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2024
D. Alvaro-Berlanga, R. Planet, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Torricelli’s experiment and conservation of momentum, American Journal of Physics 92, 493–497 (2024).
O. Bantysh, B. Martínez-Prat, J. Nambisan, A. Fernández-Nieves, F. Sagués, J. Ignés-Mullol, First Order Alignment Transition in an Interfaced Active Nematic Fluid, Physical Review Letters 132, 228302 (2024).
C. J. Anderson, O. Dauchot, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Traveling fronts in vibrated polar disks: At the crossroad between polar ordering and jamming, Physical Review E 109, 054610 (2024).
C. J. Anderson, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Active many-particle systems and the emergent behavior of dense ant collectives, Reports on Progress in Physics 87, 066602 (2024).
J. Nambisan, P. W. Ellis, A. Fernandez-Nieves, The role of aspect ratio and activity on how active nematic defects distribute on toroidal surfaces, Molecular Physics e2344623 (2024).
J. Rojo-González, L. N. Carenza, A. de la Cotte, L. A. Hoffmann, L. Giomi, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Defect-populated configurations in nematic solid tori and cylinders, Physical Review Research 6, L012065 (2024).
B. Blanc, J. N. Agyapong, I. Hunter, J-C. Galas, A. Fernandez-Nieves, S. Fraden, Collective chemomechanical oscillations in active hydrogels, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121 (6), e2313258121 (2024).
2023
B. Zhou, U. Gasser, A. Fernandez-Nieves , Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) microgel swelling behavior and suspension structure studied with small-angle neutron scattering, Physical Review E 108, 054604 (2023).
B. Zhou, U. Gasser, A. Fernandez-Nieves , Measuring the counterion cloud of soft microgels using SANS with contrast variation, Nature Communications 14, 3827 (2023).
Featured in PSI news: Mystery of microgels solved
M. Golden, R. O. Grigoriev, J. Nambisan, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Physically informed data-driven modeling of active nematics, Science Advances 9, eabq6120 (2023).
M. Patel, S. Shimizu, M. Bates, A. Fernandez-Nieves, S. Guldin, Long term phase separation dynamics in liquid crystal-enriched microdroplets obtained from binary fluid mixtures, Soft Matter 19, 1017 (2023).
C. J. Anderson, G. Goldsztein, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Ant Waves – Spontaneous activity waves in fire-ant columns, Science Advances 9, eadd063 (2023).
Featured in UB News: Active matter theory explains fire-ant group behaviour
2022
C. J. Anderson, G. Briand, O. Dauchot, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Polymer-chain configurations in active and passive baths, Physical Review E 106, 064606 (2022).
Y.-W. Chang, R. Cruz-Acuna, M. Tennebaum, A. Fragkopoulos, A. Garcia, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Quantifying Epithelial Cell Proliferation on Curved Surfaces, Frontiers in Physics, section Soft Matter Physics 10, 1055393 (2022).
C. J. Anderson, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Social Interactions Lead to Motility-Induced Phase Separation in Fire Ants, Nature Communications 13, 6710 (2022).
Featured in UB News: Active matter theory explains fire-ant group behaviour
C. J. Anderson, P. A. Gibson, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Janssen effect in columns of fire ants, Physical Review E 106, L012604 (2022).
A. Arenas-Gullo, F. Martínez-Manzano, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Vortex flow, a couple important theorems, and an introduction to distributions, European Journal of Physics 43, 065802 (2022).
J. Houston, L. Fruhner, A. de la Cotte, J. Rojo-González, A Petrunin, U. Gasser, R. Schweins, J. Allgaier, W. Richtering, A. Fernandez-Nieves, A. Scotti, Resolving the different bulk moduli within individual soft nanogels using small-angle neutron scattering, Science Advances 8, eabn6129 (2022).
Book Chapter: A. Scotti, U. Gasser, B. Zhou, A. Arenas-Gullo, A. de la Cotte, J. Rojo, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Compressible microgels in concentrated suspensions: phase behavior, flow properties and scattering techniques to probe their structure and dynamics, In: Stimuli-Responsive Polymers: Synthesis, Simulation and Applications, Editors: Michael J. Serpe, Yongfeng Gao (Wiley-VCH Verlag & Co. KGaA, 2022).
K. He, Y. Zhou, H. Ramezani-Dakhel, J. J. de Pablo, A. Fernandez-Nieves, T. Lopez-Leon, From nematic shells to nematic droplets: energetics and defect transitions, Soft Matter 18, 1395 (2022).
J. Guerrero, J. Rojo, A. de la Cotte, L. M. Aguilera-Saez, E. Vila, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Generation of drops and emulsions using glass-based microfluidic devices, Journal of Visualized Experiments 182, e63376 (2022).
C. P. E. Breard, J. Dufek, L. Fullard, M. Tennenbaum, A. Fernandez-Nieves, J-F. Dietiker, Investigating the rheology of fluidized and non-fluidized beds implications for geophysical flows with excess pore pressure, Granular Matter 24, 34 (2022).
