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• Bruker SPM Calendar 2011 Contest. The image is in the Calendar's March page.
  
  

Authors: Tokarev, I.; Gopishetty, V.; Roiter, Y.; Motornov, M.; Minko, S.

Bruker Nano (former Veeco Instruments) is a world leader in the manufacture of Atomic Force/Scanning Probe Microscopes as well as more generally a leading provider of Metrology and Process Equipment solutions.

See also our other images - winners of SPM Calendar Contests:
Veeco Calendar 2010     Veeco Calendar 2009     Veeco Calendar 2007
Veeco Calendar 2008     Veeco Calendar 2006

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• Biofuel project receives grant: by Watertown Daily Times; Machine to Machine Evolution; All Business.
• Second Generation Biofuel Research Gets the Green Light: by EnergyRefuge.com; CleanTechies; Ace Campaign; Virtualization Times.
• National Science Foundation Grants Clarkson University (NY) Professor $200,978 to Research Cellulosic Biofuels: by BioFuels Journal;

• Tokarev, I.; Minko, S. Stimuli-Responsive Porous Hydrogels at Interfaces for Molecular Filtration, Separation, Controlled Release, and Gating in Capsules and Membranes. Advanced Materials 2010, 22(31), 3446-3462. Details

• Lendlein, A.; Shastri, V. P. Stimuli-Sensitive Polymers. Advanced Materials 2010, 22(31), 3344-3347. Details

• Veeco Calendar 2010 Contest. The image is in the Calendar's January page.
  
  

Authors: Sheparovych, R.;¹ Roiter, Y.;¹ Tokarev, I.;¹ Motornov, M.;¹ Yang, J.;² Kopeček, J.;² Minko, S.^1
1 Clarkson University; ² University of Utah.

Bruker Nano (former Veeco Instruments) is a world leader in the manufacture of Atomic Force/Scanning Probe Microscopes as well as more generally a leading provider of Metrology and Process Equipment solutions.

See also our images - winners of the previous Veeco Calendar Contests:
Bruker Calendar 2011     Veeco Calendar 2009     Veeco Calendar 2007
Veeco Calendar 2008     Veeco Calendar 2006

• Iva Xhangolli joined recently our group as an Undergraduate Student.

• Smart Responsive Nanocomposites for Soldier Protection (W911NF-05-1-0339).
• Symposium: Hybrid Smart Micro and Nanoparticles (CBET-0946615).
  
• Locking Nanoparticles (CBET-075646).
  

• Oleksandr Trotsenko as a Research Associate; and
• Guang (Gabriel) Yang as a Graduate Student,--

Our article:

• Zhou, J.; Tam, T. K.; Pita, M.; Ornatska, M.; Minko, S.; Katz, E. Bioelectrocatalytic System Coupled with Enzyme-Based Biocomputing Ensembles Performing Boolean Logic Operations: Approaching "Smart" Physiologically Controlled Biointerfaces. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2009, 1(1), 144-149. Details

Click here for our publications 2009.

Our article:

• Motornov, M.; Sheparovych, R.; Katz, E.; Minko, S. Chemical Gating with Nanostructured Responsive Polymer Brushes: Mixed Brush versus Homopolymer Brush. ACS Nano 2008, 2(1), 41-52. Details,--

Click here for our publications 2009.

• Minko, S. Responsive Polymer Brushes. Polymer Reviews 2006, 46(4), 397-420. Details (Invited review)

• Tokarev, I.; Gopishetty, V.; Zhou, J.; Pita, M.; Motornov, M.; Katz, E.; Minko, S. Stimuli-Responsive Hydrogel Membranes Coupled with Biocatalytic Processes. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2009, 3(1), 532-536. Details

• Tokarev, I.; Minko, S. Stimuli-responsive hydrogel thin films. Soft Matter 2009, 5(3), 511-524. Details

• Tokarev, I.; Minko, S. Stimuli-responsive hydrogel thin films. Soft Matter 2009, 5(3), 511-524. Details

• Deepthi Santhosh Pippalla as a Graduate Student; and
• Halyna Royter as a Research Associate (Chemical Engineering degree from Lviv Polytechnic National University, Ukraine, 1995),--

• Electro-Chemical Laboratory;
• ZetaSpin Apparatus (zeta potential measurements on flat surfaces);
• FTIR Research Stepscan Spectrometer;
• Vacuum Coater, --

• Veeco Calendar 2009 Contest. The image is in the Calendar's April page.
  
