009-Feb2012 WLGore&Associates)

Dr.AzitaParsaeian BacterialChromosomesMay2010-Aug2012 (SeniorAnalyst)

Prof.RastkoSknepnek NanoparticlesandMembranes(Lecturer,UniversityofJune2009-Aug2012 Dundee,Scotland.)

Dr.ChloeFunkhouser LaminMeshworks(PrincipalEngineer,Baxter,RoundJuly2011-Jan2013 LakeIL)

Dr.SubasDhakal LiquidCrystallineShells(PostdoctoralFellow,SyracuseJuly2010-March2013 University)

Dr.CreightonThomas IonicMembranes(Google)Oct2011-Aug2013

Prof.SrikanthPatala MetallicNanoparticles(Assist.Prof.Mat.Sci.NorthSept2011-Aug2013 CarolinaStateUniversity)

Prof.GabrielLongo Self-regulatedionicgels(Assist.Professor,Inst.ofNov2009-Sept2013 TheoreticalandAppliedPhysicalChemistryResearch,La

Plata,Argentina)

Dr.RuiZhang DynamicsofChargedColloidsOct2011-Oct2013 (Mat.Sci.Dept.,UniversityofIllinois,Urbana)COURSESTAUGHT

PhaseTransformationsinMaterialsStatisticalMechanics

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Polymers(lectureandlabcourse)SolisStatePhysics/PhysicsofSolidsPrinciplesofthePropertiesofMaterials(lectureandlabcourse)SeniorProjectHighPolymersinSolidState(PolymerPhysics;PolymerBlendsandCopolymers)Special Topics in High Polymer Sciences (Polymer Solutions, Melts and Blends; Polymer Statistics andDynamics;PolyelectrolyteSolutions,BrushesandGels;NetworksandMembranes)RECENTSELECTEDINTERNATIONALSCHOOLS/WORKSHOPS(2000-13):

2000 Lecturer-NSFworkshoponopportunitiesinmaterialstheory,Oct.4-6.2001 Lecturer- Electrostatic Interactions in Polymers, Colloids, and Biophysics, Theoretical

PhysicsInstitute,Minneapolis,MN,May11-13.2001 Lecturer-GordonResearchConferenceonCondensedMatterPhysics”ConnecticutCollege,

June.2002 Lecturer- CoulombEffects in Soft CondensedMatter andBiomolecular Scienceworkshop,

AspenCenterforPhysics(Aspen,CO),May23-June21.2002 NSFworkshop“TheoreticalScienceintheMathematicalandPhysicalSciencesDirectorate.”

Oct28-29.2003 Lecturer- The 43rdHigh PolymerResearchGroup Conference,Moretonhampstead,Devon,

England,April.2003 Lecturer- Second International Conference on Applied Statistical Physics: Molecular

Engineering(ASTATPHYS-MEX-2003)”,PuertoVallarta,Mexico,August24-29.2003 Lecturer-TellurideWorkshopon“PolymerTheoryvs.PolymerExperiment,Colorado,July.2003 Lecturer-NanoTrainingBootcamp,ASMENanotechnologyInstitute,EvanstonIL,July8-11.2004 Co-organizer & plenary speaker- Role of Theory in Biological Physics and Materials

workshop,NationalScienceFoundation,May17-18,2004,Tempe,Arizona2004 Lecturer-BiophysicsWorkshop,TheoreticalPhysicsInstitute,UniversityofMinnesota,April

30-May2.2004 Lecturer-US-SouthAmericaWorkshop“MechanicsandAdvancedMaterials:Researchand

Education”,RiodeJaneiro,Brazil,August2-6.2005 Lecturer-BaetjerLectureSeries,PrincetonUniversity,March3-4.2005 Lecturer-NorthAmericanLecturesinChemicalEngineeringandMaterialsScience,NSFand

UniversidadesdeSanLuisPotosiandGuanajuato,Mexico,November23-25.2005 Lecturer-Ion-ContainingPolymers,GordonResearchConference,IlCiocco,Itally,April2-6

(electedco-vicechairwithPaulaHammond).2005 Lecturer- Polymer Physics Workshop, Telluride Science Research Center, Telluride, CO,

August27-29. 2005 Lecturer- Polymer Physics Lecture Series, Advanced Summer School 2005, Physics

Department,CentrodeInvestigacionesyEstudiosAvanzados(Cinvestav),MexicoD.F.,July18-August2.

2006 Lecturer- Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute Program (PASI) on Nano andBiotechnology,Bariloche,Argentina,November13-22.

2006 Lecturer- School in Physics and Mathematics, The International Center for TheoreticalPhysics,ICTP,Trieste,andBrazilianNationalResearchCouncil,CNPq,SaoPablo,Brazil,Feb.20-24

2006 Lecturer-Micro andNanoDeviceswithApplications toBiology andNanoelectronics,NSFSummerInstituteonNanoMechanicsandMaterials,EvanstonIL,USA,Aug.7-11.

2007 Lecturer-PolymerPhysicsWorkshop,TellurideScienceResearchCenter,Telluride,CO,Aug.6-10.

2007 Lecturer-PolymerPhysics,GordonResearchConference,SalveReginaUniversityNewport,RI,June29-July4.

2007 Interdisciplinary,GloballyLeadingPolymerScienceandEngineeringNSFWorkshop,Aug15-16.

2008 DowDistinguishedLecturer,UniversityofCaliforniaSantaBarbara,October3.

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2008 PlenaryLecture-InternationalConferenceonMolecularElectronicDevices,Korea,May29-30.

2008 Speaker-McCormick'sPhDHoodingCeremony,NorthwesternUniversity,June20.2009 Lecturer-10thBerkeleyMiniStat.Mech.Meeting,BerkeleyUni.,CA,January9-11.2009 Lecturer-MacromolecularMaterialsGordonResearchConference,Ventura,CA,January11-

15.2009 Lecturer- Chemistry of Supramolecules and Assemblies, Gordon Research Conference,

Waterville,Maine,June28-July3.2009 Lecturer- 6th InternationalDiscussionMeetingonRelaxations inComplexSystems,Rome,

Italy,August30-September6.2009 Lecturer-PolymerPhys.Workshop,TellurideScienceResearchCenter,Telluride,CO,July6-

10. 2009 Lecturer- Lecture Series, in Science and Technology of Complex Fluids, San Luis Potosi,

Mexico,August21-30.2010 Lecturer- Colloidal, Macromolecular & Polyelectrolyte Solutions, Gordon Research

Conference,Ventura,CA,February21-25.2010 DiscussionLeader-PolymerPhysics,GordonResearchConference,MountHolyokeCollege,

SouthHadley,MA,June27-July2.2010 PlenaryTalk,The4thPENN-UPRHPREMSymposiumonSoftMattersinMaterialsScience,

Humacao,PuertoRico,May7,2010.2010 Plenary Lecture- Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) meeting on

MathematicalAspectsofMaterialsScience,Philadelphia,PA,May23-26.2010 Plenary Lecture- 2nd International SoftMatter Conference (ISMC 2010), Granada, Spain,

July5.2011 FayAjzenberg-SeloveColloquium,PhysicsDepartment,UniversityofWisconsin,Madison.2011 PlenaryLecture-FirstWorkshoponAdvancesinColloidalMaterials,Granada,Spain.2012 ProcterandGambleLectureSeries,UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles.2012 Plenary Lecture- XXI International Materials Research Congress (IMRC), August 13-17,

Cancun,Mexico.2013 Lecturer, Discussion leader, Self-assembly and supramolecular chemistry, Gordon

ResearchConference,May5-10,LesDiablerets,Switzerland2013 PlenaryLecture-The13thInternationalconferenceonPropertiesandPhaseEquilibriafor

ProductandProcessDesign(PPEPPD),May26-30,IguazaFalls,Argentina.2014 Lecturer,“Ionadsorptionatsolid-electrolyteinterfaces”LorentzCenter,Leiden(NL)March

10-14,2014.2015 Lecturer,AROMeeting,NC,Sept24-25,2015 2017 Lecturer,MainzMaterialsSimulationDays2017,CECAM-DE-SMSM,MaxPlanckInstitute

forPolymerResearch,Mainz,Germany,June12-14th,2017 RECENTSELECTEDSERVICES&SYNERGETICACTIVITIES(2000-16):

2000-06 MemberoftheEditorialBoardoftheJournalofPolymerScienceB:PolymerPhysics2000 NominationCommitteeoftheDivisionofHighPolymerPhysics,AmericanPhysicalSociety

NSF Nanoscale Modeling and Simulation panel, June 1-2. Materials Research Science andEngineeringCenteratUniversityofMinnesota,NSFSitevisit,Oct.17-18

2001 Pre-proposals Panel for the FY02 Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers(MRSEC)NationalScienceFoundation,Nov.14-15,2001

2001-04 FellowshipCommittee,PolymerPhysicsDivision,AmericanPhysicalSociety2002 InformationTechnologyResearch(ITR)LargeProposalspanel,NSF,January23

MRSECcompetitionoftheNSFMaterialsResearchScienceandEngineeringCenters,March.2004 Focus Sessions: “Charge Effects on Biomolecules” (organizer), “Charged Biomolecules in

ComplexesandonSurfaces”(organizer)and“PolyelectrolytesandOtherChargedSystems”(organizer),MarchMeetingoftheAmericanPhysicalSociety,March22-26,2004,Montreal.

2005 NSFsitevisitUPR-HumacaoUniversity,Humacao,Oct18-192005-09 AdvisoryCommittee,NSFMathematicalandPhysicalSciencesDirectorate

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2005-2011. ExternalAdvisoryBoard,NanoscaleScienceandEngineeringCenter(NSEC)Materials onTemplatedSynthesisandAssemblyattheNanoscale,UniversityofWisconsin-Madison2006 Chair,InternalReviewofDept.ofSurgery,NorthwesternUniversity2006 Search Committee for the Director of the Division of Materials Research Mathematical

PhysicalScienceDirectorate,NationalScienceFoundationSearchCommittee2006-09 Solid State Science Committee, National Research Council, National Research Council, the

NationalAcademyofSciences2007-09 Chair,AdvisoryCommittee,NSFDivisionofMaterialsResearch2006-07 ProgramReviewCouncil,NorthwesternUniversity2007 AnneM.MayesCarlS.MarvelCreativePolymerChemistryAwardSymposium”(organizer)

AmericanChemicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Chicago,March252007-08 NSFAdvisoryPanelonLightSourceFacilities2007-09 Research at the Interface of Physical and Life Sciences Committee, National Research

Council,theNationalAcademyofSciences2007-Pre EditorialBoard,Macromolecules2008-09 Chair,ExecutiveNSF-MRSECDirectorsCommittee2008 Panelist,ProductiveAffinities:SuccessfulCollaborationsbetweenMuseumsandAcademia

Symposium,ArtInstituteofChicago,Chicago,Il.,Oct.29-31PanelistCoordinator, playCopenhagenbyMichael Frayn, "EngineeringTransdisciplinaryOutreachProjectintheArts",NorthwesternUniversity,EvanstonIl,Sep.27

2008-10 Vice-Chair,SolidStateScienceCommittee,NationalResearchCouncil,NationalResearch Council,theNationalAcademyofSciences2008-11 AdvisoryCommittee,NSFUniversityNewMexico/HarvardPartnershipforResearchand

EducationinMaterials(PI:GabrielP.Lopez).2009-Pre External Advisory Committee (EAB), NSF Wisconsin - Puerto Rico Partnership for

ResearchandEducationinMaterials”(PI:CarlosRinaldi)2008-11 Advisory Committee, NSF University PENN-University of Puerto Rico Partnership for

ResearchandEducationinMaterials(PI:IdaliaRamos)2009-Pre NorthwesternUniversitySharedFacilitiesAdvisoryBoard2009 Search Committee for the Assistant Director of the Mathematical Physical Science

Directorate,NationalScienceFoundationSearchCommittee2009 Search Committee for the Director of the Division of Materials Research Mathematical

PhysicalScienceDirectorate,NationalScienceFoundationSearchCommittee2009 ExternalReview,DepartmentofMaterialsScienceandEngineering,UniversityofIIlinois atUrbana-Champaign,IL,March29-312009 External Reviewer, U.S. Department of Energy Center for Nanophase Materials Science

(CNMS)OperationsReview,OakRidgeNationalLaboratory,OakRidge,TN,December9-112009-13 AdvisoryCommittee,CenterforInterdisciplinaryExplorationandResearchinAstrophysics

CIERA,NorthwesternUniversity(DirectorsVickyKalogera,FredRasioandDaveMeyer)2009-Pre Advisory Board,Materials Research Laboratory (MRL), University of IIlinois at Urbana-

Champaign,IL2010 SearchCommitteefortheDirectoroftheAdvancePhotonSourceatArgonne2010-13 EditorialBoard,CurrentOpinioninSolidStateandMaterialsScience2010-Pre ScientificAdvisoryCommittee,MaterialsScienceDivision,ArgonneNationalLaboratory2011-Pre AdvisoryCommittee,NSFHarvardMRSEC(PI:DavidWeiz)2011-2015 EditorialCommittee,AnnualReviewofMaterialsResearch2013 Organizer,EvolutionofColloidalMatter,NewYorkCity,NY,June27-292013 Co-Chair, Fifth Biennial Principal Investigators’ Meeting in “Biomolecular Materials”,

Materials Sciences and Engineering Division (MSED) in the DOE Office of Basic EnergySciences(DOE-BES),Gaithersburg,MD,August19-21

2013 Co-Chair, NSF Workshop on Opportunities in Theoretical and Computational PolymericMaterialsandSoftMatter,SantaBarbara,CA,October20-22

2013-15 BasicEnergySciencesAdvisoryCommittee,DepartmentofEnergy2014 US-EUWorkshoponComputationalMaterialsScience,SanFrancisco,CA,April2-25,2014

