Arash Nikoubashman: Publications

2023

  1. S.B. Kotkar, M.P. Howard, A. Nikoubashman, J.C. Conrad, R. Poling-Skutvik and J.C. Palmer: Confined dynamics in spherical polymer brushes, ACS Macro Lett. (2023)
  2. J. Wang, D.S. Devarajan, A. Nikoubashman and J. Mittal: Conformational properties of polymers at droplet interfaces as model systems for disordered proteins, ACS Macro Lett. 12, 1472 (2023)
  3. R. Datta, F. Berressem, F. Schmid, A. Nikoubashman and P. Virnau: Viscosity of flexible and semiflexible ring melts: Molecular origins and flow-induced segregation, Macromolecules 56, 7247 (2023)
  4. T. Yokoyama, Y. Kobayashi, N. Arai and A. Nikoubashman: Aggregation of amphiphilic nanocubes in equilibrium and under shear, Soft Matter 19, 6480 (2023)
  5. Y. Kanakubo, C. Watanabe, J. Yamamoto, N. Yanagisawa, H. Sakuta, A. Nikoubashman, M. Yanagisawa: Cell-sized confinements alter molecular diffusion in concentrated polymer solutions due to length-dependent wetting of polymers, ACS Materials Au 3, 442 (2023)
  6. M. Trömer, E.M. Zirdehi, A. Nikoubashman and A.H. Gröschel: Effect of surfactant selectivity on shape and inner morphology of triblock terpolymer microparticles, Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2023, 2300123 (2023)
  7. S. Rekhi, D.S. Devarajan, M.P. Howard, Y.C. Kim, A. Nikoubashman and J. Mittal: Role of strong localized vs. weak distributed interactions in disordered protein phase separation, J. Phys. Chem. B 127, 3829 (2023)
  8. A. Nikoubashman and M. Yanagisawa: Confinement-induced fractionation and liquid–liquid phase separation of polymer mixtures, Polymers 15, 511 (2023)

2022

  1. D.M. Scott, A. Nikoubashman, R.A. Register, R.D. Priestley and R.K. Prud'homme: Rapid precipitation of ionomers for stabilization of polymeric colloids, Langmuir 39, 570 (2022)
  2. D.S. Devarajan, S. Rekhi, A. Nikoubashman, Y.C. Kim, M.P. Howard and J. Mittal: Effect of charge distribution on the dynamics of polyampholytic disordered proteins, Macromolecules 55, 8987 (2022)
  3. D.J. Bauer, L. Stelzl and A. Nikoubashman: Single-chain and condensed-state behavior of hnRNPA1 from molecular simulations, J. Chem. Phys. 157, 154903 (2022)
  4. N. Petsev, A. Nikoubashman, F. Latinwo, F. Stillinger and P. Debenedetti: Crystal prediction via genetic algorithms in a model chiral system, J. Phys. Chem. B 126, 7771 (2022)
  5. Y. Kobayashi and A. Nikoubashman: Self-assembly of amphiphilic cubes in suspension, Langmuir 38, 10642 (2022)
    1. Featured on the cover of Langmuir (Volume 38, Issue 34)
  6. J.H. Appeldorn, S. Lemcke, T. Speck and A. Nikoubashman: Employing artificial neural networks to identify reaction coordinates and pathways for self-assembly, J. Phys. Chem. B 126, 5007 (2022)
  7. C.R. Bilchak, M. Jhalaria, S. Adhikari, J. Midya, Y. Huang, Z. Abbas, A. Nikoubashman, B.C. Benicewicz, M. Rubinstein and S.K. Kumar: Understanding gas transport in polymer-grafted nanoparticle assemblies, Macromolecules 55, 3011 (2022)
  8. J. Midya, S.A. Egorov, K. Binder and A. Nikoubashman: Wetting transitions of polymer solutions: Effects of chain length and chain stiffness, J. Chem. Phys. 156, 044901 (2022)