  

Authors: Sheparovych, R.; Roiter, Y.; Motornov, M.; Tokarev, I.; Minko, S.

Bruker Nano (former Veeco Instruments) is a world leader in the manufacture of Atomic Force/Scanning Probe Microscopes as well as more generally a leading provider of Metrology and Process Equipment solutions.

See also our other images - winners of Veeco Calendar Contests:
Bruker Calendar 2011     Veeco Calendar 2010     Veeco Calendar 2007
Veeco Calendar 2008     Veeco Calendar 2006

• Motornov, M.; Zhou, J.; Pita, M.; Gopishetty, V.; Tokarev, I.; Katz, E.; Minko, S. "Chemical Transformers" from Nanoparticle Ensembles Operated with Logic. Nano Letters 2008, 8(9), 2993-2997. Details

• Vaughan, Owain. Self-assembly: A logical outcome. Nature Nanotechnology 2008, August 22. Details
• Double nanoemulsions, nanotubes and neurons, X-rays focus on gold nanoparticles, carbon nanospheres in the atmosphere, and more. Nature Nanotechnology 2008, 3(10), 580-581. Details

• Roiter, Y.; Ornatska, M.; Rammohan, A. R.; Balakrishnan, J.; Heine, D. R.; Minko, S. Interaction of Nanoparticles with Lipid Membrane. Nano Letters 2008, 8(3), 941-944. Details

• Featured Researcher (PDF version, page as of 3/24/2008);
• Nanoscience NewsMaker (PDF version, page as of 4/2/2008); and
• Listed his Brief Biography among those of Nanoscience Researchers and Newsmakers.

Motornov, M.; Sheparovych, R.; Lupitskyy, R.; MacWilliams, E.; Minko, S. Superhydrophobic Surfaces Generated from Water-Borne Dispersions of Hierarchically Assembled Nanoparticles Coated with a Reversibly Switchable Shell. Advanced Materials 2008, 20(1), 200-205. Details

Motornov, M.; Sheparovych, R.; Katz, E.; Minko, S. Chemical Gating with Nanostructured Responsive Polymer Brushes: Mixed Brush versus Homopolymer Brush. ACS Nano 2008,
2(1), 41-52. Details,--

• Veeco Calendar 2008 Contest. The image is in the Calendar's January page.
  
  

Authors: Tokarev, I.; Roiter, Y.; Tokareva, I.; Motornov, M.; Minko, S.

Bruker Nano (former Veeco Instruments) is a world leader in the manufacture of Atomic Force/Scanning Probe Microscopes as well as more generally a leading provider of Metrology and Process Equipment solutions.

See also our other images - winners of Veeco Calendar Contests:
Bruker Calendar 2011     Veeco Calendar 2010     Veeco Calendar 2007
Veeco Calendar 2009     Veeco Calendar 2006

Motornov, M.; Sheparovych, R.; Lupitskyy, R.; MacWilliams, E.; Minko, S. Superhydrophobic Surfaces Generated from Water-Borne Dispersions of Hierarchically Assembled Nanoparticles Coated with a Reversibly Switchable Shell. Advanced Materials 2008, 20(1), 200-205. Details

Motornov, M.; Sheparovych, R.; Lupitskyy, R.; MacWilliams, E.; Minko, S. Responsive colloidal systems: Reversible aggregation and fabrication of superhydrophobic surfaces. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 2007, 310(2), 481-488. Details

1. Gartstein, V.; Salloum, D. S.; Sherman, F. F.; Lupitskyy, R. M.; Minko, S.; Motornov, M.; Sheparovych, R. B. Responsive coated substrates. US Patent Application 2007190299, 2007/08/16, 2007. Details
2. Gartstein, V.; Salloum, D. S.; Sherman, F. F.; Lupitskyy, R. M.; Minko, S.; Motornov, M.; Sheparovych, R. B. Responsive coated particles. US Patent Application 20070190327, 2007/08/16, 2007. Details

Brittain, W. J.; Minko, S. A Structural Definition of Polymer Brushes. Journal of Polymer Science: Part A: Polymer Chemistry 2007, 45(16), 3505-3512. Details (Highlight Article)

• Dr. Maryna Ornatska as a Research Associate after receiving her PhD degree from Iowa State University in 2006 and work as a Post-doctoral Research Associate in Georgia Institute of Technology; and
• Anton Grigoryev as an Exchange PhD Student

• Maxim Orlov has been awarded as an outstanding graduate student in the field of polymer chemistry (Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research) for the studies of Responsive Polyelectrolyte Membranes.
  