Cover of Granular Matter – February 2022
2021
D. Pearce, J. Nambisan, P. W. Ellis, A. Fernandez-Nieves, L. Giomi, Orientational correlations in active and passive nematic defects, Physical Review Letters 127, 197801 (2021).
M. Tennenbaum, C. Anderson, J. Hyatt, C. Do, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Internal structure of ultralow-crosslinked microgels: From uniform deswelling to phase separation, Physical Review E 103, 022614 (2021).
A. Scotti, M. Pelaez-Fernandez, U. Gasser, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Osmotic pressure of suspensions comprised of charged microgels, Physical Review E 103, 012609 (2021).
2020
N. Svetoslav, A. Fernandez-Nieves, A. Alexeev, Behavior and Mechanics of Dense Microgel Suspensions, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117, 27096 (2020).
M. Tennenbaum, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Activity effects on the nonlinear mechanical properties of fire-ant aggregations, Physical Review E 102, 012602 (2020).
B. Zhou, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Alberto, W. R. Chen, T. H. Kim, C. Do, Complexation of Pluronic L62 (EO6)-(PO34)-(EO6)/aerosol-OT (sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl)sulfosuccinate) in aqueous solutions investigated by small angle neutron scattering, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 22, 12524 (2020).
S. Mahajan, M. Tennenbaum, S. N. Pathak, D. Baxter, X. Fan, P. Padilla, C. Anderson, A. Fernandez-Nieves, M. Pica Ciamarra, Reverse Janssen Effect in Narrow Granular Column, Physical Review Letters 124, 128002 (2020).
P. W. Ellis, S. Klanecek, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Polarized epifluorescence microscopy and the imaging of nematic liquid crystals in highly curved geometries, Physical Review E 101, 052703 (2020).
O. Okesanjo, M. Tennenbaum, A. Fernandez-Nieves, J. C. Meredith, S. H. Behrens, Rheology of Capillary Foams, Soft Matter 16, 6725 (2020).
Cover of Soft Matter – August 2020
P. W. Ellis, J. Nambisan, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Coherence-enhanced diffusion filtering applied to partially-ordered fluids, Molecular Physics 118, e1725167 (2020).
J. Guerrero, Y-W. Chang, A. A. Fragkopoulos, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Capillary-based microfluidics – coflow, flow-focusing, electro-coflow, drops, jets, and instabilities, Small 16, 1904344 (2020).
2019
M. S. Dimitriyev, Y-W. Chang, P. M. Goldbart, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Swelling thermodynamics and phase transitions of polymer gels, Nano Futures 3, 042001 (2019).
H. Yang, Y. Zhang, M. J. Tennenbaum, Z. Althouse, Y. Ma, Y. He, Y. Wu, T. Wu, A. Mathur, P. Chen, Y. Huang, A. Fernandez-Nieves, P. A. Kohl, N. Liu, Polypropylene Carbonate-Based Adaptive Buffer Layer for Stable Interfaces of Solid Polymer Lithium Metal Batteries, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 11, 31 (2019).
J. Guerrero, A. J. Hijano, M. A. Lobato, F. J. Higuera, I. G. Loscertales, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Emission modes in electro co-flow, Physics of Fluids 31, 082009 (2019).
D. J. G. Pearce, P. W. Ellis, A. Fernandez-Nieves, L. Giomi, Geometrical Control of Active Turbulence in Curved Topographies, Physical Review Letters 122, 168002 (2019).
S. Nikolov, A. Fernandez-Nieves, A. Alexeev, Phagocyte-Inspired Smart Microcapsules, ACS Macro Letters 8, 421 (2019).
U. Gasser, A. Scotti, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Spontaneous deswelling of microgels controlled by counterion clouds, Physical Review E 99, 042602 (2019).
P. W. Ellis , E. Pairam, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Simulating optical polarizing microscopy textures using Jones calculus: a review exemplified with nematic liquid crystal tori, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 52, 213001 (2019).
J. P. McInerney, P. W. Ellis, D. Zeb Rocklin, A. Fernandez-Nieves, E. A. Matsumoto, Curved boundaries and chiral instabilities – two sources of twist in homeotropic nematic tori, Soft Matter 15, 1210 (2019).
2018
P. W. Ellis, K. Nayani, J. P. McInerney, D. Z. Rocklin, J. O. Park, M. Srinivasarao, E. A. Matsumoto, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Curvature-Induced Twist in Homeotropic Nematic Tori, Physical Review Letters 121, 247803 (2018).
S. C. Karunakaran, B. J. Cafferty, M. Pelaez-Fernandez , K. Neselu, I. Schmidt-Krey, A. Fernandez-Nieves, G. B. Schuster, N. V. Hud, Exquisite regulation of supramolecular equilibrium polymers in water: chain stoppers control length, polydispersity and viscoelasticity, Polymer Chemistry 9, 5268 (2018).
Cover of Polymer Chemistry – November 2018
Y-W. Chang, M. S. Dimitriyev, A. Souslov, S. V. Nikolov, S. M. Marquez, A. Alexeev, P. M. Goldbart, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Extreme thermodynamics with polymer gel tori: Harnessing thermodynamic instabilities to induce large-scale deformations, Physical Review E 98, 020501(R) (2018).