2021

  1. Y.M. Wani, P.G. Kovakas, A. Nikoubashman and M.P. Howard: Diffusion and sedimentation in colloidal suspensions using multiparticle collision dynamics with a discrete particle model, J. Chem. Phys. 156, 024901 (2022)
  2. A. Milchev, S.A. Egorov, J. Midya, K. Binder and A. Nikoubashman: Blends of Semiflexible Polymers: Interplay of Nematic Order and Phase Separation , Polymers 13, 2270 (2021)
  3. S. Adhikari, A. Nikoubashman, L. Leibler, M. Rubinstein, J. Midya and S.K. Kumar: Gas transport in interacting planar brushes, ACS Polymers Au 1, 39 (2021)
  4. R. Chen, S.B. Kotkar, R. Poling-Skutvik, M.P. Howard, A. Nikoubashman, J.C. Conrad and J.C. Palmer: Nanoparticle dynamics in semidilute polymer solutions: Rings versus linear chains, J. Rheol. 65, 745 (2021)
  5. F. Berressem, C. Scherer, D. Andrienko and A. Nikoubashman: Ultra-coarse-graining of homopolymers in inhomogeneous systems, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 33, 254002 (2021)
  6. F. Berressem and A. Nikoubashman: BoltzmaNN: Predicting effective pair potentials and equations of state using neural networks, J. Chem. Phys. 154, 124123 (2021) - webtool - git repository
  7. A. Nikoubashman: Ordering, phase behavior, and correlations of semiflexible polymers in confinement, J. Chem. Phys. 154, 090901 (2021)
  8. A. Steinhaus, D. Srivastva, X. Qiang, S. Franzka, A. Nikoubashman and A.H. Gröschel: Controlling Janus nanodiscs topology through ABC triblock terpolymer / homopolymer blending in 3D confinement, Macromolecules 54, 1224 (2021)
  9. S.A. Egorov, A. Milchev, A. Nikoubashman and K. Binder: Phase separation and nematic order in lyotropic solutions: Two types of polymers with different stiffness in a common solvent, J. Phys. Chem. B 125, 956 (2021)

2020

  1. C.R. Bilchak, M. Jhalaria, Y. Huang, Z. Abbas, J. Midya, F.M. Benedetti, D. Parisi, W. Egger, M. Dickmann, M. Minelli, F. Doghieri, A. Nikoubashman, C.J. Durning, D. Vlassopoulos, J. Jestin, Z.P. Smith, B.C. Benicewicz, M. Rubinstein, L. Leibler and S.K. Kumar: Tuning selectivities in gas separation membranes based on polymer-grafted nanoparticles, ACS Nano 14, 17174 (2020)
  2. Y. Kobayashi, N. Arai and A. Nikoubashman: Structure and shear response of Janus colloid-polymer mixtures in solution, Langmuir 36, 14214 (2020)
  3. A. Milchev, S.A. Egorov, J. Midya, K. Binder and A. Nikoubashman: Entropic unmixing in nematic blends of semiflexible polymers, ACS Macro Lett. 9, 1779 (2020)
  4. J. Midya, M. Rubinstein, S.K. Kumar and A. Nikoubashman: Structure of polymer-grafted nanoparticle melts, ACS Nano 14, 15505 (2020)
  5. M.P Howard and A. Nikoubashman: Stratification of polymer mixtures in drying droplets: Hydrodynamics and diffusion, J. Chem. Phys. 153, 054901 (2020)
  6. K. Binder, S.A. Egorov, A. Milchev and A. Nikoubashman: Understanding the properties of liquid-crystalline polymers by computational modeling, J. Phys. Mater. 3, 032008 (2020)
  7. T.I. Morozova, V.E. Lee, N. Bizmark, S.S. Datta, R.K. Prud'homme, A. Nikoubashman and R.D. Priestley: In silico design enables the rapid production of surface-active colloidal amphiphiles, ACS Central Science 6, 166 (2020)

2019

  1. Y. Kobayashi, N. Arai and A. Nikoubashman: Structure and dynamics of amphiphilic Janus spheres and spherocylinders under shear, Soft Matter 16, 476 (2020)
  2. T.I. Morozova and A. Nikoubashman: Surface activity of soft polymer colloids, Langmuir 35, 16907 (2019)
  3. L.B. Weiss, C.N. Likos and A. Nikoubashman: Spatial demixing of ring and chain polymers in pressure-driven flow, Macromolecules 52, 7858 (2019)
  4. A. Nikoubashman and T. Ihle: Transport coefficients of self-propelled particles: Reverse perturbations and transverse current correlations, Phys. Rev. E 100, 042603 (2019)
  5. A. Steinhaus, D. Srivastva, A. Nikoubashman and A.H. Gröschel: Janus nanostructures from ABC/B triblock terpolymer blends, Polymers 11, 1107 (2019)
  6. J. Midya, S.A. Egorov, K. Binder and A. Nikoubashman: Phase behavior of flexible and semiflexible polymers in solvents of varying quality, J. Chem. Phys. 151, 034902 (2019)
    1. 2019 Editor's Choice award of The Journal of Chemical Physics
  7. A. Milchev, A. Nikoubashman and K. Binder: The smectic phase in semiflexible polymer materials: A large scale molecular dynamics study, Comput. Mater. Sci. 166, 230 (2019)
  8. M.P. Howard, A. Nikoubashman and J.C. Palmer: Modeling hydrodynamic interactions in soft materials with multiparticle collision dynamics, Curr. Opin. Chem. Eng. 23, 34 (2019)
  9. A. Nikoubashman and F. Schmid: The molecular Lego movie, Nature Chemistry (News and Views) 11, 298 (2019)
  10. J. Midya, Y. Cang, S.A. Egorov, K. Matyjaszewski, M.R. Bockstaller, A. Nikoubashman and G. Fytas: Disentangling the role of chain conformation on the mechanics of polymer tethered particle materials, Nano Lett. 19, 2715 (2019)
  11. W. Liu, J. Midya, M. Kappl, H.-J. Butt and A. Nikoubashman: Segregation in drying binary colloidal droplets, ACS Nano 13, 4972 (2019)
  12. M.P. Howard, T.M. Truskett and A. Nikoubashman: Cross-stream migration of a Brownian droplet in a polymer solution under Poiseuille flow, Soft Matter 15, 3168 (2019)
  13. N. Li, A. Nikoubashman and A.Z. Panagiotopoulos: Self-assembly of polymer blends and nanoparticles through rapid solvent exchange, Langmuir 35, 3780 (2019)

2018

  1. T.I. Morozova, V.E. Lee, A.Z. Panagiotopoulos, R.K. Prud'homme, R.D. Priestley and A. Nikoubashman: On the stability of polymeric nanoparticles fabricated through rapid solvent mixing, Langmuir 35, 709 (2019)
  2. R. Chen, R. Poling-Skutvik, M.P. Howard, A. Nikoubashman, S.A. Egorov, J.C. Conrad and J.C. Palmer: Influence of polymer flexibility on nanoparticle dynamics in semidilute solutions, Soft Matter 15, 1260 (2018)
  3. A. Milchev, S.A. Egorov, K. Binder and A. Nikoubashman: Nematic order in solutions of semiflexible polymers: Hairpins, elastic constants, and the nematic-smectic transition, J. Chem. Phys. 149, 174909 (2018)
    1. 2018 Editor's Choice award of The Journal of Chemical Physics
  4. M.P. Howard, W.F. Reinhart, T. Sanyal, M.S. Shell, A. Nikoubashman and A.Z. Panagiotopoulos: Evaporation-induced assembly of colloidal crystals, J. Chem. Phys. 149, 094901 (2018)
    1. 2018 Editor's Choice award of The Journal of Chemical Physics
  5. N. Li, A. Nikoubashman and A.Z. Panagiotopoulos: Multi-scale simulations of polymeric nanoparticle aggregation during rapid solvent exchange, J. Chem. Phys. 149, 084904 (2018)
    1. 2018 Editor's Choice award of The Journal of Chemical Physics
  6. M.R. Khadilkar and A. Nikoubashman: Self-assembly of semiflexible polymers confined to thin spherical shells, Soft Matter 14, 6903 (2018)
  7. D. Srivastva and A. Nikoubashman: Flow Behavior of Chain and Star Polymers and Their Mixtures, Polymers 10, 599 (2018)
  8. L.S. Grundy, V.E. Lee, N. Li, C. Sosa, W.D. Mulhearn, R. Liu, R.A. Register, A. Nikoubashman, R.K. Prud'homme, A.Z. Panagiotopoulos and R.D. Priestley: Rapid Production of Internally Structured Colloids by Flash Nanoprecipitation of Block Copolymer Blends, ACS Nano 12, 4660 (2018)
  9. M.P. Howard, A.Z. Panagiotopoulos and A. Nikoubashman: Efficient mesoscale hydrodynamics: Multiparticle collision dynamics with massively parallel GPU acceleration, Comput. Phys. Commun. 230, 10 (2018)
  10. A. Milchev, S.A. Egorov, A. Nikoubashman and K. Binder: Adsorption and structure formation of semiflexible polymers on spherical surfaces, Polymer 145. 463 (2018)
  11. A. Milchev, S.A. Egorov, D.A. Vega, K. Binder and A. Nikoubashman: Densely packed semiflexible macromolecules in a rigid spherical capsule, Macromolecules 51, 2002 (2018)
  12. R. Chen, R. Poling-Skutvik, A. Nikoubashman, M.P. Howard, J.C. Conrad and J.C. Palmer: Coupling of nanoparticle dynamics to polymer center-of-mass motion in semidilute polymer solutions, Macromolecules 51, 1865 (2018)
  13. T.I. Morozova and A. Nikoubashman: Coil-globule collapse of polystyrene chains in tetrahydrofuran-water mixtures, J. Phys. Chem. B 122, 2130 (2018)

2017

  1. L. Weiss, A. Nikoubashman and C.N. Likos: Topology-sensitive microfluidic filter for polymers of varying stiffness, ACS Macro Lett. 6, 1426 (2017)
  2. N. Li, A. Nikoubashman and A.Z. Panagiotopoulos: Controlled production of patchy particles from the combined effects of nanoprecipitation and vitrification, Soft Matter 13, 8433 (2017)
  3. A. Nikoubashman and M.P. Howard: Equilibrium dynamics and shear rheology of semiflexible polymers in solution, Macromolecules 50, 8279 (2017)
  4. O. Nikoubashman, A. Nikoubashman, M. Büsen and M. Wiesmann: Necessary catheter diameters for mechanical thrombectomy with ADAPT, Am. J. Neuroradiol. 38, 2277 (2017)
  5. M.P. Howard, A. Nikoubashman and A.Z. Panagiotopoulos: Stratification in drying polymer-polymer and colloid-polymer mixtures, Langmuir 33, 11390 (2017)
  6. A. Nikoubashman, D.A. Vega, K. Binder and A. Milchev: Semiflexible polymers in spherical confinement: bipolar orientational order versus tennis ball states, Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 217803 (2017)
  7. A. Milchev, S.A. Egorov, A. Nikoubashman and K. Binder: Conformations and orientational ordering of semiflexible polymers in spherical confinement, J. Chem. Phys. 146, 194907 (2017)
  8. M.P. Howard, A. Nikoubashman and A.Z. Panagiotopoulos: Stratification dynamics in drying colloidal mixtures, Langmuir 33, 3685 (2017)
  9. N. Li, A.Z. Panagiotopoulos and A. Nikoubashman: Structured nanoparticles from the self-assembly of polymer blends through rapid solvent exchange, Langmuir 33, 6021 (2017)
    1. Featured on the cover of Langmuir (Volume 33, Issue 24)
  10. M. Montes-Saralegui, G. Kahl and A. Nikoubashman: On the applicability of density dependent effective interactions in cluster-forming systems, J. Chem. Phys. 146, 054904 (2017)

2016

  1. A. Nikoubashman, A. Milchev and K. Binder: Dynamics of single semiflexible polymers in dilute solution, J. Chem. Phys. 145, 234903 (2016)
  2. M.P. Howard, A. Gautam, A.Z. Panagiotopoulos and A. Nikoubashman: Axial dispersion of Brownian colloids in microfluidic channels, Phys. Rev. Fluids 1, 044203 (2016)
  3. A. Nikoubashman: Self-assembly of colloidal micelles in microfluidic channels, Soft Matter 13, 222 (2017)
  4. O. Nikoubashman, J.P. Alt, A. Nikoubashman, M. Büsen, S. Heringer, C. Brockmann, M.-A. Brockmann, M. Müller, A. Reich and M. Wiesmann: Optimizing endovascular stroke treatment: removing the microcatheter before clot retrieval with stent-retrievers increases aspiration flow, J. NeuroIntervent. Surg. (2016)
  5. M.P. Howard, J.A. Anderson, A. Nikoubashman, S.C. Glotzer and A.Z. Panagiotopoulos: Efficient neighbor list calculation for molecular simulation of colloidal systems using graphics processing units, Comput. Phys. Commun. 203, 45 (2016)

2015

  1. A. Nikoubashman, V.E. Lee, C. Sosa, R.K. Prud'homme, R.D. Priestley and A.Z. Panagiotopoulos: Directed assembly of soft colloids through rapid solvent exchange, ACS Nano 10, 1425 (2016)
  2. A. Nikoubashman, N.A. Mahynski, B. Capone, A.Z. Panagiotopoulos and C.N. Likos: Coarse-graining and phase behavior of model star polymer-colloid mixtures in solvents of varying quality, J. Chem. Phys. 143, 243108 (2015)
  3. M. P. Howard, A.Z. Panagiotopoulos and A. Nikoubashman: Inertial and viscoelastic forces on rigid colloids in microfluidic channels, J. Chem. Phys. 142, 224908 (2015)
  4. A. Nikoubashman, E. Bianchi and A. Z. Panagiotopoulos: Self-assembly of Janus particles under shear, Soft Matter 11, 3767 (2015)
    1. Featured on the cover of Soft Matter (Volume 11, Issue 19)
    2. Selected as a 2015 Soft Matter Hot Paper

