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2024

Mesoscale simulations of diffusion and sedimentation in shape-anisotropic nanoparticle suspensions
Yashraj M. Wani, Penelope Grace Kovakas, Arash Nikoubashman, Michael P. Howard
Soft Matter   ·   01 Jan 2024   ·   doi:10.1039/D4SM00271G

2023

Structure Formation in Supraparticles Composed of Spherical and Elongated Particles
Melis Yetkin, Yashraj M. Wani, Kritika Kritika, Michael P. Howard, Michael Kappl, Hans-Jürgen Butt, Arash Nikoubashman
Langmuir   ·   28 Dec 2023   ·   doi:10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c03410
Confined Dynamics in Spherical Polymer Brushes
Shivraj B. Kotkar, Michael P. Howard, Arash Nikoubashman, Jacinta C. Conrad, Ryan Poling-Skutvik, Jeremy C. Palmer
ACS Macro Letters   ·   25 Oct 2023   ·   doi:10.1021/acsmacrolett.3c00505
Surrogate Modeling of the Relative Entropy for Inverse Design Using Smolyak Sparse Grids
C. Levi Petix, Mohammadreza Fakhraei, Chris A. Kieslich, Michael P. Howard
Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation   ·   13 Sep 2023   ·   doi:10.1021/acs.jctc.3c00651
Role of Strong Localized vs Weak Distributed Interactions in Disordered Protein Phase Separation
Shiv Rekhi, Dinesh Sundaravadivelu Devarajan, Michael P. Howard, Young C. Kim, Arash Nikoubashman, Jeetain Mittal
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B   ·   20 Apr 2023   ·   doi:10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c00830
Multiscale modeling of solute diffusion in triblock copolymer membranes
Anthony J. Cooper, Michael P. Howard, Sanket Kadulkar, David Zhao, Kris T. Delaney, Venkat Ganesan, Thomas M. Truskett, Glenn H. Fredrickson
The Journal of Chemical Physics   ·   11 Jan 2023   ·   doi:10.1063/5.0127570

2022

Dynamic density functional theory for drying colloidal suspensions: Comparison of hard-sphere free-energy functionals
Mayukh Kundu, Michael P. Howard
The Journal of Chemical Physics   ·   11 Nov 2022   ·   doi:10.1063/5.0118695
Effect of Charge Distribution on the Dynamics of Polyampholytic Disordered Proteins
Dinesh Sundaravadivelu Devarajan, Shiv Rekhi, Arash Nikoubashman, Young C. Kim, Michael P. Howard, Jeetain Mittal
Macromolecules   ·   12 Oct 2022   ·   doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.2c01390
Theoretical and Experimental Considerations for Investigating Multicomponent Diffusion in Hydrated, Dense Polymer Membranes
Antara Mazumder, Breanna M. Dobyns, Michael P. Howard, Bryan S. Beckingham
Membranes   ·   27 Sep 2022   ·   doi:10.3390/membranes12100942
Effect of Charge Distribution on the Dynamics of Polyampholytic Disordered Proteins
Dinesh Sundaravadivelu Devarajan, Shiv Rekhi, Arash Nikoubashman, Young C. Kim, Michael P. Howard, Jeetain Mittal
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory   ·   04 Jul 2022   ·   doi:10.1101/2022.07.04.498718
Diffusion and sedimentation in colloidal suspensions using multiparticle collision dynamics with a discrete particle model
Yashraj M. Wani, Penelope Grace Kovakas, Arash Nikoubashman, Michael P. Howard
The Journal of Chemical Physics   ·   13 Jan 2022   ·   doi:10.1063/5.0075002

2021

Nanoparticle dynamics in semidilute polymer solutions: Rings versus linear chains
Renjie Chen, Shivraj B. Kotkar, Ryan Poling-Skutvik, Michael P. Howard, Arash Nikoubashman, Jacinta C. Conrad, Jeremy C. Palmer
Journal of Rheology   ·   21 Jun 2021   ·   doi:10.1122/8.0000223
Prediction and Optimization of Ion Transport Characteristics in Nanoparticle-Based Electrolytes Using Convolutional Neural Networks
Sanket Kadulkar, Michael P. Howard, Thomas M. Truskett, Venkat Ganesan
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B   ·   29 Apr 2021   ·   doi:10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c02004
Effects of linker flexibility on phase behavior and structure of linked colloidal gels
Michael P. Howard, Zachary M. Sherman, Adithya N Sreenivasan, Stephanie A. Valenzuela, Eric V. Anslyn, Delia J. Milliron, Thomas M. Truskett
The Journal of Chemical Physics   ·   16 Feb 2021   ·   doi:10.1063/5.0038672
Colloidal Nanocrystal Gels from Thermodynamic Principles
Zachary M. Sherman, Allison M. Green, Michael P. Howard, Eric V. Anslyn, Thomas M. Truskett, Delia J. Milliron
Accounts of Chemical Research   ·   03 Feb 2021   ·   doi:10.1021/acs.accounts.0c00796
Wertheim’s thermodynamic perturbation theory with double-bond association and its application to colloid–linker mixtures
Michael P. Howard, Zachary M. Sherman, Delia J. Milliron, Thomas M. Truskett
The Journal of Chemical Physics   ·   11 Jan 2021   ·   doi:10.1063/5.0033413