P. W. Ellis, S. Huang, S. Klaneček, J. Vallamkondu, E. Dannemiller, M. Vernon, Y. Chang, P. M. Goldbart, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Defect transitions in nematic liquid-crystal capillary bridges, Physical Review E 97, 040701(R) (2018).
A. A. Fragkopoulos, E. Pairam, L. Marinkovic, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Breakup dynamics of toroidal droplets in shear-thinning fluids, Physical Review E 97, 021101(R) (2018).
S. V. Nikolov, A. Fernandez-Nieves, A. Alexeev, Mesoscale modeling of microgel mechanics and kinetics through the swelling transition, Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (English Edition) 39, 47 (2018).
P. W. Ellis, D. J. G. Pearce, Y-W. Chang, G. Goldsztein, L. Giomi, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Curvature-induced Defect Unbinding and Dynamics in Active Nematic Toroidson, Nature Physics 14, 85 (2018).
A. A. Fragkopoulos, E. Pairam, E. Berger, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Toroidal droplets – growth rates, dispersion relations and behavior in the thick-torus limit, Langmuir 34, 1218 (2018).
2017
M. Tennenbaum, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Activity-driven changes in the mechanical properties of fire ant aggregations, Physical Review E 96, 052601 (2017).
A. Scotti, U. Gasser, E. S. Herman, Jun Han, A. Menzel, L. A. Lyon, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Phase behavior of binary and polydisperse suspensions of compressible microgels controlled by selective particle deswelling, Physical Review E 96, 0032609 (2017).
A. A. Fragkopoulos, A. Aizenman, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Charge-induced Saffman-Taylor instabilities in toroidal droplets, Physical Review Letters 118, 264501 (2017).
J.-H. Kang, S. S. Lee, J. Guerrero, A. Fernandez-Nieves, S-H. Kim, E. Reichmanis, Ultrathin Double-Shell Capsules for High Performance Photon Upconversion, Advanced Materials 29, 1606830 (2017).
K.-T. Wu, J. B. Hishamunda, D. T. N. Chen, S. J. DeCamp, Y.-W. Chang, A. Fernandez-Nieves, S. Fraden, Z. Dogic, Transition from turbulent to coherent flows in confined three-dimensional active fluids, Science 355, 1204 (2017).
A. A. Fragkopoulos, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Toroidal-droplet instabilities in the presence of charge, Physical Review E 95, 033122 (2017).
A. A. Fragkopoulos, E. Pairam, E. Berger, P. N. Segre, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Shrinking instability of toroidal droplets, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114, 2871 (2017).
D. R. Myers, Y. Qiu, M. E. Fay, M. Tennenbaum, D. Chester, J. Cuadrado, Y. Sakurai, J. Baek, R. Tran, J. C. Ciciliano, B. Ahn, R. G. Mannino, S. T. Bunting, C. Bennett, M. Briones, A. Fernandez-Nieves, M. L. Smith, A. C. Brown, T. Sulchek, W. A. Lam, Single-platelet nanomechanics measured by high-throughput cytometry, Nature Materials 16, 230 (2017).
A. M. Douglas, A. A. Fragkopoulos, M. K. Gaines, L. A. Lyon, A. Fernandez-Nieves, T. H. Barker, Dynamic assembly of ultrasoft colloidal networks enables cell invasion within restrictive fibrillar polymers, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115, 885 (2017).
J. S. Hyatt, A. M. Douglas, C. Stanley, C. Do, T. H. Barker, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Charge segregation in weakly ionized microgels, Physical Review E 95, 012608 (2017).
J.-H. Kang, S.-H. Kim, A. Fernandez-Nieves, E. Reichmanis, Amplified Photon Upconversion by Photonic Shell of Cholesteric Liquid Crystals, Journal of the American Chemical Society 139, 16 (2017).
K. Shin, G. Gong, J. Cuadrado, S. Jeon, M. Seo, H. S. Choi, J. Sung Hwang, Y. Lee, A. Fernandez-Nieves, J-W. Kim, Structurally stable attractive nanoscale emulsions with dipole-dipole interaction-driven interdrop percolation, Chemistry A European Journal 23, 4292 (2017).
2016
V. Koning, T. Lopez-Leon, A. Darmon, A. Fernandez-Nieves, V. Vitelli, Spherical nematic shells with a threefold valence, Physical Review E 94, 012703 (2016).
Featured in PRE Kaleidoscope – July 2016
Book Chapter: E. Castro Hernandez, J. Guerrero, A. Fernandez-Nieves, J. M. Gordillo, Drop generation in controlled fluid flows, In: Fluids, Colloids and Soft Materials: An Introductions to Soft Matter Physics, Editors: A. Fernandez-Nieves, A. M. Puertas (Wiley-VCH Verlag & Co. KGaA, 2016).
Edited Book: Fluids, Colloids and Soft Materials: An Introductions to Soft Matter Physics, Editors: A. Fernandez-Nieves, A. M. Puertas (Wiley-VCH Verlag & Co. KGaA, 2016).