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2014 ScientificGrandChallengesinSoftCondensedMatterworkshop,SantaBarbara,CA,May17-18,2014

2014 ExternalReview,MaterialsScience,UniversityofDrexel,Philadelphia,PA,May19,20142014 Scientific Advisory Committee, National Science Foundation Advisory Committee for

InternationalScienceandEngineering2015 ReviewCommittee,DeutscheForschungsgemeinschaft (DFG),TransregionalCollaborative

ResearchCentre,Leipzig,Germany,January21-22,20152015-18 EditorialBoard,JournalofChemicalTheoryandComputation2015-18 EditorialBoard,JournalofChemicalPhysics2015 BoardofVisitors,AROBiennialReviewofLifeSciences,NC,6-8May,20152016 Panelist,BESworkshoponBasicResearchNeedsforsynthesisScienceofEnergyRelevant

Technology,Maryland,MDMay2-4,2016.2016 Co-Leader of Panel, “Transformational experimental tools through integration of

instrumentationwiththeoryandcomputation”,BasicResearchNeeds(BRN)forInnovationand Discovery of Transformative Experimental Tools: Solving Grand Challenges in theEnergySciences,WashingtonDC,June1-3,2016

RECENTBRIEFINGS:

2011 “High Magnetic Field Sciences”, Board of Physics and Astronomy, National ResearchCouncil,BeckmanCenter,UCIrvine,November7

2011 “Condensed Matter and Materials Research Committee – New Activities”, Board ofPhysicsandAstronomy,NationalResearchCouncil,BeckmanCenter,UCIrvine,November6

2010 “Current Activities of the Condensed Matter and Materials Research Committee”,Board of Physics and Astronomy, National Research Council, Beckman Center, UC Irvine,November6

2009 “Research at the Intersection of the Physical and Life Science”, National ResearchCouncil Committee on Forefronts of Science at the Interface of Physical and Life Sciences,National Academies, briefing to the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP),WashingtonDC,November12

2009 “Research at the Intersection of the Physical and Life Science”, National ResearchCouncil Committee on Forefronts of Science at the Interface of Physical and Life Sciences,National Academies, briefing to the funding agencies, Keck Center, Washington DC,November12

2009 “Research at the Intersection of the Physical and Life Science”, National ResearchCouncil Committee on Forefronts of Science at the Interface of Physical and Life Sciences,briefingtotheBoardofPhysicsandAstronomy,BeckmanCenter,Irvine,CA,November7

TALKS,SHORTCOURSESANDPARTICIPATIONININTERNATIONALCONFERENCES

(*invitedpresentations)

MonicaOlveradelaCruz,“MesoscaleStudiesofIonicVesicleswithPolyhedralGeometries”MRSSpringMeeting2017,Phoenix,AZ,April17-21st,2017.

MonicaOlveradelaCruz,“ControlofDNA-functionalizednanoparticleassembly”ACSAwardinColloidChemistry:SymposiuminhonorofNicholasA.Kotov,ACSSpringMeeting2017,SanFrancisco,CA,April2-8th,2017.

MonicaOlveradelaCruz,“Electrolyte-MediatedAssemblyofChargedNanoparticles”ACSSpringMeeting2017,SanFrancisco,CA,April2-8th,2017.

ShuangpingLiu,MonicaOlveradelaCruz,“Anisotropiccontractionofhydrogelreinforcedbyalignedfibers”APSMarchMeeting2017,NewOrleans,LA,March13-17th,2017.

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BoranMa,TrungNguyen,VictorPryamitsyn,MonicaOlveradelaCruz,“ElectrostaticEffectsonClusteringandIonDynamicsinIonomerMelts”APSMarchMeeting2017,NewOrleans,LA,March13-17th,2017.

EladDeiss-Yehiely,JuliaOrtony,BaofuQiao,SamuelStupp,MonicaOlveradelaCruz,“IonCondensationontoSelf-AssembledNanofibers”(Poster)APSMarchMeeting2017,NewOrleans,LA,March13-17th,2017.

PabloVazquez-Montejo,JoshuaDempster,MykolaTasinkevych,MonicaOlveradelaCruz,“FlexibleMagneticMembranes”APSMarchMeeting2017,NewOrleans,LA,March13-17th,2017.

Ha-KyungKwon,KennethR.Shull,JosW.Zwanikken,MonicaOlveradelaCruz,“Effectsofionsizeandchargeasymmetryonthesaltdistributioninpolyelectrolyteblendsandblockcopolymers”APSMarchMeeting2017,NewOrleans,LA,March13-17th,2017.

VictorPryamitsyn,Ha-KyungKwon,JohannesZwanikken,MonicaOlveradelaCruz,“Anomalousphasebehaviorofionicpolymerblendsandioniccopolymers”APSMarchMeeting2017,NewOrleans,LA,March13-17th,2017.

MartinGirard,SoyoungSeo,YaohuaLi,ChadMirkin,MonicaOlveraDeLaCruz,“PotentialofMeanForceofDNAGuidedAssembliesPastDebye-HückelRegime”APSMarchMeeting2017,NewOrleans,LA,March13-17th,2017.

TrungNguyen,BaofuQiao,BrianPanganiban,ChristopherDelre,TingXu,MonicaOlveraDeLaCruz,“StrongAdsorptionofRandomHeteropolymersonProteinSurfaces”APSMarchMeeting2017,NewOrleans,LA,March13-17th,2017.

AykutErbas,MonicaOlveradelaCruz,“RepulsiveInteractionsBetweenTwoPolyelectrolyteNetworks”APSMarchMeeting2017,NewOrleans,LA,March13-17th,2017.

MengShen,HonghaoLi,MonicaOlveradelaCruz,“TheEffectsofInterfacialPolarizationonLong-RangeInteractionBetweenAqueousPhasesinOil”APSMarchMeeting2017,NewOrleans,LA,March13-17th,2017.

JaimeMillan,JanetMcMillan,JeffBrodin,ByeongduLee,ChadMirkin,MonicaOlveradelaCruz,“ModellingofDNA-MediatedofTwo-and--ThreedimensionalProtein-ProteinandProtein-NanoparticleSelf-Assembly”APSMarchMeeting2017,NewOrleans,LA,March13-17th,2017.

YaohuaLi,JaimeA.Millan,MengShen,TrungNguyen,M.OlveradelaCruz,“StrongIon-DrivenNanoparticleAssembly:AMulti-ScaleMolecularDynamicsStudy”APSMarchMeeting2017,NewOrleans,LA,March13-17th,2017.

KyleHoffmann,KurinjiKrishnamoorthy,SumitKewalramani,MichaelBedzyk,MonicaOlveraDeLaCruz,“ElectrostaticsofDNA-FunctionalizedNanoparticles"APSMarchMeeting2017,NewOrleans,LA,March13-17th,2017.

*MonicaOlveradelaCruz,“ControlofDNA-FunctionalizedNanoparticleAssembly”APSMarchMeeting2017,NewOrleans,LA,March13-17th,2017.

*MonicaOlveradelaCruz,“PolymerPhysicsPrizeTalk”APSMarchMeeting2017,NewOrleans,LA,March13-17th,2017.

*MonicaOlveradelaCruz,“MolecularElectrolytes“PrincetonUniversity,DepartmentofAstrophysicalSciences,NJ,February15th,2017.

*MonicaOlveradelaCruz,“UsingComputationalModelingtoProbeandDesignBiomimeticBehavior”GordonResearchConference,SantaBarbara,California,Jan29th-Feb3rd,2017

*MonicaOlveradelaCruz,“BiomimeticMaterialsDesignbyComputerSimulations”ConferenceforUndergraduateWomeninPhysics,UW-Madison,WI,Jan15th,2017.

*MonicaOlveradelaCruz,“Controlling the Geometry of Elastic Membranes” New York University, NY, Nov 4th, 2016.

*MonicaOlveradelaCruz,PerspectivesofGPUComputinginScience,SapienzaUniversitadiRoma,Italy,Sept26-28,2016.(Notabletoattend.)

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*MonicaOlveradelaCruz,“PolymerElectrolytes”SoftMatter-TheoreticalandIndustrialChallengesCelebratingthePioneeringWorkofSirSamEdwards,IsaacNewtonInstitute,CambridgeUK,Sept7-9,2016.

*MonicaOlveradelaCruz,“PhaseSegregationinPolymerElectrolytes”PolymerPhysics,GordonResearchConference,southHadley,MA,July24-29,2016

*MonicaOlveradelaCruz,“Multiplephasecoexistenceinpolymerelectrolytes”11-thInternationalSymposiumonPolyelectrolytes-ISP2016,LomonosovMoscowStateUniversity,Russia,June23-25,2016.

*MonicaOlveradelaCruz,“Formationofionclustersinthephaseseparatedstructuresofneutral-chargedpolymerblendsandcopolymers”28thInternationalConferenceonScienceandTechnologyofComplexFluids, PhysicDepartment,UniversidadNacionalAutonomadeSanLuisPotosi,Mexico,June20-24,2016.

*MonicaOlveradelaCruz,“Assemblyofanisotropicfunctionalizedparticles”28thInternationalConferenceonScienceandTechnologyofComplexFluids,PhysicDepartment,UniversidadNacionalAutonomadeSanLuisPotosi,Mexico,June20-24,2016.

*MonicaOlveradelaCruz,“Formationofionclustersinthephaseseparatedstructuresofneutral-chargedpolymerblendsandcopolymers”28thInternationalConferenceonScienceandTechnologyofComplexFluids,SanLuisPotosi,Mexico,June20-24,2016.

*MonicaOlveradelaCruz,“PolyhedralCrystallineMembranes”PhysicsDepartment,TelAvivUniversity,Israel,May22,2016.

*MonicaOlveradelaCruz,“TheShapeofSingleSoftCrystals”ComputationsinScienceSeminar,UniversityofChicago,IL,April13,2016

F.Solis,G.I.Guerrero,andM.OlveradelaCruz,“Lowfrequencyionicconductionacrossliquidinterfaces.“APSMeeting,Baltimore,MD,March14-18,2016

H.Li,A.Erbas,J.ZwanikkenandM.OlveradelaCruz,“Iontransferringinpolyelectrolytenetworksinelectricfields.”APSMeeting,Baltimore,MD,March14-18,2016

J.Zwanikken,Y.Jing,V.JadhaoandM.OlveradelaCruz,“Electrolyte-mediatedadsorptiontoneutralanddielectricinterfaces”APSMeeting,Baltimore,MD,March14-18,2016

M.OlveradelaCruzandA.Erbas“Energyconversioninpolyelectrolytehydrogels”APSMeeting,Baltimore,MD,March14-18,2016

M.GirardandM.OlveradelaCruz,“Colloidalmodelsforanisotropicparticles”APSMeeting,Baltimore,MD,March14-18,2016

S.Pan,N.BoonandM.OlveradelaCruz,“NovelliquidcrystalphasetransitionoflineardefectsinanepitaxiallayerofDNA-nanoparticlesuperlattices”APSMeeting,Baltimore,MD,March14-18,2016

A.ErbasandM.OlveradelaCruz,“Morphology-inducedlowtemperatureconductivityinionicliquids.”APSMeeting,Baltimore,MD,March14-18,2016

H.KwonandM.OlveradelaCruz,“Theeffectofioniccorrelationsonthedistributionofionsacrosspolyelectrolyteblendinterfaces”APSMeeting,Baltimore,MD,March14-18,2016

J.Dempster,M.OlveradelaCruz“Drivingmagneticcolloidalpolymers”APSMeeting,Baltimore,MD,March14-18,2016

J.Millan,M.Girard,J.Brodin,M.O’Brien,C.Mirkin,M.OlveradelaCruz,“ModelingofDNA-MediatedSelf-AssemblyfromAnisotropicNanoparticles:AMolecularDynamicsStudy”APSMeeting,Baltimore,MD,March14-18,2016

S.Kewalramani,M.Bedzyk,L.Moreau,J.Zwanikken,C.Mirkin,M.OlveradelaCruz,“Electrolyte-MediatedAssemblyofChargedNanoparticles”APSMeeting,Baltimore,MD,March14-18,2016

Y.Jing,V.Jadhao,J.W.Zwanikken,M.OlveradelaCruz,“Ionicstructureinelectrolyteconfinedbydielectricinterfaces”APSMeeting,Baltimore,MD,March14-18,2016

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B.Qiao,G.Ferru,M.OlveradelaCruzandR.Ellis,“IntegratedtoolkitofsynchrotronX-rayandatomisticsimulationsforrareearthelementrefinery”ACSNationalMeeting,SanDiego,CA,March13-17,2016

*M.OlveradelaCruz,J.ZwanikkenandH.Kwon,“Multiplephasecoexistenceinpolymerelectrolytes”ACSNationalMeeting,SanDiego,CA,March13-17,2016

*M.OlveradelaCruz,“DNA-functionalizedanisotropicparticleassembly”ACSNationalMeeting,SanDiego,CA,March13-17,2016

*BaofuQiao,GeoffroyFerru,MonicaOlveradeLaCruz,RossEllis“IntegratedtoolkitofsynchrotronX-rayandatomisticsimulationsforrareearthelementrefinery”ACSNationalMeeting,SanDiego,March13-17,2016

*MonicaOlveradelaCruz"Assemblyofanisotropicfunctionalizedparticles"PhysicsColloquium,UniversityofCalifornia,SantaCruz,CA,March3,2016

*M.OlveradelaCruz,“DNA-functionalizednanoparticleassembly”MRSEC-UCSantaBarbara,SantaBarbara,CAFebruary25,2016

*MonicaOlveradelaCruz"DNA-FunctionalizedNanoparticleAssembly"MaterialsScienceColloquium,Caltech,CA,February24,2016

*MonicaOlveradelaCruz""DNA-FunctionalizedNanoparticleAssembly""MaterialsScienceSeminarSeries,U.C.Berkeley,Berkeley,CA,February18,2016

*M.OlveradelaCruz,“DNA-functionalizednanoparticleassembly”ChemicalEngineeringColloquium,PennStateUniversity,Oct7,2015

*M.OlveradelaCruz,“DNA-functionalizedNanoparticleAssembly”RutgersUniversity,Sept22,2015

*M.OlveradelaCruz,“PolyhedralCrystallineMembranes”ISTeCLecture,ColoradoState,Sept14-16,2015

*M.OlveradelaCruz,“PolyhedralCrystallineMembranes”MaGavockLecture,TrinityUniversity,Sept17-18,2015

*M.OlveradelaCruz,“Ionclustersinneutral-chargedpolymerblendsandcopolymers”ACSNationalMeeting,Boston,MA,Aug16-18,2015

*M.OlveradelaCruz,“DNA-functionalizednanoparticleassemblyandcrystallization”FrontiersofPolymerScience,ChineseAcademyofSciences,China,Aug8-10,2015.