2020

Assembly of Linked Nanocrystal Colloids by Reversible Covalent Bonds
Manuel N. Dominguez, Michael P. Howard, Josef M. Maier, Stephanie A. Valenzuela, Zachary M. Sherman, ..., Aevi van der Stok, Sarah J. Kline, Eric V. Anslyn, Thomas M. Truskett, Delia J. Milliron
Chemistry of Materials   ·   18 Nov 2020   ·   doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c04151
Stratification of polymer mixtures in drying droplets: Hydrodynamics and diffusion
Michael P. Howard, Arash Nikoubashman
The Journal of Chemical Physics   ·   04 Aug 2020   ·   doi:10.1063/5.0014429
Stability of force-driven shear flows in nonequilibrium molecular simulations with periodic boundaries
Michael P. Howard, Antonia Statt, Howard A. Stone, Thomas M. Truskett
The Journal of Chemical Physics   ·   04 Jun 2020   ·   doi:10.1063/5.0010697
Universal Gelation of Metal Oxide Nanocrystals via Depletion Attractions
Camila A. Saez Cabezas, Zachary M. Sherman, Michael P. Howard, Manuel N. Dominguez, Shin Hum Cho, Gary K. Ong, Allison M. Green, Thomas M. Truskett, Delia J. Milliron
Nano Letters   ·   01 May 2020   ·   doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c01311
Inverse methods for design of soft materials
Zachary M. Sherman, Michael P. Howard, Beth A. Lindquist, Ryan B. Jadrich, Thomas M. Truskett
The Journal of Chemical Physics   ·   09 Apr 2020   ·   doi:10.1063/1.5145177
Connecting Solute Diffusion to Morphology in Triblock Copolymer Membranes
Michael P. Howard, Joshua Lequieu, Kris T. Delaney, Venkat Ganesan, Glenn H. Fredrickson, Thomas M. Truskett
Macromolecules   ·   18 Mar 2020   ·   doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.0c00104
Influence of pore morphology on the diffusion of water in triblock copolymer membranes
Dipak Aryal, Michael P. Howard, Rituparna Samanta, Segolene Antoine, Rachel Segalman, Thomas M. Truskett, Venkat Ganesan
The Journal of Chemical Physics   ·   07 Jan 2020   ·   doi:10.1063/1.5128119

2019

Structure and phase behavior of polymer-linked colloidal gels
Michael P. Howard, Ryan B. Jadrich, Beth A. Lindquist, Fardin Khabaz, Roger T. Bonnecaze, Delia J. Milliron, Thomas M. Truskett
The Journal of Chemical Physics   ·   23 Sep 2019   ·   doi:10.1063/1.5119359
The role of pressure in inverse design for assembly
Beth A. Lindquist, Ryan B. Jadrich, Michael P. Howard, Thomas M. Truskett
The Journal of Chemical Physics   ·   10 Sep 2019   ·   doi:10.1063/1.5112766
Self-Organization and Flow of Low-Functionality Telechelic Star Polymers with Varying Attraction
Esmaeel Moghimi, Iurii Chubak, Antonia Statt, Michael P. Howard, Dimitra Founta, ..., Konstantinos Ntetsikas, Nikos Hadjichristidis, Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos, Christos N. Likos, Dimitris Vlassopoulos
ACS Macro Letters   ·   10 Jun 2019   ·   doi:10.1021/acsmacrolett.9b00211
Influence of polymer flexibility on nanoparticle dynamics in semidilute solutions
Renjie Chen, Ryan Poling-Skutvik, Michael P. Howard, Arash Nikoubashman, Sergei A. Egorov, Jacinta C. Conrad, Jeremy C. Palmer
Soft Matter   ·   01 Jan 2019   ·   doi:10.1039/C8SM01834K
Cross-stream migration of a Brownian droplet in a polymer solution under Poiseuille flow
Michael P. Howard, Thomas M. Truskett, Arash Nikoubashman
Soft Matter   ·   01 Jan 2019   ·   doi:10.1039/C8SM02552E
Crack formation and self-closing in shrinkable, granular packings
H. Jeremy Cho, Nancy B. Lu, Michael P. Howard, Rebekah A. Adams, Sujit S. Datta
Soft Matter   ·   01 Jan 2019   ·   doi:10.1039/C9SM00731H