Anna Paola E. Soliani has been awarded as an outstanding undergraduate student in the field of polymer science and engineering (Excellence in Undergraduate Polymer Research) with a third prize for oral presentation reporting on the studies of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Nanofibers.

• Veeco 'Scanning Probe Microscopy' Calendar 2007 contest
  

Uhlmann, P.; Ionov, L.; Houbenov, N.; Nitschke, M.; Grundke, K.; Motornov, M.; Minko, S.; Stamm, M. Surface functionalization by smart coatings: Stimuli-responsive binary polymer brushes. Progress in Organic Coatings 2006, 55(2), 168-174. Details

Minko, S.; Roiter, Y. AFM single molecule studies of adsorbed polyelectrolytes. Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science 2005, 10(1-2), 9-15. Details

• Mark Raimondi and
• Anna Paola E. Soliani

• Physical Laboratory;
• Custom-Made Contact Angle Measurement Setup;
• Plasma Cleaner;
• Particle Size Analyzer (DLS), --

• National Science Foundation;
• USAR (Continued);
• Procter & Gamble;
• Corning (Continued);
• New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research;
• Xerox Corporation;
• New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research, -
  
  have been referred in the list of the group's projects.

Sheparovych, R.; Sahoo, Y.; Motornov, M.; Wang, S.; Luo, H.; Prasad, P. N.; Sokolov, I.; Minko, S. Polyelectrolyte Stabilized Nanowires from Fe₃O₄ Nanoparticles via Magnetic Field Induced Self-Assembly. Chemistry of Materials 2006, 18(3), 591-593. Details

• Veeco 'Scanning Probe Microscopy' Calendar 2006
• Veeco NanoTheater Gallery

Authors: Roiter, Y.; Minko, S. See also our other images - winners of Veeco Calendar Contests:
Bruker Calendar 2011     Veeco Calendar 2010     Veeco Calendar 2008
Veeco Calendar 2009     Veeco Calendar 2007

Lupitskyy, R.; Roiter, Y.; Tsitsilianis, C.; Minko, S. From Smart Polymer Molecules to Responsive Nanostructured Surfaces. Langmuir 2005, 21(19), 8591-8593. Details

• Venkateshwarlu Gopishetty
• Viktor Kurysko
• Emily MacWilliams

Katsampas, I.; Roiter, Y.; Minko, S.; Tsitsilianis, C. Multifunctional Stimuli Responsive ABC Terpolymers: From Three-Compartment Micelles to Three-Dimensional Network. Macromolecular Rapid Communications 2005, 26(17), 1371-1376. Details

• Contour Length and Radius of Gyration;
• Persistence Length and End-to-End Distance;
• Ideal End-to-End Distances for surface-equilibrated and 3D->2D projected molecules;
• Polymerization Degree and Molecular Weight;
• Statistics and many other useful details.

• National Science Foundation;
• USAR;
• Procter & Gamble;
• New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research;
• Procter & Gamble, -
  
  have been referred in the list of the group's projects.

• Environmental Glovebox;
• Sputtering System;
• Potentiostat-Galvanostat;
• Equipment for Elemental Analysis,--

Nanoparticles Help Create "Self-Cleaning" Clothes: by America.gov (U.S. Department of State).

Spinning the 'Smart Shirt': by Homeland Security Insight & Analysis.

"Smart" Clothing Materials Could Lead to Synthetics with Biomedical Applications: by Medical News Today, Advance News Magazines , Nano Tsunami, Newswise, and SeeNation.com.

"Smart" clothing may have biomedical applications: by Medical Devices Faraday Partnership;

Nanocomposites in Smart Clothing Could Lead to Synthetics with Biomedical Applications: by AZoNano - The A to Z of Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials.