University of Massachusetts Amherst

Polymer Science and Engineering

Crosby Research Group:

Peer Reviewed:

  1. Marcos A. Reyes-Martinez, Ashwin Ramasubramaniam, Alejandro L. Briseno, and Alfred J. Crosby. "The Intrinsic Mechanical Properties of Rubrene Single Crystals." Advanced Materials, 2012, DOI: 10.1002/adma.201201749
  2. Yuri Ebata, Andrew B. Croll, and Alfred J. Crosby. "Wrikling and strain localizations in polymer thin films." Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 9086-9091.
  3. Michael D. Bartlett, Andrew B. Croll, Daniel R. King, Beth M. Paret, Duncan J. Irschick, and Alfred J. Crosby. “Looking Beyond Fibrillar Featrues to Scale Gecko-Like Adhesion.” Advanced Materials, 2012, 24, 1078-1083.
  4. Katrina Kratz, Amrit Narasimhan, Ravisubhash Tangirala, Sung Cheal Moon, Ravindra Revanur, Santanu Kundu, Hyun Suk Kim, Alfred J. Crosby, Thomas P. Russell, Todd Emrick*, German Kolmakov and Anna C. Balazs. “Probing and repairing damaged surfaces with nanoparticle-containing microcapsules.” Nature Nanotechnology, in press, 2012.
  5. Hyun Suk Kim and Alfred J. Crosby. “Solvent-responsive surface via wrinkling instability.” Advanced Materials, 2011, 23, 4188-+.
  6. Gregory M. Su, Katherine Best, Thangamani Ranganathan, Todd Emrick, and Alfred J. Crosby. “Tailored Nanoparticles for Enhancing Polymer Adhesion.” Macromolecules, 2011, 44, 5256-5261.
  7. Dinesh Chandra and Alfred J. Crosby. “Self-wrinkling of UV-cured Polymer Films.” Advanced Materials, 2011, 23, 3441-3444.
  8. Jun Cui, Cheol Hee Lee, Aline Delbos, Jennifer J. McManus, and Alfred J. Crosby. “Cavitation rheology of the eye lens.” Soft Matter (invited contribution for special issue on Dynamics and Rheology of Fluid Interfaces, edited by Gerald Fuller and Jan Vermant), 2011, 7, 7827-7831.
  9. Chelsea Davis and Alfred J. Crosby. “Mechanics of Wrinkled Surface Adhesion.” Soft Matter, 2011, 7, 5373-5381.
  10. Jeremy M. Rathfon, Robert W. Cohn , Alfred J. Crosby, Gregory N. Tew. “Hole Nucleation and Growth in Free-Standing Polystyrene Ultrathin Films.” Macromolecules, 2011, 44, 1, 134-139.
  11. Derek Breid and Alfred J. Crosby. “Effect of Stress State on Wrinkle Morphology.” Soft Matter, 2011, 7, 4490-4496.
  12. Alfred J. Crosby and Jennifer McManus. “Blowing bubbles to study living material.” Physics Today, 2011, 64, 62-63 .
  13. S. Cai, D. Breid, Alfred J. Crosby, Z. Suo, J.W. Hutchinson. “Periodic Patterns and Energy States of Buckled Films on Compliant Substrates.” Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2011, 59, 1094-1114.
  14. Santanu Kundu, Chelsea S. Davis, Thomas Long, Ravi Sharma, Alfred J. Crosby. “Adhesion of Non-Planar Wrinkled Surfaces.” Journal of Polymer Science: Part B: Polymer Physics, 2011, 49, 179-185.
  15. Alfred J. Crosby. “Why should we care about buckling?” Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 22, 5660.
  16. Hyun Suk Kim, Cheol Hee Lee, P.K. Sudeep, Todd Emrick, Alfred J. Crosby. “Nanoparticle stripes, grids, and ribbons produced by flow coating.” Advanced Materials, 2010, 22, 4600-4604.