*M.OlveradelaCruz“Ionclustersinneutral-chargedpolymerblendsandcopolymers”BeijingInstituteofTechnology,Beijing,China,Aug5-7,2015

*M.OlveradelaCruz“ElectrostaticDrivenSelfAssemblyDesignofFunctionalNanostructures”BiomolecularMaterialsPrincipalInvestigators’Meeting,Gaithersburg,MDAugust3-5,2015

*M.OlveradelaCruz“Self-AssemblyofBiomolecules”GordonResearchConference,MountHolyokeCollege,MD,July26-31,2015

*M.OlveradelaCruz“IonClustersinNeutral-ChargedPolymerBlendsandCopolymers”1stUS-JapanMaterialsGenomeWorkshop,Ibaraki,Japan,June22-25,2015

*M.OlveradelaCruz“IonClustersinNeutral-ChargedPolymerBlendsandCopolymers”PennStateUniversity,PA,April21,2015.

*M.OlveradelaCruz“DNA-functionalizedNanoparticleAssembly”NUComputationalResearchDay,April14,2015.

*M.OlveradelaCruz“DNA-functionalizedNanoparticleAssembly”RutgersUniversity,Jamestown,MI,April1,2015

*M.OlveradelaCruz“DNA-functionalizednanoparticleassembly”ACSNationalMeeting,Denver,CO,March22-27,2015.

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*M.OlveradelaCruz“DNA-functionalizedNanoparticleAssemblyandCrystallization”SIAMConferenceonComputationalScienceandEngineering,SaltLakeCity,UT,March14-18,2015.

*M.OlveradelaCruz“ElectrostaticSelf-AssemblyofBiomolecules,”APSSpringMeeting,SanAntonio,TX,March2-6,2015.

JosZwanikkenandMonicaOlveradelaCruz,Tuningthepahsediagramofpolyelectrolyteblendswithapinchofsalt"APSSpringMeeting,SanAntonio,TX,March2-6,2015.

CharlesSingandMonicaOlveradelaCruz,“Surfacetensionandlamellarspacinginpolyelectrolyteblendsandblockcopolymers”APSSpringMeeting,SanAntonio,TX,March2-6,2015.

HuanxinWu,YufeiJing,FranciscoSolis,MonicaOlveradelCruz,ErikLuijten,“Electrolytesnearstructureddielectricinterfaces”APSSpringMeeting,SanAntonio,TX,March2-6,2015.

SumitKewalramani,LianeMoreau,GuillermoGuerrero-Garcia,MonicaOlveradelaCruzandMichaelBedzyk,“Counterion-mediatedassemblyofsphericalnucleicacid-Aunanoparticleconjugates(SNA-AuNPs)”APSSpringMeeting,SanAntonio,TX,March2-6,2015.

NielsBoonandMonicaOlveradelaCruz,“’Soft’amplifiercircuitsbasedonfield-effectionictransistors”APSSpringMeeting,SanAntonio,TX,March2-6,2015.

BrianPanganiban,BaofuQiao,MonaObadia,MonicaOlveradelaCruz,EricDrockenmuller,TingXu,“RationallyDesignedrandomheteropolymersurfactantsforencapsulationandstabilizationofproteinsinorganicsolvents”APSSpringMeeting,SanAntonio,TX,March2-6,2015.

FranciscoSolis,VikramJadhao,KaushikMitra,MonicaOlveradelaCruz,“Avariationalfree-energyfunctionalapproachtoSchrodinger-Poissontheory”APSSpringMeeting,SanAntonio,TX,March2-6,2015.

SaijiePan,TingLi,MonicaOlveradelaCruz,“SimulationofepitaxialgrowthofdNA-nanoparticlesuperlatticesonpre-patternedsubstrates”APSSpringMeeting,SanAntonio,TX,March2-6,2015.

ZhenweiYaoandMonicaOlveradelaCruz,Dynamicsofvacanciesintwo-dimensionalLennard-jonescrystals”APSSpringMeeting,SanAntonio,TX,March2-6,2015.

Ha-KyungKwonandMonicaOlveradelaCruz,“Formationofionclustersinthephaseseparatedstructuresofneutral-chargedpolymerblends”APSSpringMeeting,SanAntonio,TX,March2-6,2015.

YufeiJing,VikramJadhao,JosW.Zwanikken,MonicaOlveradelaCruz“Electrostaticeffectsofdielectricinterfacesonconfinedelectrolyte”APSSpringMeeting,SanAntonio,TX,March2-6,2015.

ShuangpingLiu,ZhenweiYao,MonicaOlveradelaCruz,“Perversionsdrivenspontaneoussymmetrybreakinginheterogeneouselasticribbons”APSSpringMeeting,SanAntonio,TX,March2-6,2015.

TingLi,MonicaOlveradelaCruz,“DNA-programmableNanoparticleSelf-AssemblyandCrystallizationviaMulti-ScaleModelling&Simulation”APSSpringMeeting,SanAntonio,TX,March2-6,2015.

AykutErbas,JosZwanikken,MonicaOlveradelaCruz,“Electrostaticseffectsonnormalloadcapacityoftwolike-chargehydrogels”APSSpringMeeting,SanAntonio,TX,March2-6,2015.

*M.OlveradelaCruz“ElectrostaticSelf-AssemblyofBiomolecules”,AdvancedWorkshoponOut-of-EquilibriumMatter,SanLuisPotosi,Mexico,December8-12,2014.

*M. Olvera de la Cruz, “DNA-FunctionalizedNanoparticle Assembly and Crystallization,” Dept. ofMaterialsScienceandEng.Colloquium,UniversityofIllinoisUrbana,November17,2014.

*M.Olverade laCruz, “PolyhedralCrystallineMembrane”,DepartmentofChem.Eng.Colloquium, StanfordUniversity,October27,2014.

*M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Electrostatic Self-assembly of Biomolecules”, First “self-assembly of biomolecules”InternationalSymposium,Montpellier,October12-14,2014.

*M.Olverade laCruz, “IonicMembranes”,DepartmentofMechanicalEng.Colloquium,Universityof IllinoisUrbana,September2,2014.

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*M.Olverade laCruz, “IonicBilayers,TailPackingandMesoscaleGeometry”,WorkshoponCoarse-GrainedModeling of Polymers and Soft Materials for Genome Initiative, National Institute of Standards andTechnology,August6-7,2014.

*M.Olverade la Cruz, “Polyhedral CrystallineMembranes”,APSColloquium,ArgonneNational Laboratory,Chicago,July16,2014.

*M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Crystalline Membranes’, Frontiers in Materials Sciences Seminar Series, PacificNorthwestNationalLaboratory,Richland,Washington,June2,2014.

*M.OlveraDeLaCruz,“ElectrostaticDrivenAssembly”,GrandChallengesinSoftMatterWorkshop,UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara,May17-18,2014

T.Li,E.Auyeung,C.A.Mirkin,M.OlveradelaCruz,“Self-AssemblyandCrystallizationofDNA-FunctionalizedNanoparticleintoWulffPolydedra”,MRSSpringMeeting,SanFrancisco,California,April21-25,2014.

J. Zwanikken, Y. Jing, V. Jadhao, C.E. Sing, N. Boon and M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Theoretical analysis on iontransport through polymer networks in electrochemical capacitors”, MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco,California,April21-25,2014.

C.E.Sing,J.W.Zwanikken+andM.OlveradelaCruz,“ElectrostaticControlofBlockCopolymerMorphology”,MRSSpringMeeting,SanFrancisco,California,April21-25,2014.

*M.Olverade la Cruz, “DNA-FunctionalizedNanoparticleAssembly andCrystallization,”Dept. of ChemicalEngineering,UniversityofTexasatAustin,AustinTX,March27,2014.

*M.OlveradelaCruz,“Ionadsorptionatsolid-electrolyteinterfaces”LorentzCenter,Leiden(NL)March10-14,2014.

Y.Jing,J.W.Zwanikken,V.Jadhao,M.OlveradelaCruz,“Iondistributionsinelectrolyteconfinedbymultipledielectricinterfaces”,ACSNationalMeeting,Dallas,Texas,March16-20,2014.

*C. Mirkin, R.J. Macfarlane, E. Auyeung, M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Nucleic acid-modified nanostructures asprogrammable atom equivalents: Forging a new “Table of Elements”, ACSNationalMeeting, Dallas, Texas,March16-20,2014.

F.J. Solis, V. Jadhao,M.Olverade la Cruz, “Variational formulations for electrostatic systems:Applications tomoleculardynamicssimulations”,ACSNationalMeeting,Dallas,Texas,March16-20,2014.

F.J. Solis, G.I. Guerrero-Garcia, M. Olvera de la Cruz,“Ion partitioning in confined oil/water interfaces”, ACSNationalMeeting,Dallas,Texas,March16-20,2014.

G.I. Guerrero-Garcia, N. Boon, M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Giant charge reversal and charge amplification withmonovalentionsinhighlysize-asymmetriccolloidalsuspensions”,ACSNationalMeeting,Dallas,Texas,March16-20,2014.

V. Jadhao,C.K.ThomasandM.Olverade laCruz, “Electrostatics-drivenshape transitions in chargedelasticmembranes”ACSSpringMeeting,Dallas,Texas,March16-20,2014.

J. Zwanikken, Y. Jing, V. Jadhao, C.E. Sing, N. Boon and M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Theoretical analysis on iontransportthroughpolymernetworksinelectrochemicalcapacitors”,APSMarchmeeting,Denver,CO,March3-7,2014.

Y.Jing,J.W.Zwanikken,V.Jadhao,M.OlveradelaCruz,“Iondistributionsinelectrolyteconfinedbymultipledielectricinterfaces”,APSMarchMeeting,Dallas,Texas,March16-20,2014.

G. Guerrero Garcia, F. Solis, M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Inversion of the electric field driven by ionic solvationenergy”,APSMarchmeeting,Denver,CO,March3-7,2014.

S. Liu, Z. Yao and M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Spontaneous formation and evolution of kinks in elastic helicalstructures”,APSMarchmeeting,Denver,CO,March3-7,2014.

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K. Kohlstedt, N. Jackson, B. Savoie, L. Chen, M. Olvera de la Cruz, G. Schatz, M. Ratner, “ Controllingconformationsofconjugatedpolymersandsmallmolecules:Theroleofnonbondedinteractions”,APSMarchmeeting,Denver,CO,March3-7,2014.

R. Zhang and M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Accelerated Self-Replication under Non-equilibrium, Periodic EnergyDelivery”,APSMarchmeeting,Denver,CO,March3-7,2014.

J. Dempster, R. Zhang andM.Olvera de la Cruz, “Self-replicating deviceswith dipolar colloids”, APSMarchmeeting,Denver,CO,March3-7,2014.

T.Li,E.Auyeung,C.A.MirkinandM.Olverade laCruz, “Multi-scalemodeling for theself-assemblyofDNA-functionalizednanoparticleintosupperlatticeandWulffpolydedra”,APSMarchmeeting,Denver,CO,March3-7,2014.

C.E. Sing, J.W. Zwanikken and M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Dramatic changes in Polyelectrolyte Blend PhaseBehaviorduetoChargeCorrelations”APSMarchMeeting,Denver,Colorado,March3-7,2014.

C.E. Sing, J.W. Zwanikken, M. Olvera de la Cruz,“Highly-correlated Charges in Block Copolyelectrolytes:ChargeasaToolforMorphologyManipulation”,APSMarchMeeting,Denver,Colorado,March3-72014.

V. Jadhao, C.K. Thomas and M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Changing shape of elastic shells via electrostaticinteractions”,APSMarchMeeting,Denver,Colorado,March3-7,2014.

N.Boon,G.I.Guerrero,R.vanRoijandM.OlveradelaCruz,“ImprovingtheaccuracyofDLVOtheoryfordensesystemsofmacroions”,APSMarchMeeting,Denver,Colorado,March3-7,2014.

Z. Yao andM.Olvera de la Cruz, “TopologicalDefects by Size Polydispersity”, APSMarchMeeting,Denver,Colorado,March3-7,2014.

B. Qiao and M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Why Hydrophilic Water can Permeate Hydrophobic Interior of LipidMembranes”,APSMarchMeeting,Denver,Colorado,March3-7,2014.

M.OlveradelaCruz,“ReportonNSFWorkshoponChallengesandOpportunitiesofPolymerandSoftMatterTheoryandSimulation”,APSMarchmeeting,Denver,CO,March3-7,2014

*M. Olvera de la Cruz, CondensedMatter Seminar, James Franck Institute, Departments of Chemistry andPhysics&Astronomy,UniversityofChicago,Feb.18,2014.