A. Scotti, U. Gasser, E. S. Herman, M. Pelaez-Fernandez, J. Hand, A. Menzel, L. A. Lyon, A. Fernandez-Nieves, The role of ions in the self-healing behavior of soft particle suspensions, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113, 20 (2016).
M. Tennenbaum, Z. Liu, D. Hu, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Mechanics of fire ant aggregations, Nature Materials 15, 54 (2016).
2015
Z. Liu, H. M. Wyss, A. Fernandez-Nieves, H. C. Shum, Dynamics of oppositely charged emulsion droplets, Physics of Fluids 27, 082003 (2015).
J. S. Hyatt, C. Do, X. Hu, H. S. Choi, J. W. Kim, L. A. Lyon, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Segregation of mass at the periphery of N-isopropylacrylamide-co-acrylic-acid microgels at high temperatures, Physical Review E 92, 030302(R) (2015).
K. Nayani, R. Chang, J. Fu, P. W. Ellis, A. Fernandez-Nieves, J. O. Park, M. Srinivasarao, Spontaneous emergence of chirality in achiral lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals confined to cylinders, Nature Communications 6, 8067 (2015).
A. Scotti, W. Liu, J. S. Hyatt, E.S. Herman, H. S. Choi, J. W. Kim, L. A. Lyon, U. Gasser, A. Fernandez-Nieves, The CONTIN algorithm and its application to determine the size distribution of microgel suspensions, Journal of Chemical Physics 142, 234905 (2015).
A. A. Fragkopoulos, P. W. Ellis, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Teaching Rayleigh-Plateau instabilities in the laboratory, European Journal of Physics 36, 055023 (2015).
C. J. Higginson, S. Y. Kim, M. Pelaz-Fernandez, A. Fernandez-Nieves, M. G. Finn, Modular Degradable Hydrogels Based on Thiol-Reactive Oxanorbornadiene Linkers, Journal of the American Chemical Society 137, 4984 (2015).
Y. W. Chang, A. A. Fragkopoulos, S. M. Marquez, H. D. Kim, T. E. Angelini, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Biofilm formation in geometries with different surface curvature and oxygen availability, New Journal of Physics 17, 033017 (2015).
M. Pelaez-Fernandez, A. Souslov, L. A. Lyon, P. M. Goldbart, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Impact of Single-Particle Compressibility on the Fluid-Solid Phase Transition for Ionic Microgel Suspensions, Physical Review Letters 114, 098303 (2015).
2014
E. Pairam, H. Le, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Stability of toroidal droplets inside yield stress materials, Physical Review E 90, 021002(R) (2014).
U. Gasser, J. Hyatt, J.-J. Lietor-Santos, E. S. Herman, L. A. Lyon, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Form factor of pNIPAM microgels in overpacked states, Journal of Chemical Physics 141, 034901 (2014).
J. Guerrero, J. Rivero, V. R. Gundabala, M. Perez-Saborid, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Whipping of electrified liquid jets, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111, 13763 (2014).
2013
U. Gasser, J.-J. Lietor-Santos, A. Scotti, O. Bunk, A. Menzel, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Transient formation of bcc crystals in suspensions of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-based microgels, Physical Review E 88, 052308 (2013).
N. Vilanova, C. Rodriguez Abreu, A. Fernandez-Nieves, C. Solans, Fabrication of novel silicone capsules with tunable mechanical properties by microfluidic techniques, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 5, 5247 (2013).
E. Pairam, J. Vallamkondu, V. Koning, B. C. van Zuiden, P. W. Ellis, M. A. Bates, V. Vitelli, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Stable nematic droplets with handles, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110, 9235 (2013).
J. O. Hardin, A. Fernandez-Nieves, C. J. Martinez, V. T. Milam, Altering Colloidal Surface Functionalization Using DNA Encapsulated Inside Monodisperse Gelatin Microsphere Templates, Langmuir 29, 5534 (2013).
V. Koning, T. Lopez-Leon, A. Fernandez-Nieves, V. Vitelli, Bivalent defect configurations in inhomogeneous nematic shells, Soft Matter 9, 4993 (2013).
V. R. Gundabala, S. Martinez-Escobar, S. M. Marquez, M. Marquez, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Cellodoisomes via glass-based microfludics, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 46, 114006 (2013).
Cover of Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics – March 2013
2012
T. Lopez-Leon, M. A. Bates, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Defect coalescence in spherical nematic shells, Physical Review E 86, 030702(R) (2012).
Featured in PRE Kaleidoscope – Septembre 2012
D. Sec, T. Lopez-Leon, M. Nobili, C. Blanc, A. Fernandez-Nieves, M. Ravnik, S. Zumer, Defect trajectories in nematic shells: Role of elastic anisotropy and thickness heterogeneity, Physical Review E 86, 020705(R) (2012).
Book Chapter: J. J. Lietor-Santos, U. Gasser, J. Zhou, Z. Hu, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Crystals of microgel particles, In: Hydrogel Micro and Nanoparticles, Editors: L. A. Lyon, M. J. Serpe (Wiley-VCH Verlag & Co. KGaA, 2012).
T. Lopez-Leon, A. Fernandez-Nieves, M. Nobili, C. Blanc, Smectic shells, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 24, 284122 (2012).