2018

Erratum: “Evaporation-induced assembly of colloidal crystals” [J. Chem. Phys. 149, 094901 (2018)]
Michael P. Howard, Wesley F. Reinhart, Tanmoy Sanyal, M. Scott Shell, Arash Nikoubashman, Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos
The Journal of Chemical Physics   ·   28 Nov 2018   ·   doi:10.1063/1.5080924
Evaporation-induced assembly of colloidal crystals
Michael P. Howard, Wesley F. Reinhart, Tanmoy Sanyal, M. Scott Shell, Arash Nikoubashman, Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos
The Journal of Chemical Physics   ·   04 Sep 2018   ·   doi:10.1063/1.5043401
Efficient mesoscale hydrodynamics: Multiparticle collision dynamics with massively parallel GPU acceleration
Michael P. Howard, Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos, Arash Nikoubashman
Computer Physics Communications   ·   01 Sep 2018   ·   doi:10.1016/j.cpc.2018.04.009
Influence of hydrodynamic interactions on stratification in drying mixtures
Antonia Statt, Michael P. Howard, Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos
The Journal of Chemical Physics   ·   09 Jul 2018   ·   doi:10.1063/1.5031789
Coupling of Nanoparticle Dynamics to Polymer Center-of-Mass Motion in Semidilute Polymer Solutions
Renjie Chen, Ryan Poling-Skutvik, Arash Nikoubashman, Michael P. Howard, Jacinta C. Conrad, Jeremy C. Palmer
Macromolecules   ·   22 Feb 2018   ·   doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.7b02441

2017

Solvent quality influences surface structure of glassy polymer thin films after evaporation
Antonia Statt, Michael P. Howard, Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos
The Journal of Chemical Physics   ·   13 Nov 2017   ·   doi:10.1063/1.4996119
Equilibrium Dynamics and Shear Rheology of Semiflexible Polymers in Solution
Arash Nikoubashman, Michael P. Howard
Macromolecules   ·   10 Oct 2017   ·   doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.7b01876
Stratification in Drying Polymer–Polymer and Colloid–Polymer Mixtures
Michael P. Howard, Arash Nikoubashman, Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos
Langmuir   ·   24 Aug 2017   ·   doi:10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b02074
Note: Smooth torsional potentials for degenerate dihedral angles
Michael P. Howard, Antonia Statt, Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos
The Journal of Chemical Physics   ·   08 Jun 2017   ·   doi:10.1063/1.4985251
Stratification Dynamics in Drying Colloidal Mixtures
Michael P. Howard, Arash Nikoubashman, Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos
Langmuir   ·   06 Apr 2017   ·   doi:10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b00543
Machine learning for autonomous crystal structure identification
Wesley F. Reinhart, Andrew W. Long, Michael P. Howard, Andrew L. Ferguson, Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos
Soft Matter   ·   01 Jan 2017   ·   doi:10.1039/C7SM00957G

2016

Vapour–liquid phase equilibrium and surface tension of fully flexible Lennard–Jones chains
Kevin S. Silmore, Michael P. Howard, Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos
Molecular Physics   ·   07 Dec 2016   ·   doi:10.1080/00268976.2016.1262075
Axial dispersion of Brownian colloids in microfluidic channels
Michael P. Howard, Aishwarya Gautam, Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos, Arash Nikoubashman
Physical Review Fluids   ·   19 Aug 2016   ·   doi:10.1103/physrevfluids.1.044203
Efficient neighbor list calculation for molecular simulation of colloidal systems using graphics processing units
Michael P. Howard, Joshua A. Anderson, Arash Nikoubashman, Sharon C. Glotzer, Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos
Computer Physics Communications   ·   01 Jun 2016   ·   doi:10.1016/j.cpc.2016.02.003

2015

Inertial and viscoelastic forces on rigid colloids in microfluidic channels
Michael P. Howard, Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos, Arash Nikoubashman
The Journal of Chemical Physics   ·   12 Jun 2015   ·   doi:10.1063/1.4922323

2014

Self-Consistent Real Space Free Energy Calculations for Polyethylene and Isotactic Polypropylene Crystals and Interfaces
Michael P. Howard, Scott T. Milner
Macromolecules   ·   20 Nov 2014   ·   doi:10.1021/ma501906n

2013

Calculated Interfacial Free Energies and Hetrogeneous Nucleation of Isotactic Polypropylene
Michael P. Howard, Scott T. Milner
Macromolecules   ·   09 Aug 2013   ·   doi:10.1021/ma400703m
A Simple Model for Heterogeneous Nucleation of Isotactic Polypropylene
Michael P. Howard, Scott T. Milner
Macromolecules   ·   09 Aug 2013   ·   doi:10.1021/ma400702q

2011

Numerical simulation methods for the Rouse model in flow
Michael P. Howard, Scott T. Milner
Physical Review E   ·   28 Nov 2011   ·   doi:10.1103/physreve.84.051804