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2023
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27. The effect of local chain stiffness on the mechanism of crystal nucleation in an oligomer melt P. Kawak, C. Akiki, and D. R. Tree. chemRxiv. (2023). doi: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-374qx, preprint |
26. Simulations of Morphology Control of Self-Assembled Amphiphilic Surfactants Q. Zhu and D. R. Tree. Journal of Polymer Science. (2023). doi: 10.1002/pol.20220771, preprint |
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25. Active Control of Equilibrium, Near-Equilibrium, and Far-from-Equilibrium Colloidal Systems M. N. McDonald, Q. Zhu, W. F. Paxton, C. K. Peterson, and D. R. Tree. Soft Matter. 19, 1675-1694, (2023). doi: 10.1039/D2SM01447E, preprint |
24. Steering particles via micro-actuation of chemical gradients using model predicitve control M. N. McDonald, C. K. Peterson, and D. R. Tree. Biomicrofluidics. 17, 014107, (2023). doi: 10.1063/5.0126690, preprint |
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2022
23. Gibbs–Duhem relation for phase-field models of polymeric mixtures R. Alhasan and D. R. Tree. Macromolecules. 55, 759--765, (2022). doi: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c02021, preprint |
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22. A phase field model for dynamics simulations of reactive blending of polymers M. D. Tikekar, K. T. Delaney, M. C. Villet, D. R. Tree, and G. H. Fredrickson. Soft Matter. 18, 877--893(2021). doi: 10.1039/D1SM01686E, preprint |
2021
21. Semiflexible oligomers crystallize via a cooperative phase transition P. Kawak, D. S. Banks, and D. R. Tree. Journal of Chemical Physics. 155, 214902 (2021). doi: 10.1063/5.0067788, preprint |
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20. Using Reactive Dissipative Particle Dynamics to Understand Local Shape Manipulation of Polymer Vesicles Q. Zhu, T. R. Scott, D. R. Tree. Soft Matter. 17, 24--39 (2021). doi: 10.1039/D0SM01654C, preprint |
2020
19. Mechanisms of Asymmetric Membrane Formation in Nonsolvent-Induced Phase Separation Garcia, J. U.; Iwama, T.; Chan, E. Y.; Tree, D. R.; Delaney, K. T.; Fredrickson, G. H. ACS Macro Letters. 9, 1617-1624 (2020). doi: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.0c00609, preprint |
2019
18. Mass-transfer driven spinodal decomposition in a ternary polymer solution D. R. Tree, L. Fracisco dos Santos, C. B. Wilson, T. R. Scott, J. Ulric Garcia, and G. H. Fredrickson. Soft Matter. 23, 4614-4628 (2019). doi: 10.1039/C9SM00355J, preprint |
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2018
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17. Marangonoi Flows during Nonsolvent Induced Phase Separation. D. R. Tree, T. Iwama K. T. Delaney, J. Lee, and G. H. Fredrickson. ACS Macro Letters. 7, 582--586 (2018). doi: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.8b00012, preprint |
2017
16. A multi-fluid model for microstructure formation in polymer membranes. D. R. Tree, K. T. Delaney, H. D. Ceniceros, T. Iwama and G. H. Fredrickson. Soft Matter. 13, 3013--3030 (2017). doi: 10.1039/C6SM02839J, preprint |
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2014
15. Hydrodynamics of DNA confined in nanoslits and nanochannels. K. D. Dorfman, D. Gupta, A. Jain, A. Muralidhar and D. R. Tree. Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 223, 3179--3200 (2014). doi: 10.1140/epjst/e2014-02326-4, preprint |
14. Backfolding of Wormlike Chains Confined in Nanochannels. A. Muralidhar, D. R. Tree, and K. D. Dorfman. Macromolecules. 47, 8446--8458 (2014). doi: 10.1021/ma501687k, preprint |
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13. The Odijk Regime in Slits. D. R. Tree, W. F. Reinhart, and K. D. Dorfman. Macromolecules 47, 3672--3684 (2014). doi: 10.1021/ma500647v, preprint |
12. Interplay between chain stiffness and excluded volume of semiflexible polymers confined in nanochannels. A. Muralidhar, D. R. Tree, Y. Wang and K. D. Dorfman. J. Chem. Phys. 140, 084905 (2014) doi: 10.1063/1.4865965, preprint |
2013
11. Modeling the Relaxation Time of DNA Confined in a Nanochannel. D. R. Tree, Y. Wang and K. D. Dorfman. Biomicrofluidics 7, 054118 (2013) doi: 10.1063/1.4826156, preprint |
10. Is DNA a Good Model Polymer? D. R. Tree, A. Muralidhar, P. S. Doyle, and K. D. Dorfman. Macromolecules 46, 8369--8382 (2013) doi: 10.1021/ma401507f, preprint |
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9. Extension of DNA in a Nanochannel as a Rod-to-Coil Transition. D. R. Tree, Y. Wang, and K. D. Dorfman. Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 208103 (2013) doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.208103, preprint |
8. Revisiting Blob Theory for DNA Diffusivity in Slitlike Confinement. L. Dai, D. R. Tree, J. R. C. van der Maarel, K. D. Dorfman, and P. S. Doyle. Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 168105 (2013) doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.168105, preprint |
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7. Beyond Gel Electrophoresis: Microfluidic Separations, Fluorescence Burst Analysis, and DNA Stretching. K. D. Dorfman, S. B. King, D. W. Olson, J. D. P. Thomas and D. R. Tree. Chem. Rev. 113, 2584--2667 (2013) doi: 10.1021/cr3002142, preprint |
6. Entropic depletion of DNA in triangular nanochannels. W. F. Reinhart, D. R. Tree and K. D. Dorfman. Biomicrofluidics 7, 024102 (2013) doi: 10.1063/1.4794371, preprint |
5. Syngas fermentation to biofuels: Effects of hydrogen partial pressure on hydrogenase efficiency. B. E. Skidmore, R. A. Baker, D. R. Banjade, J. M. Bray, D. R. Tree and R. S. Lewis. Biomass and Bioenergy 55, 156--162 (2013) doi: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2013.01.034 |
2012
4. Mobility of a Semiflexible Chain Confined in a Nanochannel. D. R. Tree, Y. Wang, and K. D. Dorfman. Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 228105 (2012). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.228105, preprint |
3. Resolution limit for DNA barcodes in the Odijk regime. Y. Wang, W. F. Reinhart, D. R. Tree, and K. D. Dorfman. Biomicrofluidics 6, 014101--9 (2012). doi: 10.1063/1.3672691, preprint |
2011
2. Simulation of DNA Extension in Nanochannels. Y. Wang, D. R. Tree, and K. D. Dorfman. Macromolecules, 44, 6594--6604 (2011). doi: 10.1021/ma201277e, preprint |
1. The effects of syngas impurities on syngas fermentation to liquid fuels. D. Xu, D. R. Tree and R. S. Lewis. Biomass and Bioenergy 35, 2690--2696 (2011). doi: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.03.005 |