L. F. Rull, J. M. Romero-Enrique, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Computer simulations of nematic drops: Coupling between drop shape and nematic order, Journal of Chemical Physics 137, 034505 (2012).
L. Andrew Lyon, A. Fernandez-Nieves, The Polymer/Colloid Duality of Microgel Suspensions, Annual Review of Physical Chemistry 63, 25 (2012).
J. C. Gaulding, M. H. Smith, J. S. Hyatt, A. Fernandez-Nieves, L. Andrew Lyon, Reversible Inter- and Intra-Microgel Cross-Linking using Disulfides, Macromolecules 45, 39 (2012).
B. Sierra-Martin, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Phase and non-equilibrium behaviour of microgel suspensions as a function of particle stiffness, Soft Matter 8, 4141 (2012).
G. Romeo, L. Imperiali, J-W. Kim, A. Fernandez-Nieves, D. A. Weitz, Origin of de-swelling and dynamics of dense ionic microgel suspensions, Journal of Chemical Physics 136, 124905 (2012).
J. Clara-Rahola, A. Fernandez-Nieves, B. Sierra-Martin, A. B. South, L. A. Lyon, J. Kohlbrecher, A. Fernandez-Barbero, Structural properties of thermosensitive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-poly(ethyleneglycol) microgels, Journal of Chemical Physics 136, 214903 (2012).
2011
J. J. Lietor-Santos, B. Sierra-Martin, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Bulk and shear moduli of compressed microgel suspensions, Physical Review E 84, 060402 (2011).
B. Sierra-Martin, Y. Laporte, A. B. South, L. A. Lyon, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Bulk modulus of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) microgels through the swelling transition, Physical Review E 84, 011406 (2011).
N. Vilanova, V. R. Gundabala, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Drop size control in electro-coflow, Applied Physics Letters 99, 021910 (2011).
Selected for publication in “Virtual J Nanoscale Sci and Tech” – August 2011
J. J. Lietor-Santos, B. Sierra-Martin, U. Gasser, A. Fernandez-Nieves, The effect of hydrostatic pressure over the swelling of microgel particles, Soft Matter 7, 6370 (2011).
Selected as “Hot Article” in Soft Matter Blog
T. Lopez-Leon, A. Fernandez-Nieves, M. Nobili, C. Blanc, Nematic-Smectic Transition in Spherical Shells, Physical Review Letters 106, 247802 (2011).
Highlighted in “Soft Matter World”
B. Sierra-Martin, J. A. Frederick, Y. Laporte, G. Markou, J. J. Lietor-Santos, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Determination of the bulk modulus of microgel particles, Colloid and Polymer Science 289, 721 (2011).
T. Lopez-Leon, V. Koning, K. B. S. Devaiah, V. Vitelli, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Frustrated Nematic Order in Spherical Geometries, Nature Physics 7, 391 (2011).
T. Lopez-Leon, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Drops and shells of liquid crystal, Colloid and Polymer Science 289, 345 (2011).
Edited Book: Microgels Suspensions – Fundamentals and Applications, Editors: A. Fernandez-Nieves, H. M. Wyss, J. Mattsson, D. A. Weitz (Wiley-VCH Verlag & Co. KGaA, 2011).
Book Chapter: H. M. Wyss, J. Mattsson, T. Franke, A. Fernandez-Nieves, D. A. Weitz, Mechanics of single microgel particles, In: Microgels Suspensions – Fundamentals and Applications, Editors: A. Fernandez-Nieves, H. M. Wyss, J. Mattsson, D. A. Weitz (Wiley-VCH Verlag & Co. KGaA, 2011).
Book Chapter: B. Sierra-Martin, J. J. Lietor-Santos, A. Fernandez-Barbero, T. T. Nguyen, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Swelling thermodynamics of microgel particles, In: Microgels Suspensions – Fundamentals and Applications, Editors: A. Fernandez-Nieves, H. M. Wyss, J. Mattsson, D. A. Weitz (Wiley-VCH Verlag & Co. KGaA, 2011).
2010
V. R. Gundabala, N. Vilanova, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Current-voltage characteristic of electrospray processes in microfluidics, Physical Review Letters 112, 154503 (2010).
H. C. Shum, A. Sauret, A. Fernandez-Nieves, H. A. Stone, D. A. Weitz, Corrugated interfaces in multiphase core-annular flow, Physics of Fluids 22, 082002 (2010).
J. J. Lietor-Santos, U. Gasser, R. Vavrin, Z. B. Hu, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Structural changes of pNIPAM-based microgels induced by hydrostatic pressure and temperature studied by small-angle neutron scattering, Journal of Chemical Physics 133, 034901 (2010).
G. Romeo, A. Fernandez-Nieves, H. M. Wyss, D. Acierno, D.A. Weitz, Temperature-Controlled Transitions Between Glass, Liquid and Gel States in Dense p-NIPA Suspensions, Advanced Materials 22, 3441 (2010).
U. Gasser, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Crystal structure of highly concentrated, ionic microgel suspensions studied by small angle X-ray scattering, Physical Review E 81, 052401 (2010).
J. J. Lietor-Santos, C. Kim, M. L. Lynch, A. Fernandez-Nieves, D. A. Weitz, The Role of Polymer Polydispersity in Phase Separation and Gelation in Colloid-Polymer Mixtures, Langmuir 26, 3174 (2010).
J.E. Diaz, A. Barrero, M. Marquez, A. Fernandez-Nieves, I.G. Loscertales, Absorption properties of microgel-PVP composite nanofibers made by electrospinning, Macromolecular Rapid Communications 31, 183 (2010).
Cover of Macromolecular Rapid Communications – January 2010
2009
Z. Hu, J. Wahrmund, J-W. Kim, L-Y. Chu, C. Wang, Y. Li, A. Fernandez-Nieves, D.A. Weitz, A. Krokhin, Swelling kinetics of a microgel shell, Macromolecules 42, 9357 (2009).
J. Mattsson, H.M. Wyss, A. Fernandez-Nieves, K. Miyazaki, Z. Hu, D.R. Reichman, D.A. Weitz, Soft colloids make strong glasses, Nature 462, 83 (2009).
E. de Castro, V. Gundabala, A. Fernandez-Nieves, J.M. Gordillo, Scaling the drop size in co-flow experiments, New Journal of Physics 11, 075021 (2009).
J.J. Lietor-Santos, B. Sierra-Martin, R. Vavrin, Z. Hu, U. Gasser, A. Fernandez-Nieves, De-swelling microgel particles using hydrostatic pressure, Macromolecules 42, 6225 (2009).
E. Pairam, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Generation and stability of toroidal droplets in a viscous liquid, Physical Review Letters 102, 234501 (2009).
A. Fernandez-Barbero, I.J. Suarez, B. Sierra-Martin, A. Fernandez-Nieves, F.J. de las Nieves, M. Marquez, J. Rubio-Retama, E. Lopez-Cabarcos, Gels and microgels for nanotechnological applications, Advances in Colloid and Interface Science 147, 88 (2009).
U. Gasser, B. Sierra-Martin, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Crystal structure of highly concentrated, ionic microgel suspensions studied by neutron scattering, Physical Review E 79, 051403 (2009).
K. J. Humphry, A. Ajdari, A. Fernandez-Nieves, H.A. Stone, D.A. Weitz, Suppression of instabilities in multiphase flow by geometric confinement, Physical Review E 79, 056310 (2009).
T. Lopez-Leon, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Topological transformations in bipolar shells of nematic liquid crystals, Physical Review E 79, 021707 (2009).
Featured in PRE Kaleidoscope -February 2009
J.J. Lietor-Santos, C. Kim, P.J. Lu, A. Fernandez-Nieves, D.A. Weitz, Gravitational compression of colloidal gels, European Physical Journal E 28, 159 (2009).
J.J. Lietor-Santos, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Motion of microgels in electric fields, Advances in Colloid and Interface Science 147, 178 (2009).
2008
D. Capriles, B. Sierra-Martin, A. Fernandez-Nieves, A. Fernandez-Barbero, Coupled de-swelling of multiresponsive microgels, Journal of Physical Chemistry B 112, 12195 (2008).
G. Romeo, G. Filippone, A. Fernandez-Nieves, P. Russo, D. Acierno, Elasticity and dynamics of particle gels in non-Newtonian melts, Rheologica Acta 47, 989 (2008).
J.E. Diaz, A. Fernandez-Nieves, A. Barrero, M. Marquez, I.G. Loscertales, Fabrication of structured micro and nanofibers by coaxial electrospinning, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 127, 012008 (2008).
R.K. Shah, H.C. Shum, A.C. Rowat, D. Lee, J.J. Agresti, A.S. Utada, L-Y. Chu, J-W. Kim, A. Fernandez-Nieves, C.J. Martinez, D.A. Weitz, Designer emulsions using microfluidics, Materials Today 11, 18 (2008).
Cover of Materials Today – April 2008
A.S. Utada, A. Fernandez-Nieves, J.M. Gordillo, D.A. Weitz, Absolute instability of a liquid jet in a co-flowing stream, Physical Review Letters 100, 014502 (2008).
E.C. Cho, J-W. Kim, A. Fernandez-Nieves, D.A. Weitz, Highly responsive hydrogel scaffolds by 3-dimensional organization of sub-micron sized microgel nanoparticles, Nano Letters 8, 168 (2008).
2007
J.J. Lietor-Santos, M. Chavez, M. Marquez, A. Fernandez-Nieves, M. Medina-Noyola, State diagram for the electrostatic adsorption of charged colloids on the confining walls: Simulation and theory, Physical Review E 76, 050403(R) (2007).
A.S. Utada, L-Y. Chu, A. Fernandez-Nieves, D.R. Link, C. Holtze, D.A. Weitz, Dripping, jetting, drops and wetting: The magic of microfluidics, MRS Bulletin 32, 702 (2007).
Cover of MRS Bulletin – September 2007
K.S. Abedin, C. Kerbage, A. Fernandez-Nieves, D.A. Weitz, Optical manipulation and rotation of liquid crystal drops using high-index fiber-optic tweezers, Applied Physics Letters 91, 091119 (2007).
