ChaikinLab Condensed Matter Physics
Publications
As Seen on TV: "Keeping Up Appearances" (PBS/BBC)
Selected From The Past Dozen Years
2017
"Self-assembled three-dimensional chiral colloidal architecture"
M. Y. Ben Zion, X. He, C. C. Maass, R. Sha, N. C. Seeman, P. M. Chaikin,
Science 358(6363):633-636 (2017).
"Exponential growth and selection in self-replicating materials from DNA origami rafts"
X. He, R. Sha, R. Zhuo, Y. Mi, P. M. Chaikin, N. C. Seeman,
Nature Materials 16, 993-997 (2017).
"Sequential self-assembly of DNA functionalized droplets"
Y. Zhang, A. McMullen, L. -L. Pontani, X. He, R. Sha, N. C. Seeman, J, Brujic, P. M. Chaikin,
Nature Commun. 8, 21 (2017).
"Unstable fronts and motile structures formed by microrollers"
M. Driscoll, B. Delmotte, M. Yousself, S. Sacanna, A. Donev and P. Chaikin,
Nature Phys. 13, 375-379 (2017).
"Phase behavior of charged colloids at a fluid interface"
C. P. Kelleher, R. E. Guerra, A. D. Hollingsworth and P. M. Chaikin,
Phys. Rev. E 95, 022602 (2017).
"Long-wavelength fluctuations and the glass transition in two dimensions and three dimensions"
S. Vivek, C. P. Kelleher, P. M. Chaikin and E. R. Weeks,
PNAS 114, 1850 (2017).
2015
"Artificial rheotaxis"
J. Palacci, S. Sacanna, A. Abramian, J. Barral, K. Hanson, A. Y. Grosberg, D. J. Pine and P. M. Chaikin,
Science Advances 1 (4), No. e1400214 (2015).
"Charged hydrophobic colloids at an oil–aqueous phase interface"
C. P. Kelleher, A. Wang, G. I. Guerrero-García, A. D. Hollingsworth, R. E. Guerra, B. J. Krishnatreya, D. G. Grier, V. N. Manoharan, P. M. Chaikin,
Phys Rev E 92, 062306 (2015).
"Re-entrant solidification in polymer–colloid mixtures as a consequence of competing entropic and enthalpic attractions"
L. Feng,B. Laderman, S. Sacanna and P. M. Chaikin,
Nature Materials 14, 61–65 (2015).
"Precisely cyclic sand: Self-organization of periodically sheared frictional grains"
J. R. Royer and P. M. Chaikin,
PNAS 112 (1), 49-53 (2015).
2014
"Coexistence of Spin Density Waves and Superconductivity in (TMTSF)2PF6"
A. Narayanan, A. Kiswandhi, D. Graf, J. Brooks and P. M. Chaikin,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 146402 (2014).
"Light-activated self-propelled colloids"
J. Palacci, S. Sacanna, S. H. Kim, G. R. Yi, D. J. Pine, P. M. Chaikin,
Phil. Trans. Royal Soc. A: Math. Phys. 372, 20130372 (2014).
2013
"Living Crystals of Light-Activated Colloidal Surfers"
J. Palacci, S. Sacanna, A. P. Steiberg, D. J. Pine and P. M. Chaikin,
Science 339(6122):936-940 (2013).
"Cinnamate-based DNA photolithography"
L. Feng, J. Romulus, M. Li, R. Sha, J. Royer, K-T. Wu, Q. Xu, N. C. Seeman, M. Weck and P. M. Chaikin,
Nature Materials 12, 747–753 (2013).
"Dislocation reactions, grain boundaries, and irreversibility in two-dimensional lattices using topological tweezers" W. T. M. Irvine, A. D. Hollingsworth, D. G. Grier and P. M. Chaikin,
PNAS 110 (39), 15544-15548 (2013).
"Photoactivated colloidal dockers for cargo transportation" J. Palacci, S. Sacanna, A. Vatchinsky, P. M. Chaikin and D. J. Pine,
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 135 (43), 15978-15981 (2013).
"DNA Patchy Particles" L. Feng, R. Dreyfus, R. Sha, N. C. Seeman and P. M. Chaikin,
Adv. Mater. 25, 2779–2783 (2013).
"Kinetics of DNA-coated sticky particles" K-T. Wu, L. Feng, R. Sha, R. Dreyfus, A. Y. Grosberg, N. C. Seeman and P. M. Chaikin,
Physical Review E 88 (2), 022304 (2013).
"Specificity, flexibility and valence of DNA bonds guide emulsion architecture" L. Feng, L. L. Pontani, R. Dreyfus, P. M. Chaikin and J. Brujic,
Soft Matter 9, 9816-9823 (2013).
2012
"Fractionalization of Interstitials in Curved Colloidal Crystals" W. T. M. Irvine, M. J. Bowick and P. M. Chaikin,
Nature Materials 11, 948-951, (2012).
"Topological Interaction by Entangled DNA Loops" L. Feng, R. Sha, N. C. Seeman, P. M. Chaikin,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 109 (18), 188301 (2012).
"Polygamous particles" K-T. Wu, L. Feng, R. Sha, R. Dreyfus, A. Y. Grosberg, N. C. Seeman and P. M. Chaikin,
PNAS 109 (46), 18731-18736 (2012).
2011
"Self-replication of information-bearing nanoscale patterns"
T. Wang, R. Sha, R. Dreyfus, M. E. Leunissen, C. Maass, D. J. Pine, P. M. Chaikin and N. C. Seeman,
Nature 478, 225–228 (2011).
"Subdiffusion of a Sticky Particle on a Surface"
Q. Xu, L. Feng, R. Sha, N. C. Seeman and P. M. Chaikin,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 106 (22), 228102 (2011).
"Cubic crystals from cubic colloids"
L. Rossi, S. Sacanna, W. T. M. Irvine, P. M. Chaikin, D. J. Pine and A. P. Philipse,
Soft Matter 7 (9), 4139-4142 (2011).
2010
"Lock and key colloids"
S. Sacanna,W. T. M. Irvine, P. M. Chaikin and D. J. Pine,
Nature 464, 575–578 (2012) .
"Pleats in crystals on curved surfaces"
W. T. M. Irvine, V. Vitelli and P. M. Chaikin,
Nature 468, 947–951 (2010).
"Experiments on the random packing of tetrahedral dice"
A. Jaoshvili, A. Esakia, M. Porrati and P. M. Chaikin,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 104 (18), 185501 (2010).
"Quantitative Study of the Association Thermodynamics and Kinetics of DNA-Coated Particles for Different Functionalization Schemes" M. E. Leunissen, R. Dreyfus, R. Sha, N. C. Seeman and P. M. Chaikin,
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 132 (6), 1903–1913 (2010).
"Aggregation-disaggregation transition of DNA-coated colloids: Experiments and theory" R. Dreyfus, M. E. Leunissen, R. Sha, A. V. Tkachenko, N. C. Seeman, D. J. Pine and P. M. Chaikin,
Physical Review E 81 (4), 041404 (2010).
2009
"Switchable self-protected attractions in DNA-functionalized colloids" M. E. Leunissen, R. Dreyfus, F. C. Cheong, D. G. Grier, R. Sha, N. C. Seeman and P. M. Chaikin,
Nature Materials 8, 590 - 595 (2009).
"Simple quantitative model for the reversible association of DNA coated colloids" R. Dreyfus, M. E. Leunissen, R. Sha, A. V. Tkachenko, N. C. Seeman, D. J. Pine and P. M. Chaikin,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 102 (4), 048301 (2009).
"Towards self-replicating materials of DNA-functionalized colloids" M. E. Leunissen, R. Dreyfus, R. Sha, T. Wang, N. C. Seeman, D. J. Pine and P. M. Chaikin,
Soft Matter 5 (12), 2422-2430 (2009).