*M.Olverade laCruz, “DNA-FunctionalizedNanoparticleAssemblyandCrystallization,”Dept. ofMaterialsScienceandEngineering,UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley,February11,2014.

*M.OlveradelaCruz,“MolecularCrystallizationandMesoscaleGeometryofFunctionalizedNanoparticles”,TellurideConference,Telluride,Colorado,February2-5,2014

*M.OlveradelaCruz,InternationalSymposiumonPolyelectrolytes,EinGedi,Israel,Jan.20-23,2014.

* M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Blebbing of Nuclear Lamin Networks”, American Society for Cell Biology AnnualMeeting,Dec14,2013,NewOrleans,LA.

*M.Olverade laCruz, “SphericalNucleicAcid-AuNanoparticleAssemblies”,MaterialsResearchSocietyFallMeeting,Dec1-6,2013,Boston,MA.

*M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Molecular Crystallization and Mesoscale Geometry of Multicomponent IonicMembranes”,MaterialsResearchSocietyFallMeeting,Dec1-6,2013,Boston,MA.

*M.OlveradelaCruz,DepartmentofPhysicsColloquium,UNAM,MexicoCity,Nov.21,2013.

*M.OlveradelaCruz,“DerieuxLecture”,DepartmentofPhysicsatNorthCarolinaStateUniversity,Nov11,2013.

*M.OlveradelaCruz,CondensedMatterSeminar,Dept.ofPhysics&Astronomy,UniversityofPennsylvania,Oct16,2013.

C.SingandM.OlveradelaCruz,"EffectsofIonCorrelationsontheThermodynamicsofPolymerInterfaces"ACSFallMeeting(IndianapolisIN),Sept.12,2013.

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*M.OlveradelaCruz,“ElectrostaticsinSphericalNucleicAcid-AuNanoparticleAssemblies"ProgrammableSelf-AssemblyofMatterworkshop(June30-July2,NYC),2013.

*C.SingandM.OlveradelaCruz,"Highly-correlatedChargesinPolymerGelsandBlends",TelluridePolymerPhysicsWorkshop,June17,2013.

*M.Olverade laCruz,“PlatonicandArchimedeangeometries inelasticmembranes”The13th InternationalconferenceonPropertiesandPhaseEquilibriaforProductandProcessDesign(PPEPPD),May26-30,IguazaFalls,Argentina.

*M.Olverade laCruz, “TheRole ofElectrolytes in theAssemblyof Colloids”GordonResearchConference:Self-Assembly&SupramolecularChemistry,LesDiablerets,May5-10,2013,Switzerland

*M.OlveradelaCruz,“ChargeandCompositionPatternsinIonicFibers,GelsandMembranes”HighPolymerResearchGroupConference,April28-May3,2013,UK.

* C.E Sing, J. Zwanikken, and M. Olvera de la Cruz, "Highly-correlated charges in polyelectrolyte gels:Reentrant swelling and ion-ion correlations" in Celebrating 50 Years of Polymers at Case Western, ACSNationalMeeting&Exposition,April9,2013,NewOrleans,Louisiana.

G.I. Guerrero-Garcia, andM.Olverade laCruz "Inversionof the electric field at the electrified liquid-liquidinterface”,ACSNationalMeeting&Exposition,April7-11,2013,NewOrleans,Louisiana.

B. Qiao and M. Olvera de la Cruz "Crystallization of ionic lipid membranes, elucidated by atomisticsimulation”,ACSNationalMeeting&Exposition,April7-11,2013,NewOrleans,Louisiana.

*M.OlveradelaCruz,“PolyhedralGeometriesintheLivingWorld,”Dept.ofChemicalEngineering,UniversityofTexasatAustin,AustinTX,April4,2013.

R.Zhang,P.Jha,andM.OlveradelaCruz,“Non-equilibriumIonicAssembliesofOppositelyChargedColloids,”AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Baltimore,MD,March18-22,2013.

Y. Jing, G.I. Guerrero Garcia, and M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Enhancing and reversing the electric field atliquid/liquidinterfaces,”AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Baltimore,MD,March18-22,2013.

F. Solis, V. Jadhao, andM.Olvera de la Cruz, “A variational formulation of electrostatics for heterogeneousdielectricmedia,”AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Baltimore,MD,March18-22,2013.

B.Qiao,R.J.Ellis,andM.Olverade laCruz, “ForaSafeDiamideExtractionProcess,ElucidatedbyAtomisticSimulations,”AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Baltimore,MD,March18-22,2013.

C.K. Thomas, and M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Why square lattices are not seen on curved ionic membranes,”AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Baltimore,MD,March18-22,2013.

C-Y. Leung, M. Greenfield, S. Kewalramani, L. Palmer, R. Sknepnek, B. Qiao, C. Newcomb, G. Vernizzi, M.Bedzyk, S. Stupp, and M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Mesoscopic Membrane Morphology Regulated by MolecularCrystallization,”AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Baltimore,MD,March18-22,2013.

G.I. Guerrero Garcia, P. Gonzalez-Mozuelos, and M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Colloidal stability in concentratedelectrolyte solutions using large counterions,” American Physical Society March Meeting, Baltimore, MD,March18-22,2013.

K.L.Kohlstedt,M.OlveradelaCruz,andG.C.Schatz,“Controllingorientationalorderofmultivalentprismsinsuperlatticeassemblies,”AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Baltimore,MD,March18-22,2013.

A. Osorio-Vivanco,M.Olvera de la Cruz, and S. Glotzer, “Optimized assembly and steady-state length-scalecontrol in dissipative systems of photo-switchable colloids,” American Physical Society March Meeting,Baltimore,MD,March18-22,2013.

T.I.N.G. Li, R. Sknepnek, andM.Olvera de la Cruz, “Hybridization dynamics toDNA guided crystallization,”AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Baltimore,MD,March18-22,2013.

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S. Kewalramani, C-Y. Leung, J. Zwanikken, R. Macfarlane, M. Olvera de la Cruz, C. Mirkin, and M. Bedzyk,“DeterminationofcounteriondistributionaroundDNAcoatednanoparticles(DNA-AuNP)bysmallangleX-rayscattering(SAXS),”AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Baltimore,MD,March18-22,2013.

J. Zwanikken, and M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Tunable Soft Structure in Charged Fluids confined by DielectricInterfaces,”AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Baltimore,MD,March18-22,2013.

Z. Yao, and M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Packing of charged chains on toroidal geometries,” American PhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Baltimore,MD,March18-22,2013.

C.Sing,J.Zwanikken,andM.OlveradelaCruz,“Highly-correlatedchargesinpolyelectrolytegels,”AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Baltimore,MD,March18-22,2013.

V. Jadhao,F.Solis,andM.OlveradelaCruz,“Iondistributionsneardielectric interfacesfromCar-Parrinellomoleculardynamics,”AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Baltimore,MD,March18-22,2013.

C.Funkhouser,R.Sknepnek,T.Shimi,A.Goldman,R.Goldman,andM.OlveradelaCruz,“AnElasticModelofBlebbinginNuclearLaminMeshworks,”AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Baltimore,MD,March18-22,2013.

*M.OlveradelaCruz,“Polyhedralgeometries incrystallinemembranes”,XLIIWintermeetingonStatisticalPhysics,January8-11,2012,Taxco,Mexico.

*M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Platonic and Archimedean Geometries in Elastic Membranes”, Materials ResearchSocietyFallMeeting,Nov27,2012,Boston,MA.

S. Patala, L. Marks, and M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Stability Analysis for Faceted Pentagonal Nanoparticles”,MaterialsResearchSocietyFallMeeting,Nov30,2012,Boston,MA.

*M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Modeling mesoscale phenomena in crystalline membranes”, SACNAS NationalConference,October11-14,2012,SeattleWA.

*M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Polyhedral Geometries in the LivingWorld”, Condensed Matter Seminar, Dept. ofPhysics,UniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaign,September21,2012,UrbanaIL.

*M.OlveradelaCruz,“ComputationaleffortsinPolymerScience”,244thACSNationalMeeting,August19-23,2012,Philadelphia,PA.

* M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Computationalmodeling of polyelectrolyte gels: Charge regulation and nanoscalephasebehavior”,244thACSNationalMeeting,August19-23,2012,Philadelphia,PA.

*M.Olverade laCruz, “Platonic andArchimedeanGeometries inMulticomponentElasticMembranes”XXIInternationalMaterialsResearchCongress(IMRC),August13-17,2012,Cancun,Mexico.

* M. Olvera de la Cruz, “The stability of polyvalent nanoparticles and effective interactions in molecularelectrolytes”XXIInternationalMaterialsResearchCongress(IMRC),August13-17,2012,Cancun,Mexico.

* M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Surprises in ionic driven assembly of membranes” Argonne National Laboratory,August7,2012,Argonne,IL.

*M.OlveradelaCruz,“ChargeandCompositionPatternsinIonicMembranes”RecentProgressesonCoulombMany-bodySystemsWorkshop,ShanghaiJiaoTongUniversity,June9-16,2012,Shanghai,China.

*M.Olverade laCruz, “PolyelectrolyteGels” InternationalSymposiumonPolymerPhysics, June4-8,2012,Chengdu,China.

*M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Ionic driven assembly of membranes: Surprising findings in shell shape andcomposition”,May3,2012,Dept.ofPhysics,NorthDakotaStateUniversity.

*M.OlveradelaCruz,“Modelingheterogeneousfibersandmembranes”(in"ComputationalMaterialsDesignInHeterogeneousSystems")MRSSpringmeeting,April9-13,2012,SanFrancisco,CA.

* M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Physical Properties of Heterogeneous Microcompartments”, Procter and GambleLecture Series, Spring2012,Department of Chemistry andBiochemistry,University of California, April 16,2012,LosAngeles,CA.

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C.ThomasandM.Olverade laCruz, “Chargecorrelations inmulticomponent ioniccrystallinemembranes”,AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Boston,MA,February27-March2,2012.

M.OlveradelaCruz,J.ZwanikkenandC.A.Mirkin,“Localionicenvironmentaroundpolyvalentnucleic-acidfunctionalized gold nanoparticles”, American Physical Society March Meeting, Boston, MA, February 27-March2,2012.

M. Demers, R. Sknepnek and M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Curvature driven domain formation in ternary lipidmembranes”,AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Boston,MA,February27-March2,2012.

R. Sknepnek andM. Olvera de la Cruz, “Thin-shell model for faceting of multicomponent elastic vesicles”,AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Boston,MA,February27-March2,2012.

T.Li,R.Sknepnek,R.J.Macfarlane,C.A.MirkinandM.OlveradelaCruz,“ModelingofDNA-directedcolloidalself-assemblyandcrystallization”,AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Boston,MA,February27-March2,2012.

C-Y. Leung, L. Palmer, S. Kewalramani, R. Sknepnek, G. Vernizzi,M. Greenfield, S. Stupp,M. Bedzyk andM.Olvera de la Cruz, “Electrostatics-driven assembly of uni-lamellar cationic facetted vesicles”, AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Boston,MA,February27-March2,2012.

J.ZwanikkenandM.OlveradelaCruz,“Ion-inducedinteractionsbetweenchargedmacroionsanddielectricinhomogeneities”,AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Boston,MA,February27-March2,2012.

P.Jha,J.Zwanikken,F.Detcheverrry,J.dePabloandM.OlveradelaCruz,“Influenceofchargeandnetworkinhomogeneitiesontheswollen-collapsedtransitioninpolyelectrolytenanogels”,AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Boston,MA,February27-March2,2012.

J. Su, H. Guo and M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Solubility and transport of cationic and anionic patternednanoparticles”,AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Boston,MA,February27-March2,2012.

B.Grzybowski,M.OlveradelaCruz,P.JhaandV.Kuzovkov,“AnovelkineticMonteCarloalgorithmfornon-equilibriumsimulations”,AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Boston,MA,February27-March2,2012.

G.I.GuerreroGarciaandM.OlveradelaCruz,“Ioncorrelationsintheelectricaldoublelayernearliquid/liquidinterfaces”,AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Boston,MA,February27-March2,2012.

C.Funkhouser,R.SknepnekandM.Olverade laCruz, “Morphologiesofelasticmembraneswith fluctuatingconnectivity”,AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Boston,MA,February27-March2,2012.

B.QiaoandM.OlveradelaCruz,“Effectofvalenceofcounterionsonthestructureofchargedmembranes,acomputer simulationstudy”,AmericanPhysical SocietyMarchMeeting,Boston,MA,February27-March2,2012.

*M.OlveradelaCruz,“Surpisesinionicdrivenassemblyofmembranes”,CaltechChemicalPhysicsSeminarSeries,CaliforniaInstituteofTechnology,January31,2012,Pasadena,CA.

*M.OlveradelaCruz,“Surprisesinelectrostaticdrivenassemblyofioniccrystallineshells”,DepartmentofMaterialsScience,UniversityofMichigan,November18,2011,AnnArbor,MI.

* M. Olvera de la Cruz, J. W. Zwanikken and C. A. Mirkin “Ionic screening and ion-induced attractions insolutionsofnanoparticles”FirstWorkshoponAdvances inColloidalMaterials-25thAnniversary-BiocolloidandFluidPhysicsGroup(1986-2011),UniversityofGranada,September23,2011,Granada,Spain.

* M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Ionic Crystalline Shells”, Colloquium, Dept. of Chemical & Biological Engineering,RensselaerPolytechnicInstitute,September14,2011,Troy,NY.

*M.Olverade laCruz, “Platonic andArchimedeanGeometries inElasticMembranes”,Colloquium,AppliedPhysics,HarvardUniversity,September9,2011,Cambridge,MA.