A. Fernandez-Nieves, V. Vitelli, A.S. Utada, D.R. Link, D.R. Nelson, D.A. Weitz, Novel defect structures in nematic liquid crystal shells, Physical Review Letters 99, 157801 (2007).
Cover of Physical Review Letters – October 2007
J-W. Kim, A. Fernandez-Nieves, N. Dan, A.S. Utada, M. Marquez, D.A. Weitz, Colloidal assembly route for responsive colloidosomes with tunable permeability, Nano Letters 7, 2876 (2007).
A.S. Utada, A. Fernandez-Nieves, H.A. Stone, D.A. Weitz, Dripping to jetting transitions in co-flowing liquids, Physical Review Letters 99, 094502 (2007).
A. Fernandez-Nieves, D.R. Link, M. Marquez, D.A. Weitz, Topological changes in bipolar nematic droplets under flow, Physical Review Letters 98, 087801 (2007).
Selected for publication in “Virtual J Nanoscale Sci and Tech” – March 2007
J-W. Kim, A.S. Utada, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Z. Hu, D.A. Weitz, Fabrication of monodisperse gel shells and functional microgels in microfluidic devices, Angewandte Chimie International Edition 46, 1819 (2007).
T. Lopez-Leon, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Probing the entropic influence of ions macroscopically: de-swelling neutral microgels with salt, Physical Review E 75, 011801 (2007).
2006
I.J. Suarez-Suarez, A. Fernandez-Nieves, M. Marquez, Swelling kinetics of poly-(N-isopropylacrylamide) minigels, Journal of Physical Chemistry B 110, 25729 (2006).
A. Routh, A. Fernandez-Nieves, M. Bradley, B. Vincent, Effect of added free polymer on the swelling of neutral microgel particles: a thermodynamic approach, Journal of Physical Chemistry B 110, 12721 (2006).
B. Sierra-Martin, M.S. Romero-Cano, A. Fernandez-Nieves, A. Fernandez-Barbero, Thermal control over the electrophoresis of soft colloidal particles, Langmuir 22, 3586 (2006).
J. J. Lietor-Santos, A. Fernandez-Nieves, M. Marquez, Particle migrations induced by confinement of colloidal suspensions along the gravitational direction, Physical Review E 74, 051404 (2006).
Selected for publication in “Virtual J Nanoscale Sci and Tech” – November 2006
A. Fernandez-Nieves, Gotas de Cristal Liquido, Investigacion y Ciencia (Spanish Edition of Scientific American) , (2006).
A. Fernandez-Nieves, Engineering colloids with optical and geometrical anisotropies: de-coupling size monodispersity and particle properties, Soft Matter 2, 105 (2006).
A. Fernandez-Nieves, D.R. Link, D.A. Weitz, Polarization dependent Bragg diffraction and electro-optic switching of 3D assemblies of nematic liquid crystal droplets, Applied Physics Letters 88, 121911 (2006).
2005
A. Fernandez-Nieves, A. Fernandez-Barbero, B. Vincent, F.J. de las Nieves, Ionic correlations in highly charge-asymmetric colloidal fluids, Journal of Chemical Physics 123, 054905 (2005).
J.J. Lietor-Santos, A. Fernandez-Nieves, M. Marquez, Electrophoresis of large polyelectrolyte-coated colloidal particles, Physical Review E 71, 042401 (2005).
Selected for publication in “Virtual J Biological Phys” – 2005
A. Fernandez-Nieves, G. Cristobal, V. Garces-Chavez, G.C. Spalding, K. Dholakia, D.A. Weitz, Optically anisotropic colloids of controllable shape, Advanced Materials 17, 680 (2005).
A. Fernandez-Nieves, M. Marquez, Electrophoresis of ionic microgel particles: from hard charged sphere to polyelectrolyte-like behaviour, Journal of Chemical Physics 122, 084702 (2005).
2004
A. Fernandez-Nieves, D.R. Link, D. Rudhardt, D.A. Weitz, Electro-optics of bipolar nematic liquid cristal droplets, Physical Review Letters 92, 105503 (2004).
Cover of Physical Review Letters – March 2004
V. Garces-Chavez, D. McGloin, M.D. Summers, A. Fernandez-Nieves, G.C. Spalding, G. Cristobal, K. Dholakia, Reconstruction of optical angular momentum after distortion in amplitude, phase and polarization, Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics 6, S235 (2004).
A. Fernandez-Nieves, A. Fernandez-Barbero, F.J. de las Nieves, Static light scattering from microgel particles: model of variable dielectric permittivity, Journal of Chemical Physics 120, 374 (2004).
2003
A. Fernandez-Nieves, A. Fernandez-Barbero, B. Vincent, F.J. de las Nieves, Osmotic de-swelling of ionic microgel particles, Journal of Chemical Physics 119, 10383 (2003).
Selected for publication in “Virtual J Nanoscale Sci and Tech” – November 2003
D. Rudhardt, A. Fernandez-Nieves, D.R. Link, D.A. Weitz, Phase-switching of ordered arrays of liquid crystal emulsions, Applied Physics Letters 82, 2610 (2003).