2014

  1. M. Montes-Saralegui, A. Nikoubashman and G. Kahl: Merging and hopping processes in systems of ultrasoft, cluster forming particles under compression, J. Chem. Phys. 141, 124908 (2014)
  2. A. Nikoubashman, R.L. Davis, B.T. Michal, P.M. Chaikin, R.A. Register and A.Z. Panagiotopoulos: Thin Films of Homopolymers and Cylinder-Forming Diblock Copolymers under Shear, ACS Nano 8, 8015 (2014)
  3. A. Nikoubashman and A.Z. Panagiotopoulos: Effect of solvophobic block length on critical micelle concentration in model surfactant systems, J. Chem. Phys. 141, 041101 (2014)
  4. K. Mueller, N. Osterman, D. Babic, C.N. Likos, J. Dobnikar and A. Nikoubashman: Pattern formation and coarse-graining in 2D colloids driven by multiaxial magnetic fields, Langmuir 30, 5088 (2014)
  5. A. Nikoubashman, N.A. Mahynski, A.H. Pirayandeh and A.Z. Panagiotopoulos: Flow-Induced Demixing of Polymer-Colloid Mixtures in Microfluidic Channels, J. Chem. Phys. 140, 094903 (2014)
    1. 2014 Editor's Choice award of The Journal of Chemical Physics
  6. A. Nikoubashman, R.A. Register and A.Z. Panagiotopoulos: Sequential domain realignment driven by conformational asymmetry in block copolymer thin films, Macromolecules 47, 1193 (2014)
  7. A. Chremos, A. Nikoubashman and A.Z. Panagiotopoulos: Flory-Huggins parameter, from binary mixtures of Lennard-Jones particles to block copolymer melts, J. Chem. Phys. 140, 054909 (2014)

2013

  1. A. Nikoubashman, R.A. Register and A.Z. Panagiotopoulos: Simulations of shear-induced morphological transitions in block copolymers, Soft Matter 9, 9960 (2013)
  2. A. Nikoubashman, R.A. Register and A.Z. Panagiotopoulos: Self-Assembly of Cylinder-Forming Diblock Copolymer Thin Films, Macromolecules 46, 6651 (2013)
  3. M. Montes-Saralegui, A. Nikoubashman and G. Kahl: Hopping and diffusion of ultrasoft particles in cluster crystals in the explicit presence of a solvent, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 25, 195101 (2013)
  4. A. Nikoubashman, C.N. Likos and G. Kahl: Computer simulations of colloidal particles under flow in microfluidic channels, Soft Matter 9, 2603 (2013)
    1. Featured on the cover of Soft Matter (Volume 9, Issue 9)

2012

  1. A. Nikoubashman, J.-P. Hansen and G. Kahl: Mean-field theory of the phase diagram of ultrasoft, oppositely charged polyions in solution, J. Chem. Phys. 137, 094905 (2012)
  2. A. Nikoubashman, G. Kahl and C. N. Likos: Flow quantization and nonequilibrium nucleation of soft crystals, Soft Matter 8, 4121 (2012)

2011

  1. A. Nikoubashman, G. Kahl and C. N. Likos: Cluster Crystals under Shear, Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 068302 (2011)
    1. Press release by the Vienna University of Technology and the University of Vienna: Flowing Structures in Soft Crystals
    2. Featured in the online edition of the Austrian newspaper Der Standard
  2. R. Raccis, A. Nikoubashman, M. Retsch, U. Jonas, K. Koynov, H.-J. Butt, C.N. Likos and G. Fytas: Confined Diffusion in Periodic Porous Nanostructures, ACS Nano 5, 4607 (2011)

2010

  1. A. Nikoubashman and C.N. Likos: Flow-induced polymer translocation through narrow and patterned channels, J. Chem. Phys. 133, 074901 (2010)
    1. Featured on the cover of The Journal of Chemical Physics (Volume 133, Issue 7)
    2. Selected as a research-highlight of The Journal of Chemical Physics
    3. Press release by The Journal of Chemical Physics: Molecules delivering drugs as they walk
  2. A. Nikoubashman and C.N. Likos: Branched polymers under shear, Macromolecules 43, 1610-1620 (2010)
  3. A. Nikoubashman and C.N. Likos: Self-assembled structures of Gaussian nematic particles, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 22, 104107 (2010)
  4. V. Dicken, B. Lindow, L. Bornemann, J. Drexl, A. Nikoubashman and H.O. Peitgen: Realtime image recognition of body parts scanned in computed tomography datasets, IJCARS 5, 527 (2010)