2008
"Chiral colloidal clusters"
D. Zerrouki, J. Baudry, D. J. Pine, P. M. Chaikin and J. Bibette,
Nature 455, 380-382 (2008).
"Random organization in periodically driven systems"
L. Corte, P. M. Chaikin, J. P. Gollub, D. J. Pine,
Nature Physics, 4, 420-424 (2008).
2007
"Nematic and almost-tetratic phases of colloidal rectangles" K. Zhao, C. Harrison, D. Huse, W. B. Russel, P. M. Chaikin, Phys. Rev. E 76, 040401 (2007).
"Orientational order in sphere-forming block copolymer thin films aligned under shear" A. P. Marencic,M. Wu, R. A. Register, P. M. Chaikin, Macromolecules 40, 7299-7305 (2007).
"Electrostatics at the oil-water interface, stability, and order in emulsions and colloids" M. E. Leunissen, A. van Blaaderen, A. D. Hollingsworth, M. T. Sullivan, P. M. Chaikin, PNAS, 104, 2585-2590 (2007).
2006
"An Electric Bottle for Colloids"
M. T. Sullivan, K. Zhao, A. D. Hollingsworth, R. H. Austin, W. B. Russel, and P. M. Chaikin, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 015703 (2006).
Blasts from the Past
"Principles of condensed matter physics" P. M. Chaikin, T. C. Lubensky,
Cambridge University Press (2000).
"Block copolymer lithography: Periodic arrays of similar to 10(11) holes in 1 square centimeter" M. Park, C. Harrison, P. M. Chaikin, R. A. Register, D. H. Adamson,
Science 276 (5317): 1401-1404 (1997).
Diffusing-wave spectroscopy" "D. J. Pine, D. A. Weitz, P. M. Chaikin, E. Herbolzheimer,
Phys Rev Letts 60 (12): 1134-1137 (1988).
"Charge renormalization, osmotic pressure, and bulk modulus of colloidal crystals: Theory" S. Alexander, P. M. Chaikin, P. Grant, G. J. Morales, P. Pincus, D. Hone,
Journal of Chemical Physics 80 (11): 5776-5781 (1984).
"Improving the density of jammed disordered packings using ellipsoids" A. Donev, I. Cisse, D. Sachs, E. A. Variano, F. H. Stillinger, R. Connelly, S. Torquato, P. M. Chaikin,
Science 303, 990-993 (2004).
"Nonlinear Conductivity and Noise due to Charge-Density-Wave Depinning in NbSe3 " G. Gruner, A. Zawadowski, P. M. Chaikin,
Phys Rev Letts 46 (7): 511-515 (1981).
"Thermopower in the correlated hopping regime" P. M. Chaikin, G. Beni,
Phys Rev B 13 (2): 647-651 (1976).
"Anisotropy of the Upper Critical Field in (TMTSF)2 PF6 " I. J. Lee, M. J. Naughton, G. M. Danner, P. M. Chaikin,
Phys Rev Letts 78 (18): 3555 (1997).
"Elastic properties of colloidal crystals and glasses" H. M. Lindsay, P. M. Chaikin,
Journal of Chemical Physics 76 (7): 3774-3781 (1982).
"Complete phase diagram of a charged colloidal system: A synchro-tron x-ray scattering study" E. B. Sirota, H. D. Ou-Yang, S. K. Sinha, P. M. Chaikin, J. D. Axe, Y. Fujii
Phys Rev Letts 62 (13): 1524-1527 (1989).
"Lock and key colloids"
S. Sacanna, W. T. M. Irvine, P. M. Chaikin, D. J. Pine,
Nature 464, 575–578 (2012) .
"Using surface active random copolymers to control the domain orientation in diblock copolymer thin films" E. Huang, T. P. Russell, C. Harrison, P. M. Chaikin, R. A. Register, C. J. Hawker, J. Mays,
Macromolecules 31 (22), 7641-7650 (1998).