Cover of Applied Physics Letters – April 2003. Highlighted in Science (300, 867 (2003))
2002
Y. Levin, A. Diehl and A. Fernandez-Nieves, A. Fernandez-Barbero, Thermodynamics of ionic microgels, Physical Review E 65, 036143 (2002).
Selected for publication in “Virtual J Nanoscale Sci and Tech” – March 2002
A. Fernandez-Barbero, A. Fernandez-Nieves, I. Grillo, E. Lopez-Cabarcos, Structural modifications in the swelling of inhomogeneous microgels by light and neutron scattering, Physical Review E 66, 051803 (2002).
2001
A. Fernandez-Nieves, A. Fernandez-Barbero, B. Vincent, F.J. de las Nieves, Reversible aggregation of soft particles, Langmuir 17, 1841 (2001).
A. Fernandez-Nieves, A. Fernandez-Barbero, F.J. de las Nieves, Particle-counterion clustering in highly charge asymmetric complex fluids, Physical Review E 63, 041404 (2001).
A. Fernandez-Nieves, A. Fernandez-Barbero,F.J. de las Nieves, Nonlinear effects in the stability of highly charged colloidal suspensions, Physical Review E 64, 032401 (2001).
A. Fernandez-Nieves, J.S. van Duijneveldt, A. Fernandez-Barbero, B. Vincent, F.J. de las Nieves, Structure formation from mesoscopic soft particles, Physical Review E 64, 051603 (2001).
A. Fernandez-Nieves, A. Fernandez-Barbero, F.J. de las Nieves, Salt effects over the swelling of ionized mesoscopic gels, Journal of Chemical Physics 115, 7644 (2001).
2000
A. Fernandez-Nieves, A. Fernandez-Barbero, B. Vincent, F.J. de las Nieves, Charge controlled swelling of microgel particles, Macromolecules 33, 2114 (2000).
A. Fernandez-Nieves, A. Fernandez-Barbero, F.J. de las Nieves, Experimental test of the ion condensation, Langmuir 16, 4090 (2000).
A. Fernandez-Nieves, A. Fernandez-Barbero, B. Vincent, F.J. de las Nieves, Motion of microgel particles under the presence of an external electric field, Journal of Physics C: Condensed Matter 12, 3605 (2000).
1998
A. Fernandez-Nieves, F.J. de las Nieves, About the propulsion system of a kayak and of Basiliscus-Basiliscus, European Journal of Physics 19, 425 (1998).
Paper selected as “Feature Article” of the journal
Theses
B. Zhou, Effect of Softness and Charges on the Volume Phase Transition of Colloidal Microgels and Macrogels (2023).
J. Nambisan, Active defects in flat and curved space (2022).
C. Anderson, Clusters, Waves, and Force Chains in Fire-Ant Collectives: Emergent Behavior in Out-of-Equilibrium Particulate Systems (2021).
M.J. Tennenbaum, Mechanics of fire ant aggregations: An experimental study of active matter (2019).
P. W. Ellis, Nematic materials in curved spaces (2018).
A. A. Fragkopoulos, Toroidal instabilities in the presence of charge and non-Newtonian fluids (2017).
J. S. Hyatt, Structural relaxation of supercooled liquids based on soft particles: Avoiding the glass transition at high concentrations (2016).
A. Scotti, Phase behavior of binary mixtures and polydisperse suspensions of compressible spheres (2015).
E. Pairam, Toroidal droplets: instabilities, stabilizing and nematic order (2014).
J-J. Lietor-Santos, From soft to hard sphere behavior: the role of single particle elasticity over the phase behavior of microgel suspensions (2010).
Patents
A. Fernandez-Nieves, S. Marquez, Y-C. Chang, T. E. Angelini, 3D printing using phase changing materials as support, WO 2016/090286, PCT /US2015/064063.
T. E. Angelini, W. G. Sawyer, K. G. Rowe, T. Bhattacharjee, A. Fernandez-Nieves, S. Marquez, Y-C.Chang, High speed 3D printing system for wound and tissue replacement, PCT/US2016/017810.
A. Douglas, T. Barker, L. A. Lyon, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Hybrid fibrin-microgel constructs for tissue repair and regeneration, US Provisional patent 91/977,900, filed 4/10/2014.
V. Gundabala, I. G. Loscertales, A. Barrero, A. Fernandez-Nieves, Device and fluidic method to produce emulsions and particle suspensions, US Provisional patent 61/237,764, filed 8/28/2009.
L-Y. Chu, H.C. Shum, A. Fernandez-Nieves, A.S. Utada, E. Santanach-Carreras, D.A. Weitz, Emulsions and Techniques for Formation, PCT filed 3/28/08, priority to provisional patent 60/920,574, filed 3/28/2007 (70292US00).
D.A. Weitz, J-W. Kim, A. Fernandez-Nieves, E-C. Cho, Highly Responsive Hydrogel Scaffolds by 3-Dimensional Organization of Submicron-sized Microgel Particles, US Provisional 2998 UStba filed 12/18/2007.