Selected recent publications:

• Kuksenok, O. Yashin, V. V., Dayal, P. and Balazs, A.C., “Copying from Nature: Designing Adaptive, Chemo-responsive Gels”, Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics, in press.
• Bhattacharya, A. and Balazs, A.C., “Chemical Signaling across an Array of Biomimetic Microcapsules” Phys. Rev. E., 82 (2010) 021801—021801-11.
• Kolmakov, G. V., Yashin, V.V., Levitan, S.P., Balazs, A.C., “Designing Communicating Colonies of Biomimetic Microcapsules”, PNAS, 107 (2010) 12417-12422.
• Kamada, J.,  Gao, H., Yoon, J. A., Corten, C.,  Juhari, A., Koynov, K., Urban, M. W., Balazs, A. C. and Matyjaszewski, K., ‘‘Redox Responsive Behavior of Thiol/Disulfide-Functionalized Star Polymers Synthesized via Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization”, Macromolecules, 43 (2010) 4133-4139.
• Yashin, V. V.., Kuksenok, O., Balazs, A.C., “Computational Design of Active, Self-reinforceing Gels”, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 114 (2010) 6316-6322.
• Kolmakov, G. V., Revanur. R., Tangirala, R., Emrick, T., Russell, T.P., Crosby A. J., Balazs, A.C., “Using Nanoparticle-filled Microcapsules for Site-Specific Healing of Damaged Substrates: Creating a ‘Repair and Go’ System”, ACS Nano, 4 (2010) 1115-1123.
• Dayal, P., Kuksenok, O., Balazs, A.C., “Designing autonomously motile gels that follow complex paths”, Soft Matter 6 (2010) 768—web published Dec. 23, 2009.
• Ghosh, R., Alexeev, A., Buxton, G. A., Usta, O.B. and Balazs, A.C. “Designing oscillating cilia that capture or release microscopic particles”, Langmuir 26 (2010) 2963—web published Oct. 1, 2009.
• Kuksenok, O. Yashin, V. V., Balazs, A.C., “Modeling Self-Oscillating Chemo-responsive Gels”, Progress in Polymer Science 35 (2010) 155-173—web published Nov. 5, 2009.
• Kuksenok, O. Yashin, V. V., Balazs, A.C., “Spatial Confinement Controls Self-oscillations in Polymer Gels Undergoing the Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction”, Phys. Rev. E, 80 (2009) 056208.
• Balazs, A.C. and Epstein, I.R., “Perspective: Threads of Emergence Begin to Intertwine”. Science, 325 (2009) 1632.
• Markesteijn, A.P., Usta, O.B., Ali, I, Balazs, A. C. and Yeomans, J.M., “Flow injection of polymers into nanopores”, Soft Matter, 5 (2009) 4575.
• Huang, C-F., Chen, W., Russell, T.P., Balazs, A. C., Chang, F-C., Matyjaszewski, K., “Synthesis of Photoisomerizable Block Copolymers by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization”, Macromol. Chem. Phys., 210 (2009) 1484.
• Bhattacharya, A. Usta, O.B., Yashin, V. V. and Balazs, A.C. “Self-sustained motion of a train of haptotactic microcapsules”, Langmuir 25 (2009) 9644.
• Usta, O. B., Yeomans, J.M., Perchek, D. Clarke, A. and Balazs, A.C., “Shear and Extensional Deformation of Droplets Containing Polymers and Nanoparticles”, J. Chem. Phys., 130 (2009) 234905.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Dr. Anna Christina Balazs
Phone: (412) 648-9250
Email: balazs@pitt.edu