*M.OlveradelaCruz,“NewGeometriesofElasticClosedMembranesandCrystallineShells”,LaboratoiredePhysiquedeSolides,UniversityofOrsay,July12,2011,Orsay,France.

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*M.Olverade la Cruz, “HeterogeneousElasticMembranes:NewShapes ofMicrocompartments”, TellurideWorkshoponPolymerPhysics,June20-24,2011,Telluride,CO.

*M.Olverade laCruz, J.W.Zwanikken,P.Guo,R. J.Macfarlane,andC.A.Mirkin, “GraftingdensityeffectonionicscreeningaroundfunctionalizedNanoparticles”,241stACSNationalMeeting&Exposition-March27-31,2011,Anaheim,California.

G. Ivan Guerrero-Garcıa, P. Gonzalez-Mozuelos, and M. Olvera de la Cruz, “On the interaction of equallycharged nanoparticles in presence of a size-asymmetric salt”, 241st ACS National Meeting & Exposition -March27-31,2011,Anaheim,California.

J.W.ZwanikkenandMonicaOlveradelaCruz,“Ionsandchargedmacromoleculesneartheinterfacebetweentwo electrolyte solutions”, 241st ACS National Meeting & Exposition -March 27-31, 2011, Anaheim,California.

*M.OlveradelaCruz,“ResponsivePolyelectrolyteGelsandTetheredMembranes”,AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Dallas,TX,March21-25,2011.

F. J.SolisandM.Olverade laCruz, “Ionicconductionat liquid-liquid interfaces”,AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Dallas,TX,March21-25,2011.

P.Jha,J.Zwanikken,F.Detcheverry,J.dePablo,M.OlveradelaCruz,“Theoreticallyinformedcoarse-grainedsimulationsofpolymernanogels”,AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Dallas,TX,March21-25,2011.

P.Guo,R.Sknepnek,M.OlveradelaCruz,“Ridgeformationofchargedendgroupligandsgraftedonfacetednanoparticle”,AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Dallas,TX,March21-25,2011.

V.Jadhao,F.J.Solis,G.Guerrero-Garcia,M.OlveradelaCruz,“Towardssimulationofchargesinthepresenceofvaryingdielectricresponse”,AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Dallas,TX,March21-25,2011.

M.Demers,F.J.Solis,M.OlveradelaCruz,“Patternformationinternarylipidmembraneswithcomposition-deformationcoupling”,AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Dallas,TX,March21-25,2011.

S. Dhakal, F. J. Solis, M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Orientational order and defect structures on curved surfaces”,AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Dallas,TX,March21-25,2011.

J. Zwanikken, M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Correlated electrolyte solutions and ion-induced attractions betweennanoparticles”,AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Dallas,TX,March21-25,2011.

C. Y. Leung, R. Sknepnek, L. Palmer, G. Vernizzi, M. Greenfield, S. Stupp, M. Bedzyk, M. Olvera de la Cruz,“Crystallization induced by electrostatic correlations in vesicles of mixed-valence ionic amphilphiles”,AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Dallas,TX,March21-25,2011.

S.Swaminathan,F.J.Solis,M.OlveradelaCruz,“Conformationandmechanicalpropertiesofdiblockfibers”,AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Dallas,TX,March21-25,2011.

R. Sknepnek,C. Leung, L. C. Palmer,G.Vernizzi, S. I. Stupp,M. J. Bedzyk,M.Olverade laCruz, “Facetingofmulticomponentchargedelasticshells”,AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Dallas,TX,March21-25,2011.

A. Parsaeian, J. F. Marko, M. Olvera de la Cruz, “ Binding-rebinding dynamics of proteins interacting non-specficallywith a longDNAmolecule”, AmericanPhysical SocietyMarchMeeting,Dallas, TX,March21-25,2011.

* M. Olvera de la Cruz “Regular and Irregular Polyhedra in Multi-Component Crystalline Shells", FayAjzenberg-SeloveColloquium,PhysicsDepartment,UniversityofWisconsin,Madison,Feb.18,2011.

*M.OlveradelaCruz“RegularandIrregularPolyhedrainMulti-ComponentElasticMembranes”WorkshoponSelf-AssembledBio-InspiredMaterialsforEnergy,Argonne,February4,2011.

*M. Olvera de la Cruz “Heterogeneous Membranes” Colloquium, Department of Chemical Engineering,UniversityofIllinoisatChicago,January13,2011.

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*M.OlveradelaCruz,“SurprisesinHeterogeneousElasticMembranes”Colloquium,DepartmentofPolymerScienceandEng.,UniversityofMassachusetts,AmherstPhysics,September24,2010.

* M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Ionic Membranes and Gels” Plenary Lecture, 2nd International Soft MatterConference(ISMC2010),GranadaSpainJuly5-8,2010.

*M.Olverade laCruz, “HeterogeneousElasticMembranes”Self-assembly inBiologyandMaterials ScienceWorkshop,Huatulco,Oaxaca,June9-11,2010.

* M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Symmetries Broken by Electrostatics in Nanoscale Ionic Assemblies”, PlenarySpeaker, Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) meeting on Mathematical Aspects ofMaterialsScience,Philadelphia,PA,May23-26,2010.

*M.OlveradelaCruz, “Self-AssemblyinMolecularElectrolytes”PlenaryTalk,The4thPENN-UPRHPREMSymposiumonSoftMattersinMaterialsScience,Humacao,PuertoRico,May7,2010.

D.Zhang,P.GonzálezMozuelos,andM.OlveradelaCruz,"ClusterFormationbyChargedNanoparticlesonaSurface in Aqueous Solution" American Chemical Society SpringMeeting, San Francisco, CA,March 21-25,2010.

* M. Olvera de la Cruz and P. Gonzalez-Mozuelos, "Nanoparticles in aqueous media" American ChemicalSocietySpringMeeting,SanFrancisco,CA,March21-25,2010.

R. Sknepnek, A. J. Morris-Cohen, G. D. Lilly, M. Olvera de la Cruz and E.Weiss "Ligand exchange on CdSequantumdots",AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Portland,OR,March15-19,2010.

F. J.Solis,G.Vernizzi,S.SwaminathanandM.OlveradelaCruz "Semi-flexiblepolymerwithheterogeneousbendingrigidityadsorbedat interfaces"AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Portland,OR,March15-19,2010.

D.Zhang,G.Vernizzi,andM.OlveradelaCruz,"Simulationofstructuralphasetransitionintwodimensionalioniccrystal",AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Portland,OR,March15-19,2010.

J. W. Zwanikken, R. Sknepnek, and M. Olvera de la Cruz, "Effective interactions between pH-responsiveparticles",AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Portland,OR,March15-19,2010.

G.Vernizzi,R.Sknepnek,anM.OlveradelaCruz"Theshapesoftwo-componentcrystallineshells",AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Portland,OR,March15-19,2010.

K. L. Kohlstedt, G. Vernizzi, F. J. Solis and M. Olvera de la Cruz, "Optimal arrangement of lamellar andtriangular lattices confined to cylindrical fibers", American Physical Society March Meeting, Portland, OR,March15-19,2010.

M. Olvera de la Cruz, R. Sknepnek, G. Vernizzi "The buckling transition of ionic shells and electrostatics",AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Portland,OR,March15-19,2010.

M.J.Bedzyk,C.Leung,M.A.Greenfield,L.C.Palmer,G.Vernizzi,M.OlveradelaCruzandS.I.Stupp"Buckledmembranes in mixed-valence ionic amphiphile vesicles analyzed by x-ray scattering", American PhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Portland,OR,March15-19,2010.

P.K. Jha, J.W.Zwanikken, J. J.dePablo,andM.Olverade laCruz"Effectsofcharge inhomogeneitiesonthephasebehaviorofpolyelectrolytegels",AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Portland,OR,March15-19,2010.

G.I.Guerrero-Garcıa,E.Gonzalez-Tovar,andM.OlveradelaCruz"EffectsoftheIonic-sizeAsymmetryarounda Charged Colloid: Unequal Charge Neutralization and Electrostatic Screening", American Physical SocietyMarchMeeting,Portland,OR,March15-19,2010.

*M.OlveradelaCruz“IonicDrivenSelf-Assembly",PhysicsDepartmentColloquium,UniversityofTexas,SanAntonio,March5,2010.

* M. Olvera de la Cruz “Asymmetric Interactions and Assembly of Positive and Negative ChargedNanoparticles in Water” 2010 Colloidal, Macromolecular & Polyelectrolyte Solutions Gordon ResearchConference,Ventura,CA,February21-26,2010.

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* M. Olvera de la Cruz “Ionic Driven Self-Assembly", Physics Department Colloquium, Boston University,January26,2010.

*M.OlveradelaCruz,4thAfricaMaterialsResearchSociety(AfricaMRSMeeting),Abuja,Nigeria,14thto18thofDecember,2009(cancelled).

*M.OlveradelaCruz“IonicMembranesandGels”MaterialsScienceDivision,Argonne,November20,2009.

*M.OlveradelaCruz“SpontaneousBucklingofIonicMembranes",MartinWeinerLectureSeries

DepartmentofPhysicsColloquium,BrandeisUniversity,November17,2009.

DorsiGrillo,M.OlveradelaCruz,andI.Szleifer“PhaseBehaviorCalculationsofDOPCPhospholipidBilayers”AIChEAnnualMeeting,Nashville,TN,November8-13,2009.

*M.OlveradelaCruz“SpontaneousBucklingofIonicMembranes",PolymerScienceLectureSeries,PolymerScienceDepartment,UniversityofAkron,Akron,OH,October8,2009.

*M.Olverade laCruz “Current Status ofMaterialsResearch",Kyoto Institute ofTechnology,Kyoto, Japan,September28,2009.

* M. Olvera de la Cruz “Ionic self-Assemblies" Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, Japan, September 28,2009.

*M.OlveradelaCruz“LecturesonCriticalPhenomenainPolymers"LectureseriesattheKyotoInstituteofTechnology,Kyoto,Japan,September25,2009.

*M.OlveradelaCruz“FunctionalIonicMembranes”6thInternationalDiscussionMeetingonRelaxationsinComplexSystems,Rome,ItalyAug30-Sept6,2009.

* M. Olvera de la Cruz, Lecture Series on Molecular Electrolytes and Ionic Assemblies at the Nanoscale,"MeetingontheScienceandTechnologyofComplexFluids"SanLuisPotosi,Mexico,August17-21,2009.

* M. Olvera de la Cruz “Polyelectrolyte Gels: Solvation versus Segregation” Polymer Physics Workshop,TellurideScienceResearchCenter,Telluride,CO,July6-10,2009.

* M. Olvera de la Cruz “Self-Assembly via Electrostatics: Simple and Complex Shapes and Symmetries”,ChemistryofSupramoleculesandAssemblies,GordonResearchConference,Waterville,Maine,June28toJuly3,2009.

* M. Olvera de la Cruz "Buckled membranes and other surprises in the ionic driven self-organizationofbiomolecules",MolecularBiophysics,NorthwesternUniversity,April15,2009.

*M.Olvera de la Cruz “Asymmetric ChargeRenormalization and Interactions ofNanoparticles inAqueousMedia”,AmericanChemicalSocietyMeeting,Salt-LakeCity,March22-26,2009.

M. Olvera de la Cruz, Megan Greenfield,Liam Palmer,Graziano Vernizzi and Samuel Stupp “BuckledMembranesinMixed-ValenceIonicAmphiphiles”AmericanChemicalSocietyMeeting,Salt-LakeCity,March22-26,2009.

D. Zhang and M. Olvera de la Cruz “Nano-patterns in Tethered Membranes of Polyelectrolyte withHydrophobicBackbones”AmericanChemicalSocietyMeeting,Salt-LakeCity,March22-26,2009.

D. Zhang, P. Gonzalez-Mozuelos and M. Olvera de la Cruz “Crystallization of charged nano-particles insolution”AmericanChemicalSocietyMeeting,Salt-LakeCity,March22-26,2009.

*MonicaOlveradelaCruz“SpontaneousSymmetryBreakingbyElectrostaticsinHelicalFibersandBuckledMembranes”MaterialsScienceandEngineeringSeminarSeries,MIT,Cambridge,MA,February6,2009.

*M.OlveradelaCruz“Nano-patternsinGelsofChargedChains”KentStateUniversity,January28,2009.

* M. Olvera de la Cruz “Self-Organization of Complex Molecular Electrolytes”, Macromolecular MaterialsGordonResearchConference,Ventura,CA,January11-15,2009.

*M.OlveradelaCruz“IonicAssemblies:SymmetriesandFunctions”,10thBerkeleyMiniStat.Mech.Meeting,BerkeleyUniversity,CA,January09-11,2009.

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* G. Vernizzi and M. Olvera de la Cruz "Icosahedral Ionic Shells", Fall 2008 MRS Symposium, Boston,December1-5,2008.

* M. Olvera de la Cruz “Nanostructures in Molecular Electrolytes” 2008 Dow Foundation DistinguishedLecturer at UCSB, Graduate Students Diversity of Science,Materials Department Colloquium, University ofCaliforniaSantaBarbara,October3,2008.

*M.Olverade laCruz “IonicMembranesandGels" InstituteofMaterialsScienceColloquium,UniversityofConnecticut,September19,2008.

* M. Olvera de la Cruz “Functionalities driven by Symmetries Broken in Assemblies with ChargeHeterogeneities” 2008 American Conference in Theoretical Chemistry (ACTC 2008), NorthwesternUniversity,July19-24,2008.

* M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Symmetries in Ionic Assemblies: Vesicles, Membranes and Gels" 2008 PolymerPhysics,GordonResearchConference,SalveReginaUniversityNewport,RI,June29-July4,2008.* M. Olvera de la Cruz “Patterns in Charged Gels: from Actuators to Chromosomes” 8th InternationalSymposiumofPolymerPhysics,Xiamen,China,June8-12,2008(Tripcancelled).