  1. Douglas P. Holmes, Alfred J. Crosby. “Draping Polymer Films: A Wrinkle to Fold Transition.” Physical Review Letters, 2010, 105, 038303.
  2. Guillaume Miquelard-Garnier, Andrew B. Croll, Chelsea S. Davis, and Alfred J. Crosby “Contact-line mechanics for pattern control.” Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 22, 5789-5794.
  3. Jessica A. Zimberlin, Jennifer J. McManus, Alfred J. Crosby “Cavitation Rheology of the Vitreous: Mechanical Properties of Biological Tissue in vivo.” Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 3632-3635.
  4. Jessica Zimberlin, Alfred J. Crosby “Water Cavitation of Hydrogrels.” Journal of Polymer Science: Part B: Polymer Physics, 2010, 48, 13, 1423-1427.
  1. Guillaume Miquelard-Garnier, Jessica A. Zimberlin, Christian B. Sikora, Patricia Wadsworth and Alfred J. Crosby. “Polymer microlenses for quantifying cell sheet mechanics.” Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 398-403.
  2. German V. Kolmakov, Ravindra Revanur, Ravisubhash Tangirala, Todd Emrick, Thomas P. Russell, Alfred J. Crosby, Anna C. Balazs. "Using Nanoparticle-Filled Microcapsules for Site-Specific Healing of Damaged Substrates: Creating a "Repair-and-Go" System." ACS Nano, 4, 2, 1115-1123, 2010
  1. Alfred J. Crosby. "Commentary on "Adhesion and Membrane Tension of Single Vesicles and Living Cells Using a Micropipette-Based Technique"" by M.-J. Colbert et al." European Physical Journal E, 30, 2, 125-126, 2009
  2. Charles J. Rand, Alfred J. Crosby. "Friction of Soft Elastomeric Wrinkled Surfaces" Journal of Applied Physics" 106, 6, 064913, 2009
  3. Jeremy M. Rathfon, Joshua M. Grolman, Alfred J. Crosby, Gregory N. Tew. "Formation of Oriented, Suspended Fibers by Melting Free Standing Polystyrene Thin Films" Macromolecules, 42, 17, 6716-6722, 2009
  4. Santanu Kundu, Alfred J. Crosby. "Cavitation and Fracture Behavior of Polyacrylamide Hydrogels." Soft Matter, 5, 3963-3968, 2009
  5. **Derek Breid, Alfred J. Crosby. "Surface Wrinkling Behavior of Finite Circular Plates." Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 425-431
  6. Naomi Sanabria DeLong, Alfred J. Crosby, Gregory Tew. "Photo-cross-linked PLA-PEO-PLA Hydrogels from Self-Assembled Physical Networks: Mechanical Properties and Influence of Assumed Constitutive Relationships." Biomacromolecules, 2008, 9, 10, 2784-2791.
  7. **Charles J. Rand, Renee Sweeney, Mary Morrissey, Lauren Hazel, Alfred J. Crosby. "Fracture Induced Alignment of Surface Wrinkles." Soft Matter, 2008, 4, 1805-1807
  8. Emerson De Souza, Martin Brinkmann, Camilla Mohrdieck, Alfred J. Crosby, Eduard Arzt, "Capillary Forces between Chemically Different Substrates." Langmuir, 2008, 24, 10161-10168.
  9. Jessica Zimberlin, Wadsworth, P., Alfred J.Crosby, “Living Microlens Arrays.” Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton, 2008, 65, 762-767.
  10. **Kyriaki Kalaitzidou, Alfred J. Crosby. "Adaptive Polymer Particles."  Applied Physics Letters, 2008, 93, 4, 041910
  11. Charles J. Rand, Alfred J. Crosby. "Friction of Soft Elastomeric Surfaces with a Defect." Applied Physics Letters, 2007, 91, 261909.
  12. Douglas Holmes, Michal Ursiny, *Alfred J. Crosby. "Crumpled Surface Structures." Soft Matter, 2008, 4,82-85.                                               
  13. Emerson J. De Souza, Lichao Gao, Thomas J. McCarthy, Eduard Arzt, *Alfred J. Crosby. "Effect of Contact Angle Hysteresis on the Measurement of Capillary Forces." Langmuir, in press, 2008, 24, 1391-1396
  14. **Edwin P. Chan, Erica Smith, Ryan Hayward, Alfred J. Crosby. "Surface Wrinkles for Smart Adhesion." Advanced Materials, 2008, 20, 711-716
  1. Jong-Young Lee, Qingling Zhang, Edwin P. Chan, Kristin Su, Todd Emrick, *Alfred J. Crosby. "Impact of Surface-Modified Nanoparticles on Glass Transition Temperature and Elastic Modulus of Polymer Thin Films." Macromolecules, 2007, 40, 7755-7757.
  2. Jong-Young Lee, Qingling Zhang, Jia-Yu Wang, Todd Emrick, *Alfred J. Crosby. "Failure Mechanism of Glassy Polymer-Nanoparticle Composites." Macromolecules, 2007, 40, 6406-6412.
  3. Douglas Holmes and *Alfred J. Crosby. "Snapping Surfaces." Advanced Materials, 2007, 19, 3589-3593.
  4. Edwin P. Chan, Christian Gainer, Eduard Artz, *Alfred J. Crosby. "Designing Model Systems for Enhanced Adhesion." MRS Bulletin, 2007, 32, 496-503.
  5. *Alfred J. Crosby, Jong-Young Lee. "Polymer Nanocomposites: the "Nano" Effect on Mechanical Properties." Polymer Reviews, 2007, 47, 217-229. (invited)
  6. Jessica Zimberlin, Naomi Sanabria-DeLong, Gregory Tew, *Alfred J. Crosby. "Cavitation Rheology for Soft Materials." Soft Matter, 2007, 3, 763-767.
  7. Edwin P. Chan, Dongchan Ahn, *Alfred J. Crosby. "Adhesion of Patterned Reactive Interfaces." Journal of Adhesion, 2007, 83, 473-489.
  8. Edwin P. Chan, *Alfred J. Crosby. "Fabricating Microlens Arrays by Surface Wrinkling." Advanced Materials, 2006, 18, 3238-3242.
  9. Charles J. Rand, *Alfred J. Crosby. "Insight into the Periodicity of Schallamach Waves in Soft Material Friction." Applied Physics Letters, 2006, 89, 26, 261907-1-3.
  10. Edwin P. Chan, *Alfred J. Crosby. "Quantifying Release in Step-and-Flash Imprint Lithography." Journal of Vacuum Science Technology: B, 2006, 24, 6, 2716-2722.
  11. Jong-Young Lee, Qingling Zhang, Todd Emrick, *Alfred J. Crosby. "Nanoparticle Alignment and Repulsion During Failure of Glassy Polymer Nanocomposites." Macromolecules, 2006, 39, 21, 7392-7396.
  12. Tina Thomas, *Alfred J. Crosby. "Controlling Adhesion with Surface Hole Patterns." Journals of Adhesion, 82, 3, 2006, 311-329.
  1. Edwin P. Chan, *Alfred J. Crosby. "Spontaneous Formation of Stable Wrinkle Patterns." Soft Matter, 2, 4, 2006, 324-338.
  2. *Alfred J. Crosby, Mark Hageman, Andrew Duncan. "Controlling Polymer Adhesion with 'Pancakes'." Langmuir, 21, 25, 2006, 11738-11743.
  3. Jong-Young Lee, *Alfred J. Crosby. "Crazing in Glassy Block Copolymer Thin Films." Macromolecules, 38, 23, 2005, 9711-9717.
  4. R. Song, M.Y.M. Chiang, Alfred J. Crosby, A. Karim, E.J. Amis, N. Eidelman. "Combinatorial Peel Tests for the Characterization of Adhesion Behavior of Polymeric Films." Polymer, 46, 5, 2005, 1643-1652.
  5. Martin Y.M. Chiang, Rui Song, Alfred J. Crosby, Alamgir Karim, Chwan K. Chiang, Eric J. Amis. "Combinatorial Approach to the Edge Delamination Test for Thin Film Reliability- Adaptability and Variability." Thin Solid Films, 476, 2, 2005, 379-385.
  6. Aaron M. Forster, Wenhua Zhang, Alfred J. Crosby, and Christopher M. Stafford. "A Multilens Measurement Platform for High-Throughput Adhesion Measurements." Measurement Science & Technology, 16, 1, 2005, 81-89.
  7. Alfred J. Crosby, Michael J. Fasolka, Kathryn L. Beers. "High-Throughput Craze Studies in Gradient Thin Films using Ductile Copper Grids." Macromolecules, 2004, 37, 26, 9968-9974.
  8. *Alfred J. Crosby. "Combinatorial Characterization of Interfacial Failure." Journal of Materials Science, 2003, 38, 22, 4439-4449.
  9. Alfred J. Crosby, Alamgir Karim, Eric J. Amis. "Combinatorial Investigations of Interfacial Failure." Journal of Polymer Science: Part B: Polymer Physics, 2003, 41, 9, 883-891.
  10. Alfred J. Crosby, Kenneth R. Shull, Y.Y. Lin, C-Y Hui. "Rheological Properties and Adhesive Failure of Thin Viscoelastic Layers." Journal of Rheology, 2002, 46, 1, 273-294.
  11. Adriana Paiva, Nina Sheller, Mark D. Foster, Alfred J. Crosby, Kenneth R. Shull. "Microindentation and Nanoindentation Studies of Aging in Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives." Macromolecules 2001, 34, 7, 2269-2276.
  12. Alfred J. Crosby, Kenneth R. Shull, Hamed Lakrout, Costantino Creton. "Deformation and Failure Modes of Adhesively Bonded Elastic Layers." Journal of Applied Physics, 2000, 88, 5, 2956-2966.
  13. Adriana Paiva, Nina Sheller, Mark D. Foster, Alfred J. Crosby, Kenneth R. Shull. "Study of the Surface Adhesion of Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives by Atomic Force Microscopy and Spherical Indenter Tests." Macromolecules 2000, 33, 5, 1878-1881.
  14. Kenneth R. Shull, Cynthia M. Flanigan, Alfred J. Crosby. "Fingering Instabilities of Confined Elastic Layers in Tension." Physical Review Letters, 2000, 84, 14 3057-3060.
  15. Alfred J. Crosby and Kenneth R. Shull. "Adhesive Failure Analysis of Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives." Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics, 1999, 37, 24, 3455-3472.
  16. Cynthia M. Flanigan, Alfred J. Crosby, Kenneth R. Shull. "Structural Development and Adhesion of Acrylic ABA Triblock Copolymer Gels." Macromolecules, 1999, 32, 21, 7251-7262.
  17. Kenneth R. Shull, Dongchan Ahn, Wan-Lin Chen, Cynthia M. Flanigan, Alfred J. Crosby. "Axisymmetric Adhesion Tests of Soft Materials." Macromol. Chem. Phys., 1998, 199, 4, 489-511.
  18. Cynthia L. Mowery, Alfred J. Crosby, Dongchan Ahn, Kenneth R. Shull. "Adhesion of Thermally Reversible Gels to Solid Surfaces." Langmuir, 1997, 13, 23, 6101-6107.
  19. Kenneth R. Shull and Alfred J. Crosby. "Axisymmetric Adhesion Tests of Pressure Sensitive Adhesives." Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, 1997, 119, 3, 211-215.

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Book Chapters:

  1. Edwin P. Chan, Alfred J. Crosby. "Wrinkling Polymers for Surface Structure Control and Functionality." Polymer Thin Films, ed. Ophelia Tsui, Thomas P. Russell, in press, 2008.
  1. Irene Y. Tsai, Alfred J. Crosby, Thomas P. Russell. "Methods in Cell Biology Surface Patterning." Methods in Cell Biology: Cell Mechanics, ed. Yu-Li Wang, Dennis Discher, 83, 67-87, 2007.
  2. Alamgir Karim, Amit Sehgal, J. Carson Meredith, Alfred J. Crosby, Eric J. Amis. "Image Analysis for High-Throughput Materials Science."High-Throughput Analysis: A Tool for Combinatorial Materials Science; Potyrailo, R. A.; Amis, E. J., Eds.; Kluwer Academic Publishers: New York, 2003; pp 33-57.
  3. J. Carson Meredith, Archie P. Smith, Alfred J. Crosby, Alamgir Karim, Eric J. Amis. "Combinatorial Methods for Polymer Science." Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology, 3rd Edition; Jacqueline I. Kroschwitz, Ed. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2002.

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Patents:

  1. Alfred J. Crosby, Edwin P. Chan, Ryan Hayward. Wrinkled Adhesive Surfaces and Methods for the Preparation Thereof, provisional submitted, 2008.
  2. Alfred J. Crosby, Patricia Wadsworth, Jessica Zimberlin, Method for the Deformation of Surfaces and Articles Formed Thereby, provisional submitted, 2007.
  3. Alfred J. Crosby, Douglas P. Holmes, Kyriaki Kalaitzdou, Edwin P. Chan, Charles J. Rand. Stimuli-Responsive Surfaces and Related Methods of Use, provisional submitted, 2007.
  4. Alfred J. Crosby, Jessica Zimberlin. Methods and Apparatus for Modulus Measurement, full patent submitted, 2007.
  5. Alfred J. Crosby, Edwin P. Chan. Surface Buckling Method and Articles Formed Thereby, provisional submitted, 2006.
  6. Alfred J. Crosby, Eric J. Amis. Method for Combinatorially Measuring Adhesion Strength. US 6,813,958 B2, 2004.

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Non-refereed Publications and Proceedings:

  1. **Douglas Holmes, Derek Breid, Edwin P. Chan, Alfred J. Crosby. "Wrinkling and Snapping Polymer Surfaces." ACS Spring Meeting: PMSE Preprints, New Orleans, LA, 2008.
  2. **Charles J. Rand, Alfred J. Crosby. "Soft Polymer Friction." Poc. of the 31st Ann. Conf. Adh. Soc,. 2008.
  3. **Edwin P. Chan, Erica J. Smith, Ryan C. Hayward, Alfred J. Crosby. "Surface Wrinkles for the Control of Soft Polymer Adhesion." Poc. of the 31st Ann. Conf. Adh. Soc.. 2008.
  4. **Douglas Holmes, Derek Breid, Edwin P. Chan, Alfred J. Crosby. "Responsive Polymer
  5. Surfaces." Proc. of the 31st Ann. Conf. Adh. Soc., 2008.
  6. Edwin P. Chan, Douglas P. Holmes, *Alfred J. Crosby. "Nature's Instabilities: Inspiring the Control of Adhesion, Optics, and Sensors in Soft Polymers." ACS Spring Meeting: POLY Preprints, Chicago, Illinois, 2007.
  7. Jong-Young Lee, Qingling Zhang, Todd Emrick, *Alfred J. Crosby. "Deformation and Failure Mechanisms of Glassy Polymer Nanocomposites." ACS Spring Meeting: PMSE Preprints, Chicago, Illinois, 2007.
  8. Charles J. Rand, *Alfred J. Crosby. "Schallamach Wave Periodicity in Soft Elastomer Friction." Proc. of the 30th Ann. Conf. Adh. Soc., 2007.
  9. Edwin P. Chan, Douglas P. Holmes, *Alfred J. Crosby. "Wrinkled Geckos: Controlling Polymer Adhesion with Fabricated Surface Wrinkles." Proc. of the 30th Ann. Conf. Adh. Soc., 2007.
  10. Jong-Young Lee, Qingling Zhang, Todd Emrick, *Alfred J. Crosby. "Alignment and Entrapment of Nanoparticles During Failure of Polymer Nanocomposites." ACS Spring Meeting: PMSE Preprints, Atlanta, Georgia, 2006, 94.
  11. Edwin P. Chan, Douglas P. Holmes, John Whang, *Alfred J. Crosby. "Quantifying the Mechanisms of Adhesion and Release in Imprint Lithography." ACS Spring Meeting: PMSE Preprints, Atlanta, Georgia, 2006, 94.
  12. Edwin P. Chan, *Alfred J. Crosby. "Tuning the Adhesive Properties of Acrylate Based Elastomers Through Patterned Surfaces." Proc of the 29th Ann. Conf. Adh. Soc., 2006.
  13. *Alfred J. Crosby, Edwin P. Chan, Tina Thomas, Lindsay Coutu, Kristen Su, Jessica Zimberlin. "Pattern Control of Soft, Polymer Adhesion." Proc of the 29th Ann. Conf. Adh. Soc., 2006.
  14. *Alfred J. Crosby, Jong-Young Lee, Edwin P. Chan. "Combinatorial Methods and Nanostructure Defects." ACS Fall Meeting: PMSE Preprints, Washington, D.C., 2005, 93, 479.
  15. Jong-Young Lee, *Alfred J. Crosby. "The effect of surface terracing and confined nanoparticles on crazing in symmetric PS-b-P2VP thin films." Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Fracture, 2005.
  16. *Alfred J. Crosby, Edwin P. Chan, Tina Thomas, Mark Hageman. "Patterns for Adhesion." Proc. of the 28th Ann. Conf. Adh. Soc., 2005.
  17. Peter L. Drzal, Aaron M. Forster, Charles Rand, Alfred J. Crosby, Christopher C. White, Mark VanLandingham. "Instrumented Indentation of Model Soft Elastomers and Adhesion Effects." Proc. of the 28th Ann. Conf. Adh. Soc., 2005.
  18. *Alfred J. Crosby. "Smart Adhesion: Controlling Polymer Interfaces Through Patterning." Proceedings for Society of Plastics Engineers Annual Meeting, 2004.
  19. *Alfred J. Crosby, Mark Hageman, Andrew J. Duncan. "Controlling Polymer Adhesion Through Patterns: A Combinatorial Investigation." ACS Spring Meeting: PMSE Preprints, Anaheim, CA, 2004, 90, 761.
  20. *Alfred J. Crosby, Andrew Duncan, Divya J. Singh. "Combinatorial Investigation of Topographically-Controlled Polymer Adhesion." Proc. 27th Ann. Conf. Adh. Soc. 2004.
  21. Cher H. Davis, Alamgir Karim, Kathryn L. Beers, Alfred J. Crosby, Archie P. Smith, Eric J. Amis. "Polymer science at the NIST combinatorial methods center." Abstr. Pap. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 224, U514-U514.
  22. Alfred J. Crosby, Alamgir Karim, Eric J. Amis. "Combinatorial Investigations of Interfacial Failure." Polymer Preprints, Division of Polymer Chemistry, American Chemical Society Publication, 2001, 645.
  23. Adriana Paiva, Mark D. Foster, Alfred J. Crosby, Kenneth R. Shull. "Studying Changes in Surface Adhesion of PSAs with AFM and Spherical Indenter Tests." Proc. 23rd Ann. Conf. Adh. Soc., 2000, 43-45.
  24. Kenneth R. Shull and Alfred J. Crosby. "Energy Dissipation and Crack Propagation in Viscoelastic Adhesives." Proc. 23rd Ann. Conf. Adh. Soc., 2000, 113-115.
  25. Alfred J. Crosby and Kenneth R. Shull. "Debonding Mechanisms of Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives." Adhesives Age. 1999, 42, 7, 28-33.
  26. Alfred J. Crosby and Kenneth R. Shull. "Debonding Mechanisms of Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives." Proc. 22nd Ann. Conf. Adh. Soc., 1999, 320-322.
  27. Kenneth R. Shull, Alfred J. Crosby, Hamed Lakrout, Costantino Creton. "Probe Tack Tests of Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives with Flat and Spherical Punches." Proc. 22nd Ann. Conf. Adh. Soc., 1999, 313-315.
  28. Cynthia M. Flanigan, Alfred J. Crosby, Kenneth R. Shull. "The Effect of Acrylic Acid Moieties on the Adhesive and Structural Properties of ABA Triblock Gels." Proc. 22nd Ann. Conf. Adh. Soc., 1999, 404-406.

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Media Coverage:

  1. Cover art, Advanced Materials, 20, 2008.
  2. News article on Snapping Surfaces, Science Daily News, November 2007.
  3. News article on Snapping Surfaces, Hampshire Gazette, November 2007.
  4. Newspaper story on Snapping Surfaces, Hampshire Gazette, November 2007.
  5. Research highlight, Nature Materials, 2007.
  6. Research highlight, Nature Photonics, 2007.
  7. Highlight in University of Massachusetts College of Natural Science and Mathematics Calendar, 2007.
  8. Cover Art, Advanced Materials, 18, 2006.
  9. Highlight in University of Massachusetts College of Natural Science and Mathematics Calendar, 2006.
  10. Newspaper story on Umass Nano-Imprint Lithography Laboratory funded by NSF-MRI grant. Hampshire Gazette, February 2006.
  11. Newspaper story on Umass Nano-Imprint Lithography Laboratory funded by NSF-MRI grant. Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology, December 2005.
  12. Cover art, J. Polym. Sci., Polym. Phys., 2003.

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Invited Lectures:

  1. "Crumpling Polymer Films." American Chemical Society Spring Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, March 2009.
  2. "Instability Mechanics for Soft Materials and Tissues." Fordon Research Conference on Macromolecular Materials, Ventura, CA, January 2009.
  3. "Wrinkling, Crumpling and Snapping for Surface Property Control." Department of Physics Seminar, Boston University, November 2008.
  4. "Wrinkling, Crumpling and Snapping for Surface Property Control."Korean Polymer Society Fall Conference, Seoul, S. Korea, Ocober 2008.
  5. "Wrinkling, Crumpling and Snapping for Surface Property Control." Seoul National University Chemical Engineering Seminar, Seoul, S Korea, October 2008.
  6. "Wrinkling, Crumpling and Snapping for Surface Property Control." KAIST Chemical Engineering Seminar, Daejeon, S. Korea, October 2008.
  7. "Wrinkling, Crumpling and Snapping for Surface Property Control." POSTECH Chemical Engineering Seminar, Pohang, S. Korea, October 2008.
  8. "Wrinkling, Crumpling and Snapping for Surface Property Control." MIT Physical Mathematics Seminar, Boston, MA, September 2008.
  9. "Wrinkling, Crumpling and Snapping for Surface Property Control." POLYFilm Conference, University of Sheffield, UK, September 2008.
  10. "Wrinkling, Crumpling and Snapping for Surface Property Control." US-Korea Conference on Science, Technology, and Entrepreneurship, San Diego, CA August 2008.
  11. “Lessons from a Fingerprint, Literally” Gordon Research Conference Polymer Physics, Newport, RI, June 2008.
  12. “Listening to Materials Respond: New Lessons for Soft Materials Design” Rohm & Haas Corporation Electronic Materials Seminar Series, Marlboro, MA, June 2008.
  13. “Wrinkling, Crumpling, and Snapping Polymer Surfaces” Rohm & Haas Corporation Technical Seminar Series, Spring House, PA, May 2008.
  14. "Wrinkling, Crumpling, and Snapping Polymer Surfaces” Dow Corning Corporation Seminar Series, Midland, MI, May 2008.
  15. “Wrinkling, Crumpling, and Snapping Polymer Surfaces” American Chemical Society Rubber Division Technical Meeting, Dearborn, MI, April 2008.
  16. “Wrinkling, Crumpling, and Snapping Polymer Surfaces” Proctor & Gamble NanoSeries, Cincinnati, OH, March 2008.
  17. “Growth and Stability of Surface Wrinkles” American Physical Society March Meeting, Division of Polymer Physics, Dillon Medal Symposium in Honor of Kari Dalnoki-Veress, New Orleans, LA, March 2008.
  18. “Wrinkling, Crumpling, and Snapping for Surface Property Control” American Physical Society March Meeting, Division of Polymer Physics, New Orleans, LA, March 2008.
  19. “Preparing Scientists for Scientific Careers” American Physical Society March Meeting,  Physics Education Symposium, New Orleans, LA, March 2008.
  20. “Wrinkling, Crumpling, and Snapping Polymer Surfaces” Saint Gobain Seminar, Northboro, MA, March 2008.
  21. “Interfacial Control: Using the Laws of Nature.” Adhesives and Sealants Council Executive Meeting, Austin, TX, February 2008.
  22. “Mechanics of Hierarchical Materials.” Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China, October 2007.

  23. "Nature's Instabzilities: Inspiring Materials Design and Characterization." Bausch & Lomb Corporation, Rochester, NY, May 2007.

  24. "VISUAL: Ventures in Science Using Art Laboratory." National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA, May 2007.

  25. "Nature's Instabilities: Inspiring Materials Design and Characterization." Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, April 2007.
  26. "Nature's Instabilities: Inspiring Materials Design and Characterization." Symposium on Functional Polymer Based Materials, Jena, Germany, April 2007.
  27. "Nature's Instabilities: Inspiring Materials Design and Characterization." American Chemical Society Spring National Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 2007.
  28. "Nature's Instabilities: Inspiring Materials Design and Characterization." Structural Materials Seminar, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, February 2007.
  29. "Adhesion, Friction, and Wrinkling of Soft Polymer Surfaces." 30th Asilomar Conference on Polymers, Monterey, CA, February 2007.
  30. "Nature's Instabilities: Inspiring Materials Design and Characterization." Taiwan-US Symposium on Soft Materials, Taipei, Taiwan, January 2007.
  31. "Wrinkled Geckos: Controlling Polymer Adhesion with Patterns." Department of Chemistry, Rennsalaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, October 2006.
  32. "Nature's Instabilities: Inspiring Materials Design and Characterization." Program in Polymer Science and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, October 2006.
  33. "Patterns, Polymers, and Adhesion." School of Polymer, Textile, and Fiber Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, October 2006.
  34. "Controlling Soft Polymer Adhesion with Patterned Surface Structures." Gordon Research Conference: Adhesion Science, Tilton, NH, August 2006.
  35. "Adhesion, Friction, and Wrinkling of Soft Polymer Surfaces." Bausch & Lomb Corporation, Rochester, NY, July 2006.
  36. "Fundamental Insight into Deformation and Failure of Polymer Nanocomposites." International Symposium on Polymer Physics, Suzhou, China, June 2006.
  37. Topographically Tuning Polymer Adhesions." CUMIRP Spring Meeting, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA, May 2006.
  38. "Exploring the Role of Patterns in Adhesion and Fracture." Max Planck Institute for Metals Research, Department of Eduard Artz, Stuttgart, Germany, April 2006.
  39. "Fracture of Patterned Interfaces." 13th International Conference on Deformation, Yield, and Fracture of Polymers, Rolduc Abbey, Kerkrade, Netherlands, April 2006.
  40. "Quantifying the Mechanisms of Adhesion and Release in Imprint Lithography." American Chemical Society Spring Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 2006.
  41. "Pattern Control of Soft Polymer Adhesion." Adhesion Society Annual Conference, Jacksonville, FL, February 2006.
  42. "Patterns, Polymers, and Adhesion." Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Spring 2006 Seminar Series, Cornell University, February 2006.
  43. "Learning from Biology: How Patterns Can Control Adhesion." 3M, St. Paul, MN, November 2005.
  44. "Learning from Biology: How Patterns Can Control Adhesion." Department of Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, October 2005.
  45. "Learning from Biology: How Patterns Can Control Adhesion." Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, October 2005.
  46. "Combinatorial Methods and Nanostructure Defects." American Chemical Society Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C., August 2005.
  47. "Adhesion of Patterned Surfaces: When Do Players Become a Team?" Gordon Research Conference: Coatings and Films, Colby Sawyer College, July 2005.
  48. "The Effect of Surface Terracing and Confined Nanoparticles on Crazing in Symmetric PS-b-P2VP Thin Films." 11th International Conference of Fracture, Turin, Italy, March 2005.
  49. "Pattern Control of Adhesion." Department of Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, February 2005.
  50. "Adhesion of Patterned Surfaces: When Do Players Become a Team?" NSF Indo-US Workshop on Nanomaterials, Pune, India, December 2004.
  51. "Adhesion of Patterned Surfaces: When Do Players Become a Team?" Proctor & Gamble, Cincinnati, OH, November 2004.
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