* M. Olvera de la Cruz “Organic and Inorganic Nanoelectronic Materials” Plenary Lecture, InternationalConferenceonMolecularElectronicDevices,Korea,May29-30,2008.

* M. Olvera de la Cruz “Novel Processing Methods for Nanostructured Materials and SupramolecularStructures”,AjouUniversity,Korea,May28,2008.*M.OlveradelaCruz“BrokenSymmetriesinIonicNanopatterns:fromFiberstoGels”DepartmentofPhysicsColloquium,NorthwesternUniversity,April25,2008.

*M. Olvera de la Cruz "Educational outreach activities at theNorthwesternUniversityMaterials ResearchScience;EngineeringCenter"AmericanChemicalSocietyMarchMeeting,NewOrleans,LA,April6-10,2008.

* M. Olvera de la Cruz “Microphase Segregation in Gels of Charged Chains with Hydrophobic Backbones"AmericanChemicalSocietyMeeting,NewOrleans,LA,April6-10,2008.

*M.OlveradelaCruz“TheMutualBenefitofInternationalResearchInteractions”AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,NewOrleans,LA,March10-14,2008,

M. Olvera de la Cruz and J. J. de Pablo “Nano-patterns in gels of charged chains with self-attractinginteractions”AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,NewOrleans,LA,March10-14,2008.

Megan Greenfield, Graziano Vernizzi, Liam Palmer, Samuel Stupp and Monica Olvera de la Cruz“Self-AssemblyofMixed-ValenceIonicAmphiphiles intoFacetedVesicles”AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,NewOrleans,LA,March10-14,2008.

WilliamKungandMonicaOlverade laCruz“MysteryonChargeAsymmetry:AnionicMacroions inPeriodicLattices Held by Hydrated Cations and Not vice versa” American Physical Society March Meeting, NewOrleans,LA,March10-14,2008.

*M.OlveradelaCruz“ChargedMoleculeCo-AbsorptionatLiquid-LiquidInterfaces:MembraneBucklingandNanopatternedMembranes”PhysicDepartmentColloquium,UniversityofIllinois,Chicago,March5,2008.

* M. Olvera de la Cruz “Ion Absorption at Liquid-Liquid Interfaces and Charged Patterned Membranes:ThermodynamicsandStructure”,PhysicsDepartment,KyotoUniversity,Kyoto,Japan,October10,2007

*M.OlveradelaCruz“ChargedGels"KyotoInstituteofTechnology,October9,2007.

* M. Olvera de la Cruz "Ionic Assemblies: Patterns and Symmetries”, Department of Physics, EdinburghUniversity,September24,2007.

*M.Olverade laCruz"StructuresandSymmetries inSelf-Assembly”PolymerPhysicsWorkshop,TellurideScienceResearchCenter,Telluride,CO,August06-10,2007.

*M.Olverade laCruz"Symmetries in IonicAssemblies”Colloquium,ServicedePhysiqueThéorique,CEA,Saclay,France,June26,2007.

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*M.OlveradelaCruz"SurfaceAssemblyofAdsorbedIonicMolecules”,DepartmentofMaterialsScience,ETH,Zurich,June22,2007.

* M. Olvera de la Cruz "Electrostatic Driven Self-Assembly” Department of Chemistry, NorthwesternUniversity,Evanston,Il,May29,2007.

* M. Olvera de la Cruz "Ionic Molecular Assemblies” Colloquium, Department of Physics, University ofCaliforniaSantaCruz,May17,2007.

*G.VernizziandM.Olverade laCruz“Facetingof IonicShells into IcosahedraviaElectrostatics”AmericanChemicalSociety,Chicago,IL,March25-29,2007.

K.Kohlstedt,G.Vernizzi F.J. Solis andM.Olverade laCruz, “TheBreakingofChiral SymmetryUsingLong-RangeElectrostaticForces”AmericanChemicalSociety,ChicagoIllinois,March25,2007.

* M. Olvera de la Cruz "Electrostatic Driven Self-Assembly" Department of Chemistry, Purdue University,March21,2007.

* M. Olvera de la Cruz “Theoretical and Numerical Modeling of Facetted Vesicles of Viral Size" AmericanPhysicalSociety,Denver,Colorado,March5-9,2007.

W.Kung,A.W.C.LauandM.OlveradelaCruz“ElectrostaticsofPlanarInterfacesinSaltSolution"AmericanPhysicalSociety,Denver,Colorado,March5-9,2007.

K.L.Kohlstedt,F.J.Solis,G.VernizziandM.OlveradelaCruz“TheBreakingofChiralSymmetryUsingLong-RangeElectrostaticForces"AmericanPhysicalSociety,Denver,Colorado,March5-9,2007.

Y. Velichko, F. J. Solis, S.M. Loverde andM.Olvera de la Cruz “Ion Condensation near Patterned Surfaces"AmericanPhysicalSociety,Denver,Colorado,March5-9,2007.

M. Greenfield, Y. Velichko, S. I. Stupp and M. Olvera de la Cruz “Physical Properties of Anionic PeptideAmphiphile Fibers Grown in the Presence of Polyion Salt" American Physical Society, Denver, Colorado,March5-9,2007.

* M. Olvera de la Cruz "Theoretical and Numerical Modeling of Ionic Molecular Assemblies" ESPCI, Paris,February19,2007.

*M.Olverade laCruz,"ComplexesofOppositelyChargedMolecules:BulkandSurfaceStructures”MaterialsResearchSocietyMeeting,Boston,November27,2006.

K. L. Kohlstedt, F. J. Solis, G. Vernizzi andM. Olvera de la Cruz “ChargedHelical Patterns on the SurfaceNanofibersand theSalt-inducedMeltingof theNanopatterns”,MaterialsResearchSocietyMeeting,Boston,November27,2006.

M.J.Bedzyk,J.A.Libera,H.Cheng,K.Zhang,andM.OlveradelaCruz,“X-RayStandingWaveObservationofCations and Polynucleotides Explains Polyion Adsorption to Like-Charged Surfaces”, American ChemicalSocietyMeeting,SanFrancisco.September2006.

M.Lefebvre,H.Guo,K.Shull,andM.Olverade laCruz,“FormationofSwollenMicellesandInverseSwollenMicelles Using a Block Copolymer with Favorable Interactions”, American Chemical Society Meeting, SanFrancisco.September2006.

G. Vernizzi, and M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Electrostatic Effects on the Shape of Charged Lipid Membranes”,AmericanChemicalSocietyMeeting,SanFrancisco.September2006.

*M.OlveradelaCruz“MechanicsofBiosystems”Pan-AmericanAdvancedStudiesInstituteProgram(PASI)onNanoandBiotechnology–Barriloche,Argentina,Nov.13-22,2006

*M.Olverade laCruz “ModelingofMaterials”workshopKISTI (Korea InstituteofScienceandTechnologyInformation)Daejon,Korea,July6,2006.

* M. Olvera de la Cruz “Complexes of Oppositely ChargedMolecules: Bulk Structures and Surface PatternFormation”SeoulUniversity,Seoul,Korea,July5,2006.

*M.OlveradelaCruz“ElectrostaticsinBiomaterials”KyotoUniversity,Kyoto,Japan,July11,2006

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*M.OlveradelaCruz“StatisticalMechanicsAppliedtoBio-systems”,NSFSummerInstitute:AShortCourseon Micro and Nano Devices With Applications to Biology and Nanoelectronics, Northwestern University,Evanston,Il,August7-11,2006.

S.M.Loverde,F.J.Solis,M.OlveradelaCruz"PhaseSegregationandPatterninginTwoDimensionalSystems:Competition between Van der Waals and Electrostatic interactions" American Physical Society, MarchMeeting,Marc2006,Baltimore,MD.

Y.S.VelichkoandM.OlveradelaCruz, "ElectrostaticAttractionBetweenCationic-AnionicAssemblieswithSurfaceCompositionalHeterogeneities"AmericanPhysical Society,MarchMeeting,March2006,Baltimore,MD.

K.L.Kohlstedt,F. J.SolisandM.OlveradelaCruz"SurfacePatternsonCo-AssembledFibersfromCharged,AmphiphilicMolecules"AmericanPhysicalSociety,MarchMeeting,March2006,Baltimore,MD.

S.M.Loverde,Y.S.VelichkoandM.OlveradelaCruz"CompetingInteractionsinTwoDimensionalCoulombSystems:SurfaceChargeHeterogeneitiesinCo-AssembledCationic-AnionicIncompatibleMixtures"AmericanPhysicalSociety,MarchMeeting,March2006,Baltimore,MD.

M.Greenfield,M.OlveradelaCruzandS.I.Stupp"PhysicalPropertiesofAnionicPeptideAmphiphileFibersGrown in the Presence of Cationic Proteins" American Physical Society, March Meeting, March 2006,Baltimore,MD.

M.Lefebvre,M.Guvendiren,M.OlveradelaCruzandK.Shull"InterfacialSegregationandMicellizationof

HydrogenBondingCopolymers"AmericanPhysicalSociety,MarchMeeting,March2006,Baltimore,MD.

*M.OlveradelaCruz“PhysicalPropertiesofPolyelectrolytesofBiologicalInterest”,SchoolsinPhysicsandMathematics, The International Center for Theoretical Physics, ICTP, at Trieste, and the BrazilianNationalResearchCouncil,CNPq,SaoPablo,Brazil,Feb20-24,2006.

*M.Olvera de la Cruz "Electrostatic Interactions inMixtures of Cationic andAnionic Biomolecules: BulkStructures and Induced Surface Pattern Formation " as part of the “North American Lectures in ChemicalEngineering and Materials Science”, NSF and Universidades de San Luis Potosi and Guanajuato, Mexico,11/23/05and11/25/05

*M.OlveradelaCruz"CationicandAnionicAssemblies:BulkIonicStructuresandSurfacePatternFormationin Mixtures of Oppositely Charged Amphiphiles", Colloquium, Department of Materials science andEngineering,UniversityofIllinois,Urbana-Champaign,IL,08/29/05

*M. Olvera de la Cruz “Charged Induced Pattern Formation on Surfaces of Assemblies of Cationic-AnionicAmphiphiles”, “Correlations inPolymermelts, blends and solutions”, “HeterogeneousMacromolecule” and“PolyelectrolyteSolutions”,AdvancedSummerSchool2005,PhysicsDepartment,CentrodeInvestigacionesyEstudiosAvanzados(Cinvestav),MexicoD.F.Mexicofrom07/18to07/22,2005.

* M. Olvera de la Cruz "Co-assembly of Cationic and Anionic Heterogeneous Macromolecules: Bulk andSurfaceNano-PatternFormation”EuropeanPolymerCongress,MoscowatMoscowStateUniversity,Moscow(declined)June27-July1,2005.

*M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Charged Induced Pattern Formation on Surfaces of Assemblies of Cationic-AnionicAmphiphiles”,PolymerPhysicsWorkshop,TellurideScienceResearchCenter,Telluride,CO,07/27-29,2005.

*M.OlveradelaCruz,“PatternFormationinMixturesofOppositelyChargedBiomolecules”SeminargeneraldeServicedePhysiqueTheorique,CEA-Saclay,Farnce,06/28/05.

*M. Olvera de la Cruz, "Pattern Formation in Self-Assembled Heterogeneous Molecules: Co-AssembledCationic and Anionic Amphiphiles" Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, University de Paris-Sud, Orsay,07/24/2005.

*M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Charged Induced Pattern Formation on Surfaces of Cationic and Anionic PeptideAmphiphiles”,GordonResearchConference,Ion-ContainingPolymers,IlCiocco,Italy,04/02/05.

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Y. Velichko and M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Charged Binary Fluid Confined to Cylindrical Monolayer: PatternFormation”,AmericanPhysicalSociety,MarchMeeting,March2005,LosAngeles,CA.

J. A. Libera, K. Zhang, M. J. Bedzyk and M. Olvera de la Cruz “Polynucleotide Adsorption onto NegativelyChargedSurfaces”,AmericanPhysicalSociety,MarchMeeting,March2005,LosAngeles,CA.

S. M. Loverde, Y. Velichko and M. Olvera de la Cruz “Charge Induced Pattern Formation on Surfaces”,AmericanPhysicalSociety,MarchMeeting,March2005,LosAngeles,CA.

M.Olvera de la Cruz andH. Cheng “Charged Surface InducedDiblock CopolymerMicellization”, AmericanPhysicalSociety,MarchMeeting,March2005,LosAngeles,CA.

H.GuoandM.Olverade laCruz “StructureandDynamicsofMicroemulsions/Micelles in thePresenceof aMonolayerInterfaceintheTernaryAmphilphilicSystems:AComputerSimulationStudy”AmericanPhysicalSociety,MarchMeeting,March2005,LosAngeles,CA.

*M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Charge Induced Pattern Formation on Surfaces of Cylindrical Micelles of Cationic-AnionicPeptide-Amphiphiles”,AmericanChemicalSocietyMeeting,ACSAwardInPolymerChemistry,March14,SanDiego,CA.

*M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Charged Macromolecules: Solutions, Aggregates and Gels” and “Surface PatternFormation in Self-Assembled Heterogeneous Molecules: Co-Assembled Cationic and Anionic PeptideAmphiphiles”,BaetjerColloquiumSeries,DepartmentofMechanicalandAerospaceengineering, PrincetonUniversity,Princeton,NJ,March3-4,2005.

*M. Olvera de la Cruz, "Electrostatic Interactions in Mixtures of Cationic and Anionic Biomolecules: BulkStructuresandSurfacePatternFormation"Colloquium,PhysicsDepartment,UniversityofHouston,TX,

02/15/05.

*M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Electrostatic Interactions in Mixtures of Cationic and Anionic Biomolecules: BulkStructures and Induced Surface Pattern Formation”, Chemical Engineering Department, University ofColumbia,NewYork,October19,2004.

*M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Strongly Correlated Macro-Ionic Solutions: Charged Chains Complexes, ChargedTelechelics and Charged Peptide-Amphiphiles Mixtures,” XIII International Materials Research Congress,Cancun,Mexico.22-26,August,2004.

*M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Electrostatic Interactions in Mixtures of Cationic and Anionic Biomolecules: BulkStructuresandInducedSurfacePatternFormation”,US-SouthAmericaWorkshop“MechanicsandAdvancedMaterials:researchandEducation”,RiodeJaneiro,Brazil,August2-6,2004.

*M.OlveradelaCruz,“Cell:SimpleStructures,”NSFBiophysicsWorkshop,Tempe,AZ,May16-18,2004.

*M.OlveradelaCruz,“ChargedMacromolecules,”IGERT,NorthwesternUniversity,March3,2004.*M.OlveradelaCruz,“Self-OrganizationofMixturesofPeptide-AmphiphilesofOppositeCharge,”BiophysicsWorkshop,TheoreticalPhysicsInstitute,UniversityofMinnesota,April30-May2,2004.

A.Ermoshkin,A.Kudlay,andM.OlveradelaCruz,“ThermoreversibleCrosslinkingofPolyelectrolyteChains,”AnnualAmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting2004,Montreal,Quebec,March22,2004.

M. D. Lefebvre, M. Olvera de la Cruz, and K. R. Shull, “Homopolymer Volatilization in Diblock CopolymerMicelles,”AnnualAmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting2004,Montreal,Quebec,March24,2004.

S. Levered,A. Ermoshkin,M.Olvera de la Cruz, “Computer Simulation ofAssociating Ideal Chains,”AnnualAmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting2004,Montreal,Quebec,Canada,March24,2004.

A. Kudlay, A. Ermoshkin, M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Complication in Solutions of Oppositely ChargedPolyelectrolytes,”AnnualAmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting2004,Montreal,Quebec,March24,2004.

M.D.Lefebvre,M.OlveradelaCruz,K.R.Shull,“HomopolymerVolatilizationinDiblockCopolymerMicelles,”AnnualAmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting2004,Montreal,Quebec,March24,2004.

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F. J. Solis,M.Olverade laCruz, “PatternFormation inChargedMicelles,”AnnualAmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting2004,Montreal,Quebec,March25,2004.

H.ChengandM.OlveradelaCruz,“Rod-likePolyelectrolyteAdsorptionOntoChargedSurfacesinMonovalentand Divalent Salt Solutions,” (Poster) Gordon Research Conferences Colloidal, Macromolecular &PolyelectrolyteSolutionsVentura,CA,February1-6,2004

A.Kudlay,A.V.Ermoshkin,andM.OlveradelaCruz,“PhaseDiagramofChargedDumbbells,”(Poster)GordonResearch Conferences, Colloidal, Macromolecular & Polyelectrolyte Solutions, Ventura CA, February 1-6,2004.

A. V. Ermoshkin and M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Association of Charged Telephonic Chains,” (Poster) GordonResearch Conferences. Colloidal, Macromolecular & Polyelectrolyte Solutions Ventura CA, February 1-6,2004.

M.OlveradelaCruz,“AssociationofChargedChains,”Chemistrydepartment,UniversityofOregon,Eugene,OR,Jan26,2004.

M.OlveradelaCruz,“SolutionsofChargedPolymers,”“SecondInternationalConferenceonAppliedStatisticalPhysics:MolecularEngineering(ASTATPHYS-MEX-2003)”,PuertoVallarta,Mexico,August24-29,2003.

M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Polyelectrolytes: Gelation and Adsorption,” 2003 Telluride Workshop on “PolymerTheoryvs.PolymerExperiment,Colorado,July2003.

M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Statistical Mechanics,” Nano Training Bootcamp, ASME Nanotechnology Institute,NorthwesternUniversity,EvanstonIL,July8-11,2003.

M.OlveradelaCruz,“PolyelectrolyteSolutionsinMultivalentSalts,”The43rdHighPolymerResearchGroupConference,2003,Moretonhampstead,Devon,England,April2003.

M. Olvera de la Cruz and A. Ermoshkin, “Polyelectrolyte Solutions: Gelation and Segregation,” AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,AustinTX,March2003.

H.ChengandM.OlveradelaCruz,“AdsorptionofPolyelectrolytesontoLike-ChargedandOppositelyChargedChains,”AmericanPhysicalSocietyMeeting,AustinTX,March2003.

A. Kudlay and M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Phase Behavior of Solutions of Flexible Oppositely ChargedPolyelectrolytes,”AmericanPhysicalSocietyMeeting,AustinTX,March2003.

A.ErmoshkinandM.OlveradelaCruz,“ModifiedRandomPhaseApproximationofPolyelectrolyteSolutions,”AmericanPhysicalSocietyMeeting,AustinTX,March2003.

M. S. Yeom andM. Olvera de la Cruz, “Monte Carlo Simulations of Solutions of Rod-Like Charged Chains,”AmericanPhysicalSocietyMeeting,AustinTX,March2003.

M.Lefebvre,K.ShullandM.Olverade laCruz, “PhaseSegregation inGradientCopolymerMelts,”AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchmeetinginAustin,TX,2003.

S. Loverde, M. S. Yeom, A. Ermoshkin and M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Computer Simulations of PhysicallyAssociatingIdealChains,”AmericanPhysicalSocietymeetinginAustin,TX,March2003.

*M.OlveradelaCruz,“PolyelectrolyteSolutions,”ColloquiumChemicalEngineeringDepartment,UniversityofTexas,Austin,TX,January2003.

A.ErmoshkinandM.OlveradelaCruz,“PolyelectrolytesinthePresenceofMultivalentIons:GelationversusSegregation,” Physics Gordon Conference (as a poster), Salve Regina University, Newport, RI, Aug 11-16,2002.

* M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Polyelectrolyte Solutions in Multivalent Salts,” American Chemical Society, 34ThCentralRegionalMeeting,Ypsilanti,MI,June27,2002.

*M. Olvera de la Cruz “Polyelectrolytes inMultivalent Salts” Aspen Center for Physics, Aspen, CO, June 5,2002.

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A.ErmoshkinandM.OlveradelaCruz,“PhaseBehaviorofStronglyChargedPolyelectrolytesinthePresenceofMultivalentIons,”AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Indianapolis,IN,March2002.

K.A.Smith, J.Ottino,andM.Olverade laCruz, “BreakupandRuptureofEncapsulatedDroplets,”AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Indianapolis,IN,March2002.

M. Yeom, A. Ermoshkin, and M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Phase behavior of Rod-Like Biopolymers,” AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Indianapolis,IN,March2002.

K. A. Smith, J. Ottino, and M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Encapsulated Droplets in Shear Flow,” with K. A. Smith,AmericanPhysicalSocietyFluidDynamicsMeeting,SanDiego,CA,November2001.

*M.Olverade laCruz, “Polyelectrolytes inMultivalent Salts,” ColloquiumPolymerScience andEngineeringDepartment,UniversityofMassachusetts,Amherst,MA,September7,2001.

*M.OlveradelaCruz,F.J.Solis,andP.Gonzalez-Mozuelos,“PolyelectrolytesandMultivalentSaltSolutions,”inComputerModelingofPolymer,AmericanChemicalSocietyMeeting,ChicagoIL,August26-30,2001.

*M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Polyelectrolytes in Multivalent Salt Solutions,” Gordon Research Conference onCondensedMatterPhysics,”ConnecticutCollege,June2001.

*F. J. Solis, M. Olvera de la Cruz, and P. Gonzalez-Mozuelos, “Competing Electrostatic Interactions in DNACondensation,” in “Electrostatic Interactions in Polymers, Colloids, and Biophysics,” Theoretical PhysicsInstitute,Minneapolis,MN,May11-13,2001.

M.Olverade laCruz,M.Sayar,F.J. Solis, andS. I Stupp, “ModelingPolarSelfAssembly,”AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchmeeting,Seattle,WA,2001.

F. J.SolisandM.OlveradelaCruz,“AttractionsBetweenChargedColloidalSpheresMediatedbyCorrelatedDistributionsofAbsorbedMobileIons,”AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchmeeting,Seattle,WA,2001.

*M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Self-Organized Complex Polymers: From Condensed Polyelectrolytes to Non-CentrosymmetricSupramolecularFilmsofRod-CoilPolymers,”NSFWorkshoponOpportunitiesinMaterialsTheory,Arlington,VA,October5,2000.

*M. Olvera de la Cruz “An Ionic Glass Approach to Polyelectrolyte Solutions,” Colloquium ChemicalEngineeringDepartment,GeorgiaTech,Atlanta,GA,September13,2000.

*M.OlveradelaCruz,“PolyelectrolytesinSaltSolutions,”AirForce,Dayton,OH,June12,2000.

F. J. Solis andM. Olvera de la Cruz, “Collapse of Flexible PolyelectrolyteswithMultivalent Salt,” AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchmeeting.MN,2000.

M. Olvera de la Cruz, F.J. Solis, and K. A. Smith, “Domain Growth During Phase Separation in Binary andTernaryFluids”DillonSymposium,AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchmeeting,MN,2000.

*F.J.SolisandM.OlveradelaCruz,“StrongCouplingApproachtoPolyelectrolyteTheory,”GordonResearchConferenceonColloidal,Macromolecular,andPolyelectrolyte,Ventura,CA,February2000.

*M.OlveradelaCruz,“PolyelectrolyteSolutions,”20-20VisionofPolymerScienceintheNextTwoDecadesSymposium,Akron,OH,May,1999.

F. J. Solis and M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Attractions Between Rod-like Polyelectrolytes with MultivalentCounterions,”APSMeeting,St.Louis,MO,March1999.

M.Olvera de la Cruz and F. J. Solis, “Multilayer PolyelectrolyteBlend,”Dillon Symposium,APSMeeting, St.Louis,MO,March1999.

K.MahdiandM.OlveradelaCruz,“PhaseDiagramsofSaltFreePolyelectrolyteSemi-DiluteSolutions,”APSMeeting,St.Louis,MO,March1999.

*M.Olverade laCruzandF. Solis, “Polyelectrolytes: IonCondensationandConformation,”PolymerWinterGordonConference,Ventura,CA,January1999.

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*M. Olvera de la Cruz, P. Gonzalez-Mozuelos, L. Belloni, and F. Solis, “Ion Condensation in DilutePolyelectrolyte Solutions,” Electrostatics in Complex Systems Workshop, Institute of Theoretical Physics,SantaBarbara,CA,November,1998.

*M.OlveradelaCruz,C.Huang,F.Solis,andK.Thorton,“PhaseSeparationinTernaryMixtures,”UniversityofWisconsin-Madison,ChemistryDepartment,October19,1998.

*M. Olvera de la Cruz and F. J. Solis, “Multilayer Polyelectrolyte Blend,” American Chemical Society FallMeeting,Boston,MA,August,1998.

*M. Olvera de la Cruz, C. Huang, F. Solis, and K. Thorton, “Phase Separation in Ternary Polymer Blends,”Computational Tools for Multiphase/Multicomponent Polymer MaterialsWorkshop, NIST, Maryland, May,20-211998.

*M. Olvera de la Cruz, P. Gonzalez-Mozuelos, and F. Solis, “Polyelectrolyte Solutions,” StatisticalMechanicsMidwestMeeting,UniversityofNotreDame,May,1998.

K. Thorton, L. Tao, F. Solis, and M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Hydrodynamical Effects in Ternary MixturesDecomposition,”AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,LosAngeles,CA,March16-20,1998.

F. Solis andM.Olvera de la Cruz, “Necklace Formation Polyelectrolytes,” American Physical SocietyMarchMeeting,LosAngeles,CA,March16-20,1998.

E. Raspand, M. Olvera de la Cruz, S.L. Sikorav, and F. Livolant, “Precipitation of DNA by Polyamines:PolyelectrolyteBehavior,”AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,LosAngeles,CA.,March16-20,1998.

M.OlveradelaCruz,P.Gonzalez-Mozuelos,L.Bellon,andF.Solis,“DilutePolyelectrolyteAqueousSolution,”AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,LosAngeles,CA,March16-20,1998.

*M. Olvera de la Cruz, C. Huang, F. Solis, and K. Thorton, “Phase Segregation in Multicomponent PolymerBlends,”DepartmentofMaterialsScience&Engineering,NorthwesternUniversity,January13,1998.

*M.OlveradelaCruz,“PolyelectrolyteConformationinDiluteSolutions,”“JourneedesSystemesComplexesCharges,”LLB,CE-Saclay,France,March,1997.

F. J. Solis andM.Olvera de la Cruz, “Concentrated Solutions of StarDiblock Copolymers and ColloidswithGraftedPolymers,”AmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,KansasCity,MO,March,1997.

*M.OlveradelaCruz,“PhaseSeparationofTernaryMixtures,”SCM,CE-Saclay,France,December,1996.

* M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Charged Block Copolymer Micelles in Salt Free Solutions,” Service de ChimieMoleculaire,CE-Saclay,France,May23,1996.

*C.HuangandM.OlveradelaCruz,“InterfacialStudiesofTernaryPolymerBlends,”TheAmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting, St.Louis,MO.March1996. (Thepaperwas selected tobepresentedat thePaddenawardsymposiumforgraduatestudents;C.HuangwonthePaddenawardwiththispaper).

*M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Ion Condensation in Dilute Salt-Free Polyelectrolyte Solutions,” Service de ChimieMoleculaire,CE-Saclay,France,Jan.18,1996.

*M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Salt-free Polyelectrolyte Solutions,” Laboratoire Leon Langevin, CE-Saclay, France,December15,1995.

*M.OlveradelaCruz,“PhaseSeparationofTernaryMixtures,”TMSMeeting,Cleveland,OH,October,1995.

B.W.SwiftandM.OlveradelaCruz,“RandomCopolymerChainStatisticsandDynamicsinSemi-DiluteandConcentratedSolutions,”TheAmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,SanJose,CA,March,1995.

M. Olvera de la Cruz and P. Gonzales-Mozuelos, “Ion Condensation in Dilute Salt-free PolyelectrolyteSolutions,”TheAmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,SanJose,CA,March1995.

*M.Olverade laCruz,“Polyelectrolytes,”1994David&LucilePackardFellowsMeeting,MontereyBay,CA,September,1994.

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A. S. Mendelsohn, M. Olvera de la Cruz, and J.M. Torkelson, “Investigation of Correlations and PhaseSeparationinPolymerBlendsbyFluorescenceNonradiativeEnergyTransfer,”TheAmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Pittsburgh,PA,March,1994.

L.Belloni,J.P.Dalbiez,M.Delsanti,M.Drifford,M.OlveradelaCruz,andO.Spalla,“ThermodynamicsofHighlyChargedPolyelectrolytes,”TheAmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Pittsburgh,PA,March,1994.

A. Nesarikar, B. Crist, and M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Coarsening Kinetics of Model Copolymer Blends,” TheAmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Pittsburgh,PA,March,1994.

*M.OlveradelaCruz,“ThermodynamicsofPolyelectrolytesinMulti-ValentSalts,”UniversityofTexasA&M,DepartmentofChemistryColl.,TX,March31,1994.

M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Can RPA describe Microphase Separation Transitions in Block Copolymers?” TheAmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Pittsburgh,PA,March,1994.

* M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Polyelectrolytes: Correlations and Conformations,” First USA-Mexico BilateralSymposiumonthePhysicsofComplexFluids,SanLouisPotosi,Mexico,July,1993.

*M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Aggregation in Copolymer Systems,” Akron Polymer Lecture Group, University ofAkron,OH,April12,1993.

* M. Olvera de la Cruz “Aggregation in Copolymer Systems,” Research Center, The Glidden Company,Strongsville,OH,April12,1993.

A.S.Mendelsohn,M.OlveradelaCruz,andJ.M.Torkelson,“InvestigationofCorrelationsinPolymerBlendsand Semi-dilute Solution by Fluorescence Nonradiative Energy Transfer,” The American Physical SocietyMarchMeeting,Seattle,WA,March1993.

B. Swift and M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Monte Carlo Simulation of Single Chain Random Copolymers,” TheAmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Seattle,WA,March,1993.

*M.OlveradelaCruz,“AggregationinBlockCopolymerMelts,”Dept.ofMaterialsScienceandEngineering,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity,PA,February17,1993.

*M.OlveradelaCruz,“TransitiontoPeriodicStructuresinBlockCopolymerMelts”PolymersWestGordonConference,LosAngeles,CA.January4-8,1993.

A.S.Mendelsohn,M.OlveradelaCruz,andJ.M.Torkelson,“CorrelationsinMisciblePolymerBlends,Meltsand Solutions:ANovel ComparisonofDonorFluorescence IntensityDecayTheory to FluorescenceEnergyTransferExperiments,”MRSFallMeeting1992,Boston,MA,November30-December4,1992.

*M.OlveradelaCruz,“PolymersinRandomMedia,”1992David&LucilePackardFellowsMeeting,MontereyBay,CA,September9-11,1992.

*M.OlveradelaCruz,“PolymersinDisorderedMedia,”PhysicsDepartment,UniversidadNacionalAutonomadeMexico,MexicoCity,June17,1992.

* M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Aggregation in Copolymer Systems,” Physics Department, Universidad NacionalAutonomadeMexico,MexicoCity,June12,1992.

*M.OlveradelaCruz“TransitionstoPeriodicStructuresinBlockCopolymers,”UniversityofPittsburgh,PA,June5,1992.

* M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Weakly Segregated Diblock Copolymer Melts,” the American Chemical SocietyMeeting,SanFrancisco,CA,April1992.

D.GersappeandM.OlveradelaCruz,“RingPolymersinDisorderedMedia,”TheAmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Indianapolis,IN,March,1992.

A. Mendelsohn, M. Olvera de la Cruz and J.M. Torkelson, “Correlations in Polymer Blends Studied byFluorescenceTechniques,”TheAmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Indianapolis,IN,March,1992.

K.E.BasslerandM.OlveradelaCruz,“SimulationsofDiblockCopolymerSolutions,”TheAmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Indianapolis,IN,March,1992.

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M. Olvera de la Cruz, A.M. Mayes, and B.W. Swift, “Transition to Lamellar-Catenoid Structure in BlockCopolymerMelts,”TheAmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Indianapolis,IN,March,1992.

A. Nesarikar, M. Olvera de la Cruz and B. Crist, “Phase Relations in Multicomponent Random CopolymerMixtures,”TheAmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Indianapolis,IN,March,1992.

M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Hexagonal Lattices in Nearly Continuous Transitions to Periodic Structures,” TheMaterialsResearchSocietyFallMeeting,Boston,MA,December,1991.

*M.Olverade laCruz, “Transitions toPeriodicStructures inBlockCopolymerMelts,”1991David&LucilePackardFellowsMeeting,MontereyBay,CA,September4,1991.

* M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Transitions to Periodic Structures in Block Copolymers,” Seminar to honor Prof.Mondragon,InstitutodeFisica,Mexico,August15-16,1991.

* M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Correlations and Phase Transitions in Polymers,” IV Meeting on the Science &TechnologyofColloidsandComplexFluids,SanLuisPotosi,Mexico,July16-20,1991.

*M.OlveradelaCruz,“TransitionstoPeriodicStructuresinBlockCopolymers,”UniversityofTexasatAustin,TX,June11,1991.

A.M.Mayes andM. Olvera de la Cruz, “Transitions to Periodic Structures in Block CopolymerMelts,” TheMaterialsResearchSocietySpringMeeting1991,Anaheim,CA,April,1991.

M. Olvera de la Cruz and A.M. Mayes, “Transitions to Periodic Structures in Block CopolymerMelts,” TheAmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Cincinnati,OH,March,1991.

*M.OlveradelaCruz,“DynamicsofDNAduringPulsed-FieldGelElectrophoresis,”InternationalMeetingoftheElectrophoresisSocieties,Washington,D.C.,March,1991.

*M.OlveradelaCruz,“GelElectrophoresisDynamics,”XXWinterSymposiuminStatisticalPhysics,Mexico,January,1991.

*M.OlveradelaCruz,“EffectsofConcentrationFluctuationsinPolymerBlendsandBlockCopolymerMelts,”TheAmericanInstituteofChemicalEngineers’AnnualMeeting,Chicago,IL,November,1990.

*M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Aggregation in Block Copolymers,” 1990 David & Lucile Packard FellowsMeeting,MontereyBay,CA,September6,1990.

*M.OlveradelaCruz,“AggregationinBlockCopolymerSystems,”PolymersPhysicsGordonConference(asaposter),Newport,RI,July,1990.

* M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis,” The American Chemical Society, 22nd CentralRegionalMeeting,Midland,MI,June6,1990.

*M.OlveradelaCruz,“AggregationinBlockCopolymerSystems,”DOW,Midland,MI,May5,1990.

*M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Local Segregation in Block Copolymers,” The American Chemical SocietyMeeting,Boston,MA,April,1990.

A.M.MayesandM.Olverade laCruz, “MicrophaseSeparation inBlockCopolymerSystems,”TheAmericanPhysicalSocietyMeeting1990,Anaheim,CA,March,1990.

D.Gersappe,J.M.DeutschandM.OlveradelaCruz,“DensityFluctuationsofSelfAvoidingWalksinRandomSystems,”TheAmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,1990,Anaheim.CA,March,1990.

M.OlveradelaCruzandD.Gersappe,“DynamicsofPulsedFieldGelElectrophoresis,”TheAmericanPhysicalSocietyMarchMeeting,Anaheim,CA,March,1990.

M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Aggregation in Block Copolymer Solutions,” The Materials Research Society FallMeeting,Boston,MA,November,1989.

A.M.MayesandM.OlveradelaCruz,“MicrophaseSeparationinMultiblockCopolymerMelts,”TheMaterialsResearchSocietyFallMeeting,Boston,MA,November,1989.

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*M.Olverade laCruz “Aggregation inBlockCopolymerSystems,”The JamesFrank Institute,UniversityofChicago,Chicago,IL,October2,1989.

*M.Olverade laCruzandD.Gersappe, “DynamicsofGelElectrophoresis,”TheAmericanChemicalSocietyMeeting,Miami,FL,September,1989.

*M.OlveradelaCruz,“WeakCrystallizationinBlockCopolymerSystems,”DepartmentofPhysics,UniversityofCalifornia,SantaCruz,CA,May18,1989.

*M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Disorder-Order Transitions in Block Copolymer Systems,” Department of Physics,NorthwesternUniversity,Evanston,IL,April6,1989.

* M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Aggregation in Block Copolymer Systems,” Department of Physics, UniversidadNacionalAutonomadeMexico,MexicoD.F.,March7,1989.

D. Gersappe,M. Olvera de la Cruz, and J.M. Deutsch, “Chain Statistics in Random Frozen Impurities,” TheAmericanPhysicalSocietyMeeting,St.Louis,MO,March,1989.

*M.Olverade laCruz “ConcentrationFluctuations inPolymerBlends,”PolymersWestGordonConference,Ventura,CA,January,1989.

* M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Aggregation in Block Copolymer Systems,” Allied Signal Inc., Morristown, NJ,November18,1988.

*M.Olverade laCruz, “TheoryofMicrophaseSeparation inBlockCopolymerSolutions,”PolymerDivision,NationalBureauofStandards,Gaithersburg,MD,August18,1988.

*M.OlveradelaCruzandI.C.Sanchez,“MicrophaseSeparationinBlockCopolymersandRelatedSystems,”TheAmericanChemicalSocietyMeeting,Dallas,TX,April19-22,1988.

E.O.ShafferandM.OlveradelaCruz,“ComputerSimulationofGelElectrophoresis,”TheAmericanPhysicalSocietyMeeting,NewOrleans,LA,March21-25,1988.

*M.Olvera de la Cruz, “Segregation inBlock Copolymers/HomopolymerBlends,”Department ofMaterialsScienceandEngineering,UniversityofIllinois,ChampaignUrbana,IL,Octoberl,l987.

*M.OlveradelaCruz,“PhaseSeparationinPolymerBlends,”DepartmentofPhysics,UniversityofWisconsin,Madison,WI,September14,1987.

* M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Micelle Formation in Block Copolymer/Homopolymer Blends,” Johnson WaxCompany,Racine,Wisconsin,May11,1987.

*I.C.SanchezandM.OlveradelaCruz,“TheProcessingWindowforBlock,GraftandStarCopolymers,”TheThirdAnnualMeetingofthePolymerProcessingSociety,Stuttgart,WestGermany,April7-10,1987.

A.M.MayesandM.OlveradelaCruz,“MicelleFormationinDiblockCopolymers-HomopolymersBlends,”TheAmericanPhysicalSocietyMeeting,NewYork,NY,March16-20,1987.

* M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Polymer Diffusion in Topologically Restricted Environments,” The James FrankInstitute,UniversityofChicago,February18,1987.

*M.OlveradelaCruz,“PolymerDiffusioninTopologicallyRestrictedEnvironments,”DepartmentofPhysics,UniversityofCaliforniaatLosAngeles(UCLA),March13,1986.

*M.OlveradelaCruz,“PolymerDiffusioninTopologicallyRestrictedEnvironments,”DepartmentofPhysics,CaliforniaStateUniversity,LosAngeles,CA.February1986.

*M.OlveradelaCruz,“DynamicsofaPolymerinanElectricField,”DepartmentofPhysics,StateUniversityofNewYorkatAlbany,February21,1986.

*M.OlveradelaCruzandI.C.Sanchez,“TheoryofMicrophaseSeparationinCopolymerStars,”ThePolymersGordonResearchConference(asaposter),SantaBarbara,CA,January,1986.

*M.Olverade laCruz, “PhaseSeparation inBlockCopolymerMelts,”DepartmentofChemicalEngineeringandMaterialsScience,UniversityofMinnesota,November26,1985.

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* M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Microphase Separation in Graft and Stars Block Copolymer Melts,” StatisticalMechanicsMeetingintheWashingtonD.C.area,NationalBureauofStandards,March,1985.

*M.OlveradelaCruz,“PhaseSeparationinPolymerBlends,”PolymerDivision,NationalBureauofStandards,January,1985.

*M. Olvera de la Cruz, J. M. Deutsch, and S. F. Edwards, “Electrophoresis in Strong Fields,” The PolymersGordonResearchConference(asaposter),SantaBarbara,CA,January,1985.

* M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Phase Separation in Polymer Blends,” Department of Polymer Science andEngineering,UniversityofMassachusetts,November,1984.

*M.OlveradelaCruz,“EquilibriumPropertiesofPolymerBlends,”DepartmentofPhysics,ImperialCollege,London,U.K.,March1984.

*M.Olverade laCruz andS. F. Edwards, “SpinodalDecomposition inProtonated andDeuteratedPolymerMixtures,”in“RecontredePhysiqueStatistique,”Paris,France,February,1984.

M.OlveradelaCruzandS.F.Edwards,“ModelofaGroundStateofaSpinGlass,”The“2ndConferenceoftheCondensedMatterDivisionoftheEuropeanPhysicalSociety,”Manchester,U.K.,March,1982.

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